Mewtwo — Prologue to Awakening: Difference between revisions

{{OBP|Mewtwo|Best Wishes series}} is fighting with a {{p|Tyranitar}} and two {{p|Escavalier}} in a mountain range. It escapes but is badly injured, while the Tyranitar and Escavalier are swept away by a landslide caused by their fighting.

Sometime later, [[Virgil]] is on his way back to base with his {{p|Eevee}} after completing another rescue mission. His helicopter has engine trouble, forcing him to land for repairs. He meets {{un|Anna}} and her grandfather {{un|Oscar}}, who live in a cabin in the mountains. While talking with Virgil after giving him some lunch, they explain their encounter with a Pokémon whose identity was unknown to them - some time prior, they had been hiking with their {{p|Stoutland}} when all three of them fell into a deep crevasse. The Pokémon — Mewtwo, unbeknownst to them — saved them with its {{m|Psychic}} before flying away.

Having overheard their conversation, a man with his right arm in a sling approaches them. He introduces himself as [[Dirk]] and reveals Mewtwo's identity, explaining that Mewtwo saved him from a landslide but it and his Escavalier were caught up in the disaster. Virgil mobilizes his Team Eevee to aid Dirk in recovering his Pokémon, a mission they successfully accomplish. However, Dirk expresses worry that Mewtwo is badly injured as well, and asks Virgil, Anna and Oscar to help him find it.

Meanwhile, Mewtwo is soaking in an underwater spring to recover. A {{p|Marill}} and {{p|Azumarill}} swim up to it, but flee when it glares at them.

Virgil, Anna and Oscar examine a map of the region and realize that finding Mewtwo will be difficult. Virgil suggests that he can use his helicopter to search from the air, but Dirk reveals that Mewtwo will be frightened away due to it distrusting humans. When pressed on how he knows so much about Mewtwo, Dirk confesses that Mewtwo was created by humans using the genes of {{p|Mew}} as a base. When it became the subject of cruel experiments, Mewtwo escaped the laboratory. Dirk says that he is searching for Mewtwo to offer it protection, but when he finally found it, they were caught in the landslide.

Virgil sends Team Eevee out to search for Mewtwo alongside Stoutland, and Anna uses her ability to connect with the hearts of the forest Pokémon to get their aid as well. Virgil's Eevee, {{p|Vaporeon}} and {{p|Leafeon}} encounter the Marill and Azumarill from earlier and learn of Mewtwo's location. However, they are unaware that a camera drone is following them, recording a feed that Dirk is secretly monitoring on his wrist device. Dirk slips off on his own while the others are not looking.

Team Eevee reunites with Stoutland at the cave where Mewtwo is, and Eevee, {{p|Espeon}} and Stoutland bring a [[Revival Herb]] in to Mewtwo. Mewtwo, however, refuses all aid. As they leave the cave, Dirk is standing on a cliff overlooking the clearing. He removes his sling and summons an army of robotic drones to surround the clearing and cave entrance. Angered by the disturbance, Mewtwo attempts to leave, only to be trapped by the electromagnetic barrier generated by the drones and attacked by Dirk's Tyranitar and Escavalier. When seemingly cornered, Mewtwo [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolves]] into Mega Mewtwo Y and counterattacks using its incredible speed.

Virgil, Anna and Oscar arrive, discover the scene, and confront Dirk. Dirk claims to not have lied about his goals, instead, he says that he simply failed to tell them that he is a [[Pokémon Hunter]] hired by [[Mewtwo's creators]] to recapture it. Mewtwo says that it knew humans couldn't be trusted before fighting with Dirk's Pokémon again. Anna apologizes to Mewtwo, saying that she didn't know the truth about Dirk.

Suddenly, some of Dirk's drones —— having been hit by Tyranitar's {{m|Hyper Beam}} earlier — spark and cause a forest fire. Virgil calls Team Eevee forth, but the flames quickly surround them. Meanwhile, the drones surround Mewtwo and on Dirk's order to finish the battle, begin attacking it. Within moments, Mewtwo is restrained by energy blasts fired from the drones, but it frees itself using {{m|Psystrike}}. Mewtwo then dodges several more blasts and Mega Evolves, destroying the drones using its speed and psychic powers. Several of the burning drones crash around Dirk, causing him to fall down the cliff and drop his [[Poké Balls]].

Dirk awakens and calls for Tyranitar and the Escavalier to attack Mewtwo again, only for Mewtwo to crush the Poké Balls with Psychic. Tyranitar and the two Escavalier walk off, freed from Dirk's control. With no other options, Dirk begs Mewtwo for mercy, saying that he only attacked it because the scientists told him to. Virgil's Espeon and {{p|Umbreon}} use Psychic to lift up and capture Dirk, and Virgil says that he will take Dirk to [[Officer Jenny]]. Virgil, Anna and Oscar all thank Mewtwo for saving them, but it says it was merely helping the Pokémon before asking them to forget they ever met it. Mewtwo then flies away into a thunderstorm, where it asks itself if it will ever find a place it can call home.

At a [[Pokémon Center]], {{Ash}}, {{an|Iris}} and {{an|Cilan}} are speaking to [[Professor Oak]], who tells them to visit a park called [[Pokémon Hills]] in [[New Tork City]] that [[Eric|his friend]] works at. Iris turns around and sees Virgil in an interview on television. The interviewer asks him what is important for the Pokémon Rescue Squad, prompting Virgil to look up to the sky and answer, thinking of Mewtwo, that it is all about people and Pokémon connecting to each other with open hearts.