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Chapter 27: Meeting Of The Champions
Both Cynthia and Frost made their way to the garage once again after Cynthia had finished her tea.
"So which one do you want this time?" Frost asked Cynthia jokingly.
"Let's take something you can't jump out of."
Frost smiled at the comment and replied
"Fine we'll take a car."
He registered himself and this time pulled in front of Cynthia a generic black sedan.
"Will this do?" he asked as he rolled the window down.
"Yes it's fine." said Cynthia as she opened the sat in the front passenger seat along with Frost.
A whole 10 minutes passed and neither party spoke anything, this drive was the polar opposite of the one earlier where both parties were quite verbal with one and other.
It was around 8:45 PM when Frost's Pokegear interrupted the silence by ringing again. He was about to pick it up but was stopped by Cynthia who said
"Focus on driving Frost I'll get it."
Frost didn't complain as he replied
"It's Rain, she probably wants to yell at me for being late tell her we will reach in fifteen minutes." while handing her the phone.
"Frost are you crazy!" Rain yelled causing Cynthia to withdraw her ear away from the device.
"Ember told me what you did and so did Stone you've been back working with us for just over 5 hours and already you try to kill yourself." she continued angrily.
"Rain calm down it's me Cynthia."
"Oh…..( Rain's voice returned to a normal one) Champion it's you where are you right now?"
"We will be reaching Lumious Tower in about 15 minutes, Frost is driving so I picked up the call for him."
"I see and no problem I'll have a chat with him in person only also you guys should hurry up all of the other Champions have already reached.
"Alright see you soon." said Cynthia to finish up the conversation.
"Rain Out."
"What did she say?" Frost asked as he drove normally in the traffic.
"For one thing you are right she is pissed at you." Cynthia replied while keeping the Pokegear on the dashboard again.
"Typical Rain nothing new there, anything else?" Frost asked.
[Well he knows Rain better than the others that is for sure.] Cynthia deduced as she replied.
"She also told us to hurry up as the others have already reached."
"I see…. Well I can speed up if you want but after what happened earlier I think I should take it easy for a few days."
"Yes reaching late is better than never reaching at all." Cynthia said in her usual composed tone.
Frost laughed dryly as he replied
"Couldn't have said it better." as he continued to drive through the streets of Lumious.
They reached 15 minutes late at around 9:20 PM and were still in no rush as they knew Cynthia was required for the meeting to start.
When entering the tower complex they were greeted by a young blonde girl about 14 years wearing a white hoodie with black leggings with a Dedenne running around her.
"Hello there and welcome to the Lumious City Gym I am Bonnie the current gym leader, it's a pleasure to meet you." she said as she shook hands with Cynthia.
"Thank you for having us here Bonnie, Ash has told me a lot about you and Clemont." Cynthia replied in a very cool and calm voice.
Bonnie blushed slightly at the comment as she didn't expect the Cynthia Shirona to know about her.
"He did wow I mean I…. am flattered." she replied as she was in ninth cloud right now.
"Which floor is the meeting being held?" Frost got straight to point.
Bonnie snapped out of her dream and said
"Ahem… you can take the lift to the 57th floor that is where the conference hall is."
"Thank you Bonnie." said Cynthia as the duo made their way to the lift.
Frost pressed the button to the 57th floor and said
"Go on ahead I'll join you later."
"Is everything alright?" Cynthia asked with concern.
"Yes everything is fine, I just forgot something in the car." he replied as he turned around.
"I see, well you should hurry up because of Rain." Cynthia said as the door to the elevator shut.
Frost who had left the building opened the car again and grabbed the black case on the dash and opened it by entering a 4 digit code, he quickly grabbed the contents and placed them in the inner pocket of the blazer he was wearing on top of the green shirt before starting his return back to the tower.
Meanwhile
Cynthia who had reached the floor was greeted by Rain.
"Champion! Where is Frost?" she asked.
As Cynthia eyed the slightly shorter women with blue hair that neatly tied into a bun she replied
"He said he left something in the car so he went to retrieve it."
"That man is always late when he is supposed to be early." Rain replied with a sigh.
Cynthia noticed the familiarity both of them shared so she asked
"You seem to know him better then anyone here?"
Rain slightly surprised by the sudden question replied
"Well yes I have known him for the longest out of everyone so yes you can say that."
"I see..."
"Well anyways don't delay any further everyone is waiting for you inside." said Rain while pointing towards the dark wood door.
"Thanks." said Cynthia as she entered the hall.
Inside the first person to greet her was the one and only Mr. Goodshow.
"Cynthia dear how nice of you to finally join us have a seat."
Cynthia obliged with a bow and settled down.
"Well… now all of us are here what are we waiting for lets start the show." said Steven in a hurry.
"Of course." said Goodshow as he continued.
"As you all have witnessed first hand the current situation of the regions is in chaos with crimes associated with Pokemon at their peak. So keeping this in consideration we at the PLA have come to decision which can help improve the situation, you see most of act as our eyes and years for your particular regions but even with your full efforts your hands are tied due to your public status that you cannot implement full authority."
"Implement Authority? You don't want us to become dictators now do you sir." Lance interrupted respectfully.
"No not at all Lance, all I am suggesting is that people with knowledge and experience about Pokemon like the Champions are not utilizing your potential the way you are right now." Goodshow explained.
"Are you suggesting that we are not suited to be Champions?" asked Ash out of curiosity.
"Well…. NO but YES as well to an extent." replied Goodshow cheekily.
"Excuse me but I don't see you telling us how to do our jobs." Said Steven haughtily.
"Can it Kid let the man finish." Alder interrupted Steven to allow Goodshow to continue.
"Thank you Alder, I know this is stupid coming from a guy like me and I am also aware of the effort you all put into your respective regions to lower crime rates especially young Mr. Ketchum who was involved in a lot of trouble in various regions from a very young age, but I sadly have to inform you all that what you have been dealing with all this time was just the tip of the iceberg." said Goodshow earnestly.
"I don't get it how come our efforts to stop evil organizations be shunned like this." said Diantha with concern.
Cynthia who was relatively quite during this whole ordeal said
"I think I understand what is talking about?"
"Mind elaborating." asked Lance.
"Well you see when I was on the plane yesterday the leader of the mercenary group that was responsible for the hijacking was someone known as 'The Scorpion.' he was from Kanto."
"So he must be from Team rocket the regional trouble makers from there." concluded Steven.
"No he is not." said Ash seriously while looking at Cynthia with concern he said
"I haven't heard about this person ever since I took my position as Champion plus team rocket got disbanded years ago ever since Giovanni disappeared."
"What do you mean by that you mean he is just a random criminal." questioned Alder.
"No he is not, Frost said he was one of the most wanted mercenary from Kanto." added Cynthia.
"Then why don't we know anything about this guy?" said Lance.
Goodshow looked over to Cynthia with a smile as he continued.
"Well I suppose Cynthia is always quick to catch on."
"You see what I mean by just the tip of the iceberg now." he added.
All the rangers were now silent not knowing anything to say as Cynthia thought
[There is more evil in this world than we thought.]
Goodshow took this as an opportunity to continue
"Does anyone of you know why the Pokemon Ranger division was establishe?" he asked.
After a while Diatntha replied
"It was to reduce the rate of Pokemon or Environmental related crimes."
"You are half correct with that answer, the Pokemon Rangers have another purpose they are responsible for dealing with both regional and international criminal organizations." Goodshow answered.
While the Champion's were shocked to say the least by this new revelation, Alder was the first one to compose himself and say
"So while we deal with the regional based organizations sometimes the Rangers are tasked to keep the borders safe from any future threats regarding the same."
"Precisely" answered Goodshow.
"But if the Rangers also deal with regional organizations that would mean every time we flaw one of their plans or take out few bases we are just finishing up what the Rangers had already started." Said Cynthia in a serious tone.
"Yes and that is why we feel you people need a new purpose, a new reason to be called Champions." said Goodshow.
"What do you have in store for us sir?" asked Ash.
Goodshow smiled wryly as if he was waiting for someone to ask him that question as he said
"Ladies and Gentlemen the PLA wants the Champions to actively take part in the operations of the Rangers, we want all of you to see the other side of this world that is usually kept hidden from the general public to avoid mass panic, we want you to become Pokemon Rangers…..."
Authors Notes:
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