Pokémar Episode V, A Clone's Destiny

Liberators

The ambulance arrives quickly and takes the wounded trainer. From the sounds of the paramedics he's not in any real danger. The wounds will be easily treatable. That frees us up for our main objective. Mewtwo reported a while ago that the Rocket grunts have reached their destination, an encampment hidden deep within Petalburg Woods to the northwest, way off of Route 104. Far enough away from prying eyes that finding them would be difficult. But found them we have.

An hour's bike ride and we reach the forest, the dense foliage forcing the rest of our journey on foot. The forest's canopy is thick. It casts a shadow over everything below the treeline. A good place to hide, all things considered. As we approach, Mewtwo descends down towards us from the sky.

"Hello again, Mewtwo." I say. "So, what does the camp look like? Do we know where they're keeping everyone?"

"There are three tents situated around a fire pit. Two appear to be for storage and one for sleeping space. Judging that sleeping space had room for three, It is likely that There is another enemy for us to deal with."

"Right, well, lead on. We'll figure out how to get inside once we're there." Mewtwo leads us into the forest. All the while I keep my eyes open for signs of trouble. Though most of our encounters are with Shroomish and Wurmples that we quickly talk down from a fight and the occasional one that wouldn't take no for an answer. Eventually, though, we reach the camp.

Three tents sit like a ring outside of the central fire pit, just as Mewtwo described. Three people emerge from one of the tents apparently in an argument about something.

"-these freaking techy plate things out in the middle of the freaking forest." One of them grumbles, the man we saw at the arena.

"I honestly don't care. We're getting paid to work, not to stick our noses where they don't belong. Remember Jeremy? Got nosy and the boss made him a scapegoat and had him thrown to the cops." The woman replies.

"Oh yeah... How the heck did the boss put enough dirt on him for life in prison?" The third asks.

"Again, not asking. I make a living like this. I'm not gonna risk it just cuz you two idiots got curious."

Mewtwo, we need a distraction. I say via psychic link. Can you draw them away so we can search the camp? Without you getting spotted?

I can. Their eyes start to glow pink with psychic power. A loud snap echoes out from the distance. I spot a tree a short ways away from the camp start to fall over, landing with a heavy thud.

"Woah!" One of the grunts yells. "You guys see that?!"

"Arceus... Scared the crap out of me... Probably a fricking bidoof or something."

"Pretty sure those don't live in Hoenn."

"We should probably go scare off whatever did it." They take out their gun to indicate what exactly they meant.

"Beats just standing around. Let's go." The three of them leave towards the felled tree, leaving the camp free for us to snoop around. We quietly approach the camp and choose a tent at random to investigate. Mewtwo stands at the entrance to watch guard while the rest of us look around.

Several small stacks of wooden boxes stand on the far end as well as a few sacks of various materials. in the corner I spot a bag. The same one they used during the kidnapping. That's gotta be them. I rush over to check it and, indeed, about a dozen pokeballs sit within the bag.

"Perfect." I say. "Alright guys, start opening them." My companions nod and start grabbing balls. In a few minutes they've all been freed, most of them looking exceptionally grateful for our help.