"...what do you MEAN the shipment of Poké Balls is delayed for another two and a half weeks?!"

I slowly come to consciousness and hear a masterful voice shouting very angrily. I groan, then wince from a sharp pain in my chest and a dull ache on my temple. Then I get up, and look around. It appears I'm in some sort of cage. Steel bars form a barrier around me, with a steel door in the center. I head to the door and try to open it, but it's locked. I hear the same voice shouting again.

"Listen. I don't know WHAT you think you are doing...but we have the Mythical Pokémon Meloetta trapped, we have who I believe to be the one with the Chosen Power captured as well!"

(Chosen Power? What's that? And...I can't possibly have whatever that voice is talking about. I'm just a ten year old kid...right?)

Then suddenly I hear loud footsteps stomping towards me. The steel door is unlocked, then opened. A tall man with black hair, stern face, and a suit with the letter 'R' in red emblazoned on it walks in and roughly grabs me by my collar.

"Ow!"

He then drags me down a long hallway. I look to the left and right and see many cages similar to my own.

"W-where are you taking me?"

He jerks my collar harder.

"Shut up!"

Then we come to a well lit room with a comfortable looking chair in front of a table. Behind the table, facing the chair is a small wooden chair that looks very uncomfortable to sit in. He roughly throws me against the wooden chair, causing me to hit it with my head. My ears start ringing, and I'm pretty sure my head is bleeding. Then he sits down in his comfy chair, and speaks sternly to me.

"Sit."

I am scared, so I obey, as I don't want to get hurt again. I shake my head to try and stop the ringing. Then the stern man looks at me dead in the eyes, and explains the situation.

"Here's the situation. You will be staying here for the time being-"

"Wh-What? Why?"

He glares at me, causing me to shrink back.

"Do. NOT. Interrupt. Me!"

He motions to a giant white cat with a red gem in its forehead. It hisses loudly at me, startling me almost off the wooden chair.

"Interrupt me again, and Persian here will not hesitate to Scratch you. Understand?"

I am trembling again, but manage to nod.

"Very well, I will resume the explanation."

The big cat yawns.

"Now, as you can probably imagine, I do not care about your age, if a 10 year old can defeat me in battle and become the Champion of Kanto, then there's no excuse for you! If my suspicions are correct...then you have a unique power that would allow you to interfere with my takeover of Kanto and Johto."

I look at him confusedly.

"I...I don't know what you're talking about."

The man glares at me.

"Persian...get ready to use Scratch…"

The big cat, Persian, jumps up on its claws. It looks ready to pounce. This terrifies me, and I start shaking.

"Now...I'm only going to give you one more chance to shut up, and quit interrupting me. UNDERSTAND?!"

I start stammering in fright.

"Y-Y-Yes...s-sir!"

The scary man nods, then motions to his cat.

"Persian...stand down for now."

The cat relaxes back onto its haunches and I sit back up. Then the scary man speaks again.

"So...as I was saying...you will be staying here for the time being. You have a power in you that can interfere with me and my...minions. I was hoping you could tell us about that power you have..."

"W-what power are you talking about? I'm just an ordinary ten year old kid...right?"

He gets angry.

"Don't play dumb with me! The fact that you were able to bond with a Mythical Pokémon so quickly-we were watching you at that point-means you have an amazing power! Now tell me about your power!"

"Please!...You've got to understand! I don't know anything! I'm just a lost 10 year old, trying to understand what happened!"

"SILENCE!"

The man slams his hands on the table and then gets up.

He leaves the room, then comes back about five minutes later, with a small cage holding Meloetta. He opens the cage, but pins Meloetta down on the table with his strong arms.

"Oof!"

Her big blue eyes are looking pleadingly at me. Yet, I'm paralyzed in fear.

"Now...One. More. Time. Tell me what your power is! Is it what I think it is?!"

My eyelids are quivering, and I'm sniffling.

"I...I don't know...I'm scared and confused...p-p-please…"

The man then motions to Persian.

"Persian, use Bite."

It snarls, then jumps at Meloetta. It's teeth chomp down on her hand, causing her to scream in pain.

"Enough, Persian."

Persian backs down. Meloetta is crying and clutching her hand in agony. The man looks at me.

"So, you still aren't gonna crack even after watching your precious Mythical get hurt?"

He makes his way to me. Grabbing me by my shirt, he drags me back into the dark hallway and back to the steel door.

"Fine then. You'll be staying here, until you tell me if the power you wield is the Chosen Power."

I whimpered as I was tossed into the cage, hard against the back wall, and felt the world go black...

"...eat."

I woke up to see a man with pink hair and a black and red jumpsuit with the same red R on his chest. He tossed a small pack of crackers and a bottle of water. He smirked as I took the bottle, my hands shaking like crazy.

"You'll be given some more next week."

My eyes widened as I decided not to open the bottle. I remain quiet as I blankly stare at the floor. The guy laughs as he turns and leaves me in the cold cage. I carefully rip open the pack of crackers and eat one, saving the rest for later. Suddenly there was screaming coming from behind the steel door.

"What do you mean, she ran away?! You idiots! Find her!"

I could hear the footsteps pounding on the tiles and then it faded.

"Oh Arceus… you're safe."

I turn my head to find nothing.

(But I could have sworn I heard a voice.)

I felt like I was going crazy, when Meloetta appeared in front of me. She gently strokes my arm, trying to reassure me, I guess. I felt pain shoot through my skull as I ran my hand through my hair. My hand was wet with blood. I start crying in pain and fear. Meloetta then starts rubbing my back.

"You poor thing...I'm so sorry...they want me and my power...and also they think you have some sort of power...what was it called again...Chosen Power…?... I don't know what to do…especially since I don't have a clue what Chosen Power is..."

I hear her start to cry as well. Then, she slumps against me.

"I'm sorry, Ten. I put you in this danger, and you're just a kid...you don't deserve this...and it's my...own...fault…"

I pull Meloetta closer, she is my comfort for what is currently I hear the stern voice of the man whose Persian attacked me.

"Well...it's getting late. The facility is going into automatic lockdown. Even if she uses her Psychic power to go invisible, she won't be able to escape! Not even if she tries to Teleport! Go to bed, Grunts! We will continue scouring the place in the morning!"

Then the main lights of the building shut off, leaving me in almost pitch black darkness. I curl up around Meloetta, in my cell, whimpering.

"W-Why...why…?"

Meloetta manages to convince me to uncurl myself. Then she sits on my lap, and pulls my head down to look me in the eyes.

"Ten...I'm sorry. For you being captured. It's my fault. But...I'm afraid there's nothing you can do now...except for going to sleep. I'm sorry...I wish I could help you escape...but I'm trapped here too..."

I push her off my lap and curl back up and start rocking back and forth in obvious distress. Meloetta is at first shocked, then nods. She then starts to sing. It's a soothing melody that soon puts me to sleep.

"...get up!"

I wake up to the same man who gave me food, yanking me to my feet by my hair. I cry out in pain.

"Ouch! Stop! P-please!"

"Quiet you! You will only speak when spoken to...understand?!"

He shook me violently on that last word. I nod quickly, tears once more stinging my eyes.

"Good, then have a bite to eat, something to drink, then we will get going. The Boss wants to see you."

He roughly shoves me back onto the floor. I shakily get up, and then force down a cracker, and take a sip from the water bottle. Then I drop them both from my hands shaking so much. The guy grabs me roughly again, then forces me to march down the hallway. We eventually reached the same room I was questioned in yesterday. The pink haired guy shoves me into the room. I see the stern businessman who I guess is who that guy called 'The Boss.'

"Good. Elite Grunt, you are dismissed!"

He smirks then leaves. The Boss looks at me.

"You...I hope you have learned your lesson...to ANSWER ME!"

I shrink back in fear.

"P-please don't hurt me...don't hurt me anymore...I've been telling you the absolute truth...why won't you believe me?"

I start crying, and he reaches over and backhands me across the face.

"Quit your crying and answer me!"

I gulp and try to stop my tears. He looks sternly at me.

"Where is Meloetta?"

I gasp, then look around. I don't see her at all, yet I know she was with me in my cell. I look back at the Boss.

"I...I don't know..."

He straight up PUNCHES me in the face.

"LIAR! YOU HAVE BONDED TO HER!"

He sits back down.

"Ahem. Sorry. But I don't believe you for a second! If she was a Wild Pokémon, why would she be so attached to you?! You HAVE to be bonded to her! There's no other explanation for it! Wild Pokémon only care about self-preservation! Yet...she was traveling through the forest with you! We were watching at this point, and saw you go through the woods!"

I get back up, now bleeding from my nose and mouth. He then pulls something out of his pocket, and points it directly at me.

"Tell. Me. Where. She. Is. NOW! Or I will shoot you with my gun!"

I flinch, then suddenly a blur yanks the gun out of his hand. It's Meloetta! The Boss yells.

"THERE YOU ARE! COME BACK HERE!"

He jumps up, and his Persian follows him as he runs down a different hallway, giving chase to the Mythical. I just ran for my cell. When I get there, I break down and fall to my knees, crying. Then, I hear a noise behind me. I ignore it, as I am fully just beaten down. I then jump and give a sharp exclamation as I feel a hand touch my back. I turn around quickly to see who is in here with me, and see Meloetta, looking at me with tears in her eyes. She puts her hands on my arms, seeing me in this state appears to have broken her too.

"Ten...I'm sorry..."

She pulls me closer to her and hugs me. I start feeling drowsy as she starts to sing again...

Author's Note:

For those of you wondering why I made Team Rocket be super serious...I always thought that Giovanni would run his Team like that. I know that's not how they are portrayed in the anime and games, but you have to remember that they are made for children. And as for Giovanni having a gun, this is a reference to a changed scene near the end of Pokémon Origins. When Giovanni is flying away in the helicopter, instead of just facing away from the camera and looking all ominous, originally he was going to be pointing a gun at Red. I also decided that only Giovanni and the evildoers will have guns, the police officers will have tasers, powered by Electric Types.