The Slumbering Soldier Pt.1

Do you ever feel that the more things change, the weirder it's going to get in the future?  I know that feeling all too well.  It all started just after I left my family to live on my own at Tokyo, where I could pursue my dream of making my own robots.  It was during one of my classes that I began to notice my right hand's fingers were getting a bit stubbier.

"Hey, Richard, you okay?" one of my friends asked.  I waved him off, saying that I was fine while hiding my hand.  After getting my stuff, I left class to get some lunch and to check my hand again to make sure I wasn't imagining things.  Finding a nice spot to rest and eat, I looked my hand over in the light.

"Hmph, you're one of them." I turned around and ducked my head just in time as someone tried to clock me on the head.

"Hey!  What the heck do you think you're doing?!" I shouted back, which only got me in the position of being shot at by a couple of weirdos in jumpsuits.  Ducking and weaving the bullets or whatever those things they were firing at me, I grabbed my things and ran for my life.

Today being Friday the crowds were definitely hard to get through, but it did give me the edge in getting away from those goons.  Pulling off to a side alley, I stopped to take a breath-

"Nice try in evading us, but you're going nowhere." I look to my side and find myself staring down the barrel of some kind of gun just as more guys in suits gathered around me.  Just as my assailant was about to pull the trigger-

BZZZZT!

Everyone except me was floored by what looked like electricity.  Gazing up, my jaw dropped as I was looking at an Emolga floating over me.  I rubbed my eyes to make sure I wasn't hallucinating, looked up and saw Emolga still there, and then I rubbed my head.

"I must be dreaming." I said quietly as the Sky Squirrel Pokémon landed in front of me.

"It isn't a dream, buddy.  I'm the real deal." My jaw dropped as it laughed and told me to follow.  Hesitant, I complied and made my way to an abandoned building.

"Where am I?" I asked as I looked around the place.

"So he's the one headmaster sent us to collect?  He doesn't even look like he's going through any changes." came a cold voice.  Turning around I saw a familiar red and silver Pokémon approaching me; a Bisharp.

"I'd be in agreement with you, Cassie, but if Pokextinction's after him he must be one of us." The Emolga said in response, earning a huff of annoyance from the Bisharp.

"Then let's see if he really is one of us, Clancy." With a cold stare and a swing of her arm, she tears my shirt clean off.

"Hey!  Was that really-" I stopped mid-sentence when I looked down at my bare chest to see that it was very bulky, a stark contrast to my skinny build.

"I'll be a Mankey's uncle, he's becoming a Snorlax.  Haven't seen one of those in a while." Clancy said in surprise.

"A S-Snorlax?  I'm turning into a Pokémon?  What in the-" I start to panic at all the info I'm being told, only to get slapped in the back of my head by Cassie.

"Get a grip, punk.  You'll learn all about what's going on if you come with us." As she finished those words, a gust of wind blows through the building as I see the eagle-like Pokémon, Braviary, fly in.

"So this is the guy?  Good, the headmaster wants us back at HQ ASAP." He said in a gruff tone.

"You heard the bird, kid.  Ready to see the truth about your world?" Clancy says while holding a paw out to me.  Looking at the three Pokémon before me, I nod.

"Then let's go already." Cassie says, already getting on Braviary.  With another nod I get on and feel myself take off into the sky, wondering just what lies in store for me wherever we're going.