Chapter 21

Jumpoint

Earth 63, 2049, 9,41 AM

3rd person POV

Grunts echoed through the training room as Nixullium and Cassie sparred on the training mats. This was a special room set aside in the vault under Olivine city, Cassie had decided this was the best location.

Nixullium was thrown to the floor by Kelly for the 3rd time, ending the match. He got up with an irritated look on his face and took off his new prosthetic arm. The damn thing still wasn't responding correctly. He'd have to have Z adjust the calibration again.

"Good match." Cassie said as she wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"Piss off." Nixullium responded, clearly upset at his loss.

"I'm gonna change clothes real quick." Kelly said before walking towards the girls locker room. Yoga pants and a sports bra certainly weren't appropriate for late January weather.

As Nixullium walked towards the portal's he reminisced about what had happened in the two months since his forced meeting with Professor Malcom. He had reluctantly taken the man's offer. Classes weren't as bad as he had expected, but were still a chore. It was clear it was tailored to someone who had missed all of elementary, middle school, and high school.

The Mason twins were nice to him, they certainly seemed accustomed to the unusual things in their day to day lives. Nixullium had chalked it up to their lack of time with their father due to his position at the United Regions, but most perplexingly Nixullium has yet to see their shift forms. It was clear they were electric types, powerful ones based on the batteries they constantly carried on their persons. Plus, the smell they gave off was like no other electric type, smelling more like walking holes in the ozone layer. He still wondered however why they were so secretive on the subject.

After charging the portal up he entered it only to see Z waiting for him along with three new faces. One girl with brown hair and deep blue eyes had a simple cardigan and blue jeans. The boy was tall and muscular. He had red eyes, but unlike Connor's they were red with blue pupils. He was wearing a brown leather jacket and cargo pants. He had black boots and gloves on. The other girl however, Nixullium recognized.

She was tall and skinny, her tanned skin was a sharp contrast to her light green shirt and black yoga pants. Her dark brown hair had two strange highlights. One pink and one green.

"Lucina?" Nixullium asked, clearly surprised to see her.

"Nixie!" she shouted, running up and giving him a hug.

Nixullium was shocked by the contact but let it slide out of joy seeing his friend.

"I thought you were dead." she said as the hug broke.

"I had some close calls, but I'm here" Nixullium admitted, holding back a chuckle.

"Who are those two?" Nixullium asked as the Connor entered the room.

"I'm Layla Vallinia" the other girl said

"And I'm Alveri Dominisucs." the boy said.

Nixullium then took notice of Connor's presence and asked "how did you find her?"

"She and Alveri were working for the MRPA before it collapsed, I recruited her as soon as I found her connection to you, they've been training at Dana's school." Connor explained.

"Charlie Mason, recognized, Kelly Mason, recognized." the computer voice said as Cassie and Charlie emerged from the teleporter.

"Good, now that we're all here, it's time to explain your first mission." Connor announced as Z turned on the monitor.

"Earth 26 has one of Giovanni's mining operations, tasked with retrieving fossils. It's in a completely uninhabited area so it's a very valuable resource."

"Any other big things we need to know?" Layla asked.

"Yes, humans don't exist in this world" Z explained.

"WHAT?!" Every student (Save Nixullium, who's eyebrows raised a bit, tilting his head with interest.) present gasped in unison.

"This earth is inhabited only by Pokémon, one of many dimensions where history is radically different." Z said, putting fears of a human extermination to rest.

"Your mission is to shut down the mining operation, collapsing the cave and destroying their equipment." Connor explained as Z passed around a strange wristwatch looking device.

As everyone strapped them on Z held one up and said "This allows for communication anywhere, you call me on this when you need a portal back. However if you need a quick way back there's a failsafe."

Z then clicked a red button on the side of the watch, it flipped up the watch face revealing a metallic disk with purplish energy inside it along with a button beneath it

Everyone did the same as Z said "this is energy from the lustrous orb. This is your break glass in case of emergency. Press and hold this button for three seconds and it will pull you back here by itself. You can grab someone's arm and take them with you, but if advise against more than three people with one disk."

Everyone nodded as Z began typing on the monitor's keyboard. Connor then stood in front of the group.

"Be careful and watch out for each other, I have absolute faith in you all. Good luck."

As he finished his speech Z pressed enter on the keyboard, opening a large multicolored portal right behind the monitor. He then looked at the group and pointed toward the ultra wormhole. The group nodded and one by one began entering the portal. Cassie was the last one in she looked at Connor and gave a thumbs up before disappearing in a blinding flash along with the portal.

Z then looked at Connor and noticed a concerned look on his friend's face.

"what's wrong? I tested the tech myself, and you know their ready." Z asked.

Connor gave a sigh and responded saying "I know, but I just can't help but feel worried that if the worst happens, the blame will fall on me and me alone."

Chapter Edited And Proofread By FXCF