Team Redline
Episode 002
"Nine."

By Philip Andrew Wesley
Dmg Ice 1999

Background Information: We all know what our greatest fears and dreams are;
or do we? Fear inhabits itself in many forms. We fear elements like Water,
or Fire. We fear creatures like arboks, or rattatas. We fear people for their
differences or ideas. We even fear our own minds; creating fears and phobias
based on our ideals or our own inferiority.


Chapter One.

"Test subject nine's vital signs are good." "Excellent. Try increasing the
dose of Hyphendralin." "Vital signs are still stable, brain wave activity has
increased as expected. The drug has increased it's mental capacity by about
two fold!" The test subject still lay dormant in the observation tank. It was
a Mewtwo specimen. After the first Mewtwo had broken out so many years ago;
it was found that the Mew and Mewtwo species were asexual. In other words,
the can self reproduce. Several Mewtwo species, a strain of the original Mew
species had come to live in the series of caves to the north of Cerulean City
in the lower part of the continent. Considered to be a rare and powerful
pokémon; it is a prize to own. But hard to control. "The subject seems to be
doing fine. We can tell from the blood samples that the recessive gene we
implanted in the creature seems to have almost faded away completely." "This
should definately net us some acclaim for our work. It will be nice to know
that the genes that cause the chromosome disorder." "Increase the dosage by
one more notch. I think we can finally deabilitate the gene."


"I'm increasing the dosage by one tsp. The subject is twitching sir. Could it
be an early side effect?" "No.. it looks like the subject is wakeing up....
the sedatives aren't supposed to wear off for another hour." "What the hell?
It's glowing." "Sir, it's vital signs are very erratic! It's speeding up to
an impossible ratio!" "What's it doing." "What do you know about this type of
pokémon species..." "They're psychic for one and their brains are equal to
that of humans in RNA pattern although physically disimilar." "No.. I mean,
what can it do." "This particular specimen has exhibited mist, psychic, and
swift." "Psychic... the drugs may have caused it to go into a form of
seizure." "But, sir.. it's glowing.. Unghhh... my head. It feels like it's
being crushed!" "Oh, god... no. Unnnghh...."

Static. End of recording. "Any questions?" "Yes. What just happened there."
"The doctor and his lab assist were working with a new drug called:
Hyphendralin. Hyphendralin is an anti-body that attacks cell DNA. It attacks
certain cell DNA. We have pinpointed genetic patterns in DNA that can lead to
Down Syndrome. The drug was altered to attack and disable that gene trait. It
forces surrounding cells to grow into the infected strands. It dissolves the
inferior genes and causes the superior genes to grow in their place." "so, it
boosts the brain; it's a mental steriod." "To a point." "What happened to the
scientists?" "When we found them and this recording... their brains were, how
to put this, 'forced' out of their heads by internal pressure." "Their faces
exploded..." "Yes, this specimen killed them for some unknown reasons." "They
filled it with drugs and tested on it. I'd be pissed to if someone tested on
me." "Interesting view..." "Wasn't pokémon testing forbidden by the
A.S.P.C.P.?" "Well, when you own the A.S.P.C.P.; you can bend the rules."
"That's not ethical." "Nothing this branch does ever is, Matthew."

I am Matthew Ridgerd; I'm one of the better members of Team Redline. "I need
you to recover the creature.. before it kills again." "I've done pokémon
retrival before; I want some pokémon of my own for this job. Not just a lousy
gun." "I understand your concern. Please, step into 'The Kennel'."


Chapter Two

"The Kennel" is the name given to our own private stock of pokémon. We have
literally thousands of them in nice safe pokéballs. "I'll need an ice type, a
ghost type, a psychic type, and a bug type." "Hmm. You are on a two pokémon
limit. After we lost one of our best oddish's in that messy Branch Halverd
Cult stand-off; the boys in The Kennel aren't to happy with you." I chuckled
nervously. I sat down in front of the computer monitor listing of available
pokémon. "Hmm. An articuno would be dandy. This one knows Mist, Ice Beam, and
Fly." "An articuno... you're just lucky we don't just assaign you a magikarp
with YOUR record." "I'll take care of it. I need that and a Gengar." "A
Gengar is only available for Class A members. You, Matthew, were demoted to a
Class C. Remember." "Can I have a mew then?" The boss just glared at me.

"Mew." The happy creature said. It wouldn't be so happy if it knew why we had
come to this place. I know a thing or two about pokémon... and if I was a
paranoid mewtwo with a killer instinct.. I would be hungry. "No, I'll buy you
some rare candy if you keep quiet." All I got was this lousy mew. At least it
knew Psybeam, Fly, Dig, and Toxic. Level 69. Hmmph. Those Kennel Boys have a
nasty sense of humour. This factory produces the largest amount of pokémon
food and rare candy in the area. Thankfully, Silph was nice enough to let me
stake the place out. Suddenly the mew ran to the back of the car and tried to
bury itsself in the car cushions. "What the hell?"

I took out the night vision binoculars and scanned the horizon around the
factory. Bingo. There's something climbing the left wall of the building.


Chapter Three.

I turned to the mew. "Hey, we gotta get going." The mew just sat there afraid
and trembling. "Damn it, are you a mew or a freaking pidgey. Get your little
pink butt off the seat and come with me." I picked up my taser rifle and put
a small supressed socom in my side belt holster. "I'm catching that thing;
with or with out you. Wait until the Kennel Boys hear about you." With that,
the mew snapped out of it's state and hopped onto my shoulder. "Good. Mew,
Fly." The mew took off with me in tow. For such a small pokémon; it can lift
a lot. We landed on the right hand side of the roof. "Hmm. That mewtwo should
be coming up the other side of this building any second." I saw the mewtwo's
familiar three-fingered paw reach over the top of the roof. I shot it with my
tazer. The mewtwo jumped back and floated itsself onto the roof. "Why... did
you shoot at me..." This thing can speak english. That's a surprise. Must be
the drug. "Don't interfere with my plan."

"What plan?" "You're from Team Redline... aren't you." "Umm. Yes. I am and my
orders are to bring you back in one piece." "Why. So they can experiement on
me? I think not." It shot a star-like beam at me. "Woah, swift." I stepped
out of the way of the beam and fired the tazer at it again. Braaa---Zaaap! I
hit the sucker in the back. The jolt of electricity knocked the mewtwo off
its feet. "I can't be defeated yet." It said as it started to get back up on
its feet. I zapped the mewtwo again and held down the trigger. "Are you going
to come with me?" I took out a master ball. They have a 100% capture ratio.
The mewtwo looked up and shot swift at me again! I ducked; but it had hit the
master ball out of my hand. "The pain...." The mewtwo said. Then it looked up
at me and smiled.

Suddenly, my head felt like it was throbbing. A vise-like pain overwhelmed my
thoughts. I dropped the tazer and fell. "Unngh..." "This pain is sufficient
for now; I need to read deeper into your mind before I kill you. I am 'Nine'.
At least that is what the scientists called me. Before they died. I need to
know where Area 7 is. The scientists had documents of a new type of "metal
pokémon suit" in their lab. the suit is in Area 7. I intend to kill all of
Team Redline. I need that suit." I hadn't been to Area 7; but I knew that one
of the guys at The Kennel knew... damn.. I can't think of it.. the mewtwo
will find out. "Don't resist me." The pressure started to increase.

Chapter four.

Meanwhile, the mew was sitting there watching this. It looked into one of the
windows of the factory. A huge vat of Rare Candy was down there! It's eyes
lit up as it used Dig to smash the window. The mewtwo stopped for a moment.
"What was that? Hmm. Probably another agent. No matter.. I'll kill you and
find out from him..." The mew dove into the vat of Rare Candy and ate a bunch
of the stuff. Then it flew up toward the roof again. "Mew!" It psybeamed the
floor below it creating a hole in the ceiling. It flew out of the whole onto
the roof.

"What in the world?" The mewtwo turned around and saw the mew just floating
there. "Hmm.... you look like you wanna fight!" The mewtwo shot swift at the
mew. The mew dodged to the right and used toxic. The mewtwo hadn't seen
toxic before. It didn't dodge it! "Gasp.. hack.. cough. What was that? I feel
sick... what did you do!" It shot swift at the Mew again. I got up and pulled
the socom out of my pocket. The mewtwo was hurting because of the poison. I
aimed for the back part of it's neck at the tube of flesh growing out of its
head and into its back. That's where to shoot one for an instant kill. I shot
and it dodged! It shot swift at me again and knocked me back on the ground
again. The mew was charging up for something. "Mew! Psybeam!" The mew shot
psybeam at the mewtwo; which was momentarily distracted by my shooting at it.
The psybeam hit the mewtwo and kept pushing it back. This was an abnormally
strong psybeam! It hit the mewtwo out of the air and crashing into the ground
below. The mew picked me up and we flew down to the ground where the mewtwo
had landed.

Chapter Five.

"What did you eat, mew?" The mew still had some of the rare candy on its fur.
"Rare Candy? No.. that's Calcium. Nice job." I stepped to where the mewtwo
was laying. It was twitching a little. "Well, Nine. We win." Then the mewtwo
opened its eyes and turned its head toward me." "No. I beg to differ. I will
kill you and that mew; but not today. I'm too weak." It smiled a cruel smile
and closed it's eyes. "TELEPORT!" It screamed. "Huh? That must be it's fourth
move. It's out there. And it wants to kill us." The Mew and I walked back to
the car. "How am I going to explain this to the boss. 'Nine' got away."
"Mew?" "Yeah, you did good. We make a good team." We got in the car and the
mew hopped into the passenger seat. "I think I will buy you some Rare Candy
after all." "Mew!!" "Naw.. after eating all that Calcium; it might not be
healthy." I started the car and we drove away from the factory.

The End

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