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ReignZ Presents… 10 Minutes Chapter 23

Last Chapter…

John sighed. He didn't like killing, but sometimes it was necessary. "Yo… might wanna look at this…" John poked his head out of the window and gawked. It was an island filled with construction. Just the sight of seeing all the guards there made their blood boil.

They passed by a sign on their way in.

John read it quietly.

"Welcome to SouthPaw, Pokémon distribution HQ of Team Rocket."

Present...

Cynthia Shirona was not a woman to scare easily. She figured her Pokémon could easily defeat anyone else's. However, what did concern her was when he Pokémon were vastly outnumbered. However, her boyfriend, one Ash Ketchum, did not seem to be concerned when the numbers were insanely against him. She believed it could get him killed to try and pick a fight with the wrong people.

What she didn't question was his strength and bond with his Pokémon. He was an incredibly strong trainer, and the only person she knew who could possibly defeat him in battle other than elites and champions was John. There was no way anyone so random could just best him in a one on one fight.

Still, she could only worry. Then, as she, Elesa, Jasmine, and Skyla packed all their belongings in preparation to travel to Cerulean City in the Kanto Region, the phone rang. Cynthia picked it up and said, "Hello?"

"Hey Sweetie!" A voice said from the line.

She was surprised. "Ash!?" She then immediately went off on him. "What the Fuck!? Why did you hang up!? Why the next time I see you-" She was cut off by him crying. "I'M SORRY! We have found a Team Rocket headquarters!" Cynthia immediately stopped. "W-what? Did I hear that correctly?" Ash repeated. "We have found Team Rocket's HQ in Pokémon distribution, an Island off the Coast of Cerulean City called Southpaw."

Cynthia paused. The name itself did not mean anything to her, however, she knew someone who it would. "Ash, the name itself does not ring a bell, but, can I get back to you, I may have a hunch."

"Okay, call me back!" His voice cut off from the phone. Cynthia rapidly dialed a new number with area code 415. It was the area code for the Kanto League. After a few moments, a grouchy voice answered the phone. "Hello?"

"Southpaw. What does it mean to you?" She asked. There was a brief pause. "How do you know about Southpaw?" Lance groaned. Cynthia smiled cheerfully. "Ohhhh No reason…" She trailed off. Lance grumbled "Well I hope you didn't randomly stumble upon it because I don't know where it is." Cynthia stopped being cheerful and paled. "Y-You've never been there?"

"No. Team Rocket's Headquarters of Pokémon Distribution you mean, correct?" He confirmed. "Yes I do." Lance ran a hand through his hair in stress. "Okay Okay Okay… How am I gonna do this…" He muttered. Lance spoke into the phone after a moment. "Okay look I'm not gonna lie, I've known about Southpaw for awhile but all my assets are unable to clearly identify where their headquarters is. We have determined its somewhere inland because the outskirts of the regions appear to be clear." He reported.

Cynthia countered. "It's in the middle of the ocean outside of Cerulean City! It's an Island!" Lance sounded surprised. "An Island?! No wonder we've never located them in Kanto mainland, they're out on the waters! But…" He paused. "… Where exactly is the island?"

Cynthia paused. She had no idea! Ash had not told her how far out it was, so how could she possibly locate it? Unless… "I can track Alpha's phone!" She declared. After a few adjustments to her pokegear, she was searching for Alpha's signal. She was confident she was using the right app for her current objective. Well, unfortunately, that didn't appear to be fates idea. Her pokegear simply had "Unknown" across her screen. She blinked then tried Lance's number. It showed him currently residing in the Kanto League.

She panicked. "It… It's not working!" Lance calmly said. "Its alright! Wait…" He suddenly gasped. "Why are you asking about Southpaw anyway?! You didn't engage them did you?"

Cynthia defended herself. "No! I'm at Mt. Silver right now! My friends Alpha and Omega did!" Lance was surprised. He had heard about the two trainers who were incredibly strong an now favored as one of the top 3 teams in the Shadows of Legends Tournament. He had not known Cynthia was friends with them. He questioned.

"How do you know they found Southpaw if you cannot locate them?" Cynthia replied. "They told me through the phone just before I called!" Lance's eyes widened. "Wait, you called them just before you called me?" Cynthia was confused. "Um… Yes?"

Lance said in a rush. "If you called them and they were approaching Southpaw…"

"…We could trace back the phone's signal!" Cynthia finished with a gasp. She immediately got down to work and told Lance she would contact him once she was finished.

Meanwhile…

"What exactly is the plan?" John questioned his friend. Ash laughed a little then began to laugh louder. "Hahahah… HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!" He laughed and laughed while John looked completely bewildered at him.

"HAHA… No idea." Ash said. John fell over anime style.

"Welcome back Delta Boat X-2, Safe journey I assume?" A voice said. John hopped up in surprise while Ash searched around for the source of the noise. He hesitantly said. "Uh… Yes?"

"Good! Land in dock 4, quartermaster Harley is waiting for you." The voice said again.

"Wait um…" Ash said. John facepalmed. "Yes? What is it X-2?" The voice said. Ash suddenly found the source of the noise, it was coming from a small opening above the steering wheel. Ash looked at John who just shrugged his shoulders in confusion. Ash turned back to the opening and spoke into as crazy as he could.

"Fuck her right in the Pussy!" He then slammed the latch shut before bursting out laughing, with John alongside him. Then, they both paled when they heard motor boats approaching rapidly. Ash poked his head out and saw Rocket Grunts entering the boat. John Chuckled. "Guess they didn't like your joke."

He spun around and asked John with worry. "Plan?"

John cast a small grin. "Follow me."

About 10 Minutes Later…

Grunts searched the entire building but they confirmed it; there were no hostiles on the boat. As a matter of fact, there was NOBODY on the boat. A man in a black cloak that went all the way down to his feet sat down in the drivers with an agitated look in his eyes. "It doesn't make sense."

The two other figures, both in black cloaks as well, looked at him. "How could someone respond in if nobody is even on the boat?"

The next person, a woman, replied. "We'll get to the bottom of this, we always do."

The final figure, a male, said. "Nothing has ever happened like this before, something is clearly up."

The original cloaked figure said quietly. "Yes. That is true. We must find who is responsible. There is no way some random strangers overtook this vessel and knew where to take it. Southpaw is an unknown location to everyone outside Team Rocket… and Us."

Meanwhile…

"I can't believe that plan actually worked." Ash muttered in slight disbelief.

John and him were slightly soaked but made it off the boat without anyone noticing. They had hopped overboard on the port side the moment before Team Rocket invaded the ship and swam to the rocky shore just outside the perimeter of Southpaw. However, they did have enough time to throw all the grunts offthe entire ship. They also set up Micro Camera's on the inside of the ship's navigation quarters.

They were currently watching the three people on the main deck. They all seemed to be of some importance but Ash nor John could recognize the three. One man, the one who had been the first to begin talking, had greasy brown hair and dark blue eyes. He was easily the tallest of the three. His dark voice could make some shudder. The other male had light blonde hair and light blue eyes. He was probably half a foot shorter than the other male. He had a very high voice and was pretty much the opposite of the other male.

Finally, the girl was about two inches shorter than the shorter male, about 5 foot 3". She had curly blonde hair but resembled a woman who had a very short temper and did have a bit of weight on her stomach. They all seemed, as it would, to be the kind of people who were very stuck up and annoying.

Ash muttered aloud. "So… what's the plan?"

John looked at him with a curious glance. "Well… this is the Team Rocket Pokémon distribution HQ in the Kanto Region. Lance and his G-Men must be dying to find this place. They jammed our signals as soon as we ended the call with Cynthia. They know something is clearly up."

He paused, surveying the area. There were grunts holding their belts in preparation for a Pokémon battle. John frowned, knowing if they were caught, even they probably couldn't outbattle hundreds of different Pokémon.

However, this was an extremely rare opportunity! They could see all the different types of information Team Rocket possessed IF they could sneak in undetected.

John made up his mind and turned to his friend.

"Time to move in."

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