Alright so let's get this story started. Now this chapter is basically going to be an introduction chapter to show you just who the characters are and to give you a clue as to what their roles will be. Now let's begin.

Massive underwater base

Command room

"Looks like Team Rocket isn't going to let us take Kalos so easily. I guess we'll just have to push harder. V bring up the files of our spec ops soldiers that would be best fit for an operation like this." A man wearing a gray army general uniform with a white I on the back said.

"There are two soldiers that fit the criteria sir." V said dressed in a gray army captain uniform.

"Who are they?" The man wearing the general uniform asked.

"The first one is Delta. He is often paired up with the other soldier that fits the criteria. He has performed exceptionally in every mission we have put him in. Without a doubt he is a perfect fit for this job." V said.

"And the other one?" A man wearing a gray colonel uniform asked.

"Well W I am glad you asked. The other one is Zero. He has also performed exceptionally completing nearly every mission flawlessly. He had received no marks on his record until the ill-fated Operation: Magma. Though the mission was ultimately successful it has caused our psychiatric specialists to determine him unfit for service in Hoenn." V said.

"Very well bring them in." The man wearing the general uniform said.

"Z with all due respect we cannot have Zero as part of this mission. It will all fall apart if he is in it." W said to the man wearing a general uniform now revealed to be Z.

"And why do you feel that colonel?" Z said to W.

"Because I just have a feeling that something is going to happen." W said.

"If you have no substantial reason why Zero should not be sent on this mission then I can not keep him out of the mission. Do I make myself clear?" Z said.

"Yes sir." W said angrily.

"Good. Then go get Delta and Zero." Z ordered.

"At once sir." W said still a little angry before going to get Zero and Delta.

Training room

"Delphox use mystical fire." A man wearing a black cloak and a blood red visor that was about 6 ft tall said in a monotone voice before his Pokémon followed the commands and took out a Chesnaught.

"Jeez Zero what has you more down than usual?" The man's opponent asked who was wearing a green hoodie with the hood up along with black pants while you could still see some of his short dyed dark green hair and he was about 5 ft 10 in tall.

"I am not going to discuss it Delta." Zero said still keeping his voice monotone.

"You're thinking about 'it' again aren't you?" Delta asked putting emphasis on it.

"Be quiet." Zero said with anger ebbing into his voice

"And that is your problem. You have clung on to 'it' too long and now you just won't let it go. Especially when it wasn't even real." Delta said smugly before Zero then grabbed him by the collar and slammed him into a wall.

"You can use that little it wasn't real excuse for what you did during Operation: Aqua but don't think for a second that it also applies to what I did in Operation: Magma." Zero said with more anger ebbing into his voice each second and his eyes beginning to glow from behind his visor.

"If the data says it wasn't real then it wasn't real." Delta said with a little fear in his voice before W walked into the room seething with anger but as soon as he saw how angry Zero was all the anger in W turned to fear.

"What is it W?!" Zero shouted.

"Z wants both of you for a mission." W said with the fear very evident in his voice before Zero then threw Delta into the hallway outside the training room before walking towards Z's office.

"Ow." Delta said as he started to stand back up.

"Did you bring up 'it' again?" W asked as he helped Delta stand up.

"Ya." Delta said as he fully stood up.

"Then why didn't you see Zero's reaction coming?" W asked as he and Delta began walking towards Z's office.

"Thought I could actually change his opinion this time." Delta said.

"You know better than anyone else here that nothing can ever change Zero's opinion if he doesn't want to change it." W said before he and Delta walked into Z's office.

Command Room

"Alright let's get this briefing over with." Zero said as W and Delta walked in.

"Yes. V if you would." Z said while sitting behind his desk.

"Of course sir. Now Team Rocket has been funneling a rather large amount of their members and equipment into Kalos. This presents us the perfect opportunity to ruin Team Rocket. It appears as though they are keeping most of these transferred items near the Kiloude City. The sight of the upcoming festival of evolution." V began.

"And if I remember correctly there is also a tournament and contest as part of the festival." Delta said.

"Now let me guess you want us to go to this festival and participate in the tournament and contest as a cover while we are dealing with Team Rocket." Zero said with a hint of annoyance in his voice.

"Yes you are. However due to W's concerns I have decided to assign one other spec ops member as well as V to help you. I expect nothing less than success from this mission. Dismissed." Z said to finish the briefing causing Zero and Delta to walk out of the room.

"So Zero which cover identity are you going to go with?" Delta asked as he and Zero were walking towards the hangar.

"None of them." Zero said with his voice back to being monotone.

"Seriously which one are you going to use?" Delta asked again while Zero just stayed silent the rest of the way to the hangar and out of the base.

Inferno Ops HQ

Codename Overlord's office

"What are you up to Team Rocket? What is so important that it mandates so many resources?" Overlord who is about 6 ft tall with a black suit, light blue eyes, and short black hair said to himself before a man about 5 ft 11 with a red open jacket, black shirt with a fire symbol, black pants, brown eyes and short black hair walked into the room.

"Phoenix reporting for duty sir." The man who identified himself as Phoenix said.

"Alright. Take a seat son." Overlord said as he and Phoenix both sat down.

"What do you need me and my team to do?" Phoenix asked.

"Recently we have been seeing a lot of Team Rocket traffic going into the Kalos region. Specifically the area near Kiloude City where the festival of evolution is going to be held. I want you and your team to get there and find out what Team Rocket is up to and if possible put a stop to it." Overlord said.

"Of course sir. You can count on me and my team to get it done." Phoenix said as he stood up and walked out.

"I certainly hope so son. Because I've got a bad feeling about this." Overlord said to himself.

Alpha Team Quarters

"Alright guys get ready we're going to Kalos." Phoenix said as he walked into the room that was his team's living space and only saw a man with raven hair, light blue eyes, blue jeans, a mostly zipped up white jacket and a sky blue shirt and was about 5 ft 5 on a computer.

"Hey Phoenix. So we got a new mission?" The man asked.

"Ya Eagle we got a new mission. Where is everyone else by the way?" Phoenix said before asking for the whereabouts of the rest of his team.

"Gaia is currently tending to his garden, Torrent is currently at the range, Thunderstorm is currently at the generator and I'm not entirely sure where Wicked is." The man now revealed to be Eagle said.

"Alright. Thanks for the help. You get Gaia Knight and Torrent while I get Thunderstorm and look for Wicked." Phoenix said before heading in the direction of the generator room.

"Got it." Eagle said before heading to the range first.

Inferno Ops Training Range

"Alright let's see if I can do this challenge." Said a man who was 5 ft 6 and had dyed blue hair though you could see the natural black at the roots, light blue eyes, a white shirt, light blue loose jacket and tan shorts before blindfolding himself and grabbing a set of 10 knives before then expertly throwing and hitting the 10 moving training dummies.

"Well done Torrent." Eagle said to the man.

"Thanks Eagle Warrior." Torrent said revealing the second part of Eagle's codename while also taking off the blindfold.

"We've got a new mission. Meet me back at the room in a little bit. Also keep an eye out for Wicked on the way back." Eagle informed Torrent before starting to head towards Gaia's garden.

"Will do." Torrent said before beginning to walk back towards the room.

Inferno Ops Generator Room

"Where did you go this time?" A man who had blue eyes, grey pants, a long sleeved black shirt with a lightning symbol, crazy blonde hair and was about 5 ft 11 said as he looked around. He then dashed towards an area with inhuman speed as he saw a flash of orange go by before then crashing into the control panels for one of the generators.

"Ok this is bad. At least I'm not in trouble because Phoenix hasn't seen this yet. I can fix this before he shows up right?" The man asked you. (Fourth Wall breaks)

"Connor what have you done this time?" Phoenix shouted as he entered the room while the other man sweat dropped.

"Hey Phoenix this isn't what it looks like." The man now known to be Connor said.

"Really Thunderstorm because it looks like as though you broke the backup generator." Phoenix said.

"Would you believe me if I told you that a Team Rocket member managed to sneak down here and broke the generator and was able to escape without being caught once by any of the cameras or seen by anyone?" Connor now also known to be Thunderstorm asked.

"Don't be ridiculous this is one of the most secure facilities on the entire planet. Nobody gets in or out of this base without someone knowing." Phoenix said.

"Alright so um mind helping me?" Thunderstorm asked.

"Looking for Raichu again?" Phoenix asked

"Ya. I figured I would find him in here." Thunderstorm said.

"Well let's find him quickly because we've got a new mission." Phoenix said as he also began looking.

"Rai Rai Rai Rai Rai Rai chu." Thunderstorm's Raichu said as it ran out from the shadows and jumped onto Thunderstorm's left shoulder.

"There you are." Thunderstorm said to Raichu.

"Alright let's go." Phoenix said as he began walking out.

"And by that you mean we still have to find Wicked Shadow." Thunderstorm said before following Phoenix.

"Of course… Wait how did you know that?" Phoenix asked.

"I have my sources." Thunderstorm said before winking at you. (Fourth Wall breaks again)

Gaia Knight's garden

"Hey Gaia we've got a new mission." Eagle said as he entered the room.

"Alright just gotta water this last row." Gaia Knight said as he was dressed in his usual attire which consisted of a black long sleeved shirt, a green vest, and tan pants. He also had brown hair, green eyes and is about 6 ft 2.

"Alright I'll see you back in the room. Also keep an eye out for Wicked." Eagle said as he left.

Inferno Ops Library

"Now where was it? I know it's here somewhere." A woman with long black hair, brown eyes, a long sleeved purple shirt, a small black jacket, and a knee length black skirt who was about 5 ft 8 said as she was looking through the bookshelves.

"Is this what you're looking for Wicked?" Phoenix said as he held the book she was looking for.

"Oh. Thanks Phoenix." Wicked said as she grabbed the book.

"We have a new mission by the way so you're going to have to read it on the way." Phoenix said as he began walking back to the room.

"Hey wait up." Wicked said as she ran to catch up with Phoenix.

Alpha Team Quarters

"Alright guys Team Rocket activity in Kalos has spiked dramatically so we are being sent in to find out why and if possible put a stop to it. Any questions?" Phoenix said as he explained the mission.

"Ya. How are we going to blend in with the normal people in the area near where we are going to be operating?" Eagle asked.

"Well the main area of Team Rocket activity is near Kiloude city which is where the festival of evolution is going to be held and last time I checked there is a tournament and contest being held for the festival. So our cover is that we are there to compete. Any other questions? Alright then let's move." Phoenix explained before receiving no more questions.

Team Rocket HQ

"Cursed Team Iron disassembling my carefully built organization bit by bit. But they won't see this coming." Giovanni said to himself as he continued laying what he hoped would be the turning point in Team Rocket's war with Team Iron while also petting his Persian.

"Sir." Jessie, James and Meowth said as they entered the room.

"Ah right on time. Now despite your constant failures I am assigning you to one of our most important operations because your set of skills is needed for this operation. So get ready to head to Kalos." Giovanni said keeping his back to the trio.

"Right away." The trio said before leaving.

"Hopefully this operation gets rid of those three screw ups." Giovanni said with a slight grin on his face.

Kiloude City

A train pulls into the station. Afterwards a certain recognizable pokemon trainer with a Pikachu walked out along with his traveling companions and Professor Sycamore.

"Ash, Serena, Clemont, Bonnie, I present to you Kiloude City. This city is a perfect example of the southern Kalosian lifestyle and is also the site of the Festival of Evolution which begins in two days." Professor Sycamore said to Ash and his friends.

"So Professor what all is going to be available to do during this festival?" Ash asked Sycamore as they walked out of the train station.

"Well Ash what would interest you is the tournament that is being held as part of the festival." Sycamore said as they passed by several stands being set up.

"We're gonna show em what we're made of right Pikachu?" Ash asked his longtime companion.

"Pika pika." Pikachu replied.

"And there might be something for you as well Serena." Sycamore said somewhat shocking Serena.

"Something that I could do that isn't battling?" Serena asked a little asked.

"There is one other thing that is a part of this festival that is actually going to be something new that they are trying to bring to Kalos is the Pokemon contest." Sycamore explained.

"Pokemon contest. What's that?" Serena asked extremely curious.

"I can answer that." Ash said rather confidently.

"Considering how you tried explaining evolution I'm not so sure that you could." Bonnie said.

"Bonnie!" Clemont shouted angrily.

"What I'm just saying he didn't do a good job of explaining what evolution was." Bonnie said.

"Anyway a pokemon contest is similar to a pokemon showcase except the trainer isn't involved except by giving the pokemon directions on what to do." Ash explained.

"Oh ok. Maybe I will try doing a contest." Serena said as the sun began to set.

And with that all the pieces are set. Team Rocket and Team Iron mobilize for a massive battle and it won't be just pokemon that are fighting. Inferno Ops moves to stop what they believe is a massive Team Rocket plot to steal something. All the while Ash and his friends are caught in the crossfire. What do you think will happen next time on Pokemon: Festival of Evolution?