Security Affirmation [Open]

[balendin]

"Down the hall to the left. Wine cellar," Balendin said pointing down a hallway.

The veteran sentinel glanced up at the camera in the corner of the room. No doubt that rat was watching them. The time was coming soon. All was going according to plan so far. Balendin pulled out a pokeball and released his Machamp. As the superpower pokemon appeared it stretched its arms and threw a few lightning fast punches into the air. The Vice President started to move down the hallway motioning for the others to follow. He made his way into the wine cellar. He nodded to Machamp and the pokemon began moving large barrels out of the way from one of the walls revealing a large metal door.

"Hugo, my friend, I have not been completely honest with you. The Sentinels have secured the house and had this target trapped in this panic room for three days. He could have been dealt with at any time, but I have been waiting for your visit to Vermillion. You will decide his fate. I will follow your lead."

Hugo's actions for this point onward would no doubt tell Balendin what he needed to know.

[hugo]

So it was a test after all. Hugo suspected as much. After all of this sneaking around and searching, the Vice President was trying to discern what the Generals response would be to this type of situation, and was apparently even giving him a free hand in what the mans fate would be, which would be decided as soon as the man was apprehended, in just a few minutes time. The General stared at the large metal door as Balendin's Machamp moved a number of barrels out of the way from in front of it.

Now it was just a matter of how to break down such a strong door. It was likely that even his Blaziken's attacks wouldn't be strong enough to break through such a strong barrier. The General pondered what to do for a few seconds, before he took out another Pokeball and tossed it. The ball opened up, releasing a large Haxorus. Hugo, the pointed at the door and said, "Haxorus, use Giga Impact on that door." The Axe Jaw Pokemon then began to glow in a bright orange hue as it charged in at the door, its speed increasing with every step, until finally, the Dragon-types head made contact with the door. The door was torn from its foundation and was sent crashing into the wall in the back of the wine cellar. The General then stepped into the room, and immediately noticing how dark it was tried to feel around the side of the door in an attempt to find a light switch. After a few seconds, his hand finally found what he was looking for, and fumble around for another second as he tried to flip it.

Finally though, the whole wine cellar lit up brightly, and Hugo immediately caught sight of dark haired man, cowering in the corner of the room, staring at the general and his Haxorus. Doubtless, this man was aware of what now awaited him. The only question was the matter of what his punishment should be. Without even saying a word, the General took out yet another Pokeball, and tossed it, releasing a Hypno, the General then said in an unusually casual tone, "Hypnosis." The Psychic-type then stepped right up towards the man and began to wave its pendulum back and forth in front of the mans eyes. The mans eyelids began to droop as he slowly fell into a deep sleep.

Hugo motioned to his Haxorus to grab the man, and follow its trainer back out into the hallway. The Dragon-type complied as they exited the wine cellar and walked back over to where Balendin and his Machamp were standing. Haxorus casually flung the sleeping man and tossed him at Balendin's feet as the General said to him, "He's of more use to us alive than dead. He seemed cowardly enough that a few interrogation sessions will get him to crack and reveal to us the names of all of his contacts."

[balendin]

Balendin's returned Machamp to his ball. He watched closely to what Hugo did. This was the moment of truth. There was only one way the Chief of Staff could handle this without coming under suspect from the Vice President. The reason Hugo had been brought along was that someone in his office was working with this rat. The old sentinel had no way of knowing Hugo was not the guilty party. This traitorous founder was weak, under a sentinel questioner he would spill every piece of information he knew to save himself. If Hugo was working with him the last thing he would want was this rat taken in for questioning. As far as Balendin could see if he was guilty he had two options; kill the man and protect himself or kill Balendin and the man and claim that they killed each other. The second option would be harder to pull off, but would get Balendin out of the picture. The Vice President had purposely returned his pokemon and put away his gun to try to make himself look like an easier target.

Balendin watched as Hugo busted down the door, put the man to sleep, and said the words Balendin had hoped to hear. It seemed like his old friend had remained loyal. Of course, someone would have to keep an eye on him in case he tried to flee the country when he was out of the sentinel's sight, but for now, Balendin was convinced of his loyalty.

The Vice President released his Alakazam and put one hand on the mustached pokemon and the other on the sleeping man.

"You need to clean up your staff. At least one is a traitor. I trust you will handle this issue as quickly and efficiently as you can," Balendin told the General before moving onto the next issue.

"Have you met Blaine? I do not mean at official functions, but behind closed doors where the real business tends to get done. I will see if I can pin him down for a private meeting. It is about time that we begin discussing the future of Lux in earnest."

Having said what needed to be said, Balendin teleported away with his new prisoner.