Near the entrance to Victory Road, Nate agreed to let Red, Elio and Gladion pass through the gate on the account that they stay away from the pokemon league. "Tournament is about to start anyways... so the League is closed."

The Mew guided the three to what looked like an old castle as Elio smiled in appreciation. "Thanks again for helping Red pick a place."

Red and the Mew smiled as the pokemon meowed and the Rotom Dex translated. "BZZT! You and Gladion spoke of what is considered to be the most powerful pokemon of all, are you sure you want to meet it? BZZT!"

Elio took a deep breath in anticipation. "To be honest... I am a little scared. I am sure Blattron would have a good fight though."

Gladion looked at Red and the Mew to ask. "You know anything about this pokemon save for it being... aggressive?"

Red and the Mew nodded in unison. "BZZT! I had a small... talk with him a long time ago. He exist for battle, he wanted someone to show him if there is more to it. He is still aggressive to anyone who angers him and he is still far from soft. But like Genesect and Silvally he wants to feel his existence has a real meaning. BZZT!"

Elio felt uncomfortable in talking about the pokemon he was about to face. "Did he find it?"

Mew and Red nodded. "BZZT! To find someone that respects him as a living creature. To at least try to feel some empathy. The things you done for Kalden would be acceptable. While some of the things you done for Blattron are necessary for a predator not of this time to learn. BZZT!"

Elio agreed. "I know, doing that to a Silvally or a Mewtwo is suicidal!" The group found themselves in what looked like a throne room.

Gladion let Silvally out and whispered. "If the pokemon Red has is who I think it is... do you want to watch?" The Silvally barked as the Mew looked at the two in worry.

Elio took out Genesect and whispered. "Hey Blattron... got someone for you to fight are you ready?"

The Genesect crackled a yes as Red tossed out an ultra ball and let out the pokemon the minors feared of facing, Mewtwo. It held on to a life orb as it glared at the Genesect.

Elio felt the pressure induced stare as the Genesect asked. "Boss... I am feeling something strange?"

Elio nodded. "What is it? Because this pokemon looks tough as it is!"

The Genesect cackled. "Intimidated... knowing you, we are not backing away form this?"

Elio asked back. "Do you?"

The Genesect answered happily. "No! This is the type of foe I dreamed of!"

Elio nodded as he shouted. "BLATTRON USE TECHNO BLAST!"

The douse drive glowed as a torrent of water shot out of the gun, the Mewtwo swiped its hand and created a light screen to absorb the damage, it's eyes glowed before it shot a thunderbolt out of another hand.

The Genesect was shot back as it laughed. "This opponent is fun!"

Elio nodded as he shouted in a determined frown. "USE BUG BUZZ NEXT!" The Genesect was about to let loose a buzz when the Mewtwo placed its hands close together and created a massive psychic ball to strike the Genesect down. As the Mewtwo felt the damage it shot the orb, in an explosion the Genesect was sent barreling back and fell on the ground for a knock out.

Mewtwo looked at the creature before it in a stoic stare; a telepathic voice was heard from all around the room. "What exactly am I looking at?"

Elio noticed and answered. "Genesect a..."

The Mewtwo's eyes glowed and answered before it was finished. "An pokemon resurrected from the fossil of a hunter eons ago. Designed to be a weapon... design for battle and nothing else?"

Elio looked down with a frown. "It is bad enough that he cannot physically feel most things."

The Mewtwo stared at the twitching Genesect. "He seemed to enjoyed this despite knowing what he was up against. Part of the reason why you tried to... stem this craving?" Elio nodded as Red prepared the ultra ball.

Mewtwo kept its glare at the two before it. "Now all he needs is to find an actual reason to be here. Something you are trying to help him find?"

Elio grinned foolishly. "Yes... if I can find away for him to at least taste things again it would be a start."

The Mewtwo shook his head in response. "You are trying to make it enjoy life... a simple desire."

The Mewtwo turned to see an intimidated Gladion and a Silvally glaring at it. "That one was also brought into this world through... artificial means?"

The Silvally barked as Gladion tried to prepare for the comment. The Mewtwo looked away less amused. "I see, humans never do learn!"

Mewtwo turned his attention toward the Mew as Gladion was about to answer something.

Mewtwo made a small gesture that Gladion doesn't need to speak. "I don't even need to read his memory to know what happen... neither do I need to read yours! You took that pokemon out of a lab to make it more and to make yourself more!"

Gladion cringed as the Mewtwo looked at the Mew in questioning. "You brought them here to so they could see what they were speaking of?"

Mew looked down on nodding, with the Mewtwo curious about the emotion. "Is their something you don't want to talk about?"

The Mew meowed back and nodded as the Mewtwo glared. "A group of humans did what?!"

Elio froze in realization. "Isaac... please don't."

The Mew was hesitate to answer when the Mewtwo asked. "Is it better if I just read it?"

Elio shouted out. "Please don't! He had been through enough and I don't it's a good idea to go deeper!"

The Mewtwo stared at Elio intensely. "I didn't ask you! Perhaps you seen enough to comprehend it?"

Gladion tried to signal Elio that he was about to do something stupid when the boy gave a focused glare. "I hate thinking about it! The only thing I can say about what was done to Isaac is... evil."

Mewtwo's eyes glowed as Elio was halfway finished with his sentence and obliterated a wall in a reflex of rage and shock. "They removed his capacity to feel anything but hate! Then they kept altering his mind untill he could no longer think?"

Elio nodded as he continued. "They didn't even stop... when me and some people I know went to rescue Isaac..."

The Mewtwo's eyes stopped glowing as he interrupted. "The Mew was turned into something... unspeakable?" Elio felt something trickling down in silence.

The Mewtwo stared at the Mew and began to read until it stopped in a flinch with its eyes widened. "It's no wonder that human broke down..." The Mewtwo signaled Red to get it back in its ball. "I need to think about this, they will bring more for battle the next time we meet."

Elio took the net ball and began to pet the Genesect. "Sorry about this."

The Genesect laughed faintly. "This was a fight I liked, what are you sorry about?"

Elio struggled to answer. "Being more of a softy than I want you to see!"

The Genesect crackled in worry. "Do I want to be out here for what you are about to do?"

Elio laughed in an attempt to make the Genesect feel better. "Nah! You need to get to a pokemon center! I bet Lillie is worried sick about where you and Isaac have been!"

Red remained silent at what he heard as Gladion is seeing more of Elio's behavior pattern. "Do you need a minute to calm down?"

Elio looked back in a tear hidden smile and shook his head. "No, I'm good!"

Elio wiped something off his face and began to thank Red. "Thanks for showing us the Mewtwo! Anything else we need to know about him... or are we better off not knowing?" Red shook his head in answer. Elio and Gladion called their pokemon back as they all prepared an escape rope to leave the cavern.

As Red called his Charizard for a flight back to Driftveil, Elio prepared Salamence for him and Gladion.

The teenager saw Elio shaking trying to get on the Salamence when he asked again. "Are you alright?"

Elio frowned at the question and stopped sitting down on the grassy ground. "Not really, I hate bringing up what was done to Isaac. I hate it even more when other's get nosy about it, they are better off not..."

Gladion sat down next to him and patted him on the back. "You just don't want to say anything in front of Red or the Mewtwo? The more that know what happened, the better we are able to keep that from happening again."

Elio began to cry loudly as he agreed, Gladion gave him hug in an attempt to calm him down. "I'm still telling Lillie where we have been and what we seen."

Elio was breathing heavily as he thought about where they been before mustering up the strength to get on Salamence. "That is fine... hey, have we actually been here before?"

Gladion looked back before he got on. "Feel's like we have."

The two boys flew back flew back to Driftveil.

Elio went to the pokemon center to heal the Genesect as Gladion waited.

When they went back to the Tournament Stadium they found Lillie with her hands on her hips and her cheeks puffed up. "Where have you two been?"

Gladion answered. "Some old castle."

Elio answered. "Red wanted to battle my Genesect... Mewtwo is a very scary pokemon!" The two boys nodded to each other in agreement as they let Mew out. T

he Mew nodded as the Dex translated from the back pack. "BZZT! He is scary! But he has been doing very well! BZZT!"

Lillies puffed up a frown was directed at the Mew. "Isaac, you know my brother would rather not see that pokemon and you didn't do anything stop this!"

The Mew nodded back and meowed. "BZZT! I know... I thought Mewtwo would like to know that Genesect and Silvally did happen... he wasn't exactly happy to know this. But he isn't happy about a lot of things, BZZT!"

Gladion spoke his peace before the Mew continued. "The Mew told him about where he had been... that was the one time I saw the Mewtwo get... mad."

Lillie saw Elio's crestfallen look and asked. " You tried to stop Isaac from telling him more?"

Elio nodded. "Problem was by the time I explained... he was already finished reading my memories, may we please end this! I don't want us to have to be enemies on a bad note!"

Lillie gave Elio a hug in an attempt to keep him calm. "We have three more days before that happens, who won?"

Elio took a deep breath as he answered. "Mewtwo... but Blattron didn't seem to mind it that much."

Lillie whispered back. "Anything I might want Burnet to know?"

Elio whispered back. "He isn't going to be in a fight in a while, expect him to fly off if allowed to. If he doesn't want to be out... he will let her know. She can try to be affectionate to him... but he isn't going to feel it."

Lillie gave Elio one last whisper. "When we hand him over, you should tell him that Burnet is trying to help! Okay?"

The duo broke their hug as they checked to see what regions have arrived. "Sinnoh, Hoenn and Kalos?!"

Lillie warned Elio. "Kalo's has some gym leaders with have pokemon capable of Mega Evolving. That is their greatest asset!"

Gladion listened to Lillies warning as he noticed a red haired man in a dark blue sweater glaring at the bet box. "Seriously? Someone bet on him?!"

The man glared at Gladion. "What are you staring at?"

Gladion was unfazed as he answered. "The bet is kind of dumb, but it isn't anything to be upset about."

The man looked away with a humph! "I am only here to because he invited me to watch... maybe find some strong trainers when I get the chance."

Elio and Lillie noticed and asked who; the man rolled his eyes and answered. "Some guy named Ethan. You didn't think just one champion from each region would come to this?"

Lillie kept quiet as Elio pondered. "This region has a history of at least four champions if I can recall."

The man raised his hand in response as he added more. "Kanto and Johto have the same league. You are dealing with a history of five! Latest one beaten Lance but refused the title."

The man grumbled in annoyance as he walked out, leaving Elio to grin about what he was up against. "Sixteen Gym Leaders against eight! I like those odds!"

Lillie frowned. "For the sake of balance... the Gym systems of Johto and Kanto are separate. But they both share the same amount of champions."

Elio grinned even wider. "Five champions against one! Even better odds!"

Lillie puffed up her cheeks as she asked both boys. "We have three days before this starts. We talk to Burnet more, then organize a trip to Aniville town to see some trains? I heard of some very unusual trains that they are working on daily!"