EPISODE 12: Astounding!*

Sent to the Violet Museum, the both of us are. Due to a holiday, the museum is closed to the public, therefore not a single employee or guard will be lurking inside and outside of the museum. The only thing me and Virgo must do is to surpass the security mechanism of the vicinity.

In a steady and cautious pace, the two of us entered from the back of the vicinity, knocking down the back doors. We are in touch with professor Olive since she is responsible for disabling the CCTV cameras which are on a recording state since it is a holiday and no will be around to watch the monitors.

Upon entering the museum, we wait for the professor's signal. It took about ten seconds for Olive to deactivate all the security mechanisms of the vicinity. This includes bars, locks, CCTV cameras, monitors, and tripwire hooks. I am surprised, she surpasses Charlotte when it comes to hacking skills.

"Go! Good luck Team Rocket!" Through an earbud, professor Olive finally gives the go signal, saying everything has finally been disabled. She then disconnects from our communication system in order to continue with her other tasks. As for us, we proceed to our heist.

Even with everything disabled, we persisted to walk in a cautious and smooth pace. With no one looking or staring at us, stealing the book will be a breeze. Its location is quite obvious since it is only located in the center of the museum. As we walk closer to the book, our eyes marveled upon the structures and pillars, giving an ancient appeal.

Hanging above us are large fossils of Pokemons that once roamed our land. One of them is familiar to me, Aerodactyl. The fossil Pokemon who falls under the ownership of the dragon master, Lance. That reminds me, what could the elite four be up to this time?

Anyways, back to the heist. As we walk, Virgo's attention is grabbed by the library section located on the east of the museum. Books, stacked in rows and columns, shelves each separated for a genre, with tables in order to rest your tired feet. This is truly attention-grabbing for bookworms like Virgo. However, with all my best I try to convince her to focus on our current mission.

If there is a library, there is also an art section. How, I wish to take a closer look at such fine artistry. The paintings were painted during the golden eras of Johto. Its beauty captures one's heart, bringing joy and content. If only if I have the time, I'd spend it on drawing again. Come to think of it, the artists of the past are more creative than the ones today due to the lack of inspiration.

Me? The park inspires me so it's not kind of a big deal to me when there are multiple Pokemons to draw. In return to me being attracted, Virgo persuades me to focus on the current mission.

Truly, this museum contains both of our hobbies, reading, and artistry. Someday, I'll visit the Violet Museum to spend all my time, glancing at priceless paintings while Virgo reads a dozen enthusiastic novels of her favorite genre.

Back to the book, it is placed on top of a wooden lectern, coated in brown. Coincidently, the sun's light directly points at the book, giving it a glorious appeal. The professor is right, it has a fancy velvet color with no title at all. Suspicious it is, for this is my first time to see a book without a title.

Virgo makes the first move. Unable to control herself, she jolts to the book, flipping the pages and reading it with her eyes. Just from the first page, Virgo is left in complete shock. With her eyes-wide-open, she asks me to take a closer look.

"What the?!" I exclaim, seeing a page with no words. I flip to the second, the third, then the fourth, everything remained blank. A book's purpose is somehow not present in this "book". It does not have what readers search for, the artistry found in words.

Although it may be blank, at the center of the book lies a page like no other. Painted in gold the page is, bearing a magnificent illustration of the wings. On the left is the dazzling rainbow wing and on my right is the shining silver wing. Virgo then twitches her glasses, and begins to read the small notes.

"Only the heart of gold and the soul of silver shall be worthy of the wings. If it falls under the palm of evil, it shall turn to black, withered and decayed." Virgo reads carefully.

"I guess we just need to tear the page in order to steal it right?" I suggest.

"Perhaps." Virgo concurs.

After enough thinking, I volunteer to rip off the page. Taking the whole book rather than ripping off the page we need would only raise our suspicion. My hands are currently on the page of the book, when suddenly something from behind us interrupts. We look the ceilings, and there we saw the ceiling made out glass, shattering into fragments as ropes from the skies begin to descend.

We then hear the laughter of people, somewhat descending from the skies. For us, it seems to be gobbledygook since we wonder where the ropes are attached too. Little do the two of us know that we're held captive by those who control and roam the skies of Johto, the pirate of the skies, the Rebirth Society.