The remnants Chiper had a bold plan. In order to push their plans to success, they needed to take the biggest gamble and rescue old companions for more manpower. That gamble was to raid the International Police's Prison. Thanks to the helicopter that Miror B stole in Kalos, they had a method of transportation for their small crew. While this attack was supposed to be small, there was no denying that they were ultimately launching attack against the International Police as a whole. This was a risk that could make or break Chiper for the last time. "Are we clear on the plan?" Ein asked his three companions: Miror B, Trudly, and Folly. This was a small crew and half of them were somewhat inept in Ein's eyes.
"Y-Yeah…" Trudly gave a nod. Behind his shaded glasses, he was pretty nervous, but he did believe in Miror B's plan. Much more than Folly did.
"You think this is gonna work?" Folly asked. This was the umpteenth time he asked this question. Ein could only groan at this idiot asking the same question every 30 minutes.
"Of course it will work!~" Miror B hummed. "After all, we managed to bust in here once. We can easily do it a second time!"
"You've got a lot of confidence, Boss…" Folly said with a sweat drop. If only he could have half the confidence Miror B. had. "But there are still only four of us and there's no way they didn't tighten security after our stunt…"
To that, Miror B wagged a finger, making it work with his dance moves. "Ah ah, actually, I managed to get into contact with two old friends of ours. If all goes well, there will be six of us, and even more after a successful assault. This is only the first step in my groovy goal of capturing every Pokémon in the world!"
"A lofty dream, but I will not object since it allows me one final chance…" Ein mumbled before bringing up a holographic map of the Prison. "Now then…our first order of business will be to free the Pokémon. During my time here, I noticed they treat our Pokémon well, but keep them isolated from the trainers in a surprisingly sturdy area they cannot break out of on their own. If we can cause mass panic, we can use that situation to our advantage. But in order to do that, we're going to need some distractions." That's when he looked at Trudly and Folly.
"…I somehow knew it would come to this." Trudly sighed. This was way too much work for a pair that enjoyed lazing about.
"I will have Alakazem use Teleport when we've gathered as many as we can." Ein adjusted his shades with his index finger, a sinister glint appearing. "Everyone has their assigned roles. We must be quick, swift, and careful. If Miror B. does have backup coming…"
"Give it 5 minutes! They'll be here when the beat drops and the music hits its climax!" Miror B then performed a flip, snapping his fingers.
"And will you mind telling me what role they'll play?" Ein did need to know.
"Nope!" Miror B held a coy smile. "Trust me, Ein. You'll know when they'll arrive, and when they do, you'll know exactly what to do. You're the genius, after all."
Sigh. "Right." Ein stared at the prison. "Let's begin."
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"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaah…" Such a long, heavy, dramatic sigh could only come from one person: Venus. Lady Venus was at the height of her popularity during the Regional Tournament to the point where she nearly took over the event! But after her loss to Kasumi, her popularity once again plummeted and her defeat along with Chiper made her hit rock bottom. Being cooped up in a prison cell made it hard to keep her appearance up, but she somehow managed to keep her looks. "This is torture…please; I can't deal with three square meals a day. I'm losing weight…"
Unfortunately for the both of them, the tasked to keep an eye on Venus was Lovrina, former Chiper scientist turned police after the Kalos incident. It was all she could do while they waited for Elizabeth to inform them of Chiper's whereabouts. They couldn't risk even more former members escaping. "Venus, please be quiet."
"Come onnnnn…" Venus pleaded. "Do a girl a favor and sneak me some meals! I know I needed to watch my figure but this is getting ridiculous!"
Lovrina rolled her eyes. "That's like, so impossible for me." Lovrina flipped her hair. "Now be quiet like a good prisoner, okay? That incident took me away from my work, but luckily for you I had it finished before your old friend came back."
"Why couldn't that idiot have broken me out! He picked Ein over the beautiful Lady Venus!" Venus huffed loudly.
"I wish he took you instead. So I wouldn't have to listen to you complain every day." Lovrina pinched the bridge of her nose. As lovely as this moment was, their time would be cut short as a loud Boomburst broke open the front doors of the prison. The alarm sounded immediately and Lovrina snapped to attention. "What in the world!?"
At the busted front gates were Trudly and his Dusknoir, along with Folly and his Exploud. They had to catch attention so Miror B and Ein could work their magic. "We're back!" Trudly said with false confidence. No one would ever think they were crazy enough to come back to the prison!
"We're back…" Folly did not have as much confidence.
"Quick, capture them!" Several officers exclaimed. They had no idea why the people who initiated a jail break would come back, but this was the best chance they had to capture them.
"Dusknoir, Trick Room!" Trudly commanded. Dusknoir spread its arms apart, the surrounding area becoming enveloped in a strange cube. Trick Room completely altered the movements of every person and Pokémon and the sudden shift threw them off guard.
"Exploud, Boomburst!" Exploud was known for being a very loud Pokémon. With the multiple sound holes all over its body, this Pokémon let out a deafening cry that turned into a destructive shockwave, blowing away any opposition while annihilating the front entrance of the prison! "Wow, that was pretty good. I knew this would work." As if.
"We're just getting started! Dusknoir, let's go!" Trudly said as he and Folly began rushing down the corridor, causing as much mayhem as they could.
Lovrina wouldn't allow this to stand for very long. She stood in front of Trudly and Folly. "Halt! You're under arr – oh you're kidding me. Miror B's lapHoundours. If you wanted a prison cell, all you had to do was ask!" As Lovrina said this, she tossed two Pokeballs into the air, calling forth her Roserade and Alolan Ninetails.
"Eeee…scary lady…" Folly took a step back.
"We can take her…!" Trudly said. They didn't even have to beat her, but Lovrina was somewhat of a higher up thus it was important they stalled her for as long as possible. Surely they could do even that much.
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While Trudly and Folly distracted with a frontal assault, Miror B had his own role. While Ein went to the Pokémon yard to free the captured Pokémon belonging to the Cipher members, Miror B was the one who went to free prisoners! Not every prisoner he freed was a member of Cipher, but releasing criminals from their confinement added onto the plate that Interpol had to deal with. "Come on everyone, hit the music and let's dance!" One of his many Ludicolo were called out, releasing Hydro Pumps to break the cell doors open. This caused numerous prisoners to flood out of the cells and towards freedom.
Before Miror B could enjoy his fun too much, a Croagunk jumped forward, aiming a Poison Jab for Ludicolo, but the dancing Pokémon swiftly evaded with its dance moves. Looker grit his teeth, surprised that Miror B would actually come back and risk being arrested. "So you've come back, have you? Stop where you are now and we'll make your punishment easy."
"Punishment? You can't punish these steps!" Miror B hit a pose, his red and white afro jiggling from his movements. "Ludicolo, show them the moves with Teeter Dance!" On that cue, Ludicolo began enacting a strange dance that caught Croagunk and Looker in it too! No matter what they did, they couldn't break free from the dance. "Hit the music!"
"T-This is…!" Looker had an expression of panic on his face as he was forced to imitate Ludicolo's dance moves. To make matters worse, this odd dance confused his Croagunk, leaving it helpless against this predicament!
"Let the groove flow through you!" Miror B was enjoying himself a little too much. But as it happened, Trudly and Folly did gather a lot of attention at the front gate, and the prisoners he released distracted those who weren't dealing with the situation at hand allowing him to indulge himself and someone else in the art of dance.
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The plan was going off without a hitch. A small, but calculated assault against Interpol proved effective. Everyone had their roles and it was going smoothly. They needed to be swift; however, otherwise the quality of their plan would be overrun with the quantity of police members within the building. They were still outnumbered. Ein went to the Pokémon Yard, recalling this area when he was here last, as he had frequently passed by it. "Alakazam, use Psychic on the lock." Alakazam's eyes flashed blue and it attempted to use its telekinetic powers to forcibly open the locked gate, but it was of no use. "Tch…I see…" Ein then approached the door himself, examining the lock. "An electromagnetic lock. An electric type Pokémon can't even break this; otherwise it would've been released already."
"That's right." That voice came from Rui, the girl with the eyes that saw into the darkness. "That's far enough, Ein! We have more forces than you do, so it's only a matter of time until the chaos you've created is quelled! It was very nice of you to stop by at our front door!"
Ein turned around, a grin appearing on his face. "Well well! If it isn't the former Grandmaster's little girlfriend. It's been too long, still holding up well after his foolish gambit?"
Rui clenched her hand into a fist. "Don't you dare talk about Wes that way! Just give it up, there's no way for you guys to win!" Rui reached for a Pokeball, preparing to call out Umbreon. "Umbreon, let's go-!"
"Psychic." Alakazam's eyes flashed and Rui was held in place, unable to finish tossing her Pokeball. She was in suspended animation, unable to break free against the psychic type's telekinetic grasp.
"Ghhh!" Rui squirmed, but it was of no use.
"Out of respect for Wes and his ambitions allowing me to act once more, I won't hurt you." Ein adjusted his shades. They were low on time and he couldn't afford to waste any of it. "In exchange, you're going to tell me how to open this gate."
Rui smirked. "Well, that's simple. It's on the roof, directly connected to the power grid. But…you don't have the numbers to open it, do you?" She had no issue telling him, because as it stood, their small force couldn't divide enough to account for this.
"Tch…" Ein grit his teeth. "So that's how it is…"
"Looks like you're out of luck." Rui then focused her eyes on Ein's belt. "I knew it! You have Shadow Pokémon with you too! Well, we'll be purifying those once we capture you and put Chiper to rest once and for all! You can crawl out of the grave as many times as you wish, you'll never-!" Total blackout. The power cut off. "Huh!?"
"Hm?" Ein glanced around. Despite wearing pitch black shades, he was able to use the light he installed within them to look around. "A blackout? Haha…now I get it. Miror B, you've outdone yourself this time."
Rui's eyes widened as the gate started to open. "Wait, no…!"
"Your services are no longer needed." And with a flick of his wrist, Ein commanded Alakazam to toss Rui into a nearby wall. That impact left the girl winded and she wasn't of much use after that.
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On the roof of the Interpol HQ, two women were seen with a destroyed power grid. The first was a woman with long purple hair that went down to her shoulders and matching eyes, Ferma and her Ambipom; the second was a woman with short brown hair and brown eyes, Reath, along with her partner of choice, Ampharos. Two of Miror B's former Peons returned to his side to aid in this mission. "Boss, the power has been cut." Reath said.
"We did as you asked!" Ferma added. "The backup power is off too! We totally wrecked this system!"
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Miror B received the message loud and clear. "Reath, Ferma, I so missed working with you! You're so much more reliable than Trudly and Folly these days!" As he said this, Ludicolo's Teeter Dance ended, allowing Looker and Croagunk to finally catch their breath.
"A total blackout." This was the worst case scenario and Looker did not anticipate Miror B having the ability to make this happen. They didn't even have back up power! "Croagunk, Poison Sting!"
"Whirlpool!" Miror B didn't even have to see to know where this was going. Ludicolo created a massive cyclone of water above its body before hurling it forward. Looker and Croagunk were at a massive disadvantage in such a narrow passageway, thus resulting in them getting swept away by the whirlpool.
"Gaaah!" Looker cried out as he was carried away.
"Phase 1 and 2 complete! Now let's boogey before we do get caught!" Miror B returned Ludicolo and made a mad dash off!
"We can't let them escape!" Looker shouted into his communicator, trying to get the assistance of any available officer to capture these people!
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"I am, like, so aware of that!" Lovrina grunted. Trudly and Folly were a little tough together, but Lovrina was holding her own against them. Ninetails and Roserade were handling Exploud and Dusknoir well, but she knew that this was a stall for time that she couldn't do anything about. "This is so frustrating!"
"Between us and the roaming prisoners, this may actually work!" Folly, the one who didn't have any faith in this place, was finally starting to see the light! Actually, he could see anything since it was pitch black.
This gave Trudly an idea. "Use Gravity!" Dusknoir's body vanished into the darkness, only to be replaced with an oppressive force of gravity, Lovrina gasped as she fell to her knees, one eye clenched shut as she and her Pokémon attempted to stand. "Woo! We're doing it!"
"You're really…pissing me off…" Lovrina grit her teeth. She was about to teach these two numbskulls a lesson when a nearby wall sudden shattered with such force the roof broke! This allowed some light to pour into the pitch black building, where a silhouette stood proudly atop a Steelix.
"Ahahahaha! At long last, fortune smiles upon me! I knew Lady Luck did not forsake Lady Venus!" Venus laughed loudly while standing on her Steelix.
"You're kidding me…" Lovrina's eyes widened. This situation went from annoying to bad pretty fast.
"Steelix, it's time to repay the Police for their hospitality." This was the moment Venus had been waiting for. A year of working on someone else's schedule, no makeup, only three square meals a day? She had enough. "Flash Cannon!" Steelix breathed out a silver beam of energy that cleaved through a majority of the building, causing an explosion and fire in its wake. Because the power had been shut off completely, the sprinkler system wasn't turning on! "Ahahaha! That'll teach you to try and take Venus out of orbit!"
Trudly and Folly returned their Pokémon, hopping on Steelix as it slithered away. "Adios!"
"Gghhhh!" Lovrina couldn't believe this! But the fire was more important and they had to quell it before it spread. "Ninetails, Blizzard!"
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The Prison Break was a resounding success for the remnants of Chiper. It started off with only Ein, Miror B, Trudly, and Folly at the beginning, and now? The likes of Ferma, Reath, Venus, Dakim, Ardos, Gorrigan, and Nascour rejoined their ranks. "Is this everyone?" Ein asked. They had to regroup while the police were busy dealing with the fire and escaping prisoners.
"What an impressive effort you've made." Nascour folded his arms across his chest. "But I do believe this is everyone."
"We can do a headcount later." Ardos said while glancing back at the burning building. "They will catch up to us before long."
"I agree." Ein had his Alakazam at the ready. "I had to incapacitate someone, but it was a nonissue."
"Wait, stop!" Looker was still pursuing them! He had to make sure they didn't escape, but everyone knew it was far too late to stop them.
Ein was already fully aware that their region of choice to hide away was discovered. Still, that didn't stop him from having a little fun. "Alola." And with a snap of his fingers, Alakazam used Teleport. Within the blink of an eye, they were all gone, leaving Looker to chase nothing more than air.
"Darn it!" Looker grunted. He couldn't believe this! Chiper was really about to come back in full force now.
"They got away." Lovrina huffed. "I can't believe this." How frustrating. They let Chiper slip out of their grasp after a full year! This couldn't be happening.
Meanwhile, there was one cell that had not been opened in all of the chaos. The cell belonging to Snattle, a former Chiper Admit. He heard all the commotion and was desperately waiting for someone to come rescue him. "…Surely someone will come for me. They'll recognize my immaculate leadership skills and come begging for me to lead them!" …The poor guy would be waiting quite a while for that….
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Next Time: Shadow Buster Squad
