You wake up early the next morning. You wish you never came out of the oil tank now that you are stuck in a breeding center.

"Attention all." The speakers come on.

"Most of you know the deal, but if you are new here, let us explain. There is a paper of the schedule in your cage. Once every week, 10 different pokemon are chosen to mate or produce an egg. You may have a different mate every time. The mating pokemon will be chosen later today. Good luck."

Fuck. This is going to suck. How did you get here in the first place... Akari. How was this 'for your own good'? This is not good. Not at all.

You lay down in your cage for hours until it's lunchtime. They slip a bowl of curry through the cages. You eat the food and take a small nap. You are woken up to the speakers coming on.

"Now the mating pokemon will be selected." After a long pause, they continue.

"For number 1, we have... Espeon 002 and Vaporeon 074. Then, for number 2, we have pikachu 276 and bulbasaur 009." You look at your number card. Phew. Number 379.

"For number 3 we have espeon 408 and Mightyena 006. number 4 is Rockruff 438 and Lycanroc 028"

Damn. That's probably gonna hurt.

"Number 5 is Charmeleon 438 and Ponyta 012. Number 6 is Garchomp 005 and Haxorus 012. Number 7 is pikachu 499 and Tsareena 205. Unfortunately, only 8 have been written down today, but for number 8, we have: Eevee 142 and Pikachu... 379.

That's all we have for today. Have a good time mating!"

The floor of your cell falls, and you go through a tube, and you are put in another cell with an Eevee. Fuck. The Eevee looks really nervous.

"H-hi?" She says.

"Hi." You say.

You guys sit in silence for about a minute.

"This is realllly awkward." Eevee says.

"Yeah." You say.

"You know what we have to do. Right?"

"Yes, I know."

"How did you get in here?"

"I trusted a human. How about you?"

"I... got caught by some breeding enthusiasts." Eevee says.

authors note: this series is set in a different world where the normal way of breeding in pokemon is the less effective way of breeding. In this world the way humans would normally "breed" is the normal way for pokemon.*

"That's... a shame..." you say.

"I guess so..." she says. Then she takes a few steps closer.

"Woah... hold on... what are you doing?" You ask.

"You know what we have to do... the rest would have probably started by now." She says, getting even closer.

"Stay back." You say, readying an attack. "And don't come closer."

"Pikachu.. I'm sorry. Just... I don't think you understand. If you don't produce at least 1 egg in the time you're here... you... you die. They kill you. And throw you out back. I'm sorry. I don't want to do this either. But we have to. Unless you would rather die." She says.

You take a deep breath and pin her to a small mattress in the room.

"Fine. But I'll only do this once." You say.

"And how do you think they won't make you do it twice?" She asks.

"I'll find a way to break out." You tell her.

"Only... one pokemon, in the past 50 years has broken out, and he lost a leg and an ear." She informs you.

"I'll manage. Are you ready?"

"I... I guess." She tells you, still very nervous.

You both are done. You both are exhausted, completely worn out.

"I... don't... know... what... to... say..." Eevee says, in between large intakes of breath.

"Me... neither..." you say.

"Is everyone done?" A voice says through the speakers. After that, they open the doors and guards come in, forcefully pick you up, and throw you in your cage.

Time ticks, seconds into minutes, minutes into hours, hours into days. You've officially been here exactly 1 week, and there's a certain guard you really like. You both are on great terms with each other. And you can actually kind of trust her. You can at least talk to her, being that she used to be a pokemon translator. Being that she was one of few people who could actually understand pokemon. Her name is Kamikali Baker. You are finally adding a few more steps to your escape plan. And adding a few more plans to a few more possible outcomes. You have surprisingly used your few resources well. The entire plan is on 1 large piece of paper. You are adding the 3rd to last possible outcome onto your paper when you hear a voice.

"And what are you doing?"

You turn around and try to conceal the paper under your pillow. Phew, the guard isn't looking at your cell... they were talking to someone else...

"Okay, everyone! Cell check!"

Oh fuck. Fuck... this hasn't happened since you've been here. You try to find a place to hide your paper. Just before the guards open your cell door, you slip it into a small crack. You found that a previous pokemon put into the wall. When the guards come into the room you try to stay calm and just say your name a few times to greet them.

"Kami. What is he saying?" One of the guards say. Then the person behind them, probably the best breeding center guard in the world, Kamikali, says "it's fine... he's just trying to greet us."

"Are you sure? That's not common for prisoner to act this... calm."

"It's fine, I promise."

"Okay... if you say so..."

After about 10 minutes, they leave. Then you lay down. It doesn't seem like theres any hope. Yoy finished your paper, but ther is already 2 guards outside every cell. And even if you get apast that, this breeding center has some of the best security in the entire world. Before you know it, it is free time, most of you go to the yard simply to communicate with each other a bit. Of course, you don't like all the guards and not all them like you, but with at least 75 percent of them you are on fairly good terms with. In the yard at free time the same eevee from before in the breeding room walks up to you.

"Hi." She says.

"Hey?"

"How is... the plan going?" She asks.

"I almost have it finished. How's it going with, you know. You?"

She gets a bit closer.

"I think I fooled them. The... thing... between us somehow didn't work but 3 days ago during free time, I snuck into the basement and found a prop egg. I have been acting like it's real. I think they are really falling for it."

"That's great. How did you manage to get in and out of the basement with all this security?"

"Don't... ask..."

"Ok. Hey... do you... wan't... to... come?"

"Do you mean... like... breaking out with you?"

You nod.

"As much as i want to... I actually am Kind of happy here."

You nod again and the guards blow a whistle. Free time's over.

"See you."

"You too..."

"Hopefully..."

She gives you a small smile and everyone goes back to their cell. It starts to get late and you start to go to bed. You will need a lot of energy to escape tomorrow. Or when the time is right...