Team Alphanumeric: Mars Division

Team Alphanumeric: mars Division
Upgrades & Scouting
by SSJ04 Mewtwo

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Reviewer Responses

Max Jordan: Hmm, true. Man, this is easier than I thought, but just keep pointing me in the right direction. Is Carina acting too much like a kid?

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She was decked out in her black costume. She was practicing her moves striking invisible opponents. There were several additions to her costume, though. Gloves that were silver past her wrist and went to her elbows were now added, boots with the same coloration also were on her feet and a belt with several controls was around her waist. Carina comes in and catches the blow Arrianna throws at her. Carina's eyes widen feeling that Arrianna was matching her strength.
"I realized I would be a hindrance to you in a fight. I designed these gloves and boots to enhance my strikes and the belt controls the temperature of my costume."
"Wow, so you've picked out a name yet?"
"Shadow Striker," she says smirking.
"Cool," Carina says smiling.
"I realized I wasn't using enough of my brains. I also built the reflective metal into these gloves so I won't have to be so helpless when we go up against energy weapons.
"When do we go to the human colony?"
"This weekend...,and you'll be able to do your favorite activity."
"What?"
"Shop."
"Yay!" he celebrates jumping up and down. Arrianna sighs at her friend's anticks.
'She's done good to live this long behaving like that.' she ponders. She lets the thought go. Carina was her best friend and the only one who truly understood her outside her own parents.

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A figure lands in an alleyway. Two girls come out of the alley wearing jeans and t-shirts. the two turn to walk along the sidewalk and start observing.
"Paved roads...,cars...,running electricity...,running water...," Arrianna begins.
"They still don't have a connection to the Internet here yet." Carina lightly complains.
"They need a better way to transmit data between the two planets. Tubing is working that as we speak."
"Uh oh, look," Carina points and Arrianna sees that Mr. Big's Martian headquarters was looming over the colony.
"Curious, he shouldn't have had that building up so quickly."
"How did he do it?"
"Don't know, but we've got a task to do. Keep those ears open to any conversation about the criminal element."
"Or we could just by a paper." Carina points out to the newspaper dispenser.
"Oh yeah," Arrianna says blushing. The print media had found a new home on Mars, temporarily. The two find a bench and sit to go over the paper.
"Hmmm, several stories about mugging...,probably similar to what we went through."
"Hey, here's the article about Mr. Big's headquarters!" Carina says excited.
"Calm yourself, let me see." Arrianna says and reads. "An unknown downer along with a lot of contracted workers...,something doesn't smell right. C'mon, to your favorite place...,"
"Yay! Mall!"

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"Must you try on everything?" Arrianna asks.
"Of course, Carina answers from inside the changing room. Arrianna sighs to herself. Fortunately, she and Carina had picked up on where a lot of the criminal activity was taking place. Arrianna wonders whether Mr. Big's building, which was in the center of the worst part of the colony, hadn't been position there on purpose.
"Hey, care to have some fun with us?" Arrianna turns to see several teenage boys gawking at her. She rolls her eyes at their stupidity.
"I'd rather spend a day in the junk yard than lay with any of you." Arrianna states.
"That wasn't a request, sweet thing." the first says. He eats a kick to the throat by Arrianna.
"Anyone else?" she asks. They all pull out small laser blades and advance towards her. However, two of the would be rapists had a meeting of the minds as their skulls cracked against each other. The others turn to See Carina smiling at them. Arrianna attacks them from behind knocking them out.
"Can we go now, I'm board and I need fuel for my brain to function."
"Yeah, I'm hungry too." Carina says smiling.

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"Smuggle weapons to Earth? Why?" Mr. Big asks.
"Simple, I wish to arm my man back on Earth so they can take back Fair City."
"You're encroaching on my territory!"
"Now Big, you and I are working together. We share everything. Besides, you've got to be in all the way or not at all. And if you're gong to pull out now, you'll be nothing here on Mars."
"Alright, but I don't know what good it'll do you. Team Alphanumeric has that city secure enough to store all the world's gold in it."
"Oh, I'll find a way to get at them. You need to remember that you must attack the heart first before destroying the shell." Mr. Big shutters a little at that comment. What had he gotten himself into?

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"So, now what?" Carina asks.
"We set up normal patrols of the human colony after our classes."
"Really? we're patrolling?" she asks excitedly.
"Yes. It's the only way to clean up that place. The police is overwhelmed and I believe several in the government are probably bought off as well."
"Oh this is going to be so cool!"
"I doubt it."
"C'mon, you've upgraded yourself and I'm the daughter of the greatest heroes in the solar system. We can handle anything!"
"While I share your confidence, I can tone it down unlike you."
"Awe, you're no fun sometimes."
"No, your definition of 'fun' and mine are different. Now, let's get some sleep. We're got classes in the morning."
"Ok ok," Carina relents and cuts off the light. "Uh, why haven't we found...,"
"Male companions? I'm not sure how to answer that due to the fact that I don't know."
"Hmmm, you'd think there would be some cute boys around here who weren't criminals."
"You've got a lot of Lexiconian males that would give half their brain to be with you."
"Mmm, no interesting at the moment." she replies.
"Get some sleep you bag of energy."
"Ok she says and the two girls fall asleep.