Note: This story puts a twist on original Pokemon ideas. The shadows within this story are a spin-off of the Pokemon Colosseum, and Pokemon XD: Gales of Darkness games. I take no credit for Pokemon's creation of shadow pokemon, but I do take credit for the originality of: CSA-45, Shadow Trap, Hell's Storm, Cipher's Stand, Dead Gate and Darkness Eternal.

The greatest minds had great goals. But even sanity shatters under a strong will.

5 years after the Prologue

The Axew could only glare angrily at the Celebi in front of it, frozen in place with psychic. As the Celebi moved downward to touch the Axew on its forehead, sending pure energy into the Axew…

3 weeks after the prologue

Cipher walked into the room where the caged egg stayed, the two larger cages empty now. His two scientists were watching the egg, as they had for twenty-one days now.

"You two, out of this room." Cipher spoke clearly, and with a demanding tone to the two scientists.

"But sir," the scientist on the right of cipher spoke up. "The egg still contains living conditions. It will survive even if we were to stop heating it."

Cipher looked at the scientist that had questioned his authority. "I have no reason to stick around for an egg that cannot even hatch. We will not wait for it to waste time."

The two scientists looked at each other, before walking towards the door. Cipher looked at the egg and glared at it angrily.

"Hatch already! Your pathetic excuse for testing my patience is enough so get out of that damned egg!" As was to be expected, the egg did nothing; only staying in its spot. Cipher turned out of the room walking outside of it, giving the signal for the scientists to go back inside.

To the scientist's surprise, a crack had formed along the edge of the egg. "Quick, get the dusk ball!" The taller of the two scientists stated, as the shorter one ran to get the ball. He soon returned holding a dusk ball with the letter 'C' on it, this letter standing for Cipher. The egg cracked again as the two scientists waited for the moment to see what all of their work had paid off for.

This egg broke, more cracks appearing along it before the eggshell fall to the side. Inside the middle of said eggshell, was an Axew. There was peculiar things about it that made the Axew unique, including its piercing red eyes, solid black tusks, and the scar on its back, appearing like the same scar that was on the front of the egg. As soon as the scientists saw the Axew, they opened the cage quickly tapping the axe jaw Pokémon on the head with the Dusk Ball.

As the dusk ball touched the Axew, it growled before being pulled into the ball. It shook once, twice, and then stopped shaking altogether as the Pokémon was caught.

"Success," The scientist said, before looking to the door. "Cipher sir! The egg has hatched!"

Cipher walked into the room hurriedly looking at the two scientists. "Well. Release the experiment, into the open. I want to see how it reacts."

The scientists quickly nodded before sending out the Axew. The axew stood there before looking directly at Cipher; its eyes unmoving as it glared coldly.

"Your rank is CSA-45, Cipher's shadow Axew, experiment number 45." One of the scientists told the Axew. It looked at them before head-butting the scientist, obviously annoyed with the way it had spoken, that is if the Axew had understood. CSA-45 was quickly becoming more of a threat to his scientists so Cipher returned the Axew, before glaring at the scientists. "Well don't just sit there. Get to work and run the tests, I want to see the capabilities of this little pest." The scientists quickly complied soon taking the Axew with its dusk ball into a lab, which conjoined the room, and began the tests. Little to anyone's knowledge, this Axew could be the doom of the plan, or it could be the success of the plan.

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