Rapture

Foundation

Red slowly came back to his senses. He looked around and noticed he was in some kind of hospital bed. His memory was hazy and he couldn’t think of how he got here. He looked around and took note of the bandages around his torso. He moved and felt numb, his muscles not entirely responsive. There was an IV in his arm slowly dripping fluid into him. Red tried to sit up and only then noticed that he was strapped down on the bed.

At first Red was confused, but then panic set in as he began to remember his battle with Giovanni. He had lost to him. Red began struggling to loosen up his restraints enough to slide his slender arms out of them.

“I see you’re awake,” a voice from the doorway spoke. Giovanni walked into the room slowly and frowned as he saw Red’s angry and rebellious expression. “Maybe this will make you feel better?” Giovanni held up Red’s belt with all of his Poké Balls attached to it, “they are all here and in good condition.” He tossed the belt on Red’s lap so he could get a better look at them.

Red remained silent, “Why didn’t you just abandon them like you do your own Pokémon?”

Giovanni chuckled, “You may find this hard to believe, but I find the act of abandoning Pokémon appalling and have no qualms in dealing with those who would do such a thing.” Giovanni sat beside Red’s bed and clasped his hands, “I see a lot of me in you. Only you’re still innocent… You haven’t seen the things I have. You see… I’m out to save the world Red… And though many wouldn’t agree with my methods, the end justifies the means.”

A look of sympathy crossed Red’s face, “I don’t know what you’re trying to save the world from… but I’m sure there have to be other ways to do it besides hurting people.”

“We’ve tried, and there isn’t,” Giovanni replied instantly.

Red snapped back, “I won’t help then.”

Giovanni shook his head, “Don’t worry, I expected this reaction from you. You haven’t changed a bit you see... in… how long has it been since we went exploring for Pokémon Fossils… A long time… And time is running out…” Giovanni removed a syringe from his coat pocket.

“What is that?” Red demanded.

“Don’t worry too much about this…” Giovanni said as he injected Red’s IV with the solution, “The only thing this is going to do is open your mind to more possibilities.” Red’s eyes widened realizing now he was being drugged, “I’ll be back soon, you should rest up… We have much to do.” Giovanni left Red alone in the room again.

Hours passed by and many thoughts flooded Red’s mind. The drug actually began to make Red question all the little decisions he’d made throughout his life. He tried shaking the notions off, but the strange thoughts just kept repeating over and over. Looking to the window, Red’s anxiety built and he could only hope his friends would come find him soon.

Giovanni finally returned some time later. Red wasn’t sure how long it had really been as he seemed to have lost his ability to keep track of passing time. Giovanni unstrapped Red and lifted him from the bed to take him to another room down the hall. Red wanted to struggle, but his muscles weren’t listening to his brain.

Giovanni was easily able to strap him to some new apparatus which kept him suspended in an upright position. “First we’re going to try the easy way… unfortunately the easy way never works but it’s always a start…” A monitor was situated on the wall across from Red.

“Wh… What do you w…wa… want?” Red muttered out.

“All you need to do is watch, and keep an open mind… Oh that reminds me.” Giovanni pulled out a new syringe from his coat, “You’ll need a second dose for the duration of the movie.” Giovanni stuck the needle in Red’s arm and injected him directly. “There now, just enjoy the entertainment.”

Red couldn’t even make a sarcastic remark back at the man. He was feeling sick yet free at the same time. The video started and Red found himself face to face with hours of Rocket propaganda. Red tried not to listen to it as it kept saying things like Team Rocket was good and that the governing powers of the world were lying to the people to better suit their own interests.

Through a large mirror, Red was watched from the neighboring room.

“This will never work, the boy has a deeply engraved distaste for us,” Koga voiced his opinion to the group.

“Give it time, he’ll come around…” Giovanni stared looking almost emotionless at the suspended boy.

“You seem to have some real vested interest in the stupid brat. After all the trouble he’s caused we should just kill him and be done with it,” Lt. Surge crossed his arms as he leaned against the far wall of the room. “What do you see in him anyway?”

Giovanni chuckled, “All that trouble he’s caused, the numerous times he’s defeated you, imagine that harnessed for our side. He has the potential to be an incredible asset.”

“Is that all you truly see him as?” Sabrina walked into the room and stared at Giovanni disdainfully. The other two looked oddly at the psychic girl wondering what all she meant by her statement.

Giovanni didn’t respond. He turned to continue watching the boy. Koga took a look and noticed Red seemed to have fallen asleep, “Waste of time, he’s not even paying attention to your little video, he’s sleeping through it!”

Sabrina laughed, “It’s best this way, our words enter his subconscious mind without any defenses.”

Giovanni stood to leave and rest for what would be a long day tomorrow.

Red fell in and out of sleep throughout the night. The videos just went on and on. While he was awake he did his best not to pay attention to them. It was better that way; he found some of them starting to make sense if he actually watched them.

Red was mostly asleep by the time the last video ended some twelve hours after they began. His senses were still dulled from the drug and lack of real sleep and he failed to notice the door open and someone walk in until a bucket of cold water was splashed on his body. “AHH!” he yelled most of his senses waking up from the water.

Giovanni stood over him still holding the bucket. Red scowled his best at the man, proving his defiance at making it through those videos without succumbing to the drugs. Giovanni sighed, “Very well… phase two…”

Sabrina and Lt. Surge entered the room each being followed by a Pokémon. Sabrina had her Abra sit in front of Red, while Lt.Surge floated a Magneton behind Red’s field of view and made some clicking sounds.

“What’s phase two?” Red asked.

Giovanni looked over the boy carefully, “In phase two we have you watch the videos again.”

“Joy…” Red quirked.

“Only this time you’ll have company watching them with you. Abra will keep track of your thought patterns, and when you think thoughts that contradict with what we’re teaching you…”

“Like you are now…” Sabrina added in.

“Then Abra will have Magneton shock you.”

“LIKE THIS!” Lt. Surge emphasized by having Magneton run electrical energy through the apparatus Red was tied onto.

Red screamed as the electricity passed through his still wet body. Once the wave ended Giovanni pulled the bandages from Red’s bruised torso, “Knowing your stubbornness we wouldn’t want a fire being set in here.”

Red let out a slight gasp as Giovanni’s hand gently brushed against his bare chest. The Abra detected a sudden change in Red’s thought patterns which made Sabrina take notice of the contact.

“Restart the videos,” Giovanni ordered as the three of them stepped out of the room and returned to the observation area.

Almost immediately the room was filled with light as the Abra kept signaling for the Magneton to electrocute Red. For the first three hours crackles of thunder and Red’s screams were the only sound heard in the observation area.

Koga was about to state how hopeless he felt this was when the screams and crackles began to die down. Looking through the window he saw Red staring intently at the video without being shocked. “So he lived through it after all…”

“Of course he lived” Giovanni crossed his arms and continued to watch. Every ten minutes or so a look would cross Red’s face but would quickly be wiped away by Magneton’s Thunderbolt.

Phase two continued on for three days, halting only for minor sustenance breaks. Red was becoming weak and jumpy, but the torture went on. By the end of the third day Magneton wasn’t shocking Red at all anymore.

The videos ended and Giovanni entered the room to examine Red more closely. Tilting the boy’s head up he looked in his eyes only to find a blank expression. Giovanni stared for a moment longer before his face twitched into an amazed expression, “You… ohhhh… cunning aren’t you…” Sabrina followed Giovanni inside and looked confused at her leader. “Imagine the willpower to trick your Abra like that…”

Sabrina looked shocked, “What? Tricked Abra?”

“This is a step in the right direction, but he’s stronger willed than we gave him credit for…” Giovanni let go of the boy and stepped away in thought.

Sabrina placed her hand on the boys head trying to see what Giovanni must have seen with his normal eyes. It all came together. The Abra was ordered to send the signal to shock him upon detecting thought contradictory or defiant to their information. They had thought this would force him to agree with their ideals, but instead he placed his own mind in a state of neutrality so he could hold on to the person he was.

“I had no idea a normal person could have such control over their own mind…” Sabrina muttered softly.

Giovanni began to laugh from the other side of the room, “Oh… he’s far from normal…. That’s what makes him so special and important to my plans.”

“What now?” Sabrina asked.

“Phase three…” Giovanni began removing the shackles from Red’s limbs.

Sabrina actually looked confused, “What is phase three?”

Giovanni closed his eyes, “We must draw him out of this mental shell he’s put himself in and shatter his beliefs so he’ll never dare defy us.”

“How will you accomplish this?”

Giovanni’s eyes snapped open and Sabrina noticed his own mental barriers intensify greatly to keep her from sensing his thoughts, “Don’t worry about it, we just need to have him mentally aware for it to be effective. He needs food and rest.” Giovanni carried the boy off leaving Sabrina still trying to make sense of Giovanni’s plan.

Red awoke the next day feeling exhausted and sore. He was glad to be in an actual bed and not hanging on some stupid metal machine. He was even more amazed when he noticed he wasn’t strapped down to this bed. He lifted his hand but immediately noticed he’d been taking so much voltage the past few days that all of his muscles shook violently as he tried to move them.

The door to the room opened and Giovanni entered carrying a tray of food. It smelled so good… Red had to struggle not to smile at the sight of it. After all he hadn’t seen real food in four days. Giovanni set the food down on the table by the bed, “Here, eat now.”

Red looked up at Giovanni, not sure whether to believe this man to be a devil or an angel. He was so hungry he accepted the offering and tried to reach out for the food.

Giovanni immediately noticed Red’s motor functions not performing the way Red was intending them to. “Let me help you…” Giovanni raised the bed into a sitting position to make it easier for Red to eat, and then grabbed a spoon off the food tray.

Red looked confused but soon comprehended that Giovanni intended on spoon feeding him. As Giovanni placed the spoon by Red’s mouth Red opened up and allowed the food to be placed in his mouth. The course was slow, taking nearly an hour of slow chewing for Red to finish off the tray. “Feeling better?” Giovanni asked sounding concerned.

Red scowled at Giovanni. He was the reason for him being in this sorry shape after all.

Giovanni sighed, “Red… first let me ask you, do you know why I formed Team Rocket?”

Red’s facial features contorted, he’d never really thought about why Team Rocket did what they did… Just that they were inhumanly cruel to everything, “…M… Money… Power…” Red muttered trying to get his vocal muscles to respond properly.

Giovanni shook his head, “You’re wrong… Money and power make great motivators to get people to do what I need, but you’re not like other people, so I think you should know the truth.” Giovanni stared into Red’s eyes completely serious, “The world needs to change…”

Red stared back confused, “Wh… What?”

“This may be hard for you to understand now…” Giovanni thought through his words carefully, “But this world is much more corrupt than you could ever imagine... Across the world are groups exploiting people and Pokémon alike for their own selfish ambitions, and the governments of the world allow it. Try to understand, I used to try doing things the… “right” way. But eventually you find out that the people in power are already bought and paid for and could care less about the concerns you bring to them. I gave them all the chance to reach a mutual decision and they declined. Now as Team Rocket I will change the world by force.”

Red shook his head, “You… you can’t just have your way all the time!”

Giovanni laughed, “This isn’t about me Red… it’s much greater than that! It’s about the world! You have great potential to help change the world which is why I need you on my side; to battle the wrongs of the world with Team Rocket!”

Red stood by his convictions, “You can’t just walk all over people and hurt them when they don’t agree with you, it’s not right!”

Giovanni’s eyes shadowed over, “So this is the real you that was buried yesterday.”

Red’s strong gaze returned to confusion. He realized the train of thought he’d put himself through the past couple of days to avoid being shocked had slipped away from him now that he had eaten and was feeling better.

“Sometimes…” Giovanni started, “Sometimes there is no other choice… nothing that can be done to spare everyone… You’re faced with either let some die… or let all die… It’s a hard choice to make… but it must be made. Sometimes the bumpy road is the only one that leads to the happy ending.” Giovanni towered over Red’s bed making him feel intimidated, but he did his best not to show it even in his weakened state.

Giovanni reached down and lifted Red off the bed. Red was really confused now as he was being carried out of the medical room and down the hall. This entire area seemed to be empty. There wasn’t another person or Pokémon to be seen.

The two of them reached a large door at the far side of the hall that Giovanni opened by punching in numbers on a keypad to the side of the door. The lights came on inside shortly after the door opened, and Giovanni carried Red inside.

Red looked around the room. It was a traditional style living area. The décor was simple, but was laden with different technological gadgets, many of which Red didn’t recognize. Some lights came on dimly in the corner of the room revealing a large bed on which Giovanni laid Red on.

Red was still unsure of what was going to happen until Giovanni’s hand reached down Red’s pants and began unbuckling his belt. Red started struggling as his clothes were being pulled off, but his muscles still weren’t completely cooperating after the shock treatments. Giovanni himself was also very strong from the strict training regiment he put himself through.

Giovanni pulled Red’s jeans down his legs and off his feet and tossed them to the side. Giovanni then slid his fingers under the band of Red’s boxer shorts and pulled them off as well. Red was barely able to squeak out, “Please… don’t…”

Giovanni’s face darkened and his resolve seemed to strengthen as pulled harder on Red’s pants completely exposing his young body. Red’s eyes widened as Giovanni began to disrobe himself. The man was very muscular. Once he was completely nude as well, he lowered himself onto Red and immediately locked his lips in a heated kiss. Red’s muscles were too drained to do anything but lie in submission as the man’s hands roamed over his body.

Red tried to push Giovanni away, but with one hand Giovanni was able to pin both of Red’s arms above his head and continue his treatment. Giovanni separated his lips from Red’s and began to suck on the boy’s neck. Red couldn’t help but hitch his breath as the sensory overload began invading his brain. From the neck, Giovanni moved up and nibbled on the ear. Red strained to contain a low moan.

With his free hand Giovanni reached down and began to fondle the hardening boyhood. Giovanni ran his fingers lightly over the shaft before giving Red’s dick a hard squeeze. Red’s breath hitched again as his pleasure nerves were teased.

Giovanni grinned slightly. Judging by Red’s breath he could tell he wasn’t used to this kind of stimulus. He probably hadn’t even started masturbating yet.

The grin faded suddenly as Giovanni remembered why they were here. He roughly flipped the boy over so he lied on his stomach. Reaching into a drawer by the bed, Giovanni pulled out a bottle of lubricating oil. Pouring just a bit over Red’s butt and coating his fingers in a little more, Giovanni roughly forced a first finger into Red’s body.

Red yelled loudly as he was intruded upon. Giovanni took no heed as he pushed the finger in as deep as it would go, then began thrusting it in and out quickly. Red tried to shout in protest to the intrusion but his voice was barely above a groan.

After one finger came a second, in and out they moved quickly through Red’s tight pucker. Red hissed, the pain shooting up his body from behind. Once Red was minimally prepared, Giovanni spread the lubricant over his own stiff cock.

After properly aligning himself, Giovanni pushed into Red not hard enough to seriously damage the boy, but enough to be extremely painful. He pumped into the boy hard, listening to the whimpers and cries escape his mouth.

After nearly ten minutes of the torturous treatment, a sudden gasp escaped Red’s lips. Giovanni clutched the boy tighter too his body as he repeated the thrust again and again. Red groaned almost out of pleasure.

Giovanni bent over the boy to look at his face, and noticed the tears finally falling from the boys eyes. “You’re confused aren’t you?” Giovanni spoke as he continued to force himself onto Red, “It hurts so much but at the same time feels good. And so you ask yourself, how can something that’s causing me so much pain bring me pleasure at the same time?” Red didn’t comment, “It only hurts in the beginning, once over the initial shock you realize it’s not completely a bad thing, in fact something well could come of this…”

Giovanni’s hand reached around Red’s hips and began to stroke him vehemently as he still pumped his cock in and out of the boys bum. A sweat built up over the two of them and Red felt something building inside him. Red lost the ability to control his breath as incredible sensations flooded through his nerves. His body clamped tight as the most physically pleasurable sensation of his life washed over him. A moment later Giovanni released inside the boy as well.

Once it was over and Red was left with nothing but confusion his mental walls finally collapsed and he began to bawl like a small child. Red huddled helpless in the corner of his mind as his world shattered. It was so dark and he suddenly felt very alone.

Red continued to cry as loud as his lungs allowed for a long time. The entire time Giovanni persisted to cradle the boy in his arms. Once Red began to calm and only a minor bout of hyperventilation remained, Giovanni leaned in closer to kiss Red on the cheek.

“I know you feel destroyed right now Red, but I promise you I will be here for you… I promise you that I will fix you…” He turned the boy around to stare deep into his dark red eyes, “because I love you.” His lips ghosted over the boys in a slow feathered kiss. He pulled the boy’s head to his shoulder and held him close until he fell asleep.

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