Chapter 17

Changes

Earth 63, 2048, 11:46 AM

Charlie's POV

"What a joke..." I said as I looked at the food on my tray. A simple sandwich, chips and soda were all that the school provided aside from a salad bar. The salad was less useful than the standard meal in terms of calories so my sister and I elected to skip it.

As I sat down with Kelly we both pulled out a blank silver wrapper in our bags. We tore them open and ate our protein bars first, each one contained about 3,000 calories, three per day along with at least 1,000 calories from normal food kept us energized. We also adjusted the batteries on our belts to stop draining electricity and instead feed us a little. This was a substitute for normal eating as we could in theory live off nothing but electricity for a little while as long as we had water. The amount of electricity needed was very impractical however, there was a reason why almost every story about a Raikou involved thunderstorm. They feed themselves in difficult times by drawing lightning bolts to them. Our mother avoided this issue by simply keeping all the electricity she produced, she had mastered her powers to the point that she could contain all the power she generated daily.

We had just finished our meals when we heard the intercom say, "Kelly and Charlie Mason to the headmistress's office"

We sighed almost in unison and headed to our mom's office after depositing our trays. We arrived in her office only to see her talking to an unfamiliar guest.

He was pale skinned and skinny, he had medium length hair that seemed unnaturally well kept. I recognized him however by the white highlights in his otherwise black hair.

He turned around and greeted us by saying "Hello, my name is Connor, but to avoid confusion just call me Z"

"Wait are you.." I asked before he nodded

"I'm that Zoroark from your last mission for the MRPA, Connor and I are old friends and I work for him now.." Z explained.

"What are you doing here?" Kelly asked politely.

"He has a job for you two." My mom answered vaguely before walking to a painting in her office of the burned tower. She pressed her finger on the Entei in the picture and the portrait's image dissolved revealing what looked to be a handprint scanner. She held her hand to the scanner for a moment before a bookcase in the corner of the room slid to the side revealing a hidden pathway.

Z walked through the opening in the wall, we were standing there unsure of what to make of the situation, what was hidden in this school?

My mom motioned towards the opening and said, "Well, go see what he has to show you."

I looked at Kelly and shrugged my shoulders before heading down the opening with her. We came to an elevator door with Z waiting for us. We entered the elevator and he pressed the down button.

"After the fall of Cipher the MRPA came into the possession of three very dangerous artifacts, it was decided by Connor that they should be stored in secret vaults under the schools where either he or one of his most trusted friends could guard it. Recently however Connor and I have begun another project in the vaults" Z finished explaining just as the door opened revealing a large room with a tan stone floor.

The room was huge, straight ahead was a massive steel door, but to the side were what looked to be two tube like tunnels with control panels beside each entrance.

"What the heck are those?" Jelly asked.

"Follow me." Z said before walking down the tunnel.

A computerized voice then said "Z, recognized" before he disappeared in a blinding flash of light.

I looked at Kelly for a moment and motioned to the tube saying "Well, we've teleported before"

She nodded and we walked into the tube, the voice then said "Kelly Mason, Charlie Mason, recognized" a white flash consumed our vision and when we could see each other again we were in another vault but with a polished green floor, the green granite was reflecting the dim lights in the room.

Z was waiting at what looked like a large circular table with a hole in the center. It was covered with computer screens and buttons. A dim purple light was in the center.

Z turned to us and said "Don't be shy, come over here, we're in the vault under Connor's school now."

We approached the table only for a stand to rise from the center of the device with a perfectly smooth orb in the center. It looked almost like a pinkish-purple pearl that was the size of a soccer ball.

The device glowed to life revealing a holographic display of what looked like planets. Each one however looks just like earth apart from a few different continents on some of them.

"What are those planets?" I asked.

"The different Earths throughout the multiverse" Z said casually

"That's why Giovanni came back from the dead out of nowhere" Kelly guessed.

"Exactly, and now he had operations throughout the multiverse, this device allows us to monitor both the other worlds along with any other portals that are opened, we call it the Monitor." Z said, clearly aware of the unoriginal name.

"How does this relate to our new task?" I asked.

"While we cant detect when a single person jumps to another dimension on their own, we can tell when someone makes a dedicated portal, we've mastered a way to travel back and forth with a device me and Connor have been working on for the past 2 months," he explained as if this was standard fair for him.

"And you want us to go on mission for you?" Kelly asked somewhat hesitantly.

"If you want to, as you parents and Connor told you when you joined the MRPA it's entirely your choice." Z offered.

I looked at Kelly for a moment before she nodded at me and I said "We want to help people, and Giovanni must be stopped, we're in."

"Good, but it may be awhile before your first mission, we need to assemble a larger team, you two can't do missions on your own without using your shift forms, and we know what a scene that causes." He said in a timid voice, knowing the incident in Castilia was still a touchy subject.

"Ok, so what do we do now?" Kelly asked

"For now, go to school, fit in, you need to give the United Regions the illusion that you're settling into civilian life permanently," He said before handing us two watches.

"These will keep us in touch." He said as we walked back towards the teleporter.

"Hey!" I asked in a louder voice to get his attention.

"Yes?" He acknowledged politely.

"Where's Connor if this is such an important meeting?" I asked from across the room.

"Visiting an old friend." Z explained before we headed back into the teleporter.

Earth 63, 2048, 1:37 pm

3rd person P.O.V

An invisible object landed near the shrine in item forest, Connor dispelled his camouflage and reapplied his human guise. However, instead of his usual suit he was wearing backpacking clothes to fit in the environment.

He looked at the shrine for a moment before ringing the bell above it with psychic energy. There was a good pause for a while, all that could be heard was the rustling of leaves around him.

"I hope she's coming..." Connor muttered under his breath.

"Oh Connor, do you really think I'd miss a chance to see you?" a high pitched feminine voice said from seemingly nowhere.

There was a flash of green light and a a small green Pokémon with round toeless feet, three-fingered hands, and clear wings on its back appeared. It had a round head that came to a curved point. Its large innocent baby-blue eyes were outlined with thick black rings, and a pair of green antennae with blue tips adorned its forehead.

"Hello Celebi, it's been a while." Connor greeted formally.

Chapter Proofread And Edited By FXCF.

Author's note-As stated in this chapter i need some new characters for whats next, PM me if you have an OC in mind