Professor Sycamore, Ash, and his new friends returned back to the lab with the Garchomp which is not completely calm.
When Sycamore got there, he was informed by Sophie about the person in the red jacket waiting for him inside the lab, Sycamore nodded and went into the lab, Ash and his two new friends followed Sycamore back in the lab.
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Julian was standing in front of an artificial lake that was built inside the lab for pokemons to live in, there are also other pokemons living here in the lab but most of these pokemons are quite small, Julian understands why most of the pokemons are small.
It's because of budget, with bigger pokemons comes bigger spending so most Professors like to keep small pokemons in their lab while going to the wild to observe other pokemons.
The only exception is Professor Oak, he is one of the richest and most famous Pokemon Professor, the amount of funding that Professor Oak gets is more than any other professor under the league's jurisdiction, that is why he is able to take care of all the pokemons that live behind his lab, while some of those pokemons enter the wild, others stay behind as they feel much safer there.
Professor Sycamore might be the main Professor of Kalos but he is nowhere near Professor Oak's level.
Julian just stood there and watched the pokemons play around when he heard footsteps coming towards his direction, he turned his head and noticed Professor Sycamore coming towards him along with Ash and the two blond kids, the little girl seems to be around five to six years old while her brother is the same age as Ash.
Julian looked at them and wondered who they are, Julian is always surprised by Ash's ability to make friends in seconds.
He then looked at the Garchomp standing next to Professor Sycamore, this Garchomp was the same one that went berserk and caused havoc in the city, luckily it looks like it is back to its normal demeanor.
He approached the Garchomp and took a good look at it, he patted its head and realized that this Garchomp is very docile and calm compared to the ones he has encountered before, though this one is a female, female Garchomps are not known to be docile either.
Even female Garchomp are alert and don't take a liking to strangers, but this one was friendly from the very start, his Garchomp is also very aggressive towards strangers.
He was surprised by how friendly this Garchomp was, it even snuggled its head on Julian's hand, Julian smiled and rubbed its jaw as well, it's not easy to encounter such a friendly Garchomp.
Julian "Such a good Garchomp, she has been trained well"
Julian complimented and looked at Professor Sycamore.
Sycamore "We try our best to provide the best environment for the pokemons that live here, Garchomp here is also the pokemon I am using to study Mega Evolution as well."
Sycamore explained.
Julian nodded and looked at Ash.
Julian "You did well, saving Garchomp but you shouldn't put yourself at risk like before"
Julian warned Ash.
Ash "Ahh! I don't know, I just jumped without thinking, haha"
Ash laughed while scratching his head.
"ARE YOU REALLY JULIAN?"
The little blond girl shouted excitedly as she stared at Julian with sparkling eyes, Julian was caught off-guard as the little girl shouted out of nowhere.
Julian removed his mask and smiled at the little girl.
Julian "I am"
Julian said looking at the little girl and crouched down in front of the little girl.
"Oh my Arceus, you really are Julian, I am a huge fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
She screamed in excitement and danced around before looking at Julian again.
"Hello, my name is Bonnie and this is my brother Clemont"
The little girl introduced herself and then her brother who was standing beside her, the boy with blond hair is also staring at Julian as well.
Julian "Nice to meet you, it looks like Ash made good friends"
He said and smiled.
Clemont "Ni..Ni...Nice to me...meet you too!"
Clemont said and bowed his head, Julian could tell that the boy is very nervous, he is nothing like his little sister who is very extroverted and cheerful all the time.
Julian "Ease up, no need to be so tense around me"
Julian said to Clemont but it didn't seem to work, it just caused Clemont to get more worked up.
Julian decided to let the boy alone because the more he talked with Clemont the more worked up he got, Julian then decided to talk to Sycamore and ask him for the reason why he is here.
Julian "Professor Sycamore, I think it's time"
Julian said.
Sycamore "Ah! I totally forgot about it, let's go."
He said and guided Julian into the lab again, Ash and his new friends followed right behind them as well as they were curious about what Julian is talking about.
All of them entered the lab and headed towards the underground facility, Sycamore beeped his watch and called for his assistant as they will be headed towards the underground facility where the Porygons are kept.
Julian is a little excited to see them as he wants to see the Porygons as they are even rarer than legendaries, they are the very first man-made pokemons.
Professor Sycamore guided Julian and the rest to the underground facility of the lab where most of the lab experiments seem to be being held, the group soon arrived in front of a big metal door.
Professor Sycamore used his keycard and scanned it against the card reader which opened up a biometric scanner, he then placed his palm on it which caused the door to open.
As soon as the door opened, all of them entered, Julian looked around the room and noticed a lot of high-tech equipment around the room, they were just like the ones he saw in Professor Oak's Lab. Since Professor Oak is rich he just has a little more compared to Professor Sycamore, Professor Sycamore is funded by the league while Professor Oak gets a lot of money has he has a big share in Julian's company and he also gets massive funding from the league as well.
Professor Sycamore's assistants soon entered the room, Julian turned around and looked at them, one of them is a tall woman with blue hair, green eyes, wearing glasses and a lab coat, Julian had seen her before in front of the lab when she was cleaning away the rubbles.
The other assistant is a short girl with short magenta-colored hair, when they entered the room they saw the man in a red jacket and this time he was not wearing his mask so they easily recognized him, they were shocked and taken back.
They didn't expect the man in the red jacket to be Julian.
Sycamore "They are my assistants, Sophie and Cosette"
He introduced both of them, the assistant with blue hair and glasses is Sophie while the one with magenta-colored short hair is Cosette.
Julian smiled and greeted them with a smile head nod and they did the same out of reflex as they were still overwhelmed by his presence, without his mask they were finally able to look at him up close and they couldn't take their eyes off him as he was really handsome.
They knew he is handsome as they have seen him on tv many times but his presence was very different in real life.
Sycamore "Sophie, Cosette, help me with the Porygons"
Sycamore told them and headed towards a closed capsule, Sophie and Cosette walked towards the closest computers and started to check on the vitality displayed on the monitors.
Sophie "Professor, everything is normal, there should be no risk"
Sophie said as she didn't find anything wrong with the data on the monitor, since Porygon is a pokemon that is completed made from 0s and 1s, its condition can be only checked through a monitor, like other pokemons, it doesn't need to eat or breathe.
Sycamore "Since nothing is wrong, let's take it out"
Sycamore said and opened up the closer capsule which contained a Pokeball inside, this Pokeball looked like any normal Pokeball but it had a line of golden color going around it.
Sycamore picked up the Pokeball and released the pokemon from inside, a bright light flashed and a pokemon soon entered everyone's sight, it was a very weird-shaped pokemon.
Its whole body had sharp edges from head to tail, its legs looked like irregular pentagons, Julian looked at this weirdly shaped pokemon with curiosity, he couldn't figure out anything about this pokemon as it is a man-made one, he needs to study it properly and figure it out.
He approached the Porygon who just sat there without doing anything, it looked lifeless like a toy, this pokemon reminded Julian of Yesh, he was just like this Pokemon, lifeless for some reason but unlike Porygon he still had a goal.
This pokemon in front of him just felt like a completely empty shell that would do anything on command.
Julian didn't know how to feel about it, he wondered if this pokemon is even a living being in the first place, the only thing that made it look even a little lifelike is because of its eyes, the black pupil inside its eyes followed Julian as he walked towards it.
Julian picked up the Porygon and looked at it carefully, this felt new to him as this was different from any pokemon he has ever seen or been in contact with, he couldn't read its mind as it's just 0s and 1s, it listens to commands and just does things.
Julian didn't know how he will tackle this new challenge that has been thrown at him but he is excited and he also had a cheat to deal with this challenge.
Sycamore "This Porygon is Porygon Zero, he is the prototype version, the real one will be kept under the pokemon science and research department"
Julian "I understand"
Julian said and nodded.
Sycamore "I don't know if you will be able to really train Porygon but if you can't, you can return it back"
Julian "I like challenges, this will be an interesting one"
Julian said and stared right into Porygon's eyes, those cold weird-shaped eyes looked weird, just like a toy.
Sycamore "Okay then, here is its Pokeball"
He said and passed the special Pokeball to Julian, looked at the Pokeball, he could tell that it was different from ordinary Pokeball.
Julian "Is this Pokeball Special?"
Julian asked as he was curious about this weird pokemon, he wanted to know more.