Chapter 19: The Truth
"Hold your fire!" Agent 142's voice cut through the air as she approached; lining up against the wall, their guns resting against their shoulder with their team leader walking up.
She stopped, a mere few feet from the five Team Rocket Agents. "You wouldn't want to kill the son of Akio and his friends, would you?"
Shocks and gasps filled the small group as the five were a bit confused. "What's going on? Who are you?" Ash asked.
Agent 142 giggled. "Well, I know it isn't one of my best disguises Ashy, but it looks like I can count this one as a winner," she replied, removing the mask to reveal Agent 142 was Duplica. "Long time no see."
The five were completely shocked. "D-Duplica? I thought you ran off because of depression?" Ash replied.
She shook her head. "No, that's not the reason; I am with the Poke'mon Lovers and I was here on a mission to infiltrate the Organization."
"Agent 142!" the five remaining agents came up to the group, "where do you run off to?"
She giggled. "I just had to get something from Ashy's room," she replied, pulling out the disk case from her pocket. "We got a good tip that it was with you."
Just then, a troop of Team Rocket Agents, lead by Bill... I mean Butch and Cassidy. "Poke'mon Lovers, take aim and fire!" Cassidy announced.
"But ma'am, some of our agents are being held hostage by them," one of the Agents replied.
"We will just say that they killed them if they get shot," Butch replied, "now fire! We can't let them escape!"
The five couldn't believe what they heard, but what surprised them even more is that the Poke'mon Lovers stood in front of them, defended them. "Let's get out of here, we have to hurry," Duplica replied.
Gunfire flew in every direction in the halls as the Poke'mon Lovers directed the five out of the way. "We're almost ou..." Duplica said but was silenced as a bullet hit her through the lung.
"Duplica!" Ash cried out, quickly dashing over to her while the other four were stopped by the Poke'mon Lovers.
He stopped by her side as she didn't seem to have the strength to get up, throwing up buckets of blood. "A-Ashy," she stated, "I-I'm sorry to drag you into this mess, I r-really am."
"Don't talk, you can still be saved," Ash pleaded, trying to get her up as the Poke'mon Lovers protected them during this.
But she brushed him off, looking into his eyes with blood tears running down her cheeks. She pulled the disk and handed it to him. "P-Please, t-take this, g-guard it with your l-life; the p-password is, The Truth."
"But Duplica..."
"GO!" she yelled.
A Poke'mon Lover pulled off the Team Rocket agent as a pool of blood started to form quickly around Duplica; her clothes absorbing some of it.
There in front of her eyes, a faint image of a Ditto appeared, crying. "I-I'm so sorry, D-Ditto, that I couldn't k-keep my p-promise," she coughed up more blood and tears falling, moving her hand out to wiped the tears away from the blob, "about when P-Poke'mon and h-humans get along, we would entertain the a-audience."
She then pulled the image of her dear Poke'mon to her chest. "B-But maybe, in another d-dimension, where P-Poke'mon and h-human's coexist, we entertain t-thousands a d-day; just l-like w-we've always w-wan...te...d."
Her body then became limp, her breathing silenced and the image of the Poke'mon faded; shedding one last tear for its friend.
It seemed like an hour went by as they the five rode along with the Poke'mon Lovers, feeling so tight in the air as if they said a word they would be shot.
But the vehicle finally came to a stop and one by one were being led through a dark warehouse. But then blinding lights filled the room and once their eyes adjusted the Team Rocket agents were completely terrified.
So many Poke'mon were relaxing or working with the humans which seemed to look like the Poke'mon Lover's Headquarters. "A-All of t-these Poke'mon," Max said in terror, even since they were born they were told how Poke'mon were nothing more than blood lusting vicious creatures.
"What is going on here?" Ash asked, "How can this be possible?"
"You look just like how Akio described, Ash Ketchum," Ash could hear in his head as all of the agents looked over to see a strange humanoid like Poke'mon floating down from the catwalk.
The Team Rocket agents pulled out their Rocketdex but the information said unknown species. "You won't find my data on those; my name is Mewtwo, but I am better known as Captain M2, I am the result of Team Rocket experiments."
"I don't believe it;" Max snapped back, "The Team Rocket Organization would never do something like that!"
M2 could only chuckle. "There is much about that Organization you need to know."
"How can we believe anything a Poke'mon has to say?!" Misty asked.
M2 looked directly at Ash. "The disk in your pocket should explain everything if you don't trust my thoughts."
Ash nearly forgot as he pulled out the disk in his pocket. "This, will explain everything?"
Mewtwo nodded, stepping aside to reveal a large computer screen. "Ash, be careful," May stated in concern.
Ash nodded as he walked up to the computer, feeling how tense the air was while it seemed like everyone's eyes were burning a hole in the back of his head. Slowly he took out the CD from the case and placed it on the drive.
After it went in the file came up. Ash clicked on it where it needed a password. He entered, The Truth.
Access was accepted and he found within the folder a video file, he double clicked on it.
He couldn't believe his eyes, as he saw his father on the video, looking into the camera. "September 25, 2245," was the first words out of his mouth, "Son if you are watching this, it probably means I am no longer living. I bet you're a strong young man now," he then winked, "probably even have a girlfriend now just like your old man."
Both Misty and May blushed after hearing that, but Akio continued. "But the first thing I want to ask you is forgiveness for how big of a fool I was. I am also guessing you are with the Poke'mon Lovers while watching this since that is the only way you could have gotten the password. I hope Captain M2 isn't still his grouchy self."
Chuckles could be heard throughout the warehouse as Mewtwo groaned. "But Ash, what they are saying is true, I was, near the end of my time, a Poke'mon Lover's Agent."
Ash and his friends were completely shocked by hearing this; they would have never guessed one of the most decorated Team Rocket Agents would be a Poke'mon Lover.
"By now you are probably wondering why. Well it started that day I discovered that four of Team Rocket's highest Poke'mon Researchers were Poke'mon Lovers themselves. The first thing I thought was how four of Team Rocket's top scientists could abandon us like that. But once I was able to find them they show me proof of what Team Rocket's was really about."
"There are two Organizations working within Team Rocket: The front as it's called is what I was on, which is to eliminate Poke'mon and keep the peace within the city; but there is also the True Team Rocket, which go out and capture the Poke'mon for cruel researching and experimentation; if you want any proof on that my son, Captain M2 is evidence of their deeds."
"But not only that, I discovered that the Generator that is used to protect our city is actually the cause of the Poke'mon's rage. In the year 2006 and before, Poke'mon and humans actually lived in harmony, battling and training together, bonding with their friendship and skill."
"But Team Rocket designed that Generator as a means to control all of the Poke'mon on the planet, but it backfired. Instead of controlling them it sent every Poke'mon on the planet into a blood thrust rage; so many died because of Team Rocket's deception."
"In the end, they used it to make the barrier for a new city, making the people believe that the Poke'mon turned on us and wish for our annihilation and thus the war between Poke'mon and Humans begun."
"But out of all of this, what shocked me the most is what powered the Generator," Akio seemed to shake just from the thought, "it was a rare Poke'mon known only as Mew. They tortured and continue to torture a Poke'mon's body and mind to keep up the deceit."
Akio seemed to calm down after that. "But now the effects of the Generator have only reached 100 kilometers out and that is forcing the True Team Rocket to return to its old plan if they want to keep up their control. I'm not truly sure of what they have planned myself; but I hope it's stopped in time before any more innocent blood has to be shed because of their lies."
"Ash, my son; I'm so sorry that I had to drag you into this; I truly hoped you would have never needed to see this and by now Poke'mon and humans would be living together in harmony like before. Maybe have your own Poke'mon and go out on your own adventure with some friends by your side," Akio smiled, "the reason this planet is dying is because it was Poke'mon who helped nurtured the planet; if we want the human race to survive we must work together. I know this is probably a lot to take in but there isn't much time. Once again I'm sorry for doing this and I hope your taking care of your mother, she worries about the men in her life," he winked again as he shut off the feed.
Ash collapsed where he stood; he and his friends couldn't believe that all they knew was just a lie; that the Elite Team Rocket Organization was nothing more than lies and deceit. "What he says is true," Captain M2 replied, "tonight has been a long night, you should all rest up for tomorrow."
"I won't believe it!" Max yelled with tear filled eyes, slamming his fist on the ground, "my father would never work for an Organization like that; he is a great man!"
He continued to cry as his sister pulled him into a hug. Quickly her dress became soaked until he felt a tear drop on his cheek.
Max looked up with tear filled eyes to see his sister was crying as well. "Our dad is a great person and father, but maybe he is was deceived like we were. That has to be it."
She pulled him in tighter in that hug just, the pain in all of their hearts just so strong from the truth.
To Be Continued
So I wiped out most of a species because I deceived everyone to believe that Poke'mon were the enemies, now where can I find that in real life? Read and review.