A/N: This is more of a bonus chapter than anything, it's mainly to introduce a new OC while I prepare the next chapter. I'll probably do these every once and a while to buy myself more time :P
Ch.10: The Break-In
Veilstone city, the city that never sleeps and one of the only cities in Sinnoh that's remained untouched since the old days. After all, Team Galactic liked to shop and gamble as much as anyone else and it's where they kept one of their major bases. It would have been foolish for anyone to attract unwanted attention, because once one person knew, the whole town knew, but this fact was ignored by one individual. In the cover of the shadows, he lurked in the one blind spot of the base.
The sides of the base had large sharp spikes, whether it was for security or just a quirky architectural design was unclear but it wasn't important at the moment. Three pokeballs in hand, he tossed them out in front of him. The white beams of light revealed a large red dragon-like pokemon with a flaming tail, a dinosaur with a flower in mid-bloom on its back, and a turtle with a small curly tail.
"Alright you three, Infiltration Plan Alpha commence." The three nodded and the dinosaur shot out two vines with a sharp crack that went up to the top of the roof and wrapped around one of the spikes on top. The boy pulled out a cane that he had against his side and attached it to one of the vines and the turtle stood behind him. When the boy had the hook attached to the vine, he whispered, "Now!"
The turtle opened his mouth with a, 'Squirtle!' and water shot out of its mouth, forcefully pushing the boy up the vine and propelling him to the spike it was attached to. When he reached the top, he somersaulted around the vine, landing on it with one foot behind the other so he was professionally balanced on it, grabbed the cane, and leaped to the top of the roof. The vines retreated and he returned the turtle to its pokeball.
"I'll be back for you two later, remember your positions and try not to be seen." The other two nodded and receded into the shadows. The boy tip-toed around the spikes on the ceiling until he saw an open air vent. Smoke was billowing out of it and he assumed it was the boiler room that was laid out in the plans. He put a finger to his ear and spoke, "Ok Chris, phase one is complete."
The earpiece buzzed for a minute before a rough voice rang through. "Very good KC, do you see the vent we talked about?"
"I see it."
"Ok, all you have to do is shimmy down the vent, find Hallway K, follow it down to the Containment Room and complete the mission."
"Will do. But why do I have to do this mission? You realize we're highly susceptible to failure. Why couldn't you do it?"
There was a laugh over the ear piece. "If you find a way to get a crippled middle-man and a hotheaded Ursaring in and out without getting caught, let me know. Now get on with the mission, from here on out we can't communicate or you could compromise your position."
"Sheesh Chris, you talk as though I've never done this before." KC said before pulling his earpiece out and chucking it away. In the bright cloudless night, his features were clear. A blue cap was on his head, but a couple tufts of black hair poked out from the back. He held the cane with a gloved hand and threw the hooked end over his shoulder. A black mask covered his face and he wore matching blue sweater and gloves.
He smirked before diving feet-first into the vent, sweater over his nose to prevent himself from inhaling the smoke. As he fell, he pressed himself against the wall in front of him and held his hook at an odd angle. As he neared the ground, a pole that was used for holding pots passed by and the hook caught it. Causing KC to come to an abrupt stop. He pumped his legs twice so he could swing on the pole before jumping out of the vast boiler, somersaulting into the air and grabbed onto one of the rafters above him. Two men working a late shift suddenly woke with a start. One looked around astonished before turning to the other. "Hey Joe, you hear something?" He asked before scratching his head.
The man identified as Joe shook his head and looked towards the boiler. Noticing the cane hanging from the pole he asked, "What in the name of Arceus is that?" He asked, preparing to grab a pokeball. The other man mimicked his actions when suddenly, something blunt knocked him in the back of the head and he fell forward unconscious. KC landed on the ground from behind the man, recovering from his first attack, he ducked and swept his feet under Joe so the large man fell with a thud on his back. Making sure he wouldn't bother him, he stowed the two behind the boiler, but not close enough so they'd get burned and alert the others. As he passed the boiler he reached in and grabbed his cane that was still hanging off the pole.
After he did this, he started up the stairs and looked out the door. He looked left, then he looked right. When he was sure no one was coming his way, he turned to the left and crept on the balls of his toes down the hall. He stopped as he reached its end and pressed himself against the wall, looking down the corridor to make sure the coast was clear, he continued on until he approached a room that had a C over it.
"Ah, there you are." He murmured under his breath as he slunk in and softly closed the door. He switched on the lights and found what he had been looking for. Three machines, each one with a pokemon inside. One with a yellow head that was so thick, it looked as though it was wearing a helmet. Another was pink and had four protrusions coming from its head that reminded KC vaguely of the black dreadlocks someone else he knew had. The last was blue with its ears sprouting out from both sides of its heads that gave it an elfish quality. They all had twin tails with red gems embedded in them and a red gem in their foreheads. They were in a triangle around a large black machine that had a large screen with a series of 0's and 1's, a bunch of buttons, a small black speaker, a small blue screen, a jack, and a keyboard.
"So these are the legendaries, Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf huh? This is a little easy for me but I'll take it." KC murmured under his breath. He removed a small portable camera from his deep gray pants pockets. He snapped a couple of pictures of the three, their containers, and the machine in the midst of them, just in case. All three pokemon looked as though they were hibernating, except every now and again the trio would undergo a series of violent twitching as though they were in a painful nightmare.
"Don't worry you three, you'll be freed soon." He said, putting his hand on the nearest pokemon's glass which happened to be Mesprit. He then walked around it and approached the machine, pressing a big red button above the keyboard. The 0's and 1's were replaced by a blank screen. A monotone voice chimed out, "Password?"
KC pulled out another device from his left pocket and pulled out the wire. He inserted the wire into the jack and looked up at the screen. A letter appeared and rapidly started to change until it found the correct one, after which the letter after appeared and started to change as well until the password was completely spelled out.
"Password confirmed," the voice chimed out. "Fingerprint analysis engage." The blue screen on the machine slowly emerged via a thin black pole. KC yet again pulled out something from his pockets, this time it was a thin case which appeared to have nothing but a thin piece of plastic on it. But this piece of plastic had a sample of the person's fingerprint that was needed to activate the machine entrenched in it. He firmly pressed his forefinger into it until it was attached and put it to the screen. The screen scanned his fingerprint and on the larger screen was an image of a fingerprint. Next to it was the fingerprint that was being scanned at the moment. In between was a picture of a strand of DNA.
A moment passed before the familiar voice recited, "Identity test 43 complete. Please provide a vocal sample." KC could feel his eyes widen. "Vocal? Damn." He said. Suddenly the machine started blaring. "Intruder! Intruder! Breach in the Containment Room!" After the announcement, the speakers blared KC saying, "Damn." Echoing throughout the building. The message looped and without a second thought, KC grabbed all of his equipment and stuffed them into his pockets. He then grabbed his cane and tried to smash it into the nearest container, to no avail.
"Don't worry, somehow, we'll find a way to get you out!" He called, knowing the words would fall on deaf ears. He ran out of the room back the way he came, hearing voices shouting behind him, but instead of going to the stairs to the boiler room, he ran past it towards a long staircase. He quickly dashed up the stairs, knowing from the blueprints he went over beforehand, that they'd take him to the roof. But when he reached the top, an unwelcome sight met his eyes.
"Well, well, well." The man said with a grin, a large number of others were behind him and a large toad-like pokemon next to him. "What have we here?" The man had dark blue hair that ended in two tips on both sides of his head. "Someone had enough gall to try to steal from Team Galactic? Well I hope you're prepared to meet the consequences, courtesy of my toxic friend here." He put a hand on the toad's back who let out a series of croaks that sounded like laughing.
"But before he does, do you have anything to say for yourself? How about your name for a start" The man asked casually. KC just grinned and said, "Call me Sly." Before jumping backwards with his cane in the air, right off the roof. The man with the Toxicroak ran to the edge, surprised a man would pick death over capture, but to his surprise, he saw the hook catch onto a vine thar he led to a Charizard's back. The boy returned the pokemon who was responsible for the vines and shouted, "Go!"
The dragon took off into the night as the man made a last desperate attempt to capture him. "Toxicroak, Poison Sting!" The grinning toad opened its mouth and shot out a barrage of violet needles. But all fell harmlessly to the ground in the woods outside of Veilstone, KC was out of range. The man cursed and stomped his foot as he heard a voice crackle from his belt. He plucked off a walkie-talkie.
"Report Saturn." Said the voice from the walkie-talkie
"I'm afraid we've had a break-in sir, from the alleged Copycat Bandit." He responded.
"What has been taken?"
"Well, he failed but we believe he was attempting to either capture or release the Chain Trio."
There was a growl from the other end and the other person shut off his walkie-talkie. Saturn sighed and replaced the device back to his hip. "Lord Cyrus is not pleased." He murmured to himself when he noticed a glint on the ground in the moonlight. As he approached it, he found an earpiece and smiled despite of himself.
"But I'll make it up to him soon enough."
A/N: I'm sorry if that wasn't how Sly would act, but I've never played the game, I've always watched for a few seconds while my friends played before I'd get bored and grab a snack until they finished, but I tried my best.