It was a stormy summer night when four year old Tyler Astren was taken from the hospital in Kanto. After being caught in the fallout of a Team Rocket experiment gone wrong, he had developed strange abilities that made him an interest to the organization.

Which is why, on this particular night, a teenage grunt named Domino came and took him away under the cover of darkness. Disguised as a nurse with a convincing story of needing to run tests on the boy, she had no trouble stealing him away right from under the police protection stationed outside his door.

Fear was still a relatively new feeling for the normally sheltered boy. But after the events of the previous few weeks, he knew instinctively what he felt upon realizing what was going on could be nothing but panic.

After they had loaded into a small vehicle, Domino removed her nurses outfit revealing a skin tight black and red Team Rocket uniform. Tyler knew Ream Rocket was the reason he has been so sick lately and began plotting his escape.

Eventually they arrived at a seemingly normal suburban home. But when he stepped inside he realized it was anything but ordinary.

The blood red walls with black decor was creepy enough on its own. But the fact that there were what looked like cages embedded in the walls surrounded by chains and blades let Tyler know he was in for some serious trouble.

Before he even has an opportunity to look for an escape route, his face became squeezed tightly in the tan hand of an intimidating looking silver haired man. "This is the new boy you picked up?"

Tyler couldn't help the actions of his body as the man's piercing silver eyes bore through him while examining him from head to toe. Seemingly satisfied with whatever he was looking for, the man let go of Tyler's face and slapped him on the back so hard he fell face first into the warm puddle of pre that had just been leaked from the terrified boys bladder.

With a wicked smile the man handed Domino a bag full of pokeyen and began to laugh. "He'll fetch a pretty penny. Good job."

"Thanks boss." With a quick bow, Domino excused herself leaving Tyler alone with the scary man.

The man seemed to notice Tyler's uneasiness and changed tactics almost instantly. Morning for the young boy to follow him, the man began to walk until he stopped in front of a small room filled with toys.

Once Tyler found a stuffed eevee he liked,the man sat him down and started talking. "Do you like that eevee?" He asked. When he was met with a hesitant not he smiled warmly, completely opposite of the moment prior. "Then you can keep it. In fact, im going to give you a bag and whatever you can fit in there you can keep."

The enthusiasm was beyond obvious in Tyler's face. He was smiling and already eying a few things in the room. The man decided it was the perfect time to get started. "My name is Riki Tadashi. What's your name kid?"

"T-tyler. Um, what's going on?"

Riki had almost forgotten the boy was only four and decided to try something new. "You are a very special little boy. Did you know that?" After a quick shake of the young boys head he continued.

"You are. In fact, you're so special that a lot of bad people are looking for you and want to take you away." The look of panic that flooded Tyler's face was beyond amusing to Riki and he began to think he could come to enjoy introductions like this.

"Your mommy asked us to keep you safe for a while, so for now you'll be staying with us. Do you understand?" After receiving a nod he added "what did you say your name was?"

"T-tyler..." The poor boy had returned to bring frightened and was now too afraid to respond. "We've already got to many Tylers. From now on your name is Tony."

"But-" the poor young boy was stopped mid sentence with a hard slap to the face. Tears filled his eyes and he looked up at the icy haired woman with both pain and confusion on his face.

"Listen up kid, because im only gonna tell you this once. You go where I say you go. You do what I tell you and you'll be fine. Give me problems..." Tyler was ashamed to admit he didn't notice the door open nor did he notice a woman with aqua blue hair entering. As Rikis voice faded, the sound of a bull whip cracking on the floor stunned Tyler to the point he lost control of his bladder again.

The woman seemed to find amusement in his fear and laughed in what should have been considered a warm voice. But the malicious intent in her words let him know thus woman wouldn't be a source of anything but pain. "You'll regret crossing me. I'm Adalyn, your new mother."

After a few years, Tyler... no, Tony had grown to be a very angry young boy. At ten years old it was time for him to be presented for the first time officially.

He had no idea what it meant to be presented, but he knew better than to refuse. Once dressed in the most fancy outfit you could imagine, Tony tied his dark hair in a small ponytail and looked in the mirror. His only friend Freda was looking back at him through the reflection.

"It's your first time right?" When he nodded in response she sighed. Pulling her loose brown hair to one shoulder, Freda grabbed a crystal bottle and poured a glass of amber liquid. "Here drink this, it will make tonight easier."

Even though he was skeptical, Tony knew Freda wouldn't hurt him. She was the only one he could trust. Taking a timid taste, he nearly spit it out but forced himself to swallow. "Eew! It's so bitter!"

"You'll get used to it." She poured her own drink of the same brown liquid and clunker her glass to his before tilting her head back and taking it all in one shot. "Trust me, you're gonna wanna drink it all. Tonight's the first party of the year. It's important to make a good first impression on everyone."

Tyler, who still refused to accept his newly appointed name, openly wondered why it was such a big deal. "Tony, I've told you a hundred times. Tonight's the night you get your client list. There's some good shujin, they treat you good and only make you do things every once in a while."

Paling at the various scenarios of what Freda might mean, he gulped nervously and followed her out of two mohagany doors and onto a fancy ballroom floor, unaware his time in Kanto was coming to an end.

Everything was turning white and Tony realized he was dying. Cyrus wasn't a nice man. Sure he didnt make Tony do bedroom stuff like others, but he enjoyed performing painful experiments on him.

Tony had tried to escape when he realized today's experiment involved him being hit with dragon Pokemon attacks, but didnt make it far before being captured by an angry looking Golbat.

Thrown into the grasp of a furious Cyrus, he gasped for air as he felt two strong hands wrap tightly across his throat. His friend was right. He didn't take the presentation seriously and wound up with violent clients, and now he was going to die. Closing his eyes, Tony was close to accepting his fate, but a stubborn voice in the back of his mind told him no. Not yet.

XxX

Snapping his eyes open, he used the last of his strength to push the weight off of him. A flash of purple let him know he wasn't a ten year old kid back in that cabin in Sinnoh.

No. He was a twenty year old man who was rudely interrupted and was now pissed. Taking a few quick breaths he jumped up with a sadistic smile. "I'm guessing you're her knight in shining armor?"

Shinji stood a few feet away glaring back. Having called out his Torterra to protect Hikaris body, he began to step forward toward Tony, not granting him a response.

Swinging with precision, Shinji hit the man square in his ugly grey eye. Tony tried to swing back and managed to get a few hits in before Shinji cracked his nose with his elbow.

Jumping back in fury, Tony growled in obvious pain. "Tck. I don't have time for you." Lungeing forward, Shinji tried to catch him again, but Tony just laughed wickedly and threw out a black pokeball. "Teleport!"

Shinji didn't even get a chance to see what Pokemon it was because before the pokeballs flash faded Tony had already vanished. "Damnit!"

XxX

"Haruka slow down!" It had been nearly fifteen minutes since they were interrupted by the mysterious explosion and they had been running nonstop the entire time. To say Shuu was winded was a nice way of putting it.

How Haruka still had the stamina to go was a complete mystery to him. But he pushed to keep up with here nonetheless. "Can't you at least tell me why we're running?"

Surprisingly, she actually paused as the trees began to thin out to explain a bit. "Its Hikari, she's- Ehhh?!" As she finally broke through the last of the trees, Haruka stopped abruptly in complete shock. Shuu didn't have time to stop and slammed into her causing them both to tumble forward into an incredible scene.

A vast area of pure destruction as far as the eye could see. What was once lush greenery was now cracked dirt and rubble blended with mangled trees. Hikari was visibly injures and unconscious laying in Shinjis arms. Something that would normally would never happen.

"Shinji?" Haruka asked with obvious concern. "What happened? Why are you here?" She couldn't figure out what happened, but various horrible scenarios played in her mind. What if "he" found her?

Snapping his head in their direction, Shinji just shook his head and stood up, still holding Hikari. "We need to go back to our camp. I'll explain there."

"But... Our camp was-" before she could finish, Shinji turned and yelled in her face like she was an idiot child. "Does it look like your stupid girly crap is still here? Whatever I didn't put in these bags is gone."

Once he was done snapping at the rightfully confused and concerned Haruka, Shinji shifted Hikaris weight to shove two travel bags into Shuus arms. Glaring at the clueless younger trainers, he again turned and walked off without another word.

XxX

Hey monsters! I still need 6 more questions to answer for my 13 facts about me post.

Sorry for the delayed update, let me know what you think, also let me know if you understand what happened to Tony as a child.