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11 Controlling Crustacean
Tracking the pipeline down its length was easy enough, finding Rook Shar and Agent Wat-Senn was a relief.
"Shar!" Rook pulled his sister into a hug. Young One clung to his sister's leg. Jen held out a hand to Wat-Senn.
"Nice to meet you. Grandpa Max has mentioned you." Wat-Senn shook her hand.
"How is the old geezer?" Jen laughed at her grandfather's old partner.
"Oh you know, still kicking. Having quite a bit of fun running Plumber ops on Earth, and in that whole parsec." Wat-Senn laughed.
"Yeah he would enjoy that." They turned back to the family, Rook stepped over to Jen.
"Shar you have already met my partner." Jen nodded and held out a hand to Shar. Shar pulled her into a hug.
"Thank you for caring for my brother. Now we need to save Revonnah." Jen nodded.
"Yeah could you let us in on what's been happening? Things up top have gone a bit nuts and your father is using contractions." Jen pointed it out as nonchalantly as she could but it had honestly freaked her out quite a bit. She'd been working with Rook long enough to be a bit freaked out when Revonnahganders used contractions. Shar frowned but nodded. She and Agent Wat-Senn filled them in on the way towards where the Amber Ogia was being processed. They made it into the basement of the processing plant before things went wrong.
Something popped up in front of Shar and Wat-Senn, spraying both of them in orange mist. Jen snagged the back of Young One's shirt and pulled him back out of the way of the mist, swiftly pulling the collar of her shirt up over her nose and mouth. The mist cleared quickly but left Shar and Wat-Senn stumbling for a moment.
"Shar? Are you well? Is that what they sprayed in the fields?" Rook asked, a touch of panic in his voice.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Shar's voice had gone robotic, just like her father's. Jen stepped in front of Young One.
"Ok mind control mist. That answers that." Jen stated spinning the dial on the Omnitrix.
"Shar we will fix this." Rook pulled the Proto-Tool off his shoulder.
"Nothing needs fixing Agent. Everything here is fine." Wat-Senn's voice was robotic too. Jen transformed and swore as she wound up stuck, Gravattack was too big for this hallway. But between her and Rook they managed to subdue Wat-Senn and Shar. They were pinned to the wall with restraints from the Proto-Tool but as Jen transformed back to herself she had a thought.
"Young One, you stay here. Keep an eye on these two." Jen nodded to Shar and Wat-Senn. "We're gonna go take care of the bad guys." She and Rook nodded to each other and took off down the tunnel.
At the end of the tunnel they found a lab and the perpetrators of this whole plot, Dr. Psychobos and Princess Attea. Jen found a new transformation, Astrodactyl and used it to destroy most of the mind control juice that Psychobos had created. He and Attea escaped with one vial, only partially filled. Attea left with a parting threat that the troubles on Revonnah had just begun. Everyone had been released from the mind control but there were hidden troupes all over the planet. They met up with Rook's family soon after the small ambush they encountered and quickly took down. Rook was shaken at the threat against his people.
"I should never have left Revonnah, I will remain behind to assist in defeating the Incursions." Jen's heart plummeted. She knew she would do the same thing in his position, she really couldn't blame him. She shook her head and turned away, stepping out of the crowd. She pulled out her communicator and called the nearby Plumber base. They would send a skiff and several squads of Plumbers to help oust the invaders. Rook could handle himself. But back where she'd left him his father had a few things to say.
"You have found your place. It is not on Revonnah, I have never been prouder of you Blonko, but our minds are clear we will handle these invaders." Rook blinked at his father.
"You are proud of me?" He could barely believe the words his father had spoken. The older Revonnahgander nodded.
"Both your mother and I are proud. You have had a great impact on your siblings. Why do you think Shar wishes to join the Plumbers and Young One wishes to see the stars?" Rook smiled at his siblings. "Revonnah is but a small corner of the universe. We can handle ourselves." Rook Da embraced his son. "Go." Rook nodded and embraced his siblings before racing after his partner. Together they would discover what was happening, and deal with the Incursions for good.
Jen was waiting outside the tunnels. Rook frowned slightly, she was standing with her back to him, but her posture was stiff.
"Jen?" She nearly jumped and scrubbed at her face before turning to face him.
"Plumbers are sending a skiff, and a few squads to help out." She fell silent again. "So this is goodbye?" Rook shook his head.
"My people can handle themselves, with the help of the Plumbers they will defeat the Incursions left here. My place is with you… With the Plumbers I mean." Jen smiled glancing away from him, they were both blushing, though neither seemed to notice.
"I'm glad you're sticking around. We need to get back to Earth, regroup, see if we can figure out where the Incursions are headed next." Jen stated after a moment. Dust flew as several Plumber ships arrived. "Oh good the Cavalry's already here." Rook frowned as they headed to a small skiff, Plumbers nodding to them as they went.
"I do not believe they brought horses with them Jen." Rook pointed out, sounding a bit confused. Jen laughed loudly shaking her head at her partner. She might never say it aloud but she would have missed him so much if he'd decided to stay. She would never have held it against him, she knew how hard it was to let family fight their own battles. But she would have been upset regardless. He was quiet as he hopped into the pilots seat in the skiff.
"You doing ok there Rook?" He nodded as he pulled the ship out of the atmosphere.
"I was thinking. Shar has expressed interest in joining the Plumbers."
"She'd be an excellent Plumber."
"I agree. I was thinking that if you were to write her a letter of recommendation she would be assured a spot." Jen grinned at her partner.
"Of course, when would she need it by?" Rook smiled at Jen as they sped through the stars.