Riolu felt the ball he was in being carried to an indoors place. "Put it with the others!" , he heard Commander Jupiter shout. He felt the ball being thrown in the air, and he landed painfully on a pile of objects. It made a clatter sound. He heard two metal things slaw together. Panicking, he tried to make the ball roll. After a few minutes of rolling, he heard a "click" at the bottom of the ball. He was sucked out in a red light. He dozed off for few seconds, before making out his surroundings. He was in an almost pitch-black room. The only dim light came from a small window. He looked at the floor and soon found the ball he was contained in. He stepped away from it, and slipped on another one. He looked behind him. A gigantic pile of balls like the one he was in were in a corner of the room. He had heard Jupiter say "Put it with the others". He stared at the open ball he was supposedly stored in before.
Maybe there were more pokémon inside the balls? Riolu was suddenly hit with a wave of realization. "They capture us and make us do as they please." THAT was how humans captured pokémon. With those… demonic capturing spheres. Riolu realized he had to get out of there, before they found him. If they found him, he would be captured again and this time they wouldn't let him out so easily. He made his way though the maze of capturing balls until he reached a big, rectangular gap on the wall that could appear as if he could go through it. He made it through the gap, and the rest of the building from then on was pitch black. He had no choice but to feel his way. After a few minutes, he stopped when he thought he heard two humans talking in a lit hallway. "…yeah, today we got a special one. A Riolu, they say." The second one laughed. "That's a rare one. It'll make a fine Lucario once we train it. They say those are very powerful." The other human paced around a bit. "Maybe it can lead us to the lake pokémon… then we can finally craft the red chain."
They both seemed to walk away. Riolu pondered for a minute. Lake pokémon? And what on earth was a red chain? He continued his way carefully through the lit corridors. After some time in the building, he had gotten used to the darkness and the metal structure. He managed to find a good hiding spot. At the top of the building, it was a sparkly spatial wallpaper with some weird looking machines at the back. It seemed much more like a decorative room than a room the humans would actually use. He hid in between the machines, and started to doze off to sleep.
After what seemed like hours, Riolu was awoken by the sound of footsteps. He opened his eyes and stepped further into the machines. "Where is Cleffairy?" Said a voice, enraged. Riolu recognized that voice. He looked through the machines. It was the young human he had found before! "Well, look who's here." Said a voice in front of him. Jupiter stepped up. "You've become famous in Team Galactic. I heard from Mars in the Valley Windworks. You really showed her, didn't you?" She grinned. The young human frowned. "Stop babbling! Give back the stolen pokémon!" Jupiter laughed. "You know, I REALLY wish I could, but I have two reasons. 1) I can't. 2) I don't want to."
The human reached into his pouch and pulled out a ball like the ones Riolu saw in the building. He was shocked. He captured pokémon too! Riolu had almost trusted him… he almost believed he was different. He shrunk back into the machines. Riolu heard the human throw the ball on the floor. "Go, Piplup!" He yelled. The ball opened, and a small, blue and white pokémon came out. It chirped at Jupiter. Jupiter grabbed one of her own balls. "Get him, Zubat." she said. She threw the ball, and a small blue pokémon with wings and no eyes came out. Rioli watched curiously as Piplup made Zubat faint in a couple of turns. "Way to go, Piplup!" Said the human. Jupiter grinned. "You think that is all I got? Skuntank, you're next!" She grabbed another ball and sent out a big, grey and white furry pokémon. The human looked worried. After a while, Piplup fainted. "No, Piplup!" He said. He looked at Skuntank. He grabbed another ball from his pouch. "Go Treecko!" He threw the ball. A green and red pokémon, with yellow reptilic eyes came out. After a tense moment, Treecko brought down Skuntank. "Yes!" cried the young human.
Jupiter quietly sucked the pokémon back into the balls. The young human patted Treecko on the head. He then looked at Jupiter. "You lost. Return the pokémon." Jupiter looked at him in the eyes. "Well, aren't you tough…? It's ok, tough. Our official pokémon statue investigation is finished. Mars has collected energy from the Valley Windworks. We're pretty much finished here." Jupiter breathed in. "I'll let you in on one little thing. Our boss is researching the myths of ancient pokémon. With the power of mythical pokémon, he will become the ruler of Sinnoh… I suggest you keep out of team galactic's affairs from now on. This is your last warning!" Jupiter threw a grey ball on the floor, and it coughed up smoke. When it cleared, she had disappeared. The young human looked at the floor. Three balls were on the floor. Treecko walked over and picked them up. He walked back and handed them over to the trainer. He picked them up. "This one's for Clefairy, this one's for Bunneary. But this one..." He stared at the pokéball with a light scratch on it. It seemed like it had been rolling around a lot. "It must be..." He was snapped back to reality by his Treecko poking him. He then took out its opened ball and sucked Treecko back in.