"TALLY!" The Delphox cried through the thunder. Her best friend Ninetails had been shot with a tranquilizer dart by some government man in a suit. Her flame-proof skin wasn't meant to withstand this kind of downpour. She needed to get to the Pokemon Center.

"He's coming back... Run Queen, it's your only chance." Even over the pounding raindrops, Tally could hear the footsteps of their pursuer.

"Tally, we need to go, just trust me, okay?" Delphox used her Psychic ability to float the Ninetails in the air and ran.

The Ninetails groaned, and shot a Flamethrower in the direction of their attacker. Queen tripped and lost her concentration, sending both Fire types sprawling to the ground.

"Why is this happening, Tally? What did we do to them?" Queen laid her head on the ground, trying to blend into the ground in her mud-soaked fur.

"We're too strong, Queen. Pokemon are becoming too human for humans. We're threats."

"Are you okay?"

"The dart made my legs and tails turn numb, and the rain's not making it better." The man caught up to them.

"Back off," Queen threatened. "I'll fight to the death."

"Not necessary." A dart whizzed through the air and struck the Delphox in the chest. She fell with a thud.

Tally yelped, "Queen, what happened?!" before being shot herself.

These two were some of the first experiments of the government. The Pokemon were tested for weakness and pushed to their limits. Those who weren't strong enough didn't survive. It was in this way that humans took complete control of the world, and pushed Pokemon back into their place.

Their place being servants, of course.

People began buying and selling Pokemon as slaves. There was a great demand for good service. Even the poor could sell their Pokemon and become rich. A new era in humanity had begun. So terrible that human's fortune had to come from a great species downfall...