Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon.

Notes: I'm not copying the guy that's writing another Dawn related story. I've been thinking about writing this story ever since I finished playing Pokémon Diamond two years ago. The only reason why I didn't is that I didn't even know this place existed. Please enjoy.

Back at the Veilstone City Pokémon Center….

"Dawn's missing!" Barry cried, crashing into Ash, who was exiting his room.

Ash fell to the floor, rubbing his head. "Barry! What'd you do that for?"

"I told you. Dawn's missing!" He repeated.

"Barry, you're eccentric." Brock stated, coming out of his room.

Zoey then hurried up the stairs. "No. Barry's right. Dawn is missing. She's not in her room and we've checked all over the Pokémon Center."

"Maybe she went for a walk." Brock suggested.

"No," Zoey shook her head. "She would have taken Piplup with her or have left a note or something."

"True." Brock muttered.

"Piplup!" Dawn's Piplup hurried up the stairs followed by Zoey's Glameow, Barry's Empoleon, and Ash's Pikachu.

"You know, last night I think I saw someone leaving the here." Barry said, wondering. He gasped. "Maybe someone kidnapped Dawn! Oh my gosh!" No one bothered to tell him to chill out.

"Shouldn't we alert Officer Jenny?"Ash asked. Everyone turned to Brock, the oldest there.

Brock shook his head. "First we should look around town for her, and…."

"And, what?" Zoey asked.

"And hope for the best."

Back at Galactic headquarters……………

"Don't forget to wax." One of the Galactic Grunt guys smirked, passing by Dawn. It was the next day, and Dawn's first assignment was to scrub the hallway floor. So, there she was, kneeling down on the partially damp floor in a horribly ugly Galactic uniform, scrubbing away while still enduring nasty remarks.

"Missed a spot, Twerp." A Galactic Grunt girl sneered, sounding a lot like Team Rocket's Jessie.

"Yeah, on your face." Dawn muttered, under her breath. It was the only smart remark that she could come up with.

After Dawn had cleaned the floor the best she could, she checked her list of things to do. She checked off 'scrub the floor' and went to go dust and rearrange the practically empty bookcase in the waiting room. There were no more than about fifteen books, which made the job very simple. As she was returning the last three books to the shelf, a bright red book with a Celebi fighting a Shiny Charizard on the cover.

"Wow!" Dawn exclaimed in joy. "I wouldn't have thought that they would actually have the Pokepals trilogy books."

"I know. Too bad they only have Book 2: The Green Guardian vs. Flame Torcher." A voice said.

Dawn spun around to see none other than Commander Jupiter herself. "You've read the books, too?"

Jupiter nodded. "Of course. They're the best books ever. My favorite is Book5: The Rise of Alakazam."

"That was a good one." Dawn agreed. "My favorite one is Book 3: The Orb of Spoink."

"I loved that one. I hear that Book 9 is coming out next month."

Their conversation might have gone on for a while if Commander Mars hadn't come over. "Jupiter, you shouldn't be making small talk with the new janitor."

"Why not?" Jupiter asked, putting her hands on her hips.

"Because, she's a lowlife, and being commanders we shouldn't get a bad reputation." Mars grabbed Jupiter by the arm , and pulled her away. "Come on, the boss needs us."

"See you later." Jupiter waved.

At lunchtime, Dawn found two girls to sit with named Manda and Sara in the cramped cafeteria. Even though they were a couple years older than Dawn, they were nice. Not to mention they weren't snobby.

"So, you like to read the Pokepals trilogy." Sara said. "I overheard your conversation with Jupiter."

"Out of all three commanders, Jupiter's the only nice one." Manda claimed.

"Manda!" Sara cried. "They'll hear you."

"What? It's true." Manda snickered. "Saturn is a snobby, stiff conehead, while Mars is a snitch and a nasty old_!"

"Manda!" Sara and Dawn cried in unison.

"What? I was going to say witch."

"So," Dawn began to say, readjusting the wig that she and the others were practically forced to wear. "What do you guys think about the uniforms?"

"I think the clothes are kind of trendy, while the wigs are definitely not." Manda said, readjusting her own. "Some of the grunts actually made their hair look like this for real."

"I've been here for more than two years, so I'm used to it all." Sara said.

"Wait." Dawn said. "How long has Team Galactic been around?"

"Approximately, more than five years ago." Sara said. "How did you find out about Team Galactic?"

' Flashback' Two weeks ago

"Say, Ash?"Dawn asked.

"Yeah?"

"Didn't you say that Bill, the kid genius lives in Kanto?"

Ash nodded. "Yeah, close to Cerulean City. He's so well known that his phone number is in the phonebook."

While Ash and Brock were flirting with Nurse Joy (well Brock was flirting. Ash was just trying to give her his Pokémon) Dawn went to look up Bill's number. After writing it down, she went to the vision phone (that TV phone thing) and called him.

"Hello, do I know you?" Bill asked, looking curiously at Dawn.

"Hi Bill, I'm Dawn, a friend of Ash."

"Well, a friend of Ash is a friend of mine. What can I do for you?"

"I need you to hack into Team Galactic's computers."

"What?!" Bill exclaimed. "Why? Team Galactic's crazier than Team Rocket."

"I need to find out their location. All I know is that they're close to Veilstone City."

Bill sighed. "Okay. I'll get right on it. But, why?"

"I'll explain soon." Dawn said.

A week and a half later, a map was faxed to another Pokémon Center. When our heroes arrived at this Pokémon Center in Veilstone City, Dawn was able to get the map from the Nurse Joy there. Plus, the Ditto costume store was selling Team Galactic costumes for Halloween.

'End Flashback'

'I've got to shut Team Galactic down from inside. But, how?' Dawn thought.

"Dawn."Manda said, waving her hand in Dawn's face. "Hello?"

"Huh, what?" Dawn snapped to attention.

"I asked you if you're supposed to be working or not."

The once full cafeteria was now basically empty except for the three of them.

"Oh my gosh! I'm late!" Dawn exclaimed. She rushed out of the cafeteria so fast, she bumped into someone, knocking herself down.

"Ahem." Said a voice.

Dawn looked up to see commander Saturn, who looked bored as usual. Dawn stood up and quickly got out of the way. "Sorry, sir."

Saturn seemed to be studying her for a few seconds before proceeding past. Whether he recognized her from the Veilstone meteors or not, he still knew something.

As Dawn continued down the hall, the guy who registered her handed her a key and instructed her to take it to Mars' office on the third floor. Dawn hurried up the elevator to the office, where Mars was just plain nasty when she took the key.

Dawn ignored her, and left to go do her job. The next thing on the list was waxing the cafeteria tables. Dawn headed to the meeting room, knowing that the supply closet in there had wax. The meeting room was huge, with several tables and a lot of chairs, with a high podium at the front. The supply closet was at the back.

Dawn looked all over the supply closet for the wax. Suddenly, she heard footsteps in the hallway. In her panic she accidently closed the door on herself. Before she could open the door, the room was filled. Then, all three commanders entered, followed by the boss. Dawn gasped when she saw who the boss was. It was Cyrus.