So finally, we've come to the story-arc that I have been most interested in doing! It will be based on the events of WandaVision, but with some differences to accommodate the setting I've created. Hope you all enjoy the next several chapters to come! Also, Yaka is a reference to the type of arrow that Yondu uses.

Episode 72: Yaka, the Sonic Arrow Marémon!

While the red hexagon-shaped Anomaly loomed to the West where Sokovia City should have been, the Transport Ship carrying Thor, MJ, Peter, and Felicia managed to make a smooth landing in the airport near Eastview. To everyone's surprise, a group of black jeeps immediately surrounded the ship and a stern man with short brown graying hair stepped out holding a megaphone in his hand.

"Attention, passengers!" said the stern-faced man through the megaphone. "This area is off-limits! Please take off in an orderly fashion and fly back to where you came from!"

"They can't be serious!" Exclaimed the ship's male Xandarian pilot, who used the emergency hatch to get onto the topside and stare down at the stern-faced man. "I don't know who you are, but we can't take off even if we want to!"

"And why not?" the stern-faced man asked. "You the pilot?"

"Yeah, I'm the pilot!" Shouted the Xandarian man. "The name's Captain Kraglin Obfonteri!"

"Kraglin Obfonteri…," the stern-faced man paused. "You were a member of the Ravagers gang, weren't you?"

"I don't deny that," Kraglin said. "But since the Ravagers broke up following the death of our leader Yondu, I've cleaned up my record and become an honest-to-Celestial pilot. Now what gives you the right tell me to take off?"

"You're talking to Tyler Hayward, director of SWORD," the stern-faced man said, showing his badge. Unlike the SHIELD badge, the SWORD one depicted a blade over a globe. "I don't know if you've heard the news, but Sokovia City has been swallowed up by that big red thing west of us which the media has dubbed 'the Anomaly' and it's starting to expand. So for your safety and the passengers you're carrying, I want you to leave."

"Like I said before, I can't leave now!" Kraglin folded his arms. "I'm almost out of fuel."

"Really?" Hayward didn't seem convinced. "If I recall, the flight from Xandar City to Eastview takes only a couple of hours. You should still have enough fuel to get back."

"Well, uh, I forgot to refuel from the other flights I did today," Kraglin admitted. "So if I took off now, I won't have enough fuel to safely return to Xandar City."

"I see." Hayward went back into his car and said something to the men inside before popping back out. "Okay, Captain. You can stay as long as you need to refuel. But once you've refueled, I want you and your passengers out of here."

"Sounds good to me, sir!" Kraglin said. "I'll be out of your hair before you know it!"

Then Kraglin went back into the cockpit and told the passengers what was going on via the PA system. Felicia was not happy and marched into the cockpit without knocking.

"Are you actually out of fuel, or were you lying?" Felicia asked.

"Depends on your call, Miss Hardy," Kraglin said, reclining in the pilot seat as he grinned at Felicia. "I know you already paid me a lot of money to get here, even though I knew what was going on with the Anomaly thing. But if you expect me to stay here any longer, you'll have to pay extra."

"Fine," Felicia said and pulled a huge wad of cash from her black purse. "Stall for as long as you can. We'll be in the Anomaly before those SWORD guys force us to get back on the ship."

"Now are you sure you want to do this?" Kraglin warned. "You don't know what's inside the Anomaly, or if the missing people are even still alive."

Peter, who was listening from the other side of the door, abruptly entered the cockpit behind Felicia. "That's why we have to enter the Anomaly: to find out what's really going on in there and confirm the status of the missing people."

"Do you know any of the people who are missing?" Kraglin asked sarcastically.

"Yes, we do!" Peter said. "In fact, you might know one of them. Does the name Peter Quill ring a bell?"

Kraglin sighed. "Of course I know Quill. I was the Ravagers' Second-in-Command, and Yondu was always complaining to me about Quill's antics."

"I remember Quill said Yondu was his adopted father, and he died fighting a cosmic entity called Ego that tried to destroy the Marvo Region," Peter recalled.

"That's right," Kraglin replied. "And it was because Quill was in danger that Yondu used his Marémon Yaka to its full potential to destroy Ego, though Yondu died in the process."

From Kraglin's jacket, he pulled out a PDB and made a sharp whistle. From the PDB emerged an origami human figure with a red mohawk head and red-tipped arrows for arms.

"After Yondu's funeral, Yaka was given to me," Kraglin said, eying the origami figure. "I also swore I would do any favor for Quill, and if what you say is true…I'll do what I can to help you guys save Quill from that Anomaly."

"So you'll accept my extra payment?" Felicia said.

"Absolutely, Miss Hardy!" Kraglin said, taking the wad of cash from Felicia's hand. "I wouldn't be here if you didn't pay me good."

"Then I hope my investment will be worth it," Felicia smiled and left the cockpit with Peter following her.

Once the passengers were escorted off the ship by Hayward and his men, Yaka flew through the air in the shape of a red arrow puncturing the ship's fuel tanks. But since Yaka moved at supersonic speed, neither Hayward nor his men saw the arrow-shaped Marémon. Then Kraglin whistled Yaka back into its PDB before he left the ship.

"What happened?" Hayward exclaimed, seeing the clear liquid fuel pouring out of the ship's underside. "Captain Obfonteri, your ship is leaking fuel!"

"It is?" Kraglin pretended to be dumbfounded as he looked at the damage Yaka caused. "Jeez, I'm surprised I managed to get to Eastview in one piece."

"You can say that again," Hayward said, giving Kraglin a suspicious look. "How long will it take you to repair the tanks and refill them?"

"Hard to say," Kraglin responded. "Could take anywhere from a few hours to a whole day."

While Hayward was distracted by the damage, Peter, Felicia, Thor, and MJ snuck away from the passenger group heading toward the red hexagon.

To be continued…