Nil's spent the next hour training Bulbasaur and Ledyba in preparation of the journey to Tormen City. When Nils was satisfied, he went to find Firenze and Ren and the trio headed toward the museum. When they got there, however, they noticed a large crowd waiting just outside the entrance of the museum waiting impatiently for it to open.

"What's with the crowd," asked Nils who didn't expect this big of a crowd.

"I honestly don't know," answered Firenze who was also surprised by the crowd.

Just then, a woman with dark blue hair, that was tied in a bun, and was wearing a gray business suit noticed the trio and walked over to them.

"Hey Nils," said the woman, "I didn't expect to see you here."

"Wilda," asked Nils who recognized the woman as the vice president of Ketchum co, "What are you doing here?"

"The president of Ketchum. co asked me to come here and make a report on the Elemental Rock for him."

"What's the Elemental Rock," asked Ren who became curious.

"It's the newest exhibit of the museum and the reason why this crowd is here," answered Wilda, "It was found deep underground near Mt. Moon and it glows in eighteen different colours."

"That sounds fascinating," said Firenze, "Maybe we should check it out."

Just then, the doors to the museum opened and everyone went in. After Wilda left the group, Nils, Ren, and Firenze explored all over looking at fossils, rockets, and statues of Legendary Pokemon. At one point, the trio decided to check out the Elemental Rock and when they got there, the saw a big rock that was about one meter tall and one and a half meters wide and also glowed in several different colours. A staff member of the museum came to the trio and told them that the rock's origin is a mystery but it is believed that it has a connection to Pokemon because the eighteen colours that it glows in seem to represent the eighteen types.

Meanwhile, four mysterious people, two men and two women, who all had blue bowl cut hair and wore black outfits that had a big blue B on each shirt were hiding by a nearby bush and staring at the museum in order to prepare for what they were about to do.

"Ready," asked one of the men.

"Yes," said the other three mysterious people at the same time

"Then let's go," said the man as the four of them started sneaking into the museum.

As Nils, Ren and Firenze continued their tour of the museum, an alarm went off and a mysterious duo of a man and a woman appeared by the Elemental Rock trying to steal it.

"Hey," shouted a staff member, "What do you think you're doing?"

"What does it look like," said the woman, "We're stealing this rock for our purposes."

"Yeah," said the man, "And if you have a problem with that, then go Mankey,"

A Mankey appeared out of the Pokeball and started to attack the staff member.

Noticing the problem, Nils decided to try to stop the thieves. Once he got to the thieves, he sent out Bulbasaur and commanded her to use Vine Whip which knocked the Mankey away.

"Hey kid," said the man," "This is none of your business so get lost,"

"I don't think so," said Nils, "There's no way I'm gonna let you steal that rock."

"Alright if that's the case, go Venonat," said the woman as she sent out her Venonat.

Nils quickly realized he was at a disadvantage and tried to call for help when he noticed another man had cornered everyone, including Firenze and Ren, with a Magby. With no other choice, Nils sent out his Ledyba and started battling the two thieves.

"Bulbasaur, use Sleep Powder on the Venonat and Ledyba, use Supersonic on the Mankey," commanded Nils and the attacks were launched.

Mankey became confused and Venonat fell asleep which lead to the thieves trying to get their Pokemon back to normal.

Taking advantage of the situation, Bulbasaur decided to attack both opposing Pokemon by using a move it just learned from the battle.

"Bulbasaur is that Razor Leaf," asked Nils just as Mankey and Venonat were knocked out.

Bulbasaur nodded and Nils smiled because his Pokemon gained power. Nils then turned to see the third thief starting to run away because his Magby was knocked out by the teamwork of Firenze's Litleo and Ren's Rattata.

"You haven't seen the last of us," said the woman just before she and her companions escaped by using a smoke bomb.

Later, Pewter City's Officer Jenny arrived to get the report of the incident and confirm that no one was harmed.

"Officer Jenny," said Nils, "Do you know who those thieves might be?"

"Judging by the description," said the officer, "I believe they're members of Team Bomb."

"What's Team Bomb," asked Firenze.

"They're an organization of criminals who have been causing trouble all over the region the past three weeks," answered Officer Jenny, "They used to be of little concern, but I'm starting to believe they may become as dangerous as Team Rocket was."

After learning about Team Bomb, Nils, Ren, and Firenze headed back back to the Pokemon Center to call it a day and prepare to go to Tormen City the next day.

Meanwhile in a helicopter, the four members of Team Bomb activated a communication device and contacted someone.

"I see the mission was a success," asked the mysterious person.

"Yes it was," answered the female Team Bomb member who was hiding behind the Elemental Rock back at the museum for her role in their mission, "As planned, while these three distracted everyone and made them think we wanted the entire rock, I had my Sandshrew cut a tiny piece off of it." "Now the piece of the Elemental Rock is ours."

"Good," said the mysterious person, "We are now one step closer to world domination." "Return to headquarters and prepare for our next objective."

"You got it boss," said all four members of Team Bomb right before they turned off the device and headed to their headquarters.