AN: Hey Guys, Welcome back to the story. Last Chapter was a rough one… and sad to say this one really won't be much better. This one is important nonetheless, it feels really weird typing this knowing what I did last chapter changed the entire story. By the way, I typed last chapter AFTER I made my post of saying it would be one of my pretyped chapters. Meaning, that chapter was not typed a long time ago. It was typed very recently. (Tough to explain obviously hahaha)

Either way, I killed off a main character. If you didn't see what happened, I would go back and read the entire chapter, because the recap I give will just be basic stuff. AGAIN: IF YOU HAVE NOT READ LAST CHAPTER, GO BACK AND DO SO. If you have already taken the time to read it, it was probably the most depressing chapter I've typed so far.

A lot of crying, a lot of sobbing, it was really negative. But now, the question is, what happens after? That's what this chapter is going to circle around.

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ReignZ Presents… 10 Minutes Chapter 36

LAST CHAPTER…

The cloaked duo noticed a strange machine with giant metal arms dug firmly into the ground.

Before they could conjure up another thought, a voice was heard. "Well Well… if it isn't the Infamous Alpha and Omega…" The duo turned their eyes towards the metal machine and saw none other than Aaron Harley come out from behind it.

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He watched as he saw Porter firmly holding Razzo, and then saw Ash turn towards Brittney. He couldn't believe how much abuse she had taken, and how defeated she looked. However, for some odd reason, Gary couldn't help but feel as though something was wrong.

Harley said, "On the count of three, we push them. Is that good with you?" Porter said. "Sure. On your go."

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Outside, the trio was watching the exchange nervously when Gary got a single text message from someone. He looked at it. It was from Trisha O'Rourke. The contents were extremely short, but when he saw it, it made him turn white.

S.O.S

Back inside, everything appeared to be normal. Porter still had a firm grip on Razzo, Harley was still calm, and John was still watching Brittney from under the hood, which shielded his eyes from being seen. Ash watched as Harley said, "Two…"

Gary immediately said into the earpiece. "LOS HQ is under attack. I repeat, LOS HQ is under attack."

Porter looked at Ash in a flash, shocked that their hideout had been discovered. Ash gritted his teeth, knowing that every moment Harley waited, it could mean more members of the Legion were being slaughtered, but also knew if he tried to speed up the moments, it could lead to casualties. Meanwhile, Daniel had heard Gary's words through the earpiece and paled. John was still watching Brittney closely. He saw her arm suddenly twitch. Curiosity got the better of him and he took a small step to his right to see around her, and didn't see anything on her arms, but couldn't see anything in her hands. And that was what made him pale.

Aaron had claimed her hands were ziptied.

Just before Daniel was about to be pushed, he looked at Brittney one last time, and saw her slowly raise her head. And what he saw made his eyes widen. Who this agent was made him realize what was happening. He saw not an unfamiliar face, but a familiar one. And that could only mean…

"Three!"

Daniel roared. "IT'S A TRAP!"

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Ash got up slowly. "J-John?" He turned to his friend and realized he still wasn't moving. Ash immediately panicked. "John? JOHN!?" He immediately felt for a pulse, and began to cry as he felt none. He felt John's face, and he was stunned when it felt cold and lifeless. "No… No no no no NO!" He roared. "JOHN!" He began to try and use Aura life into John's body. To his terror, nothing changed. "O-Oh My God! No! You.. can't… go…" Ash whispered as he realized what had truly happened.

Gary grabbed Ash into a hug and Ash wept into his arms. Keeghan and Charles looked stunned. Porter and Daniel, who had arrived before them, watched the scene unfold and realized the unbelievable truth. Omega had saved them. Apparently, Omega's real name was John, and they were both realizing that Alpha and Omega had real names after all.

Ash still was in a state of shock and depression. He was gone. He was truly gone. His ally, his mentor, his best friend… was gone.

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Present…

Ash was paused, looking at the giant double steel doors that had once been the main entrance to the LOS HQ, now blown totally off its hinges. Ash walked in and down the stairs to the HQ, and what he saw stunned him. Everything had been destroyed. Everything. Computers were blown up, papers lied on the ground everywhere, it was utter chaos.

What made Ash shudder the most was when he saw the number of bodies that loitered the ground. People were seen lying everywhere, blood gashing from their bodies, some missing body parts. Ash couldn't believe this was happening.

"Hey." A voice said. Ash turned to see Keeghan walking up to him.

"What… Happened…" Ash breathed. Keeghan sighed as he gave a report. "Rocket found the HQ somehow. They prepared a massive assault and unleashed it when the exchange was going on, knowing a good amount of agents would be out on exchange duty. They knew our every move, and when they got here, they took everyone by surprise. Almost everyone is…" He hesitated. "…Dead."

Ash bit his lip in sadness, fearing to know how many lives were lost. Keeghan gestured that Ash should follow him.

They entered a dark hallway, where they saw a figure hunched over something. As Ash got closer, he realized it was Gary. He was staring over the figure of a young Asian girl in her early twenties. She was quite attractive. Keeghan murmured to Ash. "Trisha O'Rourke. She got killed trying to protect everyone else that attempted to make an escape." Her eyes, like John's, were staring into nothingness. Gary held his head in shame before he made a sign of the cross, then banged his chest once with his right arm, making the LOS salute, then closed her eyes with two fingers.

Gary saw Ash and flicked his head in the direction of a conference room. Ash and Keeghan followed Gary in and Gary shut the door behind him. Ash saw Porter, Daniel, and Charles all sitting there waiting for them. They all took a seat and there was moment of silence. Nobody moved, breathed, or looked around at others to see what they were doing. Gary was the first to speak.

"The HQ is officially busted. We've lost half of our entire team in HQ." Gary spoke grimly. He sighed and continued what he knew. "Looks like Rocket decided to go attack head on. They blew the doors clean off its hinges and just rushed the base. Pokémon were everywhere from what the survivors told me, and there was nothing most of them could do. Trisha and many of the other agents here bought the rest time by fighting the Pokémon but they were completely outnumbered. I did a data scan using a hidden computer in the basement of this HQ, and thankfully, it appears as though nothing was stolen."

Charles questioned. "So they don't have access to our intel." Gary then said something that made everyone's eyes widen in horror. "They don't have it… but neither do we." Daniel asked him. "What do you mean?" Gary answered. "What I mean is that they chose to completely wipe all of our computers, then destroy all the info they had on us. We have nothing on them anymore. We have no tech, we have no personnel, we are starting from scratch."

The crew of 6 looked amongst one another. Ash sighed. "Then why don't we begin with this, how did Rocket find the base, and what exactly happened?"

Daniel sighed. "I know exactly what happened." The remaining five looked over at him. "I had no idea what was going to happen until I saw Ms. Jones. I realized what was going to happen to you all and I acted." Gary questioned. "What do you mean, you didn't know what was going to happen until you saw her?" Daniel looked hard at Gary. "Look… this may be tough to understand… but…" He hesitated then let it out.

"Your LOS Agent Brittney Jones is an undercover double agent of Team Rocket." A gasp went up from the room. "W-wha…What?" Keeghan said in a state of shock. Daniel looked amongst the stunned room. "Did you all just expect her to be in a trance from being tortured, or did u think that because she tried to attack you it was just because they were going to kill her anyway?"

Ash immediately pushed it. "What's your proof that she was a double agent?" Daniel spoke calmly. "Do you remember when you asked me why I fled Cerulean? Do you recall my response?" Porter said. "You said it was because…" he gasped. "… because an agent of Rocket came! Was that Agent…" Daniel solemnly nodded. "It was Jones."

Ash murmured as he began to place pieces together. "So Jones came to you and told you to flee, and then she pretended to chase after you so it seemed as though she was an honest LOS agent doing her work, but she had to report it otherwise it would arouse suspicion. Then, when Gary secretly called in reinforcements from Violet town…"

Daniel nodded. "I got arrested. When she got word of my capture, she knew she had to get me back for the sake of Team Rocket, unaware that I was Savior, but at the same time, I had never seen her during the chase as an LOS Agent, so I was unaware of her loyalties."

Gary stood up carefully and began pacing the room calmly. Everyone watched as their leader walked around, taking in the analyzation of the past events. "So, your identity of savior was kept secret, while her identity of a Rocket Agent was kept secret. Then, when you came here for interrogation, she devised a plan that would end the LOS once and for all…" Gary murmured.

Keeghan continued, placing piece after piece of the very disorienting puzzle together. "She went back to Rocket, told them the plan, and faked the ransom letter. Because Razzo had no contact with Rocket HQ after we arrested him, he had no idea what was going to happen."

Porter continued. "They set the exchange knowing that how much Gary valued Brittney as a member of the Legion he would probably send an Army to get her back. And therefore…" Gary softly spoke as realization dawned on him. "She knew I would leave the LOS lightly reinforced…"Ash continued. "And therefore vulnerable to attack… While we made the exchange! It all fits!"

Charles said. "So for the exchange, all Harley had to do was safely get Razzo on his side, because as far as he knew, Daniel was a loyal Team Rocket member that was extremely highly ranked and decorated. Once Daniel was back on his side of the turf, he would shove Brittney over at the same time, and when Porter wasn't really paying attention…"

Ash finished. "She would stab him… Then the grunts would quickly call out Pokémon while Razzo, Jones, and Harley made their escapes." Keeghan cut in. "But, she didn't expect us to catch onto the LOS Raid, making it increasingly obvious that something was wrong, she also didn't expect us to realize it was a ruse."

Daniel finished. "And to wrap it up, she expected that I would go along with the trick once I saw she was the LOS agent, as I was unaware of her status in the LOS prior, but if she had known I was savior, I wouldn't be here right now. She had probably already fed all the information on Savior to Harley at that point, and I'd be dead."

Gary took it all in and said softly. "Good God… if everything had gone according to plan… She really would've eliminated the entire Legion in one veil swoop… maybe we should consider ourselves fortunate…" Ash told him. "Gary. None of this was your fault. You hear me? NONE OF IT."

Gary looked over to Ash but before he could say anything, Charles cut him off. "Hold it. I want to know something. Harley said you weren't being truthful, why? What are you hiding?" Ash and everyone else watched Gary keenly and suspiciously, wondering if their bonified leader was up to something. Gary sighed. "Look, I won't lie, there are some things I haven't told you all, but I promise it doesn't harm any of you directly…"

Porter cut in. "But what does it do to OTHERS?" Gary opened his mouth, then bit his lip carefully. "Well?" Porter said. Gary hesitated then spoke. "L-Look… You need to understand that there are things I can't talk about…" Ash was watching the scene unfold, and knew something was going to happen, and he had to put a stop to it, but foul fortune struck again.

Charles spoke. "If you won't tell us everything, then you must not trust us." Keeghan stood up. "And if you don't trust us, we don't trust YOU." Porter and Charles stood up as well, then Ash did too, but for a different reason. "Guys! Hold it! Can you blame Gary? Look at the codes he and Daniel secretly communicated with! How could he have given that type of information to anyone?"

Keeghan argued. "But we're trustworthy!"

Ash fired back. "You all thought Brittney was trustworthy." That made everyone stop what they were doing. The five other men in the room watched Ash, but did not move a muscle. Ash glared at each and every one of the three that was in the process of leaving the room. "How dare you walk out on your leader! All he's ever done for you is protected you with his life, and now because one of his most trusted leaders betrayed him, you're going to walk out on him? You're all disgraceful!"

Keeghan held his head in shame, while Charles bit his lip. Porter, however, held firm. "I don't care. If there's something we ought to know, I want to know it. If not, I'm out." Charles looked on at Porter, then back at Gary, then back at Porter. He hesitated slowly before making his decision. "I…I have to agree with Porter." Charles stood right next to Porter before glancing at the young man with a buzz cut. "Keeghan, what say you? Who do you side with?"

Keeghan looked at Porter and Charles, who stood firmly side by side. He then turned to Daniel and Gary, who were sitting next to one another, calmly watching the situation. In the end, he looked to the last other person in the room; Ash. He looked at the cloaked figure known as Alpha. Silently, Ash gave him his recommendation.

Keeghan turned to Gary and Daniel. "Guys… I'm sorry." Gary pursed his lips a little. "… For demanding information from you." Keeghan looked at Charles and Porter. "You guys are nuts. If Gary says he can't say it, I believe him. I trust him, I always have." Keeghan took a seat next to Daniel, and Ash followed suit. Porter frowned at this. "I won't follow a single order from you until you tell me what you know and not telling."

"That makes two of us." Charles crossed his arms tightly. Gary was a little surprised. They had taken the Oath of the Legion, and they should know what was about to happen to them if they didn't get what they wanted and Gary didn't bend to their orders. "You do know you'd be violating the code of the LOS… and you know the penalty for this." The two men didn't break a sweat, seemingly determined to get information.

Gary looked into Porter's eyes. He saw nothing but anger in them, as though Gary himself had been working against them this entire time, and saw him as the reason the Legion had been crippled. Ash muttered quietly to Keeghan. "What is the penalty Gary is talking about?" He saw Keeghan shaking slightly, as though something terrible was about to happen. Gary continued slowly. "You won't follow a single order from me… just because of something that Harley said?" Charles nodded and said. "You got that right Oak, we're done with this "Keep us in the dark" shit. I'm not doing a single thing for you until you let us in on everything in the Legion."

Gary replied. "You won't have to. You're dismissed." Porters jaw dropped. Charles had a stunned look on his face. He sputtered. "W-wha… what did you say?" Gary looked indifferent. "You heard me. Get the hell out." Porter immediately began to backtrack. "Whoa hold up! We've just lost more than half of our entire team and you want to terminate two of your best agent's?! Are you nuts!?" He opened his mouth again to speak but Gary cut him off.

"No no nononono… if I heard you correctly I just heard you say OUR… you're no longer permitted in the LOS. Get out of my sight. If you make one more move towards me, I will attack." Gary growled. Charles, who seemingly hadn't heard him, pleaded with Gary, knowing their bluff had been called out, "Sir! Please! We're sorry!" Gary opened a pokeball, revealing Mewtwo. He stood up.

"I said… Get… OUT!" He snapped his fingers and Mewtwo unleashed Psystrike on the two men. Porter began screaming in agony as the attack began shredding his body. Charles screamed as he was torn to pieces by the attack. The remaining people in the LOS heard the screams and were stunned to see two of their best agents dying right in front of them. After a minute of pain, Charles had died of heart failure, and Porter was just barely breathing. He saw Gary stand over him. "After all this time… you don't trust me?" Gary whispered. Porter couldn't speak, he was in so much pain. "After All This Time, YOU DON'T TRUST ME!? AFTER ALL I'VE DONE FOR YOU!?" Gary roared.

"HOW!" He punched Porter in the face, making blood fly everywhere. "CAN!" He punched him again perfectly in the nose, making it break instantly. "YOU!" He repeatedly socked him in the face again and again for each word.

"NOT!" "TRUST!" "MEEEEEEEEE!?" He punched him over and over again until finally, he grabbed Porter by his coat, pulling him off the ground, then sent a right hook perfectly across his cheek. Porter hit the ground, never to get up again. Gary whispered softly. "That… is the penalty for mutiny… and this is what happens to traitors of the code." Gary looked down at the carnage. Charles' body was totally unidentifiable. Porter was barely still looking human. He looked at his hands, and saw them caked with blood. He clenched his fists. He realized what he had to do.

He looked back into the room, and saw Keeghan with a shocked look on his face. Daniel looked a little shaken up, and Ash was silently in disbelief, unable to comprehend what had just happened. Gary had just killed Porter and Charles… Murdered them in cold blood. And that, in front of his entire LOS crew! Well, the ones who survived anyway. Gary had to make a speech.

"Everyone! Gather around." The remaining LOS agents gathered around nervously. Ash, Keeghan, and Daniel watched warily. "This past day is one you won't forget, one that ANY of us can never forget. I've been your leader for quite some time, however long that may be. I put you all in danger yesterday and for that much… my deepest apologies. It is my fault and entirely mine of all the deaths that occurred yesterday in this very facility, and before I make my main announcement, you all deserve to know the truth that I discovered yesterday at the exchange point."

He hesitated a moment before continuing. "The reason this attack came was because Brittney Jones was a traitor, a double agent working for Team Rocket." A chorus of gasps and murmurs rang throughout the room, whispers flooding through in cascades. "Many lives have been lost due to my actions. You all may have heard of the cloaked duo known as Alpha and Omega… and you must know that Omega sacrificed himself to save as many as he could yesterday, and he died defending the legion, even though it was so unfamiliar to him."

"That kind of heroism takes a special kind of man to sacrifice himself for a cause he barely knew. But, he truly was a hero." Gary paused and looked around. "The Legion is not done, and we are not finished. However, there is no doubt that this facility is compromised, and there is no doubt that the longer we remain here, the more vulnerable we become… And so it is at this time that I announce the official Legion of Stealth Headquarters to be relocated to Violet City."

"And… in such… I am no longer your leader." The crowd gasped again. "As your leader here for the final time, I order you all to relocate one by one to Violet. There you will search for someone nicknamed "Code Wiseman." Once you locate him, you will find your new roles there. Tell him what you specialized in here at HQ. I have already talked with him, and he has agreed. If you choose to leave the legion because of this event, I trust you won't speak of this organization, as your oath you took to enter is still greatly in effect. But… you must listen to this. All my time here, you must know this, I have always devoted every fiber of my being to this organization, and I trust that you all have as well. This won't be the last of me, but… you must trust in me that this works out… can you promise me that you trust in me?" The audience was silent. Gary looked amongst the crowd of slightly over a hundred.

"I trust you." It was a bearded man in his late 50's from the looks of it. "I've been working here for years and you've never given me a reason to never trust you." Gary smiled. And then, one by one, people began cheering in response, giving their trust to their longtime leader.

"Thank you… thank you all. I will be in communication with wiseman, and now, one last time, LONG LIVE THE LEGION!" He roared. "LONG LIVE THE LEGION!" The crowd yelled back before banging their chests once in salute. Gary walked back into the room before saying softly. "Daniel, Keeghan, and Alpha. I'd like to ask a favor from you two."

"Name it." Daniel stated.

"I want you all to remain in Cerulean." There were a few surprised looks in the room. "I have a few safehouses here stocked to the brim with everything you need, I'm going to stay as well. We need to continue running operations, but, we only have the lot of us… what do you say?"

Keeghan thought a moment before grinning. "I'm in." Daniel nodded. "I can never return to Rocket with Harley knowing my loyalty to the Legion, you have my word." Gary looked at Ash. Gary could still see the pain in Ash's eyes from losing his best friend. Ash nodded.

Gary nodded at them, then looked down at the mangled corpses of his two victims, unsure if he truly made a good decision. He had warned them twice. They hadn't listened. They didn't trust him. After all those missions, all the times, they didn't trust him. And if they didn't trust him, he didn't trust them. And therefore, they should be exterminated. The code stated that should a member of the Legion be untrustworthy in the eyes of their superiors, they have the right to take drastic action.

And as wrong as it looked on the outside, it made sense on the inside.

AN: Hopes are falling, The Death Toll is rising. Brittney Jones tricked them all. In one day, Gary lost half his personnel in LOS HQ, Omega (John), and killed Porter and Charles out of anger, rage, and fear of mutiny.

Was Gary too Harsh? What would you have done if someone threatened you like that if they demanded to know your secrets? Would you have said no? Would you have caved in? I hope you wouldn't have killed them, but it's a fanfiction.

Next Chapter is the Burial. (Or at least should be.) Go out and buy your tissue boxes fellas, there's a sobstorm coming in hot, and you best be ready for it.

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