(Pokemon) Detective Johnson

Chapter 24- Howard Clifford

JAMES' P.O.V.

I'm lead inside a very tall skyscraper.

I never figured out the name of this building, but from the looks of it, this is the building that Howard Clifford resides in.

Detective Yoshida is walking me towards a room that I'm assuming he's going to interrogate me at, but a weird lady whose wearing shades, approaches us.

Hope growls at the lady, and the lady glances at Hope for a second, then she hands Detective Yoshida a note.

"Looks like Mr. Clifford wants to see you James.", Detective Yoshida says.

He unlocks the handcuffs, and motions for me to go with the lady.

I look at him with a worried expression on my face, but I decide it's better to just go with the lady, then to resist.

The lady steps into an elevator, and I walk in, with Hope right at my heels.

The lady presses one of the floor buttons, and the elevator goes up.

'What reason could Howard Clifford possibly have to see me for? Unless of course he...', my thought trails off.

My eyes widen once I realize why Howard Clifford would want to talk to me.

The elevator dings, and we get out.

The lady opens a set of double doors, and motions for me to go inside.

I slowly walk though the double doors, and inside the room.

The double doors close behind me.

I see him sitting in a wheelchair as he looks out the window.

"Ah, Detective Johnson. I'm so glad you could join me this afternoon.", Howard says as he turns the wheelchair around to face me.

I frown.

"You make it sound like I came here willingly.", I say.

"Well you didn't resist, now did you?", Howard states.

"Only because I knew it'd be better to not resist.", I retaliate.

Howard chuckles.

"You're very intelligent Mr. Johnson. It's a shame that you couldn't just accept that Harry was dead. Because of that, you discovered that Harry is indeed alive. But you know too much, so now, I have to keep a close eye on you. I can't just kill you, it would make people suspect that foul play was involved. So you've forced me to do this because you couldn't just mind your own God damn buissness!", Howard says, while he yells the last part.

I frown.

"People will find out the truth eventually. And when they do, you can bet your ass that they'll be pissed.", I say while crossing my arms.

Howard tightens his grip on his wheelchair.

Hope growls at him.

"Be careful James, he's planning to do something to us.", Hope warns me.

I nod.

Howard realizes what just happened.

He realized that I understood Hope.

"You can understand Pokemon? Fascinating. Maybe I should hold off on your "accidental" death for now. You might be more valuable then I previously thought.", Howard says to himself.

"Oh fuck you!", I yell.

Suddenly, Tim walks in with Pikachu.

"James?! You're alright!", Tim says while running over to me.

"What the hell happened to you kid?!", Pikachu asks me.

But before I can explain anything, the floor splits open, and reveals a container similar to the one at the complex.

I gasp when I see who's inside the container.

It's Mewtwo.

"Mewtwo?!", I say in disbelief.

Tim and Pikachu look at me in surprise.

"Wait, you know this Pokemon?!", Tim and Pikachu say at the same time.

I don't answer them, I just continue to stare at Mewtwo in shock.

Mewtwo looks at me.

His eyes are pleading for me to help him.

I look into Mewtwo's eyes, and nod, determination now on my face.

'I'm going to free you Mewtwo, just hold on!', I think.

"Please hurry.", Mewtwo says inside my head.

I start to run towards the machine, but that lady from before shoves me back, causing me to fall to the floor.

Hope, Tim, and Pikachu rush over to me, asking me if I'm okay.

But all I'm focused on is freeing Mewtwo.

"My body is old and crippled. But with Mewtwo, I can connect our minds, and then I can put all of the residents of Ryme City into their Pokemon's bodies.", Howard says with a smile on his face.

"Oh just shut the fuck up already!", I yell at Howard.

Howard puts some kind of device on his forehead.

"It's time for my consciousness to synchronize with Mewtwo's body.", Howard says.

He presses a button on a remote that he pulls out of his jacket.

Mewtwo begins to yell in pain.