And so the newest addition (but not the last) to Zeta House was introduced to the others. Jet took a liking to Sully almost right away, finding his enthusiasm infectious, if not a little "much." Laughs were had among the boys, and the time ticked by. At the same time, heading towards them, was - potentially - the end of their very world.
The time is approximately 8:15 PM.
And as luck would have it, the pieces happened to be perfectly in place. And as it happens, three of Zeta House's newest occupants are about to converge yet again.
Dyna City Shopping District
Nate, needing to run a personal errand, is in the shopping district - he carries with him a large brown bag filled with his purchases. The contents weren't for him, but for his mother. He was troubled, but for reasons he couldn't quite put into words...
Finn was at the opposite end, having just finished a meal with his Cheer Squad friends at DuckBurger. Colleen and Finn both rolled their eyes as Rio attempted to goad one of his jock friends into a shoving match. More of the same.
Sully however just streaked passed Finn and his friends on his own bike, of course he didn't notice as he was completely in "the zone." The lights from his bike streaked across the various reflective surfaces of all the stores, and Sully felt himself grow lighter.
Across Dyna City, were
Rick and
Felix. The two of them were locked in a discussion around Felix's recent...extra curriculars.....
And out of everyone in Dyna City, it was
Felix Buchanan who had the best sense of what was about to happen. Although he couldn't have predicted the true outcome.
Nate was the first to notice. He looked up to see the stars in the sky and took a half step forward and hesitated. One of the stars was brighter than the others, brighter than any star he'd seen in quite some time. He tried to peer deeper into it's bright light, but that was when it started growing bigger.
Not in the sky - but growing closer.
Finn heard Colleen shriek to his left. She dropped what was left of her boba tea and pointed up at the sky. Finn followed her gaze and saw the same thing that the crowds around them had begun to notice. A fireball blazing across the sky. Was it an asteroid? He couldn't tell from this angle, but he thought he saw-
Electricity - or some kind of energy output.
Sully saw a crackle of it strike a car ahead of him, sending it sliding and skidding as if the battery was instantly shot. He brought his bike to a skid and a sliding stop, as he could start to hear the shouts of people all around him.
The strange glowing electric discharge was shooting off of the star as it flew towards Dyna City. But instead of a straight trajectory, it sort of moved sporadically, in strange jerking motions as if undecided on where to head.
Felix was sharing his telescope at that exact moment, so it was
Rick back at the Wing Zero Labs who saw that the unidentified object seemed to be vibrating, blinking...glitching? He couldn't make sense of it either.
It made it's way through the cities buildings, weaving in and out, and close to the ground. From where he was, Finn could see that it was trailing several objects behind it. But they didn't make sense. A car seemingly in freefall - as if it's gravity was completely off. A street sign, a shopping cart, trash and various debris. Like they were getting pulled along. He also was quick to notice that as the object was heading towards him, it was almost bending and pulling the environment around it. Lights were being bent out of shape as if by a giant magnet. He didn't notice but his friends were already taking off. Colleen attempted to shout to Finn, when suddenly he was ripped into the sky as well, pulled along by the streaking starlight.
Sully saw it coming, tried to race past, but felt his bike begin to lift into the air. He held on tight and lost consciousness as a metal trash can collided with him. However, that racer's spirit deep inside somewhere, refused to let go of the bike....
Nate in the meantime was trying to help. A shop owner and his wife were hanging on tightly to a street light, and he tried to help them. He bounded over, only to be snatched by the pull of the anomaly and thrown for a spin. He managed to grab onto an overpass and hang tight, but one of his shoes was pulled straight off and thrown wild. He hung on as well as he could before he too was caught up in it and pulled away.
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Nate awakens outside of Dyna City. He feels a gash in his shoulder but just from debris. All around him is a strange site - he's in a field not far from the base of the mountains. Just near the tree line. He struggles to his feet with a groan and sees Finn, hanging upside down from a tree branch. He's conscious, but tied up in a giant banner. He can make out that there is an octopus mascot along the banner and it says "The Best OctoBalls in Dyna City."
In the distance: sirens.
In the middle of the field is a rising pillar of thick smoke. The occasional flash of an electric circuit sputtering.
An unconscious Sully lays alongside his bike, next to a large metallic...something. A shipping container? It's...a ship? But one vastly more technologically advanced than you've seen before.
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