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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), and Winston
Ruins and the Lab
A couple evenings later, Zack was speaking to Brock. "Ash is doing alright. He's now in Sinnoh, defending the final region still under our control. I know I have no right to ask you this, but will you lead these people in my absence. I'm leaving with Jake in the morning and heading off to Cerulean." Brock sighed and said, "Alright Zack. I'll lead these people, but I hope you have a plan or else we'll just fall like the rest of the world." Zack smirked and told him his plan.
Brock began smiling as well. "That's one gutsy plan. Do you really think it'll work?" Zack sighed and raised his hands. He said, "I don't honestly know, but this kid was sent and trained by Wes. We might just be able to pull it off, somehow." Zack looked at Brock and said, "Brock, I'm sorry for leaving you there. Perhaps I could have done something else. Will you forgive me?" Brock looked away and said, "Someday I will."
Zack lowered his head, and Brock turned to him with a cheerful look on his face, "Are you kidding? Of Course I'll forgive you. The others might not be so forgiving, you know." Zack nodded his head.
He got up and returned to the bunker. Brock just looked outside into the darkened night. He began thinking, Let's see if you two can change the tide of things, Zack and Jake. A Rattatta ran across the grassy path, sniffed the air, and continued running. Brock's thoughts continued, All our futures depend upon those two and their success.
That night, something was born. It was something that can put the darkest fears in their places and chase out the greatest of evils. Hope, hope for a better future, and hope that there is a future. Brock smiled and entered the bunker.
Daniel woke that morning with his head buried in several reports. Must have crashed while looking through them. Need to get back to it, he thought to himself. Krane was examining the Shadow Celebi.
He said to Daniel, "Hey, weren't you a Cipher Scientist. We have a general idea of what they do to the pokemon. Personally, I hear terrible things are part of the process, but could you give that basic information.
Daniel nodded and went into great details. By the time he got to the part where 'Scientists inject a vial of the shadow element they use,' Crane held up a hand and ran into the bathroom. About 10 minutes later, he came out, looking a bit pale and a bit of white liquid on his lip. Daniel looked away and said, "Yeah, I did the same thing the first day they brought me in to see shadow Lugia."
Elsewhere in Kanto, the young girl was once again watering her flowers. She hummed to herself as she turned from the flowers to her pokemon. Another woman was next to her, watering the flowers along side her. The girl said, "You think that trainer will eventually make it here?"
"Oh, I have no doubt, my young friend. He'll probably be gunning to steal your shadow pokemon. Who do you think will win between the boy and Cipher?" The girl looked thoughtfully forward and said, "The boy. I don't know why, but I have this feeling that…he'll just win in the end. He's already gotten a shadow Articuno from us, so he's obviously good, and so are his pokemon. I can't wait to see what they are."
The older girl smiled at the younger and said, "I look forward to it as well."
Zack and Jake set out that morning. They walked through the forest of dead trees, as it became known as. Veridian forest was probably one of the last places an entire forest existed, after Cipher was finished with the world.
Zack just looked around. He remembered the time that this area had been full of pokemon, the skies blue and the forests green. It was here that he had come across abra. It was strange, because abra weren't typically found on the route between Mt. Moon and Pewter. Several hundred meters down the road, there would be a pokemon center.
Zack and Jake walked down the road, talking about how things were before the wars. Jake's bond with Cyndaquils was explained, because he lived next door to the famous Elm Laboratory. Jake seemed rather melancholic about it. Then a sadness drifted across his face.
Jake hadn't seen his sister in over a year. She must be worried about me, or fearing I'm dead. I'll have to let her know otherwise.
Zack sensed the reason why he was so sad. He said, "Cheer up Jake. When we get to the pokemon center up ahead, we'll call her, OK." Jake smiled a bit.
They were walking up a barren hill, one that overshadows the pokemon center. Zack was looking forward to seeing old friends he made there. Jake couldn't wait to give his pokemon a proper checkup for once. The view on the other side took their breath away, but…
Jake said it first, "Where's the pokemon center?" Zack was confused. He checked his map once again. The pokemon center should have been over that last hill…Let's see. There's Mt. Moon, a couple miles in the distance, and some more hills we have to cross over…wait…are those…Zack squinted to see some rubble sticking out of the ground about 100 yards away. His eyes widened, "No…No, please no…," he whispered.
He ran over to the rubble, and his fears grew as he got closer. Jake said, "Wait, Zack." He gave chase to the 15 year old trainer. They both reached the base of the rubble, and it became apparent. The rubble contained some machinery, reminiscent of the various medical devices he had seen. Zack fell to his knees and picked up a chunk of rubble. He closed his eyes and threw them down hard. The rubble shattered in all directions.
Zack gritted his teeth and started screaming. "NOO! AAAHHHHHH!" He then slammed his fist into the rubble and began shouting, "CIPHER! I'll DESTROY YOU!!" Jake said, "What, what's going on?" Zack looked back with a few small tears in his eyes. "It's gone. This is the pokemon Center. Cipher destroyed it!"
Jake looked at the ruins and said, "…This is the Pokemon Center?" Zack nodded and said, "We need to get a move on. Any Cipher agent in the area should have heard that." Jake nodded and clenched his fist. There was nothing that could be done. If there was anyone who survived the center's destruction, they long moved away.
Zack picked himself up and began running down the path ahead. Jake said, "Ah, Zack, ZACK, STOP!" Zack just kept running. First Derreck, then Cynthia, Brock, Misty, and so so many more. Now my friends at the Center…Why?! Tears began streaming down his eyes. Soon he could not see where he was going, but he just kept running.
Zack made it over the first hill, and Jake followed shortly. Several pokemon who had been hiding in the valley ran out of the way as the two made their way further towards the mountain, Zack first followed shortly by Jake. The second hill was passed shortly afterward. Zack just kept running and Jake keeping up. Then, they crossed the third hill and both stopped.
A blue and white building sat at the lowest end of the valley, surrounded by a fence. Zack looked at it obviously surprised. He rubbed his eyes, clearing them of the traitorous tears that stung. Jake meanwhile just stopped and stared. Jake said, "What is that?" Zack had calmed down enough to look at his map. He said with shock in his voice, "I don't know. It's not on the map. You think they built a new pokemon center to replace the previous one?" Jake shook his head, not knowing if that is true or not.
They ran down the mountain. Zack looked at the fence. Jake then grabbed at the fence. Bad move, as he began twitching like crazy. Zack recognized the look, and slammed into him. Jake stopped shaking but was unconscious. Zack reached down and felt his pulse, to which he sighed. His pulse is still strong. He's only been knocked out by the electricity.
Jake opened his eyes a few minutes later. He cringed, "Ow! I feel like my arms and legs have gone numb. My chest, it hurts." Zack sighed again and said, "that's what happens when you try opening something without testing it first. I lost a good friend to just such a trap." There was an electric current that ran through the fence. Anyone who touches it will b electrocuted. Jake got lucky, Zack thought to himself.
Jake grabbed his head and gave a stupid grin, "Oops. I'll be sure to remember that next time." Suddenly, someone came out of the building, wearing a lab coat. He said, "Are you the two new interns?" Jake and Zack looked at one another. The both nodded. The weird man said, "Oh good. Well, I'll deactivate the fence first, then you can come in. I'll give you the tour." His voice was unenthusiastic.
The dim hum that accompanied the fence stopped as the scientist said, "That should do it. Come on inside." The two entered the fence and followed the scientist through the door. He said, "My name is Wilson, and I'm in charge of this Laboratory. If you look to the left, you'll see the mess hall, the dorms you will be living in, and the basic living quarters." He then pointed at two doors on the right and said, "The left door will lead up to the research floor. The right door will lead to the basement and the cells."
Zack's eyes narrowed. Jake let the words process for a second, then began saying, "Ah, that must mean…Oh, cr-" Zack grabbed Jake's mouth to prevent the words he thought from coming out, Oh Crap! We're in a Cipher Lab. Zack then removed his hand as Wilson looked back, confused. Zack and Jake both smiled innocently and said, "Nothing. Please continue." Wilson looked away unfazed. They walked up the stairs and said, "As I said, research on certain shadow pokemon is processed here. We research each shadow pokemon we are sent, and find new ways of turning Kanto pokemon into shadow pokemon.
They continued to the third floor, where Wilson showed them around the shadow pokemon conversion belt. He said, "As I have no doubt you've already been taught, shadow pokemon can be created in a day. First, put a pokeball into the slot," he pulled out a pokeball and put it there, "then the machine takes over. It injects the pokemon with our special chemical we designed in Orre. After about 24 hours," He walked over to the end of the machine, where another pokeball had just come out of the machine, "A full converted shadow pokemon has emerged."
Jake clenched his fist at the casualness of how Wilson spoke. He's turning pokemon into shadow pokemon and he fells nothing. It's like he's packaging meat here. He even sounds bored! I'm so going to kill him. Zack, on the other hand, held his hand up as Wilson turned his back. Jake got the message, Not Yet! Wilson took him to the fourth and final floor. He said, "Here is where we store the shadow pokemon." Both the trainers gasped. There were probably over 100 here.
"Yes, impressive isn't it?" Wilson walked between the two boys back down the stairs. Zack walked up to him and said, "Say, Wilson was it? Let's say a pokemon trainer attacked the building. What sort of defenses do we have to prevent him from getting in?" Wilson said, "We have the electric fence, but that doesn't do much against electric pokemon. I assume you both have pokemon as well, right?" Both said "Yes" together. Wilson continued, "Then you'll be defending the pokemon storage upstairs and the prison downstairs. Now to the final part of the tour…" They walked down 4 flights of stairs to the basement. They walked in on several cells, which held a couple pokemon trainers, and all their pokemon.
Zack recognized them. They were all people from the pokemon center. They also recognized him back. Miraculously for Zack, Their screaming couldn't be heard behind the soundproof force-field. Zack almost held his finger to his face, then thought better of it. Security cameras lit the walls, and it would be incredibly stupid to reveal who he was in front of such an audience. Jake looked at the trainers. Once again, the urge to kill Wilson came and went.
Zack asked a question, "Wilson, how did you guys capture these trainers?" Wilson walked down the cell block and said, "Well, they are the people who worked at the pokemon center, so we hold them here. We destroyed the center a couple weeks ago, but…orders came in on working on more shadow pokemon. We put them off until now. Some are probably trainers, while others are doctors and nurses. Tomorrow, we're going to report them to the Area head, and turn the pokemon into shadow pokemon."
Jake and Zack smiled together. Jake said, "Well Wilson, we're tired, so we'll be sleeping for awhile. Thank you for the tour. Oh, one more question, just how many people are here in the basse?" Wilson said nonchalantly, "About 30 scientists and five security personnel. Have a good rest."
The two passed a couple scientists on the way to their rooms. Some welcomed the trainers, while others just kept walking. The moment they got to their rooms, they both said simultaneously, "I have an idea!" Zack stopped talking to listen to Jake's idea, "Let's destroy the lab, and then we can send the pokemon to Krane to get them purified, or at least when the machine gets finished."
Zack shook his head, "No, this is what we're gonna do." Zack told Jake the plan, and Jake smiled. "We'll strike at midnight."
Nurse Joy and the other trainers yelled at Zack, telling him to let them out. Zack ignored them for the most part. Joy was hurt, but the younger trainer said, "Should have figured he was a Cipher punk. If we can get out of these cells, I can give Sparky and Blaze over there a fighting chance."
Joy held her hands to her chest and began praying for help. Anyone, Someone, save us please!
The pokemon Center destroyed, and a Cipher Shadow lab. What will happen next? By the way, Winston's voice is monotone and boring. I based him off a clear eyes comercial guy that played a couple years ago. Richie also makes his appearance (from the Anime). What is his role in things to come?
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