Evidence The Case of the Missing SlowKing Crown- Part 2 The sun rose like it always did. It was day two of my surveilance on Devon Corp. I had travelled all the way from Nolten to Johto for one purpose-0 to catch them in the act. I had been camoing out in the nearby woods with my long range pair of binoculars- Team Rocket standard issue- and watched every single movement made outside of the building. At that angle I could see the drop-off zone behind the dark-grey building and the front parking lot- precisely what I wanted to see. Teh cold JOhto air blew across my numerous papers. I could feel that my hunch was corect and with Nikki in Nolten suppling me with information at my wim I knew this case was as good as closed. All this effort came from a science lesson I had back in school- real school- who knew that my education would come in handy. ********************************************************************************************************************************* Case Log 3- The Case of the Case of the Missing Slowking Crown My thought at this moment was: " ..... and this enzyme is used in major corporations for various, incredible things..." ********************************************************************************************************************************* " Fu Bang pay attention!- Education is one of the few things in life that can be bought and be useful!" " I sorry Miss Castlegate." I murmured as I normally did during early mornig science class. " Psst... Fu Bang...." whispered a voice coming from behind me. I lifted my reflector pencil case adn began to look for the face of the unknown distraction. I saw Nikki waving at me from a window a desk behind me. She was dressed up in a weird suit. " As you can see- pokemon have pokemon have various uses- Apine-tetracoxin strenthens in power accordign to the level and skill of the pokemon- science is fascinating." sighed Miss Castlegate as she continued to flip through the slides of her overhead-projector. " You said you were going to come with me to the water tanks today.. so are ya coming or not?" said Nikki in her cheery 6th grade voice. It wasn't as simple as whether or not I wanted to come along. I was in highschool- I had exams comign up and there were was the most important exam of them all- The Junior Global Police Trainee Secondary Endurance exams. I had been training in all my spare time for that event, clearly knowing that if I passed I was going to no longer be a trainee but a Junior Global Police Officer- and what an achievement that would be. " ... this enzyme is used in major corporations such as ... for various, incredible things... side effects of a concentrated amount of this enzyme are..." continued Miss Castkegate in her monotonous tone. " Come on Fu Bang, you gotta come! You gotta!" shrieked Nikki. Miss Castlegate quickly picked up on our conversation and came towards my row. I looked at Nikki and eventually gave in, after all I had memorised the whole textbook 2 days ago- the class was boring enough without having to learn the same work twice. I hopped out the window promptly, taking my school bag with me. I had a lot of things in that bag that I wouldn't want my parents to find out about - they would not be impressed. Miss Castlegate screamed at me all thorugh my neat escape- I was happy I had finally gotten away from her class. She poked her head out of the window and finally gave up as she saw Nikki and I racing away on our bikes. We were renegades. We were young. We still are. We cycled through the city centre- Saffron was a busy town. we rode with precision, anyone who was anyone could have seen taht we had been training for years- that's what kids like us did, kids like us who couldn't join the pokemon league. We passed the outskirts of town to reach a field of water tanks. This was were Nikki was to have her Psychic Trianing Exams. I sometimes wondered how people, children, like Nikki could be born. She was devoted to her Psychic training maybe it was becasue it came like second nature to her. Her mind was like a pool of water- so vast and infinite yet so contained and precise. She was only in the Sixth grade but she was already doing an intermediate level of training. It was at this water tank that I got to know a different side of Nikki- a less quirky and annoying side- a more determined and calculating side. Her teacher stood by the water tank, the shallow grey tanks occupied most of the ground. They were perfect for checking accuracy and aim when moving objects. There were sensors on the insides of the tank measuring any movement made in the water. " Nikki- you are late- I won't accept this." said a cold stern dark figure who stood by the tanks. His eyes were luminous blue, almost metallic blue if you ask me. His brown hair had precise streaks of blonde which made him look even more unorthodox. He had a face made of stone, pale and unmoving. I seriously asked myself whether he was a legitimate teacher or just soem self- made expert in Psychic training. " I am sorry, Sir- this is my trusted friend Fu Bang." said Nikki in a firm and disciplined voice. He shot a glance at me- it made me submit to his authority. I had never seen anyone more dominating than him. " I trust that you will not interfere in Nikki's exam." I didn't know that Nikki was having an exam but hey I was interested to see what teh small little girl could do. She had seen my athleticism now it was my turn to see her in action. "Give me strength- Sabrina." Her words seemed foreign to me like a stranger walking past you at dusk on a Sunday in a neighbour you know. I looked at her putting down her bag and noticed everything she possesed was either black, blue or purple. Nothing said anythng about who she was- nothing at all. She walked towards her teacher and abruptly He lifted her into the air. " You have no concentration- Nikki!" He said already aggitated. Nikki looked down as though she was almost embarassed, I assumed it had something to with my presence. The day worn on and eventually her exam was over. She looked worried- I guess she had screwed majorly. She handed over a wade of money to the teacher about 200G if I wasn't mistaken. He teleported off the scene after saying: " Your results are sufficient but the next time we meet I want to see a much better dsiplay- train harder." He dissappeared, leaving me to pick up the pieces. Nikki promptly burst into tears. " I train so hard! I do everything he asks- I break myself!" she cried she then released a burst of energy that blew a hoel right through one of the water tanks. We cycled off before anyone could find us. We didn't speak to each other ntil we got home. SO much for being renegades. We were cowards. We aren't anymore. ********************************************************************************************************************************* It was six pm when I finally saw a car drive round the back of the Devon Corp building. After taping Mrs. Rowdy's phone while I was laying low, I found out about her evening meeting with a Mr. Fegain- weird name... Fegain. SHe came out the car and calmly gave him a kiss- they were clearly close friends. I took a picture as evidence ( don't worry I didn't use a flash camera.) I used the listening kit which I "borrowed" from PGP to get a couple of recordings as more evidence. Whatever happened at this meeting was vital as Mrs. Rowdy was suppossed to be in Kanto at this very moment. I assumed that she needed an alibi for whatever she was doing. What followed was classic shady business dealings. She pulled out a briefcase which Mr. Fegain examined and opened and smield at the contents. Then one of his goons brougth out another similar briefcase which contained 3 rows of carefully cushioned test-tubes. From all I could see, the test-tubes contained a clear substance. Nikki called me just at that moment. " Hello! This is the Phantom Espeon calling- I have some news for you!" " Talk." I replied slightly annoyed at the sudden disturbance. " Well you see- I was surfing the net when I found a nice little article in a newspaper- it was about Mrs.Rowdy's daughter." Nikki replied clearly smugly. " what about the daughter?" I asked waiting for the long explanation. " She died 3 years ago- apparenty they were skiing and well... you can figure out the rest." " So who was it that I met on the beach in Nolten?" " From the description you gave me- it was definitely Mrs.Rowdy's daughter." " So what do suspect- cloning perhaps?" " From what- they have no tissue samples that would be sufficient to replicate the complex features and DNA of the daughter- that's why they normally kept the body of the person so that they can get more and more samples- it makes the whole process more accurate." I was dumbstruck- since when did Nikki know so much about Genetics and Cloning? " Seems like had been doing your homework." I replied quite sceptically. " It was the obvious option so I read up on it- it's amazing what you can find on Pokematrix- the biggest search engine in the world!" She chuckled slightly. I had to agree- Pokematrix was like Google in the 21st Century- a god-send! I told her about the exchange of briefcases going on and she was quite intrigued. " We got so many facts but how does it all fit together- oh, I am getting an message from Lilica- it's a newspaper article.. apparently Fu Bang has just closed another case- The case of the Missing Slowking Crown!" " But- that's impossible!" I cried forgetting I was busy trying to be discreet. " It's even got a picture of you and that kid who you were helping- the article was in today's community paper in Sundust- I admit it looks a lot like you and I know you." " So there is a double of me- they haven't yet gotten the news that I am not dead and drowned." I smiled for I knew that everything was wrapped and finished- I just told Nikki to inform the PGP here in Johto about what was going on. I had all the facts and I had all the evidence required to get them arrested- all but one thing was needed-that briefcase with the test-tubes. I hang up and began ot get my kit. I would have to sprint towards them and get that briefcase. I got up. I was already in my aerodynamic kit and so I put on my mask- all superhero's have to have a mask of soem sort. My Mask had a Ghastly's face on it. It had an in-built gas mask- I know how the Teams work and Poison gas attacks was one of their favourite moves. I leapt out the trees, sliding down the embankment that elevated me from the ground. I ran like I never had. My heart racing as I leapt on Mrs.Rowdy and snatched the breifcase out of her hand. " No! Give that back you- thief!" She cried as the incompetent secuirity tried foolishly to stop me. I kicked their shins and gave them elbows in the ribs. All they could do was groan in pain. " Sandslash- go!" Cried Mr. Fegain who was known as a keen pokemon trainer. I narrowly missed one of its Fury Swipes. It was hard trying to move quickly with the briefcase in my hand. I grabbed my pokeball and flung into the air. My Typhlosino kindly obliged and popped out. I couldn't help uttering a "no". " Wait I recognise that voice!" Cried Mrs.Rowdy who was now beign moved to the safety of her car. " SandSlash use SandStorm!" Cried Mr Fegain. Mr.Fegain's Sandslash was of a considerably high level. The sandstorm filled the air with sand and I was rendered blind for a brief moment. Sandslash saw the lapse in my atatck and pounced promptly- giving my Typhlosion a Dig attack. Typhlosion was barely able to fight. " Typhlosion- shadow ball!" Smoke filled the air as I withdrew my Typhlosion and released my Gyarados- I wouldn't trade my Gyarados for the world. " Gyarados- uses you Surf!" The flurry of water filled the parking lot and unfortunately for Mrs. Rowdy her car door was open and it too was filled with water. Through the back window of the car I could see sparks. Mrs. Rowdy was clearly devastated but I couldn't get a good look at what was goign on. The Surf attack was just what I needed to make my get away. Mr. Fegain had been defeated for the moment but I knew I didnt stand a chance against a trainer of his callibre. I scurried away- up the embankment and back to my hide out- I had enjoyed the moment. I grabbed my kit and stuff and stuffed it into my bag. I got on my mach bike and rode off in the dark forest- picking some berries along the way. I was close to completing this case and I could feel it. My death- okay my attemtped death- would be avenged!. ******************************************************************************************************************************** Case Log 4: The Case of the Missing SlowKing Crown The Thought running through my head at the momnet: " The end is neigh and I shall be victorious." ********************************************************************************************************************************* We returned to the water tanks at sun down. Sitting by the water tanks after Nikki cried her eyes out made me feel lonely. I sat thinking about myself and how I was living a fake life with fake dreamsand fake expectations of myself. " I like floating above the water- I find it gives me a sense of power." " Why do you like doing Psychic thngs?" I asked half in a daze. " It gives my life meaning and definition- I can ask myself who I am and I will know the answer." She replied in a distant voice. " You are only in the sixth grade- you don't have to think about such things." I replied calmly. Nikki walked up and sat on the water, barely floating above the water tanks. She lifted me and made me float too. " Let's just be quiet, okay." She said with a smile that clearly stated that she was hiding something. " I don't want to be quiet." " How old was Sabrina when she became a gym leader?" " she was disturbed and all powerful- you can't seriously want to be like her?" " I see a dark future- Fu Bang- I see it as clear as I can see the horizon." A blue light started forming around her. Her eyes went totally blue. Her voice sounded ghostly and cold. She spoke as if it was not her who was speaking. " A shadow approaches from Kanto and it shall engulf everything- man best be careful or you too shall be engulfed." I understood what she meant. I had felt it all along- a sinking feeling that wouldn't ever go away. The water turned misty as Nikki wound her hand in the air. She continued to talk. " So much power we have - it is only a matter of using it." At the end of that sentence Nikki returned to normal. She looked as though she was dep in thought. " What was that about?" I asked trying to se if her mind was still here. " I have the ability so do you , Fu Bang- child with the fake name- a grander purpose awaits and I am going to be ready." She said. " A grander purpose?- heard that one before but for some reason it's believable." It was believable. Nikki was so young yet her psychic abilities surpassed everyone in her age group. My strength and agility was slowly leading me to the position I owuld hold one day as The Quad-Regions No. 1 Pokemon Detective. I had a photographic memory- I got straight A's for everything- the only thing I lacked was Psychic abilities- that was no coincidence. We sat there at the water tanks for most of the evening and thought about the world in general.We thought about Pokemon- and their role in our lives. We thought about our strengths and weaknesses. We strong alone but invincible together. That is why till this day Nikki Arqua and I have kept close. We await our grander purpose- we are...almost ready. ********************************************************************************************************************************* Notes From Nikki. This is a short one guys! Just to inform you that teh conclusion to this case is coming the third part! So don't miss it- I mean really don't - see if you could put all the pieces together- it's awfully simple... nothing new! Well I guess that's all from me! The Phantom Espeon. ( aka Nikki Arqua) ********************************************************************************************************************************* End of Part 2.