Meeting Team Galactic

*That night...*

After defeating Maylene at the gym, Reggie showed the gang something special in Veilstone City. There was a park at the far right of Veilstone City which held about a dozen meteorites.

"Whoa meteorites." A surprised Ash said.

"You've seen meteorites before Ash?" Reggie asked.

"I have, but not these ones." Ash explained.

He was referring to the meteorite he saw before they met Deoxys back in Kanto.

"These meteorites are what put Veilstone City on the map." Dawn said.

"The meteorites have been here since ancient times and had been guardians ever since." Reggie explained. "The meteorite's growing fame have caused people from all over the world to see them and that's how Veilstone City was born."

The gang was fascinated with that story.

"I wouldn't be surprised if these meteorites came from outer space." Ash said.

"I agree." Dawn smiled.

"These meteorites watch over Veilstone City as guardians." Reggie explained.

The gang was impressed by this.

After Reggie showed the gang the meteorites, the gang rested up at the Pokemon Center. The two brothers were looking at the Sinnoh badges they had earned so far.

"Collecting the gym badges really is fun." Tomo said.

"Wait till we get to the Sinnoh League." Ash said.

Tomo had come to understand how much his brother liked challenging the gyms and collecting their badges.

"Don't forget you two, you still need to earn five more." Brock reminded them.

"We know, but we'll get them before you know it." Ash had been through this before.

Thanks to Nurse Joy they found out where they could get their next gym badges, Pastoria City. Dawn was happy for Ash and Tomo to have earned their badges, but she wasn't concentrating yet about contests. She also remembered that Ash only had two more contest ribbons to get. Piplup knew that Dawn hadn't been training for any contests and it made him worry.

Tonight there was trouble. Saturn from Team Galactic came to Veilstone City. What no one knew was that Team Galactic had a base in Veilstone City. Saturn was also carrying the cube he stole from the Solaceon Ruins. He walked into the office of the base and spoke to all the Team Galactic members who worked there.

"Attention please." He said. "Our next target is the meteorites surrounding Veilstone City. If the cube is successful then that event will give us the necessary key that unlocks the mystery of our operation's next stage. Then after the plan is completed we will evacuate and destroy this base. It's vitally important that we leave no sign of our presence here."

All the Galactic members understood and got ready for work.

At the park Team Rocket was staring at the meteorites.

"Wow look at all these meteorites." Meowth said.

"One of these will surely be a liking to the boss." Jessie said.

"But how would we carry one and manage to get away with it?" James asked, pointing out the obvious.

It was clear that trying to steal a single meteorite would be a bit too difficult for the trio to do.

Before Team Rocket could figure out what to do, the meteorites started to glow and they shot beams of light into the sky.

"What the hell?!" James gasped.

Team Rocket weren't the only ones to notice it; Reggie, Nurse Joy, Maylene, her Lucario, the gang and all the other people in Veilstone City noticed the strange sight too. Soon it stopped.

"Can someone please tell me what happened?" Meowth asked.

What had happened was because of Saturn. He took the cube out of the suitcase he was holding and the cube reacted to the meteorites. Then it reformed itself like a puzzle and turned into some weird key.

"The Spear Key." Saturn smiled. "Those meteorites and the Spear Key are made from the same material."

The meteorites stopped glowing after the Spear Key was placed back into the suitcase. Saturn ordered the grunts from the building to start jamming the signal; he had a plan to distract the people of Veilstone City so he could work on another plan of his.

*Meanwhile...*

Reggie got a call from his brother Paul; he wanted his Electabuzz for the Pastoria Gym.

"I've met your rival Ash." Reggie said. "Strong trainer I say; you've found a worthy rival."

Paul snorted; he still wouldn't admit Ash was strong. Suddenly the call was cut off and all of the communication in Veilstone City was cut off and all technology went haywire too. This was because of Team Galactic; they had jammed the signals of the city and how they were heading to the meteorites in their helicopters.