Behind Ash and A.J. and their Electric Pokémonwere four familiar feline faces staring at them solemnly. Mewsie, Lelia, Cat, and Meowth wanted to help.

Cat, who had been the one to speak to them, spoke a little more, "We want to go with you."

Ash smiled sadly. "I really appreciate it, but I think this will be really dangerous, and—"

Meowth interrupted. "We want to go wit' youze guys, an' dat's dat."

A.J. stared at the four cats for a moment before turning to his father. "Dad, I think we need all the help we can get."

Ash closed his eyes and brought his chin down to his chest. "I will make the same deal with them as I did with you. They can come only if they follow any orders I give."

"Okay," Mewsie said solemnly.

Ready to go now? Lelia asked psychically.

After Ash and A.J. transformed into black Mews, Ash nodded. He would Teleport Pikachu, A.J. would Teleport Peach, and one of the Mews would Teleport Meowth.

It didn't take long for them to get into the building, where they found three options: straight (which seemed to be where they'd find Lawrence III; Ash hoped they would find Riviera elsewhere), left, and right.

After looking around carefully, Ash spoke in their heads. They probably have security cameras in this place, so we probably don't have very long. How about A.J. and I go investigate to the right with Pikachu and Peach, and you guys go left?

All right, Lelia replied unquestioningly, and she and her siblings and Meowth soon complied.

Ash didn't know why, but for some reason he wanted to explore...Yet, he suddenly had a bad feeling about sending the Mews off alone...It was, however, too late now.

Before long they came to a majestic door. Without hesitating, Ash Teleported with Pikachu into the room behind the door, his son and Peach following suit.

The room was large, full of what seemed to be hundreds of glass cases, along with a strange-looking cage in the center of the room. Upon further inspection, Ash noticed that in each case was a numbered Pokéball (starting with 001), a small picture of the Pokémon inside the Pokéball, and information on that Pokémon. The colors of the elegant Pokéballs were based upon the contents each contained.

Ash went closer to them, and he saw that they were in numerical order. He swallowed. Surely this collection wasn't complete...There had to be some missing.

Quickly, he floated along them. So many Pokéballs...

The Pokémon that were more rare, he noticed, also contained something reminiscent of the Pokémon or something from the Pokémon, such as a tuft of fur or a feather.

When he came close to the 150s, his breath caught in his throat. Moltres had been caught. There were no Pokéballs in Zapdos' spot or Articuno's or Mew's, but surely it was only a matter of time until—

Ash felt like hitting himself. He had sent off the Mews alone!

He took in a deep breath and spoke into his son's mind. A.J.

His wide-eyed son looked over at him.

I'm going to take my backpack off, and you are to put as many Pokéballs as you can into it. Let out the Psychic Pokémon—they can help you. After you've done as many as you can, take them outside and set them free, burying or destroying their Pokéballs. Ash transformed into human form, taking off his backpack. He let Charizard out of his Pokéball, transformed back into Mew form, told Charizard what was going on, then turned to A.J. Charizard and Peach will help protect you if anything happens. In a minute, Pikachu and I are gonna go warn the Mews to watch out.

Ash zipped quickly along the line of Pokéballs. Some Legendaries had been caught, while others were missing...

He realized suddenly that the cage in the middle must be for the safe viewing of these Pokémon, and he began moving faster. Eventually, he saw that a new number line had started, beginning with H001. The 'H,' he realized, must have stood for 'Hybrid.' He glanced quickly at the various hybrid pictures, feeling sickened at the thought that NTR was armed with such a powerful PokéArmy. At the very end, he came to a glass case without a Pokéball within it. It did, however, have two pictures: that of an unusually colored Mew and of a little human girl. It read:

Pokémon Species Name Unknown

This Mew/human hybrid is said to have come about when Mewtwo hit a human with a ball of kinetic energy. The ball should have killed the boy, but it is speculated that somehow the tears of his heart-broken companions brought him back to life, albeit changed into a form similar to that of Mewtwo's. Whether the Mew/human hybrid is truly a hybrid and not just some mutation of Mew is unknown.

The moves of this hybrid include those of...

Ash stopped reading. Riviera was just another Pokémon to that sick man. This picture was simply proof of that.

I'm gonna go find the Mews, he told A.J., who was unaware of what his father had just seen. Do what I told you, son. Please. And with that, Ash Teleported with Pikachu out of the room.

A.J. began levitating Pokéballs into the backpack, letting free some Psychic-types who were more than willing to help him. They were more efficient than he was, so he finally gave up and left it to them. Feeling uneasy, he looked at Peach, who was watching the Psychic Pokémon.

Peach, he said inside the Pikachu's mind.

"Pi?" she inquired, turning to look at him.

I think I'm gonna go stand outside the door and make sure no one comes in. Peach, if anything happens to me, you need to make sure that these Pokémon are freed and their Pokéballs destroyed, okay?

Peach stared at him for a moment, perhaps contemplating whether to give him a hard time, then she nodded. She knew this was important.

A.J. Teleported out into the hallway, looking around carefully and hoping that his fears would not be realized.