Yay new story! So I was playing Pokemon Soul Silver and I was hacking the crap out of it, when this idea hit me. I really hope you enjoy it!
Things had changed so fast.
One second he was hiding in a remote cave within the Tohjo Falls and the next he was in the new Team Rocket HQ. The strange facility was based underground in a remote part of Jhoto, not too far from Mt. Silver. One of the grunts had been exploring the cave connection between Kanto and Jhoto, hoping to find a rare Pokémon of some sort, but had found him, Giovanni, instead.
The restored Team Rocket Leader looked around his new office slowly. It was dark, just how he liked it, save for the light of his laptop screen. He reached down and scratched behind the ears of his faithful Pokémon companion, Persian. The cat purred contently then curled up by his master's feet.
He glanced at the paperwork on his desk, reading them easily dispite the lack of light. Some of it consited of various updates on what had happened during his absence. A majority were notes from his grunts and Admins, a few stated their resignition while most declaimed joy over his return. He scowled, irritated by both.
There was only one 'scheme' in the works at the moment. You could hardly call it a scheme... It was much more of an experiment. Giovanni slowly picked up the paper detailing it. A strange man named Animus approched him just days after he had returned to Team Rocket; apparently the man had been following a stange legend of sorts. The legend spoke of the greatest weapon in the universe: one that could bend reality, created various items and Pokémon out of thin air, and give those Pokémon, or any Pokémon infinite power. Giovanni looked to the clock on his desktop to the time detailed, the test was already well underway.
Another part of the legend stated that the strange weapon only existed in an alien dimension, and could not be accessed by any natural means. Palkia, ruler of space and dimensions, could probably reach it, but no one wanted to go through all that trouble and pull a Cyrus. Giovanni chuckled to himself when he thought of the strange blue-haired man.
The solution? An unnatural mean. Something that was created by man with the purpose to cross that barrier. Porygon-Z. That Pokémon was already twisted to the point of insanity, so where was the harm in pushing it a little further? The tests performed on this specific Porygon-Z had changed it to the point of actually altering it's coloring, making it akin to that of the extremely rare 'Shiny' Pokémon. Animus had taken this as a sign that it was ready, stating that only 'a specially qualified vessel could retrieve the legendary weapon.'
If this worked, they could finally achieve their dream of world domination! If not... Well things would not end well for Animus... And Giovanni would issue for Team Rocket to disband once more, then return to his cave in the falls.
But if that happened, we wouldn't have much of a story now would we?
"BOSS!"
A grunt threw open the door, causing light to pour into Giovanni's office. The Team Rocket Leader squinted against the change and looked at him in mild annoyance while his Persian hissed with the same emotion.
"What? This better be important!" he demanded.
The grunt braced one of his hands against the doorframe and the other was on his knee. He appeared extremely out of breath, as if he had sprinted here; he then gasped, "It worked! ... The Porygon-Z... It crossed over! And..." he trailed off into a wheeze.
"And what?" Giovanni got up from his desk and grabbed the front of the grunt's uniform, eager to advance the plot. "Tell me!"
"...It brought something back!"
The leader's face blanked for a split second, realizing what this could mean. "Take me to it, NOW!"
"Y-y-yes sir!" he shakily led his boss down several hallways. Both were running, with Persian bounding gracefully behind them. They traveled a great distance into the heart of the base, pausing only twice. In both cases the grunt was required to use a card key to enter a door. They had entered a laboratory of some sort, but at the moment various scientists were huddled behind tables that had been flipped on their sides as barricades, as if they expected the place to blow at any second.
The Porygon-Z was in the middle of the room as a seemingly wormhole-esque portal closed behind it. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the portal's dissapearance and began to straighten up.
The grunt at Giovanni's side promptly fainted, collasping into a heap due to a combination of exhaustion and shock.
At the sound of the body hitting the floor, everyone took notice of their leader's entrance and began clapping. "All hail Giovanni!" Someone cried out.
He bowed his head slightly and held up his hand to silence them. "I trust that it was successful?"
A boy approched Giovanni, "We have yet to evaluate the results, sir, but I promise you we are doing so with great haste!" the boy seemed surprisingly young, with aubrn hair and dark green eyes. But the Rocket leader knew better than to underestimate the one before him, for this was Animus. Dispite his appearance, he was well into his thirties and was a selfproclaimed Jack of all Trades. He promised Giovanni results, and there they were.
The Porygon-Z darted over to Animus with sharp, jarring movements. The poor creature shook violently as it hovered next to him. ("Zee do g-g-g...") its head spasmed, ("Good?") its voice became oddly robotic and it froze. ("THE ABSOLUTLE VALUE OF ANY INTERGER IS EQUAL TO THAT OF ITS POSITIVE INTERGER.")
Animus patted the Pokémon's head. "Yes, Zee did very good! Good Zee!" he spoke as if to a small child or a pet. "Can I please see what you found? Pretty please?"
It ignored the question and zoomed very close to Giovanni's face. The Rocket Leader saw a silver rectangular object clutched between its 'hands.' ("Who are y-y-y...you?") Zee asked. ("TO UNLOCK THIS COMPUTER: PRESS CTRL, ALT, DEL THEN ENTER THE APPROPRIATE PASSWORD.")
"This is Mr. Giovanni, remember?" the scientist slowly pulled the creature back by its tail. "Do you want to show him what you found?"
Zee nodded spasticly. ("Yeah! Gio! G-G-G... Gio!") It handed the object to him, then froze again. ("TO REPEAT THIS INFORMATION, PRESS ONE; TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU, PRESS TWO; TO END THIS CALL, HANG UP.")
"Is that thing... Stable?" Giovanni asked cautiously.
"Is 'I don't know' an acceptable response?" Animus took the strange rectangular device from the older man. He examined it carefully, before flipping it open. It had two screens, one on the top and bottom half. He looked at the back, "Nin-ten-do DS...?" he read out loud. A strange looking black hub stuck out of the top with a small cartriage sticking out. The scientist pulled it out as well, "Pokémon... SoulSilver Version...!" he stuck it back in, his eyes lighting up, making him look like a boy waking up on Christmas morning. "I think this is it!" He pressed the power button and watched the screen flicker to life. The top screen displayed the title Action Replay DS, then the game's name in a green bubble. On the lower screen was a red button that said start, along with some other small icons.
The Rocket Leader looked questioningly at the device. "And how exactly is this going to help us take over the world?"
The russet-haired man's head snapped up. "Zee! Engage recon mode!"
("Engaging m-m-m... Mode,") The Pokémon shuttered, then it's eyes glowed bright blue. ("WOULD YOU LIKE SOME FRIES WITH THAT, SIR?")
"Can you instruct us how to use the Action Replay?"
("Device must be m-m-m... Modified! Power is transmitted w-w-w... Wirelessly! Codes used to e-e-e... Enhance! Press green star to view c-c-c... Codes!") It fidgeted oddly then screamed, ("THE CAKE IS A LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!") at the top of its lungs before slumping over. After a few moments, it straightened up, then said, ("Activating Sleep Mo...") it was completely still, its colors dulled, and its eyes stared straight forward towards Giovanni, but seeing nothing.
It was kinda creepy, to say the least.
Animus instructed two of his fellow scientists to take Zee away and lock it in a valute. The tests had rendered it so unstable that a Pokéball was unable to hold the spastic creature.
The dark haired leader smiled wickedly. "Well? What is your verdict?"
The man opposite to him began pacing. "Based on what Zee said... If I can design a collar of some sort to transfer the power of the device to a Pokémon or perhaps even another human if necessary... It would work." He stopped. "Is there a perfered way for us to go about the experimentation from this point, sir?"
Giovanni's mind began to race. World domination was nearly within his grasp, a hundred courses of action raced through his head, but his mind settled on one thing first.
Revenge.
Revenge on that snot-nosed kid that ruined Team Rocket in the past. The one who defeated him... Red.
And he knew just how to do it.
"Animus, does being a Jack of All Trades include disguses?"
"I do the best I can."
He whispered instructions to the man, then finished aloud, "... And make sure to leave the city in ruins when you're done." He then nudged the unconsious grunt by his feet. "If you need a Trainer tester to make sure it's safe before you use it... Use this guy."
The scientist sighed after ordering his group to start working. "I better be getting a pay raise for this."
Giovanni was already walking away. "Sure, sure, I'll make sure it gets settled."
"Good." he replied smugly, before barking, "Let's move! Someone get me a Pikachu over here! We need a wireless bracelet and collar done by midnight!"
The newly restored Rocket Leader smiled once more as he exited. Persian, his ever still and silent companion, looked up to meet his master's eyes. The spark of determained maddess had returned.
It was good to be back.
I couldn't find any villians in the Pokemon games worthy of bringing the Action Replay into their realm, so I created Animus. He's not much of a vilian actually, more of a mercenary or sorts.
So do you like? If so then Fav, Alert, REVIEW!