Hey guys! Another installment of Experiment! Hope y'all were holding your breath at your emails waiting for another chapter...

I was slightly disconcerted by the complete lack of review within the past 48 hours, but no matter, I have made this chapter much longer than the prologue, but still fairly condensed.

OK, time for the technical stuff.

Ryuo is the six year old "protagonist" from the main story (Wes, in a sense, but slightly altered). I assume that in the main story, Wes is around 16 or 17 years old, therefore this is approximately 10 years before the Shadow Pokemon event but it was still in its stages. Cipher still had its lineup of Admins but Team Snagem was the most at large publicly. Evice is still the head but Greevil exists. Just not really a huge part in the story.

About some things: Ryuo will have the ability to turn into any Pokemon because he was injected with the DNA of all known Pokemon (meaning, any Gen 1 thru 3 Pokemon, maybe some Gen 4) so some Pokemon might be able to use moves not able to learn. He cannot talk as a Pokemon, however he can use telepathy, but only with people he trusts.

I will be very vague when it comes to the random Peons and scientists and researchers unless they play an important part (such as the narrator, Chiosu, and a few others I will introduce as this goes on)

And...I think that's everything for now. Enjoy the chapter, and pretty please, leave a review!

Disclaimer: I am not Japanese, work in Nintendo, or go by the name Satoshi Tajiri. Therefore, I do not own Pokemon.


Experiment: a Pokemon Colosseum fanfic

Chapter One: Tests

Ryuo, half-asleep, could only hear muffled voices and see a blur of color. Everything inside him ached, he had never felt any pain like this before; he wanted to keep screaming, let these people know he was hurting, but his jaw was locked in place and would not budge. He couldn't understand what was going on.

Why are these men and women in lab coats hurting me like this after they treated me so kindly? Why did they stab me with so many needles? His eyes began to well up with tears.

All of a sudden, he felt himself grow smaller in coordination with his isolated thoughts. He shrank down to a very small size and he could feel a tail growing out of his back end, and his ears moving very high up onto his head. The poor boy had no idea what happened to him, thus this transformation only made him to cry harder, which unbeknownst to him, got the attention of the scientists. Suddenly, he felt a surge of electricity jolt out of his cheeks and onto the ground, slightly shocking himself. Ryuo opened his eyes to see all of the scientists standing over him, looking both at the singed floor and him with wide gazes of excitement.

"What's going on?" Ryuo asked them, glancing with a frightened gaze around. They didn't seem to understand him, only one woman with brown hair and glasses wrote down something on a clipboard. "What's going on?!" They continued to murmur amongst themselves, one man with round glasses examining Ryuo's cheeks. "Why won't you answer me?!"

The continued ignorance of his pleas made Ryuo extremely upset, and he started Uproar, yelling at the top of his lungs and causing the scientists to be blown away, holding their ears. The one closest and in charge of this group, Pheon, sent out his own Pokémon, Wobuffett.

"Wobuffett, Mirror Coat!" he ordered. The blue Pokémon saluted and began shimmering, then released a countering wave of energy at the boy-Pichu. Ryuo was caught off-guard and was blown off of the table he was on top of, knocking him out. All of the scientists straightened themselves out as the Uproar had subsided. Pheon sighed and returned his Wobuffett.

He walked over behind the table where Ryuo had fallen. When he was knocked unconscious, he had reverted back into his human form, but was still visibly traumatized, a look of fear and upsetting etched into his facial features. Pheon took a deep breath.

"There is much to test, much still to confirm," he muttered simply.

Day 2

Pheon had moved testing to a sterile, sealed observation room where he and the other scientists and admins would be able to observe and test. Ryuo would not talk or respond to audible prompts in any manner after the initial procedure and had simply isolated himself in the corner of the room as a Poochyena. Pheon, not amused nor disconcerted, continued to assess.

"Begin Capture Test," he ordered sternly. The researcher at the controls nodded and started up the sequence. A Poke Ball was thrown at Ryuo and it hit him on the head, to his dismay. He Growled, and then moved to the next corner. The researcher hit a sequence of keys and a Great Ball was thrown as well, to no avail of capture. Ryuo became increasingly annoyed and proceeded to use Sand-Attack on the hole that the Great Ball was shot out of. Continuing on, an Ultra Ball and finally a Master Ball were used, and had failed to capture the boy.

Pheon began noting the tests, and sent these first results off to the research team. In common knowledge, Pokémon can usually be caught unless if owned by another Trainer; however, in recent months, word had been going around that Team Snagem had developed a machine that could catch owned Pokémon. If this was so, there was mystery behind the failure of even a Master Ball to capture Ryuo. Pheon checked his clipboard of planned tests. Although negligent, it would become very petulant if the boy would continue the nonresponsive attitude. There had to be someone or something he would respond to.

"Me? You want me to come onto the research team?" I had asked when Pheon requested.

"Yes. I saw you come out of the boy's room the other day," he replied, leering over me slightly. "You spoke with him?" Slowly, I nodded. "Good then, I'll need you to assist in getting him to cooperate. He will not listen to any of the others."

I didn't feel well about this at all, but Pheon was in charge of the whole lab division, including me, so refusing would most likely have gotten me demoted. When I got to the observation room, I could only see a small Ralts sitting with its eyes closed.

"Is that-?"

"Yes, that's him," Pheon interrupted, looking down with a stern expression. "You're going to have to enter the room with him if he trusts you. He doesn't seem to understand or talk to us from up here." I nodded and made my way down to the room Ryuo was sitting in. I locked the double door behind me and took a deep breath as I opened the entryway to see the boy. As I entered the room, I heard crying. Ryuo's back was turned to me. I slowly began walking towards him.

"Why can't anyone hear me?" I heard a voice echo in my head. "Why can't anyone understand me?"

"Telepathy," I murmured. I understood now.

Because Ryuo's body was still getting used to the new DNA, his chemical makeup kept changing into those of different Pokémon, albeit small ones. Therefore, the scientists couldn't understand what he was saying due to him speaking the Pokémon language. And they can't hear his telepathy from all the way in their observation deck. I smiled warmly as I placed my hand on RyuoRalts's head.

"I understand you, Ryuo," I whispered. Startled, he turned around to look up at me. It made me feel so happy when he smiled at the sight of my face.

"Chiosu-chan! You can hear me?" he asked. I nodded, and placed my other hand on his tiny shoulder, kneeling down.

"Ryuo, why are you not listening? You can tell me." He shuddered and came closer to me.

"They hurt me, Chiosu-chan, and like this, I can feel really bad stuff from where they are. Something really, really bad. I'm scared, Chiosu-chan!" he whimpered as he nuzzled his face into my leg. I tried my hardest not to cave and lash out at Pheon and the others. Those men didn't know how to listen to this child. They only saw him as a test subject. But this was my job, after all. I had to get Ryuo to cooperate with them.

"It's alright, Ryuo. I'll be here with you too, you don't have to be scared," I said in a calm voice. "But you have been given something very special and powerful. These people are just trying to help you train that and try to understand. They can't hear you like I do." As I continued to attempt to console the boy I kept giving quick glances to the observation window. Pheon was glaring down at me. No wonder Ryuo was so afraid.

"They're trying to help me?" he asked, still uncertain. I nodded. "And you'll be with them?" I nodded again. He paused for a moment. "If they still can't hear me, could you tell them what I say for me?"

"Of course, Ryuo," I replied. Being translator might not be that bad, especially with the way things were going now. But… "Ryuo, since they can't hear you while they're up there, how will I be able to hear you?"

"I think since you're so nice and I don't feel anything bad from you that I can talk to you anywhere since I know you can hear me," he answered with a smile. I stood up.

"Could you change back into a human for me?" Ryuo nodded.

"I can try." He stood back from me and tightly shut his eyes in concentration. Slowly he began to increase in height and sandy brown hair sprouted from his head. His legs grew and his skin color changed back to its original flesh, and as he opened his eyes, their color changed from red to gold. My mouth opened slightly in amazement. He really could change on his own, and with practice he could do much better.

"That was great, Ryuo! Good job," I praised, bringing the child into an embrace. He was surprised, but hugged back all the same.

In truth, I didn't want him to see the malicious look in Pheon's eyes as he transformed. Being translator would more likely turn into being protector. I couldn't let them hurt Ryuo.


So? How'd you guys like this chappie?

So ... list of created characters so far:

Chiosu; researcher for Cipher's Shadow Pokemon Lab; now translator for Ryuo in Experiment X.(thats what I'm calling it for now); is in her late 20s, feels a maternal bond with Ryuo

Pheon; head of the west sector of the SPL and in charge of running Experiment X; has a Wobuffett; is very detached and calculating, wants to become an Admin

There ya have it! So leave a review, please, pretty please?

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-DarkMousyRulezAll, signing out!