Pokémon: International Police Operations

"Nighty night?" Mars whispered in her sleep. "It's only noon..."

The shuttle was still on its way to Kanto. Even so, Kanto was still several hours away.

 

"Heh... I have been through a lot lately," Mars muttered with her eyes still closed. She tried to get whatever more rest she could. Still, what Elodie added also got her curious, so Mars opened her eyes. "And eh? What do you mean by sheepish? I don't look that bad, do I?"

 

Now that made Mars laugh a little bit. "You know, that is not surprising! It is International Police work, and that reminds me of a time when I went on my first field mission with agent Looker. We travelling from Sinnoh to Hoenn's Battle Frontier when he suddenly had a coffee addiction and drank nothing but that for the whole trip. It's a wonder he didn't crash at the end, because in spite of all the coffee he actually managed to sleep. Still, that was a good time, before we actually ran into Fiera."

 

Mars' smile faded a little bit. "Well, I certainly hope he'll be fine wherever he is. Plus, you could call him a nice person, but he's quite... jumpy. On the whole, he's a nice guy to meet, and I can only picture the look on his face when he sees me leading a team of fresh agents. I'm still not getting over his coffee addiction, however. Man, I wish our missions could be more fun too..."

The shuttle didn't provide any kind of refreshment, so Mars sat patiently hoping for a steady arrival to Kanto.

 

@⋆SeeU⋆Hime⋆ @~Seeker of Shadows~ @PikaandChu

(Jump to Kanto?)

 

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The flight took its time, but within a few hours the International Police shuttle had touched down at the IP's base in Saffron City, which happened to be underground and so required the use of a landing pad to arrive. The base was located on the outskirts of the city, and the ground opened up to allow the shuttle entry. The doors closed above it shortly after.

Soon, Mars was the first one to disembark as she carried her briefcase out of the shuttle. After giving her ID to the officers to confirm her position with the IPI, she walked past an office in the landing bay which was actually was the hub for IP operations in Kanto. There was also a weapons workshop - presumably for Atelier's use -, a small mess hall, and a huge room where multiple IP agents were sitting at desktops and working away. There was also several hallways which led to elevators that would take agents to the city, as well as another hallway that led to some conference rooms and a barracks.

As for Mars, she went off to the IPI office, near the hub office, where she was greeted with a communications system, monitors, and whatever she would need to conduct support activities for IP agents. In this case, Elodie, Kira, and that third agent called Aaron.

She did give Elodie a glance, though with a small smile. "Did you seriously not want to say anything to Saturn?"

@PikaandChu

Not long after Mars, Kira, and Elodie had arrived at Saffron City, Aaron was on a separate shuttle bound for the same place. Atelier had done what he could to get Aaron on the shuttle quickly, and the shuttle was only getting past Lavender Town.

 

@PikaandChu (These events are an indirect sequel to my fanfic "Agent Mars: Codename Eclipse", which happens after D/P/Pt. The fanfic isn't even finished yet!)

Not long after passing by Lavender Town, the shuttle began making its descent to Saffron City and soon was in the landing bay of the IP base in the outskirts. The shuttle touched down gently, as the crew began to disembark.

It just so happened that Mars was talking with Elodie and Kira at the moment, and after glancing at the newly arrived shuttle, said to Elodie, "Well, if there's time after this business with Fiera, I'm sure Saturn wouldn't mind another visit. For the time being, we ought to check out what Silph Co. may have to do with our investigation. I bet our new friend here will be of use to us too."

 

⋆SeeU⋆Hime⋆ ~Seeker of Shadows~

Mars unpacked her things and turned to Elodie and Kira. "Go to Silph Co. and see what kinds of information you can dig up in connection to the Veilstone City bombing. Once that's done, I think we all ought to pay the power plant a visit. It seems logical, since things are pointing in that direction. You can ask some of the agents here how to get around, but it shouldn't be hard to figure out either."

There were only several elevators which transported agents into the city. One led to the Magnet Train station, another to the Pokémon Centre in the southern bloc, and a third to an alley in the northern bloc near the local Gym.