Okay, I'm going to go ahead and post this last chapter up. I'm breaking this whole story of mine (A Whole New World) into…well, I guess you can call them sagas. This chapter is the end of my first saga, First Contact. That's why it's gonna be fairly long. The next saga will be named either Armageddon War, or War for Survival. What d'ya think?

Meanwhile, Blossom and Bubbles were searching the ship at top speeds, trying to spot anything that looked like the Professor.

"Oh man, there are so many rooms! How are we supposed to search them all in time?" Bubbles asked. "I'm not sure, but we'll find a way, don't worry!" Blossom assured her. 'We have to…' she thought.

At the same time, Major Glory was dodging laser fire left and right. Ducking behind a metallic crate, he blasted a few of the front soldiers with his special eyebeams. Almost four soldiers fell instantly, their armor not strong enough to protect them. The firing increased in intensity, forcing Major Glory to dive for safer cover. Darting behind a stack of the metal boxes, he attempted to catch his breath, when the firing stopped.

'Huh? What happened?' he thought. Then he heard voices. He couldn't quite make out what they saying…sounded like a different language, however…

Suddenly the crates that were his temporary cover started to shake and move. Thinking that they were about to fall, he quickly shielded himself with his arms. But instead of falling on him, they began to move away from him.

Floating as if they were of their own mind, they eventually flew off to another part of the room, leaving him exposed.

However, no shots came.

Major Glory opened his eyes, slightly unaware he has closed them in the first place.

The multitude of soldiers were still there, but the was a different face in the crowd now, a white alien at the forefront that look a lot like the one that the girls had described…

"Just who are you?" she asked. "You're not any of the ones I fought earlier…"

Standing upright from his crouching position, he gave his best heroic look and introduced himself. "I am Major Glory, defender of truth, justice, and the planet Earth!"

"Earth? Is that what this planet is called? Earth?" She folded her arms. "How droll. Well, it matters not. Once I take over this planet, I'll just rename it to something more…exciting."

"Hah! Over my dead body!" Even though they were pure white, he was sure Neon's blank eyes twinkled as soon as he said that.

"Well…if you insist. Guards! Leave us. I want him to myself…" They all left quickly and quietly. Seconds later, they were alone.

"Well?" she asked, and spread her arms in a mocking invitation. "Anytime you're ready."

Major Glory frowned, and charged at full speed.

Near the same time, Bubbles and Blossom were having no luck finding the Professor.

"Oh…I don't know what to do! We've checked as many areas as possible, and still no sign of him!" Something registered in Blossom's head for a moment, and she stopped for a second, and looked around. The interior of the entire place had been dull and metallic, and the hallways were always empty…

"Hey Bubbles?" "Yeah?" "All this time we've been searching, have you noticed anything that might look like a guard or soldier or something?" "Hmm…hey! I haven't. Not a single one…that's strange."

Blossom nodded. "Yeah, really strange. It's like they aren't even worried about us…"

Their ears suddenly picked up a low plopping sound. "What…what is that?" Bubbles whispered.

"I don't know…I think…" The plopping got progressively louder. "Footsteps! Hide!" she harshly whispered. Darting around, there were no doors in this particular hallway. Getting frantic as the footsteps grew ever-closer, Blossom suddenly got an idea. Grabbing Bubbles, she quickly darted to the ceiling, and she and Bubbles floated with their backs against it, breath held.

Some sort of thin, blue, liquid-like creature came down the hallway. It was about 5 and a half feet tall, and had long, undulating tentacles for arms. Its feet were covered in blue and silver, metallic boots, and had a same colored chest plate. Its head was almost shaped like a crescent moon, with its yellow oval eyes gleaming forward, and its slender neck at the middle of the back.

The otherworldly creature swiveled its head left and right, seemingly suspicious. When it stopped looking around, Blossom breathed a mental sigh of relief…

Until it sat down in the hall, and starting muttering to itself in a strange series of what sounded like gurgles.

"Just peachy…" Blossom couldn't help but think.

Meanwhile, slamming against a far wall, Major Glory started to wonder if he hadn't bitten off more than he could chew.

"By Lincoln's beard, she tough!" he commented through gritted teeth. She was dodging most of his attacks, and he could barely keep up when she went on the offensive.

"What's the matter?" Neon taunted. "You tired already?" In response, Major Glory fired his eyebeams at full blast.

Neon tilted her head slightly to the left, and they missed entirely. "Oh, please. I'm starting to wonder if you're even worth killing."

He found himself at a loss for words. "You…you fiend!" was all he could spout. Pushing himself off the wall, he charged her again, and they once more dissolved into a flurry of kicks and punches, Neon blocking almost every move, with Major Glory continually pouring on the pressure. He suddenly got a flash of inspiration. In a flash of red, he fired his eyebeams point blank. Instinctively, she held her arms up to deflect the blast, temporarily leaving her abdomen exposed. In that split second, he slammed her in the gut twice, and then followed up with a roundhouse kick to the temple that sent her reeling through the air. She recovered quickly enough, and blocked a left and right hook, countering with a front kick to the stomach. He doubled over for a split second, and it was practically over.

She launched a punch that sent him a nice distance across the room, but Major Glory managed to stop himself. Almost as soon as he stopped, Neon met him with a cross elbow, and left-right punch combination followed by a kick that sent him reeling again. Summoning the last of his strength to launch a final assault, he stopped himself again, and prepared to go all out.

He never got the chance.

She pursued him yet again, only this time, she slammed straight into him; horn first, like a rhino goring its victim. Burying it into his stomach, she hurled him upwards at an incredible speed, him slamming into the ceiling with a resounding crack, as the back of his skull broke. Near unconscious, he plummeted back to the ground.

As his head rushed to meet the floor, he stopped just short, seemingly dangling from midair. Blinking, he had barely enough focus to see Neon smirking victoriously, holding him by a leg. He opened his mouth, but nothing could come out, save for dribbles of blood.

Smiling, she hurled him into a far wall, crashing through several crates before slamming into it, and finally slumping down.

"Now, to finally end this…" she said. She straightened an arm, and pointed a finger directly at him. Her horn glowing brightly, she fired a small energy ball at him, about the size of a golf ball. The shot pierced him through the stomach. Then another shot came, and another, and another, until she was mindlessly shooting anywhere into his body, laughing cruelly all the while. It seemed to go on forever, but she finally stopped, and looked at her handiwork. He was like a piece of Swiss cheese now, dead, and had holes everywhere on his body. His blood flowed freely; covering him totally in it…he was barely recognizable without his cape, which lay bunched up under him. Neon looked at the site, folded her arms, and sighed.

"…You disappoint me."

Blossom was getting really impatient.

The bubbling and gurgling that most likely constituted for his language had been going on nonstop for…what? About half an hour? Blossom couldn't tell. Bubbles was continually nodding off, needing a quick shake of the arm by Blossom to keep her awake.

Finally, they heard a beeping sound coming from the alien. Noticing the sound, the beast drew a tentacle up to his chest, and pressed something they couldn't see on it. A large booming voice came out of it, and the girls recognized it as the voice of the green beast that had visited them earlier.

"DARWASK! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE PRISON BAY BY NOW!" Screamed the voice. It was more than loud enough to wake both of the girls up fully. The creature seemed irked by this, and started to respond in its own language, but the creature cut him off. "Don't even begin to speak that unintelligible language! Speak Rylian, like the rest of us!" "Fine, already…" the aqua creature responded. Its voice still had an unavoidable gurgle in it. "I'm coming, already! Just don't start torturing the prisoner without me!" He quickly got up and raced off as fast as he could.

Blossom and Bubbles glanced at each other. It wasn't much, but it was something. Quickly yet silently taking off in the direction he did, they made sure to tail him from a distance. All was going well, until they came to a powerlift. "Take me to the prison bay," he said in his garbled voice. The doors swooped open; he stepped in, they closed, and he was gone.

"Great," Blossom muttered to herself. They'd have to follow in the lift; there was no other way. They'd just have to hope there was no one using it, or that the alien was out of site…

"Okay, Bubbles, get ready just in case we'll have to fight." "Okay."

She approached the lift, and cleared her throat. "Take me to the prison bay, please." The lift obediently slid open, and the both stepped in. As soon as it closed, the thing plummeted down at insane speeds. Shocked beyond words, she barely had time to register when it suddenly stopped.

The sudden jolt threw her and Bubbles off balance, and they both fell face first to the ground. Shaking it off, she quickly got out of the lift to find a single hallway lined with cells, with the bars made of some type of blue energy the hallway turned left ahead, and while no one was in any one of the ones they saw, they could hear voices. Proceeding with caution, they carefully floated to the corner. Keeping a signal for Bubbles to stay hidden, she poked her head out. There was the blue creature from earlier, as well as Voda, and the huge green creature that delivered them the message. They were in an open cell, and there was one other person…

The Professor. Unfortunately, he wasn't in the best of health. He was black and blue all over, and blood was seeping out of more than one place. Seeing him in this state made Blossom want to rush over and beat the snot out of them all, but the chances of a successful rescue were slim if they ganged up on her and Bubbles in such a small area…

"What are they? How do they have the abilities they do?" Voda was holding him by his collar, and shaking him furiously. "TALK, YOU!" When he received no answer, he threw him down forcefully in disgust. "You'll tell us all you know about those accursed girls, or else…" A long blue tendril snaked around his throat. "You won't survive to see them die!" said the liquid one.

"Stop it, the both of you!" Gurda shouted. "He is to be kept alive, as per the Mistress's orders!" The hulking beast looked at the Professor closely. "But you WILL tell us, one way or another…" The professor glared back defiantly. They stared at each other for a few seconds, then they stepped out, and Voda tapped a few buttons on what looked like a keypad, which brought back the blue beams. Gurda turned and started to walk away from the Professor and Blossom. "Leave him for now," he said.

"What! But we were supposed to…" Voda started. "I know what we were supposed to do. But once we tell the High Mistress, she'll want to come down herself…" he grinned. "THEN we'll see if his bravado lasts…now, let's go!" Grumbling, the two followed him away.

Waiting until their footsteps faded, she and Bubbles darted out. "Professor!" His head shot up at his being called. "Girls?" "Professor!" Bubbles cried back. "Oh, girls, it's so good to see you! I was so worried…" "We missed you too, Professor…" said Blossom, with tears in her eyes. "How do we get you out of here?" Professor shook his head. "I'm not sure. I think it involves some sort of code, and I didn't see it. "

Blossom hung her head. "Oh…I didn't either…sorry."

Professor shrugged it off. "Don't worry; I'm just glad you came all this way. But now, we have to find a way to stop Neon and her cronies!" "But what about you, Professor?" Bubbles asked. "Aside from a few bruises, I should be fine for now…" "A few bruises? Professor, you're a mess!" "True, but they think I'm too valuable to kill, and you're running out of time. I heard about Neon planning to invade the Earth; those gruesome three were boasting about how 'my planet would never be the same again'. You have to stop them!"

Blossom was a little surprised. "But Professor…we came all this way just to rescue you…" "And I'm glad you did, but there's more important matters to worry about, now. Look, I'll be okay, I promise." Meanwhile, you have to get back to Earth and help everyone fight these guys off!" "Go back?" Blossom almost shouted. Why can't we just, I don't know, sabotage them from here?" "Because they're already attacking the Earth!"

"WHAT?" Bubbles yelled. "Keep your voice down! And yes, they've already started the invasion," The Professor confirmed. The green one said that they would wipe out every one of us there was! You can't let that happen!" Bubbles was in hysterics. "But…but we…you…the Earth…I'm so confused!" Professor sighed. "Don't be. Just know that right now, you need to help protect the Earth. I'll find a way out of here myself, if I have to, just go, now!"

"Oh…we'll miss you Professor…" Blossom cried. "…I'll miss you too, girls. Now go! And Hurry!" In the blink of an eye, they were gone.

"Good luck, girls…"

Racing down the various hallways, they were forced to retrace their steps, which was difficult, due to the fact that when they were coming, they were just turning down various hallways. They eventually stopped at a four way crossing.

"Okay…which way do we go now?" Bubbles asked. "Uhh…I think we go-" before she could finish, however, a loud voice sounded over an intercom somewhere.

"Attention all personnel!" It was Neon herself. "This is to inform you that two of the three intruders are still on the loose! One has been eliminated and disposed of-" At this the girls got identical looks of shock and horror on their faces. "-but two still remain, and are considered highly dangerous! The one who captures them shall be rewarded handsomely! They were last targeted in Section 5, subsection 32! GET THEM!" At hearing this, they took off, going in random directions just as last time. This time, however, they had to occasionally dodge laser fire from a sharp eyed soldier.

Call in luck, fate, whatever you wish, but somehow they managed to find their way back to the cargo bay. Spotting the place they had covered up coming in, they quickly ripped the covering off, slipped their helmets on, and blasted out of there at top speed.

Back on the bridge, Neon was privy to everything that was going on.

"…Fools. They're only rushing to their doom." A rapid beeping to her lower left caught her attention.

"Madam! There's been several massive hyperdrive signatures detected!" "What are they?" she calmly asked. "…It's the Intergalactic Fleet! A cloaked distress signal must have been sent out earlier! What should we do, Miss Neon?" No response. The lackey turned to his leader."…Miss Neon?" She was grinning again.

"Now…we let the games begin."