Chapter 11: Corrector
"What in the world?!" I breathed out. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. There were several pods lying on the ground with wires connected to them. Each of them had a glass opening with a small screen projection that displayed data over; Inside the pods rested bodies. While still in shock I walked over to the nearest pods inspecting the contents intently. The grey pods were simple looking with barely any designs, the screen projections displayed the body's condition with small drawings and bars.
"They're sleeping?" I asked breathless. I haven't even paid attention Blue since we entered, the scene shocked me into another world.
"Yes, kinda. In a sense yeah." He answered. He still stood at the entrance staring at me, his eyes dull. I moved my hand over to the cold glass, wiping it to clear a view of the sleeping bodies. Inside the first pod rested a young man around Blue's age with jet black hair. He wore a red jacket with black shorts and sport shoes, standard apparel for a Trainer. Were they all Trainers? I quickly dashed to the next pod to inspect the contents to see if they matched with the previous one's. In the next pod rested a girl around my age, sporting a big white hat and a red shirt that was covered with jean overalls. Her hair was a fair honey brown that was groomed into ponytails, she could pass off as my sibling...
"They're ATIs!" I gasped in realization. Their apparel and designs were too similar to mine and Blue's, they were definitely Advanced Trainer Intelligence. Blue still stood by the entrance uninterested by my shocking revelation.
"Blue! Come and over and look! They're ATI's, there's more of us." I yelled at him. He walked over causally to inspect the pod alongside me. His relaxed composure and attitude was weirding me out.
"Blue? What's wrong? How are you not shocked?! There's more of our kind and we didn't even knew it!" I tried to explain. He looked up back at me with his dull eyes and gave a weak smile.
"Come on Leaf. You must have known there were more us." He chuckled. What did he mean by that? How would I known? Infi doesn't tell me much so how I could know? Blue noticed I was confused by looking at my face and laughed.
"Think about it Leaf. There's more than one server, its not only the Kanto Server. The other Servers are being developed as we speak for the finalization of the Gen 0." He explained. I mean I never thought of it, I've been too focused on what's going on that I couldn't spare a thought about it.
"It's our job as regional Correctors to protect our assigned Servers, you didn't think we would tackle the whole Pokemon world did you? That's what they're for." He continued as he pointed to the other pods, there must have been more than 10 in the whole room. I guess it makes sense, I can barely protect a Server, let alone a Sector.
"You're right, its just that.." I just don't like the fact that Infi kept this from me, or that she had to keep them in a Vault like secret experiments.
"It doesn't feel right." He added. He was correct, it didn't feel right for some reason. They should be awake with us, training, getting to know us, not resting like toys waiting to be used.
"You know, we were once in one of those." He chuckled. I haven't even thought of that, but It must have been true. The image of me sleeping in one of those pods sleeping depressed me for some reason. I guess it reminded me that I was a program in the end created to fulfill a need, a duty. A loyal soldier ready to obey the orders of leaders I will never see.
"What are you two doing here?" Asked a familiar voice. At the entrance stood the figure of Infi but something was off, her skin was blue.
"Detta?!" I gasped. Great now we were caught. Detta looked shocked and angry as he walked over us still transformed as Infi. The image of an angry blue skinned Infi stomping towards you was very amusing.
"You idiots what're you doing here?! This is a VERY restricted area!" He roared as he pulled us away from the pods.
"Do you know what Infi will do to you guys, no to me, if she founds us here?!" Poor Detta was getting flustered with rage and fear. Me and Blue tried to calm him but he wouldn't budge.
"Detta calm down! We were just curious, we don't mean to do anything bad." I tried to explain. Detta continued to spout nonsense about how regulations would demand some weird punishment for breaking into a restricted area. Blue got so annoyed of his incessant babble that he slapped him across the face, reverting him back to his blue amorphous form.
"Enough!" Blue gritted through his teeth. Detta laid in the floor as a blue puddle, still in shock from the blow.
"If you'd let us explain ourselves maybe we could work out this situation!" Blue explained to him. Detta still remained stunned as he laid mute. We somehow managed to clear the confusion and clarified the situation to him. Detta's little black dotted eyes would widen now and then as we explained our real intentions, but he would still remain quiet.
"And so that's why we got in. We wanted to know what was inside." Blue finished explaining. Detta still laid motionless in the floor.
"Well?" I added. Detta turned his gaze squinting his eyes at me.
"Well what?" He asked confused. I face palmed myself, the frustration was setting in.
"Well will you not tell Infi?" I asked again. Detta made an O face as he gathered his body back into a more solid form.
"I guess." He sighed. Me and Blue exchanged a brief sigh in relief. Detta turned his gaze to Blue, now his face was sharp.
"And you! Don't ever do THAT again, or I will report you!" He hissed as he slid out the exit. I thanked him as he left, relieved I could now trust in Detta despite recently meeting him, I guess he's not a pet.
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"Well Leaf, are you contempt?" Blue asked as we were walking towards our rooms. Despite what we just saw, we still didn't find anything about Glitches, instead we found out more about ourselves. Infi's knowledge of Glitches was still far from our reach and that annoyed to no end. We should have the right to know, we're the ones who are going to confront them eventually!
"Do I look contempt." I groaned as I scratched my head. Today was tiresome, who would thought espionage was such hard work. Blue laughed at my response as we turned to into the next hallway. I was too deep in my thoughts and annoyance that I didn't notice that I bumped into someone. The bump felt more like a little push since only my lower area was bumped. I looked down to see the same young man that Infi was with. Uh oh.
"Excuse you!"