[ EU ] The Region of Kanto has a 24/7 hotline for new Pokémon Trainers who get lost , homesick , or otherwise in over their heads . You 've taken hundreds of calls , but this one tops all of them .

`` You've reached the Kanto Pokétrainer Hotline, this is Yamato, how may I assist you?'' Static roared through the phone causing Yamato to pull the phone away from his ear. 
 
 `` Hello?'' A small voice cut through the interference. 
 
 `` Listen, we seem to be acquiring some serious feedback. Where are you located at the moment?'' Yamato explained, frowning to himself. 
 
 `` Cinna- -land.'' The trainer replied. 
 
 `` Is there any way you can get inside somewhere so that we can discuss this without all the noise? Is it the wind or water? Is your phone damaged?'' Yamato asked patiently. 
 
 `` No. Everything's gone.'' He replied, the static clearing. `` It's all breaking apart. My Lapras and I were swimming to the island to battle the gym leader. When we approached the shore, everything changed.'' 
 
 `` The static has cleared, I can hear you fine now. What exactly changed?'' 
 
 `` There was Pokémon on the shore and they were extremely powerful. We managed to defeat a few when..'' The boy hesitated for a moment but pressed on. `` Some of them started breaking apart. It was unusual. Like the world itself was dissolving into a mass of numbers and letters. I caught one though.'' 
 
 `` Breaking apart? What exactly --'' Yamato froze as the line went dead. He quickly attempted to redial the number but received a busy signal. He attempted it a few more times but kept receiving the same dial tone. 
 
 Frustrated, he placed his phone down on the hook, preparing to speak with his boss when his vision went dark. He struggled briefly as the bag was cinched over his head and his vision swam as he felt an extremely powerful blow to the back of his head. 
 
 ___________ 
 
 When he awoke, the bag was gone. He groaned and shifted, only to find himself bound to a chair within a dimly lit room. He could hear voices in the distance as if he was n't the only one in the room and he struggled to make sense of what he heard. He feigned being passed out as he listened in. 
 
 `` You're sure the child spoke about Missingno?'' One of the voices asked the other. 
 
 `` Positive. We're unsure how much Yamato there was able to deduce in the couple of minutes he spoke with the child but it was obvious from the context of their discussion what the trainer had stumbled onto.'' The other replied. `` Those damn fools from the Porygon Project let that thing out into the world and now we're stuck cleaning up their mess.'' 
 
 `` The Porygon Project was an utter waste. The ultimate Pokémon.. I guess Missingno does fit those parameters, the only problem being the fact that it caused detachment from reality in it's users.. Eventual psychosis, homicidal tendencies, megalomania.. Imagine the power that we could have wielded with a Pokémon that could warp reality.'' 
 
 `` It truly was a waste.'' The other voice replied with a hint of regret in his tone. `` You know they managed to fix all those issues with Porygon though.'' 
 
 `` Yeah but when they tried to apply it to Missingno, they failed, right?'' Yamato could sense his hand movements more than see them. `` Something to do with the nature of his abilities in general.'' 
 
 `` Correct. What's interesting about him though, is that he has no desire to do anything except exist as a normal Pokémon. It's fascinating, really.'' 
 
 `` Yeah, well.. What do you suggest we do with our friend here?'' He asked nonchalantly. `` And the child?'' 
 
 `` Just the usual. The child has been drugged and had his captured Missingno replaced with Kangaskhan. Blaine has been very cooperative, offered his badge for free and intends to feed the trainer a story about passing out due to heat after the child defeated him or some other nonsense so he'll think it was all a dream.'' He heard the slight shuffling of feet and paper as if one of them was preparing to leave. With a sigh, he continued. `` As for the Hotline associate.. Terminate him and let's get back to work. We've been tracking other anomalies that need to be dealt with. Someone says they've captured Mew.'' 

