21st April 2013 Sunday
Day 111
Correct, the last one was lovebug. I'll tally them up later when I have free time. All right, the start of the third and final section of this month. These chapters probably will be short but I'm a little swamped right now. Remember, multichapters are not in relation to the main story, i.e. no Jane, no Winston Jr, no Zenny together.
Disclaimer: What do we want? To own the show! When do we want it? …uh preferably before the end of the year thank you.
Dex strode in to the control room; the large sparkling grin on his face could've been mistaken for a shining star itself.
"Check it out team," he declared formally as he threw the piece of paper on to the table. The crew gathered around with the smallest amount of interest possible as their eyes scanned the lines. "The mayor himself wants us to check out a remote planet. Apparently, there have been a few mysterious sightings of a large insect that's been causing stress to a local company."
"What kind of company are we talking about?" Zap asked curiously. Dex's finger hurriedly moved down the page, slowing when the desired words were found.
"Huh," he murmured, his brow furrowing. "It's an…animal control centre," he spoke like the words were new to him.
"So why don't they take care of it?" Tung questioned in his usual loud voice. Dex brought his finger to his chin.
"That's a good question, but I suppose they're not used to treating alien insects. They specialise in domesticated animals; cats, dogs, skunks, things like that. Maybe they just decided to call in the professionals."
"It's a bit strange to start calling us professionals," Jenny interjected as she left the group, continuing her job of monitoring the screens. Of course, Zap was the first to debate against her.
"I'd rather they call us professionals now instead of never," he earned a glare from her after that, but she held her composure and returned her work.
"It doesn't matter," Dex bellowed in a bid to slice through the tension in the room. "They've called us up for something unknown and dangerous, and that's exactly our kind of mission. Zap and Tung, stock the ship. We're going to need it. After all, this planet is held in a hazard level 4 region, so Jenny please make sure the force fields on the ship are up to code."
With his instructions, the team nodded and set into pre-mission preparation. Dex watched on with a smirk as his crew scattered about to get ready. It wasn't that they were never prepared; it's just that alien insects tend to be a bit more unpredictable than the holo-tabloids say they are. He knew most, well, all of their missions never went smoothly, and this one he knew wasn't going to be an exception.
Short and sweet intro. R&R, it will hopefully get more interesting in the next chapter, or the third. For those waiting for the main story to return, I'm sorry but that won't happen until the next month. This helps me to stretch out the plan as far as I can because I still have 254 days left, so for now just enjoy, you've all made me so happy!