Log:Star Control, Scene 3

Star Control 2012/06/15 	 Pleiades Miles Fuchs Star Girl 3

The offices of Genetic Insight, LLC.

The stakeout: Pleia is in the van with a couple of FBI agents. It's past midnight, kind of warm. Coffee, rolled up sleeves. Miles is inside the building dressed as a janitor. He's miked for sound and there are a few cameras too.

Pleiades practically vibrates with anticipation, the bands on her gauntlet revving unconsciously, excited to finally maybe get a lead on her quarry.

One of the agents looks over to Pleia. He's younger, looking fresh out of training. "I know how you feel, I can't wait..."

The other agent looks over. "The waiting... this is The Job..." he says as a kind of explanation.

Over the radio Miles says, "Ok. I'm heading from the offices, back to the labs..."

Pleiades grins, "Just don't rush in if it's a real Rogue Mage, er, I mean supervillain." She nods to the older agent, "I'm really bad at waiting!"

"I'm back at the labs. Not much going... wait. I think there's something..." Miles says.

Pleiades leans closer.

Miles is visible on one of the camera feeds in the main labs area, close to where the specialized computer is stored.

Pleiades shouts into the mic, "Agent Fuchs! That window near you! It wasn't open!"

"Got it..." Miles mutters back into the mic. He begins to look around a little. Suddenly, his head snaps to the right, as if punched. He's about to fly towards the wall but something grabs him by the back of his coveralls. Two more punches across the face, from the left and then from the right. Miles drops to the ground, unconscious.

Pleiades dashes out of the van, "Blitzraeder! Eagle Road!" She skates swiftly along her light bridge toward the open window.

By the time that Pleia gets inside, Miles is there alone and unconscious.

Pleiades skates up to Miles and bends down to check on him. "Panzerfaust, Armor Barrier. We don't want to get taken by surprise." A large slowly spining runic triangle appears around her, one on each side of a hexagon, and one more forming a 'roof' above her.

Just after Pleia erects her barrier and giant blast of blue-white energy erupts from behind her. ZAAMMM!!

The blast churns against the spining runes, by the hold! Pleiades whirls around to see who shot at her, her gauntlet outstretched, as if bracing the barrier in that direction.

The source of the blast shimmers into view, decloaking. Pleia's assailant is a blonde woman, wearing a blueish-black body suit. She stands about 5' 5" tall with a slender and athletic build. Her uniform bears a white eight-pointed starburst on her chest, and the icon is echoed on her back, and on the backs of her gloved hands. The uniform is seamless and doesn't offer any hints to how is was constructed. She wears a mask that covers her eyes, ears, and neck, but leaves her mouth and scalp uncovered, allowing for her shoulder length blonde hair. The eyelets white, opaque, and very expressive.

Pleiades's narrow. . o O (A blue skin suit, like Scarlotti's Numbers six years ago.) She calls out, "Identify yourself. I am Sergeant Pleiades, Dangerous Artifacts Bureau, Space and Dimension Patrol Agency!"

Pleiades blinks, "Wait... I've seen you. Uh, what was your name again?"

Star Girl doesn't respond. Instead, she raises both of her hands and flings another blast of energy at Pleia. ZAM!

One of the runes flickers and dims as the blast burns into it.

Pleiades looks down at Miles. . o O (I have to get her away from here. I can't protect him while I fight.) She bites her lip, "I wish I had some idea how tough you were." Her gauntlet comments in German, "My Comrade! Use full power! We can fix her after!" Pleiades nods, "Um, right. Panzerfaust, load zaubermuntion!" The chamber on the back of her gauntlet racks back and forth, ejecting a smoking brass casing. The barrier drops and a triangular rune spins slowly beneath her skates. She clenches her gauntlet into a fist and thrusts forward, as its counter-rotating bands rev up to full speed and the air shimmers around her hand, "CANNON!" She completed the punching motion and a massive shockwave rips toward Star Girl, "BURSTER!"

The blast tosses Star Girl against the wall lightly. She seems alright as she starts to push herself up from the ground.

Pleiades stares at her gauntlet, "Uh..?" Panzerfaust says, "My Comrade! It appears that zaubermuntion was a dud!"

Star Girl kips up to her feet effortlessly. She runs towards the safe where the processor is kept. As she moves, she turns and throws a one handed blast towards Pleia.

Pleiades braces, as the blast hits her, but her Shield Jacket is strong enough to completely absorb the shot.

Pleiades calls out, "Panzerfaust! Knuckle Hammer! I don't want to risk another dud!" The air around her gauntlet shimmers in response and her movements speed up considerably as she skates after Star Girl, "I'm sorry!" She punches at the blue-clad heroine.

Star Girl skids across the lab floor into a work bench after Pleia fist connects solidly.

Pleiades's gauntlet racks again and comments, "My Comrade! It seems the power was delayed!"

Pleiades laughs nervously, "Uh, well, um, good, I guess."

Pleiades thinks. o O (I wonder if Scarlotti reprogrammed her somehow?)

Star Girl isn't quite so fast to get up this time, perhaps starting to show the effects of the back-to-back blasts. She opts for a two-handed blast this time.

ZAM! Star's blast goes wide and impacts into the wall behind Pleia.

Pleiades looks at the groggy girl, "I'm really sorry about this." She skates forward again and strikes with the standing shockwaves surrounding her gauntlet.

Star Girl tries to spin out of the way, unsuccessfully. She does manage to lessen the blow a bit, and stay on her feet.

Star Girl jumps up. She lands on and sticks to the ceiling, 4m up, standing upside down. She direct both her hands downward at Pleia, fanning her fingers a little bit to direct a wider blast at her.

Star Girl's blast misses terribly, destroying lab work station at least a few meters to Pleia's left.

Pleiades ducks the errant blast, then calls out, "Blitzraeder, let's go! Eagle Road!" Her skates chirp, "OK Buddy!" as she skates up top face Star Girl. She punches with another Knuckle Hammer

Krak! Star Girl is knocked loose from the ceiling and over into the wall. She craters into the plaster and cinder block, then falls 4 meters to the ground below. She's knocked out cold.

Pleiades eeps, "Um, I hope she's OK." She goes to retrieve Star Girl and haul her over near Agent Fuchs. Speaking so that she can be heard through Fuch's wire, "Um, I think I've captured the immediate threat."

The two FBI agents from the van burst in. The younger of the two has his gun drawn. He sees Pleia standing next to Miles, with an unconscious Star Girl over her shoulder. "Holy... is that who I think it is?"

The older FBI says, "Crap. I'll call Starguard."

Pleiades nods, "Um, she didn't say anything when we fought. Um, so maybe she's been reprogrammed?"

"Maybe," the older guy says. He goes to check on Miles and his vitals. "He seems ok. Just knocked out."

Pleiades checks to make sure the doohickey hasn't been lifted while she was distracted by Star

The computer is still there.

Pleiades hmmms and frowns, "Now what..."

"Professional courtesy says we hand over to Starguard and hope they aren't jerks about giving us access," says the older agent.

Pleiades nods, "Ah. They have jusidiction over her?"

"You could say that," the younger agent says.

The older agent says: "She's a Starguard member."

Pleiades says, "Oh. Um, is it OK to hand her to them? They wouldn't possibly be behind this right?"

"Ughhh...." Miles starts to come around.

Pleiades tightens her grip on Star Girl.

"If we don't, we start an intra-agency pissing contest," the older agent says. He shrugs.

Pleiades grins ruefully, "Ah. I know how those are."

The older agent smiles, comforted in the knowledge that bureaucracies are just as effed up in other dimensions.

Pleiades looks to Miles, "Um, Agent Fuchs, should we continue the stakeout?"

"D'we get him?" Fuchs asks.

Pleiades tilts her head toward her captive, "It was Star Girl, Agent, but maybe she was reprogrammed?"

"Star Girl?" Miles asks. "Did we notify Starguard?" He gets up slowly. The younger agent helps him up.

"Here's what we do," Miles says. "We hand her over to Starguard. Make sure they know to Mirandize her when she comes around. We'll put in a request for an interview and go from there."

Pleiades hands Star Girl over to the agents, "Um, just so you know, if it was Scarlotti that reprogrammed her, usually the programming wears off if the victim gets knocked out."

Miles nods. "If you're right, then we still have to find out who's pulling the strings."

Pleiades nods glumly, "Hopefully she'll remember something."