The walk to the Lavender Hospital was tense. They did not know why Brock had asked them to come here. The message only stated that Ash was missing, and that they should come to the hospital.
At the front desk, the receptionist personally led them to the top floor of the hospital where several constables were stationed. And then they were greeted by a tall man with purple hair.
"Hi, I am the Lavender Town Guardian, Oliver Marker." He said in a gruff voice as he drew his hand to Aizen.
"Aizen Orayen." The Prince looked the man in the eyes and gave him his name. The lack of surprise in Oliver's eyes proved his hunch that Brock had informed him about his identity. "Where's Brock?"
"He's inside. Come."
Oliver led them to a room that was reserved for patients with special Satus. And inside, they found the dark-skinned boy sitting on the couch waiting for them.
However, what caught Aizen's attention was the old man who was resting on the hospital bed with a bandage wrapped around his head. And the old man's eyes shined brightly when he saw Aizen and Anira enter the room.
"I would get up and greet you Prince, Princess, but the doctors have forbidden me from doing so." He politely smiled and greeted them.
"No need for that, President Fuji." Aizen return the smile and nodded. "And it's a pleasure to finally meet you." He approached the bed and shook hands with the old man.
"Would have been a real pleasure if we had not met under the current circumstances." The old man sighed. "Can I speak to you alone?" He straightforwardly asked.
"Sure." Aizen gestured to the girls to wait outside.
Brock and Oliver took their leave as well, and then Aizen used his Psychic Powers to scan the area before calling out Metagross and instructing him to keep anyone from eavesdropping on their conversation.
"It's safe now." Aizen nodded to the old man.
Fuji helped himself to sit up and then sighed as his shoulders slumped in helplessness.
"I was inside the Lavender Tower, meeting an old friend." He began. "It was then that I was attacked by members of Team Rocket. I was holding them back after sending a signal to Oliver, but then a young boy happened to enter the Tower and got caught in the fray. Team Rocket captured him, and then threatened me to hand over the case that I had on me or they would kill the poor boy." His voice grew sad. "I signalled to my friend Gengar to rescue the boy from the shadows, but Team Rocket was prepared and wore the scopes Silph Corporation made to see hidden Ghost Pokemon. They threatened me again, this time they even puched the boy hard in the stomach before telling me to do as asked. And I ended up giving them the case when they seemed adamant at pulling the trigger of the gun they held at the boy's temple. After that, they took the boy as a hostage and escaped from the place."
Aizen patiently waited for the old man to continue.
"I sat there defeated after what happened when your friend Brock found me. And Oliver arrived at the place a couple of minutes later." He looked at Aizen. "After I told Brock what happened to the boy he was looking for, he was livid and Oliver had to calm him down. We learned that you were in Town after Brock mentioned your name. And I asked him to call you here."
"May I ask what was in the case?" Aizen looked serious.
Fuji flinched under his gaze and lowered his eyes.
"Project M." He whispered. "I went against the orders of the Arcane Creed and secretly created the Master Ball."
Aizen's heart thumped hard against his chest at the revelation. He felt cold shivers up his spine and his mind was in chaos.
Several minutes passed, and Fuji did not dare to raise his head and take a look at his expressions.
The Orayen Prince took a deep breath and collected his thoughts before asking the next question.
"What was the success rate you managed to achieve?"
"The Master Ball we created can capture Guardian-Level Legends with a success rate of 30%. And there should be no problem in holding them inside. Other Pokémon who are not Legendary, regardless of their strength, will 100% be captured with Master Ball."
A success rate of 30% on Legendary Pokemon was outrageous. Even if the Guardian Level Legendaries were not the strongest, their Strength was nothing to scoff at. And 30% success rate meant that an injured and tired Legendary would easily be captured by these Master Balls.
"How many?" Aizen clenched his fist and asked.
"There are a total of 5. And I had one on me." Fugi honestly answered.
"And the rest of the 4?"
"They are at Silph Co. Headquarters, inside a safe that only I can open." He assured him.
"How did Team Rocket get to know of your creation?" Aizen had to keep himself from glaring the old man.
"Someone from my team has betrayed me..." The Old man's heart ached as he spoke those words. He had trusted his team with everything he had worked for in all his life, and in the end, he was betrayed.
Aizen nodded and walked over to the couch and sat down. He immediately contacted Bill, and sent a message to his Grandma about what Fuji had done. The Order was not going to go easy on the old man for what he did. No one could save him, and he would have to give up the presidency of Silph Co. to save the Company his forefathers had established.
"You will most likely be contacted or worse greeted by Joseph Stone in the next hour." Aizen stood up after he received the message from Bill.
Fuji nodded his head sadly.
"We will try our best to retrieve the Master Ball you have lost." Aizen sighed. "Can you tell me what is happening at the old Power Plant?"
"I don't know." Fuji looked at him and shook his head.
"Dexter, I want you to search for Ash. Do not engage with the enemy. If you manage of locate them, come to me."
"Meta..."
The Psychic-Tank acknowledged the command and teleported away.
"Get some rest, Mr. Fuji." Aizen advised the old man before walking out of the room where more trouble awaited him. "What's going on?" He asked when he saw the anxiety on their faces.
"We lost contact with Officer Jenny and her squad at the Power Plant." Oliver informed him. "The last message I received was her informing me that there were some shady people at the place, dressed in black uniforms."
Brock looked the most anxious of the lot.
"Aizen..."
"I have sent out Metagross to search for Ash." He nodded to the dark-haired boy. "I am going to head to the Pokemon Center and call my Pokémon. And then you, me, and Oliver are heading out."
"I am coming with you!" Misty stubbornly said.
"No, you are not coming with me." He sternly said. "Stay at the Center."
She wanted to argue but Anira grabbed her hand and shook her head. Both Leaf and Misty looked at her in surprise when she made no effort to go with Aizen, but instead stopped them from doing so.
"They could come back and attack Mr. Fuji again." Oliver spoke. "We can't just leave him without security here."
"We will stay here." Misty said, and Aizen frowned at her words.
He wanted to keep them away from all of this. But he knew that Mr. Fuji could be attacked again, and someone had to stay here.
"Bill should be here within an hour." Aizen looked at Anira. "And then you will leave things here to him and head straight to the Center. I could be late, so do not wait for me for the dinner. Okay?"
His little sister nodded her head.
"Be safe..." She looked him in the eyes and worriedly said.
"I will be safe." He smiled at her before walking away.
Thankfully, the Transporter was working fine in the Pokemon Center.
Aizen switched out Nidoran and called his Mega Salamance and Pidgeot from the Blanc Island. His Grandma had forbidden him from jumping into such situations without them, and he was not going to disobey her words.
Aizen decided not to call out the two Pokemon inside the Town. It would have scared the people if they saw them.
"Come out!" He threw the two Pokeballs in the air when they arrived a hundred meters outside the town, right next to the woods.
A strong Gust of wind made them cover their faces before they caught a blur shooting up in the sky.
"Gawwwrrrrrrr!" A menacing roar made their souls tremble, the Dragon's fury evident in its voice.
"Preeeeeeeee!!!" The sweet cry of the beautiful bird in the sky would have brought smiles to their faces if the Salamance did not look ready to shred Aizen into pieces.
"Hi, Sky! I missed you." Aizen fearlessly approached the Salamance, disregarding its threatening glare and drew his hand forward.
Brock and Oliver had their hearts in their throats at his action, but then they were astounded when the expressions of the Dragon flipped on a different switch.
"Skyyy..." Salamance lunged forward and shook his hand away before nuzzling his head against Aizen.
The Prince wrapped his arms around his third Pokemon, the first he ever trained, the one he had known since it was an Egg, and comfortingly caressed its neck.
"Sorry for staying away from you for so long," Aizen whispered. He knew that Sky was mad for not being called for so long.
Salamance blew a hot breath on his face that ruffled his hair.
"Okay okay. You can stay with me for a while." Aizen chuckled and then turned to look at the sky where the majestic bird was happily flying. "Aerius!" He called out.
"Preee!"
Pidgeot suddenly darted down from the sky, turning into a blur and then landing on the ground next to its Trainer.
Aizen lovingly ran his hand through the feathers on its neck and planted a kiss on its head when it lowered it to him.
"You look more handsome than I last saw you," Aizen commented.
"Preee!" Pidgeot puffed up its chest in pride, happy with the compliment.
"That's a beautiful bird..." Oliver couldn't help but say it out loud.
Aizen smiled at his words and then introduced his Pokemon to Brock and Oliver.
"Sky, Aerius, meet my friend Brock, and this is Oliver, Guardian and Gym Leader of Lavender Town."
The Pokemon only glanced at the two of them and seemed uninterested.
"They have a lot of pride." Aizen chuckled when he saw the depressed look of Brock and Oliver.
"No worries. And they deserve to be prideful." Oliver smiled and waved it off. "Let's go." He threw his Pokeball in the air, calling out a Pidgeot.
The Pidgeot fervently looked at Aerius, who was twice its size and had achieved the True Form. To the surprise of Oliver, his Pokemon respectfully bowed to the other bird before standing behind its Trainer. And for the right reasons, it was afraid to even look at the Mega Salamance.
"Do you need a ride?" Aizen looked at Brock and asked.
"No. I doubt they would let me ride them." He chuckled when he saw how prideful both of Aizen's Pokemon were. He took out a Pokeball and called out his own ride, which was a Fearow.
"Calm down.." Brock had to soothe his Pokémon who seemed too scared in the presence of two Mega Pokemon and wanted nothing more than to grab Brock and fly away.
Fearow and Pidgeot were antagonistic to each other, and Brock's Fearow was terrified of Aerius, who was unquestionably way stronger than it. Not to mention, the Mega Salamance looked ever-ready to eat it.
"Let's go." Aizen nodded to the two of them before climbing on the back of Sky.
The mighty Dragon shot up in the sky at a breakneck speed followed right after by the bird that was totally capable of keeping up with its friend.
Aizen waited for Oliver and Brock to come up in the sky before leading the way to the Power Plant.
He asked Sky to not go at full speed so that Oliver and Brock's Pokemon would not tire out. But a Dragon was a Dragon. How could it just let anybody keep up with it? It kept a respectable distance from the tailing Pokemon but listened to Aizen and did not just leave them in the dust.
The distance they would have covered in an hour by foot was covered in under 5 minutes by flying. And right away, they encountered the enemy.
There were several Fearow in the sky keeping guard. The birds looked apprehensively at the Dragon as it approached them, and they cried out, signalling their Trainers who were on the ground and then braved themselves to attack.
"Aerius!" Aizen called out his Pidgeot that was hiding in the clouds, and it shot down at the enemy Fearow.
The painful cries of the birds echoed in the sky, and one by one, the Fearow started to fall, hurt enough to make them incapable of flying anymore.
The viciousness of Aerius made both Brock and Oliver wince when they finally caught up, and Brock's poor Fearow looked saddened at the fate of its brethren.
While Aerius kept assaulting the Fearow, Aizen and the rest landed on the ground, right outside the entrance of the Power Plant.
Salamance attacked with a Dragon Rush at the stationed guards that had raised their guns at them and then landed on the ground glaring at the fallen enemies.
The sight of broken limbs and blood was grim, but they had to bear it.
Both Brock and Oliver called back their Pokemon and Aizen sent Sky to help out Aerius and keep any Flying-Type Pokemon from meddling in their affairs.
To say that the Power Plant was infested by Electric Pokémon was not an understatement. There were Voltorb, Electrode, Magnemite, Magneton, Raichu, Pikachu, and even some Electabuzz here.
Luckily, the Pokemon were more interested in remaining by the side of the Cells that were filled with electricity than to care about the intruders.
However, the shady people Officer Jenny had informed them about were alerted by the battle in the sky. A unit arrived at the place within a minute and a battle ensued.
Their Pokemon were quickly taken care of by Oliver and Brock, and Aizen took the opportunity to knock out the people in black uniforms and destroy their guns with the help of Wartortle and Lapras.
"Team Rocket." Brock approached the people Aizen had piled up and bound with a rope.
"They don't usually hide the logo on their Uniform." Aizen went through the identification cards of the criminals and took snaps of each of them with the watch he wore on his wrist.
The wireless radios were constantly buzzing, asking for the situation of the unit they had just taken out, and within two minutes, a new unit arrived at the place.
Before the battle could ensue, Metagross suddenly appeared behind Aizen, and this gave him the excuse of using his Psychic Powers.
With a burst of strong Psychic Wave, Aizen made the group of Team Rocket members faint before asking Metagross to help him bind them with ropes.
"Ash is near this place." Aizen sighed in relief when Metagross showed him the location of Ash. "Brock, I want you to go with Metagross and rescue Ash. Jessie, James, and Meowth are keeping a watch on him, and three more grunts are responsible for the helicopters that these people arrived here in. Metagross will destroy the helicopters and take care of those grunts, but you will have to rescue Ash on your own."
"I will do it." The dark-haired boy readily agreed.
"Dexter, once Ash is rescued, drop him at Lavender Town Pokemon Center, and bring Brock back here to keep a watch on these people." He pointed at all the piled-up members of Team Rocket.
Aizen and Oliver sneaked inside the office after Brock Left.
The Lavender Town Gym Leader used his Ghost-Type Pokemon to take out the stationed guards without making a noise, and the plan worked flawlessly.
They soon found out where the rest of the Team Rocket was after taking over the control room. Luckily, Team Rocket had not taken out the cameras yet, and they got access to the live feed of what was happening in the basement where the Prime Generator was.
There were more than twenty guards in the room, all armed with guns, and also a core member of Team Rocket, who proudly wore his marked Uniform. By his side was a scientist, and other than them, Officer Jenny, her squad, and the two workers of the Power Plant were bound and gagged in the corner. Some of them were awake, but most of them were unconscious and injured with bullet wounds.
Two constables were also lying lifelessly in a pool of blood.
"How much more time is required?" The teal-haired man in his early thirties, wearing a Silver-Black outfit with Team Rocket's logo, impatiently asked after he failed to contact the units stationed outside.
"We need another hour." The old man who wore a white lab coat answered after looking at the tablet in his hand.
There was a machine in the center of the room, connected to the prime generator. And inside that machine was a blue Cube that was absorbing all the electrical power like a back hole.
It seemed like Team Rocket was there to charge that blue Cube.
"Let's wait for Metagross to arrive before we head inside. I will use my Alakazam, and together, both the Pokemon will attack with Psychic. I will instruct my Genger and Haunter to take out as many of them as possible. We need to disarm those grunts that are standing guard, and if possible, take them all out at once." Oliver whispered the plan.
"We have to make sure we don't destroy those generators. The resulting Explosion will kill everyone." Aizen nodded to the plan and warned.
"Any idea what the Cube is?"
"No." Aizen honestly shook his head. Whatever it was, he felt that it was not a good thing.
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