Chapter 27

Violence

Earth 93 2049, 5:15 PM

3rd person POV

"Quite a ship. " Giovanni said as he eyed the vessel needed for the next phase of his plan. His black tablet was adorned with a purple R on its back.

A small picture of a grunt appeared in the corner of his tablet, he looked uneasy about calling his boss when he had asked for some privacy today.

"S-sir my apologies for disturbing you, b-but," the grunt was stammering and tripping over nearly every word.

"For goodness sake, spit it out, you obviously disturbed me for a reason!" Giovanni groaned.

"Yes sir, your head scientist told me to inform you that a device he has been developing is ready for its debut." the grunt explained.

"Very well, send him in." Giovanni said before cutting the video chat.

The two massive doors to the outside of the meeting room opened, one of Giovanni's guards pushing each one. In the center of the doorway however was a rare visitor, one who mainly stayed in the massive cordoned off lab that made up the other half of Giovanni's castle and usually meet with Giovanni there to maintain the secrecy of his projects, but this was a special occasion.

Despite his constant isolation from the rest of the compound he looked liked a relatively normal scientist, he had blond hair and golden eyes, his long white lab coat covered a simple black uniform with purple outlines. The only thing truly odd about his appearance was a strange blue cowlick that went from the top of his head and around his ear on the other side of his gauntlets on his arms had touch screens and what looked like blue orbs in his gloves.

"Colress, this is an unexpected visit." Giovanni admitted cautiously.

"Well I decided to give you the good news in your office for once, while i've been continuing fabrication on project Daedalus, I've also completed your request for the device you commissioned with the data from the Aether Foundation on earth 72." Colress stated proudley.

"Really? And what is its range and full capabilities?" Giovanni asked, somewhat skeptical.

Colress smirked and said, "At your command, I can unleash a horde of overcharged and recallable Ultra Beasts anywhere throughout the multiverse."

"Oh Really? And any limitations I should know about?" Giovanni pressed.

"I can attack one earth at a time, and it will need a month or so to recharge." Colress conceded.

"That is an acceptable hidernece, after all the point of this device is to launch a quick and decisive attack on a target without the need of a dedicated base or implanted agents in advance" Giovanni conceded. While the betas were the main focus in creating the army, they could only be controlled with a handler there constantly, this device would allow them to wipe an area clean off the map if precision and planning wasn't needed.

"Well then, would you like a field test?" Colress inquired.

Giovanni paused for a moment and after a moment his lips curled into a dark smile.

"Yes, send an attack to Ecruteak City on earth 63, destroying the historical sites there will send a message to our enemies." Giovanni ordered in a calm voice.

"Forgive me, sir, but shouldn't we use this opportunity to destroy the Allegiance air fleet? After all, they are a considerable threat." Colress asked.

Giovanni shook his head and said "no, I now have a new agent in the Allegiance ranks, thanks to the enhancements you gave Ethan he was able to capture some high value targets and give us some influence"

"Very well then, I'll send Ethan to observe the attack." Colress said before bowing and leaving the room, leaving Giovanni to muse on his next objective.

Earth 63, 2049, 6:56pm

Ethan's POV
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"There you are," I said as I spotted the rainbow feathers sitting in the shrine's vase. The stone statue of Ho-oh had a stone altar and a vase with the rainbow feathers at the center. There were dozens, even if the Tin Tower's monks noticed one missing it would be far too late.

I swapped my black fingerless glove on my right hand for a sterile white glove. Colress insisted that I touched the feather with a clean glove, he said that even the slightest touch could damage the DNA sample. I grabbed the feather as carefully as I could and slipped into the glass beaker Colress had given me. I corked it and attached the carabiner to my belt.

With the sample acquired, I looked to my wristwatch and saw that it was 6:59. I pressed a finger to the earpiece in my left ear and said "Watcher to base, sample acquired"

"Copy watcher, status of the festival?" Colress asked.

I looked down from the Tin Tower's roof, far below in the plaza outside Bellchime trail's gate, six women in kimonos were taking the stage with a massive crowd in front of them.

"The dancers are taking the stage" I informed Colress.

"Perfect, activate your frequency beacon, wormhole opening in t-minus 1 minute" Colress ordered.

"Acknowledged" I responded as I turned the dial on a small black disk in my belt. It would emit a special radio wave that kept the ultra beasts from attacking me. Colress has tested it extensively in his lab, the completed device had never failed.

As the cold air rushed past me, I watched the dancers begin their performance below. It was time to see if the ultra beasts lived up to their reputation.

Kelly's POV
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I sat in quiet anticipation as the dance began. Molly had taken me to this event for a good reason. This dance was only the first part of the weeklong festivities in Ecruteak city. The most historical city in Jhoto obviously would have the biggest celebration for Jhoto independence week.

I had neglected to tell Molly about anything my life aside from college, too many things I'd I have to lie about. It certainly was a stark reminder of how different my life had been in the last three years. One minute you just a shifter who is unusual but not unheard of, and the next your a legendary beast in hiding.

It weighed on me at times how odd my life had become in a relatively short amount of time, the fact that I wouldn't be getting any older for centuries was certainly a bombshell, but I ultimately decided that it was best to take life one day at a time. The only thing I truly hated about my situation was wearing the glamor charm. As necessary as it was it was still hard, even if I never shifted I would always have to hide my appearance.

"You spacing out?" Molly said while tapping my shoulder.

I shook my head before turning to her and replying "Yeah, sorry classes are tough"

"Well focus on the now, we've got a whole week to relax and…" Molly was cut off as a thundering boom hit my ears. The sky seemed to distort as several multicolored portal lit up the night sky.

The dancers stopped and looked up, everyone around me mesmerized at the strange sight. I knew those portals, just like the one Ethan had escaped into after the MPRA's base was destroyed.

Out of the portals cane creatures that I had never seen before. It's head looked like a translucent bell encircled with several white, star-shaped markings. The wavy rim of the bell flared outward and was bright blue. Its tentacles appeared gelatinous and give it a vaguely humanoid shape. Several tentacles meshed together forming the appearance of cape or long hair, while four shorter tentacles resembled shorter hair and arms.

The creatures were enveloped in an aura that looked like red lighting surging around them. The beasts took one look at the crowd and began to fly towards them, shooting blasts of acid that immobilized anyone it came in contact with.

I tacked Molly out of the way of a blast, only for a beast to fly down and grab her, her head was being sucked into the bell on the creature's head. I looked around, there was no police nearby, and I had no time to call Z for backup.

Out of options I shifted into a Raikou, falling on all fours and shredding the new clothes I had bought earlier this morning. Thankfully in the chaos of the crowd fleeing in every direction no one but Molly had seen me change.

Knowing an electric attack was too risky, I jumped forward and slashed the beast with my claw, it dropped Molly and made a chirping sound before flying off.

"Are you ok?" I asked Molly via telepathy.

"GET AWAY FROM ME!" She yelled before running away.

I stood there in shock as she disappeared into the fleeing crowd. I had little time to rest however as I dodged another acid blast and let loose a shockwave of electricity knocking out several of the creatures.

Thanks to a Raikou's incredible eyesight I spotted a man atop the Tin tower, he was wearing an all too familiar purple tactical vest. My eyes narrowed as I focused my powers and teleported up to him via lightning.

I materialized behind him with a crash. He turned around in shock and drew the sword on his back.

"Ahh one of the Mason twins I assume" he asked casually.

"Call if those creatures or i'll tear your throat out!" I threatened.

"Ah the daughter, I'm afraid I cannot dear girl, I'm only here to observe" he responded, his voice sounded truthful.

"Your gonna pay for what you did!" I said with a roar.

"Oh really, well than I believe we've had enough talk?" He asked smugly.

I responded by shooting a thunderbolt at him, he held his sword out in front of him and sucked the attack into his blade, it was now sparking with black electricity.

"Is that all you've got?" He taunted before slashing his blade wide and creating an energy wave that sent me skidding across the roof.

I shook my head and charged at him, he took a defensive stance only for me to teleport again and pin him to the roof with my massive paw.

"Clever" he admitted.

He teleported out from under me and slashed at my back, I barely dodged in time before returning my gaze to him. I noticed a small amount of yellow fur drifting away in the wind.

"Good reaction, but playtime is…" he was interrupted by the sound of a jets screaming by. Allegiance jets began to gun down the beasts as one of the massive airships appeared on the horizon.

Ethan took a quick look at the jets and noticed that the beast were simply not fast enough to defend themselves.

"As much as I'd love to play around with you some more, I'm afraid that's my cue to leave, farewell" he said before jumping off the roof into a portal several feet down.

A blinding light filled my vision, I instinctively jumped to the side and saw an Allegiance helicopter with soldiers in it, before I could tell them who I was dozens of tranquilizer darts stabbed me. I was out before I even hit the ground…..

Author's note-and I'm back! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, you'll be pleased to know the next chapter is nearly done as well!

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