Prologue

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="14800640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <B>Dark Reflection (Beginning):</B>  <B>Prologue</B>   |   <A HREF="dr1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 1"><U>Chapter 1</U></A>   |   <A HREF="dr2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 2"><U>Chapter 2</U></A>   |   <A HREF="dr3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 3"><U>Chapter 3</U></A>   |   <A HREF="dr4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 4"><U>Chapter 4</U></A>   |   <A HREF="dr5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 5"><U>Chapter 5</U></A></div> <div> <B>A Master in the Making:  </B><A HREF="mim18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 18"><U>Chapter 18</U></A>   |   <A HREF="mim19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 19"><U>Chapter 19</U></A>   |   <A HREF="mim20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 20"><U>Chapter 20</U></A>   |   <A HREF="mim21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 21"><U>Chapter 21</U></A>   |   <A HREF="mim22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 22"><U>Chapter 22</U></A>   |   <A HREF="mim23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 23"><U>Chapter 23</U></A>   |   <A HREF="mim24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 24"><U>Chapter 24</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id734.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 25"><U>Chapter 25</U></A>   |   <A HREF="mim26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 26"><U>Chapter 26</U></A></div> <div> <B>Dark Reflection:  </B><A HREF="dr6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 6"><U>Chapter 6</U></A>   |   <A HREF="dr7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 7"><U>Chapter 7</U></A>   |   <A HREF="dr8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 8"><U>Chapter 8</U></A>   |   <A HREF="dr9.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 9"><U>Chapter 9</U></A>   |   <A HREF="dr10.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 10"><U>Chapter 10</U></A>   |   <A HREF="dr11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 11"><U>Chapter 11</U></A>   |   <A HREF="dr12.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 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question that had been haunting him for the last month was coming to mind again.  "Now I fully perceive my power, but what is my purpose?" he wondered to himself.</div> <bR> <div>     "To serve your master." Mewtwo had not realized that he had allowed his thoughts to be projected to anyone nearby, but apparently his partner had somehow overheard and was now going to voice one of his annoying and selfish opinions.  "You were created to fight for me.  That is your purpose."</div> <bR> <div>     Mewtwo was startled.  This was not the kind of response he had expected, but it explained Giovanni's increasing rudeness.  He had been demanding more and more of Mewtwo lately, and now the psychic pokémon understood why.  "That cannot be.  You said we were partners.  We stood as equals!"</div> <bR> <div>     The crime lord flashed a cruel smile.  "You were created by humans to obey humans.  You could never be our equal."</div> <bR> <div>     Mewtwo was enraged.  He had trusted this human, believing that he really was trying to help him recognize his true potential.  Now he could see that it had all been a sham.  Giovanni's true goal had been to gradually subjugate him, all the time hiding behind the lie that he thought of them as equals.  However, the Rocket leader had made a crucial mistake by revealing his plans.  Now Mewtwo would show him the penalty for his deception.  "Humans may have created me, but they will never enslave me! This cannot be my destiny!"</div> <bR> <div>     "Stop this!" Giovanni ordered as Mewtwo started to glow with powerful psychic energy.</div> <bR> <div>     "I was not born a pokémon.  I was created, and my creators have used and betrayed me!"  With one thought, the psychic pokémon ripped away the wires that fed into his armor, freeing himself from the restriction they caused.  "So, I stand alone!"  Focusing his powers, Mewtwo began to tear apart the entire chamber, flinging pieces of machinery into walls and reaching down to the foundations of the building, preparing to collapse it.  Suddenly, a flash of pain seared through his head, causing him to drop all the items he had in his psychic grip.  Shaking off the momentary lapse of concentration, he once again began to destroy the building.  A second wave of pain gripped him immediately, this one so strong that he fell to the floor, holding his head in agony.</div> <bR> <div>     Giovanni's evil laugh echoed through the dark chamber.  "You won't be standing at all if you continue to disobey me!  I'm not stupid enough to create an all-powerful pokémon without having a way to ensure his cooperation."  At this, the Rocket leader pointed to a small device on his wrist.  "My scientists implanted a device in your head, designed to zap some of the neurons in your brain at the press of a button, or something like that.  The device can be set low enough that you only get a mild headache, or I can turn it up so high that it kills you.  Not only that, but the device is shielded against psychic energy, so you won't be able to use your powers to disable it.  You <B>will</B> obey me, or you will die..."</div> </td> </tr></table></body>