Journey to Another Dimension

By: ols-fan

Hey people, sup? First of all, I'm gonna lay it straight, this is my first fan-fic and I'm not a great writer. (Hint-go easy on the reviews!) I also couldn't think of a very good title either. Anyway, now that I've wasted two lines talking about my writing problems, I just want to say enjoy reading Chapter 1 of my story, Journey to Another Dimension!

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Chapter 1 - Beginning of the End

Dawn broke over the small planet of Sentinel III. Everything was peaceful, for once, in the back districts of the main city. Everything except for a certain building, the Starwind and Hawing Enterprises complex.

"No, no, no, no, NO!" Jim screamed as he banged his head of the counter. Melfina, worried, came over to check on him.

"Jim, what is it? Are you ok?" Melfina said in a calm soothing voice.

"Well let's see? How can I put this, we're in the red, big time! And we can all thank Mr. Sleepyhead over there!" Jim gestured to the hallway were Gene came stumbling down. "All of his late night escapades have racked up a tab that we can't possibly pay, not to mention utilities, food, and our parking fees for our major pain in the ass, the Outlaw Star!"

Gene, not even paying attention to what Jim had just said, grumbled, "Hey Jim, what do you think you're doing? I can't believe your yelling like this at four in the morning? Why don't you just go to bed and shut up. We'll worry about this tomorrow!"

"Gene, have you lost your mind?!! It's already past nine-o clock! You've already missed breakfast. You are so incredibly lazy! What would you do without me?"

"Um, Jim, Gene? Aisha and Suzuka are back." The two stopped their fighting and looked up at Suzuka.

"So," Gene mumbled, "did you find any good jobs for us?"

"No, none over 300 wong. The pickings are very slim. Most people don't need outlaws or bodyguards you know. I think we should..." Suzuka was hushed by Jim as the phone rang.

"Ok guys," Jim saw Aisha's ears stick up, "and WOMEN," a smile appeared on the Ctarl-Ctarl's face, "this could be the our lucky break."

"Yeah right," said Gene sarcastically, "maybe this time we might fix a car!"

"Shut up Gene and let me get the phone!" Yelled Jim angrily. He reached over and picked up the receiver. "Hello, this is Starwind and Hawking Enterprises, how may I help you?"

A mysterious voice spoke on the other end. "I need you to do a certain favor for me. You see, I have a ship that is stranded in an asteroid field next to super nova#3454. I need someone with a special grappler ship capable of operating under those conditions. I figured you could help. I will send you the necessary information."

"Woah sir, hold on a minute! This is gonna cost quite a bit of money. I must ask how much were you thinking of paying us?"

"Hmm," the voice said, "how does two million wong sound to you? Fair enough?"

Jim whispered to Gene, "This guys nuts! He's offering two million! All of his sources check out though. What do you think we should do?"

For once, Gene became totally serious, "If we need a lot of money like you said, lets take it!"

The voice on the phone continued talking. "I know what you think. You think I'm just some nut right? Well, like I said, this ship is too valuable to me. I will pay anything to get it back!"

"Well sir, we'll take the job! As long as we receive payment, we are happy to work for you. Just send the rest of the information and we'll be on it."

"Thank you, you won't regret this decision." With that the line went dead.

Gene's face lit up. "Well, what are we waiting for, TO THE OUTLAW STAR!"

Of course, Ashia was the first to the cockpit. She bounced up and down in her seat and chanted "Two million, Two million, all for myself! He, he!" Everyone just stared at her.

"Ok, listen up everybody!" Gene commanded. "I'm gonna go to the dock offices and pay our fines so we can get moving. Ok, did everyone get that?" They all nodded at him.

Gilliam spoke, "Gene, I will run all final checks and prepare for liftoff immediately. That is, if it's all right with you?"

"Sure, why not. It will save us a lot of time," Gene replied. He then turned back to the crew. "Ok, I'll be back in a flash. Make sure nothing goes wrong while I'm away. See ya'!" He turned and ran down the hall.

"Excuse me, Jim" Sazuka spoke up. "Did you make sure that all of the sources were good? I would not want to run into any trouble, especially when dealing with a Nova."

"Well," Jim replied, "We usually wouldn't do something as risky as this, especially for someone we don't know. All I can say is that everything he sent us was credible, and with the payoff for this job, I don't see any reason why we shouldn't go."

"You got that right!" added Ashia cheerfully.

The crew waited for Gene to come back. Jim helped Gilliam and Melfina run the final checks, while Ashia and Suzuka stood guard outside. An hour passed. Both of the guards had come in from their sentry duty. The other three had also finished with the launch preparations for the ship.

"Arrrrrrrrrr! Where in the heck could that no good outlaw be!" Ashia cried impatiently. "If we miss our big chance, I'll, I'll..."

"And just what were planning to do to me honey buns? Were you gonna give me a little kiss?" Gene said in a teasing voice as he walked into the room.

As soon as the words were out of Gene's mouth, he regretted his mistake. He seemed to have hit a sore spot within Ashia's mind. She moved back, startled by his bold statement. Then she began to shake. "Why you, you, little insolent piece of crap! I have had all I can take from your flapping mouth. Why, if it weren't for the fact that you are the only one good enough to handle this ship and the only person who can still make me rich, I would have sliced you into pieces months ago!" A sinister look came across her face. "Oh well, I guess this will have to do." Her arm came back and hooked under her shoulder. Before anyone could react, Ashia gave Gene a full force blow in the stomach.

"Oh my god! Gene!" Jim yelled as he rushed to see if Gene was ok. Melfina and Suzuka were speechless. Ashia looked on as happy as could be as he struggled to his feet, a small trickle of blood oozing out of the corner of his mouth.

"Well, you see what happens when you mess with a Ctarl-Ctarl. Especially one who doesn't put up with stuff like that." She laughed at the slumped figure of Gene as he finally stood up, holding his arm to his stomach. Her laughter quickly stopped as Gene pulled out his caster, loaded a shell, and pointed it at Aisha's heart.

"I don't care if you are an "immortal" Ctarl-Ctarl! That doesn't mean you can't feel pain! Now have a taste of true power!" Gene was screaming with an unknown rage. Jim's eyes bulged.

"Gene, are you nuts! That's a number nine! We'll all be destroyed!" The enraged outlaw began to pull the trigger. "Did you hear me Gene? We will all die!"

His whole body froze as the trance left him. The hands holding the caster went limp and the weapon clattered as it hit the floor. Silence followed. Nobody said a word as Gene picked up the caster, put it back on his belt and sat down in his seat.

"Excuse me, Gene?" Gilliam asked cautiously, "Shall we take off now?" Gene just nodded. Gilliam's voice returned to normal. "Well, then. Prepare for liftoff everyone!" The engines fired up and the great red ship blasted off, parting the clouds and racing towards the heavens.

In a few hours, they had reached their destination and began thier search around the asteroid field. "Wow!" Ashia said as her eyes bulged with excitement as she looked out at the nova. "It's just so beautiful!" It was the first time she had ever seen a one.

Gene smiled and looked back at her. "Hey Ashia, you would be thinking something different if I didn't have the light visors on. Just sit down so we can find the ship and...."

Gilliam's voice cut Gene's sentence off. "Excuse me for interrupting, but I have located the target ship. Please adjust our course 21 degrees to the south. ETA, three minutes and ten seconds. That will be all."

"Hmmmm, " Gene said with a disturbed look on his face. "That's going to take us straight into the center of the asteroid field. There is also a lot of planetary debris to deal with. I can see why that man is paying us so much money. I don't know why, but I've just got this really bad feeling that something bad is going to happen." He did not realize how right he was.

After rounding a large asteroid, the crew got its first view of the ship. It was floating there, right in the center of the field, surrounded by many large asteroids. At first, everything looked okay, but when they got close, the real problem could be seen. As the Outlaw Star circled the ship, there was nothing they could do but gasp. The entire ship had extensive damage. Missile blasts, shell holes, slashes, scratches, and tears could be found on every part of it.

Gene, shaking his head said, "That man must be nuts! There is nothing in the world that could make this ship worth two million wong! Oh well, we are gonna have to be really careful with this one. No fooling around. Ok now, Gilliam, go to grappler combat mode."

"Right away Gene!" The outlaw carefully maneuvered the ship's arms into position on the abandoned ship's hull.

"Okay now, careful," Gene said to himself as he closed the fingers around the pull bars, "careful, okayyyy...What the heck!?" The fingers of the grappler arms went through the ship. Then, all of a sudden, it disappeared.

"What's going on here? A, a, hologram?" Jim said shakily."That means..." His sentence was cut short by a frantic message from Gilliam.

"Warning! I am picking up multiple enemy signatures coming from all sides!" Many small pirate ships and carriers shot out from behind the asteriods.

Gene was still dazed. "No, no! This can't be happening. It was all so believeable."

Jim yelled what all of them knew was true, "IT'S A TRAP!!!"

~Chapter 2 coming soon!~

(That's all for now, go away!)

Well people, I hope you enjoyed it. I really didn't think it would turn out to be this long. (Don't worry, the next one will be much shorter!) As soon as I get 5 reviews, good or bad, I'll post the next chapter if it's ready. If you have any hints or tips on how to make the next part any better, e-mail me at adc564@hotmail.com. See you next time with the second chapter- "The Portal".