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Trackwolf — Lockdown (IU)
Published: 2016-05-03 17:33:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 728; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 0
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In the dim light room, the television was all the illuminated. The big rock of a creature had a tiresome day at training and been watching his shows relax. It was Luc’s normal routine; eat, train watch TV and sleep. It was simple and that’s how he like it. He especially loves the Netflix app on his television allowing to watch anything he wanted and stop whenever he wanted. It was perfect for the rhydon and he was greatly happy about it.

As his show continue it started to buffer. Luc as just gotten to the meat of the episode and now the internet was having problems. More worrisome is that the internet was extremely stable within the base. This would only happen during a maintenance that one didn't plan for until next month. He got up from his bed and tap on the television hoping that would fix the problem. It did not.

In frustration, he reaches for his phone making sure it wasn’t just his television that was having problems. To his surprise, his phone was also disconnected. Luc knew that something wasn’t right. But before he could dial into higher command it was them that called him first.

“High command to the Arrow Brothers. This is your supervision speaking. We have gone under lockdown and both of you are to be put on active duty immediately. There is a spy within these walls and we need to find them now.” A spy. Was his home already comprised? That would explain getting the internet cut off. Anything to cut communication for the spy. Still the base was a secure location and infiltrations were rare.

“Luc Laflêche speaking. I will be one my way.” Said the rhydon knowing his night of watching his TV show was over.

“Where is your brother? We can’t contact him.”

“Most likely in class. He usually turns his phone off during class.”

“Well, you better go and find him he got better things than the class at the moment. High command out.” Luc sighed as the call ended. This was such an inconvenient to his day. He was done with his training and just wanted to watch his show but no his base had to be infiltrated by a PRT spy. But Luc was part of the pokéxinction military it was his duty to help, even if it is to solve this faster.

He got out of his room seeing the sight of what would almost be a panic. All of the noncombat personnel were getting back to their dorms making it much easier to find any spy wherever he was hiding. But it was an organized panic; some military personal was guiding the students as orderly as this can be. At the end of the hallways where all the students were going back, he could see some armored soldiers guarding the exit. If he was to found his brother and get along with this mission, then he would need to get past them. Getting past all of the humans and other pokéumans going opposite directions he manage to get to the soldiers in which they, of course, stop him in his tracks.

“Both of you, stats report.” Ordered Luc to the two man hoping to get more information about the situation. Luc still didn’t know the severity of the situation.

“Base on lockdown, no one is to leave until we can find the spy.”

“You should get back to your room sir. Every student is required to stay in their dorms until further notice." Continue the second man looking at the rhydon. Luc didn't hesitate to take out his phone with had his military ID on it. It surprises both soldiers of this.

"Go figure it's one of the Arrow brothers." Luc didn’t fully like the sound of that. On one hand he and his brother have become somewhat infamous for a handful of reasons. Michel got into trouble with higher command much to Luc’s displease. But at the same time, both he and his brother were the youngest PKE agents to gain full membership. This allows some of the facility to be easy on them and showing them the ropes but it also brought tension as somewhere not fully happy with their position.

“Of course, it’s the kid that’s higher rank than us.” Said the second soldier much smaller than his co-worker. Outside of size, Luc couldn’t tell the different between the two.

“But where is your brother?” Ask the larger of the soldiers.

“Most likely in class so I’m going to get him.”

“We close down the education district for the lockdown.” Luc was already more annoyed. He knew that each district would be lockdown from each other to stop any introducers from going anywhere in the base. Although Luc forgets about this detail until now.

“We have the pass to pass the checkpoints.” Luc look around seeing that most of the students were already inside their dorms or there were other soldiers taking care of the job. But no matter how the situation was Luc knew that he would need both of them to get anywhere.

“Good then come with me.” He orders the two as they made their way into the education district. As Luc went cross the hallway he saw all the students getting back to their dorms. It would limit the list of people that could be the spy by a significant portion assuming the spy wasn't one of the students. Luc knew this was unlikely, however; whatever the students were human or pokéuman they were taken at a small age and taught how to use their natural abilities for pokéxinction. Even the older ones coming in as students would be inspected for a hint of treason before joining the other students. Luc was still wounded how the spy could have gotten into the base. He must have been very sneaky yet not sneaky enough for him to stay hidden forever. They continue down until they reach the checkpoint. The door that is normally open to all now barred and guarded. At least the extra help manages to get pass them without problem bringing Luc with them. He just hopes he could find Michel quickly enough; he would know what to do about this.

From within the hallway down Luc could see a much younger man seeming to take a simisear and a zweilous into custody. Within moments, Luc recognises this young man as his brother. Luc was relieved, finding his brother much faster than he anticipated.

"Michel!" Yelled Luc dashing to him. "I've been looking for you."

"Oh yes, there you are. I was going to get you but as you can see I've taken care of the situation." Replied Michel showing his catch. The two pokéuman have clearly been sprayed by the purple gas showing no sign of harm.

"As you can see I manage to catch the spies all by myself. Quite easy if you ask me."

"Wait how do you know that they are spies?" Ask one of the soldiers’ surprise of the situation.

"Ah but I got video proof." Michel takes out a small tablet and with the swipe one the screen shows a two separate videos with the two same pokéumans unconscious. One showed the simisear going to the mainframe and downloading information into a disk drive while the second one showed the sabotage of PKE equipment by the zweilous. It was clear and cut that those were not loyal as the rest of them.

"So it seems to settle." Said the smaller of the two soldier looking at the proof. Luc was also relieved; now he could go and finish his series in peace.

"We should get going buddy and show those two traitors to the high command." As Michel said those words Luc froze in place. His brother called him something that Michel would never use to call him. No something was wrong and Luc knew it.

"What did you just say" Ask Luc in a deeper and monotone tune.

"Well, we should go to higher command and put these traitors where they belong right buddy?" Even Michel was starting to look uncertain as he saw the rhydon eye's of an uncontrolled wrath.

"I am not your buddy!" Close did Luc went giving less and less breathing room to the human.

"I didn't mean to offend. I just thought that since we knew each other for so long we would be friends by now." Not only was Michel calling him his friend and forgetting that Luc was his brother but Michel was terrified of him. Luc knew very well that his brother would rather take a beating of a much bigger pokéuman then to show fear to it.

"What is my name?" Said Luc only two feet away from the imposter.

"Your name... eh... it's...."

"I am your brother!" The eyes of the human went from fear to shock. An expressing that would be quickly wiped off his face as Luc raise his fist and slam it into it. In retaliation, the human tries to fight back but before even moving an inch the Rhydon ram his horn into his chest and drag him into the nearest wall. The two soldiers looking at the event unravelling have let to make a single move.

"I was so close; so close." Said the imposter growling at Luc. Quickly his pale skin turns into a pink and slimy and decrees in size. He was becoming a mix of solid and liquid. The imposter pretending to be Luc's brother was none other than a ditto.

"Where is my brother!" Yelled Luc feeling his anger building up.

"Now now no need for yelling." Replied the slim smiling even with the situation he is in. Luc didn't hesitate to show dominance by digging his claws into the pink flesh.

"You better start giving me answers you little spy!”

"I would love too but I have other plans." The ditto backs up its head and turn it into a giant dinosaur-like head with a reinforced skull bash Luc. The sheer force of the headbutt force Luc out and allow for the now transformed tyrantrum to get away. Laser fire from the two human echoed into the halls doing their best to take out the spy. However the a large creature the ditto turn into an eevee and ran down the hallway at a speed that their accuracy could not keep up with it.

"He's getting away!" Yelled one of the soldiers. Without hesitation, the trio takes charge upon the slim pokéuman. The spy turns a sharp corner momentary losing sight. But this didn’t stop them for a charge. Around the cornrow it first looks like the spy had outrun them. However, Luc saw one of the doors quickly closing with no other signs of the ditto running from.

“He’s in there!” Yelled Luc pointing to the room. The two humans take a breaching position standing on each side of the door. Luc took a few step back ready to charge straight at the door. Head first he when as quickly as his legs allowed him to and force the door open. The ditto eevee look upon his enemies and quickly jump into the ceiling taking out all of the lights. The room was pitch black; Luc couldn’t see more than two feet in front of him. One of the soldiers quickly throws a glow stick into the ground illumining only the bottom half of the room. The furniture was blocking the light from reach the ceiling.

"Nowhere left to hide, nowhere left to run." Echoed a voice. Shadows over what little light they had. They all knew that something was moving on top of them. The soldiers started to fire in the ceiling lighting up the room with flashes of green. Luc saw as a ferrothorn attached to the top begin to swing his massive vines coming down and smack one of the humans like a wrecking ball. The hit knocks off his helmet and had him swing across the room unconscious as he hit the floor. Almost intuitions the ferrothorn drop on the other human and slam his body to the ground over and over again.

The rhydon manage to grab one of the vines and pull with all his strengths at it. The force of this action threw the ferrothorn out of balance and into the air only to land straight into a wall. Before hitting the ground, the ditto quickly transformed into a umbreon and pounded the rock creature biting him on the neck. Almost ineffective by it Luc grab the umbreon and pulls him backward bending his spine into an unnatural position as he retained his fangs into his neck. This was enough for the umbreon to let go and be thrown like a football once more.

Trying everything to exploit the rhydon weakness he turns into a croconaw and fire a large cannon of water into the rhydon. At first, this seems to work but the rhydon refuse to be move has he got hit by this attack.  Right after the water attack was over Luc charge into the croconaw and pin him to the wall. Still one more trick up his sleeve the ditto transformed back into a ferrothorn and the increases in mass throw Luc back away. With all, he had remained the transformed ditto threw all of his spike vines into the rhydon and threw him into the wall. No more movement from the opponent, the ditto took a moment to catch his breath. He was thankful to have won as he did; he was too tired to keep going.

But as a wish given too soon the floor beneath him crack open and he found himself surrounded by rocks. He turned back into his original form incapable of moving. It was over; he had lost.

"How did you... I threw everything I had at you..." Said the ditto as he saw Luc getting back up and looking as if he could still continue to fight.

"I'm a tough cookie. Simple as that." A grind on Luc’s face appears happy that he manages to do this by himself.

"They did something to you didn't they? Those damn extinctionist did something to you!" Luc simply stood there refusing to answer him; refusing to say anything that the spy could use against him.

"They did! They use you like a lab rat and with no care for you own well being. Well, it doesn't have to be this way." A long pause between the two. "We at pokéuman can change that. We can give you a new life; a life of meaning and purpose. Not just a life of being a dog to those extinctionists."

"No, I think not. I would never join you." Said Luc without hesitation.

"In that case, you are one of those dogs; always following orders no matter how many times you get beating up by your masters." Luc having heard enough take up his fist into the air and landed with his full might into the living slim. With the final beat on the head, the room was quiet again. He checks the ditto for anything he could be holding and only found two things; a data chip which most likely contain the information he was going after and a gym locker key. He recognizes the key and the number for the local gym and he had a fairly good idea of what it was for. The two human soldiers were still alive but in no capacity to help the rhydon in any kind of way. He forces the locked door open with one swift of a kick and it was enough to gain the attention of other soldiers.

“What is going on here?” Yelled a raichu with a small squad with him.

“I took out the spy. The reason we have this lockdown.”

“Wait are you serious? You took out the spy by yourself?”

“Well, I had some help. They are injured and may need some medical assistance.” A simple hand gestor from the raichu ordered the squad to move into the room while the two stood in front of each other.

“You’re one of the Arrow brothers aren’t you?”

“Yes.”

“Sir the room is clear. We got two injured privates and an unregister ditto.”

“Looks like we got our spy. Well then LaFlêche. At least you are competent for your age.”

“Thank you sir.” He quickly grabs the data chip and passes it to the raichu. “This should be proof of his guilt.”

“Very good; you are dismissing.” Said the raichu following his men into the dark room. Luc immediately headed for the gym instead of his room where he would rather be. He had some unfinished business to attend.

Into the local gym where a mixture of typical human gyms and large enough for the pokéumans that wanted to train and battle. It was a place Luc never like but he had other

Arriving into the locker room he looks for the rows upon rows of metal boxes. He checks the key knowing exactly which locker it was. He could already head from moving inside said locker as if something was inside of it. Opening the locker, he holds and beholds found his brother tied up and a cloth on his mouth preventing him from making any noise. Luc did not waste a moment to get his brother out of the locker and cut the ropes with his horn. Michel took off the cloth over his face as soon as he was cut free.

“Ah god damn it that stupid ditto.” Yelled Michel still in a rage.

“Are you alright?”

“Yes I am fine but let’s go find that slim PRT and give him a piece of my own mind.” He started to march out of the locker room right before his brother stop in his tracks.

“Actually, he’s already taken care of. I caught him when he tried to pass up for you.”

“Oh really? Well, that will teach him. Good to know that you can handle yourself.”

“Better then you getting stuck in a locker like we are back in primary.” Michel lifted his hand but didn’t say anything back, seeming to hold back on what he wanted to say.

“I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Simple as that. And I could of taking him on if he wasn’t constantly changing forms.”

“It’s fine brother. At least you are safe now.” Luc started walking out with his brother and back to their rooms where Luc could finally finish what he wanted; his show on Netflix.



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Catequin [2016-05-04 05:44:33 +0000 UTC]

And to think, if the ditto just lay low for three days and had not looked for a quick fix, he might have been able to ride the whole thing out.

Then again, he seemed to be the cocky, self-righteous sort.

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Trackwolf In reply to Catequin [2016-05-05 00:27:33 +0000 UTC]

A bit didn't he. He most likely thought that he could get away with that he did with non the wiser.

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