Origin of Porygon

By SushiJaguar

A soft glow dimly lit the small lab. The light source was a computer monitor perched atop a clean, sterile-smelling desk that was covered with scattered pieces of paper. The monitor's light shone through the glass beakers and apparatus on the other side fo the pokey room, reflecting back on itself. The bouncing rays were invisible to the closed eyes of the man slumped at the desk. The only sound was the slight breathing of the man and the whirring of the computer.

The soft light flickered for a moment, before the lab was plunged into utter darkness. Oblivious, the man slept on, mumbling to himself sleepily. Then the door to the lab swung open, crashing into the doorstop with a muted thud. Another man, wearing a lab coat and glasses strode into the lab, groping blindly for the lightswitch. His clumsy fingers found it and flicked it up, down and twice again before snorting disgustedly.

"Another power cut." He muttered, reaching out in front of him as he walked across the room. The tips of his fingers brushed glass, but the man felt nothing. His outreached arms swiped through the delicate beakers standing on their shelves, and sent them tumbling to the floor. Three loud shatters split the quiet, causing the sleeping man to jolt awake and slip sideways from his stool and land on the laminated floor.

His colleague stumbled over and helped him up, grunting under the strain.

"Who is that? Peters? What's all the racket?" The first man said with a trace of annoyance in his voice.

"Yes, it's me. The power's out again, Sinfield. Go and throw the breaker." Peters replied, feeling for Sinfield's stool and propping himself on it. He tapped half-heartedly at the keys as Sinfield stepped out of the lab, tripping over his own feet as he made his way through the darkness.

After some time, Sinfield found his way to the junction box for their sector of the lab, and tugged the lid open. He felt around for the breaker switch and pulled it down, looking up at the lights expectantly. Right on cue, approximately a million-candle power light burst into life, searing Sinfield's eyes.

"Argh! Bother these lights!" He cried, making his way back up the corridor. Behind the scientist's back, a spark of pinkish electricity jumped from the breaker handle into the junction box.

Sinfield shoved his hands into the roomy pockets of his off-white lab coat, frowning as he blinked the after-image from his eyes. Suddenly, Peters leapt out at him from the lab door, shouting incomprehensibly. Sinfield started, then heard three words.

"It bloody worked!" Peters yelled, whirling around and hurling himself back into the lab, with Sinfield hard on his heels. Together, they gazed intently at the monitor, accompanied by the whirring computer once more. Their expressions mirrored the other, a mixture of wonder, joy, and satisfaction.

There, on the screen, illuminated in vibrant colour, was an angular thing, seemingly made out of blocks of pink and baby blue. Underneath the image was a single line of text.

'Project Cyber Pokemon, success.'

Peters and Sinfield looked at each other in glee, before throwing their arms about each other and laughing maniacally.

When their joy subsided, Sinfield blinked.

"Let go, Peters." He said quietly, hurriedly pushing his colleague away. Peters rubbed his hands together staring once more at the screen.

"We've done it, Sinfield! The world's first artificial Pokemon! We'll be rich!" He cried, clenching his fists greedily. Sinfield clapped his hands together, shaking his head at Peters.

"No, we report this to the Director. There are many uses for a cyberspace Pokemon...it is not to be sold!" Sinfield exclaimed, before he left the lab, rushing to the Director's office.

Peters looked at the screen again. He reached out and traced the outline of the Pokemon on the monitor. It would make him rich, far richer than even Mr. Fuji. A sinister smirk slowly crept across the scientist's face.

A/N: The end! I hope you like it. A short one shot I decided to do for my first Fanfic. Obviously, it's about Porygon's creation at Pokemon Lab, 'cause Porygon is one of my favourite Pokemon, and there's a lot of leeway to write a Fanfic about it.

If people like this, I'll probably extend this into an actual story. I've got some ideas, but let's start small! Read, review, enjoy! Thanks.