Author Note
I suck at names so I need help naming the team that are going to try tp wreak Gothic's life and I also need help naming the clone as he's going to be in the story. I plan for him to be masked stranger who wants power, but I can't think of how to dress him or what to call him other than the Masked Stranger, which sounds lame.
Tamer Gothic – Book Three – Battle City
Part 6
The Initiative – Location Unknown.
Professor Maggie Walsh smiled as she watched her experiment through the one way mirror. The clone she had grown was a remarkable specimen, he was in fine physical health for an adult human male, which was amazing considering that he was in fact only a few months old. Most clones tended to suffer some defects if they weren't allow to grow naturally, but 314 had no such problems.
Another fascinating thing about her science project was that he had so many powerful Blood Gifts. Which in of itself was nothing special as more and more young men in each generation gained abilities granted by pokegirl genes as they went through puberty, but those same teenager boys also tended to develop at least one strong Blood Curse. It was if nature was keeping a kind of balance.
The clone did have a Blood Curse, but it was a minor thing that could be managed as long as he maintained control. In fact it could even be a source of enjoyment for him.
"And how has our boy been behaving today?" Walsh asked the Nurse Joy who was assigned to monitor the clone.
The medical pokegirl picked up her clipboard and made a few notes before giving her answer.
"Physically he's still doing very well" the Nurse Joy said "He could do with some sunlight and fresh air...".
Walsh interrupted the pokegirl.
"He'll get a chance to go outdoors once he is ready for his mission" the professor stated.
While there were plenty of experiments going on within the base there were two that dominated Walsh's time and energy. The clone was one of them, and the other involved travelling to other dimensions.
The second project used technology recovered from one of Subeke's labs to create a doorway to another universe. While it worked there was a slight problem, the device could only access dimensions that contained counterparts of whatever human male supplied their DNA. Subeke must have designed the machine that way for some reason.
Because of this limitation Walsh had mostly only found worlds that were almost identical to this one, and there wasn't much point going there since the objective of this project was to bring pure blood humans and new technology back to this dimension.
They'd had a few successes runs using the DNA of a Tamer from a world very different from their own, but as it turned out the provider of the genetic material was also the only person who could use the device safely, of course that hadn't stopped the scientist from trying anyway. Cleaning the stains off the walls had taken hours.
There had been that one time when they had even managed to open a passageway that led to an alternate version of The Initiative, which members of her organization could have visited, only Walsh had closed the doorway when they had discovered that the alternate base was under attack by monsters.
A few times Walsh had sent a robot to other universes, but robots weren't very good at adapting to new situations, they could only do what their programming allowed them to do and dimensional travel required someone who could think on their feet.
That was why the clone was so important. Like his original this replica had many counterparts and they were on worlds that were very much unlike this was. Once he was ready Project 314 would be travelling to those other realities in order to bring back things of great value.
"How is his mental state?" Walsh then asked "Can he be trusted to carry out his mission?".
The Nurse Joy bit her lower lip.
"He's reasonable and he is able to understand what we want to do but..." the pokegirl started to say.
Walsh had always found pokegirls to be inferior to her because they were over emotional even when they were getting Tamed on a regular schedule. Unlike her they could never look at things rationally. It annoyed her, as did the fact that many humans acted the same way. At least her combat team, who were led by Riley Finn, were capable of putting their feelings aside when they had to.
"But what?" the professor demanded to know.
The pokegirl took a moment before answering.
"He's cruel" the Nurse Joy explained "He enjoys hurting pokes he Tames, because he can't empathise with them. If this carries on he might even become someone evil"
Walsh didn't believe in evil. It was just a word people used by those who were cowards and needed to label people who were brave enough to do what needed to be done.
"That can be explained by his Blood Curse" the professor said.
The Nurse Joy didn't agree. She'd been Tamed by 314 and by Tamers with fetishes due to Blood Curses, it was not the same.
"I've studied Blood Curses" the poke told her boss "Someone with this curse feels pleasure from inflicting pain, but normally this just results in the human enjoying elements of BDSM".
Professor Walsh didn't understand where this was going so she let the poke keep talking.
"This curse its quite manageable" Joy was now saying "And with right partner its also harmless, in fact many pokegirls and human women enjoy such activities within moderation".
The pokes voice was getting on Maggie's nerves but still she listened.
"It doesn't led to what we would consider to be anti-social behaviour because the person with the curse is able to understand that the other person has feelings" the nurse said "Now I don't think 314 would go as far as to kill someone for pleasure, he's not that unhinged, but if someone did die at his hands I don't think he would care".
Maggie Walsh smiled. For her this was very good news. She didn't want a head case working for her, as an unstable agent was of no use, but if the clone could kill without remorse, then that made him even more qualified as she needed someone to do whatever it took to complete his mission.
"The good news is that this is treatable" The Nurse Joy then said "314 has had to rapidly mature in an environment without any TLC, but I think if I were to spend enough time with him I could change him. He just needs to be shown what compassion is".
That was when Walsh knew it was time to wipe this pokegirl's memory, and to bring in a new Nurse Joy. The breed was useful, but they had the bad habit of letting their desire to help others get in the way of the work that needed to be done in situations like this. It clouded their judgement.
Also it didn't help that 314 had the Charm Blood Gift, it made even the most cold hearted of pokes want to do whatever the clone told them to do and someone who didn't care about other being's feeling could use that Blood Gift to get whatever he wanted. Such as help escaping the base.
Walsh knew that 314 would be thinking along those lines because it was exactly what she had tried to do when locked up in Arkham, however she didn't have Blood Gifts so no one had been willing to listen to her.
"As long as he doesn't go insane and start killing people for fun like a Jokette then there will be no need for what you refer to as TLC" the professor informed the pokegirl.
Ironically someone then started a slaughter, only it wasn't anyone on the inside the base. The alarms indicated that the base was under attack from the outside, and judging by the noise it was a major assault.
(Line Break)
The Lucky 38 Casino – Thrill Town
"Sociopaths tend to be nervous and easily agitated. They are volatile and prone to emotional outbursts, including fits of rage. They are likely to be uneducated and live on the fringes of society, unable to hold down a steady job or stay in one place for very long. It is difficult but not impossible for sociopaths to form attachments with others" I read out.
I'd woken up not that along from nightmare, and rather than go back to sleep as Misty had insisted I do I'd gotten up. Now I was looking through my 'dex's limited information on human psychology while thinking about what House had told me.
He knew that Amy wasn't human, but he didn't seem to be worrying abou it. I put that down to the fact that other pokegirls had tried to past for human before now, that and thanks to Illyria time powers she'd never been recorded when acting like the super powered killing machine that she really was.
What worried me was that House considered my friend Tom to be more dangerous than a pokegirl with something to hide. Which was saying something as a pokegirl who could pass as human was a danger to the current social structure.
"Many sociopaths are able to form an attachment to a particular individual or group, although they have no regard for society in general or its rules. In the eyes of others, sociopaths will appear to be very disturbed. Any crimes committed by a sociopath, including murder, will tend to be haphazard, disorganized and spontaneous rather than planned" I then said to myself.
That sounded exactly Tom. He was loyal to friends, and he'd never done anything to suggest he'd harm anyone on the team.
I did disagree with the idea that Thomas was haphazard and disorganized, however when I thought about it more I realised that while my buddy was prepared for danger I was the one who came up with the plans. He was equipped for trouble because he was very paranoid not because he was planning anything other than to stay alive.
"Psychopaths, on the other hand, are unable to form emotional attachments or feel real empathy with others, although they often have disarming or even charming personalities. Psychopaths are very manipulative and can easily gain people's trust. They learn to mimic emotions, despite their inability to actually feel them, and will appear normal to unsuspecting people" I then read to myself.
Now that sounded like Amy. She was very good at mimicking human behaviour, she could even fool me at times, and she had used that talent to get me to agree to help her reach another world some day even though I knew she wanted to conquer another planet.
"Some are so good at manipulation and mimicry that they have families and other long-term relationships without those around them ever suspecting their true nature" I went on to say.
Yep that was Amy.
"When committing crimes, psychopaths carefully plan out every detail in advance and often have contingency plans in place. Unlike their sociopathic counterparts, psychopathic criminals are cool, calm, and meticulous" I informed myself.
When Illyria killed people it was messy, but she was not sloppy. Every move she made was calculated. She didn't murder for the fun of it either, she simply liked to remove problems the easy way. That happened to involve snapping necks, but causing death wasn't the point.
"The cause of psychopathy is different than the cause of sociopathy It is believed that psychopathy is the largely the result of genetics while sociopathy is more likely the result of environment" I read.
Well Illyria had been created in a lab as a biological weapon where as Thomas had been ostracised by society. So that made sense.
"Sociopathy, is more likely the product of childhood trauma and physical/emotional abuse. Because sociopathy appears to be learned rather than innate, sociopaths are capable of empathy in certain limited circumstances" I said to myself.
Thomas couldn't remember most of his life, but given that Blood Curses tended to start effecting people as early as twelve years old then it was possible that Tom had been abused as a child.
"Psychopathy is the most dangerous of all antisocial personality disorders because of the way psychopaths dissociate emotionally from their actions, regardless of how terrible those actions may be. Psychopathic killers view their innocent victims as inhuman objects to be tormented and violated for their amusement" I then said.
Well Illyria wasn't human, she was the inhuman thing in fact, but she did see people as inferior to herself. Even I was only valued by her because she needed me and because she'd been forced to bond with me in order to avoid going feral.
"Are you still up?" Misty asked as she entered the room "You should be snuggled up in bed with me".
Earlier today I been worried about my girlfriend going to far when trying to 'mother' me, but now it seemed harmless when compared to the actions of people I knew.
"That nightmare got me thinking" I told my pregnant girlfriend "I'm worried about the team".
Misty decided to sit on my face while facing me so that her breasts were all up in my face, which was nice.
"I'm more worried about you" the gym leader said "Your life is full of stress, and when I'm gone there won't be anyone to take care of you like I do. This makes me unhappy I have to fix it".
She was right about that as my other girlfriends were not exactly suitable for the role that Misty took perhaps a little too seriously. This was because neither Nikita or Amy really existed. Amy Pond was a fiction that Illyria had created in order to blend in, and Nikita was act Becky put on in order to be taken more seriously as a Tamer.
The difference between them was that that under Nikita there was Becky, a sweet if somewhat shy girl who wanted a boyfriend to support and love her. Were as under Amy there was a megalomanic pokegirl who could be the doom of us all. Becky was a real person, and when she quit being a Tamer then Nikita would just be nothing more than a phase in her life. Amy was an act then when dropped meant death was coming.
What I found both fascinating and a little chilling was that I had played a big role in creating both Nikita and Amy. Granted that Succubus bitch had played a role and I was actually trying to help Illyria, but still if not for me neither if those characters would exist.
"Well maybe I can just clone a new you and not that get one up the duff" I said to Misty.
She playfully slapped me on the shoulder.
"I was thinking that I could help train your pokes" she then said "Kara has tried, but she's a warrior at heart. She wants to win battles and get Tamed, not make you a nice dinner".
That I agreed with. My sexy elf might be over sixty years old, but in elf terms she was still a horny teenager.
"Really Branwyn is a much better choice" Misty informed me "She's got huge pillows sticking out of her chest, so she should be the nurse maid. She can cook, she can clean and best of all she'll be a pokewoman before too long so she take the chance to practice being a Mom like am. Then you can put a baby in her like you did for me".
That didn't sound horrible. I did like big breasts full of milk it was like having a drinks machine and a pair of pillows that could follow me around.
"So I want you to transfer Branwyn to me so I can teach her a few tricks" Misty requested while slowly moving her hips "And when I go you will have a nice pokegirl to care good of you".
This was a plan I could support.
"If that's what you think is best dear" I said,
Misty giggled.
"Are you just saying because I'm leaking through my nightie?" she asked.
Mostly it was the dry humping, but the boobs were a big part of it.
"Yes" I said.
Misty giggled again.
"Do you want to go back to bed and fool around?" was her next question.
That I did. The bed was comfy and there would be a girl in it.
"Yes" I told her.
So back to bed we went.
(Line Break)
Hidden Base - Kanto Region.
A light flashed upon a man's desk and a finger slowly reached out. The button was pressed and seconds later someone spoke.
"Was he recovered?" a voice asked.
The were a muffled sound over the line, as it if was coming from a great distance.
"We got him sir" said another voice "We lost a lot of good men and pokes getting him, and none of Team Plasma made it out alive, but 314 is unharmed".
The person whose office this was couldn't be seen, but if anyone could have made out his face they would have seen him smile.
"Good" said the figure bathed in shadow "Now bring him to me".
There was a slight delay before the other voice spoke again.
"What about the Team Plasma informant?" the man talking over the comm device asked "He knows everything".
The reply wasn't long in coming.
"Kill him" the man bathed in darkness commanded "I don't want anyone outside the team to even know we were ever there. But make sure that Team Plasma gets the blame for this. Use the informats body as a clue".
The line was then cut and with that little light snuffed out there was nothing more to see.