Eric surveyed the ruined site of the contest.  If this had been his
work, he would have been pleased with the results, but since he had
nothing to do with it, it merely meant that the opportunity to seize the
Chansey was gone.

"Isn't much left, is there?" Emiri said frustratedly.  She was
disappointed that she hadn't even gotten a chance to fight for the
Chansey.

"Well, let's check out the gym my father set up for me." Eric said,
"Driver."  The driver pulled away and in a few minutes, they found
themselves outside a freshly painted building.  A sign loudly declared
"Nerima Gym- Opening Soon!"

"Well, this will be home for a while," Eric said, climbing out of the
car.

************

"Hiya!" Eric yelled launching himself foot first at Machoke.  Machoke
sidestepped the attack and grabbed Eric by the ankle.  He swung him over
his head twice before hurling him at the wall.  Eric managed to plant
his feet on the wall and flip off unhurt.

"Damn!" Eric said, "That was quite a workout."  He grabbed a towel and
started to wipe off the sweat.

"Machoke!"

Just then, the phone rang.  Eric picked it up.  "Hello, Nerima Gym,
Trainer Eric speaking....Yes, father?...I see...Yes, I'll try....I can't
promise you success, though.  I saw what these guys did to the contest.
These are real tough guys....Do you think they'll strike
tonight?....Yeah, I'll be waiting for him."

"Choke?"

"Just a little mission tonight.  Emiri!" He called out into the private area
where her room was.

"Yeah?" she asked stepping into the arena's doorway.

"We've got a job for tonight, at the Umbrella factory...er, the factory of
Umbrella Inc. that is."

"Really?" Emiri asked, "What're we doing up there?"

"What Team Rocket loves to do:  Steal Pokémon!"

********** Later that evening **********

On top of the factory, a black helicopter landed.  On the door was a large
red 'R.'  Two guards ran up to the helicopter.  As one aimed his gun for the
door, the other opened it.

"Please," Eric said cooly as he climbed out of the copter, "Put the gun
away.  It's insulting.  We were invited."

"Oh yeah?" the guard sneered, "Just who are you?"

"We are Eric!" he said.

"And Emiri!" she called out jumping down beside him.

"Of Team Rocket!" they said in unison, as a bolt of thunder split the sky.

"We heard you had a couple of rats you needed exterminated.  Okay, let's
split up.  Our mission is to get Mewtwo, so stay away from anyone else.  All
right?"

"Got it!" Emiri said.

"Machoke!"

The three descended down the stairwell and headed off in different
directions.  Eric weaved his way through the labs for a bit before ducking
into a computer station.  Checking the area to make sure no cameras were
focused on him, he logged onto the computer.

"Hmmm... So the rumors are true.  Umbrella _is_ responsible for Raccoon
city.  I can't say I approve of my father's alliance with them, but that's
not my place.  Now let's see...where is that?" he pounded away on the
keyboard for a few moments.  "Aha!  here we go!"  He pulled a disk with a
red R on it out of his gi and slid it into the drive.  After a few minutes
the download was complete and he removed the disk.

"Now that that's out of the way.  Let's see if I can access the security
system... Ah, perfect!  There you are my furry, little friend."  Eric
stopped to meditate for a moment, raising his Pysche Shield, one of the few
techniques he could perform.  Then, with sword drawn, he headed out after
the Mewtwo.