There was a group of eleven humans, making a dash for the settlement, screaming their lungs out. And up on the rooftop, visible in the glinting sun, was an actual fucking assassin aiming their rifle right at that group.
Now, before I get too angry with myself, I will admit — there was a part of me that knew getting involved was a bad idea, and that this wouldn’t turn out well for me, and that I was going to get caught up in something I didn’t like that would delay me getting back to Mensah even more, etc. But the thing is that it is really hard to ignore humans when they’re screaming like that and getting shot at and also might die in front of you.
So I got involved.
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SecUnit, currently on its way to rescue Dr. Mensah, finds a weird space cube, experiences teleportation for the first time, and gets involved in an assassination attempt. Because for some reason, it can’t seem to stop rescuing random humans.
The Winter Soldier, on mission, is interrupted in his assassination by a very strange anomaly. And as it turns out, anomalies during missions make for terrible times indeed.
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Then she got the notice that her family’s trip wasn’t going as planned. And the waiting had started.
The waiting for any news that they were okay; then the waiting for any news that SecUnit had gotten them back; then the waiting now, knowing they were on their way back of her, but being unable to do anything about it. Just sitting on her bed and twiddling her thumbs, and tracing patterns on her ceiling, trying to think about anything else besides her nanna dead, Sofi sold into slavery, her mom rotting in some labour camp —
At least the failure of an exam gave her something fresh and exciting to think about.
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Amena, former kidnapping victim, current student of the Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland, and not a famous scientist or brave politician like the rest of her family. But Amena also has to get over failing her exam and her family getting kidnapped. It’s a tough gig.