Intro:
What's up everyone, so the next chapter might take a little longer to come out cause it's gonna be a long one but I think it'll be good. I hope you all enjoy and let's back to the Sinnoh!
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AND. HERE. WE. GO.
Guide:
Bolded Italics: Speaking to Audience or Out of Time
Regular Italics: Thoughts
COF: Character(s) of Focus
Veilstone City, Sinnoh
Hunter "Looker" Langley
Looker met with his CO, Lieutenant Ryan Murphy of Counter-Terrorism's Sinnoh Division. In the IP there were ranks.
Highest: Captain (Requires Exam and Recommendation by Cpt. or higher)
Lieutenant (Requires Exam and Recommendation by Lt. or higher)
Sergeant (Requires Exam and Recommendation by Sgt. or higher)
Agent 1st Grade
Agent 2nd Grade (Looker's current rank)
Agent 3rd Grade
Lowest: Junior Agent
Looker had to report to him every week to update the progress of his assignment. He brought up how he was compromised by Mike and Murphy was ready to pull Looker out of there and they would raid the building arresting everyone. Looker then told him about Mike's proposal. Immunity for cooperation and information. At first, Looker thought it was a fine idea, despite not liking Mike he could see that this was the only way to maintain his cover, Murphy however was not so fond of the idea.
"Absolutely not," Lt. Murphy said, almost laughing.
"Lieutenant, I've been compromised, this is the only way to ensure the future of this mission," Looker pleaded.
"Michael Rollins is a manipulative terrorist Looker, we don't do deals with them, how the fuck did you even come to that conclusion, are you crossing over from being UC?" Lt. Murphy said.
Looker had heard stories of agents "crossing over" or having their minds changed while being undercover. Maxie had a similar situation he was undercover for Team Magma but was joined them instead and that caused a storm of chaos in the agency.
"No Lieutenant, I understand we shouldn't make deals with these people but Rollins has valuable information that could be of use to us, plus if we don't cooperate the mission is a bust," Looker said.
"How can you even trust this guy he threatened to kill you," Lt. Murphy said.
"Lieutenant, with all due respect I've gotten more death threats than I can count, and even if he is serious let's put it in writing, make him sign the deal, and make him know that if he breaks it consequences will follow," Looker suggested.
"Like what?" Lt. Murphy asked.
"Rollins has been on Counter-Terrorism's shitlist for a while now I know plenty of people who would love to take him out," Looker said.
"An assassination order for punishment, you remember the last time one of those was ordered? Oh yeah that's right it was on your friend Max Lanes and that failed," Lt. Murphy said.
Looker got a bitter taste in his mouth, Maxie was no friend to him anymore. He spat on the IP name when he joined Team Magma and caused a lot of pain to his former co-workers in 437.
"He's no friend of mine," Looker bitterly said.
"Control your tone agent," Lt. Murphy glared.
"Apologizes Lt., but I really want to keep this mission going, I wanna find out what Team Galactics' master plan is," Looker said, pacing.
Lt. Murphy watched as Looker paced. What made him a good agent was his persistence, he would always go back into place to try to get what he needed despite the danger.
"What did he give you?" Lt. Murphy asked.
"He said he didn't even know much but it was taking place on Spear Pillar and it involves one Pokemon and will change the world," Looker said.
"And you know this is true, how?" Lt. Murphy asked.
"He told me he would get me proof such as documents and all that stuff. He has access to things I could never get in UC," Looker said,
"Even if he gave you these documents, why should we guarantee his safety? What's in it for us?" Lt. Murphy asked.
"Because I can talk to him, once his deal is in place I can maybe encourage him for more information, he'll see that we aren't taking him as a joke. Sir, I can't use standard information prying tactics on him. It doesn't work, he sees right through them. He's not an idiot and we can't treat him like some low-level thug," Looker said.
"I understand that Looker but we can not risk the safety of one of our top agents and secrecy of this mission for the word of an unreliable informant," Lt. Murphy said.
"No disrespect Lt., you're already doing that by pissing this guy off by not cooperating," Looker said.
"Looker even if I wanted to go with this plan it's not up to me," Lt. Murphy said.
He's right it's not even Murphy's call. The higher-ups will never authorize this. I need to prove to them that Mike can be a valuable asset if they just give me what I need.
"I'll bring it up with them but I need something to back this up. You said Mike could get you proof of these plans?" Lt. Murphy said.
"Yeah, he said he'll get me some documents and what he knows," Looker said.
"Get me this document ASAP and something to show that Mike is willing to cooperate after the "deal" is made and MAYBE this could go into action and that's a big maybe Looker," Lt. Murphy said.
"And if I can't?" Looker asked.
"Then, we are pulling you out of this mission and raiding the Veilstone Base," Lt. Murphy said.
"THAT WON'T GET US ANYTHING!" Looker shouted.
"Langley these are the cards we are given….work with them," Lt. Murphy said, putting his coat on.
...yes sir," Looker said, with a bitter expression.
"Get me what I need and we'll talk but right now this is all we have, get it done," Lt. Murphy said, leaving the building.
Looker was in an inner panic. If Mike didn't get what he wanted soon he knew this whole mission would be over and sabotaged. He needed to meet with Mike to discuss further plans. But where the hell was he?
Solaceon Town, Sinnoh
Lucas looked at Mike and his face turned from a happy fun smile to a small glare. After finding that document at Team Galactic's Eterna City base he already knew who Mike was. His face looked familiar as if he had seen him a long time ago. And then it clicked. A couple of months ago at this point when Lucas first saw Cyrus at the Verity Lakefront, he also saw someone else there. He wasn't as polite as Cyrus and he even threatened to battle him and Barry. He didn't know who it was then but he could see now it was Mike.
Chapter 18: Aggressive Meetings
COF: Lucas Diamond/Michael Rollins
"Michael, this is Lucas you know that trainer that's been getting Team Galactic to back off lately," Macy said, smiling.
"Yeah I know him," Mike said, sitting down.
"...nice to meet you," Lucas said.
"You as well, what are you doing in a little town like Solaceon?" Mike asked.
"Just. Stopping. By," Lucas said, eyeing Mike.
"You two gonna kiss or something?" Angela laughed.
"Shut up, just...curious I always wanted to meet Lucas," Mike smiled.
Macy saw the two boys and was confused. As far as she was concerned these two have never even seen each other before why was there so much tension?
"Well, Lucas tell us was it like to confront Team Galactic?" Macy asked.
"Yes Lucas, tell us," Mike said, eating.
"Well they're just a group of degenerates, easy enough to take down," Lucas confidently said.
"Watch that confidence Lucas, it could get you hurt," Mike said, smiling right at Lucas.
"Well if Team Galactic wants some, they know where to find me," Lucas said confidently.
The family ate their dinner while the two kept keeping their composure but deep down it was different. Mike wanted to kick Lucas out of their house and make sure he never came back and Lucas wanted to pound Mike into the ground. When the family was done eating Mike wanted a way to be alone with Lucas, and he knew exactly how.
"Mom, I'll clean up don't worry," Mike said, getting up.
"I'll help I am a guest after all," Lucas said, getting up as well.
Mike knew Lucas also wanted a moment with him so he put them both in a position to be alone.
"Do you guys need some help?" Daniel asked.
"No dad, we got this just wait here, we'll be right back," Mike said.
"Thank you boys, Michael will you be staying long?" Macy asked.
"I'll stay for a little bit but then I gotta go," Mike said, carrying dishes back.
Lucas and Mike made their way into the kitchen where they were all alone. Finally, they could drop the pleasantries.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" Mike asked.
"I'd like to answer that question outside," Lucas said, pulling out a Pokeball.
"Don't even Lucas my team is far more experienced than yours, you do this I will make sure your pokemon never walk again," Mike said, pulling Lucas in by his scarf.
Lucas was seething on the inside. He wanted to kick Mike's ass as a message to Team Galactic. Also by the looks of things, Lucas figured out Mike's family didn't know what he did. This made Lucas even more furious, how could someone lie to their family. But he knew Mike was right, his team was most likely way more experienced and he knew his next gym battle was coming up so he didn't want his team to get injured.
"You're getting to be a real pain in the ass for us, I'm getting tired of having to keep Team Galactic off of you," Mike said, glaring.
"Why hold back send them all my way," Lucas taunted.
"You got some balls kid, you're lucky my family is here," Mike said, letting go of Lucas' scarf.
"Watch the scarf," Lucas said, readjusting it.
Should have suspected he was an asshole.
Lucas put the dishes in the sink and started to wash them. Mike on the other hand wanted to physically throw Lucas out of the house, but he couldn't he had to suck up the fact that he was staying overnight. But he had to make sure Lucas wouldn't tell his family who he was.
"You know your friend has also been a pain," Mike said, referring to Barry.
"What about him?" Lucas asked bitterly.
"I'll skip to the point, if you tell my family anything or so help me god hurt them in any way I will have your friend in a shallow grave by the end of the night," Mike threatened.
"I wouldn't hurt innocent people any way I'm not like your kind," Lucas hissed.
"Glad we are on the same page," Mike said, leaving.
Lucas asked where the bathroom is and quickly locked himself there. He kept up the brave front but deep down he was afraid of Mike. He knew had a lot of power in Team Galactic as the advisor. Worried for his safety he called Barry.
"Hello Yellow?" Barry said, picking up.
"Dud-did you just answer with Hello Yellow?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah, it's my new thing…..PRINPLUP PUT THAT DOWN!" Barry yelled.
"Dude, you know that list of Team Galactic members we found in Eterna City?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah, why?" Barry asked.
"You remember the name, Michael Rollins?" Lucas asked quietly.
"Uh yeah, advisor right, really wanna fight him," Barry said.
"I'm at his family's house and he's here," Lucas said.
"WHAT?!" Barry shouted.
"Yeah, Solaceon Town, I knew the last name sounded familiar but I didn't put it together until he walked through the fucking door," Lucas said.
"DUDE, KICK HIS ASS," Barry shouted encouragingly.
"No way man he has a full team and god knows how powerful they are I don't wanna hurt my team," Lucas said.
"Well, shit man I would come over there but I'm in Veilstone it'll take me a couple of hours to get there," Barry said.
"Don't worry about it but look he threatened to hurt you and if I say anything, I'm not gonna but just watch your back because their main base is in Veilstone. Look stay there and I'll meet you there tomorrow," Lucas said.
"Got it, there's a gym here anyway that I wanna take on, keep me posted," Barry said.
"I will be safe I'll contact Looker as well tell him to meet us somewhere," Lucas said.
"Yeah that sounds good, I'll talk to you tomorrow," Barry said.
"Same cya man," Lucas, hanging up.
Lucas left the bathroom and rejoined the family in the living room. Despite Mike being from their family, Lucas found the other members to be so nice and welcoming. Macy was super sweet like his mom she was always smiling. Daniel was very stern but also nice. He liked to bring up all possible outcomes of situations when someone would tell a story. Lucas clearly saw who Mike inherited more from. Mike, on the other hand, was silent he kept to himself and didn't say a lot.
"Michael, how is work going?" Daniel asked.
"Good, lots of Poke-Item shipments coming in, very busy hours," Mike said.
Yeah Poke-Items, I'm sure that's what you do.
"So wait, what exactly do you do?" Lucas asked.
"I am a supervisor of Poke-Items," Mike said.
"Wow, must be very busy handling people's things," Lucas said.
"Yeah, always meeting deadlines," Mike said.
The family talked for an hour more. They talked about life and how their lives were going. The family was more interested in Lucas' life as a trainer, the only person who had a chance at that life was Mike but then he had to get a job to support his family. Lucas told them how it was to travel the region. The freedom he had but the enormous responsibility that came with it, raising pokemon was not easy, and being on his own was something both loved and loathed. Lucas then went on about the thrill of Pokemon battles and the feeling of seeing your pokemon grow up and become better and better. He showed them his Pokedex and Mike took note of the device, it looked like the device Brendan had when he started his journey. Mike felt his phone go off and saw he received a text, knowing who it was he decided it was time to go.
"Alright, I gotta go," Mike said, getting up.
"Oh...is it time already?" Macy asked sadly.
"Yeah mom, I'll come back," Mike said, kissing her cheek.
"I'll walk you out," Lucas, getting up as well.
The two walked out and made sure no one was looking before conversing.
"You better not pull anything Diamond," Mike said, releasing Atlas.
Lucas looked up at the large pokemon and was stunned at how one of Mike's pokemon was so massive and intimidating. He was starting to thank his lucky stars they didn't have a battle. Lucas knew he was going to eventually battle Mike but doing it now would be suicide.
"Just so we're clear I'm going to take you guys down," Lucas glared.
"What's your fucking problem, yeah we're bad guys yadda, but what's your beef with us?" Mike asked.
"You guys are the reason my grandparents are dead...no remorse whatsoever you guys take and destroy lives and you don't even care, so yeah I have both personal and moral beef with you guys," Lucas glared.
"Hmph, keep going at your own risk be aware, you aren't just some kid in our eyes anymore," Mike warned.
"Keep coming and I'll keep knocking you guys down," Lucas said.
"Yeah, but you gotta ask yourself this Lucas, when is that luck gonna run out, eventually everyone loses," Mike said, flying off.
Lucas looked up for a while and thought about what Mike said, was he really getting in too deep? Should he back down? No Lucas was not going to be silenced anymore, he was going to keep going and make every member of Team Galactic's life a living hell.
Team Galactic HQ, Veilstone City
Michael Rollins
Mike made his way back to his office, he received a text from Looker saying that they needed to talk. He took that to mean that he was going to get his deal. He walked back to his office to find that Looker had already welcomed himself. He looked different, he had casual clothes on and pulled out his badge, and attached it to his waist. Looker felt that since he wasn't undercover with Mike he didn't have to wear the Team Galactic uniform.
"Looks like someone got comfortable," Mike said, walking over to his desk.
"Let's get right to it, the IP is having trouble establishing you as a person of interest for immunity," Looker said.
"Why did I think it was going to be easy?" Mike sighed.
"They consider you a terrorist and don't wanna negotiate with you," Looker said.
"TERRORIST, how rude," Mike said, popping in a piece of gum.
"They need some kind of proof that you are going to keep your side of the deal," Looker said, leaning back.
"Well after I get those documents for you I don't really know what else I could do, besides not killing you," Mike said.
"Exactly so for right now just get me those documents, you're sure it's taking place at Spear Pillar?" Looker asked.
"Positive they had me scope out the area for the presence of your kind," Mike scoffed.
"This isn't funny you do realize if you break your side of the deal you could be killed," Looker said.
"The IP would kill me, seriously," Mike said.
"Lot of people in the IP want you dead Mike, Counter-Terrorism hates you and the other admin's guts," Looker said.
"Such kind words, tell them I said hi, it looks like you have to convince them somehow," Mike said, getting up.
"I'll figure something and just so you know, if it were up to me you would be prison right now," Looker said.
"Uh-huh, now get out of here we shouldn't be seen together so much they might get suspicious," Mike said.
"How do you know that?" Looker asked.
"After being with these people for so long I know their behavior patterns and Saturn is a stickler for thinking I'm against the Team," Mike said.
"Are you?" Looker asked.
"Eh, half and half, but seriously they plan to put in more security cameras soon, so we need to find a better place to talk," Mike said.
"I know a place just get those documents for me and we'll talk, that's your first goal I'll talk to my higher-ups," Looker said.
"Excellent, walk yourself out and don't even think about snooping through my stuff, cause I'll know," Mike said, leaving his office.
Looker sat there and was starting to question if this idea was going to work out. He looked at a picture of Mike and his family. He seemed like a family man, something Looker could respect.
He loves his family, one good thing about him...family...
Looker looked at the picture more and realized Mike was a huge protector of his family. A light bulb in his head went off. He took a picture of the photo and left the office. It was simple if Mike wasn't going to keep his end of the deal the IP could force him to. It seemed a little low for Looker but he knew the reward was saving the region so it outweighed the rather unconventional thought. It wasn't something the IP was normally for but they wanted a way to make sure Mike would keep his side of the deal and Looker had a way to know for sure.
Outro:
God damn, this was fun to write, having my two main characters come together was so fun plus a little Looker and Barry. They will meet again but not for a while so this was my little way of introducing them to each other because for what I have planned they need to know who each other are. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I did. As always leave a review telling me what you liked, disliked, etc. PM with any questions or if you wanna tell me that a wet Dorito has more stability than me then LMK. Have a great day or night and I will see you in the next chapter!
Don't forget to smile!
-Shocker
Question of the Chapter: Who is your favorite out of the main 4? (Lucas, Barry, Mike, or Looker) What was your favorite part of the chapter?
I really enjoy all of them so I can't really choose! My favorite part was when Mike and Lucas had their little exchange in the kitchen very intense and fun to write!
Important Events/Ideas (Spoilers):
-Looker speaks to his superior about Mike's immunity
-Lucas and Mike meet
-Lucas learns more about Mike's family
-Looker comes up with an idea to ensure Mike keeps his end of the deal
Lucas' Team (5/6):
-Monferno: Ember, Mach Punch, Flame Wheel, Cut, Leer
-Luxio: Spark, Charge, Tackle, Bite, Flash
-Bibarel: Water Gun, Headbutt, Rock Smash, Yawn
-Staraptor: Wing Attack, Aerial Ace, Quick Attack, Tackle, Brave Bird
-Gabite: Slash, Dragon Claw, Dig, Take Down, Iron Tail
Mike's Team (6/6):
-Silver (Swampert): Waterfall, Dive, Ice Beam, Surf, Hammer Arm, (unknown full moveset)
-Blacksteel (Aggron): Earthquake, Dig, Rock Slide, Cut, Rock Smash, (unknown full moveset)
-Rogue (Dusknoir): Psychic, Brick Break, Confuse Ray, Fire Punch, Shadow Ball, Control Touch, (unknown full moveset)
-Lyon (Magnezone): Thunder, Shock Wave, Thunder Punch, Flash, (unknown full moveset)
-Atlas (Salamence): Dragon Claw, Fly, Aerial Ace, Zen Headbutt, Toxic, (unknown full moveset)
-Flare (Flareon): Flamethrower, Fire Blast, Bite, Quick Attack, Strength, (unknown full moveset)
Next Chapter: Meeting Up
Lucas finally gets to the infamous Veilstone City!