Anisa bounced the Geo stone in her palm, trying to find a gap in the perimeter. Her little sister flipped between the traffic cameras as they sit in the back of her ‘battle van’. “I’m so proud! I didn’t even know my sis could break the rules! But you have been THE Zora! No wonder you were always so uptight.”
“Focus, Katsi. Even someone who looks a little tired will help.” Anisa hated having to ask for her sister’s help, but since the Cosmic Patrol had been enforcing the lockdown of the planet, she didn’t have any better options.
“The Sasori sisters at it again! Like when we stole dad’s car. You can work with the Freedom Network and we can make Zora the face of our movement! We are gonna save everyone!”
“Katsi, that isn’t what this is about.”
“Right, your ‘boyfriend’ who broke time to save you.’”
Anisa slammed her head into the desk a few times before she stated again, “He isn’t a boyfriend. He was never a boyfriend. He is the best friend I could have asked for. Now stop before I break the keyboard over my knee and feed it to you.” Her little sister giggled and continued her work. Anisa paused in her juggle for a moment and tilted her head in thought, muttering under her breathe before asking her sister outright, “Hey, if I gave you a radio frequency, could you see if they are still using it?”
Katsi leaned all the way back in her chair, locking eyes with her sister, both unsure of how she would have gotten this number and in disbelief of how little faith her sister had. Answering matter-of-factly, “Yes. Yes I could.” Anisa closed her eyes as she clutched the stone and rattled off a series of numbers and offsets. Katsi tapped away, eventually stopping in stunned silence. Swearing under her breath and typing a few more things out, she took off her headset and released a slow deep breath. “Alright, Nisa, we have to talk about this when you are done… cause whatever you are doing is way bigger than getting the Cosmic Patrol.” Anisa nodded and motioned her to continue, “Yeah, they don’t know why they are forming the perimeter, if you are coming at all, or when they will be told to leave.”
Anisa held the stone again and then began to laugh, asking, “Do you think that would work?” Starting to worry about her sister, The younger one was brushed off as Anisa told her, “I have a plan and I need your help again. You don’t need to go anywhere.” Her little sister nodded slowly.
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It was another typically hot day around the plaza. There was nothing overly special about this plaza to the naked eye. Just a statue that hardly anyone paid any attention to. Even if there had been a threat against it, the Cosmic Patrol would hardly have cared. Too many criminals in the galaxy. And yet, they found themselves assigned in force on tight shifts. No wiggle room. All because Zora may make an appearance here and it was apparently crucial that she not be allowed to succeed at… whatever she was supposed to be doing.
Suddenly their comms blared to life. The theatrical voice and mannerisms taking their full focus. “A flash of light in the darkness! The beacon in the horizon for those lost in the night!” They began scanning the rooftops and alleys, awaiting what they knew was coming next, “Those who hunger for justice need hunger no longer!” Their bodies lurched and a wave of nausea and confusion overtook them as a distortion in reality manifested. Turning to face the statue, they saw a shining gash in reality itself slowly distorting and their target standing in her signature pose. “The maiden of light, warrior of the dawn! Zora!”
The light began to solidify into a shining orange hue, the Geo Stone visible floating within it. The newly forming figure of light grabbed the stone with their hand and the light shattered like glass. The man that took the place of the light was rough and rugged with long black hair, his orange leather jacket and blue jeans matching the rest of his biker attire. When they all looked ready to fire on the pair their headsets were overwhelmed by a loud high pitched feedback. Holding their ears the man put his hand to the bridge of his nose with pained disappointment. “I can’t believe you guys never got the frequency modulators I was telling command about. Honestly, this is the dumbest security flaw we never fixed.” One of the officers aimed a gun at him and fired, staring in disbelief when they watched it break skin but glanced off his cheekbone. Their jaw dropped as Dean grumbled at the new wound, “That’s gonna smart.”
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Zora tried to pull Dean out of danger but he shook his head, “I’ll be fine. You get going. I’ll meet up with you later. I need some parts first.”
She posed again and stated dramatically, “The Warrior of the Dawn abandons no innocent soul!”
Dean seemed impressed at her resolve. Motioning to the officers who had removed their receivers, he stated, “Can you keep them busy so they don’t damage the equipment then?”
A voice declared over a bullhorn, “All Officers, pull back to a safe distance and maintain the perimeter.” Dean looked up in confusion at the hovercraft slowly descending. Zora dropped into a defensive stance and seemed worried. Still, Dean continued to measure the situation. The major jumped out of the craft and landed, pulling out their badge, “Major Tomas, Cosmic Patrol. I’m giving you one chance to turn yourself and Zora in, category five entity. Return the stone to our custody and turn in your friend and I promise you will be given fair treatment.”
Dean approached the major and asked in a very well practiced manner, “Under article 3 of Yeam’s agreement, what jurisdiction would we be tried under?”
Zora was lost with his terminology but Major Tomas seemed surprised at his citation, “The Falos Dominion, obviously.”
Dean have an incredulous look and laughed, “Falos? Well I’ll be damned. I thought Doug beat them ages ago. Makes sense though. Alright...” He tapped his chin for a minute before saying, “I challenge you under Protocol 2295.”
The Major smiled and shook their head, “There is no way that that protocol includes this kind of situation.”
“The protocol wouldn’t exist if it didn’t apply to siuations like this.”
“Exactly. It doesn’t.” The Major pulled out a small device, holding it above their head and transforming into a pure white and black combat suit. “I don’t know who you think you are but you can’t handle me!” The Major punched Dean as hard as they could, causing the man to slide twenty feet but was amazed that he seemed to be only annoyed at it.
“That’s a shame. It was a good protocol. I’ll have to put the flaws of a time travel based precaution into my next report when this is all done.” He ran for one of the abandoned patrol craft and began rummaging through the glovebox. As Tomas tried to go after him, Zora did a back handspring before launching a missile drop kick on the officer, catching them off guard. The two would circle, trying to square off. Zora used her acrobatic talents to avoid the major’s strikes as the officer tried cautiously to get a clear strike without giving their opponent a clean shot. It wouldn’t take very long until Dean would leave the car with a sigh, “Still gonna need some parts to keep it from frying, but it should hold up long enough.” Pushing a few buttons on the watchlike device he had thrown together, he did a pose and shouted, “Cosmic Flare! Geo Change!”
The major tried to stop him, pulling what could only be described as a hand cannon from his belt, unleashing it on the man as Dean released a blinding wave of orange light. When the light dimmed, instead of a corpse or ash, there was a man in the most densely armored combat suit the Major had ever seen, complete with a Cosmic Patrol badge and an officer number he had never seen. The man rolled his shoulders and sighed, “Alright. Better. That still stung, but at least I’m not gonna have to disinfect.” He posed in a slow but daunting manner, “The immovable force and shield of the innocent. The Man Unbroken. Cosmo Bruin.”
The Major fired a few more times but as each blast hit with immense concussive force, causing all the windows and foliage in the area to shift with each shot, they were in total disbelief as the man continued to approach as if nothing had happened. Grabbing the major by the collar as they stared in terror, Dean spoke soft and kind, “Don’t worry about us, officer. You do your duty and we will set this right as soon as we can.” He landed a single hard punch in their gut that knocked the wind out of them and forcing them to revert. He grabbed Zora by the collar and stated, “We don’t have long before they get back up. I’m going to run through that wall over there. You should follow me.” Before she could confirm or even react, he started running directly into a nearby building in a way that felt like he had done this before and knew which wall wouldn’t collapse. Seeing Tomas getting back up, she posed once more to signal her triumphant escape and then hastily ran after him. The two quickly scrambled into Katsi’s van and she blinked in disbelief at the odd man before putting full force into the engine and getting out of there.