1954 - Johto
It was cold. Very cold. The fire wouldn't start and the wind was howling. The children wouldn't last. Cameron snuggled closer to his mother. "Where's daddy?" He asked. His mother looked worried. "I...don't know." His youngest sibling, his sister Abigail, looked at her mother with her steel-colored eyes. "You are lying. You tell us never to lie." His mother sighed. "Just this once, Abby. It's for the better." Abigail looked confused. His brother, Noah hadn't said a word. He was terrified. They all were. Today was the day the Aether Foundation would take someone. A child. All the towns people were hiding. He suddenly heard some shouting. The door flung open. There were two soldiers. His mother screamed. "NO! NO! YOU CAN'T HAVE THEM!" One of the soldiers looked at the other. Another man walked behind them. He looked like a scientist. "The townspeople are taken care of, sir. Which of the children shall we take?" The scientist thought for a moment, before responding. "Take them all. There's no reason not to." The soldiers nodded. One of them reached for Cameron and grabbed him. "NO! NO!" His mother shouted. His brother began to cry. His sister went without a fight. Cameron saw his mother struggling as they tried to contain her, and he tried to struggle too, but the soldier holding him was too strong. The scientist walked over to his mother. "Resistance is futile. Don't worry. Your children will be fine. The sacrifice you're making, will help the entire world." His mother tried to attack him, and suddenly, Cameron heard a bang. He saw his mother flop to the ground. He was speechless. But his father had always told him not to cry. So he wouldn't. He needed to help his siblings. He yelled at the top of his lungs. He struggled free, and ran to his mother's lifeless body. "Mother! Mother! No!" Holding back tears, the best he could. "We can't transport him like this. Put him to sleep, and prepare them for the hippocampus procedure." One of the soldiers nodded. "Yes, sir." Then, everything went black.