Dr. Mack Foxx
Veteran Trainer/Mad Scientist
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- Seen Feb 6, 2011
Scene #40
Weeks passed since the day Cecil had tried to utterly destroy Gardev in a fit of rage and hate. After the thunderstorms had finally cleared until the next year, police helicopters were sent to Gardev. The police and several detectives carefully searched the places where the Cipher facilities had been, but they discovered nothing. There was not a trace that the bases had even existed. It was soon discovered that the Mt. Terror facility had been built completely into natural caves that had been carved into the mountain by small streams and underground rivers. All that remained of the facility that used to be a few miles from Gardev was a clearing with long green grass. Mack had finally recovered his strength and also helped with the investigation, but he also found nothing. Even with his X-ray scanners with their ability to see up to one thousand feet through solid ground, he found not even a single scrap of metal.
"Those fiends covered their tracks well," said Mack as he brought some water to Ramirez, who was still recovering. Glacian, Jake, Aura, K-1, Aura's other siblings, Sakura the Kirlia, Li and Warren were in the room as well.
"So, they left the area," said Warren with relief, "Good."
"Dr. Foxx," said Jake with some hesitation, "I want to apologize for the way I treated you before."
"I forgive you," said Mack with a friendly smile.
"We can't offer you much as payment…" said Jake.
"And you don't have too," said Mack, much to Jake and Warren's shock.
"Nevertheless, please take this as a gift from the people of Gardev and from me," said Warren as he placed a large wad of bills into Mack's right hand. Mack quickly counted it up.
"$78,000?! Are you sure?!" said Mack with extreme surprise.
"If I could give you millions for what you did here in Gardev over the last month, I would," said Warren.
"Same here!" said Jake happily.
"At least you no longer have to hide your face in public, Mack," said Glacian, "You are now regarded as a hero and as a citizen of this country. You are also welcome to visit my city at any time."
"I may not have to hide anymore, but I'm still a celebrity," sighed Mack with some laughter, "And thank you, Glacian."
"My pleasure. We're going to become good friends," said Glacian as K-1 walked into the room.
"I helped sort out those records," said K-1, "Except for the paper records from Gardev, the rest was all data tapes and disks. I tried to read them, but the information is heavily encrypted. Besides, I'm using almost all of my CPU power just to investigate the status of your DNA."
"And I'm very glad about that," said Mack, "We need to be sure that nothing is wrong with me. Speaking of which, how much longer will it take for you to know and for Central to be back on line again?"
"It will still be weeks if not months. So far, I haven't found anything abnormal, but I'm only 37.9% complete with the task," said K-1 in a depressed tone.
"You just keep at it," said Mack as he gently patted K-1's large head.
"Don't forget about me!" said William as he leaped into Mack's arms. William squeaked with delight as Mack gently stroked him.
"What will you do next?" asked Fredrick.
"Are you going to leave Gardev?" asked Sakura fearfully.
"I do need to leave Gardev for awhile," said Mack as the younger Poke'mon started crying.
"But why?" sobbed Anna.
"Cipher is still out there," said Mack as he gazed out a nearby window. The sun was now rising and the sky was ablaze with fiery colors.
"So, what will you do?" asked Glacian.
"I'm going to find them out where ever they are and put a stop to them!" said Mack resolutely, "I can't allow them to continue their thieving. I will also not allow them to turn any more Poke'mon into shadow Poke'mon."
"I can agree with that," said a shuddering Li.
"Me too…" said Sakura with fear as she put her arms around Li and Fredrick.
"I knew you would say that," said Glacian as he gazed at Mack, "And that is why I think you should take Aura with you. It would be good for her to go out into the world for a while." Aura jumped to her feet and Ramirez quickly sat up in bed.
"Who will guard the village, then?" asked Aura.
"Obviously, one of your siblings will protect Gardev while you are gone with Mack," said Glacian.
"Then…" said Aura as she started to remove her pendant, "I don't need this any more."
"On the contrary!" interrupted Glacian as he put the pendant back around Aura's neck, "You must take the pendant with you. You will need it." As soon as the pendant was back around Aura's neck, Glacian closed his eyes. In a bright flash, two pendants appeared in his hands. Glacian handed Aura the sapphire pendant.
"I should take this one with me too?" asked a perplexed Aura.
"You will need this on your travels, for you will find your mate during your journey," said Glacian. Aura blushed, took the pendant and held it close to her heart. Glacian then walked over to Ramirez with another pendant hidden in his other hand.
"I…I'm not worthy…" said Ramirez weakly.
"You are indeed worthy to protect this village. Just like a few weeks ago when you almost gave your life for the people of this town, for your friends and for your family," said Glacian.
"Yeah!" said Anna.
"You'll be just fine," said Fredrick.
"Then I accept," coughed Ramirez.
"Then I hereby appoint you as the Guardian of Gardev," said Glacian as he put the pendant around Ramirez's neck. When Glacian moved his hands away, everyone saw that Ramirez was now wearing an emerald pendant. The pendant glowed and Ramirez felt his strength return to him in an instant. Ramirez stood up as everyone in the room smiled.
"Thank you," said Ramirez.
"It has been centuries since the emerald pendant has been used," said Glacian, "The emerald pendant is given to either the brother or sister of the current Guardian of Gardev whenever the guardian needs to rest for a long time or when the guardian will be gone for a long time."
"Please take good care of our sister," said Anna with sadness.
"I'll take good care of Aura. I promise," said Mack.
"I know you will," said Glacian as he held Anna in his arms.
"When will we leave, then?" asked Aura.
"I need to prepare. I'll have to get back to my lab and gather supplies," said Mack as he suddenly stopped in his tracks, "That reminds me: what happened to Mewtwo and Dr. Newman?"
"Mewtwo left a few hours ago, saying that his job here was done. He said he was going to rest in the Gardevoir city before he returned to his home," explained K-1.
"I see," said Mack with some disappointment.
"However, Mewtwo did swipe one of your radios and told me that if we should need his help, we should not hesitate to ask," said K-1.
"Excellent," said Mack with a smile.
"Oh! Dr. Newman is hiding at the lab," said K-1 sheepishly.
"What?!" shouted Mack with surprise, "What is he doing there?!"
"Calm down and I'll explain," said K-1, "You see, Dr. Newman was scared when the police arrived. He figured he would be taken into custody and interrogated about Cipher. Dr. Newman mentioned that anyone who had tried to leave Cipher secretly or tried to tell the authorities has never been seen again. Therefore, Dr. Newman is residing at the lab, helping with Central as well as helping me make repairs to our star fighter, the Firefox. Besides, he also has his Alakazams for company and to help him with mentally complex tasks."
"He can stay there for now," said Mack.
"Dr. Newman did say that he knows he has to face the consequences for his actions, but he doesn't want to end up being silenced by Cipher's agents. Besides, he says he's no use to us in jail or in the grave," explained K-1, "As soon as Cipher has been dealt with, he wants to turn himself in to the authorities."
"Such an honorable man really had no place in Cipher," said Mack.
"Definitely!" said Xavier as he popped his head into the room through a window.
"Ah, Xavier!" said Mack happily, "What will you do now?"
"To tell you the truth, I want to come with you on your journey!" said Xavier with enthusiasm.
"Don't forget me, either!" said William with excitement.
"Very well," said Mack as he called William back to his Poke' ball. Mack then threw a Poke' ball at Xavier and captured him again. Aura seemed worried as she saw Mack's Poke'mon go into their Poke' balls. Mack sensed her anxiety.
"You won't see the inside of a Poke' ball again as far as I'm concerned," said Mack. Aura breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at this news.
"You both should get going," said K-1, "I have the Hovercycle powered up and ready to go."
"Then let's get going. We have a long drive ahead of us just to get the nearest city," said Mack as he strapped his trusty FIW-59 Type A Elemental Pistol to his right thigh. Aura followed Mack closely.
"Take good care of our sister!" said Anna with an attitude.
"Will do!" said Mack as he hopped onto the hovercycle. Aura said her goodbyes and hugged her siblings. She also held the little girl, Sakura in her arms.
"I'll be back. You'll see!" said Aura as she winked at Sakura. Sakura giggled then walked back to her mother. Aura sat down on the hovercycle behind Mack. Aura rode side-saddle on the hovercycle and wrapped her arms around Mack.
"The embrace Poke'mon," said Mack with some laughter, "Are you ready, my friend?"
"Let's go!" said Aura. With that, Mack started up the hovercycle and slowly rode down the streets of Gardev: past the Gardevoir memorial statue and past Paul's shop. The people of Gardev walked into the streets to say goodbye to Aura, the Guardian of Gardev and to Dr. Mack Foxx, the honorable mercenary. As they drove out of town, Aura gazed into the deep-blue, sapphire pendant, wondering who her life-long mate would be. As Mack and Aura disappeared from view, Glacian stood by Warren. Something seemed to be bothering Glacian.
"What's troubling you, my old friend?" asked Warren with concern.
"That mercenary, Dr. Mack Foxx: he has an unusual fate ahead of him. I can only hope that he'll be able to cope," said Glacian.
"What do you mean? What have you foreseen?" asked Warren. Glacian stood silent.
"Is Mack going to be killed?" asked Ramirez.
"No," said Glacian, "He has something else ahead of him that could either empower him or destroy his mind."
Weeks passed since the day Cecil had tried to utterly destroy Gardev in a fit of rage and hate. After the thunderstorms had finally cleared until the next year, police helicopters were sent to Gardev. The police and several detectives carefully searched the places where the Cipher facilities had been, but they discovered nothing. There was not a trace that the bases had even existed. It was soon discovered that the Mt. Terror facility had been built completely into natural caves that had been carved into the mountain by small streams and underground rivers. All that remained of the facility that used to be a few miles from Gardev was a clearing with long green grass. Mack had finally recovered his strength and also helped with the investigation, but he also found nothing. Even with his X-ray scanners with their ability to see up to one thousand feet through solid ground, he found not even a single scrap of metal.
"Those fiends covered their tracks well," said Mack as he brought some water to Ramirez, who was still recovering. Glacian, Jake, Aura, K-1, Aura's other siblings, Sakura the Kirlia, Li and Warren were in the room as well.
"So, they left the area," said Warren with relief, "Good."
"Dr. Foxx," said Jake with some hesitation, "I want to apologize for the way I treated you before."
"I forgive you," said Mack with a friendly smile.
"We can't offer you much as payment…" said Jake.
"And you don't have too," said Mack, much to Jake and Warren's shock.
"Nevertheless, please take this as a gift from the people of Gardev and from me," said Warren as he placed a large wad of bills into Mack's right hand. Mack quickly counted it up.
"$78,000?! Are you sure?!" said Mack with extreme surprise.
"If I could give you millions for what you did here in Gardev over the last month, I would," said Warren.
"Same here!" said Jake happily.
"At least you no longer have to hide your face in public, Mack," said Glacian, "You are now regarded as a hero and as a citizen of this country. You are also welcome to visit my city at any time."
"I may not have to hide anymore, but I'm still a celebrity," sighed Mack with some laughter, "And thank you, Glacian."
"My pleasure. We're going to become good friends," said Glacian as K-1 walked into the room.
"I helped sort out those records," said K-1, "Except for the paper records from Gardev, the rest was all data tapes and disks. I tried to read them, but the information is heavily encrypted. Besides, I'm using almost all of my CPU power just to investigate the status of your DNA."
"And I'm very glad about that," said Mack, "We need to be sure that nothing is wrong with me. Speaking of which, how much longer will it take for you to know and for Central to be back on line again?"
"It will still be weeks if not months. So far, I haven't found anything abnormal, but I'm only 37.9% complete with the task," said K-1 in a depressed tone.
"You just keep at it," said Mack as he gently patted K-1's large head.
"Don't forget about me!" said William as he leaped into Mack's arms. William squeaked with delight as Mack gently stroked him.
"What will you do next?" asked Fredrick.
"Are you going to leave Gardev?" asked Sakura fearfully.
"I do need to leave Gardev for awhile," said Mack as the younger Poke'mon started crying.
"But why?" sobbed Anna.
"Cipher is still out there," said Mack as he gazed out a nearby window. The sun was now rising and the sky was ablaze with fiery colors.
"So, what will you do?" asked Glacian.
"I'm going to find them out where ever they are and put a stop to them!" said Mack resolutely, "I can't allow them to continue their thieving. I will also not allow them to turn any more Poke'mon into shadow Poke'mon."
"I can agree with that," said a shuddering Li.
"Me too…" said Sakura with fear as she put her arms around Li and Fredrick.
"I knew you would say that," said Glacian as he gazed at Mack, "And that is why I think you should take Aura with you. It would be good for her to go out into the world for a while." Aura jumped to her feet and Ramirez quickly sat up in bed.
"Who will guard the village, then?" asked Aura.
"Obviously, one of your siblings will protect Gardev while you are gone with Mack," said Glacian.
"Then…" said Aura as she started to remove her pendant, "I don't need this any more."
"On the contrary!" interrupted Glacian as he put the pendant back around Aura's neck, "You must take the pendant with you. You will need it." As soon as the pendant was back around Aura's neck, Glacian closed his eyes. In a bright flash, two pendants appeared in his hands. Glacian handed Aura the sapphire pendant.
"I should take this one with me too?" asked a perplexed Aura.
"You will need this on your travels, for you will find your mate during your journey," said Glacian. Aura blushed, took the pendant and held it close to her heart. Glacian then walked over to Ramirez with another pendant hidden in his other hand.
"I…I'm not worthy…" said Ramirez weakly.
"You are indeed worthy to protect this village. Just like a few weeks ago when you almost gave your life for the people of this town, for your friends and for your family," said Glacian.
"Yeah!" said Anna.
"You'll be just fine," said Fredrick.
"Then I accept," coughed Ramirez.
"Then I hereby appoint you as the Guardian of Gardev," said Glacian as he put the pendant around Ramirez's neck. When Glacian moved his hands away, everyone saw that Ramirez was now wearing an emerald pendant. The pendant glowed and Ramirez felt his strength return to him in an instant. Ramirez stood up as everyone in the room smiled.
"Thank you," said Ramirez.
"It has been centuries since the emerald pendant has been used," said Glacian, "The emerald pendant is given to either the brother or sister of the current Guardian of Gardev whenever the guardian needs to rest for a long time or when the guardian will be gone for a long time."
"Please take good care of our sister," said Anna with sadness.
"I'll take good care of Aura. I promise," said Mack.
"I know you will," said Glacian as he held Anna in his arms.
"When will we leave, then?" asked Aura.
"I need to prepare. I'll have to get back to my lab and gather supplies," said Mack as he suddenly stopped in his tracks, "That reminds me: what happened to Mewtwo and Dr. Newman?"
"Mewtwo left a few hours ago, saying that his job here was done. He said he was going to rest in the Gardevoir city before he returned to his home," explained K-1.
"I see," said Mack with some disappointment.
"However, Mewtwo did swipe one of your radios and told me that if we should need his help, we should not hesitate to ask," said K-1.
"Excellent," said Mack with a smile.
"Oh! Dr. Newman is hiding at the lab," said K-1 sheepishly.
"What?!" shouted Mack with surprise, "What is he doing there?!"
"Calm down and I'll explain," said K-1, "You see, Dr. Newman was scared when the police arrived. He figured he would be taken into custody and interrogated about Cipher. Dr. Newman mentioned that anyone who had tried to leave Cipher secretly or tried to tell the authorities has never been seen again. Therefore, Dr. Newman is residing at the lab, helping with Central as well as helping me make repairs to our star fighter, the Firefox. Besides, he also has his Alakazams for company and to help him with mentally complex tasks."
"He can stay there for now," said Mack.
"Dr. Newman did say that he knows he has to face the consequences for his actions, but he doesn't want to end up being silenced by Cipher's agents. Besides, he says he's no use to us in jail or in the grave," explained K-1, "As soon as Cipher has been dealt with, he wants to turn himself in to the authorities."
"Such an honorable man really had no place in Cipher," said Mack.
"Definitely!" said Xavier as he popped his head into the room through a window.
"Ah, Xavier!" said Mack happily, "What will you do now?"
"To tell you the truth, I want to come with you on your journey!" said Xavier with enthusiasm.
"Don't forget me, either!" said William with excitement.
"Very well," said Mack as he called William back to his Poke' ball. Mack then threw a Poke' ball at Xavier and captured him again. Aura seemed worried as she saw Mack's Poke'mon go into their Poke' balls. Mack sensed her anxiety.
"You won't see the inside of a Poke' ball again as far as I'm concerned," said Mack. Aura breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at this news.
"You both should get going," said K-1, "I have the Hovercycle powered up and ready to go."
"Then let's get going. We have a long drive ahead of us just to get the nearest city," said Mack as he strapped his trusty FIW-59 Type A Elemental Pistol to his right thigh. Aura followed Mack closely.
"Take good care of our sister!" said Anna with an attitude.
"Will do!" said Mack as he hopped onto the hovercycle. Aura said her goodbyes and hugged her siblings. She also held the little girl, Sakura in her arms.
"I'll be back. You'll see!" said Aura as she winked at Sakura. Sakura giggled then walked back to her mother. Aura sat down on the hovercycle behind Mack. Aura rode side-saddle on the hovercycle and wrapped her arms around Mack.
"The embrace Poke'mon," said Mack with some laughter, "Are you ready, my friend?"
"Let's go!" said Aura. With that, Mack started up the hovercycle and slowly rode down the streets of Gardev: past the Gardevoir memorial statue and past Paul's shop. The people of Gardev walked into the streets to say goodbye to Aura, the Guardian of Gardev and to Dr. Mack Foxx, the honorable mercenary. As they drove out of town, Aura gazed into the deep-blue, sapphire pendant, wondering who her life-long mate would be. As Mack and Aura disappeared from view, Glacian stood by Warren. Something seemed to be bothering Glacian.
"What's troubling you, my old friend?" asked Warren with concern.
"That mercenary, Dr. Mack Foxx: he has an unusual fate ahead of him. I can only hope that he'll be able to cope," said Glacian.
"What do you mean? What have you foreseen?" asked Warren. Glacian stood silent.
"Is Mack going to be killed?" asked Ramirez.
"No," said Glacian, "He has something else ahead of him that could either empower him or destroy his mind."
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