Pokémon Red (Book 2)

What's With The Mask?

Looker's POV

One day ago

I was sitting in my house, thinking how everything about Giovanni was unknown. A criminal mastermind about whom we had little information. The thought bugged me everytime I realised that I've been trying to arrest Giovanni for so long and had failed many times. The only way to catch Giovanni was getting his location, which was impossible. Ever since he has started his "good guy" behaviour, I can't even imagine why people believed such a person, I on the other hand had been figuring out the life of Giovanni, why did FBI had no records of such a person. I mean, he is an international criminal.

Unexpectedly, my phone rang and I answered. "Han, I am almost done with the multi-dimensional plasmatic gate." Said Gregory Silverman. I knew the man was a genius, he just have to send Petrel and Proton back to their universe and done.

"Send them back now." I said. "Thank you for your help."

"Um, there is one problem." Said Gregory, his voice went from joyful to tense. "The frequency at which Petrel and Proton's body exist, our Earth should not harm them in any way. I think they're bluffing cause none of them seem to have any knowledge of the physics behind the concept of multiverse."

I knew it, I should not have believed the two, Team Rocket will always be Team Rocket and will always have an evil plan. Whatever it was, it included opening the breach again and I would never let that happen.

"Do not start the device at any cost. They're surely plotting onto something." I ordered. Suddenly, my landline rang, which was a hundred times unusual as I had not recharged it.

I hung up Gregory's call and slowly walked to the landline. The caller ID said - unknown caller and the phone number wasn't displayed. I answered the call.

"Hello?"

"Looker. Listen to me. I know you've been searching for Giovanni and want his location, and I can help you with that, but I want you to keep this between you and me only." Said the voice on phone.

"Who is this?"

"A friend." Said the man I had never met in my entire life.

"And what makes us 'friends'?"

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend, right?"

"And may I know why is Giovanni your enemy?" I asked, curiously.

"Giovanni, that man took away everything from me, my life, my family, everything." Said the voice. "I've been working with Giovanni for a few years now and I've been trying my best to lure him into your traps but everytime you were unable to catch him. So, I decided to reach out to you myself."

"If you want to help me, meet me in person. And then tell me about Giovanni." I said.

"I'm not that stupid, Han." He said.

"How- how do you know my name?" I asked as the man used my real name which infact only a few people had knowledge of. "Who are you?" I irated.

"Mahogany Town, Team Rocket base is the place you want to be. Charles will be coming there to get something that belongs to me. Following him, you'll learn about a few more Team Rocket hideouts." Said the voice. "If you fail, I'll call you again."