The Closest Ones

65. The Heist

A.N.: Happy World Ash Ketchum Day. I wanted to make sure to release new chapter on this day when our boy changed the world. I wanted to thank you for all the support. So enjoy!

No POV

Gozu sat in his chair, his fists white as he clenched them. Nobody could find those thieves and the female grunt they took.

He thought hard about the plan that could come. Although they stole an important keycard that was used to their warehouse, it was useless. And that was because it was double door system. The first were for the keycard  but the second were on code. Code that only him and grunts only selected by him knew.

Which is why it didn't make sense for them to kidnap the girl. She couldn't know the code and she was nobody to him. She was just another number to him.

He then thought about the boy they tortured. When he made his way into the room after their escape, he saw how the grunts were massacred and yet they took the female.

Maybe rule of never harming women? Unlikely. The grunts that witnessed part of it saw fight between the two of them.

Maybe they wanted to attempt a trade for her life? No chance. Team Rocket isn't known for such thing.

Maybe they hoped she would know the code. Which would make them absolute idiots.

Or there was a chance she was working with them. So that whole charade was just to hide their plan.

Suddenly his walkie talkie broke the silence. "Sir, I have something to report."

Gozu picked it up. "Speak."

"Hrist, grunt that was kidnapped has returned. Shr pleads to speak with you. She says it has something do with those that kidnapped her." this made Gozu surprised.

"Bring her in." He heard the reply and waited.

He barely remembered her but seeing her beaten up, he knew that this is not how she looked like.

"I didn't expect for you to return. How did you escape?" Gozu stood up and walked up to her. He noticed that she held her shoulder. It was dislocated.

"They wanted to convince me to change sides." Gozu looked at her in suspicion.

He chuckled. "And let me guess, you played it and they let you free." He slammed his palm into the table. "Because that sounds like the greatest cliche." he watched her every move. He expect a tremble, anything. But she stood still. "Give me a single reason why I shouldn't torture it out of you."

"Because I know what they plan sir." Hrist said. She didn't look up at him.

He let out a laugh. Suddenly he grabbed her bad arm snapped it back. Hrist let out groan. "And that is? It still doesn't sound to me like you know anything."

"They plan to override the keycard and steal everything in the storage. All of our pokeballs, tech and gadgets." Gozu's eyes widened when he noticed his walkie talkie scrambling. "I also heard them mention something about codes."

Gozu picked up his walkie talkie and listened. "Sir, we have intruders. They have locked themselves in our storage. Guards that have been guarding it have been knocked out. We are trying to get inside but they destroyed the access tablet and barricaded themselves inside."

Gozu clenched his fists, almost cracking the walkie talkie in his hand. He opened his mouth and finally spoke. "TELL THEM TO USE ANY ATTACKS THEY WANT! IF THEY DON'T GET INSIDE BEFORE I GET THERE, YOU WILL TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT JOE!" he then looked at Hrist who was about to stand up. "Stay here. You would only get in the way." and with that, he was out. He then heard the real reason.