Disclaimer: Starship and its characters are not mine.

Authors note: Here it is! This is the part i've been wanting to post forever! This chapter ended up being too long, so I have split up the action and will hopefully post chapter soon. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed and helped me out so far: DaisyDoodle, gypsy_rosalie, iamnumbernine, UnaOminousIsAwesome, DaydreamsOfMyOwn,Xbakiyalo, Sophie and Sky. Alright then, let's get on with the show!

Chapter 4: Party crashers.

After she had invited the Commander and his men, Taz was not seen at the base again. The entire next day was devoted to preparations, and finding places for all her familia who had traveled to stay. And when her quinceañera rolled around, there was the service in the little chapel that lasted FOREVER.

But now Taz was peeking out of her bedroom window into the backyard beyond. All of her familia, school friends, and Ranger amigos were outside socializing with each other, waiting for her to appear in all her womanly glory." ¡Dios mío!" She gasped. "I am not ready for this." Mama grabbed her by the arm, surprising her daughter.

"Yes you are chica. I know you don't want to do this, but you look beautiful, and everyone's waiting." Taz grimaced. Yea, she knew. "Think of it this way, if you go out now, the sooner it'll be over, bueno?" She was spun around and fussed over.

" Si." She sighed, and slipped on the deadly four inch heels she was supposed to be wearing already. Sleek and black, she could probably trip over some crack in the patio and impale someone with her shoe! Wobbling back and forth down her hallway a few times to get the hang of suddenly being over five foot, she gained some confidence. Taciana Maria Antonella Carlotta Lopez turned to her Mama who was waiting patiently by the door leading to the party.

" ¿Estás lista?"

"Si. Now go get everyone ready for my big entrance." She chuckled nervously at her own sarcasm. If only her Papa was here to see her now. He'd tell her to have confidence.

Voices ebbed away as the crowd turned to watch the youngest Lopez child emerge. Like a baby bird gaining the strength to fly, she crept out of her house, and slowly made her way into the midst of everyone. Under the gaze of her familia and amigos she tried to stand a little taller, shoulders back, head held straight. She had to show confidence, even if she wasn't feeling it. She found herself, almost unconsciously looking for a pair of azul eyes.

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The ground shuddered violently underfoot, causing many to fall over. Taz wobbled, but was able to keep her balance by holding her arms out. "What the hell was that?" Someone shouted over the eerie silence that followed. Taz's heart was pounding so hard her entire body vibrated to its beat. She definitely wasn't the center of everyone's attention now.

Another crash rocked the Earth, sending flames across the sky as a metal pod landed in the villages main square. The unmistakable sound of inhuman movement reached their ears a few agonizing seconds later. All the rangers fingered their zappers ready to protect the civilians.

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CLICK. Mrs. Lopez' eyes widened, and she began to take a step towards her daughter arm outstretched-

BOOM. The world exploded around Taz her body was flung into the air along with shrapnel and destroyed party decorations. Sounds and color overwhelmed her senses, and the smell of blood was overpowering. When she landed, she rolled over to find the lifeless body of her cousin Amelia covered in blood, gore already matted in her hair. She let out a gasp of air, squeezed her eyes shut at the sight and tried not to wretch. Cries of fear, and the wailing of those who had lost their loved ones to the explosion permeated the air. Where was her mama? Pedro?

"ALL HUMANS WILL BE DESTROYED. RESISTANCE IF FUTILE. SURRENDER IS NOT AN OPTION." Sleek, heartless robots shined in the sunlight and reflected the flames around them as they marched through the village, shooting lasers and killing all living lifeforms who came in their way. Taz lay in the bloody grass, trying to ignore the pain in her ankle. Estupido heels. Her eyes shot open, and reality sunk in as the sound of lasers became distinct from the rest of the chaos. The Rangers who had survived the bombing of her quinceañera were up and fighting, using whatever arsonal they had. She had to help. She had to save her familia. Gain revenge for what los robots had done. Were doing.

Taz pushed herself up off the ground and took in her surroundings. There was a giant crater in the far end of her yard. Dead bodies of those she knew littered the area around her. A few were bloody, but alive. "Get out of here!" Taz cried. "RAPIDO! Es de los robots!" A few understood her,and tried to make their way out of harms way as fast as they could. They were stopped short by a group of robots who crawled up out of the crater. Taz realized that must have been a drop pod. Like the ones the rangers used but way bigger. Like the one lieutenant Up had arrived in two days ago.

Those few surviving in her yard were shortly decimated by this new squadron of robots. They all currently had their backs to her. So she ran.

Ran inside her house and to her room, where she slammed the door and furiously threw everything out of her closet to find what she needed. There! Her hands ran down the sides of the automatic zapper her Papa had put in everyone's room in case of a robot attack, feeling for the switch to set it to 'pew'. It was fully charged, with enough juice to last through killing all those bastard toasters outside. Hopefully. She was about to run out again when she realized she was still wearing heels. "I can't fight with these!"

Her door was blasted away and two Robots stood facing her, their laser guns aimed directly for her head. "DIE PUNY HU-MAHN." Taz didn't wait for them to shoot. She ducked down and yanked her shoes off, and chucked them at the robots' heads. Four inches of heel sunk into their shiny foreheads, short circuiting their hardware and sent them crashing to the floor, lifeless. "Trozos de metal estúpido!" She yelled as she shoved her feet into her combat boots and ran out the door into the frenzy of battle.

On Taz's flight out of her home , she almost tripped on the body of her brother. "PEDRO!" Taz screamed in horror. They had killed her brother. Her annoying, stupid brother that she would give anything for to have back. She held back a fountain of burning tears. Where was her mama? Taz's eyes searched frantically through the yard looking for her mothers familiar face. Gone. Her mama was nowhere to be found. The little latina roughly brushed away the tears she couldn't contain. Those robots were going down.

An hour later, Taz stood in the midst of a burning village, taking down robots left and right; adrenaline pumping through her. Death surrounded Taz everywhere she looked. Sure, many of the robots had been destroyed, but too many of her own lay lifeless and alone in the dirt. The tell-tale sound of whhhhhhhirrr-click came from behind. The teenager spun around and shot the tin can right in the forehead, not even bothering to aim. To aim was to actually care about a clean death for someone. She just wanted their heads to explode.

"Nice shot." Said an Ensign to her left. One of the survivors. She couldn't reply. Taz was too busy rolling on the ground,avoiding a laser-beam that had been aimed for her head. "Ah!" Taz hissed as she landed on her ankle wrong. A stray laser beam cut its way across her bicep, causing her to flinch and fall against the walls of a home. She raised her gun and fired twice, successfully gaining a head shot on the second round of zapper plazma.

Her body was tiring quickly, and Taz knew it. But it was either fight or be killed. She'd rather go down fighting for her familia then die for nothing. Another lazer brushed her face, and the smell of burnt hair filled her nose. A lock of hair tumbled to the ground. Her eyes widened. Something had just aimed for her head. She ducked and rolled behind a produce cart, looking for some cover. Instead she found herself face to face with a robot, its red eyes glowing menacingly. Its' laser gun was disabled but that didn't mean it wasn't still dangerous "Oh mierda."She was trapped. The robot knew this and wasted no time in clubbing her in the side of the head before she could so much as pull a zapper trigger.

Her body slumped to the ground, and bounced in the dust, totally unconscious. "YOU WILL BE FUN TO PLAY HU-MAHN. THEN YOU WILL DIE. -HAH."

Up saw the Robot transport pods a minute before he heard the explosion. The Earth rocked under the wheels of the Jeep he was driving. His fellow rangers on duty grabbed their zappers, and any other weapons they had within the vehicle they were patrolling in. "Commander Thomas!" Up radioed in, desperate to warn his fellow comrades back in the village.

""This is the Commander ."

"This is Lieutenant Up. There's four robot transport pods heading your way,the fastest things I've ever seen! over."

"One just far away are you guys from the base,over."

"Too far. We have about 45 minutes of backtracking to do sir, over."

"Get back here as quick as you-"The radio went dead as Commander Thomas was blasted away from where he was standing, by the crash landing of one of the Pods. He had been on his way to Taz's quinceañera, five feet away from her garden gate.

Up cursed, and spun the Jeep around he and his five men were in, throwing the useless radio away."The attack has already started. We need to be back there NOW." The rangers held on for their lives as Up drove the Jeep as fast as he could over the rough terrain. He hoped they weren't already too late. His fingers were itching to blast some heads offa them robots.

Translations:

-¡Dios mío!: Oh gosh.
-chica: girl
-bueno: good
-¿Estás lista?": Are you ready?
-"RAPIDO! Es de los robots!": FAST! It's the robots!
-"Trozos de metal estúpido!": Stupid pieces of metal!
-mierda:crap, or any other variation there-of.

Alright, part one of two of the great quinceañera battle has taken place! What will happen next? Has any one survived? Oh the suspense! :P

I have a feeling I will be coming back to this chapter again in the near future to add details that I should have thought of originally while writing this. Oh well... I had a thought, would it be better for you guys if I put the translations at the top of the chapter, near the authors note? I would love to make this as easy as possible for every one.

Loved it, hated it? Review and critique, or complain all you like, I love to hear from you! And if you have any ideas you would like to see play out in the future, tell me those too! I'm sorta writing with only a skeleton for a plot line here... Drama and fluff is welcome. XP

~Emma.