Hello Everyone! Here is Chapter 24 of 10 Minutes. In this one guys we continue the movement on the Team Rocket HQ of Pokémon Distribution called Operation Southpaw. The Last two chapters have been solely about Southpaw, and this chapter and next one should be no different, however, the next two chapters will have a very large affect on the remainder of this story, which has still quite a bit of ways to go.

Anyways I hope you enjoy the chapter, we will be starting this one off a little bit different then I usually do. I usually give a small flashback then proceed with the chapter, but we're going to take a different approach to this chapter. Please Review and Follow so you don't miss another post!

In Case You all haven't been aware, this story was originally under the account called "ReignZ" and that was me, due to the fact that I was unable to access this account and once I did, i moved the story over from that account to this one. So when you see "ReignZ (LegionZ)" at the end of every chapter, it's me just coming back in.

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ReignZ Presents… 10 Minutes Chapter 24

LAST CHAPTER

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."

Later...

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."

Start Of New Chapter Here... FLASHBACK… Gary Oak… Unknown Date…

TWO WEEKS PRIOR… (Yes I Know its Very Confusing Lol)

Two people were walking down the road holding hands. One was a dead drop blonde, and the other was a certain Gary Oak. Daisy smiled happily when they reached her hotel room in Pallet Town. She kissed Gary happily on the mouth and whispered. "See you tomorrow Gary." She playfully swung her hips and walked inside. Gary had a cheerful grin on his face and thanked his lucky stars for meeting her.

He was whistling a merry tune when all of the sudden, a small ball of fire flew out of the night sky and nearly pelted him if not for his quick reflexes. He was preparing to call out a Pokémon when he realized the fire did not originate from a Pokémon at all. It was a gas fire.

He followed the trail of smoke when it reached… HOME! He broke out into a sprint, charging across hills and rocks to reach his destination. He tripped and fell onto the grass, but quickly rolled back to his feet. He was about to call out his trusted partner when he smelled the air again and paled visibly. It wasn't a gas fire.

It was a GREASE fire. Any attempt to put out the fire via water would only worsen the situation. The rest of his Pokémon were not with him, what choice did he have? His mind suddenly directed him to the worst possible option; rushing in alone. He spotted the laboratory, which was engulfed in fresh flames. He ran as fast as he could to it, praying his grandfather was still alive.

Gary charged through the side window, which he knew was the weakest window they had. He hurled himself at it, and embraced for impact. Almost immediately, a blinding pain attacked his back. The searing glass shredded into him as he crashed onto the floor of the living room.

Everything was burning, the smell of grease and smoke filling the air. He coughed a few times out of blinding pain, and then proceeded to navigate the rooms in desperation. He entered the main laboratory while dodging a falling piece of wood from the ceiling. He paled, the building's structure was collapsing. It would be destroyed in just a few moments or so. As if by a miracle, someone cried.

"G…G-gary! Is that you?" He whirled around and saw Professor Oak trapped underneath a burning log, gravely wounded and missing his glasses. His face was charred and was bleeding profusely with a nasty gash across his left cheek.

"GRAMPS!" He yelled. He began to try and lift the burning log, only to cry in pain when the fire began attacking his skin. He backed off when this happened. "Gary! Wait!" Oak began again before Gary growled and tried lifting once more. Once again, the pain returned and he tried to continue. He roared as the log began to move up but was shoved out of the way by the only other person in the room; Professor Oak himself.

"G-Gramps!? What are you…" He began before three more logs collapsed in between Gary and his grandfather. "GRAMPS! Oh No!" He raced to move them but Oak's voice made him stop. "Gary… I need you to do something for me. I'm 78 years old. I've lived a good life, but now you must carry on my legacy." Gary felt himself tearing up.

"W-w-what do you need me to do gramps…" He whispered, choking back tears. "Go to the main laboratory, there is a small, black safe. There is my will… and a pokeball. The safe password is . Open it, the Pokémon inside of it is now YOURS. Do not question…" He continued talking before an explosion shook the home. Oak frantically cried. "Quickly! You must do it, now!"

Gary nodded quickly, but tears began spilling out at a rapid pace. "I-I… I can't lose you Gramps…" Oak weakly grinned. "I'll… always… be… with you…" He was cut off as a giant log fell on top of him, crushing him completely. His hand was the only thing that Gary could see, and Gary heard him whisper. "…I love… You…" Then his hand grew limp, and his grandfather was gone.

Gary sobbed softly and held his hand tightly. He looked in soft disbelief but then with determination. He would live on for him, it was his dying wish! He got up in a Flash and rumbled over to the main lab while covering his hands over his face to protect himself from burning debris. He slid down to open the safe.

He frantically entered the code muttering it back to himself knowing that any second could be his last. He swung the door open when he heard a soft clicking noise to indicate he had broken the lock. He saw a stash of cash, a booklet, and a master ball. He stuffed the cash and booklet in his pocket, then gasped as he saw the pokeball begin to move and shake rapidly. Gary swung his head to the ceiling and saw the roof collapse. In one last move of desperation, he pressed the button on the pokeball in hopes that he would be saved by a miracle.

But it seemed the miracle would not happen, for all he saw was a blinding light and then all went dark for Gary and he went on to live his next life, wherever it may be.

End Flashback

Harry and Diana were praised. They were Team Rockets finest soldiers. They were close to being promoted to admin. ADMIN! It was such an honor in the organization! They may have even been assigned to the Goldenrod assignment. They were currently on operation Southpaw as Team Rocket sergeants. Their leader told them they would be promoted if a good, clean job was done in keeping order. They eagerly and arrogantly boasted to others about the promotion, as it was surely a done deal.

Well, that was until they got wind that one of the boat's that took stolen Pokémon into Southpaw had been mysteriously hijacked. There was supposedly nobody on board, but that also meant no friendlies either. And something told them that this was bad news.

This happened to be one of their last thoughts before getting knocked out completely. Two cloaked figures, one wearing black and the other wearing white, carefully stalked into the room. They had been on patrol outside a room that was heavily guarded and locked.

"Okay Aura, do your thing." Ash muttered as he crushed the door handle easily. He kicked the door open and fired off an aura sphere at the grunt nearest to the door. He went hurtling over a few boxes and landed in a heap on the floor.

John slid into the room to avoid a grunt swinging at him with a shock baton. He punched the back of the grunts knee who cried in pain and fell to that same knee, only to get socked in the face and knocked out. Grunts immediately began rushing into the room, only for Ash and John to aura punch the floor, releasing a crapload of energy in one burst and sending Grunts flying throughout the room. None were conscious except for one lone female grunt whose leg was bent awkwardly backwards. They approached her cautiously and when she saw the two men approaching she visibly panicked.

Ash calmly said. "Where is all the team rocket intelligence?"

The grunt regained her confidence and laughed. "Hah! I'm not saying anything to you idiots!" She looked triumphant, as though she had bested them. However, that look faded when both men got sinister looks on their faces and slowly began to circle around her. She looked very worried now and had a slightly terrified feel about her.

"So… You don't want to say anything huh?" Ash said with as much darkness in his voice as he could muster. "That's going to be a problem, eh Alpha?" John said grinning under his hood.

"One that can easily be solved." Ash said smirking, dragging up a wooden box and sitting down on it. "W-w…what are you two going to do to me…?" She whispered fearfully. She was gravely wounded and couldn't move so she was basically helpless. John chuckled a moment before saying. "Be right back." He practically skipped in mock-cheerfulness before the door swung open to reveal a startled grunt, and then the girl, who was facing away from the door, heard a loud groan of pain and the sound of snapping bones. There was a gurgling sound and then all went quiet.

She was sweating bullets, how could she slip away? She had one idea, but it was such an embarrassing decision.

In a quiet voice, she whispered. "I'll… give you both my body." All was silent from the two until all of the sudden, laughing began. They both were dying of hysteria before the black cloaked man socked her in the face, a perfect right hook to the side of her jaw. She felt blood surface in her mouth and spit out blood.

"You REALLY think we are that low?" All of the sudden, a body flew down and landed in a heap in front of her. She gawked. The man's name was William Miles, one of the best Grunts in Southpaw. She stared at him. He wasn't breathing. The white-cloaked man had snapped his neck. "If you don't talk, you end up like HIM." John said pointing to the body lying on the ground. She paled but tried to consider her other options but her brain came up with none. She was stuck.

"Y-you guys are the good guys! Y-y-you won't kill me!" She proclaimed. The two men sweatdropped and both pointing to the man who was very much dead beneath them. Ash, nonetheless, began a conversation with John. "Well if we won't kill her…"

He continued. "…Maybe a little torture won't hurt, no pun intended." John nodded and slowly swung his pocketknife in a circle. "Yeah, ya know, I've never cut someone in the eye before… Maybe now would be a nice time to try it." The grunt got considerably paler throughout the conversation. Ash nodded and said. "You know how they skin animals? We've never tried that technique you know… I'm curious to see how much pain one could endure."

"Yeah! I've heard from an ally of mine that it's the best form of torture!" John said jubilantly. Ash waved his knife around calmly. "Maybe after the skin we can cut off the nose, the ears…" John cut in. "AH! Good idea! This way she can't hear herself screaming in agony! Don't forget her toes though, this way every step of every day that she takes she won't be able to think about anything except us."

By this time the grunt was a shade of white. She whispered. "I'll… I'll tell you everything. J-Just don't kill me…" Ash and John were satisfied by that response. After she showed them down the hall, unlocked a set of doors, and entered the password on a computer terminal outside the room. She slowly handed Ash a card that had 6 numbers on it. She said shakily. "T-that's the password."

Ash nodded and she said. "T-there. I did it. That's everything." She got up to walk away but John snagged her arm. "Where do you think you're going?" He said with venom in his voice. Ash smirked. "How do we know you didn't give us a false code? You're staying here until we get what we need." She paled and cried. "B-but it works! Please let me go!"

Ash chuckled. "IF everything works accordingly you have nothing to worry about. If not… well…" He glanced towards John who grinned. "… I guess you'll be terrified to find out what happens." The grunt gulped. After about 10 minutes of accessing various data files, Ash and John finally opened the last folder to the Team Rocket Southpaw database. All the information they had was on it. Ash nodded towards John who turned to the grunt.

John placed a hand on her shoulder and she regained the terrified look in her eyes. "I thought you wouldn't hurt me…" She said. John smirked. "We wouldn't KILL you, never said a word about not getting hurt." Before she knew it, John knocked her out with a beautiful right hook to the side of her jaw. Blood flew out of her mouth as she collapsed on the floor. She wasn't getting up anytime soon.

Ash was typing away like a madman at his computer. John calmly looked over Ash's shoulder. Ash nodded while looking at the files that were open to him. John handed him a simple flashdrive to store all the information. John questioned. "What exactly are we looking for?"

Ash replied. "Anything that could be useful." Ash stopped typing for a moment then turned to his friend. "Do you see anything here that catches your eye that I should open up?" John peered at the screen.

- AAO

- DATA FILES

- DECEASED MEMBERS/TARGETS

- LOS

- MISCELLANEOUS

- MOST ACCESSED (RECENT)

- NEW POKEMON SHIPMENTS

- SOLT

- SOUTHPAW INFORMATION

- TRAINING SESSION RESULTS

- UPCOMING EVENTS

John paused and decided. "I would look at Deceased Members and Targets." Ash nodded and clicked on the folder, and both gasped. It was a list of people. They couldn't believe it. It was every member person killed by Team Rocket, the victims, and the members of Team Rocket who passed away. John said quietly.

"Look up Walter Adams." Ash looked at him briefly before typing in his name. A man popped up in his Team Rocket Uniform. John sighed. Under his name, in bright red letters, was the word. "ARRESTED" He had heard rumors that he had tried to break out of a Kanto Prison and a Defending Pokémon, a tyranitar, used Rock Slide on him to stop him from running. However, one of the boulders crushed him, killing him instantly. John took over at the computer. He saw "COD" (Stands for Cause Of Death). He clicked on it and saw "Pokémon Move." As the cause of Death.

COD: Pokémon Move

LOCATION OF DEATH: Saffron Prison

PUBLIC STATUS: Dead

ACTUAL STATUS: Dead

He wondered why there was a public status and an actual status. After a moment more of searching, He saw what he was looking for; A List of Relatives. He clicked on the tab and saw two people pop up. He felt tears come to his eyes when he saw Skyla Adams appear. He held his head in his hands while Ash put a comforting hand on his shoulder.

John had Condemned Skyla's Father to Death.

Suddenly curious, He clicked on the arrested Tab, and blinked in shock. There, near the top of the screen, read in bright green letters.

CAUSE OF ARREST: Caught Stealing Pokémon

ARRESTED BY: John Stamkos

They looked at each other and then back at the computer screen. John clicked on his name, and was shocked when a picture of him pointing at something appeared. The picture was years old, John had to guess at least four. They hadn't met Skyla or Elesa at this point neither. He didn't recognize the exact moment but he figured it had to be a Team Rocket Spy who took the picture.

He then continued reading and smiled a little, they had nothing on him whatsoever. It was just a little basic information on the tournaments he won, etc. However, what he read at the very end made him turn white.

JOHN STAMKOS (DEAD)

COD: Operation Doomsday

LOCATION OF DEATH: Underwater

PUBLIC STATUS: Dead

ACTUAL STATUS: Dead

John and Ash blinked at the Screen. John whispered quietly. "They… they think we're dead?" Ash typed in his name while standing next to John. A file came up.

ASHURA KETCHUM (DEAD)

COD: Operation Doomsday

LOCATION OF DEATH: Underwater

PUBLIC STATUS: Dead

ACTUAL STATUS: Dead

Ash and John were relieved. Team Rocket Intelligence apparently had nothing on them. However, there was something that caught Ash's eye. The Picture they had of him was when he was just 10 years of age. That made no sense. Why was his picture not up to date? It didn't make sense.

Ash shrugged and said. "Check on Most Accessed." John clicked on it. The first name to pop up surprised them.

It was Gary Oak.

When he clicked on it, they stared at what it read. They both remembered the fire that killed both Oak's, although neither body was ever found, the fire had burned for hours before it was contained. The Pallet Town Fire Department had found out far too late that it was a Grease Fire and immediate aid from Viridian City to help stop the fire. They read the description and stared at the description. Ash gasped and clenched his heart in shock while John looked on with as much disbelief as Ash.

GARY OAK

COD: Fire

LOCATION OF DEATH: Pallet Town Laboratory

PUBLIC STATUS: Dead

ACTUAL STATUS: Alive

AN: Gary Oak did not die that night. Next Chapter will explain more and more. I fully expect there to be two chapters left of Southpaw, and I also expect another Flashback to begin the next chapter.

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