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Disclaimer: Welcome to the wonderful world that is Pokémon. Of course everything related to Pokémon is owned and licensed by Nintendo, and I'm sure the author of this story will do his best to treat Nintendo and Pokémon with as much respect as possible. Now, the characters in this story are all original except for professor Oak, Ash, Gary, Misty, Brock, several Jenny's and Joy's and some other weirdo's that wander around in the game and/or series and of course, the Pokémon.
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Chapter 22 – Mewtwo
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As the helicopter flew towards Cianwood, I wondered why I had figured it all out so late. If anyone should have seen this, it would have been me. After all, I knew what mind control did. I just hope I wasn't too late for Karen. I had no idea who had her… well, I did… either it was Jaeger or Mewtwo, but how did Jaeger find out, and why would Mewtwo do this? It was clear that Karen's "personal business" had something to do with Mewtwo, and the mind controlled Clark seemed very possessive of Karen… maybe that was it?
"Fuck this," I muttered and looked outside, seeing the Whirl Islands in the distance.
We would arrive soon. Hopefully not too late…
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The pilot landed right on the beach where a jeep of the police waited for us. Tom jumped out and sped to his brother who was waiting by the jeep.
"What happened?" he cried out over the slowing rotors, "what exactly happened?"
"I don't know," his brother, Andy, shouted back, "she was suddenly gone, and all there was left behind, was this note."
He held up a piece of paper that I took before Tom had the chance.
"Give the Pokémon and we'll give the girl," I read aloud, "further details will follow."
"It's not signed by anyone," Andy said, "and I don't know what Pokémon they're talking about. Karen didn't have any Pokémon."
"I know what Pokémon they're talking about," I said as I stepped up to the forest right next to the beach, "and I know who's behind it."
"You don't mean Jaeger has kidnapped Tom's sister because he thinks she has Mewtwo, do you?" Dave frowned.
"Come out, you little bastard!" I shouted as he faced the woods, "let's get this show over with."
"You think it's gonna be this easy?" Susan raised an eyebrow.
When a rustle was heard in the bushes all went quiet.
"Yep," I grinned and turned to face the others.
"Anyone wanna join me?" I asked as I watched everyone's faces.
When I saw one face too many, I quickly signalled to Dave who slightly nodded.
"Before I go though," I continued, "how will I be able to contact Jaeger after this? You got an idea, Wallace? It was Wallace, right?"
The helicopter pilot looked up and paled.
"Uh… I… uh… I don't know… what do you mean?" he stammered.
"What do you think?" Dave smiled as he put his hand on the poor guy's shoulder, "now don't do anything stupid or you might regret it… what do you know about Jaeger?"
"I don't know anything about Jaeger," the pilot said, trying to squirm his way out of Dave's grip, "I don't know why you think I have something to do with him…"
"Because," I said, stepping forward, "I told you to wait by the chopper, yet, here you are, looking at whatever might come out of those bushes. And I also noted you have a gun at your belt, while that isn't standard issue with Rocket pilots. Not the best spy Jaeger could have send, but still…"
"I, I, I…"
"Oh, you'll be whimpering soon enough," Dave grinned, "normally I would beat you up to get the info, but now that I have Pokémon…"
Dave brought out his three canine Pokémon who started growling. Out of one of his pockets, he took a wrapped sausage.
"You know how 'hide the sausage' is a euphemism for sex?" he asked as he unwrapped the sausage, "well, I take it literal… I'm gonna hide this sausage in your pants, and then let my boys there search it… with a little luck, you'll be able to play 'hide the sausage' in it's original context, if not… well, I don't have to draw a picture, do I?"
Dave stepped closer to the pilot, ready to put the sausage in his pockets, when the pilot started yelling.
"Wait!" he shrieked, "wait, I'll… I'll tell you… I was ordered to take the Pokémon and deliver him in Goldenrod, in some warehouse…"
"The same I met Jaeger in earlier?" Tony asked.
"Yeah, I think so…" the pilot said, not taking his eyes of the sausage, "it's a Dark Squad hide out… please don't let those Pokémon eat my sausage…"
"Ya fuckin' pansy," Dave sighed, just before he clocked the pilot, who dropped like a brick.
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"Okay, you can come out now," I said as I turned back to the forest.
From the bushes stepped a large white cat-like Pokémon, who stood proudly on it's hind legs.
"So? What are you planning to do with me?" a voice formed in my head.
"Don't really like what you're doing now," I said, "but I'm gonna give you to Jaeger to get Karen back."
The world went white, framed by a deafening scream. When I realised that scream was mine, and I was on my knees, I forced myself up, brushing off Susan's and Tom's help.
"Cut that out," I hissed, "and listen to me… forget listening, read it in my mind…"
The pain subdued but Mewtwo remained edgy.
"Why do you think I would agree to such a plan?" he asked directly in my head.
Fuck, I hated this invasion. I hated psychic Pokémon, but that bastard of a father didn't leave me much choice.
"Because of this?" I asked, and opened my mind again.
I saw his eyes grow wide and then narrow. Well, the hand was dealt and who knew what he was gonna do with the cards.
"Very well… take me to Jaeger…"
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The next day, we arrived in Goldenrod. Dave was able to hire a mini van so I could transport Mewtwo. Why a mini van, you ask? How else was I supposed to carry around a big cage, you dumb ass? The gate of warehouse was closed, but after I got out Rocksnake, my Onix, well, let's just say there wasn't much gate left to be closed.
"Hey you fuckers!" I yelled, "mind moving out of the way so I can drive my car inside?"
The people present stared at me in disbelief, and I noticed some of them had gotten over the shock of an Onix busting in, since they had drawn their guns.
"Well, well, if it isn't the young head of Team Rocket," a voice said, "and to think some time ago you were just the worthless hunter called Hunter."
"The name still goes, Jaeger," I shot back, "and worthless? I got that red Gyarados you couldn't find… guess that makes me better than you…"
"Hardly," Jaeger grinned as he stepped down out of the shadows, "it just means you're more lucky than I am…"
"Yeah, right," I said as I got back in the mini van, "now get the fuck out of the way, so I can drive this thing in."
Reluctantly the Dark Dorks got out of the way, some faster than others, all depending how close they were to my car and I parked him nicely in front of Jaeger.
"Now, the girl?"
"All in due time, Mr. Hunter," Jaeger said, "first I would like to know how you found us…"
"Well, considering this is the exact same fucking spot we made that Gyarados exchange…" I sighed, "but if that's not enough, your pilot squealed."
"I would have thought as much… The Pokémon?"
"The girl," I repeated.
"Very well, Mr. Hunter, someone get the girl…"
Two of his goons stepped forward, dragging Karen with them. They pushed her forward and she quickly hid behind me. I glanced down to her and saw a big gash on her cheek and some dried blood on her lip.
"I'm glad you're here," she said, "where's Tom?"
"He's not here…" I answered, "none of them are…"
"What?" her eyes grew wide, "you came alone?"
"And what about your cop friend?"
I recognised the voice and slightly raised an eyebrow when I saw Angela.
"Hey, aren't you supposed to be in jail?" I smiled.
"Jail is overrated," she shrugged, "now what about that cop?"
"First of all, she quit the force," I said, "and second of all, you missed the part I said none of my team is here?"
"I don't buy it," she said as she stepped up next to Jaeger, "I think he's scheming something."
At that point, my van shook.
"Of course I'm scheming something," I grinned, "problem is, do you wanna find out if it's something more than getting free concert-tickets from the Radiotower, or do you wanna get Mewtwo before he wakes up?"
"What do you mean?" Jaeger asked.
I opened the doors of the mini van and showed them the steel cage in which Mewtwo was beginning to awake.
"A cage?" Jaeger raised an eyebrow.
"Don't want anything from you anymore," I replied, "and he's too strong to capture… even when he's asleep. Heh," I grinned, "I got the second Pokémon you couldn't catch, guess that makes me more than just lucky."
"Hah," Jaeger laughed, "if you were really better than me, then you would have been able to do this."
He grabbed on of the pokéballs on his belt and threw it to the cage. As it flew by, I noticed it was one of those rare masterballs… I knew the bastard was cheating…
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The ball opened up before the sleeping Mewtwo and the Pokémon disappeared in a flash of red light. The light on the pokéball flashed green and bursted open again, revealing a very alert and awake Mewtwo.
"Oh my fucking God," I snapped my fingers, "I did catch that Pokémon. I can't believe how that slipped my mind, silly me…"
Jaeger didn't have time to react as the walls of the warehouse started to crack. While the Dark Squad was looking in panic at the cracks the other doors into the warehouse burst open, revealing the rest of my team with their Pokémon. Even though the ones of Tom and Dave were still weak, they had no problem beating down any resistance they might encounter, although, truth be told, Firestarter, Max his Typhlosion, did most of the work. Damn I got to get me one of those… I still lack a good fire Pokémon. Anyway, back to business. Oh fuck…
"Someone get that bitch!" I yelled, pointing at Angela.
Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, Susan stepped out from behind a table and decked her. Ouch, that looked painful.
"Consider her get, boss," she nodded.
Boss, I could get used to that… Focus, Tony! There were bigger threats than Angela, like Jaeger… Now where is that son of a… what the fuck?
"Okay, why is he standing there frozen?" I asked to no one in particular and then turned to Mewtwo.
"You're doing this?"
The Pokémon nodded while he never took his eyes of Jaeger.
"We should take him to the proper authorities… They can put him away on account of kidnapping and assault and shit."
Mewtwo shook his head. I looked back to Karen who was crying against her brothers shoulder.
"Yeah, you're probably right," I sighed, "do what you gotta do… but still…you can't just kill him…"
"Then what do you suggest?"
"Fuck, I don't know… I mean, he has to be punished… but those Dork Squid fuckers will probably get him out…"
"Then it is simple…"
Jaeger let out a shriek and fell down.
"Fuck!" I yelled, "you just can't kill him! I just told you that!"
"He's not dead," the voice in my head said.
I rushed over to Jaeger to check his pulse, and Mewtwo was right. Although he lay there catatonic, he was still alive… he was just, well, catatonic.
"Is he gonna stay like this?" I asked.
"I've put him in an artificial coma," Mewtwo responded, "there is a possibility he'll wake up, but it's a slim chance."
"Better than death," I grunted and got up to look over the battlefield.
As the cops came up to see what the ruckus was, it was clear the only thing they had to do was to clean up the mess. Susan had just handcuffed Angela as she saw me looking.
"You still have handcuffs?" I asked, "kinky…"
"Don't get any ideas," she smiled and, after making sure no one else was looking, kicked Angela again.
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"Our deal?" the voice in my head sounded.
"Hmm?" I looked at Mewtwo with a raised eyebrow.
"We had a deal," the psychic Pokémon said, "I allowed you to capture me, so Jaeger couldn't get me. And after Karen was freed, you said you were gonna release me. So release me…"
A small migraine started building in the back of my skull, slowly getting bigger as I ignored him and walked up to Karen and Tom.
"Oh yeah," I said, as sight slowly started to fade away, "we had a deal… You didn't expect I would keep it, would you?"
The headache came stronger and I stopped to breathe deeply.
"You're far too powerful to run around loose. Some day you'll let your guard down and someone who's not as nice as me will capture you…"
"As you can see," was the only sound in my skull, "I can manage it…"
"Karen," I managed to get out, and somehow noticed I had her attention, "care for a Pokémon?"
The headache disappeared and I got up properly again.
"What do you mean?" Karen frowned.
"I'll give Mewtwo to you, so I know he'll be safe. I got the feeling he likes you, so I think you'll get along just fine."
"You… you're giving me to her?" Mewtwo asked, seemingly as surprised as Karen.
"Yeah, that way you'll be free and I can still keep an eye on you."
Mewtwo seemed to grin.
"Don't worry, I won't be too far away…"
"Don't you fucking dare," I shot at the white Pokémon, "I hate psychic Pokémon."
"But we're family…" Mewtwo sounded in my head in a mock whining.
"Just because we share the same DNA doesn't mean I got to like you. Vermoné's have a history of disliking family members."
"Wait a sec," Max frowned, "what the fuck do you mean, share the same DNA?"
"Dad used two strains of DNA to create Mewtwo," I said, "the original DNA from Mew, and mine, so he could control him better."
"That was a fucking smart move," Max replied, "I'll bet that's what caused him to escape in the first place!"
"Probably," I shrugged, and turned back to Mewtwo, "now get the fuck out, go back to Cianwood and leave me alone."
"Forget it, dear brother," Mewtwo said, "give me to Karen, and I'll come with you to help you with your little hunting firm."
"You're kidding me," I shook my head, "fuck! Alright! Man, last time I checked I was running this show! How come I suddenly have nothing to say anymore?"
"You'll get plenty to say, sir," someone tapped me on the shoulder, "Goldenrod Police Department, care to explain what happened here?"
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Epilogue:
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So that was two months ago. I disbanded Team Rocket without any major problem. That's to say, some went to the Dark Squad, others started for their own and a few even gave up a life of crime! Who'd have thought? Hunter Incorporated is a booming business now as we finally got the Pokéleague as our biggest client. We get some big assignments from professor Oak and Elm too, and not one sexual deviant has yet darkened our doorstep! What? That's very important to me!
Anyway, thanks to all our good (and profitable) work, professor Thomas finally got his rightful place in the scientific top back, but good old Dexter decided to stay with me instead, because that way he had all the data first hand, and, well, it seems I pay a lot better than scientific centres. Mind you, it's good to have a Pokémon expert like Dexter aboard. The times he saved our asses by pointing out something simple…
Tom and Dave still work for me too, of course. Just not that long ago, they tried to kill me (well, Tom did) and now I consider them my best friends. Funny how things turn out. Karen has now left Cianwood and joined the company as secretary. That of course means Mewtwo is around all the time. Not hovering Karen, no! That would have been much better. I could have then simply left the office and gone on assignment or something, but no, he sticks around with me. I don't know if it's to bug me or get to know his "long lost brother". Speaking of long lost brothers, Max tags along too all the time (which gives me the idea Mewtwo does it just to bug me). Still, they're both good company. If only Mewtwo gave me more privacy in my mind…
And then there's Susan. She's also part of the hunting team. Why, you ask? Well, sometimes we have to break the law to get the job done, and you wouldn't believe how many favours that girl can call in! Who would have thought an ex-cop like that could be so useful! Alan, I don't keep around. Sure, maybe some day I'll give him a job somewhere (I mean, some body has to clean the cages of our facility…) but for the moment, he's happy wandering around, training for the pokéleague (and stopping by from time to time, trying to persuade me to enter, fat chance!).
Oh, and the bad guys, you say? Well, Jaeger's still in coma, Angela got her parole, and though most of the Dark Squad that got caught that day in Goldenrod, there are still a lot more on the loose. Really! Even people you wouldn't expect have a Dark Squad uniform in their closet. Your neighbour? Dark Squad… seriously!
Unless you're the neighbour, in that case, your dad's a member of the Dark Squad. What? You don't believe me? Check his closet! But just don't let him find out….
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AN: Wow, who would have thought? Not the story I mean, but the fact I found the time to wrap this up. To be honest, it's not the ending that I wanted, but it was the best I could come up with. I had no idea how to end this. I knew they would beat Jaeger, and that they all would stick around to hunt Pokémons, but I had no idea on HOW they would do it. Some things wrote themselves, others I had to drag out with a lot of effort, still others wrote themselves just to come to the conclusion I was fucked and had to change my story as I intended.
Anyway, with the whole gang there (along with Mewtwo), I bet you can't wait for the next part. Well, guess what? There will be no next part. It's over. It's not because I don't love you anymore, I never did in the first place! But seriously, I don't have the time anymore to write (which is also the reason why it's been six months since I last updated this story), and if I do find the time to write, I think I'll spend it on The Four Swords, my Zelda fic (and shameless plug) which somehow started to pick up readers (after a year of neglecting it, go figure). Second of all, I'm not really that interested in Pokémon anymore (I have Fire red on my Advance and even though I have it for about half a year, or maybe even more, I'm still not over Mount Moon… I just can't find the energy and time to train my Pokémon).
And last but not least, actually the most important thing. I have no idea what story it will be! I started Hunter with just one story line, making up the rest as I went along. It was never supposed to be 20 chapters. It was supposed to be bigger, but I couldn't think of anything else anymore, so I wrapped it up sooner. Hunter 2 was actually the same. Sure, I said I knew where I was going now and it was more structured, but in retrospect, that was a lie. I had some more idea's but no real story line. Giovanni's death? Mewtwo's "parent"? I came up with that as the story advanced. The original plan was to write stuff like the first chapters, with the red Gyarados. A decent story arc that spread over a couple of chapters, but somehow it never worked again (maybe with the exception with the Alpha Ruin story arc). The idea's were good, don't get me wrong, but I couldn't flesh it out. Jaeger was supposed to have a bigger part, as did Heckburn, but I couldn't think of anything interesting to put them in. I was planning on a whole Resident Evil kinda thing with that mansion, but that turn out a bust. Don't get me wrong, I still like the part, but it wasn't how I pictured it in my head. Even though I'm pleased with how Hunter 2 turned out, it should have been more…
Anyway, as long as I don't find a decent plot for Tony (it won't be too hard to make stuff up for the rest, there's enough people running around), there won't be a Hunter 3… But let me say, it's been fun while it lasted, and I hope you enjoyed the ride. I know I have, and I truly appreciate all your support and kind words you left in your reviews. In fact, I have copied those reviews, pasted them in Word and printed them, so I can hang the walls full with your reviews (except your review from 2005-05-28, Awakener Viari, but it's nothing personal, it's a printer malfunction).
Have fun.