Fiction Challenge #6:
Beyond the Stars
by GoldenBolt
Minuteman was engaged with a little target practice. He decided that since he recruited Dwight Arrow, the Bullet, into his ranks, he took it among himself to train him to perfect his speed and concentration: after all, what's the good of moving at the speed of a bullet if you can't have good reaction time?
Bullet gave some good jabs to Minuteman. Frank could take it. He had super strength, and needed to provide a good example for Dwight.
They were outside in the courtyard of the Freedom Fortress, while Eve admired some the beutiufull flowers in the garden, while sad that concrete and mechinary had instead became the usual in Patriot City.
Just then the doors of the fortress burst open, shining an errie light into the scene as Mentor stepped out into the sunlight with a suprisingly grim look upon his face.
"Frrrrreeeedom Force! We have an emmmmergency!" Mentor bellowed in his booming voice.
Minute Man was first to turn to Mentor and ask "Stars and Bars! What is it Mentor?"
Mentor moved his hands up to the air, and seemed to channel some Mental energy. He then bellowed out, "I detect the presence of... evil!"
Eve arose from her cherished flower bed and picked up her bow, striking a menacing pose as she said, "Nature's Bounty! Could this be another threat our bbeloved Earth?"
Mentor shook his head. The Bullet zipped over to the others to get a closer listen of what Mentor had discovered.
"I can sence A transmission from the Domain homeworld! It seems to be a distress call!"
Bullet was fast to react and interrupt, "Why would them varmits want to ask our help, mister?"
Mentor tapped his hand on his head, no doubt
trying to get a better hold of the transmission.
"It seems the
Domain has been working on a plan to get revenge on me and....the
entire Earth! Lord Dominion ordered a team of his best men to
retrieve a ancienct and evil warrior who was sealed away in a
dimensional limbo 100 years ago by my Domain ancestors. Lord
Dominion planned to unlease this monster on Planet Earth, but
instead it turned on him, and has been attacking the Domain
citizens! We must stop him!"
Bullet was first to pipe in again. "Hold on ther' Partner! Why in a wild buffalo's name would we wanna help them? Arn't they plotting to destroy us? I say good riddence!"
Minute Man was crossed. "Bullet! How can you think in such a way?! We cannot sit idly by while lifes are at stake, we must never!"
Mentor nodded. "Then it is agreed. We shall take my spaceship, and Travel to the Domain homeworld. I just hope the Ant has finished repairing it."
Bullet then asked, "shouldn't we tell the others? I could go tell them right now and be back in two shakes of a tumbleweed!"
Mentor shook his head. "I'm afraid not, Bullet. My spaceship was designed to be a small two man shuttle, so we may barly be able to fit fourr. I shall however, inform the other members by way of telekinisis!"
Mentor stood still for a moment. Green swirly energy seemed to emitt from his large cranium. The other three members of the team named Freedom Force sprinted to the secret underground hanger bay where Mentor's small shuttle was being stored, with Bullet clearly in the lead.
Inside the Freedom Fortress. Retinal scan. Voice recognition. Several corriders. Another retinal scan. a few doors. Liberty Lad tugging at Minuteman's suit begging to let him go with them. A secret elevator. Some annoying elevator music. All this often makes the team wonder how Mentor powers all this?
Then at last there they were. The small shuttle, shiny and majestic, sat there on the landing pad, waiting to launch. They sat there and waited for Mentor to appear through the elevator doors, and finnaly he apeared and said, " it is done. Come, I shall unlock the shuttle door with my secret password that I alone know. "
With that, Mentor stuck out his hand, and punched in the bbuttons in one swift motion. The other members of the team, being Earthlings, could not understand the Domain numbers on the pad.
The shuttle doors moved aside, opening the way into the ship. They took thier places in the front of the shuttle. Mentor piloted the ship, while Bullet took the other seat as his shotggun. Bullet's fast hand eye co-ordination and super speed would come in handy when piloting a ship, Mentor assumed.
Eve and Minuteman crouched
uncomfortably in the cargo bay, which once housed the amazing Energy
X which made the team what it is today.
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Arriving
at the Desolite, ugly world of the Domain, the Freedom Force team
stared at the landscape in utter disbelief. It was a scene from a
black and white Scifi movie (or in Mentor's case, a full-colour
Computer animated holomovie, which is lightyears ahead of what mere
Earthling s will have accomplished by the year
2003).
However, their time admiring the view was cut
short.
Something dark behind them powered up a beam of immense
energy. Mentor only had time to sense it and shout "Rings of...."
befor the beam hit them and they fell
unconscience.....
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When
the Freedom Force awoke, they were in a large reinforced room, with
computers, a large holographic globe, and a entire army of Domain
soldiers, with Preator
in the lead.
The heros came to, chained up to the walls, thier weapons and armour (namly MinuteMan's Staff of Patriosm, Eve's Bow and Bullet and Mentor's armour) encased in a clear case in the back oppisite end of the room.
Minuteman groaned, then shouted out at the Domain..."What is this?"
Preator laughed, then squaked in his menacing voice: "Lord Dominion sent a fake distess call to get you to come here, and you fell for it and walked right into our trap like the sacrifishal lambs you are. He is watching us right now, through the surveilance camera in the corner of the room." He then pointed a finger to the aforementioned camera.
Mention looked at Pretor, confused. "Does this mean you did not unearth the Ancient warrior?"
Preator, cackled an errie laugh and sneered. "Wrong, Traitor! He is right here, I present to you...."
The Domain army moved to the side to reveal a tall, dark and menacing figure, with a pale blue skin and sparking energy surrounding his black and menacing armour. His face was lined with a sneer that could could cut granite!
Preattor continued his
introduction....
"THE
END-BRINGER!"
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[Sorry,
but that's all I have time for right now. I'll write the rest later,
or someone else can continue it if they wish.]
