A/N: Another new story? Yep! But this one is slightly different than my other stories. Rather than having it solely focus on canon characters, this story will focus on a canon character meeting an OFC. Now hold your horses for a moment! This OFC is different. Why? Well, let me put it this way:
They say that dog is man's best friend.
And here, Ty will certainly get to meet that dog. This is a story about how one man comes to find his dog and a new partner in the Space Ranger Corps. Let us begin that tale here.
Disclaimer: Everyone who is mentioned in this story will forever live in the Mouse House AKA Disney/Pixar. The characters who were never part of the original BLoSC crew are mine and will forever live in my random imagination banks!
The morning was long and tiring.
Thank the stars it was near noon, the clock striking its twelfth chime. He'd stop by the cafeteria for lunch after his meeting. At least he knew he'd feel somewhat better there after his latest frustration in the Space Ranger Corps. He was far from looking forward to his appointment with his commanding officer.
"Craters…I just know Nebula's gonna chew me out on something big this time. But I hope he doesn't discharge me," Ty spoke to his reflection in the window as he overlooked large streams of stars, celestial neighbors and planets. One such planet was the ocean blue and forest green jewel that was named Capital Planet, floating in near sync with the space station.
But none of this was of any interest to Ty Parsec.
He was more concerned in his appearance, as he prepared himself in mind and body to go into his superior's office. His brown pompadour combed back, his large brown eyes bright and alert, his white and bright green Pulsar 400-Enviro Suit polished. He was all set to go.
"Well…" he said to his near haggard appearance, "Time to do this." He broke away from his reflection and turned to face the door where Nebula was waiting for him. He stepped up to the threshold and knocked on the door three times.
A gravelly voice shouted, "It's open!"
He turned the doorknob, revealing the top officer of the whole organization. Commander Nebula.
The leader of the Space Rangers sat behind his unusually quiet desk. Normally, his sentient robotic desk would be bouncing around with energy and trying to nag Nebula about papers and regulations to sign, but today, it chose to let Nebula sit behind it for this important meeting. No papers would be shoved into his face.
No, today, the aged but athletic Ranger, clad in the same uniform as Ty, had something more serious to discuss with the much younger man. The dark-skinned and tough-as-nails leader looked up from reading the newspaper on his desk.
"Oh, Ranger Parsec. Come in, son. And close the door."
After Ty did what he was told, he then walked over and stood to attention in front of his boss, waiting for whatever Nebula had to say.
Nebula read one more article of his newspaper before noticing Ty was still standing up. He quirked a silver brow. "Well sit down, will ya? Don't be shy."
Ty uttered a 'yes sir' and took a seat into the chair, resting his arms onto his lap.
Nebula regarded the younger man with a penetrating brow before he folded up his newspaper and put it away into a drawer that the desk conveniently opened for him. Once it was out of sight and out of mind, the man closed the drawer and placed his own arms on the desk. He studied Ty, as if trying to figure something out about the Ranger before him.
"So you wanna know why I sent for ya?"
Ty sent a polite nod to his leader. "Yes sir."
Seeing Ty's affirmative reply, the commander wasted no time and got down to business. "Alright then. I gotta know, how long have you been servin' at Star Command?"
The question was unexpected, but Ty managed to answer nonetheless. "Over twenty years, sir."
"Hm."
That 'hm' sent Ty tensing on the inside.
"I see." Nebula stood up from his chair and walked away from the desk over to his window. He overlooked the stars in silence, as if he were waiting for something to happen.
Well, that was very informative. Ty was starting to grow worried. It wasn't like Nebula to be this blunt. When he was short with his responses, that usually meant something was wrong. What was going on? Whatever it was, it was nerve-wracking. He squeezed his hands into fists, trying to maintain some sort of control over his emotion before Nebula could see his nervousness. Luckily, the commander was too involved with his own branch of thinking to notice how the other man was feeling at the current time.
But that would all come to an end as Nebula turned around to face him again. "So you've been here for over twenty years, Parsec...and you haven't been able to find a partner to stick with."
Ty blinked. What did that have to do with anythi-oh."..."
The silence was all Nebula needed. "I thought so. I'm concerned for ya; you haven't been able to find a field partner who's willin' to stand by your side for some time. And before you go off explainin' yourself, " he held up a hand to pause Ty in his attempts to explain, "I'm aware about what happened with you and Buzz. All those missions really did a number on you...among other events."
Ty didn't need to know what Nebula was referring to. "Yes sir. But he and I have buried the hatchet about that now." It was true. After they got through the giant mess consisting of monsters and emotional strain and misguided communication, they made peace and were now much more open and supportive towards one another.
"I know, and I'm glad for it. But I'm still concerned. It's not good for you to always be workin' on missions all by yourself. I think havin' a field partner for you might do you some good and help you to start your way on the road to recovery."
Ty was glad that his boss was looking out for his health, as he would always do for his Rangers, but that didn't mean he was eager to try this suggestion right away. Unable to help himself, Ty sighed and crossed his arms. "Commander, I do want to take it easy after everything that's happened. But...well, if I may be frank, sir, it's not gonna be easy trying to find someone whom I can work with. Buzz has got his team, Rocket's got his own, and Fop...I don't think I need to say anymore after that incident on PC-7. But either way, I don't think it'll get any easier these days with everybody working with each other, and me...well." He looked away from his leader to gaze out into outer space in sadness.
Nebula heaved a sigh of his own, this one made out of patience. "No one said anything about it gettin' any easier. You got a lot on your shoulders, and I don't wanna see you carryin' that load anymore. You've gotta at least try and find a field partner, son. For your sake."
A/N: So to recap, Nebula's really concerned about Ty here. Moptop's been alone in his missions for some time, which if you've seen the episodes, it's implied that Ty's been all over the place and worked with various people, but doesn't have a steady partner like Buzz does with his crew. It's quite sad when you think about it. What will happen next chapter? You'll see!
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