Hey Guys! This is Chapter 42 of the story! Allow me be the first to say welcome! 10 minutes is starting to get longer and longer, and this chapter, one of the first major pieces of the puzzle finally falls into place. I'm sure you all thought I've forgotten about certain characters, but I haven't, I assure you. I don't honestly know how long this story is going to be, because I have so much to type still! It's really amazing when I think about it, because the first story I ever wrote was in sophomore year in high school and that was only a grand total of around 56 thousand words give or take. This story is almost 3 times longer than that one already, and go figure, the end is nowhere in sight. Like, NOWEHRE. Plus… with the size of a shocking surprise I've put together in later chapters, it will blow your socks off.

Typing, as you all should probably know, doesn't come by easy for me because I'm constantly trying to stay ahead of classes, work, etc. I do try my best to post where I can, so please bear with me here. Anyway guys, I hope you enjoy this chapter! Please follow the story (and my profile if you'd like), and favorite the story too! Thanks guys!

ReignZ Presents… 10 Minutes Chapter 42

Last Chapter…

His eyes ran all across the store, coming up empty handed. Then, he looked towards the "On sale" signs, and saw a familiar face, and one that was getting quite a bit of attention. It was a woman. She had flowing blonde hair and bright green eyes. Her body was so well developed it rivaled the looks of Cynthia's and Elesa's. She had a pink flower in the side of her hair and she seemed a bit lost, similar to how Gary looked to how he was searching for his sweets.

Wait a second… Ash suddenly braked on his thoughts. …Gary… His eyes widened as he now realized who this person was, and more importantly, why Gary was hiding from her.

"You've seen her." Ash looked down at his friend, who looked like he'd been punched in the gut multiple times then thrown off a cliff. Gary shook his head, at a loss for words. "I… never thought I'd see her again…" Ash knew Gary had been dating this girl prior to his presumed death. Ash knew Gary had not talked with anyone after the incident, and that, sadly, included this girl.

Daisy Waterflower.

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Gary (Ian) held up his hand. "Please, Ian is fine. Mr. Poscha makes me sound like an old man."

Daisy smirked a little and said. "Is that so, Mr. Poscha?"

Gary grinned back and said. "Yes, it is so, Ms. Waterflower."

Daisy gave a fake gasp and said while holding a hand over her heart in mock outrage, "Why! The nerve of you! You'll pay for that!"

Gary smirked and leaned in and whispered teasingly. "Is that so?"

"Very much so."

For a small moment, there was silence. Then Daisy said, still lightly smirking. "I'll tell you what. Come visit me at my house. There's going to be a party coming up for my sister's birthday." Before either of them could inquire which sister it was, she said brightly. "Violet is always the easiest to shop for because she loves Candy and makeup cosmetics! It's why I'm here! It's too bad they don't have her favorite candy, so I'm going to have to say goodbye for now." Daisy smiled and said. "Here… it's my number, I only give it out to the guys I think are worth having it. You're both welcome to come along. See you soon…" She sent Gary a wink before walking out of the store, swaying her hips purposely trying to make Gary drool.

Ash watched his friend in amusement; he was going to be able to hold this over his friend forever. Gary suddenly snapped back to reality before reaching for his phone and began to swipe through it mercilessly with Ash watched with curiosity. Gary stopped messing with his phone for a moment before holding it out to Ash. Ash took the phone from his friend before looking at what Gary was showing him. It was a picture of him and Daisy in front of Prism Tower, located in Lumiose City. Ash grit his teeth tightly, knowing this was also Clemont's HQ.

Gary smiled softly. "This was one of the few pictures I was able to save. My phone was damaged in the fire but I managed to salvage this picture before it broke completely and I had to get a replacement." He paused briefly. "This was just three weeks before Gramps died… our last photo together." Tears threatened to fall freely. "Is… is it finally time? Can we go back together again? Is she seeing someone?"

Ash smiled lightly at his friend before studying the picture once more. He cocked his head, staring at the tower in the background. All of the sudden, he gasped in shock. It had hit him like a ton of bricks; it was the next step of their plan. Gary noticed his friend's reaction and questioned. "What is it?" Ash looked at Gary and said softly.

"I know what we can do to deal a blow to Rocket." Gary looked at him, awaiting the answer. Ash said softly. "We go to Lumiose." Gary blinked, not believing he heard Ash correctly. He asked him. "Come again?" Ash replied. "We go to Lumiose, and we get answers." He said firmly. "From who? From where?" Gary further pressed.

"We go straight to the source… our new Target… is Clemont Tower." Ash said.

Present…

It was past midnight as Ash quietly looked down from the plane he was currently stationed in. His mind was currently elsewhere than to the task at hand. He was watching the lights slowly fly past him beneath the airplane. They were on the way to Lumiose City. They could've teleported via Mewtwo, however, that would cause Mewtwo to burn through the majority of it's energy, and they were unsure of the challenges that lied ahead. They, already, suffered a major blow in their "Invasion Party." After debate on whether or not to get the rest of the LOS involved, they chose against it. They knew that should the operation they were about to attempt "Go wrong" they couldn't let anyone be captured. Plus, they still needed a legitimate piece of "evidence" to go on.

To make matters even worse, John was not there with them. There were two reasons to why John was not with the invasion party. Those two reasons were Jasmine and Skyla. After the last incident nearly resulting in John's death, the two had been air-tight on making sure John was in their arms and in their sights the entire time. They told John they'd show him something else that was "Air-tight." After watching John lick his lips a few times he followed them into the bedroom and wished Ash, Gary, and Keeghan the best of luck.

That was their entire Invasion force; Just the three of them. Gary and Mewtwo were the eyes and ears, but all of them would be invading. Keeghan and Ash were primarily there to transfer the information and to guard Mewtwo and Gary at all costs. The plan was simple. Once they were close enough, they would teleport to the roof of Prism Tower, then teleport through the wall to get to the inside of the building. The worry for Ash was setting off any kind of teleportation alarm. Meaning, they may be able to get away with it once or twice, but any more was too risky.

Ash knew how crucial this invasion was. This could give the Legion something to feed off after their horrible defeat just days prior. However, this wasn't just the Legion; this was about finally getting an edge against Rocket after so long. They knew the Agents of the LOS were far better trained and far more elite as a whole, but they were drastically outnumbered. This would help even the battle. They were flying in a private LOS jet. A voice broke Ash out of his train of thought.

"We're here Ash." He sighed and turned to Keeghan, who was wearing a LOS outfit. He had the mask pulled over his face so nobody would notice his identity. Ash slipped on his black cloak and pulled up his hood. Gary walked into the room and said. "Remember why we're here. We're here to get onto Clemont's personal computer. What we know is that the locations of the booby traps that are activated once the alarm for prism tower is activated. We also know that there are multiple rooms that we have to move through involving several… ah… traps… before we can get through to Clemont's firewall. Either way, we must deactivate the security camera's before we have to enter the building in the first place."

Gary paused before continuing. "The issue is, we're going to have to figure out how to transfer all the information over in a few short minutes in case something were to go wrong. So…" He opened Mewtwo from it's pokeball and Keeghan said out loud. "Cameras are down." Gary nodded and spoke firmly. "Let's go."

In a blinding flash, and then another, they were inside a building. They appeared to be in some sort of office. Ash calmly looked around. "We're in." Keeghan quickly ran to the door and peeked out. After a moment, he poked his head back in and muttered. "All security systems with the lone exception of camera's are still up. Ready?"

Gary nodded. "Then let's do this." After navigating a series of booby traps that involved a wall of lasers, exploding floor traps, and various other traps, they managed to get right outside the office of Clemont. Ash muttered under his breath. "This is the room where Cynthia and Jasmine were some time ago, no doubt about it." Gary said in reply. "Breaking and entering in three, two…" He then jarred the door open and slipped inside followed by Keeghan and Ash, who were hot on his heels.

Gary saw the computer in the middle of the room on the desk that was obviously Clemont's. He knew this because there was so much technology hooked up to it that it was rather disturbing. Keeghan moved over to it and said quietly. "This may take me quite a bit of time to hack into, even with that gigantic crash course Gary made me take… Just keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary I guess." As he began to go to work on the computer, Ash and Gary looked around the room, examining every inch.

Gary muttered. "You know, for a guy whose practically dedicated his life to technology, other than his computer, this office really doesn't have a ton of it…" Ash had to agree. Other than a few pictures on the wall, another desk in a corner of the room, presumably for his secretary if he had one, and other knick-knacks, the office was indeed rather bare. Gary motioned for Ash to look at something. He was indicating a picture that showed Clemont standing in front of his house, which was bright with electricity. He was standing there with a small smile on his face in his front yard.

Ash frowned. "He doesn't even look normal in this picture." Gary agreed. They continued their "investigation" and Ash found something rather odd. On a wall in the far corner of the room, there was a calendar. Ash peered and saw some dates were circled in green and some in red, some had times, and some did not. He saw that the current day was circled in bright red and had the number "2" highlighted a few times over.

"Gary check this out." Gary made his way over to his longtime friend and said curiously. "Huh… today is circled. Whatever, something is happening today at 2 in the afternoon. Wonder what it is." And then, after a few more minutes of waiting, someone broke the silence that had filled the room at a rapid pace. "FINALLY!" He said with a small hint of exasperation in his voice. Ash put a hand on his shoulder and leaned over him. "You got it?"

Keeghan nodded and after a few seconds, they were brought to the main screen, and suddenly Keeghan had a tone of complete bewilderment. "Huh? Wait… what?" Gary came over and said with a similar tone. "What? What is it?" Keeghan was muttering incoherently under his breath; something was very wrong. Gary immediately lost whatever patience he had left. "Keeghan! Spit it out, God Damn it!"

Keeghan whirled around in the spiny chair he was currently comfortable in and said in disbelief. "There's… there's nothing here on Clemont working with Rocket!" A silence overtook the room. "No-nothing!?" Gary said in utter shock. Keeghan spun back around and rapidly began opening folders at a nimble pace. "N-n-no! Nothing!"

Gary turned to Ash. "How… how can this be? Are you sure he is a member?" Ash, however, was deep in thought. Something wasn't right… he could feel it. Suddenly, it dawned on him. It made total sense now. "You won't find what you're looking for on the computers hard drive Keeghan."

Keeghan turned in utter bewilderment. "What do you know that you're not telling us?" Gary looked at Ash with a similar expression. Ash explained his analysis. "My thought process is this: Let's assume I'm Clemont and I'm in Lumiose City; a packed area with tons of people and therefore, endless dangers. These dangers would be a big threat to me assuming I don't protect my computer's hard drive with everything I've got, otherwise, the biggest tech nerd in the world looks like the biggest chump ever."

Gary shook his head. "I'm not sure I follow." Ash pointed to the technology connecting with Clemont's computer. "IF I was to be living in such a densely populated area, I would guard my resources. However, with that being said, anyone can break through any firewall and anyone can probably hack a computer. So, to add even more precautions, I would put my most valuable information in a spot that CANNOT be hacked… on a USB hidden somewhere in my most defended area."

Keeghan and Gary immediately said. "Ahhh…" Ash motioned to them. "Split up. We need to search this room for a USB and then plug it in with Clemont's home computer. Check in spots most people wouldn't think of looking." Keeghan checked the secretary's desk, Ash checked underneath some of the objects in the room, while Gary checked near the balcony that was overlooking the city. Gary peered outside until suddenly, something caught his eye. He saw a snazzy red sports car pull up a block or so away from Prism Tower. He found it rather odd, but he was too far up and couldn't see what the driver looked like. He shrugged and then continued his search.

As Gary was peering around nooks and cranny's for a possible USB that looked out of the ordinary, he eyed up the picture they had seen earlier of Clemont standing in his front yard. He looked at it oddly for a moment, what was irking him? And then it hit him. His eyes ran across the picture until they saw something in the top left corner of the screen. It was a snazzy red sports vehicle. Gary's heart momentarily stopped. He ran back to the balcony and frantically looked down once more.

There was no doubt in his mind. It was Clemont's car.

"Guys! Clemont is here!" Gary said with franticness embedded in his voice. Ash double-taked and whirled around from his current task and said in a horrified voice. "What!?" Just then, a soft beeping noise was heard. Keeghan immediately ran to the computer and shut it off in a hurry. The three were in full on panic-mode; what were they going to do? They heard a quiet "Ding" of the elevator down the hallway. Ash suddenly had a rather brilliant idea.

"Guys! Quick! Come here!" He motioned for them to get close to him. Keeghan stood on his left and Gary on his right. They were currently huddled in the far left corner of the room, furthest from the balcony and Clemont's desk and adjacent with the stray corner desk. Ash gritted his teeth together tightly before exhaling in relief. Keeghan blinked. "Wha... what did you do?" They trio heard the door begin to unlock and Ash muttered softly. "Just keep quiet whatever you do unless the worst happens."

And then, as if on cue, Clemont entered. Ash was beyond lost. It was extremely early in the morning, why was Clemont even here? Suddenly his mind flashed back to the Calendar that was across the room and the date that was circled, along with the time. He looked at his wristwatch and slightly paled. It read 2:01. He blinked.

What if… it's 2 in the morning… and not 2 at night… Ash's mind churned. He, however, was broken out of his thoughts when Clemont reached under his desk for something. Ash and the two stared in bewilderment when all of the sudden, they saw Clemont get down on one knee, and the lights that had been turned on when Clemont walked into the room suddenly dimmed out entirely, making the others look around in confusion.

They saw a hologram illuminate on his desk, and Ash's breath hitched softly. Even though he could not see who this person specifically was, he knew of one thing; this person was the same woman he and John had seen while in the air-duct on Southpaw. She had a loose cloak on and a hood that covered her face and hair. Clemont quietly spoke, but the word he said was clear.

"… Mistress." There was a small pause before the woman spoke. "Rise, and you may cut your manners, I know you are looking to release your true emotions… so… may they be released." Another small moment passed before Clemont sighed and got up before saying with a hint of anger. "Where is it?"

He began pacing the room slowly and stopped right in front of the stray corner desk. The woman followed his steps by slowly turning in a circle as well. Much to their fortune, and good fortune at that, the woman's face was illuminated enough to see just under her nose, and the top part of her face was cut off. They saw the woman smile, almost smirking at him.

"Where is what?" she asked, playing dumb for some reason.

"You know what I am talking about, don't deny it." Ash looked to his side, and Keeghan was filming with a camcorder. Gary, meanwhile was realizing what exactly Ash had done to make them this "Invisible." To be honest, that was exactly what he had done. Ash had made them allinvisible!

Clemont continued, completely unaware of the three men's presence in the corner of the room. He snarled. "My MONEY!" She was still smirking underneath the hood. "What money?" Clemont scoffed and walked closer to the hologram. "The Money you owe me for the sabotage, you-"

"Watch your tongue. You may be the brains… but I could have you killed in a mere instant, and none of your little "toys" would put a dent into my forces." The woman said, losing her smug look and a rather angry one replaced it. Clemont held his glare before he took a couple of steps backwards, acknowledging it. Ash was beyond confused now, she was making it sound like she could control Rocket, or, she was not a member of Rocket, but rather a leader of another force.

Clemont growled. "The event has been long since over. You told me that this was for a very personal reason and you would get the money back to me in an instant. Well, in case you haven't noticed, I have no money. If someone were to discover my true banking records, they would know something is not right in the slightest." The woman only smiled. "But, they have not, correct?" The trio watched as Clemont walked over to a picture on a wall and looked at it for a small moment. Ash's breath hitched in shock. It was a picture of him and a girl with blonde hair and baby blue eyes. Ash's mind flipped into a flashback to what he remembered from Jasmine and Cynthia's trip to Kalos to speak with Clemont in the first place.

FLASHBACK (CHAPTER 15)

Jasmine and Cynthia had traveled all the way from Unova to reach Lumiose city. It was approximately a 2 day boat ride. They had fun, but missed their lovers with all their hearts. They just wanted to get what they needed and leave quickly.

He walked to his giant desk and sat down. "Now, how can I help you two girls?" He asked business-like.

"Who's that?" Jasmine questioned. She was referring to the picture directly behind Clemont. It showed two people standing there. One person was himself. The other person was a small little girl. She had bright blonde hair and bright blue eyes.

He immediately and coldly said. "That's nobody of your concern." The girls looked surprised at his sudden change of demeanor.

(END FLASHBACK)

Ash whispered softly. "It's the picture from the flashback…" He watched as Clemont moved the picture aside and revealed what appeared to be a small safe. Even though the lights were off, all three males could clearly see what the combination was. Clemont pressed 6 buttons and the safe opened. They all easily saw the flashdrive that was sitting inside.

Keeghan whispered. "123457 is the password." They watched as Clemont took out the USB and plugged it into the computer after rebooting it. He was muttered incoherently under his breath about something until finally, he pulled something up and then with a flick of his of his wrist, a visual appeared in front of the woman in the cloak. It appeared to be a bank account of some sort. Clemont crossed his arms and angrily said.

"Been months since the payment has been due… yet no payment. Where is the money?" He said with a very large hint of impatience. The woman merely smiled once more. "It is on it's way… you must have more patience nonetheless…" Clemont interrupted rudely and spoke with annoyance. "If you don't have the money soon, someone will notice its missing. And you already know what will happen if people notice I have millions of dollars unaccounted for and vanishing under mysterious circumstances…"

The woman sounded unfazed. "You must wait longer. Our agents are working to get the money you so desire." Clemont, for possibly the first time since he begun the conversation, smiled. Then, it was replaced with a frown. "The tournament is not guaranteed to fall in your favor, there are many opponents who could knock out your so called "Champions."

The three had to cover their mouths from gasping in surprise, Rocket had members uncover in the tournament! Ash, however, caught something else. Serena was the obvious one, however, what had caught his ear, was that Clemont had said, "Champions" and not "Champion." Which meant, it was likely she was not the only one whom Rocket had planted in the tournament! The woman spoke again, snapping his train of thoughts.

"Who do you mean? Nobody can defeat them, you have nothing to worry about." Clemont turned around and said quietly. "You know very well who I speak of… Alpha and Omega. The two are the most obvious threats to your champions. They appear to be a force unimaginable in a chemistry sense and strength sense. They compliment one another perfectly." The woman was about to speak again when Clemont cut her off. "Don't try to deny it. I've watched their battle tapes, I know their tendencies and I know for a fact that those two will not lose until they play your champions, if of course, they are as good as you say. Alpha is the brute force. His Pokémon have so much raw power it is staggering."

Clemont paused before continuing. "Omega is the strategist of the two. His tactics make his Pokémon impossible to predict and combine him with Alpha, Alpha's strength is enough to hold them both up, and Omega's tactics keep Alpha's Pokémon out of hot water, all while chipping away at their opponents."

The woman said nothing as she watched Clemont walk around, pacing anxiously. He paused and said with a hint of impatiencess in his voice. "What if your two do not win the money? How will you ever repay me?" The woman smiled and said. "We will work something out, I am sure." Clemont replied. "I am not." The woman smiled a little.

"At two o clock this upcoming afternoon, you are prepared for the Rocket executives arriving, yes?" Clemont nodded. "Yes Mistress, it is prepared. We will begin discussions and finalizations of the Fortress." The three looked at one another, simultaneously mouthing "Fortress" to one another in bewilderment. "Good, very good. Remember, the deal is already set in stone, this is just the finalization process of our agreement. We cannot thank you enough for all you've done… we will make sure you get your fair share of the deal and more."

Clemont bowed. "Thank you Mistress. I shall make contact with you after the meeting is completed." The woman bowed. "Hail Rocket." He said. The image faded. Clemont walked over to the picture of the little blonde girl and himself and retyped the password, and placed the USB inside before walking out of the room and shutting off the light. Ash motioned for nobody to move until they knew Clemont was gone. They waited for a good ten minutes before finally, Ash removed the forcefield and took a deep breath to regain his strength. The three looked at one another before grins were plastered on each of their faces.

The Next Day…

Clemont was currently a very happy man. He had managed to convince all of the executives that he had made the correct decision on the fortress. "I'm very glad you chose to see it my way. Your contributions to the Rocket cause will not be forgotten and you will be compensated." Little did they all know, what was coming for them just moments away. All of the sudden, a man with a blonde buzz cut poked his head into the room. "Umm hi." Clemont and the others looked more than just a little surprised at the newcomer. Nonetheless, he plastered a smile on his face.

"Hello sir, something I can do for you?" The man looked sheepish. "Actually, I need to ask you a personal question, do you know what a prison looks like?" Clemont was immediately thrown off by the rather odd question. "Uh… no? I've never even been inside a prison before." The man cast a smirk. "Well you will now." All of the sudden, Lumiose agents rushed into the room with Pokémon at their side. The man grinned cheekily. "Kalos Special Ops. You're all under arrest for conspiring with Team Rocket. Anything you say can be used against you in court, you have the right to remain silent." In a flash the entire room burst out in rage and screams for evidence, including Clemont.

"Under what circumstances and evidence are you doing this! You have no proof or evidence of anything for any of us!" He demanded. The man chuckled and said gleefully. "I'm almost glad you asked! We received an anonymous tip this morning…" He pulled out a flashdrive from his pocket and Clemont's heart stopped beating for a moment. He almost couldn't believe it. It was his USB for Rocket! But how had someone found it and gotten the password? Unless…

The man laughed louder. "They even dropped this video off!" What clement saw made him stare in utter shock. It was him talking to the woman! He played the entire video, which took some time, but it indeed mentioned the executives in the video and connected them to Clemont. The man laughed. "So… you sabotaged your own boat for Rocket. Any particular reasons, hmmm?" He said with a gigantic smirk plastered on his face. Clemont stayed silent, for obvious reasons. He chuckled once more and said. "That's what I thought. Take them away!" As the Agents arrested all the men inside the room, another agent dressed in a suit rushed into the room and said, "Commander Heredin!"

Heredin looked at the man. "What is private?"

The man said in a rush. "There's a man outside who insists he talks to you." Heredin looked a little anxious for a brief second but brushed it off and made his way downstairs. He walked outside Prism Tower and saw a single man standing at the bottom of the stairs. Heredin's breath hitched softly. He paused and said quietly. "I was wondering if I'd ever get to meet the famous Alpha."

Ash calmly spoke. "Well, here I am. Now, I must speak with you about something else." Heredin listed closer and Ash spoke. "I am not against you, but you must know my methods of intelligence gathering may be fairly… questionable, in the eyes of law enforcement. I just wanted to let you know that should I be interfering with protocol, please, let me do my work." Heredin listened, and for some reason, he felt as though he could trust this man.

He paused and sighed. "Very well. If I or any of my forces under my command see you or Omega, we shall leave you be." Ash smiled and said. "My thanks, Commander Heredin." And then, he walked off. Heredin turned around and suddenly said. "Wait, how did you-" He began but was rather shocked to see nobody in front of him, Alpha had faded into thin air.

AN: Ash and the Legion successfully gained a ton of information and exposed Clemont to damage Rocket! But, who is the cloaked woman? Is she a member of Rocket or a member of another organization out to support Rocket? What will be the costs of revealing Clemont as a member Rocket? Keep reading to find out!

Remember, surprises aplenty coming soon!

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