The Vortex
The Kortac dimensional fighters fired their weapons at their commanders orders. The commander smiled to himself.
This is too simple, he thought, hardly a challenge for my forces.
The laser fire headed towards the base of the enemy. Then, to the surprise of the Kortac, the base disappeared.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" yelled the Kortac Commander, "Where are they?"
Capper Central
"Where are we?" asked Moon Queen
"We weren't hit?" asked DanZero "But they fired at us. Hobbes said that they had fired their weapons."
"Yes, I did say that," Hobbes answered "I just merely teleported the base out of the vortex."
The Gray Zombie was sitting in a chair, unable to control his laughter. "You should of seen your faces," he said "you guys were close to peeing in your pants."
Moon Queen punched him in the arm, "Yea, and how close were you?"
"Ok, I admit it, I was scared, too. Then I realized, the base had to of gotten into the vortex somehow."
Tolstoy smiled, "Yes, the base is capable of teleporting, and then adapting to it's surroundings if need be."
DanZero sat down and looked at the console. "So, where are we?"
Hobbes brought the image of their destination onto his screen
"Oh," Gray Zombie said "A Pink Floyd Album."
Tolstoy looked at him, "Excuse me?"
"He means that Hobbes teleported us to the dark side of the moon" explained Moon Queen
"To be precise, in orbit over the dark side of the moon." Hobbes added
BrakYeller looked around, "So, what now?"
"Now," replied Tolstoy "we stay here for a bit, then return to the vortex in a completely different location. The vortex is difficult to chart, so they won't find us as easy next time..."
"Yea, well, I'd rather be safe then sorry, so what say we finish with the bases defenses." Gray Zombie said
"Agreed. Brak, will you please assemble a few of the Cappers and work on that? Hobbes will fill you in on the equipment you'll be using."
"Sure thing." replied Brak, and then went off to volunteer a few people
Tolstoy continued, "Now, there is this matter of the Kortac from the future. There are still ways he can help Martac in conquering this dimension. I think the rest of you need to prepare in finding out where he is, and stopping him."
"In that case," Gray said "how about our guest, Opus. Think she'd be willing to help us?"
"That is why she's here. anime and Medusa are with her right now. According to her knowledge of her futures history. There are a few important events that the Kortac can take advantage of. You will need to divide into teams in order to watch and prevent the Kortac from attacking."
DanZero got up, "In that case we're going to need team leaders. I'll lead Capper Team Alpha."
The Gray Zombie looked at Dan, "What the hell is Capper Team Alpha?"
"Something I've been working on. In case several of us are working on different missions at the same time, that way we know who's where."
"Why don't we use colors then?" asked Gray "You can lead Capper Team Blue, Medusa can lead Capper Team Red, BuckFifty will lead Capper Team Green, animebabe will lead Capper Team Gold, Rizzz will lead Capper Team Silver, and I'll lead Capper Team Gray."
Tolstoy smiled, "So the original Cappers will be team leaders?"
"Yea, we got seniority over them."
Moon Queen punched Gray in the arm again, "Only by a week.....can I be on Capper Team Gray?"
"Any Capper can be on any team. And I may have to change my team's name to Team Black and Blue, if you keep punching me in the arm."
DanZero nodded, "Yea, I like that. Still haven't gotten my Decapitato ready, but the laser rifles should be adequate."
Moon Queen looked at Gray Zombie, "What's a Decapitato?"
Gray Zombie tried to explain it, "Ummm...gun.....firing cd's....hurting people seriously.......I dunno."
An exclusive golf course
Martac, in the human body of Mr. Green, was finding that although humans had some major flaws, unprotected groin area for one, some of the human race lived very comfortably. And Sci Fi, with all it's information collected during Sightings and it's broadcast satellite, was becoming extremely useful. One of his first decision's that he made was canceling a show called Mystery Science Theater 3000, a show he couldn't understand...talking during a performance, but it was a show that The Cappers loved, and he hated Cappers.
Martac had just finished playing a round of golf, beating his opponents, frail humans that they were, and winning a very strong bet. It was against the Kortac Code of Honor to gamble, but Martac was never an honorable Kortac.
"Gentlemen," he told his opponents "I wish to thank you on losing as you did. I always like to be victorious in my battles."
One of his opponents looked questioningly at him "It was just a damned golf game, Green. You make it sound like we were fighting for our lives."
"One day, you just might. You just might."
Martac's communicator, brilliantly disguised as a cell phone, beeped. He picked it up and pretended to be conducting business.
"Green here."
"Sir," the voice on the phone said,sounding very nervous "our fighters went to the area that Kraztar gave us and the base of The Cappers was there."
"Excellent, our boys went to the meeting. How did it turn out, hopefully it was profitable on our part."
"Sir, the base teleported away. We have no idea where it went."
Martac's cold blood started to boil, "What?!?! He said this acquisition was a sure thing. We couldn't lose."
"I know, sir. The only thing we can think of is that they were warned of our coming. It's possible that a human from 2045 may of traveled to the present and told the Cappers of the attack."
Martac only let out a low growl.
"However," the voice continued "Kraztar told us of several events going on currently that we can use to our advantage. We have a good chance to beat the Cappers to the punch, as the Earth saying goes. But then again, it's possible that they may try to stop us."
"If they do, terminate. I cannot have people like that interfering in my business."
"Very well sir. Over and out."
Martac put the communicator in his golf bag and was about to leave, the human loser spoke again.
"So, Green, victorious in all your battles?"
Martac ignored the human and walked off. The human watched him go into the club house, he then turned to his caddy.
"Tell Judd, something's going down. I'm not sure what, but I do know that The Capper's are safe."
"Yes sir." The caddy replied
Capper Central
The Gray Zombie sat at Hobbes console studying the screen. DanZero had already left with his team to Wyoming. Opus slowly walked up behind him
"So, this kid in Wyoming is going to grow up to be some important scientist? That right?" he asked, not turning around
"How did you know I was behind you?" Opus1432 asked, startled
The Gray Zombie swiveled his chair around to where he was facing her, "I've got eyes in the back of my head."
Hobbes spoke up, "And your reflection could be seen on my screen."
"Thank you Hobbes, the air of mystery is now gone, thanks to you."
"You are most welcome, sir."
Opus laughed then looked at Zombie
"Yes," she answered "he'll developed a chemical that would become deadly to the Kortac, but not to anything else on this planet."
Zombie nodded then turned back to the screen, "I presume that in the future, we're the only family that you've got?"
"Yes," Opus replied, sitting down in the chair next to him, "my parents died sometime after I was born. I was too young to even remember what they looked like, and everyone was too busy with the resistance to take pictures of them. All that I know of them, are the markers that indicate where they are buried."
Gray Zombie looked over at her, "That's terrible. Not even their names?"
Opus shook her head, "All the Cappers had used their capper names. UncleZ...I mean, DanZero had used his name for so long, that he forgot what his real name was. You never used your real name after the Kortac invasion because.........I'm sorry, I shouldn't tell you. My future might not happen and...."
"I stopped using my real name, because when the Kortac, all that I was, family, friends, home, was destroyed. And when they did that, my real life was gone, and my Capping life was all I had. And as for your parents, none of us remembered what their real names were, right?"
"They never told you. And I'm sorry for mentioning about the invasion. Hopefully, we'll prevent that future from happening."
"We've already made changes the moment you appeared."
"How?"
"Why send you back if we knew that you went and failed. We never mentioned that you were with us in this time period. Did we?"
"No, you never did. Guess, you got a point, Uncle Gr..I mean..."
"You can call me Uncle Gray, if you want. After all, I'm 34, I could have a niece your age."
Opus smiled and then kissed him on the cheek "Thank you, Uncle Gray."
Tolstoy walked into the command center, animebabe and The Comet were behind him.
"Dan's at the schoolyard of the boy." Tolstoy said, "Isn't surprising that the Kortac would try and kill a 10 year old boy, thankfully, it's quiet."
Gray Zombie turned back to the screen, "That's what bothers me. We've got a Kortac from the future with all sorts of information about our present, and there are a lot of events going on right now."
"Really?" animebabe asked "How many events?"
"More than 10 that's for sure."
The Comet joined in anime's fun, "Yea, but do you know precisely how many events are going on right now?"
"7,897,324,435.5" Gray responded
"Damn" Comet said
"You're good." anime added
Hobbes spoke up, "He read the number that...."
"You showed me on the screen." Zombie interrupted "Yes, thank you, Hobbes. I really appreciate your help."
"Why you are most welcome, Gray. Anytime that you need my assistance, just let me know."
Tolstoy finally held up his hand. All fun stopped.
"Opus," he said "We need to know of another event that the Kortac could use as a way of speeding up their invasion."
Opus thought for a moment, then finally said, "There is something going on right now."
She then typed into the computer and an image of a gentleman come onto the screen.
"Oh, Mutha Fudge." exclaimed the Zombie
animebabe turned to The Comet, "Do you know what BuckFifty would say to this?"
"Sum Bitch" replied The Comet
Opus looked around, "I don't really know who he is. Just know that he's holding an important event in Washington. Ummm, is he someone important?"
"Oh no," Gray Zombie replied "He's nobody important. He's just the President of The United States. And if he dies, the Vice President takes over."
"Oh MY GOD!" yelled anime, "WE GOTTA SAVE THE PRESIDENT."
To Be Continued
(DanZero and his team are in Wyoming, and then there's the matter with the President)