Damion took us to a dark room, full of cages and had a window high up, giving a faint light.
"This is where you two will be staying," Damion said sinisterly.
He pushed us in the cage and locked us in. He gave a sinister chuckle as he left the room.
"Oh Riley," Lilly said with tears rolling down her cheeks, "how the hell we ended up in this situation."
"It'll be okay," I said to her calmly.
"How? You're now an Umbreon and I'm an Espeon because we fell for something we should've seen coming. I feel so stupid."
She laid in front of me and buried her face as I stroke her lavender fur.
"It'll be okay."
"You guys just came from the machine?" a voice asked.
We turned around and found a Jolteon lying in the corner, staring at us. The faint light from the window caused his yellow fur to give a radiant glow.
"Yeah," I said softly. "Who are you?"
"My name is Zack," the Jolteon introduced himself. "I'm actually the first one who ended up in all of this craziness. I've been alone in this prison for two months, until now."
"Wait Zack Evans?" I asked.
"Yeah that's me. Or at least was me."
"Don't you remember me? I'm Riley Tanner. We used to go to school together back in Jhoto. Everyone was worried about you when you went missing."
"That's what they'll say about you two in a couple of days," Zack said blandly. "I never thought I will see you ended up like I am. Who's that?"
"Its me, Lilly Barber," Lilly said softly.
"They got you too. These people are making me sick. You know what they're doing? They are turning every strong trainer into Pokemon and either selling them or turn them into their little slaves."
I walked towards Zack and placed a paw at him.
"What did they do to you?" I asked.
"Making sure that their first attempt was a success until they heard about you two beating the Champion at Hoenn. They used their own Pokemon and made me fight against them. I was lucky to make it out alive."
I remained quiet and looked at him. Then, it happened. Something made me to collapse on the floor and the world flickered. I tried to see what was going on until I was dragged out the cage and dropped me somewhere in the dark. I looked around feeling alone and scared. The darkness faded away and I found myself at a funeral with everyone that I known dressed in black and looked down, with sorrow in their eyes. I slowly approached towards the front, my heart beating faster by the minute. I found my mother and my sister, Alice, crying and looking at a tombstone craved "Riley Tanner 1995-2010".
"No," I whispered, "this can't be."
I looked in, finding the hole empty. I turned around and saw Damion with a sinister grin. He picked me up and threw down the hole. I fell at my side and gave a shout of pain. He grabbed a shovel and started filling the hole back up, burying me inside.
"Mom! Alice!" I yelled as I tried to climb back up. "Someone help me!"
They didn't hear me and still looked down on me as Damion continued filling the hole. I started crying and continued my attempt to climb up. The dirt started sucking me in and I yipped, hoping someone will come and save me. I looked up and cried loudly. The dirt reached my neck when Damion towered over me.
"Say goodbye to your old life as a human," he announced.
He threw more dirt in that covered my face. I did nothing but hear Damion finish the job and became surrounded by darkness.
I opened my eyes and gasped for air, finding myself back in the cage with Lilly and Zack checking me.
"Are you alright Riley?" Lilly asked.
I buried my face and sobbed to what I just saw.
"Riley?"
I quickly wiped the tears and looked up. Lilly laid next to me and licked my cheek.
"What happened?" she asked.
Cutting my reply was Damion opening the door, holding those retched leashes.
"Time to get out," Damion said darkly.
He opened the cages and hooked us on the leashes. He forced to us to get out and head towards the dark hallway. I remained silent and thought about Alice and my mother, Lilly, Zack, and our partners who are still missing. He lead us to a room full of the researchers and scientists that witnessed our transformation. We sat there, hiding our faces to crowd as Damion announced the outcome of his "experiment" so far.
"As you can see, they show no signs of miscalculations from the transformation. The three of seem stable and can control certain instincts they received during the transformation."
Damion grabbed me and took me to the center of the crowd.
"This subject has been transformed to the form of an Umbreon. It seems that he is able to control sudden outbursts and probably is prepared to battle."
I gave a low growl at Damion.
"You'll be fine," he gave a sinister grin. "Someone get the other two. I'm sure they'll be happy to watch."
I tried to escape from his hold as he dragged me outside. He unhooked me and I slowly walked back.
"Don't be scared," Damion announced, "I'll make sure it won't hurt one bit."
I saw the other scientists behind him and took up the whole area of rocks and the view of the ocean in the background. One of them had Lilly and Zack on a leash.
"Riley!" Lilly exclaimed.
I tried to run to Lilly when Damion stopped me.
"Where do you think you're going?" Damion questioned.
He pushed me at the center and one of the scientists opened a cage from the other side and I was surprised of my opponent. Squirtle came out and had markings on his arms. I ran towards him and tried to hug him.
"What did they do to you?" I questioned.
He didn't say anything and looked down.
"Squirtle, what the hell did they do to you?"
"Do I even know you Umbreon?" he asked.
"It's me, Riley. We've been partners since I saved you from an ambush."
He gave a shocked look as he examined me.
"Riley?" He asked slowly as he hugged me, "What happened to you?"
"Oh Riley," Damion announced as he grabbed Lilly violently. "If you don't fight, she gets it! What's it gonna be, your best friend or your partner?"
I can tell by Lilly's eyes that she doesn't want me to fight Squirtle even if it means that Damion would do something torturous to her. I looked at Squirtle as he looked at my crimson eyes, telling me to fight him.
"Well?"
I charged towards Damion and tackled him, causing Damion to let go off Lilly. I was on top of him, growling as he became surprised.
"So that's how you want to do it."
He grabbed my neck and threw me at a nearby wall. My teeth rattled as I absorbed the impact and dropped to the stone ground. Damion towered over me, laughing evilly. He pulled out a whip and swung it around, getting ready to slice my skin. He whipped me hard and nonstop as I yelped in pain and blood seeped out from my cuts.
"Riley!" I heard Lilly scream.
I kept my eyes closed and curled myself up, trying to protect any vital organs. When he finally stopped whipping, I was whimpering as blood drenched my fur and some spilled on the floor.
"When someone doesn't follow orders, they get punished," Damion said strongly.
He stepped on my right paw hard, creating a crunching noise.
"Do you understand?"
I yelped very loud and tried to pull it out under his foot. He slightly lift his foot and I quickly pulled out my paw, having it swollen and broken. I limped away as the cuts that were all over my body started to sting and my swollen paw throbbed, sending pain. Damion grabbed me and tied me to a pole along with Squirtle.
"I have something planned for the other two," I heard Damion announce.
I saw them taking Lilly and Zack away from us, leaving the two of us alone.
"Lilly! Zack!" I called out as I tried to untie myself.
They locked the door behind them. I stopped my attempt to escape and laid under the hot sun as I let the pain of my paw and my cuts engulf me.
"You should've fought me," Squirtle said softly. "You would've prevented Lilly and yourself from danger."
"I never wanted or ever will fight you, Squirtle. You're my partner 'til the end. I only prevented you and Lilly getting hurt and I'm sure Damion won't hurt her."
"Look at yourself, you have a broken paw and you're badly whipped. The only thing they did to Sparky and me was tying us up very tight."
"Is Sparky alright?" I asked.
"He's fine," Squirtle replied. "What I really want to know is what happened to you."
"Alright I'll tell you."
After telling him what happened after Damion had them taken away from us, Squirtle grew furious.
"I knew there was something crazy about him! I just knew it!"
"Calm down, Squirtle. There's nothing to get extremely pissed at."
"Yes there is! He turned you into an Umbreon and you might never become human again! He also whipped you in front of everyone and-"
He became silent after looking at my eyes. He stayed still and looked away, leaving nothing but the sounds of waves crashing in the distance. We were quiet for the rest of the day until night came. The moon was high up as the lights from inside turned off slowly. Squirtle looked at me closely.
"Is there something wrong?" I asked.
"Your rings are glowing."
I looked at the rings on my body as they created a faint light under the moon light. I grew interested and felt better from the retched pain crawling all over my body.
"At least something good came out of this," I chuckled.
"And we're together this time," Squirtle added.
"Even though we ended up in this hell hole and we might not be able to explore the world again, at least we're all together."
"I guess you're right," Squirtle smiled.
I looked up at the night sky and hoped that we can see the world again.