'I wonder,' the small creature thought, 'if I committed Fire Blast kamikaze, would I be reunited with him?' Knowing her luck, she would probably end up with- well, nothing.
Her fur, pitch black, may have been sleek and silky once upon a time, before she was all dirty and greasy. She never received any sort of positive attention, at least none that kept her somewhat clean. She couldn't even lick it clean, for it would be completely pointless in the end. Her tails felt heavy on her backside, like six bowling balls dragging along the ground. Although, despite the dirt, she had to admit she rather enjoyed her abnormal appearance; pitch black fur dominating her colors, her lower paws, muzzle, and underbelly being a very dark grey color. Her tails were a black to faded white ombré. She couldn't be sure, but she thought her eyes were a shade of red. The curls on her head were similar to her tails. Too bad she was so dirty.
She attempted to shift into a more comfortable position, if possible, but her paws were weighed down by the heat-resistant cuff-and-chains imbedded on a 10 inch thick steel rod buried three quarters of the way into the ground. A sliver of sunlight streaked through a crack in the wall, barely noticeable by the average human senses. It was a nice place. Really. I mean, if you liked bumpy stone floors, cobwebs constantly falling on you, rats skittering about diabolically, and the mildew. So much mildew. The scent of death was a nice touch, too.
She ached, everywhere, even more so than usual. This was for a reason, she had realized. The syringe, with the rainbow liquid in it, the one that had been jabbed directly into her bloodstream just yesterday. Or was it the day before? Who knows, anyway? T could have actually been just mere hours ago. She could hardly tell the time of day anymore. Her only hint that it might've been morning was the sliver of light from the crack.
'Ha, ha, ha,' She curled into herself, despite the rattling chains. 'Little Alice, look at you. A pathetically weak creature. So full of yourself. So ignorant. Don't you wish you had obeyed the humans? Now you're to pay the price; Down the rabbit hole you go~,' for the first time in what seemed like forever, she finally made a sound. A scream ripped it's way from her throat as she slammed her paws down onto her pointed ears. The heavy chains were hardly any more than a mere nuisance by now. Her body surrounded itself in flames, the colors turning from white, to red, to orange, to yellow, to blue, to green, then finally settling on a hard black.
In front of her was a tall, silvery ninetails, standing alongside a pure white vulpix. It was only a quick flash, though, and they was gone immediately.
Then, just as fast as they appeared, the flames were gone, a thing of the past five minutes- or thirty seconds. She still didn't know. They did leave behind a dull throb.
Her sensitive ears quickly picked up on the sound of footsteps, then chattering, approaching her thick steel door. She strained her ears to listen in on their conversation.
"You think she's still alive?" Wow. How rude.
"I hope so. I'm getting sick of failing. I'm pretty sure the Boss is getting close to dumping all our bodies in a ditch." That actually sounds pleasant.
"Heh, yeah. He just might. That is, if Ace doesn't get to us first."
The door emitted several clocking sounds, as if unlocking several locks, and swung open. In stepped two scientists in traditional mad scientist wear. One approached the Pokémon on the ground, and the other entered the room behind the glass to observe. She crouched lower towards the ground and bared her white teeth. The stupid human merely smiled in amusement, not that she could really tell because he wore a surgical mask. It was the slight laughter coming from him that alerted her. "I suggest you stop trying to look threatening. You're in no position to hurt me."
"Now... has there been any... changes?" He reached down. She wanted to back up, but thought better of it and stayed in place. When his hand came within inches of her, however, something happened.
She screamed again, this time twice as loud as before. The pain was back, worse then ever. She felt the flames engulf her again, shifting colors rapidly to settle on black, then grey. She felt her bones snapping and rearranging themselves, she felt herself grow bigger and, despite the terrible pain, so much stronger. It left a pleasurable feeling in her veins as her tails split into nine, the dirt and grime seeming to evaporate from her fur and leaving it silky soft. Her tails finally billowed behind her like an elegant cape and her legs slimmed and lengthened. The flames died down to a soft dark glow around her, and it was revealed that the chains were completely burned to ashes. Her eyes snapped open, and she stood up with ease for the first time in years.
The two humans in the room, one having been blown back into the wall from the sudden explosion of flames, the other still behind the glass, were in complete awe of the elegant creature in front of them. Power radiated off her very graceful form, and pure strength of mind and body dropped from every pore. The human behind the glass snapped out of his stupor and reached for a bright red button on the desk. The vulpine creatures head snapped to glare at him, and he quickly slammed his fit down onto the button, causing a series of blaring red lights and alarms to sound throughout the building. The fox chuckled darkly, and the scientist heard a voice in his head.
"Silly human. You are in no position to hurt me," she mocked the other scientists earlier words, flames erupting around her again. "But me... I am the perfect candidate."
