Chapter Sixteen: Amber's True Intensions
James opened his eyes. He was shaking all over and felt so weak that he could barely move. That viewing had been exhausting but it had been worth it. Amber, as James had suspected, was the real evil behind the Darkness. Marcus was not the real enemy to fear here. All he wanted was revenge for what Giovanni did to his father and it had been Amber that persuaded him to keep the Darkness going and it was also Amber who wanted world domination. Marcus just thought he did. James had no idea what Amber did to Butch but he knew that it was Butch whom Amber used to murder Marcus and take control. James also knew that it was Amber who killed Butch as well. For this he had no explanation. Why would Amber want to kill Butch? Didn't she need him? James tried to stand but he was too tired to do anything. He realised that he made a grave error in telling Jesse that future sight had gone and not using it for the last year. James wanted to go and stop Amber straight away but like this it was out of the question. James decided that he would find Butch first and then go and stop her once the other male was safely out of the way. James knew how it felt to know that future sight had killed people and he never wanted anyone, Butch included even through he didn't really like the other male, to go through this. James had barely closed his eyes when the door burst open. Garret the scientist stood there along with Amber. "What do you want?" James asked hoping his voice gave nothing away.
"We need you to use future sight for us now" Garret said a sly smile playing on his lips as he spoke.
"Now?" James echoed in panic. He couldn't do a viewing now! To do that would be suicide!
"Yes now" Amber snapped irritably.
"I don't really feel that great today" James started but Amber cut him off.
"James we call the shots here understand? Now come on" James didn't know what else to do than follow Amber and Garret back down to the lab. "Why can't I use future sight in my room?" James asked as Amber shut and locked the lab door after them.
Amber smiled "We don't need your future sight anymore. Now we have Butch under our control we don't need you at all" James only then fully understood how serious the situation was and made a break for it. He pulled the door hard forgetting that it was locked. Amber and Garret merely stood still waiting until James weakened himself further. The whole room was spinning as James leaned back against the door he had been trying to force open.
"You used future sight before we came didn't you?" Amber demanded hauling James back to the other end of the lab. James nodded glaring defiantly at the red haired woman.
"You also know what I am planning to do. Not as stupid as Giovanni thought you were. He made a mistake there James" Amber continued "But you will see that I am far cleverer than Giovanni or Marcus"
"You are insane" James said softly.
Amber laughed and shoved the weakened male over to Garret "You will see that I am perfectly sane James." She turned to her scientist "He's yours to do with what we discussed. I'll be back to check on the progress later." With that Amber unlocked the door and left the room. James started fighting against Garret the instant she had gone. This couldn't be happening! He had planned it all out. Maybe he was as weak as Giovanni had told him he was? Garret was having trouble restraining James but the male was getting weaker each moment. He really did us a favour by using future sight Garret thought to himself. "I'd stop that if I were you" Garret hissed his James' ear. "You're making this much worse"
"Let me go" James pulled away as hard as he could and was surprised when Garret released his grip causing him to hit the tiled floor of the lab. James winced in pain as he landed awkwardly on his broken wrist. "Poor James" Garret said. "You want so badly to be the hero in all of this don't you?"
"No" James wanted to get up but he no longer had the strength.
"Maybe you want to make amends then" Garret said "You did after all kill four people and you will have a big part to play in killing even more before long"
"I won't help you"
Garret laughed softly. "You cannot possibly hope to stop me, weakened as you are. You really did me a favour by using Future Sight."
James felt the world spinning as Garret edged nearer. I can't black out! He thought in terror. James sensed that Garret realised he was weakening and desperately pushed himself up off the floor. This was a bad move. James looked round the room and as he did so all the colour seemed to be fading from it. Then the picture started breaking up completely. James became aware of Garret hauling him up. He wanted to resist but he was too frightened too. What was happening? Could this just be because he hadn't done a viewing in a while? It couldn't be just because of that surely? Garret was now forcing James to lie back down on a bed of some kind. "Let me go" James wanted to scream at the top of his voice. He couldn't even do that now. A greyish mist was forming in front of his eyes as Garret advanced with the needle. James turned his head away. He didn't want to see what happened next.
Meowth paced back and forth the Pokemon Centre. It had been an hour since Jesse and Cassidy left in search of the Darkness's HQ. Thankfully they were concentrating on the Slowpoke well. Meowth had followed them for a bit and they had been arguing, Jesse had thought it best to ask around the town for suspicious looking strangers but Cassidy seemed to think that the Slowpoke Well was a perfect hideout for a criminal gang. Jesse was so desperate to find James that she gave in and went with Cassidy to the well. Meowth had gone back to the centre racked with guilt. He wanted to tell Jesse where the HQ was so they could rescue James but he cared about Jesse too much to send her to her death. Meowth knew he would have lost them both last time if it weren't for him and Mondo calling the police when they did. Meowth frowned thinking of Mondo. No one had called him to tell him what was wrong or anything. Meowth sighed and sat back down. As he did so the door to the centre opened. "Cally" Meowth cried. The woman smiled with relief when she saw Meowth and hurried over to him.
"Thank goodness I've found you" Cally cried hugging the cat.
Meowth squirmed from her grip "Jess said yous were with the police" Cally's gaze fell to the floor
"I am furball but don't think of me as a police officer. I'm here to help you."
"As a police woman?" Cally nodded. "Tell me the location of the Darkness's HQ"
"I don't know" Meowth started.
"Meowth please" Cally said softly "I want to help you and Jim. You have to tell me"
"Ilex Forest" Meowth said. He gave in at last. The weight that was lifted from him at that minute was so immense that he nearly burst into tears. "Da shrine" Cally told him that she would be back when she could and hurried off probably to the nearest police station Meowth thought. Part of him was glad. Soon this nightmare would be over.
Cally hurried away from the Pokemon centre leaving Meowth knowing she had some serious thinking to do. Now that she knew the location to the Darkness's hideout she knew that she should be going to her sisters and telling them about it. But something was telling her not to do it. Cally had seen Jesse and Cassidy by the slowpoke well still looking for clues. She wanted to tell them but she didn't want to put them in danger. What do I care for more? Cally asked herself. She wanted to impress her sisters and show them that she was just as good so badly. Then Cally thought of the friends she had made on this case. She really had thought of Jesse, James and Meowth as her real friends even through she was pretending and Cally knew that they were not pretend friends and that she really cared for them all. Cally knew she had some serious choices to make.
Amber hurried back down to the room that Butch was in. The male was curled up on the floor sobbing in agony. "Given in yet?" she asked coldly.
"No" Butch said gritting his teeth; it hurt just to talk.
"Look it will just get worse" Amber said, "And now that you have the TM's under control, I wasn't lying to you about that Butch. That injection gave you the power to control them now whether you accept them or not. I need you for something very important."
"Never" Butch whimpered.
"I'll make a deal with you" Amber said at last "You kill this one person and I will stop the pain and let you go back to this Cassidy you love so much."
"You would do that?"
"I just want control of my gang" Amber said placing a hand on Butch's shoulder "Now that's fair isn't it?"
"Kill Marcus?"
"Exactly. You can get in and out without him even knowing it was you. Do this and you can be free Butch?"
"What of James?"
Amber frowned, the male was clever, she would have to watch her step here. "I'll return James to this Jesse woman the same day that you are released" she said, "You have my word" Butch didn't know what to think. How could he kill someone? James had done it indirectly but could he kill a man in cold blood? Butch doubted it.
"You need time to think" she said, "I will come back later"
"If I agree then James and I can go and you will never bother us again?" Butch asked as she opened the door. His pains making him naïve Amber realised. True I won't need him anymore and I did say I would return them both to Cassidy and Jesse. It would be no trouble to return the bodies.
James opened his eyes. He was shaking all over and felt so weak that he could barely move. That viewing had been exhausting but it had been worth it. Amber, as James had suspected, was the real evil behind the Darkness. Marcus was not the real enemy to fear here. All he wanted was revenge for what Giovanni did to his father and it had been Amber that persuaded him to keep the Darkness going and it was also Amber who wanted world domination. Marcus just thought he did. James had no idea what Amber did to Butch but he knew that it was Butch whom Amber used to murder Marcus and take control. James also knew that it was Amber who killed Butch as well. For this he had no explanation. Why would Amber want to kill Butch? Didn't she need him? James tried to stand but he was too tired to do anything. He realised that he made a grave error in telling Jesse that future sight had gone and not using it for the last year. James wanted to go and stop Amber straight away but like this it was out of the question. James decided that he would find Butch first and then go and stop her once the other male was safely out of the way. James knew how it felt to know that future sight had killed people and he never wanted anyone, Butch included even through he didn't really like the other male, to go through this. James had barely closed his eyes when the door burst open. Garret the scientist stood there along with Amber. "What do you want?" James asked hoping his voice gave nothing away.
"We need you to use future sight for us now" Garret said a sly smile playing on his lips as he spoke.
"Now?" James echoed in panic. He couldn't do a viewing now! To do that would be suicide!
"Yes now" Amber snapped irritably.
"I don't really feel that great today" James started but Amber cut him off.
"James we call the shots here understand? Now come on" James didn't know what else to do than follow Amber and Garret back down to the lab. "Why can't I use future sight in my room?" James asked as Amber shut and locked the lab door after them.
Amber smiled "We don't need your future sight anymore. Now we have Butch under our control we don't need you at all" James only then fully understood how serious the situation was and made a break for it. He pulled the door hard forgetting that it was locked. Amber and Garret merely stood still waiting until James weakened himself further. The whole room was spinning as James leaned back against the door he had been trying to force open.
"You used future sight before we came didn't you?" Amber demanded hauling James back to the other end of the lab. James nodded glaring defiantly at the red haired woman.
"You also know what I am planning to do. Not as stupid as Giovanni thought you were. He made a mistake there James" Amber continued "But you will see that I am far cleverer than Giovanni or Marcus"
"You are insane" James said softly.
Amber laughed and shoved the weakened male over to Garret "You will see that I am perfectly sane James." She turned to her scientist "He's yours to do with what we discussed. I'll be back to check on the progress later." With that Amber unlocked the door and left the room. James started fighting against Garret the instant she had gone. This couldn't be happening! He had planned it all out. Maybe he was as weak as Giovanni had told him he was? Garret was having trouble restraining James but the male was getting weaker each moment. He really did us a favour by using future sight Garret thought to himself. "I'd stop that if I were you" Garret hissed his James' ear. "You're making this much worse"
"Let me go" James pulled away as hard as he could and was surprised when Garret released his grip causing him to hit the tiled floor of the lab. James winced in pain as he landed awkwardly on his broken wrist. "Poor James" Garret said. "You want so badly to be the hero in all of this don't you?"
"No" James wanted to get up but he no longer had the strength.
"Maybe you want to make amends then" Garret said "You did after all kill four people and you will have a big part to play in killing even more before long"
"I won't help you"
Garret laughed softly. "You cannot possibly hope to stop me, weakened as you are. You really did me a favour by using Future Sight."
James felt the world spinning as Garret edged nearer. I can't black out! He thought in terror. James sensed that Garret realised he was weakening and desperately pushed himself up off the floor. This was a bad move. James looked round the room and as he did so all the colour seemed to be fading from it. Then the picture started breaking up completely. James became aware of Garret hauling him up. He wanted to resist but he was too frightened too. What was happening? Could this just be because he hadn't done a viewing in a while? It couldn't be just because of that surely? Garret was now forcing James to lie back down on a bed of some kind. "Let me go" James wanted to scream at the top of his voice. He couldn't even do that now. A greyish mist was forming in front of his eyes as Garret advanced with the needle. James turned his head away. He didn't want to see what happened next.
Meowth paced back and forth the Pokemon Centre. It had been an hour since Jesse and Cassidy left in search of the Darkness's HQ. Thankfully they were concentrating on the Slowpoke well. Meowth had followed them for a bit and they had been arguing, Jesse had thought it best to ask around the town for suspicious looking strangers but Cassidy seemed to think that the Slowpoke Well was a perfect hideout for a criminal gang. Jesse was so desperate to find James that she gave in and went with Cassidy to the well. Meowth had gone back to the centre racked with guilt. He wanted to tell Jesse where the HQ was so they could rescue James but he cared about Jesse too much to send her to her death. Meowth knew he would have lost them both last time if it weren't for him and Mondo calling the police when they did. Meowth frowned thinking of Mondo. No one had called him to tell him what was wrong or anything. Meowth sighed and sat back down. As he did so the door to the centre opened. "Cally" Meowth cried. The woman smiled with relief when she saw Meowth and hurried over to him.
"Thank goodness I've found you" Cally cried hugging the cat.
Meowth squirmed from her grip "Jess said yous were with the police" Cally's gaze fell to the floor
"I am furball but don't think of me as a police officer. I'm here to help you."
"As a police woman?" Cally nodded. "Tell me the location of the Darkness's HQ"
"I don't know" Meowth started.
"Meowth please" Cally said softly "I want to help you and Jim. You have to tell me"
"Ilex Forest" Meowth said. He gave in at last. The weight that was lifted from him at that minute was so immense that he nearly burst into tears. "Da shrine" Cally told him that she would be back when she could and hurried off probably to the nearest police station Meowth thought. Part of him was glad. Soon this nightmare would be over.
Cally hurried away from the Pokemon centre leaving Meowth knowing she had some serious thinking to do. Now that she knew the location to the Darkness's hideout she knew that she should be going to her sisters and telling them about it. But something was telling her not to do it. Cally had seen Jesse and Cassidy by the slowpoke well still looking for clues. She wanted to tell them but she didn't want to put them in danger. What do I care for more? Cally asked herself. She wanted to impress her sisters and show them that she was just as good so badly. Then Cally thought of the friends she had made on this case. She really had thought of Jesse, James and Meowth as her real friends even through she was pretending and Cally knew that they were not pretend friends and that she really cared for them all. Cally knew she had some serious choices to make.
Amber hurried back down to the room that Butch was in. The male was curled up on the floor sobbing in agony. "Given in yet?" she asked coldly.
"No" Butch said gritting his teeth; it hurt just to talk.
"Look it will just get worse" Amber said, "And now that you have the TM's under control, I wasn't lying to you about that Butch. That injection gave you the power to control them now whether you accept them or not. I need you for something very important."
"Never" Butch whimpered.
"I'll make a deal with you" Amber said at last "You kill this one person and I will stop the pain and let you go back to this Cassidy you love so much."
"You would do that?"
"I just want control of my gang" Amber said placing a hand on Butch's shoulder "Now that's fair isn't it?"
"Kill Marcus?"
"Exactly. You can get in and out without him even knowing it was you. Do this and you can be free Butch?"
"What of James?"
Amber frowned, the male was clever, she would have to watch her step here. "I'll return James to this Jesse woman the same day that you are released" she said, "You have my word" Butch didn't know what to think. How could he kill someone? James had done it indirectly but could he kill a man in cold blood? Butch doubted it.
"You need time to think" she said, "I will come back later"
"If I agree then James and I can go and you will never bother us again?" Butch asked as she opened the door. His pains making him naïve Amber realised. True I won't need him anymore and I did say I would return them both to Cassidy and Jesse. It would be no trouble to return the bodies.