Chapter Six

When Rayne finally woke up, the first thing she noticed was a ceiling.

'Funny, I don't remember a ceiling being outside.' she said trying to sit up. However, there was something lying on her right arm and Rayne couldn't move. Looking over at what was lying on her arm, Rayne gasped when she saw Mewtwo lying there sound asleep. His head was what was lying on her arm and Rayne was kind of surprised to see a peaceful look on Mewtwo's face. Smiling, Rayne slowly began to move her arm out from under Mewtwo without disturbing him. She managed to get her arm halfway out when Mewtwo turned over and freed her arm. Moving her arm out of Mewtwo's way, Rayne slowly sat up and looked around. Looking around, Rayne realized that this was some kind of bedroom.

'When did this get here?' she thought still looking around the room. As she looked around the room, her gaze stopped at the right side of the room. The side with all of the books. Smiling, Rayne slowly crawled over Mewtwo without disturbing him and made her way over to the shelves of books. Placing her hand on the books, she slowly ran her fingers over each and every cover feeling enjoying the feeling of the books beneath her hands. As she moved on down the row of books, Rayne stopped when her eyes fell upon an old beat up cover. Being curious, Rayne plucked the book off of the shelf and looked at it. The title of the book was 'Beauty and the Beast' and it seemed that the inside of the book was in way better shape than the outside. Flipping through the pages, Rayne didn't notice Mewtwo had woken up and was watching her every move.

'I see you found the books.' Rayne jumped at the sound of Mewtwo's voice and quickly slammed the book shut. Turning towards Mewtwo, she hid the book behind her back and smiled.

"Hey, glad to see you awake." she said walking over to him. Mewtwo smiled and slowly sat up.

'I must admit, I am still not used to waking up and seeing a human.' Rayne shook her head and smiled.

"Yeah well you better get used to me because I'm staying." Mewtwo smiled again and stood up.

'Well, I am glad that you're here and if you need anything, just find me or one of my pokemon.' he said making his way towards the door. Rayne looked at him confused.

"Where are you going?" Mewtwo stopped and turned to face her.

'I must go and make sure that my friends are alright. I mean, I have been getting distracted lately.' he said smirking. Rayne felt her cheeks start to turn red and she quickly shook her head.

"Well before you go, can you tell me where a hot spring is around here. I mean, I am kind of filthy." she said running her fingers through her hair to prove her point. Mewtwo smiled.

'There is a hotspring about a mile from here. Ask Arcanine to take you. He knows the way.' and with those words, Mewtwo disappeared leaving Rayne feeling both confused and happy. Looking back at the dresser, Rayne walked over to it and opened up the first drawer. Inside was nothing but undergarments. Grabbing the essentials, Rayne closed the drawer and opened up the second drawer. Insider were various tops and Rayne had to root until she found a top she liked. It was a simple black tank top that had a picture of a Charizard outlined in red. Smiling, Rayne threw the top on her shoulder and went to the third drawer. Inside were different types of bottoms and Rayne found what she was looking for on top. It was a pair of light denim jeans with holes cut in the knees. Smiling, Rayne threw the jeans up with her tank top and went to look in the fourth and final drawer. When she opened the drawer up, Rayne was surprised to see various dresses in every style known to man.

"Oh, what gorgeous dresses." she said picking up each dress and looking at it with awe. As she picked up a plain light blue dress with crystal sparkles in it, a plain envelope fell into Rayne's lap. Looking down at it, Rayne put the dress away and shut the drawer. Picking up the envelope, Rayne felt something inside and slowly opened it up. Looking inside, Rayne gasped when she saw a beautiful gold necklace with an R on it. Picking it up, Rayne held the chain between her fingers and watched as the necklace dropped. As Rayne watched the golden R spinning around on its chain, Rayne looked back at the envelope and noticed a letter sticking out of it. Placing the necklace down on the floor, Rayne removed the letter from the envelope and began to read it. This is what it said:

Rayne,

I know that you have been misguided throughout your life and that you learned to trust no one. I can sense that there is some doubt about trusting me. You don't have to deny it, I can sense it from you and that's okay. I hope that after time, you can learn to completely trust me as I trust you. It may take some time but I'm willing to wait. I hope that you take the necklace in this envelope as a sign of my friendship and know that you can always trust me. I'm not trying to replace Alice, believe me, that is not what I want to do. All I want to do is become another friend that you can trust.

Mewtwo

"All I want to do is become another friend that you can trust." Rayne read the last line with a smile on her face. Turning her attention back to the necklace, Rayne picked it up and stared at it for a moment. It glittered in the candle's dying rays and Rayne shrugged. Taking off her Team Rocket necklace, Rayne threw it on the ground and put on Mewtwo's necklace in its place. Rayne smiled and turned her attention to the mirror. She smiled when she saw the necklace around her neck and she modeled it off in the mirror.

'It's so beautiful.' she thought to herself. She gently touched the R and smiled.

'Maybe Mewtwo's not as bad as I thought.' Rayne stood in front of the mirror for a moment longer before turning back towards the doorway. She went to take a step forward when she heard a crunch beneath her boot. Looking down, Rayne moved her foot and gasped when she saw the remains of her Team Rocket necklace crushed on the floor. Picking up the remains in her hands, Rayne noticed that the only thing salvageable was the black chain that had held the red rose upon her neck.

'Oh man, I really liked that necklace.' she thought sighing. Looking around, Rayne noticed a trash can beside the bed and Rayne shrugged.

"Oh well, it doesn't mean anything to me anymore." she said walking over to the trash can and throwing the remains of the rose in it. She kept the chain however as an idea hit her. Placing the chain in her pocket, Rayne made her way out of the room and went in search of Scar.

Back at Team Rocket headquarters, Alice and Giovonni were watching Rayne's movements when suddenly her red light disappeared.

"Sir, what happened to Agent Rayne's tracker?" asked Alice looking up at Giovonni with worry in her eyes. Giovonni gave a scowl and pounded his fists on the table.

"Mewtwo must have figured out we were tracking Rayne. He probably got rid of her to keep his location a mystery." Alice gasped and looked down at the spot where Rayne's red dot had disappeared. There was a moment of silence between them, before Alice finally found the strength to speak.

"So what do we do now sir?" her voice was filled with both sadness and anger. Giovonni looked up at her and gritted his teeth.
"We will leave first thing tomorrow morning. I want you to gather as many available agents as possible and inform them that Agent Rayne is no longer alive. After you gather the agents, meet me at the docks at 5:00 am sharp. This time, Mewtwo crossed the line. We will teach him what it means to mess with our family." he said pounding his fist into the table. Alice nodded and saluted Giovonni before running out of the room to go gather up as many agents as she could. Once he was alone, Giovonni opened up a drawer to his desk and pulled out a picture. It was a picture of Rayne handing Giovonni a pokeball. Giovonni smiled because he remembered what pokemon was in that pokeball. It was his precious Persian and Rayne was the one who had caught it for him. Looking at the picture, Giovonni became more angry because he knew Rayne was never coming back. She was the best agent he had ever had and now she was gone. All because of that stupid Mewtwo. Clenching his fist, Giovonni placed the picture back in his desk and began his plan of finally ridding himself of Mewtwo once and for all.

Little did he and Alice know, Rayne was very much alive and well enjoying a nice soak in a nice warm hot spring. All around her, her pokemon were also enjoying the hot springs except for Rapidash who preferred dry land instead. It was joined by Arcanine who was watching Rayne play with her Kingler and Eevee.

"Come on, you can do better than that!" taunted Rayne to Kingler. Kingler glared at her and opened its mouth up wide.

"Koki koki!" It said letting out a powerful hydro pump. Pushing Eevee underwater, Rayne dodged the attack at the last minute and dove under the water. Once the attack was complete, Rayne resurfaced with Eevee in her arms.

"Nice job Kingler. I think that attack was stronger than the last one." she said swimming over to Kingler and patting it on the head.

"Koki koki." said Kingler happily. Rayne chuckled and looked back at Scar and Rapidash. She noticed that they appeared bored and she smiled.

"Alright you guys, I think that's enough for one day." she said starting to swim to shore. Scar and Rapidash looked up at her with surprise in their eyes. Smiling, Rayne got out of the water and grabbed a towel that was draped across Scar's back. Wrapping it around her body, Rayne ran her fingers through her hair and turned back towards the water.

"Come on you guys, we'll come back tomorrow, I promise." All of Rayne's pokemon looked at her for a moment before nodding their heads and making their way towards shore. As they were doing this, Rayne grabbed her clean clothes and went to change behind Scar. As she was changing, her pokemon made it to shore and were drying themselves off. Suddenly, Eevee jerked its head up and began to look around.

"Eevee." it said twitching its ears. Peering over Scar, Rayne looked at it confused.

"What's wrong Eevee?" she asked putting on her shirt. Before she could get an answer however, the little pokemon gave a small bark and dashed into the nearby bushes. Both Rayne and her pokemon cried out in surprise.

"Eevee!" cried Rayne putting on her necklace and running from behind Scar. In one quick movement, Scar stood up, charged at Rayne and managed to get her on his back. He then took off after the little pokemon with Rayne's remaining pokemon right on his heels. When Eevee finally stopped some five minutes later, Rayne was kind of surprised to see a baby Nidoqueen standing in front of Eevee.

"So that's what you heard." Rayne said kneeling beside Eevee and looking around for the mother Nidoqueen. Apparently, the mother was either a very good hider or the baby Nidoqueen must have gotten lost. Smiling, Rayne slowly moved her hand in front of the little pokemon and giggled when the little Nidoqueen began to lick her fingers.

"That's right little one, I mean you no harm." she said gently picking up the pokemon in her arms and bringing it close to her. Standing up, Rayne looked around the surrounding area.

"Okay, does anybody have any idea where I might find this pokemon's mother?" All of her pokemon shook their heads and Rayne sighed.

"Alright, I guess we have to do a search on foot." Just as she went to take a step forward, there came a rustling in the bushes and Rayne turned around.
'Maybe it's this baby's mother.' Rayne thought to herself. Smiling, Rayne called into the moving bushes.

"It's okay. You can come out, we have your baby." she said gently holding the Nidoqueen up above her head for the pokemon in the bushes to see. The rustling stopped for a moment and Rayne held her breath. Just when she thought that whatever was in the bushes had left, an explosion of leaves and twigs went flying all in the air. Shielding the Nidoqueen with her arms, Rayne closed her eyes and waited for barrage of obstacles to come to an end. Once the sound of falling twigs came to an end, Rayne slowly opened her eyes and lowered her arm that was shielding the little Nidoqueen. Looking in front of her, Rayne gasped when she saw an Arbok and Sandslash standing in front of her. Screaming, Rayne fell backwards and crawled away. The whole time she was doing this, the two wild pokemon just stared at her. Crawling behind her pokemon, Rayne was relieved when the all stood in front of her in a protective manner. Smiling, Rayne used Scar to help her stand up and she placed the scared little Nidoqueen on his back.

"Scar, I need you, Electabuzz, Rapidash, Eevee, and Ivysaur to stay back. Kingler and Nidorino, this is your battle." All the pokemon nodded their heads to show that they heard the order and all but Nidorino and Kingler took a step backwards. Once Rayne knew that all her pokemon were safely behind her, Rayne turned and faced Arbok and Sandslash.

"Alright boys, it's time to teach you a lesson about scaring people." she said cracking her knuckles. The Arbok and Sandslash looked at her and smiled. Obviously, they had no idea who they were dealing with and Rayne smiled.

'Well, they're about to learn.' she thought to herself. Looking at Nidorino and Kingler, Rayne nodded.

"Alright boys, let's show them who they're dealing with." Nidorino and Kingler both nodded their heads in return and took their fighting positions.

"You have the honor of the first move." Rayne said to Arbok and Sandslash. The two pokemon nodded and in a blink of an eye, the battle began.

Meanwhile, Mewtwo was talking to the baby Nidoqueen's mother. Apparently, she went to go gather some food for her little ones and when she came back, one was missing. Nidoqueen looked everywhere but could not find her baby anywhere. Once she had finished, Mewtwo gave her a warm smile.

'Don't worry, I will find your little one.' he said lying a hand on Nidoqueen's shoulder. Nidoqueen nodded and thanked Mewtwo for his help.

'You're welcome.' Suddenly, Mewtwo could sense a battle going on nearby. It was a two on two battle and for a moment, Mewtwo thought he felt a familiar aura.

'Rayne?' he said looking towards the source of energy. Looking back at Nidoqueen, Mewtwo bowed.

'If you'll excuse me, I have to go look into something. I'll look for baby as soon as I get back.' Nidoqueen nodded her head and watched as Mewtwo teleported to the on going battle.
Meanwhile, Rayne and her pokemon were dominating the battle field. Both Arbok and Sandslash were starting to look a little tired and while her team was still going strong. Pointing at the tired pokemon, Rayne smiled.

"Alright, let's end this. Nidorino use horn drill and Kingler use Guillotine!" Both pokemon nodded and began their attacks. Nidorino's horn began to glow with a golden light and he charged the already injured Arbok. Slamming his horn into Arbok's stomach, Nidorino sent Arbok flying into a nearby tree. As soon as Arbok's head hit the tree, it was out cold leaving Sandslash for Kingler. Raising its claw, Rayne watched as it turned a dark blue and she smiled.

"Alright Kingler, finish the job!" she called. Kingler nodded its head and looked over at Sandslash. Charging, Kingler hit Sandslash with its now glowing claw and sent it flying back into Arbok. The two crashed into each other and were instantly knocked out. Brushing off her hands, Rayne smiled and walked over to her pokemon.

"Good job you guys. I knew you could do it." she said patting them both on the head. Both pokemon smiled and Rayne chuckled.

"Alright you guys, you deserve a rest." she said pulling out their pokeballs and calling them back. Both pokemon disappeared in a flash of red and Rayne placed them back on her belt.

'That was quite a battle.' came a voice from behind her. Rayne jumped and turned to face this new comer. She was relieved to see Mewtwo standing there and not another human. Shrugging, Rayne placed her hands on her hips.

"That was nothing. You should see me when I'm really warmed up." Mewtwo smiled.

'I'd like to see that someday.' Rayne smirked.

"Don't worry. You will." she said patting him on the back. Smiling, Mewtwo looked over at the two fainted pokemon.

'So what should we do with those two?' Rayne looked over at the pokemon and smiled.

"Leave that to me." she said pulling out two new pokeballs from her pocket. Mewtwo looked at her curiously.

'You plan to capture them? Where will they go?' Rayne smiled.

"My grandparents run a pokemon ranch. Any pokemon I capture goes there where they are given the best care." Mewtwo fell silent for a moment and Rayne gave him a concerned look.

"Are you okay?" she asked placing a comforting hand on Mewtwo's shoulder. Shaking his head, Mewtwo quickly shook the pain from his eyes and forced a smile.

'I am fine. Now capture these two so that we can move on.' Rayne looked at him a moment longer before slowly nodding her head.

"Okay." she said softly. Turning back towards the pokemon, Rayne smiled.

"Alright you guys, time to meet your new master." she said throwing the pokeballs at the sleeping pokemon. Both her and Mewtwo watched as they were consumed by a red light and disappear into the pokeballs. The pokeballs jerked back and forth for a moment before they finally came to a complete stop. Rayne smiled and watched as the two pokeballs disappeared in a white light.

"Grandma and Grandpa should be happy to see some new faces on the ranch." she said to Mewtwo. Mewtwo looked at her and nodded.

'I would think so. So Rayne, I have a favor to ask of you.' Rayne looked up at him confused.

"A favor?" she asked. Mewtwo nodded.

'It appears that a baby Nidoqueen got separated from its mother and cannot be found. This island it pretty big and even I can't explore it all in one day. So I was wondering if you would help me.'

''Baby Nidoqueen?'' Mewtwo nodded.

'Yes.' Rayne was silent for a moment and Mewtwo watched as she slowly walked over to Scar, who was lying under the shade of a large tree. Smiling, Rayne reached over the large pokemon and picked something off of its back. Walking back to Mewtwo, Rayne offered him the squirming little Nidoqueen.

"Is this the missing Nidoqueen?" she asked handing Mewtwo the squirming bundle. Mewtwo nodded his head in surprise.

'Why yes, yes it is. How did you find her?' he asked taking the little Nidoqueen in his arms. Rayne shrugged.

"Eevee heard a noise and raced into the jungle. When I followed it, it lead me to this little Nidoqueen here. I managed to save her before that Sandslash and Arbok showed up." said Rayne patting the Nidoqueen on the head. Mewtwo smiled.

'Thank you Rayne. You truly are a remarkable human.' Rayne shrugged.

"What can I say? I try." Mewtwo chuckled and looked down at the little Nidoqueen.

'Alright little one, let's get you back to your mother.' he said getting ready to teleport back to Mother Nidoqueen.

"Mewtwo, wait!" cried Rayne reaching towards him. Mewtwo stopped.

'What is it Rayne?' Rayne froze and her face started to turn red.

"Well...since you gave me...a friendship necklace...I'd like to...give you something in return." Mewtwo stared at her.

'A present for me?' Rayne nodded.

"Close your eyes." she said. Mewtwo looked at her confused.

'Close my eyes?' Rayne smiled.

"Trust me." Mewtwo smiled and slowly closed his eyes. Smiling, Rayne pulled out a necklace from her pocket and moved behind Mewtwo. She then hooked the necklace around his neck and took a step back.

"Now, open your eyes." she whispered in his ear. Mewtwo opened his eyes and looked down at the necklace. It was a simple necklace on a black chain that had a ring in the middle. Picking up the ring in his fingers, Mewtwo looked at the ring curiously.

"It used to be my mother's." said Rayne reading his mind. Mewtwo looked over at her shocked.

'I can't take this.' Rayne smiled.

"Of course you can. I mean...you are my friend after all." Mewtwo looked at her surprised.

'Wait, does this mean...' Rayne nodded her head.

"Yep." Mewtwo was stunned at first but then he slowly began to smile.

'I am glad that you trust me Rayne.'

"Me too. Me too." she said softly. The two then fell into a comfortable silence before the little Nidoqueen began to whimper in Mewtwo's arms. Both Rayne and Mewtwo looked down at the little pokemon with a smile on their face.

"I think someone wants to see their mommy." Mewtwo nodded.

'Yes, it would appear that way. Well then, I will go and return this pokemon back to its mother.' Rayne smiled and gave him a thumbs up.

"Take her home Mewtwo." Mewtwo nodded.

'I'll see you back at the lair.' said Mewtwo getting ready to teleport.

"See you back at the lair."

To be continued...