Mewtwo sat staring at the empty cave. He knew Jen would be safe with her sister and the others, but there were other thoughts going on through his mind.
"Why did the gem not work with Jen? It sent her to a completely different world. Arceus, I need to talk to you." Mewtwo mentally called out to the god-like Legendary.
"I'm listening, Mewtwo, but I cannot leave the Distortion World." Arceus's voice echoed within his mind. "Palkia already told me about your dilemma with the gem."
"Why is it not allowing Jen to cross over with the rest of us? You said she would be able to come with us to this world as long as she was with one of us."
"I honestly don't know why the gem did not work with her."
"You created them! You made them to work on all of us, even Jen!" Mewtwo growled.
"And it does work on her. It just does not work the way any of us hoped it would."
"Is there a way that she could--"
"I don't know, Mewtwo. Give me some time and I will see what I can do, but I promise nothing. In the meantime, get some sleep. She will be safe." Arceus said calmly.
"What about Moltres and Zapdos? They were following us. Why do they seem different? What happened to them?"
Arceus was silent for a moment. "What happened to them indeed. Their darker and primal sides have been forced out. I'd advice that you all stay hidden."
Mewtwo looked back at the cave.
"Do not worry, Mewtwo. They are alright. Zapdos and Moltres have passed over them."
Mewtwo glared up at the unseen Legendary.
Arceus sighed. "You can use the gem to see her. Hold it up and look through it. To reverse the effect, hold the gem up again."
"Why didn't you tell us this earlier?!"
"New feature."
"Are you kidding me?"
"I can get rid of it." Arceus threatened.
Mewtwo held the gem up and looked through it. He could hardly see a thing. However, when he lowered the gem he could see the silhouettes of the teens and their Pokemon. He relaxed when he saw Jen's silhouette next to her sister's and her Pokémons'. "Thank you, Arceus."
"You're welcome." Arceus said, seemingly distracted. "Be on your guard. I sent Celebi's group to Kalos earlier to find Red and the others, but I fear that whatever has befallen Moltres and Zapdos has happened to them."
Mewtwo turned towards the starry sky. "Noted."
Somewhere over the sea
"They're where now?" Clara growled into her walkie-talkie.
"Kalos. The Birds have arrived in Kalos." The grunt on the other end replied.
"It looks like the Mews are taking the bait." Ty said.
"And then...Jackpot!" Lacy cried happily.
"Lacy, shut up!" Clara spit.
"Shall we head over there?" Ty asked.
"Sure. We're supposed to deliver the Mews to Giovanni anyway." Lacy stated. "I wonder what they will look like, especially Jen."
Ty tapped the pilot's shoulder. "Take us to Kalos. Laverre City."
Team Rocket Base
Celebi's group, along with Lugia and Cresselia, were led to prisons made specially to hold them. There were collars around their necks or arms as a group of grunts walked uneasily beside them. Each of the grunts cast fearful glances back at the Legendries.
The Legendries hissed at them, causing many of the grunts to cringe in fright.
"Quit your bitching ya pussies!" An elite Dim Sun grunt growled. "They are under our control."
Some of the grunts glared at the elite, but none of them stopped or tried to talk back.
Many of the Team Leaders watched from above on a catwalk as the Legendries were paraded past them.
Blake Hall, Team Dim Sun's Leader, stared anxiously at Darkrai. "They finally caught Darkrai."
"You really think Giovanni will keep his word? He has almost all of the Legendries. What makes you think he'll reward us with the Legendries we have each been desperately seeking? With one of his Legendries?" Maxie asked bitterly.
"Did you really just say 'his' Legendries? Maxie, you have fallen so far and so hard. What the Hell happened to you? What the Hell happened to all of us?" Archie growled. "Since when did we become Giovanni's puppets?"
"He has that psychic under his control. Mewtwo. You remember what it can do." Cyrus snapped.
"We need Cipher to form a mutiny against Team Rocket. I'll get my grunts to reform and take down Giovanni. Who is with me?" Archie asked with a bold tone in his voice.
The Leaders just stared at him.
"Are you kidding me? You all are going to continue to let Team Rocket, Giovanni, use us and our grunts? We used to be great! Fear! Now, we are Team Rocket's bitches."
"You think we like it?" Blake growled.
"We don't want to wind up like Ghetsis, Fraud, or Greevil." Cyrus hissed.
Giovanni had ordered Fraud to be used as a public example to all the Team Leaders. The Great Gavel Leader was quartered by four Rhyhorns after he and his grunts tried to use their break heart devices to overthrow Giovanni.
The Team Leaders grimaced at the painful and gory memory.
Greevil, on the other hand, was still alive...to an extent, or so everyone was led to believe. The last time any of the Team Leaders had seen the old Leader was about a month or so ago. He had collapsed onto the ground during their first meeting and didn't awaken. Now, he was hidden away somewhere on life support.
The only reason why Giovanni had agreed to let him live was due to his grunt's loyalty. As long as he was alive, the Cipher peons would obey Team Rocket and Lovrina, the scientist working on the shadow machine, would continue to create shadow Legendries.
"Even though we are nowhere near being friends, Archie, I'd still advice you not to do this." Maxie said sternly.
"Shut up, Maxie. If you're not going to help me, then you can go back to blowing Giovanni and his grunts." Archie roared as he stormed away. "Cowards!"
"He's going to get himself killed." Blake muttered as he shook his head somberly.
"Archie has already signed his death certificate." Cyrus said dryly as he looked up at the ceiling. "Our words are no longer safe."
The Leaders followed his gaze and spotted the security camera pointed at them. The lens shifted as the viewer on the other side zoomed in on all of the Leaders.
"Rest in peace, Archie." Maxie sighed.

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Catch Me. Save Me. (Seq. to What Am I?)
FanfictionSequel to What Am I? It has been 2 months since the events of What Am I? and Jen gone. Everyone has given up hope and accepted her death, but why is it that Mikey, a random girl from Johto, is constantly having nightmares about Jen's death?