The Decommissioned Extraterrestrial Craft Storage Yard (sometimes called “Welcome to Earth” due to a homemade sign hung up outside the lot after the second Decopodian Invasion, a photo of which went viral online; the employees just call it “Deck-C”) brings tourists north of Halcyon City year round. It is truly a sight to behold: several square miles of various damaged and decommissioned alien starships. While most were partial destroyed either due to violent conflict with Earth’s various defense forces or crash landings on the planet, some are still in near pristine condition and merely have been stored in the yard following thorough scientific research. While they won’t let you in or even near any of the vehicles, it is still draws in anyone with a love of science, exploration, and the unknown.
Except Keri Maldonado. She usually just shows up to throw rocks at the Charzo Science Vessel in lot 113.
A two-ton boulder sails through the air and explodes through the left impulse thruster of the Science Vessel, finally snapping the strut that was barely holding it up. It drops to the ground, crumbling into further pieces as it slams into the ground and smaller vessels parked below it. The noise almost drowns out Keri’s shouted curses at the former crew of the ship.
Keri was hovering about five-hundred feet outside the fence, glowering as she watches the destruction. It’s one of her bad days and she doesn’t care restraining order she got slapped with the last time. The HHL were push overs anyway. They’d never follow up with the suspension threats.
Keri was scanning for another rock to throw when she heard a scream. After first she started to slowly fly away, thinking that someone noticed the destruction a lot earlier than normal—security normally only does walk through of the lot once every three hours and Keri had waited an hour after their last patrol before taking out her frustration on the Science Vessel (it gave her enough time to find a very big rock and fly back with it)—but the screams continued and Keri heard them take on a frantic tone.
The members of the HHL always emphasized taking stock of the situation and assessing what was going on before getting involved in any sort of heroic encounter with the members of the JHHL. Keri frequently was on the receiving end of these lectures. “Always call in for backup.” “Alert others of the danger.” “Don’t get in over your head.” These were fine ideas, Keri thought, but they never took into account all the bad stuff that could happen while you were waiting around. Besides, none of the JHHL were as strong or tough as her.
She could handle whatever this was on her own.
So it seemed like Bill was having so much fun with these solo sessions that I figured I’d join in. And since the theme seemed to be “what happened during the time skip” I figured I’d shine a light on Keri. This gave me an opportunity to delve into some backstory (something that Keri is someone lacking in). Well, hinting at some backstory. Hopefully it’s make some sense by the end.
Probably will follow up late Friday night or Saturday.
author: Mike
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