A Sci-Fi Roleplay

[Noname]

The Guardian robots arrived on time, exactly as scheduled, down to the second. Alpha, Delta and Omega initiated standard protocol, communicating in standard English. Addressing the president first before turning to the others nearby, Alpha took the lead, as it had been programmed to do. Speaking in the default, robotic voice, it sounded like the artificial being that "he" was .

"How are you, Mr. President? We received word that our services are needed. A high-priority call such as that one is never ignored. You have but to direct us to where we ought to go and who we are tasked to help, and we will obey."

That was a bit formal, even when talking to the president. Spoken words were not the Guardian's first language. The crudeness of making sounds with one's mouth was not something either Alpha, Delta, or Omega liked to do, in as far as they could prefer anything at all.  

Delta and Omega were, for their part, totally silent for the moment. Delta had a higher speaking voice than Alpha, and Omega had an even higher one than that. Even so, all three of them were set to speak in a flat, monotone voice by default.

[JitteryDragon]

Raiven was up and into action immediently. 'Reports? From who? That's gotta be her,' he said breathlessly. 'They need to dispatch someone, anyone! If she's been knocked out, or hurt...'

He slammed a fist on the desk, not truly out of anger... more out of fear. He kinda owed Firefly for what she did for him... and he certainly couldn't repay his debt if she was dead.

Of course, that was shortly before the Guardian robots had arrived. Now Raiven was faced with three... white humanoids. The way they spoke uneased him a little, and he calmed down a little. At least now, it would seem they had a solution to this problem.

Isodor rubbed his eyes, awoken by the sudden shouting from within the round office. 'Oh bloody hell, if Raiven's yelling at the president...' He looked up at a clock on the far wall, eyes squinted. They quickly widened when he realised he'd been asleep for quite a while. 'Damn it, not again.'

[MrDrake]

The President looked over to the three robots "Raiven, may I introduce you to Alpha, Delta and Omega" he told him remaining rather calm before looking back to the robots again "You three will be helping Raiven out here" he told them.

Meanwhile, the bodyguard that had told the President about Firefly, decided to tell Zoe about it as well, at least to try and cheer her up.

Zoe sniffled some more "You mean, she's still alive?" she asked the bodyguard who nodded back.  She looked to Whisper, seeming to be happy once again at the news she was told.

However, back in the ocean, Firefly had not moved for a while, that is, until she flinched and soon enough moved as she soon swum to the surface, taking her mask off to breathe more properly "I'm still....alive?" she asked herself, not even believing it herself, looking over to the beach in the distance only to shake her head, glancing up at the warship that was pretty much now obliterated and what was left of it, was falling down to Earth.

She begun to swim towards the beach, still, in her mind, not even believing that she was still alive, it was more like a miracle to her as she soon walked out of the water to catch her breath before wipping some blood from her face before she started to limp off, still feeling rather sore from her fight with Zarcon.

Back at the White House, a bodyguard got a call "Really? Very well then, send a helicopter over to go and pick her up then, I'll inform the President" he spoke on his phone as he headed back into the President's office "Sorry to interupt sir" he begun before whispering something into the president's ear.

The President gave a nod back as the bodyguard again, left them alone to head towards the helipad.

[Noname]

Turning to Raiven, Alpha began to speak, adjusting his vocabulary ever so gradually to match the vernacular of his subjects.

"You must be Raiven. I was briefed on you on the way over here, but few details are available to me. I know of you from the government records I can access, but was not alerted to your plight. What exactly is it that you need? Who or what is causing the trouble?"

[JitteryDragon]

Raiven turned to Alpha. 'Well, apart from the Kre'Iax invasion... everythings pretty fine and dandy,' he began. 'But in all seriousness... the situation ain't good from what I've seen so far. These guys are being led by a fellow by the name of Zarcon. As far as I know, he's the leader... and possibly our best bet for stopping this whole thing. That's what Firefly set out to do, but... well, that apparently didn't go too well.'

Isodor made his way into the office as the president made his way out. 'What did I miss?' He asked, not really directed at anyone in particular.

'Not much,' Raiven replied, leaning on the desk... something he probably wouldn't have done if the president was still in the room. 'We've got robots to help us,' he continued, presenting the three Guardians that stood not far from him.

'Shiny,' Isodor replied, looking them over one by one. He nearly decided to poke one in curiosity, but thought better of it. 'Yes, very neat. Do they shoot stuff?'

'Better than I could, probably,' Raiven said with a sigh. 'Iso, do you ever get the feeling we may be a bit inferior to everything in this world?'

'No, not really,' Isodor replied. 'If you shoot something enough, it dies.'

'Not a good quote to stick by, to be honest,' Raiven said.

'Hey, it's true. We just need bigger guns.'

[Noname]

"Accessing file for Zarcon" Delta announced. "File found, 80% of known data is classified. Relevant details are as follows. Zarcon is a known war criminal, illicit leader of an army not authorized to exist. He is wanted in dozens of jurisdictions, often with a death warrant on his name. Highly armed and dangerous. Approach with cauti-"

"Knock it off, Delta. These are people, not robots." Omega had spoken directly for the first time, using actual words and sounds instead of the numbers the Guardians transmitted to each other. Since he had spoken it aloud, he had intended for his speech to be heard.

"I must apologize for my comrades, they don't spend much time speaking English, or any other language save for our own code."

"I'll you handle this, Omega." Alpha told his counterpart, also speaking aloud. These Guardians were quick to learn, and would adjust every strategy they had to the surrounding environment, even if that environment happened to range from everything including social interactions or an exploding star.

[MrDrake]

Soon enough, the helicopter arrived at the White House, the President deciding to go and meet with who had arrived in the helicopter.

He shook hands with her before taking her inside.

It was Firefly, she was now inside the White House, to which Zoe's eyes just widdened happily, tugging at Whisper's shoulder too "She's alive"

He showed her into his office to which he sat down at his desk again "It's good to see that you're still alive Firefly"

Firefly nodded back to the President "Thank you sir, I'm just lucky to be alive is all" she then looked over to Raiven and Isodor, giving them a little nod before looking back to the President "But there is a problem, Zarcon escaped, I couldn't stop him" she told him.

The President nodded back to Firefly and leaned back against his chair "Do you have any clue on where he could be?"

Firefly just shook her head "No, I'm unsure on that one myself" she replied back.

The President thought for a second before standing up "I believe I shall have to address the other world leaders on that matter" he nodded as he then left the room once more.

Firefly looked back to Raiven and Isodor, wipping some more blood from her mouth.

[JitteryDragon]

From what Delta had said, and what Firefly had been through, things certainly didn't seem to bode well for the lot of them.

Isodor leant over to his partner. 'We're so screwed, aren't we?' He asked out the side of his mouth. Raiven just gave him a forceful nudge, while smiling at Firefly.

'Well, at least you're safe and sound, Val,' Raiven said. 'I was beginning to wonder if you had gotten yourself into the deep end on all of this. Turns out I was partly right, but seeing you here is still a relief.'

He looked at the president, who gave him a small nod. 'You should be pleased to know that you've been pardoned of your actions back at the police base. The commisoners will have to sort out some stuff, and they'll probably a media frenzy over what happened... but that can't be helped.'

Whisper couldn't help but stare at the suit Firefly wore. 'Wow,' she said.

'Ah,' Raiven suddenly said, noticing his daughter. 'That's my daughter, Whisper... Don't ask how she managed to come along for the ride.'

'A pleasure,' Whisper said, sticking out a hand, though she wondered if that was the custom of this species.

[MrDrake]

Zoe had also followed Whisper to where Firefly was "You're...alive..." was all she had say to her.

Firefly just nodded back to Raiven what he had told her, shaking Whisper's hand in the process as well "I take it you like my suit?" she asked her before looking over to Zoe and smiling, motioning for her to come over.

Zoe walked over to Firefly and just gave her a hug, a few tears were rolling down her cheek as well "I just can't believe that you're still alive...." was all she said, sniffling a bit still.

Firefly just hugged Zoe back "Sorry for worrying you, I didn't mean to, but, it had to be done, you must understand"

[JitteryDragon]

'And how!' Whisper said excitedly. 'That ship went KABLOOOEEY!'

'And I missed it?' Isodor said, grumbling. 'Yeah, typical.'

'As immpressive as it was, it still hasn't dealt with the Zarcon issue,' Raiven said. He turned to Firefly. 'I'm assuming that if he's the figurehead of all this... then the most obvious solution would be to remove him from the picture. Cut the chains that bind the army together.'

'Yeah, but that is also the most difficult solution, so it would seem,' Isodor replied. 'Look what he did to poor Firefly, what does that bode for the rest of us?'

Raiven pondered the question for a while, pacing about the room as if he were the president himself. 'Perhaps some sort of unified strike? He might be able to handle one, but if we were to attack from all sides, bring all our strength to bear... well...'

He looked over to Firefly once more. If Zarcon could wipe out an entire race... then what chance did they have?

A fools hope... but it was good enough.

[f-22 "raptor" ace]

A Fighter flew over the white house. 'This is Vlazgriz 1 requesting permission to land,' the pilot said.

[Noname]

"We are aware of the threat Zarcon poses" Omega told everyone gathered around. "He is on the majority of most wanted lists in this region of space. His crimes are on a level rarely matched in the history of the universe. And I say that without hyperbole."

Alpha added to the conversation. "We guardians are programmed to uphold good and justice, at least, as far as those concepts are defined by out programming. Stopping Zarcon is a high priority."

"Very high!" Delta interjected. "We have been made aware of the situation when the data was transmitted to us en route to meet you all here."

So far, one thing was going well; the Guardian's speech was slowly becoming less formal, and more adapted for casual conversation with humans.

[MrDrake]

A bodyguard was standing outside "What business do you have at the White House? Is the President expecting you?"

And that's when he got a call.  After a few seconds, he spoke back to the fighter jet "It appears you are expect, your clearance has been accepted"

Back inside, Firefly looked to Raiven and nodded to him "Yes, however..." she folded her arms and closed her eyes "Zarcon is still mine, I can not forgive him for what he had done...."

"No! You can't! He almost killed you once before! And he'll probabally kill you if you try and fight him again" Zoe told Firefly sounding rather upset still.

Firefly looked to Zoe "I know, but I have to do this, you just have to understand"

"No!" Zoe yelled back, as she just did not want Firefly fighting Zarcon again.

[f-22 "raptor" ace]

The fighter landed and a young pilot got out. He walked to where the door and walked in heading toward where the others were talking.

[MrDrake]

Within the Oval Office, where everyone else was gathered, the President's screen seemed to flicker at first before a face appeared on there.

It was Zarcon, he was attempting to contact the President, however, instead, he was now speaking with Raiven and the rest of the group.

He let off a chuckle "My, what do we have here" he glanced over at the group he had seen, mainly looking upon Firefly "Well now, it looks like you had survived the blast, you are proving to be rather annoying, as for the rest of you lot, you shall all be killed" his eyes were now upon Alpha, Delta and Omega and chuckled some more "Including your little tin cans right there"

Firefly was the one to speak up first to him "Give it up Zarcon, you're going to loose this battle"

"Oh no, this battle is far from being lost, not on my side anyway, this maybe a second home to you....but you're going to loose it as well....and you shall die, each and everyone of you lot" Zarcon spoke, especially to Firefly.

Firefly glared to him "No, we will fight you off, and I will get to you Zarcon, I will kill you"

"Then, I shall welcome you, I would love to see you attempt to kill me again....but no this, if you attempt it, you will die" Zarcon told her.

"If that's the case, then so be it...." Firefly spoke back.

Zoe looked to Zarcon, then to Firefly, then back to Zarcon once again "No! She's not going to fight you!"

Zarcon could only chuckle at Zoe's little bravery "If she wont fight, then she is just a coward, much like the rest of her pathetic Xeronion scum"

Firefly shot a rather serious glare at Zarcon, looking rather pissed off at him "No, I will fight you, and I will kill you"

[f-22 "raptor" ace]

Frank entered the room where Firefly and the others were. "So Zarcon I thought you were the one causing all this trouble looks like I was right,' frank said.

[MrDrake]

Zarcon glanced over at Frank who had entered, yet, before he speak, the screen flickered as the face changed to someone else.

Firefly's eyes widdened, as did Zoe's "I thought....he was just a myth...." was what Zoe had said.

It was Blackbeard, he had decided to address the group personally "You should feel honoured that you get to speak with someone of my stature"

"You....why.....how...." was all Firefly could say, not even believing she was talking to the pirate right now.

"You seem to be confused, good" Blackbeard begun as he glanced to the rest of the group, his eyes setting upon Alpha, Delta and Omega as he let off a laugh "So, you've finally decided to call upon those three....the alien invasion was a bit too much for you?"

He just chuckled some more as he glanced over to Raiven and Isodor next "Ah, the cop and his little lackey that are inline with Maynard.....how rather interesting indeed....and I take it that's your daughter too?" he asked as he also looked upon Whisper.

Blackbeard then looked upon Frank "Ah, the grandson of your famous Earth pilot, Frank Anderson....I must say, I am rather disapointed however.....I would've expected someone with more....talent" he chuckled.

Blackbeard just seemed to be mocking everyone in the room at the moment as Firefly started to speak, only for Blackbeard to interupt her to speak with her "Firefly....or what you are least commonly known as, Valria.....the last surviving Xeronion of Xerox 5....I have heard things about you....and I must say, like Frank over there, I am rather dissapointed from what i've heard, you can't even take down a simple alien warlord for revenge....."

Firefly glared at Blackbeard, not wanting to say anything at the moment, pretty much, not sure on what to say now.

[f-22 "raptor" ace]

"Well I'm full of suprises many of Zarcon pilots learned that the hard way,' frank said. "Blackbeard your also uglier than I expected,' frank said with a smile.

[MrDrake]

"Such confidence will be your downfall Frank....it also goes the same with the rest of your friends there" Blackbeard replied back.

[f-22 "raptor" ace]

"Ah but I assume you have seen records of my squadrons exploits,' frank said. "And you may have noted we have never been defeated by any foe we are the perfect fighter pilots,' frank said