Author Notes.
Champion Red and Dragon Master Lance make an appearance in this chapter.
I do apologise in advance that my publishing of chapters will slow down over December and January. I will try my best to at least publish something once a week but I can't promise anything. By February I should be able to pick the speed up again on the writing front. Everyone who has read this far, thank you! I'm glad that something of mine has been able to entertain someone else and give them some kind of enjoyment!
Stay safe over New Years so you can all keep living another year. Those lucky ones who get a break, enjoy it.
Resources:
Red's Full name:
wiki/Red_(Pocket_Monsters)
Red's original character design:
wiki/Red_(game)
Lance's official character Biography. Proof of Criminal past and true intentions.
wiki/Lance
Origins of the Lake of Rage red Gyarados.
wiki/Red_Gyarados
Black Lightning Chapter 36
Hank and I returned to the small museum where the fossils were revived.
I don't remember the arcanine being outside or Kyuubi. I forgot to look and see what happened with them both while Hank and I walked back to the mini museum from the Pokemon Centre.
The receptionist was there waiting for us with a tray of six balls. His fake smile faded when he saw me. His brow furrowed. If his face was anything to go by, my big session of crying made me look like a mess. I felt like a mess.
Hank lead me to sit down at one of the waiting couches. 'Wait here.' Hank said to me quietly as I sat down on an overstuffed couch. Hank went and collected my revived fossils for me.
I was surprised to see that the boy was still there. I thought he would have hightailed it out of here the first chance that he could get. He was talking to someone on his PokeGear with his headphones on.
I hadn't really looked at the boy closely. He had a thick mop of black hair and violet eyes. He looked like a little hoodlum with his dark blue hoodie, black headphones and baggy grey tracksuit pants. His skin was slightly tanned. He had a scar on his chin and another scar on his brow that cut into one of his eyebrows, making a gap in the middle of them. Sitting next to him was a cyndaquil. The cyndaquil was laying on its back and enjoying a belly scratch from the boy.
He had his feet up on the coffee table while he spoke to someone. 'It was a total success… pfft N! Oh! P! Nope! That didn't happen. Some other variables happened that we didn't count for.' The boy said quietly. He looked smug while he spoke to whoever he was speaking to.
I looked away from him then and out the glass doors of the front entry. Kyuubi was majestically sitting at the entrance, looking as stunning as ever. He must have dealt with the arcanine while I was having my mental break down in the Pokemon Centre. I felt a little guilty for not noticing him there earlier.
'Hey Lady, is your name Milo?' The boy's voice suddenly cut into the silence. 'It's Doctor Williams to you kid.' Hank's voice retorted as he came back to me. I looked over to the boy feeling completely, emotionally drained. The boy had one side of his headphones off his ears as he looked at me expectantly.
'Why does it matter to you?' I asked the boy in a blunt tone. His eyes went wide and he got up. He came over to me and took his headphones off. The boy handed me his headphones and held up the screen of his PokeGear to me. I looked at the screen and saw Will on the other side of the call. Was this boy one of Will's agents?
I quickly took the headphones and put them on. 'Milo! You look less than your normal beautiful self. What happened?' Will asked in my ears through the headphones. I could feel the tears start to prickle in my eyes again. I bit my lower lip. 'No! No! Don't cry! You will make me cry and then we will get nowhere! I am sending Alph a message now to pick you up and bring you right here my dear! Stay right where you are!' Will said to me. I could only sniff and nod. 'Good girl, now put Terence back on for me.' Will encouraged me, seemingly satisfied that I was being obedient.
I pulled the headphones off and held them out to the boy. He took the headphones and put them on his head. I looked up to Hank. 'Will summoned me to go and see him.' I said to Hank quietly. Hank gritted his jaw and nodded. 'Will is going to have to report everything that happened to the Council of Regions. We might be prosecuted, me for a second time.' Hank said before giving a heavy sigh.
'I'm here for Milo.' Came Alph's echoed and projected voice from his head as he appeared before us. 'Not me as well?' Hank asked. 'Will is aware that you have a house to buy before the time runs out to land the full sale. I will come back for you, Kyuubi and Terence after I bring Milo to Will.' Alph responded to Hank.
Hank nodded and took a step back before lowering his head. 'Milo please collect your belongings into your bag ready for travel.' Alph said to me. I nodded and looked at Hank.
Hank held out the six pokeballs for me to take. I took out my PokeGear and scanned them one by one to register them to my name. As I registered them I put them into my bag for safe keeping.
The first scan revealed a male Amaura. Decent stats, smaller than average.
The rest of the revived fossils were as follows…
Male Shieldon.
Female Tyrunt.
Female Lileep.
Female Kabuto.
Male Omanyte.
I must admit, I did feel a little joy in seeing the newest additions to my team on my PokeGear screen. Especially now that I had them all registered. Hank held onto the wedding present that Clyde had given us. We were going to keep that device a secret for now.
I put my bag on my back and hugged Hank tightly. 'I love you…' I whispered to him. I don't know what I would have done without him as a support. I didn't know what I would have done if he didn't get out of that Jungle when he did. 'Love you more.' Hank whispered back. He pushed me away a little and kissed me softly, his lips covering mine for a sweet moment. I was surprised that I actually managed to kiss him back. I must have really been mentally shaken up to manage that without having a mini panic attack; like every other time that Hank had kissed me.
Hank let me go and then looked at Alph. I looked at Alph with a frown and a nod. I was ready to go now.
In a blink Alph and I were no longer in the mini revival museum for fossils. We were standing in Will's official league battle room.
Alph teleported away again.
The second Alph was gone Will ran and stood in front of me. Will grabbed my shoulders and looked into my eyes. His eyes gave a bright glow as he looked into my eyes. 'Milo what happened?' He asked me without his mouth moving.
Oh. He was in my head. Right… I forgot that could happen. I opened my mouth to answer but Will put a finger on my lips. 'Use your mind to show me. Practice your new abilities.' Will instructed me in my mind.
I could feel my eyes start to water up as I started from when we were first ambushed on route Eight. I remembered the battle that followed the ambush. My mind began to wander as I tried to remember things around Scout's death.
'Focus Milo, show me what happened.' Will encouraged me softly in my mind. His purple eyes made me focus but on something else entirely. His eyes gave a bright flash that triggered another memory by accident.
My mind jumped to the memory of my night with Qadan on his secret rescue mission. I remembered seeing Will run past me and stopping to look back. I remembered the bright purple glow of his eyes in the night as he rushed the others away from the gun fire. He had looked back at me twice in his haste to escape.
Will very suddenly pulled out of my head as he looked at me shocked. 'That was you?' He asked out loud. 'I guess it was me.' I said sheepishly. Will cupped my face in his hands and looked at me with a smile. 'Do you know what you did?' He asked me. 'Umm… no?' I said to him a little uncertain of what he might be getting at.
'You won us the war! Milo you are a mythical war hero!' Will said in delirious glee. I could only look down sadly. I didn't feel like a war hero, all I had done was encourage Major Williams' squad (what was left of it) to not give up and hold on just a while longer. Surely that didn't win the war. Did it?
'Pretty Milo why are you so sad? You didn't show me!' Will said with a pout. I gritted my teeth and reached into my pocket. I pulled out Scout's ball from my pocket and held it up for Will.
Will frowned as he took the ball. Will silently held the safari ball in his hand and stared at it for a while. 'I sense no life in there.' He said as he held the safari ball in his hand. He looked at me worried.
The tears started to spill from my eyes as I let the memory of Scout's death play in my mind again. I let out a huff before it turned into a sob. Will looked at me shocked while he held Scout's ball. I guess even a seasoned war veteran and ex-Team Rocket criminal wasn't immune to the horrors of death in battle.
'Come out!' Will commanded the safari ball to release its contents. The ball let out a zap of red light. Scout's dead body materialised in the air before it fell to the floor with a thud. I looked away and clenched my jaw. I guess the ball released Scout into the air because it was programed to his DNA. Scout was a flying bug, even if he was officially a bug and poison type. The ball seemed to be programed to release him at a height that was suitable for him to be in flight when he came out. He wouldn't fly again though. Scout couldn't do anything now.
Scout is a dead Venomoth.
'Return!' Will said. Scout's body returned to the safari ball. Will pressed the safari ball into my hand. 'Milo would you like me to request Agatha's help to bring him back as a gastly?' Will asked me quietly.
Will wasn't being his usual flamboyant self right now. He was genuinely worried about me and sad for me. Will must have lost a Pokemon or two in the last war that happened. I could feel a strong sorrow from Will, he was empathizing with me.
'I don't know. The words I heard before Scout… before he was shot. I heard a voice say that they had no regrets. I don't know if he wanted to be brought back.' I admitted quietly.
'Well if you do nothing and he comes back to haunt you for not bringing him back you will have a gastly if you want one or not. If you do try to bring him back, and he comes back successfully not wanting to be around then he will still haunt you with a grudge. The only way to know if he truly wants to stay at rest is to wait and see his answer. But that isn't what I was asking. I was asking if YOU want him back.' Will said to me with a grim tone and a tense body.
I wiped my wrist on my eyes to dry them the best that I could before I looked at Will again. 'Of course I want him back… but not if he doesn't want to be back…' I said as my final answer. Will's brow furrowed. 'You are going to wait for him to decide for himself?' Will asked me. I nodded.
Then I remembered something else. 'Glitz! She is still looking for star!' I said to Will with wide eyes. 'Glitz is looking for Star?' Will asked me with a curious little smirk. He looked amused by my sudden topic change.
'My not so slow slowpoke is looking for my newly caught and missing fletchling. Star went missing in the Team Skull attack.' I explained to Will. 'Not so slow slowpoke?' Will asked me a little more amused now.
I gave a sniff and nodded. 'Glitz got hit by a flamethrower from a houndoom. She has been wide awake and alert since. I taught her teleport shortly after she got licked by the hellfire.' I explained to Will. Will only snickered. 'Houndoom fire is a great way to speed up a slowpoke. It's not fair that they are in pain for the rest of their lives like that; but it is an effective way to get a productive pokemon out of a slowpoke, without having to get a shellder to bite them in a way that they will evolve from it.' Will said with an approving nod to the accident.
'Other than the unfortunate encounter with Team Skull how was your honeymoon otherwise?' Will asked me. I had a feeling he was doing some kind of secret psychological assessment of me to see if I was still any good to ask for favours.
'Looks like I got sprung.' Will said with a chuckle to my train of thought. 'It does remind me of something though. Since when are you my sponsor?' I asked Will with a frown.
'Oh that! I did that with the intention of asking forgiveness rather than asking permission. See I want you to be one of my secret agents so to say. Even if you decline the job offer I still want to sponsor you. I heard a whisper from a certain lover of mine that you want to bring down the Pewter Museum from the inside out because they kidnapped you, and stole your discovery?' Will asked me.
My eye twitched angrily as I looked at him. 'I see. I don't have solid proof yet, but one of my other agents has been hearing whispers that some of your Stator discovery is going to be sold in a secret and private auction to the highest bidders as super soldiers. I want to sponsor you to feed Pewter Museum incorrect information about the ruins of Alph as a hopeful distraction while I plan a way to stop the auction. If you could keep the truth to yourself about the ruins, that would be wise. The Unown are known by the psychics to be rather unforgiving towards archeologists trying to uncover their secrets. The last time our stupidest genius activated the ruins they pissed off Arceus and almost got the whole planet killed!' Will said to me with a serious face.
'There is more isn't there?' I asked Will. Will gave a heavy sigh and a nod. 'What do you know about Team Rocket from your world?' Will asked me. 'Probably more than your average secret agent. I know who the leader is, why they disbanded the first time. Who defeated them first and then defeated them again. I also know they have regrouped to be even stronger under the same old leader as Team Rainbow Rocket. I also know the details of their secret missions and clone experiments. I know the secrets behind ditto and how that even became a thing. I also have a rough idea of where the DNA for those experiments was sourced.' I admitted to Will.
I didn't have the mental capacity to try and hide this from Will. Will seemed to genuinely want to stop the up and coming war. Why he wanted to stop it I wasn't yet sure. Will enjoyed chaos and distraction to keep him busy, but…
My mind was suddenly distracted as Will's mind flashed a memory of the boy in my mind, followed by many other faces of other children. Terence was it? What did the boy have anything to do with Will wanting to stop the war?
Will gave an embarrassed chuckle as he scratched the back of his neck. 'Well you see… I am such a wild party enthusiast that it has been my terrible misfortune to have some random party women come to me and dump a baby in a bundle of blankets in my arms with the words "this belongs to you, no take backs" before leaving me, never to be seen again. Funnily enough though I don't have as many illegitimate children as big shot Lance… but I still have children. Secret children! You can't tell anyone. The Council of Regions don't know. If they did, the league would be screwed and we would be back under the old global laws. We don't want that. Pewter Museum and the other major Corporate companies were running the world then, with the council of Regions only playing the part as a shadow theatre puppet of secret people wanting peace between the regions.' Will said to me with a serious frown.
'My lips are sealed and I think I can agree to your terms and work with you on a great many things to keep even more shit from hitting the fan. I assume that because Hank isn't here he isn't to know know about this?' I asked Will with a frown.
Will furrowed his brow. 'Don't tell him yet, not until I do some more background checks on him. While he was in the banishment world there was a rumour that his allegiance to Kanto and Johto were compromised. I need time to look into those rumours. Be especially careful of everyone who works for the Pewter museum. What we talk about here is secret psychic's business.' Will said to me.
'Be careful of even nurse Mel?' I asked Will with a rissen brow. Will thought for a moment before chuckling. 'Her? Actually Milo. She is like you. She was kidnapped by the Pewter Museum. She is from the banishment world too, but they keep her locked up in there with no escape so that she can't accidentally tell anyone. She is my sleeper mole. Her secret lover is my secret agent. He is one of the members from your expedition team actually. He was given a female Stator by Lee to raise as a secret weapon. Rumour has it that none of the expedition team are going to be allowed to keep the Stator that they have been given to raise. The Stator that Lee isn't keeping for himself as breeders, are being raised by the expedition team to be an army of raw, dark, nastiness under the orders of the Chairman. He wants them under their control but as mean as possible so they can be killer machines. My agent is actually failing at getting the Stator to listen to him. She isn't just not listening to him, she is super mean. Super super mean.' Will said to me with a troubled frown.
'Can I meet her? I think I can get her to be one of our agents too with the right amount of leverage. We can turn the disobedience into an acted disobedience for public display while she also works for us to get us the extra intel.' I suggested to Will.
'What do you mean?' Will asked me.
'Hah, Nugget, come out!' I called the Stator and the Zaptor. Both of them came out in a bright flash of red light. They looked at me curiously. I looked at Will before whistling Hah and Nugget's family tune. They returned the whistle happily.
'As you would have seen at the wedding, Hah and Nugget are mother and son. I'm not going to claim that I tamed Hah but we did reach an understanding. She is staying with me to supervise my raising of Nugget. Since that aggressive Stator is from my same spot of discovery, there is a chance that Hah is her mother. Even if she isn't, they are from the same pack. They are pack dwelling predators with a strict hierarchy among their members. I have observed that females are generally dominant over males, with the only exception being that the young male is from the alpha female of the pack. That male offspring is more superior than the females of the other, non alpha pack offspring. Snuggles used to dominate over Nugget and really push him around, but now that Nugget knows that his mother is the alpha female and Snuggle's was from a lower social ranking pack member, he now rules over her with his mother's blessing. Nugget is an alpha male over a common female with the instincts to dominate the male in her life. If that stator of your agent's is not Nugget's sister then we can show her that she is to listen to the alpha's of her pack and do as she is told. If she is Nugget's sister when we are going to have to ask Hah very nicely to bring her daughter into line and work with us rather than against us.' I said to Will with a shrug.
Will mulled over what I had told him before he smiled. 'I think I can arrange a family reunion. But it won't be until right after the war is announced. Are you busy the day after tomorrow morning?' Will asked me. 'No. I'm not. Umm… I need a way to bring Glitz here so she can teleport me here without needing to rely on Alph.' I said with a frown.
Will only smiled and held his arms up in the air. 'My lovely Milo, I can organise that! That is easy-peasy! I have a few Pokemon of my own that can teleport. I'm sure they would be happy to give you a jump here and there.' Will assured me with his flirtatious smile.
His arms and smile dropped when there was a knock on the door. 'Oh darn my terrible luck today! My lovely sweet Xatu was right! Today is going to be long, tedious and full of work!' Will said with a pout.
The door opened and Lance walked in with a smirk. Lance was in his usual garb with his red hair spiked up in its usual style. I already knew not to trust Lance. The guy was sneaky. I doubted that the council of Regions knew about the criminal activity that he got up to in his spare time. Even if they did send him on missions to infiltrate certain organisations to gain information. I just didn't trust him now that I had a closer look at him.
'Am I interrupting something fun?' He asked as he came in and walked over to us. He looked at Nugget and Hah. 'They look much smaller on the TV. Any draconic traits in them?' Lance asked as he walked around Hah and Nugget. He was looking at them as though they were prized thoroughbreds. 'No sorry, it's all electricity and darkness in there. No dragons.' I said with an amused smirk.
Hah hissed at Lance as lightning started to crackle off her downy feathers. Lance's eyes gave a luminous flash as he looked at Hah. 'I suppose they don't.' He mused quietly with a disappointed frown.
Lance ignored Hah's hiss and looked at me instead. He walked over and took my hand before lifting it to kiss my knuckles tenderly. 'May is steal you away from Will to have some quality time with you?' He asked me in a very coy voice. 'I don't know, will you be able to walk me out of the room in about three seconds?' I asked him with a dark smirk.
I saw Will wince as Lance looked at me confused. I smiled sweetly as I rammed my foot up into Lance's crotch. My steel capped toes scoring a bullseyes that dropped Lance to the floor with a groan. 'Oh… no dinner date for you…' Lance groaned from the floor. 'That's fine, I'm a married woman any way.' I said in a cold voice.
Lance curled up on the floor, holding his junk. He glared up at me in pain. 'Flirt with this lady at your own risk dragon master.' I said as I crossed my arms over my chest. Slowly Lance's glare turned into a dark smile. 'I like that. No one has dared to so openly defy me outside of battle.' Lance said with a pained snicker.
'Legally she can't challenge you to battle. She has no gym badges or any official league wins. Hell she isn't even a trainer. Sorry Lance. Bad luck. Too bad, so sad!' Will said in a mocking voice.
'I can battle her unofficially! I want to see what the fire in her eyes is like on the battlefield.' Lance said with an excited smile. He looked like he was forgetting his pain. I narrowed my eyes at him. 'That wouldn't be fair. Most of my Pokemon are babies… or they are as bloodthirsty and crazy as me…' I said with a frown. 'Lance she doesn't just battle using her own pokemon…' Will said with a laugh.
'What is that supposed to mean?' Lance asked. I gave a heavy sigh. 'Triffid come out please!' I called my victreebel. It was easier to show him rather than tell him.
Triffid came out in a flash of red light next to me, on the other side to Nugget and Hah who were watching curiously. I looked up at Triffid at my side. He was still covered in blood and still had a pair of feet hanging out of his mouth while he digested his kill from the ambush.
'Master Lance… I caught this Victreebel in the Kanto Safari Zone… would you like to know how?' I asked as I looked back to Lance. Lance looked at Triffid with a curious expression as he slowly got back up to his feet. 'How?' Lance asked as he looked at me, still slightly bent over.
I lifted the side of my shirt to show him the huge scar down the side of my ribs from Triffids vine whip attacks. 'I battled him myself. I didn't use a Pokemon to do it because that isn't allowed in the Kanto Safari Zone. But there was nothing in the rules saying that I couldn't fight the Pokemon that I intended on catching myself, with my own fists and feet.' I said to Lance calmly.
Lance's eyes went wide and his jaw dropped. 'No one is crazy enough to do that! Much less to a man eater!' Lance said shocked. 'No one is also crazy enough to plant their foot in your balls, but I just did to prove a point Dragon Master Lance.' I said in a blunt tone.
Will only snickered. 'Milo have I told you that I love you my dear?' Will asked me as he tried his best to contain his laughter. 'You have but I fear that it's too late. Your brother in arms has snatched me up first.' I said with a giggle as I looked at Will.
I could feel a slight burn across my cheeks. Stupid crush! Will is a flirt! Normally I hate flirts! 'I'm a special flirt, a psychic flirt!' Will echoed in my mind. I only blushed more when he said that in my head. 'A hot psychic flirt…' I grumbled in my mind. I really need to be careful of what I think in front of Will. He was very much too insightful for me to handle sometimes. 'You can handle me, trust me.' Will echoed in my mind again.
The door burst open again, slamming against the wall, and Terence walked in. 'Hey Uncle Lance! Champion Red is out here looking for you. Says you are running late to an appointment.' Terence said with a frown as he walked over to us.
Terence looked at Triffid wearily and then at Hah. He gave a shudder and quickly walked over to put Will between himself and the two blood covered pokemon. I had forgotten that Hah was also covered in Golbat blood. She looked extra menacing with that extra blood splattered on her. I kind of liked it. It suited her primitive nature.
'Lance! Are you trying to curb your duties again? We have an… oh… Hello…' Came a deep male voice from the door.
In walked Red.
Champion Red from the original games.
Red who was the first to catch every Kanto Pokemon. Including Mewtwo, but excluding Mew. (At least that is what the Origins movie showed me.)
Some things from the banishment world seemed to not be true in this world. Like Lance not catching the red gyarados from the Lake of Rage. Janice had it. Or maybe she had one of many of them. The evolution ray used there could have forced more than one magikarp to evolve into red gyarados, but to simplify the story in the banishment world the number of magikarp forced to evolve could have been reduced to just one. It would make sense that for the sake of the games and the manga in the banishment world, the writers would only have one red gyarados.
In reality it wouldn't make sense. Team Rocket would not have stopped at just one. If their scientists were curious enough to keep trying to clone mew to get mewtwo they wouldn't have just force evolved one magikarp into a red gyarados.
It was certainly a conundrum to consider. I would have to look into that another time. Maybe ask Hank since he was there with Janice when she caught Fish.
Maybe there was more than one incident with Team Rocket and the Lake of Rage. Giovanni struck me as the kind of man that would have the life motto of "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." He had tried cloning mew many times before actually succeeding with mewtwo. He never seemed to give up. Maybe he pretended to give up in the face of a stronger opponent so he could come back again even stronger. I wouldn't put it past him to do that. He seemed like a mastermind to me. A man like Giovanni would know when to run away only to come back later much stronger.
Red started to walk towards the rest of the group.
Red had of course aged, he wasn't a boy anymore. He looked like he was in his late thirties, early forties. Stressful work must have aged him more than normal. He was showing signs that he would be quite the silver fox once he hit that age. He was better looking than in the anime series, they couldn't do him justice at all. He looked more like the red from Pokemon Origins than the Red that was the original design for Ash Ketchum. He was wearing a pair of black denim jeans, a very old red and white cap, a skin tight white T-shirt with an unbuttoned red flannelette short sleeved shirt. He was looking right at me with a mix of curiosity and weariness. Red was definitely smart and his presence was strong.
Red walked up to me and held out his hand. 'Champion Isamu Akai, Red for short.' He said in a very blunt and to-the-point tone. I took his hand firmly and shook it. 'Doctor Milo Williams, Milo for short.' I responded in kind. I couldn't read him. His mind was well guarded and his eyes were focused and hard.
'Fable? Clefable!' A Clefable called out as it stumbled into the room. 'Interesting…' I mused quietly. Like in the manga, it seemed that he did have a comical clefairy, clefable now. It obviously evolved. 'My Clefable?' Red asked me with a quirked eyebrow before he looked at Hah and Nugget pointedly.
Of course he would find Nugget and Hah far more fascinating than his goofy clefable. Champion Red was a pokemon collector. He didn't have Stator or Zaptor. They were brand new discoveries.
'A prime example of a Stator and a Zaptor. Doctor Milo was the one who discovered them.' Will said proudly. I could feel myself blush a little as Red looked at me curiously. 'I am an archeologist. My husband is a geologist, we found the bedrock that had their fossils.' I said to Red.
Red smiled a little. 'I saw them on the news. Pewter Museum didn't mention you.' Red pointed out. I felt my jaw clench as I frowned. 'No… I'm not sure if it was for my own protection or because they stole my discovery for themselves. Those two and one other are only three of many that I managed to get out of the clutches of the Museum. If you know a good lawyer I'd like their number.' I said through gritted teeth as I felt the rage boil in me again.
Hah gave a sharp cry and hissed at the mention of the Pewter Museum.
Red looked at me as he folded his arms over his chest. 'I'm not really known for using lawyers.' He said to me calmly. I thought back on what I knew about Red from the banishment world. 'No your not but maybe you can answer a different question of mine.' I said to him as I put my hand one my hips and looked at him. I could feel a smile playing at my lips now.
He tilted his head slightly to the side as he narrowed his eyes at me. I had no doubt some of the information I knew about him was top secret in this world. I would have to ask Red this question because I doubted that Mr Fuji was still alive to answer it.
I heard Will gasp softly behind me as I looked at Red. 'Champion Isamu Akai…' I started out loud and then trailed off. I didn't want Lance to hear the answer to this question, or this question. I focused as hard as I could as I looked into Red's eyes to finish the question. '... Do you still have your Mewtwo?' I asked in his head.
Red's eyebrows shot up in surprise. He glanced at Lance and then at Will with untrusting eyes before they settled on me. He squared his shoulders and clenched his jaw. 'Did Oak tell you about that?' Red asked me in my mind.
If he owned all of the Kanto Pokemon then he would have had some experience with an Alakazam talking to him in his head. If I stayed focused I could keep the connection. I was starting to get better at this.
'No. I'm from a place where a lot of top secret information seems to get leaked and become common knowledge. Outside of where I am from it seems much of that Top Secret information is still very much Top Secret.' I thought back to him. Red relaxed slightly before taking out his PokeGear.
Red held his PokeGear up to me and scanned me. A female voice sounded from his Gear.
"Doctor Milo Williams. Archeologist for the Pewter Museum. Sponsored by Johto Elite Four Will Itsuki. Discoverer of the Stator-Zaptor Pokemon Species. Newly Married to Doctor Hank Williams of Johto Mahogany Town, Kanto-Johto Champion Trainer, Pewter Museum Geologist. Birth Place CLASSIFIED! Citizenship CLASSIFIED! Can read unown Hieroglyphs. Registered owner of twenty-five Pokemon. One Pokemon DECEASED. No champion status. No record of trainer status!"
Red looked at me curiously. 'It didn't say anything about you being a psychic.' He projected his thoughts to me pointedly as Lance interrupted. 'It's not common knowledge but it already said more than enough, maybe too much.' I thought back to Red as Lance spoke up.
'You can read unknown hieroglyphs? NO ONE can read unown hieroglyphs! I've checked everywhere looking for someone who could read them.' Lance said with a greedy look in his eyes. 'She really can read them Lance. Better than you can read her!' Will said with a snicker.
Lance gave Will a glare before looking back to me. 'Prove it!' He said to me with a frown. 'No!' I retorted and crossed my arms over my chest. 'Prove it…' Lance repeated to me in a threatening tone.
I clenched my jaw as I look him in the eyes. 'No. Not even if you try and force proof from me by using your pokemon.' I retorted again. Lance stepped forward as he glared at me. A bolt of lightning struck between us. 'Tor!' Nugget snapped before running to stand between me and Lance.
'Lance you are a good looking guy and you gave a gift with dragon types but my answer is still no. You can't intimidate me, I'm too crazy to be scared of you but I'm also not stupid enough to encourage the wrath of Archeus against me or my Pokemon by proving anything to you that I don't need to.' I said to Lance bluntly.
'If you keep pushing her she is going to snap Lance. I've seen Milo snap. Even you, don't stand a chance.' Will warned Lance in a quiet and serious tone. Lance looked at Will with a glare.
A sound from Red's PokeGear made all of us snap to attention. Red watched his PokeGear with an amused smirk. 'This is interesting…' Red mused quietly. 'Did you get into Milo's secret files?' Will asked Red. Red gave a single nod while he watched his PokeGear before he glanced at me from the screen.
'I've seen a lot but nothing ever like this.' He mused as he looked at me. 'What are you watching?' Lance asked Red through gritted teeth. 'Doctor Milo's battle against the squadron of Kalos soldiers that were defeated in the Kanto Safari Zone the other day. According to the security camera recordings from their campsite, Milo defeated all of them… pretty much on her own. Even though there was one very well seasoned Champion there.' Red said while still watching the Gear.
'Bel!' Triffid snapped, still outside of his ball. I grinned a little as I looked up at Triffid. He still had a pair of feet poking out from the top of his mouth. 'I couldn't have done it without you Triffid. You played an important role and saved my life after everything. I owe you more treats than I could ever buy!' I said to Triffid with a giggle. 'Victree!' Triffid responded happily. He seemed to forgive me for supposedly forgetting that he had helped me with that fight.
'How long does it go for? Is that the director's cut or something?' Lance asked Red while he continued to watch the fight. 'I'm going to watch it from every angle. The whole fight apparently is about ten minutes long. If Milo wasn't already injured it would have been a much faster battle. It is still fascinating though.' Red responded quietly.
'Which part?' Will asked Red. Red hummed quietly while he watched. I notice Hah sneak up behind Red to watch over his shoulder. 'I found the fact that the victreebel that the Kalos soldier's caught actually fled the moment it saw Milo only to get called down by this victreebel here, only to get beaten up by her.' Red said with the barest hint of a smirk playing at his lips. He looked at Will.
'I can see now why you want to sponsor her.' Red said in an amused tone. 'Hey why can't I get access to those files?' Lance chimed up suddenly. He had his own PokeGear and he was tapping on it. 'It's above your Pay grade.' Red responded calmly. 'How is it above my pay grade? I'm the leader of the Indigo Elite Four! I'm the strongest one!' Lance said to Red, angry again. Typical redhead.
'You might be the leader and a seasoned Champion but I outrank you Dragon Master. You might be in charge of the G-Men Unit but I'm the direct representative for Kanto on the board of the Council of Regions. This very interesting video of this mysterious young woman, from some Classified location, will only be viewed by you if her direct Sponsor chooses to show you or if you manage to work your way through the ranks to take my seat or the seat of the Johto Rep. Until then you are denied any further access to her personal files above what the general public can access.' Red said in a blunt tone to Lance.
Lance sucked in a sharp breath and slowly put his PokeGear away. Lance looked at me and then smirked. 'You have dragon pokemon on you. I can make use of that since they aren't loyal to you…' Lance basically shouted in his mind. I managed to hear his thoughts. His eyes gave a sheen. Lance wasn't psychic but if I remember correctly, he had that special forest power. The ability to basically mind control dragons. He must have used a part of that to make sure I heard his thoughts.
Again he was threatening me. That isn't how I do nice things for people! Lance really needed to learn that wasn't how to get favours from me. Actually many people needed to learn that. Come to think of it, I threaten people a lot too. Maybe we were all just too desperate to think straight. I know right now I am emotionally compromised. Pushing me now will only make me shove back.
If I could muster up the energy to do that right now.
I gave a sigh and looked down at Nugget. Nugget looked at me and then at Lance with a hiss. 'Don't shock him. He doesn't have enough brain cells to learn any lessons from it about not screwing with us.' I said to Nugget in a disappointed tone.
I realise that Lance is a very powerful person with a very convenient ability to brainwash all dragon types and dragon like Pokemon to do his bidding, but I was too angry to care.
I used to have a mini crush on Lance from the games, I don't know why. But real Lance, not so much. I knew too much about him from the manga and bits from the anime to know that I could probably trust a gypsy to give me a dollar over trusting Lance to not use me for his own personal gain and agenda.
Will burst out laughing at my comment about Lance's lack of brain cells.
'You bitch!' Lance snapped at me. 'I didn't know you liked having your dick kicked. Maybe this time I can kick it hard enough to invert it into a cunt for you.' I sneered at Lance. I stepped around Nugget to stalk over to Lance.
Lance stood his ground and reached for a ball on his belt.
'Dragon Master Lance. You are late to our meeting. You can't afford to be late to another one of our meetings, you don't have enough demerit points left.' Red cut in before I could reach Lance. 'Shit!' Lance said before running out of the room. He ran away before I could get to him.
I looked back at Red with a frown. Red gave a single dry chuckle. 'Now Lance owes me a life debt that he will never repay. I owe you a favour now Doctor Williams. I hope you use it wisely. Will, Agent Terence.' Red said as parting words before he too turned and walked out of the room.
I fell silent and looked down at the floor while I considered what had just happened. 'Damn it! He never answered my question… which probably means that it was a yes. But I don't know which one he has…' I muttered to myself. 'Which one of what that who has?' Terence asked me from where he stood behind Will.
I looked over to Will and Terence with a sheepish grin. 'Nothing. It's something for me to figure out in my spare time. You are planning to spoil a rumoured auction by the Pewter Museum?' I asked Will as a topic change.
'I need to confirm the details first. I also need to re-assign Terence to a more hidden role for a while. Especially after the mess that was left behind in Alola. Someone is bound to find that mess and report it as a crime scene sooner rather than later. Unless I can convince the Council of Regions that it was a mission to stop the war that went wrong, you, Terence and Hank will become wanted persons in the next few hours.' Will said before a worried look crossed his face.
'You better go then.' I said to him. 'Yes! Yes! Terrance is going with you. He is going to masquerade as a foster child for a while.' Will said as he started to walk to the door. 'He isn't a ward of the state then?' I asked Will.
Will paused and looked at me over his shoulder. 'A ward of the state?' Will asked me. He didn't seem familiar with that term. 'A legal orphan?' I said to Will. 'Oh! Yes he is a legal orphan of Johto. My Alias is his foster parent, but that might not be possible again for a while, so now he is your foster child. I will process the paperwork as soon as I am done convincing the Council to not punish you! You two get to know each other in the meantime. I will be back. I'm not done with either of you!' Will said before he rushed away.
There I was, alone with a boy who was looking at Triffid with a very worried expression. I sighed and looked at Triffid. 'Are you going to eat the boy?' I asked Triffid. Triffid gave me a strange look and then looked at Terence like a spoiled child looked at food on their plate that they don't enjoy eating.
I laughed and then looked at Terence. 'He won't eat you. You don't look yummy enough.' I said while I laughed. 'That isn't funny Ma!' Terence said in a mocking voice. He glared at me completely unamused.
I looked at him surprised. 'What now?' I asked him. 'I'm going to be your foster son now Ma. What's the matter you want me to call you something else? How about granny?' He asked me sarcastically. He was going to be a hand full.
'I… No. You just took me by surprise. I can't have children so I never thought I would ever hear anyone call me that.' I responded to Terence. Terence looked at me surprised before he regained his composure. 'I'm a professional Secret Agent. If I'm going to pretend to be your son then you better get used to me calling you Ma. You might also want to come up with a backstory as to why you suddenly decided to foster me so you have an explanation for your new husband.' Terence pointed out with a frown as he crossed his arms over his chest.
I sighed and shook my head. 'The story will be easy. I was emotionally compromised after the death of my pokemon. I found out you were a legal orphan like me and I wanted to give you a loving home better than I ever had because all of my foster parents were abusive and terrible to me. Hank will believe that. We will have a full blown domestice over it but he wont tell me to get rid of you. He will accept it but he will be angry because I didn't talk to him about it.' I said to Terence calmly.
Terence looked at me a little surprised. 'You mean you knew who your parents were but couldn't live with them because they were high profile and too famous for the authorities to allow them children?' Terence asked me. 'That is very specific, but no. The Authorities took me away from my parents because they were drug dealers who very often tested their supplies. My Mother and Father were in jail for my whole life.' I admitted to Terence.
Terence looked at me dumbfounded before he frowned sadly. 'I'm sorry…' He said quietly. I only shrugged. 'Not your fault.' I said quietly to him.
I knelt down as Nugget walked over to me. I smiled softly and stroked the crest on top of Nugget's head lovingly, making him chirp happily.
'So where are we going to live?' Terence asked me while I patted my Stator. 'The route between the Lake of Rage and Mahogany town or somewhere near the Ruins of Alph.' I answered. 'You don't know?' He asked me with a frown. 'Not entirely. Hank's mother lives near the Lake we might have to stay there for a night or two. Hank is trying to buy a house near the ruins of Alph right now though. If he can get the house and immediate settlement then we will be moving into there tonight and not spending another night at his mother's.' I answered with a shrug. 'Oh…' Terence responded.
I frowned a little. 'We will need to go past the house near the Lake anyway today to pack the rest of our stuff and pick up our other pokemon. I wonder if Odd's egg has hatched yet.' I mused quietly, more to myself than to Terence.
Terence gave a gasp and came over to me. He knelt down opposite me while I stroked Nugget's head crest. Terence looked at me like a kid at a birthday party, looking at the cake. 'You have a Pokemon with an egg? That is so cool! What will it be?' He asked me excitedly. I couldn't help but laugh a little at his obvious excitement.
'A Girafarig!' I responded with a smile.
Maybe having this boy around wouldn't be a bad thing. If he really was Will's son, then Will was trusting me to look after him. Even if it was temporary. I felt ok with it right now.
What could possibly go wrong?