It Begins pt.4

Clicking her computer off, Jill walked out of the ARWP labs for the night, bypassing a few coworkers that gave her worrying yet scared looks after her little meltdown earlier that day. Going down the halls, she yet again bumped into the big green ball.

"Oh geeze! Sorry! Are you okay?" Looking up, she saw the same Jo-adian from before. He saw that she was same girl as before and donned a sheepish look. "I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to-"Jill raised a hand for silence as she got up and dusted herself off.

"It's fine. Really." Grabbing her bag off the floor she saw that Booster was still looking down. "Something wrong?" He just chuckled nervously as he continued to mop the floor.

"No, no nothing's…well…there is one thing." His face slowly formed a frown. Jill smiled as she patted his shoulder.

"Care to talk about it?" His face quickly changed from sadness to surprise, to a nervous smile as he quickly mopped.

"Naah, you don't wanna hear about my sob story." He froze as she pulled a chair up. Sitting down, she smiled.

"Try me." The next few minutes where filled with Booster telling Jill about his longing desire to be a space ranger; in return she told him that she wanted to travel the galaxy, saving species from extinction. The two snapped back into reality when an announcement called for all rangers to the mission briefing room nearby and different space rangers passed by them.

"Hey fellas, something big going on?" Booster asked, desperately trying to find out what they were doing.

"Sorry, can't talk." One man said.

"Top secret." A woman added.

"Oh, so, um, you guys need me to empty the, ah, waste baskets or something?" He pleaded as he looked into the room. Buzz walked up and patted him on the back.

"Sorry Booster, this is Space Ranger business." Buzz said as he walked in and shut the doors behind him.

"Yeah, Space ranger business." Booster said before picking up his bucket and sighing sadly as he walked away. Walking back towards Jill, he was greeted with her kind smile.

"Who needs them with their fancy secret club?" She said. "They're not that great if they won't let you in." Booster gasped and narrowed his eyes at the girl.

"Don't say that! Space Rangers are amazing! Especially Buzz, he's been my hero since I was a kid." He said dreamily before noticing the dark expression on Jill's face. Glaring at the ground, she grinded her teeth together angrily as Booster looked at her worryingly.

"He's not that great." She hissed darkly. He was about to respond, when three LGMs walked by with a robot.

"Hey guys, whatcha got there?" The three looked at each other in confusion over how to respond. "You guys okay?"

"Uh, yeah." One replied.

"Perfectly fine." Another added. Jill and Booster exchanged worried looks.

"Good-bye." The third said. Leaving the two behind, the three LGMs entered the briefing room with the robot. After a moment or two passed, Booster finally spoke up and broke the silence.

"That was weird." Jill just blinked a bit.

"They never did say what the robot was for…did they?" she asked before looking at the Jo-ad. He simply shook his head no.

"No, but whatever it is, must be cool" The two jumped as Commander Nebula yelled.

"GET THAT THING OUTTA HERE!" the three LGMs left the room with the robot now talking.

"Where you guys going with the robot?" Booster asked. The three came to a stop and looked at each other. Said robot pointed a finger up.

"Please. Experimental Ranger." The three smiled.

"We…were looking for you Booster." The front one said.

"Yeeaah, we thought you could use some help!" the middle one added as they turned around. Dumping the robot into Booster's arms, they left.

"Here, you'll love him." The little bot smiled.

"I am loveable." He turned his attention to Jill and smiled. "Well! Hello there! You must be the constellation Virgo I've heard so much about." Raising an eyebrow at him, she stood still as he continued. "Name's XR, as in eXperimental Ranger. And what do they call you, you super nova you?"

"Jillian." She said blankly. XR looked at her confused.

"Hey, that's an odd coincidence. Doesn't Buzz have a daughter named-" he was cut off as Jill hip bumped him into a trashcan.

"Well, look at the time, see you later Booster." She said as she headed down the hallway. Scrambling out of the trash bin, XR brushed the garbage off him before smiling coyly after the young woman walking down the hall. Rubbing his knuckles against his chest, he smiled smugly up at Booster.

"Yeah. She digs me."

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Reaching her locker, Jill tiredly opened it before grabbing her jacket and side bag. Digging around her jacket's pockets, she grumbled as she looked for her keys. Finally finding them, she was all set to go home…until she realized that the key chains looked different. Instead of her 'Wild for Life' and her purple glow-in-the-dark Tungle seal, she had a '#1 Dad' and a picture of her as a baby in a picture holder. She screamed in frustration before storming off to star cruiser 42. Reaching the docking bay, a lengthy man pulled her back as she neared the ship.

"Hold it right there, little missy. Only Star Command personal are allowed in here, no ARWP scientist. You'll have to come with-" He froze as she slowly turned around and glared at him darkly.

"I'm only here, because I need to get my keys outta my super protective, super annoying, super frustrating Dad's coat pocket so I can go home, relax, and forget about the horrible day I just had. Is that okay by you?" She snapped coldly at the man. Letting go of her shoulder, he nodded and slowly backed off. Turning around, she stormed aboard the spaceship. Unknown to her, her little outburst had allowed two stowaways to board the ship.