Creating Shadows

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A New Job

“I have a mission for you both.” 

Layth wanted to groan when he heard that. More work. Great. The brunette sighed, and shoved his hands into his pockets, as he stood at attendance, next to his co-worker... a serious, and determined young man named Zane. 

He looked ahead at their boss, a cruel man who was leading the team, along with some raven-haired man that Layth hadn’t met yet... 

His Boss, Roark Labelle, sat behind a desk, looking down at several documents, and fondled a remote control. He spoke to the two young men in front of him, without looking at them, “This mission is of the utmost importance, and you cannot fail. Failure will result in extreme consequences.” He held the remote up, and clicked a button. 

A screenshot of Dr. Pelagia’s old Lab, with two figures, and a large cocoon appeared. Layth studied the two figures. One looked like a rather Androgynous fellow, with curly blond hair. Their back was too the camera, so he couldn’t get a good look at their face. The other figure was a teenaged girl with silver hair. 

He instantly recognized both of them. After all, he had tried to attack them awhile ago, back in Hoenn. Unfortunately, the two of them had escaped...

Roark clicked the button again, and the image changed to show two mugshots. One mugshot was of a child with blank, emotionless eyes, wearing the typical apparel Nexus had dressed the 44HY Children in, and the other looked like... well, what Layth had come to expect from the poor creatures down in the Labs...

“Subject J, and Experiment G.” Roark explained, “Due to recent, and not so recent ‘failures’, we have lost control over these two subjects. I want them back.” He finally looked up from the desk, and his hazel eyes locked on the two men, “Do whatever it takes to acquire these two subjects. I don’t care how you do it, just do it.” 

“From what I’ve been informed, our records on them are a little outdated, and their appearances have changed.” Roark stated, “Just to be safe, be on the look out for a Jirachi with a female Gijinka Form. Be on the watch for a blonde girl. As for the other, it should not be too hard to find a girl with silver hair. Bring them to me as soon as possible. Layth, you are in possession of a Snag Machine, are you not? Use it to aquire the Jirachi if you must. Now, you are both dismissed.” 

Layth bowed his head, and turned to leave. A blonde girl and a girl with silver hair...

Easy.

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"Excuse me miss, may I have a word with you?"

“O-oh? Um… how may I help you?”

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mxrrina:

Sophie gasped when she walked into something hard, and looked up to see the oddly coloured Tyranitar overhead. She let out a scream, and jumped away from it. 

She stepped back, and stood directly between the two of them. She folded her hands to her chest, and turned back to the ‘officer’, though now, she was starting to doubt he really was. 

“W-what do you want from me?” She gasped, “If you’re after money… I don’t have any…”

“We just want to strike a deal with you, Miss Sophie Lenoire. We’ve been watching you for some time, and I think my employers might be able to... say, help you out of a current predicament.”

“Yes, that’s right. We know all about your little stint with Team Flare, and your participation in the activation of the Ultimate Weapon, and we are fully prepared to bring this information to the public. Unless however, you’d like to come talk with us, and strike up a deal? My employers are more then willing to make a deal to have all traces permanently erased.”

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"Excuse me miss, may I have a word with you?"

“O-oh? Um… how may I help you?”

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mxrrina:

“A-an officer?” Sophie felt a shiver of fear washed down her spine. There was no way he could know? She wasn’t even in Kalos anymore! 

“I-I’m sorry…” She gasped, “I um… I really can’t… I should go…” 

She looked up at the stranger with a nervous look, and took a large step backwards. 

As Sophie stepped back, she stepped right into something! A large, Tyranitar roared angrily, as the girl walked into it. It didn’t look like a normal Tyranitar... this one was purple in colour, with black markings, and a strange, lighter purple ghost-like aura surrounding it. It’s large red eyes stared at Sophie, like it was trying to decide whether or not to eat her. 

Zane grimaced darkly, and folded his arms, “Oh, I’m afraid that’s not an option.”

“Besides, I assure you... cooperating, and talking with us, is within your best interest.”

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"Excuse me miss, may I have a word with you?"

“O-oh? Um… how may I help you?”

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“My name is Officer Bradford.” Zane lied, as he pulled a badge out from under his jacket, “I would like to have a few words with you, if you have a moment.”

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Into The Shadows

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serxnexgrace: 

J:5 tensed up. Why didn’t he just say they were free? He wasn’t going to back out of his promise right? Right?!

Roark turned towards J:5, and waved his hand dismissively, “J:5, you are dismissed.” He saw the look in her eyes, it looked like she wanted to argue, so to drill the point home, he repeated himself sternly, “Dismissed!” 

He waited until he saw her turn and leave. He watched the back of her head disappear out the door and sighed. He knew fully well that this would probably be the last time he would see her, as a part of Nexus. He better hurry up and set up a ‘return strategy’, so he could get his hands on J:5 again. 

Because in the end, Roark fully planned to have his hands on both Jirachi Fusions. In the end, he will have both Wishmakers serving him, as shadows. He was going to take the remainder of the 44HY children, and turn them all into his own personal ‘Shadow Army’... and then, once he has his army... the real fun will begin.

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Into The Shadows

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serxnexgrace:

J:5 remained motionless, her eyes staring blankly ahead, as the Board Members trickled out of the room. It wasn’t until it was just Roark, Camille, and Boucher in the room, that she looked down at her bloodstained hand. 

A weapon…

She had done her part. She played her role, and did what she was asked… why wasn’t she dismissed yet? All she wanted to do was go to her cell and… and…

J:5 struggled against the thought, and pushed it aside. Getting teary-eyed here, or showing any sign of emotion would ruin everything. She looked up, and across the room at the man she had just killed, and felt her mind gloss over. 

Roark would keep his promise, right? He would take over the 44HY Project, and disband it… and then all the other 44HYs would be safe… right? No more would be made… the others will be free, and she can take them all to their families, like she had been working hard to do for years? 

“I don’t know what game you’re playing here Roark, but whatever it is, I will find it out, and when I do, ohhh!” Camille shouted, as she stormed up towards Roark. 

Roark just grinned as his sister stopped in front of him, and stomped her foot in a childish behavior before pointing at him. 

“When I find out what game you’re playing, or how you turned that failure!” She pointed at J:5, “Into a solider, Arcues help you because you’re head will be the next rolling across the floor!”  “I won fair and square.” Roark grinned, shrugging nonchalantly, “You are just being a sore loser.” 

His grin darkened, “But you do realize what this means, right? I won our little bet. That means, you had over all rights to the 44HY Project to me.”  “Fine!” Camille spat, “What the hell does a Spy want with a Eugenics Program anyway? You plan to turn all the 44HY’s into monsters like that THING over there?” “Almost.” Roark sneered, “From this moment on, the 44HY Project has been disbanded, and will no longer be worked upon, and all the 44HYs belong to me, to do with as I wish. But I want no new ones created without my say so.” “And what if something were to happen to you?” Camille snapped, “You are a spy after all, anything can happen.”

Theeeere it was. Roark knew it wasn’t an empty threat either. He was more than expecting this, in fact, he was hoping for it. 

“If something were to happen to me, then I suppose all the 44HYs that remain, return to Nexus Property.” He shrugged. 

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Into The Shadows

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Roark grinned manically as the blood sprayed across the table - sprayed across the terrified audience. 

He waited for J:5 to land beside him, before he stepped up towards the table, “And that, Members of the Board, is just a small sample of the raw power our experiments can hold! It was barely a sample of what we can achieve! And, with that in mind, I would like to introduce you all to the first ever, Shadow Fusion.”

 “Now then! Back to business!” Roark continued, as if nothing had happened, “Members of the Board, think carefully now as you vote. We do not want more heads to roll, do we?” 

He held his hands in the air, “Rise! Rise and stand with me, if you agree that we should militarize Nexus?!”

Roark watched as one-by-one, everyone rose, until in the end, only one figure remained sitting. Her arms were folded over her chest, and a sour frown was stained across her features. Roark couldn’t help but smile as he stared at her. 

Camille Labelle, his sister, and head of the 44HY Project, no - now the ex-head of the 44HY Project, stared ahead with a look of pure hate. 

After all, three years ago, when Roark took the Twins, he made a bet with his sister. He bet her that if he could turn the sickly, and useless, Subject J:5, into a weapon, then she would forfeit the entire project over to him. And with this demonstration, he proved to everyone, not just to her, that he could, and did. Of course, he wasn’t going to tell anyone that he switched the sickly one out for his twin sister. 

Turning his attention away from Camille, he grinned at the rest of the Board. 

“Welcome to a brand new chapter of Nexus!” 

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Into The Shadows

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serxnexgrace:

Upon receiving her orders, J:5 sprung from her spot, and landed, cat-like on the table, before charging across the red oak surface, towards the man at the far end. Instantly, the guards at the side of the room charged forward to stop her, but she was expecting them. 

She cast each of them aside like toys. The men barely knew what hit them, before they were thrown aside like trash. She pounced halfway across the table, and landed at the end, right in front of the Leader. Without thinking, she swung her hand out to end his life…

“J:5 - Stop.” Roark called out. 

He watched her instantly freeze, her fingertips inches away from the Leader’s throat. 

A wicked grin crossed his face, as he listened to the terrified murmurs erupting through the board. 

“Members of the Board!” Roark called above them, snapping their attention back to him, “You see now, before you, the power you’ve failed to realize! Failed to take hold of!” 

He turned to look from face to face, “Nexus has power. We have spies all over the world. We have an entire army of hybrids - who if trained like this one here, can be our own, personal army! We can use this power to take over the world if needed!”

“I beseech you!” Roark continued, “Look at this weapon before you, look at how easily it cast aside our best men! Think of all the others we can have - that we can train - just like it!”

“Vote with me! Let us Militarize Nexus! Let us use our power for our own benefit! For too long we’ve crawled in the shadows, it’s time we step up! With this power, with our network of spies and agents, we can take over this world! We can create that unified Utopia our fore-bearers dreamed of, without the need of combining both species into a Master Race!”

“Ladies and Gentleman, vote with me to militarize Nexus!” 

The murmur repeated through the crowd, until the Leader himself, spoke up. 

“Nexus has never been a militant group!” He snapped, his eyes still locked on the child in front of him, “We are searching for a way to fully unite Mankind and Pokemon into one race! Not enslave our creations, and turn them into living weapons! How dare you use this child, Nexus’s dream, and use him as a weapon!” 

The murmurs once again continued through the crowd this time, only much more silent than before... 

Then another figure stood up. Roark smirked, because he knew exactly who it was, even with the hood up over his balding head...

“I agree with Roark!” Boucher stated. Everyone instantly fell silent. Boucher nodded, “By militarizing Nexus, think of how much faster we can achieve our goals? We have all this strength here, why not use it?” “Because Nexus is not Team Rocket!” The Leader snapped, “We do not lie, or steal. Yes, we have spies, but that is for no other reason than to keep our ears and eyes open!”

Roark sighed, and put his hands on his sides, “You see, now here is where we have a problem.” His grin turned into a sarcastic sneer, “Because of your old beliefs, you don’t have the power to stop me - none of you do.” 

He pointed at J:5, “My weapon here, threw your best guards away like trash. It is easily, the strongest thing in all of Nexus!” His eyes narrowed, “J:5, finish him. Let’s ‘demonstrate’ our power!” 

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Into The Shadows

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creatingxshadows:

“Today, I would like to put to vote, the future of Nexus!”

Roark stepped aside, and gestured to a child beside him. The child stared ahead with a blank expression, its eyes dark and blank. 

Yes... three years ago, he had taken two children from his sister’s project. Twins in fact, a boy and a girl. But his sister, who was currently in-charge of Dr. Pelagia’s 44HY Project, had no idea what went on in her own project. She was completely clueless to the fact that there was two... and he was going to use that to his own advantage today!  

Three years ago, he took both twins, luckily, without letting the other twin know the others fate, and told them both that their sibling was dead, and that it was Nexus’s fault. Little did they know that both siblings were alive - alive and being stored in separate locations. Why? Because the nature of these two children was going to benefit him greatly. 

One of the twins was a feeble, weak boy, who’s condition was slowly degenerating over time. He was dying. Born with several health conditions, it wouldn’t be long until Nexus threw him away. The other though? A spritely young girl - headstrong, determined, energetic, and strong. These two siblings couldn’t be more different, even if they tried! It was the perfect weapon to use against his sister, and Nexus Corp! 

He waited for the curious whispers to die through the Board, and he caught eyes with one or two of them. One member stood up, “That child is one of the failed 44HY Project? Is it not?”

Roark pointed at him, “You are correct!” He raised his voice, “Ladies and Gentlemen, the 44HY Project is a failure! It will never create the Utopia we dream of! All the 44HY Project has managed to do, is create a generation of sickly, diseased children!” 

He reached into this jacket, and pulled out a stack of paper, “This child right here, is a prime example! Men and Women of the Board, meet Subject J:5.” He threw the papers on the table, and the Board Men started passing them down. 

“J:5 was born sick. If you read that document, you will see that this subject right here was born with severe asthma, as well as several other health problems. A complete throw away... but I am here to prove you wrong.” 

A lie. The reason he took the twins was clear... he swapped them. He swapped the weak one for the strong, and no one knew the wiser.

“I am here to prove that Nexus has a lot more potential than a group of pencil pushers!” He snapped his fingers, and the child beside him straightened up, it’s clear eyes focused, and it suddenly looked less like a child, and more like a trained soldier. 

“Allow me to show you the true power Nexus could hold.” Roark smirked, “J:5 - Attack.” 

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Into The Shadows

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Roark threw the doors open, and marched into the Board Room. He smirked darkly, as he stared down a long darkened table. Several figures clothed all in uniform sat in the chairs, lined down the table, and at the far end, sat a middle aged man, with graying blonde hair, and a thick, stylized beard. Several guard stood along the pillars at the side of the room, each paired with a large Pokemon.

His eyes locked on the man at the far end. No one else in this room mattered but him. The Leader of Nexus, a man who’s sat at the head of the Company. He could feel his grin twist into a wicket sneer. 

Three years ago, Roark took two children from his sister’s 44HY Project... a project that involved fusing Pokemon and Human DNA in the womb of a pregnant woman. This procedure, while ultimately killing the mother, created a child that was half Human, half Pokemon. A disgusting human experiment originally created by a man named Dr. Kaikane Pelagia. 

Kaikane Pelagia had created the 44HY Project by accident. Dr. Pelagia had originally been intending to recreate Team Rocket’s Mewtwo Project, by creating a perfect Mew Clone, using a human child as a base to attach the Mew DNA too. Unfortunately, his experiment failed... but it created something else, something new. In the end, Dr. Pelagia sold his experiment to a Eugenics Company, searching for a way to fuse the Pokemon and Human species into one Master Race, once and for all removing any control, and making the world a unified place, where neither Pokemon, nor Mankind were in control. 

Nexus Corp in turn, took the experiment, and amplified it. They took two-hundred unborn children to use in their experiments, and injected each and every one of them with Pokemon DNA. Unfortunately though, as the children began to age, they discovered a fatal flaw in their plans... these children were weak... feeble.  Their bodies were unstable, and if they used too much of their Pokemon Abilities, they ran the risk of tearing their bodies apart. 

It was clear that Nexus could not use these children as the ‘new Master Race’ they were hoping for, and therefore, each and every one of the children were disposable. But, unlike Nexus, Roark could see the potential in them - see the potential Nexus could have!

Nexus was wasting their time with this ‘Unified World’ idea. A group of paranoid Scientists, with spies all over the world, and yet, they did nothing but work on their little experiments. Roark could see all this wasted potential, and he couldn’t let it slip right by! 

With a grin, he pushed his thoughts aside for a moment, and held his arms in the air, “Ladies and Gentleman of the Board! I have called you all together for a very important meeting!”

“Today, I would like to put to vote, the future of Nexus!”

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Tamed Shadows

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unluckykingsmonbedivere:

Subject S scooched closer to the food. He started eating, pausing only when the one with the gun spoke to him. 

They had called him Chance. They had called him Mr. Rodgers. They had called him Bedivere. They now call him Subject S. He remembered all of his names. He remembered that he shouldn’t be here. But he couldn’t seem to care.

“They did,”He answered in monotone.

Staring at the guy through the bars was making Layth’s stomach hurt. He looked away from him, “Jeez... and you sound like a human too. That’s so wrong...” 

He shifted uncomfortably. 

“Layth!” Zain called from up ahead. 

Layth looked ahead, before turning back to ‘Subject S’, “Looks like my leash is being tugged on.” He sighed deeply, “But first... tell me something... were you really once... you know? Human?” 

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Tamed Shadows

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unluckykingsmonbedivere:

Subject S heard the footsteps of people approaching. He looked up when they got to his cell with blank red eyes. He was aware that years ago, he would’ve felt rage and fear being chained up like this. But those were just words to him now. He glanced at the tranq-gun before focusing back on the older man.

“I think this one is broken in enough.” Layth frowned. But he still swung the tranq-gun off his shoulder, and cocked a dark into place. 

“We are still not the Alpha in charge. Never underestimate a Shadow.” Zain snapped, as he reached forward and unlocked the door. The chains holding Subject S in place wouldn’t reach the door, even if he did make a charge at it. 

Zain pulled a bowl of food, and another bowl of water off a cart behind them, and kicked it into the cell, “Today is day two. Its okay to feed him today.” He quickly stepped back and relocked the door.

Layth frowned, and turned away from the cell, “This is sick.” “But it pays well.” Zain reminded him, “And, it got you out of Reborn. We can always drop you back off in that ruined Region if you wish?” 

Layth looked down the hall, refusing to look at Zain or the Shadow, “No need to remind me. I’m doing my job, aren’t I?” “If you were doing your job, you would have that gun pointed at the Shadow, and not at the floor.” Zain snapped. 

Without another word, Zain started walking down the hall. Layth watched him go, before he turned to the person in the cell.

A Shadow Fusion they called it? But then... why did it look so human?

Curiosity got the best of him, and he took a step towards the cell, “Yo. They called you, ‘Chance’ right? Or are you nothing more than a Monster now?”

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Gale approached and responded, “There’s a Minun running around in the vents. I suggest closing them just so it won’t get away, as well as not drain any of our power sources. Even if there’s only one, they’re always hungry for electricity.” And plus, he hated vermin in the vents. It gave the ghost willies to know that there was a dirty wild rat in their air system.

“Have any of our technology been damaged by that rat?”

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“A rat? Makes sense. That would explain the loss of power in the Lobby for a moment.” He pulled out his phone, and quickly dialed the Maitenence extension, “Maitenence... I want the Air Vents Sealed. Yes, all of them. Seal them all shut, and make sure to run a ‘Ventilation Flush’ - full power. We need to clean out the Air Ducts of rodents.” 

He hung up the phone, and turned to Gale, “There. Now we can feed our Shadows some Mincemeat Rat Soup for dinner tonight. Filthy rodent...” 

He shook his head, “There we go. Now! Onto business! How have you been adjusting to your new job? Much nicer than ‘former accommodations’, am I correct?”

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Tamed Shadows

Zain walked down a hall full of prison-like cells, clipboard in hand. This section of the Lab was designed to house particularly ‘dangerous’ Shadows, both in the 44HY Category, Fusion Category, and the Pokemon Category. As he walked, he scribbled notes down on his clipboard. 

He sighed and looked over his shoulder at the brunette that walked behind him. The boy’s hands were folded behind his head, and he was whistling an annoying tune as he walked. 

“You know, you could at least pretend to be taking your job seriously.” Zain snapped. 

“Oh lighten up, Z-Man!” The Brunette laughed, “I am taking my job seriously! I’m taking the job as seriously as the job is filling my pockets!” 

Zain sighed, and shook his head, “Focus, Layth. We are in a very dangerous part of the Lab, that is why they sent two of us for Rounds.” “Yup.” Layth nodded, as he rolled his shoulder, shifting the tranq-gun on his back slightly, “Relax four-eyes. We’ve got this under control.” 

Zain sighed and shook his head, before stopping in front of a cell. He looked through the bars at a heavily chained man inside, “Subject S... a former Suicune Fusion from Nexus we apprehended and have been working with since.” 

He looked up at the man inside, “Formally known as ‘Chance Rodgers’.”

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Both Yun and Nichole held their breathe at seeing Roark-and one of the children in cages.

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“Over here, Gale!” Roark groaned, as he walked towards the other Scientist. He had just spent the last half-hour getting the Lobby Cameras back online, and was in a bit of a sour mood from it, “What can I help you with?”

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Waiting waiting..Yun hated waiting so much. She really didn’t. She wanted to sneak inside and cause trouble NOW! Her tail swooshed back and forth in the bushes keeping her eyes out, wishing that a worker-or even someone-would get through! Come on…come on…!

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Down in the room with the cages, Roark paced back and forth, as he kept tabs on his experiments. A worker was busy feeding them. What a pain. Most of the cages were empty right now... his Shadows were pulled out on a ‘special mission’. 

He sighed as he passed a large cage, with a small child, snarling inside it. He kicked the cage, and the child yelped, “Behave.” 

Roark was about to turn away, when his phone rang. He quickly pulled it out of his pocket, and answered it, “What?” 

“Sir! It appears something shorted out the cameras in the lobby... we don’t know what yet.”  “Get the technicians on it immediately. I want whatever caused the short dealt with immediately!” He snapped.

The child in the cage had it’s eyes on the vent where Yun hid. It snarled and reached out a thin arm towards the vent, only for Roark to kick the cage again, and it cowered back again. 

“What’s gotten into this one? If you don’t behave, we’ll have to ‘retrain’ you!” Roark snapped, before turning and walking away - eager to check on whatever caused the disturbance. 

He shut the light off when he left, leaving the room in total darkness.

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Childish. Simply childish for those siblings to do that. But he kept it to himself. He was on Roark’s territory for now. Best to keep on his guard still and not talk about any of his judgmental thoughts. 

….He couldn’t help it. Things were always so new to him nowadays as opposed to when the dinosaurs roamed the Earth!

“To have twins to share the experiment with, and you took them both, good. Once the two are together there will be less distress and more cooperation if they have someone like them. That’s one of the keys-put them in isolation, they will be weaker and less obedient. The goal is to become stronger and work with each other in order to achieve something greater.” Gale started to ramble a little bit, and continued,

“Its what I intended, but messing with a mother and child relationship is still unstable for shadows.” His lip twitched, “All the child will do will resist until they have found their mother even in the Shadow’s state. That resistance breeds violence and strength, but no obedience whatsoever. A failure of mine to inject Experiment G with that Lugia’s mother..” 

“But..that’s in the past.” His yellow dragon eyes looked to Roark, “Siblings ought to work better. Regardless..” The dark-haired put out his gloved hand towards Roark, “I am honoured to work with you and your studies.”

Roark grinned, and gladly shook the other’s hand, “Yes. In your absense, we have managed to turn this whole project around. Team Cipher was defeated, along with Team Nexus, but through their remains, we took the shards, and placed together something even greater.” 

“It would be my honor to welcome you aboard the new, Team Umbra, as an Admin, if you so wish.”