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Chapter 2 - (27) All the lights in the sky are stars

Earth 1 #Mount Golgotha~(19:00); 

"um…Grandpa Saidai do you really think this'll work?" A lady asked working on a cell tower looking device just seven feet tall. 

Grandpa Saidai leaned on his cane "It will, why'd you ask?"

The lady looked confused. "What do you mean why did I ask? we don't have any coordinates, you expect it to pick the right people? It's all just too…random." 

Grandpa Saidai stroked his beard and sighed. "Bepeh let me tell you something, I'm a believer in the randomness of life rather than it being a linear trajectory or a consistent smooth arc towards anything. Let me put it like this; randomness is hugely significant in biology. In fact, the presence of apparent randomness in so many aspects of biology, from mutations in DNA to the chance involved in that one sperm reaching that one egg that became you - suggests that randomness is useful, even necessary, in very many cases." Grandpa Saidai hoped this explanation would calm her anxiety. 

"I wasn't born out of randomness I'm a genetic clone, I am perfection every aspect of my biology was carefully crafted to perfection." Bepeh said with a serious monotone voice and pumped her fist in the air. 

"What?… Bepeh are you…drunk…again?"

"No, I'm tipsy, plus did you really expect me to come all this way without taking at least one sip of alcohol?" She said as she burped. 

"Yes…Yes! Obviously that's literally the least I could explain expect from you. and where's the rest of it? I want some."

 "I don't have any on me."

"I thought you only took one sip?"

"I did, one sip was enough to finish two bottles of vodka."

"Damn! Two bottles? I'd like to have even a cup right now." 

"Yeah I know right."

"I don't think you're tipsy."

"I'm drunk obviously."

"I don't even know what to say, I guess we should continue with what we were doing, please fire up the machine."

"Here goes nothing." Bepeh said as she slammed a button on the machine. 

Instantly a beam of light shot out of the device, so bright it looked like it changed from nighttime to day. 

Grandpa Saidai and Bepeh were temporarily stunned from the brightness, and when they regained composure; green, pink, Swiss and Nova fell from the sky. 

Green looked perplexed"Where am I?" He asked looking around. 

Bepeh immediately covered her eyes as she looked at green. "Firstly why are you naked?"

Green looked just as confused as her but suddenly marching could be heard from a distance, the entire group turned to face where the marching came from.

An army with each soldier wearing a metallic suit with sharp lines and geometric patterns, paired with a flowing cape. The hooded visage gives each member an air of anonymity and intensity. The army attire blends technological prowess with an imposing, shadowy aesthetic, moving with a unified and powerful presence.

Pink lunged towards Ebele and drew out her sword. "You're all trying to kill me." But before the edge of her sword could even touch Ebele grandpa Saidai stepped in and grabbed her sword. 

Grandpa Saidai smiled at her. "You're a little too hot headed, don't you think those guys look a little too scary to work with us? and why wouldn't they be here in the first place? So maybe you should attack them instead." He said gesturing at the approaching army. 

"How did he get here? He was just over there and how is he even holding my sword?." Pink thought to herself. "I don't know why…but I have to comply…I think what I'm feeling right now is fear." Pink thought as grandpa Saidai released her sword. 

Du-dum 

A heartbeat, Nova's heartbeat just restarted, it began to beat faster and faster and faster, he opened his eyes, he tried to stand up but fell to his knees, he grabbed his head with both his hands, facing the ground, he began to hyperventilate, his chest began to hurt and burn, his hands began trembling he's losing his mind he doesn't know what's going on, he's sweating heavily even though he's shivering, slowly the bullet in his forehead began to dislodge and the moment it fell he regained sanity. 

"Where am…" Nova muttered before vomiting all over the floor and collapsing by the side of it. 

Swiss looked so excited this was the first time he truly got to test out his powers,

He began to cackle louder and louder as it echoed through out the mountain, a sound so evil, it scared everyone on the mountain foes and allies alike. 

Swiss raised his hands, and the air around him seemed to ripple. A blast of wind shot out, sending soldiers stumbling back as if they'd been struck by an invisible fist. The air was alive, crackling with energy, as Swiss manipulated the very fabric of the atmosphere to do his bidding.

He spun, his movements fluid and deadly, as gusts of wind lashed out in all directions. Soldiers were sent flying, their armor creaking. 

The air was a blur, filled with swirling debris, as Swiss danced through the chaos. The wind howled, a living, breathing entity, as he willed it to do his bidding.

The air was a maelstrom, that Swiss controlled with precision and finesse. He was a conductor, orchestrating a symphony of destruction, as the wind and air did his bidding, laying waste to the enemy army.

Pink exploded into motion, her glowing pink sword arcing through the air with a life of its own. She was a blur, a streak of pink light that left trails of luminescence in her wake. The sword sang as Pink's speed increased, Soldiers stumbled, her sword sliced through armor and flesh.

Pink's movements were a dance, a kinetic ballet to the sounds of death and destruction orchestrated by Swiss. She pirouetted between soldiers and dodging debris that was blown around by Swiss, her sword flashing in the light, as she dispatched enemy after enemy.

Soldiers saw her as a pink smear, a fleeting glimpse of fury before they were gone, cut down by Pink's unrelenting onslaught.

As Swiss spun to deflect a barrage of bullets, he failed to notice Pink hurtling towards him. The two collided, their bodies tangled together in a heap on the ground.

The two stared up at each other, momentarily stunned, as the soldiers closed in around them. Swiss's eyes widened, his face etched with concern, as Pink's cold, calculating gaze met his. Both he and pink were out of breath, they've been pushing themselves and this momentary pause was able to flush the adrenaline out of their systems. 

The soldiers, sensing their chance, crept closer, their guns trained on the pair. Swiss and Pink were cornered, their backs against the cold, hard ground, with nowhere to run.

The air was heavy with tension, the silence oppressive, as the soldiers formed a tightening circle around them. Swiss's chest heaved, his eyes darting wildly, searching for an escape route. Pink, however, remained eerily calm, her gaze locked on the soldiers, her mind working overtime to assess their chances of survival.

The soldiers' fingers tightening on their triggers, taking their time inflicting psychological torture . 

Grandpa Saidai glanced over his shoulder and notice pink and Swiss in trouble. "Oh no, they're in trouble, I can't get to them in time if I don't use my ability, But if I do I don't think they can handle it." He thought to himself. 

But then someone landed in front of them,

Swiss and pink raised their heads to analyze who they hoped to be their savior, the person was wearing a sleek, futuristic suit that's primarily gray with darker gray accents and patches. The mask-like feature on his face, with glowing blue kanji "我" where his eyes are meant to be, adds to the overall cyberpunk aesthetic of the suit. The suit suggests a possibly ninja-oriented design. 

Swiss's fading smile brightened again "A Ninja!" He thought to himself. 

The soldiers shot at the person that just landed in front of them but it had no effect. His palms lifted, emitting twin bursts of repulsor energy.

The blasts struck the soldiers, sending them flying backward, guns discharging wildly as they stumbled. The sound of crunching metal echoed as the soldiers' armor buckled.

He turned to face pink and Swiss and helped them up. 

For a moment, the three of them stood frozen, a tableau of unlikely allies against the backdrop of chaos. 

"They're closing in again, maybe we should talk later." Swiss said to break the awkward silence. 

"Yeah, we should." Pink replied. 

While they were fighting the sky began to brighten up, the ninja ran towards Pink and Swiss picked them up and started running as far away from the soldiers as possible, he looked up at the sky and stopped, holding the back of their heads he buried their faces in the ground, grandpa Saidai saw all this followed his instincts and turned away from them, Green saw this and followed suite. 

Boom. 

Something fell out of the sky, it was too bright to see what it was and all the soldiers that looked at it went blind, it was like looking at the sun. 

The army started to retreat, it was getting to complicated for them to handle, a weird child that can control wind, a lady who they can barely see, a robot ninja and now a meteor of some sorts, they've had enough they're leaving. 

Slowly the brightness died down. They all walked towards the crater, and saw an egg, it began to crack and revealed an unconscious teenage boy, with blonde hair.

"What is going on?" Pink asked. 

Grandpa Saidai shrugged "I'll explain it to you when we get back to my base."

"We? Why would I follow you?" Pink retorted. 

Grandpa Saidai looked at her confused. "Is that rhetorical?"

"Why would it be rhetorical?"pink asked annoyed. 

"Because, I don't think you have anywhere else to stay." Grandpa saidai said stroking his beard 

"Yes I do, send me back to where you got me, that's where I stay." 

"Ugh, don't you at least want to know why and how you got here?" 

"No I do not, just send me back, what the fuck is wrong with you old man." 

"Okay, But firstly child without the clothes would mind looking for Bepeh she might have some spare clothes, and she'll send any of you that wants to go back." Grandpa saidai said in a disapproval voice.

"Who's Bepeh?" Green asked confused. 

"You know, the lady that was wearing a lab coat who may or may not be drunk." Grandpa saidai said gesturing a coat with his hands. 

"Ohhhh." Green said with sudden realization. 

"You in a the suit are you a Yoruichi?" Grandpa Saidai asked facing ninja. 

The suit began to open up, steam poured out as out stepped a man wearing a full black body suit, probably in his early twenties, at least 6 feet tall with jet black hair. 

"I am Cody of the yoruichi." Cody replied. 

"I called it, what about your partner, what's her name?" Grandpa saidai said enthusiastically. 

"Partner?" Swiss asked confused. 

"Yes, thats is a yoruichi's partner" grandpa Saidai replied pointing at the empty suit. 

"Her name is LIZA." Cody said. 

"Gramps!" Green yelled waving towards them. "I can't find her or the machine either, I think they took her!" 

Grandpa Saidai's face turned grim. "Oh no, Cody can your suit make satellite calls?" 

"Yes"

"I need to phone in my base for an extraction."

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