Ordan had been the leader of Sonos for a long time . Too long , some might say . But he still had a lot to give . He knew he would have to give the company up to his daughter , Alya , one day , but that was not yet . He was approaching 70 , but he was capable of managing Sonos for a few more years . He knew that . Everyone knew that . Sonos was an import company . They were situated at the edge of the Orre region , and earned their money capturing pokémon from the neighbouring Nenta region and selling them to Orre trainers . Nenta , unlike Orre , was a flourishing region , filled with interesting plants and pokémon . The import industry was an enriching one , and workers in the Sonos corporation had generally higher payment and better working conditions than others . People in Orre wanted pokémon , and the few pokémon that were easily available weren 't enough to satisfy most of them . Nenta had many species , and most of them were easily available . The license Sonos had was one of the two licenses Nenta had ever handed out to allow capturing of pokémon en masse , the other one had been aquired by a science team that needed the pokémon for research . Some people regarded Sonos ' services morally unfavorable , since it had a large impact on the wildlife of Nenta , while others regarded it better than having people going in to capture the pokémon themselves , something that could potentially deal an even stronger blow to the wildlife of the region . Ordan wasn 't on either side . He just owned a company , and ran it the way a company should be run . Though , he wasn 't without morals at all . He had before had a chance to run a highly profitable corporation that tested the effects of various chemicals on pokémon and pokéballs , but had declined . A corporation that lived by capturing pokémon couldn 't keep all its workers in a standard office environments . Most workers were out in the field most of the time , and the only time they were in the office was when they were filing their reports . The workers were divided into teams of 7 , with one leader and six subordinates . The teams then went out into one of the areas of Nenta to capture pokémon . Above the groups were a few coordinators . They planned out where to send each team according to the orders and the teams ' skills . They would then go with their groups to the area they were situated in and help them out from a base . There were also specialists , people who were exceptionally skilled at capturing and training . Their pokémon were much stronger than the others ' , and some of them had adapted their pokémon to capturing . These were sent out alone , and in the field counted as a whole team . There were nurses and other health personnel , but they were scarce and had to be dispatched with the more inexperienced teams . Above the coordinators were the office ranks . At the end of each week , the coordinators would report back to the main Sonos building , with details about every pokémon that their groups had caught . The administration would then take care of the paperwork , and the pokémon would be sent to the waiting customers . At the top of it all were the administrators , or admins for short . To be an admin , one had to either inherit the position , or show exceptional skills in administrative work and at the same time show off strong pokémon and good trainer abilities . Critical voices had drawn parallells to the evil syndicates that had at several times bothered the various regions , and Ordan laughed every time at the truth of it . He explained that it was like that because that was an effective way of controlling a company in a world where strong pokémon were a sign of strength , intelligence and skills . At the moment there were 6 admins . Ordan was one himself , and he was the strongest of them . His daughter , Alya , was the second in command and second to Ordan in power . Rolli was the third on the list . He had started out as a regular worker , and had later gained a specialist position . He was a loyal subordinate , and eventually ended up as an admin . Satza was the fourth . Alya had known her since she was a child , and guaranteed her honesty and loyalty . That had been enough for Ordan . The fifth admin was Lorno , a man in his late thirties . He wasn 't really as much an admin as a bodyguard , since his only task was protecting Ordan and his family . Finally , there was Uness . He was the only admin that didn 't have strong pokémon . He didn 't have any at all . However , he was the best in both regions at controlling and maintaining the electronical equipment , and could fix computers that were stuck doing something or other , or in other words , a computer genius . He had built several programs that eased the workload of the administration , and indirectly the workload of the field workers . He had even developed a new type of pokéball , that provided food for the pokémon inside for up to 7 days , so that transporting would be easier . Ordan was currently on his way to capture a special order . Some pokémon were rarer and harder to capture than others , and some were even considered legendary . When a customer asked for one of these , provided they existed in the Nenta region , one of the Sonos admins would go and attempt to capture it . This didn 't always succeed , several tries were usually needed . This time , the order was for a Jirachi . Jirachi had at one point been very common in the mountains of Nenta , but since it had never been seen in any of the other regions , it had been fetched out of Nenta at an alarming rate . As a result , very few of them existed in Nenta anymore , and even less of them outside . Ordan knew it would be hard to find a Jirachi . Still , he had to attempt , and he was certain he 'd find one eventually . He arrived at the base of one of the larger mountains in Nenta . The two capturing teams he had asked for were there , as were the three specialists . He ordered them to let their pokémon out to aid them in the hunt . This was only ever done in these legendary hunts , never in any other situations . Ordan had two specialized searching pokémon , a Crobat and a Dugtrio . Crobat would use its speed and its eyes to look for a Jirachi from the air , while Dugtrio would use its sensitivity to sense anything that moved from underground . He knew that Dugtrio wouldn 't be of much help , since Jirachi hovered , but he sent Crobat out , hoping that it would find something . He would go up the mountain himself with the rest of his pokémon , and his subordinates would do the same . If Crobat found something , he 'd know , and they would go and get the pokémon . If they had found nothing until the evening , which was pretty likely , they would go back to the base and call it a night . As expected , by that evening , they had found nothing . Ordan went back to the base to find one of the teams sitting there . Each team were allowed to make their own definition of when it was time to go back to the base , this team simply happened to be a little earlier than him . All the teams were back soon , and the cook had prepared food shortly afterwards . It was a simple soup , but there was a lot of it , and after a hard day at work looking for a pokémon , the workers were starving . Ordan made no attempt at being higher than any of them . He ate with them , talked with them and had fun with them . However , in the middle of a particularly long joke by one of the workers , he noticed a shadow . His contact with pokémon had taught him to recognise their shapes and shadows , but he couldn 't pin this down . He settled down , thinking that it was probably just a shape - confused Ditto , or maybe a pokémon behind another . But he still didn 't get why it was inside the base . He went to check . The shadow moved quickly , but he was able to keep up , thanks to his training . It had probably stolen food , as it came from the storage room , but the shadow made it rather difficult to decide . Then , then shadow picked up speed . Ordan couldn 't keep up with it , even though he tried hard . Eventually , though , he had to give up . He went back to the storage room . It became apparent that the pokémon had stolen food , but it had stolen a lot more than Ordan had first assumed . The large food container was almost empty , there wouldn 't be enough to feed the workers for another day . Ordan uttered a few bad - mouthed words , then went back to the coordinator and told him to abort the hunt . After having the situation explained to him , the coordinator passed the word on to the workers . They weren 't too happy about it , but understood the situation . Ordan had the worse end of it - he was the one who had lost a good deal of money , and had to tell the customer they were unsuccessful . However , Ordan disagreed strongly . He had thought about it , and he knew that this had to be a new species of pokémon . If it wasn 't , it couldn 't have taken all that food so quietly . And it had stolen a lot of food , more than it would need for itself . This meant that there were more than just the one . Ordan travelled back to the headquarters in a hurry . This is also posted on fanfiction . net , under the same title but a different name ( but it 's still me ) . I didn 't find any rules against that , and I hope there aren 't any . [ Link ( http : / / www . fanfiction . net / s / 3006177 / 1 / ) ] Anyway , I 'd be happy to get people 's opinions on this , particularly any way I can improve . Chapters 2 to 7 will follow , in separate posts as dictated by the rules . Yes , I did read them . Alya 's father had just left to go catch a pokémon . She knew the story . Some customer would come to his office and order a special pokémon , he 'd leave for a few days , and then come back , with or without the pokémon . In the meantime , she was responsible for watching the company and making sure everything went smoothly . But this time , she had indications that everything might not be running as smoothly as she might desire . Uness had called her down to the tech room to have a look at something . He rarely did that , and then only when there was a problem . And this time , it sounded serious . She picked up a chocolate bar on the way down . She was right to have been worried . Uness ' Shadow Detector program had been activated . The Shadow Detector was a program Uness had been using during the last Cipher plan , to help find the Shadow pokémon . Its job was to react every time it found a Shadow pokémon and pinpoint its location . After Cipher had been taken down again , it had simply been left running . But now it had roared up again . That could mean one of two things , either that Cipher was creating Shadow pokémon , or that one had entered the program 's detection field . Since all the pokémon were purified , only the former was possible . Cipher was moving again . And , being such a large company , Sonos would be targeted first . Alya thought for a while . She had to alert Lorno and the police . She decided it was best to talk to Lorno first . Lorno usually acted as the top admins ' bodyguard , but he also guarded the building . That was why she hadn 't taken him with her down , and why she still thought she was safe inside the building . Lorno had a bunch of tough pokémon , among them a Walrein and a Charizard . The Charizard had been one of Cipher 's Shadow pokémon in their last plot , and had ended up being snagged by Lorno in a raid in one of their headquarters . He had managed to purify it after 2 days , which was still the record in the Orre region , and a remarkable feat . Lorno was probably the only Sonos admin with an old Cipher pokémon . The Walrein had been with him since he was a child and it was a Spheal , and was a formidable foe to take down after training with Lorno for all those years . He could not be easily taken down . Yet , when she arrived upstairs , both had fainted , along with the Umbreon and Gardevoir he had . His Salamence was fighting still , but didn 't have much left . She could see the problem . The Cipher peon had brought a Kyogre , which he used to pound on Lorno 's pokémon . Alya knew he wouldn 't win , and tried to think up a plan . She couldn 't think of anything else than trying to succeed where Lorno failed , though she knew that if Lorno lost , that wasn 't likely . She still had to try . Once the Kyogre had Icebeamed Salamence out , the trainer turned to Alya . To her surprise , he didn 't attack , but simply told her to come with him obediently . She was not being attacked , she was being kidnapped . She refused . He shrugged , then ordered the Kyogre to take her . She sent out her Raichu . " Raichu ! Thunderbolt ! " she cried , knowing it would listen and obey . She just hoped that Kyogre wasn 't faster . It was . Before Raichu had charged its attack up , it had shot an ice beam at it . To her surprise , the ice beam fainted Raichu in a single hit . Her next pokémon was a Sceptile . Immediately after sending it out , she ordered it to use Leaf Blade , hoping that it would be faster than the Kyogre . This time , it worked . The Kyogre was knocked back , but after struggling for a short while , it came back up . It then hit Sceptile with another ice beam . Just like Raichu , Sceptile was knocked out in a single hit . She knew , however , that another strong hit would knock out Kyogre . Knowing that it would be her final chance , she sent out her Aerodactyl . It wouldn 't deal a very strong blow , but it would be strong enough , and Aerodactyl was her last pokémon to have the speed to pull it off . She had to take a chance . She sent it out . She had very little time to decide on a move . After thinking for half a second , she decided Take Down would be her best bet . Aerodactyl heard her order and immediately rammed into Kyogre , knocking it out . The trainer was shocked . Alya walked toward him . Then he changed his expression into a smile . " Oh well . I can 't do anything about that . I 'll just hope that the next one does better . " Alya stopped . She wasn 't prepared to face another one . Least of all a Groudon , which would be the most likely companion to Kyogre . Even though they were mortal enemies , people tended to prefer using them together , for reasons unknown . She thought for a while . A Groudon would be slower than a Kyogre , and it was a Ground type . . . she wondered if her Dewgong could pull something like that off . She decided to try . Sure enough , Groudon was the next pokémon . She ordered Aerodactyl to use another Take Down . Groudon was , however , more of a physical pokémon than Kyogre . The attack had much less of an effect , and Groudon simply used fire blast . Aerodactyl , also being a physical type , wasn 't very well prepared for a fire attack . One of this magnitude easily fainted it . Alya sent out Dewgong . She knew that speed was of the essence , also on her part . She had to order quickly . She ended up ordering an ice beam . Her Dewgong was fairly fast . Even though it wasn 't as fast as Aerodactyl or Raichu , it was faster than Groudon . And that helped . Dewgong shot its ice beam at Groudon before it could react or even attempt to defend itself . Groudon 's flinching made it obvious that Dewgong had scored a critical hit . However , it wasn 't enough . Groudon was still conscious , and used another fire blast . It wasn 't supereffective , and even though Dewgong 's thick fat cut the damage in half , it was still enough to knock Dewgong out in one move . " Well , " she thought , " I took most of its health . " She sent out her Alakazam . She didn 't know if it could withstand an attack from Groudon , but she hoped it could . Groudon was too fast , though . The moment Alakazam came out of the pokéball , it was hit by a fire blast . And , contrary to what she had hoped , it fainted immediately . She had one more pokémon . She had to rely on her Typhlosion . She hesitated a bit . She knew this was her last chance , and if she could knock out Groudon , she could be able to escape unharmed . She considered her next action . She had four moves to choose from ; sunny day , toxic , flamethrower and blast burn . She had acquired this pokémon from the previous Mt . Battle champion before he retired , the last pokémon he ever gave away . She knew that Typhlosion was resistant to fire , and that Groudon apparently acted on its own . If she was lucky , it 'd use fire blast again , which she was sure Typhlosion could survive once , given the power she had seen so far . But she would only be able to move once , since Groudon was faster than Typhlosion . Toxic wouldn 't have time to work , and she couldn 't take advantage of sunny day . All in all , blast burn was her best option . She sent Typhlosion out , and ordered a blast burn . This round went as she had predicted . Groudon , being the faster of the two , started out with a fire blast . It hit Typhlosion , and took most of its health . She had to rely on the next attack . Typhlosion charged up an enormous amount of fire , like it always did when it was about to use blast burn , then released it all on Groudon . Groudon was a ground type , so it wasn 't resistant to the attack . The fire knocked it out , but Alya saw it was just barely . She took a deep breath , and calmed down . She had survived , and defeated the two legends . But the Cipher peon just kept smiling . This alarmed her , and she realized that he had one more . She had been too busy to check this far , but now she checked . Yes , he had one more . He took out the last pokéball and threw it . When she saw the great green serpent that came out , she knew it was over . She could defeat an overpowered Kyogre and an equally overpowered Groudon , but taking on a Rayquaza after that was simply impossible . She withdrew Typhlosion , and gave in . A few days later , Ordan came back . Lorno , who was heartbroken over having failed the task of protecting the boss ' daughter , told him everything that happened , and handed in his resignation . Ordan tried to talk him out of it , but Lorno had made up his mind . He left his Charizard for whoever would take over after him , and left . Ordan had a problem . Not only had his daughter been kidnapped , but the company had lost two vital admins . Alya had been kept in the Cipher base for a few days . She had talked to a lot of Cipher members , and she was being treated much better than she had feared . Many Cipher members would come by and greet her , and most of them treated her with respect . She was being well fed , and she had been given a lot of books she could read . The downside was that she couldn 't leave her room . But she got news from outside from many of her new aquaintances . One of them , Lipen , a Cipher peon , came by each day to talk to her and make sure she had what she needed . She figured that was his job , but she was happy about it . He had told her that her father had set up a largescale search for her , and that pretty much every trainer in Orre not involved with Cipher was helping out . He had also told her a little about their plans . They were the same as usual . Steal and capture some pokémon , turn them into Shadow pokémon , use the Shadow pokémon to gain money and steal more pokémon . She wondered why they kept trying . She knew that someone would come and thwart their plans , or that the government would get it done . Then Lipen came into the room . He had a more serious expression on his face this time . " What 's wrong ? " , she asked . " You have to come with me . " he replied . She wondered what was going on , but didn 't get to think too much about it , as Lipen hurried her out of the room . They were walking to their destination , and it was apparently a fairly long way , to be inside a building . She couldn 't get Lipen to say a word to her as they walked . She decided to take a look around instead , to see if there was an exit . She was in a bright grey hallway , the usual Cipher ornament . The walls had several weird shapes ; instead of being straight walls , they seemed to be thicker at some parts than at others . There were no windows , and nothing to look at . A peon walked past them in a hurry . Alya and Lipen kept walking . Since there was nothing worth noticing along their route , Alya attempted memorizing the turns they had taken , to see where she 'd end up in relation to her room . It was a long walk , however , and she eventually lost track . Another peon walked past them . Alya shifted her thoughts over to why she was being taken to wherever she was being taken . She couldn 't think of a reason they 'd need her , and if she had inadvertently picked up something , they 'd have taken it earlier . She didn 't have much more time to think , though . Lipen stopped , and put a hand on her shoulder . To her right was a door , like many they 'd passed . They were apparently going into this one , though . Lipen didn 't say a word , but stood still . The door opened up . He told her to walk , the first thing he had said to her since they left her room . She entered the room . Cautiously at first , but she realized that there was nothing dangerous , and picked up her pace a bit . Eventually , they reached a man in a white coat standing by a computer , apparently a standard Cipher scientist . " Ah , there you are . Well done , Lipen . You may leave now . " he said . Lipen didn 't say a word , but left the room . This man appeared to have a lot of authority in Cipher . He started talking . " Hello , ms . Alya . You probably don 't know me , so I 'll introduce myself first . My name is Onjah , and I work here . " " What is it you need me for ? " Alya asked . " I was getting to that . To cut right to the case , I want you to work with us . " Alya wasn 't surprised . This had happened to many leading researchers and scientists during earlier Cipher plans . Like all the others , she would refuse , she thought . Onjah kept talking . " Knowing you , simply asking won 't do us any good . So , let me just tell you that you will be working here with us from now on . " This was a new one . It didn 't matter . She wouldn 't cooperate anyway . They couldn 't force her . She knew that . Except she was wrong . Onjah kept talking . " I suppose I 'd better tell you about our plan . You see , we 've improved the Shadow Change routine . " " So , now you can make another Shadow pokémon per hour ? " she asked sarcastically . He looked at her , then smiled . " I don 't have a very good sense of humor , Alya , so I 'd just keep those jokes to myself if I were you . Well , making more is only part of it . We can now make them better . They 've gained a lot of new abilities I think will come in handy . First of all , they can now turn another pokémon into a Shadow pokémon without the aid of a machine . Let 's just take a break there . " This was bad news for the world . If she couldn 't tell her father or Lorno . . . but she had to hear the rest too . " Go on . " she said . Onjah smiled . " Nice girl . Well , unfortunately , this process takes time and concentration . It can 't be done during a battle . Which is a shame . Anyway , in addition to this , the strength of a Shadow pokémon is increased many times . The pokémon you fought are good examples of this . This also makes them almost impossible to snag by normal means . I 'll stop for a moment . . . you can let this sink in now . " Alya had seen Kyogre and Groudon . She knew how strong Shadow pokémon were . If they couldn 't snag these pokémon from Cipher , they might not have even a slight chance . She sorted this out in her mind , and asked him to keep talking . " Right . Sadly , there are a few downsides to these new Shadow pokémon . These Shadow pokémon don 't get the old Shadow attacks the old ones got . They only get their original attacks . And to add to that , once they start using a move , they can 't use another until they 've been withdrawn . This is obviously bad . And , since you 're an expert on pokémon moves , this is your job to fix . Your first task will be to allow them access to all moves at all times , and when you 're done with that you 'll find a way to give them Shadow attacks . Is that clear ? " She attempted to sort the vulnerabilities of Shadow pokémon out in her mind . He seemed to understand that , and gave her a few minutes . After thinking it over carefully , he repeated his enquiry . " No . " , she simply replied . " I suspected as much . Well , you see , I know something you don 't . The Shadow pokémon have another advantage I didn 't tell you about yet . " This was obviously the biggest , worst part . " They have a limited ability to add a little Shadow to people . " he said . She had been right . This was the worst part . He didn 't stop talking this time . " It is rather limited , though . Unlike Shadow pokémon , the darkness will eventually wear off , unless we renew it . And as you obviously know , ' closing the door to its heart ' is just an expression . It 's all in the brain . And like Shadow pokémon , Shadow humans can 't learn anything new while it 's closed . That 's why I told you the plan - Because the job you 're going to do requires knowledge about it . Lipen , get it done . " Lipen took out a pokéball and released the pokémon inside . A Marill came out . It had to be a Shadow Marill . " Oh , one more thing . " Onjah had more to add . " Remember the Kyogre , Groudon and Rayquaza that defeated your entire team ? They are the prime subjects of Cipher , the strongest Shadow pokémon we have . Please don 't use them as test subjects . " Onjah turned his back to her , and kept working . Lipen ordered Marill to " do it " . She knew what he meant . There was no sign of any emotion in his voice . She looked at Marill . It was approaching slowly . That was the last thing she knew . Five weeks had passed since Alya had been taken away . Ordan had realized that if Cipher had her , their best bet would not be to try to find her , but to prepare for a fight . And from what Lorno had told him , it wouldn 't be easy . He had given all his admins permission to do whatever they thought was best to prepare for a fight against Cipher . Rolli had decided to improve his team as much as possible . Ordan had placed trained spies around in every town , city and attraction he could find , as well as in the larger companies . He had also ordered out workers to capture the strongest pokémon they could find in Nenta . Satza and Uness had cooperated on a building right outside the main Sonos headquarters . What they would use it for , he didn 't know , but imost likely , they had just found out that both needed a building and decided to cooperate to raise efficiency . Ordan didn 't want to interrogate them , and let them go on in peace . If they wanted to tell him , they would . Three weeks ago , Uness had managed to snag a Shadow pokémon by using a Master Ball - an incredibly rare item that took years to make . Ordan didn 't know which pokémon that was , but he suspected it might have something to do with the building . Then one day , both Satza and Uness came to talk to him . Uness appeared to be very uneasy , a rare trait for him . Satza , whose emotions were generally strong , was on the verge of crying . Ordan let them in . " Hey , what is it , Uness ? " he asked . " I , uh . . . I need to talk to you . I have some valuable information for you . " Ordan nodded to Satza to signalize that he had seen her , but he believed it would be best for them all to hear out Uness first . " Sit down , Uness . So , what is it ? " " You remember the Shadow Psyduck I snagged a few weeks ago , right ? " So it was a Psyduck . Ordan nodded . " Well , I have been researching its Shadow properties since then . I found out a lot of interesting stuff . " " Like what ? " " There is something else I need to tell you first . I discovered that the new Shadow pokémon have had their general traits strengthened . For Psyduck , this meant not only an increase in Strength , but stronger psychic powers . After running some tests , I managed to plug into its conscience for a moment . It noticed , and managed to shut me out after a few seconds , but it had picked up a very interesting signal . " Uness had a CD player in his hands , and put it on the table . He started the sound . There was a man talking . But the sound was apparently jumping back and forth in the conversation , since only a few words at a time fit together . " . . . add a little Shadow to . . . . . . can 't learn anything new . . . . . . Shadow pokémon , Shadow humans . . . . . . one more thing . . . do it . " The last two words were said with another , deeper voice . Ordan was quiet for a moment . Then he opened his mouth . " Shadow humans ? " he asked . " It seems like it , sir . And the last part we heard actually goes on for a while , showing that it 's etched deeper into Psyduck 's memory than the rest . There were also a few mental images , apparently from the same moment . The first is of a man in a white coat , presumably a Cipher scientist . The second one is definitely a Cipher peon . The third has the same peon and a Marill . The last one in a Marill very close up . And if you listen to that part of the CD , you can hear the cry of a Marill , though very faintly . You can also hear a person , a female , wince . I analyzed the voice , and , you probably know this now , but it was Alya . " Ordan had known from the moment he saw Uness ' expression that this was about Alya . Uness was one of the few persons in Orre that Ordan would trust his life to . He knew Uness very well . Looking at Uness , he knew that there might be something they could do . He tried to say something , but Uness was faster than him . " I had the process for making Shadow pokémon stored on my computer , from last time Cipher was active . Using this data , I could see how the Shadow process had changed , and by studying Psyduck , I found several flaws in it . " Ordan looked at him . Whenever he thought Uness was as smart as a human being could be , he managed to prove himself even smarter . He nodded . " Go on , please . " " First of all , the Shadow wears off over time . For pokémon , this time is so long that you 'll never see a noticeable effect , especially since the life of a Shadow pokémon is significantly shorter than for normal pokémon , but when the same process is used on people , the Shadow is very limited , and will wear off after a short time . The fact that the Shadow process is specialized for pokémon cuts this time further . The result is that to keep their Shadow , humans have to be . . . re - Shadowed every day . If they 're not , they will regain consciousness . " " So , if we get Alya back , she 'll turn normal by herself ? " " That is what I hope . The problem is that the Shadow process has been cut down to a single step . . . a Shadow pokémon can now add a Shadow to another pokémon , or a human being , just as efficiently as a machine . " " So , bottom line is , get her out fast ? " " Yes . " " Is that all ? " " Not quite , but the rest can wait until after you 've talked to Satza . " Ordan turned to Satza . He knew from experience that her crying had nothing to do with her news , but rather with what she had just learned about Alya . The initial shock had apparently died down while Uness was talking , and she seemed calm and stable . " So , Satza , You have something to talk to me about ? " " I do . You know about the building I and Uness have been cooperating on for the last few weks , right ? Well , it 's up now . Uness has built a huge basement , I guess it 's for electric things and stuff , but I 've built a training school on the ground floor . I wish to take in as many students with pokémon as I can , and train them to prepare for a Cipher attack . " Ordan thought about this for a while . " Normally , I wouldn 't trust people I don 't know with helping us , but since our enemy is of this magnitude , this is actually a rather good idea . Just make sure they know they 're not permanently hired . " Satza seemed relieved . " Of course , sir . " Ordan then turned back to Uness . He knew that whatever Uness was going to tell him , it would be worth his time . " Now , Uness , I believe you have something interesting to talk about ? " He looked at him , with a slightly surprised expression . He got over it , and told him what it was . " Sir , I 've built an upgraded version of the purification chambers . " Ordan looked at him , now it was he who was surprised . " An upgraded version ? " " Yes , sir . I call it the Shadow Complex . It 's the electric things and stuff I use the huge basement for . " Ordan smiled slightly at Uness ' attempt at a joke , and got ready to leave the office . " I want to see this . Now , Uness . " he said , and left . The building was nothing out of the ordinary . It was about the same size as any training center , and had little decorations . It had been painted purple ; a rather unusual color for a training center , but even that didn 't make it stand out too much . Ordan followed Uness and Satza inside . The inside was no different from the outside - just the same as a regular gym . Knowing Uness , there should be a hidden elevator somewhere , accessible only if you could find the controls . Ordan looked at Satza . She pointed to a pillar in the other end of the large room , and smiled . Uness raised his eyebrows , then looked at Satza , who smiled back at him . He sighed , and follower Ordan to the pillar . Uness put his fingers to one of the round shapes in the pillar . The middle of the stadium rose up , and revealed an elevator . The typical underground base setup . Uness ran over to the elevator , waving for Ordan to hurry . Ordan , who was not less curious that Uness was proud , did his best to shorten the timespan he 'd have to wait to see the Complex . As he entered the elevator , Uness closed the doors , and the elevator started moving . The elevator hit the bottom . The doors opened . The outside wasn 't nearly as exciting as he had hoped - there were only a few machines there , and they didn 't look like they were large enough to contain more than a couple of pokémon . Uness could see the disappointment in Ordan 's face , as he explained . " Most of the machinery is below us , and the chambers are behind the walls . What you see is mostly just interfaces . " Uness pointed to what Ordan had thought was the chamber . " That 's the entrance " , he said . " If the chamber needs maintenance , we go in here . " " So , tell me about the Shadow Complex , Uness . " " Yes , sir . " Uness pointed to a small pokéball slot , like those used in healing machines . " This is the Complex Shadow ball slot . You put the pokémon here , and it 's uploaded to the Complex data system , much like the old version . Once you 've got some pokémon inside , you can organize them , like the old chambers . Basically , the interface is the way Krane made it . What 's new is the way it purifies . The Shadow pokémon should still face something that 's weak to it , but the types of the other pokémon don 't matter . The purification flows faster under the same conditions , and the chambers can now hold up to 5 pokémon in each set , plus the Shadow pokémon . All in all , the purification speed has been tripled . Also , Shadow pokémon receive experience points in the Complex chamber - even more than they would regularly . They still can 't level or evolve , though . But there 's more to the Complex than purification . The Complex produces a few items that will help us . First of all , the Master Ball . " The Master Ball was originally produced by Silph , a company in the remote Kanto region . They had only made a few , though , before a sinister organization from the same region had broken in and taken everyone in the company hostage in an attempt to seize the Master Ball . They barely failed , thanks to a young boy and a lot of luck . After this incident , Silph decided that it was best if Master Balls weren 't available to the general public , and stopped all production . They destroyed all the information and gave the rest of the prototypes to the government , hoping that they could be put to good use . However , some Master Balls had been shipped , most of them to rich trainers who wanted an easy catch . These trainers used their newly acquired Master Balls to capture some pokémon noone else had succeeded in capturing , like Zapdos or Lugia . Few of these legendary pokémon stayed with their original trainers , though . Since Orre had very few wild pokémon , people in the region preferred battling each other . This drew other trainers to the region , including the owners of these legendary pokémon . People 's love for battling drove wealthy opportunists to build colosseums for the battlers , which attracted even more battlers . At about this point , Cipher discovered how to make Shadow pokémon . They didn 't have many pokémon to work with , though . This was why they teamed up with team Snagem . Team Snagem were nothing more than petty thieves , stealing pokémon from unattentive trainers . They didn 't get a lot of them , and most were weak . Nonetheless , they were the only group in Orre that stole pokémon . After a few years , though , they had completed their Snag machine , a device that turned regular pokéballs into special balls that could capture a pokémon from another trainer in battle . With this , they were able to get many more pokémon for Cipher . Cipher grew from a small group to a large organization . Some of the peons they recruited were among those who had purchased Master Balls from Silph . At this point , Snagem made the portable " Are you saying . . . you 've made Master Balls ? " " Well , yes . I couldn 't get them quite like the originals , though . Making one takes a few days , and it can 't be used in its current state . . . you have to turn it into a Snag Ball to use it . I don 't know why . So it can only be used against Cipher , basically . " " Well , I suppose that 's good . . . it won 't change pokémon capturing completely . What other things did you say you 'd made ? " " Well , this machine produces scents . . . different kinds of scents , for people who prefer to purify that way . The one over there makes Purify Bands , another thing I 've created . A Shadow pokémon holding one will not go into reverse mode , it will be able to use some of its old attacks , and it 'll be purified faster in battle and in the chambers . " " This is impressive , Uness . With these , I thinkwe can take Cipher out again . " " Be careful . All signs indicate that they 've made massive progress . Even though we have this , I think they have the upper hand . " Alya was regaining her senses . After a few minutes , she realized she was back in her room in the Cipher headquarters . She noticed a shadow on the floor , cast by something behind her . She turned around . The shadow came from a tall man in a white coat , like most of the scientists in the lab . He opened his mouth . " I don 't feel like talking to you " , Alya said before he could say anything . The man closed his mouth and smiled . He walked to the door and left her room , all without saying a word . Khot had been a field worker in the Sonos corporation for 26 years . After a while , his potential was noted as strong , and soon after , he was promoted to a specialist . He suspected that the process might have been speeded by his sub - par social skills - even though his battle abilities had made him popular among the workers who didn 't know him , those who did tended to avoid him . He couldn 't blame them . He had always spent his free time training himself and his pokémon , even as a kid , while the others were outside playing . His father had caught him a Jigglypuff when he was 2 , expecting him to play with it and keep it as a pet , like all other children . He did for a while , but the games gradually turned into training and battles . The day Khot started school , Jigglypuff was stronger than all the pokémon in the school , even the teachers ' , only beaten by the principal 's Arcanine . Khot didn 't abuse it , however , but kept training it . A few years later , at the age of 11 , he challenged the principal to a battle and won . Not because he didn 't like the principal or wanted to beat him , but because he wanted a battle with someone at his own level . A regular specialist stayed in Orre until he or she was called to travel to Nenta and capture a specific pokémon . Khot , however , was one of the few specialists whose job it was to stay there and capture certain popular pokémon . He would stay there for two weeks , and go home for four , then repeat . There were six specialists who had this schedule , so there were always two of them in Nenta at any given time . Usually , they would be located far from each other , wandering around the region looking for pokémon . Then , approximately two hours before , Koht had been called by the other specialist , Darys . She had told him her location and requested his presence . It was apparently urgent . Of course , the location was pretty far away , so Koht had to abandon the hunt for a rather large Sunflora to make it . When he arrived , he didn 't spot Darys right away . Which wasn 't too strange , considering she was hiding in a particularly dense bush . When he got closer to her , she made a tiny sound , to alert him to her presence without alerting the rest of the world . He crouched down behind her , and asked why she had called . He could see that she was hiding from something , but he couldn 't see what . He knew Darys , though , and he knew that it was something serious for her to have called him , even more so since she had waited for him for nearly three hours . She didn 't make a sound to reply , but moved her arm to point at something . She was pointing at her hover bike . Confused , he looked at her for a moment , then he realized . He looked closer . A tiny , grey pokémon was sitting on her bike , eating her supplies . She had apparently left it for a moment , and noticed the pokémon when she was about to go on . It hadn 't noticed her , though . But why did it take so long to eat some food ? He decided it was probably storing it , for some reason , perhaps to eat later . He had seen Pelippers doing that many times . That wasn 't important , though . This was a previously unknown pokémon . He whispered to Darys , " Should we try to capture it ? " She nodded . Darys sent out her Parasect . It had been trained specifically for catching pokémon , or so she claimed . Among the specialists , Darys ' Parasect was the best pokémon at this , closely followed by the admin Ordan 's Smeargle . Khot himself sent out his Golbat . The surprised pokémon jumped off the bike and started running away . Golbat , being the faster of the two , ran after the little thief . Khot didn 't have to say anything to it , it knew what to do . After catching up to it , it used its mean look . Parasect and the two trainers quickly caught up . The pokémon seemed to be afraid . Darys ordered her Parasect to use its spores . Parasect approached the pokémon , and released a cloud of tiny spores , and thopened . To the surprise of both trainers , the pokémon was awake . It started running away . Khot looked at it , unable to realize what happened . How could it wake up . . . and escape from Golbat 's stare ? He ordered Golbat to go after the pokémon again . Golbat didn 't respond . Neither did Parasect , when Darys ordered it to follow . They looked at the two pokémon . Both were asleep . After withdrawing both pokémon from battle , Darys and Khot looked at each other for a while . Khot was the first to speak . " We need to report this . " Darys nodded . Ordan and Satza had gone back to their offices . Uness had stayed behind to work on the complex , trying to think of new ways to improve it . Ordan had told Satza to call all field workers back from Nenta , while he himself tried to put together rescue and infiltration teams for the attack on the Cipher base . Satza knocked on his door . He knew it was Satza . Even when it was a visitor , Satza would be the one knocking on the door . He told her to come in . " Sir , the field specialists have something to report . Apparently , they 've spotted a new pokémon species with . . . interesting abilities . " Satza always knew how to get Ordan 's attention . " Very well . Let me speak to them . " " Yes , sir . " Satza went back into her office , and put the call over to Ordan 's phone . A male voice was heard . " Is this Ordan of the Sonos corporation ? " " Yes , it is . So , Khot , I hear you have something to report ? I trust you know that my daughter 's been kidnapped , then ? " " Yes , sir . I do . I 'll be brief . Darys saw a pokémon today , stealing supplies from her hover bike . It 's a species of pokémon not seen before , but it matched the description you gave of the shape and behaviour of the pokémon you saw . We had a Golbat use its mean look , and a Parasect use spore , in an attempt to capture it . However , it escaped the pokéball , and somehow woke up while putting our pokémon to sleep . It then escaped . " " It . . . put your pokémon to sleep when it escaped ? That could be useful against those Cipher snaggers . . . anyway , is that all ? " " Yes , sir . Thank you for your time , sir . I 'll return to the base now , sir . " Khot hung up . Ordan considered the new pokémon for a while . He decided that he 'd try to find it after rescuing Alya , since it 'd take time . Time that they didn 't have now . He resumed setting up teams . Alya regained her senses again . She was quite used to that by now , after having gone through the process countless times . She noticed the tall scientist again . She decided to hear him out this time , maybe he knew something interesting . He spoke . " May I speak now ? " She nodded . He spoke . " My name is Ein . I 'm a Cipher admin , and I 'm the one responsible for this laboratory . " She knew the name , but she couldn 't quite remember from where . " I 've been with Cipher from the beginning . You probably know that , though . Either way , it doesn 't matter . I just came to offer you a unique chance . " He paused again . When Alya didn 't say anything , he continued . " We 've completed the Shadow process on your pokémon . Though , since they 're rather strong , they have a certain level of resistance . They won 't listen to anyone but their original trainer . That happens to be you . So , would you like to keep your pokémon with you while you work ? " Alya had expected her pokémon to be turned into Shadow pokémon . As sad as it was , she couldn 't do anything about that . What she had not expected was to get them back . She raised her head slowly , then replied . " I accept . " " We will all enter the Cipher laboratory at once , using force if we have to . Once inside , we will most likely meet resistance . With our numbers , we should be able to beat them easily , no matter what their pokémon are . We will continue on , and beat down anyone who tries to stop us . We will get to the center , and the leader . Or leaders . We will beat them down , like everyone else . We will capture everyone , and take them back . After a day or so , we will free those who were turned into Shadows . It will be obvious at that point who they are . I realize that there 's more to Cipher than the lab , but if we can take it down , we should be able to deal a major blow to Cipher . Even though large parts of Cipher will remain , they won 't be able to produce more Shadow pokémon . Or people . Any questions ? " Khot listened carefully to what Ordan said . He knew that if something would happen , he would have to lead the group . If Darys had been here , that would fall on her , but she had decided to stay in Nenta . Someone would have to be there to capture pokémon , she had said , and he knew she was right . Ordan had finished his speech . There were no questions . Sonos workers were good at gathering information . After noting there were no questions , Ordan continued . " Our transport will be our pokémon . Many of you have pokémon that are able to fly you to the destination , those of you who don 't , may take a pokémon from the table back there . " Khot thought about his current team . He had his Jigglypuff , he always did . He also had Golbat , Machoke and Nidoqueen . Nothing that could fly him anywhere . Ordan explained how everyone were to follow him , and Khot went to get a pokémon . He obviously couldn 't know what was in any pokéball , and he suspected that someone had simply captured a lot of flying pokémon in Nenta and put them on a table . He shrugged , and grabbed a ball . Many other trainers did the same . Everyone went outside . Ordan let out his flying pokémon . It was a large , bright blue Altaria . He got on the pokémon . Others released their pokémon . Khot 's flying pokémon was a Pidgeotto . He didn 't seem too happy about it , but he got on nonetheless . Ordan and his Altaria took off . The rest followed . Everything was very well organized , and it didn 't take them long to reach the Cipher base . Inside the base , Ein was looking out of a window . Shadow Alya had just reported to him that she had completed the Mass beam . He hadn 't even heard about it , but was quite pleased when she explained its properties . He chuckled as he watched hundreds of trainers approach the lab on their pokémon . Like Ordan had expected , there were plenty of guards outside the lab . When the first trainers landed , they attacked them right away . Though , even with Shadow pokémon , they were badly outnumbered , and beaten . Some of the workers ' pokémon were defeated , and those with only a few left were to take the guards back to the Sonos base . The rest had their pokémon destroy the doors . Behind all the rubble , they could see a tall man in a lab coat . He waved at them . When most of the smoke cleared , they recognized it as a hologram . He started talking . " Welcome , Ordan . I must admit , you 're disappointing me . " As the man talked , the trainers kept entering the building . " I mean , I expected you to come , but to destroy the doors . . . I was going to open them , too . " Almost all the trainers were inside . " Well , if you 're going to be that way , I will have to close them again . " Ordan realized what was going on a moment too late . Behind them , the doors were closing . The real doors . By the color , he judged they were made of a material that couldn 't be broken down by pokémon attacks . " Oh , you were already inside ? " The lab man kept talking . " Well , in that case , I guess you can come further in . " Ordan sneered at the hologram . " Now now , don 't be angry . Oh , and by the way , let me warn you . In here , we have a powerful beam called the Mass beam . Anyone hit by it will turn Shadow . And it can hit all of you at once , so be careful , hm ? If you come too far , we 'll have to use it against you . On the other hand , perhaps staying where you are isn 't a good idea either . " The hologram faded . The Sonos team was in a large room with one door , not counting the one they came in through . Why wouldn 't it be a good idea to stay ? Then the answer came . The walls on their sides started to move towards them very , very slowly . If they didn 't go through the door , they 'd be crushed . At least they had gotten time to do that . He rushed everyone through . Then he saw Uness . He knew that Uness didn 't have any pokémon apart from Psyduck and whatever he had used to get to the lab , but it was apparently important . He made his way to Uness , then took him aside . With the speed the walls were keeping , they 'd have plenty of time . " Uness , why are you here ? I don 't think you can help much here . " " Never mind that , we have more important things to talk about . I brought the Psyduck . It looked at the hologram guy , and he was telling the truth . Apparently , it knows the guy . But that 's not important . Anyway , it also noticed the hole in one of the walls . " " Hole ? Where ? " Uness pointed to a corner on one of the moving walls . Although there wasn 't a hole there , once the wall moved a little further , part of the other wall wouldn 't be there , making a hole . " A small person can get through . That 's me . " " Uness , is that so smart ? How do we know there 's something behind that wall ? " " For that wall to move , the space that opens must be filled with air . That air has to come from somewhere . And since there were no holes on the outside , the air comes from the inside . Probably from the ventilation system . And as you know , small people fit in ventilation systems . " Ordan thought about it , then nodded . " It 's probably a better idea than having everyone continue into their doom . Maybe you can stop that beam . " Uness nodded . Ordan and the rest of the Sonos team went through the door , while Uness waited . When the walls were close enough for him to get through , he went on his knees and crawled . As he had suspected , the air was coming from the ventilation system . Not only that , but the air ducts were larger than usual . Uness would easily fit . Ordan was curious as to how they would be forced further . The team was still pretty much intact , and they were a few hundred trainers in a small but long hallway , wondering what to do next . Suddenly , the floor began to move . Some tried to turn back , but noticed that the wall , along with the door they had entered through , was moving along with the floor . Ordan estimated that it would take the floor 5 to 10 minutes to force them to the end of the hallway . He hoped Uness would be faster . Uness had discovered that the air ducts weren 't really built to be navigated . The layout was very confusing , like a maze . After a few minutes , he had been to every single offshoot " hallway " , but none of them had proven to be the right way further . The main " road " was also blocked . He realized that to get further , he 'd have to get through a room . He sighed , and tried to open the shutter . The time it took was frustrating , though he eventually managed to get it open . Now he 'd have to do the same thing to get back in on the other side . By then , the hallway had forced the team to the end , and into another large room . This room was even larger than the last one , with a door directly across from where Ordan was standing . In front of that door , there was a person . Getting closer , Ordan recognized his daughter . He knew that she had turned into a Shadow , and that she wouldn 't help them . As if she wanted to confirm that , she sent out her pokémon . Not one by one , like a normal battle . She sent out all at a time . Ordan told the entire team to go take her . Uness had managed to open the shutter on the other side of the room , and was climbing into the duct . He made his way a bit further , when he noticed a major problem . The duct got a little smaller , and there was a shutter every few meters . He could still get through , but the shutters would take time . He started on the first one . Alya 's pokémon were putting up a good fight . Ordan hadn 't sent out any pokémon yet , he wanted to wait until he 'd face the Cipher admin in charge of the lab . He did pay attention to the battle , though , and noticed another flaw in the Shadow pokémon . They could only use one attack . Four of Alya 's pokémon had already been knocked out , the ones remaining were Sceptile and Alakazam . Thinking quickly , he ordered everyone to withdraw their pokémon , and those who had a Shedinja to send them out . Seeing what he was thinking , all the trainers followed up . About 30 Shedinjas came out , ready to attack . Alya 's pokémon kept trying to fight , but the Wonder Guards kept the Shedinjas safe . It took them some time , but both Shadow pokémon were eventually defeated . After withdrawing them , Alya went through the door behind her without saying a word . There was a large sound , and Ordan looked up . This time the roof was moving . Ordan sighed over Cipher 's lack of originality , and ordered the antire team through the door . The next hallway was very short , barely long enough to fit the team . As usual , the door closed behind them . Alya had already gone through the door in front of them . Uness was slowly proceeding through the air ducts . Each shutter took a couple of minutes to remove , and when there were about thirty of them , that amounted to a great deal of time . He could see the end in front of him , though . He only had two more to get through . And he could see the power cords that were connected to the beam machine behind them . The floor started moving again . Like the last time , the door followed . Ordan , being in front of the group , was first through the door . The team entered another large room . This appeared to be the center laboratory . In the middle of the room , the tall scientist was sitting in a chair . Many people were working on computers in the room . Other doors in the back probably connected the room to other rooms , where they kept pokémon and equipment . Also , hanging in the ceiling , was a giant beam . Ordan had seen such devices before , Uness always had some in his labs . Once the entire team was inside , the door closed behind them . The man in the chair got up . " Welcome . My name is Ein , and I 'm in charge of this laboratory . I see that you decided to challenge the beam , not the walls and ceilings . I 'm happy to see that . So is the beam . Now , give it a couple of minutes , please . It takes some time to charge . " Ein smiled even wider . The beam started charging . Ordan looked at it . If Uness didn 't stop it , it would hit every single person on the team . Looking closer , he could see glass walls in front of them and to their sides . They were trapped . Uness had opened up the last shutter , and was approaching the power wires . He knew that neither he or Psyduck would be able to cut them , but his flying pokémon was a Pidgey that knew Cut . He sent it out , hoping that it wouldn 't make a sound . Luckily , it didn 't . He whispered to it that he wanted it to go and cut the wires , the duct was too small for him to get close enough . The Pidgey understood . The Pidgey moved towards the wires . Suddenly , a shutter fell down in front of it . It panicked and tried to turn around . Another shutter fell down behind it . It was trapped . Uness couldn 't get to it , and there wouldn 't be enough time anyway . A third shutter fell down about Uness . " Half a minute left " , Ein said . Ordan tried to look for a weakness in the glass wall , or anything that could get them out . He could find nothing . " Fifteen seconds . " Perhaps he could do something about the roof . No , there was a glass roof above them too . " Ten . " Uness looked in awe as the Pidgey picked away at the locks of the shutter . The bird had to be strong to do that . . . perhaps there was hope after all . It hurried over to the wires , and started to cut them . katiekitten1st August 2006 , 11 : 37 PM . . . Tutti ? Perhaps only post one chapter a week ? It stops you from overloading us , gives us a chance to read it AND gives you a free bump . = D tutti3rd August 2006 , 12 : 49 AMAh . Okay , sorry . . . I was already pretty far into the story before I decided to post it here , though = / Meh . I prefer to post a little more whenever I feel like it , usually every few days . Chapter 8 follows . Darys always followed the same schedule whenever she was in Nenta . She would get up at seven , cook breakfast , eat , take a shower , and head out at nine . She came back around five , sat down and relaxed until seven , then she cooked dinner . While she ate , she watched the 7 : 30 news on the television . The exception was Sundays . Specialists always arrived on Sundays . Then they 'd work for a week , until another specialist came and replaced the other . Then another week of work , until yet another specialist replaced them . That moment , on each Sunday , when one specialist came and another left , was the only time there ever were three specialists in Nenta . Except for particularly large or difficult captures , something that occurred about once a year . Darys shrugged . Khot had left on Tuesday , leaving her alone in Nenta for the rest of the week . It was now Saturday . The following day , Rashah would arrive . Usually , she replaced Khot , but this time there was no Khot to replace . Darys shrugged , and turned on the news . The regular news reporter face appeared on the screen . He was about to start announcing the news , as usual . " Earlier today , the head of the Sonos corporation , Ordan Kachia , announced their plans for the company . Apparently , they have made an agreement with Cipher . " Darys smiled . The rescue attempt was apparently successful , if Cipher had agreed to anything Sonos had offered them . " The following is an authentic recording of the announcement . " Ordan 's face appeared on the screen . Darys put her plate down , and paid attention . Ordan started talking . " Dear people . Dear villagers , citizens and communities . I have an important announcement to make . " Ordan paused for a moment , to build suspense . It worked . " Both Cipher and Sonos are very happy to have come to this agreement , and I think it will change the futures of both companies to the better . " He took another pause . " Dear ladies and gentlemen , I am proud to announce that from this day forward , Sonos is a department of Cipher . " Darys dropped her glass to the floor . She had to get back to the base . Sarter , the owner of Minun 's Meeting Place , had done the same . At the moment , there was only one customer in the café , and he seemed as surprised and shocked as Sarter . The man eventually spoke up . " How could that have happened ? " Sarter shook his head in disbelief , and replied . " I don 't know . Sonos has always been reliable and fair . I can 't understand why they would turn around for the worse now . They 've got a working business and all . " The man looked outside , through the glass door of the Meeting Place . " I imagine there are many families sitting at home now , saying the same things as we are . " The owner nodded . " They have a lot more to think about , though . The two of us , we can watch ourselves . Kids , not so much . This region won 't be safe again for a long time . " He shook his head . " Well , that 's the end of buying pokémon , at least at affordable prices . " The guest suddenly got up . " I need to go " , he exclaimed , with no explanation . He put some money on the counter , enough to cover the bill and quite a bit more , and hurried out . He had suddenly recalled that he forgot to leave his admin keycard when he resigned . Uness had somehow managed to open the shutter that had trapped him . He figured it was computer controlled , and that nobody had actually discovered him . Either way , he had told Pidgey to catch up once it got through the shutter separating them , which he knew it could do pretty fast , and started leaving . He was about halfway through the air ducts , and this time , he knew what way to take . He just hoped the rooms were still empty . He had waited until nightfall before trying to escape , so he assumed they were . Or , at least he thought it was night now , judging from the lack of activity in the rooms and hallways . His thoughts kept jumping to the rest of the team , even though he tried to avoid that . Ordan had been taken . They could do whatever they wanted to him , and worse , they could make him do whatever they wanted . Satza had been taken , meaning that he had to close the training center . If he hadn 't gone through the hole in the wall , or somehow not been able to , he would have been taken too , and most likely forced to destroy the Complex . Not that they wouldn 't make Ordan do that anyway , but he would still be able to use it for a while . He kept going . Once he made it to the end of the ventilation system , he noticed that the doors had been opened , and the walls were back in place . Lucky for him , he thought . He looked around , trying to spot any security cameras or other equipment , but couldn 't find any . Smiling at his freedom , he went outside . Pidgey came after a few minutes . It hadn 't been through the system before , and didn 't know which way to take . Still , getting out was easier than getting in , and they soon flew over the skies back to the Sonos headquarters . In addition to the regular airplane that came once a week with new specialists and supplies , the Nenta base had an emergency airplane . All the field specialists were trained to use it , and this had to be the right time . Getting back to the Sonos headquarters was vital . She estimated the trip would take about half an hour . Once she arrived , she saw a small figure standing outside the door . She carefully approached it , trying not to alert it in case it was a Cipher peon or other enemy . Once she identified Uness , she showed herself . Talking to each other , they quickly determined that the other was fine , but neither had a key . Then they saw a dark figure walking slowly up the hill to the headquarters . They realized that it had seen them long before they had seen it , and that there was no point in hiding . Luckily , there was nothing to hide from , either . The shadow entered the light . " Lorno ! " Uness exclaimed happily . " I thought you left for good . " Lorno looked at him , and smiled . " I was going to . Then the situation changed . Radically . " Uness nodded , and looked at Darys . " Um , this is Darys , a field specialist . She saw the announcement on TV , and came here . She arrived a couple of minutes after I did . " Darys lifted her hand . The man greeted her back . Then he walked over to the door . " So , shall we go in ? " He opened the door using his key card . " We have a lot to discuss . Oh , and I think you should lock the door . " The three made their way to Ordan 's office , and sat down around a table . Lorno was the first to talk . " So , do we know of anyone else that could help us ? " He looked at Darys , then at Uness . " I don 't think so " , Uness responded after a while . " You know , every field specialist except for Darys was involved . All the admins were there , but I was the only one that got out . I 'll explain that later . All the field workers were there . Basically , every single Sonos employee was present . A few went back to the base , either because they didn 't have any pokémon left or because they didn 't make it in before the doors closed . I don 't think they 'd come , though . " Lorno thought about this for a while , then finally nodded . " I see . " he said simply . " So , that makes us three all that 's left of Sonos ? " " Pretty much . " Lorno got up . " Well , in that case , I think we need to cooperate . Do you both agree ? " Uness nodded . Darys considered it , then did the same . " So , " Lorno went on , " we have a lot to do . Let 's go . "