Ch.14 Coming to A Head, Pt.1

 

The rain had stopped a few hours ago and Marco took in a deep breath to try and relax. As he closed his eyes his mind began to run the scenes of that horrible night over again. The darkness, the pain, the sound of that final shot echoing, then the feeling of a pair of familiar hands rubbing his shoulders.

~"So, you think you're a failure? Jean was right, you are an idiot."

"Henrietta... is that you?"

"Jackass!"

"Yeah, it's you. But you died defending me, how is that not my fault? I failed you..."

"And you got captured and tortured, I don't see you blaming Chesra, or Carrie, or any of the others. What, do you get to shoulder all the blame for yourself? That's just selfish you jackass."

"But... but..."

"Don't you but me. Pull yourself together before you lose another person close to you."

"You're right... you did what you had to and now I’ll do the same. If you never believed me before, I love you."~ The feeling of the hands seemed to fade and he was jarred awake by someone poking him. "Oh, Chris, I must have dozed off there."

"You looked like you were having a bad dream, I was thinking about waking you but it's dangerous to get close to someone like that." Chris plainly stated and sat across from him.

Ariel took one of the empty seats next to Chris. "Yeah it is, you broke my nose when I tried to wake you."

"I said I was sorry."

"Yeah and I forgave you."

Marco chuckled and rubbed his eyes before letting out a big yawn. "Good to see you two getting along so well."

Chris smiled politely. "You wanted to see me? I’ve already gone over the plan with the others but I wasn't sure if you had something to add."

A puzzled look played across his face. "Really? How long was I out?"

"Two hours, from what I picked up I'm a pseudo buyer now. They already got the girl and have her outfitted, so we're just waiting for you to signal a go."

"Are you ok with doing this? I don't want you going in there if you don't feel ready."

"Yeah, they already gave me the rundown about your reservations. I think Rietta would be more pissed if you didn't give me this chance. My mind is right, I’m feeling fine, and most importantly I have the best unit in Indigo backing me up if things go wrong. So don't worry about me." The warm smile she had was very reassuring.

"I guess you’re right. How was it going out there?"

"I had quite a number of 'offers' from young ambitious tamers. I did a battle, Alex is really cut throat and precise when it comes to battles, no wasted motion at all. After that I was approached by our targets."

"Really? What happened?"

"I told them I was still under the battle reprieve and that they would have to try later. The main guy offered to trade for my Dire Wolf but I declined. They were mumbling something about getting back at some old guy who beat them, I'm guessing that was you."

"Yeah, I always do tend to make a hell of an impression. Let's get going, if all goes well we can figure this out quickly."

The three of them made it back inside to find the harem and the team members at a large fold up table going over their gear. In the other corner of the room was a tiny Catgirl eating a sandwich and just doing her best not to be seen. The entire room was quiet when he entered, all eyes turned to him then to her.

He grabbed his chin while he thought for a moment. "A Catgirl huh, good choice. She'll be evolving into a Tigress based on battle stress, does she have a name?"

Kelly rapidly came from around to table to try and get his attention off her. "No sir, no name. She was a feral born and sold to a ranch after her capture. She understands human speech well enough and tried to attack Ashley. She received a mild shock as a warning. Jean tapped into her mind and discovered that she hadn't eaten in a while so she's working on her second sandwich while we are getting everything prepared. You weren't supposed to see her..." She said quickly as she pulled him over to the table.

"Why is that Kelly?"

"I know you don't like the idea of exploiting a pokégirl for the sake of a mission so I thought it would be better if you didn't know what we bought."

Marco was startled when the Catgirl had snuck up to him and was nuzzling his leg. "I guess you're right, but we aren't going to let anything happen to her." She found her way up his pants leg and was starting to work her way to dangerous regions until he flicked her between the eyes, sending her scampering back to her corner. "No! After this is done we can vote on her joining, she's helping us out and doesn't know any better so we owe her a decent life."

Selena nodded in agreement. "Colonel, the shop is closing in another hour if we are going to do this we should do it now."

Chris had gone over to comfort the frightened feline and put the collar and watch on her. "We are all set over here."

"Ok Alex, you're still the out girl. If things start to go downhill signal an emergency. We'll storm the building and get you out. Selena, are the receivers up and running?"

"Yes sir, we are getting some slight radio interference but nothing we can't work with."

The Catgirl hissed and backed up against the wall when she caught sight of Arianna. The 7'2 War Hound was easily the most visually imposing person in the room and very proud of that fact. As one of the veteran members of Avalanche she stood as Chesra’s second in command for the Delta team. "Sir, do you have any direct orders upon my release?"

"If you get let out then shit has gone wrong, make sure Chris is safe then try and leave the most important person alive. If that isn't an option then kill every aggressor you see."

Her sharp teeth gleamed in the light with her broad smile. "Ask and you shale receive. I hope the OP goes well but I love a good fight, so it's a win, win."

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The bell over the door jingled signaling that there was a customer. Various tamer devices lined the walls as well as magazines at the front counter. They were the garden variety, How To Get The Most Out Of Your Pokégirl, Tamers Secrets. The female shopkeeper smiled politely when Chris entered along with Alexis. She appeared to be in her late 20's to early 30's, only a few years older than Chris or Marco.

"Good evening Ma'am, how can I help you today?" She asked while sliding her magazine off to the side.

"Hi, I saw one of your ads and have a few questions."

"Ask away and I'll do my best."

"Thanks, I see that you specialize in selling pokégirls of particularly rare breeds and evolutions. Can you also train or evolve pokégirls that are brought into you or is it sale only?"

The clerk looked nervous for a second. "Um... we do also train and evolve already owned pokégirls but depending on the type you have and are looking to get there are other things I'll have to go over first."

Chris scratched her head and shrugged. "I guess I'll get right to the point then. I have a Catgirl that I would like to evolve into a Tigress I just really don't have the desire to be in a situation that would get her to evolve. All the same I need a really good fighting type and she will do nicely."

"I guess I can understand that. Why put yourself in a dangerous situation if you don't have too. We can accommodate your request, how long are you planning on being in town?"

"I was only planning to be here for a week, how long should it take?"

She started typing at her computer and accessing the information guide. "We should be able to get this done before the week is up. There are a few things I need to go over with you before we can start. How long have you had your Catgirl?"

They had gone over all of the details with her back at the Safe House so she could work with the questions. "About two weeks, I still haven't decided on a good name for her yet."

"Well that takes care of the next question. I don't really think this will be an issue but I have to ask, do you have any issues with us Level-Fiving your girl?"

Chris put on her best worried expression. "I... guess not, is that a requirement of some sort?"

The shopkeeper quickly shook her head. "No, no, it's just that we don't get this request very often. Our trainers are very good and care about the girls that they handle but also understand that something's are better off being forgotten. When we do a standard sale the girls are sold already conditioned. A Tigress evolves from battle stress which can be... well... stressful. If you don't Level-Five her then she will be use to battle when you get her back, if you do then she just won't remember what she went through."

"Good thing I don't need a delta bond then."

"Ooooh yeah, those require a Level-Five after they are done, it's a little bit rough on both sides."

"I bet, I don't see a whole bunch of space here, where do they have all the room to get that kind of stuff done?"

"I have no idea, where they do what they do. I’m new here, so I still have a lot to learn, they won’t even let me use the transfer machine yet."

"That's different I guess, bottom line time, how much is this going to cost me?"

"Normally it would be 80,000slc but that's the price if just bought her. Since you are having her evolved it's going to be 45,000slc. You'll be picking her up from here so it's payment upon delivery. We will need your contact information and where you'll be staying."

"Hailey Carney, I'll be staying at the hotel by the Battle Pyramid, sorry I can't remember the name."

"That's fine I know the one. I can get the rest of the information off the pokéball and we’ll give you a call when the job is done."

Alexis had been quiet the whole time, try as she might she couldn't pick up on the thoughts or intentions of the shopkeeper. She wasn't the only one having problems either. The moment they had entered the building Selena started getting major radio interference. They were able to clear the signal well enough to listen in but it was very persistent and unnerving. Chris followed the plan and continued on her way to the Prussian Excavation Hotel. Until the operation was over Alexis and Arianna were to be her guards.

Chris's rank in the Sandstone P.D. was that of a detective. Between her training and natural gift of observation she could pick up tiny details that seemed out of place. Simple things like nervous staff, a lack of people being around, or a gentleman in a business suit reading the morning paper while the evening news was running right in front of him were just a little off. Other clues aren't as subtle, like a janitor wearing combat boots with a gun bulging on his side. Chris decided to take her chances and talk to the desk clerk. The pimple ridden teen was trying his best not to look her up and down, and failing miserably.

"Good evening and welcome to Excavation, will you be staying the evening?"

"I plan on being here for a while, five days please. Can I get something on the top floor? The name is Hailey Carney." She smiled and leaned forward to hand him the card.

His eyes quickly shifted down to his keyboard to avoid gazing at her cleavage. "Yes ma'am, room 707, I hear it has a great view of the Battle Pyramid. Here's your room key, I see that you have a pokégirl with you so I had to charge you the possible damage fee, but that can be refunded back after you check out. Please don't hesitate to call if you need anything Miss. Carney"

"Well aren't you sweet, I'll be sure to remember that, and please call me Hailey."

Chris and Alexis made their way onto the elevator and started on their way up. Chris was still thinking about what the lobby looked like. "Did you notice the strange people back there?"

"Strange how? You've been getting attention all day, ya don't even want to know what that kid was thinking."

Chris hit the buttons for the fourth and sixth floors. "I'll explain later, can you teleport us out of here?"

"Sure can, where too?"

"Back to the safe house."

When they appeared Marco and the members of Avalanche were already waiting. There was a discussion of some sort brewing and the tone of conversation did not sound good.

"I'm telling you that it came from another team." Isabella stated plainly while typing a holographic display. "The blue line is ours, that green one is from someone using a signal similar to ours. Now that red one that is a jammer of some sort. We didn't have to worry about it because someone else neutralized most of the signal. The static and feedback you got was from the similar signals being in close range of each other."

Kelly looked up from the screen and continued shuffling her deck. "Nice job in there, right now we are waiting for the Catgirl to be transported... what's wrong?"

Chris released Arianna and Ariel so they could take part in the conversation before taking a seat. "There was some strange activity happening at the hotel. Things just didn't feel right so I came back here."

Marco sat back and thought for a moment. "Strange how?"

"People that were out of place or just odd, and a janitor with a handgun under his coveralls."

"Yep, that sounds like a problem. Did you get a good look at them?"

"Not good enough, the janitor looked a bit bulky like he was wearing body armor of some kind. I took the top floor, and had the elevator stop off on two additional floors. If they’re police or military they will waste a lot of time."

"Why would that cause them to waste time?" Asked Ashley.

"Military and police will block exits and search a building from the bottom to the top if they’re looking for someone. With a building of that size with that many floors, they'll be busy. What were you guys discussing?"

"There is another team of some sort working this site. I tried to get a fix on their location but it's not working out. The pokéball that the Catgirl is in hasn't been moved or transported yet so we're waiting." Explained Selena.

Marco let out a deep sigh and looked over the monitors. One was tracking the bullies from earlier, the next ones were on the pokéball and Catgirl, and the last ones were scanning the radio signals from the teams. There was just too much happening at once and he was starting to get a headache.

"We are going to call it for now. Kelly, Selena, and Isabella can work out the surveillance shifts. Chris, I want you to go back with Alex, Arianna, and Ariel... that's a lot of A's. Arianna, you have a split watch with Alex, if something happens sound the alarm. Alex, when you get into the room teleport back here and get Chesra so we have an entrance."

Jean raised her hand before she spoke. "What about us harem pokégirls? How can we be of assistance?"

"I'm going to go out for another few hours and see what comes up, so you'll be with me. The problem we have right now is that we can't confirm any laws being broken. We have bullies and a shady business but nothing set in stone."

"It's true, we are currently working with a lot of circumstantial evidence. Even the service the business claims to provide isn't illegal, and from what I understand about Prussian, pokégirl abuse is hard to prove." Explained Ariel.

"You have the reports of the stolen pokégirls, but if they are being level fived then you have even less to go off of. I hate to say it but Team Rocket has their shit together."

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Shadow League Organization HQ, Medical/ Psyche Ward

The ashes of the file that Henrietta was given lay scattered on the floor. Only the picture of Marco remained, safely in her pocket. Her few remaining possessions, the clothes that were taken off her when the morgue took her in, her wallet, and a phone that was destroyed when she fought Delilah and Clair. She looked at the door, it's discoloration from the constant heating and cooling she subjected the door to was evident. It was time for her to leave.

She backed up against the far wall of room and charged, enhancing her body with Bulk Up before kicking the door handle. The handle shot out and embedded itself into the adjacent wall. Cindy was already in the hallway on a walk through and blocked her path. "I thought you were going to wait till Phil got back. How’d you break the door?"

"Rapid heating and cooling then a sharp kick. Now out of my way, we agreed that if I got out of that room then no one would get in the way." Flesh began to pour off Henrietta's head and upper body, leaving only a dark flaming skull.

Cindy's pink and black hair shifted slightly as her armor formed and wings sprouted. "You made that deal with him, I'm not part of his harem. I'm in charge and I say you're staying, even if I have to make you."

If Henrietta had eyebrows to raise she would have. Never the less she had someone out there she needed to kill and didn't feel like wasting time. "I'm going to leave YOU alive, but when you come to, I want you to know that the blood of everyone I kill will be on your hands." She laughed internally as her threat hit home for the nurse. The wings slowly receded and the armor deformed. "As I thought, now get the fuck out of my way."

Cindy's eyes narrowed like a hawk. She couldn't risk the lives of innocent patients to try and contain one girl but was pissed that she couldn't stop her. "Fine! Get the hell out then, you'll never make it out of the base."

Her temper finally got the better of her and she struck the Night Nurse with a Gust Punch, knocking the wind out of her. "Fuck off... and tell Phil I said thanks for the file."

Henrietta made it outside of the hospital and tried her best to sneak through the base. A difficult task under normal circumstances, made even harder when one has a flaming head. Her first order of business was to find a mode of transportation and no better place to do that than the motor pool. Much like police vehicles, everything was specifically tuned to get the most out of the engines, increasing the power and speed. But these vehicles went hand and hand with the ridiculous amount of fire power they carried.

'Oh yeah, taking that.'

Her heart fluttered for a second when she saw the newest model of hover bike. No fire power at all but built for achieving incredible speeds, six times the speed of the average hover bike at its max. The problem with this particular model was because of the speed it ate power like a Snorlass and was incredibly fragile. Power consumption wouldn't be a problem for her though.

She was looking the bike over when a surge of her powers burst forth. The bike began to morph its form, gaining armor and spikes in areas to provide more defense and give it a more vicious look. At that same time a patrolling guard heard the commotion and spotted her.

The very sight of Henrietta cause the guard to jump back quickly and release her harem, a Growlie and Harpy Lady. "Roving Patrol Charlie-3 to dispatch, unauthorized pokégirl in the Motor Pool, requesting back up!" She quickly called in and drew her sidearm. The sound of the alarm was music to her ears. "You! Step away from the vehicle and get down on your knees!"

Henrietta's reply was to rip off the chains holding the bike down and charge. As soon as she was in range she snapped the chain out like a whip, wrapping it around the neck of the Growlie and pulling her into a Clothesline. The Harpy Lady shot forward to use Mach breaker but Henrietta ducked down then shot forward and up, catching her by the throat and slamming her to the ground. With both of her girls out of commission the guard began to back up.

"Recall them and leave before I decide to kill you!" She yelled sternly and summoned her gun.

"Pl... please st... stay where you a..." Before she could finish Henrietta fired, sending a black flamed round through her leg. The wound wanted to bleed but was seared shut from the flames.

"The next ones are through the heads of you and your girls. Lay there and shut the hell up!"

The gun and radio of the officer lay cast to the side as she clutched her leg. She was helpless and petrified, just waiting for either her back up, her death, or for the terrifying girl to leave. In a burst of flames Henrietta shot into the air on the bike and disappeared into the distance. Moments later more security arrived along with Philip, Clair, Minerva, and Cindy.

Phillip looked around, the damage done was much less than he was anticipating. "... That could've gone better. They're going to be pissed when they hear about the Quick Recon Bike being stolen."

"So where's she going now?" Asked Minerva.

"To kill Gwyn and anyone who gets in her way."

Clair finished healing the guard and recalled her pokégirls. "Think we'll get the bike back?"

"You are more than welcome to try and ask for it after I'm done with her." Said Cindy, she was clutching her stomach from where she'd been hit and was very mad about the entire episode.

"Oh yeah, good luck with that. You'd be dealing with the entire unit by then and that's a fight I don't want to have."

"You always were such a priss when it came to fighting. Never one to get your hands dirty."

"Well it looks like she roughed you up, but you can stay here and dwell on it." Remarked Phillip.

Cindy straightened herself up and turned to Phillip. "Like hell, I going with you. I owe her for that punch."

Phillip chuckled as he thought about it. 'She always did hate to let someone get the better of her.' "Welcome aboard. I'll need to get your gear out of storage. Contact the hospital and tell them you’re going with me and be ready to leave in the morning. Clair, do we have a location on Spencer?"

"Yes sir, Delilah sent a message saying that they were all in Prussian City. Readman was logged as having registered a Gym Battle there earlier today. They are hoping that he's either still in the city or heading to Sapphron City to fight the gym leader. They have ambushes set up until they find and kill him or he's confirmed to be in another area."

"So they’re focusing on him as they find him, but the fact that he has teleport capable pokégirls makes it difficult to pin him down. Minerva, do you have any ideas?"

"When I was tracking him I managed to get a lock onto the signal of his pokédex. Unless he teleported away he was pretty easy to keep an eye on... but after what happened that night I don't think it will ever be that easy again. Sorry I couldn't be more help master?"

"I already explained that I don't do things like your old boss, all I ask is that you give me everything you got when the time comes. Let's get going, I have this feeling that things are going to be really rough tomorrow."

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Prussian City, undisclosed location

"Are you sure that he's still in the area? I don't want to waste all this time and man power for nothing." Sighed Richard, the second Marco was confirmed to be in Prussian they dispatched teams to the outer borders and routes. No one really expected him to be active again so quickly after the incident in Cerulesbian City.

"Yes Master, his dex was used to sign in and the records say that he won the battle."

Valery, Richard's Umbrea, sat going over the ambush points they had set up. Over three dozen individuals were being used to try and kill one man or possibly one harem. The entire idea seemed completely ridiculous. "So what exactly is supposed to be is special about them, are they worth this much time and effort?"

"Val, you weren't there, Gwyn wasn't there for the whole thing. The power of their Alpha was incredible, it would take the four of us to take her down. Now imagine there being fifteen more equally as powerful... only on Master Richards order will I ever face such a danger again." Denise was with Minerva when they faced down Kelly and had never felt more powerless.

Richard gently squeezed her shoulder. "If I ever owe Delilah anything, it's for getting you two back to me. Truth be known I want nothing to do with this mission anymore, but I don't have a choice in matter."

Z-Ko sat back in her chair and looked at Richard with a questioning eye. "Z-Ko has never know you to back down from any sort of challenge, why does this man bother Z-Ko’s Master so?"

Richard took a deep breath and tried his best to figure out how to answer the question. "We can all agree that I am somewhat hard on Gwyn, right?" Though it was reluctant they all nodded in agreement. "And all the same, if something were to happen to her or any of you, I would be incredibly pissed. Right?" Once again they all nodded. "Now, Delilah said that I was sent again because I was the best match for Readman, because we're a lot alike. That’s bad. Not only did we capture and torture him we are responsible for killing one of his girls and a very important one from the way they spoke of her. We are dealing with a man who swore vengeance on site, regardless of the situation."

The area in front of Richard hazed for a moment before Delilah appeared. "On top of that they got to see your faces during the exchange; Zee is the only one who would ever be able to get close... maybe."

"And here you are again, it's always such a pleasure. Don't you have some boots that need licking?" Shot Denise, she vaguely remembered being knocked out by the Dark Queen.

Delilah looked down upon the Thundercunt like she was nothing. "The last one to mouth off to me like that was Minerva, a trusted worker for the gentleman. She didn't last long, do not think your ties to either man will spare you from me."

Richard was quick to recall Denise, being well aware of her temper. "She didn't mean to offend, what brings you too us? Is there a sighting on Readman in another area?"

She bowed politely and took the now vacant seat. "It's quite the opposite; I'm here for a status report. So please, your report."

There was something, a lot of things really, about Delilah that Spencer didn't like. But nothing was more unnerving than the fact that she was always very formal and polite. "We have the Excavation Hotel, under surveillance in case Readman shows up. When Gwyn cracked his dex we picked up on a pattern of him staying in a city for a night then leaving the following day so we are going with that."

"Ok, any activity from there?"

"There was one check-in with a pokégirl out, reports say it was a Cherub. Readman has a Cherub in Avalanche but it could just be a coincidence that she was with a woman."

Delilah crossed her legs and sat back in the chair. "There are very few true coincidences in the world. That still wouldn't explain what she's doing with a woman. Either way just keep your eyes open, now what about this Team Rocket problem I heard about?"

"Yeah, I mentioned that to the gentleman. He said that they weren't our problem and to keep on Readman until this was over."

"That would be for the best. Thank you for your report Richard, I will be in the area."

"Does that mean we can count on your support Mistress Delilah?" Asked Gwyneth.

"Of course not, if things take a turn for the worst I will clean up like I did last time. If you've learned anything from your last fight with them it's that they aren't to be underestimated. I wish you the best, happy hunting." In another haze she disappeared from their sight.

Valery tossed her folder onto the table and let out a snarl. "Is it just me or does she bug the hell out of anyone else?"

"Let it go, Minerva was anything but weak and if she took her down like she said she did then she's in her own league." Warned Richard.

"In her own league, she's on her own side. Whatever reason she's helping the Gentleman I know she has her own plans in motion. I wonder if he knows it too?"

"That's not our problem. We get to deal with Readman, if you see him don't hesitate to kill. The last thing I want is for him getting his harem out. If that happens try and kill him anyway."

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The following afternoon, Prussian City

Marco and the others were still watching the monitors for action on any front. Those who had taken night watches were resting in the back room until called. Chris and Alexis made it back to the safe house with no trouble, though Chris noticed an increase in random people being around for no reason. She decided to change her state of dress to baggy and more concealing to her features. With no obvious reasons to attract attention anyone focused on her would be easier to spot.

Finally the blip that had shown the location of the Catgirl disappeared from its original spot. Instantly everyone was up and checking the monitors. After a few minutes the blip never came back up. "What's the deal, why isn't the tracker working?" Asked Marco.

"The transfer process may have fried the locator, or the ball is still in the transfer process. We can only hope that the rest of the trackers are still functional." Explained Isabella. Moments later the blip resurfaced but off the range of the radar. "Major, I'm going to need you to fly with me. We can get a teleportation point and drop in this evening."

"Sounds good, I got the portable radar. As soon as we have the location we'll teleport back." Kelly retrieved the locator tablet then grabbed Isabella and teleported away.

Arianna let out a loud yawn, having decided to take the entire night shift. She was awakened when everyone else started scrambling and went to make sure they weren't under attack. "Is it time?"

"Not yet, get some more sleep, we go in tonight. I can only hope we find proof of their crimes." Stated Marco.

"I hope that the little sister will survive that long. A battle stress evolution isn't pleasant, I know this first hand." She brushed her hand across a golden skull on her vest. Many of the other members in Delta had the same medal, symbolizing their combat prowess of over 100 kills.

"I remember that day, you were soaked in blood and barely standing when we made it to you. Hostages all accounted for, the few Team Karma members that were left alive were too afraid to move, and the team leader's skull was crushed beneath your foot." Chesra thought back.

"Team Karma? I haven't heard about them in years, weren't they the group that was unjustly torturing pokégirls because to some misguided crusade from the Revenge War?" Asked Chris.

"Yeah and this mission is bringing back some bad memories. I hope the Catgirl will be alright." Arianna said in a far off voice. She felt Marco's hand scratch the back of her ear and relaxed.

"We'll make sure that she's ok."

The monitor tracking the Catgirl blinked a few times then switched to an aerial view of the city with the radar taking up the bottom right corner. The terrain was flat and wide open with not much in the form of trees. As the camera traveled, strips of pavement and landing platforms came into view. The blip of the Catgirl centered over what appeared to be a warehouse of some sort.

Chris looked over the foldout map of Prussian City and spotted the only location that seemed to fit the visual description they had. “That looks like the Prussian Airport that’s still under construction. Where are these pictures being taken from?”

“That’s Isabella’s camera, she can transform into a recon plane and is sending us the visuals. I don’t see too many vehicles in the area so they probably live on site.” Explained Marco.

Chris nodded and looked over the reports of the missing pokégirls. “How are we going to do this? Do we inform the authorities first or do we confirm what’s inside first? Unless they own that building and have a permit to conduct such business, they are clearly in the wrong.”

“The latter… for the most part. If things are as bad as I think they might be then we just take care of it ourselves, after everything is secure then we call the police. If no one is alive when we're done we mark the mission as classified and register it with the military. Then we try and make sure that the pokégirls are returned to their owners.”

“I guess the ones that were lost in legit battles won’t have reports filed, so they get turned over to the league.”

Chesra was doing the final checks of their equipment and looked over to Chris. “Um… will Chris be going along too, she isn’t really trained in this kind of work.”

“Yes she will, we brought her in on this mission and she’s just as much apart as we are. We’ll split the teams into three groups. I’ll be with the Harem, Selena, your job is to keep the area clear and if we have to evacuate make sure we have a clear path. Chris, you’ll be with Kelly, Arianna, and Isabella as a support team. But your main objective is to find our Catgirl and get her back.”

“She looked like a sweetheart; after this is over she’ll be joining your unit?”

“That’s the plan, but that all depends on how the vote goes. I don’t think it will be a problem though. Everybody get some rest, we start the mission at 2100.”

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Route 10 North 1500

The young tamer shook with fear, the majority of his harem was unconscious with the few that were close to death back in their pokéballs. His better judgment told him not to try anything stupid, like he did when he tried to capture the girl that was riding him. He remembered hitting her spot on with a GreatBall and watching it have no effect other than to wake and enrage the sleeping girl.

One by one and non-too gently she overwhelmed his six girls before knocking him out. When he came to she had tied his hands to a tree and was having her way with him. He couldn’t feel any emotion from her as she took what she wanted. She didn’t talk, didn’t moan, didn’t make a sound; just took the sex she needed apparently. With a grunt he couldn’t hold back any longer and came. That flaming head appeared to be looking though his very soul and he thought for a moment that she would kill him on the spot.

Slowly she climbed off him and put her pants back on. The Hover Bike appeared out of nowhere and roared to life. A gun appeared in her hands and she leveled it off at his head. “I’m sorry kid…”

Birds took flight as the shot rang out in the forest. The streak of the fire disappearing in the distance.

“No one is going to believe this… I got tamed.” The sigh of relief escaped his lips and he rubbed his wrist where the bullet cut the ropes.

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Prussian City Air Port, under construction, 2100

The teams had assembled on the outskirts of the air field. A high barbed wire fence bordered the landing strips but was cut through quickly enough. Even though construction had started years ago most of the area was littered with various types of equipment and materials scattered about. Those made for excellent cover as the maid their way to the destination warehouse.

Echo team stopped a few hundred yards out to set up their extraction point, while Marco and Kelly looked for a way inside. The entire area was dark with the exception of the ample moon light from the clear sky. As they looked around they couldn't spot any security cameras or motion detectors. The radar Isabella had was able to cover the whole building and the locators were coming in strong but moving around very quickly.

"Ok ladies, this place is a lot bigger than what I thought it was going to be. Kelly, your team has the right side, my team will take the left side. Catalog anything you find, incapacitate anyone you see. We need proof that this is a Team Rocket operation."

"All things considered I don't think that will be too tough. This building isn't registered for use, whatever is going on in there has got to be illegal. Let's go."

Inside of the building was nothing like they were expecting. It resembled more of an office than an industrial warehouse. Everything was spotless, the lighting was on but low, and there wasn't a soul to be found.

Ashley lead Marco's team through the maze of hallways, listening for anything that would give a clue to someone else being around. Each of the rooms they checked were filled with shelves and line with pokéballs. The tags accompanying the balls had the pokégirl type and a brief description of the girl contained in the ball. Further down the hallway they came to door that was cracked open with a brighter light shining out.

On the inside were a pair of men in coveralls. In front of them were multiple displays from cameras and a console littered with buttons. Though neither of them seemed to be paying attention to the monitors, instead focusing on a larger display of what looked like an arena.

"Damn it, we may have to increase the turnaround time for providing pokégirls." Said the first male as he flipped through what appeared to be a log book.

"I know, ever since that raid in Stone Town our shipments of evo stones has been cut in half." The second took a drink from his cup and rocked back in his chair.

"Yep, not to mention the Doc getting arrested."

"Don't even get me started on him. That was a sick fucker through and through. I know he was in charge of making the broken breeds, but he liked his work way too much. What happened to him anyway?"

"David? I heard he was indulging himself and a pokégirl evolved and got away after kicking his ass. Then the police arrested him after they found some video evidence."

"Serves him right, should have kept the bitch tied up better. And really, who records something like that? When are they going to find a replacement?"

"No clue, the boss pulled some strings and got his sentence reduced. Jess said that he only got a year."

"Jessie… Now that is a piece of ass if you’re not into pokégirls. What I wouldn't give to bend her over."

"Better not let Jim hear you saying that, he'll knock you back down to robbing tamers in the woods."

"Man you should be watching this fight, this girl is getting her ass kicked by our girls."

The first guy closed the logbook and turned to the second. "No, what we should be doing is watching the monitors for intruders. Not watching some... damn that's got to be broken, slide over."

Outside the door, Marco and his harem had heard everything and all turned to Carrie. The Penance was just barely visible in the low light, her toes biting into the carpet and her face moist with tears and twisted in anger. It had occurred to all of them that she was the pokégirl that the two men had been talking about. It pained Marco not to let her go into that room and do whatever she wanted to the two men. But they needed information and at least one seemed like he knew something. Just before they were getting ready to go in they heard a beeping coming from inside.

The first man rolled back over to the camera monitors and started clicking buttons on the console. "Fuck, one of the sensors was tripped... there, it's a small group of pokégirls on the rooftop. Call Jim and have him send back up."

"I'm on it," The second man jumped out of his chair and hit a button on the console, the large screen pulled up an image of a ringing phone.

The call connected but instead of a male voice a female answered. "This is Jess, what's the problem?"

Marco had burst through the door seconds too late to stop the call. "Indigo Military, get down on your knees with your hands on top of your head!" The second man made a move to disconnect the call but Carrie lunged from her position knocked him to the ground.

"What the fuck, James, call the boss! (click)"

Marco looked at the monitors and spotted the team on the rooftop, none of them looked like anyone from Kelly's team or the Echo team. "Damn it! Who the fuck are they! You, who do you work for?"

The first man raised his head to look down the barrel of the shotgun pointed at him. "I'm not telling you shit!"

"We're the only people who know you're here. Now I only need one of you to answer questions, which means the other one is expendable. Only going to ask one more time, who do you work for?" He punctuated his threat by clicking off the safety.

"Team Rocket! All we do is guard the area." The second man yelled in fear.

Marco smiled and struck the first guy with the butt of the shotgun. "I guess we have a winner. What are you doing here?"

Carrie pulled the second guy onto his knees and zip tied his arms behind his back. "We watch over the cameras, the trainers deal with the pokégirls. They train and condition newer girls as they come in and sell most of them. That's all I know I swear!"

"Yeah, sure. Ches, take these two out to the Echo team then come back." Marco took a seat in the chair and started looking over the monitors before clicking his headset. "Echo, Chesra is on her way with two Team Rocket members. Alex, I need you to sneak onto the roof. We have another team that just tripped the alarm. Kelly, what's your status?"

"Sir, we are on the second floor. So far just a bunch of empty rooms, the other half of the building seems to be sealed off."

Chesra tapped Marco on the shoulder to get his attention. "There is a teleport jammer running, I can carry them out or knock them out."

"Knock them out and put them in taming restraints, we'll take care of them later." He clicked his headset. "Be extra careful Kelly, the building has a teleport jammer running. Everybody keep on your guard, there's a good chance we have more company coming."

Kelly thought for a moment before making a decision and pulling out a deck of cards. "Echo Team, I want you inside the building, I'm sealing the area off. Sir, I'm putting Ariana in charge of my team."

Marco understood what she was going to do all too well. It would make the building almost impossible to get into from the outside. "Echo you have 30 seconds to get inside. Kelly, lock yourself in one of the empty room and stay out of sight."

Selena and the rest of Echo didn't waste a second and made a dead sprint for the doors. Kelly summoned her Ladies of War to guard the room as she took a seat on the floor and placed a card down. The normal active range for her field effect cards was about a city block, but by pouring more of her energy into the card she could increase the distance it covered. Performing such an action had two major drawbacks, it left her extremely weak and required a lot of concentration.

The building began to rumble as if it was the center point of an earth quake. Large stone walls formed out of nothing leaving only the warehouse they were in at the center of a maze that stretched on for a solid mile. On the outside the area now looked like a large stone box whose contents could only be guessed at.

With the maze in place Alexis went back out and enlarged her wings so that she could fly onto the roof on the building. Upon her arrival she saw the shopkeeper from the store looking around with a flash light. She as well as three other near-human pokégirls appeared to be startled by the sudden changes in their environment. It was far too dark to make out what they were till they lit a flair and set it on the ground. The easiest to identify was the Mini-Top, ears and knives being a dead giveaway. Next to her was another female, but this one had a monkey's tail, possibly a Caphoochie or Sayjin. The last one didn't look human at all now that there was more light, her gold with black splotched fur and ears were that of some kind of feline. All eyes appeared to be on her for some reason.

"Oh come on, I had nothing to do with that, I'm not even using my powers right now." The cat said as she folded her arms in a huff.

The Mini-Top didn't seem all that convinced though. "Just your being around brings bad luck and misery to us."

"That's not true Kali, she was out when that lady brought in that Catgirl she wanted to evolve. If not for that we never would have been able to plant that tracker on the ball." Countered the Shopkeeper.

"True... but we had hellacious radio interference the entire time. We can blame that on her." Retorted the Sayjin.

"Who's that?" The Ocelolita pointed to where Alexis was standing, though it was still so dark they couldn't see her. "It's the pokégirl that was with the lady from the store."

Alexis hit her radio to call for back up but her radio was getting nothing but static on her end. "Staff Sargent Alexis of the IRS Military Division. Who are you and what are you doing here?"

Slowly the Shopkeeper approached Alexis to get a better look at her, the insignia and Military I.D. shown clear as day with her flashlight on it. "That is the pokégirl from the shop... Indigo Military? Damn it." She said under her breath. "Nilly, SLOI Criminal Teams Task Force, we are investigating this building as a Team Rocket operations safe house. What's your unit Sargent?"

"Avalanche, and you are interrupting our operation. Please leave the area." Alexis had activated her Aura of Cute to try and get them to cooperate before resorting to violence. Still she couldn't sense anything from Nilly's mind.

"You are cute as a button but it won't work on her. So how about you leave and let us handle things from here?" Spoke the Ocelolita, being partially immune to the same aura she also had.

"Lana don't be rude, we don't want to have an incident with them. I guess this darkness is your groups doing somehow, why not work together on this?"

"I would call it in but I think your radios are screwing with mine. Let's see if we can come to an agreement."

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The secret location... in North Indigo… about 53 miles from Indigo Plateau... In a bunker built into the side of a mountain

"Jessie start from the beginning, what’s going on?" The Gentleman tried to calmly absorb the bad news he was getting.

"Our training and selling base in Prussian City is being hit by the military. I have no idea how many there are but they took over the monitoring room from the sound of things. I received a call and then heard shouting on the other end. I think we need to evac the base and call it a loss." The frazzled woman explained.

"Did the alarm go off?"

"Um... no sir?" The fact that the alarms weren't triggered was odd now that she thought about it. "The remote system says that there was a security breech on the roof seconds before I got the call. Why would that happen?"

'Damn it, it's Readman it's got to be Readman' "There's only a small number of them, fifteen at the most. Drop the teleport jammers for a minute and I'll send someone in. Clear out all of the Team Rocket personnel. I'm sending a cleaner to take care of the building and a specialist to handle the military. If anyone is left there after you give the evac orders then it's on them."

"Yes sir, I'll drop the jammers and issue the evacuation orders. (Click)"

"Fuck it! That's it, I'm fucking done! It was bad enough, when it was just the girls, now he's fucking with my business!" The Gentleman was furious and pacing back and forth around the office. With a grunt he sat down in the chair and gripped the armrest. "Fine!" He jammed his finger into one of the many small red buttons located next to his phone.

A few seconds had gone by before the pokégirl teleported in and stood in front of his desk. Clad in a skin tight, leather sneaking suit, dark tan skin, and off white hair. The simple, cute smile the Bondage Elf wore was quickly replace with a look of concern. "Business or pleasure Master?"

"Andzral, business right now, pleasure later." Slowly he slid the picture across to her. "I want you to pick up Spencer from his post in Prussian City and take him to our business operation at the airport. Spencer cannot find out you're with Team Rocket, any team members you see there are to be disposed of... AND IF YOU SEE THIS MAN, BRING ME HIS FUCKING HEAD!"

She rubbed her ears from his yelling and blinked a few times before picking up the picture. "Master... you must calm down, it's bad for your health. Minerva was a failure and Delilah acts of her own accord, your Huntress will take care of everything." She made her way around the desk and pulled his head against her chest. "Trust your Huntress."

He took in a deep breath and held it before letting out a relaxed sigh. "You know I do. If things turn bad I want you to leave, the pokégirls he has with him are tough and I don't want you getting killed."

"Your Huntress does the killing and fears nothing." She spoke softly and released his head. As she looked upon the photo her eyes changed. Gone were the caring eyes, these were focused and precise, the eyes of the Hunter Bondage Elf.

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Andzral appeared in front of Richard and his harem. They had seen her before and knew she was from the Gentleman's personal harem. Minerva would just refer to her as The Elf. She had never spoken to them and hardly acknowledged their existence.

"Spencer, there is an incident that Master needs you to take care of. Recall your harem and I will take you there."

"We were under orders to find and kill Marco Readman, what's changed?"

She held up the picture for them to get a better look. "Is this the man you speak of?"

"That's the guy, we're supposed to kill him and take his harem."

"Then you fall under my orders for now, we are to storm a Team Rocket base and purge it of their presence. This man is suspected to be there also, so recall your harem and we will go."

Z-Ko rose from her seat and got in the elf's face. "And what are you going to do, grow them a garden? All I've even see you do is stand around like a lawn ornam..." Her rant was cut short when Andzral locked her hand around her throat.

"I should kill you right now for delaying my mission. Spencer, if you want her to live past the next five seconds then you will recall your harem so we can leave. The teleport jammers won't be down for much longer."

He quickly toggled their pokéballs and stood before the Bondage Elf. Her hand reached out to touch his shoulder and he took her roughly by the wrist. "You threaten any of them again and I'm done with all of this. Am I understood?"

"Then you had better understand this as well, Master is furious and sent me to make sure it gets done. I am not Delilah, I am his Huntress and I don't care who or what stands in my way, his orders will be carried out to the letter."

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Chris, Arianna, and Isabella made it to the third floor and were still looking for a way to cross over to the other side of the building. The locators were still coming in strong but hadn't been moving as quickly as they were before. Finally they reached a set of double doors that would let them cross to the other side.

Chris covered her mouth in shock. The Catgirl was still on her feet but was looking horrible. One arm had been burnt to the point that she couldn't use it while the other one was clearly broken. Her fur was matted down with sweat and blood, one eye had been seared shut, and she limped around. She was completely surrounded by a trio of pokégirls; an Eelara, a Cheetit, and a Charmelon. On the wall was a digital clock that was counting up and nearing the four hour mark.

Arianna had reached her breaking point when she saw the Catgirl. "I'm going in, Isabella you stay back." She whispered.

"Take me too, I don't think she can take much more." Harshly whispered Chris.

"No, the Colonel would gut me if I took you in there." Off to the far side she heard the other set of doors open and prepared to attack till she saw Jean coming out. "It's you."

"Yeah, Marco saw what was happening on the cameras and told me to assist her, and that you would be there soon. I guess you got here first. Chris can keep her calm while we clean up, and Chesra will be in shortly."

Arianna grinned maliciously. "Then let's protect the little sister."

'Why is this happening to me, I just got bought and they seemed like such nice people. Now I'm fighting for my life.' Sobbed the Catgirl, she had been holding her own the best she could. But with both of her arms out of commission and her ankle broken, thanks to the Cheetit, she was waiting for the inevitable. She shook and lowered her head as the Charmelon inhaled deeply, her tell for the incoming flamethrower. 'Here comes the end...' Flames shot towards her and then split, going on either side of her. She opened her eyes to see the War Hound standing to her left while the two tailed fox was on her right. '... Oh thank god.'

Chris pulled her close and released Ariel. "You're safe now; we won't let anyone hurt you."

"Stand down, you are under arrest! Get down on your knees and place your hands on your head!" Ordered Arianna.

"Nothing doing bitch, we're going to beat you just like we beat her." Boasted the Cheetit.

"Three on one and she's just an initiate, how about you try that with one of Avalanche. As a general rule I hate to see the strong bulling the weak, but I think I'm gonna do it to you anyway!" The Cheetit sprung at blazing speed from behind and attempted to attack Arianna. The War Hound took one step forward then threw her elbow back, cracking the felines skull and killing her instantly. "Anyone else willing to go toe to toe with Avalanche's Blood Hound?"

The Charmelon inhaled and shot another flamethrower attack. Jean took a step away from the group and thrust her hands out, the flames stopped a few feet from them and spread out to create a wall of fire between them and the fire types. "Yet another Vixxen coming to be defeated by my hand."

Jean smiled and manipulated her tails so that each could be seen from her sides and made them glow. "You got the wrong breed, give it up, you can't win against me."

"We'll see about that."

The wall of flames blocked Jean and the Charmelon from the view of the others and Arianna turned her attention to the Eelara. She could clearly hear the two girls fighting it out and it was getting her blood pumping. "The easy way or the hard way, how ya want it?"

Ariel had already taken off in pursuit of the Team Rocket trainers that made a run for it the second the Cheetit hit the ground. Chris took the Catgirl to a dark corner away from the fighting girls and looked her over. She groaned weakly while Chris was applying the P-Med dispenser. Slowly she was coming around and hugged Chris as tightly as she could.

"Ssshhh, it's ok now. We're sorry you had to go through that, the Colonel will be here soon and then we'll get you somewhere safe."

The chase the two trainers lead Ariel on was short lived and they found themselves in a dead end. "Indigo Military, you're under arrest. Lay down on your stomach and spread your arms." The Jenny ordered.

Seeing that they were cornered the two trainers turned around to attack, pulling knives as they approached. Unfortunately for them, Ariel had taken the advanced courses in hand to hand combat and weapon defense. She moved in quickly, countering the first trainers charge and tossing him to the ground. Before she could recover the second trainer lashed out and sliced into the vest she was given. The next slash was stopped by catching his arm and snapping his wrist before throwing him down and cuffing him. Trainer one had gotten back to his feet and swiped, cutting her arm and vest at the same time.

Feeling escalation of force was necessary she charged forward, shoulder checking him into the wall. He bounced once and was met with a spin-kick that threw him through the wall. For a moment Ariel thought that she had over done it till she notice the wall appeared to be hollow. Smoke seemed to drift from the other side and she was startled when Rebecca stuck her head through.

"Rebecca, what are you doing over there?"

"Clearing the building and waiting for the all clear from the Colonel or Major. I think you dropped this." She joked before tossing the cuffed and unconscious trainer back through the hole. "We also have a team from SLOI here that Alex found."

"SLOI? Bet Marco's going to love that. We recovered the Catgirl and should be out shortly." Ariel replied as she placed the two trainers on her shoulders and started back. "See you soon."

Two thuds caught Chris's attention and she turned to see Ariel dropping the unconscious pair of Team Rocket trainers next to her. She had a few slices in the vest she was given and a cut on her arm but was otherwise fine. "They put up a pretty good fight, for thugs. Will she be ok?"

"She'll be fine, still in shock though. We need to get her somewhere safe."

"I found a false wall that will lead us to the other side. Echo is waiting for us... there is also the team from SLOI that Alex ran into."

"The Shadow League? Why are they here? No matter, let's meet up with Echo."

At that very moment Chesra teleported next to them with Marco and the rest of the harem. The first thing Marco did when he saw the Catgirl was sigh deeply and shake his head. "I'm sorry, you're in good hands now..." A loud shrieking scream came from the center of the room, along with the body of the Charmelon with one of Jean's knives poking through the back of her throat. The body hit the Eelara and knocked her over, instantly Arianna was on top of her and grabbed her by the head, then gave it a twist so vicious it was facing the wrong way.

Arianna gave herself a quick dust off before being joined by the others. "That was mildly satisfying. Everyone good?"

Marco looked around the room, it was apparent that the whole side of the building they were on was used as some giant training facility. There was going to be more than enough evidence to link the store to Team Rocket. "It looks like we got everything we came for. Call the Prussian police and..."

 

 

 

 

Delta

Echo

Indigo

 

Beta- Chesra- Warrior nun	KIA- Henrietta- CalamityJane	Beta- Mina- Kunoichi
Emaline- FireMaiden	Field Beta Selena- Caphoochie	Renae- IceMaiden
Arianna- War Hound	Alexis- Cherub	Isabella- Mecha Musume
Kim- Bombshell	Rebecca- Smokey	Zianna- Lupina
Nikki- SexSlash	Lily- Gloomy	Leona- Lamia

 

Harem

Chesra- Alpha

Carrie- Penance

Ashley- Peekabu

Jean- Dark Kitsune