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I don't own Pokemon or any of it's subsidiaries. The only thing I own is the following characters I list: Jake and Anna Redfield, Zack Dragoon, Dusk Fredrick, Daniel and Jordan Vellars, the mysterious pokemon trainer with sunglasses (dubbed shades)

Team Beginnings

Daniel looked around the young professor's lab. He recalled the professor was named Crane. Hundreds of Pokémon were lined on shelves. Crane was working on a…actually Daniel didn't know what it was. It appeared to a central raised Circle area surrounded by two or three high tech computer and holograph systems. Crane looked up and smiled. "You must be Daniel Vellars. I've heard so much about you. Come over here."

Daniel walked through one of the isles. Surprisingly, the lab was very clean and organized. Most of the Cipher peons and Scientists he worked with had very messy rooms and labs. He chuckled to himself, Probably why they haven't found the flaw in the XD Series. Crane said, "I've been working on this for over three years, but I've never succeeded in purifying a single shadow Pokémon. For three years, trainers have been gathering shadow Pokémon and sending them here for research."

Daniel nodded and Crane continued, "Somehow, This sample of Celebi's rock has lost it's ability to purify the shadow Pokémon." Crane looked closely at the rock, "But now that you're here, maybe we can succeed somehow in restoring the rock to its former power." Daniel pulled out a pokeball and said, "This Pokémon may be of some assistance." Crane plucked the pokeball from Daniel's hand and released it. A Celebi came out. It wasn't joyful. Rather, it seemed either angry or determined, like it wanted a fight."

Crane looked from him to Celebi to Daniel, who returned it with a blank look. He grabbed a small device from the table and put it on his right ear. A small screen extended across his right eye. Crane's eyes grew big. He said, "So, Cipher partially succeeded. They captured Celebi and turned it into a shadow Pokémon. This could explain why the relic sample has stopped acting with its original characteristics." Crane sighed, and then added with his mouth smiling, "but looks like they didn't quite complete their endgame. We may still have a chance yet!"

Crane set the pokeball down on the table, and did the same with the device. He looked once again at Daniel, "In the three years this research project has been going on, we discovered something new." Crane's eyes brightened, "There is a new way to purify shadow Pokémon. If we return the Pokémon to its original trainer before, the trainer can, over time and if the trainer's bond with the Pokémon was strong enough, open the heart of the Pokémon. However, this doesn't work on Pokémon who never had a trainer."


Jake found Zack sitting outside the bunker with Alakazam. They were looking at the sunset. Jake joined them, releasing his four Pokémon. Eevee stood at attention, Cyndaquil sat in Jake's lap, Articuno pecked at its feathers and stood next to Jake with a relaxed posture, and finally Chikorita looked around confused, and then lay down in the grass.

Jake looked at Zack and said, "What happened to your cheek. There seems to be a pretty nasty bruise." Zack grabbed at it, then winced in pain, "Yeah, I just was repaying old debts I owed a prisoner." Jake said, "Would you be willing to tell me about it." Zack said, "Sure. From the beginning of the resistance, or with this particular prisoner." Jake asked for the second. Zack started, "Well, The battles for Kanto began almost immediately after Johto fell. This was later in the war for Kanto. I was charged with the defense of Pewter. Cipher had, and still has, thousands of agents who assaulted our position. We held strong for several days. Brock was also there, defending the town with his Various rock Pokémon."

Cyndaquil fell off Jake's lap and got into Zack's. He continued as he absentmindedly petted Cyndaquil, "Anyway, Cipher assaulted a weak point on that particular day with a very powerful shadow Tyranitar. The Cipher General was named Wickers. He was a brilliant tactition, as much as I hate to say it. He was probably the main reason Cipher had won so many battles at the time."

Zack shook his head, as he was going down a different conversation for a different time. "Anyway, the defenses were breached, and several trainers were caught in Cipher's pincer strategy surrendered. When they surrendered, Cipher just overran us, pushing us further and further into the city. However, Brock and his Pokémon took a stand against Cipher. He held his own against 10 Cipher peons, before Tyranitar took down his best Pokémon. At that point, I had to retreat. It was a mistake. I could…I could have gotten him out of there. I would have, but…there were too many between me and Brock."

Jake sat back and said, "Well, I don't know much about war, but it sounded like you tried to do everything you could against them. You also don't seem like such a bad guy. In fact, I'd wager you are one of the better guys out there." He looked at Cyndaquil, who was now sleeping in Zack's lap. Jake continued with a big smile, "My Cyndaquil doesn't sleep on anyone's lap you know."

Zack smiled and said, "Well, I'm going to leave town in a couple days. Would you like to come? I've got to meet up with several other resistance groups, and I could really use your help."

Jake nodded excitedly.


Giovanni was looking into the monitors that showed several different admins. All except Dusk Fedrick couldn't be made out. Giovanni said, "Alright, Dusk, give us your latest reports on the status in Pewter City." Dusk's face appeared to be covered in sweat. He said, "Well, uh, everything is going well at the lab. Shadow Pokémon production is at a high." Giovanni sighed and showed contempt in his voice, "Not in the lab you incompetent buffoon. What is the status of your City you are administering!"

Dusk looked away for a second, then a male voice spoke up, "Isn't it obvious, the incompetent has lost his shadow Pokémon. Everyone in the entire region knows about it. This sort of news travels extremely fast. I heard he lost it to some unknown boy." Another voice, a female this time, spoke up, "Vellars, you are the most incompetent idiot of an admin I've ever heard of. How can you lose the Legendary Bird of Ice to some unknown person?"

Dusk spoke up, "You have no room to talk, admin of Lavender Town. You've screwed up several times more than I have, so shut up." The admin of Lavender Town said, "What are you talking about? I haven't had my Pokémon stolen by a Shadow Pokémon snagger yet! You should just…"

"ENOUGH!" Giovanni's voice cut through the ridiculous arguing, "Dusk, give me the rest of the report, including the prison, the Gym, and the admin building. Dusk's sweat began dropping from his face like rain, "Uh, right. The Gym is accepting all Cipher trainers for the Cipher Pokémon League. The admin building isn't working out as well as we hoped. As you probably already know, one trainer infiltrated the building and stole most of the shadow Pokémon inside."

Giovanni was getting bored with Dusk's lies, but put up with it for a bit longer. He said, "And the prison?" Dusk's eyes twitched, "Late in the afternoon, someone raided the prison and broke out every last trainer inside." Giovanni stopped moving for a minute. He didn't say anything. Finally, he cut Dusk's connection to the meeting. He said calmly, "Listen, the rest of you will learn from Dusk's poor example. In three months time, I will have him replaced. Until then, keep an eye out for this new snagger." All 7 images saluted, though one woman saluted with considerably less enthusiasm.

Giovanni took little note of that, because he knew who that admin was.

Another meeting with the head honcho, Giovanni. Looks like Fredrick may not last long enough to see the light of day. What do you think would be an appropriate punishment for him (besides being stripped of rank)? I'm curious, because his future, though he will most likely make it to the end of the series, is stil open for grabs.

Who is this mysterious Admin who hates Cipher?

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