The day was like no other for fifteen year old Mike Collins as he passively strolled down the shores of the whirl islands with his energetic eevee and zorua, Sally and Sammy, prancing in the sand.

He smiles with a sigh before stating to the foxes, "You two seem to be having the time of your lives."

"Eevee eev!"

"Rua!"

"Well that's an interesting response," he gave a small chuckle and petted his two companions, "maybe we should get more vacations looking how you two are."

Mike gave a slow gaze over at the marvelous view of the ocean and sky kissing each other in the horizon and the puffy white clouds floating by.

"This is just perfect."

Suddenly, he eyes caught someone running down the shores with great fear. That someone was a sixteen year old girl. She was about 5"5, the average size for a girl her age, and had long dark brown hair that faded into a blond color with dark brown eyes. She wore a red Supernaturals Tee-shirt and ripped jeans.

"Please help me!" she cried as she held her tan arm that was seeping in crimson red blood.

"What happened?" Mike asked, almost appalled at her appearance.

"They're coming to get me," she shivered.

"Who?"

Before he could get a response, two big male figures came in view. One was about twenty-three years old and had black hair and dark brown eyes, wearing dark jeans and a faded yellow leather jacket with a black shirt. The other was about eighteen years old with the appearance of an anthromorphic black pegasi with dark green hair/mane and neon hair, wearing dark robes.

"There she is Neon!"

"Well, let get her and that boy too Lucas!"

"Oh god!" she whimpered as cowered behind Mike.

"Follow me!" he exclaimed as he grabbed her arm and ran into the caverns with Sally and Sammy behind them.

Their hearts accelerated and the sweat of fear dripped from their bodies as they searched for a place to hide. They quickly hid behind some jagged rocks and stayed silent as they heard their predators linger nearby.

"Do you see them?" Mike believed the voice belonged to the man named Lucas

"If I saw them, do you think we would be wasting time in here?" The other, Neon, responded bitterly.

"They probably went outside, let's check."

Mike and the girl grew close to each other as they heard their pursuers walk away.

As soon as they were sure they were in the clear, both stood up and sighed in relief.

"Thank you," the girl gave a small smile and hugged Mike.

"No problem," he responded awkwardly, "Miss..."

"Tio."

"Glad to be of service Tio," Mike gave a small smile.

"What's your name?"

"Mike. Mike Collins."

"Thank you again Mike Collins for saving my life."

"Not so sure if we can officially thank just yet," he spoke. "We still need to get you out of here. Get on the ferry, go to the authorities before they show up with more of their buddies."

"Right," she sighed.

"Come on," Mike said with a smooth voice as he reached for her hand, "let's get out of here."

"Alright."

Mike and Tio wandered around the caverns of the Whirl Islands, looking for the nearest exit to continue their plan. As Tio petted and carried Sammy and Sally, a question struck in Mike's mind.

"So who are those jerks and what do they want from you?" Mike asked.

"They're part of some weird and creepy cult like you would see in a horror film," she responded quietly. "I believe they were called Xsociety."

"Xsociety?"

"Something like that, not entirely sure. Anyways, they were bringing something big in one of the nearby caverns. They spotted me and tried to take me down."

"Jesus, well you should be okay now. Sammy and Sally may not look much but they are very strong," Mike assured.

"I'm sure they are," Tio gave a small smile.

Their eyes soon spotted a vibrant blue-ish light ahead of them.

"Is that...?"

"A way out," Mike finished. "Come on!"

Mike and Tio trotted towards the luminous exit, only to find a gargantuan space with a water fall in the center, shimmering from the internal lighting of the minerals around them.

"Whoah," Mike sighed, "this is pretty cool."

"I don't see another way out," Tio sighed. "Maybe we went the wrong way..."

"Well there should be another way out here," Mike pondered, "I studied that online map thoroughly last night."

Suddenly, Sammy and Sally began to emit a low growl to the vast area.

"What's wrong guys?" Mark asked his two companions.

"There's someone h-here," Tio's voice began to quiver as she pointed at a figure ahead of them.

"Stay behind me," Mark warned and stood in front of Tio before calling out to the mysterious being. "Who are you?!"

The two of them watched the figure passively stepping towards the light, revealing to be a nineteen year old girl. She wore a gray sweater with a white collar of a buttoned shirt neatly folded out of the sweaters collar, a matching black skirt, and black flats. She had deep violet eyes and voluminous hair is a dark violet color, almost black.

"My name is Layla, and you are not moving another inch," she simply stated.

"I think she's another one of them," Tio whispered.

"Or what?" Mike questioned.

"We use fohce," another voice responded coldly and slightly choppy.

Tio and Mike quickly faced the other, finding a female glaceon gjinka about twenty years old not too far from them. She glared at them in disgust with her light blue eyes and bushed her shoulder length hair (similar to a glaceon's) away from her face. She wasn't wearing the clothing anyone would buy from a clothing store, instead she wore what appeared to be shiny glaceon fur fashioned into a tank skirt along with boots.

"Perfect timing Saphira," Layla announced.

"Thhanks."

"So, will you go quietly?"

"Sammy! Sally! Shadowball!"

"I guess not," Layla smiled.

Saphira lifted her hand, basking in a blue light, and shot shards of ice at her two tiny opponents; knocking them out instantly.

"Sammy Sally!" Mike shouted and ran towards them.

"Stay where you are," Layla threatened as her eyes glowed and sent Mike flying back like a ragdoll.

"Mike!" Tio cried in horror.

"Ugh...what the hell?"

"Stay worm," Saphira growled.

"What do you from us?" Mike asked, backing up a bit after getting up.

"I think the better question is, what do we want from you," Layla corrected before glancing over at Tio.

"What are you talki-"

Mike immediate dropped to the floor with a numbness crawling all over his body. Feeling unable to lift even a finger, Mike watched helplessly as Tio came in view and stood next to Layla.

What the hell?

He tried to grasp what they were saying as he began to feel faint. Then, it grew dark.

Mike slowly opened his eyes groggily and found himself tied up in chair in an immense space in the cave somewhere. In the corner of his eye, he could see his pokemon locked up in a small cage, still unconscious from the attack.

"Sally! Sammy!" he cried. "Wake up, please."

"Look who's awake."

Mike quickly turned around and gaped at the group of people that were chasing him and Tio surrounding him in a big circle. Then, a tall slim man walked towards him passively. He had short black hair and deep red irises in his eyes; in addition, he wore a black vest with a white dress shirt and black tie along black dress pants and shoes. He appeared to be about twenty-one years old.

"Who the heck are you?" Mike questioned.

"My name is Cress," the man responded as he along with the rest showed a tattoo of a large black X on their wrists. "Cress Evercroft, the leader of Xsociety."

There's that name again.

"You're the one who sent those creeps after us!"

"Who are you calling a creep?" the one named Neon growled.

"Neon, please," Cress hushed. "You know you should really be nice to other people."

"What do you want from me?"

"Well, we don't want anything from you..."

"Then why am I here?!" Mike shouted.

"Because we want you," he stated.

"M-me?"

"We have been observing you for quite awhile," Cress explained. "You see, we are only interested in the most...eligible people for our campaign."

"What campaign?" Mike questioned.

"You'll see soon enough," he simply said.

Mike glared at Cress as he clenched his fist before realizing something important.

"Where's Tio?"

"Come again?"

"Where's Tio?" Mike glared.

"I though you'll never ask. Oh Tio!"

Mike gaped in shock as Tio walked into view with a guilt look. His heart sank when he saw the tattoo on her wrist.

"You...you lied to me!"

"I didn't want to..." she responded softly. "I'm sorry..."

"Ben, commence preparations for our friend here," Cress smirked and walked back to the circle.

Mike's eyes widen as he saw the remaining unknown member heading towards him. He looked like an anthromorphic umbreon but with the colors of gold-yellow and black reversed. He looked about the normal height for a sixteen year old male and had brown mixed with dirty black hair. He was wearing a pair of glasses, a white coat with grey pants, and a black shirt.

"Let's see what we have here," Ben said as he pulled a cart into Mike's view.

"What the hell are you?" Mike questioned.

"A little species I like to call Daybreon," Ben responded without emotion, grabbing a syringe. "Now please stay still, we don't want an accident to happen."

Mike felt hie heart race as he watched Ben slowly injected the blue colored substance into his system.

"And now we wait."

Mike suddenly felt his skin become boiling hot as his hands trembled. He slowly rolled his downwards and gasped in horror at his arms now in a bluish color.

"What the-?!"

The blue coloring spread all over his body and his fingers fused together in a frightening sight, forming his hands into paws. He heart raced quickly and sweat rolled down against his cheeks.

"Seems to be going stable," Ben announced.

Mike groaned in pain as dark blue ridges shot out of his spine one by one along his back. It wasn't long until it became even stranger and painful

Riiipppp!

Mike quickly darted his eyes, seeing in the corner of his sight a drooping fish-like tail.

"Oh god!" he yelled.

His neck began to feel itchy as a white ruff grew around, sticking out of his shirt.

"Second phase is almost complete."

Mike can feel his ears morph into fins and noticed the tip of a fin above his head. Then, at all at once, an extreme pain raged on Mike's jaw while it stretched and grinded into a short muzzle. Whimpering in pain, Mike felt his tongue painfully stretched and flattened and teeth getting longer and sharper than before. The pain receded when his nose became black and cold, enabling him to smell scents he was never able to experience before.

"Now for Phase 3."

Suddenly, Mike's body screamed in agonizing pain through bones crunching and joints painfully changing for a more feral state. Mike could feel his heart ready to beat out of his chest and cried, creating an unusual mixture of a human scream and an animal cry. Then, the entire world began to grow at a rapid pace in Mike's eyes, making his stomach churn like he was in a roller coaster. It was soon over, under the pile the clothes was a newly formed vaporeon whimpering in pain.

"Subject doesn't seem to be in mortal danger," Ben informed as he examined the weakened vaporeon, "I would say it was a success."

"Excellent," Cress smiled. "Toss him in the cage, we'll prepare for the trip home tomorrow."

As all of the xsociety members wandered off to their responsibilities, Tio stood there in silence; guilt stricken to the events.

"Good work Tio," Cress praised as he patted her back, "you're making a great asset to the team."

"Thanks Cress," she replied softly as she watched Ben place Mike in the cage, "can't wait to help out even more."

"Anytime."

It was nightfall when Mike woke up from his much needed slumber, he looked around and noticed Sammy and Sally were awake also, dazed and confused.

"Almost there."

Mike turned towards the cage door and noticed Tio trying to unlock the lock carefully and precisely.

You!

"Vaaaaaaaa," Mike began to growl.

"Good you're awake. I don't know how much time is left before they notice I disappear, but I'll make sure to buy you time to escape."

"Liar!" Mike hissed.

"Listen, about what happened...I'm sorry. I had no choice. But I'm giving you chance to get out here before its too late. I can assure you whats waiting for you, is something you don't want. You don't have to believe me, you have every right to be mad at me. But please get out of here."

Mike glared at her in silence. She slowly opened the cage door and watched Mike and his pokemon with a worried look.

"How do I know you're telling the truth?"

"I'm the only one left you can count on," she simply stated.

"Tio? Are you out here?" a voice called.

"Yeah, I'll be there in a sec!"

She gives Mike a pat on the head before standing.

"I guess this is goodbye...thanks for protecting me, even though I wasn't in real danger."

"Yeah...I guess."

"Take care okay?"

She began to head back inside the cave.

"Take care Tio," Mike said softly and then ran into the night with Sally and Sammy behind him.

"So how's everything going in the mainland Jordan?" Cress asked at the quilava in the Xtransceiver.

"Everything is going alright I can honestly say," Jordan responded. "I've been so busy training I keep losing track of time."

"That's good to hear. Have you received the list of individuals yet?"

"Got them all here."

"Good," Cress sighed with a dark smile, "let every xsociety member know, that the hunt is on."