Chapter 25: Answers
Alright Gavin, I said. What are you guys planning and why do you fuse trainers with their Pokémon?
I'm only executing orders from my boss, I don't know what he's up to.
Who is your boss then? Silver asked.
Gavin didn't answer.
I raised my paw and charged a Water Pulse.
You better answer, or this is going right in your face.
Gavin seemed to be afraid of my Water Pulse. He knew that he was a Fire Type so this would hurt him a lot, but he still didn't intend to answer.
You know it's hard to hold that move, it could fire any second now. I said still pointing it in his direction.
Fine, I'll talk. Doesn't matter anyway. He calls himself Dr. Tempest, I don't know if that's his real name or not. And as I said, I don't know what he's planning, I'm just following orders.
I fired my charged Water Pulse into another tree. It was shaking when I hit it. I turned to Silver.
What do we do now? He doesn't seem to know that much.
I don't think that's all he knows. He turned to Gavin. Well in that case, I'd like to know more about what you're doing. You could maybe tell us how you managed to get such a fascinating technology that fuses Pokémon with their trainers.
Trying to be nice now, huh? I guess you wouldn't understand it even if I explained it to you
Well, then try to explain it in a way so we can understand it. I don't need to remind you what happens when you don't talk. Silver looked at me when he finished his last sentence.
Fine, as you wish...not like I had a choice...Do you know about the DNA Splicers?
No, what's that?
It's a special Item that was used to fuse Kyurem with either Reshiram or Zekrom. Ghetsis from Team Plasma once used it in Unova and tried to take over the whole Region.
And what does that have to do with all this? I asked.
Well, it turned out that Team Plasma made some copies of the DNA Splicers, and after they disbanded in Unova, they teamed up with us, and we managed to modify it, so it could fuse more than just Kyurem with Reshiram or Zekrom. Dr. Tempest soon wanted us to modify it so it could combine the DNA of a human and a Pokémon. It took us weeks to figure out how to modify it. The first results on our test persons weren't satisfying however. The minds of the humans and Pokémon got totally mixed up and often led to the testing persons becoming insane. The boss wanted us to improve it so it would completely surpress the Pokémons mind. The mind of a human in the body of a Pokémon, that's what he wanted. Took us another few weeks to get that done, but we still had to fix some negative side effects.
What side effects? I asked, already knowing what might come next.
There were all kinds of side effects but the most popular one was a memory loss. At that time you two tried to sneak into our base. For us it was another opportunity to get some new testing persons. Unfortunately you got away with his egg.
So that's why I lost all my memories...
And it looks like they fixed that side effect by now. Silver added.
But we still don't know what they're developing this for.
It can't be anything good, that's for sure.
Another thing I don't understand is why we all got turned into eggs.
That's another side effect. Gavin said. The boss wanted us to fix that as well but it's the hardest part. The DNA Splicers were only meant for Kyurem, and for everything else it kinda has to form a new body, and that happens inside the eggs.
I guess that's enough for today. Silver said. I need to think about that first before we go on.
Silver and I went away from the tree where Gavin was still tied up to.
So, at least we know a little more about this whole thing, and also why you lost your memories.
Yeah, but we still don't know what they're up to.
True, by the way, I know you lost your memories but do you remember anything about what Team Plasma did in Unova?
Unfortunately no. Everything I remember is my name, that I used to be a Pokémon trainer and that I came from Unova, but everything else is gone. Maybe Zack knows something about that...
Zack?
Oh right I haven't told you yet. Zack was the name of my Samurott, that I fused with. He appeared in my dreams and talked to me, he seems to remember everything that we've gone through, but we didn't have time to talk about everything, yet. Also I only had that dream twice by now.
So, I might be able to talk to Weavile, too?
I guess so.
I'm glad, I thought I lost him forever.
You didn't even mention that you missed him
You know, I'm really good at hiding my emotions. And also I don't really see a point in mourning about that. Not like I could change anything.
You must've gone through a lot whe you're thinking like that.
So, what are we going to do now?
Well, I wanna try out some things with my moves. Earlier when I charged that Water Pulse I had some ideas on my mind, but I wanna do that alone. You could keep an eye on Gavin, so he won't break free.
I'll do that.
And if Jess is about to hatch just call for me, I'll hear you.
With those words I headed into the forest to look for a quiet place.