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GENESIS
Jan 29, 2010 7:24:40 GMT -5
Post by Skyfire on Jan 29, 2010 7:24:40 GMT -5
A nebula in the Omega Quadrant, A.D. 3028
The Pendragon VIII-class Battle Cruiser rocked under the heavy flak.
Buzz Lightyear raced through the corridors toward the escape pods, Mira and Cora in tow. “Come on, come on – hurry!” he urged. They had to get Cora out of here!
At last, they reached the cruiser’s hull. “Okay, Cora – get in,” Buzz ordered, nodding sharply at one of the pods.
((Cherry, I hope that between this and my note in "Time", it's enough for you to go on.))
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GENESIS
Jan 29, 2010 18:50:12 GMT -5
Post by cherryproductions on Jan 29, 2010 18:50:12 GMT -5
"Wait----WHAT?" Cora nearly shouted, looking at the two. "What's going on here? I thought I was going to help you fight!"
"We want you safe, Cora. Besides you're too young to be caught up in this!" Mira explained, trying to get the young girl to hurry. "You have to get in the pod now!"
"No," Cora said darkly. "I deserve the right to know why I'm being saved and you're not. What's going on? What's happening?"
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GENESIS
Jan 30, 2010 15:15:44 GMT -5
Post by Skyfire on Jan 30, 2010 15:15:44 GMT -5
The cruiser rocked again – harder, this time – and Buzz looked up, grimacing. “We don’t have time for this,” he muttered. He returned his focus to the young woman before him and said, “Cora, listen to me. First of all, your mother and I have a responsibility to stay here – a responsibility that you don’t share. Secondly, it’s also our responsibility to protect you, and third…”
Faltering, he stopped for a moment, then pulled a holocube and a large watch out of his black uniform and practically shoved it into Cora’s hands. “Cora, you remember the story about my future self coming back in time to save your mom – this is that watch. It’s not the same one, but works the same way. You need to take it and go back to December 26, 3010. Find Star Command, take the holocube to the team.”
He took her urgently by the shoulders, his voice desperate and his blue eyes tinged with fear. “Cora, listen to me. This is important. This is your first true mission as a Junior Ranger, but it’s more than that. So much is at stake here. You have to go.”
The ship rocked again.
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GENESIS
Jan 30, 2010 17:23:32 GMT -5
Post by cherryproductions on Jan 30, 2010 17:23:32 GMT -5
Cora took the watch gently in her hands, cradling it like it was a fragile piece of glass.
"What's going to happen to you two?"
Mira looked at Buzz then down at Cora, a little unsure of how to word what she was goignt to say. "We're going to stay here and fight."
Cora shook her head. "No, that's not what I meant." She looked up from the watch and looked at her parents, her eyes slits behind a glare that. A look that made her seem older than she was.
"Will you two be alive when I get back?"
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GENESIS
Jan 31, 2010 15:28:32 GMT -5
Post by Skyfire on Jan 31, 2010 15:28:32 GMT -5
Buzz traded glances with Mira again before facing their daughter. “I… We’ll try to be, Little Princess.” He took a deep breath, let it out. “I’m sorry, Cora – I can’t promise anything.”
He pulled first Cora, then Mira to him and wrapped them both in a hug. This could be the last time they would ever… No. He couldn’t think like that. Everything would turn out right in the end – it had to.
Managing to smile, he lifted Cora’s chin slightly and said, “Be good for your mom and I when you get there. Keep on giving your best.”
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GENESIS
Jan 31, 2010 16:52:34 GMT -5
Post by cherryproductions on Jan 31, 2010 16:52:34 GMT -5
Cora looked up at her parents and reluctantly got into the pod. As it sealed she saw the faint image of her mother trying to hide her tears as the tinted glass closed shut, blinding her from what was going on outside.
She felt the pod rumble, shaking her inside the cushioned seating. Five seconds later...nothing.
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Post by Skyfire on Feb 1, 2010 7:19:19 GMT -5
((You want to continue the story on this thread or start a new one? I was thinking "continue" since it's such a short thread, but whatever you want is okay with me.))
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GENESIS
Feb 1, 2010 16:12:51 GMT -5
Post by cherryproductions on Feb 1, 2010 16:12:51 GMT -5
((Yeah, let's continue it on here. I don't think we should go through the trouble of creating a new post just for this))
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GENESIS
Feb 2, 2010 15:52:34 GMT -5
Post by Skyfire on Feb 2, 2010 15:52:34 GMT -5
((All-rightie~! …Umm, I hope you don’t mind if we cheat a little, and we just pick back up with Team Lightyear just outside the Commander’s office, and Cora inside. If you DO mind, just let me know and I'll delete this~!))
Star Command; Friday: December 26th, 3010
Buzz paced as he waited for an invitation into the Commander’s office. He, the team, and Warp and Erin – no, no, the Darkmatters, he had to start remembering that – had been called in the day after Christmas for some kind of urgent meeting with Commander Nebula.
Now the question was: what the galaxy was going on??
Had Team Crocket found the hacker? Was Zurg and/or Hellboy up to something again so soon? Or was it something else entirely?
At last, the Commander’s voice sounded on the intercom. “Come in, Rangers.”
The rest of the group stood as Buzz opened the door, and they quickly entered and saluted. The Commander returned the salute, saying, “At ease.” He sounded tired. He looked tired.
And it took all of one second for Buzz to notice the other person in the room. She was standing beside the desk, apparently trying to be unobtrusive. But as he turned his attention fully to her, his breath caught.
She was maybe four inches shorter than he, slender and athletic – and sixteen. Definitely no older than sixteen. But that wasn’t what caught his attention, or his breath.
She looked like Mira. Not identical or anything, but the resemblance was undeniably strong. Her hair was two-toned red – redder, actually, than Mira’s – and short. Her skin was a somewhat paler shade of cyan, and her face retained that heart shape, but she had much higher cheekbones.
But if Buzz’s breath caught when his attention came to the Mira look-alike, his heart just about stopped when he came to her eyes.
They were the same blue eyes that stared back at him from the mirror every day.
They were his.
***
The other stood in shock at the sight of the stranger, but it was Erin who noticed the eyes about the same time her brother did. Her own brown eyes flickered back and forth between her CO, his 2IC, and the girl. Being no stranger to time travel and paranormal circumstances, Erin was probably the one to figure it out first.
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GENESIS
Feb 2, 2010 19:24:43 GMT -5
Post by cherryproductions on Feb 2, 2010 19:24:43 GMT -5
((Sure. let's go with it. It's fine))
Cora sat across from the Commander, a small smile on her face. The Commander was looking back at here, dumbfounded.
"Now that you know about my predicament, Commander, I sugest you not saying anything to them. It'll come as quite a shock, you see."
She smiled again, leaning back in her chair, her hands crossed at her lap.
Soon the members of Team Lightyear came in through the door. She felt her fathers eyes on her and when she looked up her mirrioed his. She smiled, hopping he wouldn't notice much.
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Post by Skyfire on Feb 3, 2010 7:40:13 GMT -5
((Goodie!))
Buzz's eyes flickered to the Commander, but he kept his gaze trained on the girl. Buzz noted the arrival of his teammates, then returned his attention to the newcomer and managed to smile. "Uh, hello there. I'm Buzz Lightyear, and you are...?"
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GENESIS
Feb 3, 2010 15:57:43 GMT -5
Post by cherryproductions on Feb 3, 2010 15:57:43 GMT -5
Cora's eyes flickered over and a smile appeared on her face. "Cora," She said calmly. As if remembering her manners, she rose from her seat and extended a hand toward Lightyear.
"And you must be Buzz Lightyear. A pleasure to meet you."
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Post by Skyfire on Feb 4, 2010 7:24:02 GMT -5
"Pleasure's all mine, Miss Cora," Buzz told her, taking her hand and shaking it. "So... what are you, um, doing here at Star Command?" He glanced back over at the Commander...
Who sighed and shook his head, leaning back in his chair and folding his arms. "Well, d'you wanna tell them or should I?"
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GENESIS
Feb 4, 2010 19:44:49 GMT -5
Post by cherryproductions on Feb 4, 2010 19:44:49 GMT -5
"I'll tell him, Commander." Coughing into her hand politely she become all business like and mature beyond her years.
"I'm here because of my parents, Mr. Lightyear. They were trained rangers and suddenly their ship came under attack. They sent me here to gather information and to retrieve these holocubes they wanted me to give to this unit of Star Command. But unfortunately,"
She looked embarrassed and slightly ashamed, her cheeks turning a light shade of pink before going on. "I seemed to have lost these holocubes on my journey here."
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Post by Skyfire on Feb 6, 2010 6:53:32 GMT -5
Frowning, Buzz folded his arms. “I see. Well, I’m sure that we can help you find your holocubes and bring them back here. But… I’m curious. You said your parents are Rangers? I’m familiar with all the Rangers who have families, and… you don’t fit the bill on any of their children.”
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