Thomas waited in the shadows for his successor to finish his work on the camera room. Once he got the signal from Callan, he'd bring out not only his Zoroark, but his Malamar as well. Thomas would signal to the Zoroark to disguise them all as Rockets.

Thomas would take on the form of a Rocket with a facemask and red eyes, without the scar on his face. Zoroark would take the form of a female grunt with black hair with red highlights. Essex would take the guise of a burly Rocket with long, messy hair.

The trio made their way to Room 402. Thomas would knock on the man's door with a sense of urgency.

"Yeah!?", the man shouted from the other side of the door.

"Got a message from Underboss Beckett! Says it's urgent, and to be delivered in person!", Thomas called out to the occupants.

Suddenly, their attitude changed, as the man turned off the television, rushing to the door.

"Come in!", he told the trio, inviting them inside the room.

As they all took a seat, the Malamar would immediately begin to hypnotize the duo, quickly putting them under his spell. The brief state of alarm at seeing the Malamar manifest quickly became a submissive one.

Thomas' Porygon would immediately leap into the man's phone, beginning a process of Downloading what data was on there.

"Andraste Breathnach, what do you know about her?", Thomas inquired, getting down to brass tacks.

"Some Galarian socialite. Some Galarian operatives took out her mom and brother, and ever since, she's been trying to get at us. Though it's been several months since we heard shit about her.", the man poured out to Thomas in a dull manner.

With the man's confession, Thomas realized that Rocket likely wasn't responsible for her disappearance. That was, unless he had zero involvement or knowledge of it. But if what he heard about the man was true, then he would've likely been informed of Rocket handling her.

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tags: Callan Young
notes: tl;dr