Margaret's Pokémon Diamond Nuzlocke

Chapter 9: Not Again...

"What are those Galactic jerks doing here?" Andrea snarled. "I thought Trevor took care of them back at Floaroma!"

"We even saw him the other day, right?!" Cole said, confused.

I stared at the building that the Galactic grunt ran into. "Yeah... They must've sent another group of people here after their plans were ruined before."

"So let's go ruin some more plans then!"

"Wait! All we know is that Team Galactic is annoying, not necessarily bad... I don't wanna go causing anymore trouble."

"Seriously? They tried to mug Lucas, and they just threatened to steal us from you. That doesn't give off a bad vibe at all?"

"Well yeah, but it's pretty obvious from the last few times we've seen them that these guys are no threat to us, and I really don't want to waste time on them. Besides, no one else around seems to be-" A very loud scream interrupted me, coming from behind a building. "This had better not be Lucas again..."

I followed the source to a little girl on her knees, crying. I knelt down to her.

"Woah, what's wrong? Can you tell me what happened?"

"T-T-Team Galactic...! They-they stole my Clefairy!! And daddy's still missing...! W-where are they??" She began to sob even more, but I tried calming her down.

"Hey, it's okay, everything will be fine. I can get your Clefairy back and find your dad!"

She used her sleeve to wipe her runny nose and looked up at me. "Really...?"

"Mm-hmm! Don't worry about a thing, this'll be a piece of cake!"

"Ah! Thank you!!" She beamed, throwing her wet hands around me in a hug. I awkwardly patted her back, then stood up and turned to Cole. He gave me a smug 'I-told-you-so' look.

He opened his mouth to speak, but before he could get any words out, I interrupted him, throwing my hand in front of his face. "Don't you dare say anything. Let's just go."

Cole held back cocky laughter as we approached the building that the Galactic grunt ran into. It was even bigger than the Gym, menacingly towering over the team. Of course I had seen it before, but I never bothered to go inside because of the wall of small trees and bushes entirely surrounding it. It looked older and a bit more run-down compared to the other buildings in Eterna City, so I always figured it was abandoned.

Gloria slashed through the leaves and vines of the bushes, creating a small opening for us to pass through. Unfortunately, a few Galactic members guarded the door, ready to fight. I was expecting them to change their choice in Pokemon this time for stronger ones, but again we tore our way through the handful of goons and their weak pokemon trying to prevent us from getting upstairs.

"Yeesh, these guys are just too easy... Just gotta get through whoever's upstairs and save that Clefairy, then we're out!"

"Yep! Let's wrap this up quick!" Andrea dashed up the stairs with me following behind, literally right at her tail. I looked around at the single room upstairs, where many Pokemon were scattered around, frightened. Most of them were small and pre-evolved, wondering where their trainer was.

I noticed a few figures in the back corner, both completely tied up with their heads drooping down. As I walked closer, one of them jerked their head up at the sound of my footsteps. The moment our eyes met, his face lit up.

"M-Margaret!! You're okay!"

"What are you talking about Lucas?! Of course I'm okay, why wouldn't I be??"