The Gengar Dilemma
It was yet another boring Monday as a young woman sat at her desk in a high school classroom, a bored expression across her face as her green eyes looked upon her fellow students. It had been her choice to pursue a normal education like her parents had done instead of dropping out once she turned ten years old like most trainers did and what her own brother was planning to do once he turned ten in a few months, but lately she was feeling different. Finding her daily routine repetitive especially as she still had no idea as to what to do with her life. It didn't help that she'd been kept up late most nights lately on account of Gengar haunting their lab and home. It had given her a lot of time to think and dwell on the fact that perhaps she wasn't on the right path for her. She didn't dare make a move though not until she was certain of her design, there was only a year left of school for her so it'd be foolish to simply drop out and realize that a normal career was right for her after all. The maroon haired girl went back to taking notes but her eyes kept flickering towards the window every few minutes.
Ash and his friends stood outside of the Vermilion City laboratory that he had passed by during his previous visit to the city, Ash was surprised at first upon hearing that it was the same lab. Quite an odd coincidence as he hadn't been expecting to visit that lab at all, it was very impressive to say the least though. Their was a massive glass dome on one half of the building with what appeared to be trees and shrubbery inside, no doubt where Professor Cerise kept the Pokemon that he looked after for the local trainers.
Ash soon brought his fist up against the door to knock upon it with the door opening a few moments later as a man wearing a lab coat answered it. The man appeared to be in his late thirties and had short neatly trimmed maroon colored hair, that compared with his green eyes would have made Ash suspect that it was a Team Rocket trap given Jessie had maroon hair and green eyes too but Oak informed him of what he looked like and the fact that they knew each other for years, it definitely couldn't be her. Just a coincidence.
"You must be Ash and his friends, nice to meet you. I'm Professor Cerise,"
"Marnie, pleasure to meet ya!"
"And I'm Zach!" Scorbunny waved from within her trainers arms.
"My stars, a Scorbunny and a Morpeko never did I think I'd get to see those two up! You must let me study them!"
"No way!" Both trainers tightened their hold on the Pokemon.
"Scorbunny and Riolu are like family to me, I'd never leave them in a lab!" Riolu nodded in agreement while Scorbunny looked up at her trainer with a relieved and adoring expression.
"And Morpeko was a gift from my brother, she means more ta me than anything!"
"Worth a shot but perhaps I can quite a quick look at them before you go?" Cerise asked.
"I guess," Both of them muttered.
"Er Professor, what of Gengar?" Ash spoke up.
"Ah yes, Gengar!" Cerise mentally facepalmed as he realized the prospect of fresh research distracted him from the goal at hand! "He doesn't remain in place for long so it's hard to track him but he does have a habit of going to parts where humans and Pokemon alike are gathered to scare or prank them."
"Yamp yamp!" A familiar Pokemon yipped out as it was chasing after a Charmander who was running around the corner with a terrified look across it's face.
"Char, Charmander!" Charmander raced right by the trainers and ran out the door before they could react, a Yamper yipping as it continued chasing him and trying to calm it down.
"Gengar..." Cerise groaned out, looking to the direction that Charmander had came from. "He must be that way, I'll leave you all here to deal with it while I track down that Charmander."
"I can track down Charmander for you, Riolu's good at reading aura and with my Corvisquire having an aerial view it should be no problem locating it. I probably wouldn't be much help against Gengar anyways, my Pokemon aren't strong enough to take one on even with assistance." Zach offered.
"That can work, I'll try and calm down the other Pokemon so no more escape attempts happen." Cerise looked around before waving Zach out so he could shut the door. "Be careful you two, I wish it didn't have to come to this but battling it is our only option left. We've tried everything else."
Ash looked towards Marnie before speaking up. "Shall we split up to cover more ground?"
Marnie nodded in agreement. "You take the greenhouse and I'll check the interior, just be careful Ghost types can be quite mischievous."
"Don't you worry about me, I've dealt with plenty of ghosts both on and off the battlefield!" Ash responded before waving his hand. "Come on Pikachu, let's go!"
"Pika!"
"Squirt!"
"Bulba!"
A Squirtle and Bulbasaur were cowering in fear as berries levitated around them, having them trapped in a circle as the berries flew towards them and pelted the two starter Pokemon from every direction as the joy filled laughter of a Gengar could be heard. Ash had interacted with quite a few mischievous Gengars during his adventures so he was able to pick it out almost instantly, rushing through the laboratory's garden before coming across the scene.
"Hey, quit it!" He shouted upon seeing Squirtle and Bulbasaur in their current state, the two had tears in their eyes as they whimpered out and shook in fear of the Ghost type's terror. The berries temporarily paused in place as Gengar showed itself, a smirk spread across his face as he threw his arms forward and sent the berries right at Ash, pelting him and Pikachu before breaking out in a fit of laughter.
Ash and Pikachu's faces were coated in various colors of berries as they glanced at each other, both of them letting out a bit of laughter of their own upon seeing the other's face before quickly regaining focus and turning their eyes to the Ghost type as their looks turned serious. Gengar looked at them funny as he hovered in place, tilting his head to one side with a look of curiosity as he wondered how they were going to react.
"Alright Pikachu use Thunderbolt!"
"Pikachuuu!" Pikachu's cheeks sparked before blasting Gengar with a heavy dose of electricity, the electrical current flowing through Gengar's body as the Ghost type cried out in pain before a small explosion occurred as a result of the attack, sending Gengar flying skywards and right out of the greenhouse dome as he crashed through the ceiling and blasted off like Team Rocket!
Ash sweated as he took a quick glance at Pikachu. "I think we might have overdone it, perhaps we should have toned the attack down a bit." Pikachu nodded as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Well I guess we ought to go find him before he causes trouble in town."
"Gengaaaar!"
"Look Leroy, a shootin' star!"
"Quiet Cletus, you know that stuff is a bunch of bologna. We've got to catch ourselves a Pokemon worth stealin' to make our ma proud! It ain't like one is just going to jump right into our grasp!" Two young men wearing black colored cowboy clothing complete with the signature red R across their chest walked through the backstreets of Vermilion City, their large cowboy hats thankfully diverted the attention away from their chests as the sight was quite unusual for Kanto citizens to see and for good reason. The two were part of the Unovan family led branch of Team Rocket. Despite how stupid the brothers might seem the rest of the family was actually fairly competent, the brothers were just outcast as a result of their constant failure by their own mother! Unable to return until they stole something that would make up for all their botched operations!
The two men looked precisely the same given the fact they were brothers, the only difference being that Leroy was taller and more lanky while Cletus was a few inches shorter than average and a bit on the heavy side. Both men appeared to be in their mid twenties and had a light skin tone along with red eyes and raven black hair.
Leroy appeared to jinx himself as Charmander came racing around the corner, barreling straight through them as it continued running scared. "Char, Charmander!"
"Yamp yamp!" Yamper yipped as it chased after him.
"Gah!" Both men shouted out as they were knocked into the air before crashing down on their behinds.
"Was that what a think it just was?" Cletus groaned while rubbing the back of his head.
"That had to be a Charizard, didn't you see that it's tail was on fire there?!" Leroy excitedly pointed forward as he shot upwards. "Imagine the look on our brother's faces when we come home riding on that thing's back like the hero at a end of a western!"
"Don't Charizard have wings? I think that's a baby Charizard there."
"Doesn't matter either way ma will have ta take us back! Let's go!"
The maroon haired girl was leaving school as the bell rang to announce the end of the day, darting her head left and right as she left the schoolgrounds before a concerned look formed across her face. "Strange usually Yamper's here to greet me, I hope nothing's happened." She decided to head on back by herself, figuring Yamper was most likely still at the lab so it was a surprise to her when she was greeted with the sight of Yamper chasing what appeared to be one of her father's Charmander.
"Yamper?" She asked, tilting her head as Charmander ran right behind her and proceeded to cling onto her leg while shaking in a frightful manner.
"Yamp yamp!" Yamper looked up and barked at her, trying to inform her of the situation.
"...Gengar again?" Chloe let out a sigh as she shook her head. That Gengar was really getting annoying, haunting the lab along with their home and making it nearly impossible to get a moment's rest at times.
"Alright girly, hand over that Charizard and nobody gets hurt!" Leroy shouted as he came around the corner, a Sawk now walking alongside him as Cletus followed his brother with a Throh following him.
"Charizard...? You two do realize that this is a Charmander, right?" Chloe asked while sweating, looking more annoyed than scared but she knew she couldn't touch these guys but she did her best to hold back any fear she had for Charmander's sake.
"I know it's a baby Charizard, same deal!" Leroy shouted as he pointed towards Yamper. "And give us that Kantonian Lillipup too while you're at it!"
"Uh bro, I don't think that's a Lillipup." Cletus spoke up as he noticed Yamper's fur sparking from electricity.
"Sure it is, it's a small canine with a different coat of fur and typing. Much like how Pikachu's evolve differently in Alola and are blue in Johto and Hoenn!" Leroy argued while Chloe narrowed her eyes while wondering how two idiots like that ever got accepted into Team Rocket in the first place.
"Yamper, do something!" Chloe hissed out. Yamper growled out, his fur crackling as electricity burst out and zapped Sawk and Throh. The two Fighting types seemed hardly effected though as they stood there, glancing at each other. Sawk soon delivered a swift kick while Throh punched the corgi Pokemon, Yamper let out a yelp as he was flung back and into Chloe's arms, a defeated expression on his face as Leroy let out a tsk.
"Shouldn't have done that, girly!" Leroy smirked deviously as he threw out his arm. "Double Kick the girl!"
"Circle Throw!" Cletus chimed in.
Chloe's eyes widened before releasing a high pitched scream, closing her eyes as the two Pokemon raced forward and prepared to attack her only to wind up feeling nothing! She soon opened her eyes and noticed the two Fighting types surrounded with a bright blue glow as a Butterfree hovered in the air before her.
"Freee!"
"Picking on defenseless young women? You're not like the Team Rocket I've heard things about." Zach commented, crossing his arms as he glared at them. Riolu copying his trainer's stance while Scorbunny was busy checking on Charmander and trying to cheer him up by offering a snack. "I promised to get that Charmander home so I suggest you two make a retreat, this doesn't have to end up a fight."
"Hmm... NO!" Cleetus and Leroy shouted in unison.
"Suit yourselves, Butterfree finish Confusion!"
"Freee!"
Butterfree's eyes glowed bright as Sawk began kicking at Throh while Throh punched at his teammate!
"You make Sawk stop hitting Throh right now!" Cletus whined at Leroy.
"I ain't doing it ya idiot, it's clearly that Butterfree's doin'! Sawk use Rock Smash!" Sawk broke through the attack and leaped up to smash Butterfree with the face before Riolu leaped up and blocked his path, delivering a Force Palm right to Sawk's face and knocking the Fighting type out cold!
"You ain't takin' me down, Throh use Revenge!"
"GOON!" Zigzagoon suddenly burst from his ball, blasting forward in a white and black blur before shooting off a series of purple needles of Throh in quick succession while following up with a Tackle!
"Zigzagoon?!" Zach shouted out as the raccoon Pokemon behaved oddly once more.
"Zigzagoon!" Zigzagoon leaned back his head and cried out in victory as he stood atop the defeated Throh, Zach shaking his head while holding his forehead lightly.
"Zigzagoon you can't just keep bursting out and stealing battles from the others like that, we're a team!" It wasn't the first time he'd done that, several fellow newcomer trainers had challenged him to a match in the hopes for experience and money, and Zigzagoon had developed a habit of bursting out before he could let Scorbunny, Riolu or any of the others fight!
"Goon!" Zigzagoon didn't pay his trainer much mind as he continued crying out as a bright blue glow surrounded his body while Zach was distracted with his Pokemon's evolution Leroy and Cletus took it as their chance to slip away unnoticed. Zigzagoon's body became longer and thinner with the stripes across Zigzagoon's back now going horizontal instead of vertical. Zach's Rotom Phone immediately began going off to alert him of the registration of the evolution.
"Linoone the rushing Pokemon, It uses its long tongue to taunt opponents. Once the opposition is enraged, this Pokemon hurls itself at the opponent, tackling them forcefully! They're also very aggressive and have a habit of recklessly challenging opponents stronger than itself!"
"Great... you're going to be a problem, aren't you?" Zach sweated with a sigh as he gazed at Linoone, not seeming as cheerful as he was when Butterfree had evolved. "Linoone will you please try and make an effort at sharing the battlefield with the others? I don't want to be forced to bench you at Sonia's but I will if it feels like you'll interrupt my upcoming Gym Battle and get me disqualified."
Linoone responded by sticking out his tongue causing Zach to facepalm as he uttered out a sigh. "Return for now," He figured he'd try talking to him later. Riolu crossed his arms and glared at the Fast Ball containing their Dark typed companion. "Yeah I know buddy, we'll get you and Scorbunny some practice soon I promise!"
Riolu nodded before his trainer turned to the girl and extended his hand to her. "You okay? You seem shaken up, I can help you to wherever it is you're going if you like." He offered mostly due to the fact he was concerned Team Rocket would try and attack her again if he left her.
"I-I'm okay, just shaken up is all!" The girl shook her head before forming a light smile. "Based on what you said you're headed back to Cerise's lab? I... live there." She avoided mentioning that Cerise was her father as it was a bit of a touchy subject, plenty of people expected her to become a researcher just like him but she had no interest in sitting around in a lab all day, it was already driving her crazy doing that in school! She did feel a bit of a rush and excitement while watching her savior battle though, she hadn't seen a Pokemon battle up close like that all her life, it was quite intense to say the least and despite the possible harm that could have come to her had he lost, she found herself oddly excited upon watching the battle unfold!
"You're Cerise's assistant? My best friend is the assistant of the Professor back where I'm from," He stated. "The name's Zach, pleasure to meet you!"
"Chloe, nice to meet you as well!" Chloe smiled, brushing her hair back and putting it back into place. A look of surprise crossed her face as Zach held out a large yellow berry to her. "For Yamper, it should give him his health back in no time!"
"W-Wait, you know what he is?"
Zach laughed. "Of course, I'm from Galar! How'd you get your hands on it? I've always wanted to catch one but I just don't seem to have much luck finding any wild ones."
"My dad received it from a friend over there," Chloe casually stated while trying to avoid the fact of who her father was. "I've had him since I was a child."
"Really? I've known Riolu since I was a young child!" Riolu nodded, showing he was stating fact.
"Heh, that's a cool coincidence!" Chloe laughed before looking him and his Pokemon over, he was the same age as her but it looked as if he had just started a Pokemon journey. Perhaps it wasn't too late for her to switch course and pursue a goal in adventuring? She never liked the idea of traveling alone much but Zach sure seemed nice enough, perhaps he'd be willing to have her around as she thought of her goal? She then shook her head as she realized she should think this over more clearly, especially with how strange this would look to her folks. Suddenly changing goals and role in life while running off with a young man the same age as her... that would leave a bad impression on her decision along with making them think poorly of Zach, thinking he tricked her to tag along to fool around with. She didn't want to get him into trouble, even though they were of age parents were still quite protective of their kids.
"I should get you and Charmander back to Cerise, the Professor's probably sick with worry and I'm sure that my friend's have dealt with Gengar by now."
Chloe nodded before tensing up as she glanced back at him with a shocked face, the shock soon turned to a smile as she realized they wouldn't have to deal with Gengar anymore! That ought to help her get a clear mind and help make a sound decision!
"Just feel that pleasant Vermilion breeze!" James spread out his arms as he took a deep breath of air. "It's good to be back home!"
"You said it, I no longer have people giving me odd looks without me even talking!" Meowth shouted out.
"Yeah let's just sit back for a moment and relax, we can focus on locating the twerp and the new twerp and twerpette later." Jessie stretched out with a yawn before glancing up at the sky and narrowing her eyes as an object appeared to be swiftly flying towards them! "Er guys we shou-!"
A loud thud sounded off as Gengar landed right on top of them, the Ghost type's eyes reduced to swirls as he laid defenseless on top of them while muttering out a groan in defeat. "Gengar..."
The trio soon pushed him off them while grumbling out from annoyance before noticing what exactly had hit them!
"A Gengar!" They shouted in unison, beginning to prance around in a circle as they held each other's arm.
"We can have another Mega Evolution!" James shouted out with glee.
"Or use it to sneak into places," Jessie added on.
"You two aren't seeing the big picture here!" Meowth shouted at them before looking up as if he was imagining a fantasy. "Picture this, the boss is planning on breaking into Kanto's biggest super bank but the security is tight! Lasers everywhere along with the vault being surrounded with titanium so there's no way ya can drill into it with Rhydon either! The Boss is frustrated as he realizes there is no way to get at all the gold or even Master Balls but just then Gengar shows itself and latches onto Giovanni, phasing him right into the vault and to the gold! And then you know what he'll say? 'I ought to give Meowth and friends a big raise for this, even a share of the loot! And I'll ditch that pesky Persian!'"
The trio's eyes all lit up as they pictured Giovanni standing atop a mountain of gold bars and handing some off to them like chocolate bars on a Halloween night!
"We'll be rich!"
"I can create my own fashion line!" Jessie squealed.
"We can do whatever we want!"
"Team Rocket!" Ash shouted, their cries easily alerting him to their presence. The TRio jumped back with a terrified squeal.
"No fair twerp, we were about to catch this Gengar fair and square!" James shouted as he held up a Pokeball.
"And let me guess, you'll attack me with it immediately afterwards?" Ash responded by throwing a Pokeball right as James did, the two hit the Ghost type and it became impossible to track which was which until the ball chimed and flew back into Ash's hand as the Trio let out a sigh before waving white flags.
"You know what, we aren't feeling it today twerp. We were going to just lay back and relax before that Pokemon disturbed us." James said.
"Yeah, Arceus knows I have a lot of beauty sleep to catch up on." Jessie added while Meowth gave her an odd look before nodding in agreement.
Ash looked at the three with an odd expression before shrugging and walking back on into the city to meet up with the others but as he was passing by a young couple Gengar's ball suddenly started shaking like crazy as if he sensed something. "Gengar?" Ash pressed the button in order to let the Ghost type out, wanting to see what he wanted only to feel a mixture of shock and sorrow as Gengar didn't even pay attention to him, he flew on towards the couple before looking his attention on the blonde haired man as he cried out.
"Gen gen, Gengar!"
The man's look suddenly turned to one of fear as he slowly turned his head before leaping back with a terrified scream. "Get away from me you cursed piece of bad luck!"
"Gengar?" Gengar tilted his head, looking more confused than saddened.
Ash walked forward as he too felt confused and wanted an explanation, the two clearly knew each other but what was their relationship?
"Isn't that your Gengar, babe? I thought you released it." His girlfriend spoke up.
"I released it three years ago, I told him to stay put at this old building and promised to be back so I'd have enough time to leave before he came looking. I honestly thought he'd have run off or perished by now." Rage instantly flared up inside of Ash as he shouted out.
"Excuse me?! How could you release Gengar?! He clearly cares a lot about you for some reason, Pokemon are meant to be our friends yet you abandoned him?!"
"Gengar?!" Gengar shouted out as he backed up, tears flowing in his eyes as he realized that he was abandoned and his trainer hadn't forgotten about him. "Gar..."
Ash frowned before clutching his fists as he shoved the man. "Apologize to Gengar!" He demanded.
"Who the hell do you think you are touching me like that? The Pokemon's a curse, every time I battled I lost. Any time I tried to capture a Pokemon it escaped or Gengar lost."
"That's no curse! You just suck!" A Team Yell member shouted, Ash jumped out startled from surprise at how one of Marnie's fans had tracked them down here of all places. "Boo!" The Team Yell member tossed a piece of rotten tomato at the man causing him to scream like a girl before pointing at Gengar with a look of pure anger.
"Get. That. Thing. Out. Of. My. Life!" He started raging on.
"Apologize to Gengar first!" Ash retaliated.
"No way!" The man grabbed hold of a Pokeball. "If you won't leave on your own, I'll make you!"
"I'd like to see you try!" Ash retaliated as he looked at Gengar. "Gengar, I want you to handle this."
"Gar?" Gengar looked at Ash before nodding lightly though he still seemed visibly upset.
"Nidoking, let's go! Use Horn Drill!"
A Nidoking burst out from a Pokeball and promptly rushed towards Gengar, his horn spinning wildly as he tried stabbing Gengar only to go right through him!"
The Team Yell member laughed out while the man's face turned red, stomping his feet and throwing a tantrum as if he was half his age! "That's not fair, Gengar is still cursing me!"
"..." Ash and Pikachu looked at each other with narrowed eyes, slowly looking towards the camera before Ash pulled out his Rotom Phone to scan Gengar's moves. "Psychic!"
"Gengar!" Gengar's eyes glowed bright blue, a blue aura surrounding Nidoking as Gengar hoisted the Poison type right into the air before having it come crashing down hard and slamming into the ground with a loud thud! Nidoking let out a pained groan as he laid there in defeat, swirls in his eyes.
"No no no NO! This isn't fair, you two blatantly cheated!"
"No, all it took was the right trainer!" Ash retaliated, getting up close before poking the man in the stomach. "I suggest you start treating your Pokemon better cause there are people like me who won't let you off as easy!" Ash gave him a light shove before turning around as the man fell to the dirt, his girlfriend let out a huff before promptly walking away in a rushed manner.
"Gengar I know we didn't get to have this discussion properly before I caught you but I don't believe in curses, I think you're a pretty strong and pretty cool Pokemon and I'd be honored if you'd join us. If you don't... then I understand, you'd be free to go." Ash spoke up but Gengar shook his head with a smile, wrapping his arms around Ash and hugging his trainer for the first time ever as his smile grew larger.
"Gengar!"
"Welcome to the team Gengar!" Ash chuckled out. "You hear that world?! Ash Ketchum and Gengar are coming for the title of World Champion!"
"Pi-Pikachu!"
"Gengar!"
"Here you go Charmander, welcome home!" Zach waved his arm as he opened up the door to the lab, Charmander let out an excited cry as he rushed through the door to head inside. The fire lizard soon paused and ran back, hugging the trainer's leg before rushing on back into the lab. Zach smiled as he watched the starter Pokemon disappear before turning his attention towards Chloe as he continued holding the door.
Chloe smiled at him before stepping foot inside, Yamper still in her arms and looking quite tired even after consuming the Sitrus berry. Cerise took notice of the door after watching Charmander rush by to find his friends, the man then noticed Yamper's condition causing him to rush forward before pulling Chloe into a tight hug.
"Chloe! Is everything alright? You aren't hurt are you?"
"No dad, I'm fine! There was an incident with Team Rocket but Zach sent them packing."
"He's your dad?! I knew you looked familiar!" Zach smirked lightly.
Cerise turned to Zach before bowing his head. "Thank you for saving my daughter then, along with returning Charmander to my lab. Please if there's anything that I can do-"
"Save it, I didn't do any of that for a reward." Zach held up his hand with a smile.
"Well still what I said stands, if you ever need anything feel free to ask." Cerise turned as the door burst open again to reveal Ash standing their triumphantly holding up a Pokeball as Gengar stood behind him with a large grin across his face.
"I caught Gengar!" Ash shouted out with a grin.
"Gengar!" Gengar grinned as he started to hover through the air.
Cerise smiled as he eyed the two before shaking his head. "I had a feeling that what Gengar needed was a trainer who could take good care of it, I trust you two will go quite distances together and watch each other's backs alongst the way!"
"You know it, Gengar and I are buddies now!"
"Gar!"
"Pi!"
Cerise smiled once more before clapping his hands. "Right, well since you all helped me how about I buy you all pizza? You all are probably hungry after everything you've been through."
"Marnie I found you!" The Team Skull grunt shouted as he stood on the other side of the closed door. Marnie glanced back and glared lightly at the door before shaking her head.
"I'd love that!" Ash grinned. "Pikachu and I love pizza, don't you buddy?"
"Pika!"
"Scor!" Scorbunny gave a thumbs up as Zach lightly chuckled.
"So does Scorbunny apparently." Riolu shook his head as he swore that rabbit would eat anything.
Chloe gazed towards Zach once more as the thoughts started dwelling through her head once more. Perhaps she should ask him? It looked as if he was leaving soon and traveling with him would probably make it more worthwhile than if she was alone, having somebody there to help her with her mistakes and also watch out for her.
Machinery sparked within a laboratory somewhere within Vermillion City as a group of scientists were gathered around a table. Lasers with the various evolution stones faced downwards from the ceiling, occasionally sending a blast and a jolt down onto the table where an Eevee was currently laying down. The Eevee looking to be suffering great pain as the lasers repeatedly struck her but she showed no signs of evolving!
"Progress report," A man with a purple mohawk and goatee stood at the far end of the lab, wearing a black uniform that signified the rank of Team Rocket Executive.
"Petrel, sir! Eevee's shown no signs of evolving after the various experimentations performed upon her."
"Excellent," The man rubbed his hands together with glee as he eyed the Eevee. "If this truly goes as planned and you're capable of repeatedly switching into the various Eeveelutions then I can easily destroy Giovanni and take over the organization for myself!" The power hungry man pumped his fist with fire in his hands. "That fool is wasting time chasing after some fool's errand when we could be making gold!"
"Hail Petrel!" The scientists shouted. The experimenting soon ceased for the day and Eevee continued to lay there, mumbling in her sleep, pink dust appearing to come out from her paws as she moved them in her sleep, her mouth opening as bubbles started flowing outwards. Lightning cracked loudly outside as a thunderstorm approached the city.
Yeah, Petrel's not exactly loyal to Giovanni here. Not everyone in the organization would blindly follow him, in every organization somebody surely wants to take over and that guy is Petrel. It's a lot like Hydra in the Marvel comics where there are various branches that thrive to be the leader like Zemo and Madame Hydra and Arnim Zola. He doesn't have a whole lot of character to begin with and I thought it'd be an interesting way in order to adapt him rather than essentially steal Brodie the Phantom Thief's shtick with 'Master of disguise'
His plan for Eevee was based on Red's Eevee in the manga but obviously that didn't go as planned, a way of working in Eevee suddenly utilizing new and unique moves nobody's seen while remaining somewhat faithful to her escaping a lab. With a possible appearance of a certain legendary?
Ash wasn't part of Chloe's influence as there is a certain character from the Power of Us who I don't want to feel like I'm repeating myself with by having Ash influencing her, another new trainer.
