Chapter 12

I looked around the car at its high quality gadgets. I had honestly no idea what the buttons did but it sure was impressive. Although it did make me wonder how Ryu got this money… As I said before, we weren't the greatest of friends, although I could in trust him with my life there are just a few things that I don't agree with that Ryu did… Practically for a living.

"Hm…" I looked up at Amy who seamed to be simply looking out the window, watching the world go by. I decided to take this time to relax so I lay down quite happily and began to drift off to sleep. I felt Amy begin to stroke me which felt good and I began to purr with satisfaction. I heard her giggle at my purring which made me feel slightly weird, with all those thoughts coming back, about me not being Amy's boyfriend anymore, just a plain Eevee…

"No, I'm still Alastair!" I said sternly to myself, trying to remove those depressing thoughts from my head. I just lay there and enjoyed myself, also I believe Amy was enjoying it too so it was a two way enjoyment.

"I just hope she's not thinking the same thing…" I said to myself sadly, not being able to completely remove the thoughts from my head. I looked up and noticed Amy smiling back… I guessed she really wasn't thinking about it… Thankfully.

I closed my eyes and just let myself sleep as the journey continued. It went on for at least another hour. I have no idea how Ryu got the car to my house so fast… But then again that sounds like him… The car finally began to slow which began to wake me from my slumber.

"Looks like we're here Alastair." Amy said sweetly.

"So is this it…?" Amy asked the driver but he didn't reply. He flicked a switch which caused Amy's door to automatically open and he just sat there.

"Hm… Weird…?" Amy mumbled to herself. She picked me up and held me in her arms as she got out of the car. The door shut behind us and the car drove away… Fairly quickly as well if I do say so myself.

We both looked at the small cottage with a thatch roof. There was a small garden in front of it with flowers surrounding the well mown lawn.

"Seriously…!" I thought to myself, "this can't be right!" I knew this couldn't be right. It should be a huge house with electronic gadgets everywhere, scanners, cameras, everything, but this was just a small little granny's cottage!

"Guess we should knock…?" Amy said walking down the small stone path. She looked from side to side every so often taking in the surroundings.

"Maybe after all those years he's changed…?" I thought to myself. She walked up nervously to the door and knocked. Now the door looked like a small, thin, wooden door but when she knocked it gave off a loud 'CLANG', as if it was made of thick metal.

"Hm…" I smiled to myself. "Maybe he hasn't…?" Suddenly a small circular hatch opened by the door and a camera appeared out the porch-like roof. An electronic voice, which seamed to come from the camera said,

"Please put all Pokeballs into the hatch!" Amy looked down at me while I looked around out the surroundings. There wasn't a house for miles from this place. I then looked up at Amy and nodded. She took her Pokeballs from her belt and popped each one into the hatch.

"All of them…!" The voice said with the camera pointing downward towards her waist.

"Oh yeah! I still have yours…!" She said looking down at me. She dropped me onto the floor and took began to take my Pokeballs and place them into the hatch.

"Thank you for your co-operation, your Pokeballs will be scanned and then released to you as upon entering" The camera then disappeared and there was a series of 'CLANG'S' going on behind the door before it began to open on its own accord. Our mouths dropped as we looked into the hallway. The whole thing looked like a scene from a sci-fi movie. The walls were sterile white with different weapons and other odd bits on show.

"Wow…" We both said in unison. We stepped in and there was a small hatch on the other side of the wall where the Pokeballs were released, one by one. She put them on her belt and on mine in the correct order so that mine and her Pokémon wouldn't get mixed. The hallway was covered in metal plates as well with little circuits going through them. Lights continued flashing through these circuits giving the most fantastic light show.

"This is amazing… Who is this guy…!" Amy said in awe. I knew very well who he was… But I still wondered how he got all this money… Although I could guess but I would rather not to be honest. We continued walking until we got to the next door which was just like the walls of the hall way, with random looking circuits within them. She carefully turned the handle and pushed the door revealing a huge room which looked about as big as the house itself.

"Whoa…" Amy said as she stepped into the room. There were about a dozen glass cases built into the wall with weird looking suites within them. In the middle of the room there was a large computer with about five different screens showing different surveillance areas and other documents he was looking through.

"Hello… Amy, age 17, birthday Nember the 15th, address, phone number, blah blah blah… Nice to meet you!" He said as he spun his chair around revealing himself to us.

"Uhh…?" Amy looked very shocked as he quickly walked over to us.

"And this must be Dusk…" He said kneeling down in front of me. I just shook my head.

"Huh…?" He looked at me slightly confused, "But my records say that you have an Eevee, a Sneazel and a Seadra…?" He stood back up and faced Amy who still seamed startled.

"Uhh… Yes I do… But…" I knew this was going to be difficult for her, since she has to tell a complete stranger everything that had happened to us.

"Seams you've picked up a few more Pokémon he said looking down at my belt.

"They're Alastair's…" She said sternly, I could see she was beginning to get irritated by his lack of privacy but she needed to do this whether she liked it or not. Ryu didn't take the information too well as she admitted to having my belt.

"Wait why do you have his belt…?" He asked with a small sound of concern in his voice. She just looked down at me. He followed her gaze and a look of shock filled his face.

"Oh you've got to be kidding me!" He said with disbelief.

"I'm afraid it's true… That's him…" I began to here her sadness within her voice as she continued to look down at me.

"Heh... Yeah I'm sure… Lets just see shall we...?" He walked over to his computer and picked up a Pokeball and released his Medicham.

"Medicham, please use Mind Reader" He said pointing to me still with a disbelieving attituted.

"It's me alright…" I said in my head.

"... Alastair...? It can't be...! How did this happen!" I heard a voice say within my head.

"Let me speak to Amy first!" I said hoping to be able to talk to her.

"Uh sure, ok" There was a slight pause as he spoke to his Medicham telepathically.

"… Amy…?" I said nervously in my mind.

"What the!" She said aloud, she still didn't understand the telepathy bit.

"Amy its Alastair, he wants to speak to you…" Ryu said gently. She looked down at me in shock as I continued my attempt.

"Amy… Are you ok…?" She looked at me shocked and then I heard her voice within my head, it being Amy's this time,

"Y… Yes… What's going on!" She asked.

"Medicham is able to transmit one person's thoughts into someone else's thoughts… Really it's like talking on a phone just with Medicham being the telephone signal…"

"… Wow…! It's so nice to be able to here your voice again…" She said, I noticed her eyes begin to water as she picked me up and look into my eyes.

"Hm…" I smiled.

"Ah, now isn't that just sweet…?" Ryu cut in, breaking the telepathy link.

"Hey!" Amy quickly snapped angrily.

"Hey to you, I need to know what's going on!" He said slightly incensed at Amy's anger towards him… Although truthfully I was angry too.

"Hmm do you think there's a way you can transmit three signals at a time Medicham…?" I asked facing the Medicham.

"Uhh, sure why not…?" He had an odd voice… Not sure how to describe it, it just didn't really fit with his image honestly.

"Could you recommend that to Ryu please?" I said politely.

"Well he's my boyfriend!" Amy and Ryu continued to argue until Ryu began to look at Medicham who was hopefully telling Ryu my idea.

"Good idea… Do it!" He said pointing to the Medicham who began to lift up his legs into a meditating passion. Then I began to hear Ryu and Amy's thoughts together, it was very confusion at first but it didn't take long for them to separate.

"So first question, how did this happen to Alastair!" I heard Ryu say.

"Well in short, I was bitten by a genetically messed up Eevee…" I kind of sniggered at my description of what had happened.

"Ok second of all, why did you call me…? I'm guessing you have a pretty good reason…?" He said.

"Well basically…" I heard Amy's voice say, "The scientists who did this also tried to kill us… like three times. First they flipped our car, then blew it up and then completely destroyed Alastair's house as we were next to it."

"… Wow, impressive… That you survived, not the scientists attempts to kill you!" He quickly said.

"So why are they trying to get rid of you…?" He asked.

"I have no idea… I guess they don't want there secret little experiment getting to the press or something. They were trying to kill Alastair anyway due to him being the carrier…"

"Wait hold on! The carrier!" He said in confusion.

"Yeah, I have some sort of virus thing inside me that caused me to transform…"

"Hm… Interesting…" He said stroking his chin slightly. "Come over here!" He said walking over to his computers. Amy and I followed, well I didn't have much of a choice since I was in her arms still.

"Right put him on the desk there please…" She nervously put me on an odd metallic piece of the desk which felt slightly warm.

"Ok… Just wait a second…" He said while pressing keys on his keyboards at about a hundred miles per hour. He then lifted his finger and pressed a flashing red button. Suddenly two, slightly circular, pieces of glass closed over me leaving a few inches of room around me. Then two slides of metal popped up blocking me in. Then a series of lights flashed underneath me and odd things popped up and flashed multicoloured lights at me causing everything to go white for a few seconds.

"Hey you're hurting him!" Amy shouted angrily, as I stumbled slightly due to my momentary blindness.

"Why would I hurt him, he's my friend too!" He snapped back.

"It's ok…" I thought, hoping Medicham had still kept the link open. It evidently still was as I noticed Amy calm instantly. But her silence made me slightly on edge. The whole process lasted about two minutes and then the glass and metal blockers slipped back into the desk.

"There we go…" He said pointing to me, showing Amy I was still alive. I felt slightly dizzy due to the whole experiment making me stumble side to side slightly. Amy just smiled at me and picked me up as my eyes continued to sin around.

"So, what was that all about!" I asked recovering from the experience.

"Tests…" He said bluntly.

"What kind of tests?" Amy said out loud. He seamed to smile slightly and then said,

"All of them…" Suddenly all the screens began to flash with thousands upon thousands of words covering them. I heard them began to 'whirr' demanding more and more power. Suddenly pictures began to filter onto the screen. There was a picture of an Eevee, me and then another of a human… Which looked exactly like me!

"Whoa…!" I said in awe.

"Don't worry Alastair… I'll fix you in no time. He gave me a sincere smile after turning towards me.

"Alastair, Amy you should get some rest. Down the elevator, floor -5, there are plenty of bedrooms down there, take your pick he said getting back to typing on his computer.

"Uhh… Where's the elevator?" Amy asked still holding me. Suddenly he took out a Pokeball and released an Absol.

"Absol please show them the way to the elevator…" I then heard it say

"Of course master!"

"Ryu! Damn it!" I heard him say, obviously the link was still open. "Oh and by the way, sorry, the link won't work past this floor…" He sounded very sincere in his apology but Amy just looked to the Absol who was patiently waiting for us.

"This way please…" He said politely as he began walking towards one of the walls. Suddenly he lifted one of his paws and placed it on an odd looking metallic tile. Suddenly a screen popped up and showed a picture of an Absol.

"Absol Absol!" He said to the monitor.

"Elevator selected" The same voice from earlier on said. Suddenly the whole wall opened up like two large doors revealing a perfectly normal elevator.

"Oh computer…" Ryu quickly said as Amy began to step into the elevator, "Create profiles for Amy and her… Pokémon" Suddenly the doors closed and a few lights flashed before the computer replied with

"Profiles created" Suddenly the lift jolted and we began to move. Amy then began to panic as she hadn't selected which floor and there seamed to be no buttons.

"Hmm… Hey computer…?" Amy said looking up.

"Yes… Amy…?" It said.

"Floor -5 please" She said politely and clearly.

"Of course…" The lift continued going down but quickly stopped. "Floor -5, guest rooms and facilities…" The computer finished as it opened the door.

"Wow…!" Amy and I both gasped as she stepped out into a beautifully regal hallway. It looked as if we were in a mansion… Although the ceiling was only about a couple of foot above Amy's head. The doors along the hall way all opened simultaneously obviously awaiting our arrival.

"Hmm…" Amy began to walk down and pear into the different bedrooms, each had a different design. Then she spotted something that confused her… And me. She walked into a room with a king sized bed, with pictures of an ancient look hanging on the royal golden walls.

"A window… Underground…" She murmured, "How does that work…?" She said to herself.

"This is the artificial environment project… Recently a successful project our creator had been working on… It is basically a tiny landscape fit with air, greenery, earth and even its own atmosphere!" The computer explained.

"Wow… What about this room then?" Amy said looking down at me who was still lying in her arms.

"Yeah!" I nodded happily.

"Then we'll have this one!" Amy said aloud.

"Guest room's status set to occupied… Just ask if there is anything you need… Returning to stand by…" We heard a small beeping noise which died down after a couple of seconds. Suddenly the door shut and locked… I guessed everything was voice activated due to there not being handles on any of the doors or draws in the room.

"Hm… It's getting late" Amy said watching the artificial environments lighting begin to deplete. It's the weirdest thing, it looks like an underground forest… I guess the trees make oxygen which Ryu channels through his, seemingly, huge abode.

Amy then looked around, not too sure what for and began to remove her clothing… I'm guessing she was looking for any cameras… Thankfully I think these rooms were completely private except for the computer which was continuously awaiting out call.

Amy stripped down to her underwear and bra and then crawled into bed. She then grinned and signalled me to come up. So I jumped up onto the bed and curled up next to her head. But she wasn't going to treat me like a Pokémon at all so she grabbed me and pulled me towards her chest, hugging me while bringing me under the thick covers.

"I love you Alastair…" She said before getting comfortable and pressing me harder against herself, but not hard enough for it to hurt. Her eyes began to close as she leant down and kissed me on my forehead.

"Good night… Alastair… My love." She then closed her eyes and quickly began drifting off to sleep.

"Good night… Amy…" I said before curling up comfortably in Amy's Grasp.