Prologue -

Meeting Project #001

- (two years previously)

I waited - and kept waiting -

This is so boring. I thought groggily as I listened to the noises coming from the middle of the room.

"You won't beat my Xd 001!" someone said.

"Oh would you like to find out." another person said. I found myself drawn to this voice somehow.

"Yes ... ... ... GO XD 001!" the first person said as they released a pokemon onto the battlefield. There was something strange about this pokemon.

The Shadow Detector (which was a lot like a scanner that worked across my left eye) started flashing as soon as the pokemon was released onto the field.

There is something strange about this Pokemon. I thought

"Let us see how you deal with my Shadow Lugia!" Deathgold taunted me.

I'll just purify it like last time. I thought.

"There will be no purifying this Pokemon! We have finally made a pokemon that you and your little friends can't purify!" he taunted again.

"We'll see," I said as I prepared my pokemon for battle.

"Go Sparkbolt!" I exclaimed as my first and most favorite pokemon ran to the field. This was no ordinary Jolteon. With the enhanced speed stats from who knows where it was quite the formidable adversary.

"So a Jolteon huh ..." Deathgold mused.

"Xd 001 attack! Use your Shadowblast!" he cried.

That's pretty powerful. I thought.

"Sparky use Protect," I instructed the incredibly fast Jolteon. The wall of light was quickly erected before the devastating Shadow attack could even get close.

"Argh!" Deathgold growled as he watched my pokemon.

"Use Shadow Down!" he cried. There was no getting out of this attack.

"Spark ..." I cried as the Shadow aura enveloped me instead of my pokemon. I tried to hold my ground but ended up coughing on my knees.

"You're nuts," I was barely able to rasp out.

"Haahaaahaaahaaa!" Deathgold laughed sinisterly as he watched me slowly get up. I shook myself and got to my feet.

"Jolteon use Thunder Wave!" I cried. My electric pokemon moved in fast. The attack had been executed before Deathgold and his precious Xd 001 knew what had hit them.

Sparks could be heard as the full power of my level 64 Jolteon completely paralyzed his Shadow Lugia.

"Nooo!" cried the head of Cipher. I closed my eyes.

This is painful. I thought to myself as I shifted my weight so as not to fall to my knees again. I loaded the Master Ball (Professor Krane had given me earlier) into the Snag Machine. When he wasn't looking I thrust the ball toward the Shadow Pokemon as hard as I could. Before he could do anything his Pokemon was captured.

"Go get it Sparkbolt," I said. My Jolteon complied as it ran at super speed to get the ball that contained the most dangerous Shadow Pokemon ever created.

I defeated all of Deathgold's other pokemon. His Rhydon, Exeggutor, Moltres, Tauros, Articuno, and Zapdos were no match for my pokemon. With my Jolteon level 64, Gyrados level 56, Charmeleon level 52, Ninetales level 61, Skarmory level 54, and Rapidash level 60 he didn't stand a chance. I snagged all his pokemon (considering they were all Shadow Pokemon) and defeated the leader of Cipher.

Is this what it feels like to defeat criminal organizations? Is this what it's like? Is this what Wes felt? I thought to myself as I watched Eldes and Deathgold argue about what to do with Citadark Isle.

A figure ran off with a large case as I watched. The two Ciphers had been planning to shut down Citadark Isle and blow it up. Eldes (the red bodyguard who somehow turned out to be Deathgold's son) convinced them otherwise. The blue bodyguard Ardos had escaped as I watched them.

What was that case? I thought. I remember coming into the room and staring straight into a clear glass - capsule is the best word for it.

There was something inside. At first I thought it might be a pokemon until I got a better look. It seemed to be a human - a boy to be exact.

Why would Cipher want a kid? I thought to myself as I walked to the elevator that would take me out of this wretched cavernous island trap.