Chapter 10

"Are you ok, Nick", Karen said.

"Ya, I'm fine ... so who was it that you said I had to go see"?

"A man named Professor MacKenzie, one of our top scientists and engineers, here at the organization. We want you to take that chip to him for examining. You could probably take that collar too".

"Ok, where do I find him"?

"He's in a room that's hard to forget. Room 13, floor 13".

'hmph, isn't that convenient'. Terra let out a little snort of smoke. I started to think that was her way of acknowledge something.

"Oh, and when your done talking to him, I'd like you to come back here. There's still a lot more I need to explain". She gave out a little smirk and waved me out of the room. I smiled back, picked up Dallin, and left as Terra followed after me. I walked through that hallway I was walking through so nervously before. I pushed the button and waited for the elevator to come.

'So, Nick, could you explain to me what's going on'? Terra thought.

'Believe me, Terra, I'm even more confused than you are'.

The elevator opened and we both walked in. I pushed button #13 and we were off to meet someone who's probably gonna make things even more confusing.

Floor 13. We walked out and looked on the numbers on the door. We arrived at room 13 and I knocked on the door. No-one. I knocked louder, still no-one. I opened the door and peered inside. It was dark.

"Hello, anyone here"? Terra and I walked inside and looked around. I still had Dallin in my arms as we walked around. There was loads of equipment everywhere. I looked around until I found a slightly aged man examining something with a massive magnifying glass. He was rather short and short grey hair. He seemed strangely quiet.

I approached the man, he didn't notice me.

"Professor MacKen-".

"WHAT, WHO'S THERE? Who are you and how did you get here", he said in total surprise, as he launched away from his equipment.

"Um, hi I'm Nick and that's Terra, and this is Dallin. Karen sent us down here".

"Karen sent you"? He seemed pretty paranoid.

"Ya, she wanted me to give these to you". I held up the chips that I removed off of Dallin and Terra."I removed these off of them". The professor gasped.

"You removed the alpha chips without harming them!? So it is true".

"What's true"?

"Oh, Nothing. Now, lets see those chips". I handed the chips over to him.

"Oh, ya, there's also a strange collar around Terra's neck. It's done a lot of strange things".

"Like what"?

"Well, it made her invisible, it created a sound barrier, and it opened a portal that got me here". I was expecting the same reactions he gave me before but instead he seemed completely normal with it. I guess the technology here must be a little more advanced than what we had back home

"Um, how you got here", he said in a questioning voice.

"I'm ... I'm from Earth". I studdered as I knew his reaction wasn't gonna be good.

"Earth? Never heard of it". HE NEVER HEARD OF IT!? How did Karen know what Earth is, and not the organizations leading professor!? I suddenly thought back to Karen's words, 'Let's just say that you aren't the first person to come here from Earth'. I wonder...

"Where is it"? I decided that I wouldn't want to make things any more confusing.

"It's a little village, far west of here".

"Right. Here, let me see that collar. He kneeled down to examine the collar on Terra's neck without fear."Hmm just a second". He went around the corner and picked something up. As he came back with a large bolt cutter.

"WHOA, is that necessary", I said.

'Nick what is he gonna do', Terra said in an worried voice.

'Don't worry Terra, he knows what he's doing ... I think'. The professor kneeled down and snapped the collar in 2 using the bolt cutters.

'Oh, that-feels-better' Terra thought in almost one word.

"I don't think that was such a good idea".

"Eh, I'll just sauder it back together".

"So is any of this technology new to you"?

"Hmmmmmmmm, No".

"Hmph, looks like I have a lot to get accustomed to".

"Trust me, technology is advancing faster and faster each day. Too bad the same applies to our enemies". He put the chips and collar on the table and got his equipment ready. "As we develop new ways to fight team rocket they find new ways to fight us. It gets annoying after a while". I had to agree with him there.

There was a long pause until finally "You can go now, unless you have anything else for me".

"Nope".

He waved me out of the room again. Dallin, Terra and I left the room and went back to Karen's office.

We arrived at Karen's office. "So, you said you had more to tell me".

"Let me start by telling what you will be doing here. We've spotted multiple chipped pokemon throughout the country and most of them have been captured and unfortunately held in a facility. With you on our work force we can finally free those who have been chipped. As I said most of the pokemon that we have spotted chipped, have been captured. but some have escaped our grasp. The only method unfortunately to remove these chips is the one you used to remove from the aggron earlier. In other words you'll have to remove the chip by force".

"You know I can't just go on freeing chips from the 'uncaptured' ones. I'd eventually get hurt".

"Don't worry, you have Terra and Dallin don't you. Plus here at the organization we also have some tamed pokemon of our own and lastly, we'll equip you with the best equipment we have".

"Well, you've got a point, but that just leaves one problem. As I said before, I'm from Earth. I have nowhere to stay and no money to last".

"We're prepared for that. We will accomodate you in one of the rooms in our headquarters. You three will all be supplied with food and some money to boot". Just as Karen mentioned food, Terra's mouth started watering as Karen's words ran through my mind, then through Terra's.

"Here, catch", Karen tossed some keys to me,"they're the keys to your room, enjoy. Floor 14, room 1". I was so excited, I was gonna have a new life.

"This is awesome, thank you so much Karen". She gave me a smile.

"No problem, we've been waiting for someone of your talents to come". As creepy as that sounded, it felt cool to be appreciated for once.

She waved me out of the room as I ran out the door with Terra and Dallin. I mashed the elevator button and mashed the #14 button. I ran out and tried to get the key in the door. I opened the door.

It was great, it wasn't a normal apartment. It was one large room, with the kitchen, living room and bedroom all in the same room, plus a small bathroom on the edge. It had the same large window as the one in the back of Karen's office.

We walked to the window to see if it had a good view. I was awestruck to find a view of almost the entire city, stretching all the way out to the forest. I could see the path me and Terra walked in the forest, all the way to the place where I first arrived in Johto. I was the most beautiful view I had ever seen. It all seemed to good to be true until I remembered the other part of what Karen had told me.

'Terra, Dallin, it looks like we won't be running out of things to do any time soon'.