Viridian City, Viridian Gym.
In the deserted, sealed laboratory, Mewtwo opened its eyes. It was still curled into a ball, but its body had noticeably grown.
There wasn't a sound around it, save for the occasional soft bubbling as oxygen flowed into the nutrient solution.
Mewtwo looked around, then carefully scanned its surroundings with Confusion. Only after confirming that no other life was present did it finally sigh.
[It's so quiet...]
Mewtwo had long since grown accustomed to this absolute silence.
In fact, ever since the first day it became conscious, days like these had filled most of its memories, forcing it to waste much of its time sleeping.
If it could, it wished its one and only friend would visit more often.
At least with Mew around, it wouldn't be so bored that it could only sleep through the long wait.
Unfortunately...
According to Mew, it had duties of its own, so it couldn't stay here all the time.
And as Mewtwo's brain gradually developed and it gained a clearer understanding of the outside world, it could distinctly sense one thing-
The humans who appeared before it from time to time were definitely not good people.
It had asked Mew about them before, but received only a vague answer, along with a warning not to believe anything these humans said.
One day, Mew would take it away from here. They would escape this tiny room, completely isolated from the world, explore the vast world outside, and meet other kindhearted humans.
Though Mewtwo still wasn't quite willing to believe in the existence of "kindhearted humans."
So far, every human it had met had looked at it with some measure of ill intent.
Whether it was the "Boss," always dressed in a black suit and looking at it with undisguised arrogance,