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once again.
And here's where you can find some more Aeneas Boddy
Action:
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And it's Aeneas & Ferris #7 by KM Wilcox!
Is it time for Aeneas feast on The Happy Burrito?!!
Is Colmust-Y any relation to Y-Plex Burp?!!
And will Mizpea-B have to pay for another
cone rifle?!!!
Find out in...
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[Page one: Aeneas and Ferris are walking toward the front steps of Pankot
Palace, home of Cal and Hope Ori. Aeneas is dressed as always, and Ferris
is
wearing a tuxedo.]
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"Ready to meet the new neighbor?" Ferris asks.
"No big deal," Aeneas answers. "I'm just concerned about the meal."
Ferris looks at him with surprise. "What about the meal?"
"The guest of honor is partial to the food at The Happy Burrito," Aeneas moans.
"They have one of those by Headquarters. Nobody eats there because the
food
gave a third of the LNH diarrhea."
"It does that to almost everyone. It's even in their jingle," Aeneas explains. "And Carlotta, the Oris' cook, tells me they're catering this dinner."
"I can't wait."
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"I wonder why Hope's been keeping this guy a secret," Sir Reginald Finknottle whispers to Ferris.
Ferris looks across the sitting room to the hostess. "She hasn't seemed happy all evening. We should probably brace ourselves for the worst." The doorbell rings. "We'll find out soon enough."
The Oris' butler appears in the door. "Mr. Ooage." Pushing him out off
the
way, a short, bulky man in a worn black suit two sizes too small bursts into the room.
"Where's the food?" he demands.
"In the dining room," Cal answers, leading the guest back to the hall.
"Nice bell bottoms," Colleen Karrde whispers to Aeneas as they follow.
Ferris and Sir Reginald come in closer. "Remember him, Aeneas?" Ferris
asks.
"Ross Ooage. Former postal employee on workman's comp for three years
before winning the state lottery. That explains how he bought the house. The suit's an old one his ex probably made him buy for a funeral."
Ferris nods. "Very nice." Colleen and Sir Reginald nod in agreement, a
bit
surprised at the apparent simplicity.
The guests sit around the table, and a maid brings out some nachos. "So where is Mr. Smyth?" Colleen wonders.
"He's apparently out of town," Cal answers. Aeneas and Ferris glance at
each other.
"I love these things," Ross announces, running a chip through the
jalepeno
sauce. "The secret to eating Happy Burrito food is to pour cheese sauce on everything. That's what loosens up the ol' bowels. Not the other garbage."
The
others look around the table and groan.
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"Greetings, Citizen," the monitor chirps. "Are you happy?"
The man pulls a gun with a long yellow barrel out of his red jumpsuit and fires a beam of purple energy into the screen, causing it to spark and
sputter
before exploding. Colmust-Y-ARD looks to see if his teammates notice the
color of the shot.
An older woman in an identical red outfit crouches and peers around a
corner several yards down. "It's clear!" she whispers back. Colmust-Y and
the
other four follow Missus-U-WIT around and duck close to the ground. "I'll be very happy to get back to Alpha Base and back into my proper clothes. I used
to be a High... uh oh."
From down the hall, six men in orange suits jump out of hidden recesses
and
open fire on the team. Another woman, apparently the youngest member of the group, fires her cone rifle and collapses the corridor on the Oranges.
"Wahoo!" she cheers. "Take that, Computer stooges!"
"Come on, Misc-R-LET!" the third woman, more portly than the other two, yells. Mizpea-B-COC backtracks to the main hallway. Heaving his Pro Tech
cold
fun launcher onto his shoulders, Professor-V-PLM takes up the rear.
"You care!" Misc-R giggles.
"Of course. I don't want to pay for your cone rifle," Mizpea-B snarls.
Once in the busy main corridor, the team tries to lose itself in the
crowd
and sneak over to an autocarpark. Once there, Mister-G-REN hijacks an
Indigo's
minibus and drives it back to the base without incident.
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Two High Programmers stroll along the darkened corridor, followed by a warbot. After the bot clears out a pair of Infrareds, the taller Ultraviolet pulls a printout from his briefcase.
"Look at these stats for Team Clooless. Three total clone losses in five missions into the Computer-controlled sectors."
The other scans the information. "This team has that kind of unity? What
do
their societies think of that?"
"Individually, they aren't very upset because the team gets results. Collectively, the loyalty bugs them no end. The Council considers them a serious threat, but it's afraid to act openly."
"How in Alpha could something like this develop?"
"They're mavericks who ran into each other just after Megawhoops. We've tried sending them on several suicidal excursions without success. For this one, though, the societies are willing to do their part to help."
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"Ah. The ultraviolet robes of my true status!" Missus-U crows. "That
filthy
red jumpsuit made me want to..."
"Made you want to get the job done as quickly as possible," Professor-V finishes, stroking his non-regulation moustache. "Which is what the Council intended. You'd best be careful or some Death Leopard might use such seditionist feelings as an excuse to have you killed."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Mister-G demands, fingering his laser.
"Hold it, guys," Mizpea-B warns. "We can't fight amongst ourselves. Team Clooless is about the best troubleshooter team Alpha Base has, and I like
being on it."
Misc-R looks up from the television. "What's wrong with red clothing, anyway?" she asks. The others laugh.
Colmust-Y bursts through the door. "We just got another assignment. We're going to Alpha City in twelve hourcycles. Yes, you'll all get to wear your
own
robes."
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Missus-U sits down at a console in her quarters and links to the Computer Phreaks' secret network. A short meesage scrolls across her screen.
Memorizing
it, she smashes the terminal with an Infrared.
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Professor-V walks into the sector Pro Tech station and fills out an equipment request form. Sitting in the lobby, he listens to the splats, squishes, crashes, bangs, and screams of experimental equipment testing.
After
several minutes, a technician in an orange labcoat greets him and leads him
to
a shielded viewing stand. "Sir, here are some more devices we'd like you to try," the technician says.
In the staging area ahead of them, two Infrareds put together a thick
suit
of armor and a Red tech crawls into it. "This power suit not only has four-centimeter thick ablative armor, but an electric field which stops most projectiles," Galiley-O-GAL explains. Blue sparks bounce around the side of
the
suit.
"Tell him to walk toward me," Professor-V requests. Galiley-O nods, and
the
suit quivers for a minute before falling over backward. "Next."
"This weapon has been tested by a group before yours and got high marks," Galiley-O brags. The Infrareds haul away the suit with the Red still inside
and wheel forward a tripod-mounted cannon. "It fires a sonic blast at a
target
up to fifty feet away." The Infrareds stand behind the cannon and activate
it.
For a long moment there is no sound, then the gun breaks apart, sending a devastating blast in every direction, destroying the demonstrators and the
next two experimental offers.
"I'm sorry about that, Sir," the tech stammers. Professor-V shrugs, and
the
next device is quickly pulled out. "This is, er, a vehicle for rapid
deployment of troubleshooter teams. It's powered by a complex system of magnets. We call it the Magnacopter."
Professor-V studies the craft. "Aren't the rotors a bit big for the
hallways of Alpha? Could they be shortened?"
Galiley-O pauses for a minute. "Next we have..."
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Mizpea-B makes sure the corridor is empty and pulls the wall grating off
an
airduct. Crawling into it, she worms her way to an intersection where a
fellow
Seal Clubber waits with the society's instructions. After receiving them,
she
crawls out backward. Her contact, meanwhile, leaves by a different path and falls down a vertical shaft into a food vat, only to be found three days
later.
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Mister-G walks along the crowded corridor, looking for a sign from the
Death Leopards. Waiting by the side, he sees the words "Break Things"
scrawled
in giant green letters on the opposite wall. After waiting about an hour, he gives up and goes to his quarters.
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Colmust-Y walks up to a Bouncy Bubble Beverage machine and orders an
algae
beer. After pouring the liquid into a floor grate, he reads the Free
Enterprise message inside the can. After a couple minutes, he smashes it on
his forehead and drops it in a bin. As he walks away, a Red in a babushka tiptoes to the bin and peeks inside. Reaching around for the can, he grabs a lever and activates the incinerator.
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Misc-R walks into a Romantics' screening of a vidtape of the Old
Reckoning
classic "Cop Rock" and sits in the back row. A man walks up to her and asks
if
she'd like to see his collection of rubber bands. She tells him she collects paper clips, and he hands her a slip of paper, saying it's his address.
She glances at the paper and walks out. In the hallway an autocar races past her, grabbing the paper. The car zooms away and turns off into a side
tunnel,
only to discover it's a dead end. Misc-R searches the wreckage for the note, but it is charred beyond readability. Shrugging, she goes back to the
screening and meets her contact.
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"What do you think of the new neighbor?" Ferris asks.
"His taste stinks, for one thing," Aeneas chuckles. "The Happy Burrito, those ugly gargoyles, and "Sightings"? Second, he certainly made an
impression
on the others. Third, he spilled more food on his clothes than he got in his mouth. He's a slob. Next, he spent several years on the government dole for
a
leg he broke playing football in the park. It's probably just as well Rushie wasn't there."
"I don't think he noticed those mints he kept downing after the meal were really anti-diarrheal tablets," Ferris adds.
"That's another thing," Aeneas sighs. "He's so darn stupid."
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Two High Programmers stroll along one of the many beautiful hallways of
the
Utopian Alpha City. Sneaking along behind them, Team Clooless falls in step, then silently snaps their necks. Disposing of the bodies, the team ducks
into
a broom closet.
"It's awfully dark in here," Mizpea-B comments.
"Not very cramped, though," Misc-R adds. Colmust-Y finds a light switch.
"Turn around, guys," Mister-G whispers. They do, and discover they are surrounded by a couple hundred green-clad Vulture Warriors.
Missus-U stands up straight and orders the Vultures to turn around. A bit surprisingly, they obey. The team casually walks forward through the throng
to
another door. They find themselves alone in a dead-end room with a large
gold
and glass sphere on a wide platform.
"Hello," a voice says. The team members look at each other. "I said
hello.
Yoo hoo."
"Who's here?" Misc-R asks, waving around her cone rifle.
"Are you in trouble?" the voice asks. "If so, hide in the sphere."
"We can't fit," Mister-G protests.
"Of course you can." There is a loud noise in the outer room, and the troubleshooters leap into the sphere.
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Aeneas grabs a Mister Paprika from the refrigerator and walks back to the television room. Before he can get settled, there is a crash in the main
hall.
He rushes out to find six people sprawled across the floor.
The man in yellow looks up at him. "Hello, there, Infrared. Help us up." Aeneas obliges.
"You guys okay?" he asks. "How'd you get here?"
"Inquisitive for an Infrared, aren't we?" the woman in white asks. The
large man in green fires a single orange laser shot into Aeneas. Aeneas staggers for a minute, then stands upright.
"He's a mutant!" Professor-V cries. The Alphans all point their weapons
at
Aeneas.
"What's going on?" Ferris calls from the landing. Looking at his white pajamas, the troubleshooters lower their weapons.
"We caught a mutant, Sir!" Colmust-Y announces. Ferris turns on the
lights,
and, for the first time, they realize they are no longer in Alpha.
"Where are we?" Missus-U whispers.
"When are we?" Misc-R adds. "This is the Old Reckoning!" She kneels and
sets her forehead to the ground. The others glance around uncertainly.
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"So cloning is the norm in the future?" Ferris asks.
"Yes. Before the Megawhoops, everybody got six," Professor-V explains. Afterward, it was more uncertain. We relied on the Council. Of course, now
that we're here, it looks like this is it. They probably activated our
clones
in Alpha the moment we hopped in that machine."
"Which means, we are stuck here," Colmust-Y adds. "I, for one, am going
to
make the best of it."
"Just be careful," Ferris warns. "This is not a place where the random mayhem familiar to you is tolerated." He turns to Aeneas. "Why don't you
take
care of them? I need to get to sleep." He walks out of the room.
"I'm not sure I can do this," Missus-U moans.
"What?" Aeneas asks.
"You're dressed like an Infrared. I don't think I can take orders from an Infrared."
Just then, Ferris pokes his head back inside the room. "One more thing.
If
they have spent their lives in cramped tunnels, you might want to be careful taking them outside."
"Outside?" Mizpea-B screams. "Where?" Before the others can stop her, she runs out the door. When they find her, she is in the back courtyard rolling
in
the grass.
"What are you doing?" Missus-U demands.
"They're plants! Real, big plants!" Mizpea-B cackles. She points at the hedges.
Aeneas points at the trees at the end of the yard. "There are even bigger ones, and we have animals, too." The Alphans all look.
"Where's the f-far w-wall?" Misc-R stutters.
"There isn't one. You can see literally forever," Aeneas explains.
Colmust-Y doubles over and begins to twitch. The others show varying
levels
of fear and awe. "Let's get him inside," Professor-V suggests.
After several minutes, the agoraphobia attack subsides. "What else do we need to know?" Colmust-Y asks.
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"Good morningcycle," Misc-R whispers. Aeneas bolts upright.
"What are you doing in here?" he demands.
"What, the dining room?"
Aeneas looks around and realizes he isn't in his bed. Around him, the visitors are asleep on the floor. "My mistake. Get them up. We have a lot to discuss."
"What's the mission for today?" Mister-G asks.
"Breakfast. While I'm making it, there are some videos I want you to
watch." Aeneas leads them into the television room and sits them down.
Putting
the first tape in the player, he leaves.
"It's a beautiful day in my neighborhood..."
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Aeneas pokes his head in the room. "Breakfast is ready," he announces.
The
troubleshooters follow him to the dining room.
"Where are the vitamin supplements?" Mister-G asks. "I want my
wakey-wakeys. Where's the algae loaf? Hot fun? Cold fun?"
"We eat different foods here," Aeneas says, pouring syrup on his
pancakes.
"Our diet isn't based on pills and algae."
Mizpea-B grabs a handful of sausage links and sticks them in her mouth. After a couple seconds of chewing, she spits them across the table. "Wowza!" she screams.
"Awakened some long-dormant taste buds there, did we?" Aeneas chuckles. "Start out simpler. Try some of the cereals." After some reluctance, the
guests try several cereals and eventually seem to like them. "Soon, we may
get
you guys up to Thai food."
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The music rises as Boddy and Team Clooless walks along a street of Net.ropolis. Boddy points out several taller buildings, and the team stands
in
awe. Boddy walks by a furniture store, then turns around to see the Alphans running inside. Colmust-Y is rocking back and forth in a chair far too small for him. Professor-V is opening and closing a recliner. Mizpea-B and Misc-R
are jumping around on a waterbed. Missus-U is playing with a joystick and watching a screen saver of fish. Mister-G sees himself on twenty televisions
at once and begins smashing them in a panic. The shop owner taps his foot as Boddy drags the Alphans from the store. A chorus. The group scatters in a
park. Missus-U lies on her back and stares at the sun. Mister-G runs around
the playground with a group of toddlers. Colmust-Y talks to a hot dog
vendor.
Misc-R flirts heavily with several teenage boys. Professor-V rips the hood
off
a Fjord and studies the engine. Mizpea-B throws acorns at people from the
top
of a tree. Boddy pulls each from his or her activity and leads them out of
the
park. Another chorus. Boddy takes them into a frozen yogurt shop. The
waitress
brings the Alphans vanilla cones and Boddy chocolate. Missus-U consumes her cone messily, but the others pause uncertainly before tasting. Despite the
fact that the others have vanilla yogurt all down their fronts, Boddy
orders a
fourth round of cones. The group leaves the store, which explodes a few
seconds later. Boddy turns back angrily, and Mister-G giggles sheepishly. Another chorus. The song dies away as Boddy leads the Alphans into a
clothing
store.
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"How may I help you?" the saleswoman asks.
"My friends need some new clothes," Aeneas tells her. She calls over a
young
man to take care of the guys while she waits on the women.
"My name is Liz. What may I get you?" the saleswoman asks Mizpea-B.
"Shouldn't you ask me first?" Missus-U demands. Liz looks at the others confused. They both nod several times.
"Okay, then. What may I get you?" she says.
"Something worthy of my station," Missus-U requests. "Something ultraviolet." Aeneas walks over to the women.
"Ultraviolet?" Liz stammers.
"Something white," Aeneas corrects. "She wants something white." The
Alpans
look at him for a bit, then nod in concurrence.
"Of course," Liz agrees. "Right this way." Aeneas walks back over to the men.
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"You took them to town?" Ferris asks.
"Yes. I got them clothes," Aeneas says.
Ferris looks back at the Alphans watching the news. "I noticed Misc-R's tight red leather skirt."
"You would," Aeneas giggles. "I don't know about them, though. Even with their new clothes, they seem out of place. I think I can empathize with
them.
I'm thinking of telling them how to clone themselves."
"I'm not sure that's wise. They've seemed to be trying very hard to be
nice, despite the accidents."
"You heard?" Aeneas moans.
Ferris nods. "And I'm not sure I'm comfortable with their notion of immortality through cloning."
"I don't know if I am either," Aeneas agrees. "But they are."
Colmust-Y bursts into the room. "Wow! Have you seen the news? It's making
us homesick. How do we get in on it?"
Aeneas and Ferris look at each other. "Bring Professor-V in here." Ferris looks at him oddly. "I'm going to tell them. If nothing else, they'll be
happy
and away from here."
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Two Hershian snipers look through their binoculars at the town below. Suddenly a woman's face fills their view. They scramble for their guns, but
are knocked out from behind.
"Team Clooless rules!" Misc-R yells.
"That's the last one. Let's get back to town before General Ilekchek arrives," Colmust-Y says. "We must make sure everything is secure."
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"I'm just concerned about the meal."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Ferris = looks at him with surprise. "What about the meal?"<br>=C2=A0 =C2= =A0"The guest of honor is partial to the food at The Happy Burrito,&qu= ot; Aeneas<br>moans.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"They have one of those by Headqu= arters. Nobody eats there because the food<br>gave a third of the LNH diarr= hea."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"It does that to almost everyone. It's = even in their jingle," Aeneas<br>explains. "And Carlotta, the Ori= s' cook, tells me they're catering this<br>dinner."<br>=C2=A0 = =C2=A0"I can't wait."<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2= =A0"I wonder why Hope's been keeping this guy a secret," Sir = Reginald<br>Finknottle whispers to Ferris.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Ferris looks acr= oss the sitting room to the hostess. "She hasn't seemed<br>happy a=
ll evening. We should probably brace ourselves for the worst." The<br>= doorbell rings. "We'll find out soon enough."<br>=C2=A0 =C2= =A0The Oris' butler appears in the door. "Mr. Ooage." Pushing=
him out off the<br>way, a short, bulky man in a worn black suit two sizes = too small bursts into<br>the room.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Where's the fo= od?" he demands.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"In the dining room," Cal a= nswers, leading the guest back to the hall.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Nice bell=
bottoms," Colleen Karrde whispers to Aeneas as they follow.<br>=C2=A0=
=C2=A0Ferris and Sir Reginald come in closer. "Remember him, Aeneas?&= quot; Ferris<br>asks.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Ross Ooage. Former postal emplo= yee on workman's comp for three years<br>before winning the state lotte= ry. That explains how he bought the house. The<br>suit's an old one his=
ex probably made him buy for a funeral."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Ferris nods.=
"Very nice." Colleen and Sir Reginald nod in agreement, a bit<br= >surprised at the apparent simplicity.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0The guests sit aroun=
d the table, and a maid brings out some nachos. "So<br>where is Mr. Sm= yth?" Colleen wonders.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"He's apparently out o=
f town," Cal answers. Aeneas and Ferris glance at<br>each other.<br>= =C2=A0 =C2=A0"I love these things," Ross announces, running a chi=
p through the jalepeno<br>sauce. "The secret to eating Happy Burrito f= ood is to pour cheese sauce on<br>everything. That's what loosens up th=
e ol' bowels. Not the other garbage." The<br>others look around th=
e table and groan.<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Greetings,=
Citizen," the monitor chirps. "Are you happy?"<br>=C2=A0 = =C2=A0The man pulls a gun with a long yellow barrel out of his red jumpsuit=
and<br>fires a beam of purple energy into the screen, causing it to spark = and sputter<br>before exploding. Colmust-Y-ARD looks to see if his teammate=
s notice the<br>color of the shot.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0An older woman in an ide= ntical red outfit crouches and peers around a<br>corner several yards down.=
"It's clear!" she whispers back. Colmust-Y and the<br>other = four follow Missus-U-WIT around and duck close to the ground. "I'l=
l be<br>very happy to get back to Alpha Base and back into my proper clothe=
s. I used<br>to be a High... uh oh."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0From down the hal=
l, six men in orange suits jump out of hidden recesses and<br>open fire on = the team. Another woman, apparently the youngest member of the<br>group, fi= res her cone rifle and collapses the corridor on the Oranges.<br>"Waho= o!" she cheers. "Take that, Computer stooges!"<br>=C2=A0 =C2= =A0"Come on, Misc-R-LET!" the third woman, more portly than the o= ther two,<br>yells. Mizpea-B-COC backtracks to the main hallway. Heaving hi=
s Pro Tech cold<br>fun launcher onto his shoulders, Professor-V-PLM takes u=
p the rear.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"You care!" Misc-R giggles.<br>=C2=A0=
=C2=A0"Of course. I don't want to pay for your cone rifle," = Mizpea-B snarls.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Once in the busy main corridor, the team t= ries to lose itself in the crowd<br>and sneak over to an autocarpark. Once = there, Mister-G-REN hijacks an Indigo's<br>minibus and drives it back t=
o the base without incident.<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Two Hi=
gh Programmers stroll along the darkened corridor, followed by a<br>warbot.=
After the bot clears out a pair of Infrareds, the taller Ultraviolet<br>pu= lls a printout from his briefcase.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Look at these stat=
s for Team Clooless. Three total clone losses in five<br>missions into the = Computer-controlled sectors."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0The other scans the info= rmation. "This team has that kind of unity? What do<br>their societies=
think of that?"<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Individually, they aren't v= ery upset because the team gets results.<br>Collectively, the loyalty bugs = them no end. The Council considers them a<br>serious threat, but it's a= fraid to act openly."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"How in Alpha could somethi=
ng like this develop?"<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"They're mavericks who=
ran into each other just after Megawhoops. We've<br>tried sending them=
on several suicidal excursions without success. For this<br>one, though, t=
he societies are willing to do their part to help."<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Ah. The ultraviolet robes of my true status!&qu= ot; Missus-U crows. "That filthy<br>red jumpsuit made me want to...&qu= ot;<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Made you want to get the job done as quickly as p= ossible," Professor-V<br>finishes, stroking his non-regulation moustac= he. "Which is what the Council<br>intended. You'd best be careful =
or some Death Leopard might use such<br>seditionist feelings as an excuse t=
o have you killed."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"What's that supposed to = mean?" Mister-G demands, fingering his laser.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Ho=
ld it, guys," Mizpea-B warns. "We can't fight amongst ourselv= es. Team<br>Clooless is about the best troubleshooter team Alpha Base has, = and I like<br>being on it."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Misc-R looks up from the t= elevision. "What's wrong with red clothing,<br>anyway?" she a= sks. The others laugh.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Colmust-Y bursts through the door. &= quot;We just got another assignment. We're<br>going to Alpha City in tw= elve hourcycles. Yes, you'll all get to wear your own<br>robes."<b= r><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Missus-U sits down at a console in h=
er quarters and links to the Computer<br>Phreaks' secret network. A sho=
rt meesage scrolls across her screen. Memorizing<br>it, she smashes the ter= minal with an Infrared.<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Professor-V=
walks into the sector Pro Tech station and fills out an<br>equipment reque=
st form. Sitting in the lobby, he listens to the splats,<br>squishes, crash= es, bangs, and screams of experimental equipment testing. After<br>several = minutes, a technician in an orange labcoat greets him and leads him to<br>a=
shielded viewing stand. "Sir, here are some more devices we'd lik=
e you to<br>try," the technician says.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0In the staging = area ahead of them, two Infrareds put together a thick suit<br>of armor and=
a Red tech crawls into it. "This power suit not only has<br>four-cent= imeter thick ablative armor, but an electric field which stops most<br>proj= ectiles," Galiley-O-GAL explains. Blue sparks bounce around the side o=
f the<br>suit.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Tell him to walk toward me," Prof= essor-V requests. Galiley-O nods, and the<br>suit quivers for a minute befo=
re falling over backward. "Next."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"This weap=
on has been tested by a group before yours and got high marks,"<br>Gal= iley-O brags. The Infrareds haul away the suit with the Red still inside<br= >and wheel forward a tripod-mounted cannon. "It fires a sonic blast at=
a target<br>up to fifty feet away." The Infrareds stand behind the ca= nnon and activate it.<br>For a long moment there is no sound, then the gun = breaks apart, sending a<br>devastating blast in every direction, destroying=
the demonstrators and the<br>next two experimental offers.<br>=C2=A0 =C2= =A0"I'm sorry about that, Sir," the tech stammers. Professor-=
V shrugs, and the<br>next device is quickly pulled out. "This is, er, =
a vehicle for rapid<br>deployment of troubleshooter teams. It's powered=
by a complex system of<br>magnets. We call it the Magnacopter."<br>= =C2=A0 =C2=A0Professor-V studies the craft. "Aren't the rotors a b=
it big for the<br>hallways of Alpha? Could they be shortened?"<br>=C2=
=A0 =C2=A0Galiley-O pauses for a minute. "Next we have..."<br><br= >-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Mizpea-B makes sure the corridor is empty=
and pulls the wall grating off an<br>airduct. Crawling into it, she worms = her way to an intersection where a fellow<br>Seal Clubber waits with the so= ciety's instructions. After receiving them, she<br>crawls out backward.=
Her contact, meanwhile, leaves by a different path and<br>falls down a ver= tical shaft into a food vat, only to be found three days<br>later.<br><br>-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Mister-G walks along the crowded corridor, = looking for a sign from the<br>Death Leopards. Waiting by the side, he sees=
the words "Break Things" scrawled<br>in giant green letters on t=
he opposite wall. After waiting about an hour, he<br>gives up and goes to h=
is quarters.<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Colmust-Y walks up to =
a Bouncy Bubble Beverage machine and orders an algae<br>beer. After pouring=
the liquid into a floor grate, he reads the Free<br>Enterprise message ins= ide the can. After a couple minutes, he smashes it on<br>his forehead and d= rops it in a bin. As he walks away, a Red in a babushka<br>tiptoes to the b=
in and peeks inside. Reaching around for the can, he grabs a<br>lever and a= ctivates the incinerator.<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Misc-R wa= lks into a Romantics' screening of a vidtape of the Old Reckoning<br>cl= assic "Cop Rock" and sits in the back row. A man walks up to her = and asks if<br>she'd like to see his collection of rubber bands. She te= lls him she collects<br>paper clips, and he hands her a slip of paper, sayi=
ng it's his address.<br>She glances at the paper and walks out. In the = hallway an autocar races past<br>her, grabbing the paper. The car zooms awa=
y and turns off into a side tunnel,<br>only to discover it's a dead end=
. Misc-R searches the wreckage for the note,<br>but it is charred beyond re= adability. Shrugging, she goes back to the<br>screening and meets her conta= ct.<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"What do you think of the = new neighbor?" Ferris asks.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"His taste stinks, fo=
r one thing," Aeneas chuckles. "The Happy Burrito,<br>those ugly = gargoyles, and "Sightings"? Second, he certainly made an impressi= on<br>on the others. Third, he spilled more food on his clothes than he got=
in his<br>mouth. He's a slob. Next, he spent several years on the gove= rnment dole for a<br>leg he broke playing football in the park. It's pr= obably just as well Rushie<br>wasn't there."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"=
;I don't think he noticed those mints he kept downing after the meal we= re<br>really anti-diarrheal tablets," Ferris adds.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0&qu= ot;That's another thing," Aeneas sighs. "He's so darn stu= pid."<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Two High Programmers str= oll along one of the many beautiful hallways of the<br>Utopian Alpha City. = Sneaking along behind them, Team Clooless falls in step,<br>then silently s= naps their necks. Disposing of the bodies, the team ducks into<br>a broom c= loset.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"It's awfully dark in here," Mizpea-B = comments.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Not very cramped, though," Misc-R adds=
. Colmust-Y finds a light switch.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Turn around, guys,&= quot; Mister-G whispers. They do, and discover they are<br>surrounded by a = couple hundred green-clad Vulture Warriors.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Missus-U stands=
up straight and orders the Vultures to turn around. A bit<br>surprisingly,=
they obey. The team casually walks forward through the throng to<br>anothe=
r door. They find themselves alone in a dead-end room with a large gold<br>= and glass sphere on a wide platform.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Hello," a v= oice says. The team members look at each other. "I said hello.<br>Yoo = hoo."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Who's here?" Misc-R asks, waving = around her cone rifle.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Are you in trouble?" the = voice asks. "If so, hide in the sphere."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"We=
can't fit," Mister-G protests.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Of course yo=
u can." There is a loud noise in the outer room, and the<br>troublesho= oters leap into the sphere.<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Aeneas = grabs a Mister Paprika from the refrigerator and walks back to the<br>telev= ision room. Before he can get settled, there is a crash in the main hall.<b= r>He rushes out to find six people sprawled across the floor.<br>=C2=A0 =C2= =A0The man in yellow looks up at him. "Hello, there, Infrared. Help us=
up."<br>Aeneas obliges.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"You guys okay?" he=
asks. "How'd you get here?"<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Inquisitiv=
e for an Infrared, aren't we?" the woman in white asks. The<br>lar=
ge man in green fires a single orange laser shot into Aeneas. Aeneas<br>sta= ggers for a minute, then stands upright.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"He's a m= utant!" Professor-V cries. The Alphans all point their weapons at<br>A= eneas.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"What's going on?" Ferris calls from t=
he landing. Looking at his white<br>pajamas, the troubleshooters lower thei=
r weapons.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"We caught a mutant, Sir!" Colmust-Y a= nnounces. Ferris turns on the lights,<br>and, for the first time, they real= ize they are no longer in Alpha.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Where are we?" = Missus-U whispers.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"When are we?" Misc-R adds. &q= uot;This is the Old Reckoning!" She kneels and<br>sets her forehead to=
the ground. The others glance around uncertainly.<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><= br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"So cloning is the norm in the future?" Ferris as= ks.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Yes. Before the Megawhoops, everybody got six,&qu= ot; Professor-V explains.<br>Afterward, it was more uncertain. We relied on=
the Council. Of course, now<br>that we're here, it looks like this is = it. They probably activated our clones<br>in Alpha the moment we hopped in = that machine."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Which means, we are stuck here,&q= uot; Colmust-Y adds. "I, for one, am going to<br>make the best of it.&= quot;<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Just be careful," Ferris warns. "This=
is not a place where the random<br>mayhem familiar to you is tolerated.&qu= ot; He turns to Aeneas. "Why don't you take<br>care of them? I nee=
d to get to sleep." He walks out of the room.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"I&= #39;m not sure I can do this," Missus-U moans.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"W= hat?" Aeneas asks.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"You're dressed like an In= frared. I don't think I can take orders from an<br>Infrared."<br>= =C2=A0 =C2=A0Just then, Ferris pokes his head back inside the room. "O=
ne more thing. If<br>they have spent their lives in cramped tunnels, you mi= ght want to be careful<br>taking them outside." <br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"= ;Outside?" Mizpea-B screams. "Where?" Before the others can = stop her, she<br>runs out the door. When they find her, she is in the back = courtyard rolling in<br>the grass.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"What are you doing= ?" Missus-U demands.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"They're plants! Real, b=
ig plants!" Mizpea-B cackles. She points at the<br>hedges.<br>=C2=A0 = =C2=A0Aeneas points at the trees at the end of the yard. "There are ev=
en bigger<br>ones, and we have animals, too." The Alphans all look.<br= >=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Where's the f-far w-wall?" Misc-R stutters.<br= >=C2=A0 =C2=A0"There isn't one. You can see literally forever,&quo=
t; Aeneas explains.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Colmust-Y doubles over and begins to tw= itch. The others show varying levels<br>of fear and awe. "Let's ge=
t him inside," Professor-V suggests.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0After several min= utes, the agoraphobia attack subsides. "What else do we<br>need to kno= w?" Colmust-Y asks.<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Good=
morningcycle," Misc-R whispers. Aeneas bolts upright.<br>=C2=A0 =C2= =A0"What are you doing in here?" he demands.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0&quo= t;What, the dining room?" <br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Aeneas looks around and rea= lizes he isn't in his bed. Around him, the<br>visitors are asleep on th=
e floor. "My mistake. Get them up. We have a lot to<br>discuss."<= br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"What's the mission for today?" Mister-G asks= .<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Breakfast. While I'm making it, there are some = videos I want you to<br>watch." Aeneas leads them into the television = room and sits them down. Putting<br>the first tape in the player, he leaves= .<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"It's a beautiful day in my neighborhood..."= ;<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Aeneas pokes his head in the room=
. "Breakfast is ready," he announces. The<br>troubleshooters foll=
ow him to the dining room.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Where are the vitamin supp= lements?" Mister-G asks. "I want my<br>wakey-wakeys. Where's = the algae loaf? Hot fun? Cold fun?"<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"We eat diffe= rent foods here," Aeneas says, pouring syrup on his pancakes.<br>"= ;Our diet isn't based on pills and algae."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Mizpea-=
B grabs a handful of sausage links and sticks them in her mouth.<br>After a=
couple seconds of chewing, she spits them across the table. "Wowza!&q= uot;<br>she screams.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Awakened some long-dormant taste=
buds there, did we?" Aeneas chuckles.<br>"Start out simpler. Try=
some of the cereals." After some reluctance, the<br>guests try severa=
l cereals and eventually seem to like them. "Soon, we may get<br>you g= uys up to Thai food."<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0The musi=
c rises as Boddy and Team Clooless walks along a street of<br>Net.ropolis. = Boddy points out several taller buildings, and the team stands in<br>awe. B= oddy walks by a furniture store, then turns around to see the Alphans<br>ru= nning inside. Colmust-Y is rocking back and forth in a chair far too small<= br>for him. Professor-V is opening and closing a recliner. Mizpea-B and Mis= c-R<br>are jumping around on a waterbed. Missus-U is playing with a joystic=
k and<br>watching a screen saver of fish. Mister-G sees himself on twenty t= elevisions<br>at once and begins smashing them in a panic. The shop owner t= aps his foot as<br>Boddy drags the Alphans from the store. A chorus. The gr= oup scatters in a<br>park. Missus-U lies on her back and stares at the sun.=
Mister-G runs around<br>the playground with a group of toddlers. Colmust-Y=
talks to a hot dog vendor.<br>Misc-R flirts heavily with several teenage b= oys. Professor-V rips the hood off<br>a Fjord and studies the engine. Mizpe= a-B throws acorns at people from the top<br>of a tree. Boddy pulls each fro=
m his or her activity and leads them out of the<br>park. Another chorus. Bo= ddy takes them into a frozen yogurt shop. The waitress<br>brings the Alphan=
s vanilla cones and Boddy chocolate. Missus-U consumes her<br>cone messily,=
but the others pause uncertainly before tasting. Despite the<br>fact that = the others have vanilla yogurt all down their fronts, Boddy orders a<br>fou= rth round of cones. The group leaves the store, which explodes a few<br>sec= onds later. Boddy turns back angrily, and Mister-G giggles sheepishly.<br>A= nother chorus. The song dies away as Boddy leads the Alphans into a clothin= g<br>store.<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"How may I help yo= u?" the saleswoman asks.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"My friends need some ne=
w clothes," Aeneas tells her. She calls over a young<br>man to take ca=
re of the guys while she waits on the women.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"My name =
is Liz. What may I get you?" the saleswoman asks Mizpea-B.<br>=C2=A0 = =C2=A0"Shouldn't you ask me first?" Missus-U demands. Liz loo=
ks at the others<br>confused. They both nod several times.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0= "Okay, then. What may I get you?" she says.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"= ;Something worthy of my station," Missus-U requests. "Something<b= r>ultraviolet." Aeneas walks over to the women.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"= Ultraviolet?" Liz stammers.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Something white,&quo=
t; Aeneas corrects. "She wants something white." The Alpans<br>lo=
ok at him for a bit, then nod in concurrence.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Of cour= se," Liz agrees. "Right this way." Aeneas walks back over to=
the<br>men.<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"You took them to=
town?" Ferris asks.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Yes. I got them clothes,&qu= ot; Aeneas says.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Ferris looks back at the Alphans watching = the news. "I noticed Misc-R's<br>tight red leather skirt."<br= >=C2=A0 =C2=A0"You would," Aeneas giggles. "I don't know=
about them, though. Even with<br>their new clothes, they seem out of place=
. I think I can empathize with them.<br>I'm thinking of telling them ho=
w to clone themselves."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"I'm not sure that= 9;s wise. They've seemed to be trying very hard to be<br>nice, despite = the accidents."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"You heard?" Aeneas moans.<b= r>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Ferris nods. "And I'm not sure I'm comfortable = with their notion of<br>immortality through cloning."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0= "I don't know if I am either," Aeneas agrees. "But they = are."<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Colmust-Y bursts into the room. "Wow! Have = you seen the news? It's making<br>us homesick. How do we get in on it?&= quot;<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Aeneas and Ferris look at each other. "Bring Pro= fessor-V in here." Ferris<br>looks at him oddly. "I'm going t=
o tell them. If nothing else, they'll be happy<br>and away from here.&q= uot;<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Two Hershian snipers look thro= ugh their binoculars at the town below.<br>Suddenly a woman's face fill=
s their view. They scramble for their guns, but<br>are knocked out from beh= ind.<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0"Team Clooless rules!" Misc-R yells.<br>=C2=
=A0 =C2=A0"That's the last one. Let's get back to town before = General Ilekchek<br>arrives," Colmust-Y says. "We must make sure = everything is secure."<br><br>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*= -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-<br>*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-= *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*<br><br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=
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