Ace POV
On the way to Nepal, we were discussing the details of the whole team further.
"Why are we doing this again?" Scout asked me.
"Well, I don't know if you know this or not, but there are many beings from around the universe inhabiting the planet. Some are good, some are bad. Our goal is to stop the bad ones, and find out why they came here. Maybe even travel around and protect the universe from bad creatures if we get strong enough." I told him.
"Ok, makes enough sense. Not like anything else can surprise me after I met the guy with mind powers or whatever they are and the werewolf thing." he responded.
"Well, you don't have to be so rude about it." Ted said.
"Yeah, powers or not, we're still people with feelings. No need to be a jerk about it." Pascal said to him.
"Considering I was almost killed by people I barely knew. I think I have the right to express myself." Scout spat back.
The two began to argue back and forth. I hoped it would have stopped, but it went on for about five minutes. I finally intervened by binding both of them to the spots they were in. Luckily, I made it so that couldn't talk.
"Feeling and all that aside, we are going to be a team. Like it or not, we have to cooperate and work together." I said sternly, I'll let you both go when you can come to terms with that. I'll let you both talk too.".
"I can't believe that I was sent to make a team that will probably wind up killing each other before I recruit everyone." I thought to myself, "This is going to be much harder than I expected it to be. But, at least I hope I can use words to change them rather than actions.
The rest of the trip was uneventful, as I was able to calm everyone down, and I was able to help them come together a bit more. We were almost there, as something hit the helicopter.
"What the heck was that?!" Scout asked.
"Not a clue, but we have to see if the helicopter is safe." I responded.
I tried to land the ship safely, but it did not go as planned. The ship abruptly hit the ground, and then it shook. We all stood up and looked around.
"Alright, Pascal and Ted, check the area where we were hit. Scout, come with me, someone may be trying to attack us."
"Ok, I've wanted to beat someone up for awhile now." Scout said with a grin.
"Ace, what if the ship is damaged?" Ted asked.
"Then try to repair it. Scout and I are going down to see what happened.' I told them.
Scout and I went to see if anyone had intentionally attacked us.
"Do you see anyone?" I asked.
"Nothing over here." He replied.
"I'm not even sure what hit us." I told him, "From the looks of the damage, it seems like it was cut by something."
I went around the helicopter, and saw a tall figure in the distance.
"Hey, Scout! I think I see something over there!" I yelled over.
"What is it?" He asked.
"I think it's a person, but I can't tell from here." I said.
"Well, go over and see." He told me.
"Please try to be nice about it." I said, trying to stay calm.
I walked towards the figure, trying to see what it was. It appeared to be humanoid, but I had no way of telling for sure. Out of no where, I began to feel as though I was being pushed back. The figure was approaching me, with its hand in the air.
"Do you need something?" I heard a man's voice say.
"Umm... I was wondering where I could find a man named Jake." I said.
"Well, here I am." The man said.
"Ok, Jake, may I ask you a few questions?" I asked him.
"Yes. My name is Jake, and that is fine." He responded.
"Ok, I would like to invite you to join my team of planetary defenders." I told him.
"I appreciate the offer, but I need some time to think." He said, as he turned away.
"If you have any questions, just ask me." I told him.
I turned and began to walk away, but I heard something. It sounded like a bow being drawn. I looked over, and I saw Scout about to fire an arrow at Jake.
"No, Scout! Don't do that!" I yelled at him.
"Too late." He said.
The arrow flew at Jake. What surprised me was the fact that is turned in midair. No joke, it made a ninety degree turn, and went off into the distance.
"Please do not attack me, because if you do, I will not hesitate to attack back." Jake said, clear anger in his voice.
"Oh, yeah? Then I have no problem killing you!" Scout shouted.
"Just try." Jake said.
Scout pulled out a pistol and shot straight at Jake, but the bullets seemed to move around him.
"Is he another psychic?" I thought to myself. "No, can't be. I do not sense any energy similar to my own."
Jake then came rushing towards us, at a speed that was almost too fast for me to comprehend. I was suddenly hit by something.
"What was that? Was that...the air?" I thought to myself.
I was then hit multiple times. I looked over and saw that Scout was not doing much better. It seemed as if he was about to fall unconscious. I was hoping that the others would hear this from the helicopter.
I guess I was lucky. I heard something in the distance. Ted and Pascal came charging at Jake. I felt my body repairing itself. I stood up just fine.
"I think my body just repaired itself, like it did in Ted's machine." I said.
I jumped back into battle. I noticed Jake pinned to the ground, and Ted completely transformed. I figured that Pascal had pinned him down to stall until Ted could fully transform. The ground the began to shake. I felt a shock wave or something. It seemed that Jake was able to overpower Pascal's gravity force. He then sent an energy wave at Ted, who took it full force. Ted seemed to be ok, but a bit damaged. I rushed over to help. I sent a few of my own energy waves towards Jake, but he seemed to see them coming. He dodged with ease, and rushed at me. I put up a psychic wall, and I was able to stop him. Ted and Pascal both rushed at Jake. Pascal hurled him downwards, while Ted hit him before he reached the ground. Jake went unconscious. We took him to Ted's lab to heal him, as well as the rest of us.
When we arrived. Scout was placed into Ted's healing machine. Ted turned it on, the machine buzzed and Scout's wounds healed themselves. Next to enter the machine was Jake. We healed him, then the rest of us. We left Jake on a bed in the lab, and we waited for him to wake up.
When he finally woke up, he seemed calm. He looked around and noticed that he was in a completely unfamiliar location.
"Where am I?" He asked.
"You're in Ted's lab." I told him, "You were unconscious, so we healed you here.".
"Ok. Why would you do that? I attacked you." He responded.
"You could potentially be a perfect member of our team." I told him, "You are strong and smart. Your powers can also be a valuable asset.".
"Is it just my power that you want?" He asked.
"No, not just that. We need you, not your powers. You seem to be a reasonable person, therefore, we thought that we could work well together." I told him.
"Well, what did you need me for in the first place?" He asked.
"I work for an organization that specializes in planetary and sometimes intergalactic defense. The commander said that he wanted a team of protectors. And then he asked me to form and lead the team." I said.
"Alright. So since we all have a unique ability or power, the commander told you to find us?" Jake asked.
"Yes, that is correct." I responded.
"Ok. I think I will join then. I'm glad to help, and I am even more glad to hear that you will not think of me as a freak." Jake said.
"Not a problem. There are even more people out there with even more obscure powers. We welcome everyone that we find." I told him.
"Great!" He exclaimed.
"Ok, let's go back to my base. We'll think of who to find next." I told the group.
I teleported the group back to S.W.O.R.D. HQ and showed Jake around the place. He seemed very surprised at my technology. All he did for a few minutes was look around. He finally snapped out of his trace and said one thing.
"Wow. This is amazing." He said.
"Yeah. This took me years to plan and make." I told him. "I'm smarter and older than you think."
"Wait, how old are you then?" He asked me.
"About 28 years old." I said.
"What? You look 16!" He said.
"Yeah. I'm not too sure either. Both Ted and I ran scans on my body awhile ago. Nothing out of the ordinary." I said to him.
"That is very interesting." He told me. "Then, how old are the rest of you?" He asked.
"Well, Ted is 18, Pascal is 19, Scout is 18." I said. "How old are you?" I asked.
"20 years old." He said plainly.
"Ok, we're all around the same age." Ted said.
"Alright. I don't see what that has to do with anything." Scout said.
"Fine, let's get going then" I told the others.
I took the others to where the files on the other potential members are. We looked through them and carefully thought things through. As soon as we had come to a conclusion, an agent ran into the room.
"Ace! There's a BIG problem!" he said panting.
"What's up? There seems to be a big problem, by the sound of your voice." I said.
"There's some monster attacking New York City!" He exclaimed.
"Alright. We're on it. The first official mission of this team!" I said happily.
"Do we even have a name?" Scout asked.
"Not at the moment. I was planning to consult the others, once the whole team is formed." I told him.
"Do you really need to discuss this here and now?" The agent said to us.
"Fine, we'll be off then!" I said. "Mind if we take a helicopter?"
"Not after you destroyed the last one you 'borrowed'" He said.
"Fine, I have hoverboards, everyone take one." I said, slightly sad.
I concentrated and a door opened in the back of the room. The room was full of intereting looking gadgets and technology. On one side of the room was a stack of green and black objects.
"Are those skateboards?" Pascal asked.
"No, watch this." I said.
I took a hoverboard and pressed a button on the side. The board began to grow in size. I let go of the board and it continued to hover in the air.
"Ride it like a skateboard. If you have constant pressure on the back, you'll continue a forward motion." I told them.
"Alright. This is awesome!" Jake said.
We all took a hoverboard, and then we set off for New York City. The actual trip there was uneventful, again.
"Why doesn't more stuff like this happen?" Scout asked.
"Well, actually, this kind of activity is common. S.W.O.R.D. just does a good job of covering it up. The thing is, nothing of this scale happens very often." I told him.
"Really now? Wow, good job then." Pascal said.
The conversation was cut short when we arrived. We saw something that none of us thought we'd ever see. We saw a floating purple octopus eating...ice cream?