DISCLAIMER: I do not own Pokemon and I do not intend to infringe any copyright rights.
Prologue
I watched- my eyes glued to the hulking beast that I managed to tame- fall to the ground and crumple into a heap. A surge of horror filled every particle of my body. No! I had just captured him! I can't lose him now!
I lunged forward, wedging myself between the benevolent insect's hyper beam and my friend. Yes, that's it. Friend. Ally. Partner. All Pokemon are one and the same.
The only exception is the violet figure in front of me, poised to shoot with his burly cannons, its malicious smile coating an appreciable portion of his face. I wonder about this one. I can't seem to connect to it.
At that instant, the hyper beam charges into my body like an enraged Tauros sprinting right at me. Pain blinds me for an agonizing length of time, and I'm on the ground before I know it. I've failed. The challenge is over. Everything was over.
"Cease fighting!" I yelled, but my voice came out as whispery rasps.
I looked around the desolated lab. Beakers were strewn all across the floor. The whole place emitted smoke like a giant chimney. I keeled over, coughed, and eventually threw up in the acrid air. My head hit the cold marble like a sledgehammer. I knew it was game over.
I blacked out.