Author's Note: My first BLOSC story! Zurg is the reason I even watch this series. So I decided to make a story about him. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Buzz Lightyear of Star Command or any of I's characters.
The Star Command space center was as busy as ever. There were more and more space rangers who enrolled. They all wanted a chance to get out in the galaxy and battle some evil. With so much paperwork to fill, Commander Nebula was starting to get frustrated; well, more than usual. As Commander of Star Command, he had to sign and check everyone's papers; and there were a LOT of people in Star Command.
"Come on! Signing this many papers isn't right for a person of my rank." Nebula complained, "I should be out barking orders at those new recruits."
The LGMs in the command center were used to his rambling; they didn't mind it much and continued with their work. It happened often so there was nothing to be worried about as long as they didn't get in his way.
The door to the command center slid open. Only some people and LGMs glanced at the person who just entered then went back to their work. Commander Nebula kept his eyes on his paperwork until the person spoke.
"Umm, excuse me sir, a star command officer gave me this piece of paper and told me to come here."
"Another paper to sign? Greeeaat." Commander Nebula turned around and got other sheets of paper from the person without even so much as a glance.
Nebula read some of it while grunting but then widened his eyes as he read one part. He now looked at the new rookie.
"State your name, ranger." the commander said.
"But sir, didn't you just read-"
"NAME, rookie."
"Katie Zapstar, sir. "
She had long blonde hair tied into a ponytail, she had fair white skin, not too pale. Like all space rangers, she had the star command uniform on. It was rather fitting on her.
Katie saluted her command then dropped her hand when Nebula said, "at ease ranger."
The Commander went over her papers one more time while speaking. "So, you've completed you're training regime and you had the fifth best time on our obstacle course. Now you're being assigned to team Lightyear for your first few days of being a ranger."
"Yes, sir. The ranger in charge of our training told me to stop by here first. He said that you'd be the one to introduce me to team Lightyear."
Nebula gave the papers back too Katie before speaking again. "Ok then. Let's move ranger. They should be in the loading bay with their ship."
Katie followed the commander out of the command center.
All of team Lightyear's members were outside their ship. They knew that they had a mission but the team was just given an order a few minutes ago to stay put until they were joined by another ranger. Buzz was nervous at first since that he knew having a lot of partners was risky. People⦠and robot could get hurt. It was Mira who was pretty excited though; she heard from the other teams that the new ranger who'd be joining them was supposed to be a girl. The Tangean Princess thought that it was about time that they had another girl on the team. When she shared this information to XR, the little robot had his chassis polished right after Mira had told him the news. Booster just wanted to meet this new ranger that's all.
"RANGERS" Once team Lightyear had heard the ever familiar voice of their commander, they lined up and greeted him.
"At ease rangers, as you may have already heard, a rookie will be joining your team temporarily; we want to see how she does on the field of battle. So meet the new temporary member of Team Lightyear; Miss Katie Zapstar." Commander Nebula stepped aside to show the rookie to the team.
Katie waved her hand at them while giving them a smile. She already knew all these members; not personally but she did her research on Star Command; and this was the best team she ever heard about.
"Hey, nice to meet you guys." she said.
She saw Buzz making his way to the commander.
"Uh, with all due respect, sir, do you really think that she can handle a mission against Zurg? She IS still a rookie." Buzz whispered to his commander. He had to look out for the welfare of his fellow space rangers.
"Lightyear, she may not be good on the field as much as you and your team but she knows Planet Z's structure and defense system better than anyone in Star Command."
Buzz raised an eyebrow. "Then shouldn't she be in Intel?"
"She finished fifth in the academy's training course. Skills on the field could make her one of Star Command's finest. So no more complaining, get going."
Buzz nodded at his superior then Team Lightyear, including Katie, left in the space ship.
Katie sat beside Booster on the trip. Buzz had told her not to do anything much on the ship until told to do so. Booster was monitoring the radar so that didn't keep her bored and the big guy wasn't so bad, to talk to.
"So you must know a lot about Zurg huh?" the big ranger asked. Being a Star Command fanatic, it was nice to see that he wasn't the only one doing a lot of research.
"Booster nodded his head. "Yeah, they are pretty different."
"Not personally, but yeah, I researched some common info on the guy. First of all, I did that because it was an easy way to get into the Academy, the other reason is because the guy is just so interesting. Each plan and each scheme has its own uniqueness."
Wherever Katie went, there would always be news about the evil emperor. There was no end to his schemes, he just never gave up. Katie wanted to know how he does it, how he plans. That was the reason she joined Star Command. It was because the Evil Emperor Zurg had interested her.
Before she could continue her conversation, Buzz called all of the team members.
"Ok team; we're about to hit Planet Z's orbit. Katie, what's your say in this?"
Everyone looked at the rookie; since she had the knowledge; Buzz thought that she could show an easier way into the planet without getting noticed by the hornets.
Katie gulped before she spoke. "Well, there's a door that only grubs use. Only two hornets guard that place. Judging by what time it is, there should be no grubs entering that door so that would lower the risk of us getting caught."
"How do you know all of this?" Mira asked. She was getting suspicious of how much Katie knew.
"I saw a grub while on passing by Planet Z. He was escaping via space craft. I caught up to him and tracked him down until he landed on Rhizome."
"Why didn't you inform Star Command about this? That grub could be serious help to us."XR said.
"I told him that but he told me that it was only his second day on the job. His first day was all about briefing which is why he knew about the door. The grub's name is Gaston by the way. He told me that he didn't want to serve Zurg anymore so he figured that Rhizome was a safe place. He also told me to keep this quiet so please don't mention this to Commander Nebula or anyone else."
Once Katie was done explaining, all the other members were speechless. Katie simply smiled. This wasn't so comfortable; it was her first day on the job and her team members were already looking at her like she was some weirdo.
It was Buzz who broke the silence. "That was kind of you to let the grub go, ranger Zapstar. And your information will really help on this mission. Don't worry you're a part of this team now which means you can trust us just as we trust you."
Katie looked at the other members and all of them smiled at her. Even Mira went to hug her.
Once the Tangean princess let go of Katie, she spoke. "You can count on us Katie."
The rookie got nods of approval from the others. "Thanks, guys."
"Well then," Buzz continued, "Let's get going. We're in Zurg's territory now.
The Planet looked bigger now that it was close. It had an intimidating presence, especially with the tower with the giant "Z" on it.
Everyone took their positions. Buzz had Katie direct where the "grub door" was. Once she pointed it out, they placed the ship somewhere it couldn't be seen then they left it and activated their jetpacks.
The team was now making its way to the door. Katie couldn't be more excited. This was it. All that research and training had to pay off now as she was about to meet the Evil Emperor Zurg.
Author's Note: The first chap's done! Remember to review!
