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"I'M SO SORRY! I'm an utter failure!" Professor Alex practically yelled after he explained what had happened to Dakota himself, his hands clapped in prayer and bowing for forgiveness.

Dakota was still pretty shocked to see Jake as a pokemon and the mere thought still held a bit of doubt in him. His first reaction though was utter disbelieve and thought it was a joke until Jake spoke up.

"So are the effects permanent?" Dakota managed to ask.

Professor Alex was too busy saying sorry countless times that he didn't catch what Dakota had asked.

"Not really sure," Jake answered, "but Professor Alex says he's working on a reversal method to fix this."

Dakota kept switching his view between Professor Alex and Jake before giving a low sigh.

"Professor Alex," Dakota said in a commanding tone.

The professor stopped his apologetic rant when he heard his name called. He knew what was coming; he would have to turn in his resignation and hope he could skirt the streets for a job where he wouldn't be recognized as the failure that turned a human into a pokemon. But on top of that, hope for a job that he could continue any scientific research.

Dakota , now catching Professor Alex's attention, continued on, "I want you to finish up that reversal method asap, and inform me when it's ready."

'What?!' Professor Alex thought, he wasn't losing his job after all.

"I want that reversal method to be you top priority, understood?"

Professor Alex bursted with joy, "Yes, oh thank you Admin Dakota! I'll get it done before you know it, and I promise it'll work! Jake, don't you worry, you'll be back to normal in no time!"

Professor Alex sprinted out of the Intel room and back to his lab to where he started his tireless work.

Dakota let out an exacerbated sigh after Professor Alex left, "Now, about the mission for you Jake. I think we ought to hand it over to someone else on account of your…situation."

Haze was the first to start pouting, "What?! That's not fair!"

Jake knew how she felt and spoke up himself, "With all due respect Dakota, me and my team are more than capable to handle a mission even now."

"You're very admirable Jake, but I don't want to endanger any member that isn't up to the task."

Haze began to get a little angry, "You have got to be kidding me! This is totally unfair!"

"Calm down Haze, you sound like a Skitty throwing a tantrum," Jake tried to hold her back, but he had to admit he too hated that he was being put on the sidelines.

Haze and Jake continued to argue until Dagger stepped forward and cleared his throat to get everyone's attention.

"Pardon my interruption, but Admin Dakota, you said that you would not want to endanger any PEF member on a mission."

"Yes and-"

"But I would like to point out that no matter what, any mission will always have its dangers and its consequences. It is our responsibility to work past these dangers and adapt to the changes in order to succeed."

The Intel Room fell silent under the weight of Dagger's sage like words, save for the ongoing hum of the computer terminals at the Comp Techs' stations. Dakota paced back and forth as he thought, debating the situation. He finally halted midstep and looked directly at Jake and the rest of his team.

"…Okay then, Jake, I will now assign you and your team your next mission."

Haze gasped with excitement and even Dagger gave a hint of a smile with silent enthusiasium.

"As for your mission…" Dakota trailed off as he sifted through some files on his desk monitor.

"Sir," one of the Comp Techs said with a bored over used phrase, "The file is right here."

Dakota smiled, embarrassed as his desk monitor flickered with a new file in the center. He tapped on the screen where the file was to open it up.

"Yes right, ahem, Jake. Team Sigma grunts have been spotted exploring a hidden cave near the coast of Route 210. We think they are looking for something but don't know what it is they are after in this secluded area."

"But what's so important in this cave?" Haze asked before thinking.

"That's why we are being sent in," Dagger stated tonelessly, "Otherwise there would be no reason for us to first investigate."

Haze shot a glare at Dagger, "Excuse me Mr. No Feelings if I had a question."

Jake face palmed as he had to think of a way to break up the soon to be brawl. Dakota cleared his throat, immediately getting everyone's attention.

"So, as I said before, you are to go to this location," Dakota gestured to a highlighted spot on a map from the desk, "and find out what Team Sigma is up to and stop them if nessacary."

"Right," Jake exclaimed, "Ready Haze, Dagger?"

"Always Jake!" "…*nod*"

Jake's team left the Intel room leaving Dakota to let out another sigh, "Sweet Arceus, I hope they'll be alright."

Along the way to the Coop, Jake was greeted with many awkward stares and hidden giggles as more and more people seemed to have found out what happened to him.

"Jeez, how does everyone know what happened," Jake asked in an agitated undertone after he heard the fifth person hide their laughter behind a fake cough.

"Come on 'Fluffy'," Haze taunted, "We can't worry about that now,*snicker*"

Jake's eye twitched in anger as he let out a deep throated growl. It was getting pretty annoying how she kept coming up with all these pet names for him.
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Jake and his team finally reached the Coop and were greeted by another wide eyed stare that Jake was slowly growing accustomed to with the roll of his eyes.

"…Oh, um, HEY Jake!" Oliver tried to say without laughing, "I guess *chuckle* Professor Alex went a little overboard with another experiment huh?"

Jake's eye twitched as he glared angrily at Oliver.

Oliver held back another laugh by covering with a cough before leaping down from a nest where he was caring for a pair of young Staravia.

"At least I don't look like I've been tarred and feathered all the time," Jake snapped back.

"Touché," Oliver quickly patted down his clothes, dispersing the ruffles of feathers that clung to him, "Now, what's on the agenda today?"

"Dakota assigned us a new mission. A Team Sigma raid was spotted just east of Route 210 and we need to get there fast to see what they're up to."

Oliver put his hand to his chin as if he was actually thinking for a moment, "Well, I currently don't have any oversized dog saddles for use."

Haze got a quick chuckle out of this, Jake just rolled his eyes.

"So we'll go with Plan B," Oliver clapped his hands together.

"Plan B?"

"Yup. Yo, Aeolus!"

The air suddenly took a plummet in temperature. The entire Coop was plunged into a semi darkness as a mysterious mist engulfed the air. The dark chill brought about a eerie silence before a faint scream shattered the veil. Jake found himself breaking into a cold sweat; he, Haze, and Dagger took on defensive stances, ready to fight.

"Who dare summons the all powerful Aeolus from the deepest pit of his domain?!"

The ominous voice reverberated darkly against the interior of the Coop. A few of the young flying types in one nest clung to each other for dear life as if the icy cold hand of death was on them.

"Answer mortal!"

"It is I, Oliver, your master," Oliver shouted to the darkness, but something was off in his tone; as if he wasn't as serious as he made himself seem.

"I answer to no mortal as master," the haunting voice shouted as the sound of cracking thunder filled the room," For your heathen tongue, your life will be plagued with despair and misery!"

Jake and the others watched in horror as bright flashes of light exploded around Oliver. The sound of screams carried on perpetual wind whipped around the darkness. The pressure of the unknown presence locked Jake and his team in place as Oliver stood motionless and tall between the chaos. A final bang and the brightest light lit the Coop up to a blinding point. From the light, a silhouette of a large floating purple figure raised what looked like paper thin claws above Oliver's head.

"BOO!"

The figure's cry echoed once around the Coop. The roaring wind died down with the receding mist and the lights began to flicker to their original brightness. Jake and his team all felt their hearts skip a beat as their eyes readjusted to the harsh change of light. Oliver hadn't seemed to move an inch from where he originally stood as a larger than normal Drifblim held its arms above his head menacingly with a contorted and evil glare. The entire Coop remained silent until a lone Murkrow started cawing for attention and the original buzz of Coop came back to life.

Oliver clapped his hands sarcastically, "Heh, that's a little more showy than your last 'summon'."

The Drifblim known as Aeolus lowered his arms and began to pout, "Oh come on, you weren't even a little scared?"

"Nope," Oliver replied plainly, "Where did you get the mist from though?"

"Fog machines," Aeolus said as he took out a remote for the fog machines that could be seen in various places of the Coop.

"Well that one is new."

"Wait a second," Haze blurted out, "What in the name of Arceus is going on here?!"

Oliver couldn't help but laugh, "This is Aeolus, the supposed most terrifying creature since Freddie Croagunk."

"What do you mean 'supposed', I'm ten times scarier than that 'kill you in your dreams' hack," Aeolus spat before turning to the Arcanine, Gallade, and Blaziken, "Hah, you see they were scared, wow they should see their faces."

Jake snapped back to reality with an angry glare, "We weren't scared, we were just caught off guard."

"Whatever scardy-cat or should I say dog."

This pushed Jake into another fit of rage and snap back at Aeolus with a growl.

"Ok, break it up," Oliver shortly cut in, "Aeolus, this is Jake and his team Dagger and Haze. Jake, this is Aeolus, a new member to my team, and resident haunted house on wings."

"Well thanks for the intro," Jake said dryly.

Oliver laughed to himself, "Aeolus, they were assigned a mission and I need you to carry Jake since he can't ride any flying pokemon."

"No offense Oliver, but aren't Drifblim not that great of flyers when it comes to speed?"

Aeolus was infuriated by the remark and was about to go off on Jake when Oliver cut in, "Aeolus here has a unique ability to control the wind around him to drift faster on currents at his whim. We actually won this year's high flyers race around Sinnoh by a margin against the Pokemon ranger named Wendy who won last year. "

"And he's not gonna drop me is he?" Jake asked a little nervous.

"Please, I could carry two Donphan at once with ease," Aeolus crossed his arms and puffed out his massive body.

Jake was still a little nervous but had to accept that in his form he would have to take the chance.

"Ok. Haze, Dagger, let's move out, we can't waste anymore time," Jake cheered up.

Oliver whistled for another one of his partners, Swift the Pigeot, who came as soon as she was called. She gracefully landed in front of Dagger and Haze and greeted them casually before they climbed onto her back. Oliver hit the switch to open up the hanger like door to the Coop and let the cool breeze kick up around them all. Aeolus positioned himself just above Jake and carefully wrapped his arms around Jake's body for a snug cradle.

"Good luck," Oliver called.

Swift gave a strong flap of her wings and took as gracefully as she landed with the Blaziken and Gallade hanging on for takeoff. Jake felt the wind shift from in front of him to now blowing from behind. Aeolus gradually lifted Jake and himself from the ground and were away with surprising speed.

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"I'M SO SORRY! I'm an utter failure!" Professor Alex practically yelled after he explained what had happened to Dakota himself, his hands clapped in prayer and bowing for forgiveness.

Dakota was still pretty shocked to see Jake as a pokemon and the mere thought still held a bit of doubt in him. His first reaction though was utter disbelieve and thought it was a joke until Jake spoke up.

"So are the effects permanent?" Dakota managed to ask.

Professor Alex was too busy saying sorry countless times that he didn't catch what Dakota had asked.

"Not really sure," Jake answered, "but Professor Alex says he's working on a reversal method to fix this."

Dakota kept switching his view between Professor Alex and Jake before giving a low sigh.

"Professor Alex," Dakota said in a commanding tone.

The professor stopped his apologetic rant when he heard his name called. He knew what was coming; he would have to turn in his resignation and hope he could skirt the streets for a job where he wouldn't be recognized as the failure that turned a human into a pokemon. But on top of that, hope for a job that he could continue any scientific research.

Dakota , now catching Professor Alex's attention, continued on, "I want you to finish up that reversal method asap, and inform me when it's ready."

'What?!' Professor Alex thought, he wasn't losing his job after all.

"I want that reversal method to be you top priority, understood?"

Professor Alex bursted with joy, "Yes, oh thank you Admin Dakota! I'll get it done before you know it, and I promise it'll work! Jake, don't you worry, you'll be back to normal in no time!"

Professor Alex sprinted out of the Intel room and back to his lab to where he started his tireless work.

Dakota let out an exacerbated sigh after Professor Alex left, "Now, about the mission for you Jake. I think we ought to hand it over to someone else on account of your…situation."

Haze was the first to start pouting, "What?! That's not fair!"

Jake knew how she felt and spoke up himself, "With all due respect Dakota, me and my team are more than capable to handle a mission even now."

"You're very admirable Jake, but I don't want to endanger any member that isn't up to the task."

Haze began to get a little angry, "You have got to be kidding me! This is totally unfair!"

"Calm down Haze, you sound like a Skitty throwing a tantrum," Jake tried to hold her back, but he had to admit he too hated that he was being put on the sidelines.

Haze and Jake continued to argue until Dagger stepped forward and cleared his throat to get everyone's attention.

"Pardon my interruption, but Admin Dakota, you said that you would not want to endanger any PEF member on a mission."

"Yes and-"

"But I would like to point out that no matter what, any mission will always have its dangers and its consequences. It is our responsibility to work past these dangers and adapt to the changes in order to succeed."

The Intel Room fell silent under the weight of Dagger's sage like words, save for the ongoing hum of the computer terminals at the Comp Techs' stations. Dakota paced back and forth as he thought, debating the situation. He finally halted midstep and looked directly at Jake and the rest of his team.

"…Okay then, Jake, I will now assign you and your team your next mission."

Haze gasped with excitement and even Dagger gave a hint of a smile with silent enthusiasium.

"As for your mission…" Dakota trailed off as he sifted through some files on his desk monitor.

"Sir," one of the Comp Techs said with a bored over used phrase, "The file is right here."

Dakota smiled, embarrassed as his desk monitor flickered with a new file in the center. He tapped on the screen where the file was to open it up.

"Yes right, ahem, Jake. Team Sigma grunts have been spotted exploring a hidden cave near the coast of Route 210. We think they are looking for something but don't know what it is they are after in this secluded area."

"But what's so important in this cave?" Haze asked before thinking.

"That's why we are being sent in," Dagger stated tonelessly, "Otherwise there would be no reason for us to first investigate."

Haze shot a glare at Dagger, "Excuse me Mr. No Feelings if I had a question."

Jake face palmed as he had to think of a way to break up the soon to be brawl. Dakota cleared his throat, immediately getting everyone's attention.

"So, as I said before, you are to go to this location," Dakota gestured to a highlighted spot on a map from the desk, "and find out what Team Sigma is up to and stop them if nessacary."

"Right," Jake exclaimed, "Ready Haze, Dagger?"

"Always Jake!" "…*nod*"

Jake's team left the Intel room leaving Dakota to let out another sigh, "Sweet Arceus, I hope they'll be alright."

Along the way to the Coop, Jake was greeted with many awkward stares and hidden giggles as more and more people seemed to have found out what happened to him.

"Jeez, how does everyone know what happened," Jake asked in an agitated undertone after he heard the fifth person hide their laughter behind a fake cough.

"Come on 'Fluffy'," Haze taunted, "We can't worry about that now,*snicker*"

Jake's eye twitched in anger as he let out a deep throated growl. It was getting pretty annoying how she kept coming up with all these pet names for him.
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Jake and his team finally reached the Coop and were greeted by another wide eyed stare that Jake was slowly growing accustomed to with the roll of his eyes.

"…Oh, um, HEY Jake!" Oliver tried to say without laughing, "I guess *chuckle* Professor Alex went a little overboard with another experiment huh?"

Jake's eye twitched as he glared angrily at Oliver.

Oliver held back another laugh by covering with a cough before leaping down from a nest where he was caring for a pair of young Staravia.

"At least I don't look like I've been tarred and feathered all the time," Jake snapped back.

"Touché," Oliver quickly patted down his clothes, dispersing the ruffles of feathers that clung to him, "Now, what's on the agenda today?"

"Dakota assigned us a new mission. A Team Sigma raid was spotted just east of Route 210 and we need to get there fast to see what they're up to."

Oliver put his hand to his chin as if he was actually thinking for a moment, "Well, I currently don't have any oversized dog saddles for use."

Haze got a quick chuckle out of this, Jake just rolled his eyes.

"So we'll go with Plan B," Oliver clapped his hands together.

"Plan B?"

"Yup. Yo, Aeolus!"

The air suddenly took a plummet in temperature. The entire Coop was plunged into a semi darkness as a mysterious mist engulfed the air. The dark chill brought about a eerie silence before a faint scream shattered the veil. Jake found himself breaking into a cold sweat; he, Haze, and Dagger took on defensive stances, ready to fight.

"Who dare summons the all powerful Aeolus from the deepest pit of his domain?!"

The ominous voice reverberated darkly against the interior of the Coop. A few of the young flying types in one nest clung to each other for dear life as if the icy cold hand of death was on them.

"Answer mortal!"

"It is I, Oliver, your master," Oliver shouted to the darkness, but something was off in his tone; as if he wasn't as serious as he made himself seem.

"I answer to no mortal as master," the haunting voice shouted as the sound of cracking thunder filled the room," For your heathen tongue, your life will be plagued with despair and misery!"

Jake and the others watched in horror as bright flashes of light exploded around Oliver. The sound of screams carried on perpetual wind whipped around the darkness. The pressure of the unknown presence locked Jake and his team in place as Oliver stood motionless and tall between the chaos. A final bang and the brightest light lit the Coop up to a blinding point. From the light, a silhouette of a large floating purple figure raised what looked like paper thin claws above Oliver's head.

"BOO!"

The figure's cry echoed once around the Coop. The roaring wind died down with the receding mist and the lights began to flicker to their original brightness. Jake and his team all felt their hearts skip a beat as their eyes readjusted to the harsh change of light. Oliver hadn't seemed to move an inch from where he originally stood as a larger than normal Drifblim held its arms above his head menacingly with a contorted and evil glare. The entire Coop remained silent until a lone Murkrow started cawing for attention and the original buzz of Coop came back to life.

Oliver clapped his hands sarcastically, "Heh, that's a little more showy than your last 'summon'."

The Drifblim known as Aeolus lowered his arms and began to pout, "Oh come on, you weren't even a little scared?"

"Nope," Oliver replied plainly, "Where did you get the mist from though?"

"Fog machines," Aeolus said as he took out a remote for the fog machines that could be seen in various places of the Coop.

"Well that one is new."

"Wait a second," Haze blurted out, "What in the name of Arceus is going on here?!"

Oliver couldn't help but laugh, "This is Aeolus, the supposed most terrifying creature since Freddie Croagunk."

"What do you mean 'supposed', I'm ten times scarier than that 'kill you in your dreams' hack," Aeolus spat before turning to the Arcanine, Gallade, and Blaziken, "Hah, you see they were scared, wow they should see their faces."

Jake snapped back to reality with an angry glare, "We weren't scared, we were just caught off guard."

"Whatever scardy-cat or should I say dog."

This pushed Jake into another fit of rage and snap back at Aeolus with a growl.

"Ok, break it up," Oliver shortly cut in, "Aeolus, this is Jake and his team Dagger and Haze. Jake, this is Aeolus, a new member to my team, and resident haunted house on wings."

"Well thanks for the intro," Jake said dryly.

Oliver laughed to himself, "Aeolus, they were assigned a mission and I need you to carry Jake since he can't ride any flying pokemon."

"No offense Oliver, but aren't Drifblim not that great of flyers when it comes to speed?"

Aeolus was infuriated by the remark and was about to go off on Jake when Oliver cut in, "Aeolus here has a unique ability to control the wind around him to drift faster on currents at his whim. We actually won this year's high flyers race around Sinnoh by a margin against the Pokemon ranger named Wendy who won last year. "

"And he's not gonna drop me is he?" Jake asked a little nervous.

"Please, I could carry two Donphan at once with ease," Aeolus crossed his arms and puffed out his massive body.

Jake was still a little nervous but had to accept that in his form he would have to take the chance.

"Ok. Haze, Dagger, let's move out, we can't waste anymore time," Jake cheered up.

Oliver whistled for another one of his partners, Swift the Pigeot, who came as soon as she was called. She gracefully landed in front of Dagger and Haze and greeted them casually before they climbed onto her back. Oliver hit the switch to open up the hanger like door to the Coop and let the cool breeze kick up around them all. Aeolus positioned himself just above Jake and carefully wrapped his arms around Jake's body for a snug cradle.

"Good luck," Oliver called.

Swift gave a strong flap of her wings and took as gracefully as she landed with the Blaziken and Gallade hanging on for takeoff. Jake felt the wind shift from in front of him to now blowing from behind. Aeolus gradually lifted Jake and himself from the ground and were away with surprising speed.