DC - Genesis Mile Chapter 02

Chapter 02: Justice may cry

This facility is being used by an organisation known as “Team Skull”, a ruthless organisation with a blind ambition to rule over. They have currently been working on an experiment to bring Pokemon to oversized limits, and one of these Pokemon involved in the project was a Hitmontop, which this scientist brought to the dungeons, and locked him up behind bars, along with other Pokemon they have captured.
“We will deal with you tomorrow” the scientist said, as he turned the key on the lock trapping the Hitmontop, and then walked back upstairs. The Hitmontop could barely speak, and slowly repeated the word “To…mor…row”. He then sat down in the far corner of the cell, and started remembering what has just happened.

This Hitmontop was once a young Tyrouge at a breeding centre, situated in the mountains, where he and his father had been left by a tall boy, who was just saying goodbye to the owners, who were an old couple.
“Your Hitmonlee has been more as a father to that Tyrouge” said the old man to the boy, “and that Tyrouge has already noticed that now”
“That’s why I have decided to leave him here” said the boy “cause after that baby Tyrough had been brought into the world, he needed someone to take care of him, and as my Hitmonlee is the father, I think its for the best”
“That’s a very good way to put it” said the old woman
“So I’m afraid I am going to have to leave them here for good” the boy sighed.
“That would be wise” the old man replied “He is only young, and doesn’t know how to battle or even walk yet, but I reckon Hitmonlee will teach him all that and more”
“Just make sure they are ok” the boy requested, and after saying their farewells, the boy left.

Sometime later, the young Tyrouge had learnt how to fight, but just after he had a helicopter appeared, and flew over all the Pokemon in the centre, and then fired nets at them. The old couple rushed out to see what was going on, but then he notices the logo on the helicopters side, a skull and crossbones logo with the words “Team Skull” engraved on the front.
“Give them Back” the old man yelled
One of Team Skull’s grunts leaned out of the chopper and replied “Sorry pops, these Pokemon belong to Team Skull now” and then he laughed as the chopper flew away from the breeding centre. All of the captured Pokemon just stayed in there nets completely frightened as to what Team Skull would do to them, however Hitmonlee was trying to struggle free, but the grunts spot him and poke him with an electric stick to stun him, watching this happening the other Pokemon just stayed still afraid of what they might do to them.

They were brought to their facility, where one of the head scientists of Team Skull looked at what they had brought. Along with Hitmonlee and Tyrouge, there was also a Shellder, a Marowak, a Numel, a Furret and a Nidorino, all of which were sad and upset from being apart from their homes. The head scientist smiled
“What fine specimens indeed” he said, which made some of the Pokemon shudder
“What did they say?” said the grunt as he was coming out of the helicopter
“They said they needed a test subject” the scientist replied, “He said to bring two of the same type if possible”, he then walked towards Tyrouge. “This will do just fine” and then he tried to touch him, but Hitmonlee rushed in to save him from harm, but that’s when the scientist got out his whip and whipped Hitmonlee away, then the other grunts tried to tie him down to prevent him from moving. After calming him down, they brought Hitmonlee and Tyrouge to another room whilst the rest take the other Pokemon to the prison.

After a while, Tyrouge and Hitmonlee were both in cages in the laboratory, where many of Team Skull’s scientists have been working on a chemical experiment. It has finally been complete and ready for testing, the head scientist was amazed as he sucked some of this purple liquid into an injection needle
“We have finally created a formula that will induce a Pokemon’s strength” he said with excitement, and started walking towards Hitmonlee, and he injected him with the experiment
“Be careful” said the Grunt “this Hitmonlee must have some sort of relationship with this Tyrouge”. The Tyrouge was so scared he backed away, but the scientist grabbed him and got ready to injected him as well, and spoke excitedly “This latest research…” he announced “…will now be called EX-Raid”, and with that he injected Tyrouge. Tyrouge rubbed himself where he was injected whilst he was being taken away to be trained.

Tyrouge had been put through cruel training, being hit by whips to make him work harder, in their attempt to make Tyrouge evolve into a Hitmonchan so they could have a matching set on par with his father. After much cruel training, Tyrouge eventually evolved, but once he had finished evolution, the cruel trainer was excited that his work had paid off, but shocked to see what he had become. Tyrouge now looked at his reflection in a mirror and noticed his evolved form, he had become a Hitmontop, the trainer was mad
“That’s not a strong Pokemon” He yelled, “That’s just a pushover!” and he whipped Hitmontop even harder. As with all Pokemon, Hitmontop could only say his own name in pain as he took his undeserved punishments. Eventually they found out what had happened, as the EX-Raid experiment increases a Pokemon’s strength, whilst they had been training Hitmontop in defence in an attempt to evolve him into Hitmonchan, and as the two had been balanced, that explains why he had evolved into a Hitmontop. Nevertheless they took him away to be locked up into the prisons below.

On the way to the prisons he noticed a door was open in a room, where he got a good look at his father, who is coughing badly and looked in serious pain. Completely shocked he struggled to get free, but they wont allow him to escape. Hitmontop tried to cry out to him by say his name over and over, but then, after a sudden cough, he was able to speak and cried out “Father, FATHER!” as he was forcely dragged into the dark basement below.

This is what this poor abused creature, all he could do now was wait for more torture, as now they knew he could suddenly talk human, he could end up being more abused than ever. He looks around him, he sees the other Pokemon in their cases who are just as scared, even more so because they are in their own individual cages apart from their families and friends, some of which he recognised from the breeding centre. Suddenly he heard voices from nearby, it was the guard in charge of the prison, and he was talking to one of the scientists that was involved in the project that Hitmontop had been injected with as a Tyrouge.
“So what’s been happening?” asked the guard as he lit his cigarette (which some of the trapped Pokemon didn’t like)
“The head scientist has been doing DNA tests on the Hitmonlee” replied the scientist “So we can see what was the matter, and now we understand what happened”.
“So what DID happen?” asked the guard, the Hitmontop listened closely
“Hitmonlee was suffering from inner pains” the scientist answered “a sort of over-stress or something, we don’t know what happened, but we do know it wont affect him anymore”
The guard laughed at this as he took a puff from his cigarette, Hitmontop was even more curious, but then he notices a bed trolley with a white sheet covered over what appeared to be an outline of his father, realising this, the Hitmontop started to cry. However he calmed down a little so he could listen further.
“The Head scientist” the scientist continued “Does know that Hitmonlee is more experienced so that’s why the Hitmontop isn’t affected yet, some scientists say it was because he was injected when he was young and it was easy to absorb, some say it could have been due to his evolution, which made it more controllable somehow.”
“And what does this have to do with me?” asked the guard
“its to do with your new orders” the scientist replied, “You have the Hitmontop kept behind bars, make sure he doesn’t escape”
“And how is that different from my normal routine?” the guard chuckled
“Simple, we are under suspicion that because the EX-Raid experiment is a success to him, it is vital that you keep him down here ready for tomorrow, if he lives with the experiment it could mean the end of us all. The experiment has turned disastrous, so we are abandoning the entire project.”

“So what is it you plan to do?” asked the guard
the scientist grew calm, before telling the guard something that sent shivers down Hitmontop’s spine.
“They have arranged an execution”
The guard smiled, and the Hitmontop backed away in fear
“So don’t let him escape, if we let this experiment go lose, it could mean the end of us all. So we are silencing him once and for all”, and the scientist walked away to attend to a meeting. Hitmontop was shaking inside, then he noticed the other Pokemon heard everything and were looking at him with sorrow, however they knew what it feels like to feel as if death draws ever closer, so the caged Marowak tosses him his bone and points him to the rusty window bars signalling him to escape through there. Hitmontop took his word and started to climb up to the windows and start to whack the bars with the bone he was given. To steer the guards attention, the Furret called out as if she was sick, so the guard could inspect what was going on, then as he was walking towards Furret’s cage, the Nidorino took a bite at his trouser leg.
The guard was getting annoyed and suddenly heard a loud bang, which was really Hitmontop breaking the bars, but a caged Numel banged on his own cage to drive his attention away. Hitmontop threw back the bone back to Marowak and escaped, the guard suddenly noticed and informed the security guards to track him down.

Hitmontop was now on the run, sirens were heard from all directions as he ran for his life as far away from the building as possible. He ran into a forest, and from here he heard barking from behind him, as the security guards have set out a pack of Houndoom to hunt him down, he also heard a voice shouting “Don’t let him escape, if he lives on we are done for!”, this only made Hitmontop run faster. Hitmontop was now being chased by an angry pack of Houndoom along with their two masters riding Tauros, it was a long run and Hitmontop was getting worn out, but still ran as fast as he could. Eventually he caught up with a river, where he jumped in for an attempt to escape, however he then saw the massive waterfall ahead of him, he struggles to swim back to shore but it was too late, he fell down that waterfall disappearing into the abyss below. The Houndoom looked below, no longer barking as they could no longer trace him.
“No one could survive a fall like that” one of the guards said as he stared down below at some gagged rocks at the bottom of the waterfall
“Well he is as good as dead” the other guard replied “we don’t need to worry about him anymore”.
They all rode off back to the base with their Houndoom, leaving what was left below the deadly waterfall. However, soon after they left, it turns out Hitmontop survived the fall, and swam back to safety, although he was very tired and collapsed onto the floor to rest.

The next morning, he woke up still wounded from the life’s run from last night, so he grabbed a “Y” shaped stick and used it was a walking stick to struggle on. As he struggled, he formulated a plan and spoke it out to himself
“Must….find….help” he said exhaustedly. It didn’t take him long before he was out of the forest and onto a road, where Merzo City was close in the distance, and he started to walk towards it.
“Must….find…….justice” he said sadly, and he struggled on to find some help.

End of Chapter 2