Authors note:
Because fanfiction isn't showing the three asterisks that usually use to separate scenes, from now on I will be using a line. Ex:
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Like so. Anyway, hope you all don't mind the changes.
When I get more time I will go back through the rest of the... fifty odd chapters I have and update those as well.
Chapter 9
Conner's Plans
"Sir, Cryo Tube 001 is stable for the moment." A man in a white lab coat said to Conner as they both walked down a narrow hallway.
"You had better make sure it stays stable." Conner barked. The hallway was crammed; people crowded everywhere, running about, reading charts and graphs. To say the least, it was very hectic.
"Yes sir. We have been working very hard to keep it stable, but the Cryo Tubes just are not holding the constant wave of brain frequencies any more. The … project, is altering the ice crystals around it, stimulating its growth and cau-"
"Don't talk to me like I'm an idiot!" Conner screamed, punching his fist into the wall of the hallway, only inches away from the man's face. Everyone stopped what they were doing to watch, making the hall go quiet. "Did you forget? I built the damn thing! I'm the reason why it's alive, I know what it is capable of doing!" He grabbed the man by the collar. "I am the one that gave you the SIMPLE job of monitoring it, and you can't even do that. Why the hell do I have you here?" He raised a switchblade to the man's throat, carving it into this neck. "Consider this a warning. If you screw me over one more time, I will make sure you will never have the chance to do it again." Conner dropped the man to the ground as everyone stood quiet. Conner had his back facing everyone as he yelled in an evil voice. "Get back TO WORK!" Everyone franticly struggled to gather the dropped papers, charts and graphs, rushing back to their assignments.
Conner walked to the end of the hallway, pushing open a door. A wind blew from the doorway, like it did every time, blowing his cape in the air. This room was dark and gloomy, but what would you expect, from a cave. This whole laboratory was carved out of the extinct volcano, Mt. Silver.
Sadly, Team Rocket isn't what it used to be. After Giovanni was sent to prison on a life sentence, the role of Team Rocket leader fell down the ranks. First to Koga, who refused it, then to Dr. Conner, and now to just Conner. But with every fall, more and more members were lost. Now, Team Rocket is like a dying rat, trying to crawl its way out of the sewers where it was pushed down into.
Its sad, if you think about it. Team Rocket, once the most powerful leaders in crime, so much so that even the police department were afraid of them, is now nothing more than small group of thugs, all of which have bounties on their heads.
Conner shut the door, walking down the massive cave interior. Though it was gloomy, he liked it. In fact, he was glad that Team Rocket ran out of money half way through the remodeling of this volcano. He walked by a Cryo Tube labeled 004. The tube was frosted over, a small sheet of ice covered the entire glass case. He ran is black leather glove over it, scrapping off the frosted ice. Inside was a frozen bird, Kyle's Pidgeot, to be precise. Conner then ran his hand over the frosted computer monitor hooked to the tube. He walked away, over to another tube; rubbing his hand on it, this one, was Beedrill. Once again, he checked the monitor. He walked to the last tube that was in that area. He ran his hand over it. Raticate.
"At least the morons were able to keep them alive." He then walked to the Cryo Tube labeled 001, which was located in front of his massive throne that was made out of the side of the caves wall. "But you shouldn't be alive, just yet." He placed a hand on the tube, scraping away the frost to show a small embryo of a collection of cells. "But, if you are able to stay alive in this state, I might as well let you develop fully."
He walked away, sitting down on his stone throne. He brought out his computer, hooking it up to a generator that was setting beside him, and then plugging up a mass a wires and cords into it. "Lets see. If cryogenic sleeping isn't to your liking, then maybe the embryonic bio-fluid would be." He checked the calculations three or four times before conforming what he had already said. "Yes, that would work perfectly. But I would have to step up my game. If I were to let … it, develop more quickly, I would require more DNA from more species for the mutations to take effect." He smiled as he brought up a hacked version of Debbie Gray's email. "And now I can, by steal all of Kyle's pokemon."
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"So what do you plan to do, Richard?" A girl in a black Rocket outfit asked the man in the white lab coat, the one that Conner threatened earlier. "Do you think Conner would really…"
"Kill me?" Richard asked, dabbing bloody gouge on his neck with some alcohol. "I don't know. I was Dr. Conner's right hand man… before Conner took over."
"Yes but…" She looked down at the bloody rag he held in his hand. The bathroom wasn't exactly the best place to have an in-depth conversation like this, but with these tight confinements, it was the only place two people could really talk openly. "He's… not right, ya know?"
"Well, Rachel, what would you expect from some who killed his best friend when he was only 10?" He began to unbutton his bloody lab coat, as Rachel sat on the sink, watching him. "Personally, I don't even know how he has stayed alive this long. Supposedly, he was the one that did all those killings in Hoenn and Kanto."
"It wouldn't surprise me." Rachel said as Richard slipped into his clean coat. "The kid is crazy. Its like he lost is soul, or sold it to the devil."
"I can kind of understand what he's going through, but that doesn't mean he has the right to do what he's done."
"How so?" Rachel looked at Richard strangely. "Like, what has he been through that you know of?"
"Lets just say that he has lost everything." Richard buttoned the last button on his coat. "And lets leave it at that."
Rachel watched as he reached for the door. "Richard."
He stopped, and then turned to look at her. "Yes Rachel?"
"I…" She stood up, walking over to him, and taking his hand in hers. "I love you. I don't want you to get hurt."
"I love you too." He smiled as he leaned in and kissed her on the lips softly. "But you don't need to worry about me."
"But I have to!" She hugged him close. "You're the only one I have, and I just can't help but think that he's going to take you away from me!"
"You don't need to worry." He said with a smile as he hugged her close. "I promise you, one day, we will leave this death trap of an organization. We will make a new life for each other. We can live free, away from the bind of this awful place."
"Oh Richard." She closed her eyes, rubbing her head on his chest. "I want to be with you so bad."
He smiled, bringing his left hand to her face, showing a golden ring on his finger. "I promise, it will happen, my wife."
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It had been hours since Conner went into the cryogenics lab. He was busy working on a new system set up, it required careful practice of thawing all the tubes, one by one, and filling them with suitable embryonic bi-fluid for each pokemon. Cryo 001, however, was different. Since it technically didn't have its own DNA structure, Conner had to create a bi-fluid for it so it could accept other DNA and mutate at a higher rate that was it was before.
Conner watched closely as Tube 004 filled up. The bird floated in the fluid as it coughed, inhaling the bi-fluid into its lungs. The fluid was very unique, it is actually the only type of fluid that can be breathed, like air, but it takes some getting use to. The pokemon put in this bi-fluid, however, will remain awake… most of the time, but not able to move. They would be in a paralyzed state while in the fluid was in their body, but not harmed. Amazing stuff, that bio-fluid.
"There now." Conner said, adding the final portion of fluid to Tube 001. "How stupid Giovanni was, thinking to clone the legendary Mew without altering it's behavior through genetics." A smile went across his face as he glanced at the forming embryo, now growing in size every minute. "I have perfected the fool's own idea. Mewthree will be more powerful than any other living creature on the face of the planet. And, be trainable at birth." He turned to walk away, as his evil laugh echoed through the dark cave.