Delta City- Spec-ops Southlands Command

Sky yawned and put his gun and pokeballs on the cart and watched them go through the X-ray machine. He then walked through the metal detector and gave the security guard his badge.

"Morning, Mr. Sky, I hope this weather is treating you well," the security guard said cheerfully.

Sky chuckled, "Rain and thunder are good for people from Delta City, not someone from Lillycove, Jay."

"True that sir, you northern folks are lightweights."

Sky's gun and Pokémon came through the scanner; he picked them up and put them on his belt.

"Is there anything new happening around here?" He asked Jim

Jim shrugged, "Rumor 'round the water cooler is that Myra and Kyle are going-"He began but was cut off by a flash of light from the atrium. Sky covered his eyes quickly. And as fast as the light appeared, it disappeared, revealing a young man and shiny Gardevoir….about fifteen feet above the floor. They promptly crashed into the ground.

"Last time I'm ever letting you drive," Kite muttered as he helped his Gardevoir up. Sky looked at Jim and shrugged, he walked over.

"Kite, what the hell, you do know there's a rule against teleporting in the building and….what happened to your arm?"

Delta City: Half an hour later

Jazz. That was what calmed the soul. Tak sat on a barstool and listened to the melody that the saxophone player was creating. Its soft notes where gently making him become more and more relaxed. The thunderstorm that was blowing through the city helped too. He turned around and faced the bartender.

"Jake, you ever think about all the storms that blow through here?"

The man with the long brown hair behind the table turned and looked at him.

"No, should I?"

"Heh….never mind," Tak said. "Can I get a Black Lager?" Jake snapped his fingers and his treeko picked up a bottle and filled it up. He passed it down to Tak and began to wipe a few spare bottles.

Tak nodded his thanks. "Just a small thing for you to think about whenever the rain chases away your customers..." Excluding the jazz band and Jake, he was the only one in the room. Not many people bothered heading outside in a Delta City thunderstorm, but Tak was one of them.

"I should say the same for you, my friend; you haven't had a case for a few months." Jake said.

"Most people would consider that a good thing Jake," Tak said while sipping his drink. "Any day when I don't have to wake up and see someone murdered on the streets is a good day."

"Not when you decide to make a business about it."

Tak shrugged, "Some see it like that, and others don't."

Outside the storm continued to rage.

Southlands Spec-ops Command

"In all honesty, Willow, you could have freaking told me this was a lead on the Advent of Ho-oh, I could have come a little bit more prepared for when the shit hit the fan- ouch!" Kite said when the medic poked a needle into the skin around his wound. Luckily the bullet had only grazed him, but it was deep enough to require stitches.

His boss, Willow, and another commando, Sky, were in the room with him. Willow was not exactly looking happy at the moment, presumably because Callen was killed.

"We didn't know who he represented, only that he had important information," she said, "If we knew he was from advent of Ho-oh, I would have sent every agent we had."

Kite grunted again as the needle pierced his flesh, "At least he didn't die in vain, I got the information out."

Willow exchanged a nervous glance with Sky; Kite saw it.

"What now?"

"Everything in there is practically useless….all those cash accounts and server passwords have been wiped out, all of its gone. Everything we have is useless." Sky said. Kite cursed, half from the pain, the other from anger.

"What about those pictures of the hieroglyphs and that picture of the kid?"

"We so far haven't been able to identify the symbols, and we're working on an ID for the kid..."

Beside him, the medic finally finished by wrapping a bandage on his arm. Kite thanked him as he walked off. He flexed his arm and it twitched from the pain.

"Something about that kid tells me I've seen him before."

Delta City

The phone beside Jake suddenly let out a shrill beep, causing the jazz band to stop playing for a moment. Tak watched as Jake walked over and picked it up.

"Hello? ...yes…..ok" A look of confusion passed over his face "It's ah…for you"

Tak frowned and took the phone from his hand. He looked at Jake and mouthed the word "who?"

Jake just shrugged.

"Hello?"

"Mr. Tak West?" asked a feminine voice.

"Yes, this is he."

"1243 Midwalk Way, on the roof." she said. Then there was a click and the line went dead. Tak blinked and handed the phone back to Jake.

"Well?" he asked him. Tak stared down at the drink in front of him.

"I honestly have no idea," he sighed and got up. "I really feel like I'm going to regret this later." He threw on his overcoat and placed his fedora on his head. He reached down and touched a pokeball, in a flash of light his Ninetails appeared. She stretched out and licked Tak's hand.

"Looks like we might be busy tonight girl," (Editor: THAT'S WHAT) He said. Ninetails looked outside at the thunderstorm and nodded.

Tak turned to Jake, "Keep my seat warm old friend."

Jake just shrugged "Whatev's..."

Delta City

'Sometimes, this city just sucks.' As he walked through the rain, he thought of how depressing Delta City looked in the rain. The street in front of him was completely deserted. The rain combined with the streetlights seemed to give the atmosphere an almost menacing aura. The walls of the buildings showed rust and peeled paint. 'It's almost like this town is dying,' he thought to himself.

Next to him, his Ninetails, who was using protect to stay dry, looked at her master. She could tell what he was thinking. She wished he wouldn't get so depressing like this all the time. This city was bad, but being 500 years old, she had seen worse. She walked up and let out a small wine.

Tak looked at his first Pokémon and scratched her ears gently.

"I know girl, let's just see what this is all about and get back home" He said. In front of him he saw the building he was supposed to go to. Its lights were off and the front doors were boarded up. Paint was flaking off its walls and its masonry was crumbling.

"Well this is just sad," he muttered as he observed the buildings sorry state. Ninetails growled to get his attention; he looked and saw she was looking at a fire escape ladder.

"There's our ticket up" he muttered. He looked at his Ninetails, "Sorry girl, I don't know what you think of ladders with the whole thumb problem…" He returned Ninetails to her ball.

"Ok, up we go…" He began climbing the steps and almost slipped on the metal a few times. 'Walking up a metal ladder in the rain….not one of my best ideas,' he thought. He got to the top and looked around.

"So now what's the big deal…..oh." Tak sighed as he saw the body of someone next to a clump of Air conditioners. "And I wanted to spend the whole night drinking...."