Journeys: A Beginning

Truth Be Told

Summary: Chaos descends upon the destroyed Cinnabar Island as Ash and his friends encounter familiar enemies!

~ Chapter 12 | Truth Be Told ~

"Mewtwo? What's that?" Chrysa asked.

"Why does that sound so familiar...?" Gary muttered to himself.

Pikachu hopped onto Ash's shoulders in an effort to comfort his trainer. "Pikapi."

Ash held the pieces of paper tightly in his hands. "So this was the guy responsible for...no!"

"Mewtwo. Mew...two...Ash, do you know something that we don't?" Goh asked.

Ash was stuck. He remembered exactly the moments with Mewtwo all those years ago after the battle against Team Rocket. Mewtwo had wiped everyone's memories except for him, his friends, Pikachu, and Team Rocket. However, he knew that Mewtwo erased the memories of the others for a reason since the mere knowledge of Mewtwo was dangerous to handle.

"I..." He stuttered for a second, before deciding to let them in on what was going on, feeling that he could trust them. "Like the journal says, remnants of Mew were found by these scientists and through experiments, they created another Pokemon with Mew's DNA, Mewtwo. It was an incredibly powerful Pokémon. I encountered it a few times a long time ago, and learned that the scientists who created Mewtwo were from Team Rocket."

This revelation shook the room, especially to Gary. It was all coming back to him, the Gym Battle against the Viridian City Gym Leader, the mysterious armored Pokémon, Giovanni being a suspect as the Gym Leader himself. He fought Mewtwo.

"You're saying Team Rocket found Mew?!" Goh exclaimed. "That's crazy! And what about Mewtwo, is it even still around?! How did you even meet it in the first place?!" He had a lot more questions, however, he was running out of breath, and for reasons he didn't understand, he felt a weight on his back.

"They didn't actually find Mew, they found DNA from it, but yeah, Mewtwo's safe now, somewhere out in the world, we worked together to fight against Team Rocket, that's all that matters. It's just, it's been a while since I've thought about it all..." Ash muttered.

Gary took a look at the other pieces of paper. "It checks out too. 'Mewtwo is far too powerful. We have failed to curb its vicious tendencies. I cannot control it.' This was written right before Mewtwo escaped Team Rocket's grimy hands."

"I just wonder how this ended up here of all places if Mewtwo so violently escaped Team Rocket," Chrysa said.

"Their lab must've either been on this island or somewhere very close to it for these to still exist after what happened," Gary presumed.

"Wait, what does this entry say?" Goh pointed to another. "Something about an officer by the name of Miyamo—"

Huge explosions rocked the area, knocking everyone off of their balance. The Pokémon of the mansion instantly became hostile once more, however, they were scared too. Something much bigger was now threatening their home, and as much as they wanted to defend it, the fact they didn't know what was going on was frightening.

"Everyone okay?" Ash asked, helping people up before turning to the Pokémon. "What about you guys?"

Cries from each of the Pokémon indicated the same. Ash knew that wasn't any ordinary Pokémon, and so immediately dashed toward the stairs to reach the exit.

"What are you doing?! You'll get—" Goh stopped pleading as Gary ran past next in pursuit of Ash. He looked at Chrysa, who just nodded. "...Fine!"

Together, they followed them, and when they reached the front entrance, they saw Ash and Gary, as well as their Pokémon, facing a familiar sight.