Chapter 8

I had to make a choice, I could either follow the man or I could refuse and leave, but seeing as I had nowhere to go. I had no choice.

"I'll go as long as Terra goes to".

"I'm ok with that".

I followed the man into the car and Terra jumped in after me. I looked in the car to find the back caged away from the front of the car as if it was a police car. I sat down as Terra rested her head on my lap.

Two of the men in white got into the front of the car and started driving away. The crowd of people just stared at me and mumbled. I couldn't hear what they were saying as the car window was closed.

As we drove I started to wonder if I did something wrong. The aggron was berserking earlier, I had to do something about it. I finally built up the courage to say something.

"Um, am I in trouble or something". 'Wow, that sounded distinguished'. I thought to myself.

'Huh, good one Nick' Terra thought. I forgot, again that she could hear what I was thinking.

"Your not in trouble, far from it in fact. We've been looking for someone of your talents for a while".

"What do you mean, talents"?

"You removed the alpha chip from a pokemon, without any negative results. No-one has ever done that". The alpha chip, is that what it was called?

"Oh really, negative results"? I was worried that I might of done something wrong to Terra or that aggron when I removed their chips.

"We're here". The two men got out of the car. Terra and me got out and were amazed. The building we parked in front was huge nearly 15 stories. It made me wonder how I missed it when we first saw the city, or 'Chokoto' as I think it was called, from the top of the hill.

I followed the men into the building.

"The boss is waiting for you on the top floor". They directed me to an elevator at the back of the building.

Terra and I went inside. I pressed button number 15 and the elevator started to ascend.

As I was going up I had a million thoughts running through my head.

'What was going on here, what gave me the ability to remove the chip, who are all these people and who is the boss? Is this really happening and-'

'Oh for lugia's sake Nick, you think to loud. Calm down'.

'Lugia's sake? Oh god does he exist too.'

'Of course, he is one of the worlds most cherished residents'. I was to excited to even think about what Terra said. But that excitement turned right back into nervousness as the elevator came to a halt.

The door opened to reveal a long, white hallway with a door at the end. Terra and I walked slowly and nervously down the hallway, our footsteps echoing through the hall. I walked to the end of the hall and stopped at the door. I paused for a brief moment, with my hand frozen on the knob. I turned the knob and opened the door. I walked in.

The room was white all over with a desk and a black chair facing the window in the back of the room. I couldn't get a good view out the window but I knew we probably could.

"They told me about you". A voice came from behind the chair. The voice was female, a somewhat young voice.

"I was told to come here, perhaps you can help me".

"That, I can, but you need to help me first". The chair turned around revealing a young blond woman of her thirty's. I was surprised how young she was. When she turned around she suddenly kept a close eye on Terra. Was she surprised that I tamed her?

"My name is Karen, I am the boss of the organization", she shifted her attention to me, looking at Terra every so often. "You need to tell me how you removed the alpha chip".

"To tell you the truth, I'm even more confused than you are right now. I'll tell you what I know, the chips just seem to slide out".

"I see, tell me, what is your name and where are you from"?

"Oh, My name's Nick, and this is Terra. I don't know where Terra's from but I'm from Canada".

"Canada, that sounds familiar", Her eyes suddenly widened, "Wait a minute, you're from EARTH"!?

"And you know what Earth is!? How do you know what Earth is"? Her eyes suddenly became shifty.

"It's a long story".

"Could you explain to me what is going on here"?

"Right ... Welcome, Nick, to the world of pokemon. You're know in the country of Johto." As lame as the intro sounded, I wasn't really in the mood to focus on that.

"What, exactly, is the organization"?

"The organization is an ... an organization devoted to stopping the actions of the clan, Team Rocket"

"WHAT?!?!?!? THEY EXIST TOO!?!?? Oh my god, are they the ones making the alpha chips"?

"Yes".

I felt like I was going to explode. Well, at least their plans were a little more elaborate.

"OK, so what are these so called negative effects from removing the alpha chips"?

"We suspect that the chip provides some sort of support system to the pokemon while giving them orders at the same time. We were finally able to track down a chipped pokemon. We tried to remove the chip by hand but it didn't work. We even tried to remove the chip surgically, but that didn't work either".

"But what happened to the pokemon"?

"After all our attempts, within seconds of removal, the pokemon ... would die"!