Disclaimer: Nope, none of it is mine.

A/N: Italics are used for when a Pokémon is saying its name. Bold is used for Pokédex entries.

Now on with the journey!

"VOLTORB!"

"Shit! Dodge it, Xatu!" Cooper yelled. He tuck and rolled behind a box as a Voltorb used Selfdestruct.

"Tu!" The green bird Pokémon flew above the debris while the Voltorb rolled to the side, fainting after using the explosive attack.

"Xatu, use Confuse Ray!" Cooper Anderson realized he was in over his head as he pointed his finger and commanded his psychic bird Pokémon to attack.

Most famous people started out with mundane jobs as a way to make ends meet before they got their big break. It had to be true; he read it online. So when he saw an ad for Sue's Pokémon Store, he applied right away.

What could be more mundane than supplying Pokémon to wannabe trainers who were too lazy to go out and catch them themselves? It was a perfect job; he could even write about it in his memoir.

If only it was that easy.

He had no idea Sue Sylvester, the owner of Sue's Pokémon Store and other countless chains throughout the country, was the same Sue Sylvester who was the leader of Team Sylvester, notorious league of criminals.

Looking back on it now, he probably should've put 2 and 2 together. She was even wearing the infamous tracksuit when she interviewed him!

Cooper shook his head and focused on the chaos around him. The Pokémon were feeling the effects of Confuse Ray, and were swaying side to side before they collapsed to the ground.

"Vee…" An Eevee was huddled in the corner of its cage while another was outside it, desperately pawing at the bars.

Well, at least one Pokémon was still contained.

Cooper sighed and took a moment to study the damage of the supply room.

Shelves were knocked over, pokéballs were on the floor, there was a hole in the wall from Voltorb's attack, and countless cages were thrown about the room.

Sylvester was going to kill him.

"What's going on here?" Exclaimed an angry voice.

Correction, Sylvester would abandon him in an icy cave filled with angry Piloswine and Crobats. But at least he'd be able to survive… Maybe. This new person in the room… he would most likely kill him.

Ken Tanaka stood in the doorway with a vein throbbing on his forehead.

Cooper winced. "A…few of the Pokémon we imported last night broke free from their cages, sir. But don't worry! I have it under control!"

"Under control? I come back here because a couple of fags want a Pokémon for their kid, and there's a fucking hole in the wall! You call this under control?" Ken seethed. He picked up a pokéball from the ground, and released its occupant.

"Victree"

"A Victreebel, eh? Pretty useless, but it'll get the job done. Use Stun Spore!"

"Tree!" It released a yellow powder around the room, paralyzing its fellow Pokémon.

"Mr. Tanaka! They were already confused, don't you think this is a little much?" Cooper pleaded. The Pokémon around the room twitched before going completely still.

"It wouldn't have to be if you didn't screw everything up. I can't believe Sylvester added you to the team. Pokémon are nothing but simple tools yet you can't even control them."

Cooper grimaced. He hadn't wanted to be part of Team Sylvester. He just wanted a job so he wouldn't be completely broke while he struggled to be an actor! And if he happened to be discovered whilst doing said mundane job by a talent scout, then that was just icing on the cake!

But he had to go and open Pandora's Box. Literally.

He didn't know the package sent to the store was confidential. Okay, so it may have said "CONFIDENTIAL! FOR SUE SYLVESTER ONLY!" on it, but he worked at the store, and he felt it was his duty to check whatever packages were sent there.

And maybe he was just a bit nosy, too.

Regardless, Sue Sylvester herself walked in the store to collect her package personally, only to find her young employee with it not only open, but the item inside it in his grasp.

She paid a lot of money for her secret lab to create the MasterBall—a pokéball that could capture any Pokémon without fail—and she would be damned if this kid let all her hard work go to waste.

Cooper shuddered as he remembered how she dragged him to the very back room he's in now, and gave him a proposition he couldn't refuse.

It was either pledge allegiance to Team Sylvester and keep his mouth shut about the MasterBall, or her minions pay a visit to his nine year old brother and send him on a little vacation in that icy cave.

He really did have no other choice.

"You should really be thanking me for making your job easier." Cooper was shaken out of his reverie by Ken's snide remark. "Now clean this mess up while I take this mutt over here," Ken pointed to the only Pokémon still in its cage, the Eevee, "out over to those fags." He grabbed the crate, but stopped in his tracks as the other Eevee that was pawing at it earlier jumped in front of him and growled. He gave a snort and kicked the Pokémon out of his way.

"Vee!" The Eevee in the cage whimpered as its companion struggled to get up.

"Oh, you want more?" Ken chuckled. "Victreebel, use Razor Leaf on this pipsqueak!"

The grass type Pokémon shot out leaves as sharp as razors. The Eevee outside the cage attempted to dodge, but was too winded from the blow of Ken's foot.

Cooper watched in horror as the Eevee's left ear was sliced to bits, while Ken chortled on his way out the door with the crate in his hands.

He went to aid the little normal type Pokémon, but the groans of the others alerted him. The effects of Stun Spore and Confuse Ray were slowly fading away, and a nearby Tauros attempted to stand. He really needed to get them back in their crates, especially before that one started to rampage.

With a sigh, he grabbed a discarded Potion that was knocked to the ground earlier, and sprayed it on the Eevee. He shrugged his jacket off and placed it over the Pokémon while it slowly recovered. It would have to be enough for now. He then turned his attention back to the others and got to work.

Once they were all in place, he turned back to where the Eevee was, only to find the spot empty. He picked his jacket back up, and looked around with a confused expression.

"Xatu, did you see where that Eevee went?"

"Xatu!" The green bird shook its head before its eyes started to glow.

Cooper's eyes widened as his Pokémon used its psychic abilities to show his mind the whereabouts of the lost Eevee. He saw how it escaped through the hole the Voltorb made earlier. "Shit." He muttered.

"Good to know you managed to clean up without screwing anything else up." Ken quipped when he reentered the room. He surveyed the surroundings with a critical eye before turning to the worker. "You did manage to capture all of them before any of them could flee, right?"

Cooper eyed the hole in the wall and winced. "Y-yeah, I did." He quickly changed the subject. "Did you manage to sell that Pokémon?"

"Yes. Get this; I sold it for 3 times the value than the mutt was worth! And they actually bought it!" Ken slapped Cooper on the back with a laugh.

The young man scowled and shook his head. The escaped Eevee was better off than it was here. He just hoped someone nice would befriend it. He glanced at the corrupted man beside him.

Yes, anything was better than here.