#scrappedchima

Unlike his boss, Archer was 100% not on board with the ‘let’s clone Mew and supercharge it!’ plan. He could see the appeal of it; creating and controlling the world’s strongest Pokemon, amped up with science, but it was a very risky investment – a risk too big for Archer to be comfortable with. Nothing with great power is easy to create, much less control and keep control of, and the strength that Giovanni wanted to grant to this creature – which could potentially be turned against them, if plans went askew – was incredibly dangerous.

It was a procedure never before attempted, and the possibility of success was unknown. Top that with the foreboding question of ‘what if we can’t control it?’, and the answer became pretty clear to him that going ahead with this experiment was not worth it. Team Rocket, Archer said, could conquer the world in another, more dependable way. Their victory didn’t need to rely on the powers of a Pokemon Frankenstein.

Giovanni, obviously, did not listen. His hunger for power, along with his ego and confidence in being able to force the creature to obey him if he had to, won over his caution. Archer followed through on the orders he was given to fund and assist in the Mewtwo Project, even if he didn’t support it. For a time, it seemed his concerns were proven baseless: the experiment finally succeeded (after several failures), and produced a living specimen. Giovanni was able to persuade the artificial Pokemon to his side and utilized him for about a year, until the Executive’s fear was realized and Mewtwo did indeed rebel against the Boss, tearing apart their original HQ.

Since then, Mewtwo has been nothing but a giant psychic pain in Giovanni’s (and therefore, Archer’s) ass. The money poured into his research and creation actually put Team Rocket in the red for a short time, and for that investment to not only be lost, but to make a life mission out of ruining every project it learns of, has been nothing short of rage-inducing for the Executive. It’s also shown no small amount of disrespect, disloyalty and insubordination to the Boss, which is not something Archer tolerates.

He sees Mewtwo for the threat it is. Rather than trying to recapture it as Giovanni has been doing all these years, he would – if he had his way – try to create a method of destroying the abomination for good.

Archer in no uncertain terms hates Mewtwo. It should have never been created, and since its birth, it’s caused nothing but trouble for him and his boss. In Archer’s mind, Pokemon that refuse to obey their masters should be put down like the disobedient dogs they are, no matter how powerful they are or ‘useful’ they could be.