Team Dreadnought
I won't even waste my time (or yours) on the legal mumbo gumbo.
Note: The events depicted take place following Episode 10: White Love.
Also: I will grant names to some of the crew members whose names aren't mentioned
in the series.
Chapter 1: Calm Before The Storm
The crew of the Nirvana continue their quest to reach the home worlds of Tarak and Mejale. Once again, they find themselves coming up to another asteroid field, and a possible alien attack.
"Ezra, continue scanning." Buzam commanded, knowing that their unknown enemy will surely try another attack, "Is there any sign of out enemy on the scanners?"
"Nothing as of yet, commander." The pregnant one answered, she quickly scarfed down a slice of banana creme pie and fixed her attention to her monitors.
"We won't get anything until they're ready to strike." The captain said with much confidence, "We've never been able to detect them before, why should it be any different this time? Besides, these blasted asteroids cut our scanning range almost in half."
"Which is why I still say we should go around the asteroids, we will have a better view of what's out there." Buzam stated.
"Do you have any clue how long it will take to go around this belt, B.C.?" the captain gave her a stern look, "Our time is short enough as it is already. We can't afford to waste any time going around this obstacle course. What do you think, Bart?"
"That's just fine with me, ma'am." Bart smugly grinned inside his big, spherical office, "I can guarantee we will be attacked, though. Hell, we'll be under fire no matter which way we go, might as well take the shortest and quickest route."
"You see, B.C. We're all in agreement here." The captain smiled as she looked to her second in command.
"Uhh..." Buzam stuttered for a moment, "Yes, captain. You're right." She fixed her attention to the front again, just in time to see Ezra inhale a slice of cake. Buzam sighed and activated the intercom, "Attention crew. We're heading into another asteroid belt. All Dread teams be on the alert to scramble."
"What!?! Not again!" Hibiki growled as he was finishing working on his Vanguard, "Damn them! Not only did they make me miss the Christmas feast, but I also didn't make it to the New Years feast because of them!" Hibiki's nostrils flared as he grinded his teeth.
Dita could hear him inside the hanger and thought this would be a good time to cheer him up. "Oh, Mister Alien!" she cried out cheerfully.
Hibiki jumped, hitting his head on the inside of his cockpit. "Ouch! Damn it! Why do you keep bothering me!?!? What the hell do you want this time!!" he shouted back at her. Dita kept an excellent track record when it came to giving him a headache, but this beat her best time by a good twenty seconds.
"I just wanted to say 'good luck,' Mister Alien!" Dita remained cheerful as ever, not paying attention to the fact that Hibiki was staring at her like he was almost about to kill her, "Are you felling better about missing the party?" She hopped up the stairs that led to his platform.
Hibiki was pissed because of two things: 1. The most annoying, obsessive, intrusive and clueless creature ever to exist was standing right in front of him, just smiling her empty head off. 2. Said clueless one was asking him if he was feeling better about missing the two biggest parties he had ever heard of, both within a week of each other.
Hibiki didn't know whether to strangle her, or yell at the top of his lungs. He just stood there, glaring at her smiling face until he collapsed from exhaustion. "No, I'm not felling any better, Dita." He barely managed through his heavy breathing.
"Dita! Will you please quit bothering him? I need him to be in top form when we combine into my perfectly elegant fighter." Jura smiled at Hibiki seductively as she entered the hanger with Barnette next to her. "Now Barnette, you must remember to record every second of my elegance in this battle." She looked to her companion, who simply sighed and gave her an 'OK' sign.
Dita looked down at her with an angry face, "No! Mister Alien's only going to do it with me!" Hibiki started to feel like he was going to be sick. He got up, put his tools away and sat down in his cockpit.
"That won't be necessary, Barnette. You heard the girl, Jura. Hibiki will combine with Dita in this battle." came a voice behind them. Barnette and Jura both turned to see Meia walking in, "Dita, why aren't you at your fighter? We could be attacked any minute."
A number of other pilots were also entering the hanger throughout the conversation. "I'm sorry, Meia." Dita ran down the stairs and dashed for her fighter. Barnette left her companion and also hurried to her fighter.
Jura stamped her foot in protest, "Now hold on! Why is she the only one who can combine with him? What makes her so special?"
"Damn it, Jura!" came a voice from an obscure corner of the hanger, "Just shut the hell up and get into your damn Dread! I'm tired of your whining!"
"Who said that?" Jura spun around to face the bitch that just bitched her out. She saw a familiar red head staring at her, arms folded, from the cockpit of a distant Dread. The same red head that indulged in her anger at all times. "Who do you think you're talking to, Cassandra?" Jura demanded.
"A superficial show off who thinks only of herself. Did I get that one right, madam prissy princess? Or should I practice my curtsey?" Cassandra smugly remarked.
Jura was about to shout a few choice profanities, but then stopped when she heard Hibiki laughing his ass off from inside his Vanguard. Her anger multiplied ten fold, until she saw Meia tapping her foot with her arms crossed.
"Jura, I will not tolerate you questioning my orders. Cassandra, you should keep your mouth to yourself. And Hibiki..." Meia turned to see Hibiki practically roll out of his Vanguard, still laughing his fool head off.
Jura stormed off to her Dread. "Jura," Barnette called from the Dread next to her, "don't let what Cassandra says get to you. That's exactly what she wants. You know that. She's just a loudmouth who likes the sound of her voice."
Jura just sat in her Dread, fuming. Hibiki managed to climb into his Vanguard, still chuckling. Meia signed and took her position in her Dread. It mostly remained quiet in the hanger for the next few minutes, with some minor chit-chat between other pilots keeping the deafening silence at bay. Suddenly, an explosion outside the Nirvana signaled the arrival of their cube-like foes.
I won't even waste my time (or yours) on the legal mumbo gumbo.
Note: The events depicted take place following Episode 10: White Love.
Also: I will grant names to some of the crew members whose names aren't mentioned
in the series.
Chapter 1: Calm Before The Storm
The crew of the Nirvana continue their quest to reach the home worlds of Tarak and Mejale. Once again, they find themselves coming up to another asteroid field, and a possible alien attack.
"Ezra, continue scanning." Buzam commanded, knowing that their unknown enemy will surely try another attack, "Is there any sign of out enemy on the scanners?"
"Nothing as of yet, commander." The pregnant one answered, she quickly scarfed down a slice of banana creme pie and fixed her attention to her monitors.
"We won't get anything until they're ready to strike." The captain said with much confidence, "We've never been able to detect them before, why should it be any different this time? Besides, these blasted asteroids cut our scanning range almost in half."
"Which is why I still say we should go around the asteroids, we will have a better view of what's out there." Buzam stated.
"Do you have any clue how long it will take to go around this belt, B.C.?" the captain gave her a stern look, "Our time is short enough as it is already. We can't afford to waste any time going around this obstacle course. What do you think, Bart?"
"That's just fine with me, ma'am." Bart smugly grinned inside his big, spherical office, "I can guarantee we will be attacked, though. Hell, we'll be under fire no matter which way we go, might as well take the shortest and quickest route."
"You see, B.C. We're all in agreement here." The captain smiled as she looked to her second in command.
"Uhh..." Buzam stuttered for a moment, "Yes, captain. You're right." She fixed her attention to the front again, just in time to see Ezra inhale a slice of cake. Buzam sighed and activated the intercom, "Attention crew. We're heading into another asteroid belt. All Dread teams be on the alert to scramble."
"What!?! Not again!" Hibiki growled as he was finishing working on his Vanguard, "Damn them! Not only did they make me miss the Christmas feast, but I also didn't make it to the New Years feast because of them!" Hibiki's nostrils flared as he grinded his teeth.
Dita could hear him inside the hanger and thought this would be a good time to cheer him up. "Oh, Mister Alien!" she cried out cheerfully.
Hibiki jumped, hitting his head on the inside of his cockpit. "Ouch! Damn it! Why do you keep bothering me!?!? What the hell do you want this time!!" he shouted back at her. Dita kept an excellent track record when it came to giving him a headache, but this beat her best time by a good twenty seconds.
"I just wanted to say 'good luck,' Mister Alien!" Dita remained cheerful as ever, not paying attention to the fact that Hibiki was staring at her like he was almost about to kill her, "Are you felling better about missing the party?" She hopped up the stairs that led to his platform.
Hibiki was pissed because of two things: 1. The most annoying, obsessive, intrusive and clueless creature ever to exist was standing right in front of him, just smiling her empty head off. 2. Said clueless one was asking him if he was feeling better about missing the two biggest parties he had ever heard of, both within a week of each other.
Hibiki didn't know whether to strangle her, or yell at the top of his lungs. He just stood there, glaring at her smiling face until he collapsed from exhaustion. "No, I'm not felling any better, Dita." He barely managed through his heavy breathing.
"Dita! Will you please quit bothering him? I need him to be in top form when we combine into my perfectly elegant fighter." Jura smiled at Hibiki seductively as she entered the hanger with Barnette next to her. "Now Barnette, you must remember to record every second of my elegance in this battle." She looked to her companion, who simply sighed and gave her an 'OK' sign.
Dita looked down at her with an angry face, "No! Mister Alien's only going to do it with me!" Hibiki started to feel like he was going to be sick. He got up, put his tools away and sat down in his cockpit.
"That won't be necessary, Barnette. You heard the girl, Jura. Hibiki will combine with Dita in this battle." came a voice behind them. Barnette and Jura both turned to see Meia walking in, "Dita, why aren't you at your fighter? We could be attacked any minute."
A number of other pilots were also entering the hanger throughout the conversation. "I'm sorry, Meia." Dita ran down the stairs and dashed for her fighter. Barnette left her companion and also hurried to her fighter.
Jura stamped her foot in protest, "Now hold on! Why is she the only one who can combine with him? What makes her so special?"
"Damn it, Jura!" came a voice from an obscure corner of the hanger, "Just shut the hell up and get into your damn Dread! I'm tired of your whining!"
"Who said that?" Jura spun around to face the bitch that just bitched her out. She saw a familiar red head staring at her, arms folded, from the cockpit of a distant Dread. The same red head that indulged in her anger at all times. "Who do you think you're talking to, Cassandra?" Jura demanded.
"A superficial show off who thinks only of herself. Did I get that one right, madam prissy princess? Or should I practice my curtsey?" Cassandra smugly remarked.
Jura was about to shout a few choice profanities, but then stopped when she heard Hibiki laughing his ass off from inside his Vanguard. Her anger multiplied ten fold, until she saw Meia tapping her foot with her arms crossed.
"Jura, I will not tolerate you questioning my orders. Cassandra, you should keep your mouth to yourself. And Hibiki..." Meia turned to see Hibiki practically roll out of his Vanguard, still laughing his fool head off.
Jura stormed off to her Dread. "Jura," Barnette called from the Dread next to her, "don't let what Cassandra says get to you. That's exactly what she wants. You know that. She's just a loudmouth who likes the sound of her voice."
Jura just sat in her Dread, fuming. Hibiki managed to climb into his Vanguard, still chuckling. Meia signed and took her position in her Dread. It mostly remained quiet in the hanger for the next few minutes, with some minor chit-chat between other pilots keeping the deafening silence at bay. Suddenly, an explosion outside the Nirvana signaled the arrival of their cube-like foes.