"Haw." Prometheus chuckled, as he looked over to Isaac. "We were waiting until Dragon finished to tell it...but you're his morph, so I figure telling you is alright."<br/><br/><br/>"I'll be the judge of that." a voice rang out, as Bishop walked up to them, a frown on his face.<br/><br/><br/>"Bishop...welcome back." Isaac said, glancing at his trainer. "How are you feeling?"<br/><br/><br/>"You mean besides the young girl being eaten alive for no reason, and you two telling everyone in the center about my life? Oh, I've never been better." Bishop spat out.<br/><br/><br/>"Bishop...I know how you're feeling, but if you told someone, maybe you'd feel a little better." Isaac said thoughtfully. Bishop stood silent for a moment, then started speaking.<br/><br/><br/>"...My house is near Vermilion City. I grew up there, being raised as the heir to the Berthold family tradition. I learned about breeding and played with Pokemon, in a manor filled with maids and servants. My mom and dad provided everything for me. They didn't have time to see me all that much, so one of the maids acted as my nanny."<br/><br/><br/>"Clarice." Prometheus added. "Before she was a morph, she worked as a maid for Bishop's family. Real sweet girl. Little Bishop loved seeing her. Me an' Isaac were new additions to Bishop's little circle of friends back then, having been hatched and sent to the Berthold family. Seeing those two together warmed my heart, let me tell you."<br/><br/><br/>"Of course, something happened." Isaac took over, with a dark voice. "One day, a small package supposedly arrived. It was given to Clarice, and she was told to deliver it straight to Bishop's father, forbidden from opening it before it got into his hands. Of course, with Clarice on her way, she got suspicious, and she decided to open the box. Something jumped out and clawed at her. She probably would have been killed if another maid hadn't come in and started screaming. Whatever attacked Clarice immediately made a break for it, escaping the manor, destroying the furniture, leaving claw marks on the walls. The servants kept us and Bishop in his room, so we had no idea what was going on."<br/><br/><br/>"After that, Clarice stopped coming." Bishop said, with a serious expression. "The other maids kept coming in her place to look after me. I kept asking where Clarice was, but they wouldn't answer me. I got fed up, and threatened to fire everyone who didn't tell me what happened to Clarice. Being the heir of the house, I had the power to do that. One of them told me that my father knew what had happened."<br/><br/><br/>"Haw, you should have seen it." Prometheus chuckled. "Little Bishop waltzed right into his dad's office while he was working, and chewed him right out. 'If you don't give Clarice back, I'm calling the police and telling them you kidnapped her!' Oh man, the look on his face. Haw haw haw!" Prometheus laughed at the memory.<br/><br/><br/>"ANYWAY." Bishop cut in, continuing. "My father returned Clarice, but I wasn't prepared for it. Clarice had been turned into a Pokemorph. I had never seen or heard of a Pokemorph before, so I was frightened, but I knew it was Clarice. The other servants were afraid of her, too. She continued to look after me, but soon enough, Isaac and Prometheus changed too. The strange thing was...I spent all of my time with them, and I never contracted the virus."<br/><br/><br/>"That's not the only strange thing." Isaac muttered. "This happened before the outbreak of the virus occurred. Pokemorphs were unheard of. And yet a Pokemorph was delivered with the intent of reaching Bishop's father, before infecting Clarice and the Pokemon she handled, but not Bishop."<br/><br/><br/>"And Clarice's account of what happened just makes it all the more interesting." Prometheus adds. "She says that she doesn't remember much, but she tried describing a symbol she saw on the inside of the box before she was attacked. The description sounds pretty darn similar to Team Evolution's symbol."<br/><br/><br/>"My father gave me Clarice's Pokeball, and sternly told me to keep her existence a secret." Bishop said. "He said that absolutely no one was supposed to know about this, so Isaac, Prometheus, and Clarice were forbidden from leaving the house. I had no idea what was going on, and I realized that I couldn't stay in that house anymore. I was afraid, and needed to leave."<br/><br/><br/>"That's when he got his starter, and left without his dad's say-so." Prometheus added. "He was forced to leave us behind, but the little guy promised that he'd retrieve us later. Turns out when the outbreak happened, Bishop's father was just fine with us leaving the house. All of this...it means something in that house stinks."<br/><br/><br/>"Considering the circumstances, Prometheus and I came up with a theory." Isaac stated, folding his arms. "Bishop's father hid Clarice when she had been turned into a Pokemorph, which was in turn delivered in a package bearing the symbol of Team Evolution, said package was meant to be delivered to him. What do you suppose that means?"<br/><br/><br/>"Don't start, you two." Bishop snapped coldly. "Do you really expect me to believe that my father worked with criminals, when you don't even have any proof!?"<br/><br/><br/>"What about those shots he started giving you, Bishop?"<br/><br/><br/>"<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">They were for the flu!</span></span>" Bishop yelled. "Just shut up! Your theory is completely stupid!"