Chapter 9: Of Secrets and Pancakes

Mateusz and Mewtwo walked through the forest in the direction of the cave where they had set up camp. They were still about 15km away and the sun was beginning to set.

"We'll have to set up camp here for the night." Mewtwo said as the sky was turning orange.

"Yes, I think I can see a cave over there between the trees, let's take a look." Mateusz said to Mewtwo as he caught a glimpse of what he thought might be a cave through the trees.

After walking a few meters through the trees, they discovered that it was not a cave; it was a building, with no road or path leading to it, and a small metal door as the only entrance. The building was rectangular and constructed from concrete; it appeared to have fallen into disrepair. There were deep-set narrow slits in the concrete as windows. The building was a veritable bunker. Mewtwo appeared to be curious and walked up to the door; it had a keypad with 9 numbers on it. Mateusz came up beside him and took a look at the door. Mewtwo attempted to grab the handle of the door to see if it was unlocked, but the spherical shape of his fingertips proved his downfall.

"Would you like me to try, Mewtwo?" Mateusz asked from beside him.

"Yes." Mewtwo replied.

Mateusz tested the handle and found the door to indeed be unlocked and fully opened the door. He stepped inside, having to duck because of the low height of the door frame, seeming to have been designed for the people of the region who had so far, proven to be somewhat shorter than him on average. Mewtwo followed closely behind, having to duck even more so. Mateusz fumbled around the wall and found a light switch, he tried it and a light in the centre of the room flickered on. There was a large green 'O' painted as a logo on one the wall opposite to where they were standing. Mateusz took a few steps into the room and found a computer on a desk in the centre of the room. He pressed the on button and to his surprise, the screen came on. A logo appeared on-screen and said: 'Onosuki Initiative'. Mateusz clicked on the logo and some information appeared on-screen in text form.

'The Onosuki Initiative is a movement with the soul purpose to stop the conquering of the world by Team Rocket and other criminal organisations. It was founded in 2085 by Matusu Onosuki, a man who wished to stop the devastation that such an event as the conquering of the world by a criminal organisation would bring. The initiative has infiltrated multiple branches of Team Rocket and has successfully sabotaged 42 Team Rocket plans and experiments to date, but at a cost of 3 lives of Initiative agents, they were discovered in the act of sabotaging and were executed by Team Rocket. The most recent successful sabotage tragically ended with one of our top agents, Thomas Stanislaw, being executed. He managed to sabotage a biological weapon experiment involving a creature engineered to have extraordinary power and capability, even to take over the world. Thomas Stanislaw initiated a virus that shut down the security systems which allowed the creature to escape. The initiative currently has 200 agents in Team Rocket positions, sabotaging at every chance they get.'

"Wow, sounds like this organisation helped Joasia to escape. But why is this place deserted and left unlocked? It was only a couple of days ago that she escaped." Mateusz said and pondered.

"Check their database to see what happened." Mewtwo replied.

Mateusz clicked through files and eventually found a data log. The file said that about a day ago they had evacuated the base due to a Team Rocket outpost being too close.

"If they evacuated, then why didn't they delete their files? And why was the door unlocked?" Mateusz thought to himself.

Mateusz continued to look through files and found one that was titled: Known Criminal Organisations. Mateusz clicked on it and it came up with a list of various criminal organisations and illegal research projects, including Team Rocket. Mateusz scrolled down and found one titled unknown. He was curious and clicked on it and a document came up on screen.

'Not much is known about this organisation, even its name hasn't been found out yet. We do know that its sole purpose was a horrific illegal scientific experiment. They experimented with human genetics, trying to figure out how to make a biologically modified human that would be unstoppable; dozens of people were kidnapped and died during the experimenting until they got it right. They grew the weapon in a tube filled with - as it grew, and monitored its life signs. It is rumoured to have -. It is also rumoured to have an - 5000. It is known to have escaped and it looks like a - old -. The Onosuki Initiative will not approach the weapon as it is too dangerous. The weapon is capable of - without remorse. The weapon also has the ability to -its- times and was designed to be able to take on the most powerful of Team Rockets experiments. It has the capability to take over the world but luckily escaped before-. This document has been censored for safety reasons.'

"Interesting, don't you think Mewtwo?" Mateusz said after exiting the document.

"Yes, it sounds like I am going to have to keep an eye out for that creature, it is a threat that is to be taken seriously if it is hostile towards me and Joasia." Mewtwo said, remembering the part that said the experiment could take on even him, the most powerful and dangerous of all Team Rocket's experiments.

"Yeah, I hope that it isn't hostile, we'd be screwed if it was." Mateusz replied before saying, "I think we should set up here for the night, I can hear rain outside and it's warm in here."

Mewtwo and Mateusz walked to the other side of the large room and found a door. Mateusz tried the handle and the door opened. There was a hallway with a few doors on either side with a slit window at the other end. They walked down the hallway and each tried a different door. The doors opened with no trouble and they each found a bed in the rooms. Mateusz looked around in the cabinet of the room and found a camping stove, along with a few gas canisters. Next to it he found a bottle of pancake mix that you add water and shake to make the mixture.

"Joasia and Mew are going to like this." He thought.

He put the items in the bag he had been carrying that had the ammo and gun in it. A distant rumble sounded through the now dark sky through the small window in the room.

"Thunderstorm." Mateusz thought after hearing the distant thunder.

Mateusz soon decided he would go to sleep; he was tired after the day's ordeal. He soon fell asleep and dreamt a strange dream that he would not remember.


"It's awake! Tell the boss!" a muffled voice said in the dream. A being that looked familiar floated in a tube of thick fluid. It had its eyes open and was staring at the men outside the tube.

And then Mateusz woke up, it was morning and the thunderstorm from the previous night had dissipated to partly cloudy skies outside the small window to the room Mateusz was in. Mateusz stretched and yawned as he got out of the bed. He still had dried blood on his face from the collision with Mewtwo the previous day. The door to his room opened and Mewtwo stood there.

"We must leave now, grab your bag." Mewtwo said before turning around and heading down the hallway.

Mateusz picked up his bag and followed after Mewtwo. They walked out of the hallway and into the main room at the centre of the building. On the way past Mewtwo levitated a few paper documents of interest and took them with him. They continued out the door of the base and into the forest, in the direction of the cave. The ground was wet and slightly muddy from the storm and Mateusz's shoes got very muddy. Mewtwo simply floated forwards, avoiding getting muddy.

"Mewtwo is lucky he can just levitate, he won't get muddy if he doesn't touch the ground." Mateusz thought to himself as he walked.

After about 4 hours of walking, they got back to the mountainside where the cave was they had been staying in. The cave was soon in sight and they could see Joasia, sitting out the front and looking bored.

"Why do you look so bored?" Mateusz asked when near.

"Because Mew left to go get something, I've no one to talk to so I'm bored." Joasia said with frustration.

Mateusz walked inside the cave with Mewtwo and Joasia followed behind.

"So I see you both made it back alive." Joasia said.

"Yes, it wasn't too hard, but I had to kill two Team Rocket guards in order to do so." Mateusz replied, going momentarily grim.

"Oh, okay. What's in the bag?" Joasia asked and pointed to the large bag that Mateusz was holding.

"Oh, uh, in this bag?" Mateusz said with a smile.

"Well it's the only bag here." Joasia replied.

"Well it's something you'll enjoy, but you'll have to wait until Mew gets back to see. But there is also a gun in there, so don't touch, okay?" Mateusz told Joasia and requested that she leave the bag alone.

Joasia nodded and let Mateusz continue on to his room alone. Mateusz set the bag down on his bed and took the camping stove and gas canisters out; he placed one in the fuel compartment of the stove and closed the lid. Mateusz walked out of the room and back down the hallway. Mew sat at the end of the hallway near the entrance holding what Mateusz identified as a bottle of soft drink and a packet of plastic cups. Mateusz walked down the hallway to where Mew was.

"Hey Mew, where did you get those?" Mateusz asked.

"I stole them from a store in a human town about 15km away. Don't tell Joasia if you see her before she sees me, it's a surprise. And I think I can prank Mewtwo with this." Mew responded, making a cheeky face and pointing to the bottle of soft drink.

"Oh, okay then. I've got a surprise of my own. I have pancake mix and a camping stove in my room, we can have a bit of a treat with the pancakes and soft drink for Dinner." Mateusz replied and pointed to his room where the stove and mix was.

"AWESOME! I don't know why, but humans always seem to make the best food, and it always seems to taste the best, even it's not healthy. Go and get it so we can prepare it." Mew told Mateusz.

Mateusz walked back to his room and grabbed the stove and pancake mix to take to Mew. Mew read the instructions and concluded they would need to add water to the bottle of pancakes mix and shake to mix it. They went to a spring near the cave where the water was pure and added the right amount to the bottle. Mateusz gave the bottle a good shaking for 30 seconds as they went back to the cave. When they re-entered the cave they found Joasia fiddling with the camping stove.

"Joasia, don't touch that, you might accidentally burn yourself." Mateusz warned Joasia who at that moment, successfully turned on the stove and burnt her finger.

Joasia yelped and stuck her finger in her mouth to soothe the burning sensation and pain.

"I told you." Mateusz said before producing the bottle of pancake mix and showing Joasia.

"What is that?" Joasia asked without taking her finger out of her mouth.

"Pancake mix, for making pancakes. It's what we're having for dinner tonight, along with the soft drink that Mew brang." Mateusz informed Joasia with a smile.

"I wanted to tell her about the drink, Mateusz!" Mew yelled as he jumped on Mateusz, hardly even affecting the way Mateusz was standing.

"Sorry! I forgot! Can you get off me now so I can cook the pancakes?" Mateusz apologised to Mew as Joasia laughed at the spectacle.

Mew let go and landed on the ground. Mateusz continued to pour the mix onto the hot plate of the stove. The mix made a sizzling noise as it hit the hot plate and after a minute began to bubble on the top side. Mateusz flipped the pancake with a flat tipped stick he had found and burnt the tip of to make sure it was safe to use for flipping the food. The side that had been facing down was golden-brown and smelt very tasty.

"Who wants this one?" Mateusz asked Mew and Joasia.

"ME!" both yelled like children.

"Okay then." Mateusz said as he flipped the pancake up in the air.

Mew caught it and took a bite of the still hot pancake.

"Ow, ow! Hot!" Mew said fanning his face.

Mateusz and Joasia simply laughed as Mateusz poured some more mix onto the stove. This pancake cooked a little more quickly and soon Mateusz flipped it over. It finished cooking and he gave it to Joasia. Soon, Mewtwo came out of his room to investigate the smell.

"What are you cooking in here?" Mewtwo asked, looking at Mateusz.

"Pancakes, you want some?" Mew replied with his mouth full.

"Where did you get them?" Mewtwo inquired.

"I found the pancake mix in the cabinet of the room I was in, Mewtwo." Mateusz informed.

"Then yes, I wouldn't mind trying one, I have never had pancakes before." Mewtwo said as the delicious smell got the better of his hunger.

"Here you go." Mateusz said as he flipped another cooked pancake in Mewtwo's direction.

Mewtwo caught the pancake using his mind and grabbed it out of the air. He took a bite and his face lit up.

"This is good." was all Mewtwo said before devouring the rest of the pancake.

Mateusz finally got the chance to cook one for himself and once it was cooked, he took a bite and his face too lit up. After they had all had their share of pancakes, Mew brought out the bottle of soft drink and the plastic cups.

"Try some of this, Mewtwo; it tastes really good as well." Mew said pointing to the bottle.

"Alright, I suppose that it might be nice to try something different." Mewtwo said.

Mew managed to open the bottle and poured a cup. He handed the cup to Mewtwo and Mewtwo took a sip and then swallowed. A few seconds later, a strange look crossed Mewtwo's face and he let out a loud belch.

"What have you done to me?!" Mewtwo asked with rage as both Mew and Joasia laughed their heads off whilst Mateusz sat there, looking shocked.

Mewtwo walked up to Mew and punched him in the face before turning and walking away with a scowl. Mew sat up again, dazed, but still laughing. And that was how the day ended for the four of them…