Chapter 20

"A First Hand Letter"

When we returned to the courtroom for the second day of the trial, the British Prosecution had asked the judges that they could present a letter to the court in regards to an eyewitness account of the horrors that Team Rocket and its affiliates had caused. The letter was from a former Team Rocket agent who resigned shortly after the 2006 9/11 airliner bombings. In it, he described how the horrors of the dual attacks nearly ruined his life and how he came to accept that what Team Rocket and its affiliates had done was truly for evil and not for a better life.

"Your honors," said Harry as he approached the bench. "I would like to read the sworn testimony of one former Team Rocket agent who described the horrors that Team Rocket and its affiliates caused during their nearly 15 years of terror against Pokemon and humans."

"Very well, Mr. Radcliffe," said Judge Avery. "You may proceed."

As Amanda and I watched with the rest of our team, we saw Harry pull a letter out of his suit coat and opened it up, placing it on the podium as he spoke into the microphone.

"It reads," he began to read:

"To whoever may read this letter,

I was an agent for the Team Rocket terrorist organization from 2001 until 2006. I was part of the main division which was responsible for selecting Pokemon that would be useful in carrying out terrorist acts against the United Kingdom and the United States. In the summer of 2006, I was part of the group that was assigned to carry out a terrorist attack by detonating explosive Pokemon on board nine commercial airliners from London to North America. We were told that there was a shipment of newly captured Pokemon that was being brought in from Vermillion city. Upon arrival, the Pokemon were forced out of their Pokeballs and then according to their type was split into several groups and then, a group of Team Rocket scientists came in and forcefully injected a substance that would force the Pokemon to forget their trainers and serve only Team Rocket.

For those that were fully affected by the substance, they were taken out of the groups they were in and brought into a separate room where an agent stood before them and showed the Pokemon a map of the United States that had certain markings on the spots where Team Rocket wanted to carry out their terror attacks. Among the targets were several landmarks in around the cities of New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and even Walt Disney World in Florida was targeted as well. The Pokemon were then given the assignment of the agency's choice to be used in certain plots. Some were used in kamikaze like attacks while others were simply assigned to use flamethrower, thundershock or hydro pump on innocent people that tried to run from the chaos. Even cities in Europe were targeted as well and in the aftermath of the 2005 London bombings, my master, Dr. Giovanni Sakami, had told everyone in Team Rocket to prepare themselves for a much larger terrorist plot that would rival 9/11 itself.

But, before I could go on about that, I wanted to talk to you about what happened to the Pokemon that were not affected by the substance. If the substance did not work on the Pokemon, then they were taken to another room where a series of furnaces were present. The Pokemon that had long hair or fur were shaved on them and once the Pokemon were stripped of the gifts that made them who they were, the agents then threw them into the furnaces and much like the Jews of Europe during the Second World War, did everything they could to kill them whether it was burning them alive in the furnaces or showering them with acid that melted the skin like snow. The screams and cries of the Pokemon were horrible even for me, but I was forced to hear and watch them die and it made me very sick to the point where I threw up frequently when it came time to clean out the furnaces of the dead carcasses. I came to Team Rocket to make a living and instead, I was part of a plan to make Pokemon into killers that would be used to harm men, women and children in every corner of the globe.

Back to the 9/11 plot I was talking about, Giovanni and his executives were talking of a plan identical to that of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, 1988. The plan was like I said, to bomb nine transatlantic flights flying from London to North America high over the Atlantic Ocean. Unfortunately, a group of Pakistani terrorists were planning a similar wave that summer and Giovanni had already made plans to have them all assassinated using a group of fighting Pokemon. However, in the early morning hours of Thursday August 10, 2006, the men were arrested and two years later sent to prison. We discovered that they were planning to detonate the planes with liquid explosives, an explosive that Giovanni detested because he wanted this plan to involve the slow destruction of the airplanes as they fell towards the Atlantic. Giovanni loved to watch his victims die slow and painful deaths and this was no exception to the rule.

As for the flights themselves, they were carefully selected as Giovanni wanted them to take off from Heathrow Airport in a three hour window. The targeted destinations that were talked about were flights to Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago. What were selected were the nine flights I mentioned, all departing from London Heathrow Airport's Terminal 3:

AIR CANADA FLIGHT 855 FROM LONDON/HEATHROW TO VANCOUVER DEPARTING AT 2:00PM

UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 931 FROM LONDON/HEATHROW TO SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTING AT 2:15PM

AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 135 FROM LONDON/HEATHROW TO LOS ANGELES DEPARTING AT 2:45PM

AIR CANADA FLIGHT 849 FROM LONDON/HEATHROW TO TORONTO/PEARSON DEPARTING AT 3:00PM

AIR CANADA FLIGHT 865 FROM LONDON/HEATHROW TO MONTREAL/TREDEAU DEPARTING AT 3:15PM

UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 959 FROM LONDON/HEATHROW TO CHICAGO/O'HARE DEPARTING AT 3:40PM

UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 925 FROM LONDON/HEATHROW TO WASHINGTON/DULLES DEPARTING AT 4:20PM

AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 131 FROM LONDON/HEATHROW TO NEW YORK/JFK DEPARTING AT 4:35PM

AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 191 FROM LONDON/HEATHROW TO CHICAGO/O'HARE DEPARTING AT 4:50PM.

What of course followed, was the attack that Americans and British have come to known is the Team Rocket attacks that took place on September 11, 2006 that killed 2,500 people. It was shortly thereafter that I handed Giovanni my resignation from Team Rocket and I told him that one day, just one day, the cries of justice and freedom would be heard around the world and that you and your allies and fellow commanders would feel the sting of defeat strike deep in your flesh and blood.

If anyone ever read this testimony, you will see the first-hand account of the horrors that took place behind the closed doors of Team Rocket and its affiliates. I now leave you with the intention of leaving this world and atoning for my sins in the house of God.

Signed,

Frederick Greber."

As Harry stepped down from the podium, Amanda and I could not believe the horrors that took place in the walls of Team Rocket bases of operations. We both knew that Pokemon were being cruely treated for their powers and rareness, but to be giving them a treatment similar to the Jews of Europe during World War II was unacceptable. There was no question in my mind why the young man who wrote that testimony wanted to end it all.

As the prisoners were escorted back to their cells that night, Lieutenant McGovern looked over at Giovanni and wondered why he had a grim look on his face.

"Rough day, Dr. Sakami?" he asked as they stared at his cell with the rest of the defendants.

"On the contrary," chuckled Giovanni. "We a nice lunch, a nice view of Viridian City and in the courtroom, we had the best seats in the house."

"Cuffs off!" shouted Colonel Andrus.

"They go on about this Greber person, Butch," said Cassidy, whispering to her partner from a few rows down. "It doesn't concern us at all, we were not even mentioned."

"They must have very little evidence against us, hmm?" said Butch.

"I already suspected the British prosecutor was a rocket killer," muttered Dr. Namba. "Now, I am sure of it."

"Shut up, Dr. Namba!" hissed Domino. But, Giovanni settled the situation.

"Please, don't be so naïve!" said Giovanni. "We're on trial. Of course they are going to say terrible things about us. They have not even begun."

"Lock them up!" shouted Colonel Andrus and the prisoners were put back in their cells going to sleep that night with the words of a deceased Team Rocket agent full of guilt fresh in their minds.

Giovanni was very right about one thing and that was this was the beginning of the revelations that were about to take place in this trial…