Disclaimer: all characters, mecha, events, etc. depicted here
are the property of their creators. This is not a challenge
of any sort to that ownership, so please don't sue me, I have
no money!
Explanations:
-Notation: I will be using several types of narration in this
fan fiction. It will be punctuated as
"Speech",
[Thought],
and {Sending (using some form of mental communication.)}
I will also use some of the Internet punctuation for emphasis,
ranging from
'slight',
through _medium_,
*strong*,
and SHOUTING!
Characters:
(Note: (#) indicates the BG Cris-Icz episode in which the
character first appears.)
(1)Sean Kai;
Son of Nagisa and our main character. He's 17 years old,
rather short, at only 5' 9" tall (and growing), has brown
hair, brown eyes, and is well-built. He's good at wrestling
and several martial arts, and his training and natural
agility have combined to make him incredibly hard to hit -
as long as he can dodge. He's also *very* strong-willed, to
the point where he could win a staredown with either Priss
or Sylia.
(1)Iczel (Normal Type);
Nagisa's partner as an Iczelion and soon Sean's as well. A
brief note on capabilities; the basic functions of each
Iczelion are the same, including firing energy beams,
creating force fields and beam swords, and the changing or
concealing of the human's features to keep from being
recognized. The 'higher functions' of an Iczelion
partnership are determined by the partners, however: Sean's
are, as yet, unknown.
(1)Priscilla (Priss) Asagiri;
Lead singer of "Priss and the Replicants," a popular rock
band. Also a secret member of the Knight Sabers, serving as
the assault specialist. Sean has seen Priss sing, and
idolizes her as a rebel and (though he won't admit this) as
a sex symbol.
(1)Leon McNichol;
The best detective in the A.D. Police and leader of their
'tactical response teams,' or 'Tac Squads' for short. He and
Sean don't know each other, but have bumped elbows at Priss'
concerts.
(1)Nene Romanova;
At 19, one of the youngest computer/communications
specialists in the A.D. Police - and made even more special
by the fact that she serves the Knight Sabers in a similar
way, albeit from a hardsuit and not from HQ. She doesn't
know Sean either, but is the closest Knight Saber to his 17
years of age. Her perpetual 'cute and innocent' attitude is
a nice balance for the grimness of the BGC series.
(1)Mackie Stingray;
Sylia Stingray's teenage brother and a friend of Sean's ever
since the two met at Raven's Garage in 2030. Mackie lost a
bet to Sean and had to soup up Sean's prized motorcycle.
Mackie is a technical assistant to the Knight Sabers and a
bit of a lecher, but he has a secret that he may not be aware
of... (see Sylia Stingray)
(1)Sylia Stingray;
Founder and leader of the Knight Sabers, inventor of their
unique "hardsuit" combat armor, and daughter of the renowned
Doctor Katsuhito Stingray, who invented Cyberdroids, the
artificial humanoids now called "Boomers." Sylia always acts
cold and distant, and there is good reason for this. In the
BGC: Grand Mal comic series (Available from Dark Horse
Comics,) it was revealed that, in order to counter the abuse
that GENOM was certain to put his inventions to, Dr.
Stingray used an experimental nanotech process on his two
children, changing their brain structure biomechanically to
give them hyperintelligence. Sylia sometimes wonders if
she's even human anymore...
(1)Linna Yamazaki;
An aerobics and martial arts teacher at the Fitness Bee, one
of MegaTokyo's more successful health clubs. She's also the
close combat specialist of the Knight Sabers, and is
currently Sean's martial arts instructor, having been
impressed by how well he did (before losing) in a match they
fought in 2031.
Previously:
At the end of Iczelion Act 2, the enemy leader Chaos is not
yet defeated, and the mystery of where the Iczels' creators
(the Iczers) are is unresolved. In "my" timeline, it takes
the Iczelions three years to finally destroy Chaos and his
forces. After that, three of the Iczelions - Nami Shiina,
Black Iczelion, Kiro Ijima, the Gold Iczelion, and Kawaii
Kawaii, Silver Iczelion, decide to leave Earth and search
for the Iczers. Nagisa Kai and her Iczel partner remain
behind. Nagisa pursues her wrestling career, using a "noble
alien warrior" character gimmick and becoming quite rich.
In 2010, she marries, and in 2015, her son, Sean Kai, named
for his grandfather, is born. Unfortunately, Brian, the
father, becomes a vocal anti-GENOM protester and dies in a
"mugging" in 2020. Sean is scanned by Iczel and proves to
be able, as his mother is, to 'synchronize' with an Iczel
to create Iczelion. Under the guise of preparing him for a
pro wrestling career, Nagisa begins training Sean to
succeed her as the defender of the Earth. Sean is, in fact,
the main character of our story.
In early 2032, Nagisa Kai is injured while training in
Germany and cannot return to MegaTokyo to continue stopping
rogue Boomers. She phones Sean at home and arranges to
introduce him to Iczel. Unfortunately, the introduction
does not go well as Sean deduces that his seemingly
independent life has been guided toward joining Iczel for
years. Sean sends Iczel away, but not before she raises some
points that eat at Sean's conscience. Sean goes to the
Fitness Bee to speak to Linna, his current sensei, but she's
busy. Sean spars with a training Boomer to pass the time and
in his disturbed emotional state, first damages and then
destroys it. Linna witnesses this and talks to Sean, but the
way he phrases his 'moral question' makes Linna suspicious.
She gives Sean some advice, which leads to Sean reconciling
with Iczel.
In his first combat action as Iczelion, Sean engages and
destroys a C-class Boomer that escaped an A.D. Police
blockade. He meets Leon McNichol afterward and is mentioned
in a report given to Nene, who shows it to Sylia. She
deduces that Iczelion uses a force-field defense system and
determines to watch for this new player.
In April, Sean has to break off a training session with
Linna so she can take the day to cheer up her friend Irene
Can (See BGC 2: Born To Kill.) Hearing Linna's cry of
distress as the assassin Boomer tries to kill her, Sean works
his way ahead of the chase and crashes his 'cycle into the
Boomer, saving Irene's life. The Boomer tries again, but
Linna flees with Irene while Sean distracts the killer
machine. He himself is unable to break away to become
Iczelion, and almost dies before Sylia arrives in her
hardsuit in response to a call from Linna. The two note a
mutual attraction, but write it off as stress reactions.
Later that night, Iczel detects the Knight Sabers on their
way to the Kawasaki facility to kill the SuperBoomer. Sean
follows as Iczelion, and interjects himself into the battle
between Nene and an assassin Boomer. The SuperBoomer arrives,
but is destroyed when its head armour is stripped away by
the Knight Sabers and Sean drives two beam swords into its
head and detonates them. Sylia, fascinated by the
capabilities and compassion of the mystery warrior, tries to
call him to them, but Sean flees, fearing she'll recognize
his voice from earlier that night. The next morning, Sean
and Linna see Irene onto a plane bound for Hong Kong, where
she has relatives and should be safe from GENOM.
Two months later, Brian J. Mason lures the Knight Sabers into
a trap at Wiz Laboratories with a fake job offer. Modified
55-C Boomers use chest-mounted sonic projectors to render the
Sabers helpless.
Sean, following the Sabers as Iczelion, uses his forcefield
to damp out the sound, and destroys the Boomers. Sean and
Sylia talk for the first (?) time as Iczelion and Knight
Saber, neither knowing that they've been aquainted for years,
through Mackie. One Boomer, only damaged, attacks Sean. He
destroys it with a German Suplex, again raising Linna's
suspicions, as she knows how much he likes that move. The
next morning, she confronts him about it, but can't express
her full knowledge without giving away her role as a Knight
Saber. She remains suspicious, but can't prove anything.
David Gordon's
Bubblegum Crisis/Iczelion crossover:
Bubblegum Cris-Icz 2: Bumpy Road!
Chapter 1: Burning Highway!
It was a late July evening in MegaTokyo, and J.B. Gibson was
taking his newly restored Griffon Mark II out for a spin. He
was really pleased at how well he and Doctor Raven had
rebuilt the car, which had been a wreck when Gibson had
acquired it from an auto yard. He was even happier that his
girlfriend Naomi Anderson had decided to come with him on
the Griffon's maiden voyage.
"After all," she'd joked, "if I'm going to have competition
for you, I might as well see what she's like and what she
can do!" Both she and Gibson had laughed at that joke.
Restoring the car, even with 'Pops' Raven's help, had taken
a lot of Gibson's time. Now, though, driving it was
something they could do together. Gibson was shaken from
his reminiscing by Naomi's worried voice.
"Gib?" she asked. "Those people behind us - they're not one
of those motorcycle gangs, are they?"
Gibson shot a look into the rearview mirror. There were a
fleet of at least ten motorcycles closing in behind them.
Gibson had seen their emblems before on the news.
"Oh, dammit, the Outrider gang!" Gibson cried. "Hang on,
Naomi, I'm going to try and outrun them!"
The gang leader smirked as the gray car in front of them
began to pull away. [Now the fun begins,] he thought,
pulling a crowbar from his cargo basket. He accelerated
after his prey, his pack following behind.
Sean and Iczel, as Iczelion, were out on a training flight
near the Coastal Highway Bridge when Iczel reported several
vehicles moving towards them on the highway at an unusually
high speed. Sean paused in the flying evasion pattern he was
practicing. {Hmm. That's unusual traffic for this time of
night, Iczel. Can I see them?} he sent.
{They should be passing us in eight point four seconds from
now, Sean,} Iczel responded. {You can get a look at them
then.} Sean waited, then gawked as a car and several
motorbikes rocketed by at over 200 kph. He was so absorbed
by the speed that it took him a moment to realize that the
bikers had been _attacking_ the car with bars and chains,
and what looked like a sword! {Damn, a bike gang! After
them, Iczel! Those guys can be as vicious as any Boomer, we
can't let them hurt the people in the car!} With that, the
team swooped off after the pack and its prey.
Gibson was at the end of his rope. The Griffon had given all
it had, but the motorcycles had kept pace and the riders
were starting to smash at his car. It was only a matter of
time before they broke something vital, and then they could
have their way with him and Naomi. Desperation began to set
in as one of the thugs jumped from his bike onto the
Griffin's roof holding a sword of some kind... then there
was a flash, a human figure passed overhead, and the
gangster was gone, just plucked away. The bikers slowed to
deal with whatever new opponent had arrived, and Gibson
pulled away from them. He drove along to the next exit,
shaking with reaction. He, and worse, *Naomi* could have
been killed! After pulling off the highway, he looked back.
There were flashes on the highway where the rider had been
taken off the Griffon, and Naomi stopped trembling after a
minute and looked back too.
"Gib?" she asked in a shaky voice. "That man - will he be OK?"
"I don't know, Naomi. I sure hope so, because I get the
feeling that we owe him a lot."
Sean was not enjoying himself. The Outriders were almost as
dangerous to each other as to him, and trying to stop them
without seriously injuring them was no picnic. He'd slammed
the one he'd grabbed off of the car into a pillar a moment
later, and he was still down, but the other nine or so were
circling him like a pack of wolves. One charged, and Sean
had a flash of inspiration. Instead of swiping at the rider,
he grabbed at the bike and used his leverage to spill the
driver. The victim got back up, but limped away. [OK, one
down.] Two more bikers were tumbled this way before the
leader pulled a glass bottle with a rag stuck in one end.
As he lit the rag, Sean realized what it was. [Oh, great, a
Molotov cocktail! Won't hurt me, but the splash could kill
the other bikers! Think fast, Kai...] Sean had a desperate
idea as the bottle came tumbling towards him. In a lightning
motion, he pulled his beam sword and slashed, taking the rag
off the bottle. He then turned and pointed the glowing yellow
blade at the pack leader, and asked in a deep voice, "Still
want to play, boys?"
A few seconds later, the pack turned back the way it came,
and as it roared off into the dark, Sean sighed in relief.
{Iczel?} he sent. {Did you see where the car went? We ought
to check and see if the driver's OK.}
{Yes, Sean. I tracked the car to the next exit, where it
has left the highway and stopped.} Not bothering to answer,
Sean lifted off and zoomed over to the car's location. As
he landed, he waved to the gawking occupants of the battered
vehicle. [Hmph, they look like beached fish,] he thought. [I
wonder if I looked like that when I first saw Iczel?]
Finally, he called to the driver, who seemed vaguely familiar.
"Hello in the car! Is everyone okay?"
Gibson recovered enough presence of mind to speak. "Uh, yes,
thank you, I don't think either of us is hurt. Um... Why did
you help us back there?"
"Well, because no one should suffer just for someone else's
fun. If those jerks need to roughhouse to get their jollies,
they should do boxing or wrestling or something like that,
not pick on sweet cars on the highways. If you're both OK,
then I'll get going. Be careful getting home!" And with
that, Sean flew off.
Gibson stared after the receding yellow-and-red figure until
it dipped into the Fault Canyon. [I don't know who you were,
but thank you for helping to protect my Naomi.] Then,
remembering the man's suggestion, Gibson put the Griffon in
gear and headed for his apartment.
are the property of their creators. This is not a challenge
of any sort to that ownership, so please don't sue me, I have
no money!
Explanations:
-Notation: I will be using several types of narration in this
fan fiction. It will be punctuated as
"Speech",
[Thought],
and {Sending (using some form of mental communication.)}
I will also use some of the Internet punctuation for emphasis,
ranging from
'slight',
through _medium_,
*strong*,
and SHOUTING!
Characters:
(Note: (#) indicates the BG Cris-Icz episode in which the
character first appears.)
(1)Sean Kai;
Son of Nagisa and our main character. He's 17 years old,
rather short, at only 5' 9" tall (and growing), has brown
hair, brown eyes, and is well-built. He's good at wrestling
and several martial arts, and his training and natural
agility have combined to make him incredibly hard to hit -
as long as he can dodge. He's also *very* strong-willed, to
the point where he could win a staredown with either Priss
or Sylia.
(1)Iczel (Normal Type);
Nagisa's partner as an Iczelion and soon Sean's as well. A
brief note on capabilities; the basic functions of each
Iczelion are the same, including firing energy beams,
creating force fields and beam swords, and the changing or
concealing of the human's features to keep from being
recognized. The 'higher functions' of an Iczelion
partnership are determined by the partners, however: Sean's
are, as yet, unknown.
(1)Priscilla (Priss) Asagiri;
Lead singer of "Priss and the Replicants," a popular rock
band. Also a secret member of the Knight Sabers, serving as
the assault specialist. Sean has seen Priss sing, and
idolizes her as a rebel and (though he won't admit this) as
a sex symbol.
(1)Leon McNichol;
The best detective in the A.D. Police and leader of their
'tactical response teams,' or 'Tac Squads' for short. He and
Sean don't know each other, but have bumped elbows at Priss'
concerts.
(1)Nene Romanova;
At 19, one of the youngest computer/communications
specialists in the A.D. Police - and made even more special
by the fact that she serves the Knight Sabers in a similar
way, albeit from a hardsuit and not from HQ. She doesn't
know Sean either, but is the closest Knight Saber to his 17
years of age. Her perpetual 'cute and innocent' attitude is
a nice balance for the grimness of the BGC series.
(1)Mackie Stingray;
Sylia Stingray's teenage brother and a friend of Sean's ever
since the two met at Raven's Garage in 2030. Mackie lost a
bet to Sean and had to soup up Sean's prized motorcycle.
Mackie is a technical assistant to the Knight Sabers and a
bit of a lecher, but he has a secret that he may not be aware
of... (see Sylia Stingray)
(1)Sylia Stingray;
Founder and leader of the Knight Sabers, inventor of their
unique "hardsuit" combat armor, and daughter of the renowned
Doctor Katsuhito Stingray, who invented Cyberdroids, the
artificial humanoids now called "Boomers." Sylia always acts
cold and distant, and there is good reason for this. In the
BGC: Grand Mal comic series (Available from Dark Horse
Comics,) it was revealed that, in order to counter the abuse
that GENOM was certain to put his inventions to, Dr.
Stingray used an experimental nanotech process on his two
children, changing their brain structure biomechanically to
give them hyperintelligence. Sylia sometimes wonders if
she's even human anymore...
(1)Linna Yamazaki;
An aerobics and martial arts teacher at the Fitness Bee, one
of MegaTokyo's more successful health clubs. She's also the
close combat specialist of the Knight Sabers, and is
currently Sean's martial arts instructor, having been
impressed by how well he did (before losing) in a match they
fought in 2031.
Previously:
At the end of Iczelion Act 2, the enemy leader Chaos is not
yet defeated, and the mystery of where the Iczels' creators
(the Iczers) are is unresolved. In "my" timeline, it takes
the Iczelions three years to finally destroy Chaos and his
forces. After that, three of the Iczelions - Nami Shiina,
Black Iczelion, Kiro Ijima, the Gold Iczelion, and Kawaii
Kawaii, Silver Iczelion, decide to leave Earth and search
for the Iczers. Nagisa Kai and her Iczel partner remain
behind. Nagisa pursues her wrestling career, using a "noble
alien warrior" character gimmick and becoming quite rich.
In 2010, she marries, and in 2015, her son, Sean Kai, named
for his grandfather, is born. Unfortunately, Brian, the
father, becomes a vocal anti-GENOM protester and dies in a
"mugging" in 2020. Sean is scanned by Iczel and proves to
be able, as his mother is, to 'synchronize' with an Iczel
to create Iczelion. Under the guise of preparing him for a
pro wrestling career, Nagisa begins training Sean to
succeed her as the defender of the Earth. Sean is, in fact,
the main character of our story.
In early 2032, Nagisa Kai is injured while training in
Germany and cannot return to MegaTokyo to continue stopping
rogue Boomers. She phones Sean at home and arranges to
introduce him to Iczel. Unfortunately, the introduction
does not go well as Sean deduces that his seemingly
independent life has been guided toward joining Iczel for
years. Sean sends Iczel away, but not before she raises some
points that eat at Sean's conscience. Sean goes to the
Fitness Bee to speak to Linna, his current sensei, but she's
busy. Sean spars with a training Boomer to pass the time and
in his disturbed emotional state, first damages and then
destroys it. Linna witnesses this and talks to Sean, but the
way he phrases his 'moral question' makes Linna suspicious.
She gives Sean some advice, which leads to Sean reconciling
with Iczel.
In his first combat action as Iczelion, Sean engages and
destroys a C-class Boomer that escaped an A.D. Police
blockade. He meets Leon McNichol afterward and is mentioned
in a report given to Nene, who shows it to Sylia. She
deduces that Iczelion uses a force-field defense system and
determines to watch for this new player.
In April, Sean has to break off a training session with
Linna so she can take the day to cheer up her friend Irene
Can (See BGC 2: Born To Kill.) Hearing Linna's cry of
distress as the assassin Boomer tries to kill her, Sean works
his way ahead of the chase and crashes his 'cycle into the
Boomer, saving Irene's life. The Boomer tries again, but
Linna flees with Irene while Sean distracts the killer
machine. He himself is unable to break away to become
Iczelion, and almost dies before Sylia arrives in her
hardsuit in response to a call from Linna. The two note a
mutual attraction, but write it off as stress reactions.
Later that night, Iczel detects the Knight Sabers on their
way to the Kawasaki facility to kill the SuperBoomer. Sean
follows as Iczelion, and interjects himself into the battle
between Nene and an assassin Boomer. The SuperBoomer arrives,
but is destroyed when its head armour is stripped away by
the Knight Sabers and Sean drives two beam swords into its
head and detonates them. Sylia, fascinated by the
capabilities and compassion of the mystery warrior, tries to
call him to them, but Sean flees, fearing she'll recognize
his voice from earlier that night. The next morning, Sean
and Linna see Irene onto a plane bound for Hong Kong, where
she has relatives and should be safe from GENOM.
Two months later, Brian J. Mason lures the Knight Sabers into
a trap at Wiz Laboratories with a fake job offer. Modified
55-C Boomers use chest-mounted sonic projectors to render the
Sabers helpless.
Sean, following the Sabers as Iczelion, uses his forcefield
to damp out the sound, and destroys the Boomers. Sean and
Sylia talk for the first (?) time as Iczelion and Knight
Saber, neither knowing that they've been aquainted for years,
through Mackie. One Boomer, only damaged, attacks Sean. He
destroys it with a German Suplex, again raising Linna's
suspicions, as she knows how much he likes that move. The
next morning, she confronts him about it, but can't express
her full knowledge without giving away her role as a Knight
Saber. She remains suspicious, but can't prove anything.
David Gordon's
Bubblegum Crisis/Iczelion crossover:
Bubblegum Cris-Icz 2: Bumpy Road!
Chapter 1: Burning Highway!
It was a late July evening in MegaTokyo, and J.B. Gibson was
taking his newly restored Griffon Mark II out for a spin. He
was really pleased at how well he and Doctor Raven had
rebuilt the car, which had been a wreck when Gibson had
acquired it from an auto yard. He was even happier that his
girlfriend Naomi Anderson had decided to come with him on
the Griffon's maiden voyage.
"After all," she'd joked, "if I'm going to have competition
for you, I might as well see what she's like and what she
can do!" Both she and Gibson had laughed at that joke.
Restoring the car, even with 'Pops' Raven's help, had taken
a lot of Gibson's time. Now, though, driving it was
something they could do together. Gibson was shaken from
his reminiscing by Naomi's worried voice.
"Gib?" she asked. "Those people behind us - they're not one
of those motorcycle gangs, are they?"
Gibson shot a look into the rearview mirror. There were a
fleet of at least ten motorcycles closing in behind them.
Gibson had seen their emblems before on the news.
"Oh, dammit, the Outrider gang!" Gibson cried. "Hang on,
Naomi, I'm going to try and outrun them!"
The gang leader smirked as the gray car in front of them
began to pull away. [Now the fun begins,] he thought,
pulling a crowbar from his cargo basket. He accelerated
after his prey, his pack following behind.
Sean and Iczel, as Iczelion, were out on a training flight
near the Coastal Highway Bridge when Iczel reported several
vehicles moving towards them on the highway at an unusually
high speed. Sean paused in the flying evasion pattern he was
practicing. {Hmm. That's unusual traffic for this time of
night, Iczel. Can I see them?} he sent.
{They should be passing us in eight point four seconds from
now, Sean,} Iczel responded. {You can get a look at them
then.} Sean waited, then gawked as a car and several
motorbikes rocketed by at over 200 kph. He was so absorbed
by the speed that it took him a moment to realize that the
bikers had been _attacking_ the car with bars and chains,
and what looked like a sword! {Damn, a bike gang! After
them, Iczel! Those guys can be as vicious as any Boomer, we
can't let them hurt the people in the car!} With that, the
team swooped off after the pack and its prey.
Gibson was at the end of his rope. The Griffon had given all
it had, but the motorcycles had kept pace and the riders
were starting to smash at his car. It was only a matter of
time before they broke something vital, and then they could
have their way with him and Naomi. Desperation began to set
in as one of the thugs jumped from his bike onto the
Griffin's roof holding a sword of some kind... then there
was a flash, a human figure passed overhead, and the
gangster was gone, just plucked away. The bikers slowed to
deal with whatever new opponent had arrived, and Gibson
pulled away from them. He drove along to the next exit,
shaking with reaction. He, and worse, *Naomi* could have
been killed! After pulling off the highway, he looked back.
There were flashes on the highway where the rider had been
taken off the Griffon, and Naomi stopped trembling after a
minute and looked back too.
"Gib?" she asked in a shaky voice. "That man - will he be OK?"
"I don't know, Naomi. I sure hope so, because I get the
feeling that we owe him a lot."
Sean was not enjoying himself. The Outriders were almost as
dangerous to each other as to him, and trying to stop them
without seriously injuring them was no picnic. He'd slammed
the one he'd grabbed off of the car into a pillar a moment
later, and he was still down, but the other nine or so were
circling him like a pack of wolves. One charged, and Sean
had a flash of inspiration. Instead of swiping at the rider,
he grabbed at the bike and used his leverage to spill the
driver. The victim got back up, but limped away. [OK, one
down.] Two more bikers were tumbled this way before the
leader pulled a glass bottle with a rag stuck in one end.
As he lit the rag, Sean realized what it was. [Oh, great, a
Molotov cocktail! Won't hurt me, but the splash could kill
the other bikers! Think fast, Kai...] Sean had a desperate
idea as the bottle came tumbling towards him. In a lightning
motion, he pulled his beam sword and slashed, taking the rag
off the bottle. He then turned and pointed the glowing yellow
blade at the pack leader, and asked in a deep voice, "Still
want to play, boys?"
A few seconds later, the pack turned back the way it came,
and as it roared off into the dark, Sean sighed in relief.
{Iczel?} he sent. {Did you see where the car went? We ought
to check and see if the driver's OK.}
{Yes, Sean. I tracked the car to the next exit, where it
has left the highway and stopped.} Not bothering to answer,
Sean lifted off and zoomed over to the car's location. As
he landed, he waved to the gawking occupants of the battered
vehicle. [Hmph, they look like beached fish,] he thought. [I
wonder if I looked like that when I first saw Iczel?]
Finally, he called to the driver, who seemed vaguely familiar.
"Hello in the car! Is everyone okay?"
Gibson recovered enough presence of mind to speak. "Uh, yes,
thank you, I don't think either of us is hurt. Um... Why did
you help us back there?"
"Well, because no one should suffer just for someone else's
fun. If those jerks need to roughhouse to get their jollies,
they should do boxing or wrestling or something like that,
not pick on sweet cars on the highways. If you're both OK,
then I'll get going. Be careful getting home!" And with
that, Sean flew off.
Gibson stared after the receding yellow-and-red figure until
it dipped into the Fault Canyon. [I don't know who you were,
but thank you for helping to protect my Naomi.] Then,
remembering the man's suggestion, Gibson put the Griffon in
gear and headed for his apartment.