"Aside from the occasional egg brought in by a trainer, these Pokemon were all born here, yes." The Professor said, slowly standing up. "Many of the Pokemon rescued from the second Shadow Pokemon Epidemic were kept here afterwards, and a lot of them are still living strong today. Over the last few years, we've been finding eggs outside, bringing life to all these little ones.As the Pokemon from the eggs grow, we let them out into the back garden. And some of them produce more eggs, therefor meaning more Pokemon. Occasionally we take some of the more wild Pokemon out to the Pokespots around Orre, for them to live more naturally. It's a well known fact for me that not all Pokemon like it here, so I do the best I can to take them to somewhere more reasonable."

Noticing Velis had seemed to turn her attention to something else, Michael looked to see what it was, and watched Rudy seem to encounter a Pokemon that captured his interest. Michael had spent time watching that Mime Jr and it's antics before, and was forced to hold himself back from chuckling at the sight of the two, as to try and not embarrass the boy. He stared down at Rudy and the Mime Jr behind him as he was asked a very crucial question. Shifting his gaze between and two as he put his hand up to his chin, taking a moment of silence to observe the two. Slowly, he lowered his hand, and slid it into his pocket. "Well, Rudy." He began, pulling out a Pokeball, and offering it to Rudy with a smile. "I think you two will be an excellent team! Here is a Pokeball for you to use for Mime Jr. Though you do need to capture him to actually make him your Pokemon, he does not have to stay in there. Feel free to keep him out, as I'm pretty sure he won't cause trouble." He looked back at the Mime Jr, keeping his expression. "Right?"

Meanwhile, Desmond's situation was getting mildly awkward. The Slakoth insisted on staying, and Desmond wasn't sure of what to do. He sighed, looking down at it's face. "Can you please let go? I can't take you with me, I'm not here for my first Pokemon." He said, being blunt on the matter. The Slakoth frowned, pulling itself upwards and climbing onto his back. Desmond's eyes narrowed as he glared at the wall in front of him, feeling the Slakoth plop down on his head, with it's legs and arms hanging off. He sort of looked like a hat, but Desmond wasn't able to notice this. Instead, he watched the Pokemon that was following Elizabeth curiously back to the group.

[I]'A ghost-type? It seems that the Blake family may have an interesting taste in Pokemon. Makes me wonder if she ever battles? Probably not, at least in public. A ghost type like that though... It'd be at a stand off with this little guy.'[/I] His thoughts made him reach up and scratch the Slakoth on the head, which it responded to by yawning, and scratching the side of Desmond's face. After lowering his hand, he made his way back to the group, noticing Rudy had apparently found his partner. Desmond hadn't ever seen a Mime Jr before, and thought that it looked rather cute. 

Before he could say anything, the Professor spoke up. "You are all allowed to release a Pokemon as well, if you wish. Perhaps try and keep them out of trouble though, okay?" Michael was rather confident that their Pokemon couldn't harm anything too much, but he'd stay alert, none the less.

"Thank you for the offer, Professor, but I'll pass." Desmond replied, not being specific as to why. He knew his Pokemon could get a bit... Rowdy, at times. And he didn't want them to get into trouble with the other trainers, or the Professor. 

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Outside the lab, the Bus Driver sunk into his seat as he noticed a truck skid to a halt in front of the lab, kicking up dust around it. Without even waiting for the dust to clear, the back of the truck opened and multiple people wearing [URL=http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/d/db/Cipher_Peon.png]Strange White Costumes[/URL] jumped out, rushing to the front of the vehicle. with one similar looking person getting out of the driver's side of the truck, and the rather well-dressed individual got out the passenger's side. All of the men and women in the white costumes stood at attention, saluting the man that stood out so effectively. 

"Alright! I was sent here with more of you then I probably needed. I mean, six of you? The Boss clearly has no faith in me, but I'm going to prove 'em wrong." He pointed at the three farthest to the right, grinning. "You three will flank the lab to the right, while you others take the left! Snatch as many Pokemon as you can, while I take care of the inside of the lab."

"B-But, sir... The Boss told us to only focus on the Purification Chamber-"

"Shuddap! Don't question me!" The man yelled, glaring at the white-wearing individual who spoke up to him. "I am here, therefor I am the boss of this operation! And I told you to steal Pokemon to take back to that pink-haired cooze to turn them into Shadow Pokemon! This is the job that'll get me in good with The Boss! I will be his right-hand man, after I crush the inhabitants of this lab and steal their Pokemon!" The man tipped his hat ever-so-slightly, before raising a hand into the air. "Now go!"

With his word, the group of six split up into groups of three, each approaching from a different side of the lab. The rather lanky man instead took the direct approach, heading strait for the doors of the lab, a smirk planted on his face as he was planning to take the place by storm. He stopped for a moment, to glance back at the parked Bus. He stared from behind his purple shades, before shrugging off the feeling he had, and entering the facility.

Though, back in the bus, the driver was hidden, digging around for a scrap of paper. After a minute or so of scrambling, he finally found the Professor's PDA contact information he had gotten yesterday, but almost lazily lost. The man opened up his own PDA, used mostly to keep track of business, and began contacting the Professor immediately, knowing this was a critical situation.