BB- That talk was quite eloquent, if I do say so myself
WB- It’s nice to have a more packed conversation every now and then
BB-.....
WB-.....
(The room gets eerily quiet with the 2 “birds” sitting and just staring at each other)
BB- Should the age of the 10 crowns be realized upon the shadow sky…
WB- The world shall be brought into a new age…
BB- Should that age be compromised, erasure is insured…
WB- Should that age be free, prosperity will be rewarded
/////////////The Enterprise\\\\\\\\\\\\\
(It's a new day as Sara is seen with David’s group getting a mission break down from him as they listen somewhat intently. We flashback to this morning with Jacob waking up with a phone call)
Jacob- *groggy* Hello?
Nora- Good morning Jacob
(Jacob is surprised by Nora’s voice)
Jacob- What do you need?
Nora- I’ll be going on an excursion to meet all the world leaders, I’m sure you get the gist
Jacob- *sigh* Yeah, so why did you call me?
(There is a slight pause)
Nora- …Because your insurance
Jacob- *groan* Fine
(Nora then hangs up the call and Jacob lays back on his bed)
Jacob- Well this is going to be boring
(He gets up, gets dressed and goes to The Enterprise and meets up with Sara)
Jacob- Hey
Sara- Hey
Jacob- I need to let you know that I’ll be gone for quite a while
Sara- Why?
Jacob- Because I have to escort the chief to several different conferences around the world
Sara- Well then what am I supposed to do?
(Jacob thinks for a second)
Jacob- I’ve got an idea
(Flashforward to them being in front of David and his squad)
David- What?
Jacob- I need to you to look after her maybe give her to other R/B Ties if she’s too much for you, just keep her busy for me while I’m gone
David- Fine
Jacob- Alright, see ya
(Sara gets with the group and David directs them)
David- Alright guys let’s head to sector 1 I got a job from the research team on an “infestation” and we gotta clear it up
(They all nod and follow him down the hall)
(Cut to Jacob in the “Chief’s lobby”)
Receptionist- You can go in, she’s expecting you
(Jacob then goes into the room and sees Nora tidying herself up ending with her putting some black lipstick on)
Nora- Are you ready? *puts the lipstick in her pocket*
Jacob- How long are we going to be gone for?
Nora- About 3 months give or take
(Jacob is shocked at the information)
Jacob- That long, really, that seems longer than last time!?
Nora- Yes but last time a lot of the countries wouldn’t comply with our accord so this time I will have to encourage them to concede to our previous agreement, and know that you will be duly compensated for your efforts like always *eerily smiles*
Jacob- Could I go pack some more clothes?
Nora- Sure I’ll give you some time, but do hurry , there is only an hour between us and the Congress meeting
Jacob- *sigh* Ok *about to leave*
Nora- And know that Mrs. Plum will be coming with us as well, she’ll be our schedule handler *looks back out the window*
Jacob- *mocking* Yay
(Jacob leaves and walks more sulkingly through the lobby)
Receptionist (Alicia Plum)- *in head* Looks like he didn’t take the news well
(Jacob makes it down to the lobby and walks out to his car and during the car ride he vents)
Jacob- Why the fuck does she have to do this now, I was content with just training Sara now I gotta go to everywhere else and do “stuff” with Nora
(Jacob then sits in silence for a bit)
Jacob- This sucks
(After he gets home and packs all his stuff into a large suitcase he exits his home and drives back, deciding to wait outside of The Enterprise. After a while Nora comes out along with Alicia and a Purple Tie associate; Burke Burns)
Nora- Shall we be off?
Jacob- Your the boss
(Nora walks past Jacob and towards a limo)
Burke- Alright everyone let’s get going
Nora- Mr. Burns here will be our driver
Jacob- K
Nora- And you should load your luggage on the Train, considering we won’t need it for now
Jacob- *looking at his suitcase* Oh yeah
(Jacob then makes his way into The Enterprise and goes to the Metrinite train meeting the conductor)
Conductor- Hello Mr. Maverick
Jacob- I need you to store this on the train
Conductor- At once sir
(After that he goes back out to the parking lot and sees that Nora and co are already in the car with Alicia waving at him)
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Alicia- Over here!
(Jacob gets into the car sitting next to a cross legged Nora)
Burke- Everybody comfortable
Alicia- Yes
Jacob- Yeah
(Nora says nothing, and they are off. After a couple seconds of driving Nora decides to break the silence)
Nora- Jacob, how have you been?
(Jacob is surprised by the question)
Jacob- Fine, I guess
Nora- Elaborate if you would
Jacob- Uh nothing much just working for you, training Sara and living
Nora- That sounds nice
(The conversation ends there with Jacob making a confused, weirded out expression. After the 8 minute car ride they make it to the Congress building, with Burke opening the doors for Alicia, Jacob and Nora)
Nora- *to Jacob* Remember your here for insurance so act naturally
Jacob- Yeah yeah I get it
Nora- Burke, turn the car off, this will take a while
Burke- Yes ma’am *bows*
Alicia- Alright let’s not dilly dally everyone the meeting will be starting soon
(The 3 of them walk into the Capitol building, seeing all manner of Senators and Representatives walking and talking, receiving some looks as they walk through)
Jacob- This place just looks more and more pretentious with every visit
Alicia- Mr. Maverick, please give some respect
Jacob- They’ll have to earn it first
(They make their way to the main hall where both Senators and Representatives have mainly congregated, taking a seat in between the Representative seats and the Senate seats. They’re seat has its own insignia on it, being that of the same marking that is shown on the front of The Enterprise. Nora sits in the middle with Alicia to her left and Jacob to her right with his case in his lap. After being seated the Congress is called into session by the president; Felix Hardy)
Felix- The XXXth Congress is now in session
(Cut to David, Sara and the rest of the squad doing a mission in D-8 with them killing off several weird canine like creatures, with eight extremities and long tails. David is mostly just sitting back and watching as his team and Sara take care of the creatures)
Sara- *in head* Comparing this to what Jacob had me doing yesterday, I’d say I’m taking this much better *looks around* maybe it’s because I got a team this time
David- Hey, Sara!
(Sara looks back in front of her to see another one of the creatures pop up but Tadashi deals with it swiftly by shooting it in the head and slicing through its neck)
Sara- Thanks
(Tadashi just ignores her and goes back to slaughtering the creatures)
David- Hey, Sara, you're gonna need to be able to multitask if your gonna survive in this line of work, *a monster comes up from behind David but he just spin kicks it hard enough that its neck snaps* can’t be getting easily distracted by things or people, *twist his foot into the creatures neck* like me
Sara- Aight
(They kill some more of the creatures and after about 50 minutes they’re done. After reloading and cleaning their weapons they head back to the train platform)
David- *yawn* Glad thats over I can finally rest *goes to sleep*
Sara- *in head/irked* You didn’t even do anything
(The train ride is awkward as everyone is in their own world at the moment and don’t feel like talking to each other. Johnny is looking at his weapons, Yaara is also sleeping, Adina is humming a song to herself and Tadashi is staring off into space. So after the short ride they all make it to the train station and as they are about to enter sector 1 the alarm goes off)
Intercom- ALERT! ALERT! UNDEFINED EVENT HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY ANY AVAILABLE AGENTS PLEASE RESPOND
David- Well then we might as well take this on, I’d like to see if I can relieve some stress today anyway, *turns around* everybody back on the train
(David’s squad and Sara groan loudly)
David- Oh, shut up
(They all get back on the train with David telling the Conductor the location and after a moment and a few hours for others they are there. As they get off David relays to the Conductor)
David- Let them know that I’ve taken on this job
Conductor- At once Sir
(As they exit they hear sounds of explosions and screams in the distance.)
David- Let’s go team
(Sara and the squad follow suit as they make it to ground 0 and see a creature over 50 feet tall, with a muscular body, no eyes, a type of mane and multiple protruding horns and a splitting mouth)
Sara- *in head* Almost looks like a lion
David- *stretching* Alright guys sit back and watch me deal with this, *grabs his eye patch* it's time to get messy
(Flash back to the Congress building. After a few miniscule conversations get wrapped up, Felix Hardy begins to reading his prompt)
Felix- Alright, Senate and House, we are here to discuss with Chief Rayleigh of The Enterprise on the bi-yearly renewal of “The Enterprise commission” act set in 1790; is everyone ready to proceed?
(No one says anything)
Felix- Then let’s begin, Chief Rayleigh I have been informed that you have made some claims for increased funding on part of your recent exhibitions and supplies?
Nora- Yes
Felix- Well then we can’t exactly sign off on such a decision
Nora- Why?
Felix- Given how much we had to pay for last year’s events adding onto that fact with the recent “Phoenix Incident” the federal budget is stretched thin as is
Nora- If I recall correctly The Enterprise helped in reparations with those events and didn’t ask for much in return, besides compensation for the lost personnel during the “Phoenix Incident”, we’ve had to do this in other events in other countries as well
Felix- Speaking of other countries, we’ve been getting rising tensions most notably from the North Korean, Chinese and Pakistani governments because of your invasive escapades. This has snowballed into sanctions from Russia, given their allied treaty with China and North Korea, threatening to have their oil exports withdrawn. Considering the fact that your base of operations reside in the US and other “stations” that are already in their countries they attribute most of this to us
(Jacob gets a weird feeling in the air and starts looking around the room)
Nora- If that is the problem then I will gently calm those governing bodies and clarify, once again, that The Enterprise is it’s own separate entity and that it’s choices doesn’t reflect those of the states
Felix- Well if that's how your gonna settle it then I’ll leave you to it, on the other hand I have received word that the Department of the Treasury has issued complaints on your tardiness when it comes to your taxes
Nora- Would you mind running by me all the ones we’ve been late on?
Felix- Gladly
Felix- Ms. Robinson
(Lindy Robinson the current Secretary of the Treasury stands)
Lindy- Ahem, by our accounts you have been late on a total of 4 payments these include: Income, Payroll, Property and Corporate income taxes
Nora- When were these requested of us again?
Lindy- The income tax was due the 15th of April last year and it took you 5 days after to file it. The Payroll tax is due at the end of each month and you were faithful to the schedule but you started to fall behind during October and November where payments were getting a bit delayed. The Property tax was due December 20th of last year and it was 10 days after when you decided to file it. and lastly The Corporate income tax was due March 15th of last year that one was paid sooner with only 3 days late
Nora- We were late on those, because through most of last year we were experimenting with different “O’s” and required lots of materials to help with said experiments not taking into account just how much this would cost, ended in us being slightly behind on our payments also given that we are mostly preoccupied by giving indemnity to the countries, that you have so eloquently reminded me of, it’s hard sometimes to remember all the places we owe money to
Felix- Even the one that is just down the street?
Nora- Yes, but rest assured, that we will crack down on this in future endeavors
Felix- Well that easy to say but you must show us that truth if you want us to believe it-
(A bang is heard and the whole room goes quiet as they see Jacob standing on the edge of the upper seats with his scythe up against a guy's neck who was holding a gun. Everyone starts to freak out a bit but Nora just gets there attention then continues talking without missing a beat)
Nora- Mr. Hardy, The Enterprise has protected this world from many threats and it will continue to protect it from many more to come. Now though there are some that may wish harm on us like this man here *gestures to the shooter* we will protect them to our utmost ability nonetheless
(Nora then turns to the man)
Nora- What is your name?
(The man tries to keep quiet but Jacob starts to press the blade closer to his neck)
Russell- Russell Wall
Nora- Now Mr. Wall, I would like to ask, what is the purpose of this attempted assassination?
(Jacob lowers the scythe form his neck but takes the gun out of his hand)
Russell- *sneer* I’m not telling you shit
(Jacob’s blade goes back to his neck but Nora signals him to lower it)
Nora- I don’t know that the circumstances were that caused you to make this decision but I humbly apologize for anything The Enterprise has done to you to warrant this, now in future please try to resolve your animosity in a more civilized manner as to not have this happen again
(Nora then looks back to the president)
Nora- *dead stare* Please invest in some higher security Mr. Hardy because things like this shouldn’t happen in such a civilized place
(The room gets eerily quiet with that last remark then an alarm goes off signaling the room of an “Undefined Event”)
Nora- Well it seems as though we have another matter to clean up, I’m sure one of our many Associates will be happy to fix this mess and hopefully you all will be very accommodating to the sacrifices we make for you, understood?
(The room is quiet)
Nora- Good, then I shall take my leave; Alicia, Jacob?
(Alicia gets up apologizing for the sudden departure and Jacob backflips behind them grabs his case and puts away his scythe as they leave the hall)