Ch. 7

Kiva found that Mewtwo had encased the both of them in a bubble. Mewtwo explained, Normally, I could simply teleport down to the lab. But in order for you to accompany me, I need to use this bubble to take you with me. The bubble clouded until it became opaque, then started to clear again until it simply faded out of existence. When the bubble was clear, Kiva could see that they were in a whole different surrounding. Computers were everywhere, along with a large machine that had a conveyer belt, and several large glass tubes.

Mewtwo spread his arms, gesturing to their surroundings, This is my laboratory. I do all of my studies and experiments here. Kiva gasped. The place was bigger than she could ever have imagined. Mewtwo gave his hand a little wave, and all of the computers and machinery came to life. Mewtwo pointed to the machine with the conveyer belt. That is my cloning machine. I have captured and cloned every species from the surrounding environment, but that is a limited number from such a limited habitat. I wish I had access to a more varied range, that I may clone more species.

Kiva took the hint. She ventured to ask, "Would you like to clone my pokemon that I brought with me? I have only the six, but it's something at least."

Mewtwo turned to face her. You would willingly allow me to clone your pokemon? I would think most trainers would not want their pokemon to be cloned.

Kiva shrugged, "Well as long as it doesn't hurt them, I think you should, if you need more species. I don't mind, as long as they're safe."

Mewtwo looked surprised. But even still, he continued. Very well. Please put your pokeballs on the conveyer belt one at a time, and we can proceed.

Kiva first chose grovyle, her favorite. Mewtwo turned the machine on, and the pokeball was moved to the machine. A short time after the ball entered the machine, the image of grovyle appeared on a screen above the conveyer belt. A light flashed, and suddenly, the top of one of the giant glass tubes opened. In the fluid inside, out came a grovyle, curled up as though asleep.

For the first time, Kiva noticed that the tubes contained other pokemon in the same state: birds, bugs, and several other forest types. There were also some that Kiva figured must have come from the sea at the edge of the forest.

"Wow, that was fast!" Kiva exclaimed.

Yes, my technology is superior to that which I was created with. Mewtwo looked smug. There, on the other side of the machine, is your grovyle. Please select another.

And so it went, as pidgeot, arcanine, miltank, and vaporeon all popped into the various tubes. Until they came to the persian. Mewtwo's eyes widened at the sight of the persian on the screen. The persian had reminded him of Giovanni, as Giovanni always had his beloved persian with him wherever he went. The sight of that persian made Mewtwo sick, so naturally, Mewtwo's instincts came into action at the sight of Kiva's persian.

You have a persian? He shot at her. Kiva seemed taken aback at this sudden change in behavior. Mewtwo calmed down. I apologize, it is simply a matter of bad associations. Persian was Giovanni's pet, it followed him everywhere, and he always lavished it with love. I still associate persian with Giovanni, and Giovanni with pain.

As he said this, the persian clone had already slipped into a tube with a whoosh. The cloning machine had made no differentiation.

Kiva felt sorry for Mewtwo, and began to apologize for her mistake, "I'm sorry, I didn't realize-"

No, you could not have known. I apologize for my rash behavior. After all, I now have six new clones that I did not have before. And for that, I thank you.

Kiva nodded. "But why are they all curled up asleep like that?"

Mewtwo explained, They are in suspended animation. They shall remain in that state until I choose to release them. I collect these clones for protection, should I ever need it. And in a way, I am filling a pokedex of my own, cloning one of each species. However, I programmed my machine to create them with special markings, that I may tell them apart from any pokemon that are not mine. Now, come. There is still much to show you…