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[color=a4f4f9]"Tim! Don’t do anything silly! It’s shark week number 6!"[/color]

[color=888888]— Dan Daggernose[/color][/center]

With the frantic situation being what it was, no one was able to act. Ashley asked a question, which the shark man ignored as he ran for the beach. Rika, too, was too confused to do much more than question what she had narrowly escaped. And the rest were struggling with an invisible enemy that they couldn’t see or were too far away to do anything about. 

Kidd hadn’t said much while everything was going on. But he was there, tracing a circle in the sand. It couldn’t have been more than three feet wide, but he had traced it around himself and was starting to add lines. The sand even glowed a bit under his finger.

Before the invisible purple menace could do anything, he turned his head to the approaching parties. There were a lot of them, and it didn’t take a genius to understand that he would be at a disadvantage out here in the open like this. Especially since he had just been surrounded. Though only he knew that, and so they shoved Jack towards Mika and ran towards the invisible ramp.

[color=ff6347]"Hmph!"[/color] Mika braced as Jack stumbled into her, but they both bounced harmlessly away from one another.

Then, suddenly, it showed up for everyone. The crate’s cloaking field wore off. The sea began to fill up with trash and the sand lost its luster. The next gentle waves of the sea brought fresh pollution onto the otherwise clean beach. The ball pit, volleyball nets, tables filled with food, it all vanished in an instant. Even the crisp blue sky greyed over as was common in the cold November weather. But it wasn’t all bad. Everyone’s beachwear glowed intensely, and then in a flash, turned back to their original forms. This was the same for the espers’ instruments, and Iris noticed her giant corn dog sword had turned back into an odachi. 

[color=a470fa]"Hmm."[/color] She stopped running mid sprint to examine her body. [color=a470fa]"Did something happen?"[/color]

Indeed it did, though no one would be entirely sure what. Alice leaned out of the doorway and was able to confirm what she suspected; that everything had turned back to as it once was. Unfortunately, this was also something that the purple astronaut was more than willing to take advantage of. No sooner did she stick her head out of the open doorway did the space fairing man coil a tentacle around her neck. He pulled her in close, and stopped at the top of the ramp.

[color=bd71e8]"Right on time."[/color] The purple alien hissed.

By this point, Dan had arrived at the foot of the ramp. [color=a4f4f9]"Tim! What is this all about? Why are you outside?"[/color] He waved his orange arms at the beach. [color=a4f4f9]"Everyone was enjoying themselves, it was working!"[/color]

[color=bd71e8]"Working?"[/color] Tim scoffed. [color=bd71e8]"Firstly, I despise that name. Why don’t you call me 'ॐ🙰🙕' as you did before you discovered the specimens?"[/color] With a growl, a spear grew in his opposing hand, which he pointed at Alice’s neck. [color=bd71e8]"Or are you willing to forget our culture to adapt to theirs?"[/color]

[color=a4f4f9]"Look, it’s not that hard!"[/color] Dan sighed. [color=a4f4f9]"I talked to some other aliens who came here. They uh, they said…"[/color]

[color=bd71e8]"That if you acted as they did, they would allow you to experiment on them? Hah!"[/color] His body swelled up, and he grew several inches taller. [color=bd71e8]"If you insist on being nice to them, then why not be honest? Tell them what you want to do to them, ‘Dan.’ Tell them about the machines you want to run them through, how you’d like to strap them down, how you plan on probing each and every one of them until there is nothing left to discover."[/color] 

Dan’s jaw trembled. [color=a4f4f9]"Uh… That, is…"[/color]

[color=bd71e8]"We cannot afford to play around here!"[/color] Tim was getting angrier as he spoke. [color=bd71e8]"While you set up resorts and play house with the specimens, our kind drifts closer to extinction! We are not gifted with time. We do not have months to save our race, we may not even have weeks!"[/color] 

Alice rolled her eyes. [color=8c5673]"Honestly, I'm disappointed in the both of you!"[/color] She finally spoked up, despite being held hostage. [color=8c5673]"You could've been direct in your dilemma and sought the Mavericks out for help. Or hell, even GEMINI might've been willing to spare some of their tech! Even if it was just to get you out of dodge as soon as possible. But no, you [i]had[/i] to go kidnap people, antagonizing the very humans and monsters that could've been willing!"[/color] Dan was just a distraction, to them and himself, and Tim was here to speed up the process that was taking too long.  [color=8c5673]"Though I will commend the fact that you made me take so long to find the root of this anomaly, your operation hasn’t been [i]entirely[/i] sloppy. But I'm afraid things must progress. [i]And you're currently in the way of progress[/i]."[/color]

[quote][h3][color=8c5673]A[/color]lice hears the chattering of the lonely lunatic....[/h3]
[i]Don’t talk too much! His musk is powerful! And STANKY![/i]
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[color=bd71e8]"Ain’t as sloppy as you think, babe."[/color] The horned alien turned to look at Alice. [color=bd71e8]"While I disagree with my colleague’s way of doing things, it did let me pick off your strongest first. The only people who are left are on this beach, and I knew the last bit was always going to be the hardest to snatch up. But now that the causality field generator’s down for the count, I guess we commence the experiments now… On everyone."[/color] The tip of Tim’s spear turned into a face conforming suction cup with too many tendrils to count lingering inside of it. He thrust it over Alice’s face, but she vanished from sight, only to reappear at the end of the ramp. Tim stood upright, and then the ship shook. 

Two openings on top of the crate-shaped spacecraft opened up. A pair of bulbous jelly shapes popped out of the holes. They were filled with long black cuboids that floated inside of them. But once they were ready, they assembled into something resembling turrets. They took aim and fired on the approaching mavericks. Neon green bolts of plasma cut through the air.

Two more such blobs popped out of the floor beside Tim and began firing on everyone near the opening of the ship. This put Mika and Jack directly in their crossfire. 

Then Tim pointed at Bionca and waved his hand into the ship, before stepping inside himself. She looked between the ship and Rika before standing up. 

[color=ff7f50]"Yea, I don’t know what’s going on either…"[/color] Now armed with her gear, she drew a frying pan and swung it at the back of the dazed esper’s head.