Chapter 8
Collision
Earth 62, 2048, 8:30 PM
3rd person POV
Death, that was all that could be described of the war-torn battlefield where a city once was. Bodies were strewn about as far as the eye could see. The trail of decimation lead to a small clearing in the field of rubble. A Suicune, Umbreon, Latias, Hydreigon, and Lucario all had fallen in nearly the same place.
The only hero left alive was defeated. A Zoroark crawled towards his enemy, defeated but never giving up. Strangely, his mane had streaks of white in it rather than black. He was stopped by a black shoe stepping on his paw.
"W-Why are you doing this? You destroyed everything!" The Zoroark wheezed, his lungs filled with soot.
"Cipher was on the brink of failure, I took all their shadow energy and cut my master's losses," Giovanni said smugly.
"You won't get away with this!" The Zoroark yelled.
"I already have, and now you and your world will perish," Giovanni said before pulling a yellowish orange crystal out of his jacket.
The Zoroark went wide eyed as the crystal began to glow and release sparks of black lightning. He summoned all of his remaining energy and created a portal beneath him. He went weightless just before a blinding white flash consumed his vision.
Earth 63, 2048, 1:52 PM
3rd person POV
"Order up!" The waiter said as he sat down the drinks on the table.
"Thanks," A red-headed man replied.
"Ready to order your entrees?" The waiter asked.
"I think we need a little more time," The girl across the table said.
The waiter respectfully nodded and walked away.
Kyle Marx took a sip of lemonade as he monitored his surroundings, doing his best to look casual.
"No sign of the key man," He muttered.
'Maintain position Alpha,' A voice echoed in his head.
Kyle grunted, these new earpieces have a nasty habit of transmitting every word that you said.
Across from him a woman in a simple black cardigan and jeans looked bored out of her mind.
"Buck up Layla, you're supposed to be on your honeymoon," Kyle joked about how they had traveled here. They had gotten to Castelia city under the guise of newlyweds, telling the Unovan government about the operation would only serve to waste time.
"Keep your focus on Cyrus, not me," She said with a forced smile.
"Alpha be advised, the target is approaching your 7 o'clock," Zander's voice alerted them.
"Copy Outrider, we have visual" Kyle responded before putting 20 poke on the table and getting up. A man with black hair and a baseball cap was walking past the diner, being sure to keep his head down.
Layla got up as well and picked up a duffel bag. The two undercover agents made sure to wait until the man was well down the street before following him.
As the agents pursued another voice rang out in their heads.
"Team, I don't need to remind you that Cyrus has evaded capture after his attack on the summit for three years, get it done," Director Simmons ordered.
After following him for about 10 minutes the two agents found the safehouse. It looked innocent enough, excluding the plethora of security cameras and antennas on the roof.
"Alpha 2 to Outrider, we've located the safe house," Layla said under her breath.
"Copy Alpha, hold the position until bravo cuts the power" Zander ordered.
"Bravo, status report," Kyle requested.
"Bravo 2 to Alpha 1, ready to cut the power on your mark," Charlie responded.
"Acknowledged, preparing to breach," Layla said as she retrieved a small brick of C4 from the duffel bag and placed it on the door. Kyle took off his civilian shirt to reveal a bulletproof vest. His earpiece extended from under his ear, a small glass screen went over his eye
Kyle shifted as Layla readied the charge and put on her vest, he began to grow, his special tactical vest growing with him. He was soon a reptilian, bipedal Pokémon with a somewhat long neck, he had two crests on its head. His head was semicircular, with yellow eyes that had red rims. The lower jaw and a belt-like band across his waist were also red. Along his back, he had two lines running down the middle and two rows of yellow nodules that resembled seeds. His new tail was shaped similar to that of a palm tree's branch. Both of his long arms had two razor sharp, elongated leaves and three claws.
"Bravo, cut the power in 3, 2, 1, mark!" Layla counted down.
The sound of a popping lightbulb cued them to detonate the C4, as the door was reduced to splinters Kyle rushed into the fray. Layla readied her pistol and ran in after him. As the smoke cleared Layla saw that Kyle had already subdued the guards inside. All of them were on the ground with bruises and cuts. Layla set the power gauge on her pistol magazine to the max and iced every guard as she went with one shot apiece.
Kyle looked at her with his head tilted, Layla gestured him off with her hand. "Relax, the stun rounds at max power just knock them out for 24 hours, tie them up and gag them just to be safe."
Layla pressed his finger to her earpiece and said: "All teams be advised, the safe house is secure, I repeat the safe house is secure."
As Kyle began tying up the guards, Layla retrieved her laptop from the duffel bag and plugged into the desktop computer on the right side of the room.
Kyle propped the guards up against the left wall. All of them were handcuffed behind their back and had bonds across the legs. Kyle then returned to his human form and pulled out the last item in the duffel bag.
The DER-200 was the most advanced rifle in the world, not only was it undetectable to metal detectors thanks to a special carbon fiber coating, but it's effective range exceeded 2 miles thanks to its dual zoom scope and revolutionary ammo. The stun rounds that the MRPA developed were the biggest evolution in firearms since the rimfire cartridge. They hit with the power of a .308 magnum while delivering a tranquilizer agent strong enough to fell a Bouffalant in 3 shots. The serum could be charged via an electric current to adjust the power level. The carbon fiber casings were so light in fact that when combined with a magnetic field in the barrel gave the weapon a muzzle velocity over 1,000 meters per second. Lethal ammo was an option for slightly lower velocity, but this difference was minuscule at worst.
As Kyle checked over the rifle, Layla began downloading data from the safehouse, everything was falling in place. Layla then turned to Kyle. "The convoy will be arriving in less than 30 minutes, get set up on the second floor, and whatever you do, don't miss," She reminded him.
Kyle nodded and headed upstairs, Cyrus wasn't slipping through their fingers again.
Earth 63, 2048, 2:43 PM
Kyle's POV
"This is Alpha 1, I'm dug in with the line of sight," I whispered into my earpiece as I adjusted my scope.
"Copy Alpha, all teams be advised, a convoy is arriving from the North," Zander announced.
A convoy of black SUVs with tinted windows pulled up to the hotel, each one looked exactly alike to the others.
"Alpha, do you have a visual on the target?" Zander asked.
I began to respond just as a window rolled down in the 3rd SUV. "Negative…Wait, I have a visual on the target, 3rd vehicle," I corrected myself as the SUVs pulled around into the parking garage.
"Copy that, Bravo team, are you in position?" Zander asked.
"Bravo 1 in position," Kelly responded.
"Bravo 2 in position," Charlie responded.
I couldn't tell how Charlie and Kelly were getting in there to apprehend Cyrus once I took the shot, maybe they were teleporters? No one on the ground knew every detail about the plan, this way if someone was captured they couldn't compromise the rest of the mission.
"Alpha, get eyes on the meeting, it should be on the top floor, line him up nice and clean wait for him to give the intel, then you can put as many rounds in him as you like," Zander explained.
"Copy outrider, it'll only take one," I responded as I set the stun ammo to max power and activated the magnetic barrel.
I zoomed in on the meeting just as it began. The glass atrium had a large conference table with Cyrus at the head and his financial backers up and down the sides.
"You will have 1 week to make your payments, be sure to run the funds through the central Hoenn bank," Cyrus' cold voice ordered via the wiretap.
"That's it, Alpha take the shot!" Zander ordered.
I took a deep breath and squeezed the trigger, the bullet went through the glass window and into Cyrus' forehead before I could even blink. He fell to the floor, unconscious and limp.
"Bravo, MOVE IN NOW!" Zander yelled.
Two bolts of lightning crashed through the atrium, electrocuting everyone else in the room. When the light faded Kelly and Charlie were putting shift cuffs on Cyrus. Everyone in the room was cuffed soon after.
Earth 63, 2048, 3:37 PM
3rd person POV
As Cyrus was being dragged to the jump jet in a parking lot he woke up suddenly, the MRPA has the entire parking lot barricaded as people with cameras and phones tried to get a glimpse of what was going on.
"You!? how did you find me?!" He demanded.
Just as I was about to question how he woke up so fast there was a blinding flash. A multicolored portal opened as a man dressed in a black suit emerged.
"Apologies for the interruption, but I will be taking him," Giovanni said, a mild smirk painting his lips.
Every MRPA agent leveled their weapon on the man, ready to open fire.
"Humph, what a bother," was all Giovanni said before unleashing a shockwave of black energy that knocked everyone in the area to the ground, save for Layla, Kyle, Kelly, and Charlie who seemed like a strong wind had almost blown them over.
"Impressive, I didn't think this world's MRPA had so many shifters that they sent 4 of them to catch Cyrus," He complimented as Kyle and Layla shifted into a Vaporeon and Sceptile respectively. The Mason twins summoned electricity around their arms and fists instead of shifting.
"Adorable," Giovanni joked before unleashing bolts of black lightning from his hands that sent Kyle and Layla flying through the air and into a brick wall across the parking lot. The lightning merely staggered the Mason twins, much to the surprise of their new adversary.
"Outstanding, two legendary Pokémon on their side," He admitted.
Kelly and Charlie ran at him, their fists glowing with electricity. They were not about to give up without a fight. The man didn't give them a chance however, he unleashed one final shockwave, knocking the last shifters standing along with anyone who has managed to get up from the first blast to the pavement.
Cyrus got to his feet first, only to be met with a scowl from Giovanni.
"Seems like someone needs to keep a better eye on security, I've begun relocating your assets to my base of operations," Giovanni explained before motioning Cyrus to the portal.
Cyrus ran in first, Giovanni turned to follow him only to hear a roar. Before he could so much as turn around he was pinned to the ground by the massive pawed foot of a Raikou. Both of the Mason twins had shifted and Kelly had him pinned.
"You're determined, I give you that," he admitted before teleporting out from under Kelly's paw and diving into the portal.
The portal closed as soon as he entered. Leaving the two Raikou standing there shocked.
"Damn it!" Kelly cursed via telepathy.
Just then a scream pierced their sensitive ears, the crowd had taken notice and pulled out their phones, some were snapping photos and recording video.
"Shit, run, they can't see us change back!" Charlie ordered psychically.
The two Raikou then disappeared in a flash of electricity, teleporting away just as the other MRPA agents came to.
Just then the portal Giovanni had escaped in reappeared. A zoroark flew out of it, landing right in front of the MRPA agents.
The Zoroark reached out his paw and said "Help," before passing out and collapsing onto the ground.
Zander rang out over the radio. "Get out of there, the public has seen too much!" He yelled.
All the agents ran onto the jump jet, Layla and Kyle grabbed the Zoroark and carried him aboard. He needed help, and even if he was working with the enemy he was far too injured to pose a threat. The jump jet took off as the crowd stood there in awe about what they had just witnessed….
Author's note- sorry for the wait, I've been super busy. Luckily I'm back with my longest chapter ever!
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