Elsden Family: Pokemon Underworld


All copyrights/trademarks are held under Nintendo and poke'mon creators. This story is presented under an alternate universe and companion to Nash Armist: and the Pokemon Underworld.

Author: Brian W.



Location: Land route between Johto and Hoen
Time: 12:13 am December 6.
Situation: Reminiscing on the run.

"The authorities are already on the scene..." cracked a voice over the radio. "...you should have little trouble reaching EVAC."
"And about the rest..." replied an aging driver of a beat up jeep.
"All clear and heading for the safe house..."the voice on the radio continues."Good luck sir... be safe..."
"You too... over and out!" The jeep driver adds before turning off the radio.
That was the last conversation that the now Ex-Team Rocket Researcher Dr. Elsden had with his friend Agent R-29 Nash Armist, but now was no time to reminisce. His family had been on the run for a week and a half trying to put as much distance between them and Life wood as possible in a stolen van they acquired after being dropped off by the extraction team.
Each stop the family made was one of necessity; food, gas, sleep. Avoiding any who were curious beyond a passing glance as they search for a safely secluded hideout.
In the black of night and freezing rain of a terrible storm, Dr.Elsden and his family would be forced onto the path of their worst fear when the van skids on a patch of black ice leaving the road and getting stuck.

Location: Mountain Trail Campus, Curtis's Residence
Time: 12:13 am December 6.
Situation: What a night.

"With sever wind and heavy rain it's not recommended to be out driving..." The TV announcer warned before the the screen went black.
"Well it's wet shoes again tomorrow." Yawns the 26 year old resident Curtis Able setting down the remote and shutting off the light.
As Curtis made his way for the bedroom the flash of head lights and the sounds of skidding from the out side catches his attention as they are so near to his house.
"That dose not sound good!" Curtis groan's putting on his raincoat. "I better see if their alright."
Threw the veil of freezing Rain and gale winds Curtis can just make the headlights from what must of been a dark van stuck in the grassy median just short of the Campus exit. As he approaches the vehicle he see an older man exit to go around back to push.
"Sir...Do you need some help?" Curtis yells over the noise of the storm as he races to the van falling once on the way.
"Emilly give it more gas!" the old man yells pressing his back into the van unaware of Curtis.
"It's... not... moving dad." The girl in the driver's seat yells back as a loud bang rings threw the air and the engine quits.
"No, no, nooo..." The old man sobs slamming his fists into the back door.
"Sir, there's no more you can do..." Curtis calls trying to get the old mans attention. "Come my h..."
"Who are you?" the old man snaps suddenly aware of the man's presence.
"Let's get inside first my house is this way!" Curtis replies motioning for them to follow.
Back in Curtis's house he turns on the light and removes his raincoat before turning to welcome his unexpected guests. Curtis was greeted with the shock of his life. Standing before him was the old man, the girl Emilly, a wet ninetails, and two strangely dressed youths with furry hands and inhuman eyes.
"Why didn't they wait behind!" the old man grumbles.
"We're scared Grandpa." the female youth mews and starts to remove her hood.
"They wouldn't leave me..." Emilly added before the stunned Curtis cuts her off.
"W..wh..What.. is this?" Curtis stutters seeing the the vulpix anthro for what she was as the ninetails bristles in threat. "Explain yourselves!"
"Maybe we should go..." Emilly meekly voices stepping back.
"Go... Go where?" Curtis demands shocked, earning him an ember attack as a warning of which he easily avoids letting the ninetails block his path.
"Infilltraitor NO! Sit!" the old man orders shooting Curtis an intimidating glance. "You won't stop us!"
"Your vehicle is broken down full of evidence and you'll find no cars for miles. The storm still rages..." Curtis retorts. "...and this town is full of scientists and researchers with nothing better to do but investigate stuff like this. How far do you think you'll get before authorities catch you!"
Curtis's words cut like a knife stripping them of their defiant courage as they realized the situation they were now in.
"Please, let us go..." the girl vulpix cried. "don't turn us in."
"I..I don't want to lose my family." the old man pleads.
It took a moment for Curtis to process their shock and see their sudden terror at his implication.
"I.. I'm sorry..." Curtis replies suddenly filled with helplessness. " I'll never be able to cover this up in time, nor can I promise to keep this a secret from my colleges."
"What'll we do, Grandpa?" the male vulpix cries clinging to Emilly.
"I don't know." the old man replies. "Please is there any way you can help us?"
Curtis could feel their desperation and knew what it was they were afraid of, because the laws were so clear about this.
"I have a friend who is part of the campus counsel." Curtis sighs. "He's Chief Researcher Ron Haze."
"Our town here is an R&D campus and as such we don't fall under normal poke'mon laws or jurisdiction..." Curtis continues sitting down and motioning the others to do the same. "...but this exemption is not iron clad. If it leaks that someone like you was found here undocumented, that exemption will be void and they will sweep this entire region to find you."
"Can your friend help?" the old man pleads.
"He's our only choice, but we can't contact him tonight." Curtis sighs. "We'll need to get to his office by first light."
"What if..." Emmily starts panicky.
"We can't do anything until tomorrow." Curtis replies. "you should get some sleep until then. You can use my bedroom."
Emmily, Infilltraitor, and the grand kids head for the bedroom; with Infilltraitor choosing to sleep in the doorway. The old man remained across from Curtis.
"I never got your name, mine is Curtis Able. Just call me Curtis." Curtis inquires quietly.
"Dr. Nathan Elsden." the old man replies restlessly.
"What a night!" Curtis groans.

Location: Mountain Trail Campus, Ron Haze's office
Time: 8:22 am December 6.
Situation: Paperwork is heaven.

Chief Researcher and Director of the Mountain trail Campus, Ron Haze sits at his desk to go threw the day's new project status reports.
"Tallow Corp, Freeze Jinx, and Ranger Academy accounts report 100% completion..." Ron says to himself as he absentmindedly thumbs the fills."... Pokedex Geno-Scans funding withdrawn and Rescue ball trial program pending network overhaul."
"Successes and setbacks." Ron mudders shuffling the remaining project files and putting away completed ones. "Another long day for electronics and software divisions."
"Chief Haze, Assistant Able and company to see you." cracks the receptionist's voice over the intercom.
"And company?..." Ron asks surprised. "...Send them in."
"Right away, sir." the receptionist replies as the door buzzes and opens.
As Curtis showed his group in, Ron finished putting away the files. Looking up from his desk Ron had intended to simply greet an old friend. That wasn't going to happen.
"Genia. Notify the other section chiefs." Ron ordered calmly over the intercom as he glanced over the group. "Inform them that a Lock down is now in effect for all personal and they are to report to the conference room in one hour."
"L... lock down?" Dr. Elsden stutters.
"You have less than an hour to tell me exactly what is going on." Ron scolds.

Location: Mountain Trail Campus, Conference Room
Time: 9:20 am December 6.
Situation: I have gathered you here.

"You have some nerve Haze..." yells the very tired Joana Hung, Programmings section chief. "My team has been working full tilt for the past 26 hours."
"My crew in mechanics is receiving a delivery in less than 3 hrs." Larry Zane, Mechanic's section chief adds.
"The lock down is curtail for the continued survival of our campus's autonomy." Ron sternly states. "Visitors waiting in the adjoining room are key to this situation."
"Visitors Ron... Visitors!" scolds Dan Otto, chief of the Production Department; rising to his feet.
"Mr. Otto sit down..." Ron orders and turns on the conference room holo monitor. "... and turn your attention to monitor and you'll understand why I made this call."
On the monitor was Curtis Able, old man, a girl, a ninetails, and two athro children all waiting nervously in the other room. The section chiefs were all aghast by what they were seeing.
"Ron... tell me this is not what I think it is." Joana asks confounded.
"You know the law is clear here Ron!" Dan scolds shooting Ron a nasty gaze. "We must contact the authorities now!"
"And what about our charter, Dan!" Larry retorts. "I know the stories well of these G-Men who enforce those laws, they won't simply stop with them. They'll suspect us as well."
"Hold on. Let's not panic." Ron begins trying to calm his colleges. "Their story is that they did not intend to do this, it was all accidental."
"You can't prove it..." Dan yells.
"My team can, Sir!" Frank Rain, Biomedical section chief replies over the crowd.
The room was rendered silent by his statement with everyone attention on him.
"We were recently contacted by a client seeking a way to stabilize a biological mutation." Frank continues. "Normal work for the Bio med division except for the nature of this mutation and case data."
"Get to the point Frank!" Joana glared.
"The client data was classified, but the treatment target was geared to stabilize mixed DNA of poke'mon and human make-up." Frank replies unflinching. "More importantly this data outline how to determine the presence of intentional genetic engineering and modification from accidental alterations."
"You mean to tell us you can prove their version of events?" Dan Otto asks skeptical.
"Yes." Frank replies. "There are some tests we can run."
"About these tests you need to do." Ron demands.
"Invasive, Sir." Frank responds. "Paternity's and blood work on the children, bone marrow/tissue sampling and extensive physical exams on both parents."
"Well a decision must be made." Ron grimly concludes. "We are adjourned until I confront or guests."

Location: Mountain Trail Campus, Conference Room
Time: 9:45 am December 6.
Situation: A decision to make.

"Dr. Elsden... Nathan." Curtis begins. "Ron wants to speak with you in the conference room."
In the conference room was Ron Haze and one other researcher. Ron looked no happier now than in his office nearly 2 hrs. ago.
"I shall get straight to the point, Mr. Elsden." Ron glares. "Our community is a special charter establishment for research and development, afforded certain privileges with regard to the poke'mon authorities; that you and your grandchildren could get revoked. My college here, Frank Rain; says he can prove weather your story is true or not, but the method is invasive and your only choice."
"If we are such a danger..."Dr. Elsden starts mustering his ire.
"Stop right there!" Ron snaps narrowing his gaze. "I have no doubts you were well warned as to that actions course!"
"This here is a way out of the nightmare, Sir." Frank interrupts.
"Way out?" Scoffs Dr. Elsden.
"Registration." Frank replies.
"Registration?!" Dr. Elsden fumes.
"Legal Registration Mr. Elsden." Ron calmly states. "Franks department has the means to ensure that you and your family can stay together and stop running."
"My...family..." Dr. Elsden trembles.
"Treated like just another face in the crowd." Frank tries to sound comforting.
Dr. Elsden didn't know how to take this news or what to say.
"Well...What will it be?" Ron grumbles.
"Please, let me ask my family." Dr. Elsden sighs distressed.
Ron gestures for Dr. Elsden to return to where his family was nervously waiting for him.
"Grandpa..." Tammy cheers running to greet Nathan as he returns. Her ears and voice droop with concern as she gets close. "Grandpa whats wrong?"
"Daddy what is it?" Emmily nervously demands.
"They want to do some tests and if those test come out a certain way we can stay a family." Nathan grimly sighs. "If differently they turn us in to the authorities."
"T..tt..tests..." Emmily stutters terrified.
"Another researcher convinced the chief that he knows a way to help us." Nathan adds."Either we corporate or we get handed over."
"I don't want to get handed over, Grandpa." Vince cries holding his mom tightly.
"Niiine..." Infilltraitor whines moving closer to his children.
"Tell them we'll do it, Dad!" Emmily pleads. "We are willing to do this if we can stay together as a family."
"It's decided then." Dr. Elsden sighs shaken.

Location: Mountain Trail Campus, Lab floor guest room
Time: 10:02 am December 6.
Situation: Confronting your fears.

'These humans waste no time.' Infilltraitor thought as his body went numb and he turns his head to look at his cubs. 'I'm so proud of their courage.'
The lab techs had needed to sedate the overprotective ninetails parent when he bit one tech and singed another before the tests. Unable to move he could only watch as various physiological and biological test were preformed on him and his family. Some of these tests were indeed painful in more ways than one.
As the techs worked their leader watched each one with suspicious untrusting interest. Although it was not likely that he could watch everyone of them, he carried that same aura of all knowing vision that those blasted psychic types do.
The techs were busy with their gadgets by the time feeling returned to Infilltraitor body and was able to rejoin his family. Vince and Tammy were given some toys to occupy them as they waited in a small guest room used for visitor by the smell, while he and Emmily were tested. Grandpa as Vince and Tammy called him, was not present in the room he was trailing behind the tech's leader submissively, which was understandable under the circumstance.
"What's this going to prove? How will this be of any help?" infiltraitor growls glaring at the Techs and their leader.
"Dad..." Vince sighs hugging his father.

Location: Mountain Trail Campus, Lab floor break room
Time: 12:27 pm December 6.
Situation: The waiting.

"11 hrs.and 14 min. since all hell broke lose." Dan sneers as he hands Curtis a cup of coffie.
"11 hrs. Dan..." Joana Hung smerks shaking her head. "Try 30 hrs. and we'll talk. Any idea on when the lock down will end?"
"When Frank Rain's testing finish and if any need to rest your welcome to use the crew longe." Ron scolds entering the break room.
"Sleep is sleep." Joana shrugs exiting the break room as Curtis and Larry enter.
"How about a tour Nathan?" Curtis offers.
"Sure..." Nathan replies.
"My team is busy rechecking all of our equipment and inspecting our recent work during this delay." Larry grumbles. "But without thoughts materials boardom is inevitable."
"Do they understand our situation?" Ron asks.
"As much as instructed." Larry replies. "No one in my department has any interest in the current fiasco."
"My department has need of a few extra people right now!" Dan jokes.
"So how long will this take?" Larry asks.
"9 hrs. maybe 11 hrs. Frank says the equipment they have is quite fast compared to coventional means." Ron sighs. "I have locked the analysis room until the results come in."
"So all we can do is wait." Dan slumps in disgust.

Location: Mountain Trail Campus, Lab floor outside analysis room
Time: 10:042 pm December 6.
Situation: The results are in. A family's fate decided.

Ten hours have passed since Ron Haze and Frank Rain locked the Analysis room so the computers could generate the results free of tampering. Leaving everyone to saccome to boardom.
Researchers and techs either gossiped across the lab floor, finished over due paperwork, or slept in the lounge. Vince had joined grandpa and Curtis on an informal tour. Tammy had gone to sleep in her moms lap after finding a book on poke'mon to flip threw with her parents. Time continued to pass quietly until...
...Until the printer started printing.
"Oh my G... get Ron..." cries a lab tech. "It's printing!"
"You serious!" cries a researcher. "He's down in the break room."
In the break room Frank, Ron, Larry, and Dan were ingadged in a friendly game of Urker. Ron and Larry verses Frank and Dan and it was Frank's move. Curtis, Nathan and Vince were coming back from their tour to get something to eat.
"You just had to make it clubs, Dan. Didn't you?" Frank grumbles.
"What...don't you have any?" Dan sneers.
"Guess!" Frank retorts.
"Hey what would you like, Vince?" Curtis asks.
"Granola please!" Vince cheers wagging his tails.
"Ron come quick it's printing!" storms an out of breath lab tech.
Everyone drops what they were doing and races back to the analysis room. With keys in hand Ron and Frank open the analysis room to retrieve the print out. Both could be seen discussing the results for several minutes before returning to present the findings.
"Elsden family front and center." Ron calmly yet sternly voices.
"Tammy wake up girl."Emmily whispers getting her up from her lap and the chair. "Infiltraitor heel."
"Vince come here." Dr. Elsden calls.
"Well Mr. Elsden, according to these results..." Ron levels his gaze to meet Nathan's. "Vince and Tammy are indeed Emmily's and Infiltraitor's by natural birth as you have stated. More importantly the tests confirm your account of accidental genetic alteration and not genetic engineering."
"So your saying..." Nathan asks tensely.
"You can stay a family." Ron light heartedly voices. "Frank and I will submit the paperwork imeadately."
"Well La de duh. May we all go now?" Dan rants.
"Yes. Lockdown is cancaled." Ron replies.
"Thank the heavens!" Joana cheers."I'm going home to shower."
"Curtis can you see to Dr.Elsden and his family until we can arrange a permanent residence for them. If that's ok with you." Ron turns to Curtis than to Nathan.
"Alright with me." Curtis replies.
"Well how about it?" Nathan asks his family.
"Yeah!" the family cheers in unison.

Location: Mountain Trail Campus, near Pathfinder Shop
Time: 10:10 am Febuary 5.
Situation: Gina Rayquil on the sceen.

'I came to Mountain Trail for a treatment and found a treat.' the still mostly human smeargle girl, Gina Rayquil thought starring at the male vulpix arthro with his back to her. 'What a cutie!'
The arthro vulpix was dressed in a lose plaid hooded t-shirt and jeans with his head uncovered and his tails out. Whatever had this guys attention had rendered him unaware of Gina's presence as she silently creaped up on him.
"Hello cutie!" Gina chirps tapping the vulpix lad on the shoulder. With a yelp into a hap-hazard ember attack the vulpix lad spins around almost falling backwards.
"Wow you are hot stuff!" Gina seductively grins swishing her tail. "Name's Gina Rayquil. What's yours?"
"Huh... Oh it's Vince." the arthro vulpix replies still spooked.
"What brings you here?" Gina adds circling in close and around to his back to get a better look at what he was into. Breathing in his sent as she went. "A little site seeing perhaps!"


To be continued...