Chapter 3
Announcements
3rd person POV
"Cassie, you may wanna come see this!" Alex suggested from down the hall.
Down the hall a girl woke up, she looked no older than seventeen. Her long purple hair was tied in a ponytail, which despite her constant tossing and turning in bed, her hair was still clean and smooth. She got out of bed and took a quick shower. After that she put her usual outfit, a women's power suit with black shoes and a yellow scarf around her neck. The outfit seemed ridiculous for her size. She looked in the mirror and frowned, 20 years since her seventeenth birthday and she looked exactly the same.
Cassie went to her nightstand and pulled out a necklace with a small blue crystal hanging from it. As she put on the necklace their was a flash of light that consumed her figure. When it subsided a mature, 37 year old woman was in her place. The power suit was now form fitting.
Cassie gave a smile and went to the living room, Jake was watching the 6:30 AM news.
"Sleep well?" Alex asked.
Cassie nodded and poured a cup of coffee.
Alex then looked back at the TV and pressed play. A man on a podium resumed his rant. "Shifters are a threat to global security, the MRPA has means to combat this threat but keeps them from us! They say it's for protection, but they employ shifters to do their dirty work. Due to a recent terrorist attack on Silph Co. majority owner Dana Lance that the MRPA refuses to speak about, we will be holding a summit in 3 weeks time to discuss the shifter threat that affects all of us." The man said before storming off the stage.
"Wait, what did he say about Dana?" Cassie asked.
Alex shook his head, "Some attack that happened at her mansion. She's ok from what I hear." Jake assured his wife.
Just then there was a knock at the door. Cassie walked up cautiously, who could be here at this hour. It was still dark outside. She opened the door and breathed a sigh of relief.
At the door was a man in a black suit. He was tall, his blond hair covered by a black fedora. His gloved hand was holding a peculiar cane, it was a single piece of silvery colored metal with a gem at the top of the handle. His eyes were calm despite their blood red coloration.
"Mind if I come in?" Connor asked.
Cassie smiled and motioned for him to come in.
Connor sat down and placed his cane next to him. He opened his mouth but stopped as two new arrivals entered the room.
"Uncle Connor!" Kelly and Charlie said as they ran out and gave him a hug.
"Good to see you guys." Connor said as they stepped back.
"Why are you here?" Kelly asked.
"I just needed to talk to your mom about some lesson plans, why don't you go and get dressed?" Connor suggested.
Charlie and Kelly gave a smile and walked back down the hall. As soon as they were out of sight Connor's happy expression disappeared.
"Their 15th birthday is coming up, could you come?" Cassie asked.
"Cassie, you may wanna sit down." Connor said ominously.
Cassie frowned and sat down next to Alex. Connor looked dead serious.
"Back when your kids turned 14, you asked me to do some blood work, to make sure that your legendary Pokémon DNA didn't have any side effects on your kids. Ivan completed that work about 2 weeks ago". Connor said slowly.
"What's the problem?" Alex asked.
"Your kids, while they currently shift into electrike, will eventually shift into Raikous, they'll be aging slower as soon as the change happens." Connor explained.
Cassie felt her stomach drop. She had passed on her curse to her kids, Charlie and Kelly's small amount of purple hair would be the least of their problems.
Alex put his arm around Cassie, doing his best to comfort her.
"How long do they have?" Alex asked.
"A year or two at most, but honestly there's no telling" Connor sadly admitted.
Connor stood up, grabbing his cane and putting his fedora back on.
"I'll make some more glamour charms for them, I'm sorry for visiting solely for bad news." Connor apologized before opening the door. He walked to the middle of the road and dispersed his illusion. The fedora was simply teleported away. His cane then glowed and turned into a collar around his neck.
The green Latios dissolved into thin air. However if one looked closely they could see the light bending around him. Connor shot up into the sky, a small cloud forming around him as he took off into the sunrise.
The lunch bell rang on schedule. As Kelly and Charlie grabbed their lunches and sat down they noticed a group of students approaching.
"Keep your cool sis." Charlie warned via telepathy. One part of their powers that they had learned at young age was silent communication. It helped when they were doing homework in other rooms and wanted to compare notes.
"Well well, if it isn't the spark plug twins." One boy, named George, taunted.
The Simmons twins said nothing, they didn't even acknowledge their tormentors.
"So, can I plug my tablet into your hair?" George continued.
Still no response.
George opened his mouth but a teacher walked up and grabbed his arm before he could find the words.
George was ushered away. Cassie had been sure to teach her kids how to keep their cool. They had to if they wanted to stay in school.
"Attention students and staff, everyone needs to report to the auditorium for an important guest." the principal announced over the intercom.
Kelly and Charlie sat down as the speaker began to rattle off details about high school. Something that both of them had already planned out. Their mom ran a school for shifters, where else would they go?
Just as the speaker was pulling up his PowerPoint, four men in armor and gas masks ran on to the stage with assault rifles.
The entire room descended into madness as teacher and student alike screamed. In the auditorium this was incredibly loud. Kelly and Charlie covered their ears, the pandemonium was agonizing to the sensitive ears of a shifter.
There were four loud bangs that silenced the crowd. A man with a dark purple gas mask and uniform had fired 4 rounds into the ceiling as he walked on stage.
He pulled up his gas mask and said "Alright, here's the deal. One way or another, no one is dying, and don't bother calling the police, we've jammed cell frequencies and cut the landlines. Tell us what we want to know and that's the end of it, if nobody talks, we'll have to find out ourselves." The man threatened. He looked behind him, having his hand slightly.
On cue a man in a black robe with red accents and a bronze colored metal mask walked on stage holding a disk with a black gem in the center on a small copper stand. A strange necklace was hanging around his neck.
"Now that we've made ourselves clear, where are Kelly and Charlie Mason?" the soldier in purple asked.
Chapter Edited And Proof Read By FXCF