La mariposa, el Doctor y el etéreo

I OWN AND REGRET NOTHING!

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AN: For those of you who haven't read my announcement...which seems to be a lot of you...I'm still on Hiatus! This is just an exception! Read my announcement! It'll explain things in more detail!(seriously, do you have any idea how long it took me to debug that announcement?)

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Echo Creek, 3rd weirdest place in the United States

While the place was more like a small town circa the 1950's, it wasn't all that bad. You had your typical teenage growing up transitions, your typical parents, and your typical school of underdog athletes against what can only be described as the most militant sports team outside of the actual military. But, to be fair, like all small towns (according to popular consensus and Hollywood), it had some kind of secret. And considering it's right behind a two-way tie between Gravity Falls and the entire state of Florida for the title of "weirdest place in the US", one has to wonder what it is.

That secret…was Aliens.

Or more precisely, an alien who happens to look like a human. And also a princess. And also is from another dimension.

For a few months, she had stayed on Earth because she was a danger to her own people due to inexperience combined with too much energy and an ability to set Rainbows on fire (the school had to call the fire department for that reason). And, while she has shown destructive tendencies with this magic, she has a kind heart.

Ultimately, she ended up staying at the local house that takes care of foreign exchange students, and befriended the local family known as the Diaz's. With the help of their son, Marco, the alien princess usually fought against a villain so inept…well, you'll see later. But for now, let's focus on the story at hand.

March 1st, 2015. Unknown location.

Star was still woozy from the explosion...but she tried to answer their questions regardless...

"Sometimes, I miss being at home. It's normal for people to feel like that whenever they're away or on a long trip, but this is kind of different. But I guess I kinda deserved it for what happened."

"Can you explain what happened to you before we found you?"

I am worried about what they'll do to me when I tell them what happened. Normally, Marco was there to help me, but, he's not with me now. And this room is a bit claustrophobic. And I don't see the guy talking.

"Ok, just, just don't get angry at me? I'm sorry."

I don't know how long it took, but the mystery voice said "We're not mad at you. We understand you may be afraid, but you're safe here with us. All we need to know is what you remember. I promise that we won't hurt you for what you've done in the past, but you were the only person we've found, and the security cameras are still in repair. Is that clear?"

This guy might have sounded like he loved the sound of his own voice, but….

"Fine. I'll tell you."

"It was a bit boring. After having to fight off Ludo and his minions for a few days, it gets very tiring. Unfortunately, he's also one of the worst bad guys that anybody could dream up of."

"Is this 'Ludo' important to how you ended up here?" "No, I don't think so. Anyways, Marco and I were bored and it was during the day before we went to school."

"Who was Marco?" "My friend from school. We decided after a few minutes that going to one of the other dimensions was better than being bored to death. We went into the house, when all of a sudden, Mar-"

"Pardon the interruption ma'am, but did you use the phrase 'other dimension?'" Star frowned. "Yeeeeaaaah…." She admited unsure why they asked.

"So how does that work?" Asked the voice confused. "My dimensional scissors"

There was a long pause. "…Just continue the story." "Marco's mom called us saying that someone wanted to see us for some kind of evaluation or something. From the start, Marco seemed to be distrustful of him, and I can't blame him."

"Is Marco like a bodyguard to you?" Asked the voice suddenly.

Star shrugs nonchalantly "He wants me to be safe. Anyways, the guy, or should I say 'Dr. Macro,' wanted me to take some kind of exam, but was afraid of offending my parents. So he had me sign a contract about this, and w-"

"Did you look at this contract?" Interrupted the voice "I skimmed it. It was fine. Just some weird thing about 'Rogue clones' and 'defunct DNA' or something like that. He wanted me to follow him through a dimensional hole…actually, I never saw him cutting the fabric of the universe."

"And how is not cutting the universe into pieces a good thing?" Interrupted the voice sounding sardonic.

"The scissors allow a user to go from one place or another as long as you know where it is, instantaneously. Otherwise, it would take a very long time depending on where you want to go."

"Uh huh. So, this…dimensional network, could it be interfered by an outside force, provided they had the opportunity?" Probed the voice curiously. "Uh…"

"JUST ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTION!"

"Yes, okay. Just stop yelling." Said Star more than a little hurt.

"Okay, so you were intercepted by an unidentified trans-dimensional force on your way to a doctor's appointment, and somehow landed inside a port that goes through the US river network." Said the voice patiently while trying to not to sound mocking. "Could you give us a description of what you saw happened?"

Star hesitated...she knew this would be the part where they got mad at her...but if she didn't say something soon, they'd yell at her again...

It was with great reluctance that she began again...

Kansas City, USA

Uhh….what happened? Thought Star as she looked around. This didn't look like Echo Creek. It was so big, and expansive…and dark. There were a few overhead lights, but they flickered like it was some kind of terror movie. If this wasn't a movie, than where was everyone? Or, since it was nighttime, where was the graveyard shift?

I felt all along myself, only to find me not scratched in the slightest. Must have been one heck of a trip. Wait…where's Marco? Come on, come on, he must be here. Where is…do I hear voices?

It was behind a door, but she could hear them. Okay, maybe this was all just one heck of an elaborate surprise party for me, again! Yay! Now it's time to catch them in the surprising! She breaks down the door shouting: SURPRISE!

ALUMNUS ILLUMINA!

And that's when the explosion happened.

Unknown area

"Look, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to get the guys in suits involved! How was I supposed to know that it would go THAT wrong? …Hello?

There was another long pause...then finally- "The explosion was actually a concussion blast from a rocket. From what we could gather…you're going to be fine, miss…" "Star." Pointed out Star. "Star Butterfly."

"Alright Ms. Butterfly. You are currently in a concussive shock from the blast. We'll find you quarters here, then we'll try to help you."

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Commander Sharp; head of X-com looked over the reports. What had once been a last resort contingency plan to undermine any hypothetical successful invasion of the US by the soviets; was now an international agency that fought aliens.

Since 1962 they had defended Earth from the Sectoids and their Ethereal puppet masters. When they first came here; it had been only a small probing force. The casualties had still been high; entire countries burnt to cinders! But they were able to fight them off!

Learning that this was a simple exploration/scouting fleet...and an actual battle fleet would be more powerful. Humanity got to work.

They put aside their differences(for the most part) and pooled their resources to prepare for the next attack.

For years they trained, built, strategized, and researched. But even with all their preparation...the next attack still caught them completely off-guard and nearly ran them all over!"

But once the Shock wore off, X-com kicked ET's butt from here to Timbuktu! They Blew up their 'Temple Ship' And slew the Uber Ethereal! With both gone; all the aliens literally just dropped dead! Like puppets with their strings cut.

It had been 4 years since that victory...and all had been quite...until now. First a large sectoid power flux was detected in Kansas City...quickly followed by a large explosion.

When X-com arrived they found the corpses of a bunch 'Cult of Sirius' Copycat wannabees that blew themselves up...and one unconscious teenage girl.

He turns to the examiner. "So what's the diagnosis?" The examiner shrugged. "Long Story Short? She's cuckoo for coco puffs." He then sighs. "Which ordinarily would be understandable given what she's gone through...except she also apparently doesn't exist."

He explains how their was no town called Echo Creek. They ran her prints and DNA through the X-com Global Network...and got nothing; no records, no missing persons report, no dental, no nothing! She was a ghost!

"Also, some abnormalities were found in her genetics- Sharp instantly tensed up. "So what, a new type of Thin Man then?"

The Examiner shook his head. "I don't think so...but I'll need to run more tests to be certain. Until we sort this out, I strongly recommend we keep her on site under observation."

Sharp agreed and dismissed him. Once more he looked over the reports. The wannabee Cult had apparently been given the tech by a 'divine messenger'(i.e. A Sectoid)...they almost immediately blew themselves up with it. The weird thing was the tech seemed to be designed specifically to cause so much 'noise' over their scanners they'd come running.

The only thing I can think of that makes sense...is that that they wanted us to find this girl...but why? Doing it this way has pretty much rendered her useless as a sleeper agent or a 'Trojan horse'...what's your game, bug? What are you up to?

Sadly, by the time Sharp figures it out...it would be far too late...

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TO BE CONTINUED?

Adopted from Zues Killer Productions

AN: I know it says "in-progress" but really I just don't like boxing myself into a corner. For now this is more of a one-shot that I might continue one day...but probably won't.

But, hey. Feel free to use whatever elements you want from this, if you want! Or maybe give me ideas?

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