Wooo, I have a hater~ Chapter 12.



Leyard sat in the cell room, staring defiantly at the camera at the corner of the room.

"So, what do you intent to do with Marie?" Leyard said, his voice sounding as though it was a passing remark. Inwardly, Leyard smirked. He had tagged a Gardevoir doll instead of Marie. In truth, he had tracked Marie, but hidden the fact with various computer hacks. Any idiot would have seen that Cyren do not intend to free him. Of course, had he not heard the grunts talking about Cedar aiding Zarl, Leyard doubt he would disobey them.

"Nothing much. She would not make it out in one piece though." Cyren's voice said through the speaker.

"As long as you don't hurt my son." Leyard said, this time genuinely nonchalant. With Cedar, they would probably be planning to storm this headquarters. Maybe even Oak would join in, him being so curious of what GEA was working on. While his life is in considerable danger, knowing that he would be avenged in such a dramatic way is rather soothing. Marie would be left alone too.

"Oh, don't worry. We only needed Marie. It took me a while to find those deleted coordinates though. You are good, rewriting over the deleted information a hundred times." A familiar voice said. Leyard felt his blood hardening at the voice, chills threatening to snap his spine.

"Charon!" Leyard nearly screamed, lunging futilely at the speakers.

"You remembered me, professor. Who would have thought, my role in this Neo-Galactic would take so long to be revealed." Charon hissed. His voice has a strange metallic tone to it.

"How did you live?" Leyard demanded, clenching his fist.

"Simple. I downloaded my memories. Who would have thought? The Pokémon form change technology that has revived me was created by Professors Leyard and Cedar. I had thought I would be downloaded into a robot. Such a nice present to be downloaded into a Porygon-Z. Now I can change my shape anytime I wanted." Charon said.

"You uploaded your mind into the Internet?" Leyard growled.

"My brain implant did." Charon said.

Leyard felt his knuckles crack. Charon had always been two steps ahead, even in death. To think that he would revive like this. Twenty years ago, Oak had orchestrated the death of the most dangerous professor among them in the Mewthree project. Charon, the man who, like Oak, had a dubious past, since he would have to live over the normal lifespan of human. A man of absolute cunning, and who does not see killing as anything but clearing of dirt. He was probably the very man who drove Project Mewthree to its murderous namesake.

"Professor Charon, I will leave first. Oak and Cedar had taken the bait." Cyren said from the background of the speaker.

"Go on. Don't let a chat between old friends get in your way." Charon replied. The sound of pneumatic hiss and leaving footsteps soon followed.

"Finally, some time alone." Charon sighed.

"What do you want?" Leyard said coldly.

"Let me tell you a secret. I am the man who ordered the destruction of Marie." Charon said.

Leyard glared at the camera.

"I left a command to be sent 3 years later in GEA's command centre. Another secret. I am the commander of this whole operation. The mastermind. Cyren, here, is but a jealous daughter. A little manipulation and I get the GEA to do what I want once again." Charon began to chuckle.

"What do you seek?" Leyard growled.

"Power. The most powerful Pokémon. I lied earlier, actually. I want your son. And his Gardevoir. And Marie. I intend to experiment their genes with legendary Pokémon we... procured." Charon said.

Suddenly, in the background, a radio crackled to life.

"Control centre? We need assistance. Forces are pushed back." A voice said quickly, followed by a beep.

"Weak idiots." Charon cursed.

"One thing, Leyard. We have Marie with us already. If you intend to escape, we can kill her at any time." Charon threatened, the closed the connection to the speakers.

Leyard smirked. To smile despite all the odds against him would definitely be the first sign of madness, but the fact that Charon's puppets are losing to Cedar, and hopefully Oak, simply tickled Leyard. Sitting on the ground slowly, Leyard wondered for a moment what had happened. Giving a defeated sigh, Leyard fell sideways, closing his eyes, losing consciousness.

LLLLLL

"This is hilarious!" Oak screamed, his voice an uncharacteristic high. Blades after blades of purple leaves shot forward from the Venusaur fortress. On the Venusaur, an ecstatic Oak was waving his arms wildly. An ecstatic Oak with strange purple skin and sapphire jewel for eyes.

Each blade of leaves rip through the approaching Pokémon with surprising efficiency, throwing up wild fountains of blood.

"Eat my overpowered leaf blades!" Oak laughed.

"Well, I never. Who would have thought? Using an array of Wobbuffets' Counters to make your Razor Leafs that strong." Cedar chuckled, looking at five Wobbuffets standing such that each leaf from the Venusaur has to bounce on their Counter field first. The energy each leaf has by the time it leaves the last Wobbuffet would be 32 times its original strength.

"Tell me I am a genius again!" Oak yelled, then launched into a volley of laughter. Cedar slapped his forehead, wishing Oak had chosen to form merge with a Haunter instead the imp of a Sableye. Moving forwards slowly, Cedar let loose two blasts of energy from his Salamence cannons. The blasts smashed against the building, only to dissipate away.

"They used Light Screen for their building. We cannot use special attacks like we did with their Reflect force shield." Cedar said.

"Then we level this place with Onix!" Oak said.

"No, we wait for Zarl to get out first. For now, keep their forces busy." Cedar said, throwing a continuous Hyper Beam over the ground, forcing the approaching GEA force to stand back. Oak immediately took them out by using his Sableye form's telekinesis to push a blade of leave through ten Pokémon at once.

"They will be using the experimental soon." Oak said. True enough, from the windows and doors of the building, various unidentified Pokémon began to step out, followed by GEA grunts augmented with Pokémon.

"And here we go." Oak said, watching how his super charged razor leaves leave mere scratches on those new entries.

Cedar smiled, tapping a pokecube on his belt.

A Swampert flashed out, growling wildly. Its skin was a strange green colour, its fins resembling hard horns. A cross with a Tyranitar.

"Poseidon. Death Trident." Cedar hissed. The Swampert glowed, then mould into a trident. Cedar chuckled, grabbing the trident with his right hand.

"Imagine Poseidon himself, armed with his trident, coupled with wings." Cedar said. His voice was gentle, yet loud enough to be heard over the din. Swinging the trident to his side, Cedar held it pointing towards a GEA grunt that had seemed to be merged with a Blaziken.

"Pierce!" Cedar whispered, angling himself. The Salamence wings began to beat quickly, shooting him forward, through the GEA grunt.

The grunt's wail was cut short, much like his abdomen.

LLLLLL

Zarl pulled lightly at the metal backdoor. As expected, it was locked.

"Maria?" Zarl whispered. A slight shimmer in the air suddenly fall away into a patchwork of images, as Maria reappeared. Well, she did not really disappear. Maria merely created a shield much like Reflect, only that it displays what was behind Maria, so that she was effectively invisible. Sadly, the range of this effect is too small to cover Zarl as well.

Maria glanced at the doorknob, her eyes glowing faintly. A soft thud was all Zarl heard, before the door swung open.

"Let's go." Zarl whispered, watching Maria disappear behind her camouflage again. Quietly, Zarl tiptoed through the metal portal, closing it behind him after ensuring that the slight shimmer in the air had followed him in.

If the building's exterior resembles a space ship, its interior would resemble space. The corridors have black walls, ceilings and floors, lit only by various pin pricks of lights or an occasional orb of light disguised as a planet. Under different, less damning situations, this place would have been charming.

Zarl peeked cautiously around the first corner, barely surprised by the emptiness of the corridors. Everyone should be outside, defending with all they have. Threading quietly, Zarl soon ascertained that there is really no one in this part of the building anymore. Bolstered by that fact, Zarl began to move more confidently, to the point to sprinting down long corridors.

"As a headquarter, this place is rather simply built, isn't it?" Zarl said as they stepped into a lift. Zarl already remembered the rough layout of the floors, almost surprised to find a floor plan next to the lifts.

"This place isn't that simple." Maria said, remembering how many spaces was left on the map as though they contained nothing. No architect would leave columns of concretes the width of rooms.

"Now, let's see. Dungeons are underground." Zarl said, pressing the lowest basement button.

"Car park?" Maria asked.

"At basement 10? You sure?" Zarl asked, wondering how long the car will have to drive to reach a lot.

As the mechanical doors slide open, Zarl stared at the dark cavern ahead. Various white lines mark the floor, a few dusty cars sitting in the rectangle markings. In the background, the low, but deafening drone of a ventilator could be heard.

Zarl pushed the next basement button, summoning the lift door to close.

"Car park." Zarl agreed.


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