Chapter 16

One month later

It's been a while since the day I first encountered Team Rocket. The day I got home from Terra's overheat incident, we were relieved to find that the members who had surrounded us were found unconscious and not dead. The group was reported in as it appears that they were a group that deviated from Team Rockets original orders, defying laws and using unnecessary methods to get their jobs completed. They were wanted criminals in the first place, and were arrested and hospitalized.

Dallin, Terra, and me continued work as usual without suspicion. It bothered us slightly, what we did. But what was done, had to be done, we had no other option, but death.

Within the time that I had spent in Chokoto, we had dechipped over 500 pokemon in the ACPFs, and dechipped about 15 pokemon in the wild. Things have gone wrong more than once, I've experienced bruises, cuts, and even a fracture in one of my fingers. Too bad my powers only worked on pokemon, but that isn't to say that my powers never got used. I wasn't the only one who was damaged within my work.

Another quiet day here in the organization, it had been a while since something exciting had happened. The phone rang.

"Hello, Karen-".

"Nick, It's the professor".

"Oh, oops, sorry. Something you wanna show me"?

"Yup, you know where to find me".

I made my way to his lab, in somewhat lazy posture. It was early morning, just before I went to the ACPFs. I went into the lab to find the professor standing at the opposite side of the lab.

"Hey Nick, I must say it's been a while".

"Right ... So what do you have to show me"?

"Well, I've been reading the signals from your brace to pinpoint the exact signal that you give off when you remove a chip. After some rigorous work, I have finally come up with a way to duplicate it", I immediately became awake and alert, "Not the exact signal but close enough".

"Really, so I, soon, won't be the only one to be able to dechip".

"Let me explain to you what your using first". He suddenly started to search around his lab coat for the device. "I have finally created the Energy Magnetic De-Alpha Chipper, or the EMDAC". He suddenly pulled out a hand gun that looked quite new and polished. "Allow me to demonstrate".

He pointed to a target to the opposite side of the room. He fired three rounds, that pierced the target, as the sounds rang through the room. I looked at the target, in shock, to find three bullet holes. I looked at the professor to find he was just as surprised.. He looked in confusion at the smoking gun.

"Oops, wrong one". He blushed as he put the gun back into his coat. After a brief second he pulled out a gun that seemed just like the other one only with one key difference. In the handle there seemed to be a strange canister. It somehow glowed in the dark room.

"Here, you take it".

"Are you sure that's the right one"? I chuckled ever so slightly. He gave me a flustered look. I took the un from his hands and pointed to the target on the opposite side of the room. I slowly pulled the trigger. The gun fired and recoiled. I looked to find a strange sight. The bullet wasn't a bullet it was a strange glowing light, like a flare gun, only smaller and faster. I looked at the target ti find that there wasn't a bullet hole. It felt amazing, I pulled the trigger again. Nothing.

"Only one round"?

"Not exactly. Look at the canister". I looked at the canister to find it was empty but as I looked closer I found that glowing light coming from my hand again. The canister started to glow. After about 30 seconds it fully glowed as it did before I first fired it.

"It takes pretty long to fill up".

"We suspect that will improve eventually. Have you noticed that every time you remove a chip it slides out faster each time".

"Ya, why".

"We think that that means that you're getting more powerful with your energy. As that happens, we suspect that your energy will increase, and the EMDAC will load faster".

"Do you have a better name for that"?

"Nope. 2 more things. Lemme see the EMDAC agian". I handed the gun to him, and he took aim right for me. I flinched as he pulled the trigger. I heard the shot, but felt no pain.

"What"?

"It's energy, it runs right through you".

"Cool, so that's why there was no bullet hole".

"Exactly. Ok can you charge this for me, I have one last thing to show you".

"Sure hold on". He handed me the gun and I started to charge it. As I was charging, he pulled out a remote and pressed the top button. Slowly one of the walls started to open up.

"Wow, does everyone here have one of those remotes"?

"No, just me and Karen". The wall opened to find a poochyena with a chip in its back, chained to the wall. "Try to get a shot into the chip". I approached the poochyena as it barked and growled at me. As soon as the chip was clear and easy to see, I tried to angle the EMDAC over the pokemon without getting bitten. I waited until I finally got the chance. I nervously pulled the trigger as I was afraid that something was going to go wrong. The gun shot, and hit the chip directly.

I saw some small sparks fly from the chip as the poochyena stopped growling and looked around, blinking innocently.

"No way, this really disables the chip"?

"Not really, as I said we were close to matching your energy signal. The effects are only temporary".

"How temporary"?

"A few seconds". All of a sudden, a extremely loud, high pitched screech filled my head. I covered my ears, but the sound didn't go away. I cried out in pain, as my head felt like it was pounding. The screech continued for what seemed like hours, but was only several seconds. The sound finally stopped.

"Nick, are you ok"?

"Ugh, ya, I think so. What the hell was that".

"From my suspicion you probably heard the noise that a pokemon experiences when a chip reactivates". Hearing that only made me hate Team Rocket and the Alpha chips even more.

The echo of the sound was still running through my head. I looked back at the poochyena to find it barking and growling all over again.

After I waited to charge the gun again, I fired another round at the chip which hit it again. Before the chip activated I pulled it out. I gave the poochyena a pat on the head, and gave the gun back to the Professor.

"Well I should be going now, I have to get to work". I started to make my way to the door. Just then, something started beeping in the professor's lab coat. He pulled a pager out of his pocket and looked at the screen.

"Not so fast, Nick. It appears that you're gonna get to take the EMDAC out for a test run".