The Steel Overwatch
Marcus's Tale
Chapter One: The Infiltrator
Lumiose City never slept. No matter what time of day it was the city was always bright and there were always people roaming the streets. In the Southwestern district of the city, was the Sycamore Pokemon Lab, where new trainers came to get their first pokemon and where Professor Sycamore is researching the mysteries of mega evolution. This late at night, all the researchers have gone home leaving the professor alone with his research. He had gone to sleep less than an hour before and now the lab was dark. In the center of the lab was a garden, filled with several different types of pokemon. Above that was a large glass ceiling to allow natural light in all day. Now however it was being used as an entrance for an 17 year old on a mission.
Marcus was a normal looking boy, brown hair, average height, and lean. He would have looked like the majority of other kids his age in the Kalos Region, but there was one distinct difference, while other teens where off on journeys, he had been trained as an operative for the Steel Overwatch, an elite group of trainers who work in the shadows to install their agents in key political positions. They most recently secured the loyalty of the operators at the PWT in Unova, who where now gauging the possible recruits.
Marcus examines the glass window carefully. He'd have to make his entrance and exit carefully to avoid causing a commotion. He was wearing simple clothes, a dark green sweatshirt, dark jeans, a grey backpack and his belt with four black and gold luxury balls. He grabbed one and pressed the release switch, a furry purple pokemon appeared in a small grey flash. It was about three feet tall and had two silver antennae, Its eyes were large clusters of red had a small red mouth with two razor sharp white fangs. Its feet and hands were light brown.
"Alright Atlas, use your stun spore right after I open the window, Ok?" Marcus whispered to it.
"Nat." the Venonat nodded in agreement. Marcus carefully slid one pane of glass up and moved aside as Atlas sprayed yellow spores into the opening. The pokemon who were still awake were now paralyzed so they wouldn't be able to alert the professor.
"Great work Atlas. Return" the purple pokemon disappeared in another muted flash. Marcus pulled a long cord of rope out of his backpack and tied it off. Pulling a cloth out of his backpack he tied it around his mouth and nose to keep the spores out. Then he climbed down the rope and into the lab. He immediately walked for the professors private workshop. He opened the door and began searching the desks and tables. After a few minutes he found what he was looking for, a set of three pokeballs in a canister marked "Special Studies". He slid the canister into his bag and hurried quietly back to the rope. He climbed back up untied it and slid the glass back into place.
With any luck Marcus would be out of Lumiose City before Sycamore realized what had happened.