Pokémon Red (Book 2)

The Glimpse Of The Past

Masked Man's POV

"Charles, kill her now." Giovanni ordered. Charles placed the gun on Red's mother's forehead. She sobbed.

"Don't do this." Red's Dad begged. He crawled to his wife. "Giovanni, I'll do whatever you want me to."

"The Masked Man wants GS Ball. It uses the time traveling powers of the Celebi trapped inside it." Giovanni explained. "This is the GS Ball."

Giovanni was holding the GS Ball in his hand. Charles pulled the trigger and shot Ben's wife. Ben screamed and cried.

He pulled Charles' leg and tripped him. He quickly stood up and punched Giovanni, snatching the GS Ball from him. He pushed the button on the ball and vanished.

I woke up from my dream. I was exhausted and breathing heavily. Politoed turned to me and handed me a glass of water with my meclizine hydrochloride tablets.

"Where's Delibird?" I swallowed the tablet while drinking. Politied shrugged. I facepalmed. "He's gonna get me in trouble. I'm gonna go and look for him."

Politoed handed me my black matte mask. "Politoed." He offered.

"This won't be necessary." I kept it aside. "As if someone ever comes here."

I put my shoes on and walked outside. The Berry Forest was as quiet as always, Sevii was a great place to live in. The first reason because of which it was great was –no Team Rocket branch here.

I've been controlling Giovanni's plans and actions for quite a while now. I remember the time I met him.

Flashback

January, 2010

I walked into the Pokemon League. The lobby was filled with trainers, this was the time when trainers registered themselves.

I had my mask on. I tried my best not to get in suspicion and walked to the gents bathroom.

The bathroom was empty. I quickly gestured something on one of the walls and a door opened for an elevator.

I went inside and the doors closed. The elevator went downwards, to the first Team Rocket Base in the Kanto Region.

I didn't know getting inside a base was that easy. I knew I won't find any grunts there though.

The doors opened and there he was – Giovanni, sitting and working. I quietly walked to him and slowly pulled out my gun. He turned around and I pointed my gun at him.

"Who are you?" He asked, politely.

"Listen to me very carefully. I know that you're looking for a Mewtwo, I know you have the GS Ball which is capable of taking you anywhere in time." I said, confidently.

"Are you with the police?" He asked. "There's no proof to any of that."

"I'm here to help you, in return I'm asking for nothing." I said. "Here's my cell number, call me when you're ready."

I threw a piece of paper towards him and walked back to the elevator, still pointing the gun. I was surprised. Why didn't he do anything to me?