Needing to get her next badge as quick as possible, Weiss used her scroll to search for the nearest city that offered a badge and traveled there. Considering how powerful her Pokémon were, earning an eighth badge wouldn't take very long. The sooner she won her final badge, the sooner she can train at Victory Road to prepare herself for the Elite Four.

Weiss arrived at a small populated town called Kuro City. The city had some cherry blossom trees and a couple of restaurants, but other than that, nothing stood out about the city. Not that it mattered to Weiss anyway; she had no time for sightseeing when earning her badge was top priority.

In the middle of the town stood the gym, a relatively small building compared to the other gyms Weiss had fought in. Standing in front of the gym was a tall man in a black trench coat, with red spiky hair and a mask covering his eyes. He had his arms folded and carried a katana by his side. Weiss assumed he was the security guard.

"Excuse me," said Weiss, "I'd like to come in."

"What business do you have here?" asked the guard.

"I'm here to challenge the gym leader for a badge! Now please step aside!"

"Only those worthy of seeing the gym leader can enter. Prove you are worthy."

"Uh, hello?" Weiss opened her jacket and revealed her badges. "I've got seven badges! I think that's pretty worthy!"

"You do not have the permission required to enter this gym. Leave."

"Excuse me? What do you mean I don't have permission?"

"Only those with the right kind of permission can enter this gym."

"What kind of Pokémon gym is this? I don't need special permission to challenge for a badge! Do you know who I am?"

"Make all the threats you want; unless you have the gym leader's blessing, you cannot enter."

"This can't be under league regulations! If you don't let me in, I'll have you reported! I am a Schnee after all!"

Weiss didn't actually know if the gym was breaking any rules, but she figured making the threat of reporting them to the league officials along with using her name would scare the guard into letting her in. The guard continued to stand where he was, unaffected by Weiss' empty threats.

"Whatever!" said Weiss. "I bet the gym leader here isn't even that good anyway! I'll just go to another city!"

Weiss took out her scroll and searched for another city to earn her badge.

#

With the White Fang having found Subject M, the Pokémon Rangers and Schnee Co. called for an emergency meeting to be held inside Ozpin's office at Beacon Academy. As President of the Pokémon League Officials, Goodwitch decided to attend the meeting as well in case this situation called for the Elite Four to get involved as well. Ironwood and Winter arrived along with a Schnee Co. security guard, carrying the briefcase containing the recently completed Project Master. Second came Qrow along with one of his best rangers Coco, awaiting the arrival of his two other top rangers. Finally, Yang and Pyrrha made it to Beacon Academy, bringing two unexpected visitors in Ruby and Jaune.

"Ruby?" said Qrow. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to help stop the White Fang!" said Ruby.

"Sorry kid, but this mission is too dangerous even for you."

"But I've stopped the White Fang several times over!"

"This isn't just another Saturday morning escapade. People's lives are going to be at stake."

"Please, Uncle Qrow! Let me be of some help!"

"Sorry Ruby, but as leader of the Rangers, I'm going to order you to remain here until this gets resolved."

"And if I catch you disobeying orders," said Coco, "I'll lock you up in prison myself!"

"Hey now," said Yang, "don't be so harsh to my sister."

"Your sister and her scrawny blonde friend already caused enough trouble for me at Mountain Glenn."

"Wait, you already met?"

"I'll explain later. Let's get to the matter at hand."

Everyone took a seat at the meeting table. Ironwood and Ozpin sat at the opposite ends of the table, while Qrow and his Rangers sat on one side and the rest sat on the other, while Schnee Co.'s guard stood by the doorway.

"Now that everyone is here, we can begin," said Ironwood. "The White Fang have captured the Pokémon we've been referring to as Subject M, and are planning to use that Pokémon to attack New Vale City. If New Vale City falls under the White Fang's control, there could be little we can do to stop them from expanding throughout Vale. Our goal is to stop the White Fang by defeating their leader and containing Subject M."

Ironwood turned on a display screen showing details of Subject M.

"The Pokémon known as Subject M is called Mewtwo."

"Mew...two?" asked Ruby. "Is this thing related to Mew?"

"Indeed. Mewtwo shares the same DNA with Mew. It is classified as a Psychic type Pokémon, and it has more power than any other Pokémon in the world. The Schnee Corporation and the Pokémon Rangers have been working together to seize Mewtwo before the White Fang could. Sadly, however, Mewtwo made itself extremely hard to find, and now the White Fang has beat us to them."

"So we beat Mewtwo like we beat any other Pokémon!" said Yang. "Celica alone should be able to handle Mewtwo!"

"I'm afraid even your Dragons would fall easily to Mewtwo," said Goodwitch. "Besides, Mewtwo's strength isn't the only problem we face against them."

"What do you mean?"

"Mewtwo isn't just naturally powerful," said Ironwood. "It's evil."

"Evil?" asked Ruby. "How could Mewtwo be evil?"

"Mewtwo doesn't fight like normal Pokémon. It will destroy anything that stands in its way with no remorse. The only emotion Mewtwo understands is hatred. It will not think twice before killing humans or Pokémon."

"That's impossible! How can a Pokémon be so full of hate?"

"Maybe it was just born that way," said Jaune. "Remember when we fought that Spiritomb? That thing was pure evil!"

"But Spiritomb was formed by the souls of evil people! Something had to have happened to that Mewtwo to act this way!"

"I agree with Ruby," said Pyrrha. "Are you sure Mewtwo isn't just acting this way under the influence of its trainer?"

"Maybe mommy and daddy didn't love it enough," said Coco. "Evil or not, the point is we need to take it back from the White Fang. What's the plan?"

"Defeating Mewtwo will be nearly impossible," said Qrow. "According to my sources, they've given Mewtwo a major upgrade. Take a look."

Ironwood displayed the pictures sent to Qrow of Mewtwo wearing the Grimm Mask.

"According to our spies within the White Fang," said Qrow, "she has developed a mask infused with Dust, capable of increasing the strength of any Pokémon who wears it with seemingly no drawbacks."

"That mask!" said Ruby. "I've seen that mask before!"

"When was this?" asked Ironwood.

"It was when I was visiting Patch Island. On the cruise ship, there was this trainer who used a Volcarona wearing that same looking mask!"

"Do you remember who this trainer was?"

"Her name was something like...Amber Autumn?"

"Sounds like an alias to me," said Qrow.

"And I believe I know who it belongs to," said Ozpin. "Was she an older woman with black hair?"

"She was! You know her?"

"She was an old colleague Ironwood and I used to know, but we haven't been in contact for nearly two decades. To think this is where she ended up."

"So what do we do about Mewtwo?" asked Ruby.

"Since defeating it is not an option," said Ironwood, "the only thing we can do is capture it."

"Kind of hard to capture a Pokémon you can't beat though, isn't it?" asked Jaune.

"True. Capturing it through normal methods will not be good enough. That's why Schnee Co. has been working on a Poké Ball guaranteed to capture Mewtwo without fail."

"Really? You really made a Guarantee Ball?"

Winter pulled out a briefcase and handed it to Ironwood. Ironwood smiled as he pulled up the next set of pictures showing the blueprints of Project Master.

"We've spent years on this project," said Ironwood, "and we are proud to say we have created the solution to the Mewtwo problem. We've created a Poké Ball that not even the strongest of Pokémon can break free from! Any Pokémon caught in this ball is guaranteed to be captured! Behold, the greatest Poké Ball ever produced: The Master Ball!"

Ironwood opened up the briefcase in front of everybody to show Schnee Co.'s greatest work yet, only to nearly have a heart attack when he realized the briefcase was empty.

"The Master Ball is gone!" yelled Ironwood.

"Impossible!" said Winter. "Schnee Co. had that ball guarded at all costs!"

"Looking for this?" said a voice in the corner.

On the far end of the room was the Schnee Co. guard that was assigned to guard the ball during its delivery to Beacon City, holding up the Master Ball in her hand. The guard took off her hat to reveal herself as the vigilante out to stop the White Fang, Blake Belladonna, shocking nearly the entire room.

"It's that vigilante again!" said Yang.

"Return that ball immediately!" yelled Ironwood.

"Not until I capture Mewtwo!" said Blake.

"All right vigilante, enough games!" said Coco, grabbing one of her Pokémon ready to battle. "Drop the ball or else we drop you!"

"Take one more step and I leave with the ball!" replied Blake, leaning against the door leading out of the room. All the Rangers and Schnee Co. were standing up and kept making threats at Blake, throwing the entire room into chaos.

"WAIT!" shouted Ruby. Everyone suddenly went quiet.

"What now?" asked Coco.

"Blake isn't a vigilante! She's...okay, maybe she is, but I know her!"

"You know her, sis?" asked Yang.

"Yes! She's helped me against the White Fang! She's definitely on our side!"

"Correction," said Blake. "I'm on my own side."

"In that case," said Coco, "she's against us! We're taking her in!"

"Stop!" said Ozpin. "Everybody take a breather and relax!"

Everyone put their Poké Balls back and sat down. Blake continued to stand by the door in case one of them tried to pull something. Ozpin stood up to talk to Blake.

"So Blake, you're not on the White Fang's side, but you're not on the Ranger's side either. Perhaps we can work something out."

"With all due respect, professor," said Blake, "I can never associate with the Rangers and Schnee Co."

"I see. You realize that if you choose not to help us, you paint yourself as an ally of the White Fang."

"Come on Blake, join us!" said Ruby. "You don't want the White Fang to destroy the city, do you? Let's work together to stop them!"

"I am never working for Schnee Co.!" said Blake. "And if the Rangers choose to cooperate with them, then I'm against them as well!"

"Oh for the love of Arceus!" said Coco. "I've had enough! Either she's on our side or the White Fang's side!"

"Are all of you Pokémon Rangers really this ignorant?"

"We're not ignorant!" said Pyrrha. "We're trying to save lives by stopping the White Fang!"

"And yet you know nothing about them! You think the White Fang is just a criminal organization!"

"So it's true then!" said Ruby.

"What's true?" asked Pyrrha.

"The White Fang were never always bad, were they?"

"What are any of you people talking about?" asked Coco.

"I heard the White Fang used to be a group of good people; but then for some reason they attacked that research center in Mountain Glenn and became criminals. I always found it weird that they would turn good to bad for no reason. Blake...you know what happened at Mountain Glenn, didn't you? You know why the White Fang turned bad!"

Everyone turned their attention to Blake, waiting to see how she would respond. Blake placed the Master Ball in her pocket and sat down where Ozpin was sitting.

"You're right, Ruby," said Blake. "I know what happened at Mountain Glenn, and it's the reason why I have to capture Mewtwo."

"Then tell us!" said Ruby. "I want to know the truth!"

"I think we all want to know the truth," said Pyrrha.

"Let me ask you all a question," said Blake. "Do any of you even know where Mewtwo came from?"

Blake looked around the room and noticed all the young adults looking confused, not having the slightest idea. The older adults however - specifically Ironwood, Qrow, and Ozpin - were all looking away or closed their eyes, as if they were ashamed to know what the answer was.

"Well, Mewtwo is related to Mew, right?" said Jaune. "So it came from wherever Mew came from!"

"I don't think that was the answer she was looking for," said Yang.

"Wait a minute!" said Ruby. "The research center! Mewtwo and that center have to be connected!"

"You catch on quick, Ruby," said Blake. "Now as Ruby said before, there's a reason Mewtwo has a heart of evil, and you want to know why?"

Blake stood right back up and pointed her finger towards Ironwood.

"You're looking at him!"

Everyone immediately turned to Ironwood to see what his reaction would be. Nearly all of them were assuming he would be enraged and deny such a serious accusation. Instead he turned his chair around to look away from everyone, hanging his head in shame.

"Let me get this straight," said Yang. "Mewtwo is connected to the research center being destroyed, and Ironwood was the one behind it?"

"Looks like the cat is out of the bag," said Qrow.

"Whoa! You knew this whole time, Uncle Qrow?"

"Ozpin and I knew the truth, but Ozpin insisted I keep my mouth shut in order to not cause any mass problems amongst the public."

"Did you know the truth as well, Miss Schnee?" asked Pyrrha.

"I knew our family was connected to the research center," said Winter. "I was never told about Subject M directly, but it didn't take me long to figure out that our family had to be involved in what happened. I'm just thankful my sister knows nothing about this."

Winter placed a hand on Ironwood's shoulder.

"It's time you told the truth, James."

"But Miss Schnee!" said Ironwood. "If I told them the truth, your family's name and company will-"

"I'm aware," replied Winter. "Whatever happens, I thank you for all your years of loyalty to the Schnee family."

"Thank you, Miss Schnee."

Ironwood turned his chair back around, feeling anguished for what he was about to say.

"I'll tell you everything about Mewtwo, but what you hear must remain in this room."

#

Before I worked for Schnee Co., I was a scientist working at the Pokémon Science and Research Center at Mountain Glenn. The center served as the headquarters for nearly all scientific organizations in Vale. Even though we all came from different departments, we all worked together like one big family. I was part of a field research team that also consisted of Ozpin, Peter Port, Bartholomew Oobleck, and a woman by the name of Cinder Fall. The main job of the team was to travel to various parts of Remnant where new possible scientific discoveries may be taking place.

The one discovery that we focused on the most was finding the elusive Mew. Over the years of researching "legendary" Pokémon, we've received countless tips of witnesses who have claimed to have seen Mew. Unfortunately, many trips would turn out to be a washout; we can never verify where the witnesses claimed to have seen Mew, nor could anyone produce photographic evidence of the Pokémon itself. It was as if we were hunting down an imaginary creature. Despite our failures, we never gave up. We took every tip we got into consideration on that one in a million shot we would find Mew.

One day over twenty years ago, we received a tip that somebody had found Mew in a jungle off an island near the Vacuo region. Our team headed to Vacuo to explore the jungle.

"I say!" said Oobleck, trying to maneuver around the constant vines and branches that were littered everywhere. "As much as I love the natural state this jungle is in, it's very hard to move quickly around these parts."

"You just need to learn how to really explore," said Port, "like so!"

Port took out a machete and started chopping away to make it easier for the group to move around.

"You certainly seem to know what you're doing, old friend," said Oobleck.

"Why, jungles are like a second home to me! I remember when my grand pappy used to take me camping in the most foliaged of forests!"

While Port was babbling about one of his childhood stories, the others were going over the map to get a sense of where they were.

"Everything looks the same," said Ironwood. "This map isn't going to serve much purpose."

"I say we split up," said Cinder. "We'll cover more ground that way."

"I'm not sure that's a good idea," said Ozpin. "These jungles are hard to get around, and who knows what Pokémon could be lurking around here."

"I agree with Cinder," said Ironwood. "We should split into groups and spread out. Cinder, will you be able to handle things on your own?"

"I'll be just fine," said Cinder.

"Very well," said Ozpin. "Bart and Peter will continue going North, Ironwood and I will head East. If any of you find something or need help, be sure to use your flares immediately."

The group split up and continued searching. After what felt like walking around in circles, Cinder came across a small clearing and found something extraordinary. It was a small hut made from thick leaves and mud. It was barely two feet tall, making it only big enough for something tiny to live in. Cinder contacted the others through her scroll.

"Boys, I found something!" said Cinder.

"What is it?" asked Ozpin.

"It appears to be a miniature hut. Something must have built this for shelter."

"Can you scan for any traces of DNA left behind?"

"Scanning now."

Cinder opened an app on her scroll that allowed for scanning of any traces of DNA left behind by the Pokémon. The scanner picked up something inside the hut. Cinder bent down to take a better look inside; in the corner was a bunch of leaves piled together as if forming a bed. Cinder zoomed in closely on the leaf serving as the pillow; the scanner picked up a few stray hairs on the leaf.

"I've got something!" exclaimed Cinder.

Cinder took out a pair of scissors and a tiny plastic bag. Cinder carefully covered the leaf in the plastic bag, cut the leaf off the stem, then quickly sealed the bag to make sure nothing fell off the leaf. As soon as the DNA was secured, she took out her flare and signaled for the others to meet her there.

"What did you find?" asked Ironwood. Cinder handed Ironwood the bag and a magnifying glass.

"If you look carefully, there are a few tiny hairs on this leaf. There was definitely something here!"

"Let's hope this doesn't turn out to be another wild goose chase."

After our jungle expedition, we got to work on trying to extract the DNA from the hairs we found. If we truly found the legendary Mew, it would be the biggest breakthrough in science history. We could finally learn about the true origins of Pokémon and even human life itself.

Unfortunately, this is when we encountered our first major snag in the project. The hairs contained so little DNA to go by, it was impossible to extract enough to create a working clone.

The methods we used were similar to that of reviving fossilized Pokémon. When you find a Pokémon fossil such as Kabuto or Omanyte, approximately 90-95% of their DNA is still contained within the fossil, making the cloning process easy to produce. However, with the technology we had available, a few strands of hair were not going to be enough. We needed to create something more advanced, but the budget was something the research center couldn't afford. That's when the Schnee Corporation stepped in.

When Mister Schnee heard of our experiment, he agreed to provide the funds necessary. We were so desperate to find out what those remains were, we agreed to Schnee's terms without fully realizing what he would ask for in return. With the help of Schnee's funding, our researchers worked endlessly on the mysterious Pokémon's remains, hoping beyond hope that it was the Pokémon mankind has spent ages to find.

Shortly after being able to extract enough DNA to work on, we had our first major milestone.

"This is impossible!" said Oobleck. Oobleck was scanning through a printed document detailing the results of his experiment, and couldn't comprehend what had come up. The other members of the research team convened to his work station.

"What's wrong?" asked Ozpin.

"We've tried to match the DNA found in the sample compared to the database of all known living Pokémon on this planet!"

"And we haven't found a match?"

"No. In fact, the problem is we did find a match."

"Then who does the DNA belong to?"

"All of them!"

Ozpin looked over the results of Oobleck's work, and sure enough, every known Pokémon's DNA in their database came up as a positive for a match. It wasn't uncommon for a Pokémon's DNA to sometimes have multiple results if the Pokémon were related to the same family, but to have it come up positive for everything didn't make any sense.

"How can a DNA sample test positive for every Pokémon?" asked Ozpin.

"That's not even the weirdest part!" said Oobleck. "Look at what happens when we try to introduce the sample to foreign DNA!"

Oobleck turned their attention to the monitors above his station, which showed the DNA sample cells zoomed in at approximately 10000x. Oobleck carefully inserted a foreign sample cell next to the one they had discovered. The discovered sample cells were changing their shape and appearance to match the foreign cells. Everyone witnessing this event were nearly at a loss for words.

"Is the sample...replicating?" asked Ironwood.

"Whatever DNA we introduce," said Oobleck, "the sample starts to transform into a perfect match!"

"People, we are witnessing one of the most amazing discoveries in Pokémon history! We have found a Pokémon that can transform completely into another Pokémon!"

"The ability to perfectly transform into another Pokémon?" said Port. "There's not a Pokémon in existence that could do that! Could this little sample truly be Mew?"

"Continue your testing!" said Ozpin. "I'm going to call my archaeologist friend and ask them about any more information they can provide on Mew!"

Realizing we were on to something big, all of us worked day and night, week after week, month after month, trying to create a clone of this mystical Pokémon.

Finally, after months of painstaking research, overnight shifts, countless hours of sleep lost, and several moments where the project seemed hopeless, we were able to create a living, breathing fetus of the mysterious Pokémon. After analyzing what the fetus would grow into at birth, we had our answer.

It was Mew.

Words could not express the overwhelming joy all of us felt upon that day. We sacrificed so much to make it happen that we were dreading coming up short, and now here was the legendary Pokémon, just a couple of months away from being born. We didn't think anything can possibly stop us now.

That's when Schnee called us to make his demands.

Based on our research, we strongly believed that Mew had the unique ability to transform into any other Pokémon. Therefore, we theorized that Mew may have the ability to learn every single attack a Pokémon was capable of. That kind of ability would surely make Mew one of the most powerful Pokémon in history, and it was that kind of power Schnee wanted for himself.

Schnee's deal was to have us use Mew's DNA to create the ultimate weapon; a Pokémon that couldn't be beat. Schnee wanted to use this Pokémon to ensure he would beat the Elite Four and become the World Pokémon Champion to prove his dominance over everyone. Personally, I saw no reason to reject Schnee's demands. It was his funding that made it possible after all.

Ozpin, however, thought differently.

Ozpin was meeting Ironwood in his office, enraged when he found out what Ironwood agreed to.

"Are you insane?" yelled Ozpin. "We could be on the cusp of learning the origins of life, and instead you're going to turn this discovery into a living weapon?"

"We don't have a choice, Ozpin!" said Ironwood. "Schnee is the one providing the money, and what he says goes!"

"You're making the biggest mistake of your life, James! If you allow Schnee to do this, then consider myself out!"

"Ozpin, calm down! We can still discover what we intended to do! Think of it as just a side project to help us stay afloat!"

"This isn't just a side project, James! You're creating a bionic weapon for a megalomaniac! Do you not understand the repercussions that can come out of this?"

"I made a gentleman's agreement with Mister Schnee, and I intend to keep it, consequences or not! We're going to create this Pokémon whether or not you think it's unethical, because that's your job! So, you have to decide what's more important: Your morals, or your career!"

"I refuse. Either you tell Schnee you can't make his weapon, or I quit!"

"Then I have no other choice! You're fired Ozpin!"

As soon as Ozpin announced his departure, Peter and Bart quit alongside him. Despite the close ties I had with these men, I wasn't sad to see them go. I was confident this new project was going to be a success, and that Ozpin decided to let his morals get in the way of progress.

I should have listened to him.

The day after Ozpin and the others left, "Project Mew Two" was underway. To make sure the project was a success and that word of the newly dubbed "Subject M" would not leak out to others not involved, we conducted the experiment in the basement of the research center. To increase the strength of the Pokémon, we infused the Mew clone with as much Dust it can handle. The more Dust we forced into its blood, the more powerful it became.

We subjected it to many harsh conditions...no, that's too nice to describe it. We tortured it; we drove it near the brink of death so many times to see just how much it can survive. We froze it in sub-arctic temperatures even Ice Pokémon couldn't handle; we burned it in heating rooms that would make the strongest Fire Pokémon collapse of heat stroke; we subjected it to imagery so frightening it would scare Ghost Pokémon. Whenever it came close to death, we injected more Dust to toughen it up. This process continued until we were certain Subject M had reached their peak.

About two months into the project, "Mewtwo" as we called it, was complete. It became more powerful than we could ever hope.

And with that, also became impossible to control.

The now fully grown Mewtwo was in their bionic container, surrounded by fluids that kept them in suspended animation and healed their wounds from the rigorous testing. Above the room was the station where all the scientists can observe Mewtwo from a safe distance. Today was going to be the day they tested Mewtwo to see if it had the intelligence to understand and obey commands. Ironwood went down to the floor with a Poké Ball in hand.

"What is Mewtwo's status?" asked Ironwood.

"All vitals are green," said Cinder.

"Excellent. Transferring to the Poké Ball now."

Ironwood inserted the Poké Ball in front of the machine and transferred Mewtwo inside. With Mewtwo unable to move, the transfer was quick and successful.

"We will now conduct the obedience test," announced Ironwood. Ironwood opened the Poké Ball and released Mewtwo. All the other scientists were nervously shaking, scared that Mewtwo might disobey Ironwood. Mewtwo came out and slumped on the floor, slowly opening their eyes.

"Hello Mewtwo. My name is James. I am your trainer. Can you stand?"

Mewtwo slowly stood up and stretched their limbs. As Mewtwo was getting some feeling back into their body, an attack dummy shaped like a Machoke appeared in the room.

"Very good. Now Mewtwo, look towards the dummy and use your Aura Sphere!"

Mewtwo turned to the dummy across the room, then powered itself up and fired an Aura Sphere that shattered the dummy into pieces. The scientists above were amazed by Mewtwo's strength.

"Excellent! Now Mewtwo, I want you to put the pieces of the dummy back together with Psychic!"

Mewtwo held out one arm and lifted all the limbs from the dummy, then placed them back together as a whole.

"The experiment is a success!" said Ironwood. Everyone watching cheered. Cinder was especially happy to see Project Mew Two become a success. With her being the one to find the Mew samples, Schnee was sure to be impressed with her.

"Okay Mewtwo, return to your ball!"

Ironwood held the ball and tried to call Mewtwo back, but suddenly felt his arm go numb. It was as if something was holding him, preventing him from activating the ball's callback function.

"Something wrong, Mister Ironwood?" asked one of the scientists.

"My arm!" yelled Ironwood. "I can't move it! I need assistance!"

"You naive, pathetic human," said Mewtwo. Hearing Mewtwo suddenly speak fluently shocked everyone in the room. Using their Psychic powers, Mewtwo forced the ball out of Ironwood's hand and placed it in their own before crushing it to pieces.

"You think a specimen such as me can be controlled by a weakling such as you?"

Ironwood suddenly felt his whole body go numb. Mewtwo turned towards Ironwood and growled.

"I AM UNDER NO ONE'S CONTROL!"

Mewtwo psychically threw Ironwood into the bionic container. The bulletproof glass cracked from Ironwood's body crashing into the machine, severely injuring Ironwood. Mewtwo let go of their Psychic hold on Ironwood, then started to power up to attack with an Aura Sphere. The scientists above were freaking out at seeing Mewtwo attack.

"Oh my God, he's going to kill him!"

"Activate the emergency containment!"

The side walls of the room suddenly opened, revealing two large machines that looked like railguns. The railguns charged up and fired a gigavolt of electricity at Mewtwo, dealing enough damage to render Mewtwo unconscious. With Mewtwo detained, two scientists ran down to check on Ironwood.

"Are you okay, Mister Ironwood?"

"I'm fine," said Ironwood, having trouble standing on his own. The scientists safely escorted Ironwood out of the room and into the station.

As they were making plans on what to do with Mewtwo now, Mewtwo suddenly awoke and stood back up, regaining all their health. One of the scientists noticed Mewtwo was back to normal and panicked.

"SIR! The subject is recovering on its own! It's already back to full strength!"

"Detain that thing now!" said Ironwood.

The railguns on the walls started to charge, but Mewtwo used their Psychic powers to crush them and caused them to explode, rendering them useless. With the railguns destroyed, Mewtwo then used their Psychic powers to destroy the machine they were contained in.

"It's destroying everything in the lab! What do we do now?"

"Remain calm!" shouted Ironwood, having a hard time keeping cool himself. "As long as that thing remains here, we're safe!"

Mewtwo looked around searching for a way out of the facility. They looked up and concentrated their powers, tearing the ceiling apart.

"The subject is heading to the surface!"

"Have this building evacuated immediately!" said Ironwood.

Ironwood tried to stand up and run, but was still too injured to move on his own and had to be carried by two other scientists.

As they left the station and tried to get back to the surface, Mewtwo already burst through the ceiling and tore his way through the levels of dirt and concrete to reach the first-floor lab of the research center, scaring all the scientists that suddenly saw a Pokémon tear through the floor. Mewtwo didn't waste any time firing their Aura Sphere at everything in sight, ignoring the screams of the scientists trying to escape the destruction. In less than half a minute, the lab looked like a bomb had gone off and destroyed it. Mewtwo proceeded to break through to the second floor and continued destroying everything it their path.

By the time Ironwood and the rest reached the first floor, the alarms were blaring in the building as everyone was running around in a panic. Ironwood could see dark smoke emerging from the lab Mewtwo was in as above him he could hear more explosions going off, no doubt caused by Mewtwo.

"We need to get out of here!" shouted Ironwood.

Meanwhile, Cinder realized that somewhere in one of the labs above was the original DNA sample of Mew. Without that sample, all their months of work would have been for nothing. She needed to get that sample at any cost. Rather than follow Ironwood and everyone else, Cinder was heading to the closest staircase leading to the upper floors.

"Cinder!" yelled Ironwood. "What are you doing?"

"I have to go back for the DNA sample!" shouted Cinder.

"Are you insane? That thing is going to destroy this place!"

Cinder ignored Ironwood and tried to fight through the wave of people rushing past to reach the stairs. By the time she did however, the ceiling near the stairs collapsed and blocked Cinder's path, nearly falling on Cinder as well.

"NO!" yelled Cinder. "My research!

Despite the immense amount of pain he was in, Ironwood ran to grab Cinder and forcefully carried her on his shoulder out of the building.

Mewtwo made quick work destroying all the floors of the building, then burst through the roof to observe the damage from above. With the building falling apart and collapsing on itself, Mewtwo went above the clouds and flew off into the distance. Ironwood made it outside and collapsed on the ground while Cinder stood in a trance at the wreckage, devastated to see her entire life's work disappear in flames. It wasn't long until the place was swarming with ambulances, firetrucks, and the news media.

Mewtwo destroyed everything in its path, along with all the remains of Mew. Our department...all the departments...lost everything. Everything we dreamed of achieving was burnt to ashes. A lot of people were able to escape before Mewtwo did. Some...weren't so lucky.

The story made headlines around the world. No one in the media knew right away what caused the building to be destroyed, but we felt it was only a matter of time before the truth was leaked out about Mewtwo and the connection to Schnee Co., and once the public found out, our careers and the company would be over. So, using his funding and connections to the press, Schnee covered up the incident by claiming the research center was attacked by terrorist radicals in the White Fang. The public bought it, and no one outside of those who survived the incident knew the truth.

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"As a reward for my loyalty, Schnee hired me to work for his Vale branch. Aside from all the regular Schnee Co. work, I was assigned with the task of finding Mewtwo and capturing them. The rest is history."

"I guess we owe our vigilante friend an apology," said Yang, "though I guess a simple apology isn't enough, is it?"

"So Blake," said Ruby, "what exactly did the White Fang do before then?"

"The White Fang was an organization that fought to protect Pokémon," said Blake. "We organized boycotts and protests of companies that mistreated Pokémon; we fought off poachers who tried to harm Pokémon or abuse them for profit. We defended Pokémon much in the same way you rangers have, but we never sold out our beliefs. Once Schnee stigmatized us as criminals, the accusations piled on to the point that everyone believed it to be true."

"You keep saying 'we'," said Coco. "I thought you were always against the White Fang!"

"The truth is I was initially born into the White Fang. After all, the organization was founded by my own father."

"Now it starts to make sense," said Qrow.

"But once it became clear that no matter how hard we tried, the stigmatization of being criminals would never wear off. My father stepped down and allowed the White Fang to be taken over by this woman named Cinder Fall. Soon she and her henchmen took over the reins, and the initial founding members were quickly replaced by criminal lowlifes like Torchwick. I couldn't allow the White Fang's good name to be soiled like this! I vowed to find out the truth about Mountain Glenn and clear the White Fang's name!"

"So your plan is to capture Mewtwo and prove it wasn't the White Fang who destroyed that research center?" asked Ruby.

"Correct. I can't allow either Schnee or the White Fang to get their hands on Mewtwo. That thing is too powerful to be controlled by anyone. I'm going to capture Mewtwo to make sure it never sees the light of day again!"

"And just how do we know you're trustworthy to not use Mewtwo yourself?" asked Coco.

"Because I'm not selfish enough to use Mewtwo for my own needs!"

"You say that now, but you know the old saying: Absolute power corrupts absolutely!"

"But we can't just hand it back over to Schnee Co., can we?" asked Yang. "I mean, we already know how corrupt they are!"

"This is quite a dilemma we're in," said Ozpin. "Who is to say any one of us should be the one to keep Mewtwo?"

"Then what do we do with Mewtwo after it's captured?" asked Ruby.

Everyone in the room was silent. No one quite knew how it could be fairly decided who would be responsible and can handle having the world's most powerful and dangerous Pokémon. Thinking over what her true end goal was, Blake decided to come up with a compromise.

"I'll tell you what, Schnee Co.," said Blake. "If you want Mewtwo so badly, I'll hand them over to you on one condition."

"Name it," said Ironwood.

"You put out a statement revealing the truth about what happened at Mountain Glenn."

"So you want us to apologize about blaming the White Fang?"

"Not only that, but you admit it was because you created Mewtwo, and why you created Mewtwo in the first place."

"Forget it! I am not going to disgrace the Schnee family name nor their company!"

"Then I'll be keeping Mewtwo and reveal the truth myself."

It was clear to Ironwood and Schnee they had no way of getting out of this. Mewtwo or not, Schnee Co.'s darkest secret was going to be revealed.

"Very well," said Ironwood. "If you hand Mewtwo over to us, we'll reveal the truth about everything. But just to make sure you do exactly as told, we want one of the Rangers to go with you!"

"No way," said Blake. "I don't trust you or the Rangers."

"We can say the same about you, thief!"

"It sounds like a neutral party would be best to go with Blake," said Ozpin. "I suggest the one to go along should be Ruby."

"Me?" said Ruby.

"Fine with me," said Blake. "I can trust Ruby."

"Well, if it's all right with Uncle Qrow that is…"

"All right Ruby," said Qrow, "you can go with Blake. Just be careful for your father's sake, okay?"

Qrow suddenly got a message on his scroll.

"The White Fang have begun attacking New Vale City."

"Then we need to get going," said Goodwitch. "I'll remain here in case the situation gets worse. We'll need to contact the Elite Four and gym leaders and come up with a contingency plan."

"Ruby and I will focus on battling Cinder and capturing Mewtwo," said Blake.

"That leaves the rest of us to deal with the White Fang," said Qrow. "Listen up my Magnificent Three! I've already called all the rangers to report to New Vale City and make sure everyone evacuates to a safe location. While they continue the evacuation procedures, the four of us will handle battling the White Fang. We're going to focus on taking out only the grunts and their mercenaries. Do NOT engage against Cinder and the real Mewtwo. Understood?"

"Yes sir!" said the Rangers, saluting Qrow.

"Then let's move out!" said Qrow, heading out the door.

"Wait!" said Jaune. "What should I do?"

"Stay out of it," said Coco. "We don't need hanger-on's getting in the way."

"Wait a second, Coco," said Pyrrha. "We could use some extra help on this mission."

"But he's not a trained Ranger! We don't have time to play babysitter!"

"I won't get in your way!" said Jaune. "I promise!"

Coco rubbed the temple of her nose. She was not in the mood to deal with this nonsense as they were about to embark on the biggest mission of their lives.

"Fine," said Coco. "But he's coming with me to make sure he stays in line! Let's go, scrawny!"

Jaune went with Coco and the other Rangers. Winter got up to leave as well.

"Where are you going, Miss Schnee?" asked Ironwood.

"You think I'm just going to let the Rangers handle this?" said Winter. "I'm going there to stop the White Fang myself!"

"Then you're not going alone," said Ironwood, getting up as well. "Let's go!"

Ironwood and Winter left the room to deal with the White Fang as well. Blake got up to leave, but Ruby remained where she was.

"Aren't you coming, Ruby?" asked Blake.

"In a moment," said Ruby. "I just need to ask Ozpin something first."

"Don't be long," said Blake, exiting the room.

"You seem bothered Ruby," said Ozpin. "What's wrong?"

"It's about Mewtwo."

"Afraid of just how powerful they might be?"

"Not really. I mean kind of, but I'm concerned about something else."

"What is it?"

"Professor Ozpin, can Mewtwo really be evil?"

"What do you mean?"

"Everyone assumes Mewtwo is an evil Pokémon. I know there are people who use Pokémon to do bad things, and some Pokémon are meaner than others, but Pokémon can't really be pure evil, can they?"

Ozpin sighed and took a sip of his coffee.

"I wish I had a clear answer for you, Ruby, but in all honesty, I'm not sure myself. I've been researching Pokémon for decades, and not once have I yet to witness a Pokémon that can be considered pure evil. But then again, I have not witnessed a Pokémon created in the same way Mewtwo has. That thing could very well be an evil Pokémon. Evil or not, Mewtwo is a dangerous threat as long as they're under the White Fang's control. Be very careful, Ruby."

"I will, Professor Ozpin."

Ruby got up and headed to where Blake was waiting.

Ruby was disappointed by Ozpin's answer; she was hoping for something a bit more concrete. Everyone was treating Mewtwo like it was an evil threat, but Ruby couldn't believe that. It was more than just the story of how Mewtwo was tortured by their creators that place doubt in Ruby's mind, but the fact that Ruby had confronted Mewtwo herself.

If Mewtwo was as evil as everyone thought, wouldn't Mewtwo have tried to kill Ruby right then and there? Sure, Mewtwo was ready to fight Ruby, but it wasn't like Mewtwo had tried to attack Ruby out of malice. They simply didn't want to be disturbed. Mewtwo was trying to protect itself. In fact, if Mewtwo was evil and wanted to hurt people, why hasn't it tried to attack anyone over the past twenty years? A Pokémon that powerful would surely have made the news if it attacked innocent people, but the world at large had no idea of its existence.

No matter how dangerous Mewtwo may be, Ruby could not believe Mewtwo was truly evil.

"Ready to go?" asked Blake, standing by her Pidgeot.

"I'm ready," said Ruby. Eevee got in Ruby's backpack as the two boarded Blake's Pidgeot and flew to New Vale City.

A/N: To clarify a couple of things about Mew: The reason they say Mew is the only Pokémon able to transform into others is because I believe in the "Ditto is a failed clone" theory.

Before Mewtwo was created, Ditto didn't exist yet, and Zorua/Zoroark's illusions aren't transformations because their DNA doesn't change, thus no Pokémon was known to truly transform to replicate others at the time. Because in the games where Ditto are usually found where Mewtwo is or has been before, I believe Ditto originate from Mewtwo's dead skin cells, hence why Dragon Sanctuary was suddenly full of Ditto.