"This is a problem," Colress sighed. He moved his hand to tell his workers to deal with the young man.
Colress turned around. He wanted to enter the laboratory to pack his things. Since the students found the base, he could not stay here anymore.
However, after he turned his back, there were two loud noises. Then, the Team Plasma workers started screaming in fear.
Colress looked back. He saw that his workers' Golbat and Raticate were already defeated.
"Don't bother struggling. These enemies are too weak for me. Mr. Researcher, could you please come with me quietly?"
Drayton spoke in his usual lazy voice. Archaludon and Dragonite stood on both sides of him. They looked very strong.
"I see. It seems you aren't just an ordinary trainer. Might I ask for your name, young man?"
Colress narrowed his eyes, but a small smile appeared on his face. He pulled an Ultra Ball from his coat pocket.
"Drayton. I'm currently a student at Blueberry Academy."
Drayton looked at Colress with interest.
"Is the Mr. Researcher going to fight me? I don't recommend doing that. It is a waste of time."
"So you're still just a student. It seems the elite members of Team Plasma are very embarrassing. They lost to a simple student."
Colress's voice was very calm.
"Don't worry, I won't let you down. This fellow just woke up recently. I'll use you to test its power in battle."
Colress opened the Poké Ball. A strange Pokémon landed in front of him.
"What is this?" Drayton looked at the purple Pokémon and was confused.
It was a giant, purple insect-like Pokémon that stood on two legs. Purple armor covered its whole body. The most special part was the huge cannon on its back.
"Genesect. That is its name."
Colress stood behind Genesect with a calm smile as he introduced it.
"This is a Bug-type Pokémon that lived 300 million years ago. In that time, they were the best hunters. And I brought them back to life."
"Did you only bring it back to life? You changed its body too, didn't you?"
Drayton's face slowly became serious. He could feel a very strong power coming from the Pokémon called Genesect.
This Genesect was strong!
Also, technology to bring Pokémon back from fossils exists. But why would an ancient Pokémon look like this? It was covered in high-tech armor.
The giant cannon on its back was not something an ancient Pokémon should have.
"You noticed. Yes, I changed it. I gave it even better fighting abilities. It's perfect, isn't it?"
Colress showed a strange smile. He was very proud of what he made!
"I thought so. A researcher for Team Plasma is the same kind of trash as the rest of Team Plasma," Drayton said. His face became cold.
"That kind of talk makes me feel troubled, young man," Colress shook his head.
"Science is wonderful, and Pokémon are even more wonderful. My research is about how to find the greatest power of Pokémon. Genesect is the same."
Colress spoke calmly. He did not think he did anything wrong.
"I changed Genesect, but I made it stronger, didn't I? I gave them a second life. I made them more powerful than they were in ancient times. They should thank me."
"You are very good at lying to yourself. Should I praise you for it?" Drayton laughed coldly.
"Changing Pokémon like this is a serious crime!"
"That is true. That's why the League wants to catch me." Colress nodded.
He was known as the "Dark Scientist." People wanted to catch him for the crimes of researching and using forbidden weapons on Pokémon and changing their bodies.
That was why he joined Team Plasma.
"Well then, we are finished talking. Young man, you're quite strong, aren't you? Let's test Genesect's power on you."
Colress stopped talking. He wanted to get data from a real battle for Genesect. He finished bringing it back to life a while ago, but he had not tested it in a real fight yet.
The Team Plasma members at this base were not strong enough to test Genesect.
"If I catch you, I can get many merit points." Drayton's face became very serious.
"I think so. But..." Colress's look was flat. "You have to be able to do it first."
This area became a battlefield.
This was a medium-to-large base, so many Team Plasma members were hidden inside. Lacey and the others had over thirty people, but Team Plasma had fifty members or more.
Luckily, the Blueberry group was much stronger. The Elite Four led by Drayton and the top ten students were very good.
Lacey's side was winning the battle. The fight was moving outside. The space inside the base was too small. Many attacks missed and made holes through the walls and buildings.
"The battle is very busy."
Damian was still drinking his juice. He watched the fight below.
The students were tying up and stopping the Team Plasma members one by one. Some students had Pokémon that were badly hurt. They stood guard and looked sad.
"Damn it! If I knew this would happen, I would've brought more Hyper Potions."
"I agree. Sigh, my merit points... (Crying emoji)."
"It's because these guys are so mean! That Golbat tried to attack me directly. My Pokémon only lost because it tried to protect me."
Several students talked excitedly about the fight. This mission was a new experience for them. It was very exciting!
"Send people to take these Team Plasma members away," Damian said into his walkie-talkie.
Soon, several Team Rocket members in normal clothes drove up in pickup trucks. They put all the captured Team Plasma members into the trucks and drove away.
He could not give them to Officer Jenny yet. If he did, this attack would be for nothing.
"We have almost taken the base. All that's left is..." Damian counted the captured Team Plasma members.
He checked before. There were about sixty members in this base. They had already taken fifty-one people away. About ten were left. And the most important person was Colress!
BOOM!!
There was a loud explosion. An Archaludon made a loud sound of pain. It was sent flying back very fast and hit the ground hard.
"Is that Drayton's Archaludon?!"
Lacey just defeated a Team Plasma member. She was shocked. That Archaludon belonged to Drayton!
A Dragonite flew out quickly. Drayton was riding on its back.
"Drayton, what is happening?"
Lacey asked quickly. She saw that Drayton looked very worried.
"There's a Team Plasma researcher. He is incredibly strong."
Drayton looked at his injured Archaludon and answered, his voice unsteady.
"Even you cannot beat him?" Lacey's face showed she was worried.
Tap—tap—tap—
The sound of slow footsteps came closer. The blonde Scientist walked out from the broken warehouse entrance.
The best hunter from 300 million years ago changed into a circle shape. It floated next to him.
"Ah... so they are all enemies? My workers are useless."
Colress looked at the area. He had his hands in his pockets. He spoke in a calm voice. His white coat was clean.
If you only looked at him, you would not think he was a dangerous criminal. The Unova League wanted to catch him.
"Colress!"
Damian looked at the young researcher. He started to smile.
That was right. His most important goal was Colress standing there.
He was the leader of Team Plasma in the past. He was a genius researcher. He even made machines that could control Kyurem.
Even though he was a scientist, he was as strong as a Champion. Colress was one of the most talented people in the Pokémon world.
Suddenly, the sound of sirens came from far away.
Several police cars drove to the scene. Officer Jenny and Elesa got out of the cars.
"Oh? The Officer Jennys are here." Crispin blinked.
"I have Mr. Damian's orders. Everyone, leave now."
Lacey looked at her phone. She waited a moment and then started moving the students. They agreed before that they must follow orders during the mission.
"I don't think the Officer Jennys can beat this guy either," Drayton said. He was worried.
He fought Colress, so he knew how strong the man was.
"It's okay. Mr. Damian will take care of it. He also said a few of us can stay to help," Lacey said.
"Then the other students should leave first. We will stay to help Officer Jenny." Drayton made the choice quickly.
Lacey did not argue. She told the other students to leave first.
Colress did not stop them.
"Ghetsis said he would send someone to get me, but they are not here yet."
Colress checked the time. He was not happy with Ghetsis. Ghetsis said he would send someone, but no one was there. Colress had not even packed his data from the lab.
"That person is... Colress!"
The main Officer Jenny arrived and knew who he was immediately.
Elesa looked at Colress. She looked a bit worried.
"And who are you?" Officer Jenny looked at Drayton and the others.
"We are students from Blueberry Academy. We found this Team Plasma base today," Lacey said in a shy way.
"That was too dangerous! You could have been hurt!" Officer Jenny said.
"Sorry, sorry." Lacey put her hands together and apologized politely.
Drayton and the others did not say anything. They knew Lacey was very good at acting innocent when she wanted to. She was an expert with Fairy-type Pokémon.
"Officer Jenny, these children only wanted to help. Don't be too mean to them. We need to catch that dangerous criminal now," Elesa said to Officer Jenny.
"I am just worried they will get into real danger if they don't know their limits," Officer Jenny said.
"Officer Jenny, please be careful. This man is very strong. Maybe you should ask the Elite Four for help?" Drayton warned her. He hoped there were members of the Unova Elite Four nearby.
"Don't worry. We will stop all evil! And Gym Leader Elesa is here, so do not worry."
Officer Jenny spoke firmly. She did not think a scientist could be a strong trainer. Colress had never been caught, and no one knew how strong he was.
The Unova League and even Ghetsis did not know how strong Colress really was.
"..."
Drayton did not say anything. He looked at Elesa. She was a famous model. She was tall. But that does not help in a fight.
Drayton did not think Elesa could beat him. And he could not beat Colress. But he did not want to say something bad now.
"Colress! Give up now!" Officer Jenny said.
"Can we make a deal, Officer Jenny? I don't want to fight you. Someone is coming to get me soon. Why don't you fight them instead?"
Colress had a headache. He tried to talk to Officer Jenny.
"You can say that in jail."
Officer Jenny and her team let out their Pokémon. Elesa sent out her best Pokémon, Zebstrika. Drayton and the others went to help the police.
It was more than ten people against one. They had the advantage. It seemed like an easy win.
And then...
"I already said I didn't want to fight you."
Colress shook his head. He looked at the Pokémon on the ground. They had all fainted. Genesect was only a little bit dirty.
"This... how can it be this strong?"
Crispin was shocked. He looked at Genesect.
"Champion-level... that Pokémon is definitely Champion-level."
Elesa's face was very serious. She did not expect this.
On their side, only Drayton's main team could hurt Genesect. Genesect used high-tech light cannons to defeat many Pokémon at once.
"Lacey, you all should leave. Go further away. I'll handle things now. A big person is coming."
Lacey's phone made a noise again.
"Drayton, Mr. Damian wants us to leave. He is taking over," Lacey whispered.
"Will Mr. Damian be okay?" Drayton asked. He was not sure.
"Mr. Damian is very strong! Don't worry. Let's go." Lacey trusted Damian completely.
the group started to leave quietly. Officer Jenny and the others saw them, but they did not stop them. They wanted to leave too because they could not beat Colress.
The sky was clear before, but now black clouds covered it. Blue lightning flashed inside the dark clouds.
"So it's him. That fellow Ghetsis." Colress looked at the sky and laughed a little.
He saw the clouds and knew who was coming.
The Black Dragon, Zekrom!
Ghetsis really wanted to help him. That made sense. Colress was very important to Ghetsis.
Colress smiled. Then, he saw something nearby.
A boy with black hair and black clothes was walking toward him. Two girls were with him.
"And who is this?"
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