Unfazed

[Calvinッ]

Chapter One​

The tower was there to prove the might of Team Rocket in Kanto. The tower could be seen anywhere in Kanto piercing the skyline. The crime syndicate had even destroyed a city and used slave labour to use build the tower. It was called 'The Spire'. Now it was used as every floor (apart from the bottom) to be a prison for pokemon and people alike who had defied the forces of Team Rocket.

The main entrance was full of people, men, women and children of all ages lined up to recieve their jobs for the day. Although, they did not get paid. They were used to work as slaves to make sure Kanto was the "Nation of Prosperity". The entrance was then surrounded by guards in all black apart from a large letter 'R' embedded onto their clothing.
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The guard stood at the main gate handing jobs out to all. "State your name and birth city." was the words the black-clad guard said to the two brothers waiting for their said jobs.

"Jason Hughes." The older boy replied.
"Hm. And you kid?"

"Im not a kid, im thirteen as a matter of fact." The younger boy stated.

The guard was obviously a little agitated from the sudden outburst from the younger boy. "Ok. Your name?"

The boy grunted then spoke, "Cyril, Cyril Hughes"

"Ok then, let me see." The man said reading a long list of what Cyril supposed to be jobs for each person. "Ok, Jason was it? You're on Prison duty. Pokemon sector, floor 16. As for you Cyril, oh." The guard's face dropped, which wasnt really seen in a Team Rocket member. To feel sorry for someone wasnt seen in them.

"Uh. Cyril, you have cargo ship duty."
A gasp escaped Jason's mouth. The cargo ship run was probably one of the most dangerous jobs available as the ship was usually set to run through to every other region, the reason this was dangerous is that once you leave the fresh Kanto waters, the rest of the way to other regions are usually full of icy water meaning it was easy to sink the ship from icebergs and such.

"Is- Isn't there any other jobs?" Cyril stammered.

"No kid, ive got to follow the list." The guard stated.

"I'll take the job of him, he can go on Prison duty." Jason told the guard.

"Uh, yeah. Sure." The guard replied, which didnt surprise Cyril. Jason had this sort of power inside himself which made him stand up to the guards at times, whereas if Cyril or someone else stood up to them, they would receive some kind of punishment.

As the brothers walked away from the guard towards the elavators inside The Spire, Cyril wondered out loud, "How come they dont do anything to you Jason?"

"What?"

"The guards Jason! They seem to listen to anything you say."

"Uh yeah, sure." Jason replied not looking at his brother, and not even listening to him.

"Cargo Ship 3 to Canilave City boarding now." A sudden voice sounded from the tannoys located in the Spire.
Jason rested one of his hands onto Cyril's shoulder."That's my ship. You know where to go yes?"

"Yeah, the prison, floor sixteen."

"Good. I'll see you in a couple of days." Jason told him while walking away from him. Then he turned, "Oh, and Cyril?"

"Yeah?"

"For my sake, dont get yourself in trouble. You know what happened last time." with that Cyril looked at his own left arm, were there was a burn mark. Caused by one of the authorities' Houndoom. "Anyway, see you soon!" Jason shouted running towards the local dock before his ship set off. Cyril then headed towards the elavators, and once he entered one, a robotic voice sounded.

"State your preferred floor and area."

"Floor sixteen, prison sector." Cyril spoke into the nearby microphone.

"Floor Sixteen, prison sector confirmed." And with that the lift set off, but it wasnt like any other lift going up and down, it also went left and right, meaning it could go anywhere in the Spire. In a couple of seconds he was at the area he needed to be in, and the first sound that greeted him were the sounds of the Pokemon crying.

"Boy! Grab something and start working!" another guard said pointing towards some cleaning tools.

"Great. This day is going to be fun."
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Ok, so first of I understand that this may not be the best chapter you have ever read of any story. But to be blunt, I am really bad at opening chapters. So please give this story a chance as what I have planned should be pretty good.
Secondly, this is essentially a journey fic. Except it starts a little different, so if journey fics arent your things, then im sorry to say this isnt your story.
Lastly, thanks for reading! It means a lot!!