Intro:
Hey everyone just wanna give a shout-out to Number13teen (Fic: Topaz: Hybrid Edition) and HelloYellow17 (Fic: Of Sands and Shadows) they have been a real help with this one. If you haven't already check out their stories, I am really lucky to be working with such talented writers! Be sure to check them out and give them love. Gonna keep this intro short but if you see this comment um fuck idk Ryan's Ice Cream.
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AND. HERE. WE. GO.
Guide:
Regular Italics: Thoughts
Bolded Italics: Speaking to the Audience or Out of Time
COF: Character(s) or Focus
Warning: This chapter contains graphic violence and events that may disturb you, keep in mind that these events are NOT for comedic effect and are used to advance the story. Read at your own risk.
Let's start with an easy question, how did this start?
In 1989 I was called to be apart of Kanto's Counter-Terrorism Squad 437 it was focused on finding Brian Rojas, the second in command for Team Rocket.
Who was in it?
Oscar Ramirez, he was pretty much our defacto leader almost. The guy was skilled but had a bit of temper when it came to criminals.
And who else.
Max Lanes, of course, the famous leader of Team Magma but before that he was with us, he was an ice cube that's why I like the bastard though very smart the best land navigator the IP has ever seen to this day. Then there was Aaron Black, our Foreign Asset he had been to every region at least ten times he knew exactly where we should go whenever we went overseas.
You were the FNG?
Fucking new guy, ha it took me a while but they trusted me.
Why do you have the nickname Looker?
When I was in Tracking I could find anyone with no exceptions, so they gave me the nickname stupid but it stuck.
Why was your target, Brian Rojas?
The IP had tabs on Giovanni already so we were sent after his second in command but the mission amplified after '90.
Why?
Like you don't know?! After what he did in Lavender Town?
Yeah tragic...
Lavender Town, Kanto
October 16, 1990
Evan ran through the burnt buildings and into town. Screams and gunshots pierced the air and the sight of people being shot and pokemon trying to run filled the 9-year-olds eyes. He ran while crying, his mother and father were dead and his house lit on fire.
"Kill them all, no one is to be left alive," A man screamed.
Evan hid underneath a house holding his breath as Team Rocket grunts walked past. The sound of women and children crying plagued his mind like a disease. Men trying to fight off the grunts but were met with gunshots. It was a scene out of a bad nightmare.
Evan crawled out of the hiding space when he thought the coast was clear and saw no one. He didn't know where to go so he went back home. Smoke filled the room but he didn't care; he ran up to his room where he grabbed his Pokeball and released an Eevee.
"Eevee," Evan said, hugging the pokemon and crying.
Eevee held onto the boy trying to comfort him but was interrupted by a man in a green long sleeve shirt.
"Look at what we have here," The man smirked.
Eevee rushed at the man but was met with a swift kick and a bullet to the head killing it.
"Fucking hell, that thing could give me rabies," The man shouted.
"EEVEE," The boy shouted crying.
"Quit crying and die like a man," The man smirked, holding his gun to Evan.
Lavender Town, Kanto
October 17, 1990
Kanto Counter-Terrorism IP Agent Hunter Langley
Hunter sat in the helicopter watching the scenery go by. It had been so long since he had been to Kanto. Unfortunately, he wasn't there for happy reasons. The smell of smoke stole the clean air. Hunter looked out and saw destroyed buildings and the aftermath of fires. He knew he was about to see something he didn't want to.
"Holy shit," Oscar cursed.
"They said it was bad but oh my Arceus," Aaron said in disbelief.
"It's hard to look at," Maxie said in disgust.
The town was destroyed with burnt buildings. Bodies of innocent civilians all around the town. Pokemon sprawled across the walls as if they were led there and killed. It was a scene straight out of a horror movie. Mothers holding their children and fathers protecting their sons, all dead. Blood pooled all across the town and the smell of rotting corpses mixed with smoke. Hunter threw up as he looked around the town.
He walked into a house and saw one of the most horrific sights he had ever seen in 5 years of being in the International Police. A child and an Eevee lifelessly propped up against the wall. Already his nose had become accustomed to the smell of burnt and rotting corpses. The child had a look of terror with 3 bullet holes in his chest and the Eevee's tail was curled up showing a sign of distress. Eevee had one hole right through the head. Hunter felt his heart sink, how could anyone hurt a child or even a Pokemon. It was disgusting and filled him with rage mixed with sorrow.
"Hey, forensics have the….," Oscar said before turning to the sight.
"His pants were filled with urine, he was terrified," Hunter said.
"Nothing we can do now man," Oscar said, putting a hand on his shoulder.
"The Eevee was also scared but there are visible bruise marks," Hunter said.
"He fought back," Oscar finished.
"Three shots to the kid and one through the head to the Eevee," Hunter said kneeling down.
Hunter walked outside and saw medics picking up bodies of women, men, and children. Pokemon Veterinarians handled the dead Pokemon.
Lavender Town was absolutely massacred by Team Rocket, the man responsible for this attack was none other than their target.
"Time of attack is roughly about 20:45 yesterday," Maxie told the two.
"And obviously the team used guns," Aaron said, joining the group.
"It makes me wanna vomit, seeing this," Oscar commented.
"I already did, this is too far," Hunter said.
As the four men looked at the town in disgust, Oscar could barely contain his anger.
"WHY DON'T WE JUST GO AFTER GIOVANNI, I'D LOVE TO BRING IN HIS HEAD ON A SILVER PLATTER," Oscar shouted.
"The higher-ups hate him but they have a separate thing going for Giovanni," Aaron said.
"All this and we still have to bring Brian in alive," Maxie commented.
The men finished their business and left Lavender Town. Hunter couldn't stop thinking about the horrific scene that he just witnessed. All he knew was that it fueled the hatred for Team Rocket even more.
It was horrible…..children shot dead, pokemon slaughtered. It still hasn't left my mind. When I first was tasked with this assignment it was professional, I didn't care about Brian but now… I personally wanted to put a bullet in his head. That day was forever dubbed the Lavender Town Massacre.
Chapter 15: Hunter "Looker" Langley
COF: Hunter Langley
Later that Night
"Okay so at 20:45, Team Rocket starts to open fire on Lavender Town, the attack was led by, you guessed it, Brian Rojas," Oscar said speaking to the group.
"The guy's a ghost he disappears and reappears somewhere else," Looker said.
Aaron was examining photos from the scene trying to find any leads, finally, he got something.
"Hey check this out," Aaron said, bringing the picture to the drawing board.
"It's a bullet….so what," Maxie said, confused.
"Take a look at the shell, it has a symbol on it," Aaron said pointing to it.
The bullet had a symbol on it and to the rest of the group, it seemed to be the mark of the creator.
"Am I missing something?" Oscar asked.
"That symbol I know, it's somewhere in Alola," Aaron said.
"They got their bullets from Alola?" Looker asked.
"Team Rocket doing business with other regions, it isn't unheard of," Maxie added.
"If we can't find Brian, maybe the people who supplied them can follow the shell," Aaron said.
"We're going to Alola," Looker said.
"I heard it's lovely this time of year," Oscar said.
Hau 'Oli City, Alola
October 21, 1990
It was my first time in Alola, the sun hurt my eyes even through my sunglasses. The city was surrounded by water. It almost made me think we were in Hoenn. It was massive with shops and homes all around the place. The colors were vibrant and it gave the city this tourist attraction feeling. The air was crisp and unlike anything I had ever inhaled before. Melemele Island itself was a wonder to behold and if I wasn't on the job I'd vacation there. We saw different forms of familiar pokemon known as Alolan form; it was actually kinda cool. Aaron said he knew some people that might be able to help us.
"Are you sure we can trust these people?" Looker asked.
"Definitely, I've known them for quite some time," Aaron said knocking on the door.
"Maxie, be on your best behavior," Oscar teased.
"Oh yeah, 'cause you're so inviting," Maxie said, rolling his eyes.
A man answered the door and looked at Aaron with a smile and the rest of the group with confused nervous looks.
"Rod," Aaron smiled.
"Aaron, it's been a long time," Rod smiled.
"Who's at the door honey?" A woman yelled.
"It's Aaron," Rod yelled back.
"Oh wonderful invite him in," The woman shouted.
The group entered what seemed to be a small but cozy house. It looked to be only suited for a small family.
"Aaron, why didn't you call," The woman said.
"Wanted to surprise you, Mrs. Heart," Aaron hugged.
"Vanna please, I'll get us some tea," Vanna said.
"And who are your friends?" Rod asked, a little concerned.
"Oh um this is Agent Oscar Ramirez," Aaron said pointing to Oscar.
"How's it going," Oscar said with a small wave.
"Agent Max Lanes," Aaron said pointing to Maxie.
Maxie responded with a smile and a nod.
"And Agent Hunter Langley," Aaron said, pointing to Looker.
"Nice to meet you," Looker said.
"Guys this is Rod and Vanna Heart, when I was sent to Alola for a bit they were my guides and friends here, they taught me so much about the region," Aaron said.
"Oh it's really no trouble, maybe after tea, we can grab some food," Rod said with a smile.
"I hate to be a downer but we aren't here on vacation," Aaron said with a straight face pulling out his badge.
"Oh well then um what can I do for you?" Rod asked.
"Have you heard about what happened at Lavender Town recently?" Aaron asked.
"Yeah, it's horrible," Vanna said, coming out with tea.
"We understand that the man in charge of this attack purchased bullets from Alola, specific Melemele Island," Aaron said, pulling out pictures of the bullet.
Rod and Vanna had concerned looks on their faces, they had known Alola to be peaceful for the most part, and hearing that bullets from this region fueled a horrific massacre scared them.
"Sir, Ma'am, this symbol does it look familiar to you?" Maxie asked, pointing to it.
"Um yeah it's the logo of a resort off the coast off of Konikoni City, I think it's called Paradise Resort," Rod said.
"I don't recall them making bullets though," Vanna added.
"City of merchants, not surprising," Aaron said.
"I heard talks of workers there doing deals with criminals but I didn't think it was true," Rod said.
Looker wrote all the information down. He had heard of Paradise Resort. It's the most expensive resort in the world it took an entire small island in Alola and to him was more like a small town than a resort.
"Is there any reason, this place would sell bullets to Team Rocket?" Oscar asked.
"It's nice and all but like any other place in the world that place is full of corruption, money talks," Rod said.
"Ain't that the truth," Maxie said.
So the bullets came from Alola?
Yeah, Brian wanted to buy from a place no one would suspect, and who on earth would suspect a resort in the middle of fucking Alola of all places.
Mr. and Mrs. Heart, should we be concerned about them? They seemed to know a bit of information.
Not at all, they weren't involved, I hear they have a kid now, Topaz I think the name was.
Paradise Resort, Melemele Island, Alola
October 22, 1990
Looker was asleep on the plane and all he could dream of was the sight from Lavender Town. The nightmares of dead civilians and blood haunted his mind. Looker wanted nothing more but to get justice for the people who died in that attack. Looker was in the assault, he tried to reach for his gun but noticed it was gone. He ran for cover and watched as children had bullets go through them and pokemon were pinned to the ground and executed. Looker tried to run to save them but was in an endless loop of running and not getting closer. The gun was going right to the pokemon and tried to go faster and faster until all of a sudden.
"Hunter!" Oscar said, shaking Looker awake.
Looker shot awake in a panic and was breathing heavy. The whole group was looking at him with concern.
"W-what happened?" Looker asked.
"You started yelling in your sleep," Aaron said.
"We thought you were dying," Maxie added.
"Don't die yet, we can't afford another FNG," Oscar laughed.
"S-sorry just after Lavender Town," Looker said.
"Yeah, it's horrible that's why we gotta find this guy," Maxie said, putting a hand on his shoulder.
Looker was focusing on controlling his breathing and pulling himself together. The IP academy trained him on how to deal with situations like this and the main idea was that he needed to put it out of his head for a while.
"I hate to break up the festivities but we're here," The pilot said after landing.
"Time to get up, let's go," Oscar said, kicking his leg.
Looker got up and put on his sunglasses as he stepped off the plane. The resort was huge with a big bright color mix of white and green. The resort was as big as the island with three beaches and tons of bars. Palm trees gave the resort a more aquatic feeling.
"So this is how the 1 percent vacation," Maxie said, looking around.
"It seems nice how much do you think it costs to spend the weekend here?" Oscar asked.
"More than you make in a year," Aaron said.
"No kidding," Looker laughed.
The team walked around the resort. It was filled with stores and the cleanest sidewalk Looker had ever seen. The lack of clouds showed the crystal blue of the sky as the sun beamed down on the place. Kids running around the place and adults laughing and having fun gave it a much better atmosphere to Looker.
"We're meeting with Ryan Young, he's the main computer guy, he can tell us exactly where those bullets were made and who picked them up," Oscar told the group.
"Keep your safety on," Aaron reminded everyone.
As IP agents, Hunter carries a pistol on him at all times for protection. IP agents are not allowed to use pokemon in any way so to make up for it they are the few only organizations that carry firearms.
"Maxie, Aaron, sweep the area to see if you find anything suspicious remember Mr. Heart said there were talks of criminal activity keep an eye out, Looker with me we'll take Ryan, got it?" Oscar asked the group.
"Good with me," Aaron said.
"Got it," Maxie nodded.
"Lead the way," Looker said.
Looker and Oscar went to the main cybersecurity desk where they saw upgraded computers and top of the line technology that was almost on par with the IP's systems.
"Holy shit, how much money do these people get?" Oscar asked.
"Probably more than they need, it's the richest resort in the world," Looker said.
Oscar and Looker went up to the front desk. As Looker was about to friendly ask to see Ryan, Oscar had other ideas in mind.
"Sir, we are with the International Police and we are going to see Ryan Young please open the door," Oscar said, pulling out his badge.
"I'm sorry sir no one is allowed in with an appointment," The man said.
"Yeah about that, we are in a hurry so you have two options let us in or I'll call your supervisor to tell them you were getting in the way of International Police activities and get everyone in this overpriced computer lab fired," Oscar said with a smile.
The man opened the door immediately and they walked right through. Looker was impressed he didn't know how much power he had when it came to public areas until that day. Looker and Oscar went into Ryan's office. He was a thin guy wearing a striped shirt with glasses and what seemed to be a lollipop in his mouth.
"Seriously, this is our guy?" Oscar asked,
"Who are you, people?" Ryan asked.
"We're IP agents and we have some questions for you," Looker said.
"Ugh fine make it quick," Ryan said, rolling his eyes.
"Recently this resort was tied to giving bullets to Team Rocket, now we know it isn't your fault but we need to know who signed off on the shipment," Looker said.
"First of all that's not possible and second of all I can't reveal who signed off on shipments, it's against my rules," Ryan said.
"Don't play the moral compass here your resort is responsible for hundreds of deaths you're lucky the IP doesn't shut this place down now please work with us here," Oscar said, getting irritated.
"You have no right to my stuff here so now please leave," Ryan said with a smirk rolling his eyes.
Looker nudged Oscar almost signaling something. With that one move, Oscar went behind his desk and stared a hole straight through Ryan.
"You want to talk rights and what we can and can't do fine, first of all, spit that fucking lollipop out your god damn mouth before I shove it down your throat," Oscar shouted, slamming his fist on the desk.
Ryan spat it out immediately and looked Oscar wide-eyed.
"Second of all you're gonna get me the name and location of that shipment and who signed off on it or I'll arrest your candy ass for obstruction of justice and send you to prison where you'll suck on something else, are we understood," Oscar said.
"Y-yes sir, no problems here," Ryan said, typing on his computer.
"Thank you we made this more difficult than it needed to be," Oscar said looking over his shoulder.
"First of all, if a shipment went to Kanto then it traveled by ship, it gets signed off on when it arrives," Ryan said.
"Who signed it?" Oscar asked.
"Um, someone named Brian Rojas, does that help," Ryan said.
"Yeah very...wait what's that," Oscar said pointing to an order.
"That's another order going to Kanto," Ryan said.
"Do you guys even make bullets?" Looker asked.
"Yeah, we make them and sell them to IP divisions across the world. This last shipment went to the Kanto IP division. What's the problem?" Ryan asked.
"The problem is that you aren't selling to the IP, you're selling it to terrorists posing as the Kanto division don't you people check who you're selling too?" Oscar asked.
"Look man, that's not my job, all I know here is that the last package was handed off to what I thought was the Kanto IP division," Ryan said scared.
"Where is that next shipment right now," Oscar asked.
"Currently on route to Vermillion City an order for 400 pounds of bullets," Ryan said.
"I need the exact GPS location right now," Oscar ordered.
Ryan pulled up the location and Oscar took a picture of it and they left in a hurry.
"Someone from Team Rocket must have hacked the Kanto Division and posed as them to steal bullets," Looker said.
"And now they're doing it again this time is double the amount of ammunition we need to let the higher-ups know, we could be looking at Lavender Town 2.0," Oscar said running.
So Team Rocket found a way to steal bullets from the IP.
Yeah and when Rod said people were corrupt there he meant it, apparently Paradise Resort gave Team Rocket a secure cargo ship designed for specific orders just for them. Normal employees just thought it was going to average customers when really it was being sent straight to them.
What else was on the cargo ship?
Plans for building some kind of super pokemon, we didn't know the full details all we knew was that we needed to intercept that ship and see for ourselves what was on it.
I understand it was a joint mission?
Yeah Kanto's Counter-Terrorism and Pokemon Rescue, we had reason to believe Team Rocket was using pokemon as labor slaves.
How did Team Rocket manage to get a cargo ship?
Money talks…..
What happened then?
….A shit show
Somewhere in the middle of the ocean, Alolan Waters
October 24, 1990
10:30 pm
"30 seconds," The pilot shouted to the back.
Looker looked out the helicopter to see the enormous ship. It was a stormy night and the thunder and roaring water of the ocean masked the sound of the helicopter. The mission consisted of 8 agents, four on Looker's team and four Pokemon Rescue agents. Maxie was reading a book seemingly unaffected by the whole mission, Aaron kicked his legs out of the helicopter, Oscar was smoking a cigarette when it was put out by the rough rain. The mission was for Counter-Terrorism to plant bombs on the lower deck while Pokemon Rescue saved any pokemon. Once they all left the ship the bombs would be detonated and the ship would sink into the ocean.
"Load up," Oscar told everyone.
All the agents put on their masks and loaded their guns up. The agents were allowed to use their weapons if needed.
"Counter-Terrorism, you guys leave first, we'll go around the back," A Pokemon Rescue agent told them.
"Rog, good luck boys," Oscar said.
Aaron kicked down a rope and the group slid down quietly. The whole goal of this mission was to remain unseen but Looker knew that was going to be nearly impossible.
"Let's move," Oscar said, leading the group.
Looker had never done an infiltration before. His heart was racing and he was scared but also excited, anything to stab Team Rocket where it hurt was good for him. The group reached the inside of the ship where they saw a grunt patrolling the doorway. Oscar wasted no time and walked up behind him and covered his mouth. He dragged him further away from the doorway.
"Night night," Oscar whispered, snapping his neck.
"A bit harsh don't you think?" Maxie asked.
"A bit harsh slaughtering children and pokemon don't you think? Get rid of that body." Oscar said.
Looker took the body and stuffed it into a locker. It barely fit but it worked. The group reached the lower deck where they found the engine and fuel storage. It was a perfect setup for them.
"Looker, Maxie plant bombs on the engine and fuel storage, Aaron you're with me we'll cover them lethal force is allowed you see anything, kill it," Oscar said.
Looker and Maxie crept their way through the floor. The intensity that Looker felt was almost pushing him down. One wrong move and the whole mission failed but it was his chance to prove to the group that this FNG is still a valuable member of the team.
"I got water in my boots, fucking hate the ocean," Maxie whispered.
"You always did," Looker smirked.
"I see two people in front of us," Maxie whispered, pointing to them.
"I'll take the one on the left, you're shot," Looker whispered, aiming down his sights.
Maxie shot the one on the right and Looker shot the one on the left in almost perfect synchronization. They hid the bodies and Maxie pulled out the bag full of explosives. Aaron and Oscar kept to the shadows and took out the guards patrolling the areas Maxie and Looker needed to get to.
"Surprised that there aren't any pokemon down here?" Aaron asked.
"Very, I hate shooting pokemon anyway I'm not complaining," Oscar whispered.
"Agent Ramierz this Agent Tung we cleared the upper deck and extracting the pokemon," Tung said over the radio.
"Copy that, we are still planting the bombs, and update me when all the pokemon are out," Oscar replied.
"Roger, be advised we found the shipment of bullets, confirmed on the ship," Tung said.
"Great, we'll meet you at the plane first rounds on us," Oscar smirked.
"Roger that, Tung out," Tung said.
"They look done we should start moving back n.." Aaron was saying but was interrupted by a loud boom that sent them flying back.
The bombs accidentally went off early and exploded. The pressure and sound made Looker's ears ring and sent him to the ground. When he came too he noticed the floor was covered in seawater, the ship was sinking and he was at the bottom of it. His ears were still ringing and bleeding as Maxie was shaking him.
"LOOKER, LOOKER, GET UP," Maxie said, helping him up.
"What the fuck happened?" Looker asked.
"Bombs went off early, are you hurt?" Maxie asked.
"No, I think I'm good, how the fuck did they go off?" Looker said, coughing.
"I don't know but we gotta go now, let's go," Maxie said.
The group reunited and started to run as fast as they could. Looker lacked behind due to the shock.
"437, what's your status we heard a boom down there," Tung asked.
"The bombs went off early, get onto the plane, we'll meet you out there," Oscar said, running.
The group ran into grunts and had to fight their way to the deck. Luckily Pokemon Rescue was able to get all the pokemon out already. They were just waiting for them. The group reached the top of the ship and ran for their ride. Aaron jumped on it first, then Oscar, then Maxie. Looker was the last and he was running as fast as he could to the plane with the ship turning on its side almost knocking him over.
"COME ON MAN, JUMP FOR IT," Oscar yelled.
Looker jumped and slapped his arms on the deck but started to slip and was falling off. He tried to get a grip but his suit and arms were too slippery.
"FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK," Looker yelled, trying to grip on but fell.
He closed his eyes and thought he fell off the helicopter but opened them to find that he was caught by Oscar.
"Gotcha," Oscar said.
Looker looked down. He was about 300 feet from the ocean and if he fell it would have killed him. Oscar saved his life. He was pulled onto the helicopter and watched as the Team Rocket cargo ship sank deep into the Alolan Ocean. Mission accomplished.
So you sank the cargo ship and possibly prevented a terrorist attack but you were still no closer to finding Brian Rojas what did you do then?
The IP wanted this guy so badly they did deals with people I never thought they would.
Where did you go next?
Eclo Canyon, Orre
March 23, 1991
Looker looked up at some ruins in the desert. It was beautiful to him. It was poetic that he could find something so glorious in the middle of the wasteland that is Orre. Maxie seemed to be in love with Orre because of the lack of water. The whole time they were on the helicopter he would talk about how water halts human advancement. He kept going until Oscar threw a soda can at him.
"IT'S SHOWTIME LOOKER," Oscar yelled as he rappelled down a cliff to meet the team.
"See anything?" Looker asked.
"Sand, sand, and more fucking sand our contact should be on his way," Oscar said walking up to Maxie and Aaron.
"Anybody else hate this idea?" Aaron asked.
"Why do you think my safety is off?" Maxie added.
The IP organized a deal with Team Snagem, the crime group in Orre.
Why?
Team Rocket and Team Snagem always talk together. They figured we could get some information out of them if we struck a deal.
What was the deal?
Heh, we didn't bury all their members into the fucking ground.
The group sat at a tent they pitched, their meetup point was away from any form of civilization to prevent people from seeing the activities. The one thing everybody complained about was the horrible heat Orre was known for. Even Maxie thought it was too much at some points. Especially wearing long sleeve clothes and boots. The four men talked about their lives at home, they did this in their downtime to bond and get the feeling of home. Being gone almost all the time definitely takes its toll especially on Aaron and Oscar.
"How's Sadie?" Aaron asked.
"She's good, misses me Tommy is 3 now," Oscar said with a smile.
"Look at that, amazing," Maxie said.
"Do you and Katie ever think about having kids?" Oscar asked.
"Oh yeah we want one even got names for the kids we talk with our neighbors a lot," Aaron said sitting down.
"Tell us," Looker said.
"Well if it's a boy his name will be Hilbert and if it's a girl her name will be Hilda, our names agreed to share this concept so if we have a boy and they have a girl we already have names," Aaron said, pulling out a picture of his wife.
"Hilbert Black that sounds awesome like a badass ninja," Oscar laughed.
"How in any way does that sound like a ninja," Maxie laughed.
"Don't question me," Oscar smirked.
The group carried on their conversations when they heard the sound of Mudsdales riding towards them, they were 4 people approaching them.
"Here we go," Oscar said, getting up.
The men approached them and eyed them with glares but once Oscar showed them his badge they understood who they were. It took Looker all of his strength not to speak down to them, they were criminals and good for nothing scum bags.
"Hold you your end of the deal you're lucky we don't shoot your asses," Oscar glared.
"I am Wakin, an agent of Team Snagem we will take you to Gonzap...he can help you find Brian Rojas," Wakin told the men.
"And how are we supposed to get there," Aaron asked bitterly.
"We have Mudsdales for you, follow us, keep an eye out for Cipher," Wakin said.
"Great more people to look out for in this wasteland," Maxie commented as he got on the Mudsdale.
The group rode throughout the canyon to what seemed to be a building built into the side of the canyon. It had guards and it had an ancient feel to it almost as if it was used for something else before Team Snagem. The doors opened and a large base was on the inside with the stone walls giving it a very dimly lit appearance. The four men were led to the main room where they received glares from Team Snagem members and their pokemon. Looker had a bit of fear inside of him but never showed any of it, he was here as an agent not as a civilian.
"Sir, the IP agents are here," Wakin said.
"Leave us," Gonzap said.
The four of them sat at the desk of Gonzap, he was a bulky man with pale skin. His mustache was massive and other than that and very long eyebrows he had no hair. He wore a red jacket over his skin that gave him a bouncer feel to Looker.
"So you want information on Brian Rojas, let's cut to the chase what will Team Snagem get from this, your bosses won't tell me," Gonzap said.
"The deal is you give us all your info on Brian Rojas and the IP will give you 10 million pokedollars and won't destroy this place burying you and your crew in rubble," Oscar said.
"Such a sharp tongue that might get you killed," Gonzap smirked.
"And your voice is gonna get you killed if you don't start talking I SWEAR TO GOD," Oscar started to stand up.
"Hey, hey, hey," Aaron said, calming him down.
Oscar sat back down, Aaron was always the negotiator of the group, being in Foreign Affairs he was trained on how to seal a deal.
"Gonzap, we are all here on business. It's a simple deal, give us what we want and we'll be on our very way," Aaron said calmly.
Gonzap stared at Aaron for a bit before nodding and snapping his fingers. A little boy came into the room and looked at the four and glared as if saying to stop looking at him.
"Gentleman this is Wes, say hi," Gonzap told Wes.
Wes just waved and still had that uninterested glare on his face. By the looks of it, he couldn't have been more than 12 Looker though.
"Show these gentlemen to our records room," Gonzap told Wes.
"Follow me," Wes told the men.
The four followed Wes as they looked at each other in awe, how did Team Snagem have someone so young in their group.
"Hey um, Wes is it, how long have you been in Team Snagem?" Looker asked.
"Shut up," Wes said.
"Jesus it's like Maxie as a kid," Looker hissed.
"Shut up," Maxie said.
Wes took the four to the records room and left them. The four immediately split up and tried to find any and all files having Brian's name. As they were looking, Maxie went down the hall to a room that caught his eye earlier.
"You got anything there?" Looker asked the other two.
"Yeah just some files but nothing much," Aaron said.
"The fuck I thought they said they knew exactly where he was going to be," Oscar said.
"Oh we do, we just aren't going to tell you," Gonzap said, entering the room.
"This wasn't the deal we gave you the money now to hand over the intel," Oscar shouted.
"Oh we have the money but if you think we are giving intel to you people, you aren't as smart as I thought you were," Gonzap smirked and snapped his fingers.
A group of Team Snagem grunts surrounded the men and tossed a knocked out and tied up Maxie into the room.
"MAXIE," Oscar yelled.
"Take their weapons," Gonzap ordered.
The grunts took the group's guns and any other weapons they had.
"TWO FACED PIECE OF SHIT," Oscar said running up to Gonzap but getting a piece of rope to the neck.
Looker tried to fight the rope off but was wrestled to the ground and watched as Aaron and Oscar were choked into unconsciousness. Looker started to fade and just glared right at Gonzap.
"The IP will always be our true enemy," Gonzap said, spitting on them.
When Looker came to, he was tied up and beaten up on the back of a crate being carried to the middle of the desert. The grunts grabbed Looker by the arms. Gonzap stared right at him with a smile.
"Without water or food or shelter, if you are strong you may last a day," Gonzap said, kicking Looker to the hot desert sand.
The sun was bleaching the area, it felt like it was 200 degrees. Looker watched as knocked out Maxie, Oscar, and Aaron were thrown off the crate and they left. Looker looked up at the sun as the sand burned his skin. He passed out from heat exhaustion not long after.
2 hours later
Looker came too, his mouth was dry and he had a sunburn on his face. His hands ached from being tied up. He looked over to see his co-workers laying face down in the blazing sand. The sun glaring down and making the heat even worse. There was no sign of life for miles. He started to think he was gonna die there. 5 minutes later, Looker heard footsteps coming towards them. He looked up and saw Wes, the kid from the Snagem Hideout.
"Wes...," Looker said, squinting his eyes.
Wes said nothing and gave Looker a backpack and untied him. The backpack had water and medical supplies.
"I should trust this because," Looker glared.
"Because if you don't you'll die," Wes said.
"...thanks," Looker said, taking the backpack.
"There's a village to the west from here, don't come back," Wes said getting on a Mudsdale.
"You don't have to stay with them, you know, you can come with us and the IP can protect you," Looker shouted.
"I don't need protection. I have some friends to help me," Wes said, leaving.
You got lucky, Wes seems to have turned out okay as well.
Yeah, badass destroyed the base for us. Never got to thank him for that.
So what happened next.
Something very odd.
Somewhere in Northeastern Orre
March 23, 1991
"I see something," Maxie pointed while holding his ribs.
The group made their way to what seemed to be a village. The townsfolk were shocked to see newcomers, especially people from the IP there. The four men collapsed on the ground, even with the water and meds Wes gave them, they were still hurt and needed attention. The townsfolk ran to help the men and brought them into the shade and cooled them off. Their bodies were exposed to severe heat exhaustion and once they were cooled down, the medics bandaged them up.
1 hour later
"Thank you," Looker told the medic.
"My pleasure please rest for a while," The medic said before leaving.
"Well, is it too late to say I told you so?" Aaron said weakly.
"We lost all our intel, and got our asses kicked, nice," Oscar said.
"Not exactly," Maxie said while sitting up.
3 Hours Ago
Maxie went into a room that caught his eye. When he entered he struck gold, it was a server room. Everything that Team Snagem had on missions, people, and members had to be here. He had to act fast if he was spotted in here it could be bad. He quickly sat down and opened the computer and was astounded by what he found. Not only did he find Brian Rojas' information but more information on higher members of Team Rocket.
"Fucking gold mine," Maxie said with a smile.
He quickly plugged in a chip and downloaded everything he could onto it before slipping it into the frame of his glasses. Maxie left the room hoping to tell everyone about the great news but that last thing he remembered was being choked and fading to black.
"HELL YEAH," Oscar shouted.
"Nice fucking work dude, do you still have it" Aaron shouted.
Maxie took off his glasses and pulled the chip out. It had dirt on it but it was in very good condition. Maxie saved the mission. The group rejoiced at least something went right with this mission. Now they just needed to radio for extraction. Oscar suggested using the town's radio but it seemed they didn't have one. Aaron called one of the medics in and asked for help. She knew exactly what to do. She brought in a little red-headed girl.
"This is Rui, she is psychic," The medic said.
"No fucking way," Oscar said wide-eyed.
"I don't believe it," Maxie said, crossing his arms.
"You're thinking about fixing your glasses when you get back to base," Rui shyly said.
Maxie was wide-eyed and his mouth was dropped open. Looker laughed and told him to do him next. Rui was getting annoyed but didn't want to be rude but she also didn't like being used as a party trick.
"Sorry, sweetie can you help us get home?" Aaron asked Rui.
"I-I'll try," Rui said, hiding behind the medic.
Rui relayed a message to people in the next town to bring over a radio. It worked and the group was both in shock and astounded.
Rui worked with Wes, her abilities are incredible.
Yeah, and it saved our asses that day godspeed to her.
"You did great sweetie, thank you," Oscar said with a smile.
Rui smiled and hugged Oscar and left them. Maxie was still in disbelief that psychics exist and that she could relay messages to people.
"You good Maxie?" Aaron asked.
"I think we broke him?" Looker said, waving a hand in his face.
"I see it dumbass," Maxie said, swatting it away.
The group eventually got taken back to base where Maxie was congratulated for finding so much information. They knew where he was and the group was pulled in by the higher-ups. This was no longer a mission, it was an assassination. The intel revealed that Brian was going to be at a Warehouse Team Rocket uses on top of Mt. Moon.
So now you knew where Brian was, how did the job go.
Sweet sweet revenge. The warehouse they had was not only for Brian but for major plans for Team Rocket.
Mt. Moon, Kanto
March 31, 1991
The helicopter circled around Mt. Moon grunts looked up confused at the helicopter. Oscar smiled down on them as if saying hide now. Aaron as usual had his feet hanging out of the side. Maxie closed his book and loaded his gun. Looker held onto the bar and leaned out the side to fully see the warehouse. It was massive and Brian could have been anywhere. Luckily other Counter-Terrorism agents surrounded the mountain. Brian wasn't going anywhere.
"Whoever kills him first gets twenty bucks," Oscar said.
"Let's avenge those people," Aaron said bitterly.
Looker kicked the rope down and the group slid down onto the roof of the warehouse. Seeing as that was the signal tens of agents surrounded the front of the warehouse taking down all grunts on the outside.
"Agent Ramierz you're team is clear to enter, Team two is at the base of the mountain covering all exits, you're cleared to move," an Agent said over the radio.
"Roger, be prepared for heavy resistance, have team three enter through the backside of the warehouse," Oscar said.
"Copy that sir," The agent said.
Maxie tied the men to a base so they could repel through the window on the roof.
"Who's keeping score?" Aaron asked.
The four men broke the glass and slid down the roof and onto the floor. All the grunts in the lobby left and they were alone. This was perfect the less attention the attracted the better.
"Let's finish this," Oscar said, pulling out his gun.
The group followed Oscar to Brian's room.
"Breach and clear," Aaron said.
Looker kicked down the door and Poochyena rushed at him trying to bite him. Looker used his arm to block Poochyena's jaws.
"FUCK," Looker shouted putting his gun to the pokemon's mouth.
"Sorry pooch," Looker said, shooting the pokemon.
"You okay?" Maxie asked.
"Yeah I'm bleeding but I'm okay," Looker said, turning his head and seeing Brian Rojas.
"Brian Rojas," Oscar said, walking up to him.
Brian tried to talk but was met with a quick punch to the jaw by Oscar.
"GET YOUR ASS UP," Oscar grabbed him and put him against the window.
"GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME IP DOG," Brian said, spitting on Oscar.
Oscar wiped the spit off him and just smiled at him.
"Right then, this is for the people of Lavender Town," Oscar glared.
Oscar slammed him on the table and tied a rope on his neck and tied it to a pole in the room. Oscar shot the glass on the window and shoved Brian out, hanging him outside the building.
Maxie looked out the window and shot him before leaving.
"Just in case," Maxie said.
It was done, Brian was dead and the warehouse was shut down. Pokemon Rescue came in and released all the pokemon Team Rocket had in possession from trainers and the wild. This operation a huge nail in the coffin of Giovanni's Team Rocket.
Bar in Eastern Kanto
April 2, 1991
"And just like that, they're separating all of us," Oscar said.
"They want any involvement we had covered up so yeah makes sense," Maxie said, sipping a beer.
Looker was sad, he just bonded with these men for almost 3 years and now they are being separated.
"I'm being sent to Johto's CT closer to home," Oscar said.
"Unova's CT, Katie's happy that I won't be leaving so much," Aaron said.
"Hoenn's CT, they have use for me there it'll be nice to be home again," Maxie smiled.
"What about you FNG," Oscar smirked.
"Sinnoh's CT, not my home but always wanted to go there," Looker said.
"I'm proud of what we did and it was my honor to work with the finest agents I have seen in 16 years," Oscar said holding up a shot.
The other three rose one up and drank together, this would be there last night together as the infamous Kanto Counter Terrorism Squad 437.
And that's it.
Thank you I got a lot of info from this but there's something you should know.
What?
Brian Rojas wasn't the mastermind behind Lavender Town.
WHAT, no of course he was, he was there!
We know that but he didn't plan it, that would be our current target Simon he's the new boss.
He planned it...
Yeah makes sense for his character too.
Where do I find him?
Easy, focus on Team Galactic but afterwards, you will be on this case don't worry we'll get him.
Outro:
Hey, guys sorry for the minor delay but I really wanted to make sure this chapter was the best it could be and I think I made it the best I could. This has been the most fun I've had making a chapter and don't worry next chapter will go back to a more traditional style with pokemon but I felt this was important to show the IP and Looker as a character. With that being said I hope you all enjoyed it. Leave a review telling me what you liked, disliked, etc. PM with any questions or if you wanna tell me a cactus could write a better plot then hmu. Thank you all so much for stopping by and I will see you in the next chapter!
Don't forget to smile,
-Shocker
Question of the Chapter: Who was your favorite member of 437? What was your favorite part of the chapter?
-For me, I really liked writing Oscar he's awesome and so much fun to think up in my head, also I really loved the ship scene it was tense and amazing to write. (Yes there was some inspiration from COD in this chapter lol it made things more fun to write)
Important Events/Ideas (spoilers):
-Learned about Looker's origins in IP
-Learned about Kanto Counter-Terrorism Squad 437
-Witnessed the Lavender Town Massacre
-IP took out Brian Rojas
-Learned that Simon (new Rocket Boss) was behind the massacre
Kanto Counter-Terrorism Squad 437 (1991):
Agent 1st Grade Oscar Ramirez
Agent 2nd Grade: Aaron Black
Agent 2nd Grade: Max Lanes
Agent 3rd Grade: Hunter Langley
Next Chapter: Building a Bond
Lucas tries to connect more with his newly acquired teammate!