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In the Raptor, Chameleon was stuck doing monitor duty, again.
"Aww, why do I always get stuck sitting in here?" he asked himself. The alarms never went off, and it wasn't like the ducks were going to attack them. He was just getting comfortable, leaning back in the chair and kicking his feet up on the control panel, when an unfamiliar alarm started ringing. It was a loud, shrill ring that came from every direction.
"Wha' the-" Chameleon fell backwards off the chair, caught off guard by the sound. He was laying on his back, staring up at the flashing red lights when Dragonus' voice came over the speakers.
"Chameleon!" he bellowed. "What is that ruckus?"
"Uh...it's the alarm system boss...The computer says there's a dimensional portal opening here on earth, and it isn't one of ours."
"Well then get Siege and Wrath and teleport to the portals' location," ordered Dragonus, "It had better not be another of those accursed duck!" The Saurian overlord was still steaming over the sudden arrival of the Strike Teams' former captain, Canard Thunderbeak, some months earlier.
Meanwhile at the Pond, Nosedive was in his element, annoying his teammates.
"Come on Tany," he whined, "I just wanna play for like an hour."
The blond genius whirled around to face the blond teen. "Nosedive, for the last time, no computer games on Drake 1!"
"But-"
"No," interrupted Tanya, "last time you crashed the whole system and it took my almost a week to get everything running."
Nosedive thought for a moment and then remembered. "Oh yeah..."
Tanya rolled her eyes at the young mallard and turned her attention back to the super computer. "That's strange," she said to herself, squinting at the screen and typing faster.
"Uh, Tanya...what's up?" asked Nosedive when she didn't elaborate.
"This can't be right," she was typing furiously now, "according to my scanners a dimensional gateway is opening...I need to tell Wildwing." She pushed a button and the team captain's face appeared in a small box on the screen. His hair was slicked back with sweat and Nosedive guessed he'd been practicing on the ice with Canard.
"Wing here...Tanya? What's wrong?" asked Wildwing, seeing the frown on her face.
"I think a dimensional gateway is opening in the Anaheim forest," exclaimed Tanya, "it's impossible, but..."
"We need to check it out anyway," finished Wildwing. "Alert the others and we'll be right down."
Tanya nodded and pressed another button, setting off the pond's alarm system that would bring the rest of the team to the ready room.
Mallory entered from the firing range, carrying the new improved puck blaster Tanya had just finished, and Duke and Grin both arrived from the rec room.
"What's the situation?" asked Malloy, getting straight to the point.
"Whoa, Mal, point that thing somewhere else!" exclaimed Nosedive, motioning for her to lower the oversized puck blaster aimed at his chest.
Before she could respond, the elevator arrived from the locker room and Wildwing stepped out, followed closely by Canard. Like the rest of the team they were already dressed in battle gear and ready to go. "Tanya, what's the report?" he asked immediately.
"Uh..." She checked Drake-1. "No change yet, but the gateway's getting stronger. It's gonna open, like, any time now."
"Wait a sec, you're telling us Dragonus opened another gateway?" exclaimed Duke. "It's impossible!"
"Well unless you can think of something else that would generate this much energy..." Tanya waved at the energy signal shown on the screen, which was pulsing steadily, then all of a sudden stopped and almost doubled. "Wait a minute...It's opening!"
"Then what are we waiting for?" asked Nosedive, impatiently twirling his puck launcher on a finger.
"Everybody to the migrator," ordered Canard, ending further arguments.
Zack felt like he'd been falling forever, except he was falling upwards. He tried to stay close to Kristy and Jason, but when the green light surrounded them he was blinded and lost sight of Jason. The light dimmed and Zack felt a startling force, lurching him sideways. He tried to tightened his grip on Kristy's hand, but still she slipped out of his grasp. All he could see was a shimmering blue light encircling him on all sides, and he felt completely weightless. After an unknown period of time the tunnel suddenly ended in a flash of pure white light and after that, nothing.
"Uh Wildwing, you might wanna step on it," called Tanya from where she was sitting in the back of the migrator, looking at the vehicle's computer. "I'm picking up teleportation signals from the same location as the gateway.
Wildwing turned to Nosedive, who was driving. "You heard her, punch it baby bro!"
