Looker has been working comfortably in his desk ever since he left the Battle Pyramid with the Gieldanstone. It wasn't easy writing his report on what happened to his superiors when he had to leave out everything revolving around Mewtwo to keep the Pokemon's trust. When they summoned him to explain the report in further detail, it took a lot of persuasion to get them to understand that the identity of the third party who assisted him, Coovers, Timothy, and Brandon has to be kept a secret. In the end, they accepted that the important thing is that the Gieldanstone is safe inside the International Police headquarters, and Team Rocket doesn't even remember that the jewel exists.
Suddenly, there is a knock on the door, and Looker looks up from his papers.
"Come in," he says.
The door opens to reveal a tall skinny man with round glasses entering the room.
"Ah, Dutch, what can I do for you?" Looker asks politely.
"Sorry to bother you, sir," the man named Dutch says. "I just thought I'd introduce you to one of our new interns. I was just asked to show her around."
Looker looks behind Dutch to see a woman with short blonde hair that hangs into two long curls on both sides. She stares at Looker with a bubbly smile as she plays with her fingers nervously.
"H-hi, Mr. Looker," she says nervously. "Nice to meet you. I've heard a lot about you."
Looker stands up and gives the woman a friendly smile.
"Nice to meet you too," he says. "Now, if I remember correctly from the memo, your name is Tabatha?"
"Oh, just call me Tabby. Everyone does," Tabatha says with a cute smile.
"Very well, Tabby," Looker says. "It's good to see new blood in this place. The International Police is always looking for new members to join our cause to protect the world."
"And I would love to be a part of that, sir," Tabby says with her hands behind her back.
"That's good to hear," Looker says.
Tabatha hesitates before she takes a step closer to Looker and says, "You know, I heard you went on a big mission recently with the guy who defeated the bi-regional champion."
"Tabby!" Dutch exclaims. "That's top-secret information!"
"Oops," Tabatha says absent-mindedly. "Sorry, I didn't know."
"It's alright, Tabby," Looker says calmly. "But Dutch is right. That is strictly top secret information. It's better that what you've heard is all you know about that particular mission. Understood?"
"Yes, sir!" Tabitha says, immediately giving Looker a salute.
The older man chuckles at the woman's energy and waves his hand.
"At ease, youngster," he says. "Now continue showing her around, Dutch."
"Yes, sir," Dutch says, trying to sound professional.
The two younger adults exit Looker's office, leaving the old man to shake his head in amusement.
"Ah, to be young," Looker mutters to himself as he sits back down.
As he goes back to filling out his paperwork, his mind starts to drift. He thinks about all of the times Ash and his friends had helped him when he was on a mission somewhere in the Sinnoh and Unova regions. As he thinks about the raven-haired boy, he stops writing and puts his hand on his coat pocket, where he is keeping the stone that Mewtwo gave him. The older man's smile grows slightly as he thinks about how funny it is that Ash somewhat helped him again by being both his friend and Mewtwo's.
Suddenly, he hears a commotion from outside of his office. He frowns in confusion until an alarm is heard, and he can see flashing red lights from his office window.
"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!" A feminine voice shouts from the hall speakers. "SECURITY BREACH ATTEMPTED ON THE PRIVATE FLOOR!"
Looker's eyes widen at the announcement, knowing that on the private floor, there is the vault containing several items locked inside, including the chest that has the Gieldanstone. Already, dozens of other agents are racing by his office, heading to the private sector. Looker stands up and exits his office with his hand in his pocket, where the purple and black stone is just in case.
"Quick, everyone to the main elevator!" He hears one of the agents shout.
Looker follows everyone down the hall as fast as he can, but as he gets closer to where everyone's going, he here's the sound of someone punching and kicking people. The agents in front of him make the turn to the elevator, but Looker stops and hides behind the wall and gets close enough to see what is happening. In front of the elevator lies Dutch gagged and tied up in a mechanical bar around him while Tabatha beats up every agent that tries to take her down. The blonde girl has an evil smile on her face as she dodges every single attack from the other agents with ease by jumping and flipping before knocking them unconscious with flawless punches and kicks. By the time she is done beating everyone who tries to stop her, she lets out in amused, maniacal laugh.
"Well, that was fun," she says in a twisted, giddy voice. "Now, who do I have to clobber next to force you guys to bring me to the vault? You dolts have a stone that belongs to Giovanni."
Looker's heart sinks at the sound of the word stone. He doesn't bother to think of how Team Rocket knows about the jewel before he quickly takes out the black and purple stone and holds it close to his mouth.
"Mewtwo! Mewtwo, come here quick!" He hisses into it. "Team Rocket knows! I don't know how, but they know about the stone again! They've infiltrated our headquarters and - AUGH!"
Looker drops the stone as an electrically-charged tulip nearly misses his hand. He turns around to see Tabatha walking over to him with a condescending smirk.
"Naughty, naughty, Mr. Looker," she taunts. "We mustn't spoil the surprise."
Looker reaches for the black and purple stone, but Tabatha kicks it away from him and holds him against the wall with her leg. Looker tries to free himself, but his efforts are immediately stopped by the blonde woman holding another electrically-charged tulip close to him.
"I would stay still if I were you," she says.
"So you are actually in league with Team Rocket, 'Tabitha?'" Looker questions with a glare.
"Call me Domino," the blonde girl replies. "Or 009 or Black Tulip if you prefer."
"Fine, 'Domino'" Looker growls. "What do you want?"
"Don't play dumb with me," Domino sneers. "I know you know about the Gieldanstone. Giovanni wants it, and you're going to help me gain access to the private floor with this elevator.
"Never!" Looker shouts. "You may have taken down a lot of my men, but there are many more where that came from."
"And many of them work for Team Rocket," Domino states proudly. "We have agents everywhere. How do you think I got this fake identity as an intern?"
Looker looks at Domino in shock, realizing the gravity of what the Team Rocket agent is saying. Domino lets out another evil laugh, amused with Looker's reaction.
"I imagine you feel like your whole world is crashing down right about now, huh?" She mocks. "But back to the matter at hand. Give me access to - WHAAA?!"
Domino's foot is lifted off of Looker, and the old man grins at the sight of Domino floating high the air with a blue aura surrounding her. He stands up and gives the blond woman a triumphant look before he turns around to see Mewtwo floating beside him with its eyes glowing blue and its hand stretched out toward Domino. Dutch looks at Mewtwo bewildered while still trapped and gagged while Looker smirks.
"Looks like I have arrived just in time," Mewtwo says.
"Eh, a few seconds ago would have been good too," Looker says, standing up.
"Mmmmuuufff?" Dutch says through the gag.
"Is the stone safe?" Mewtwo asks.
"For now," Looker answers seriously. "But that's not our only problem. She just said that there are multiple Team Rocket agents here. We need to find them quick."
Mewtwo firmly nods in understanding, but Domino stops squirming in the air and lets out another high-pitched, maniacal chuckle.
"Oh, you fools," she laughs. "It's already too late!"
Suddenly, several more police agents appear from all different sides of the hall and shoot pellets at Mewtwo. Before the genetic Pokemon has a moment to react, the pellets attach themselves to Mewtwo and sends thousands of volts of electricity through its body. Mewtwo screams loudly in pain as it lets go of Domino, who lands on the ground perfectly with a cruel grin on her face.
"Mewtwo, no!" Looker cries out.
Mewtwo tries to fight through the pain, but the more it struggles, the weaker it gets. Looker watches helplessly as the clone of Mew stays conscious for a few more seconds before it plummets to the ground. The police smile evilly as they remove their trench coats to reveal their Team Rocket uniforms.
"Heh. I bet the doctor and his team will be happy to hear that their new gadgets work," Domino comments before she kicks Mewtwo's limp body.
Looker stares at the fallen Pokemon in disbelief until two Team Rocket grunts grab him from behind and force him to look at Domino again. The blonde woman grabs the man by the jaw and glares at him menacingly.
"Now, for the final time, I command you to give me access to that secret floor," she snarls.
Looker glares back at Domino and says, "I will never willingly give you access."
Domino laughs loudly in a high-pitched voice followed by all the other Team Rocket members before she takes out an electronic headband.
"Is that so?" She says mockingly. "Well then, let's make it official."
She puts the headband on Looker's head, and he struggles for a couple of seconds before he stands perfectly still. Domino's evil grin grows as she watches Looker robotically lift his head and stare at her blankly while the two grunts behind him let him go.
"Now, who do you serve?" She asks.
"Team...Rocket…" Looker answers in a droning voice.
Dutch tries to scream out to Looker through his gag while Domino nods.
"That's much better," Domino says. "Now, let us on the private floor."
Looker walks over to the elevator like a robot and takes out a set of keys. He takes out one key and uses it on a lock below the up and down buttons to the elevator. The elevator door opens, and Looker backs away while Domino and the other Team Rocket agents grin triumphantly before the blonde girl turns to two of the grunts.
"You two put a headband on this 'Mewtwo' and put him on my jet," she orders. "The rest of you, take Dutch and the other goody-two-shoes police around here and load them into the chopper."
"Yes, ma'am," the grunts reply before carrying out their orders.
"As for you, Looker, come down to the lower levels with me," Domino says while stroking Lookers face.
"Yes...ma'am," Looker replies dully.
Domino and Looker walk into the elevator, and Domino presses the button for the private floor before the door closes. It takes half a minute until the door opens to reveal an underground hall with iron walls and floors all around. At the end of the hall is a large vault door and a computer installed next to it.
"Cute," Domino says as she walks down the hall with Looker following her like a zombie. "I take it this whole area is designed to keep both people and Pokemon out, Looker?"
"It is…" Looker replies. "The metal behind the walls and floor is so thick and strong that no Pokemon or man-made machine can breach their way in."
"But you didn't think someone like Team Rocket might make gadgets like your little headband to brainwash people with access to this vault like you to let us in, did you?" Domino teases.
"N...no…" Looker responds.
"No indeed," Domino says, patting Looker on the head. "Now, open it up."
"Yes...ma'am…" Looker says dully.
The old man walks over to the electronic pad next to the vault door and places his hand on it. A scanning machine pops out from above the pad, and Looker stares at it as it scans his eyes before a microphone appears next to the electronic pad, and Looker leans into it.
"Looker. Code: 1131-2362," he says dully.
A beeping sound is heard, and with a loud click, the vault slowly opens.
"Welcome, Looker," says a feminine voice.
Domino grins as LED lights flicker on inside the vault. She walks inside with Looker, following behind like a zombie. The Team Rocket agent searches through the various trinkets and boxes until she finds a familiar black box.
"Ah, there it is," she says. "Just like it appeared on that video Agent Basker showed."
She picks up the box and slowly opens it with an anticipating grin. Sure enough, the white jewel shining brightly in eighteen different colors is lying there in the center of the chest. Domino closes the chest before she takes out a walkie-talkie and holds it close to her.
"Black Tulip to Cassidy and Butch," she says seriously. "What's your status?"
"Cassidy here," Cassidy says from the speakers. "All the police have headbands and are loaded in the choppers, and Mewtwo is in your jet. We're ready to move out when you are."
"Perfect timing," Domino says. "My new friend and I will be right up with our precious gift for the boss."
"Roger that," Cassidy says. "I'm sure the boss is going to be very happy. Over and out."
Domino puts the walkie-talkie away and carries the chest containing the Gieldanstone close to her. She turns to the brainwashed Looker and pets him on the head like a pet.
"Come, Looker," she coos mockingly. "It's time to go to your new home. You and the rest of the International Police are going to help us rebuild our big machine for Arceus. We want our machine ready for the mythical Pokemon as quickly as possible."
"As...you...wish...ma'am," Looker says. "All...hail...Team...Rocket."
"There's a good boy," Domino says, petting him again.
Without another word, the two of them walk back to the elevator, and Looker robotically presses the button for the elevator to go up. Domino opens the chest again and strokes the powerful stone with a complacent smirk and chuckles nefariously as Team Rocket comes one step closer to complete world domination.