Author's Note: Sorry if this took forever, but school's been a real pain lately. Plus I got a case of writer's block.

Pokemon In The Real World: Book 3

Chapter 11: With Progress Comes A Price

When we left the Team Rocket building, Volt and I went straight to our home. "How are we going to get the other back from Raynor" Volt asked me. I wanted to take the question into thought, but my mind was too full of what the scientist told me about Volt. She was pregnant, and I had to support another child. It's not that I couldn't afford it, but what would Leaf say after I told her I had sex with Volt. Maybe I could say that I was forced to by Raynor, it seems believable, but would Leaf believe me? "Allen, where are the weapons?" Volt asked. I kept them hidden, I didn't want them to get into Taylor's or Lily's hands.

I ran up the stairs and into my room, and behind the dresser. The wall was fake, which could be slid open. I opened it up to reveal a small armory, every weapon for every occasion. In the far side was something that was special to me. "It's been a while since I've worn this" I said, grabbing my old Team Rocket sweater. I put it on, and it still fit nicely, feeling comfortable like a badass. I grabbed my gear, a small knife I could hide in my sleeve, and a small handgun hidden in an inside pocket in my sweater.

After I had everything all packed up. I walked over to my laptop and opened the Team Rocker database, which could tell where anyone in Team Rocket currently is. Raynor was in the storage area of the headquarters, a nice quiet place to kill him and hide the body. "Volt, let's go" I said, and Volt jumped up behind me.

Monara

"This place is empty, Monara. Maybe he somewhere like a Rocket's headquarters, we should come back later or something" Rex said, coming down the stairs from Raynor's room. Rex and I were digging through Raynor's penthouse. We were hoping that he would be here, but now we're looking for anything that could tell us where he is. Memo's, text messages on his second phone, e-mails, there was nothing to go on. "Monara, this might be of interest" Rex said out, holding a piece of paper. I looked at the note, and it read "Raynor, Project Arceus will go as planned, meet me at the lab to plan how to start it –Chris". This added more of a challenge to my planning, but maybe we can sneak in, make the kill, and sneak out, or we can wait until he's off work.

"You got the gasoline, right?" I asked, and Rex dragged in two canisters from the hall, "Yeah, let's burn this mother fucker to the ground". I grabbed one and started to pour gas over everything. The furniture, walls, floor, and machines, everything was drenched in the smelly fluid. Rex pulled out a match and lit it, "Ready to run?" he asked, holding the match to the couch covered in gas.

Raynor

I was going through the files of Project: Arceus with Chris, seeing if there were any flaws that could have possible drawbacks. "So we use Groudon and Latias to lure Arceus out, then we can activate the main containment shield around it" Chris explained, looking through the file. It was a complicated process, but if it works, Team Rocket will become the most powerful organization in the world.

"RAYNOR!" I heard someone calling from the other side of the lab. I turned to see Allen with his pokemon, Volt. "Allen, isn't this a nice surprise" I said in a taunting tone. Allen walked up to me while pulling a knife, "Raynor, you will die for what you did". This frightened me and I stepped back, saying, "There's no need to be rash, this is simply the sacrifices that must be taken for science to proceed".

Allen pointed the knife at me just centimeters from my face, "WHERE'S LEAF, CRYSTAL, AND MY KIDS?!" he yelled. I put my hand on the blade of the knife and lowered it, "There's no need for violence, Allen. Everything is fine and dandy". Chris picked up the files to Project: Arceus, saying "I'll prepare the shielding, but this could take a few days before we're ready" while walking to his office.

Allen swung his knife and cut me along the chest. I felt the cut, wiping the blood off. "What was that for?" I asked, pulling a unit of blood coagulator from my medical satchel and poured it on the cut. "Quit fucking around Raynor, where are the others?" Volt asked, charging up an electrical attack. Allen held the knife to my throat, "Where…are…they?". I said to him "They're in the containment cell in my office ". Allen grabbed my arm and turned me around, then pushed me forward.

We entered my office and Allen's pokemon were in a cell with a glass wall. "Let them out and take your devices out of them" Allen demanded, tapping the knife against my back. I pulled the door to the cell open and said "Come here everyone, lay on the tables". The pokemon jumped up on the operating table and strapped themselves down. I walked beside one of them and pulled out my tools, "This will take a while Allen, just relax".

Much Later

"There, are you happy?" I asked, steeping back from Allen's pokemon. One of the smaller Snivy's jumped at Allen, "DAD!" it cried out in joy. While Allen was distracted, I thought it was a good idea to leave before something happened.

I walked out of the lab into the hallways to get over to the second lab. "Is that him?" I heard behind me. I turned my head slightly not to attract attention from them and pulled my reading glasses from my pocket to catch a glimpse. There was a male janitor and a female security guard following me, but kept a distance while talking to each other, but they were walking closer to I got down the hall, everything went dark, like a bag was put over my head.

"Let's take him somewhere quiet, then we'll kill him".

"Let's take him to the storage area, Monara".

Author's Note: Since I'm having a case of writer's block, I might work on something else, like short story. I also plan on re-writing a few chapters in my previous, like fix a few typos, add a few parts, take a few parts out. Please leave a review.