Kara's in her mid twenties with short blond hair in case you're curious-Anguirus111.
Kara's house: Kara was asleep in her bed next to a box of tissues when the phone went off. Kara immediately bolted awake and picked it up.
"Kara Cummings," she said brushing the hair out of her face.
"Kara, this is the warden. It's ten o'clock. Are you okay?" asked the warden. Kara looked at the clock and saw that it read ten o'clock. After the dream she hadn't gone to bed for a couple hours while still grappling with what she'd seen so it was only natural to her that she'd wake up late.
"I'm sorry," she said legitimately sniffing "It's just that I don't feel so hot right now. If it's okay, I'm going to take a sick day."
"That 's fine, just get better. We should be okay assuming The Legend doesn't try anything like yesterday. You just get some rest, especially after yesterday's events. Goodbye," said the warden. Kara looked shocked that those events had only occurred yesterday. She groaned and pulled her aching body out of bed for breakfast.
Pokeshank, courtyard: Mewn was sitting all alone playing Solitaire on a table when a slightly singed Red sat down across from him.
"I'm surprised that you still want to see me, much less talk to me, after what happened yesterday," said Mewn not looking up at him. Red held up his hands in protest.
"Nonsense. I was actually very impressed by what happened yesterday both in the courtyard and at the track," said Red. Mewn sighed and finally looked up.
"I nearly killed you yesterday, twice. You shouldn't stay around me, I'm dangerous to myself and others," said Mewn laying down another card into a row.
"Yeah but you managed to unleash a psychic attack of incredible power. You blew the guards off their feet and put fear into the warden. That's something none of us could do. You brought some life back into these inmates for the first time in a long time," said Red.
"But I killed an inmate. That's something not even I try to do. I don't try to kill pokemon because that would reduce me to the level of the pokemopolitans, something I've don't want to become," said Mewn. He then yelled out and swept the cards off the table with one swift stroke.
"I cannot become one of them! Never! I should kill myself right now for my sins," said Mewn walking off. Red got off the table and quickly chased after him.
"Calm down Legend. Everyone wanted Johnny dead! It's just that none of us had the courage to do it ourselves. Now maybe things will return to peace here," said Red. Mewn shook his head.
"I might've made things worse. You see, there's a type of balance going on here. Johnny and his thugs provided the abuse while you provide some sensibility. With Johnny gone, the scale could either tip too far your way or bring on an even meaner and nastier predator who might be considerably worse than him. I've caused irrevocable damage to the delicate balance here and for that I should be punished as well," said Mewn continuing to walk around the courtyard.
"Yeah well all of that will be moot if you don't change things here. This whole seesaw will burn up if you don't do something about it. Punish yourself later because right now I need your help, we all do," said Red. Mewn just nodded and continued walking.
"You have a plan?" asked Mewn.
"Yes I do," said Red. Mewn nodded.
"Good, but I need to learn more about this shackle that restrains my power. Does anyone here know anything about it besides that it shocks you when you use your power?" asked Mewn. Red thought about it for a moment. He was about to speak but then held back.
"Go on, any help is better than no help," said Mewn.
"Well you see. I know nothing about the shackle myself, never have. But there might be someone who could help you. Emphasis on might that is," admitted Red reluctantly. Mewn gave him a curious glance.
"What do you mean?" he demanded. Red stopped walking.
"I've heard rumors that there is only one prisoner that they can't let near any electronic systems. That pokemon is a porgon, and it might be the only help that this prison could provide. But I'm not positive that it's actually here. I've only heard rumors of its existence but I myself had never seen it arrive. It's rumored to be holed up in the library," said Red. Mewn leaned against the outer wall.
"Why haven't you gone there yourself to verify this rumor?" asked Mewn. Red looked slightly embarrassed.
"You see to enter the library you have to know how to read and no pokemon that I've come across can, not even myself. We only know how to understand humans and very few of us can talk back to them. However, I'd bet that you do know how to read am I right?" asked Red. Mewn nodded.
"I learned to read long ago before English was a true language. I can pass their tests," said Mewn. Red nodded.
"That's good. Tell me, do you know the Porygon language though?" asked Red. Mewn shook his head.
"Not as much as I'd like to. Porygon is essentially nothing but high-pitched squeaks and chirps and I haven't encountered too many to understand the language totally but I think I know enough to get by. Say, that reminds me of a funny store about them. Red, do you know how the Porygon were first discovered?" asked Mewn. Red shook his head.
"Before my time," he admitted. Mewn laughed as he recalled the events.
"When the pokemon transfer system was first created, it was revealed that ever so often a pokeball would get lost during the transfer process. No one knew exactly what happened to them. But something did, every so often. They acquainted it to simple lost data, but a few years later some religious fanatics claimed that in fact there were goblins in the system that would pluck innocent pokeballs and subject the pokemon to cruel and unusual sex experiments and they themselves wanted to go through to experience it themselves. Well, one day a pokeball was in transfer when the power went out at the receiving station and the machine promptly exploded. When the dust cleared, it was revealed that a pokemon had come through, but it wasn't the one expected, it was a porygon. Well, as luck would have it, one of those fanatics was in the building. It grabbed a hold of the porygon and wanted it to have its way with him. The porygon let out a massive shrill that knocked the man unconscious. Later he claimed it was the best thing that had ever happened to him. When all the porygon were cleaned out of the system, they had to be protected from these fanatics for fear that they'd mentally disturb the pokemon. Okay it's not really funny, but you had to be there and I was when that first porygon appeared. I laughed so hard my sides hurt thinking about how dumb this idiot was. I later found out that he was the descendant of a pokemopolitan and so was everyone else in his cult so I killed them all and saved the porygon and the world from some rather awkward experiences," said Mewn laughing. Red looked at him fearful.
"What happened to the pokemon lost during the transfers before?" asked Red. Mewn wiped a tear from his eye.
"It turns out that the sex acts were untrue and that the pokeballs had collided occasionally with porygon and knocked out alignment. A tamed porygon later went through the system and put all the pokeballs back into alignment and they all reappeared," said Mewn. Red nodded thankful that the pokemon had reappeared.
"So while you're in the library talking to that thing, I'm going to make some final arrangements and then we're all set. Say, did you know that Ms. Cumming didn't show up today?" asked Red. Mewn stopped laughing and looked at him.
"Seriously?" he asked. Red nodded. While Mewn thought about this.
"Maybe that whole 'shared dream' stuff was legit after all. I guess that might explain a couple things," thought Mewn. Mewn then shook those thoughts out of his head. He clasped Red's back as they kept walking.
"Let's change the system," he said.
Kara's house: Kara was rooting through her refrigerator for something to drink and when she closed it, Mewn was standing right behind. She stumbled over and fell.
"How did you get here? Get out!" she said. Mewn's mouth moved, but it was with a massive ripple effect and his words seemed to come out different then the way his mouth moved.
"You cannot hide forever. You must face your destiny," he said. Kara closed her eyes tightly and when she opened them, Mewn was gone.
"Must be dream…no a nightmare," she said finally. She then walked over to Growlithe.
"Let's go for a walk," she said putting his leash on. They left her house and walked ran down the street. But Kara always felt like she was being followed. And when she finally turned around, she saw Mewn in the background moving closer. She continued to run faster with growlithe who was always happy for exercise. She ran from street to street until finally she wound up in a dead end. She spun around and their stood the ghost Mewn.
"Go away!" she shouted. Mewn shook his head.
"I can't, you're the one who's brought me here. You can change your destiny!" he said as several dead Mew appeared with their eyes trained on Kara.
"What do you want me to do?" she asked fearful. Mewn pointed to them.
"Their deaths don't have to go unforgotten. You must make sure that they will be remembered as martyrs for the betrayal that they felt at the hands of their pokemopolitan masters. You must remember them," said Mewn. Kara swung at Mewn and her fist passed right through it.
"Leave now," she said. Mewn just shook his head turning to leave.
"I will leave. But everyday you'll wake up with the image of the Mew in your head. Your guilt will cause your soul to succumb and melt away until you'll be exactly like me. But it doesn't have to be that way! Change your destiny! Only you can do that for yourself and redeem yourself in front of your own eyes," said Mewn. He then parted with the dead Mew and soon they vanished into thin air. Kara slid to the ground and hugged her knees shivering. Growlithe didn't know what had happened to his master since he'd seen nothing so he merely rubbed his warm body up against hers so she'd stop feeling cold. She then stood up.
"Come growlithe, I've got a destiny to fulfill…somehow," she said walking back home with Growlithe.
Prison Library: "Can I help you?" asked the guard in front of the library.
"Yes. I'd like entrance," said Mewn. The guard looked at him.
"Can you read?" asked the guard. Mewn nodded.
"Yes I can," he responded. The guard chewed his gum and looked quizzical because this wasn't the first time a pokemon had come this way claiming they could read but in actuality couldn't. The guard picked up a nearby legal dossier.
"Prove it," said the guard. Mewn looked at the pad and read it.
"Should any pokemon attempt to gain entrance to the library without any knowledge as to how to read, they can be put to death for annoying the guard. It's from the warden," said Mewn reading the note scrawled on it. The guard smiled.
"That's what it says. Make sure your pals don't forget it!" said the guard smiling. Mewn decided against rolling his eyes and entered the library. There was not a soul in sight.
"Why do they put a library in a prison where no one can read?" asked Mewn aloud.
"Supposed to be for humans, nun here," said a voice out of nowhere. Mewn jumped when he noticed a porygon scotching across the floor towards him with a shackle on its left leg that apparently prevented it from flying. Mewn just looked disgusted at the way they treated the poor thing. Mewn picked it up and set it on the table.
"Tank u," said the porygon. (Mewn's knowledge is a little rusty on Porygon language so the words might be misspelled. Sound it out and it should create a word I hope).
"You're welcome," said Mewn. The porygon nodded.
"Furst visitor here. How u come? Nun kno how to reed," said the porygon. Mewn shrugged getting the gist of what it was saying.
"Let's just say I'm one of a kind. I'm The Legend," said Mewn. The porygon looked at Mewn with the closest approximation to wide-eyed as it could get.
"Legund. Herd of u I hav," said the porygon. Mewn nodded.
"That's good to hear. So do you accept that I can read?" asked Mewn. The porygon nodded.
"Legundairy you r. Respect hav I for u," said the porygon. Mewn smiled.
"Good. But I need your help. I need to know all that you know regarding the shackle's power and how it works," said Mewn. The porygon looked pleased to finally be able to share its knowledge with someone who could appreciate it.
"Furst, lett me jamm bugs in rum. Listen tu us they can no longer. Powurful shakkle it is. Dusn't stopp moove, onli supreses it. Electricul shok it provides," said the porygon.
"Yes. But how is it powered? Does it have its own energy supply? Or does it operate via remote?" asked Mewn.
"Control sumwhair nearby. No powur source. Wunce out ov range, no wurk," said the porygon. Mewn nodded.
"Is it possible to overload it by using a move for too long?" asked the legendary pokemon. The porygon shrugged to the best of its ability.
"No (k)no(w). Don't tink so," admitted the digital pokemon. Mewn nodded.
"Where do you suppose the control room is?" asked Mewn.
"Wardun's office. Onli place," said the porygon. Mewn patted it on the head.
"You've been a great help. Thanks," said Mewn.
"To help uthers is onli reson to live," said the digital creature.
"Why are you in here?" asked Mewn.
"I haked intu bank computer and tuk muney to give to pur," said the pokemon. Mewn nodded.
"But let me guess, you skimmed some of it off for yourself. Am I right?" asked Mewn. The porygon gave an equivalent of a grin.
"Onli respecktabl way to liv. No gud is al muney go tu pur. I need muney tuu," said the pokemon. Mewn chuckled.
"Ah we've all been down that road one time or another. I won't forget this," said Mewn turning to go.
"Wait! Won mor ting. Cannott pik shackle, impossibule," said the porygon. Mewn nodded disappointed and then left out into the hallway. It was there where the guard outside immediately clubbed him and he dropped to the floor. The guard then dragged him into the warden's office.
"So I understand you can read," said the warden. Mewn nodded.
"You could say that yes," said Mewn. The warden smiled.
"Good. I could use an assistant to help me here and since you're the only person more qualified than anyone HQ is going to send me, I've decided to make you my secretary during your free hours. This is a privilege and shouldn't be taken lightly," said the warden.
"I thank you sir," said Mewn. The warden smiled.
"Three days and you've already been broken in. I must be getting better at my job," said the warden. Mewn nodded and as he was leaving he caught a glimpse of a picture detailing the warden's smiling wife and young daughter. Then he caught a glimpse of a dartboard with Red's face on it as well as Alakazam stuffed toys hanging by ropes and other mutilated Alakazam toys. Mewn just left not saying anything. He proceeded down the corridor and quickly ate dinner before returning to his cell for the night. As he closed his eyes, an image of Red's head popped into his mind.
"So. Did it work? Are you the warden's new secretary?" asked Red psychically. Mewn sighed.
"You could say that. Would this have to do with your intervention?" asked Mewn. Red chuckled.
"I might've made a guard or two tell the warden yes. It doesn't matter. Within a few days, you can gain access to those files and then once you're free you can send them to the proper authorities," said Red. Mewn shifted positions in his bed.
"How do you know they'll do anything? Giovanni runs the show remember," said Mewn. Red nodded.
"That's true, but that's why you send it to the press and not to the police. With the press involved, there's nothing the police can do to avoid changing the entire system. Everything is going as planned," said Red. Mewn sighed.
"I take it you've been planning this a long time," said Mewn. Red's disembodied head nodded.
"Yep, just been waiting for the proper test subject. I can't do it myself, the warden doesn't trust me to be anywhere near him," said Red. That reminded Mewn of what he'd seen in the warden's office.
"Why does the warden hate you so much?" asked Mewn.
"I don't understand. The warden doesn't hate me," said Red trying to deflect the question. Mewn shifted positions again.
"Yes he does. I saw his dartboard and images of you being hanged," said Mewn. Red sighed.
"I didn't want to bring this up, but now that you've said something, I will. It deals with the reason as to why I'm here and why the warden is the warden here. You see, before I was incarcerated here, I was the warden's pokemon," said Red. Mewn sat up.
"No," he said disbelieving it. Red's head nodded.
"It's true. I was the warden's pokemon. Back then the warden was a guard at a human prison. The experiences there drove him slightly mad so he abused me. He constantly beat me up and hurt me. The poundings and pain were extremely severe and I was afraid that he'd kill me," said Red.
"So what'd you do?" asked Mewn. Red sighed.
"One day when the warden was gone, his child began pounding me like her dad did. I'd had enough of it and retaliated. I psychically killed both the mom and daughter and erased their brainwave patterns turning them into vegetables. When the warden returned, he beat me up and then I was arrested. The judge ruled that I would be the first inmate of a new pokemon prison that was originally for human prisoners and was called Shawshank where a previous warden had his inmates physically abused by the guards until one inmate revealed the truth by escaping. The damage there was severe as the whole system was changed, but it was decided that too many bad memories presided over Shawshank so they closed it down for a few years. It was decided that it should be reopened for the recent rash of pokemon criminals and would be retitled Pokeshank accordingly. I was incarcerated here and the warden was immediately given the job of warden here. And that's why I'm here in Pokeshank," said Red.
"That explains why he's so mad at you," said Mewn. Red nodded.
"And that's why you must change the system," said Red vanishing from Mewn's head. Mewn sighed and then went to sleep.
Next Morning: Kara woke up and decided that she was going to go to work today.
"I'm in control of my destiny. No one including that Mewn can change that," she said. So she got ready, patted her Growlithe, and left for work.
Prison: Mewn woke up, and headed for the mess hall.
"Today, marks the beginning of the end for Pokeshank," said Mewn as he walked down the hallway.