"Wake up." I hear before I'm knocked awake. "I didn't go to all this trouble to let you sleep through this."
"Where... where am I?" I ask as I look around, I'm in a dark room chained to a chair, somebody is here with me but their wearing a mask. "Who are you?"
"I think you know the answer to that." Damn, I can't recognize his voice.
"You're the guy, that attacked the base." I say, damn it feels like a Primeape is using my head as a drum. "You're that guy the boss was talking about, you're the Saint right?"
"Give the man a prize, he's figured it out." The bastard says as he steps toward me, his Pokemon flanking him. "And your name is Archer, correct? The Rocket Admin in charge of the hideout? Or former hideout as it were."
"How-"
"How do I know who you are? I've been watching that base of yours for awhile now, Lazarus here is quite good for scouting." He says as he gestures to the Gengar to his left. "I'm glad I was able to convince Therese to help him evolve, however I suspect you think otherwise."
Dammit, I've failed you boss. "What do you want then, you already sacked the base, you did what you came for."
"That's where you're wrong Archer, I don't have anything that I want." He says as he steps closer. "I didn't find what I wanted, so I figured I'd see if you can tell me."
He grabs me by the chin and pulls me close, "Where. Is. Giovanni?"
"You kill my men and expect me to sell out the boss?" I ask as I shake out of his grip. "You're insane if you think you can take on Team Rocket."
"Now I was hoping you'd understand." He says as he motions to his other Pokemon. "Eve, Forest's Curse, Lazarus use Poison Gas."
PAIN
All I can feel is pain, he used his Phantump to make me vulnerable to poison, it goes on for several minutes before he jabs an anti-venom into my thigh. "There we go, understand your situation a bit more now?"
"You FUCKING psycho! Let me go!"
"Oh... the poison didn't loosen you up, oh well." He says before turning to his Pokemon."You guys check the perimeter, make sure I'm not interrupted."
After they leave he turns to me. "Truth be told I didn't expect you to break so easily. So I've been preparing."
"Why are you doing this?" I ask. "Why can't you just let me go?"
"Because when life is cruel, you must treat it in kind." Before he can elaborate something begins to beep. "Oh! It's time already?"
"Time for what?" I ask as he goes to the other side of the room and begins to wheel over a TV.
"Time to send a message," He informs me and turns the screen on.
On the screen is a feed from the base, corpses litter the grounds and halls. He came out of nowhere, we didn't even know he was there until we were chocking on gas and stabbed by branches. However I'm paying more attention to the team entering the base. "Now that's Petrel, correct? Looks like Giovanni sent somebody to see what happened."
"How do they know something happened? You cut the power and we couldn't send any call for help."
"I sent out a little distress signal of my own, I'm not much of a electronics guy but I can make due in a pinch." He tells me before smirking. "But then why would I want to lure more Rockets to the base?"
Oh Arceus, it's a trap.
I watch as they search the base, eventually making their way to the main office. I'm still trying to see what he did when I notice something strange... why are there so many pokeballs on the desk?
"You noticed didn't you, I'm rather proud of them." He says as he pulls out a device from his pocket. "I found pokeball blueprints in Silph and decided to put them to use. Like I said I'm no good with electronics but..."
He pushes the button, "I'm quite good with explosives."
There's a bright flash and the screen goes black, and within seconds I hear a large blast and feel a small quake as the bombs to their work. Petrels dead, there's no way he survived that blast.
"Well, more powerful than expected but the trial run for my poke-bombs were an explosive success if I say so myself." He adds as I numbly sit their. "That said, the bombs were only part one of the message."
Wait... what?
With this he goes behind me and begins to pull out various tools. "The other part of the message, is you Archer."
He comes up next to me and puts down a tray, filled with sharp and painful looking items.
"So you are going to tell me where he is Archer..."
"How painful that process is, is entirely up to you."
Hope you enjoyed this addition to the story, looks like Vincent has quite the dark side to him. If you have any suggestions let me know and I'll read them. As for the Therese thing, when on the job that is what he'll call Erika, it's in reference to Saint Therese of Lisieux, also known as The Little Flower.
It would depend, in the original Icons campaign he did start one, kinda. It was more of an organization with a Mafia structure that took a hammer to the underworld.
Turns out Archer did in fact know where Giovanni was, quite nice of him to tell me. It turns out after the fiasco at Silph he decided his other projects needed his personal attention. With that news I got on a boat and set sail for Team Rocket's genetic lab on a place called New Island, because Giovanni wasn't content just being a crime lord, he had to be a megalomaniac too. The place was classic super villain, a massive fortress structure surrounded by dark clouds, all it's missing is a dramatic bolt of lightnin- and there it is!
Unlike the casino base I don't have the luxury of knowing floorpans and numbers so I'll need to sneak in and be as quiet as possible for as long as possible. First things first, I had Lazarus come out from his new home in my shadow and hide me as I sent Eve, now a Trevenant, to take over the local trees so she can keep an eye on the perimeter. Should anything happen she'll push a button attached to her that will alert my pokegear. Then I put on my mask and started to work my way inside, keeping to the shadows and sneaking past the guards.
It's slow going for the longest time but eventually I manage to start making my way into the proper lab part of the base, the whole place seemed to be on edge, either they got the memo about me, or somethings going on. After a few hours of sneaking and a few stealthily killed guards later I found myself in the office of one Dr. Fuji, the man in charge of this place. I know him, I remember from the visits to my uncle in Lavender during my 'childhood'. Guess he got involved with Rocket after his daughter died, damn shame too, I'm not sure I want to kill him. Now what's on this guys computer, I have time to crack it's code... oh, it's already unlocked, well that makes things easy.
Now what's this 'Project Origin'...
"The results are as expected Mr. Giovanni, the clone should be ready in a few years." Says Dr. Fuji as he finishes his report.
"In a few years this Saint may have already killed us, you need to work faster." I explain to him. "I've already lost a major base to him, not to mention what happened at Silph HQ."
"But sir! Accelerating the process further than this would risk the subject growing to powerful for us to-"
"I know the damn risks Fuji!" I exclaim. "But my concerns far outweigh yours. Saint has psychic capabilities, I need something with more powerful abilities to counteract him."
I turn to leave and tell him "Get Mewtwo ready for deployment, or I'll reunite you with your daughter myself."
Dammit! Project Origin is an attempt to clone a legendary pokemon to use as a secret weapon to take over the region. I don't know how they got Mew's DNA but I can't let them finish the project. Think Vincent think... I got it.
I close my eyes and focus, this Mewtwo is a powerful psychic type so I should be able to use my own powers to find him. Closer, closer... there he is. Let's see if I got the hang of this.
"Hey... can you hear me?"
"Who.. who's there? Where are you?"Sounds weak, they must be drugging him. "Call me Saint, I'm not there with you, I'm contacting you telepathically from the other side of the base, you're Mewtwo right?"
"That's what these humans call me, what do you want?" Ok, doesn't trust humans, understandable but I'll need to work past that. "Consider this your lucky day kid. I'm going to help you but you'll need to listen carefully..."
I'm going to stop here for now, short I know but the next part is going to be a bit difficult to make and some personal things are beginning to crop up that I need to take care of. As always I hope you enjoyed and let me know what you think.
So, this means that Saint will leave the Pokemon Jump with a Gengar, Trevenant, and Mewtwo.
Huh. He is off to a rather powerful start. Where to next? Ravenwood? Tsukihime? The X-Men Movies? Generic Spacebattles? Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic? Superman: The Animated Series? Maybe Generic Universal Monsters? (These are all jumps with affordable Perfect Memory perks for both you and you companions)
"I'm almost at the control room, you ready kid?" I ask as I get into position. "Once this starts there's no going back."
"You say you can give me freedom." It responds. "I was planing to do it myself when I was strong enough, but you offer it to me freely, why? Are you not human like the others?"
"These bastards aren't human," I tell him. "Just monsters pretending otherwise, what kind of man would i be if I left an innocent kid in their grubby hands?"
"Very well 'Saint', I am ready," It says after some time. "Are you sure this will work?"
"Don't you worry about that kid." I tell him as I ready my gun and have Lazarus slip into the room. "Don't you know you've got a saint's blessing?"
"Yes sir, we're about to start another test." Fuji tells me as we enter the observation room. "While he's not fully matured yet Mewtwo still possesses incredible psychic ability."
"Good." I tell him. "I trust you're taking proper precautions to ensure that he doesn't escape containment?"
"Who do you take me for?" In the scientist's response. "I can say with certainty that he won't escape anytime soon, not without help at least."
He moves forward and presses the intercom button. "Begin the test."
Nothing happens. "Do you hear me? I said start the test." Fuji presses the button a few more times. "Is this thing working?"
"Oh it works just fine." I know that voice. "But I'm afraid that nobody can come to the phone right now, can I take a message?"
"Saint." I practically snarl that damn name. "How did you find this place?"
"Oh Archer was very accommodating," Came the arrogant response. "Or, he was after the seventh finger or so."
"What do you want Saint?" I tell him. "Name your price, you know I can pay it, just leave and stop targeting my enterprise."
"Oh, poor, simple Giovanni." Another mocking tone. "Do you think I want your fucking money?"
Damn it!
"You ready Kid?" He says over the base intercom, who is he talking to? Wait, no! "Alright then, let's get this party started!"
SECURITY OVERRIDE INITIATED
EVACUATE BASE
REPEAT
SECURITY OVERRIDE INITIATED
EVACUATE BASE
"Boss!" Echoed from the radio. "The Project Origin is loose, I repeat Mewtwo is-"
"There's something surrounding the base!" Came another. "Oh god the trees, IT'S IN THE TREE-"
And then as the radio cut off a song began to echo throughout the base.
We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
We need to get out of here.
But I know we'll meet again some sunny day
We run towards the emergency sub, I can hear screams in the hallways as the Saint and his Pokemon make their way through.
Keep smiling through
Just like you always do
'Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away
Fuji takes a bullet to the back as I turn to find the Saint standing at the back of the hallway, shadows dancing around him.
So will you please say hello
To the folks that I know
Tell them I won't be long
I dive down behind another door and run as fast as my legs will take me.
They'll be happy to know
That as you saw me go
I was singing this song
I get a glimpse out of one of the windows and see my men, impaled on tree branches.
We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
In another part of the base the science team is being slaughtered by their own creation.
But I know we'll meet again some sunny day
I'm almost to the sub bay, sweet Arceus I hope he doesn't find me.
We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again some sunny day
More bodies, these ones don't even have heads.
Keep smiling through
Just like you always do
'Til the blue skies
Drive the dark clouds far away
I made it, please don't be waiting for me.
Drive the dark clouds far away
So will you please say, "Hello"
To the folks that I know
Tell them I won't be long
Almost to the door. "Go dammit go!" I yell to the helmsmen.
Drive the dark clouds far away
So will you please say, "Hello"
To the folks that I know
Tell them I won't be long
As I look out of the porthole as we begin our decent I can see him, just standing there, watching me.
They'll be happy to know
That as you saw me go
I was singing this song
I made it, somehow... dammit.
We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again some sunny day
Wanted to make this one a bit more cinematic, and yes Mewtwo isn't at full power yet. He's still young and hasn't fully grown yet. As always I hope you enjoyed and let me know what you think.
Holy mama this update was amazing! Keep up the good work! Though I'm still waiting for our protagonist to Conquer and Win all Gym Badges in his region and beyond in order to compete in the League. Maybe in the future he will do it?
Holy mama this update was amazing! Keep up the good work! Though I'm still waiting for our protagonist to Conquer and Win all Gym Badges in his region and beyond in order to compete in the League. Maybe in the future he will do it?
Please murder Cipher. Also Ghetsis, kill Ghetsis. And Team Galactic. And Team Flare. And Team Aqua. And Team Magma. Yeah, those're just the active apocalyptic/world-conquering threats.
... all of my... yes? Yes. All of my yes. I don't know how you did it, but you managed to make a psychopathic jackass into a likable character I want to root for.
"Yeah, you got away. Because I LET you. Death would simply be an empty mercy for you, my dear. No, I have such plans for us going forward, I think you'll be positively thrilled to see what I have in store for you..."
Giovanni's running scared, now to find out where he's hiding out. There wasn't anything on the computer and Mewtwo doesn't have any info on that, that said the fact that the kid remembers much actionable Intel is surprising in of itself. I'm reaching the limit of what I can do on my own, if I want to do this I'm going to need some help.
"I'm telling you kid, these are our guys." I tell him as I look the file over again.
"We can't trust them." The young clone responds. "They work for Team Rocket."
"Exactly!" I tell him. "We turn them and we'll have out own moles in Team Rocket who can feed us info. They can find Giovanni's home base and help us take the fucker out."
"I'm not sure about this." Erika chimes in. "How do you know they'll prove useful, or even agree to work for you?"
"Simple, they were there at Silph, and they managed to survive my little rampage." I point out. "And as for turning them, if this psychological profile is accurate they're looking for a father figure to acknowledge them, if I can provide myself as a viable alternative to that psycho Giovanni they'll latch onto me like they do him."
"Are you sure this will work?" She asks, she's worried about me, it's a nice feeling.
"Positive, Lazarus and Eve are already following them as we speak." I tell them as I place down the file. "I'll be ready to start the process in a few weeks."
"This is our mission, recruit members of Team Rocket to out cause," I say as I point to the picture on the file. "Our targets:"
There are two people on the file, a young man with blue hair and a woman with long pinkish hair.
"Rocket Agents Jessie And James"
Late and short I know, things have been hectic at home so I haven't been able to focus much on this. Will change in the future, and I think I'm almost done with this jump, I'm eager to see what the others have in store. As for what he's doing this is one of his things, take underutilized enemy assets and make them his.
Jessie!
James!
Here to turn traitor at the turn of a dime!
Look out team rocket, it's the end of your time!
We don't wanna die, so we're here to fight!
Meeeeowth, dats right!
...I wonder where Ash is. He is probably still with Brock and Misty, so he has a decent chance for survival/success even if Giovanni and Team Rocket aren't willing to play around anymore, in fact, I would argue he would have better chances for success if they aren't.
...I wonder where Ash is. He is probably still with Brock and Misty, so he has a decent chance for survival/success even if Giovanni and Team Rocket aren't willing to play around anymore, in fact, I would argue he would have better chances for success if they aren't.