Chapter 19

"Can we blow up another base sometime? That was pretty damn cool," Mateusz asked Mewtwo with a smile.

"Maybe, and next time, if the Team Rocket base has explosives or something like that in it, I'll let you help me blow it up," Mewtwo replied with a smirk at Mateusz's remark.

"Yes!" Mateusz pumped his fist in the air, accidentally knocking a pidgey off a tree branch in the process. "Woops, sorry little fella'."

Mateusz continued walking alongside Mewtwo, whom floated as they headed back towards the cave, which was still a good twenty kilometres away at this time. All of a sudden, a loud rumble rippled through the yellowing sky as the sun set, and dark clouds could be seen not too far away.

"Looks like you were right, there is a storm coming," Mewtwo said as he observed the clouds.

A flash of lightning in the distance gave them the heads up that it was time to move for shelter. The duo found a rocky overhang not too far away that looked somewhat similar to the one Mateusz had slept in on his first night in the forest. Mateusz got as comfortable as he could and used his jacket as a blanket to keep him warm, and because the storm clouds trapped some of the warmth from the day, the night was not too cold.

Mateusz soon fell asleep and breathed quietly in the corner he had chosen as the rain began to pour down in buckets, flooding the ground just outside the overhang. Mewtwo kept watch over the entrance of the overhang with vigilance. The night progressed slowly as the rain, lightning and thunder shot through the sky. Mewtwo had not seen such a storm for at least a good year or two. Wind gusts howled through the forest trees like a pack of mightyena.

The winds blew through the overhang and Mateusz's coat fell off, causing him to feel cold and shiver. Before long, his teeth began to chatter audibly and he rolled over in his sleep. Mewtwo heard this and turned to investigate the noise. On seeing Mateusz shivering, Mewtwo realised the cause, and used telekinesis to lift the coat and gently put it back on Mateusz.

"You do care…" Mateusz wearily murmured with a smirk.

Mewtwo realised that Mateusz's eyes had opened and scowled at the remark.

"Go back to sleep, the night is not yet over," Mewtwo coldly growled, continuing with the scowl.

Mateusz sighed and closed his eyes once more before quickly drifting off to sleep once more. The rain could be heard on the roof of the rocky overhang that was in the side of a grassy hill. Muddy water ran down the slopes and collected at the bottom in pools of water and mud. The rain was relaxing to Mewtwo but the downside was that it blotted out the moon, which Mewtwo often liked to stare at and think.

Mewtwo closed his eyes momentarily as lightning flashed through the sky and thunder sounded in the distance. There was another flash of lightning after this and Mewtwo opened his eyes and saw a silhouette of someone he had not seen since he was developing in the glass tube he was grown in. Mewtwo started, but the vision disappeared and he closed his eyes again.

"Alone…" Mewtwo thought as memories of the past flooded his mind.

Mewtwo checked to see if Mateusz was really asleep and found this to be true. He curled up and closed his eyes to get a few hours rest, which he did not often do as sleep was something he didn't need unless he had exerted himself, like when he had blown up the base. Mewtwo drifted off, listening to the slow dripping noise of raindrops falling from the edge of the overhang to a puddle below…


"Send in the troops now; recapture the weapon at all costs. It should be easy to capture since we did not train it much before it escaped, and make sure to kill all who stand in the way," Giovanni radioed the captain of the grunts.

"Aye sir, will do," the man said in a thick Hoennese accent over the sound of helicopter blades.

The captain hung up the radio and ordered the pilot to land the helicopter in a small clearing and radio the other 3 helicopters to do the same. The three war equipped hueys descended into the clearing, blowing branches and grass around like the storm had last night as they did so. As they touched the ground, a metallic creaking noise was heard from each copter.

Doors in the sides of the hueys opened and grunts poured out in organised squads. They were armed with sidearms and each grunt had two pokeballs and a grenade attached to their belts. They lined up in their squads and awaited further instructions.

"Move forwards into the forest, there is a cave where the weapon is currently residing along with the old one. You must capture it at all costs as it is extremely dangerous. Kill the old one if you can, along with any others who stand in the way," the commander of the mission ordered.

The grunts ran into the forest, led by their respective captains and the commander…


"Hey Mew, what's that noise?" Joasia asked as a strange whirring noise travelled through the forest. It sounds like it's coming from the clearing."

"I've heard that sound before, it's a… a… a helicopter!" Mew exclaimed before rushing off in the direction of the noise.

Mew returned moments later, a look of shock upon his face, "Team Rocket is here! They're here and they're coming!"

Joasia mirrored the look of shock and glanced behind Mew, and true to word, Team Rocket grunts with the red 'R' on their combat clothing appeared running towards them.

"There's the weapon! Subdue it and kill the other one next to it!" the lead grunt shouted.

Two grunts drew their pokeballs and sent out a pidgeotto, a charmeleon, a galvantula and a moody looking persian.

"Joasia, run and hide in the cave, I'll hold these four off," Mew said to Joasia.

Joasia ran off in the direction of the cave, but hiding was the last thing on her mind, how could she just leave Mew to fight on his own? So she decided to go for backup and find Ubui and Lifyra. As she ran toward the cave she saw the pair already running toward her.

"What was that noise we could hear before?" Lifyra asked.

"It was Team Rocket's helicopters, they're here! And they're attacking Mew, we have to help him!" Joasia half shouted at them.

Joasia turned and ran back in the direction where Mew was with Ubui and Lifyra hot on her heels behind her. They soon reached the site where Mew was and found him to be busy warding off a horde of pokémon as the remaining grunts had released their pokémon into the battle. The line-up consisted of pidgeottos, charmeleons, galvantulas, persians, espeons and manectrics. Each pokémon split up with the others and went after Joasia, Lifyra and Ubui, leaving a few to take on Mew.

The pokémon that now stood before Joasia unleashed various attacks which Joasia successfully blocked with a barrier before countering with a shadow ball. The shadow ball succeeded in knocking out an advancing persian which was quickly recalled. An incoming pidgeotto attempted to use gust which was promptly blocked by Joasia who swung her tail and knocked the bird pokémon right out of the air.

The pidgeotto was recalled by a nearby grunt who ran away upon seeing that Joasia's attention had been momentarily diverted to him. Joasia regained her focus and launched a powerful shadow ball at a charmeleon which was subsequently thrown into the air by the impact and smashed into a nearby tree.

An espeon that had snuck up behind her used quick attack and she felt it slam into her back. Joasia yelped with the pain and fell to her knees with the force before getting up and turning to face her attacker. She glared as she stared down her opponent. She waited for the espeon to attack again, and as it charged, she swung her tail with great force, knocking it out on impact and sending it flying five metres.

It made a thud sound as it impacted the ground, headfirst. Joasia was alerted to another attack on her person as a mass of flaming embers whooshed past her that had come from the direction of a charmeleon. The charmeleon threw another mass of embers at her and before she could block with a barrier, some reached her, causing a burning sensation on her skin and leaving a burn. Joasia yelped loudly and staggered with the pain.

She managed to form a barrier which blocked another attack. The pain forced her to grit her teeth as she stood her ground, but managed to throw an attack at the charmeleon. Her large shadow ball crackled through the air as it spun towards the now fearful charmeleon. The ball collided with the charmeleon at great speed and exploded, sending the charmeleon hurtling through the air and leaving a charred patch of grass on the ground where the fire pokémon had once stood.

Turned to her right and saw a group of grunts running towards Mew from behind.

"Mew, behind you!" Joasia yelled as she ran toward Mew.

One of the grunts withdrew a grenade and pulled the pin to throw at Mew from a distance. Mew turned and saw this and used telekinesis to keep the grenade from leaving the grunt's hand. The other grunts all ran for cover as the man whimpered with fear.

BOOM!

The large grenade exploded powerfully in the man's hand and his upper body was pulverised into tiny pieces. Joasia had gotten close to Mew by this stage and witnessed the event. Joasia felt the sudden urge to un-have breakfast at the sight. Small pieces of pulverised flesh and flecks of blood drifted down from the sky like pieces of confetti. A piece of bloody flesh landed on Joasia's cheek and her urge was confirmed as she was soon reunited with the berries she had had for breakfast.

"Are you alright there Joasia?" Mew asked with concern.

"That was disgusting," Joasia spat.

"There's more coming, we need to hold them off," Mew told Joasia bluntly.

True to word, the grunts had regrouped and were running towards them, weapons drawn and safeties off. A bullet whizzed past Mew as he somersaulted through the air. More grunts opened fire at Mew before he stopped their bullets in mid-air and sent them straight back at the grunts. Multiple wet squelches were heard as the bullets buried themselves in the grunts' chests with spurts of blood. Joasia found herself being even sicker in the background as she witnessed the spectacle.

"Don't mess with the Mew! You Team Rocket guys really need to learn that, for your own sakes!" Mew made an attempt at intimidating the men that remained.

The remaining grunts decided that it was a good time to run, despite Mew's cute and somewhat huggable appearance, leaving their captains barking orders after them, but to no avail. The captains in turn drew their pistols and opened fire. Their bullets were stopped by Mew's newly formed barrier. Mew retaliated with a shadow ball which impacted with the ground at the grunts feet, exploding and knocking several of them off their feet. After getting to their feet, they too rushed back in the direction of the helicopters. They soon disappeared out of sight.

"Yay, we won!" Mew said excitedly as he did a mid-air somersault.

"Yeah, just fabulous Mew," Joasia muttered sarcastically, still shuddering from the sight of blood.

Ubui and Lifyra walked into the midst of where they stood, panting and bearing signs of battle wear. Ubui bled from several small cuts to his body and Lifyra had a black eye.

"Where were you guys?" Joasia asked at the sudden reappearance of the two.

"We were fighting off the vast majority of Team Rocket's pokémon, good thing those were only moderately powerful pokémon, or we wouldn't have held up so well," Lifyra responded mildly.

"Okay, thank you for helping then. Hey Mew, shouldn't Mewtwo be back by now? Why did he leave us? He should have known we would be vulnerable to attack if he left," Joasia asked, expression changing to a scowl…