The newly-enlarged police headquarters in the Alola region was busy as of late. Right now, the International Police, Swat Team, and Alolan police officers infested the building. Police officers were roaming about with Arcanine and firearms, and swat team members were present with assault rifles. The room fell silent the moment a woman with blue hair and a trench coat walked in. The officers and swat team members in the room saluted her. She ignored all of them and immediately walked to the back of the building. When she reached the back door to get to the interrogation rooms, the room filled with chatter again.
"International terrorists call for the International Police, huh?" One officer said to another, "They got SWAT here too, so why can't we go home?"
"I dunno, but we're not cut out for this kind of shit. This guy is a champion turned murderer" The other officer commented as he smoked a cigarette, "This crook commanded only 6 pokémon, and he killed every notable member of Team Rocket in the span of a week"
"He also killed Kanto's Elite 4 for getting in his way" Another officer said as he shook his head, "If the captain of the International Police has to interrogate this man with SWAT team and other IP members armed and ready, then he's probably try and escape"
The moment the captain entered the hall of interrogation rooms, she was greeted by a police officer wearing riot gear. "Captain Jenny" The security guard said as he turned to salute her, "He's inside and cuffed to the table. We haven't injected him with the truth serum, but we have two SWAT members and my Machamp keeping him where he is"
"Good" The Captain said as she walked past him. "Keep watch"
The security guard saluted her and stayed where he was. When the captain entered the room, there were two swat team members and Machamp in the back of the room, and a skinny teenager with glasses and short, black hair was sitting at the table with his hands cuffed. Both swat team members had their assault rifles pointed directly at the criminal, and the Machamp was only inches away from the back of the criminal's head. All the while, the criminal was whistling a cheery tune as he sat patiently in front of the camera. The captain sat in the empty chair across from him and turned the camera on.
"Name and age" The Captain demanded.
The teenager stopped whistling and looked at the camera with a smirk. "Mike Rotch, 69"
The captain looked at the Machamp behind him and nodded. Machamp took one of his large hands and gently slammed the criminal's face into the table. Being a Machamp, gently slamming the criminals face left a crack in the metal table. The two swat team members walked closer to the criminal and kept their guns focused on him.
Captain Jenny leaned forward and demanded again. "Name. And. Age"
The Machamp let go of the criminal and backed away, as did the swat members, but they maintained their hostility. The criminal sat up, revealing a newly formed bruise and cut over his cheek.
"Ken Forest, 19" He casually said as he rolled his eyes and spat blood out of his mouth, "You're taking the fun out of this, Jenny"
The captain shook her head and tsked at the remark. "Then you admit that you have fun during your terrorist acts?" Jenny placed a file on the table labeled 'X'. "You're being faced with charges of manslaughter, pokéslaughter, running illegal pit fights, possession and distribution of illegal drugs, destruction of landmarks-"
"Yeah, and that list goes on" Ken said as he tilted his head back to smile at the Machamp, "I don't have much time left, so what do you need to know?"
"This interrogation will last an hour. You have all the time you need"
"Not really" Ken said as he yawned, "You got five minutes before I leave, so ask me what you want to know, and make it quick"
Captain Jenny scoffed at the remark, but she opened the file regardless. She leaned back as she turned Ken's attention to the first page. Ken looked away from it in disinterest, but then Machamp used one of its hands to force Ken into looking. The first page was a collage of photos of Ken next to various pokémon performing crimes. In one photo, his Manectric overcharged a generator and circuit box so that Ken could leave a closed store with tons of valuables in his pockets. In another one, his Slowking was using psychic to rip the tails off of Slowpokes. His Garchomp was seen destroying an important statue in Eterna city resembling time and space. The last photo was of a Weavile shoving its claws through the chest of a person wearing a lab coat.
"Guess I shouldn't have underestimated you International guys, huh?" Ken said as the Machamp let go of his head, "With these angles and lighting, you guys should have become photographers instead"
"We're starting with the murder in Veilstone City 2 years ago" The captain said as she looked him straight in the eyes. "Tell me who the man in the lab coat was"
"If that photo was in the Sinnoh region..." Ken looked up at the ceiling to try and remember. His face lit up as soon as he got the answer. "He was an assistant to Professor Rowan, but he was also a guy who worked for the criminals by genetically modifying pokémon"
"A criminal scientist? Is this you trying to divert the blame?"
"Why're you asking the criminal? That's your job to find out" Ken said as he stretched his neck out and admired his shadow, "Anyway, I was given a job by him when I was using the Slowking in that picture. His job was to find a way to make Slowpokes regenerate tails, but his radical means of doing so made 0 progress for the 5 years he was working on it"
"So you took it upon yourself to kill him?" Captain Jenny asked as she scoffed, "I'm starting to think you're the one who ordered him to work on that project in the first place if you decided that his usefulness came to an end"
"What're you, stupid?" Ken's demeanor suddenly changed from cheery to grave and disappointed. "5 years ago, when he was starting his project, I just started my trainer career. I couldn't pay him, and I couldn't even begin to guess what group he was a part of if I hadn't left Pallet Town yet" He leaned forward as far as he could from his position. "The worst part about that absurdly weak claim- that completely half-assed theory of yours is that I used those pokémon of those strengths without a single badge to my name in the Sinnoh region. You can check under my ID that these pokémon weren't under my name until 2 years ago, and it takes years for a champion to raise their pokémon to have the power to become champion picks"
The captain's face softened the longer Ken berated her. Ken took a deep breath. He smirked as he leaned back in his chair. "That year, I was ordered by his boss to kill him or have him killed" Ken shrugged his shoulders, "I've been trying to figure out who that boss was forever now, but he's even more secretive than the locations of starter pokémon of each region"
Captain Jenny sighed and turned the page of the file to look at the case notes. She began to silently read the case notes to see if any of what the terrorist had said was true. As she read, her expression was beyond irritated While she was reviewing the case details and comparing it to his testimony, Ken got bored again. He began to whistle as he looked at the old clock on the far side of the room. According to that clock, it had almost been five minutes. He looked at his shadow again.
"What you said may line up with our files, but it could just be a well-crafted lie" She said as she folded her legs, "We have no reason to trust a punk terrorist like you"
"Tough words from someone who can't do her job right" Ken said as he laughed at his own remark, "What I said could be just a story, but..." Ken asked as he continued looking at the shadow, "Hypnosis"
As soon as he said that, the Machamp and the two swat officers lost their posture and balance. One by one, each of them fell down with a grunt and began to snore. The thud outside the room was probably the officer in riot gear collapsing as well. Captain Jenny suddenly felt the urge to sleep and tried to get up, but she fell to the ground instantly. Ken's shadow moved on its own and suddenly took the shape of a Gengar. The Gengar rose out of the shadow and carefully pried open the cuffs on Ken's wrists. The now free criminal got up and stretched his arms around as he walked up to the nearly unconscious captain.
"Nighty night. I told you I was going to leave" Ken said as Gengar handed him a necklace of six pokéballs and a small headset, "Manectric, use thunder wave on the generator on the far right of the station and then get the hell out of there"
The captain blacked out, and the power in the building shut off. The ground on the other side of the room began to open up as a Garchomp's head emerged. Ken gave his Garchomp a high five as he jumped into the hole. He pulled off two of the pokéballs from his necklace and used them to return both Garchomp and Gengar. As he ran through the tunnel, Ken put on the headset and shouted more commands into the headset to coordinate his escape, leaving the Police HQ to be on high alert and utterly confused.
To be continued