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Sheekareedree-Ahm Six - within the UP though not a member world. The indigenous people are small humanoids with butterfly-like wing that are at a lo-tech stage of development and are reported to not be welcoming to those from other worlds. Science Police reports indicate there is an incursion happening currently and the Legion have been alerted; a team has responded.
Lightning Lass - Deputy Team Leader, Ayla Ranzz of Winath - electrical generation and manipulation Backlash - Mrruaw MNau of Simballi - enhanced strength, speed, senses, absorbs kinetic energy to boost own size and mass Dragonmage - Xao Jin of Earth - dragon magics Kinetix - Zoe Saugin of Aleph - telekinetic animation MWindaji - Gahaji of Kiringyaga - super tracker, carries the Ruby of Life allowing tactile transformative magic
Taikonglong - previously 'Szenlong' - the first Spirit-Dragon... of Space!
Science Police meta-squad seconded to Legion World First Base: Captain Heavyweight - Senior Team liaison, Science Police Captain Tuk Shir of Daxam, Senior Team liaison - incredible strength, speed, stamina, senses, laser vision, space flight, invulnerability
Current interns from the Home Base training program included on missions in a probationary status: Haze - Tkemwa Autmi-Hu of Ungara - strength, durability, induce confusion and senselessness Polestar - Nykko Rine of Braal, magnokinesis
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<Team!> Xao's message got their attention, <we have a bigger problem than just protecting this colony, they're digging up a highly dangerous elemental ore and we can't let them get it off planet. Also, we think this isn't the only site where they're drilling>
<okay> Ayla responded, <Captain Shir, get up into the atmosphere and check if there's more, Polestar and I'll deal with the ships up above us. Xao, anything else you got to tell us? If not, we need your help up here as well>
<ah... um, there's these machines they're drilling into the ground, like they're pretty big and have these mechanical insects in them that are probably searching for elements>
<we've seen them and smashed a couple, but let's take the transport vessels out first, get their cargo off them so they don't get any off planet and then we can shut down the operation>
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Captain Tuk Shir enjoyed being able to cut lose.
The Daxamite flew into the craft he had been meticulously tearing apart. Using his x-ray vision he quickly located the loading bay were several dozen three legged beings scurried around robots that were unloading raw matter that had been streamed up on a grav-lift.
<Kinetix, get ready, I'm away to drop this ship> and with that, the Daxamite's laser vision tore through the craft, severing the section of the attacking ship that housed the docking bay.
There was an enormous screech as part of the craft tore off, sending it flying off. As the section with the mined material spun into the air Captain Shir used his great strength to grab told of the edge of the red hot tear and fling the craft out of the atmosphere. He flew after it to ensure it left the planets gravity well and didn't tumble back down.
As he reached the very edge of the planet's atmosphere and was certain that the damaged craft was in no condition to return, he turned back towards the green and blue world below. Using his expansive senses, Tuk Shir noted sixteen other sites where the strange three legged aliens were stealing resources. In a flash of speed he set out to dissuade them from completing their task.
He planned on dissuading them rather strongly!
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Kinetix hadn't heard the approaching Sheekaree warriors as they flew up towards her.
Her focus was entirely on the section of the large craft that Tuk Shir had just blasted off the craft directly above her. It had started to fall and Zoe was certain it would make a hell of a mess if it were to land on the natives below. Zoe didn't want to admit it but she was scared: the section that Captain Heavyweight had severed from the larger craft was still several hundred tons of material and she doubted if she could alter than much of it...
Reaching out, she caused the material around the edges to flatten and extend into a twenty metre-long frill, and with a push from her telekinesis she sent it spinning, hoping to at least move it away from the already damaged colony several hundred metres underneath her. Zoe thought it looked something like a flying saucer with its bulbous midsection. She was aware that there were smaller lumps of flaming debris falling though she didn't had either the concentration or power to focus on them, and out of the corner of her eye she caught a white shape tearing past her to deflect a lump of this falling material that was spiralling towards her.
<You've made some friends, Zoe> The intern from Braal, Polestar sent across the telepathic matrix as she flew up beside the Legionnaire.
Kinetix glanced over her shoulder and saw several of the pale winged natives flying at the falling smaller pieces of debris and ensnaring them with nets or smashing them with spears. For a second she was surprised by how beautiful they were, with alabaster white skin and long slim features and massive butterfly like wings with dark marking along their edges.
<let me help you with that...> Polestar reached out with her magnokinesis and sent the reshaped section of the craft Tuk Shir had cut from the mothership and sent it flying towards one of the other crafts. The young Braalian took off after the reshaped debris, guiding it towards her target.
Kinetix was simply too tired after her last use of her power to muster the will to chase after the intern, and instead, she took a few seconds to gather her breath and see what was happening around her. In the distance, she could see Lightning Lass was blasting at the third of the alien crafts, aiming for their propulsion units to cripple them and leave them stranded on this world. Around Ayla were specks of glowing green streaks - Dragonmage had arrived and was supporting their mission leader.
As she hovered surveying the scene, one of the white skinned natives flew up in front of Zoe. It tilted its head and started to chitter in a high-pitched voice. Kinetix' flight ring had access to a basic translation matrix but was unable to suggest an interpretation. The Legionnaire smiled and shrugged.
"I'm sorry honey, but I didn't catch that and I gotta go to my team. Thanks for helping me out though." She gave a quick salute and flew off after Polestar.
Behind her, the winged nativehissed and shook their spear in her direction.
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The air for over twenty metres around MWindaji had been cleared of the greasy smoke.
The Ruby of Life glowed in his hand as he willed it to transmute the air around him. He had been avoiding the drones and trying to help the natives, though as soon as he had gotten close to them they had hissed and chittered to him, shaking weapons in his direction before flying away.
Haze had smashed one of the remaining drones into twisted wreckage not far away, so Gahaji flew over to join the intern.
"Hey, how're you getting on? The locals don't seem to appreciate our help, eh? I've never been hissed at before today..."
"They ran away from me." The intern replied as he looked around for more invasive technology to destroy.
Above them they could hear and almost constant tattoo of booms and crashes as their fellow Legionnaires stopped the crafts in the atmosphere from leaving this world with the dangerous minerals they had stripped from the ground.
Both MWindaji and Haze knew there was still work to do down at ground level, so levitated and looked around for Resource Raiders to catch or their technology to destroy.
"You're the tracker. Where we going next?" Haze asked the Legionnaire.
MWindaji felt a momentary flash of embarrassment as for a second, he hadn't thought to use his innate ability.
"Yes... ah... this way." Gahaji flew off to the right where he could sense the last of their prey.
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Legion World Home Base - the Academy:
Former Legionnaires: Cosmic Boy – Rokk Krinn of Braal - manipulation of magnetic fields Night Girl - Lydda Jath of Kathoon - incredible strength and durability out of direct sunlight
Science Police training staff: Tues El - Science Police Officer Vae Loct of Daxam - incredible strength, speed, stamina, senses, laser vision, space flight, invulnerability
The warp control room on Home Base was behind an ornately carved set of large double doors.
It was 2:47am standard time when the doors slammed shut and a screeching noise was heard from within. Gear was usually aware of any strange activity on Home Base as the Linsnarian's nannites had been liberally spread around the planetoid. The exception was the control room, where Henry's original mushroom shaped mainframe console was housed. As there were no tutors or students present in that room, Gear, who permanently monitored the Base, decided to call for help to investigate.
An alarm sounded, and Rokk Krinn and Lydda Jath were alerted. Within three minutes, the two former Legionnaires arrived. As they had flown along the corridor, a general alarm sounded for all the tutor's quarters, informing them of the situation and ensuring they were awake and ready if further actions were needed.
Just as the recently wed couple arrived, Vae Loct, the Daxamite tutor who was often called Tues El, arrived in a burst of hyper speed. Behind him flew one of the students, Science Police Cadet Ber Sind of Daxam. They had been practising laser vision drills in a lower gallery when his alarm rang.
"It'll be safer if I go first." He said confidently as he strode past Cosmic Boy.
"No. You will wait... use your x-ray vision and find out what's happening in there before we touch the door. And Lydda and I will go first. We have decades more experience than you." Rokk said in a level tone; the look he gave the Daxamite made it clear that there would be no argument.
"Ah..." The Science Police Officer's eyes glowed pale blue for a couple of seconds before he spoke again. "There is a spinning disc of red and violet... and Henry is stood beside it; he's not moving."
"Henry, report!" Lydda barked at her flight ring.
"He's not budged an inch." The student, Ber Sind, said a couple of seconds later. It was the first words she had spoken since arriving. Lydda thanked her, though her eyes remained focussed on the double doors before them.
Rokk reached out with his magnokinesis and pushed at the large metal door handles; the doors creaked and groaned, straining before they finally flew open.
Rokk and Lydda darted in, Vae Loct behind them.
The holo-man Henry turned to face them, his expression unreadable as he whispered, "Wait..."
Rokk scanned the red warp before them, but his flight ring database could give him no usable information.
"There's something coming through..." As Vae Loct said this, he positioned his invulnerable frame between the warp and his fellow tutors. As they watched, several dark forms stepped through, and with a sudden silence that was as deafening as the screech had been, the warp disappeared.
Element Lad, the Huntress with her hound Laipas, Karate Kid, Strobe, the intern Shadowsurfer, along with a tall, powerfully built woman with dark skin and electric white hair stood in the centre of the warp control room.
"You did it, Henry! You reached us in the other dimension." Jan Arrah said with a broad smile.
"Welcome home, you have been missed." The holo of Henry flickered but grinned as he welcomed them back.
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yay, more! love Ayla taking a leadership role - she didn't get to do that enough in the comics! great teamwork between Zoe, Polestar and the natives! too bad the natives' language hasn't been translated yet! ominous, the spear-shaking... interesting that the natives are running away from Haze... heh at Mwindaji forgetting his tracking! he must be enjoying the Ruby of Life too much heh at Cos taking charge over Tues el! ah, these invulnerable heroes, sometimes they are way too confident for their own good I'd forgotten that Jan and company were off somewhere! curious to see where they've been, and who that woman is!
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Sheekareedree-Ahm Six
Lightning Lass - Deputy Team Leader, Ayla Ranzz of Winath - electrical generation and manipulation Backlash - Mrruaw MNau of Simballi - enhanced strength, speed, senses, absorbs kinetic energy to boost own size and mass
Ayla took a deep breath.
They had immobilised the two crafts and wrapped incapacity cuffs around the wrists of every Resource Raider that they could find.
Captain Shir had reported that he had immobilised a fleet of crafts across the globe and was currently chasing after one that managed to leave the planets atmosphere. Ayla had no concerns for the Daxamite, she was more worried for the Resource Raiders...
Kinetix and Polestar were moving debris away from the colony, while Haze and MWindaji gathered the unconscious Raiders into a central area where Henry could warp them to the appropriate authorities.
Ayla decided to check on Backlash and Taikonglong.
She was not especially surprised when she found the Tigeram lounging in a pocket of sunshine on the warm ground next to one of the destroyed machines.
"Ayla, before you say anything, I'm waiting for those scurrying robots that the Raiders were pumping down their holes to find that toxic mineral. Taikonglong has flown down there..." he nodded towards one of the drilled holes, "and has been sending them up here for me to squash."
As he finished speaking, several of the six legged scurrying machines were violently ejected from the hole. Backlash pounced and swatted them to the ground where he jumped on them, smashing them into component parts on the hard ground.
Ayla had grown up on an expansive farm where they had several dozen cats that roamed the fields following their ancient instincts to keep their pests down. She knew how focussed they could become on the hunt and aw that same instinct in Mrruaw's behaviour. She smiled as she watched the great horned cat play.
Lightning Lass watched Backlash for ten seconds before she took to the air again.
One last check in with the team - MWindaji and Haze had arranged for Henry to warp the Resource Raiders to Takron-Galtos and transport their technology off world. Gear had asked that it be teleported close to Second Base where his nannites could repurpose it for the teams benefit.
After speaking to her team she estimated they would be gone within an hour. This thought made the Winathian hero smile again - they had put an end to this incursion, and as awful as it had been for the indigenous race they had stopped something far more awful from potentially happening.
today was a good day!
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Outside Second Base, in the Far Southern Fringe Space between systems.
Dawnstar of Starhaven - Senior Team member - space flight, incredible speed, tracking Southern Lights of Starhaven - spaceflight, magic user
Southern Lights couldn't keep up with Dawnstar.
The tracker had tried to initiate a game of tag as she flew around the outside of Second Base with him, but the young mystic, as agile as he was, couldn't even get close to her. She had laughed and gently teased him as she darted just out of his reach.
He smiled as he asked if they were supposed to use their abilities when playing games. Dawnstar considered his question and told him that of course they should use their powers, that was the whole point.
Southern Lights smiled mischievously and blew her a kiss.
Dawnstar started to laugh, but within seconds his spell had taken effect - it was an adaptation of an enchantment that Glorith had taught him which slowed the recipients perception of time.
Dawnstars senses went far beyond the simple assessment of stimuli from her immediate environment, like a normal person. She had additional mutations that allowed her to feel far beyond the range of most, and with deeper clarity than the vast majority. The clash between her normal human senses and her mutant psionic awareness was huge - one told her that everything was slowing down while the other informed her that the very same universe was moving much faster... As a result, the simple spell that should have just slowed her down, threw her into a panicked state as it appeared to her that reality was being somehow being torn apart!
Dawnstar put her hands to her face and screamed as her senses twisted and warped and her awareness of the universe around her fractured. Her wings beat erratically and she almost collided with Southern Lights in her panicked attempt to escape. While her perception had been slowed, her instinctive automatic physical reactions to this threat had not, so with a swoop of her wings the tracker was gone in a blur of hyper-velocity.
Southern Lights was momentarily shocked and quickly recalled the spell, hoping that the tracker would be returned to her senses.
<Dawnstar, my love, where are you? Please, let me know you are okay. Dawnstar...?>
The winged mystic waited a few seconds for a response but none came. He knew then that something was terribly wrong and he would need help making it right.
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Otaki - Bina Nawoti of Earth - mind-sense Power Lass - Science Police Officer Nel Duwi of Daxam - incredible strength, speed, stamina, senses, laser vision, space flight, invulnerability
Bina Nawoti and Officer Nel Duwi were snuggled on a sofa watching a holo-documentary.
They had been relaxing in Nel's quarters on Second Base enjoying a peaceful evening to themselves when the alert came through their flight rings. A holo of Friction - currently on Monitor Duty - explained Southern Lights' request for help.
Nel changed into her battle armour while Bina quickly grabbed the spare uniform she had left in her girlfriends' quarters just in case issues like this arose when she was visiting her over on Second Base.
"I'm going to grab a shuttle, you go help Southern Lights. I'll be out there in a couple of minutes." Bina raced to the door. As she did, the Daxamite wrapped her arms around her psychic girlfriend and said "Let' me save you the time m'darlin'..." And flew Bina through Second Base to the docking bay at speed.
Even though she was left feeling a little dizzy by the experience, Bina was grateful for the speedy trip to their shuttles, and more so for the kiss Nel planted on her forehead before the Daxamite flew out into space to join their mystic teammate.
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Southern Lights looked distraught.
The young mystic from Starhaven had cast an enchantment and a trail of small twinkling lights led away from their planetoid base out towards the inky blackness of space. Officer Duwi flew alongside the winged Legionnaire while Otaki travelled in a double-seater shuttle close behind. The psychic Legionnaire reached out with her prodigious mind-sense and quickly found her teammate.
<Dawny is really confused; I can feel her anxiety. I can try to calm her but don't think this is a psychic thing, it feels odd what she's experiencing, is it magic? ...are you able to help Southern Lights?>
<the spell has been rescinded, she should have returned to her senses>
<ah, Dawnstar has a unique perception of the universe... I'll try to calm her a little>
Even though Otaki's comment had not been an admonishment, Southern Lights felt himself blush as he realised that he should have taken into account his fellow Starhavenite's mutant abilities included an expanded awareness of her surroundings.
As they approached a small asteroid, the three Legionnaires could see their colleague. Dawnstar was floating in space, her hands waving in front of her face as if she were trying to swat at an invisible swarm.
Southern Lights flew in towards her, though before he could get too close Officer Duwi flew in front of him.
<let Bina try first> she sent to him, holding a hand out in front of his chest.
Bina Nawoti flew her shuttle closer to the tracker. She closed her eyes and let her mind sense expand outwards. As she reached Dawnstar's mind, Otaki visualised a feeling of relaxation and gently laid that over her colleague's mind.
<<the bond needs breaking>> the voice in Southern Lights' mind came from the consciousness of the pocket dimension that had taken to him on a mission many months before. The young mystic had almost forgotten about it.
<what do you mean? Which bond?>
<<the bond between you and your lover. Your emotions feed your magic, do they not? You both share deep feelings so the bond keeps the magic flowing>>
Southern Lights felt a cold chill run down his spine as the implications of what he had just heard became clear. His love for Dawnstar and hers for him meant the spell would keep affecting her... as long as they felt that depth of emotion Dawnstar was at risk.
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Dawnstar appeared to be calm so Otaki relaxed and flew her shuttle in closer to Southern Lights, while her Daxamite girlfriend flew to the winged trackers side.
Southern Lights explained his dilemma across the telepathic matrix to Otaki and Officer Duwi, being sure to exclude Dawnstar from the conversation.
As far as he could tell, unless Dawnstar or him stopped having such depth if feelings, the spell would linger and continue to distort her senses.
<So, what can we do?> Nel Duwi asked.
<I can only see one solution, and I'll need your help Bina.> Southern Lights turned to the lithe psychic, his expression full of anguish, <we have to make her forget she... her feelings for me. Once she no longer has those the spell will break and her senses will return to normal>
<I can't just turn on and off people's feelings!> Otaki exclaimed, her distaste at the idea was very clear.
<I have a spell that will do it, and once done she'll... but... once it is done I cannot turn it back. She will no longer feel her love for me. It is the only way I can discern that we have which can return Dawnstar's right mind to her. Please, Bina, soothe her while I call upon the Spirit to take these feelings away> and before she could argue he started to mouth words in a long dead language, his eyes squeezed closed as he concentrated on the spell.
Otaki was momentarily stunned by Southern Lights suggested solution, but as the spell was already being cast she had no time to come up with another plan.
Dawnstar's eyes rolled back and she moaned in pain as the enchantment re-wrote her emotions. Otaki was unprepared for how powerful the feelings it generated were so she cried out as she held onto Dawnstar's mind, helping to stabilise the process.
It was over in under thirty seconds and the usual stoic Southern Lights had tears pooling in his eyes as he finished. Otaki rubbed her forehead and blinked her eyes as she cleared her mind.
"You! You did this!"
Dawnstar flew to Southern Lights. The young mystic had tears on his cheeks that he quickly tried to wipe away.
"Yes, I did not know..."
"Do not ever mess with my mind again!" She stated bluntly over his apology. "You are from Starhaven and I expect you to act with propriety and respect in future."
With that, Dawnstar flew away at high speed.
There was little could be done to hide the heartbreak on Southern Lights' face as she vanished into the inky blackness of space.
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Hey IB, many thanks again for your kind review above, it's greatly appreciated. Next up, the day after... Timber Wolf plays Tag, Amynta is a tour guide, and what is going on with Dawnstar? After that, we catch up with Friction and Booster as they face some uncomfortable questions, and how is Kid Flux coping in quarantine? And, of course we have a Try-Out and all the fun that that brings to look forward to close on the heels of those vignettes. Then things will get ...interesting, as the Immortal strikes! Yikes! Thanks again, more, more, more coming soon 
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yay, more! heh at Ayla's thoughts that it's the Raiders who should be worried and also heh at Backlash being all "hey, just so you know, I'm not just being lazy here" hahaha oh how tricky of Southern Lights, a magical kiss! oh, DEAR! didn't expect that, and you make a good exploration of what exactly Dawnstar's powers are. oh boy, I hope Dawny will be ok! Bina and Duwi sure make an amazing team AND couple! Love them! wow, what a dilemma... Southern Lights can't turn the magic off unless he stops loving Dawny? Whoa! oh my...  not a good day for either of our Starhavenites  what an impactful installment, Harbi!
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Thanks IB, glad you enjoyed it. I decided to torture Dawnstar a bit more as she makes such a great martyr  though their story is still far from finished. I'm tempted to post the next section tomorrow as I've about 6 or 7 sections ready to go, so expect more very soon  Thanks again, hope all's going well at your end of the aether C
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