Subject 009 floated silently in the capsule of pale blue liquid she was placed in. It's been at least nine years since she first found herself here. Her thick, long hair swirled over her crouched form and thin, white gown like a dark-colored cocoon. At this point, she had both a red eye on her forehead, and a blue, crescent-like symbol on the base of her throat. She was covered in an array of wires and tubes that only allowed her face to be fully seen.

She was only one, among a group of nine.

Subject 009 was part of a row of nine capsules, each also full of liquid. The test subjects only could catch mere glimpses of each other as the scientists worked tirelessly around the alluring yet unnerving group. Each capsule had a label that read the number, code name, and assigned legendary pokemon of each subject. Each subject also wore white clothes as they floated in the capsules; the girls wore a white dress, while the boys wore a white shorts jumpsuit.

Subject 001, code name: Emerald, was a pale, long green-haired, yellow-eyed girl. All over her limbs were scaly yellow circles and lines as a yellowish-green mark was etched on her forehead, and her long hair looked almost like a tail. Her assigned legend was a picture of something akin to a green snake with arms and similar yellow designs, but that was all that could be made out.

Subject 002, code name: Ruby, was a young, brown-skinned boy with short, dark red hair and dark yellow eyes. His body was littered with black designs, and his back appeared rigid and spiked. A strange, bright red symbol was on his forehead. His assigned legend was a red, reptilian creature with black markings and silver spikes.

Subject 003, code name: Sapphire, was a tan-skinned girl with golden eyes and long, deep blue hair. Her skin was covered in red markings, with a bright blue symbol on her forehead. Her body looked like it was almost built to handle the liquid she floated in. Her assigned legend was a blue fish-like animal with red marks and a ribbon-like tail.

Subject 004, code name: Diamond, was a tan-skinned boy with medium-length midnight blue hair and red eyes. His body was littered with scaly, pale blue veins. His back also appeared to be sprouting spikes, along with a sort of white gemstone on his forehead. The scientists would often fuse metal to his body, giving him an armored appearance. His assigned legend was a four-legged blue creature with rigid, steel armor.

Subject 005, code name: Pearl, was another pale girl with red eyes and short silver hair. She had purplish-pink scale markings on her limbs, and a sort of pink half-sphere glittered on her forehead. White, wing-like projections protruded from her shoulder-blades. She also had bony plates fused to her wrists. Her assigned legend was an armored, white creature with similar markings.

Subject 006, code name: Black, was a dark-skinned boy with medium-length black, bright blue-tipped hair and red eyes. Like Subject 005, he had black wing-like protrusions jutting out his shoulder-blades. His skin was blotched with many black, scaly patches that looked slightly like armor. His assigned legend was a black, winged lizard with a cone-shaped tail.

Subject 007, code name: White, was a pale-skinned girl with long white hair and fiery blue eyes. She appeared to have white feathers growing out of her ankles and wrists where the iron bands would normally go. Gray bands of scales encircled her neck, wrists, and shins. Her assigned legend was a white, feathered creature with large arm-wings and a flaming tail.

And finally, there was Subject 008, code name: Sunne. He was a pale-skinned boy with short, thick white hair and pale blue cat-like eyes. He had orange rings on his wrists and ankles, and a blue eye that marked his forehead, along with an orange sun-like symbol on the base of his throat. He was assigned to a legend that looked like a white big cat with a sun-shaped mane.

Subject 009 never properly met the other subjects, - the scientists preferred the subjects go through tests individually - but she was almost glad to know she wasn't alone. That a group of other people knew what she was going through. But even so, she was so lonely in the silence she was encased in. Oftentimes, when she had the strength to open her eyes, she would study her own assigned legend: a giant bat-like creature with the starry sky on its wings. The creature had golden crescents on the outer edge of its wings. 9 could compare said crescents to the bony scythe-like protrusions from her own shoulder-blades; they seemed to develop faster than the others, and have already shown their golden color. She often wondered what those things were for; they were pretty painful as they developed.

Out of nowhere, extremely loud screeching and red lights filled the room and probably the entire building. An employee paused near the door, shouting something about someone they called "the President" - it sounded like something bad happened. The masked scientists ran out of the lab, joining many employees in trying to find out what caused it. Unfortunately a bumbling computer lab assistant accidentally pushed a button before running off. The second he left, electricity began surging through the bodies of the test subjects.

Of course he had to activate the electrocution command.

All the subjects screamed in pain from within the capsules.

Or should I say, all except for one: Subject 006.

Instead of writhing in agony like all the others, 6 looked as if he was gaining power. Streaks of his hair began to light up a bright sky blue. The wings on his back grew larger and became covered in scales, and his fingernails grew long and sharp. He opened his gleaming eyes, Electric-Type power surging through his entire being.

And all the technology in the room exploded.