The admin took me out of my cage once more, I sighed, another day of "training" which was more just making me fight as many Pokemon as I could until I was tired, or won by a landslide. She turned me, then looked me in the eyes, "now, today we have a special treat for you if you win," she settled me on the ground in front of a Liepard. I almost turned tail to run, but if I did, they'd just shoot me. Just because the grunts saw me as"strong" I've been having to fight fully evolved, fully grown Pokemon on a daily basis. I turned to face the Liepard, it looked like it wanted to rip my head off!
Once the admin was far out of reach of our attacks, she took a seat next to a bunch of other admins. They sat down then chatted, a grunt who was the referee raised his hand, then threw it forward, "go!" the Liepard crouched, and jumped at me. I quickly moved out of the way, then jumped up on the Pokemon's back; from there I started hitting it with a Fire Fangs, Play Roughs, and just clawing at its back until it fell to the ground. It weakly raised its head until I put my paw on its neck. Without hesitation I dug my paws into its throat, pulled back, and walked away.
The group of admins started clapping and applauding me for what I had just done. A while ago I would've felt awful for killing another Pokemon, but after weeks of this, I no longer cared. All they were was a fight for my life, a chance at a proper meal that I desperately needed, and it got the admins to actually like me. I sat down while the admin that had been taking care of me crouched down to pet me, "nice work," she turned to the grunt who had refereed the fight, "get this one a dish full of food," he nodded, and ran off. I noticed in the hand she was using to pet me, was a piece of candy with the word "Hyper" on the wrapper.
The grunt came back with a much larger bowl of food, "before you eat," the lady took the candy in her left hand, unwrapped it, then held it out for me, "eat this." I stepped forward, then took the sweet into my mouth, it tasted bitter, but sweet. I swallowed it, then a sudden rush of pain started going through my entire body, "have you tested the Hyper Candy before this?" asked the admin as she turned to our scientist, "not at all," they grinned at my suffering. Not long after the pain started, I started glowing, I felt every part of my body changing.
I opened my eyes after minutes of pain and glowing, I was much bigger than before, "excellent, it's a success," the admins congratulated the scientist for his achievement. All except for the one taking care of me, she knelt down, then pushed the bowl of food in front of me, "eat up," everyone went silent when a tall man entered the room. This person was something of a legend in the Team Flare base, "is the Hyper Candy ready to sell to the public?" the scientist nodded, "yes it is Mr. Lysandre, and I'm willing to bet it will help fund our goals," he turned to me, gave me the stink eye, and then walked out of the door.
After I ate, the admin, who told me to refer to her as "Rachel" instead of "admin", had brought me into her room. Instead of just putting me back in the cage I had been kept in for months now. She sat on her bed, "c'mere boy," I obliged with her order. She grabbed my chin, then tilted my head up, "look at you, from that weak little pup that came here ten months ago, to a strong Mightyena," is that what that candy did to me? She started petting the side of my head, "in a week, you will be assigned to a grunt, and you will no longer see me again," I didn't care at all. I knew she definitely didn't care in the slightest, at least, that was what we were letting on. The admin stretched, "now, in celebration of your quick rise through the training course…" she pulled something out from under the bed. I sniffed at it, it was sweet smelling, but I couldn't exactly figure out what it was. She lifted up the lid, then split whatever was under it in half with a utensil. Just like that, we broke our "I don't care about you" act, and I climbed up onto her lap while she hand fed me the sweet smelling food.
After we had finished, she picked me up, then cradled me in her arms, I closed my eyes, then let out a deep breath while she scratched my belly. If in a week's time, I wagged my tail, then reached up to lick her face. I rolled over, sat up, and was immediately pulled into a hug, "good boy," she said softly to me. There wasn't anything else required for today, so the lady turned off her lamp, and then laid down with me on top of her. Even after all this petting, my muscles still hurt a bit from having to eat that weird candy, but that would probably go away with a goodnight's rest.
One day Rachel walked into the room holding a piece of paper, "c'mere Mightyena," I sat up on the bed next to her, "it looks as if you're getting a grunt… known for being very cruel to his Pokemon if they lose a battle," she said while pointing at a list of grunt names, then a list of Pokemon species with a number code beside the name of each species. She turned to me and sighed, "luckily you're a strong Mightyena right?" she said while scratching my chest. I wasn't exactly sure about that, but I nodded anyway. Rachel smiled, "then that means you won't have any problems with him, he will be coming shortly to pick you up for your first mission," I nodded, and laid my head on her shoulder.
After a few minutes, somebody knocked on the door, "admin, I'm here to pick up my new Pokemon," I sighed, me and Rachel looked each other in the eyes, "I'll see you again someday," she hugged me one last time, then I walked over to the door, and was let out to greet my new grunt. I felt my heart drop, he looked meaner than my first trainer, "alright you stupid mutt, we're going to be hunting this boy named Davaid, got it?" I nodded, then followed him up to our base's exit.
I squinted my eyes at the sight of sunlight, "Good thing our base has openings and exits everywhere," he said with an ugly grin. He pulled out a map, "any minute now, that kit should be…" he looked up, then saw a kid with a Houndoom walking by. I titled my head, why were we killing this kid of all people? Did he know sensitive information? I looked behind him, then saw a white dot in the distance. It was getting close and closer, it looked like a Ninetales of some sort. My trainer quickly withdrew me into my Pokeball.
Next thing I knew, I was sent out to kill this kid, "use Crunch!" the Houndoom shot a Flamethrower at me, but I easily dodged. This Pokemon was probably a beginner, I grinned at the thought of my first mission being a success, only until I heard a growl, and was immediately knocked out by an unseen attack.
"Hey guys, we're in here! Anistar City!" I announced, Axl was sleeping in my arms. He looked like he was having the sleep of his life, "hey bud," I poked his nose a couple of times, which got him to wake up with a light, playful growl, "mornin' sunshine," I said jokingly. He rolled his eyes, then jumped out of my arms, "Davaid, we should stop outside of the Anistar City Gym first," said Snowy, "you wanna check the Gym sign to see Mom's name under the list of trainers who beat it, don't ya?" she nodded, "well girl, why are we waiting around?" I walked over to a nearby map stand, inserted a coin, then started leading my Pokemon onward into Anistar City.