A Dragon's Tail
Tail 3: Richard's Tail - Ignorance
Tail 3-6: Dire Situation
"Whew…" Rachael sighed again after everything was finally ended. Still, the scene of battle was still lingering around here as the lifeless bodies of six Pokemon were still around here.
"Onii-chan…" Rachael said. "Let's get out of here…"
"Agreed…" Richard nodded.
Rachael and Richard was about to leave this area when they saw four Pokemon running up to them. They were none other than Jasper, Zenpai, Viola and Grimlock. Viola and Grimlock were seemed to be panicked by something while they were running up to Rachael and Richard.
"Rachael!" Zenpai said. "Are you alright?!"
"We heard a sound of battle, so we come here as fast as we could." Jasper said. "But we got lost in this dark sewer. If we didn't get help from this cute Heliolisk, we wouldn't—"
"Yeah, yeah… Snap it out, Jasper." Viola said and turned her attention to Richard. "Richard, what was that sound of battle? Did something happen around here?"
"Holy sxxt!" Grimlock suddenly spoke up and pointed his paw at the lifeless bodies of six Pokemon. "Aren't they the gangsters who ambushed us several days ago?! What happened to them?!"
"Hmm…" Zenpai looked at the corpses of six Pokemon. "It seems like they were attacked by someone who uses a sharp weapon and a gun, which wasn't you, Rachael, right? Since your weapon is a PokeDoll."
"And not you too, Richard." Viola said. "Because your weapon is a chronicle, not a sharp weapon or a gun."
"So, it wasn't both of you who killed them, right?" Grimlock said. "Then, who?"
"Um…" Rachael mumbled, but it was Richard who answered.
"They tried to attack two outlaws, but instead, those idiots were killed by two outlaws." Richard answered. "We were just happened to be around here."
"That's just like you, Richard." Grimlock said. "Anyway, if it was neither you or your sister, it's fine."
"But…" Rachael seemed to remember something. "What are you all doing here?"
Upon hearing Rachael's words, Viola and Grimlock suddenly became panicked once again.
"I…It's terrible!" Viola said. "Richard, something terrible has happened!"
"…What is it?"
"It was Uncle Lumiere!" Grimlock said.
Upon hearing the name of the one who gave him a shelter, Richard quickly became panicked too. "Dr. Lumiere?!" Richard said. "W…What happened to him?!"
"H…He was kidnapped by a group of mafia!" Viola spoke with a panic voice. "T…They took him to the Civilight Laboratory!"
"WHAT?!" Richard was shocked when he heard dire news from Viola. Dr. Lumiere was kidnapped?!
Meanwhile...
In a small room somewhere in the Civilight Laboratory, a Pokemon was sitting there near the table. His attention was at several important-looking papers on the table. It seemed like the thing that was printed on these papers was the structure of living creature's cells. The only source of light that illuminated this room was from a single light bulb above this Pokemon, reveals him as the Ampharos named Lumiere.
"Hmm…" Lumiere mumbled. "They used the genes of all 18 types of Pokemon to create a single Pokemon, yet that Pokemon refused to acknowledge the existence of the genes in their body and thus its types were cancelled into the normal type by the mask that sealed its power… What were those scientists thinking?! This is absurd…"
And then…
"Lumiere…"
Suddenly, a familiar voice called the Ampharos' attention from the papers on the table. The Ampharos didn't turn his attention to the owner of the voice as he already knew that the owner of the voice was standing behind him.
"…Still appear and disappear like a lightning, hm? My brother?" Lumiere spoke without looking at the owner of the voice that called him.
"You know… That's why they called me 'The Lightning Thief'." The one who stood behind Lumiere said.
"…And what are you doing here?" Lumiere continued asking.
"I heard that someone called Dr. Lumiere was 'summoned' here to help the scientists of Civilight Laboratory in their experiment." Lumiere's brother answered with a calm voice. "So I was thinking of paying him a little visit."
"Well… It couldn't be helped…" Lumiere said. "They 'asked' me to come here. Viola and Grimlock tried to stop them from taking me here, but… You know… No matter what they say, Viola and Grimlock are both no match against them."
"…Viola…" Lumiere's brother mumbled. "How is she doing right now? Is she doing fine?"
"Well… She is still fine…" Lumiere answered. "But the thing that concerns me is that she still does not forgive you…"
"…Viola has every right to cast her hatred toward me." Lumiere's brother said. "I have been a terrible father to her…"
"It's not your fault, my brother…" Lumiere said. "The thing you did is just to ensure her safety…"
"But it's still a shame…" Lumiere's brother said. "I felt very bad for doing this, especially when I held the Blood of Legend within my veins right now…"
"Oh… That's right." Lumiere commented. "You are one of 14 Hero/ine of Legend who saved Symmetria from the Fallen Crisis 30 years ago too… And right now, you are the Hero of Electric type…"
"…And the 'Hero of Electric type' from that day is now the lap dog of the president of the Republic of Civilight…" Lumiere's brother said. "Is it the right choice for me to do this? Would it be better if I took Viola, Maxnet and you and escaped from this nasty nation?"
"…" Lumiere said nothing.
"…No." Lumiere's brother said. "Despite there's nothing that prevents me from leaving this place, I still couldn't leave this place… I can't… leave my friend here…"
"…" Lumiere carefully listened to his brother's words.
"I can't leave him here…" Lumiere's brother said. "He may ask me to take care of Maxnet and took him to his mother and sister at Venturnome, I still couldn't leave him behind…"
"…How's he doing right now?" Lumiere asked.
Before Ellisk's brother could answer his elder brother's question, both of them heard a voice from outside this room. It sounds like struggling, as if someone was taken here unwillingly.
"Stop! W…Where are you taking me?!"
"Just shut up and come right here!"
"W…What's that?!" Lumiere asked once the sound had faded away, indicating that the owners of those voices already walked away from around here.
"… The police caught a Toxicroak who does a Gray Reaper trading today…" Lumiere's brother answered. "The scientists of Civilight Laboratory then demanded him right here for their 'experiment'."
"Again?!" Lumiere said with a shocked voice. "Why do they always use a Pokemon for their experiment?! That's terrible!"
"Right." Lumiere's brother said. "That's why I try to prevent it as much as possible."
"And that's why you rescued Maxnet and Richard from this place, right?" Lumiere said.
"No." Lumiere's brother nodded. "I rescued Maxnet because my friend asked me. And for Richard…"
"…" Lumiere said nothing.
"Anyway…" Lumiere's brother changed the topic of their conversation. "I came here in secret. I don't know what would happen if they caught me coming here, so… Keep this conversation as our secret, won't you?"
"…" Lumiere said nothing, but he nodded in response.
"I must leave now. Those scientists may come here at any minute…" Lumiere's brother said. "Farewell for now, my brother."
"…Farewell, Ellisk." Lumiere mumbled.
Six Pokemon moved along the dark sewer of Gamma City. They were a Latios, a Latias, a Heliolisk, an Aggron, a Sceptile and a Scyther. It was the Aggron who led them along the sewer.
"This way!" Grimlock said while running along the dark corner and led everyone. "Come on! Run faster or I will leave you behind!"
"…The one who should run faster is you, Grimlock." Zenpai said.
Zenpai was right. It was because Grimlock was an Aggron, a Pokemon that had a very low base speed. Because of this, Grimlock ran at a very low speed. The speed of his running was equal to everyone else's speed of walking. (Everyone else was a Latios, a Latias, a Heliolisk, a Sceptile and a Scyther, all which were Pokemon that had high base speed.)
Grimlock ignored Zenpai's words continued leading them through the dark sewer until…
"Here we are…"
Grimlock stopped in front of a strange machine at a corner of the sewer. This machine had a controlling pad on it. The symbol on the controlling pad looked very hard-to-understand.
"What is this?" Jasper asked.
"It's the emergency exit of the Civilight Laboratory." Grimlock said. "If we put the right password into this controlling pad, we could use it to sneak into the Civilight Laboratory."
"That's great!" Rachael said. "But… What's the password?"
"W…Well… I don't know." Grimlock said, followed by a moment of silence from everyone until the moment of silence was broke by the Latios.
"Well… If you idiots don't know, then…. Allow me…"
Richard approached the machine and opened his Chronicle of Daybreak before he started entering the right password for opening the emergency exit.
"…Anyway…" While waiting for Richard, Zenpai spoke up. "Grimlock, how did you know about this emergency exit?"
"I… I…" Grimlock scratched his head as he heard Zenpai's question.
"Grimlock…" Viola looked at the Aggron. "You didn't try to break into this place again, do you?"
"W…Well…" Grimlock mumbled without looking at Viola.
"I KNEW IT!" Viola suddenly became angry at the Aggron. "Didn't you remember what Uncle Lumiere said?! That place is dangerous! Why did you try to break into that place?! ANSWER ME! MAXNET!"
"Maxnet?" Jasper, Zenpai and Rachael said once they heard Viola uses an unfamiliar name to call Grimlock.
"Hey! I told you not to call me by that name!" Grimlock said. "Maxnet is the name I already discarded a long time ago! My name is Grimlock! Not Maxnet!"
"But…" Rachael spoke up. "Why did you discard your own name?"
"It's because…" Grimlock was about to answer the Latias' question when Richard spoke up first.
"…Done."
Richard finished entering the password into the machine, thus opened a hidden passageway with a long stairs that would lead them to a place somewhere above this sewer.
"Yay!" Rachael said. "Onii-chan, you are so cool!"
"Right… Right…" Richard nodded before turning his attention to Viola and Grimlock. "By the way… Viola… Grimlock…"
"Yes?" Viola and Grimlock said, but then, their heads were slammed by something!
"OUCH!" Grimlock and Viola said and rubbed their heads in pain as they were slammed by something at their heads.
"That's for making such an annoying voice during the moment that I must concentrate." Richard said and held the Chronicle of Daybreak within his paw.
"OUCH… My head…" Grimlock rubbed his head.
"Hey… Big guy…" Jasper spoke up. "Your head was shielded by your helmet, and that Latios doesn't have a high attack stat, so stop acting like that attack hurts you so much."
"Easy for you to say!" Grimlock said. "Richard may have a low attack stat, but that chronicle isn't a weapon that you should underestimate!"
"Right!" Viola said. She still rubbed her head. "Moreover, being slammed by the edge of a hardcover chronicle is not a pleasant memory for you to experience!"
"…How much time would you like to waste before coming here?!" Richard's voice attracted everyone's attention. He was already in the passageway.
"Right… Right…" Jasper and Zenpai then walked into the passageway. Viola and Grimlock then were about to follow them when Rachael approached them.
"Here." Rachael handed over two bottles of Healing Potion to Viola and Grimlock. "I am so sorry for Onii-chan's arrogance…"
"Thanks." Viola and Grimlock took the Healing Potion from the Latias and started drinking it. "But don't worry about us. We are already used to it." Grimlock said.
"Right." Viola became much happier once she had drunk the Healing Potion. "Whenever we make a ruckus, Richard would stop us by slamming our heads with his chronicle. It was a pain at first, but now…"
"It's still a pain." Grimlock said. "But that's not a big deal."
"Okay…" Rachael said as she took the empty bottles back from the Heliolisk and the Aggron before they followed Jasper, Zenpai and Richard into the passageway.
The passageway led Richard, Rachael, Jasper, Zenpai, Viola and Grimlock to a small room of a certain place somewhere in the Gamma City. It seemed like there's no one in this room.
"Finally…" Grimlock said. "We had arrived at the Civilight Laboratory…"
"And where is Uncle Lumiere?" Viola mumbled.
"That would be difficult for us to find him…" Jasper said. "Especially when we don't know the layout of this place."
"That's only for you idiots…" Richard said and opened the Chronicle of Daybreak and summoned a hologram of the Civilight Laboratory's lab.
"Wow!" Rachael said.
"Hey…" Jasper spoke up. "How could you have the map of this place?"
"Not only that…" Zenpai said. "But back when we were in the sewer, how could you know the password to open the emergency exit?"
"Because I am not an idiot." Richard answered.
"Sigh…" Jasper and Zenpai sighed as they already knew that it would be useless to try taking the answer from Richard.
"Anyway…" Viola looked at the map of the Civilight Laboratory. It seemed like this place has three floors, the floor where they were, the floor above and the floor below. "There's so many rooms in this place. How can we know which room is where Uncle Lumiere is?!"
"…It would be better if we split up." Zenpai said. "Alright, let's split up into three teams and go to three different paths."
"Then, Jasper and Zenpai, you search this floor." Richard said. "Viola and Grimlock, you search the floor above. Rachael and I will search the floor below, okay?"
Everyone nodded in response. Then Zenpai walked up to the exit of this room and waited a bit until he was sure that no one was around here before he opened the door of the room, leading everyone into the hallway of the laboratory. After that, Viola and Grimlock headed upstairs while Richard and Rachael headed downstairs, leaving Jasper and Zenpai on this floor.
"Let's go, Jasper." Zenpai said.
"Right behind you, Zenpai." Jasper nodded.
"It seemed like Jasper and Zenpai have become friends with Viola and Grimlock already, don't you think, Onii-chan?"
Rachael said while they searched for Lumiere in a room, but they quickly found that this room was actually empty.
"Agreed." Richard said while leaving the room. "I sense that Jasper and Zenpai have something in common with Viola and Grimlock. This thing may be what made them quickly become friends."
"Something in common?" Rachael asked while opening the door to the next room, which turned out to be a Chemical Storage Room. "What is that?"
"The Blood of Legend." Richard answered while moving to the next room, but they had to hide as there's someone around here.
"Ah! That's right!" Rachael said as the place around here was free of other Pokemon again. "Before we left Leafburg, Zenpai's power had awakened and turned him into the Hero of Bug type while Jasper received a power of legend from his father and became the Hero of Grass type."
"I see…" Richard said. "Well… Actually, Viola and Grimlock are also the children of the Hero of Legend, thus giving them the Blood of Legend within their veins too."
"Really?!" Rachael said. "They are the children of the Hero/ine of Legend who saved Symmetria from the Fallen Crisis 30 years ago?"
"That's what Dr. Lumiere, Viola's uncle, told me." Richard said. "It seemed like Grimlock is the son of the Hero of Steel type, thus he would become the next Hero of Steel type once his father died."
"But… Where's his father?" Rachael asked.
"I don't know." Richard said. "According to Dr. Lumiere, Grimlock's father was being held here… In this lab…"
"What?!" Rachael said. "W…Why? And how come?!"
"…Rachael, do you know about the Civilusion War?" Richard asked.
Rachael thought back to her homework. Civilusion War was one of five major wars that occurred on the continent of Symmetria. It happened 12 years ago. This war is the civil war of the Republic of Civilight caused by a revolution. The effect of this war was that several hundreds Pokemon were forced to escape from the Republic of Civilight with the help of the Purity Cleric who led them from Republic of Civilight to Theocracy of Venturnome safely. The Civilusion War also caused the first president of Republic of Civilight to get assassinated, and President Voltson Millechu had become the second president of Republic of Civilight. The cause of the Civilusion War was… No. Rachael couldn't remember this part because she didn't pay much attention to it.
"Well… I remember." Rachael answered.
"The, do you know the Purity Cleric who led a hundred refugees from Civilight to Venturnome?" Richard asked.
"Yes." Rachael nodded.
"That cleric is Grimlock's mother." Richard said. His words surprised Rachael.
"Really?!" Rachael said.
"Yes." Richard said. "Because of the Civilusion War, Grimlock's family, which consisted of his father, his mother, his younger sister and him, tried to escape from Gamma City. However, due to a certain circumstance, only his mother and his younger sister were able to flee this place."
"What happened to Grimlock and his father back then?" Rachael asked.
"They were arrested by a ground of mafia who worked for the scientists of Civilight Laboratory." Richard said. "Dr. Lumiere said that he doesn't know why did they arrest Grimlock and his father."
"A…And…" Rachael said while opening the door to the next room. "What happened to them? EAHAA!"
Rachael screamed a bit, but Richard quickly covered her mouth in order not to let anyone hear her scream. The reason why Rachael screamed was because the things in this room were the most disgusting things she had ever seen in her life!
"See?" Richard closed the door of that room, and Rachael sighed in relief. "That's what happens."
"T…That's terrible!" Rachael said. "T…They use a real Pokemon for their experiment!"
"That's right." Richard said. "That's what happened to Grimlock and his father… And to me too."
"You too?! Onii-chan?!" Rachael said before she remembered the story Richard told her when they met each other in the sewer for the first time after they were turned into Pokemon. "T…That's terrible!"
"Yes." Richard said. "However, I could escape from this place thanks to Lord of Blindness."
"Lord of Blindness? Holmer?" Rachael said.
Richard said nothing and led Rachael to the room next to the room with the disgusting experiments. The sign in front of the room could be read as 'Experiment Gamma – Defunct'.
"Here." Richard said and opened the door of this room. "This is the room where I was held before I escaped from this place."
Richard and Rachael entered the room. Richard then moved up to an experiment table. "This is where they kept me for their experiment. However, one day…" Richard then moved up to a lab table next to the experiment table. "One of the scientists who came here forgot the Chronicle of Twilight on this table."
'That's right.' Holmer suddenly spoke up using his telepathy. 'The Chronicle of Twilight was once in the possession of those scientists. They tried so many times to extract the knowledge from this chronicle. However, the chronicle required a special method to extract the knowledge from it, which is only known by me.'
"T…Then…" Rachael asked. "What happens to other Pokemon who tried to use the knowledge from the chronicle?"
'They become insane.' Holmer answered. 'Some Pokemon you saw in the former room were the victims of this experiment. They tried to extract the knowledge from the chronicle, but in the end, they got their knowledge extracted by the chronicle instead. With neither knowledge nor intelligence, their body couldn't function normally, resulting in their insanity. Because my soul is bound to the chronicle, I had seen so many Pokemon had their knowledge and intelligence extracted by this chronicle. Sure, I could tell them the right way to extract the knowledge from the chronicle, but none of them was worthy of this invaluable knowledge until…'
"…Until they decided to test the Chronicle with me." Richard said. "They used me as their experiment because I am a Latios, a Pokemon with very high intelligence."
'Richard is the only worthy candidate of the knowledge from the chronicle.' Holmer said. 'So, I appeared before his eyes and offered to form a pact with him. After he agreed, we formed a pact with each other, and then we escaped from this place with the knowledge we extracted from the chronicle such as the map of the Civilight Laboratory and the password of the emergency exit.'
"Oh! That's why Onii-chan knows the password and the map of this place!" Rachael said.
'Yes. With everything we need, our escape would be at east…' Holmer said. 'Well… Except…'
"Except when we were about to reach the exit, we almost got caught again." Richard said. "However, we could avoid getting captured again thanks to him…"
"Him? Who?" Rachael asked.
"It was Dr. Lumiere's father and Viola's father." Richard said. "And also the current Hero of Electric type. He helped me escape from this place and took me to Dr. Lumiere's place. Also, he was the one who rescued Grimlock from this place when he and his father were arrested."
"Oh! I almost forgot about Grimlock's story." Rachael said. "What happened to him and his father after they were arrested and were used in this disgusting experiment?"
"Viola's father rescued Grimlock from this place…" Richard said. "I don't know what happened to his father, but it's more likely that his father was still being used as the experimental specie in this place… However… That was about 11-12 years ago… So…"
"I see…" Rachael said. "What about Viola's father? I have never heard she talked about her father…"
"Me too…" Richard said. "When I tried to ask her about her father, Viola would suddenly be mad at me, so I decided not to ask her anymore. However…I am really curious about their relationship…"
Richard and Rachael then left this room. This room was almost the last room on this floor. Only three more rooms remained.
The next room next to the room where Richard was held had a sign that could be read as 'Experiment Beta – Defunct'. Richard and Rachael then entered the room and found that this room was also empty.
"Experiment Beta?" Rachael mumbled as they left the room. "What is that?"
"It's Grimlock." Richard answered. His answer shocked Rachael.
"E…Experiment Beta is Grimlock?!" Rachael asked.
"Yes. Grimlock once told me that he was being held here under the code name of Experiment Beta, just like me when I was being held here, I gained the code name of Experiment Gamma. Also, did you remember about Grimlock's old name?"
"Yes." Rachael said. "He said that his name was Maxnet, but he had discarded it since a long time ago."
"Yes. It was because to conceal his identity." Richard said. "It wouldn't be a good thing if an Aggron named Maxnet, who was supported to be the experimental specie at the Civilight Laboratory, is found walking around the Gamma City, right? That's why Grimlock discarded his name 'Maxnet' and used his new name 'Grimlock'."
"But if that's true, then…" Rachael asked. "Why didn't he escape from this city? I remember that you told me that Grimlock's mother and younger sister have escaped to Venturnome, right? Why didn't he leave this city and reunite with them?"
"Do not forget that his father is still lost." Richard said. "If you were rescued, but someone important to you was still being held in captivity, would you flee and leave someone important to you in captivity?"
"…I understand now." Rachael nodded. "So… Onii-chan, if we are in a situation that you are being held captive while I am free, promise me that you would never tell me to run away. I will not leave you behind."
"…Alright, I promise." Richard said. "We have been separated for long enough. From that day we met each other, we will never be separated from each other again. We would always stay together, until the moment of our death."
"No!" Rachael said in surprise as she heard the word 'death'. "Do not say the word 'death'! It would be a bad omen!"
"Haha…" Richard tried to laugh despite there's nothing funny about this. "Don't worry about this, Rachael. We will not die until I could fulfill my promise to you, Rachael."
"…Thank you, Onii-chan." Rachael said.
Richard then gave a patient smile to his sister before they moved to the next room. This room, however, was guarded heavily by a tight security system. The sign in front of this room could be read as 'Experiment Delta'.
"Experiment Delta?" Rachael read the sign in front of the room. "Onii-chan, if Grimlock is Experiment Beta and you are Experiment Gamma, then who is Experiment Delta?"
"I don't know." Richard said. "I remember that there's no Experiment Delta back in the day I escaped from this place…"
"S…Should we check this out?" Rachael said. "B…But this room has a very tight security system. It meant that there must be something very important in this room. However… It might be a bad idea for us to try entering this room…"
"…I will try." Richard said, much to Rachael's surprise.
"W…What?!" Rachael said. "W…Why?! It could be dangerous! What if you couldn't get pass the security system?! And if we could, there's nothing that tells us, what's in this room! It could be a dangerous experimental specie!"
"True." Richard moved us to the controlling pad in front of the room. "However, I am really curious of what's in this room."
"Sigh…" Rachael sighed as Richard started hacking the security system using the knowledge he extracted from the Chronicle of Daybreak and with the help of Holmer. "That's just like you, Onii-chan… Your curiosity is still at the point of apex."
'Not only your brother, Rachael.' Ilia spoke up using her telepathy. 'I am sure that Holmer is also curious of what's in this room. Your brother and my brother are very similar to each other, don't you think?'
Rachael didn't answer Ilia's question. She just nodded in response.
-A Few Minutes Later…
"…Done."
Richard finished hacking the security system with ease. This unlocked the door of Experiment Delta.
"Let's go, Rachael." Richard said.
"Okay…" Rachael said, and then the Latios and the Latias entered the room of Experiment Delta together…
-Meanwhile…
"Thank goodness!"
Viola sighed in relief as she finally found her uncle, Lumiere the Ampharos, in a small room. She an Grimlock then quickly rescued him from this room.
"Viola?! Grimlock!? What are you doing here?!" Lumiere asked.
"We came here to rescue you!" Viola said.
"Thank you." Lumiere said.
"Now… now…" Grimlock spoke up. "Let's get out of here before they know that you are missing from this room!"
Viola, Grimlock and Lumiere then went downstairs to the floor with the passageway they used to sneak into this place. Viola and Grimlock then took Lumiere to the room where the passageway was.
"Here." Viola said. "Uncle Lumiere, you can use this passageway to escape into the sewer of Gamma City. Quickly, go now."
"What about you, Viola? Grimlock?" Lumiere asked. "Won't you escape with me?"
"Our friends, including Richard, are still in this place." Grimlock said. "We must reunite with them first before we could leave this place, but you should go first, Uncle Lumiere."
Before Lumiere could say anything, the door of this room suddenly opened! Viola, Grimlock and Lumiere quickly turned their attention to the door before they sighed in relief as two Pokemon who stood at the door were their friends, Jasper and Zenpai.
"Viola? Grimlock?" Jasper said before he noticed the presence of an Ampharos. "Did you already find your uncle? That's good."
"Right." Grimlock said as Jasper and Zenpai walked up to them. "Viola and I took him here to let him escape first, and then we would go and reunite with your group and Richard's group before we left this place."
"Uncle Lumiere, would you be alright escaping by your own?" Viola asked.
"Don't worry about it, Viola." Lumiere said. "Do not forget that I am the elder brother of the Lightning Thief."
Viola's smile suddenly disappeared from her face as she heard her uncle's word. She then frowned at him.
"Oh! I am sorry, Viola!" Lumiere said as he realized that he had spoken about someone which Viola didn't like.
"It's fine…" Viola said. "Now, go! Uncle Lumiere!"
"Be safe, everyone." Lumiere said and walked up to the entrance of the emergency exit, but before he entered the passageway, Zenpai spoke up first.
"Wait a minute, Dr. Lumiere." Zenpai spoke up.
"Yes?" Lumiere turned his attention to Zenpai.
"…Do you know why did they kidnap you here?" Zenpai asked.
"Well…" Lumiere mumbled. "It seems like they need my knowledge of anatomy in order to help them in their project of creating new experimental specie with a massive power of destruction by using the genes of 18 types of Pokemon."
"What?!" Viola said.
"That's true, Viola." Lumiere said. "They called this experimental specie 'Experiment Delta'."
To Be Continued…
Dragon of Vale: This chapter is longer than I thought as it explains so many things including Grimlock and Viola's past.
Lumiere was kidnapped to Civilight Laboratory, so Richard and his friends came here to rescue him, and Viola, Grimlock, Jasper and Zenpai have succeeded in doing so. But for Richard and Rachael…
The next chapter will be the final boss fight of the third tail. Who could it be? Can you guess it?
A special thanks to Ridin Valon for helping me with the error correction.