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Missy was startled by the howl of an alarm. She growled as the disruption continued. Her eyes shot open as a monitor came down from the ceiling. She glared at the black screen before telepathically turning it on.
An image of Giovanni knocking on the door came on the screen. Missy turned off the alarm and teleported to the front door. She sighed in frustration she didn't even have time to change her close. She shrugged this off as she opened the door.
" What's up?" Missy asked while she walked to the control panel.
" You live here?" Giovanni asked as he gazed at her.
She smiled before showcasing the tardis.
" Of course I live here," Missy said as she walked over to her monitor.
She was astonished he hadn't figured this out. She checked the time it was 11:34 am. The date was September 8th, 2016. Giovanni looked around.
" Just how big is this ship?" he asked.
" Well," she trailed off while she thought of a good way to explain the tardis. " I have several stars on board." The look he gave her was surreal. Missy sighed as she turned from him. " It's massive alright, were inside a pocket dimension much like a pokeball. It can be a very confusing place, even for me sometimes." She glanced over and watched him gawk as he looked around. "It's best to just accept these things and move on."
" Okay." He looked around once more, and then back to her. " My field agents uncovered more information about Team Flare. My team informed me they've been spotted in the Johto Region at the Ruins of Alph. We need to get out there to assist them," Giovanni explained, his eyes were trained on her.
" Alright, I'll be ready in a few." Missy turned then walked into her wardrobe.
She looked through her closet. She shifted through her dress shirts and jackets. She had worn the same thing since she arrived. It was becoming a bore. She walked over to a more risky part of her wardrobe. As she shifted through her halter tops and lace she happened upon a cute shirt.
Missy looked the shirt over then decided to go with something different. She changed into a yellow halter top. The top showcased the keystone nicely. She put on a black jacket. She switched her pants to black skinny jeans but kept her boots. She was becoming quite fond of them.
She spun around in the mirror looking at her hair. It was down. She combed it out the placed it her bangs into side sweeps putting the rest of it into a ponytail. She snatched her bag, umbrella and clipped her pokeballs to her belt. Missy stepped out. Giovanni raised a brow as he walked up to her.
" Shall we?" He offered Missy his hand but she refused it.
She punched in the quadrants and set their time of arrival for five minutes previous.
Missy teleported them out of the tardis as they left, ninetails appeared by her side. Missy transformed the tardis into a black pokeball. She picked it up and placed it in her jacket pocket.
Missy offered him her umbrella. He seemed uncertain but he took it. Giovanni put out his right hand. Missy took it as she activated the vortex manipulator.
They arrived on a bright sunny day. They stood together at the base of a cliff. They were in a lush evergreen forest surrounded by mountains.
Ahead of them was the entrance to what appeared to be a tomb. The entrance was flanked by the statue of an entie and raiku.
There were engravings at the top of the tomb. It read Time Unkown. In front of the entrance, two men dressed in red suits stood guard. Missy let go of Giovanni's hand.
" Where are your people?" she asked him.
Missy began to look over the surrounding area. In the distance, she noticed three other entrances hidden in the hillsides. Missy turned her attention back to Giovanni. He took a small radio from his jacket. He pulled out the antenna and searched the frequency.
He calmly spoke into the radio, " Butch, Cassidy can you hear me?"
" Yes, sir! " Butch replied with conviction.
Missy was taken aback by this. She remembered the agents from Silph Co. She took in a deep breath as she petted ninetails head.
" What's your location?" Giovanni asked as he looked at a small screen on the radio. A map and a red dot appeared on it.
" We'll be there shortly," he said as he began to walk into the forest.
Missy followed close behind him before catching up. She looked around a few combee flew over them. A few natu and pidgey followed the bees. In the distance, two linoone played. They tackled one another before circling again. The pokemon chased each other deeper into the forest.
It wasn't long before they approached a tent. Butch and Cassidy were sitting by a fire. Butch was tinkering with a radio when he noticed Giovanni. He and Cassidy quickly stood up and salute him. The pair took a step back at the sight of Missy. They both reached for their pokeballs.
" Sir that's her, the girl who attacked us at Silph. Co," Butch said as he took a step back.
" I'm aware, I remember this conversation. No need to worry she's working for us now," Giovanni explained with a smirk.
" Sir, she tried to kill us!" Cassidy protested.
" This young lady nearly took out an entire squad and their pokemon. She killed no one." Giovanni gestured to Missy. " Self defense, she's one hell of a fighter." His voice grew stern as he glared at the pair. " You will work with her."
" Sir! " They said together saluting him. Butch was quick to speak as he pulled a map from his pocket.
" Sir they arrived about two hours ago. There are fifteen agents inside including the two standing guard."
Butch placed the map on a nearby tree stump. Missy looked over the terrain. She took note of the four separate entrances.
They weren't very far from one another. Three of the entrances had a red X on them. The main entrance she had observed on arrival was unmarked. Cassidy picked up where Butch left off.
" They were inside the other tombs. They entered the last one about ten minutes ago. We're ready to begin attacking the entrance." Cassidy glared at Missy. " Since we have a Battle Queen on our team we should have no problems winning this fight."
Missy rolled her eyes. Slyly she looked at the pair.
" The names Missy."
Butch and Cassidy glared at her for a second before turning their focus to the map. Missy drew her screwdriver and held it out. Butch and Cassidy jumped at the sight of the device.
" Relax, I'm not going to shoot you."
They gazed at her and slowly nodded. Missy could tell they were both afraid of her. She was mildly pleased by this.
She turned around and began to scan the area. Her screwdriver informed her that a gap in space was being opened. Giovanni looked to Missy and gave a half nod of approval.
" It appears their opening some sort of portal in space its self," Missy explained as she placed her screwdriver back into her jacket.
She then turned around and eyed the two agents.
Giovanni looked at Missy and then to Butch and Cassidy. " Let's move out."
Cassidy leads the group into the forest. A hundred feet ahead of them was a path. The group made their way down it. A few beedrill, combee and some spearow flew by. A furret crossed the path. Missy glanced down at the fox.
Mistress you really changed things for this region, the pokemon softly said.
Ninetails eyed the path ahead.
It's not that big of a change, Missy replied as she looked over the forest. I just added a new species, I don't think the pokemon know the difference.
Ninetails looked over to a smeargle. It was busy painting a combee on a tree.
The art they learn is passed down from generation to generation, Mistress, the fox explained.
The smeargle hesitantly stopped and looked over the group. The pokemon looked terrified by the team. It ran off.
So what it learned about the combee, big deal.
The fox looked back to the road.
Mistress, combee were never native to these lands. I can only imagine what they thought a hundred years ago.
Missy glared the pokemon. She pondered what ninetails was getting at. The fox clearly didn't understand time travel. She and ninetails continued along the path.
They stayed close to one another. The group walked for a short distance before approaching a clearing. A tori gate stood before a clearing. A sign was mounted. It read: The ancient ruins of the Unknown.
Giovanni stopped dead in his tracks. He glared up at the sign. Butch and Cassidy continued to walk to the entrance.
Missy took notice and walked back over to him. " Let me guess you couldn't read that before?"
" How is that possible?" Giovanni asked as his eyes skimmed the sign. He appeared to be disenchanted.
" Once you board a tardis so long as you remain a passenger it will translate all most every language and written text," Missy explained she grinned before she continued with great pride, " Except for Gallifreyan of course."
" Your human understanding has slightly improved," Giovanni said with a smirk as he continued to walk.
" I can see your understanding of Time Lord is getting better," Missy shot back as they caught up to Butch and Cassidy.
The team drew their pokeball. Butch and Cassidy and begin to walk to the entrance. The Team Flare agents quickly pulled their pokeballs from their jackets.
" Prepare for trouble!" Cassidy shouted.
Butch took her side. Together they raised an arm.
"And make it double," Butch said with a deep sense of purpose.
Cassidy took the lead, " to infect the world with devastation!"
Butch pointed to the sky. " To blight all people in every nation!"
" To denounce the goodness of truth and love," Cassidy said as the two team flare grunts begin to run in their direction.
" To extend our wrath to the stars above."
Butch and Cassidy looked at one another. Then gazed sinisterly back at their opponents.
" Butch "
" Cassidy, Team Rocket, circling the earth day and night."
" Surrender now or you'll surely lose the fight," Butch finished the motto.
A raticate released itself from a ball on Cassidy's belt. The rat pokemon lurched before them and growled. She was quick to recall the pokemon. The Team Flare grunts looked at each other and gave a confused gesture.
" Oh yeah, We're Team Flare and we don't care for your stupid motto!" the flare grunt on the left said.
They both threw their pokeball's. A vaporeon and a serperior materialized from the pokeballs. Butch and Cassidy quickly called out their own pokemon. An aggron and a granbull. The pokemon growled at each other preparing for a battle.
" Yeah, motto's are a waste of time! " the other flare grunt shouted. He pointed at aggron. " Vaporen let's teach these fashion-less instigators a lesson. Use water pulse."
Vaporeons eyes glow blue as a circlet of water manifested around it. The pokemon launched the attack at aggron. The beast was knocked back but it quickly recouped. Butch glared at the flare grunts.
" Who you calling fashion-less dressed in those ridiculous red outfits!" Butch shouted before he pointed at the vaporeon. " Aggron mega punch!"
As the beast charged it brought its fist forward, and as it continued it started to glow white. The pokemon punched vaporeon in the chest and knocked it back. The pokemon slid back on all fours taking minimum damage.
" Granbull use fire fang on that serperior!" Cassidy shouted.
Granbulls fangs glow red with fire. The pokemon charged serperior biting into its long snake-like body. It took heavy damage.
" Serperior bind!" the flare grunt shouted.
Serperior warped itself around granbull.
" Vaporeon finish that aggron use ice beam! "
A blue orb began to form in the vaporeon's mouth. An icy blue beam streaked across the battlefield striking its opponent. Aggron was frozen solid. Butch begrudgingly recalled his pokemon. Giovanni looked at Missy.
" Missy get in there," he said with great conviction.
Missy raised a brow. They were allies but how dare order her around.
" Excuse me." Missy placed her hand on her hip. " I'm not one of your lackeys."
" If you don't work with them they'll never trust you," there was a tone of sincerity in his voice as he replied.
He had made a good point. She gave a nod. She plucked hydreigon's ball from her belt. She took Butch's side before throwing it.
" Hydreigon." Missy caught the ball.
The dragon took flight. It spread its wings and roared at vaporeon. The dragon had taken a good position.
" Hyper voice!" she commanded.
The dragon opened its mouth and a dreadful sound overtook the area. Both opposing pokemon took heavy amounts of damage. Serperior fainted and vaporeon was barely hanging on.
" Granbull finish that vaporeon use play rough!"
Granbull ran to vaporeon its fist glowed pink. The pokemon lunged at vaporeon punching it multiple times. The pokemon soon fainted both team flare members recalled their pokemon.
They began to back off the grunts turned and bolted back to the entrance of the ruins. Missy drew her screwdriver and shot both of them. They fell to the ground unconscious.
" Excellent work team," Giovanni said with a hint of praise in his voice.
" Perhaps we should take one of them back for questioning?" Missy inquired as she placed her screwdriver back into her jacket.
" I don't think that will be necessary. I'm not big on taking prisoners, it's a huge hassle," he explained as he began to walk to the entrance of the ruins.
Missy and the others followed him. When he approached the agents Missy joined him. Together they searched their pockets.
They found some money, a Team Flare calling card, and radio. Giovanni took the team flare card and radio. He turned it on and then began to manually scan the surrounding frequencies. He stopped turning the dial when he found a channel with a female voice speaking.
" Professor, we're preparing the gate it will be open soon," a young lady said.
There was a loud but brief static. Then silence before the voice of an older lady broke through the static and replied," Excellent, I'll be down shortly with the Adamant Staff. I'm going to send you and Lysandre into the portal to retrieve the orb. I'm afraid I won't be joining you, I have to get back to base, my research is almost complete," she explained before the radio cut out to static.
A soft odd melody began to play. Giovanni glowered at the radio for a moment before turning it off.
Missy, ninetails, and Giovanni began to walk up to the entrance. Butch and Cassidy were not far behind. They stood at the base the entrance to the tomb. Its entrance was a dark as night. Missy drew her screwdriver and entered first.
The screwdriver hummed and the crystal at the tip glows a vibrant yellow lighting their path. The group made their way through a long corridor.
They were surrounded by hieroglyphics depicting pokemon. She glanced at them and waited for the translation. To her surprise, the tardis was unable to translate the language. Giovanni stepped next to Missy and looked over the hieroglyphics.
" So much for just Gallifreyan." He grinned as he looked over them again.
" Sometimes it takes a while. This is a unique language," Missy explained as they rounded a corner.
The group reached a stairwell. They began to descend a narrow stairwell when the two eyes appeared above them. The group stopped and watched them float ahead.
Missy quickly shot at them with her screwdriver. The floating eyes dodged before they disappeared.
" What was that?" Butch asked trying to hide the fear in his voice.
Missy scanned the area with her screwdriver. The device informed her pokemon named unown were in the vicinity.
" Unkown, some kind of pokemon," Missy explained as she continued down the stairs.
At the base, the light of a fire could be seen. Missy entered a long hallway illuminated by torches. The walls were covered in strange hieroglyphics.
The hallway was very long. At the end of the hall, a blue light radiated. Giovanni took her side. Slowly the pair stepped in the hall cautiously making their way.
As they made their way down the hallway all of the torches grew dark. The group was surrounded by glowing blue eyes.
She attempted to brighten the light from her screwdriver, but the energy levels weren't high enough.
The eyes danced around them for a moment. Missy watched them sway in a circular pattern. She felt ninetails rub against her leg. Missy understood the pokemon's idea.
" Ninetails flamethrower," she calmly commanded.
Ninetails released a plume of flames down the hallway. Missy watched as many floating pokemon in the shape of letters fell to the ground. Ninetails flames re-ignited two nearby torches.
She looked around they were surrounded by unown. Cassidy stepped next to her. She knelt down and examined the fainted pokemon. She looked over the pokemon briefly before she gave her observations.
" These pokemon look like letters." She looked over the fainted unown. " Maybe they've got something to say."
Missy waved her screwdriver at the remaining unown. Nothing happened she remembered how she controlled the combee. An idea came to her she looked over to Giovanni. " Let's bring that radio station with the music back. I might be able to communicate with the unknown using my screwdriver if I can match their frequency."
Giovanni nodded in agreement before he looked at Cassidy. " Excellent observation."
Cassidy blushed at his compliment. Giovanni took the radio from his jacket pocket. He scanned the frequency until he found the correct radio single.
A slow, calm, steady, and mysterious music disrupted the silence. Missy pointed her screwdriver outward as more unknown begin to fill the area. She began to alter the frequency on her screwdriver. It hummed as began to replicate the station's frequency.
The unknown floated around her and the team. She waved her screwdriver, but nothing happened. She turned to the team but stopped when she noticed that they had followed her movement. Curious if the pokemon would follow her she twirled again. As the theorized the pokemon were following her.
She let out an annoyed sigh. " So that's how it's going to be."
Missy twirled again, more slowly this time. She took three steps back and spun again. She kept the frequency matched as she leaped into the air then landed in the third position. She performed a pirouette before taking a step back.
Butch and Cassidy snickered while she danced. Missy growled and twirled closer to them.
She stopped in the second position and glared at Giovanni. "Do you want to see a ballet show or figure this out, ask a question."
Missy took a step back. She dipped down with the screwdriver. The unknown followed her every movement.
Giovanni growled before he asked, " What is Team Flare up to?"
The unown stopped as they circled. Missy twirled around and watched them form an answer.
THEY ARE GOING TO THE REALM OF PALKIA
Missy spun around again. The answer shifted to a swirl of the letter pokemon. The unown followed her movements once more. She jumped up and performed a tour on lair. Twirling mid-point in her jump. When she landed she faced the unknown.
" Who are they working with?" she asked.
The unknown shifted around as they formed an answer.
PERSON UNKNOWN
Missy shook her head. " That's a big help."
Giovanni asked, " what are they after?"
Missy dipped her leg down and then up again in a twirl. She performed another pirouette. Missy leaped forward before stopping. She looked up at the answer.
THE LUSTROUS ORB
" Why?" Giovanni quickly asked.
Missy took a step back she was very close to the team now. She took a step forwards and twirled.
THEY NEED IT FOR CONTROL OF SPACE
Missy twirled around again stepping forward with each spin. She was satisfied with the answers they had given. She decided to wait to see if anyone else could muster up a decent question. The hall was silent for a moment.
Missy smiled as she performed a curtsy. " Thank you."
Giovanni shut off the radio. He seemed concerned about the situation. " We need to get that orb."
On his whim, the group began to run to the end of the hallway. The unown followed them in a frenzy. It took them a few minutes to reach the end as they get to the end they reach a room filled with bright blue light.
Ahead of them was a massive portal flanked by the statues of the legendary pokemon ho-oh and lugia. In the center of a decorative door was a crest of a stone celebi in flight.
Inside the room, thirteen Team Flare agents faced the team. Unknown poured into the room as the team entered. The flare grunts looked shocked others angry.
Quickly she analyzed their situation. She could bounce the lightning off the unown but she would need something more to fill the gap. Missy drew vespiquen's and emolga's pokeballs. She threw them out as Team Flare began to charge her and the team.
" Vespiquen attack order!" she commanded.
Vespiquen complied releasing grubs from her skirt. The agent's frenzied and scattered across the room. It was a meager attempt to dodge the insects.
Missy held her screwdriver in front of her. Then braced herself before she gave a command, " Emolga use thunder, attack my screwdriver."
The pokemon let out a battle cry as it unleashed a golden bolt at the screwdriver. Missy redirected the attack to the grubs vespiquen released. The lightning bounced from the insects to the unown. Her attack volleyed from agent to insect and back to the unown.
The people and pokemon cried out in pain as the electricity surged through them. Eleven agents fell one by one as they fainted from the attack.
A pair of grunts ran behind the statures. When they peeked from behind them they both had the same look of disbelief. Their eyes and gazed narrowed while they looked at their fallen comrades. They reached for their pokeball's as they stepped away from the statues.
" Aww... Hell no!" He tossed a pokeball. " We're not going to let you get to our boss."
Gogoat and darmanitan materialized in front of the team. Missy looked at the large red ball like pokemon. Darmanitan a giant, red, and ugly pokemon. It reminded her of the Zocci race.
" Like the two of you could really stop us," Missy said as she readied herself for battle.
Butch reluctantly took Missy's left side. " We're not going to let some tasteless punks take this from us!"
The flare grunts glared at the team. One of them smiled as he confidently looked back. " How dare you insult our style."
Butch threw a ball a cloyster had materialized on the floor. she gestured for emolga to come back to her. The pokemon swooped around her before landed on her shoulder. Cassidy placed her hand on her hip.
" Our enemies lying defeated on the ground is never out of style," she snarkily replied.
Butch laughed at the remark. The flare grunts leered at them. She could tell they had both been decently insulted.
" You and your little team are gonna pay for that. " He pointed to vespiquen. " Darmanitan use fire punch on that vespiquen."
Darmanitans right fist glows a fiery red. The pokemon lunged at vespiquen and struck. Vespiquen took mild damage the pokemon barely had a scratch on her.
Butch pointed at the gogoat. " Clyoster use icicle crash on that gogoat!" he ordered clyoster.
Cloyster growled as a blue portal appeared above gogoat. Shards of ice fell on the pokemon. Gogoat was knocked to the ground. The goat stammered in pain as it took severe damage. The Team Flare agent was fast to retaliate.
" Gogoat use horn leech on that clyoster!"
Gogoat's horns began to glow a bright green. The goat bowed its head as it charged cloyster. The pokemon leaped up before it rammed clyoster with its horns.
The attack drained its opponent's life force and healed the goat. The pokemon took heavy damage but was still able to fight.
" Vespiquen use air slash on the gogoat," she calmly commanded.
Vespiquens wings flapped rapidly slashing the air. Gogoat was knocked back by the wind generated, the slash of air that followed was enough to finish off the pokemon.
The remaining agent grinned before he gave an order, " Darmanitan use overheat!"
The pokemon erupted into flames. Soon vespiquen and clyoster were entrapped by the flames.
Vespiquen took heavy damage her yellow body was covered in scratches. Clyoster had taken some as well, but as an ice and water type, it wasn't to the same degree.
When the flames went out. Missy looked over both pokemon. They were both still able to battle.
The Team Flare agent looked back in shock his terror grew as Butch pointed at darmanitan. " Clyoster let's finish this use hydro pump!"
Clyoster growled as its shell opened wide. The pokemon unleashed a massive spout of water at darmanitan. The beast was knocked back into a nearby wall. Small pieces of the ceiling fell with it to the ground as it crashed into it. The pokemon briefly looked up before it fainted.
The Team Flare agents quickly recalled their pokemon before they bolted to the portal. She wouldn't allow them to get away.
Missy took aim at the closest and shot him in the back. She made quick work of the other.
Missy recalled vespiquen as she walked over to the entrance of the portal. She looked into a maraid of blue swirls. She scanned the portal with her screwdriver. It informed her that the entrance was in a stable state.
Missy listened as the team approached from behind. She turned to face them. They seemed bewildered about the situation.
" The state of the portal is stable, I can't guarantee how long it's going to hold once the orb is retrieved."
Giovanni walked up to her. He took her side. Emolga glared at him. Missy patted the pokemon's head reassuringly before she drew its ball. In a beam of red light the pokemon returned. She clipped it back to her belt. He looked to her and then to Butch and Cassidy.
" I think it would be best for you to leave and return to Goldenrod." Cassidy gave a look of confusion but she said nothing in return.
They saluted him. " Sir!"
Missy and Giovanni turned and began to step forward. They both reluctantly stopped when the swirls shifted. She scanned the portal to make sure it was still stable.
She gave Giovanni a reassuring look. " It's still safe to enter."
He nodded as he looked ahead. They gazed at the portal for a moment, before they approached the base.
As she watched the blue swirls she was captivated briefly. She stared into them she wondered what was on the other side. The pair took another step forward before they entered the blue abyss.