Tasks are about to get out of hand in:
#72: Humiliation Among Us
After some time finding their way back inside Team Galactic's HQ, all four heroes stealthily make their way back to the point they were previously ejected from. For the moment, no one was patrolling the area.
"We need to get to the center of this facility, that's most likely where the others are being held," Butch says to his teammates.
"We need a sneaky disguise so we can traverse this base undetected," Alolan Meowth states.
"How in the world are we going to find enough uniforms to blend in with these folks?" Cave Johnson questions the trio.
As if on cue, everyone looks over to a locker in the corner of the room where a bunch of spare uniforms were hanging from.
"Oh, how oddly convenient…" Cassidy responds, knowing damn well this was a setup to a potentially dangerous situation.
After getting dressed in appropriately sized Team Galactic uniforms, the team prepares to step out of the room, only to be stopped by a random guard.
"Hey, you four, we have a bunch of unfinished tasks that need to be taken care of. Take this task list and get to it!" the guard states, handing each person a objective list for them to complete around the base.
"Uh, right, we'll get right on it!" Cassidy responds hesitantly, not knowing whether to do the tasks or not.
After the guard leaves them, the four huddles together to discuss their next move.
"This is perfect! The four of us has jobs that need taking care of around the complex. This will give us a chance to split up and search around for our buddies," Butch says to everyone.
"This is perfect! There's no way this plan can fail!" Alolan Meowth says with confidence.
"Well then, let's get to it already!" Cave Johnson responds, as each person nods and goes their separate way.
Cave Johnson was stationed in the cafeteria for his task, while Butch was ordered to help with repairs in the electrical room. Cassidy was pouring over the CCTV footage in the security office, and Alolan Meowth was in the lab helping another Team Galactic member with an experiment.
After roughly thirty minutes of the four heroes tending to their tasks, each person had yet to learn any information on the whereabouts of their kidnapped allies.
Alolan Meowth was getting annoyed at the lack of progress.
"Damn…this is taking too long, I wonder if the others have had better luck than me…" he says to himself with a loud groan.
"Hey, little man, pay attention, this experiment is highly dangerous!" the Team Galactic scientist snaps at Alolan Meowth, prodding him to continue his work carefully mixing chemicals at a worktable. "This test is vital for the grand scheme of our leader Cyrus and his boss."
"Boss? Who commands Cyrus?" Alolan Meowth asks.
"Don't you know? Our faction has teamed up with the great GLaDOS to help advance our portal-creating technology. Both GLaDOS and Cyrus aim to use live experiments, specifically those whom they captured, to test where their portals lead to," the scientist explains.
"Is that so? What do those people they captured look like?" Alolan Meowth inquires.
"Some blonde-haired girl with a red hat, some dude with barely any eyes, and some arrogant-ass purple-haired guy," the scientist responds.
"Wait a minute…that sounds like Serena, Brock, and Paul!" Alolan Meowth exclaims.
"Hold up…you know those people? And while I'm thinking about it, why are you asking so many questions about our grand scheme? You seem a bit sus (suspicious)…" the scientist questions the disguised Pokemon.
"Sus?! I'm not sus, you're the one that's sus!" Alolan Meowth counters.
"No I'm not! That just makes you more sus than before! I'm reporting you for suspicious intent!" the scientist threatens.
"Oh no you don't, take this: Night Slash!" Alolan Meowth proclaims, attacking the scientist head-on, causing him to stumble backwards onto another table behind him full of chemicals, toppling it over and creating a small explosion as a result. The scientist was out in a daze as a result.
"Ouch…he's not getting up from that…" Alolan Meowth responds with a nervous laugh.
"Hey…what was that sound?" came voices from outside the room.
"Damn, I need to escape…there!" Alolan Meowth proclaims, spotting a vent in the corner of the room and diving into it just as the doors open behind him.
Just when he thought he had evaded detection from the others, an alarm suddenly blares across the intercom.
EMERGENCY MEETING!
Within minutes, the entire staff of Team Galactic HQ, along with our four heroes, are summoned to the central hub where they were to discuss suspicious behavior among the staff.
Employee A: I called this Emergency Meeting to report that one of our scientists was taken out by someone among us!
Employee B: What?! Who could do such a thing?
Employee A: It was that little twerp right there! I saw him vent after I found the body of one of our scientists unconscious in the lab! He's an imposter!
(Everyone turns to Alolan Meowth)
Alolan Meowth: What?! You have no proof it was me. I'm being set up!
Employee C: How can we verify that he was the sole person in that room with the scientist?
Employee A: Easy. Everyone, report on your tasks and whereabouts within the past five minutes! I'll start. I finished my task taking out the trash and passed by the lab after the scene of the crime happened.
Cassidy: I was watching the CCTV footage and didn't see anything suspicious in the lab, honestly!
Employee B: I was helping this dude (Butch) in the electric room earlier, he was with me the whole time.
Butch: Y-yeah, I was! I'm not sus at all!
Employee D: I was delivering a message to our boss Cyrus during that time frame, I passed the cafeteria along the way and saw another guy (Cave Johnson) having a drink there.
Cave Johnson: Yep, I was just making lemonade out of lemons.
Alolan Meowth: I was in the storage room the whole time, I swear!
Employee E: Bullshit, you forgot I was the one who gave you and the other new guys tasks earlier, and you were explicitly tasked to work in the lab. Besides, the storage room is locked!
Employee A: AHA! I was right, that twerp did do the crime!
Employee B: I say we vote him to be added to the other experimental test subjects being held down below! (Votes)
Employee D: (Votes)
Cave Johnson: (Votes)
Employee C: (Votes)
Butch: (Votes)
Cassidy: (Votes)
Employee A: (Votes)
Employee E: (Votes)
Alolan Meowth: Aw man! (Votes)
Results
Alolan Meowth: 8 votes
Employee E: 1 Vote
"Then its settled, take him away!" proclaims Employee A.
"Um, excuse me, would it be okay if me and the others escort this 'imposter' to where the other human prisoners are being held?" asks Cassidy, nudging Butch and Cave Johnson to accompany her in escorting Alolan Meowth.
"Huh? Uh, sure I guess, just make sure he doesn't cause any more trouble," Employee A responds. "Everyone else, get back to work!"
With the meeting adjourned, Team Rocket and Cave Johnson were now cleared to 'escort' their buddy to the chambers where Serina, Brock and Paul where being kept.
It wouldn't be too long until they find out the true intent of Team Galactic and their dangerous partnership with this GLaDOS thing.
The imposter has been found! Victory? That was unexpected…
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