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Genesis, part II
Episode 02: "Genesis" (Part II)
It seems hopeless. Chris, Brittany, Eric, and Traci are trapped between two terrifying D-Tanks and with an escape nowhere to be found. The tanks look poised to fire, and slowly crawl closer and closer, boxing the four students in.
But suddenly the tanks stop moving, and out of nowhere they begin to float. The group stares in awe, as the tanks rise higher and higher, passing the height of the city lamps. The students each spot something out of the corner of their left eye, and they turn to see a woman in a tight grey body suit, similar to a scuba diver�s, with long vibrant red hair. Her left hand is raised, and her eyes are sharply focused on the D-Tanks. Her face is shining from sweat, and veins are noticeable on her hands.
The group focuses back on the tanks and watches as the two pieces of unknown machinery are sent flying in opposite directions, crashing down and shattering on the concrete at least a hundred yards apart. The mysterious woman falls in exhaustion, clenching her chest tightly with her left hand. The four rush over to her.
�Are you okay?� Traci asks immediately.
The woman replies out of breath, �I�m fine.�
Eric�s eyes are completely wide from what he�s just witnessed, �How on earth did you just do that?�
The woman responds by only looking directly into Eric�s eyes.
Suddenly, a R-Fighter swoops down into the streets and fires near the group, barely missing them, but the blast rocks the five to the ground. As they begin picking themselves back up, Chris looks up into the sky and watches as the R-Fighter buzzes through the air and makes a move, preparing to turn back into the street for another attack.
Eric looks at the woman. Her hand is still clenched to her heart. She looks back at him, �I can�t do it.�
Brittany is in disbelief and looks at the others, �Now what?�
Chris� mind begins racing, trying to figure out what to say or do. He finally shouts, �We have to find cover!�
But before anyone can move, the R-Fighter swoops back down into the street and fires at them.
Chris exclaims, �Get down!� The group jumps to the side as the R-Fighter�s lasers just miss them, demolishing a small clothing store just behind them; debris and dust blankets the group. The R-Fighter returns to the air and attempts to make another run.
The woman finally says, �My powers are fading. I don�t know how much left I can muster.�
Eric looks at her perplexed, �You just sent those two things flying and now...�
The woman finishes his thought, � - I can�t stop this jet? It�s a bit complicated, kid. It�s going to take me just a few more seconds to get enough strength back.�
Chris watches as the R-Fighter banks back in, �I don�t know how many seconds you need, but we don�t have many.� The R-Fighter is zooming in.
And out of nowhere, the group sees someone run into the middle of the street. It�s Nick. He stands straight in the center of the beaten concrete road watching the R-Fighter zip towards the street.
Traci cries, �Get out of the way!�
The R-Fighter targets Nick, and just as it fires at him, an invisible force pushes him out of the way, and he misses the blast.
The four around the woman watch as she moves her hand from Nick�s direction to the direction of the R-Fighter. The veins in her hands seem ready to burst, and her face is nearly as red as her hair.
The R-Fighter suddenly begins to shake back and forth, then plummets towards the ground and crashes down on an unoccupied van, creating a huge explosion.
The woman collapses to the ground. And the four attempt to help her. Nick picks himself up off the ground, �Whoa.� He slowly walks over to the group.
The woman is breathing heavily and is clenching her heart again.
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General Morlon stands atop the dirt hill staring at the smoke rising from Oson City.
The black clad woman remarks, �You�re calling off the forces? We�ve just begun.�
General Morlon smirks, �My dear Sororix, you don�t feel it? Sondra is here.�
�What? In this dimension? How?�
�She was here before us.�
�So now what?�
�Her powers are fading. If she�s going to strike, it won�t be long. We�ll wait for her here.�
Morlon begins to make his way back down the hill as Sororix is left to glare at the destruction they have caused in the distance.
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The five students huddle around this mysterious hero. She looks at them, sweat still dripping from her face. She looks into each of their eyes, seemingly peering into their minds.
�You�re the ones.� she finally says.
Chris looks at the others, then back at the woman, �The ones?�
�We don�t have much time. I need you to touch me.�
Nick raises his eyebrow, �Say what?�
The woman repeats herself, �Touch me. We have to hurry!�
The five look at one another not knowing what to think, but Traci places her hand on the woman�s shoulder. Brittany puts her hand on the other shoulder. Chris puts his hand on her left arm. Nick puts his hand on her right arm. The four of them look up at the last one left: Eric. Traci looks Eric in the eyes, seemingly urging him to follow them. Eric looks back at her, shrugs his shoulders, and places his hand on the woman�s left wrist. Suddenly, the woman begins to glow and a flash of white light illuminates the street.
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As the light fades away, the six are standing inside what appears to be a high-tech command room. The five students can only gape.
�What the heck just happened?� Eric asks.
The woman remains on her knees, when out from behind a control panel a man wearing a white lab coat and thick goggles jumps down from a small platform and races over to her.
�Sondra!� he exclaims.
She replies, �Just get me a shot.�
�Right, right. A shot.� He runs around, both frantically and yet under control. He grabs a vial and a syringe from a counter, injects the liquid from the vial into the syringe, and injects the needle into the woman.
�There you go, there you go.� He says.
The woman sighs and her breathing slows down. All the while, the students are sitting back watching, not having a clue as to what is going on.
The man rubs the woman�s arm, �What happened?�
She replies, �I couldn�t maintain my powers at all. I don�t...� She can�t seem to finish the sentence. The man helps her up, and she turns to the group of five.
Chris is the first to speak up, �So...where exactly are we?�
The woman smiles, still a bit exhausted, �Well, you ARE on Earth.�
They let out a sigh of a relief.
�You�re in the Hyper Garage.�
Brittany replies, �The Hyper what?�
The woman smiles, �This is going to be a lot to understand, but I need you to listen to me, and listen to me very closely. My name is Sondra, and this is my assistant, Dudley. We�re from the 4th Parallel. Essentially, another dimension.
We�ve traveled here to your dimension because this world as you know it is in grave danger. A vile evil has invaded your Earth, and it calls itself the Darrar Empire. They�ve come here from my dimension for the sole purpose of taking control of yours. They destroy anyone and anything that stands in their way, and they show absolutely no mercy.
In my dimension I was a part of a team responsible for defending our world against them. But it soon came to our knowledge that they had discovered the technology to travel through the Parallels, a power that only my force possessed. We knew we didn�t have much time before they would slip into this world. And so I was sent here to prepare a task force capable of defending this planet from the Darrar Empire.� She clenches her chest again. Dudley steps to her, but she waves him off.
Traci asks, �What�s wrong with...�
Sondra finishes, �my heart? Before my departure into this world, I contracted an illness that began deteriorating my abilities. It�s an incurable disease.�
Nick is puzzled, �So what�s going to happen to you?�
Sondra looks down, looks up, and smiles weakly. Dudley�s head drops down.
�No,� Traci says, �There has to be something we can do.�
Sondra can only reply, �There�s nothing you can do. Well...for me, there�s nothing you can do. But for this planet, this dimension...�
Eric is quick to interject, �You said something about a task force. Who are they?�
Sondra grins, �You.�
TO BE CONTINUED