An Invitation

An Invitation

16 June 2001

Phone transcript from the Saffron City Pokémon Gym:

Ring, ring, ring! Phone call! Ring, ring, ring! Phone call!

Connection established:

Sabrina: "Hello? Saffron City Pokémon Gym. Leader's Private Line, this is Sabrina Natsume."

Koga: "Ms. Natsume? This is Koga Kunoichi of the Fuschia City Gym and the Elite Four. I spoke to you recently at the last Pokémon League Meeting." [Visi-screen is turned on]

Sabrina:"I remember you. What do you want?"

Koga: "You believe in getting to the point, don't you? An admirable trait."

Sabrina: "I already know why you are calling. But what has this artificial cloned Pokémon of Team Rocket's have to do with me?"

Koga: "Giovanni provided intelligence for the League from his spies in Team Rocket. This clone was designed to be the most powerful psy Pokémon in existence. Perhaps the most powerful Pokémon yet known."

Sabrina: "And it was produced from the genome of Mew, the phantom South American Pokémon. I've made a study of the scraps of legend about this creature. It is thought to be extinct or so rare and wary no one can find it. Lore suggests it was very intelligent, perhaps capable of learning [i]any[/i] Pokémon technique."

Koga: "This display of expertise is precisely why I would be honoured to have your aid on my mission. Because this "Mewtwo" is a psy Pokémon you would be an ideal companion on this job. My abilities include stealth, poison, paralysis and sleep but I need someone who knows psychic Pokémon and who can command powerful psychics of their own. Also, although I can spot physical traps, I can't detect mental ones. Your heightened awareness would be invaluable to my effort."

Sabrina: "I'm flattered especially since I can sense you are absolutely sincere. But why not someone else? Say Will or Agatha? Is it because I am expendable, or because you are personally fascinated with me?"

Koga: "That I find you exotically beautiful is beside the point. I've met many attractive women of all ages. I am not immune to appreciating beauty when I see it, but your beauty won't advance my mission. I chose you because you are a great talent, and underrated by even perceptive trainers like Giovanni. Success in this mission will raise your stock in the Pokémon League inner circle. You [i]are[/i] ambitious?"

Sabrina: "Yes."

Koga: "I thought so."

Sabrina: "My ambition need not compell me to aid those who do not understand me and who have abandoned me to my isolation."

Koga: [sighs] "I am sorry to hear that. This Pokémon is very powerful and destructive. It seems to desire vengeance against all humans for Team Rocket's subjugation of it. Not even your gym is safe if it chooses to use its vast powers to attack the human race. Your alienation from the rest of us doesn't protect you from this Mewtwo's wrath."

Sabrina: "I never said I would turn you down ninja. I only wished to make it clear that I do what I do for my reasons alone. I am curious about this mighty psy Pokémon and about...other things. I accept your invitation, this mission is a challenge worthy of my talents."

Koga: [Bows deeply] "I thank you for your acceptance. I will arrive in Saffron City from Fuschia by late afternoon. And..."

Sabrina: "We will travel on to the wild mountains between Pewter City, Mt. Moon and Cerulean City whre this creature appears to live. I will be ready when you arrive. I shall bring my Alakazam, Jynx, Venomoth, Slowking, Ninetails, and Mr. Mime. I have already written down the other items you thought of. You have remarkably uncluttered thoughts ninja."

Koga: "Thank you again Ms. Natsume...Sabrina. I am certain I have chosen the best possible partner for this mission."

Sabrina: "Of course, I will be ready."

Connection closed.

Journal Entry:

My dream of two nights ago is becoming reality very quickly. I received a phone call from Koga Kunoichi this morning that prefigures the conditions of the dream all too well. I have spent the rest of the day packing for the trip, and preparing mentally. I just reviewed the phone recording to be certain of what Mr. Kunoichi...Koga actually said. I spend so much time picking up information on several psychic levels when I talk to someone I can't be certain about what words were actually said. So I review my recorded calls. Koga has chosen me to join him on a mission to find and capture a Pokémon created by team Rocket named Mewtwo. Given my dream, perhaps I would have been wise to turn him down. However, I am wary of avoiding prophetic visions, it is like spitting into a strong headwind. Besides, my vision was not without its intriguing elements. My visceral concern for Koga, and his for me, in the dream speaks of a working relationship between us unlike any I have ever had. I dearly wish to see what that might be like. There was no indication in my dream that the dire situation I foresaw would not resolve itself in our favour, so I decided to face the challenge presented by the dream. I am actually as close to excited as I ever get about something. My heart is beating faster than usual, my face feels warm, and I feel happy for no easily specified reason. I've been thinking about my dream and Koga almost constantly for the last two days. At least I can dispense with all the obsessive thinking and [i]do[/i] something. I know this encounter with Mewtwo will benefit me more than it will cost me. It's almost time. I hope I'm ready.