Manectric awoke with a start. The last thing he remembered was a hard piece of plastic smacking his flank before he went ibto some sort of cryogenic sleep; but he had been let out again in completely different surroundings. He recognized that he was in Mauville City, but he had no idea where. Suddenly, he heard a human voice call out, "Manectric! Use Thunder Fang!" Manectric suddenly looked up, saw a Wailmer, and attacked it with a Thunder Fang.
Another human sighed, called his Wailmer to return before a stream of red light appeared, making the Wailmer disappear into a small red ball, similar to the one Manectric had been smacked with a few minutes before. Manectric looked up at the human who had smacked him with a the ball and wagged his tail before he was congratulated with a short pat on the head. Mabectric was then put back into the cryogenic sleep that he had been put ibto before.
When Manectric was released again, he saw a gaint manor house. Then, he heard a familiar voice call out, "Go on inside, Manectric, the master is waiting for us." Manectric had no idea what was going on--he was disoriented and unfamiliar with his surroundings. He also felt like he was being watched. No, he was not being watched, but spied upon. This was a new sensation to him that made Manectric deeply uncomfortable.
The house was massive, with a complex grid of corridors and rooms that Manectric could immediately tell would take some time to learn to.navigate. Left, then right, then left again; then up a flight of stairs, then right again, then down a long corridor was Manectric led until the man who had caught him, before the duo reached a set of double doors that Manectric could tell was a study. The man knocked thrice before a man inside answered, "Yes, Andrew?" The man, Andrew answered, "Sir, I have the Manectric that you requested."
Manectric heard the man inside grunt before he ostebsibly stood and opened the door. When the man opened the door, Andrew handed the other man Manectric's Poke Ball and explained whose it was before the man thanked Andrew and dismissed him before calling for Manectric into the study. But before Andrew had moved out of earshot, the man in the study called to the butler, "Gather the other Pokemon." Andrew nodded and left.
The man called Manectric over in soothing tones before he gestured to a bowl of food. Manectric wasn't sure whether he wanted the food. Then his stomach made up his mind by grumbling rather loudly. So Manectric took a bite. The food was better than anything he had ever eaten; so Manectric took another bite; and then he took another. Soon, he had finished a bowl. The man chuckled, giving him another bowl full of food. Manectric was still unsure whether he wanted more, but he didn't feel too full; and his taste buds still wanted more. So he ate more, and he finished a second bowl. Now the man openly laughed, but Manectric wouldn't eat any more food that moment.
Suddenly, someone, probably Andrew, knocked at the door. "Lord Gregory," called Andrew's voice, "as requested, your other Pokemon have been collected and brought here.". "Excellent, let them in. Thank you, Andrew." Andrew then opened the door and let in three other Pokemon: Mightyena, Arcanine, and Lycanroc, a diurnal one. Manectric smelled only male phermones in the room, which mildly disappointed him. The Lycanroc's face contorted slightly before he shrugged and sat quietly. The Arcanine smiled and ran up to greet Manectric, and the Mightyena rolled over excitedly and began to pant excitedly. "Good afternoon," smiled the Arcanine politely, but that was as far as Manectric got to hear before Mightyena tackled Manectric and began licking him enthusiastically and too warmly. "Mightyena," Arcanine barked, "really?" The Mightyena looked up and immediately got off Manectric.
"I'm sorry. I just get so excited," Mightyena apologized. "I understand and forgive you," Manectric laughed after his punctual statement. Manectric walked over to Lycanroc and sniffed him. Lycanroc sat and nodded before Manectric greeted him, "Good afternoon. How are you?" The Lycanroc then spoke, "I'm fine, but quite as extroverted as those two. I'm kind of awkward around new people and Pokemon." Manectric laughed at the other Pokemon's sarcastic honesty; he liked this guy. While Manectric had been talking to Lycanroc, Mightyena had followed and intejected: