A bubbly sound rang on Riolu's ears. He squinted. What a ridiculously loud noise! Why not let him sleep? He opened one eye. He quickly jumped and rose on his feet on defensive position as he saw he was surrounded by… humans! Lots of them! Males, females, children… he was in trouble. Real trouble. He remembered a pokémon telling him once before… "Don't go near humans… they're ugly and scary and do horrible things to pokémon. They capture us and make us do as they please, like slaves. They force you to battle other pokémon. They take you away to places, and there are many worse things that can happen to you…" Those words floated on the back of his head.
He could understand some of their speech. "…mommy! Mommy! I want that pokey-man…" and also, "…what kind of pokémon is that? Maybe it's rare…" as well as, "…it could be useful for my research! I'll make millions…" The many voices twisted and combined themselves into one, making Riolu's head hurt. Suddenly, a bigger, tougher looking human pushed through the crowd. He had a weird grey thing on its head with a glistening gold item on it. Its body color was also grey. "…alright, alright people, the pokémon has had enough! Go now!" The crowd slowly dispersed.
The grey human walked up to Riolu, towering over him. "Well, well, little fella, what kind of pokémon are you, hm?" He extended his hand to touch Riolu. Panicking, he bit the human's hand. The human let out a loud cry, and Riolu decided to run for it. He remembered, last time he had fainted at a place called "Eterna Forest". His eyes grew wide as this environment was completely different than any that he has ever seen.
The rocky ground was hard, and of a dark grey, almost back color. Enormously big rock structures towered over his little head. They had numerous holes cut into each one, which were then covered by a thin blueish material. Occasionally large metal structures would come zooming on the hard grey ground. One structure, however, was of a bright metallic silver-blue color, with spikes shooting out of it and a giant cut-out yellow circle moving on its top. It was terrifying. "Hey! Catch that pokémon!" He heard.
At this moment, Riolu ran to a bright orange structure that was shorter than the others. The thin blue material on its wall suddenly split in half and they tucked themselves inside the structure, allowing Riolu to step through the orange rectangle. He realized it was hollow and there was a big gap in its center, a circular rock that went all around the half of the whole building. "There he is!" The sound made Riolu's mind jump inside his head. He turned around to see dozens of grey humans now cornering him. "Take it to the day care. They'll know what to do with it." One of them said. Riolu could not even breathe properly now. "STOP!" Shouted a voice from the background.
Another human made its way to the grey humans. But this one was shorter. Its head had a red thing on it and he had a weird, long white piece of cloth flapping around on its neck. By the voice, Riolu could tell it was a young male. "Um, hello officer… um… this pokémon is mine." The "head" of the grey humans looked at him suspiciously. "Alright, sir. But do not let it roam free of its pokéball anymore." The young male human breathed deeply. "Thank you." The grey humans left the building.
Riolu had a feeling this human was not like the others. He did not have the ability read auras fully yet, but something about this human seemed… different. The young human turned to him. "Hi!" He said, smiling. Before Riolu could do anything, the human reached into one of the thing it was carrying around its neck, a wide piece of cloth that could appear to be useful to store things in, and took out a thin orange rectangle. He pressed something on the rectangle and a red light hit Riolu. Riolu jumped, but the light didn't seem to do any damage to him. "Don't be afraid. It's just a scanner." Said the human to him.
A voice suddenly spoke from the orange rectangle. "115. RIOLU." Riolu's eyes widened at the mention of his own name. "Emanation pokémon. Fighting type. Height: 2'04" Weight: 44.5 lbs." Riolu didn't understand that part. "The aura that emanates from its body intensifies to alert others if it is afraid or sad. Area: unknown."
The human's eyes widened when the rectangle said that. He looked at Riolu with wonder in its eyes. "Riolu! It's a rare pokémon!" The human then paused for a second, as if thinking what to do next. He then knelt down on the floor, now close to Riolu's same height. Riolu knew he was dangerously close to the human. He stepped back. "It's alright, you can trust me. I'm not like them." he said. Riolu was still a bit wary.
Suddenly, the entrance of the building bust open. A group of humans with blue, bowl cut hair and weird outfits came in. One of them spotted the young human and Riolu. "Hey boss! Look!" A human pushed through the crowd of blue-haired humans. Rioli could tel it was a female. She had bright pink hair tucked into a bun and half of her outfit had holes cut through them. Her eyes widened when she saw Riolu.
"Holy asteroid! Is that…" One of the humans came to her. "Yes it is, boss!" The female "boss" gestured to Riolu. "Capture that one." The young human with him turned. "No!" He said, standing over Riolu. "Step aside, kid! This pokémon now belongs to the mighty Team Galactic!" said the female boss. Two blue-haired humans shoved him aside and one tossed a ball at Riolu. It did nothing, until it sucked him in. It easily locked him inside, and he couldn't escape. "No! Wait!" This was the last thing Riolu heard the human say before he felt the ball he was in being lifted and carried somewhere.