Chp 1 The Beginning

"We just have to wait until the guard's backs are turned, then we can sneak past them!" I whispered to my best friend, Sashanda Low. We were crouching in the bushes near the Cartwright Corporation labratory we had discovered about a year ago in the Wellborough forest near our town, Starveil.

"Are you sure we can do it? They added more guards since last time..." Shashanda pointed out nervously.

"It just makes it a little harder than before that's all." I responded.

"Yeah, but... What it we get caught this time?"

I looked at her and shook my head, "Sash, how many times have we done this? And how many times have we gotten away with it?"

Sashanda nodded slowly, but still looked miserable. "I guess we'll be ok..."

I patted her on the shoulder, "We will be fine. Don't worry about it! Just in and out like always!"

Sashanda nodded, looking a little more confidant. "Lets get this over with or Professor Cedar will think something had happened to us and tell our parents..."

I shuddered. I did not want my parents to find out that I had been rescuing Pokemon from Cartwright Corporations with Sashanda. They would freak.

We discovered the laboratory a year ago while exploring the forest near our town. Needless to say, we weren't supposed to be near the woods at all since we didn't have our own Pokemon to protect us yet. Sashanda had raided her older brother's stash of Pokemon goods while he was busy in the next town over with his Gym Leader duties. She had gotten a hold of a good amount of repels so we figured that should keep the wild Pokemon away from us while we explored. So far it has worked in the year we have been sneaking into the forest.

When we first found the laboratory, we didn't know exactly what it was-but it looked creepy enough that we stayed away from it. Later, we were talking about what we saw in the forest, and how our repel plan worked, when young, blond haired, Professor Cedar happend to be walking by right at the moment when we were discussing the building. When we explained what we had seen, he seemed deeply troubled and warned us never to go near the place again.

Of course, since he warned us, we wanted to check out the building some more and figure out why Prof. Cedar so worked up. Usually he was a fun, understanding guy, but when we mentioned the building, he got all stern on us.

So, we kept going back there and eventually, as was bound to happen, Prof. Cedar heard us talking about it again. It was our own fault though for sitting on the park bench right in front of his laboratory. He realized then that we wouldn't stop going there until we figured out what exactly was going on in that building so he had no choice but to tell us.

What he told us though, didn't make us want to stop going there, it made us want to go inside, instead of just lurking outside of it.

"Girls, that building is owned by Cartwright Corporations." He started out.

"Wait, you mean the medical company?" Sashanda asked. "What are they doing in the woods?"

"You see, they are not just a medical company..." We could tell he didn't want to elaborate on what else they were involved in.

"Well, spit it out Professor! We aren't kids! We're 18 years old!" I complained.

"Well... I guess you're right Amber. But you have to promise that you won't do anything... stupid."

"Of course we won't! We aren't kids anymore after all!" Sashanda agreed.

"Ok then... Cartwright Corporation experiments on Pokemon, both to test medicines, and also for other, much less justified, reasons."

Sashanda and I both looked at each other and had the same thought. "We have to do something!" We said in unison.

Prof. Cedar sighed, "I knew telling you two would just make things worse... But how about this? Do you think you could sneak in and rescue a few Pokemon for me? I have the schematics of the building I got from a trusted source, you can use to help you as well. I will find good homes for any of the Pokemon you rescue."

We both grinned, and nodded, "Of course we'll do it!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah!" Sashanda agreed, "We've been bored out of our minds now we graduated from school! This'll give us something to do, and it'll help out!"

"I have to warn you though, if you get caught, you are likely to... disappear. But I can see you don't care much about that right now..." Prof. Cedar ran a hand through his blond hair and added, "Also, here are some ground rules. First, you must set it up with me before you go rescuing Pokemon. Second, only rescue what you can. Do not try to save all of them, at one time. It will be impossible, there are just to many. Even if you have to abandon a few to escape, do so. You can always come back to get them later. You can't come back if you are caught. Third, you probably don't want to tell your parents about this... but if you do not notify me three hours after you have gone in the building, I will alert your parents. Understood?"

We both nodded, our excitement diminishing a little. We both didn't like the rules, but we understood why they were in place.

The day after that, we went on our first Rescue Mission. Everything went smoothly, and Prof. Cedar's schematics of the building helped enormously. We ended up saving two small Pokemon each and we managed to get out without anyone noticing.

Now, we are much more adept at it, and can save big Pokemon as well as the ones we can carry.

So now we are about to go on another mission, except... this one feels different then the others.