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I never realized how important I was until I got enough of a look at my boss's attitude towards me. I guess it's also because of my success in this organization, this "Team Rocket". As it turns out, it seems to be quite the trend that younger people have a great deal more potential as Pokémon Trainers, and to find one who's very skilled in battle can be a valuable asset, or a threat. I was told I'd become a more efficient Battler, and I've become just that. However, despite my accomplishments, my ability, and the friends I made, some part of me doesn't want any of it… and it only grows more noticeable after a mission nearly killed me. But then something else happens, something I'm not quite sure about, and it all has something to do with… "those Pokémon". Whatever it is, I want to know why, especially with when something even stranger is happening to me and my Pokémon partners, like we're becoming more like each other, in more ways than one…

Youngest to ever join the Ranks of Team Rocket, sixteen-year-old Eric Claid is a success story for the organization and the boss, Giovanni. Highly cooperative, skilled in Pokémon Battling, and well able to handle any mission Team Rocket throws his way. As a result, he even creates a reputation as a criminal mastermind in the making. However, there's more to him than what's displayed in public… when he's not doing work, he's one of the few members who can show he cares for Pokémon, participating with a group who shares his understanding. Then, when one mission goes south, he begins feeling much more connected towards his Pokémon, among other changes. At the same time, however, he's finding himself the target of a truly evil enemy, who not only uses a type of Pokémon thought to have been dealt with, but eventually turns out to be someone no rational mind could expect…