...do not think..I will be able to type when am Shieldon again, will not have fingers to do so... Can't very well without Rotom friend or Zeus so...if stop posting...please do not worry, okay? I will be okay... Am sturdy!! Bad guys won't get me. ^_^
It's a wide view of a large testing chamber. Behind a screen several scientists in long white coats emblazoned with a red "R" are at work.
They're calibrating a massive machine that takes up most of the room. The machine itself is composed of three large chambers, with the two outermost chambers being connected to the center by coils of wire and large tubes. There's several locking mechanisms on each of the doors, and a few grunts in slick white outfits go about checking these.
One locks another inside- and immediately there's a shout from one of the scientists, "Hey! You two! Cut it out."
The grunt on the outside groans, "lighten up Carl, geez." and unlocks the door, letting his friend out. The two snicker to each other and move on to the rest of their checks.
After a few moments, from out of frame walks a lady with spiky red hair in a slick white outfit- Ariana. She approaches the scientist that had scolded the grunts.
"Is everything ready?"
"Yes ma'am. The machine's been calibrated. I've had the engineers running checks all morning."
"Good."
There's a bright flash, and whatever's recording loses vision for a moment. When it comes back, something similar to a mew is floating next to Ariana.
Its features are sharper than the average mew, and it's belly and tail have darkened in color to a more purplish tone. It tilts its head at Ariana.
"Preparations complete, executive?"
"Yes. A reminder that if you harm any of my team once you have the power you want, I'll have your head, Point 5."
"There will be no loss of life."
"Hmph." Ariana crosses her arms, "If you say so."
A door opening is heard, and Ariana turns to look, she smiles, "Ah, Mammon. You've decided to join us?"
"I'm not late, it's barely even 2 o clock yet." Drifter appears in frame, he stands at about the same height as Ariana, and as usual he wears his drifblim mask. He's followed by a shorter human, in a drifloon mask wearing a rather fashionable Rocket Grunt outfit.
Ariana snickers, "I just like to tease, you know this. You're not really the hands on type anyhow. You used to sit stuff like this out."
well, today is important." He adjusts his collar, turning his attention to the Mew still hovering nearby. "And, How are you, Point 5? Ready for world domination?"
"..."
There's no response from the Pokemon. It's staring at the machine.
"...Point 5?" Ariana raises an eyebrow at the mew, it suddenly jolts, turning back to the executives.
"...Apologies. I was...thinking. Yes, I have great anticipation for this experiment. It will be something good."
Drifter narrows his eyes, but then shakes his head, relaxing his expression, "That's...quite an odd way to put it. But, glad you're excited." Drifter looks at the grunt in the drifloon mask. "Dune, could you go check on our guest?"
"Yes Boss." Dune nods and then heads out of frame.
"Let's go to our seats, Mammon. Petrel and Proton are already waiting."
As the executives walk off, Point 5 looks at the camera and disappears in a flash of light. The camera fizzles and comes back again. Though this time when it does the video has split into different sections.
In one, the main view of the machine, the same as before.
In another, is Aegis's cell. He's returned to his original form of a shieldon and is laying on the floor asleep, though seems to be sleeping rather fitfully, twitching and kicking his legs.
In the final, are the executives. Sitting at a round table in a room above the test chamber, they're chatting about whatever.
---
In the video of Aegis's cell, the door opens to reveal Dune and Aegis snaps awake. He whimpers and backs up away from the door.
Dune rubs the back of their neck and crouches down in the doorway, "Look, little dude, this'll be over quicker if you just come with me quietly. I don't really want to chase you."
Aegis continues to cower, but eventually closes his eyes, and lets out a deep breath with a little 'huff'. His shaking stops and he walks to Dune with a sort of confidence. Dune smiles. When he gets close she picks him up, he doesn't squirm.
"Thanks for making this easier, little dude."
Moments later as Dune exits with Aegis, the feed to that room cuts out and it's just the two other cameras.
Dune and Aegis appear in the test chamber camera. Point 5 appears in a flash of light. Dune visibly winces, Aegis stares in wonder at the Pokemon, but doesn't have long to look before he's set down in the rightmost chamber, the door locked tightly by a few grunts standing by.
Point 5 looks at Dune as she runs off camera- presumably to go join the executives in the room overlooking the testing area- Point five then floats over to the leftmost chamber and goes in. The doors are locked behind it.
"Project MewThree, subjects secured- engaging stage one." The head scientist says through a microphone, so the message is heard throughout the chamber.
As a few buttons are pressed, a low hum fills the room, and lights on the outermost chambers of the machine begin to glow, as trails of electricity flow through them and towards the center chamber.
"Power stable. Engaging stage 2."
The main scientist pushes a lever on his desk about halfway forwards. The hum rises, growing more high pitched. The central chamber lights up now, and the tubes on the machine light up as some sort of liquid flows through them.
---
Up in the executive's observation room. The four watch with interest, Ariana taking notes on a clipboard, Petrel standing near the window, Proton leaning back in a chair at the table, and Drifter sits with hands clasped in front of him.
As the test enters stage two, Proton frowns.
"...Y'know. something doesn't feel right."
"What?" Drifter looks over at him, placing his hands flat on the table.
"Point 5. Something's not right with that thing. You could tell couldn't you, Drifter?" Proton puts his feet down on the floor, leaning forwards.
"Point 5 is a mew, or- even just a ditto. Nothing more." Drifter fidgets with a ring on his finger, Petrel turns around, putting a hand on his hip.
"Yeah, what are you talking about, Proto? None of my team noticed anything out of the ordinary with it. And we spent the most time with it."
"You didn't fight it." Proton says plainly. "It fought like..." He groans. "I mean it's crazy but it fought like Silver."
It's like the world goes quiet at Proton's words. Only broken by the sharp snap of Ariana putting her pen against the clipboard.
"Silver is gone." She says quietly.
"Well yeah- but-"
"Proton now is not the time for one of your jokes." Drifter's hands curl to fists.
"I'm not kidding around! It used all of his Pokemon's moves- favored them even- Flame wheel, Air Cutter, Icy Wind- I could go on."
"That means nothing." Ariana's tone is cutting as she turns to face Proton. "Any Pokemon can use those moves. And mew is able to learn any move, any ability. Do not do this to me Proton."
Proton grits his teeth and stands. "I taught that kid everything he knows in close combat and self defense. I know the way he moves."
"So what, you're saying that Silver's been reincarnated or something?" Petrel narrows his brow. "That's ridiculous, Proto."
"Well even if it ain't him- there's still something wrong with that damn Mew-"
"Proton shut up." Drifter hasn't moved, save for his hands now gripping the edge of the table.
"Why would a mew follow home team Rocket, huh?"
Drifter stands now in a rush. "Lance, stop. This isn't funny."
Proton turns to Drifter now. "That's not a damn answer, Elliott, and you know it. It recognized us somehow. And if it were some byproduct of the MewTwo experiment it would've run or tried to kill you or- anything. Not follow you home."
Drifter grits his teeth and grabs Proton by the collar.
"He's been gone 24 years and I will not have you ripping apart his memory like it's one of your damn assassination targets you mother fu-"
An alarm begins to blare in the test chamber.
---
Back down in the chamber, the lever the scientist was slowly pushing forward suddenly SLAMS forwards. He yelps as he loses control of the control in front of him, and desperately tries to pull it back to a more reasonable position.
"What's going on over there?!" Another scientist shouts.
"I don't know! It just slammed down on its own I-" a few other switches on the dashboard begin to flick into position all on their own, the scientist steps back, terrified, "Shut it down. Shut everything down right now!"
It's at this point that the alarm begins to blare, as the energy levels in the chambers rise to their maximum capacity.
The cameras fizzle out.
---
And the camera feeds reappear, now with one in each chamber. Showing a terrified Aegis and a calm Point 5. A conversation between the two of them can be heard. The two voices overlap somewhat.
"P-point 5- I'm scared! It's so loud-"
"I know Aegis. Apologies. I need to borrow you for just a minute."
"Wh-what do you mean? What's happening? What-"
"Do you remember how you said you wanted to know if I chose another name?"
"y- yeah! But! Now doesn't seem like a good time-"
"Well, I have chosen a name, but I need some help remembering it,"
The voice changes. It sounds like Point 5, and yet at the same time...someone else entirely.
"Can you help me?"
"uh- Uhm-!! Yeah! Yeah I can help!"
Point 5 smiles.
"good. Thank you, Aegis."
---
In the testing area, a wave of psychic energy emits from the machine, knocking unconscious the scientists and engineers desperately trying to pry open the doors and get the machine to stop.
Aegis sees memories of a young boy raised by six well meaning- but morally misguided people. Of that boy meeting another named Gold. The two form a good natured rivalry- and friendship. Of an avoidable accident at a radio tower. Of waking up. And waiting, while the world above changes.
And in the leftmost chamber- someone long dead lives again.
---
When the wave has faded, the executives in the observation chamber uncover their ears, though some sense of the immense pressure remains. They descend into the testing area.
As they enter the large room, the doors to the chamber open- as a fog clears...out of one steps a young man, with spiky red hair, and black eyes, when he sees the executives, the look on his face turns pained, but he ignores them in favor of going to the other chamber. From within it he picks up an unconscious- but still breathing- Aegis.
"Silver-" nearly all the executives say his name at once, but they're cut off by a look from the boy.
"...I'll find you when I'm ready to talk." And in a burst of pink energy- the cameras fizzle. And he's gone.
The video feed ends.
[Cinnabar Secrets and Birthday Wishes Arc: Concluded]
The voice appears in Aegis's head as he sleeps curled up next to the wall. He hadn't meant to fall asleep but between the anxiety, the fear and having been up for nearly a day he was exhausted. But the voice wakes him.
...Can hear you through the wall... new neighbor? ...Are you there? why are you sad?
Aegis startles awake, heart feeling like it's going to burst out of his chest, he looks hastily around the room- though there's no one there. No masked man. No human in a lab coat. No one. Just the empty gray room.
The voice comes again.
I am not in your room...though I could be. If you wished.
"n-no." Aegis speaks aloud, in a soft small voice.
I just got out of a meeting with the other executives and... I was given a further brief on the Cinnabar "Mewtwo" project and... my goodness. No wonder those bills were so expensive.
...Though from the sounds of things it doesn't surprise me that there's a "clone" of that original mew running around. Perhaps it's not as powerful as Mewtwo was.. but it could be useful in our new project. Especially since it doesn't seem particularly afraid... but that's just my own thoughts.
I was...just handed my phone back by that link creature I and...now it's just sort of spinning in the air, like it's waiting for me to say something- hold on wait was it posting..?
You are undoubtedly, an idiot. This isn't even funny. At least use the shieldon for something that will actually work. You're just getting useful people killed. If you want to have a suicide mission, leave the squad you command out of it.
-@rocketfourever (you know you fucked up when proton is dissing you)
... Everyone's insistence that we're going to get someone killed is doing nothing to make me want to end this project. And I don't think I could change the minds of the other executives even if I did wish to end it.
