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Chapter 24A: Summoning Process Goes 'Boink'
Professor Tanabe gazed lovingly at his beloved machine. He was quite pleased with the progress he'd made while repairing it; he'd had to jury-rig a few parts, but what scientist didn't expect to have to do that at least once in his life to make something work?
Now everything was back together, and it was time to resume summoning shipgirls. He turned on the main power switch and got ready to resume work.
His baby made a noise that sounded like a big electronic raspberry and then went silent.
The Professor blinked in surprise. It's never done that before. He returned the switch to the 'Off' position and then flipped it back on again.
His efforts produced the same results. Tanabe sighed and gave his machine a warning look.
"Come on, now…don't make me have to use the Illudium Q37 Explosive Space Modulator…"
He flipped the switch again, and smiled when the machine kicked on and seemed to be ready to do its job. Leaning over the console, he pressed the button that would activate the summoning process, only for the machine to make a few strange beeping noises, followed by what sounded suspiciously like an electronic 'boink'.
Hmm…Tanabe thought, but the machine – despite making weird noises – appeared to be working fine, so he decided to forgo shutting it down and running various diagnostic tests on it to see if anything was wrong.
Apparently nothing was wrong, for a few minutes later a shipgirl was standing on the summoning platform.
"Welcome back," Tanabe greeted her. "What's your name?"
"Where am I?" the girl asked.
"Japan," Tanabe replied, and the girl appeared surprised.
"Earth?" she asked. "How did I get back in the Alpha Quadrant?"
The wording of that question triggered something in Tanabe's mind.
"What's your name?" he asked again.
"U.S.S. Enterprise," the girl replied.
A spark of fear blossomed in Tanabe's chest, but he forced it back. Calm down…it's probably just a coincidence…
"Might your designation be CVN-65?" He asked hopefully, praying his voice didn't show how desperate he was to maintain at least some resemblance of sanity to the situation.
The girl shook her head. "No…it's NCC-1701."
Tanabe fumbled for the phone. Fleet Admiral Avers was never going to believe this one.
Twenty minutes later, Professor Tanabe was once again alone in the summoning chamber. The new Enterprise had been escorted to Avers' office as the Admiral and his staff figured out what to do about the situation. Tanabe was fairly certain that the war would probably be won if Enterprise were ever deployed; somehow he didn't think the Abyssals had made any contingencies in their battle plans that would enable them to stand up to phasers and photon torpedoes.
He was reading over a print-out when the summoning machine made another strange noise, but he was so engrossed in the figures on the paper that he paid it no mind.
However, the gun suddenly pressing into his temple certainly got his attention.
"Stand up," an authoritative female voice ordered.
Tanabe turned around and – being a typical human male – started drooling. The blonde standing before him was dressed in a bodysuit that looked like it belonged to Cat Woman, and the body that it was covering seemed to be on par with that of heavy cruiser Atago.
Iku would be on the floor in convulsions right now, he thought.
"Where am I?" the girl snarled.
"Earth…welcome," Tanabe stated.
"Are you one of the Emperor's scientists?"
Tanabe paused for a moment, then nodded; he was a Japanese citizen, so technically he was a subject of the Emperor.
The girl seemed to relax slightly at this news.
"Good," she stated. "This planet is Imperial territory. Now tell me where I can find a transmitter so that I may make contact with Lord Vader. I am Executor, first of my class of Super Star Destroyers. I am ready to hunt down and destroy the Rebel scum."
Professor Tanabe woke up screaming. He glanced around the room frantically before collapsing against his pillow again.
Yikes, he thought to himself. No more sci-fi marathons before bedtime on work nights.
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