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Date Posted: 22:26:06 01/16/04 Fri
Author: J.T. Magnus (Co-written and aided by Mortimus)
Subject: Chapter 58: "Before The Storm"

When we came to a screaming stop in the Wal-mart parking lot, Alex was pacing madly while Mortimus and Red Angel kept him from thundering off unsupported to find Amanda.

I could understand, if it was Jessica I'd be in the same state of mind.

Oh, and I do mean a SCREAMING stop. But being tied to Ironhide's front bumper with me driving at high speeds in evening "date-time" traffic and coming to a stop bare inches from a handicapped parking sign was no less than Red's punk little brother deserved for landing on my van.

When the three of us, Kay, Jessica, and myself were out of the van I looked around at the three who were already there and groaned... I knew then what Lady Dementia meant in her stories when she wrote about a Dysfunctional Rescue Team. We've got to find and rescue a nymphomaniac reincarnated Saya-jin from unknown captors who've already attacked some of us once and who makes up the team?

Myself, J.T. Magnus, head asshole in charge of the Reality Preservation Task Force. A normal human once, now a human who is the stereotypical overpowered SI type, with the major difference of I actually and unfortunately don't always come out on top. Inside me lurks alternate versions of myself such as a giant shape changing robot, a dragon demi-human, and the God of Insanity...

My brother in an alternate reality whose presence in this one is a longer story, Kay. Not a word about the spelling, that's just as long a story. The biggest difference between us besides hair color is the simple fact of his life: He's a sadistic pervert with the intelligence of three nuclear physicists and the creativity of three writers.

Ah, my new fiancee, Jessia Kella Parker... Beautiful, deadly, and most definately my better half, even if only for the shear reason that she's more creative than bombing someone's quarters with shaving cream when it comes to April Fools' jokes.

The Great Enigma, The Holy Demon Alexander, A.D. Curtindolph... Dark mage, demon, and currently in a state of single-mindedness regarding the rescue of his girlfriend, as far as I know, but a Succubus and a Nymphomaniac? They GOTTA be engaged by now or I'll wash my flag bandanna.

Mortimus, the Death Giver, an assassin with the ability to change into or access the abilities of different animals. Possibly the sanist of those gathered, not that you'd have to be very sane to hold that title. You just needed to be Slighty Wacked Out instead of Total Lunatic or crazier.

Then the was Nelson Avies, Junior, aka Junior. One of those besides me who had experienced the Saya-jin possession and tried to kill one. Ok, so the one he tried to kill was possessing Amanda at the time and I had to help stop that since I swore to defeat her myself some time ago, but at least he had the right idea. He also happens to be a Chinese Monkey King at the moment, with control kept over him by a magic headband.

And then there's Red, the one I knew and know the least about. Why he picked such a form for his SI and what powers he possesses elude me.

And THIS is the unit that's got to save the arch-rival of two of them and the probable fiancee of a third?

Amanda's SO in trouble...

With Alex a storming wreck, Kay hammering the dents out of Ironhide, Junior tied to Ironhide's bumper, and Red untying Junior, that left three of us for the moment. With those odds I automatically shifted into 'command mode', "Morti, have you guys gotten to check around yet?"

He shook his head, "No, we got attacked by those things almost immediately." He gestured towards a pile of scrap from some sort of robot drone."

"Yeah, I noticed." I turned my head toward Ironhide, "Hey, Kay, is Project-R ready?"

A sandy brown head poked out of Ironhide's side door, "Not yet, T-Matrix is still absorbing the alt mode."

"Damn, we could have used his combination of tracking skills and sensors..." We would have to split up...
"Jessica? We're going inside. Kay? See if you can't transform into Blaze or Megatron, we need some Sonadar Sensors, ASAP. Morti? Wolf senses, see if you can't pick up any trace of Amanda nearby."

Kay at his most perverted sadistic point is not as bad as Junior for a reason: Kay has a sense of self-preservation while Junior appearantly has a death-wish.

"Who the hell died and made you boss?"

My wallet was out of my pocket, opened to my badge, and in his face in seconds, "He's still alive, they call him POTUS. The President of The United States of America. Any problems?"

"Ooo... Shiny... Where can I get one?"

I reached into one of my inner vest pockets and handed one to Mortimus, "I'm where."

**==

One of the good things about having a family whose total size in just this area alone could populate a small town is that you have connections. In this case in the baby wear department, right next door to women's. While I was trying to find out if anything had been seen, Jessica was checking the scene...

"J.T.!"

"Thanks, Amy." I finished talking with my cousin, turned, and dashed to where Jessica was holding up a bit of evidence, I took one look at it and smirked...

**==

I tapped the red metal warrior that was the Marauder Blaze on the shoulder and held out the evidence, "Take a look, bro..."

Blaze turned to look at me and the cerulean of his optics glowed as he scanned it... "Hair, human male, roughly late-teens/early-twenties judging by the genetic make-up, no trace of alteration, so he's a natural blond."

"Who interacts with a furred sea animal."

Jessica, Blaze, and I looked at Mortimus.

"Why do you say that?" Jessica asked.

Mortimus tapped his nose, "Wolf, remember. The scents of salt water and wet fur are both there, so it's logical to assume a furred sea animal."

"AND, it's shorter than Amanda's, but still a little long."

"Any idea who matches that criteria and has a grudge against Amanda?"

Blaze let himself revert back to human form and the four of us began bouncing ideas off of each other while Red handled Alex and Junior....

"Jon?" Kay.

"Nah, last I heard they had split, Amanda had finally seen the truth. Of course, that was a good bit after both Vegita and I agreed on something." Myself.

"Exactly why he might have a grudge." Kay.

"Does he know Amanda's changed?" Mortimus.

"Probably not, so that would rule him out. He wouldn't know to knock her out and she'd damn near kill him." Me.

"True." Kay.

"Who says it has to be a grudge?" Jessica got our full attention, "Or that it has to be focused on this girl? It could just be a random kidnapping?" A pause. "But that wouldn't explain the attack on the others and the knowledge of her abilites, would it?"

"No... But I think you've got the right idea, 'Thenny..." I walked over to Alex and slapped him to get his attention, "YO, YANKEE! Chill a second, I need to ask you a question."

After the angry profanity from and attempted assault on a government agent by the Chicagian ended, I continued, "You're our resident expert on Amanda. Who would have a reason to take her, with whatever intentions, that's male, has sorta-long blond hair, is near our age, and has a sea animal as a pet or partner?"

The mage/demon's eyes narrowed and I saw in them a fire of hatred and determination that forced me to take a step back. The heavens thundered and the world shook with the force of Alexander's reply...

"YAAAAMAAATOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

We had to knock Alex out to keep him from charging off. An important thing since we had no idea where Amanda was.

"Are we going to go hunting?" Mortimus asked.

"Yeah."

"Any idea where?"

"Not sure, I was thinking that you would be able to pick up a trace..." I sighed, "But that wouldn't work since whoever Matt's teamed up with has robots, so he could have taken to the air or teleported... And we can't be sure how deeply Hades is involved..."

"Hades?"

"Dark God of Ultimate Destruction, the Source of All Evil, call him what you will, he's behind this. We beat him, we win. Problem is that between his generals, their lieutenants, and the underlings, it's gonna be a full-blown war for life itself."

"Damn..." Mortimus shook his head and we all stood there a moment to let it sink in.

"What stops Alex from using his link to Amanda to find her, do you know?"

Mortimus shook his head at Kay's thought, "No, if Yamato knew to drug her to take her, he'll be smart enough to keep her drugged..."

"Well, ain't this bloody Kobyashi Maru... Wait." It came to me... "Junior."

"I'm not following...?"

I unleashed a full blown Unholy Grin of Magni Style Doom, and I think I heard someone whimper, "I exorcised my Saya-jin, he didn't, Amanda didn't, Alex didn't. All we have to do is convince Shitan that finding Avaiana is in his best interests since if anything happens to her, he can't get his vengence upon Daiko and Avaiana..." I paused. "And Masata if he still exists after being cast out."

Kay got it first, "And where there's Avaiana, there's Amanda."

"Okay. . . . Um, so how do we do that?"

"I'm gonna just go ask him..."

"Well, that's crazy, but what the hell..."

**==

Enlisting Shitan's aid was easier than we thought it would be, between keeping Avaiana/Amanda alive so he could kill her and turning someone's plan, side in this war regardless, into a complete and utter, as the Marines say, cluster-fuck he was in before I finished speaking.

With Shitan/Junior sensing the Saya-jin energies pervading through Amanda/Avaiana's body and spirit and leading us towards her, the calm before the storm was broken and the hunt was on...

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