[Voice, locked to residents] --EMERGENCY--EMERGENCY--EMERGENCY--EMERGENCY--

[malnosso]

[At 2:15AM, the journals suddenly blare out an alarm, followed by this message.]

EMERGENCY. EMERGENCY. This is an emergency.

The following occupants of the Luceti enclosure must report to the teleporters in twenty minutes. You are required as reinforcements in Region 13. Bring all necessary armaments with you. You will be teleported directly into combat.

Anyone who fails to comply will be forcibly escorted to the teleporters by droids.

This is not a drill. I repeat: this is not a drill. You have twenty minutes.

[The message repeats twice more, the alarm continuing until the twenty minutes has elapsed. No questions will be answered.]

Comments

[Action on the way to the teleporters/At the teleporters]

[comicallyheroic]

[Krillin is awakened by the alarms and leaps to his feet, barely listening to the announcement. Vegeta had mentioned this was a possibility, and it was a chance to get to use some of those new techniques he'd been working on. Twenty minutes was plenty of time for the diminutive Z-Fighter to gather his things. A pack with bottles of water, a pouch with the single senzu bean he'd arrived with, a sword he'd picked up, and the Saiyan armor he'd found mysteriously in the clothing shop was all he really felt he needed.

Still, something about this didn't really sit well with him. Maybe he was just being pessimistic, but he just had a bad feeling about all this. A really, really bad feeling. He doesn't bother with flying as he heads out the door, no point in wasting energy if they're going to be dropped into combat.

Krillin walks briskly to the teleporters, muttering to himself the whole time. Once he does arrive, he starts stretching, a series of exercises from the Orin Temple as well as from King Kai...and then he raises his power level a bit, a white sheen of energy forming all around him.

It's go time.]

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[universal_charm]

<sub>[ Kirk had been walking around, simply to expel nervous energy, nothing more. He wished it was a better kind of nervous. He wished he had his chair to sit in, his screens to better examine the data, to know what was coming or if not then make better, more logical guesses as to what. It didn't matter he wasn't really a captain down here. Didn't matter this wasn't his crew. It still made him uneasy...

He paused, seeing the glow around Krillin, thinking back toTrunks, and Vegeta - whom he had not seen in a long time, come to think of it. Of course, Krillin could be from a different world entirely. ]</sub>

You one of the guys with powers, I take it?

_{[ Conversation. Maybe that would ease things. ]}

[comicallyheroic]

Yeah.

[Krillin keeps stretching, looking at the newcomer with a neutral expression. He wasn't feeling much ki in the guy, but the gun strapped to his waist looked pretty high tech. Maybe some sort of space man or gunslinger.

I've trained with some of the greatest fighters in my world. I just hope I can make a difference out there.

[universal_charm]

_{[ He looked around at those gathered and he nodded. ]}

I think you might have more luck at it than me. I'm used to space ships, to be honest, not front-lines.

[comicallyheroic]

Maybe. But every soldier counts. [Krillin turns, smiling grimly.]

I just hope the stuff Vegeta programmed for me to train against was accurate.

[universal_charm]

Knowing him? Probably. He probably set them to maximum "try and kill you levels" too. He never seemed like a guy who would get a kick out of "we might just take you prisoner" kind of levels in the sims.

[comicallyheroic]

Yeah, that's not his style. Guess they're accurate enough.

[The little guy offers a hand.]

I'm Krillin.

[universal_charm]

_{[ He took it and gave a firm shake. ]}

James T. Kirk, though everyone calls me Kirk. Or Jim if you're Thor.

Nice to meet you, Krillin. So, you a Saiyan like Vegeta? Or did you just meet him here?

[comicallyheroic]

I'm human, but from the same world as Vegeta. Different planet, but same universe.

[He shrugs.]

Known him a while now. But I grew up with Goku.

[universal_charm]

Goku... Oh yeah, I've talked to him a couple of times too. Man, the Malnosso must really like whatever mojo you guys are working with on your planet.

_{[ He shook his head. ]}

Does everyone have crazy powers where you come from?

[comicallyheroic]

[Krillin rubs the back of his head self-consciously.]

No, not everyone. Just the people who've trained with the right teachers.

[universal_charm]

That's kind of a relief.

_{[ He laughed a little bit and cracked his neck. ]}

I wish they would tell us something already...

[comicallyheroic]

They will. Or...they won't and we'll be less than useful.

[He shrugs, mentally closing down and trying to focus on the future and the upcoming fight.]

Good luck out there, Kirk.

[universal_charm]

_{[ He nodded. ]}

You too, Krillin. Maybe after this you could show me how to do the energy-glow thing? Vegeta's a bit to rough of a teacher for me.

_{[ He grinned at him, a reassuring grin, the grin a captain gave to his crew to tell them it would be all right, they just had to get through the horse-crap first to get to the green field beyond. He waved and headed off}

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[gunkonmyboot]

You know what pisses me off more, they didn't bother asking first.

[Seventeen walked in after he landed. Both hands tucked in his pockets as he walked calmly in the area. He wore his Red Ribbon attire minus the logo. He found a better black shirt.] What a bother.

[comicallyheroic]

[Oh...boy...17 got drafted too.]

At least they didn't just drag us out. Twenty minutes is better than nothing.

[gunkonmyboot]

What is that you're wearing?

[Because it looks funny...]

[comicallyheroic]

Armor? Something I found in the shop. Like what I wore on Namek.

[Shruuuuuuggg]

[gunkonmyboot]

It's almost the same as Vegeta's.

[Which says... a lot.]

[comicallyheroic]

Yeah. Gohan and I stole some of it from some space men that knew Vegeta a long time ago.

[gunkonmyboot]

[Don't mind him but he's going to tap that armor with his knuckles. Seems sturdy.]

Whatever works for you guys.