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Post by shandragontear on Oct 20, 2008 17:50:47 GMT -8
(I'm going to be NPCing a character here to get a story line moving. >.>; )
A black unmarked car pulled up the long drive, parking just out side the front of the Arzabe house. Two men in black suits stepped out, making their way up to the front door. One knocked before both reached in to their suits pulling out their ID badges ready to flash them for whoever answered. The badges were clearly government issue and looked to be from the department of home land security.
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Post by marco on Oct 20, 2008 18:42:53 GMT -8
Marco, who had been in the study (why they had invested in a study he wasn't sure...it was so serious sounding,) made his way to the front door. Peering through the peep hole he saw two men in suits, "The hell? They sent the Men in Black after me?"
He opened the door a crack, quirking an eyebrow, the guys looked pretty serious. It made Marco nervous. What did they want? The war against the Yeerks had been over for years, and there was now way Marco was sticking his neck out for anything ever again! He had his wife and children to worry about!
He opened the door and stepped onto the veranda, looking up at the men (for he was still on the short side.) "Halloween already? Great Men in Black costumes by the way. Which of you is supposed to be Will Smith's character?"
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Post by shandragontear on Oct 20, 2008 18:46:54 GMT -8
The two men simply looked at each other a moment before turning their attention back to Marco. They seemed a bit confused by the joke, clearly these two had no sense of humor. Unable to come up with a response to the joke one of the men simply flashed his badge to Marco as he spoke. "Marco Arzabe, we're going to need you to come with us. It's a matter of global security." That's right, he'd said it, not national, but global, as in the entire Earth could very well be in danger....again.
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Post by marco on Oct 20, 2008 18:57:04 GMT -8
Marco sighed. Great, just what he needed. Another crisis that put the whole planet in jeopardy, "Look, guys, I know what your thinking...but alot of time has passed since the Animorphs. I didn't want to fight back then, and I don't now!"
He tried to explain, to keep from having to go with them. He knew full well what they expected of the one time Animorph. To go in big gorilla fists swinging and save the day. Well, if Jake and the others wanted to go back to that lifestyle, fine. But Marco wasn't having any of it, "I have kids now. You think I want to risk my neck?"
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Post by shandragontear on Oct 20, 2008 19:03:46 GMT -8
"Our orders are to bring you in for a briefing, this matter is classified above our security clearance." One of the men said, indicating even they didn't know what was going on. These two government officials were just the messengers, or the kidnappers if need be.
"Make this easier on all of us and get in the car." The other man said, his hand reaching in to his suit, but not to put his badge away. It appeared the two were prepared to use force to fulfill their orders if necessary.
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Post by marco on Oct 20, 2008 19:10:32 GMT -8
"Woah, hey now!" Marco waved his hands in the air to signal the man reaching for a weapon to stop, "No need to get violent."
So these two werre just the bearers of bad news, yes men and nothing more. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair, "Fine. Why not. I'll just have to say no to whoever your boss is then. Just let me leave a note for the girls so they won't worry."
With that Marco turned and retreated into the house, digging a piece of paper out of a drawer in the kitchen. He jotted down a note saying he'd gone out and stuck it with a magnet to the fridge. He then returned to two men who were waiting for him, "You know, guys, if it came down to a fight...I could easilly win...I don't care what you have in your pocket there, you're no match for the Mighty Morphing Marco. Just thought you should know..."
Two on one was definantly no problem, but if those two were gotten rid of, more would just come. It was best to get straight to the source, "Well, let's go then."
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Post by shandragontear on Oct 20, 2008 19:57:06 GMT -8
The two men had to be nervous by Marco's comment about being able to take them. Though they tried to hide it the intensity in their eyes gave them away. There was a faint sense of relief when Marco finally stepped out of the house, the two men in black suits leading him to the unmarked car.
One stepped forward to open one of the back doors for Marco, both men waiting till Marco was in and the door was shut before moving around to their own seats. There doors in the back seat of the car had no handles to open them from the inside and nothing to roll the windows down with. One of the men slipped in to the driver's seat while the other sat in the passenger seat. The driver adjusted the rear view mirror, not to look out the back window, but so he'd be able to watch Marco before beginning to back out of the drive way.
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Post by marco on Oct 20, 2008 20:02:26 GMT -8
Marco eyed the doors, then looked up at the driver watching him in the mirror, "Geeze, its like you guys don't trust me."
"So," He clapped his hands together, rubbing them in fake enthusiasm, "Can you at least tell me if Jake and the others are gonna be at this little party or not? I mean, it'll be lonely if it's just me."
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Post by shandragontear on Oct 20, 2008 20:05:43 GMT -8
"There are other teams collecting them." One of the men said as they drove, heading out of the city. Though the Andalites had been reluctant to share technology there was a landing base that was also used as a government facility out side the city where the aliens could land even their grand dome ships if needed. "Orders are to rush every member of the Animorphs team to the base to be briefed on the situation." He added flatly.
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Post by marco on Oct 20, 2008 20:28:14 GMT -8
"Ah," Marco nodded, looking out the tinted windows as they sped to the base, "I won't be alone then, good."
He'd had a feeling the others would be coming too. It wasn't a good sign that they were heading to a landing base for aliens. This was something galactic at least. He shifted nervously, "So, you guys don't know anything else about what's going on, huh?"
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Post by shandragontear on Oct 20, 2008 20:45:24 GMT -8
"No." One of the men said simply as the car came upon the military base with what looked to be an absurdly large landing pad. Pulling up to the main gates the driver rolled his window down, pulling off his sunglasses he stuck his head out the window so that the retina scanner could identify him. In addiction to a retina scan he had to place his thumb on a scanner to confirm his finger print.
Normally the security on the base wasn't quite this high, but with the recent incident they'd implemented all their security measures.
Pulling up to the garage the driver found a parting spot close to the door. Stepping out one came around to open Marco's door for him, both men standing ready to lead the ex-Animorph in side.
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Post by marco on Oct 21, 2008 9:21:20 GMT -8
Marco had to admit it felt a little cool to be so important, but at the same time, he knew that whatever was coming was going to make it totally uncool. He climbed out of the car as the door was opened for him, looking up at the men in black. He let out a sigh and muttered under his breath, "The insanity returns...wonder what they want me to kill myself fighting this time..."
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Post by shandragontear on Oct 21, 2008 19:23:54 GMT -8
(Continuing this thread here.)
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