Prologue
July 1st 2006
A loud, firm knock echoed through the room. Giovanni sent a look to the admin who was standing before him. The admin gave him a slight bow and went to open the door. Standing there in the doorway was a grunt.
"Very sorry for the unexpected notice sir. We have important news that just came through that I thought you would want to hear, it's about Johto."
Interest spiked within Giovanni, it was noticeable as he sat up a little bit straighter, no longer casually slouching over. His Persian next to him meowed, interest taking it over as well. The Boss' eyes flicked over to his normal-type partner, the classy cat pokémon stood up and brushed its face along Giovanni's hand.
"Yes of course I would like to know. Come and tell me everything." His authoritative gaze was set on the admin. "Stand outside." He ordered.
"Yes sir." The admin bowed again and stepped out around the grunt, shutting the door with a quiet click. The grunt approached.
Giovanni sent another signal, indicating for the grunt to speak. The grunt cleared his throat. "It has been confirmed that Proton is dead. He died from fire inhalation during the attack at the main Johto base. His body was found. All missing grunts have been located either dead or alive aside from one. We have not seen nor heard of the body of agent number three-five-zero-eight-two, or also known as Kole Hagar. He was one of our most promising new field workers. However, other grunts have come forth and have spoken that agent three-five-zero-eight-two had attacked Admin Proton before his death along with the people who infiltrated the base. Mr. Kole Hagar ordered two different people to shoot Proton but only one did and that was located in the shoulder. We are unsure, but it's safe to say the bullet passed through the brachial artery and would have produced a lot of blood loss. This could have also had a big aid in his death." The grunt cleared his throat once more. "I am repeating myself, but Admin Proton died of smoke inhalation as his biopsy was conducted by Dr. Zegar. Dr. Zegar kept insisting that the smoke inhalation was the most prominent cause of his death, the origin of the fire was right next to him; it was made by a fire-type attack from Ho-Oh. He was found trapped under a large beam also. We have photos and copies of the biopsy papers if you would like to see them. Proton's body is still in our possession but should be laid to rest as soon as possible because of the condition of his post-death inflicted injuries. There is no chance of there being an open casket funeral for him."
"Who came forth as witnesses?" Giovanni asked, his hand stilled on his pokémon's head, no longer petting it.
The grunt spoke again. "The witnesses that have come forth are Attila Thompson, Hun Taylor, and Professor Sebastian.
Giovanni nodded slightly. "That's to be expected, they are promising members. Where are they now?"
"Professor Sebastian has returned and is well; he's working in the lab currently. Attila and Hun are resting in the hospital wing. Attila has a broken leg and a concussion, Hun has stated that Attila suffered these injuries by protecting him. Hun has a stab wound by metal that was sticking out in his abdomen and has inhaled a good amount of smoke." The grunt explained. "They were some of the first that we rushed to get."
"How is the issue in Unova working, do you have any knowledge of that?" Giovanni asked, one eyebrow raised as a hand moved up to his chin.
"The situation hasn't changed as of yet. Team Plasma is still at work."
Anger surged through Giovanni. "Understood. Inform Attila and Hun I will be visiting them soon, on second thought, might as well inform all of the members in the hospital, Professor Sebastian too."
"Right on it sir."