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Chapter 1 - The Escape
-Aaron's Journey-
Chapter I: The Escape
Aaron found himself in a dark room, he just became concious again and tried to sit up, but his hurting head forced him back to the cold bottom. He looked around, tried to understand what situation he rode himself into, but his vision faded again, so he decided to take it easy. Aaron examined the ceiling, dark and muddy stones gazed at him, in fear he closed his eyes.
When he finally got a clear mind after that shock, he tried to remember why he was alone in this cold dark cell. Aaron remembered that he was on the way to his first gym battle, he was so overjoyed that he tried out different styles in front his mirror. A tall boy at the age of 17 looked back at him, with red hairs and a specially designed blue shirt with red stripes, moving from one site to the other. He was a normal teenager, perhaps a little bit stronger and more vital than his contemporaries. He decided that everything was fine with his look and grapped his belongings, under them his first Pokémon, an evolved Torchic. He still remembered the first day he got her, sweared himself to never let her down, and after hard training she evolved.
He opened the door of his hotel room and went outside. The sun shined and everything was fine, he started to walk straight no the gym, he was so ready for it. On Aarons way to the gym a strange guy with baseballcap followed him and tried to sell him stuff, this was the last thing he remembered before he woke up in this cold room. "Well it can't get any worse now", Aaron thought and finally managed to stand up, a little unstable on his legs he moved to the distant light of a keyhole.
As he arrived there he hammered on the iron door with all his might, with no effect than a hurting fist. Aaron listened to the fading echoes of his hits, then it was completely silent. He thought for some time, then he came to an conclusion. "I just gonna blast through it using my Combuskens Blazekick", he said to himself. He did his typical gesture to throw out his Pokéball, until he realised that it was missing. He was shocked, his all loved first Pokémon was taken from him, he sank on his knees again and shuttered. In desperation he shouted: "Why is this happening to me?"
After he got himself together he heard something, as if people were communicating in distance before his cell. He stood up and walked to the door, leaning and pressing his ear against it. "...so you finally kidnapped somebody for the next experimental stage?", a low voice was growling. "Yes indeed sir, I wont let Team Rocket down, I always accomplish my missions!", a sneaky voice whispered silently.
Aaron heard the two persons coming nearer to him. "I thought he would fit this stage very well, he looks quite strong", the sneaky guy said, now he was better to understand because the distance became lower. "I hope you wont let me down in this case, I only want the best human material for my experiments!", the growling guy said, he seemed to be the boss. "Team Rocket", Aaron thought,"What the hell do they want from me, and what are they talking about, an experiment?" Fear crawled into Aaron and misted his mind, he pressed his ear at the cold iron door another time. "Is everything set, did you took his Pokémon and sealed it away in our vault, are all traces from his existence terminated?", the boss asked. "Yes sir, everything is ready, we can start right now, that machine we stole from Bill just has to work."
Aaron backed off from the door, Team Rocket wanted to use him for their evil plans, he had to escape from his fate. He searched the room, his eyes had adjusted to the darkness, so he could find a small grey stone that was lying on the floor, "It should be enough to knock one of them out", he thought while he panicked. Aaron hid himself behind the door, so he could hit the Team Rocket member in the moment they will open the door.
The voices stopped in front of the door, Aaron heard the minion say:"I forgot to mention that I didn't tie him down, im sorry sir." His boss started to growl:" You are incompetent, hope for your own good that you brought good material! Seviper, catch him when I open his cell, so he wont try anything stupid." Aaron was so scared that his feet wont hold him any longer, he fell down and awaits his capture by the snake, he couldn't do anything without his Combusken. It makes him really sad to think about his partners fate in Team Rockets hands, but those thoughts switched to fear as he heard the key turning around.
The door crashed open and a big shadow charged towards him, throwing hissing sounds towards him. Suddenly Aaron felt pain and his movements were constrained. He looked in red predator eyes and a mouth with two big red teeth. "Nice catch my dear Seviper", the boss mentioned while he came closer to Aaron. "What a nice test object do we have here?" Aaron looked into an old scared face with a bright evil smile, the light from the open door shined over his small body in a white coat and short grey hair, soaking his body in an evil light. His companion was taller and younger, in his thirty's or so, but they shared the same evil smile.
The man in the white coat draw even closer to him, his Pokémon constrained Aaron even harder, it started to hurt even more and he tried to free himself, but the more he struggled the stronger the snake constrained him. "Well, well", the boss started, "I should use this narcotic on you, its for your own good." Aaron tried to resist, but then he was stung by a needle, and in lesser than a few seconds his head became empty, "Im sorry to let you down Combusken", were his last thoughts before he fall into a deep comatose.
Aaron woke up, he opened his eyes and tried to get a clear mind, but a bright light denied his vision to recover. So he concentrated on the surroundings with his ears. He heard more voices than last time, they seemed to echo across a huge hall. "Did you recovered the deoxyribonucleic acid from the cytoplast?" - "Please help me over here!" - "Get the electrodes ready." Aaron focused on his eyes and forced them open. He finally achieved to see the outlines of the hall, so he tried to move his body, but he was still constrained.
Aaron felt that he laid with his back on something cold, his arms and legs tied down on the right and left side. He eventually got a clearer picture of the hall, the first thing he saw was a common face with a bright evil grin. "I see you are awake, time to proceed", the boss said, and shouted:"Is everything working now?", at his working Team Rocket members. "We need some more time to get the DNA Sequence right, sir", a guy in front of some monitors shouted back.
Aaron had a go at saying something, but his mouth was still benumbed from the poison they gave him, it ended in some weird gibberish. "Well", the man with the scar on his face started,"I will now tell you what we are going to accomplish with this massive machine you are onto. I start with a little background story, a guy named Bill, a researcher who is really popular in Kanto, studied about the genetic code of all kind of lifeforms, and made astonishing results. Our sequence, the sequence of humans, is nearly identically with those of Pokémon. This may sound stupid to a foolish young boy like you, but Bill decided to create a machine that used this results, to force Pokémon DNA in human cells. He only created the method though before we from Team Rocket found out about those experiments, and stole all plans from Bill. And now, finally, we completed our machine, gathered the information and a test subject." The professor took a deep breath and mustered Aaron closely:"I think you understand what we are trying to do, if we succeed, Team Rocket will finally rule the world with countless loyal Pokemon minions."
Aaron was scared out of his mind, he never thought that anything of this were ever possible, but the serious eyes from the Team Rocket boss told him that he was wrong. He forced his mouth open and eventually threw some words out:"Why...me...?" The sneaky minion from earlier stepped up to Aaron: "Hehe, nothing against you, you were only at the wrong place at the wrong time, but look forward to the thing we are going to do with you, or not...", he left with a loud laugh."
After that, the boss said: "Now start the machine, put the genetic code in the computer, I leave to watch the spectacle behind the safety glass." "Yes sir", his minions replied. Aaron struggled really hard, he just had to escape from his fate, he concentrated all his strength in his legs and bowed up with his body, no effect. He sank back onto the cold iron, suddenly the machine started to shake, mechanic noise raises, at the same time Aaron noticed a big parabolic concentrator pointing on him. In the distance a guy shouted: "Proceed with structuring of genetic information to binary source, code Lucario."
Aaron heard electric sparkling and screamed for help, but nobody took notice at him. The energy built up in the parabolic concentrator, he was shocked by the sight of blue electrical flashes shooting at the focal point. "Now, start the transformation process, let's hope our yearlong preparations will be rewarded. Delete his mind aswell, he should be a loyal Pokémon", the boss said full of anticipation through a microphone, "Start the experiment!" The concentrated energy flew at Aaron with an incredible loud cracking sound, and hit it's target with the might of a canonball.
Aaron screamed in pain, it was unbearable, strange bolts zapped through his body, into his very cells, replacing his own DNA with Lucarios. Suddenly his vision started to fade and his body began to struggle against the external code. The energy continues to rain down on Aarons trembling body, he lost the feel in his arms and feet, he never felt such pain in his whole life. The scared man looked down at him from the safety glass, and watched the scene.
Aarons body slowly began to change its colour to blue, the process began at his legs and crawled upon his stomach spreading over the entire body. The feet turned black into paws with small claws, the same thing started with his hands. Fur grew on his entire body, and a single spike formed on his chest. Aaron completely lost himself because of the pain and tried a last time to free himself, then he fell unconscious. His nose was drawn out and a mouth with sharp teeth formed, aswell as black ears. Aarons body moved up, while a blue tail sprouted out of his back. The transformation reached its end phase, the fur on the upper half of his body turned grey, legs and arms turned black.
The professor was astonished: "Yes, finally my dreams of world domination are coming true, what a splendid sight. Delete his mind now!", he laughed laud through the microphone. Suddenly the lightning bolts grew stronger than expected and the light was blinding bright, the boss realised that something was going wrong and shouted:" Stop all the machines, quick, the energy is reaching far over the maximum, the whole thing will explode if you don't cut the power...", but it was too late.
In a giant explosion, the transformation device was torn asunder, the people who were still in the hall flew at the walls, metal parts bounced at the think safety glass, leaving cracks behind. Aaron, who was on an iron board over the explosion, catapulted straight up through the ceiling. The building commenced to burn while electric discharges were blowing into the sky, splitting clouds apart.
On his flight the ties loosed themselves, and Aaron was pulled off the iron remains of the machine by the strong wind. He fell, his tempo sharply increases , he was like 200 meter above the ground. Below him was a vast forest, the scrap metal drilled itself into the vegetation, cutting through trees, earth and smaller plants. Aaron was only 50 meters above the fauna, he was still unconscious and didn't notice anything that was happening to him. His speed was decreased by the first tree tops, he clashed through many branches, eventually hitting the hard ground. The noise calmed down, and Aaron was laying on the ground, heavily injured and in the appearance of a Lucario.
Chapter I: The Escape
Aaron found himself in a dark room, he just became concious again and tried to sit up, but his hurting head forced him back to the cold bottom. He looked around, tried to understand what situation he rode himself into, but his vision faded again, so he decided to take it easy. Aaron examined the ceiling, dark and muddy stones gazed at him, in fear he closed his eyes.
When he finally got a clear mind after that shock, he tried to remember why he was alone in this cold dark cell. Aaron remembered that he was on the way to his first gym battle, he was so overjoyed that he tried out different styles in front his mirror. A tall boy at the age of 17 looked back at him, with red hairs and a specially designed blue shirt with red stripes, moving from one site to the other. He was a normal teenager, perhaps a little bit stronger and more vital than his contemporaries. He decided that everything was fine with his look and grapped his belongings, under them his first Pokémon, an evolved Torchic. He still remembered the first day he got her, sweared himself to never let her down, and after hard training she evolved.
He opened the door of his hotel room and went outside. The sun shined and everything was fine, he started to walk straight no the gym, he was so ready for it. On Aarons way to the gym a strange guy with baseballcap followed him and tried to sell him stuff, this was the last thing he remembered before he woke up in this cold room. "Well it can't get any worse now", Aaron thought and finally managed to stand up, a little unstable on his legs he moved to the distant light of a keyhole.
As he arrived there he hammered on the iron door with all his might, with no effect than a hurting fist. Aaron listened to the fading echoes of his hits, then it was completely silent. He thought for some time, then he came to an conclusion. "I just gonna blast through it using my Combuskens Blazekick", he said to himself. He did his typical gesture to throw out his Pokéball, until he realised that it was missing. He was shocked, his all loved first Pokémon was taken from him, he sank on his knees again and shuttered. In desperation he shouted: "Why is this happening to me?"
After he got himself together he heard something, as if people were communicating in distance before his cell. He stood up and walked to the door, leaning and pressing his ear against it. "...so you finally kidnapped somebody for the next experimental stage?", a low voice was growling. "Yes indeed sir, I wont let Team Rocket down, I always accomplish my missions!", a sneaky voice whispered silently.
Aaron heard the two persons coming nearer to him. "I thought he would fit this stage very well, he looks quite strong", the sneaky guy said, now he was better to understand because the distance became lower. "I hope you wont let me down in this case, I only want the best human material for my experiments!", the growling guy said, he seemed to be the boss. "Team Rocket", Aaron thought,"What the hell do they want from me, and what are they talking about, an experiment?" Fear crawled into Aaron and misted his mind, he pressed his ear at the cold iron door another time. "Is everything set, did you took his Pokémon and sealed it away in our vault, are all traces from his existence terminated?", the boss asked. "Yes sir, everything is ready, we can start right now, that machine we stole from Bill just has to work."
Aaron backed off from the door, Team Rocket wanted to use him for their evil plans, he had to escape from his fate. He searched the room, his eyes had adjusted to the darkness, so he could find a small grey stone that was lying on the floor, "It should be enough to knock one of them out", he thought while he panicked. Aaron hid himself behind the door, so he could hit the Team Rocket member in the moment they will open the door.
The voices stopped in front of the door, Aaron heard the minion say:"I forgot to mention that I didn't tie him down, im sorry sir." His boss started to growl:" You are incompetent, hope for your own good that you brought good material! Seviper, catch him when I open his cell, so he wont try anything stupid." Aaron was so scared that his feet wont hold him any longer, he fell down and awaits his capture by the snake, he couldn't do anything without his Combusken. It makes him really sad to think about his partners fate in Team Rockets hands, but those thoughts switched to fear as he heard the key turning around.
The door crashed open and a big shadow charged towards him, throwing hissing sounds towards him. Suddenly Aaron felt pain and his movements were constrained. He looked in red predator eyes and a mouth with two big red teeth. "Nice catch my dear Seviper", the boss mentioned while he came closer to Aaron. "What a nice test object do we have here?" Aaron looked into an old scared face with a bright evil smile, the light from the open door shined over his small body in a white coat and short grey hair, soaking his body in an evil light. His companion was taller and younger, in his thirty's or so, but they shared the same evil smile.
The man in the white coat draw even closer to him, his Pokémon constrained Aaron even harder, it started to hurt even more and he tried to free himself, but the more he struggled the stronger the snake constrained him. "Well, well", the boss started, "I should use this narcotic on you, its for your own good." Aaron tried to resist, but then he was stung by a needle, and in lesser than a few seconds his head became empty, "Im sorry to let you down Combusken", were his last thoughts before he fall into a deep comatose.
Aaron woke up, he opened his eyes and tried to get a clear mind, but a bright light denied his vision to recover. So he concentrated on the surroundings with his ears. He heard more voices than last time, they seemed to echo across a huge hall. "Did you recovered the deoxyribonucleic acid from the cytoplast?" - "Please help me over here!" - "Get the electrodes ready." Aaron focused on his eyes and forced them open. He finally achieved to see the outlines of the hall, so he tried to move his body, but he was still constrained.
Aaron felt that he laid with his back on something cold, his arms and legs tied down on the right and left side. He eventually got a clearer picture of the hall, the first thing he saw was a common face with a bright evil grin. "I see you are awake, time to proceed", the boss said, and shouted:"Is everything working now?", at his working Team Rocket members. "We need some more time to get the DNA Sequence right, sir", a guy in front of some monitors shouted back.
Aaron had a go at saying something, but his mouth was still benumbed from the poison they gave him, it ended in some weird gibberish. "Well", the man with the scar on his face started,"I will now tell you what we are going to accomplish with this massive machine you are onto. I start with a little background story, a guy named Bill, a researcher who is really popular in Kanto, studied about the genetic code of all kind of lifeforms, and made astonishing results. Our sequence, the sequence of humans, is nearly identically with those of Pokémon. This may sound stupid to a foolish young boy like you, but Bill decided to create a machine that used this results, to force Pokémon DNA in human cells. He only created the method though before we from Team Rocket found out about those experiments, and stole all plans from Bill. And now, finally, we completed our machine, gathered the information and a test subject." The professor took a deep breath and mustered Aaron closely:"I think you understand what we are trying to do, if we succeed, Team Rocket will finally rule the world with countless loyal Pokemon minions."
Aaron was scared out of his mind, he never thought that anything of this were ever possible, but the serious eyes from the Team Rocket boss told him that he was wrong. He forced his mouth open and eventually threw some words out:"Why...me...?" The sneaky minion from earlier stepped up to Aaron: "Hehe, nothing against you, you were only at the wrong place at the wrong time, but look forward to the thing we are going to do with you, or not...", he left with a loud laugh."
After that, the boss said: "Now start the machine, put the genetic code in the computer, I leave to watch the spectacle behind the safety glass." "Yes sir", his minions replied. Aaron struggled really hard, he just had to escape from his fate, he concentrated all his strength in his legs and bowed up with his body, no effect. He sank back onto the cold iron, suddenly the machine started to shake, mechanic noise raises, at the same time Aaron noticed a big parabolic concentrator pointing on him. In the distance a guy shouted: "Proceed with structuring of genetic information to binary source, code Lucario."
Aaron heard electric sparkling and screamed for help, but nobody took notice at him. The energy built up in the parabolic concentrator, he was shocked by the sight of blue electrical flashes shooting at the focal point. "Now, start the transformation process, let's hope our yearlong preparations will be rewarded. Delete his mind aswell, he should be a loyal Pokémon", the boss said full of anticipation through a microphone, "Start the experiment!" The concentrated energy flew at Aaron with an incredible loud cracking sound, and hit it's target with the might of a canonball.
Aaron screamed in pain, it was unbearable, strange bolts zapped through his body, into his very cells, replacing his own DNA with Lucarios. Suddenly his vision started to fade and his body began to struggle against the external code. The energy continues to rain down on Aarons trembling body, he lost the feel in his arms and feet, he never felt such pain in his whole life. The scared man looked down at him from the safety glass, and watched the scene.
Aarons body slowly began to change its colour to blue, the process began at his legs and crawled upon his stomach spreading over the entire body. The feet turned black into paws with small claws, the same thing started with his hands. Fur grew on his entire body, and a single spike formed on his chest. Aaron completely lost himself because of the pain and tried a last time to free himself, then he fell unconscious. His nose was drawn out and a mouth with sharp teeth formed, aswell as black ears. Aarons body moved up, while a blue tail sprouted out of his back. The transformation reached its end phase, the fur on the upper half of his body turned grey, legs and arms turned black.
The professor was astonished: "Yes, finally my dreams of world domination are coming true, what a splendid sight. Delete his mind now!", he laughed laud through the microphone. Suddenly the lightning bolts grew stronger than expected and the light was blinding bright, the boss realised that something was going wrong and shouted:" Stop all the machines, quick, the energy is reaching far over the maximum, the whole thing will explode if you don't cut the power...", but it was too late.
In a giant explosion, the transformation device was torn asunder, the people who were still in the hall flew at the walls, metal parts bounced at the think safety glass, leaving cracks behind. Aaron, who was on an iron board over the explosion, catapulted straight up through the ceiling. The building commenced to burn while electric discharges were blowing into the sky, splitting clouds apart.
On his flight the ties loosed themselves, and Aaron was pulled off the iron remains of the machine by the strong wind. He fell, his tempo sharply increases , he was like 200 meter above the ground. Below him was a vast forest, the scrap metal drilled itself into the vegetation, cutting through trees, earth and smaller plants. Aaron was only 50 meters above the fauna, he was still unconscious and didn't notice anything that was happening to him. His speed was decreased by the first tree tops, he clashed through many branches, eventually hitting the hard ground. The noise calmed down, and Aaron was laying on the ground, heavily injured and in the appearance of a Lucario.