Hey Guys! This chapter isn't done yet. I'm having trouble writing what's next (I lost count of how many times I rewrote the next part). But I hate keeping you waiting, so here's the first part. When I'm finished, I will replace it with the full version.

Thick, ugly, black smoke rose above the treetops, exactly in the direction Rose had indicated earlier. The smoke contrasted violently with its surroundings, seemingly corrupting the clear sky with its poisonous touch.

Jewel was the first to snap out of the daze the explosion had caused the group of Pokémon to fall under. She turned her head and looked at Mewtwo, "Well, all of us are definitely checking this out now." Jewel said as she spread her wings. She then took off without another word.

The rest of the group snapped out of their daze and took off as well, quickly catching up to Jewel. Mewtwo was inwardly cursing, though he had to admit that Jewel was a lot smarter than he gave her credit for. She knew he would protest involving the bird Pokémon in this situation, so she took off before he had the chance.

"What do you think caused this?" Rose yelled over the sound of the wind rushing past them as they flew.

Andi was about to reply when the group heard a second, even louder, explosion. More black smoke began to billow into the sky.

Mewtwo narrowed his eyes. "I will go on ahead," he said before increasing his speed and shooting past the bird Pokémon. Inwardly, he chastised himself for not doing that in the beginning.

"Wait!" Rose shouted, but it was too late because Mewtwo was already gone.

"Damn it! Why does he always have to do this?" Jewel shrieked as Andi cursed silently.

"Because he's an overprotective, paranoid idiot!" Rose yelled in frustration.

Mewtwo tried not to cough has he floated down toward the treetops. His eyes watered and his throat began to burn as he looked around for the flames. Strangely, he could not find any of the flames. There was smoke everywhere, but none of the foliage seemed to be on fire. It was as if the ground itself was emitting-

There was a tremendous BOOM that came only twenty yards from Mewtwo's left as trees, chunks of the ground, pieces of metal and other debris flew into the air. Mewtwo swiftly dodged a tree heading his way and looked toward the source of the explosion. The latest explosion released even more smoke into the air, and even Mewtwo with his genetically engineered super eyes was having trouble seeing. Even so, he was just able to see the blurry outlines of five Pokémon hovering in the air.

Mewtwo quickly went towards the group. "Hello? Are-" he began, but stopped when a Dark Pulse materialized from the smoke and hurtled towards him.

He easily dodged the attack and flew back, trying to get out of the smoke so he could see the Pokémon. However, Mewtwo need not have to do so because the Pokémon emerged from the smoke and headed towards him.

It was a Pokémon that Mewtwo did not recognize at all. Although he deplored the time he spent with Team Rocket, Mewtwo had learned many things when he was with them. One such thing was the appearance and name of every known Pokémon. Afterwards, Mew had taught him the names and appearances of all the legendary Pokémon. But the Pokémon hurtling towards him was one he had no recognition of at all.

The Pokémon was mostly red, with a metal body and saucer shaped head. It had two large eyes with what appeared to be a mouth underneath. There was a gray stipe around its abdomen, and its arms ended with a sharp looking claw. The most noticeably feature of the Pokémon was the large cannon attached to its back that extended to just above the Pokémon's head.

The Pokémon rocketed towards Mewtwo, its arms glowing with an X-Scissor attack. It thrust its right arm at him, causing Mewtwo to twist his body towards the left to dodge. Mewtwo quickly crossed his arms over his chest and formed a psychic shield. The X-Scissor attack slammed into him, shattering the shield and pushing both Pokémon back.

Mewtwo righted himself in the air, just as the four other Pokémon emerged from the smoke and flew to the red Pokémon's side. They looked exactly like the red Pokémon, except these four were purple and each one had a different colored drive in there canon. The five Pokémon faced Mewtwo, and each Pokémon's cannon quickly began to charge an attack.

"Wait! I don't want to fight!" Mewtwo said frantically, trying to avoid another confrontation.

The four purple Pokémon hesitated and looked at the red Pokémon, who Mewtwo presumed was the leader. At first the red Pokémon acted as if nothing had happened, but then his cannon powered down and his stance became (somewhat) less hostile. The four other Pokémon quickly mimicked their leader.

The red Pokémon stared directly into Mewtwo's eyes, "Who are you and what do you want?" a deep, masculine voice hissed, to Mewtwo's surprise, in the human language. "And why do you speak the human language?" the word 'human' was spoken with such malice, it almost made Mewtwo's skin crawl.

Well, why do you? Mewtwo thought, but he wisely didn't voice that thought. "I am Mewtwo," he began calmly. "I was created from humans. They were the ones who gave me the ability to speak human language." All five of the Pokémon seemed to stiffen. "Now that I've told you who I am, it's only fair that you tell me who you are."

The red Pokémon's stance seemed to stiffen even more, and he moved until he was floating in front of the others. "We are called the Genesect," he growled out.

Genesect? I've never heard of that species of Pokémon. Mewtwo thought. Mewtwo glanced over to his left, were plumes of smoke were still emitting from the ground. "Did you do this?"

"Yes." The red Genesect's voice held no remorse. "Those vile humans had us imprisoned for as long as any of us can remember. We saw a chance to escape and took it." Suddenly, the Pokémon's voice became wistful, and Mewtwo could hear the longing in the other's voice, "Now that we are free, we will finally go home."

"Home? Where is your home?" Mewtwo asked.

"The place with the flowers," a soft feminine voice answered. Mewtwo's eyes snapped to the purple Genesect with the blue drive. Her claws were clasped together, and like the red Genesect there was longing in her voice. The Genesect with the yellow drive floated over to her and seemed to try and comfort her.

"Place with the flowers? Do you even know where you are now?" Mewtwo asked, moving his eyes back to the red Pokémon. None of the Genesect answered him. He narrowed his eyes slightly, "How do you expect to get there if you don't even know which way to go?"

"We will be leaving now," The red Genesect stated, ignoring Mewtwo's question. He turned around and floated towards the others.

"And what will that accomplish? Let me help you," Mewtwo said gently.

The red Genesect suddenly stopped moving. Slowly, he turned around and gave Mewtwo a look of deep contempt. "We do not need help," he spat venomously.

"Really?" Mewtwo replied skeptically. "I seriously doubt that. You don't seem to know too much about the outside world. What will you do if you meet a group of humans or Pokémon? Will-"

"We will eliminate anything that gets in our way," the red Genesect barked out.

Mewtwo narrowed his eyes further, "Don't you think you've done enough damage?" Mewtwo said coldly. He nodded his head in the direction of the smoke. "Are you really going to harm innocent beings just because they got in your way?"

"We have a goal that we will do anything to achieve." The red Pokémon readied himself into a combat stance. "That includes eliminating you."

He pounced.