Chapter 2: Interrogation and Consideration
After following the creature for a good hour, Mateusz decided to say something.
"How come you can say things with your mouth closed?" Mateusz asked.
"I am Psychic." The creature coldly replied.
"That explains a lot." Mateusz stated, even more robotically and coldly.
"Are you mocking me?" the creature asked after hearing the tone of Mateusz's voice.
"No, good sir, I don't mock people I have only just met, or at least I think I don't…" said a well calculated Mateusz, not wanting to offend a larger, taller and more well-built creature with a tail as thick as a flippin' branch that could easily break his spine, were it used as weapon.
The creature said nothing and kept walking, taking long, slow strides in front of Mateusz.
"Do you have a name I may address you by, sir?" Mateusz asked politely.
"You may call me Mewtwo." The creature now known as Mewtwo replied with a distinctly unemotional manner that matched the look on his face.
"Very well, Mewtwo." Said Mateusz
The pair kept walking for a few more minutes through the lush green trees of the forest. The weather was slightly overcast, and Mateusz wondered if it might rain later, but it didn't look like it just yet. They soon came to a small opening in the ground with what looked like roughly hewn stone steps going down into a cave like opening.
"Go in." Mewtwo demanded.
"I'm sorry, but I don't trust you enough to just go into a hole with a random creature I've never seen before that is bigger than me and could easily hurt me, were I cornered in a place like that. For all I know, you may be a predatory creature, so I won't go in that hole; I don't feel safe going in there." Mateusz replied and began to turn to run.
"If you run away, I will have to kill you, I can't risk a human going back to a town and spreading stories about me being in these woods, I must remain secret." Mewtwo threatened with a slight growl to his normally calm telepathic voice.
"You'll have to catch me before you can kill-" It was as far as Mateusz got before he tripped on a rock and face-planted into the dirt.
Mateusz felt a pair of what he assumed to be Mewtwo's hands grabbing his legs and dragging him while he was still dazed.
"This would be much easier if I could just use my powers to levitate you, but for some reason I can't use my powers on you." Mewtwo telepathically mumbled with an amused smirk.
Mewtwo dragged Mateusz down the rough steps into the cave and propped him against a wall.
"Who are you, human?" Mewtwo asked inquisitively, but more gently than before.
"Muuuhhhh- Ouch, that hurt going down those steps." Mateusz moaned.
"Who are you?" Mewtwo asked again with a slightly impatient demeanour.
"I already told you, I am Mateusz. I don't know much else…" trailed Mateusz
"Where are you from?" Mewtwo interrogated.
"I-don't know… I think I come from- another place." Mateusz squinted as he struggled to remember where he was from.
"Where are you from?" Mewtwo asked impatiently this time.
"I said I don't know, I don't remember, something happened and now I don't remember, OK?" Mateusz said in an irritated tone.
This earned him a glare and a warning from Mewtwo. "If you don't cooperate, I'll have to treat you as a threat and-" Mewtwo warned but that was as far as he got with his warning before he got a reply.
"I don't flipping know, damn it, Mewtwo! Isn't that enough for you! You're the damn psychic here!" Mateusz yelled with a white rage within his eyes.
This outburst earned Mateusz a rough shove and his shoulder struck against the hard stone wall of the crudely constructed room of the cave they were in. Mateusz collapsed to the ground and swore at Mewtwo.
"That'll leave a bruise you flipping moron! What'd you do that for you half-" Mateusz spat but was cut short as a sharp pain once again cut through his chest, Mateusz winced with the pain, but this time, it was worse. He collapsed to the ground and fell unconscious.
Mewtwo stood there, pondering the sudden collapse of the boy. Mewtwo examined Mateusz and found he was still breathing, but when he felt Mateusz's pulse, there were twice as many beats as there should be in a normal human being, but judging by Mateusz's strange ability to block Mewtwo's powers, he wasn't a normal human. He probed into the deep recesses of his mind and found that mental blocks were firing like crazy and there was no way to reach his subconscious, as if there was a brick wall in the way. Mewtwo, who was frustrated that all his attempts at extracting information had failed, stormed up the steps on the other side of the room and sat outside the entrance to ponder how such a thing could happen.
"Who is this boy?" Mewtwo thought to himself. "Who is he to be able to block my powers? And what was it that caused his sudden collapse?"
Mewtwo went through many possible reasons to the boy's strange collapse and abilities. He had thought the boy may be an agent for team rocket, but, since when did humans have 2 hearts? And why would Team Rocket send a boy to do a man's job? Mewtwo concluded that the boy most likely wasn't from Team Rocket, but that didn't mean he wasn't a threat. He would have to keep the boy under close-supervision until he knew all the details. Mewtwo wasn't used to company, except for an occasional visit from Mew. He would have to make another room for the boy to sleep in for the remainder of his stay. He would also have to sneak into the nearby town at night to get supplies that humans need, like a pillow and some blankets for sleeping, and some antibiotics if the boy fell ill with an infection. Mewtwo weighed up the benefits he would get from putting any effort in. He could get interesting knowledge from this boy, after all, he didn't sound anything like the other humans in the region, his accent was unidentifiable to Mewtwo and the manner in which he talked was quite different. Or it could just turn out the boy was simply affected by amnesia or something else.
After about an hour of this constant, well thought pondering and theorising, Mewtwo heard footsteps coming up the stairs. Mewtwo stood up and turned to face the noise.
"Stay away! I've already gained enough pain from you! First you drag me into your hole, and then you interrogate me and shove me into a wall! Do you treat all people you meet like this?!" Mateusz half yelled when he saw Mewtwo standing at the entrance.
"I interrogated you because you could be a threat, as for the shove, I assumed you were being aggressive. You will have to stay with me until I find more out about you to judge whether you are a true threat or just a lost boy with amnesia, or you may yield information that I can use." Replied Mewtwo in a monotonous tone.
"You still didn't have to be so rough, how would you like it if someone decided to shove you into a wall as you were standing up? Wait, WHAT! I have to stay with YOU! I'm leaving right now; I've had enough of your nonsense that you keep saying!" Mateusz said in a rather angered fashion.
"You cannot leave, I won't risk being found, and besides, you may be an agent of team rocket who will tell them where I am, and they'll try to capture me." Mewtwo told Mateusz calmly.
"Who the hell are Team Rocket? And by the way you've been treating me so far, I would be GLAD if they captured you." Mateusz said somewhat more calmly, but coldly and darkly this time.
"Team Rocket is a criminal organisation who aims to take over the world, if they capture me, they will use me to achieve that goal, after all, they created me as a biological weapon for that purpose, but I escaped." Mewtwo provided a reason for Mateusz to be more cooperative.
"Fine, but that still doesn't change the fact that you were too rough. You really only needed to ask me those questions once, I've truthfully told you all I know as you asked the questions. If you still don't believe me, check my mind yourself, you said you were psychic, didn't you?" Mateusz asked.
"I can't check your mind because you are blocking me somehow, which should be impossible for a human." Mewtwo stated.
"If I will myself to let you read my memories, would that work?" Mateusz theorised and asked.
"We could try it, I suppose." Said a now interested Mewtwo.
"Alright, try it now, but don't mess about." Mateusz gave Mewtwo the go ahead.
Mewtwo reached into the boys mind once more, but this time, he found he could actually get into the memories. He looked around for any signs of Team Rocket or information as to where the boy had come from. But the only memories of where he had come from were general knowledge about a strange place that had no Pokémon, only creatures that looked a little like Pokémon. There were absolutely no memories of family or friends or geographical location. He looked into the general knowledge in the boys mind and found a wide range of topics, but for some reason, there was no historical knowledge or knowledge of human cities or towns. Not even country names were there. There was plenty of scientific information though, but nothing to do with other humans except for what appeared to be a human anatomy image with labels, Mewtwo would save that memory for later, he could use it as an advantage against Team Rocket. The only memories that were complete began with the boy lying underneath a tree and ended at the exact moment they were in. Mewtwo stopped his link with the boy's mind and sat down.
"So, you found that I'm not a threat? And that I truthfully can't remember anything of where I came from?" Mateusz asked Mewtwo, knowing the answer but asserting his position to him.
"You are clean of suspicion to do with Team Rocket for now, but I still need to find out about these abilities of yours, so you will have to stay with me. Besides the fact you have no money or identification, meaning that you wouldn't to be able to survive in the town anyway." Mewtwo told Mateusz with a slight smirk on his face, knowing the boy didn't fancy the idea of staying with him.
"Fine, but I'll need some supplies to be able to live, and do you know where I can find food? I haven't eaten since I got here yesterday so I'm starving." Mateusz sighed and finally accepted that he had no choice in the situation.
"I have already thought about what you may need, I will sneak into the town tonight to fetch them. As for food, you will find a berry bush about 50 meters to your left. The berries are edible for humans." Mewtwo told Mateusz.
Mateusz eagerly ran to the place Mewtwo had described and found a bush with large, red, juicy looking berries. Mateusz quickly picked a large handful and scoffed the lot. They were incredibly juicy, but the taste was somewhat foreign, and yet, familiar. After he had eaten enough to satisfy himself, he walked back to the cave and found that Mewtwo had created another room off the hallway of the cave.
"How the heck do you carve through rock so fast?" Mateusz asked with amazement.
"By using my powers. There is a ledge for you to sleep on for the remainder of your stay. I must go and get you some supplies now, if you run away while I'm gone, I will track you down and incapacitate you so you cannot escape again." Mewtwo said calmly to Mateusz, trusting that the boy probably wouldn't have run away anyway even if he hadn't added the threat, but added it for extra effect anyway.
Mewtwo promptly left for the town that was approximately 10km away. After traveling for about 2 hours, Mewtwo came to the trees on the outskirts of a small town. By this time it was dark, and Mewtwo easily snuck through the deserted streets to a store in the centre of town. He stood outside the front of the store and psychically opened the lock. He walked in and looked on the shelves for the supplies he was looking for. He found everything he needed for the boy except for the antibiotics which would come in handy if the boy fell ill from an infection. Mewtwo exited the store, levitating the supplies behind him and re-locked the door behind him. He looked for a human medicine store, which he believed were called; 'chemists'. He found one a few stores down the road and opened the door with his mind. He walked in and found packets of amoxicillin on a nearby shelf behind the counter, grabbed a few and exited the store. He floated back to the forest on the edge of town, scanning the streets ahead as he did to ensure there were no late night strollers. He entered the forest with the supplies and headed back for his home. It took him another 2 hours to get back. As he got back, he heard a strange noise coming from his home. He put the supplies on the ground and went to investigate. He found Mateusz snoring on the ledge he had constructed as his bed. Mewtwo shook Mateusz to wake him up to tell him that he had gotten the supplies.
"Nnnnnngggghh- w-what are you doing, wh-who are you?" Mateusz mumbled as he opened his eyes and saw Mewtwo standing there.
"I have supplies for you, a blanket, a pillow, some antibiotics, and a coat." Mewtwo told Mateusz.
"Thank you, where are they?" asked Mateusz politely.
"They are outside the entrance." Mewtwo replied.
Mateusz walked out of the room and up the steps in the hallway. He found all the items Mewtwo had described on the ground so he picked them up and took them to his room. He set up the pillow and blanket and went back to sleep. He did not snore this time. Mewtwo went to his room and sat to ponder more about how the boy could be capable of such ability so as to block all his powers. After about an hour, Mewtwo had also fallen asleep as using his powers to create Mateusz's room had drained him.