Chapter 30

"Seven… Six…" the monotonous voice continued.

"Quick, what do we do Mewtwo?!" Mateusz panicked.

Mewtwo bowed his head and appeared to be concentrating as the large antenna extended into the sky, clearly visible from the surrounding towns and villages of the area.

"Five… Four…" the intercom counted down the time to the activation of the weapon's deadly signal.

The tension in that one moment was palpable; everyone held their breaths as Mewtwo continued to concentrate and stressed looks plastered everyone's faces. A blue glow surrounded the weapon as it began to shake and groan; moving around in its hole and the horrible screeching sound of metal scraping against metal could be heard coming from beneath the mammoth antenna. Within a second the shaking had grown more intense.

"Three… Two… One…" the voice continued its fatal countdown.

The shaking of the massive antenna had now intensified to a point where one could hear loud snapping noises as welded sheets of solid steel broke away from each other. Suddenly and dramatically, the huge structure of the weapon had a critical structural failure and gave way to the shaking as it split into multiple segments and fell toward the ground. Loud crashes could be heard as each piece smashed into the roof of the Team Rocket HQ.

"Woah…" was all anyone could utter.

The dust finally began to settle and everyone could finally see the full extent of the damage done to the base from where they stood.

"WE DID IT!" Mew cheered loudly before doing a series of somersaults and loops in the air.

"Well, that was certainly close, wasn't it?" Mateusz said with a smile.

"Too close, I never want anything like that happening again. At least we're all safe now, and everything should go back to normal, including our regular 'walks'," Joasia said in a slightly suggestive tone as she hugged Mateusz tightly.

Mateusz blushed red after she said this, remembering the kiss they had shared and looked sheepishly away. Joasia kissed him softly on the cheek before releasing him from her embrace. A short distance away, Lifyra did the same, kissing Ubui on the cheek and making him blush. It was a happy victory, a very important one that for them was in the likeness of the rebels blowing up the first Death Star.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, flat discs, the exact same as the ones Mateusz had seen the elite grunt firing earlier, flew through the air and hit the three mewtwos and Mew, sticking to their bodies with ease. Mew immediately dropped to the ground, no longer able to float in the air. The mewtwos tried to remove the discs by hand because for some reason, telekinesis wasn't working on them. Due to the spherical shape of the mewtwos' digit tips they couldn't remove the strange devices. Two darts whizzed through the air just as suddenly as the discs had and hit Ubui and Lifyra.

"W-what's happening?" Lifyra slurred as her eyes started closing against her will before she gave in to the effects of the dart and collapsed.

Ubui managed to stumble over to Lifyra despite the effects of whatever was in those darts before collapsing in a heap much the same way she did. Meanwhile, the mewtwos all seemed to be in a state of confusion, no one could hear anything anyone else was saying, as if their psychic abilities were being interfered with, or worse, completely inhibited. More darts came out of nowhere, flying through the air and each one colliding with the remaining four pokémon.

Joasia was the first to be overtaken by the powerful tranquiliser, falling to the ground in a heap with her eyes already closed. She was swiftly followed by Mew whom was already lying on the ground due to the psychic inhibitor taking away his ability to levitate. Mateusz stumbled around like a drunkard for a good ten seconds before falling to his knees, and then on to his side, next to Joasia. His eyes remained open for long enough to see a tall man in an orange suit enter the room, closely followed by a group of elite grunts.

That was the last thing he saw before his eyes closed. Mewtwo however was fighting the tranquiliser, and to some degree of success. He stood there, shuddering as the liquid from the dart demanded that he fall asleep, but his strong will enabled him to fight back.

"As determined as ever I see," the man in the orange suit taunted with a chuckle.

"Giovanni…" Mewtwo thought as he glared at the orange suited man who was indeed Giovanni.

"Give him another dose," Giovanni instructed to one of the elites.

The elite lifted his tranquiliser gun and fired another dart at Mewtwo. This extra dose finally took its toll on Mewtwo and he collapsed to the ground like the rest had. Despite the second dose, Mewtwo still managed to keep his eyes half open, but he was fighting a losing battle.

"Handcuff all of them and put them in trucks to research base one," Giovanni instructed.

The last Mewtwo saw before his body finally caved in to the drugs in the darts was a man approaching him with handcuffs…


A large jolt caused Mateusz to awake. He groaned as he sat up, a headache pounding in his brain. Mateusz attempted to stretch but found he couldn't, because he had a pair of handcuffs on his arms. He looked around and noticed that he was in an enclosed space. A small window with vertical iron bars directly ahead of him provided the light which illuminated the inside of the space. Another jolt and a shift in the angle of the light coming through the window told Mateusz that he was in something that was moving quite fast.

Mateusz audibly sighed, he knew he had been captured by Team Rocket, and he had no idea of what they intended to do with him or to him. A cough and feminine groan to his right drew his attention and he saw Joasia, lying at the other end of the space he was in. Mateusz's heart skipped a beat as he saw her lying there and tried to communicate with her as she awoke, but when he got no reply, he remembered the device that was stuck to his chest. It seemed that the discs were some sort of psychic inhibitor, to prevent them from using their psychic abilities in any way.

Joasia finally managed to sit up; clearly still somewhat dazed from the drugs they had been tranquilised with. Mateusz shuffled over to her and gave her a reassuring kiss on the forehead. Joasia looked up and noticed Mateusz for the first time, her eyes widening. She looked like she was trying to say something, but Mateusz couldn't hear her and he pointed to the psychic inhibitors which were stuck to their bodies with his handcuffed arms.

Joasia nodded, clearly understanding what he meant. She looked into Mateusz eyes, her face showing signs that she was quite frightened of what was going on. Mateusz tried his best to stay calm and put a brave face on for her, but he couldn't help but shed a tear as he thought about what might happen to all of them, especially Joasia, who was his best friend, and the one he loved. She noticed the tear rolling down Mateusz's sad looking face and she slid over next to him, resting her head on his shoulder and leaning against him.

Mateusz responded by leaning his head on Joasia's. The feeling of sadness in the back of that truck was virtually physical and even the driver of the vehicle felt an unexplainable feeling of slight sadness. The bumpy ride in the back of the truck continued as the convoy travelled toward its destination, Research Base One, which was Team Rocket's primary research base. After about an hour, the convoy reached its destination and the trucks halted sharply.

This had the effect of throwing Joasia and Mateusz sideways in the truck, eliciting a grunt from both of them. The doors at the back of the truck opened and bright sunlight poured in, causing the two mewtwos to squint.

"Move them all into the psychic proof room, Giovanni wants them put in there!" a gruff voice yelled from outside.

Four armed men entered the truck and approached Joasia and Mateusz. Mateusz shuffled over in front of Joasia to try and protect her.

"How cute, trying to protect your friend," the man at the front of the group jeered with a smirk as he continued on towards them.

He and another one of the men grabbed Mateusz by the arms and hauled him to his feet.

"Come on tough guy, let's go," the man who appeared to be the highest ranked one there said.

One of the men put a pistol to his back and they began pushing him out of the truck. Mateusz struggled and tried to turn to see what was happening with Joasia but the men held him tight and forced him to continue walking toward the base. Ahead of him, Mateusz could see Mewtwo, escorted by about a dozen armed grunts, and Mew, being carried in a cage like some captured animal. Ubui and Lifyra were nowhere to be seen.

The large, semi-circular entrance to the base opened automatically in front of the group and they walked through. The interior of the base looked somewhat futuristic and was mostly made of metal. Mateusz and the others were all escorted down a long corridor to a large, white door. It was opened by one of the grunts at the front and they were all taken inside. The room had a white interior and the walls were oddly shaped, ridges and indented areas covering its surface. A faint humming noise could be heard from behind the walls, as if machines were operating in the very walls of the room.

The three mewtwos were forced to sit down, leaning against the walls. Mew's cage was placed down on the hard floor just next to them. All of the grunts left the room and the door closed, making the room now utterly silent save for the breathing of the pokémon inside. A few, silent and tense minutes passed before the door suddenly opened. In walked none other than Giovanni with a wide grin on his face.

"I see you are all comfortable," he jeered and got glares back from all of them.

Giovanni walked into the centre of the room and turned to face them.

"It's very nice to finally meet you, 'third mewtwo'," Giovanni said mockingly as he looked at Mateusz.

Mateusz simply gave him a look that could melt steel.

"So, you lot think you can just come in to my very headquarters and destroy my multi-million dollar weapon and get away with it, huh? Well, I've got a thing or two to teach you then now I have you all in my possession. Now, you, Mewtwo, the original, you have been a thorn in Team Rocket's side ever since the Mount Quena incident which we have record of on our computers but none of the humans involved seem to remember. You have messed up multiple plans of ours and to be honest, IT'S REALLY ANNOYING HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN WASTED ON THINGS YOU HAVE DESTROYED!" Giovanni let loose with a monologue and then yelled angrily.

Mewtwo raised an eyebrow at this and almost looked to be smirking.

"And you, the second mewtwo we created, I have faith that you can still be reconditioned to be cooperative and loyal to us, it's not too late for you to switch sides and live, you know," Giovanni said with a chuckle as he stooped down to Joasia's eye level.

A rattling sound coming from the cage drew Giovanni's attention and he looked over to see Mew shaking the bars of his cage.

"Ah, yes, the legendary Mew; told of in ancient texts and depicted on the walls of old temples in the jungles of a region far away from here. You will be very useful in experiments to find out more about your DNA which allowed us to create Mewtwo in the first place," he continued as he looked at Mew sitting there in his cage, "Well now down to business, you have been a troublesome foe Mewtwo and have caused much damage to our bases. Destroying my prized weapon was the last straw; you will no longer be a hindrance to Team Rocket's plans, goodbye,"

Giovanni drew a pistol from his suit and aimed it at Mewtwo's head. He pulled the trigger and a loud bang echoed through the room, causing Joasia to squeak. Blood spurted from Mewtwo's head as the bullet burrowed through his skull and into his brain. Mewtwo slumped forwards onto the floor, dead.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Mateusz's voice screamed in everyone's head, he had somehow bypassed the psychic inhibitor.

"Now that's interesting, you've managed to get past the psychic inhibitors effect, you must have had quite a strong bond with him," Giovanni teased.

"YOU MONSTER!" Mateusz continued to yell with rage, struggling to get to his feet.

"So you really were friends with him then, funny considering his personality," Giovanni said as Mateusz managed to stand up, "Well, I guess you can join him then,"

Giovanni aimed the gun at Mateusz and pulled the trigger. Another bang echoed in the room as the bullet buried itself in Mateusz's chest, blood spraying as it impacted. Mateusz fell to the floor, coughing up blood, his lung had been punctured. Joasia squeaked audibly twice as loud as she had before and quickly shuffled over to where Mateusz lay. She held him in her arms as the wound on his chest bled heavily. She knew she couldn't talk to him so she gave him a kiss on the forehead.

Mateusz shuddered and hacked up blood one last time before becoming completely still, eyes glazed over and unblinking. Joasia began to cry, tears falling onto Mateusz's lifeless body and running down his chest.

"Well, that takes care of the two most prominent threats then, not bad for one day's work," Giovanni said, grin ever present.

Joasia continued to clutch Mateusz's lifeless body as she cried on him, burying her face in his neck. A yellow light began to glow around Mateusz's body and Joasia did not notice it until it intensified. Suddenly, Mateusz's hand started to twitch. Joasia saw this and a look of shock formed on her face. To everyone left alive in the room's surprise, Mateusz began to rise up from the floor, his eyes opening with a bright yellow glow coming from them.

"You killed him!" Mateusz said in a very deep and echoing voice as he stood to his full height.

"B-but, I saw you die," Giovanni stuttered in wonder.

"You killed Mewtwo you vile human," Mateusz continued, voice still deep and booming as a bright yellow aura surrounded his body.

Mateusz started walking towards Giovanni and Giovanni began to fire at him. The bullets stopped and fell to the floor as soon as they came in contact with the yellow glow. Giovanni backed into the wall at the other side of the room and pushed the emergency button on the wall, fear evident on his face. Grunts came rushing in almost immediately and started to fire at Mateusz, but to no avail.

"You. Killed. Him." Mateusz said one last time before unleashing a shockwave which knocked all the grunts and Giovanni against the walls of the room.

Mateusz pointed his arm at Mewtwo's lifeless body and fingers of the strange light began to flow around Mewtwo. The wound on Mewtwo's head closed over and the bullet came floating out and fell on the floor. Mewtwo's eyes opened and he stood up, handcuffs no longer on his arms and psychic inhibitor gone. The same had happened for Joasia, her handcuffs had miraculously disappeared and so had Mew's cage.

"We need to get Ubui and Lifyra and get out of here," Mateusz said before he ran out of the room.

The others followed closely behind him as he ran down the corridor. Near the entrance to the base two cages guarded by a group of guards contained Ubui and Lifyra. Mateusz shot a beam of the strange light at them and they scattered, running for their lives. Mew opened the doors to the cages and they all exited the base, blowing a hole in the door to escape…


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