„Welcome to our world of Pokémon. Where you can see fantastic creatures called Pokémon."
Everything around me is dark and that voice seems to be coming from nowhere and somehow from everywhere at once. It doesn´t matter if I opened my eyes or not, the blackness is the same. I felt like I´m floating in water.
„Are you ready?"
Ready? For what exactly? I´m really confused and just want to know what is going on anyway. The only thing I´m ready for is freaking out.
„Well...if you´re not ready yet", the voices says, „then I want to ask you a few questions."
Oh nice, now this is going to be a Quiz...
„Are you...male or female?"
What kind of question is that? Isn´t it obvious that I´m female? Oh wait...it´s so dark here that even that voice can´t tell.
„What is your name?"
My name? Is that important? Well, it can´t hurt to tell the voice, but how do I do that? Is thinking really enough for it to know?
„So, you are Cali. I wish you the best of luck for your new journey. I hope you are ready now."
The voice gets quieter with every word it said until I could barely hear it anymore. I feel like I´m losing consciousness. The last thing I can hear is some kind of motor...
„So...it´s starting again?" A tired voice asks. The young man the voice belonged to didn´t seem to be pleased about the situation in the slightest.
„I fear that the answer is yes. We heard from both teams again and a new family is moving to Littleroot. But..." The voice trailed off. A heavy silence fell over the room.
„But what?"
„Something seems to be off this time. We, that means the whole team, has heard that pokemon, who are owned by a trainer, are dying when they lose a battle. Also reports of pokemon that aren´t home here in Hoenn have been seen in the wild without an explanation. The pokemon overall seem to be behaving strangly. Lance and Cynthia reported the same. We haven´t heard back from the other regions though." The man in the white coat shifted feeling uneasy.
„Die? Do you know why this is happening?"
„N-No Sir, we are still trying to figure it out. We are not really sure where we should begin, it just seemed to suddenly happen. One of us is going to study the pokemon just outside of the city and see if we find any kind of clue there..." The scientist grew more anxious with every word he said.
The other man nodded and stood up.
„Don´t forget to report anything that you and your team find out. Every piece of information could be vital this time. I really don´t want a repeat of the last time." With that he left the room.
The scientist slumped into a chair and let out a heavy sigh.
„Sometimes I really hate my job"
