I woke up in the cage, groggy and confused. I didn't know who I was or where was I, but I knew for sure that I'm alone. I quickly figured out that I had my paws and muzzle chained up, probably thinking I was being punished. I looked beyond the cage, now knowing that I'm locked up in an office somewhere.

"Is anyone nearby?" I called out, sounding a little muffled.

Silence was the only one that answer my call, feeling more lonely. I huddled myself and stared at the darkness of the room. Suddenly, the lights snapped on and I looked up. A tall man walked towards me as I slowly studied him.

"Are you feeling better?" he asked.

I slowly nodded, still confused how I ended up locked in a cage. I slowly backed away as far as I can while the man unlocked the cage and unchained my paws and muzzle. I slowly slinked out of the cage to a nearby corner, timid and probably scared. My ears went down as my tail laid between my hind legs. He approached towards me with a wicked smile as his hand reached out for me.

"There is no need to be scared little one," he said slowly as he petted my head, "you are safe with me."

I felt unsure if he meant harm or not and if I should go back into my little cage to stay safe or go with this human.

"Bri?" I asked. "Really?"

"This might seem a little confusing," he announced, "let me explain. I am your master, little one. You hit your poor little head when you were fighting and were knocked out completely. Luckily, the battle didn't damaged you horribly and seem to developed amnesia. When you became unconscious, you released uncontrollable spasms and you were attacking everyone so we had to lock you up to prevent you from hurting anyone or yourself."

I slowly lingered towards him and let him hold me. I looked up and he gave a sinister grin, probably pleasing what I now learned is my master.

I trotted behind my master as we passed through many doors and other humans wearing white coats. I heard my tag jingle as it swayed back and forth and hit against my chest. I followed my master to a small room dark from the inside and only have a small window up high. There was a very large cage inside and contained an Espeon, a Jolteon, a Pikachu, and a Squirtle. They gaped at me as I sat in front of them, glancing at them softly.

"I thought I should drop by and you the new and improved Riley," my master told them. "I can tell all of you would want to chat with my little Umbreon here as I go to attend to some important matters."

My master slowly went out the room and closed the door behind him, leaving me alone with them.

"What did he do to you Riley?" the Espeon asked.

"Do I know you?" I questioned her.

Her eyes flickered towards me and she looked heartbroken.

"You don't remember me?" Her voice began to break. "It's me, Lilly."

I shook my head.

"The Jolteon is Zack, Sparky is my partner, and Squirtle is very special to you because he's your partner."

I looked at the Squirtle who was staring at me carefully. He placed paw on my cheek and looked into my eyes.

"You don't remember me Riley?" his voice became a whisper.

"I'm sorry, I don't know any of you. The only one I do remember is my master."

"You mean Damion?" the Jolteon named Zack questioned.

I nodded and he began to laugh.

"Riley, that son of a bitch is not your master. He's the one that caused everything and he's using you. He changed you from a human to an Umbreon."

"I was never human!" I snapped. "I'm an Umbreon! Always has and always will be!"

"Listen to him Riley," the Pikachu named Sparky told me calmly. "He's telling the truth."

"No you listen to me rat face!" I growled. "I can tell the difference between someone who's telling the truth and someone lying their asses off!"

"Riley what's going on with you?" the Squirtle scolded. "You're never like this."

"I had enough with these lies! I'm heading back to my master."

"Riley," the Espeon named Lilly placed her paw on my back when I turned away.

I grew so furious that I sank my sharp, ivory teeth into her paw.

"AAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!" she shrieked and tried to pull it out of my mouth.

She managed to pull it out and whimpered in pain as she limped away.

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" the Jolteon screamed in anger.

He managed to reached out from the bars and tried to choke me to death. I slipped my paws past the bars and scratched him hard on the face.

"Stop it!" the Squirtle declared and he pulled us away from each other.

I glared at them as I let my dark side creep all over me. All of them stared at me and became motionless, now aware that I'm not who they say I am.

"I should be with my master instead of being in the presence of liars," I grumbled.

I lingered out the room as I heard the Espeon cry.

A week has gone by since all of the drama between me and the liars locked up. A felt a little happier with my master and awkward when my master took me to the other humans in white coats to study me. It was a cool, brisk morning when I woke up from my small blanket my master has given me. I felt horrible as I tried to get up with the urge of vomiting. My body was shivering and my vision was getting blurry by the second, my head felt it was going to explode, and I couldn't think straight. I blindly ran out of the small closet like room and started searching for my master.

"Master!" I screamed. "Master!"

I passed by a lot of humans in white coats and I became frantic.

"MASTER!"

I became scared, confused, and felt worse than before. I heard a familiar voice in the distance. Could it be him? It has to be. I followed the voice desperately, hoping that maybe my master can help me. I slinked my master's office and quietly under the table as I heard him talk to a woman in a white coat.

"I can't believe he fell for it!" I heard the master exclaim. "The little idiot is under my control. The formula actually worked."

I felt heartbroken when I heard that sentence. The Jolteon was right, I was being used by my master and I was meant nothing to him except for being his little wannabe pet.

"Would you stop calling him that?" the woman in the coat defended me. "He has feelings just like the rest of us."

"Since when did you start to care for our testers?"

I couldn't hold it in any longer and I vomited next to his feet, exposing myself. Both of them looked under and spotted me curled up under the table, shivering worse than before. I did nothing but to bury my face on my tail.

"Well look who's here Poole," my master said sinisterly. "It's the little Umbreon that looks up to me. Come over here Riley."

I slowly backed away from him as the vomit dripped from my muzzle to the floor. I knew he means harm since I heard what he said about me.

"Obey your master Riley."

"Y-y-your not m-my m-master," I shivered.

I vomited again, worse than the last and collapsed on the floor. My master walked up towards me with a sinister grin as I tried to get up.

"I don't want the little Umbreon to be naughty. I want him to behave like a good one."

The pain became so unbearable that I couldn't move an inch. I began to breathe heavily when the woman in the white coat picked me up from the ground now soiled from my vomit.

"Can't you see he's in pain right now?" she snapped at the master.

"What are you doing with my property?"

"Your property?"

"The Umbreon belongs to me!"

"So he's just another worthless creature in your eyes!"

"GIVE HIM TO ME!"

The master snatched me away from the woman and shoved me in the cage that was still in the office since I woke up. I whimpered in pain and watched my master hitting the woman. I wanted to save the woman from the master. I didn't want to be useless in the situation. The only I remembered I did while everything was happening was that I blacked out.

"Briiiiii."

"Briiiii."

The only sound came out of my mouth as I painfully woke up. I knew for a fact that someone is carrying me to safety, but I was too scared to look up.

"I need to get you guys out of here," a familiar voice sounded stressed and concerned.

I looked up and saw the woman in the white coat, Poole. She noticed I woke up and gave a soft smile.

"I get the others and we'll be miles away from this place."

"What about my master?" I asked.

"He's not going to hurt you anymore."

I became surprised that she understood me.

"You know what I'm saying?"

"It's a gift," its all she said.

She led us back where the others were locked up. She placed me carefully on the ground as she unlocked the cage.

"Riley?" the Espeon asked and rushed over towards me.

I stared at the bite I caused on her paw and buried my face, feeling guilty and worse than ever.

"Get away from him Lilly," Zack warned.

"It's okay," Poole told her. "He won't bite."

I quickly hopped to my feet, trotted at a corner, and vomited again.

"What's wrong with him?" Squirtle asked.

"Damion," Poole grumbled.

I limped back, feeling lightheaded and my breathing was getting heavy again. All of them grew shocked at my appearance.

"Is there something wrong?"

I felt my vomit drip from my muzzle and onto the floor. I looked down, finding it wasn't vomit but blood. I collapsed on the floor and everything began to spin out of control. Poole grabbed me from the ground and held me close.

"We don't have a lot of time before Damion gets the whole place surrounded by guards," Poole announced.

All of us ran out of the room and sped through the hallway as the alarm went off. We were almost at the exit when something knocked me out of Poole's hands and sent me tumbling on the floor.

"Riley!" Squirtle and Lilly screamed.

"If any of you go out the door, I'll blow his brains off!"

I turned and saw my master pointing a gun at my head.

"Please don't do it," I begged. "Please."

"Don't worry Riley," my master announced darkly. "If I have to shoot, you won't feel any pain and you will be in a happier place."

My master went from caring to a living nightmare.

"Don't shoot him," Poole said slowly and calmly.

He pointed the gun away from me and at Poole. I quickly reacted by crawling towards his leg and bit him as hard I as can. He grunted in pain and pointed the gun at my head.

"NNOOOOOOOO!" Lilly screamed.

BLAM!

I dropped to the floor as my blood oozed out of the bullet hole at the center of the ring on my forehead.

One second, I'm deaf.

Two seconds, everyone screams after me.

Three seconds, my master laughs hysterically.

Four seconds, I become blind.

Five seconds, I'm between life and death.

Six seconds, my body goes limp.

Seven seconds, my last word, "Briiiiiiiii…."

Eight seconds, I stop breathing.

Nine seconds, my heart stops.

Ten seconds, I'm dead.