Chapter 14

3rd person POV

"This can't be happening" the doctor said as a shadow Rhydon disappeared into a snag ball. The MRPA was snagging the shadow pokemon left and right, months of work

was disappearing before his eyes.

"Seems your pets aren't all you said they'd be" Lana scoffed.

"How was i supposed to know they had master balls" he jarred back.

A massive tremor shook the entire command center. he looked to the cams, only to immediately regret this decision. The lugia had blown open the walls, and there was

no patching the leak. Before i could say anything, the tower on the other side of the facility exploded. Lana shook her head then walked to a console and typed in a

number the doctor made sure was at the bottom of the list.

"Doctor what do you have to say for yourself" the master's voice ringed to the room.

Gregavich turned slowly to the monitor, his eyes full of fear "Master they breached the wall while simultaneously destroying my air defenses". The master's face was stone "i am aware, an impressive amount of coordination though not unexpected".

"What are my orders" Gregavich pleaded.

The master paused, the entire room was silent despite the explosions and gunfire in the background. "Doctor, return to your lab and gather what you need to continue your work. Lana, after the doctor has gathered his research wipe the servers clean and prepare the assets for transport".

The doctor was about to object but he stopped himself, He nodded and closed his eyes vanishing in a purple flash.

Lana turned to the master "i don't have a way to transport the assets" Lana said as calmly as she could. "I am aware of that as well, i already have a stealth jet in route,

make sure you are ready, the window will not be open long" the master explained. Lana nodded then turned away. The screen went blank, Lana then turned to the staff

in the control room. She pulled out her tablet "upload all server data to this, then purge it" the staff said nothing but turned and began typing frantically on their

keypads. Lana motioned to her Bisharps and whispered. "Take the pad to my chopper along with the staff, if the MRPA get anywhere close leave without me". The

bladed pokemon nodded. Lana then left for the elevator, the two assets were still unsecured and she needed to fix that. She pulled out her phone and called Ethan.

"Prefect what is it" Ethan asked in a rushed tone. "I'm on my way to cell block CD23, i need you and your team to secure the assets before i arrive, understood"? "Yes

ma'am" Ethan responded. Lana then hung up the phone, she had to hurry.

As Ethan arrived at the cell block he was greeted by his squad of soldiers. "Commander, we got the lab aids out,what are you orders" Sandman asked. "We're to guard

these cells until the prefect arrives" Ethan responded. Sandman nodded and spoke into his helmet."Granite, take up defensive positions". The other 3 members of

Ethan's squad spread out around the cell block.

As they were waiting for Lana's arrival Ethan thought about his team, they were closest thing he had to a family. Before the serum they were the doctor's greatest

achievement. They weren't shifters, but they were as close as it got. Sandman was Ethan's wingman, cool under pressure but wasn't afraid to crack a joke, he had

garchomp DNA giving him tougher skin and control over rock and other minerals. Truck was the brute force of the team, his Steelix DNA allowed him to turn his skin

into metal as tough as a real Steelix. His personality was the same as his skills, headstrong, loyal and thought with his fists. Frost was the silent one, only talked when

he felt he absolutely needed to, his weavile DNA made him quick and stealthy,perfect for a sniper. Lastly there was Grinch, the teams demo man and tech specialist. He

came off as grumpy, but that was mainly his electivire DNA getting the best of him. He gave off small shocks on accident due to anger at first, but he learned to channel

that electric knowledge into technology.

Ethan was snapped from his thoughts from a pressure in his head. Something was coming, and it wasn't Lana. Ethan put his hand on his sword ready for anything. "I

knew you were hiding something, but i didn't think it was this" said a cold voice. Ethan's eyes went wide as three people came around the corner, Connor, Alex and

Charlie followed by 5 MRPA soldiers.

Alex's POV

"You were a spy the whole time" i asked in disbelief. Ethan turned his head, i could feel his regret, he just radiated indecision. Before i could say more Ethan shook his

head and said "Granite, execute" the 4 soldiers leveled their rifles, but the bullets never fired. Connor held out his hand, screws and parts flew out of the guns, in

seconds they fell apart like a jigsaw puzzle. Everyone in the room went wide eyed, "you picked the wrong side Ethan" Connor said in a dark voice. With a wave of his

hand Ethan and the other Cipher soldiers passed out, hitting the ground with a defining thud. "Wha, how are you" i asked, too gobsmacked to speak. "Save Jake and

Cassie now, explanation later" he ordered. We then turned to the elephant in the room, the two cells. Connor closed his eyes, turning his head as if he was looking

around. He opened his eyes and pointed to the cell of the right "fireproof, as in COMPLETELY fireproof, you and charlie take this one. I'll take the other one" he said in a

dead serious voice.

Charlie opened the door, only to be met by a massive flamethrower. He directed the fire around us keeping me safe, thank arceus he went first. Once the flames parted

i saw our attacker. It was an Entei, a real living breathing legendary pokemon.

"Wait Charlie, Alex" said a voice in my head.

"Jake is that you" I asked in disbelief.

The Entei relaxed instantly, "yea its me" he said in a somber tone. I couldn't take it, i ran up and hugged him around his neck. "I was so worried about you" i said with tears in my eyes. I collected myself, stepped back and looked at him, he looked rough. His shaggy brown fur failed to hide multiple cuts and bruises, but he looked well fed at least. I shifted my hand into a lucario paw and cut off his shackles with a metal claw. "

I can't shift back with this collar on" he explained.

I nodded and tried to slash it off with a metal claw, but it merely bounced off. Charlie stepped forward and began to heat up the collar with his hand, then i grabbed the collar and pulled at hard as i could. Soon the collar cracked and split, falling to the ground with a ringing sound. A soldier handed me a shift suit and i laid it on the floor. We turned around and let Jake have some privacy to change back.

"Im good" he said, allowing us to turn around. It was good to see him back to normal, however his charcoal back hair was now a ghostly white, like the fire on an Entei's back. "Let's get outta here" i exclaimed.

We left the cell only to be met by Connor with a sad look in his eyes and a black pokeball in his hand. "Connor, what's wrong where's Cassie" i asked, fearing the answer. "She's in here, but there's a problem" he said quietly.

"What kind of problem, why did you catch her" Charlie asked timidly.

"She's gone, mentally, she's gone" he explained.

"That doesn't make sense, english please" i demanded.

"Cassie's mind is offline, that Raikou's nothing but a mindless beast" he explained further. Jake didn't say anything, but he didn't look surprised.

"You said she's offline, there has to be away to fix here right, right" i kept asking. Connor just shook his head and began to walk away. "

Let's just get the doctor" Charlie conceded.

We were running towards the doctor's lab when Connor yelled "hit the deck".

We all dropped to the ground, however the soldiers in front of us weren't fast enough, a ball of pink light wized over our heads and exploded. The four soldiers were zapped by the light and fell to the ground, dead instantly.

We all stood up and looked at our attacker, she was wearing a black suit with the Cipher logo on it. She gave a smirk and launched another attack, i was about to dodge when Connor stepped forward and

held out his hand. The ball of light stopped then dissipated instantly.

The woman eyes went wide, but then she smirked said "to think you were hiding all this time and you gave yourself away just to help these people" she chuckled.

Connor's eyes tightened "so you're his handler" Connor said coldly.

The woman laughed and said "indeed i am, it's been far too long brother dearest".….

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