Within the library of Cavalave City, a Lucario was sitting on a chair by a table and reading a variety of books. They were very old, full with the history of Sinnoh.
As she continued to read, a Zorua sat down on the other side of the table. This Zorua was female as well and had taken an adventure novel to read. They kept on reading for quite some time before the Zorua began to speak, "Cynthia, the Champion of Sinnoh, asking for an assassin to help her… if this rumor was true then one might wonder why she would do that."
"Well…" began the Lucario, who was the said Cynthia. "Perhaps she is not able to do something without risking somebody's life… the one who got kidnapped by people who wants something from him."
"Yes… kidnapping is nasty. And rescue missions about it are a pain as well," admitted the Zorua. "Except when you know how to move in the shadows…"
"But if the Assassin would accept the mission… than the kidnappers shall not die."
"Quite a claim. The Assassin is known for killing. Why should the Assassin do otherwise?" asked the Zorua
“To keep the innocence of the kidnapped,” replied the Lucario.
"That young is the kidnapped?"
“Yes, he is… that’s why nobody should die…”
"But where is the boy? And what reward would await the Assassin?"
"I heard that five gold nuggets were lying around in a vault of the library and the combination is within a book the location of the Riolu… the Iron Island."
"I am very sure the Assassin would accept this job… even it is made more difficult by the detail with no death," told the Zorua while standing up.
"I understand,” told Cynthia and kept reading while knowing who she just met.
Sometime later, on the shore of Iron Island, two Pokémon were guarding the entrance to the mines of the mountain. They didn't seem to expect anything to happen. One of them even asked his partner, "How long do you think they will keep going with him?"
"Until the boss has what he got this pimp for? Not a clue," replied the other. "But it already took the sweet time."
"Yeah… hope they are-" a whistling sound was heard and he stiffened up. "Done… with him… soon," and he fell flat on his face and his partner jumped in surprise as he saw that on his arm was a throwing dart.
The same whistling sound was heard and he stiffened up as well. Looking at his shoulder, he saw another dart and muttered, "Damn…" and he collapsed as well… beginning to snore loudly.
The Zorua Assassin Myst stepped up to them and shook her head, "Seriously… my sleeping darts need to be more effective…"
She walked in and looked around before walking to the right, down the stairs and smirked as only one guard was there… who was taking a peeing pause. She walked up to him just as he finished and was about to close his pants and Myst wrapped an arm around the Pokémon, holding a chock hold. Her victim gasped and grabbed her arm, trying to free himself but she held her grip, one of many trained moves.
The Pokémon kept on struggling for some seconds before the eyes rolled on the back of the orbits and conscious due the lack of air.
Laying the body down, she studied his features before using her illusion ability to take the appearance of this Pokémon and walked down the corridor until where an elevator was supposed to be… only to find three more Pokémon on guard. These, however, were wearing uniforms. The uniform of Team Plasma.
Myst raised an eyebrow, having expected all kinds of Pokémons as kidnappers, but Team Plasma? She had to ask questions and investigate.
She walked up to the guards and one of them asked, "Already back from peeing? Not very long time! Or did you dare to pee here within these caves?"
Walking up to him she said with her normal voice, "This guy really released himself in the caves… I was tempted to put him on his own fluids as reply."
The guard’s eyes widened before wincing as Myst rammed her knee over his groin, bending over and her other knee slammed on his face within a few seconds and the other two guards were too shocked to react in proper time as the Assassin downed their comrade.
Once recovered, they rushed up to her, trying to grab her, but Myst stepped aside and shoved one of them aside before punching the other several times, followed by grabbing the head and slamming it into the wall, letting him fall down.
The last one got up and stared at how she could have taken down his friend while he was getting up. And these few seconds cost him dear as she ran up to him and jabbed his throat, making him cough, followed by seeing stars as a shovel that happened to lay around hit his head.
Tossing it away, Myst shook her head and asked herself, "Why are grunts such losers? I really appreciate the more professional criminals who don’t hire anybody to protect them… but professional as well…"
Then she stepped on the elevator and moved down before taking left and moving down the stairs. On that floor she saw more guards but they are were doing the mistake to only stand or patrol as single individuals, easy to be picked off by the trained Assassin. Heck, the only way this would be any slower is if she wasn’t allowed to knock anybody out.
Slowly, she reached the part of the caves where a second elevator is was supposed to be… only to find it wasn't. No guards either.
Narrowing her eyes, she crouched down and sneaked to the edge, looking below. She nearly cursed loud enough to make it hear anybody awake in those caves.
Below there were at least twelve grunts and she could see that four were holding chains which are were connected to the neck around a Riolu and one stand before him, hitting him, "SPEAK DAMMIT! TELL US WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW!"
"I… I don't get what you want," told the boy. "You speak that you want to see the power that can change the world but I don't have it"
"LIAR! YOU HAVE IT AND YOU WILL GIVE IT TO TEAM PLASMA!" shouted the leader, a Nidoking, and punched him again and again.
Myst couldn't wait for a good moment so she decided to jump now. She crashed down on a Zangoose before grabbing the Machoke who stood next to him and jerked his head down to her raising knee. It took a moment for the others to catch on what happened and except for the ones holding the chains and the leader, the entire squad was rushing at Myst.
Grabbing one, she tossed him to another before kicking the third on the balls and punching a follower into the stomach before shoving him into an incoming one. Then Myst grabbed the arm of an attacker, twisted it behind his back and used him as shield as one tried to punch her. Then she pushed the out-punched one against the attacker and she threw some of her darts at a random direction, sending them to sleep. Ducking the next blow, she swept her leg around, kicking the footing of a few away before jumping away and using another to get higher footage and kicking the heads around.
Pulling on the ears of her next victim, she slammed her head against his and pulled a punch against the teeth of his follower, sending him on the ground.
Then she grabbed some of her throwing knives and threw them, hitting important spots on bodies, but nothing lethal… just enough to disable them. Also, another got to know that a dagger into the knee is very painful.
This kept on for several moments, the sounds of bone breakings and pained groans filled the room as she made short game of anybody who dared to challenge her.
At the end of the day, only the Nidoking and the four guards holding the chains were left. Turning to him, she stepped forward and the Nidoking told, "S-Stop! Don't come closer! Or I will kill him!"
"If you kill him, I kill you worse," she countered, drawing one of her daggers and pointing at him. "Your call! Either you leave now with your guards and let the boy come with me, or I make my way. Think about it!"
The Nidoking was at a lost… while he still had the boy in his grasp, this girl downed all of his man within minutes… without lethal force. Turning around, he looked at his four remaining guards and they were lost as well, then he turned back and suddenly something impacted his face and his vision was filled with smoke. He, the Riolu and the four guards were coughing madly and the Nidoking heard something but due his coughing he couldn't recognize it. Once the smoke cleared he saw the four guards were down and Myst was jumping at him with a rock in her hands.
"Not good…" he muttered and the rock shattered at his head.
At first it looked like he wasn't fazed by it. Until he began falling forward and landed face first on the ground. Taking a lock pick she fiddled around the Riolu’s collar and the boy asked, "Who are you?"
"A friend," told Myst and opened the lock. "And we should leave… who knows when they will wake up.
The Riolu nodded and Myst asked, "Tai, I assume?"
"How do you know me?"
"I was told so," countered Myst. "But I won't tell you my name."
However, Tai insisted in knowing her name while they made their way back. Even on the boat that Myst used to get to the island he kept on asking and back in the city Myst told him, "You will find Cynthia in the library, second floor."
"Thanks but still who-" and Tai was coughing due another smoke bomb and as the smoke was away, the Zorua was gone as well. Looking in confusion, Tai made his way to the library and found the female Lucario still sitting there.
Noticing Tai she told, "Looks like she saved you."
"Who was this she?"
"Somebody who doesn't like it when you tell anybody about her."
"What?" asks Tai in confusion.
Myst on the other hand had returned to the Island and searched the bodies and equipment of the downed Plasma Members… she needed to know why they would have kidnapped a child, hitting him and mentioned about a ‘power that changes the world’.
Something was up… and she didn't like it.
