Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or anything related in this story, except for a few original characters. If I did own Pokémon, I wouldn't have to put my stories on a Fan Fiction site.
Legends on Earth: Prologue
"Giovanni," a voice said over the intercom, "he's ready."
"Excellent," a sinister looking man with a large build and short, brown hair said with a little smile, "I'll be right down." Getting up, he added, "Come along Persia."
A girl of about 15, who had shoulder length white hair and wore a standard black Team Rocket uniform, stood up. "Yes, Giovanni," she responded, before following him out of the office. "Giovanni, if I may ask something, why is this so important to you? This will only make him unusable to you, and the process won't cause him too much harm. So, why do it?"
"Revenge can be much more than physical pain. I want him to experience what it's like to be powerless, to be human." His voice grew icy when he said the last word. "Then, we'll see who the top man is. I wouldn't expect you to understand these feelings, though," he said, looking down at the girl, "They are beyond your kind."
'You're wrong about that,' she thought to herself, taking her red colored eyes away from his cold glare.
They walked in silence the rest of the way, arriving at a dark lab in the basement of the facility. Persia looked around with a shiver. She had been here before. That day, when her whole life changed. And, now, she was there again, this time on the other side of the window.
"Ah, Giovanni, sir," a man wearing a lab coat and glasses said, walking over, "Everything is set up and-" He stopped, noticing Persia. "What is that doing here?" he muttered disgustedly.
"Now, now, Simon, she's been with me a few years now, even before this project was started. I think she's allowed to be with me, especially on such a glorious day as this." Giovanni smiled, thinking of what would soon happen.
"Very well, sir. As I was saying," He glared at Persia, as if she was to blame for him getting off topic, "we're ready to start on your orders."
"In a moment, Simon, let me talk to him first." He walked up to a glass window on the side of the room. On the other side was a creature that was being held to another wall by shackles. The creature had the general figure of a human, but specific details were different. He had thick legs that ended in two toes, with a ball on the heel. His hands had similar balls on the tips of the three fingers per hand. His head, which came to a point at his nose, was attached to his body by a skinny neck, and some sort of tube that lead from the back of his head to his back. He was a grayish-blue everywhere except for his tail, which was a purple color. His eyes looked weak and his whole body abused. "Hello, Mewtwo." Giovanni said with a smile.
"Giovanni," Mewtwo said psychically, lifting his head weakly, "I was wondering when you would show up to watch my torture."
"It will be far more than torture, believe me. For you, it will be worse than death." He smirked evilly at his last statements.
"I have overcome you before, and I will do it again."
"Wrong!" The man's expression grew serious again. "You won't escape easily this time, and there's no boy with a pikachu to help you!" He paused, regaining his composure. "I'm surprised you're not curious as to how I even know of all this, of you."
"I knew my hold over you wasn't foolproof. Perhaps I am a bit curious as to the specific details of what caused you to remember."
"Three buffoons just looking for a paycheck. I don't know why you trusted them with such a secret."
"They had no ill-intentions in their hearts at the time. Desperation can cause humans to do anything."
"As you will soon find out. Activate the machine!" Giovanni looked to the scientist, Simon, who pressed a few buttons on a machine built into the same wall as the window. It hummed to life, and launched a ray towards Mewtwo. Mewtwo tried to use his powers to deflect the beam, but he was weak, and the machine had the power of two legendaries. He was overcome by the ray.
Persia looked away just as the ray hit him, resulting in a flash. When she looked back, Mewtwo wasn't there. In his place was a man wearing no clothes. He looked quite a bit like Giovanni, except younger and with dark purple hair instead of brown. Persia had to look away again.
"My God," Giovanni muttered, "he looks just like me!" Giovanni just stared at the man behind the window.
Giovanni came out of his daze when the other man spoke. "I-I-I s-see," he said shakily, not used to speaking, "S-so this… this was y-your plan."
Giovanni gave a little grunt and a smirk in reply. "Take him away," he said to two Grunts, who walked into the other room and began to remove the man from his restraints. "Now you'll feel the pains I've felt all my life!"
"Y-you bas-" He fainted before he could finish the sentence.
"Let's go, Persia." Giovanni began to walk out.
"Sir, wait!" Simon said, stopping Giovanni, "There's something you need to see."
"What is it?" he demanded, walking over to the console the scientist was sitting at.
"It seems that Mewtwo shot out a wave of psychic energy in desperation, calling all legendaries for help, a sort of 'legendary S. O. S.' if you will. There's more, though; it appears that our ray somehow combined with that wave when it was sent out," the man explained to his boss.
"Will it affect us?" Giovanni inquired.
"No, only legendary pokémon can pick up on it."
"Tell me, Simon, does that mean every legendary pokémon has just been hit with the effect of the beam?"
"It would seem that way, Sir," Simon said, looking up from the monitor.
"Very interesting," Giovanni said as he began to walk to the exit, "Come Persia, we have work to do."
"Yes, Giovanni," she said with a sigh, wishing she had never been brought into this. As she followed Giovanni out, she could feel the dark glare of Simon. She ignored it, but it still made her feel worse.
Author's Notes: Look, I'm back. I'm sure two people might be happy. Anyways, hopefully this won't turn out like my last fic. I've had this idea for awhile and finally decided to write it. If you haven't figured out what this story is about, well that's kind of sad. Actually, two of the characters in this chapter/prologue I came up with as I was writing. Can you guess which two? Anyways, join me next time when we actually meet the main characters (that's why this is a prologue).