Chapter 20

"Ah, look we're just about back at the cave, I remember this clearing," Mateusz pointed out.

"That is correct," Mewtwo stated matter-of-factly.

The pair had set out after breakfast and had spent a good 4 hours walking back to the cave from the overhang where they had slept the previous night. They now walked through the clearing in the forest where they had first met Lifyra and Ubui. As they walked toward where the cave was through the leafy trees of the forest, they noticed red patches on the ground, along with the bodies of several men in Team Rocket uniforms.

"What the hell happened here?" Mateusz questioned with a shocked look on his face.

Mewtwo's face momentarily mirrored Mateusz's expression but he remained silent. The pair proceeded in walking toward the cave with caution, keeping an eye out for any enemy that might attack them.

"Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii guyyyyyyyyyyysss!" a small pink being shouted at them whilst performing a mid-air somersault.

Both Mateusz and Mewtwo jumped a little at the suddenness of the being's appearance and snapped their heads in the direction of where the being was.

"What do you think you're doing Mew? Sneaking up on me like that could get you killed," Mewtwo glared at Mew.

"Not to mention you almost gave me a heart attack," Mateusz added.

"Well sorry for being friendly and coming to greet you guys then," Mew whined as he pouted.

"We didn't say you couldn't come and greet us, just don't jump-scare us," Mateusz explained.

"I personally would rather you don't come and greet us at all," Mewtwo said as he coldly smirked.

"Meanie! It's no wonder Joasia is mad at you right now," Mew poked his tongue out.

"Why would she be mad? What have I done to upset her?" a now confused Mewtwo asked.

"You should come and ask her yourself," Mew said before turning and floating off toward the cave.

Mewtwo hesitated before following with Mateusz trailing behind. They soon came to the cave where Joasia stood at the entrance with her arms crossed and a sulky look on her face.

"So why are you upset?" Mewtwo asked in a dry tone.

"Because you left us and we became vulnerable to attack, and then Team Rocket attacked and you weren't here to help us when you should have been," Joasia stated.

"I left to gather information. Are you saying I shouldn't have done that?" Mewtwo returned with a question.

"You shouldn't have left full-stop! It left us vulnerable to attack!" Joasia continued to argue, her pink-red tail twitching from side to side with anger.

"You seem to have been perfectly able to handle it all by yourselves, so I don't see why it should matter. Mew, come with me, we must discuss something," Mewtwo concluded before walking off.

Joasia's eye twitched with anger at the comment and she stormed off outside and up the mountainside with a huff. Mateusz opted to follow Joasia to see if he could lighten her mood. He walked up the mountainside in the direction she had gone in. The higher he climbed, the thinner the density of the forest trees became and the lower the temperature dropped.

Soon, in a clearing high up on the mountainside he found Joasia, lying down on the grass with her arm shielding her eyes from the sun. Mateusz approached and sat beside her on the soft, green grass. She looked at his face momentarily before looking back at the sky.

"So how did your venture to that Team Rocket base go?" she asked.

"Not too bad, came away mostly unscathed," Mateusz replied as he tried to figure out what must be so interesting in the sky.

"Mostly?" Joasia looked at him this time before narrowing her eyes. "Show me,"

"It's just a little scratch, honestly, nothing to worry about," Mateusz attempted to assure her.

"Show me, now," she commanded with a dangerous look on her face.

Mateusz heaved a sigh and finally gave in. He pulled his shirt down from his shoulder and revealed the bloodied bandage from where the bullet had grazed past. Joasia let out a gasp as she took in the sight.

"I told you to take care of yourself!" she exclaimed with a look of brief anger on her face.

"It's just a little graze from a bullet, don't worry," Mateusz attempted to reassure her.

"If it had of hit your heart or head you would've died!" Joasia continued to ramble.

"But it didn't, and I'm fine, honestly," Mateusz continued to point out.

Joasia finally managed to calm down and took a few deep breaths. "I'm glad you're okay," she said as she hugged Mateusz.

Mateusz blushed awkwardly for a moment before Joasia released him.

"You don't look too good yourself Joasia," Mateusz said as he pointed to the large bruises on her back and her burn.

"Yeah, I got rammed in the back by an espeon and burnt by a charmeleon, but they're not too sore," the mewtwo explained.

"Well, now we're even. We should go back and see what Mewtwo says about the information he found, I didn't really get a chance to read it myself," Mateusz said as he pointed down the hill.

Mateusz started down the hill with a reluctant Joasia in tow. They reached the cave and found Mew and Mewtwo talking just inside the entrance with Ubui and Lifyra.

"So, what's going on then? What's with all the chit-chat?" Mateusz walked up to the group and asked.

"We're going to move to Mount Quena, because Team Rocket found us," Mewtwo informed a curious Mateusz.

"Ah yes, good move, it makes sense," Mateusz concluded before asking, "Where's Mount Quena?"

"It is in Johto, and it will take us a while to get there. We must cross the mountain range to get to Johto," Mewtwo responded.

"So how long do you expect it to take?" Mateusz asked.

"It may take us up to three and a half days to reach our destination; it is over 70 kilometres away," Mewtwo informed Mateusz.

Mateusz shrugged his shoulders. "Meh, another long hike isn't gonna' bother me," Mateusz responded before excusing himself and walking off.

"Joasia, Ubui, Lifyra; could you go with Mateusz and have lunch now? Mew and I still have some more things to discuss," Mewtwo told the remaining beings.

The trio left in the direction that Mateusz had gone in a moment earlier. Mewtwo turned back to Mew and began to talk.

"Team Rocket is building a weapon Mew, a weapon that will be able to destroy me, and you, and Joasia. It will be completed within the next few weeks and as soon as it's ready, they will be able to locate us snuff us out like lights from a distance," Mewtwo disclosed.

"That's very bad, do you know if it will affect Mateusz and the others apart from Joasia?" Mew asked.

"I do not know for certain, but it is designed to lock onto our psychic energy signatures and since Mateusz's is untraceable by either you or me, he may be immune to it," Mewtwo theorised before continuing, "It will be able to affect Ubui and Lifyra though, as weak as their signatures are, it is still powerful enough to locate and take them out,"

Mew made a whistling noise at this fact and shook his head.

"What are we going to do about it then?" he asked.

"The weapon is being constructed in one of their laboratory complexes in the Johto region. That is one of the reasons for our moving there, another is the fact the laboratory is there. If we can be somewhere they don't know we are and be able to strike at the weapon with ease, we should be able to tackle this problem relatively easily," Mewtwo reasoned.

"Oh, okay then, we should probably leave tomorrow before they launch another attack on this place," Mew said before floating off into the forest and leaving Mewtwo to himself…


Many horrific gene-splicing experiments and dead test subjects later, the experiments had produced a successful clone. The clone grew in a cylindrical tank full of yellow tinged liquid. Many wires were attached to it and it was curled up in a ball. Scientists monitored instruments which displayed its vital signs as it floated in the tank. The creature had appeared to look different, sort of like a cloned pokémon when it first grew but now it looked human.

They had come in to work one day to find it had completely changed overnight into this current form. Now, it rested, eyes closed and brain activity high. This creature would one day be used to take over the world, but it was still growing…


Giovanni sat in his desk chair, thinking over a strategy to use against the escaped weapons. Once the weapon was ready they could trace and kill them anywhere. It worked by detecting their mental energy signature and then sending a lethal wave frequency to that location. The false attack that Giovanni had initiated had successfully gauged the strength of the most recently escaped weapon; they could either send a more powerful force of grunts and pokémon, or wait for the weapon to be completed, the latter used fewer resources and would make much more sense Giovanni decided…


"It's time to leave, all of you need to get up," a voice sounded in Ubui's, Lifyra's, Joasia's and Mateusz's heads simultaneously.

All four of them arose in their respective rooms and walked into the hall of the cave to find Mew and Mewtwo awaiting them.

"We need to leave for Mount Quena now, have some breakfast and then we'll start walking," Mewtwo informed them before walking off with Mew in tow.

The four who were left behind all stretched and yawned before proceeding with getting breakfast. After they had had their fill and drank some water, Mewtwo came back and told them to follow…

On the third day since they had set out from the mountainside they had been staying on, they were expecting to reach their destination. The crisp mountain air chilled Mateusz's exposed face and hands as he hiked up the mountainside with the rest of the group. There was snow not too much further upwards and there were hardly any trees now. This was the fifth mountain they had climbed that day and Mewtwo said they still had a few more to go before they reached the plains that led to Mount Quena.

Mateusz shivered as a blast of wind penetrated his clothes and chilled him to the bone.

"Hey, are you okay there?" Joasia asked from his right as she put a paw on his shoulder.

"Yeah, just a little cold because of the wind," Mateusz said before shivering again as another blast of wind blew.

"Don't worry, Mewtwo says we'll be there soon," Joasia assured him with a smile.

Mateusz grinned back and continued walking. They soon reached the top of the peak and looked around. The mountain range continued to their right and in the distance, they could see what looked like a wall of rock.

"That, is Mount Quena, our destination," Mewtwo pointed out before saying, "It should only take us another couple of hours to get there and then you can do what you want for the rest of the day, no training,"

Joasia looked quite happy at this, "That means we can go exploring when we get there Mateusz!"

"Yeah sure, see if we can find another place that has a view," Mateusz responded cheerily.

The group continued walking for a couple more hours and soon, they reached the base of Mount Quena. They began to climb up its steep sides, Mewtwo aiding Mateusz as he was not very good at climbing. When they reached the top, they were taken aback by the view. The whole mountain was like a huge crater in design and had a lake with an island in the middle. That lake had several streams running off it and bird pokémon could be seen flying over the forest that sat within the crater.

"Wow, it's beautiful." was all Mateusz could bring himself to say…