Chapter 13

The Coming Storm

Earth 63, 2048, 12:23 PM

3rd Person POV

"I regret to inform you that our new recruit denied our offer, she is now in cell block B." Mr. Rapt said to Giovanni's hologram.

"That's a shame, Veronica, have you began cleaning up her record?" Giovanni asked.

"I'm working on it, for now I'll be saying she's on a business trip while I work out the details" Veronica responded.

"Excellent, now onto the business of-" Giovanni began to say before Rapt interrupted him.

"Forgive me, sir, but we have another problem." Rapt mentioned.

"What is it?" Giovanni asked, somewhat annoyed.

"I had my best technician check for any loose ends Cyrus might have left and we found one, there is a way for the MRPA to trace the Hoenn state bank to us" Rapt admitted.

Giovanni paused for a moment, as if he was considering something. Then his lips curled into a smile and he said "that is of no concern, while Cyrus was wasting time, I laid the groundwork for destroying the MRPA of this world once and for all. I'll signal the attack now, and my contact at the United Regions will assure that the MRPA will not have the support they need to recover"

"Very well sir, I'll continue as planned then." Rapt said before cutting the call.

Earth 63, 2048,5:16 PM

3rd person POV

A figure emerged from professed Connor Malcom's house, the house itself was massive, the 8,000 square foot mansion was over 80 years old and had been built by professor Andrew's grandfather. Connor was hardly ever there though, it was usually empty apart from when he needed a formal place to meet someone.

Out of the main gate came a man who looked out of place by his mannerisms alone. He was skinny, pale skinned and had black hair with white highlights. He walked down the sidewalk leading to downtown Veilstone city. He was going to dinner to meet up with Connor.

Unbeknownst to any wandering eyes the man was in reality a Zoroark in disguise, this Zoroark was also named Connor. To avoid confusion he preferred to be simply called Z when around Connor and his associates. Z had met Connor around 20 years before Connor's time training shifters in Veilstone for professor Malcom. A mishap with his portals had stranded him on earth 63, Connor worked with him for a year before he had found his way back to his earth. After mastering his portals he had returned to visit Connor every now and then, but before he had returned to earth 63 he hadn't seen Connor in nearly 25 years. He was shocked to say the least when he learned about Connor's involvement in the MRPA.

Z was a one of a kind creature, even by his Lati friend's standards. His father was a Darkrai, as such he had much more power over shadow energy. Shadow energy wasn't something that cipher had just created, it was a naturally occurring power that all dark and ghost type Pokémon possessed naturally, Cipher simply created a more refined version. Z's favorite attack dark void was one such example of a natural use of shadow energy.

Z however wasn't thinking about his father, or anything related to his home. He had been doing his absolute best to avoid such thoughts, as it would only depress him more. He had been living with Connor for two months, but he had spent most of that time isolated in the massive guest bedroom Connor had given him.

Z entered the restaurant only to see Connor sipping on a glass of scotch. His cane was propped up against the tabel with a reserved name plate across from him. Z against his better judgment decided to humble his friend and sat down across from him.

"Good to see you out of your isolation for once, I like the fish here so I'd recommend that to eat" Connor mentioned as Z looked at the menu repeatedly.

Before he could respond a squad of four men in tactical gear with assault rifles ran in, clearing everyone out of the restaurant. They had MRPA patches on their chests.

"Professor, we need you to come with us." One of them demanded. Connor said nothing, he stared at the soldier dead in the eyes, like he was a statue.

"You're a horrible liar." Connor remarked.

Before Z could even comprehend what Connor had just said there was a rush of air, Z was shocked to see all of the soldiers on the ground unconscious. Connor had incapacitated all four of them in under a second.

Z stood up, unsure as to what was going on. Connor added to the mystery of this by kneeling down and placing his hand on one of the soldier's foreheads

"Get to my house and make sure it's secure" Connor said as he ran out the door. Z followed him, still playing catch up as to the situation at hand.

"Connor what's going on?" Z demanded.

"The MRPA is under attack and I need to go, make sure my house is secure, go, NOW!" Connor yelled before dropping his illusion in broad daylight and blasting off into the sky.

Earth 63, 2048 5:38 PM

Layla's POV

"Alright, call it there" I said over the intercom.

The two Raikou looked at me and nodded. They began to shrink and soon they were back to their human forms. Charlie and Kelly wiped the sweat from their foreheads and walked out of the training room. The massive arena was surrounded with lightning rods so they could practice with their powers in a safe environment.

It had been two months since I was reassigned to help Ivan with managing the Mason twin's health and training. Strange as it seemed for team of scientists to oversee two shifters, these two were a special case. They needed a minimum of 10,000 calories a day to sustain their bodies, even if they were in human for the entire day. Not to mention they needed to have a specific way to contain the electricity they constantly generated. The batteries that they had on their belts could hold over 100,000 volts. This way the could safely send their electricity somewhere on the go, the batteries were draining them every second, just enough to keep electricity from transferring to other surfaces when they touched something.

As they entered the room Charlie smiled at me and asked "how'd we do?"

"That's almost double the record you set last month" I complimented.

Before I could answer the question Kyle came in the lab door and said "hey could you three come with me, the Director wants to talk to you all.

I nodded and followed him out, just as we left the room I heard a gasp from behind me, I turned only the Mason twins tackled to the ground with giant metal collars around their necks.

The two soldiers looked up at me, they seemed as though they were looking behind me. I turned again to face Kyle only to see him grab me by the wrists and put a pair of shifter cuffs on me. I heard gunshots down the hall and screaming from all throughout the base. We were under attack and Kyle had just handcuffed me.

"Sorry Layla, but I've got orders from the top to take you and the Mason twins to Giovanni." Kyle admitted.

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