After the police taking away Trudly and Folly, Wes and Yuki headed to the Pokemon Center to recover Espeon, Umbreon and their new Shadow Pokemon Manuhita and Bayleef and to rest for the evening. They had to share a room with two mats due to the Center being crowded but Yuki didn't mind at all. Later that evening when everyone else was asleep Yuki couldn't get any sleep she rotated her body to face Wes who was to her right about 5 feet away and whispered "Wes you asleep."

Wes had his eyes closed but he said "Not really my mind keeping me up. You having trouble sleeping too?"

Yuki nodded "Yeah… A lot has happened today and it all seemed to happen in a rush."

Wes said "Yeah my whole week been like that"

Yuki blinked "Really?"

Wes said "Yeah" he opened his eyes to stare at the ceiling "It started like a normal week but I was coming in from my daily ride on Wednesday no trainers picked a fight with me so I didn't snag anything which was alright as long as it didn't happen to often, but anyhow when I got in the group was celebrating passing around drinks and food. Being the non-party type, I was easily overwhelmed. It seems the client we were working for was so impressed with our job that he gave us a bonus which the group used naturally. Not in a party mood I went to my room in the hideout about 15 minutes later laying on the bed. A voice started to talk to me."

Wes recalled what that voice told him that Wednesday evening

Wes was resting on a mat in his bedroom while the group was celebrating in the main area. Espeon and Umbreon were there as well just laying there in a similar depressed mood

Wes sighed "uh"

A voice called out "What the matter Player not in a party mood?"

Wes said "You can say that…" He suddenly jumped up and looks around seeing no one "Who's there?"

Espeon growled looking around

The voice chuckled and spoke again "Don't Panic Wes I ain't gonna hurt ya"

Wes said "Yeah well I'm going to hurt you unless you come out of hiding"

Umbreon barked in agreement

The voice said "Hey Wes I'm on your side."

Wes said "Who are you…"

The voice said "My name's not really important but my knowledge is. Wes there a bigger reason why your client gave you all a bonus, True you guys did your job snagging Pokemon for them but… what you don't know is what they do to the poor things after you give them to the Client"

Wes said "Should I care?"

The voice said "Once you've seen what I've seen you will"

Wes said "And how are you going to show it to me. You're going to give me a DVD of it?"

The voice said "Nah I was actually thinking of something like this."

Wes was suddenly transported into a Lab area where several groups of scientists were studying various pokemon in tubes. A led Scienist with a tan face and black hair with two long bangs hanging to the sides were overwatching the group "How is this batch coming"

One of the Female Scientist said "So far we lost two subjects to the overload condition but the other seem to have to have been able to accept the compound with very little adverse effects

The led scientist nodded "That improves our success rate by 1% let's keep it going. What about the remaining Special Subjects?"

A male scientist reported "Bayleef is showing symptoms but with the treatment she is stable. Quilava and Crononaw are still in full health"

The led scientist nodded "It would be a real shame if Bayleef overloads on us. Pity a heart like that can't be sealed away,"

Wes was warped back to his bed "What was that"

The voice said "Player those humans in there are turning pokemon into fighting machines. Using a chemical infused with Dark Energy but the chemical is unstable without the darkness and if the darkness is rejected the chemical destroys the pokemon."

Wes blinked and said "destroys them"

The voice said "Yeah…"

Wes said "You mean to tell me our client is destroying pokemon because he is experimenting on them?"

The voice said "Pretty much player"

Wes growled "I may go low with Snagging Pokemon from Trainers… but that is just plain sick."

Espeon agreed with a growl

The voice said "I'd show ya the footage of what happens when a Pokemon 'overloads' but it ain't pretty"

Wes said "Show me"

Back in the present Wes hid that one detail

Wes said "The voice showed me what happened and I usually have a strong stomach but." He grunted "It's make me sick even now to remember it."

Yuki said "how horrible…"

Wes said "It gets worse… I found out that my boss knew about the experimentation"

Yuki said "Your Boss?"

Wes said "Gonzap leader of Team Snagem" and continued his story

Wes had just come out of the bathroom looking a little pale from his stomach going out on him.

Umbreon and Espeon were looking sick as well they had hacked up a couple hairballs thankfully outside Wes's Bedroom

The voice chuckled "I told ya it was not pretty"

Wes said "I know…" He went to the fridge to get a bottle of water and took a couple of sips. "uh… Those monsters they should be murdered for what they did to those Pokemon"

The voice said "So Player if you're so against it why don't you do something about it"

Wes said "What can I do. I only snag the pokemon. I don't know where this lab is and even if I did I can't stop them from doing the experiments and it sounds like they been doing it for a while"

The voice said "hmm… you got a point. But if you ask someone maybe they'll tell you"

Wes said "I doubt even Boss knows where this lab is"

The voice said "Don't be so sure Wes… Gonzap is more involved then you think as a matter of fact he's just about to start a meeting with the client now"

Wes said "Really"

The voice said "You want a front row seat?"

Wes said "As long as Boss doesn't know I'm there"

The voice said "That easy Player Camera On"

Wes was suddenly warped into his bosses office but it like he was a ghost

Gonzap was talking with the Client who was that tall silver haired man in a purple suit that Wes and Yuki met before or Nascour

Gonzap had a glass of a mixed drink and was slowly sipping on it "The boys are enjoying the Bonus you gave us Mr. Nascour"

Nascour nodded and chuckled "I can hear the party atmosphere Boss Gonzap. They should be celebrating we just completed phase 1 of our plan"

Gonzap said "Excellent so what next"

Nascour nodded "The next phase is that we have to do now is give the pokemon to worthy trainers. Then we build a stadium where people pay to see powerful pokemon clash against each other and once we raise enough funds we can continue to research and create even more powerful pokemon and get more special subjects and soon we will rule the world"

Gonzap said "The sky is the limit"

Nascour said "That I'm not fully sure about. Have you ever thought of what beyond the sky?"

Gonzap said "I'm not much of a believer of other worlds"

Nascour said "Most are not I am one of the few"

Gonzap said "Anyhow you know how you going to find worthy trainers?"

Nascour said "Two of our admins have already taken over two coliseums there we will reward the winners of the challenges our modified pokemon"

Gonzap chuckled "Sweet…"

Nascour said "We also plan to give our allies some of the cream of the crop as reward for a job well done"

Gonzap said "That sounds like my kind of reward"

Nascour said "Oh it is my friend" and pulled out a pokeball and tossed it at Gonzap

Gonzap caught the ball with ease "Oh… Which one is this?"

Nascour said "That would be Skarmony consider it a token of our friendship"

Gonzap said "You will not be disappointed I'll have my boys snag hundreds more for you"

Nascour said "I happened to look at a chart as I was coming in here. It showed a graph."

Gonzap said "That was Wakin's idea he want to see how the others ranked in number of snags compared to him and so far he's second place

Nascour said "Who's in the first position"

Gonzap chuckled "My right hand man, Wes"

Nascour said "Wes" A glint formed in Nascours Eyes "I would be honored to meet him"

Gonzap said "I'll see if I can have him show up he should have been back by now"

Nascour said "hmm"

Wes warped out and landed back on his bed

The voice said "Alright Player act cool for now pretend you haven't seen anything I've shown you"

Wes took a sip and said "Right" He quickly adjusted himself and his PDA rang

Wes picked it up "Yo"

"Wes you around the hideout I got someone who wants to talk to you"

Wes said "I just rode in Boss. Something going down I hear some music"

Gonzap said "Just a little celebration you can join them as soon as you report"

Wes said "Right" and hung up

The voice said "Player if the guy has you make a choice on rewards take the money and run"

Wes said "Right."

Back in the present Yuki was stunned at this "So you did meet with that guy before"

Wes said "Yeah it took me a bit to remember him but I guess he saw right through my change."

Yuki said "Your change"

Wes said "From a Snagem Outfit to what you see now. I also added this white line across my face to give myself an added feature."

Yuki said "Is it makeup?"

Wes said "Kind of, its face paint it will last about a week before it flakes off with my skin if I scrub it"

Yuki said "oh… hmm. So what happened next"

Wes said "Well I met with Nascour and he was pleased with me. He offered me a choice in rewards either a modified pokemon or money and on the voices advice I took the money

Yuki said "how much did he give you"

Wes said "You know how much it cost to buy those Great Balls"

Yuki said "Twelve Thousand"

Wes said "times that by 5"

Yuki whistled "Sixty Thousand dollars"

Wes said "Yeah… he wrote me a check." Wes chuckled "It's kind of ironic that I'm using that money to snag dark aura pokemon"

Yuki said "You think the modified pokemon you know about and the dark aura pokemon I see are one and the same"

Wes said "Yep"

Yuki said "Wow… so you did overhear their plan"

Wes said "I think I did. Now it's starting to make sense. All this time I was working on solving the puzzle of this plan and the pieces are starting to fall into place but I still don't know a lot. You now know what I know"

Yuki nodded "hmm. Thank you for telling me Wes. If there anything I can do to help let me know"

Wes said "When you see a dark aura pokemon that is not mine tell me so I can snag it"

Yuki nodded "I'll do that Wes. So what else did that voice tell you"

Wes said "He pretty much told me if I want to redeem myself for the crimes I committed I would have to turn my back all my teammates and start fresh. I had a few possessions which I either stored in a PC or took with me in my bag. The check I deposited in the bank and used about 10000 of the money to buy the bombs that I used to destroy the hideout and the Snag Machine which I did this morning."

Yuki said "And luck would have it that you would show up the same time I'm about to be taken out of Phenac City."

A voice said "It wasn't luck Players it was all part of the plan."

Guide appeared in the room

Wes sat up fast and said "GUIDE!"

Guide whispered "Shh! Keep ya voice down Player there are people trying to sleep"

Wes lowered his voice "Oh right"

Yuki sat up as well and said "So you're Guide the spirit of legends"

Guide said "That's right now listen you two did great this afternoon you managed to catch 2 out of the 4 Shadow Pokemon you saw."

Yuki said "Shadow Pokemon?"

Guide said "That's what they are called those dark aura Pokemon"

Yuki said "hmm I see"

Wes said "I almost had the other two but the Snag Machine could only load one ball at a time"

Guide said "That the main problem with the portable version but hey they had three on ya at the same time. It took skill to defeat them all

Wes said "Yeah that skill was Espeon"

Guide said "So you liking the gift I gave you all"

Wes said "The translation devices are great"

Guide said "Good listen you two… the allies you make on this adventure will help you in the long run and in becoming the greatest hero in the world."

Wes said "I'm still not sure if I can become the greatest hero.

Guide said "You never know Player the things you do in the present affects what happens in the future."

Wes nodded slightly "So Guide what's next"

Guide said "Simply put you got to liberate Pyrite Town of all Shadow Pokemon influences and you do that by taking down the Admin of Cipher known as Miror B

Wes said "Cipher?"

Guide said "That's who you're going against player."

Yuki said "So is Nascour part of Cipher"

Guide nodded "Yep and a lot of other people are too but there are several key allies that you must obtain to defeat them."

Wes nodded "and I bet a few of them are in Pyrite correct"

Guide nodded "Yes but be careful some could take justice into their own hands and get you in trouble you best watch out."

Wes said "Right I'll be careful"

Guide said "I know you will Wes good luck I'll talk with you again when you complete the next mission"

Wes said "Any advice you got for me?"

Guide said "When an opponent has a pattern to their battle plan you learn the pattern and use the right counter at the right time you will easy win"

Wes nodded "Gotcha"

Guide said "If that's all Player I'll check ya later"

Wes nodded "Right Later"

Guide vanished

Yuki said "So Wes are we going to Pyrite Town tomorrow"

Wes said "Maybe but I don't want to push it Espeon and Umbreon did a lot today the combination takes a lot out of them, and Espeon battling four Shadow Pokemon today. I want to make sure he's in full health.

Yuki said "Right you know Wes you truly care for your pokemon even though you took many from their trainers."

Wes sighed "Yuki I…"

Yuki said "You don't have to explain Wes I understand. You did it for Money right"

Wes said "I defeated Wakin when he tried to capture Espeon and Umbreon during a battle. He walked off impressed and I later was recruited into Team Snagem for my skills in battling. I saw it as a challenge but soon I started to feel tugs of guilt on my heart and saw the looks my teammates gave me every time I snagged a pokemon from a trainer. Soon I became depressed but I only showed it when I was alone. I wasn't really in it for the money that was just an added bonus."

Yuki laid back on her bed and said "Well if it's anything Wes I'm glad I met you today."

Wes said "I'm sure you are… That bag did not look good on you." He chuckled

Yuki gasped in a shocked tone "You think I'm that type of girl don't you, you think I'm all looks and no brains"

Wes said calmly "I never said that Yuki"

Yuki said "Then what do you think of me"

Wes said "Well should I tell the truth and brace for an impact or should I just lay here and pretend to be sleeping"

Yuki said "Tell me the truth without laughing and I'll be calm"

Wes said "Well okay I think you are a very nice girl one that could go places but you got one quirk that well kind of gets to me"

Yuki said "and what's that"

Wes said calmly "You're too naïve"

For a second Yuki remained calm but then exploded "NAÏVE!"

Wes quickly reached over and covered her mouth with his hand and said "I thought you were going to be calm about this"

Yuki pulled his hand off her mouth and said "well you could have warned me you were going to rub it in my face. Sheesh just because I don't judge people harshly doesn't mean I'm naïve"

Wes said "Look Yuki, take for example when you first met me. You thought I was a hero not a villain, and you were shocked when I told you the truth. I'm just trying to point out that outside appearances and actions can hide the truth. I just want you to try to be a little more judgmental before you open your mouth and speak naïvely. It would save me a lot of embarrassment trying to make you think outside of your innocent world.

Yuki gave a slight ticked sound and said "I know there are bad people in the world Wes, but that doesn't mean everyone is bad. I let them show me what they are before I judge them."

Wes sighed and said "That maybe true, but those that are bad may do good to get you to think that they can't be bad. That's why you got to watch when someone does something a twitch of an eye, a smirk, or maybe just a shift in body position. That should suggest that someone hiding something. I just want you to think before you act."

Yuki said "Alright Wes I'll try but don't fault me if I make a mistake"

Wes went back to his bed and said "I let it slide if it's a minor mistake. Now let's get some sleep we had a long day"

Yuki nodded "Yeah." She snuggled into the covers and quickly fell asleep

Wes saw her fall asleep and smiled "Good Night Yuki"

Yuki whispered "Good Night Wes"