Update time! There's not much I can say so enjoy.


"Ok everyone, we're heading out now. Try to find any information about our bosses." Sandra said.

"It would be safer if we went in groups. Just in case somebody got lost." Simon proposed.

"Good idea. Max, you should go with Simon. Ryan and Pandora will go with me." Sandra replied.

"I don't mean to sound rude but I think I should go alone, I might find something interesting." Ryan noted.

"Are you sure?" Sandra asked, Ryan nodded as an answer. "So Pandora and I will be a group then. Alright, we have to move out now. We don't have all night!" Sandra said, the five of them exited the room and went to go investigate the TDS building.


Simon and Max were investigating the labs, despite the two spending most of their time there working during the day, most of the labs were off limits to them and only open to the administration and bosses. The two boys found a computer in the off limits area and turned it on.

"Damn, we need a password!" Max said as quietly as he could, caution not to somehow set off an alarm.

"I think I might be able to hack into this, but it may take a few minutes. Can you watch my back just in case someone finds us?" Simon asked, Max nodded, he reached for a pokeball on his waist and sent out a Banette.

"Banette, use Shadow Sneak to check if anybody's nearby!" Max ordered, Banette phased into the ground and left the room using the shadows. It checked outside of the labs and in the nearby halls. After about a minute of looking around the halls, Banette returned to Max.

"Is anybody coming Banette?" Max asked, Banette shook his head, grinning as it did. "Good, how much longer will this take Simon?"

"I'm about 42% done, this encryption code isn't as easy to hack as I thought it would be! But it still shouldn't be too difficult, I wish my friends Celeste or Sinead were here, they'd be able to make quick work of this." Simon explained.

"Well I don't want to put pressure on you, but do you think you can speed it up a little bit?"


Meanwhile, in the upper floors, Pandora and Sandra were trying to find the room of the bosses of Team Dark Star.

"If my memory is correct, our bosses' chamber should be right around... here!" Sandra announced, the two girls stopped in front of a door with a TDS mask on it. "This isn't an issue." Sandra then took out a small multipurpose tool from her pocket and used one of the tools to open the door. "Alright, let's do this. Pandora, try to find anything you can that might help us in some way."

The two entered the room, there was a long table in the room which seemed to be used for TDS members in the room to debate or converse about their plans. At the far end of the room was the desk of one of the TDS bosses.

"Sandra, if it's alright I'd like to check the computer." Pandora said.

"Sure Pandora, I'll check the drawers. If you find anything interesting just let me know." Sandra stated. The two quickly checked the desk for any information, it didn't take Pandora very long to hack into the computer as it was the same computer she had looked at last time she investigated Team Dark Star.

'If these people have the power to build something like that Android Mightyena, then there's no telling what Team Dark Star is capable of! But should I tell Sandra and the others that I've looked for information here before?' Pandora thought to herself.

Pandora continued searching through the computer when Sandra called her.

"Hey Pandora, check this out!" She said. "Apparently we're going to have a new member in the organization."

"Really, who are they?"

"His name is Dakota, he's apparently a skilled battle from the Sinnoh region who moved to Kanto some time ago. Our bosses must have seen him as a worthy addition to the organization." Sandra explained.

"What kind of pokemon does he use?" Pandora asked.

"He seems to only have a Duskull and Axew right now but they're very strong." Sandra answered.

"We should warn him about this team, I don't think he would want to deal with all of this."

"That would be the best idea, I just hope Typhoon doesn't corrupt him first." Sandra noted, suddenly Pandora found something that stopped the two girls in their tracks.

"Hey look at this!" Pandora announced.


Meanwhile, in the cargo hold of the TDS building, Ryan hadn't found anything interesting yet. Though the cargo hold was an incredibly large space, it even led into an helipad that was used for the Zeppelin that the Empress uses.

'Now if I was the boss, where would I keep anything important?' Ryan thought to himself, he turned to see a room that was labeled 'Off limits to low ranking Grunts', this room peaked Ryan's interest.

'Bingo!'

Ryan entered the room and saw several large machines that were about as tall as a building.

'Well what do we have here?' Ryan asked himself. He took a close look at one of the machines, it looked almost exactly like a Dragonite, if it was a robot it was powered down or nobody was piloting it.

'Woah, this thing looks like it could level all of Celadon City!'

Ryan went over to the robotic behemoth, caution not to accidentally turn it on. He placed his hand on it, but he flinched and ran off when he heard something. Though it turns out that the source of the sound was just a wild Hoot hoot that had accidentally wound up in the cargo hold.


Back in the labs, Simon had finally managed to crack the code to the computer.

"Hey, this looks interesting! It's data about all of the pokemon the others have captured. There aren't many details here, but there's a room nearby that'll give us the information we need." Simon explained. He shut the computer off to leave no signs of their break in. The two boys walked walked over to a wall that looked as blank as a Ditto's face. Simon placed his hand on the wall, revealing it to be an illusion created by a Zoroark.

The two entered the hidden room and couldn't believe what they had found. There were several containment tanks filled with a liquid that seemed to glow an eerie green. Inside of them were several pokemon and two ... things. One of them was a formless mass that seemed to be white, purple, grey, and black. The other looked like something that was made using the body parts of other pokemon.

"What... is all this?!" Max asked in shock, Simon didn't have an answer for him. The two of them approached the strange creatures, they looked at them with awe until the creatures opened their eyes.

The boys ran out of the labs as fast as they could, they didn't look back.


"Our boss has apparently announced a new project. It's called Project: Dark Mirror, there doesn't look like there's any info about it yet." Pandora said.

"That means we'll be doing more work without even knowing what were working on. Is there anything about what we're working on now?" Sandra asked.

"Sandra... I actually have a confession to make. I've done my own investigation about this before." Pandora admitted.

"Really? Why didn't you tell us earlier! What did you find?" Sandra questioned.

"I saw all of the projects and assignments we've been working on since day 1 and I didn't tell you earlier because I thought you would all think I was aligned with our bosses."

"Pandora you don't need to be scared about telling us anything. Simon and Ryan are your friends, Max and I are your friends! If there's anything you need to tell us you don't need to be afraid!" Sandra said, she smiled at Pandora and she smiled back at her.

"About the projects though, there's a few that we've been doing, but I still don't know too much about them except the RM-24i." Pandora explained. "The RM is the android that we saw battling my old classmate Jack a few days ago."

"Do you know anything about the other ones?" Sandra asked to which Pandora shook her head. The two checked the information on the computer, but it was still vague. The two girls tried to find anything that they might have missed, but they failed to find anything of value. Suddenly, they heard someone coming down the hall.

"Damn it, there's no way out!" Sandra whispered.

"Yes there is, hold on to me!" Pandora replied, she sent out her Nuzleaf. Sandra took hold of Pandora's wrist. "Nuzleaf, use Umbrage!" Nuzleaf emitted a murky shadow that enveloped the two girls, the shadow went into a nearby air vent.

The door to the office opened, the Empress and the TDS boss (we'll call him the Emperor, as it's only fitting) entered the room.

"Hm..." The Emperor said.

"What is it my husband?" The Empress asked.

"Someone has been in here, there's a spy among us..." he replied ambiguously.


The five grunts regrouped in the room they had started in, Simon and Max looked shaken up, though Ryan had calmed down after his excursion.

"Did you find anything boys?" Sandra asked.

"Our bosses are making the scientists build some sort of robot Dragonite, the bigger question is what they're going to use it for." Ryan answered.

"Interesting, what about you two, what did you find?"

"I don't even know how to explain what we found." Max answered, he sounded afraid. "It was like something straight out of a horror movie."

"It's alright Max, calm down. Just explain what happened slowly." Sandra said.

"Ok, here's what happened..." Simon began.


The next morning, every grunt and administrative in the building gathered in some sort of auditorium.

"So why do you think the bosses want to see everyone?" Ryan asked.

"Do you think he found out?!" Simon said uneasily, Pandora started fidgeting with her Rubix-Cube when she heard that.

Once everyone had settled down, the admins and bosses had taken the stage.

"Good morning Team Dark Star, I hope you've rested well and are ready to continue working. But before you begin I must establish something." The Emperor began. "I will not tolerate any treason from any of you! The reason I say this is because I have seen activity around the building twice now. If I catch anybody snooping around late at night, your punishment will be severe! That is all."

The group looked nervous, they had been spotted but thankfully they weren't captured. They had escaped... for now...


Looks like our favorite group of grunts have just barely escaped punishment, but can they remain lucky? And what about the new recruit coming in soon, how will he dare being in Team Dark Star? You'll just have to keep reading and find out!