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Hmm. Haven't been down here since that whole monster deal some time back.

Evidently the contract with Abin doesn't extend here...

S'cool Space Ranger. I'm fine. I just got some... surprising news not too long ago but I'm coping now. Thank you for asking.

Space Ranger, how're we going to help Cobalt Kid with this crisis? Seems like everything's going wrong at once!

LAM wishes to offer his services in the pursuit of finding the missing Council members...

Mrooow!

*That's the spirit! LAM dearie I accept your offer of aid and wish to appoint you my personal aide du camp for this campaign. (I'm told all great military field commanders MUST have one of those) Do you accept?

Meeeeow!

* What a dear you are! And yes your help will be much appreciated. I'm gathering the Super Pets and have accepted LAM and Hrun's offers of help as well.

If both of you can help me organize the Super Pets it would be much appreciated.

Mrrruuunnhhuuuhhh!

* Thank you for answering my call to arms so quickly CM! And yes, humans truly area strange breed.

Mrooow!

*There you are SC! First things first. That barabrian Hrun has offered his assitance in this venture and I have accepted. I will expect you to behave yourself and not get carried away when he's around. You two will just have to put a hold on your little play feud while this mission is underway, understood? I'll really need you to do the scouting for us.

Hrun eye's Stoopid Cat suspiciously.

Then reaches into his fur pouch and offers a small helping of jersey cream to SC.

Quickly pulling his hand back to avoid any claws that arrive.

Just tell us what to do and we will do our best to help you.

*glances at the monkey*

Am I hallucinating or is he glaring at us Space Ranger?

**meow**

<Experimentally extends claws... Glances at Queen Connie... Retracts Claws... Snifs at small bowl of Jersey Cream)

For you Connnie... and for Abin and Vee...

<Laps up cream, looks expectantly at Hrun>

**meow**

I'm not positive, Sen... Frio, but I think that may be his normal expression.

<places himself between Frio and Calamity Monkey>

Truth and Justice shall Prevail!
(We could give MEL a call...)

My allegiance - and my lap - are yours, Connie!

Hrun places a larger bowl of Jersey Cream down and adds freshly chopped chicken livers on a plate next to the cream.

**meow**

<Sniffs suspiciously at Cream and livers, Glances at Queen Connie, who nodds her head imperceptively.>

Okay Hrun, we're at peace for now, but if you ever even think of starting another "Pussy Hunt"...

<Chows Down>

**Me... (cat burp) ...ow**

Maybe I will, just to be on the safe side.

*pinches Space Ranger's cheek*

Thanks soldier.

Inside the already weakened reality of the tesseract system, the walls between the dimensions weaken even further, and ...something... comes through. Lots of something’s.


With a skittering of legs the white moon bodies scuttle off to various parts of the tesseract system. The lune-I-ticks lie in wait...

*Toll collection transponder grid 3.14,2.76,1525 under attack*

Thanks Compy, lets investigate this one first.

<Coasting in to the co-ordinates of the transponder. TL looked at a mass of thousands of tick-like creatures, white and buzzing.>


<They swarmed over the dodecahedral machine that TL had installed as a source of toll revenue for his institute only days earlier. They were a seething mass, fetid and disgusting, like maggots on a warm cow pattie.>

Hmmm, The machine is still in relatively good condition. If I could recover the data recorder we might be able to find out more about these ticks and their origin.

I hope the message at the command centre gets through to somebody. What we need is for someone to be able to blast them off the machine without damaging it. I know, I need CHILLY... er ah FRIO.

DERNITTTT FRIIIIOOOOOOO WHERE ARE YOU????

(IB Indigo flies in, zapping the ticks. He fries a handful, halting their advance momentarily, but more keep coming)

Sorry, TL. I maybe not be as useful as Frio, but I'm here. Not that it'll do much good, I suppose. Those ticks could have gotten through to any place on Legion World by now. I'll try to hold them off long enough for you to get the tape recorder, but you'd better be careful. But I guess you're smart enough to know that without me telling you.

I'm here! I'm here! Don't get your panties in a twist. Jeez.

Oh, crud. More of these things?

*sends out a localized cold front, protecting the machine but hitting the bugs*

Well that --

*more come, a few break free from the frost and all look angry (if that's possible)*

-- doesn't really do much at all. Any ideas genius man?

Yes, I can use the EVACUATION protocol. I'll need a path cleared to the transponder so I can get the data recorder to analyze these ticks. If your friend Cali were here we'd be able to do this easily.

I will then activate the self-destruct protocols on my mines... I mean toll collecting machines. The explosion should cause the reality of the tesseract to convulse like a spastic colon. I'll time the explosion to blow us back to the plaza and flush the ticks into a black hole.

The only side-effect is that the tesseract system will be unavailable until the vibrations settle down, two weeks I believe. Once again Legion World will be safe because of my brilliance.

You catch that IB Indigo?

I got it, I CAN understand basic English, you know. Fine, let's hop to it then, no need to hang around here longer than we have to.

(IB encases himself, TL and Frio in a bubble of light, then starts blasting the ticks)

Yuck. These things are gross. If I'm lucky, a week's worth of showers will get the stench out. Okay, TL, we're here. Where's the recorder?

Come On IB I need your help. Frio, flank out to the right to cover our charge to the machine.

<The pair charges towards the machine>

The data recorder is inside the shell. I'll need several minutes to extract it.

Just keep those things off my head IB and Frio, I don't want them devouring my beautiful mind.

Oh good lords, are the ticks back? *Blasts several invaders with a stun-bolt*

LAM keep them off my back I need some time this is going to take longer than I thought.

Will do, TL *encases more ticks within a net of latticed energy* Frio, IB, Hun, need assistance here!