Kalos region, outside of Snowbelle city, hidden within the mountains, a truck going up a hidden path could barely be seen
"I can't see anything because of this stupid snow"
"That's the whole point of a hidden base, it's not supposed to be easy to find"
"tch fine, once we sell the pokemon in the back to those weirdos we can find another job for some new weirdos"
Two men could be seen talking, the one driving noticed an old weathered sign, seeing it he pulled off to the side of the road.
"So we're supposed to meet some sort messenger here"
"Yea, the directions were go up the mountain and pull off the road once we see that sign we're supposed to wait."
The two men settled in and continued talking, after some time they heard knocking on the passenger side window
"What was that?" Now alert the one in the passenger seat reached for one of his pokeballs, feeling confident, he rolled down the window.
"You the delivery" a man in a coat with glasses could be seen outside the truck.
After coming to his senses the driver responded, "if it's for Takemura, then yes the pokemon is in the back"
Hearing the name, the guard outside was still wary, "You're late, you" he said pointing to the passenger, " show me the back."
He just frowned; he didn't like this guy's tone of voice despite not having any pokemon, while he had a visible pokeball in his hand.
Seeing that the passenger was getting ready to get out of the truck the guard backed up, as he did a thud sound could be heard.
Instantly both driver and passenger looked up, there standing right behind the guard was a semi visible Beartic, both of their eyes widened in shock.
Seeing that they finally noticed his pokemon the guard smiled slightly and adjusted his glasses as he spoke, "just a necessary precaution, in case you try anything"
Not daring to do anything that might be seen as a threat, while grumbling under his breath the passenger put away his pokeball then got out of the truck.
Once he was out he made his way to the back. Unlocking the door he pushed it up and stepped aside.
Both the guard and his Beartic wrinkled their noses, inside the back, trash and wrappers could be seen everywhere but in the middle was a cage covered with a blanket.
Saving the worst part for last, Beartic started sniffing around the truck, the guard looked at the passenger who was looking away, having completely forgotten to make the back look decent.
The Beartic, having finished his inspection around the truck, grudgingly entered the back. He quickly searched the back but aside from all the trash and the cage, there was nothing else there.
"Bear"
Since his partner didn't do anything, only grunted, the guard nodded, "alright close this up, then continue heading up the mountain."
Seeing that they passed the inspection the passenger turned, reaching for the lock. "Oh and one more thing", he stiffed quickly turning around to face the guard, "make sure you keep your truck clean."
"Ah, yes, sir" he sheepishly replied back, then finished closing the back and made his way to his seat.
Once he was inside he let out a breath he didn't realize he was holding, "you good?"
"Yea I'm, just start the truck and head up the mountain."
The truck came to life and started to leave behind the guard who made his way to a hidden shack to wait for the next delivery.
"Uhh, I hate working for these guys,"
The driver shrugged, "at least they pay well"
"True".
They continued talking, until they made their way to the checkpoint at the base.
They were directed into a spot to park, once they were parked they both got out, as they got out unlike before when it was only one guard, this time it was a team of guards with their pokemon being led by one person in a lab coat.
Before they could say anything the researcher with narrowed eyes spoke, "you're late".
"We're already aware"
"Hmp, then expect to lose some of your pay, now open the back"
Both of the men grit their teeth but only wanting to lose some money over something else, the passenger still with the key to the lock on the door opened it.
Seeing the mess the group collectively frowned. The passenger moved through the back of the truck and retrieved the cage
Placing the cage down in front of the group he moved back, seeing nothing wrong so far but still cautious the researcher motioned for one of the guards to take the blanket off.
Once the blanket was gone everyone had different facial reactions, "where's the pokemon?"
The cage was empty.
"This is why we should create our own team of pokemon hunters, instead of relying on idiots like these two" now the researcher was pissed.
"Now, now hang on" both of the men jumped into the truck desperately trying to find the pokemon, in their search they were flinging trash everywhere.
With everyone's attention on dumb and dumber no one noticed one of the crumpled burger wrappers seeming to have a mind of its own as it rolled away unnoticed.
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Ditto pov
After rolling out of view and entering the facility through a door that opened when more guards came to surround the two delivery guys.
Once inside it transformed into one of the guards it saw outside, now ready he started humming, "Dun dun dun dun, dun, dunn duna"
However if one looked closely they would realize something was off, the standard guard outfit had face mask covering the lower half of the face, Ditto had a sheisty
Along with that the winter camo coat the guard ditto was impersonating was two sizes two bigger than the original one
In their true form Ditto were genderless pokemon until they transformed. They assumed the gender of the chosen form.
With Most of the attention was on the commotion outside the people watching the cameras missed the Ditto
Now transformed and everyone distracted, Ditto explored the facility. "Let's see paperwork, paperwork, oooo! Something shiny, wait that's just a coin"
"First floor nothing impressive, on to the next"
"Access denied, need level two clearance" came the cold voice of automated system
"Aw and I was just about to get to the good part"
Just as Ditto was wondering how to advance, the door opened, a researcher was there, "huh? Shouldn't you be outside"
Thwack
The now unconscious researcher crumpled to the ground, Ditto dragged him into a corner, past the doorway of the level two clearance.
"I heard those guys out there mention pokemon hunters so it fineee"
Dropping the first transformation and now assuming the disguise of the researcher Ditto realized a problem
"Those aren't the right legs, I still need to work on transformation"
Ditto's upper body was the male researcher he just knocked out, but his lower body was of a female beach goer.
And in the bright pink bottom bikini, the guard on security cameras finally noticed something was off.
Alarms started blaring,
"Uh-oh"
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On a lower level of the research facility a giant cryogenic chamber could be found, normally this room would be as quiet as can be, but with the alarms blaring, the researchers panicked and ran for the door.
While they were running no one paid attention to the chamber.
Stirring from her sleep a Froslass could be seen, "what? What's happening?"
"My head, wait how am I touching my head?"
Looking at her unfamiliar arms, she searched her memories, the weird people in coats put her in this chamber, then they threw something shiny at her, and now she has arms.
Froslass was fascinated, "I HAVE FINGERS!! Now I can beat that douche Snover in rock paper scissors, that game isn't really fun if all you can do is rock."
Now out of her head, she looked around seeing glass she decided to break it, "okay I should only try a little ener–"
The glass around the chamber exploded out, "well screw subtly, let's a go"
If Froslass had legs/feet a motion to move would have been seen. "Wait, how do I do this?"
"I'll try even less energy than before", deciding that Froslass tried to use the telekinetic energy around her to move.
"WAAAAAAA!!"
"What the heck is that?!","Call the guards!!"
A screaming ghost could be seen zooming around the lab, wherever she went ice would appear along every surface.
With all the ice, important technology was frozen solid, even some of the researchers coming up from the lower levels had some part of their body accidentally frozen.
While Froslass was desperately trying to stop herself, she tried to grab on to any surface she could reach.
She phased through another wall, now appearing in a small dark room full of monitors, reaching out her hand finally didn't phase through something
But what she grabbed wasn't solid, it broke and came with her.
Unlike before, instead of continuing to phase through another wall, her hand with whatever was inside was on the other side of the wall.
Pulling herself towards her hand she finally saw what was inside
It was a clump of wires, "hope these weren't important"
Looking around the room she could only nervously swallow non-existent saliva, the dark room was completely covered in ice.
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In the depths of the facility on the final level there was only one room, this room was meant for the most dangerous and most interesting pokemon in the facility.
In the room bound in chains with a special collar around its neck was a Zoroark.
Around his neck was a collar that glowed, the moment Ditto upstairs was noticed and the alarms started blaring, the intensity of the glow got stronger
This special collar was meant to weaken a pokemon, to the point where even a grown adult could beat them without fear of them using a move.
The Zoroark who had been trying to sleep, was woken up by an intense feeling in his neck, "What's happening?"
While gripping his limited throat, he looked around, eventually noticing that the area outside of his room was covered in red lights.
"Someone must be trying to escape, maybe it was that Snorunt the guards mentioned", he just sighed "maybe you could short circuit the security system while your up there"
Just after he finished thinking that the glowing collar suddenly completely lost its glow, the feeling in Zoroark's neck disappeared and he instantly took advantage of the opportunity.
Quickly using brick break, the collar split in two, "well Snorunt, if I see you I'll be sure to thank you"
Zoroark had been in the facility the longest, he had heard about the different pokemon that had come and gone over the years but now it was his turn.
With the alarm going off he knew a team would come to check on him, quickly breaking off the rest of the chains on him he created an illusion to make it look as if all of them including the glowing collar was fine.
Settling in he waited, while he waited he was preparing for the eventual fight by using Nasty plot. It wasn't long before just as expected a group of guards came running down the stairs, the guards in case the rare pokemon was ready to attack had already released their pokemon
The first guard released a Pangoro, the next one released a Toxicroak, and the last one released a Zangoose.
With batted breath, the first guard used his keycard and opened the metallic door to Zoroark's room. Seeing that the collar was still in place and fine they all let out a sigh of relief.
"That was clo-"
"Pan!!"
The Pangoro jumped in front of his trainer as the Zoroark who had been in chains a moment ago disappeared, while the real Zoroark smashed a shadow ball into the Pangoro,.
Normally at most he would have been lightly injured but still able to counter attack. However, with the boost from the nasty plots, Pangoro was sent flying.
Zoroark roared, "Now which one of you is next? I got a fire sale going on, a shadow ball for all!!"
Naturally only the pokemon understood him but their trainers seeing Zoroark start flinging shadow balls everywhere they got the message.
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Back with Ditto, while Zoroark was generously donating a brick break to the balls of a guard, Ditto had been trying to navigate the lab, but got lost. Every time he tried to make his way to the exit, a team of guards was waiting at the door.
By now the only people in the lab were the ones with Zoroark, and the ones that Froslass had accidentally frozen
"Stay'in alive, stay'in alive, in forsaken fortress and I'm stay'in alive, ah ah ah"
"Are you a pokemon?" hearing a voice but no hostility ditto quickly turned around, it was Froslass who instead of floating, she was moving around by pulling herself on the ground using her arms.
Ditto seeing that it was a pokemon that wasn't accompanied by a guard relaxed, "no I'm not a pokemon"
"Then what are you?"
"I'm Ditto"
If Froslass had eyebrows one would have been raised, "I've haven't met any Ditto, I'm a Snoru- wait I think I'm what's called a Froslass?"
While the two were talking a loud booming sound could be heard, getting closer and closer, hearing the danger, Ditto transformed into a Talonflame, seeing this scene Froslass was in awe, she had never heard of a pokemon that had an ability like this
Ditto started flying away as he did, he heard Froslass,"Wait!! Take me with you!"
Turning around he saw her slowly making her way towards him, if Ditto knew about Slowpoke or betting and saw a race going with this Froslass and a Slowpoke, he would've bet on the Slowpoke to win a race.
Flying back, he made to scoop up Froslass in his talons. Once Froslass was picked up, they found out what was causing the booming noise, right where Froslass was, a hole was punched through the floor.
Jumping up from the previous level Zoroark saw the two, seeing the Froslass he looked back down to the previous level that was covered in ice.
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After he beat the guard's pokemon Zoroark wasn't in the best shape, only taking some minor damage from the Pangoro and Zangoose, but it was the Toxicroak that actually got him.
He beat them all in the end but he was currently poisoned, he would be fine for now but would need a peacha berry soon.
Swiping a keycard from one of the guards, he made his way upstairs. If they had clearance to access his room then that was more than enough to get to the surface.
That was what he thought until he reached a new level and the door was frozen shut, after he broke down that door he just took in the sight, ice was everywhere, dozens of researchers were frozen to the wall.
The whole floor was trashed, broken glass and research equipment was frozen. Deciding to leave a final gift, he made his way over to the limited switches he could interact with, and just turned all of them up to the maximum.
That triggered the alarm even more and what was just an intruder alert alarm went into full lockdown. With the key card no longer working, he constantly shadow clawed the roof/floor
Breaking through the ceiling he saw a Talonflame which he didn't recognize, but the Froslass in its talons, he knew the typing.
"So you're the one responsible for this?"
Ditto and Froslass had no idea what pokemon Zoroark was but both could sense that this monster could easily beat the crap out of them.
"Yes", both unsurely replied, then they just looked at each other
Hmp, Zoroark snorted, "well, thank you both I'm Zororark, I don't like owing debts, but I'll get you both out of here"
Ditto being Ditto transformed into a baby carrier, but he forgot he had Froslass in his talons and dropped her, "ow, OW". Baby carrier Ditto landed on Froslass.
Zoroark had no words, and just looked at the two confused, it was Froslass who answered his unasked question.
"When I evolved they put in a chamber and froze me so I don't know to move"
"Shouldn't you be able to just float?" Zoroark asked.
Froslass just gave him a dry look, "when you spend your whole life waddling around, then the next time you wake up you don't have feet it gets confusing."
Zoroark just rolled his eyes and picked her up by the head, "Hey watch it, I'm delicate!"
Ignoring her he put her in the baby carrier then strapped it on.
Now with Froslass and Ditto on his stomach he started running for the exit, it wouldn't be long before this whole place would blow.
Up and up they went until they were around the corner where Ditto said all the remaining guards were.
Froslass pondered, "How do we want to play this?"
Zoroark grunted, "why not just tear through them?"
Froslass voiced her opposition, "we would still have to escape far away to avoid being captured,
by the looks of it you're poisoned so if we go through them it won't end well"
"I have an idea", the baby carrier said, "enlighten us than Ditto" Zoroark said sarcastically
The discussion was heard by one of the guard's Noibat, that alerted everyone and they sent their pokemon in charging
Now Zoroark was excited, "look like our choice was made for us"
"Wait wait," Froslass wanted to avoid a confrontation mainly since she and Ditto would be a liability during battle, she made an x with her arms then swept out, time seemed to have stopped for a second as everyone looked at each other.
Then time resumed as the enemy pokemon was blasted away they all smashed into their trainers who were waiting at the exit.
"Well that works to,"
With that Zoroark, Froslass, and Ditto finally felt the cold wind on them, but remembering what he did to the lab equipment, Zoroark ran forward.
"What's the rush?" Ditto asked
"Unless you wanna blow up be my guest" Zoroark said while moving towards a helicopter he could see.
"What do you mean by that?" Froslass asked while trying to look at Zoroark but only seeing the dark fur around his neck..
Now distracted by the fluffy thing right in front of her she started playing with it, feeling something in his fur Zoroark instinctively swatted at it, "OW, what was that for?!"
Ignoring Froslass who rubbed her arm, Zoroark climbed into the helicopter, judging by the size it was probably meant for all the researchers stuck inside the base.
Moving inside to the cockpit Zoroark tapped Ditto, Ditto understanding jumped with Froslass into the co pilot's seat,
Sitting down in the pilot's seat Zoroark gripped the controls and pulled.
Except nothing happened, "what are you doing?" Froslass asked with ditto on her lap
"Isn't this what humans do, they move this thing and this thing goes up?" Zoroark said gesturing to the cyclic stick
"Then that's not how that wor-"
BOOOOOM!
The lab exploded, the explosion could be seen even from Snowbelle city, passersby gaped at the sight, Zoroark tearing his eyes away from the fire hurriedly started flipping random switches, while he was starting to panic he looked through the window and noticed the giant city right at the bottom of the mountain.
While he wasn't the biggest fan of humans, he knew that they would be coming to investigate what happened.
Ditto in Froslass's lap noticed a book in the corner, picking it up he did the only thing he could think of
He smashed the book into some of the knobs, "Ditto?! What are you doing?!"
"I can't read so I'm doing what Zoroark is, trying to start this thing"
"Damn these stupid things!" Zoroark smashed a section above him with his fist, suddenly the blades of the helicopter started spinning
Froslass hearing the blades smiled, "well that works, now you can pull the special stick"
Zoroark just glared at her as he pulled the stick back, the helicopter swayed back and forth and smashed into the side of the mountain
Froslass gripping the seat and Ditto for dear life turned to Zoroark, "Zoroark!! CAN YOU ACTUALLY FLY?!"
"OBVIOUSLY NOT!" he yelled back smashing the helicopter on the ground before trying again.
"THEN WHY DID YOU HAVE US GO IN THIS THING?!"
"BECAUSE IT CAN FLY!" he yelled as if it should have been obvious, now actually pissed off Zoroark punched Froslass
"EEEE" Froslass saw the punch incoming and panicked, the helicopter that was about to smash into the mountain again, gained a burst of energy and moved away from the mountain and headed up.
Because of Zoroark's crappy piloting the helicopter was already smoking, Froslass using her limited psychic ability molded Ditto in her hands and used him to direct the helicopter.
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With the explosion from earlier most of Snowbelle city's citizens attention was on the mountain, while they were wondering what happened they saw a helicopter.
The helicopter was constantly jerking around, black smoke was coming out the back from a fire or two.
"Wow, that's got to be the worst pilot I've ever seen", one of them said, everyone else around them nodded.
Despite everything Froslass was able to guide the Helicopter out of the city's air space and crash land in a forest.
(Author note - What did you think of the first chapter? I have had a lot of fun writing this so I decided to publish the first chapter.)