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Missy opened her eyes. She took a look around and noticed a street sign. She was at the corner of South Boulevard and Estival Avenue. She looked down Estival, the street was lined with many shops and businesses. In the distance, Prism Tower gleamed in the sunrise.
Small trees adorned the street. Their fall colors added to the French architecture of the city. There were many people dressed in colorful jackets and autumn attire. A few fletchling flew overhead. The wind seemed to follow them. The breeze carried scarlet leaves.
Missy took a moment to breathe in the brisk autumn air. It was crisp and clean for a city. She allowed herself to relax for a moment. There was work that needed to be done. She turned and faced the tardis it had transformed into a red phone booth. She let out a sigh before she re-entered the tardis.
Giovanni was casually leaning against the control panel with his arms crossed. His persian was laying on the ground meowing, hacking, and trying not to vomit. Ninetails was attempting to comfort the cat.
He glared as she approached. " That wasn't as bad as you made it out to be."
He took a deep breath. Missy sensed he was having a minor struggle with nausea.
" You weren't on the outside, " Missy replied as she walked past the control panel.
She strolled past him and entered the hall. " I'll be back in a bit, retrieving my pokemon."
Missy began to search the rooms looking for her pokemon. She found her pokemon in wonderfully constructed environments. Each room was catered to the pokemon's own personal preferences. She recalled them to their proper pokeballs.
She walked back into the control room when someone began to pound on the tardis door. Giovanni looked at Missy. He gestured with a confused look.
The voice of a desperate young man began to shout from the outside, " Could you please hurry up in there. I need to make a phone call it's an emergency!"
" Phone call?" Giovanni inquired.
" The tardis has taken the form of a phone booth. It changes to fit the environment," Missy explained as she walked to the door.
She opened it and faced a young man. He seemed to be terrified. " I'm busy at the moment, very important call. I'm sorry but you're going to have to wait an indefinite amount of time."
Missy began to shut the door when the man improvised. He placed his foot in the doorway and began to push it open.
" It's the sky, something massive just appeared. I need to call the general. This is an emergency," he said in desperation. Missy fought back attempting to shut the door.
" You're going to need to find another phone booth." She slammed the door and locked it.
Missy ran up to the control panel and scanned the sky. A cyber ship had just appeared. She switched her dome to a three hundred and sixty-degree view. She pulled up the ship's course. It had arrived one minute ago.
Giovanni looked up and gawked at the craft. " What in the world is that?"
Persian and ninetails both looked up in terror.
" It's not of this world. Are you up for stealing some technology neither of us should have?" Missy asked as she turned to Giovanni.
He looked over to her with a confounded look. " You can't be serious, you want to go up there and take their technology."
" I told you that's what I do. This is a fantastic opportunity." Missy paused as she looked over the ship's activity log. The Cybermen were sleeping.
" Either way I'm going up there. I have to crash that ship into the sun. Cybermen are the last thing I want to deal with in the future. They're a serious problem, they'll turn every living thing on this planet into a robot," Missy explained as she turned her dome back to normal.
She recalled her ninetails Giovanni quickly recalled his persian. Missy grabbed her umbrella. The pair ran out the door. They exited the tardis and entered the pandemonium. People and pokemon ran frantically in the street.
A skiddo charged through the crowd. A man tripped as he ran in the frenzy. He quickly got up and dashed. Missy looked around, no one was paying attention to them. She turned the tardis back into a pokeball and placed it in her pocket. Missy turned as hordes of people ran past.
She noticed a man with spiked red hair dressed in a tuxedo running on the opposite side of the street. She recognized him instantly, he was Lysandre.
A woman ran alongside him. Her pink hair swayed her red eyes looked ahead. She was wearing a red jacket and black pants. Behind them, a tall middle-aged man jogged. His long black hair was tied back. His green eyes were fixated ahead. He was dressed in a black trench coat and pants.
He was saying something. Missy drew her screwdriver. It hummed as she amplified the conversation.
" We need to get up there and take them out!" Lysandre shouted as he darted through the crowd.
The man in black ran next to him. " I've got a plan, I just need to get to the main control box."
The trio turned and entered a building. Missy watched the door shut. She placed her screwdriver back into her jacket. She turned to Giovanni.
" Redhead was Lysandre." She kept a twinkle in her eye and a playful tone in her voice as she pointed to the sky. " He's going up there."
" He's going to fight them in a tuxedo?"
Missy burst into laughter. A hoard of people ran by screaming. The sound brought her attention back.
" Why not, anything goes in space combat," she paused and regained her composure. " Looks like he just got back from nineteen-o nine."
" Nineteen-o nine?"
" Long story short, He summoned Palkia and Dialga. Two things entered the atmosphere that night. I think this might have been one of them," Missy explained as she entered the coordinates.
She looked over to Giovanni. " Are you ready?" The look in his eyes was one of uncertainty.
Missy smiled confidently and gave the thumbs-up. She wasn't ready to allow him to walk away from this. She told him he wouldn't believe the things she had seen, now was the time to prove it.
" I've fought them countless times and won, " Missy said as she leaned into him.
Giovanni looked up at the spaceship. " You better be sure about this."
With the press of a button they traveled.
They appeared on a balcony in the ship. The pair peered down. Lysandre and his companions were running between a row of Cybermen. The man in black split off from the team. He sprinted down a diverging row. Missy looked to Giovanni, he had regained his confidence.
Missy placed a finger over her mouth. " They're sleeping," she whispered.
Missy gestured for him to follow her. They slowly made their way along the balcony. Missy drew her screwdriver as she leads the way. She and Giovanni stealthily made their way to a nearby hallway. They quicken their pace as they entered the dimly lit steel corridor.
Giovanni looked around and then to Missy. " Any idea why they're here?"
Missy gave a half-smile. " They were chasing me before I arrived. I was after their technology." She walked ahead of him. " Let's just leave it as negotiations went south"
Giovanni scoffed. " Why not just take it, you're an expert criminal."
Missy spun around. " Why fight an entire army when you can talk your way inside?"
He stopped and glared at her. " Doesn't make any sense, you say you've fought them then you try for peace."
Missy frowned and spun around. She placed her hands on her hips." Not peace just a truce, " she scolded.
Missy let out a sigh. " Then he showed up. The Doctor didn't realize what he was interrupting." She huffed. " He was looking for something. Blew up an entire fleet to get it." She rolled her eyes. " He says I'm bad. Oh my gosh, that man... When he wants something nothing will stop him."
Missy's screwdriver hummed. The device informed her there was a storage room ahead. She glanced over to Giovanni he appeared to be awestruck. Missy gave a half-smile before she turned and continued to walk down the corridor. They approached a room. Missy's screwdriver hummed as she unlocked the door.
Missy pushed the door open revealing a room filled with sleeping Cybermen. Giovanni stopped at the entrance. Missy scanned the room to be sure they hadn't been alerted. When she was sure she took a look around.
On the right side of the door was a control box. She scanned it and downloaded a map of the ship. She and Giovanni slowly exited the room. She scanned the ship again. Her screwdriver informed her of a nearby warehouse.
" The map says we're a few hundred feet from a storage room," Missy explained.
They began to walk. The turned right and entered a massive corridor. The hall was lined with doors. Every hundred feet there was the entrance to a room. Missy kept her cool and her ears open.
The ship's engines revved, from what it sounded like no alarms had gone off. She listened as a turbine shifted gears. She stopped and motioned for Giovanni to do the same.
The ship lurched forward nearly causing them to lose her balance. It began to move higher into the atmosphere. The pair regained their balance as the ship moved upwards. Missy scanned the room. Her screwdriver informed her that there were no supplies of value inside. There was a warehouse a hundred feet ahead.
She began to shut the door when an alarm sounded through the ship. Missy scanned the ship and discovered a self-destruction order had been given.
" Damn they're good!" She shut the door. " They set the ship to self-destruct we have about four minutes." With a wave of her screwdriver the door locked.
Giovanni looked at her intently. " What do you suggest we do now?"
Missy glanced over at him. The sound of metal men marching forward had gotten her attention. The clanking of the march grew louder by the second. She looked back and could see the Cybermen's shadows.
She looked ahead. " Run!"
The Cybermen's automated voices were quick to respond," Halt, You will be upgraded."
The pair bolted running down the corridor. Missy scanned the area with her screwdriver and found the storage room close by. She and Giovanni slipped in. The room was filled with steel boxes. Missy used her screwdriver to search the inventory. She discovered the boxes had laser guns.
As they ran Missy teleported six boxes into the tardis. As they reached the end of the warehouse they approached a T entrance to a corridor. The sound of the door exploding caused the pair to run faster. Her screwdriver screeched as it gave directions to the bridge.
" Perhaps it might be a good idea to leave," Giovanni said as they rounded a corner.
They ran into another corridor ahead of them was a massive door.
Missy grinned. " Not just yet, I'm searching for a cyber pod. Could you imagine it, cyber pokemon! We could have an army of pokemon stronger than any legendary in existence."
Missy pointed her screwdriver at the door. She began to hack the lock as she ran. They both charged at it as they approached.
" Now that's an idea." He smirked as they slammed through it.
Giovanni and Missy found themselves entering the bridge of the cybership. In the windshield of the spacecraft, the planet was showcased. It was a beautiful blue orb floating in a backdrop the stars of the galaxy.
Giovanni stood there and gazed at the world. He put his hand in his pocket. Missy stopped and turned around. She slammed the door locking it with her screwdriver. She then runs to the in-flight counsel. Missy walked over to a panel with a mounted screen. Using her screwdriver she searched for cyber-pods. He walked behind her.
Cyber-pod Status: Destroyed
" Bastards," Giovanni growled, he took a deep breath.
Missy could almost feel his anger pulse through the room. They looked out the window and noticed three cyber scout ships flying out. Missy scanned them with her screwdriver. She discovered there were no cyber-pods or Cybermen on board.
" That's how they got the space ships," she mused.
Missy scanned the ship again she found nothing that would help the fight. The smell of iron burning brought her attention to the door. The Cybermen had begun to weld open the door. Missy entered coordinates for Luminose city then took Giovanni's arm. She reached down and picked up her umbrella.
They pair teleported back to the city. They appeared in front of Prism Tower. Giovanni and Missy took a seat on a nearby bench.
" That wasn't so bad, was it?" Missy asked.
She leaned back looking up at the sky. He shook his head and took a long breath. Causing Missy to glance over. He also watched the sky.
He smirked as he replied, " that was exhilarating. I've never seen the world in such a way before."
A loud sonic burst boomed through the city. A vibrant blue and yellow explosion filled the sky above the tower. Fragments of the ship scratched the atmosphere. They watched as the remnants of the ship burned.
The pieces turned white as they streaked above them. After a few moments, the majesty of the destruction ended. Slowly the sky turned back to its morning hue. Missy took the tardis from her pocket. She placed it on the ground next to them. It transformed into a mounted statue of keldeo.
Missy walked up to the door behind the statue and opened the door. She entered the control room. Giovanni steadily followed her. She walked back to the control panel. Missy searched the archive to see if the date of the book publication had changed, it had. The last submission was now on October 23rd, 1946.
Missy read over the date. " They just changed history again."
" No Cybermen this time?" Giovanni asked as he read the archive.
" Probably not."
Missy turned and walked to the door. The pair stepped out of the tardis. Missy gave a half-smile as she and Giovanni leaned up against the tardis. She set the vortex manipulator for the date. With the press of a button, time shifted in a sudden blur. The travel lasted less than an instant.
It was a sunny day in Lumiose City. Missy took a deep breath and regained her posture. She began to walk off her nausea. She peered over to Giovanni. He seemed content with not moving. As she paced the Parkway the crinkle of a paper caught her attention.
She looked to the source of the sound and spotted a newspaper in the breeze. Missy walked to it, stomped on it and picked it up. She looked at the front headline read: Failed military operation causes panic! Under the headline was a large picture of the cybership.
Missy glanced over the article. It explained that the so-called alien attack was a botched military operation. The article did its best to convince the reader that the ship was a blimp. She shook her head. Humans would do anything deny other life forms.
She walked over to Giovanni and offered him the paper. He took it and glanced over it. He handed the paper back to her.
" Media," he uttered.
Missy chucked the paper into a nearby waste bin. she took a look around the central circle. She was parked on the corner of Vernal Avenue and South Boulevard. The tardis had become a red phone booth. The city was very much the same. Time had corrected the anomaly on its own and all seemed correct for the period. She noticed somebody dart around the corner. She looked over, but she failed to identify the person.
Missy glanced over to Giovanni who was busy summoning his persian. The cat came out and nuzzled his leg. He gently scratched its head as he turned his attention to the city. He had a look of amazement.
His gaze diverted to her as two teenage girls briskly walked past. She waited for them to pass and checked to see if anyone was watching. When she was sure no one was. She changed the tardis into a pokeball, picked it up and placed it into her jacket pocket.
Missy stepped next to him and offered her umbrella. " Feeling better?"
Giovanni raised a brow.
He snatched the umbrella. " How does this work?"
He opened then closed the umbrella. Missy rolled her eyes.
" Humans." She tisked. " Don't even bother to ask why."
Giovanni glared at her. " I noticed him too."
She smiled as she walked ahead. " Come on, I'll explain on the way."
Together they began to walk to Estival Avenue.
" Opening the umbrella immediately activates a shield. Opening the umbrella before falling will gently float you to the ground."
Missy explained as they crossed the street walking around the outer circle. She pulled out her screwdriver and checked for alien technology. All things were normal for the time period. They made their way to Estival Avenue. They turned the corner and entered the street.
The aroma of baking baguettes and grey tea filled the air. The smell was delightful. She glanced to the left. Cafe Gallant, inside patrons dressed in bright jackets and dull overcoats, were drinking tea. There was nothing of particular interest inside.
They strolled past the cafe. The street had a few people in it. A couple of fletchling flew overhead. Soon they arrived at Lumiose Press.
Missy and Giovanni peered into the massive window. There were many people at work on typewriters each at their own desk. She noticed her hair was a little frizzed. She quickly fixed it in the reflection.
They watched for a little while before stepping inside. Giovanni recalled his persian as he entered the building Missy followed him. A young man dressed in a grey vest and white dress shirt greeted them. His green eyes seem to smile at them.
" Welcome to Lumiose Press. Can I help you with something?" he asked.
Missy pulled her wallet from her bag. She took out the psychic paper. She peeked at the information on it. Then presented the receptionist with her credentials. His eyes widened with amazement as he looked it over.
Missy warmly smiled as she introduced herself, " I'm Joanna Rowling and this is my assistant Howard Lovecraft. We're here to edit and revise the new book Legendary Trainers and Mythical pokemon," she explained.
" Misses Rowling." He ogled the paper before handing it back to her. " I am so pleased that you and your assistant could make it here to Kalos." He made his way to the front of the reception desk. He gestured for them to follow him. " Please follow me, the other editors are on the third floor."
He smiled and politely began to show them through the office. Giovanni looked over to Missy he was appalled.
" I'm your assistant!" Giovanni sneered. " How on did you even pull that one off?"
" Psychic paper, I show it to them they believe whatever that paper tells them. "
Giovanni gawked in disbelief. Missy rolled her eyes.
" What." She looked at him but he glared back. " I thought you'd make a decent assistant. The paper agreed." She smiled with simper as she reminisced. " I was a famous pianist a long time ago, well that's what the paper said. I showed up to see a concert and they insisted that I play. I had a fun time talking my way out that one."
He was ready to reply when their host interjected.
" What kind of story are you two cooking up?"
This caught Missy off guard. They stopped at the entrance of a caged elevator.
" Not much of a story just concepts of the future," she explained.
There was a ding as the doors to the lift opened. They stepped inside. The host pressed the button for floor three. The elevator jerked as it began its ascent. He leaned against the wall as he peered at them.
" Future tech? Science fiction never sells Miss Rowling." He seemed to be puzzled. " Why would two such talented writers bother to waste their time? "
Giovanni scoffed. " The concepts of tomorrow are never a waste of time."
A bell chimed as the elevator stopped.
" I guess that's foresight." He gestured ahead. "This way."
The doors opened to the few offices on the third floor. He motioned for them to follow. They entered the white corridors and passed the frosted glass doors. Their host stopped at the second door on their right a conference room. He pivoted around and peered at them.
" Now you two, these editors, well I'm sure you two know how it goes. Personally, I think they're a bit of the snooty type. The last editors we had in here nearly got into a fistfight over the wording of a story." He paused and took a somber tone, " please play nice."
He showed them to the door and promptly left. Missy and Giovanni looked at each other and nodded. Missy lead the way into the conference room. She paraded in. Four men dressed in colorful suits sat at a table. They were busy arguing over the concepts of a story.
" I think this is the worst addition to the book," a man dressed in green nearly shouted.
He picked up a pen and took it to the paper in front of him. He scratched out a few words with a red pen. Missy walked over to him. She looked over his shoulder and read the story.
The Wanderer of the hills.
The Wander of the and his legacy are a notable part of the Unova region. He and his haunter were known for traveling the region. Together the pair haunted the lives of thieves and criminals. Forcing them to relive the crimes they committed, through the eyes of their victims. Little is known of this hooded vigilante. His tale was short but his achievements will forever be a part of the Unovian lore.
Missy stopped reading and looked the editor dead in the eye. " Look he and his that's a double standard, it's confirmed he dwelled in Unova why reiterate that? Who wrote this? " she asked as the man in blue.
He gave a dumbfounded look. " Robert Johnson."
He glanced back to the paper. Missy looked around the room. She had gotten everyone's attention.
" Okay, The names Joanna Rowling. " She gestured to Giovanni who stood next to her. " That's my assistant Howard Lovecraft. We came here today with a few questions regarding a specific piece, the Mistress. We have some questions for the author."
" The Author of that story was Thomas Bernard," the man dressed in pink answered.
Missy nodded. " I looked over the story it is a good one, but it's horribly misleading and he never took credit for his work. Why?" Missy asked as she peered over the room, all of the editors gazed at her with a peculiar curiosity. The man in the pink suit looked over to her.
" He died last week. This is one piece he didn't want to take credit for, said he was going mad," he said.
A man in a white suit looked at her with disdain. He stayed quiet and watched them.
" I don't see what your problem with the piece is. I don't think any of it's true, but the story is good," the man dressed in blue said.
Missy raised a brow. "The book says this is a work of non-fiction."
The man in a white suit looked up and to her. His eyes were filled with discontent. " The point is to sell books, Miss Rowling. Besides all of the stories in here based loosely on some fact or another." He picked up a small pile of papers. " We have editing to do. Why don't you go do something that women are actually good at, like making us a snack."
She snapped at the insult. She drew her screwdriver and pointed it at his chest. His eyes filled with distraught as she shot him. The other editors became frantic. Missy shot the man in pink next followed by the one in blue.
The man dressed in green stared at her with disbelief. Missy smiled at him as she aimed for his chest. She allowed him to panic and watched him run into a wall. She shot him in the back.
She scoffed while she placed her screwdriver back into her jacket. " That's the last time he'll say that to a girl."
Missy turned to Giovanni. He seemed to be amused by her actions.
" It's not like I killed them," she said as she walked over to the collapsed man.
She snatched the papers he held. The story of Gunner and his Skuntank.
" What story is that?" Giovanni asked as he took her side.
Missy got right to work pulled out a red pen. She turned the entire story into a grammatical nightmare. She then reached into his jacket and pulled out his wallet. She checked his identification, his name was Walter Moreau. Missy quickly put his name on it.
" I always wondered why that story was so terrible," Giovanni said.
He looked over all the errors she had placed into it. She took the newly edited work and placed it at the bottom of the finished box.
Missy grinned as she looked over the paper. " He's going to have a hard time explaining that to his readers."
She took the tardis from her jacket. She mounted it on the table. She and Giovanni teleported inside. She walked to her counsel. Missy searched the archive for Thomas Bernard. He was a well-known author.
Thomas lived just outside of Eterna Forest. According to the archives, he spent the last few days of his life at this home. Missy took a mental note of the time he died October 16, 1946, at 11:13 pm. She punched in the coordinates for his home.
Missy and Giovanni teleported out. She set the vortex manipulator so they would arrive one hour prior to his death. She picked up the tardis and placed it in her pocket. She and Giovanni looked at one another.
They leaned into the table and slightly into each other. Missy engaged the vortex manipulator. The world began to shift and change. Objects spun rapidly as the time and place changed.