(A/N: by now, for those of you who like or were confused by reading this, I have a short summary in the form of dialogue of my past fan-fictions up to now. By now, you should've realized that I have unfortunately cut Sonic from the plot. Thomas, Hannah, and Chris are my OC's. Basically, it is a mesh of Ed Edd n Eddy, Pokémon, and Mew-Mew Power. Please enjoy and review.)
Chapter 10: Meeting with the President
Ranger Union HQ, Almia, a few days later, after Ash catches Krokorok and Cilan's Dwebble evolves into Crustle…
"Wow!" Ash was awestruck, even though he'd been in the Ranger Union Headquarters many times before.
"The organization is simply marvelous!" Cilan exclaimed.
"We'd better get to the conference room," Thomas urged. They were on the first floor. The conference room was on the second floor, so he went up the elevator, followed by Ben and Edd.
"I know how important this meeting is, but would you slow down?" Ben asked.
In the conference room…
"This is truly unnerving!" Prof. Hastings said in anger. He turned to Summer and Hannah. "Girls, are you sure they had Miniremo units?"
"Yes! We're positive!" they both said for the umpteenth time.
"You have to understand the professor's position. We're all shocked to hear this," Wendy, another Top Ranger, commented.
"We can confirm that they had Miniremo units. We can't confirm, however, that it was Team Dim Sun," Edd declared.
"Mostly because these men seemed competent," Thomas commented.
"We can definitely say that it wasn't Dim Sun," Ben chimed in.
"But who are they?" Prof. Hastings demanded. He was becoming impatient, as usual.
"Our encounter with them left us more questions than answers. On the bright side, this will be a fun mystery!"
"Classic Ben," Sven, another Top Ranger, chuckled.
"Where was this encounter again?" Chairperson Erma asked.
"Our Voice Navigation systems went off, telling us of the presence of the Miniremo units, as well as our ambushed Mew-Mews, somewhere outside of Undella Town," Edd answered.
"Thank you, dear."
"Since Altru Inc. was originally responsible for these sinister devices, I would like a Ranger or two to interview Altru President Blake—no, Wyatt Hall," Prof. Hastings requested.
"I think we should find Kellyn and have him go," Sven offered.
"Seconded," Wendy agreed.
"There's strength in numbers. Another Ranger should accompany him," Chairperson Erma advised.
"I'll go," Edd volunteered.
"Whoa, wait, where are you going?" Eddy asked as he and Ed walked in.
"You're late!" Prof. Hastings angrily called them out.
"Kellyn and I will go to Altru Tower," Edd stated.
"Excellent. Now, where is Kellyn? I'll have an Operator call him," Erma said and left the room.
"Sven and Wendy, you'll investigate Team Dim Sun's old oil field hideout in the middle of the sea," the professor ordered.
"Understood," the both saluted.
"Thomas, Ben, I would like you two to go to Haruba Desert and Boyleland to patrol. We don't have many, if any Rangers in those areas and Almia is where the wretched Miniremo originated, so you probably understand my concerns."
"With all due respect, only to a point, Professor," Thomas said. "Summer and Hannah's attackers were in Unova. If anything, the entire world could be in danger. Unova was the first region where those machines were found in a long time, so the threat could mainly lie there. Searching Almia for Miniremo units could turn out to be nothing more than a wild goose chase."
"He's right," Ben spoke up. "We need to issue a warning to all Rangers worldwide. What I find confusing is that anyone would bother bringing those devices to Unova when they have just as good chances to use them in Almia. Something isn't right. There must be something in Unova these strange people are after. Otherwise, they might've started to use these things here in Almia."
"That may be true, but there are too many Rangers in Almia to risk using them," Wendy cut in.
"At any rate," Summer spoke up, "this could be a worldwide crisis, like Thomas pointed out. It's better to issue a warning to all Rangers before this thing gets out of hand, rather than after."
"…You all make a good point. In short, we don't know what these people's intentions are, so we must keep our guard up," Prof. Hastings concluded.
About 20 minutes later at Altru Tower, 1F…
"Hello, Rangers. How may we help you today?" a secretary asked Kellyn and Edd.
"We'd like to speak with President Hall right away please," Edd politely requested.
"It's very important," Kellyn added.
"One moment, please," the secretary requested. She picked up a phone at her desk and spoke into it, "Mr. Hall, some Rangers are here to see you. They claim it's urgent…Okay, I'll send them up."
The Rangers went in the elevator and were on their way up to 9F. On the elevator ride, Kellyn asked, "Can you please explain to me when the craziness kicked up?"
"Well, it was four years ago, or maybe five by now—," Edd began.
"I mean a year and a half ago. What exactly happened?"
"Oh, that! Well, it was just after Ben, Summer, Thomas, Hannah, and I defeated the Societea. Dawn, Ash, and Brock were in Sinnoh at the time. We received word of Team Rocket activity, so Thomas rushed to the scene to check on them, you know, from Oblivia to Sinnoh. As it turned out, Dawn was infected with a man made DNA affecting virus, well it wasn't really a virus, but it was called the Poké Virus. It made Dawn grow a Pachirisu tail. So both Teams Galactic and Rocket were trying to kidnap her, so Thomas saved her from Team Rocket's first attempt to capture her."
"Then what?"
"He whisked the three of them to Oblivia. They flew all the way to Rand's house. That is where and when Team Galactic stepped in. Even after being defeated, they didn't disband. We hid her in Nema's lab, and we finally told her something her mother made us swear not to say to her until the time was right."
"What was it?"
"That Cyrus was her father. An hour later, at Wireless Tower, was when Ben came in contact with his sword, the Blade of the Hero. Then, something happened, and I don't remember what, but Dawn and Lucas were stuck on some airship and had to confront Cyrus. He didn't attack them. Being recognized by Mesprit, Dawn had the uncanny ability to read emotions, but for the first time, it didn't work. After some rather trivial details that can be ignored, Dawn and her mother became reunited with her father."
"There's more, I know that."
"When Ash, Thomas, and I began to tour the Unova region, Ben decided he wanted to become a Trainer as well as a Ranger, just as Thomas and I were and are. He used the Involith, or Ranger Sign, for Latios, and caught it with a Master Ball he found drifting in Coral Sea. He, Ukulele Pichu, and Latios flew to Unova, and met up with us just outside of Striaton City. Hannah, with her ninja-like ways, also met up with us outside of Striaton City. Just before we reached Nacrene City, Ranger Union Headquarters contacted us, saying that Summer mysteriously disappeared from the radar."
"That sounds familiar."
"So Thomas and Hannah summoned the TSC, which is short for Time Space Car. We stopped on a dimensional highway to get some tacos…at a gas station. Do you know what happened to the bag the tacos were put in?"
"No, what?"
"It grew a pair of legs. Summer and her Staraptor were separated after Hocus of the Societea cast a tornado spell. After retrieving Staraptor from Rand's front yard, we went to get Summer. We found her unconscious on the Rainbow Dais; her head caked with blood. She had a concussion. She came to when I was bandaging her head."
"There's one thing I don't get. Why did you recreate the Mew-Mew Project?"
"After observing the effects the Poké Virus had on Dawn and how we had to cure it three times to cure it permanently, we thought she was perfect to be a Mew-Mew. Not to mention that the original makers of the project, Elliot and Wesley, had reached a slump in their research."
"Dawn is understandable, but the other seven girls?"
"We guessed, really."
"And when did Chris come along?"
"…Excellent question."
"Didn't Charon take over Team Galactic?" Kellyn asked.
"Yes, but Dawn completely vaporized him. I think it's been about a month by now," Edd explained. "So Team Galactic is undoubtedly no more! Glory be!"
"'Glory be'? Were they that much of a nuisance?" Kellyn asked.
"Yes, they were. Would you like to hear how I obtained the Book of Prophecies?"
"Maybe later."
They exited the elevator and marched up to 10F, where President Blake—no, Wyatt Hall's office was located. Once they were inside the office, the interrogation began.
"Hello, boys. What can I do for you?" Wyatt Hall asked. His name was originally Wyatt, but it was changed to Blake when he was a teenager. After Altru's 70th birthday, he changed it back to Wyatt.
"Some of our friends were assaulted by men with Miniremo units," Edd explained. Wyatt's eyebrows shot up.
"Wasn't the production of the Miniremo terminated?" Kellyn pressed on.
"Yes."
"And the data was deleted?" Edd continued.
"Just before the Incredible Machine was activated," Hall claimed.
"You're a Seer of Truth, Double-D. Is he lying?" Kellyn checked.
"…No. Not that I can tell. He seems just as shocked as we were when this news came up," Edd reported.
"It can't be Dim Sun minions. All of them either found something to do with their lives or are in jail," Hall stated.
"Oh, President Hall, I finally remembered what I was going to tell you!" Wheeler, Hall's assistant, said triumphantly as he scuttled into the office.
"What is it, Wheeler?"
"Well, uh, we were about to delete the Miniremo data, but the blueprints were stolen."
"WHAT?" Kellyn, Edd, and Wyatt Hall exclaimed.
"AND YOU WAITED TWO YEARS TO TELL ME?" Hall continued yelling.
"I-I-I was going to, but I saw this Bidoof—," Wheeler began to explain.
"If it wasn't Dim Sun or Debonair, both of which we know and neither had we seen, there must have been a threat lurking around and it finally revealed its obscure face," Edd concluded.
"Shakespeare couldn't have worded it better," Kellyn complimented.
"Why thank you."
"I'll contact the Union right away!"