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As the Crisis of Infinite Temps heads towards the inevitable conclusion,
the Elmer Studios crew must decide who gets the job. This is going to be hard.

Mike: Having read this fic... I really don't know what to say, mainly because
the fic has nothing to say. Why, oh why, can't somoene writhe some *good*
fanfic for a change?

JOLT!!!: Once more we dive into the mediocre world of an SI... nothing new,
nothing imaginative, and certainly nothing that hasn't been done before.
Really, most self-insertions that come out today are nothing more then the
descendants of people such as Adam Chris Lee, who is a pretty cool guy once
you've talked to him, David Gonterman, Oscar, Benjamin Hutchins of Eyrie
infamy, and others... Mind you, the following fanfic is not a bastion of
evil deserving of being driven into the light of day to burn away into
ashes, as stories none of them are, this one was just horribly generic.
And that, my friend's, is my two cents... which is something like half
a penny in American dollars after the conversion...

Outlaw Star is copyright Sunrise
Sting, the Devil's Angel is copyright OutlawAngel
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[The scene - a well furnished apartment, with two couches in an L formation
in front of a large cabinet that includes a wide-screen TV and video
recorder. The apartment has a few doors to who-knows-where, and a small
kitchenette. A coffee table sits in front of the two couches, and a desk,
home to a well-equipped PC sits off to one side. There are two Silver
Mallies resting on the bench in front of the kitchenette. A miniature
zepplin floats around the apartment.]

[Rebecca and Tsuneo enter. Tsuneo has a clip-board handcuffed to him]

Rebecca: Aw, come on. What do you think I'm going to do?
Tsuneo: Don't come near me! This thing has a self-destruct! I'm not letting
you hire anyone else!
Rebecca: Why don't you just let Dan do it?
Tsuneo: I'm trying to do some good here.
Rebecca: You'll never do it.
Tsuneo: Not with the mess you made of it.
Rebecca: What little ol' me?

[Tsuneo glares at her]

Tsuneo: Anyway, I checked, and found out this review had been pre-booked.
Rebecca: Hey, I took precautions.
Tsuneo: Precautions? You by-passed the whole selection procedure! You made a
mockery of the process.
Rebecca: And I put Dan's signature on it.
Tsuneo: Oh, well *that* makes it all better.
Rebecca: Come on. You're reign as chief booker-
Tsuneo: Administrator.
Rebecca: - has seen us get four try-outs and the absolute bottom of the B-Team.
*I* gave us some of our most popular reviewers.
Tsuneo: And endless rounds of Tango. Not to mention Skeletor Smith of number 47
AAARG MY PANTS ARE ON FIRE, Herbert Reverse-Suction Stainmaster and [Reads from
clipboard] Valintenez Alcalanella Siha Shushi La Boherez Gumbi Gomella Blue
Stradivari Talentrent Pierre Andre Charton Himmel Valovinci Baldos George
Dutzel Kaiser III.
Rebecca [Shrugs]: Tango's popular.

[Andriana and Sarah enter]

Andriana: Look, for the last time I'm sorry. I didn't mean it as an insult.
Sarah: I've heard a lot of bad things in my life, but "Smurf" takes the cake.
Andriana: I said I was sorry. I've just never said any blue people before.
Sarah: Neither have any of my tenants, and they never called me "Smurf."
Tsuneo: Oh... I see you two have met.
Sarah: Purely by accident.
Andriana: What are we doing here anyway?
Rebecca: We surveyed the viewers-
Tsuneo: Viewers?
Rebecca: -And found the three most popular of the temps we hired. So that's why
you two are here.
Tsuneo: Wait... There's two of them. Where's the other one?
Rebecca: You really set yourself up for these things.

[A trapdoor opens in the roof. Tango falls into the room, accompanied by some
water and a whole pile of assorted sea life. He stands up, a Koala clinging
to his leg and salutes]

Tango: HAIL ILPALAZZO!
Andriana: ...
Sarah: May I be excused?
Rebecca: Sarah, Andriana, this is your fellow temp for this experiment. Meet
Tango.
Andriana: Gyah! 

[A swirl of power rises up around her as she instinctively blasts Tango
out of the apartment.]

Sarah: Well that went well. Nice work there. Remind me never to lease you an
apartment.
Andriana: I'm sorry, I panicked. What *was* that thing?
Rebecca: That thing is your fellow reviewer for this experiment, Tango.
Andriana: You're kidding me... was he even human?

[Tango walks in through the door, none the worse for wear]

Tango: Again!
Tsuneo: Okay Rebecca, why him?
Rebecca: Surveys say that he's really big in Russia right now.
Tango: Maybe it translates better in Cyrillic.
Sarah: I would ask what is going on here, but I get the distinct feeling that I
don't want to know.
Tango: How does Skeletor Smith of number 47 AAARG MY PANTS ARE ON FIRE translate
into Russian, though?
Andriana: I think I was better off flipping burgers.
Sarah: I think I was better off when I was a bunch of chemicals in a tank.
Voice: Good morn- what the hell is going on here?
Sarah: That's what I'm wondering myself.
Rebecca: Good morning, Great Will of the Macrocosm.
Andriana: *chuckles*
Tsuneo: Rebecca is entirely to blame.
Rebecca: Blame the audience. They're the ones who like him.
Andriana: Audience?
Rebecca: Oh yeah, we did a survey. Turns out that Tango is the third most
popular Elmer Studios character of all time.
Tsuneo: Should I ask how I did?
Rebecca: Well, you were the most popular candidate... To be sent off to Survivor
in Thailand.
Tsuneo: I don't know if I should be insulted or relieved.
Tango: Be ambiguously indignant!
Rebecca: [Muttered] He wouldn't be so happy if he realised he ranked below Rick.
Andriana: So how do we fit into this?
Rebecca: Well, on the survey of B-Team members, you two ranked pretty much at
the top. Most importantly, Sarah appealed to the all-important "other"
demographic.
Sarah: You're just making it up as you go, aren't you?
Rebecca: I am not.
Tango: I am!
Rebecca: Otherwise I would have thought of a better excuse to hire MMK again.
Sarah: Yet another entry in my "I don't want to know" file.
Voice: I'm being ignored again, aren't I?
Tsuneo: Seems like it.
Andriana: You might as well tell us what the fic is and let the others worry
about it later.
Voice: Well, I managed to dig up an Outlaw Star fic for you guys.
Andriana: Where does it fit into the series?
Voice: Um...
Andriana: Not a good sign.

[They sit. Rebecca and Sarah on the forwards-facing couch, Tango and Andriana
on the other one. Tango and Sarah are closest on the corners. Tsuneo pulls
up the computer chair.]

Tango: I love Outlaw Star! It's fabbo!
Tsuneo: You've seen it?
Rebecca: He borrowed my Outlaw Star DVDs.
Tsuneo: So how much did you watch?
Tango: None of it.
Rebecca: You had it for three weeks!
Tango: So?
Tsuneo: Won't that stop you from riffing it?
Rebecca: Since when has ignorance of the source material ever stopped him?
Tsuneo: Good point.

[The TV switches on]

> Sting,

Tango: WHOO!

> The Devil's Angel

Sarah: [Deep voice] "I am the devil, and I'm here to do the devil's work."

> Hi, im Outlaw Angel.

Rebecca: -And I'm an alcaholic.
All: Hi Outlaw Angel.

> New fanfic!

Tango: Same old hurt!

> Lets see what happens when we take a one 19-year-old girl Sting,

Andriana: Gender bending, a new fad among the rockstars.

> her 
> cat- rabbit partner Kinoki(like Ryo-oki), mix in a little Outlaw 
> Star, and throw in the fact that Sting is part bio- android(not full, 
> only part), and that she's a space pirate,

Sarah: And she's a Saiyajin, with Jedi powers, a lightsaber, and a 
space crusier the size of Texas!
Rebecca [Rolls dice] And part previously undiscovered species of Lemur!
Tsuneo: How can you be *part* bio-android. You either are or you aren't.
Tango: I'm part bio-android! Look, I have a stapler gun stuck to my arm!
Rebecca: No, you're not.

> stir well, and stand back!

Sarah: I suggest standing *way* back.

> Let me know how you like it!

Tango: [Stands] I like-
Tsuneo: Save it for the reviews.
Tango: Okay! [Sits]

> Outlaw Angel

[Andriana begins humming the Charlie's Angel's theme]

> Cheers!

> *ROAR*

Sarah: *yawn.*

> Sting was looking at her disguise.

Tango: Waitasec, this isn't a camouflage kit, this is my mother's makeup kit!
Rebecca: Wait a minute, it's Barry Windham!

> Her once black hair was now fiery 
> red locks.Her contacts changed her eyes from brown to blue. Her 
> ctarl-ctarl ears were died black instead of brown, and her tail was 
> now striped instead of spotted.

Tsuneo: Ah, we're going for the "Inconsistent" look.
Rebecca: [Sting] No-one will spot the brightly-coloured Ctarl-Ctarl in a crowd!

> She looked at her once-perfect face 
> where a fake scar now ran from ear to cheek and completed her 
> disguise.

Sarah: She now looked *exactly* like Britney Spears.

> 'A perfect diguise'She thought shrewdly."Kinoki! Where are you? We 
> need to put on your disguise now!"

Tsuneo: How do you disguise a cabbit?
Tango: Between two slabs of rye!

> Kinoki came prancing into the room.

> "MEOOOOOOWWWW!!!!!!!!!"

Sarah: [Hands over ears] Agggh! Turn it down!
Andriana: [Wincing] I don't think Kinoki agrees with the spaying part of 
his disguise.

> Sting picked up her cat-rabbit partner

Rebecca: [Sting] C'mon Kninoki, don't get all excited and worn out. That'll make
the meat all tough.

> and took her over to the tub of black dye.

Andriana: Gah! What IS that thing!?

> "Hold your breath and close your eyes, Kinoki."

Sarah: [singsong] And you will get a big suprise!

> Kinoki heeded her warning just as she was dunked head first in the 
> dark foul-smelling tub of black hair dye.

Andriana: Doh! That's pen ink you dipped it in!
Tango: Then she put on fifty pounds and was appointed GM of RAW!
Rebecca: Now all we need to do is file off the numbers and we can re-sell this
baby.

> "MEOW!" cried Kinoki, angrily.She hated baths of all kinds.

> "Calm down. Im just dying your hair black so you won't be recognized."

Sarah: As what? An annoyingly cute fuzzball?

> Kinoki seemed content with that answer and remained quiet and 
> cooperative for the rest of it.

Sarah: Drowning may have had something to do with it.
Rebecca: [Sting] Kinoki? Are you okay?

> Finally Sting pulled Kinoki out of the tub and rinsed her off in the 
> sink.

Tsuneo: Oh look, it's the new easy-clean cabbit.

> Then she took her over to a machine and placed a now frantic 
> Kinoki inside and closed the door.

Andriana: Gee, you think the SPCA will have anything to say about her 
tossing Kinoki into the dryer?
Sarah: [Sting] Let's see... 450 degress for 45 minutes, then rotate 
and baste. Perfect.

> "Cool it, Kinoki, this won't hurt. It'll just change your eye color.Alright?"

Rebecca: So why does it look like a clothes dryer?

> Kinoki calmed down, since there was no point in struggling.A few 
> seconds later, she was pulled out with Blue eyes instead of green.

> Instead of her normal skintight blue outfit,

Sarah: Let me guess... she's big-breasted too?
Rebecca: I think it's a fair bet.
Sarah: It always seems to be the requirement for female SI's.

> Sting donned a Black tank top, black bell-bottoms, black high heeled 
> boots,

Tango: Disco pirate!

> elbow length gloves, also black, and a matching full length 
> cloak along with cats eye sunglasses.

Tango: Pimpin'!

> In turn, Kinoki was fitted with a black collar with silver spikes.

Sarah: Somehow the idea of a goth Ctarl-Ctarl almost makes this scene worth it.
Rebecca: With a punk Cabbit, no less.

> Looking herself and Kinoki over to make sure they were fully disguised,

Tango: You're not a international supervillain in disguise, you're just a cute,
furry cat girl, aren't you?
Rebecca: Just wait until Sting finds out that she's being stalked by a dozen
furverts.

> she began to think of names to use instead of their own.

Rebecca: [Sting] Instead of Sting, I will be... Stung!
Tango: [Sting] The only people who notice are New Zealanders, and they don't
matter!

> "Kinoki, for now, you're Ryu, understand?

Sarah: And if Kinoki ends up tossing fireballs, I'm leaving.

> Good. And I'm just going to use my name, Sting, since the name the 
> police have me under is Ryku,

Sarah: Bless you.

> my pirate name.

Rebecca: Sting, scourge of the seven seas!
Tsuneo: But they're in space.
Rebecca: It's always the little things that get you.

> I knew that choosing a different name would came in handy.

Tsuneo: It generally does when you're in hiding...
Rebecca: So her parents called her Sting?
Tango: Yeah, and they dressed her in really, really tight shorts.
Sarah: Obscure.

> Now, where is that place we're going to go again?

Sarah: Hell.

> Oh, that's right, Starwind and Hawking enterprises. Bounty hunters, 
> eh?

Tsuneo: [Sting] They've got a bounty posted on this arch-criminal and her
cabbit, and I want in on it!

> Well, Kinoki, one thing's for cetain, they're not taking us in."

Rebecca: [Sting] We'll hide in plain sight!
Tango: [Sting] I'll walk around with my t-shirt that says "I'm not a Space
Pirate!" They'll never spot me.
Andriana: Ahhh, I can tell this group has all the wile and wit of an Abbot 
and Costello villain. They'll be caught and brought in in minutes.

> They left for the HQ of the unsuspecting crew of the Outlaw Star. 15 
> minute later, they arrived

Tsuneo: Back where they started.
Tango: [Sting] We didn't pack enough Hostess Fruit Pies! (TM)

> outside a warehouse bearing the name

Tsuneo: 23.

> 'Starwind and Hawking Enterprises' painted over a red star.

Tango: Not a Soviet front since 1983.

> Sting and Kinoki Approached the door and knocked. Jim answered the door.

Sarah: [Jim] My NaMe Is JiM. I tAkE cArE oF tHe HoUsE wHiLe ThE MaStEr Is AwAy.

> "Can I help you?" asked Jim testily-he was doing paperwork and hated 
> to be interrupted.

Rebecca: Be warned: When enraged, Jim becomes four foot three of pure fury!
Tango: Yay fury!

> "I believe I spoke to you on the phone?

Tsuneo: [Sting] Can you confirm that? I'm awfully confused.

> About the finding some work here?"

Tango: [Jim] Lady, we're looking for work here.

> "Oh! Come right in!" Jim's temper dissappeared instantly. He thought 
> perhaps if He couldn't get Gene to accept some of these jobs, maybe 
> he could get her to help him with them.

Tsuneo: You've already got one Ctarl-Ctarl who doesn't seem to do anything. Why
do you need another one?
Rebecca: But she's got a pet!
Tsuneo: Fine. Hire the cabbit and tell her to get lost.

> "Now, what did you say your name was again?"

Sarah: Fett... Boba Fett.

> "Sting-and this is Ryu" Sting indicated her cat-rabbit partner.

Andriana: That thing's ears are defying the laws of physics.

> "A cat-rabbit? Neat!

Rebecca: [Jim] We eat well tonight!

> Mel, make some coffee! The girl I told you applied is here!"

Sarah: [Jim] Hold that thought. Melfina, you sit down. Sting, you go 
make the coffee.
Rebecca: [Sting] I'm a space pirate. I don't make coffee.
Sarah: [Jim] Consider it part of your interview.

> "Coming up, Jim!" 5 minutes later, Melfina came out with two cups of 
> coffee for Jim and Sting.

Sarah: We've replaced Melfina's normal coffee with Folger's crystals. 
Let's see if Jim and Sting notice!
Andriana: Gene secretly melted exlax into it, oh the hilarity!

> Talking over coffee, Sting learned that they were bounty hunters, tugboat,

Tango: And sometimes Typhoon or even the Shockmaster.

> and anything that would make them money.

Tsuneo: And you didn't know before you signed up?
Rebecca: She just threw a dart at the "help wanted" ads.

> Jim also told her 
> that he had hired her because his partner, Gene Starwind, was very 
> lazy and very picky.

Tsuneo: He's also the hero of the show.
Tango: Bah! Self-insertion can take care of that.

> "I thought if I couldn't get him to take a job, maybe you could, and 
> we might actually make some money for once." admitted Jim."Well, what 
> do you think? Will you accept the position?"

Andriana: [Sting] At an Antartic base? I dunno...
Rebecca: [Sting] I'd ask to examine the benefits and the retirement package, but
I doubt I'd understand them!

> "Of course." Sting was sure this place was perfect for her hideout.

Tsuneo: Why yes! Hide with the people who are being chased by every pirate in
the galaxy.
Tango: Worked for me!
 
> If the galaxy police wanted her, she thought, smiling, then she 
> wasn't gonna make it easy for them.

Rebecca: What, by standing right in front of them?

> "I'll take anything I can get at this point"

Tsuneo: [Jim] Good. The sink's over there and the dishwasher has broken down.
Rebecca: [Sting] They turned me down for a job at Hooters. They said I lowered
their standards.

> "I know what you mean......." replied Jim shrewdly.

> Just then, Gene came downstairs having just woken up.

Tango: [Gene] Hey Jim. Is it AM or PM?
Tsuneo: [Jim] AM.
Tango: [Gene] I'm going back to bed.

> "Jim, what's going on? Who IS that?" asked Gene sleepily.

Sarah: Gene, this is Sting. She's just taken over the show, so you'd 
better bow down and kiss her boots if you want to still have your 
name in the credits.
Andriana: [Sting] I'mnotawantedcriminal!

> "This, Gene, is our newest crew member, Sting, and her partner Ryu." said Jim.

Rebecca: [Cabbit voice] Hadoken!

> "What? We don't need anymore people. And she's a ctarl-ctarl, 
> nonetheless!" said Gene, seeing Sting's ears.

Tsuneo: And you only just noticed?
Rebecca: Go easy on Gene. He's not a morning person. Okay, so he's not much of
an early-afternoon person, but you get the picture.
Andriana: Right... hey, Becky? What's a Ctarl-Ctarl?
Rebecca: Cat person with big ears, tail and no brains. And don't call me Becky!

> "What's that supposed to mean!?!?!" came a screechy voice from the 
> next room. Aisha came bouncing into the room with a scowl at Gene.

Tsuneo: Bouncing is the word.
Tango: STARCRAFT!

> "Nothing, Aisha!" replied Gene, throwing up his hands in defense."I 
> just meant, that it's one more person we have to share profits with,

Tsuneo: No risk of that.
Rebecca: What, sharing the profits?
Tsuneo: No, profits.
 
> and you know as well as I do how much ctarl- ctarl can eat! I just 
> don't think we can support another one on our low budget!"

Andriana: At this rate they've delved into the Humphrey Bogart Diet: Booze
and Cigarettes.

> "oh." Aisha seemed to be thinking this over.

Sarah: Well, this should take a while. Anyone for a game of cribbage?

> "Well, ok then." She bounced back out of the room.

Rebecca: [Aisha] And that's my only line.

> "I assure you, you will appreciate me, if you'd give me a chance."

Sarah: [Sting] I am the SI after all.

> Gene and Jim jumped.

Andriana: Quick Jim, to the batcave! [Hums the old Batman theme]

> "C'mon, Gene, we can't be picky right now. We'll give her one chance. 
> If she proves she's worth it, she can stay." pleaded Jim.

> "Well, alright.... But if not, then out she goes, got it?"said Gene.

Tsuneo: [Jim] And what if she's only moderately effective?
Rebecca: [Gene] Then we keep the cabbit.

> "Alright, all right!" Jim replied.

Tsuneo: [Jim] You know, I used to be an important man in this company.
Rebecca: [Sting] What happened?
Tsuneo: [Jim] He woke up.

> "Let me show you your room, 
> Sting."Jim got up and motioned for Sting to follow him. Sting 
> followed him down a hall to a small room where Jim stopped.

[Tsuneo clears his throat and holds out his hand.]

Rebecca: [Sting] This isn't a room, it's a closet!
Tango: [Jim] Nonsense, there's room in here for exactly two and three quarters
people. Standing.

> "Here's your room, Sting.

Andriana: You'll be staying right beside Ozzy Ozborne, so things will get a 
bit weird.
Tango: Will you be paying for your room in cash, credit or kidneys?

> I have to go do some more paperwork now." Jim left 
> Sting and Kinoki to the room.

Tsuneo: [Jim] Somebody has to keep this company running.

> Sting sat down on the bed and thought about it. This place was 
> perfect for a hideout. No one would suspect.

Sarah: Especially since no one has any idea what it looks like.

> And she could use her many connections across the universe

Sarah: 20 bucks HK says she knows Emperor Palpatine.
Andriana: Naw, I say she knows Baltar.

> to prove that she most definetly was worth it.

Rebecca: If not satisfied with your Sting, return unused portion for a full
refund.

> A few days later, Starwind and Hawking Enterprises had a job.

[They all cheer loudly]

> A space pirate was hanging out in the area, and there was a big reward for 
> him.

Sarah: [reading off of a sheet of paper] Says his name is Vash the 
Stampede. He's worth 60 billion double dollars.

> Now all they had to do was find and capture him for the bounty.

Tsuneo: Oh, that's the easy part.

> "We're going out to look around today, see if there are any 
> suspicious people around." announced Gene over breakfast one moning.

Sarah: Present company excepted I presume?

> He was looking particularly hard at Sting with his eyes narrowed. He 
> didn't completely trust her-yet.Sting glared back, knowing exactly 
> what he was thinking

Andriana: [Gene] If I concentrate enough, I can make her head implode...
Sarah: [Gene] Man, is she stacked!

> and thinking that she would change the fact hat he didn't trust her.

Rebecca: [Sting] I'll make you like me! For I am the SI and I am all-powerful!
BWAHAHAHA... Oops, did I say all that out loud?
Tango: Then we can sit around on my giant space shuttle and watch Blade which is
the greatest movie of all time because I like it! And Kaji likes me! [They all
stare at him] Fourshadowing!

> After breakfast,

Andriana: Crumbs from the toaster do not constitute as breakfast.

> they went out.

Tsuneo: Then they went back, because Sting forgot her keys.
Rebecca: Then they went back because Gene forgot his gun.
Tango: And back again, because Jim forgot his pants.
Sarah: Back once more, because they forgot Suzaku.
Adrianna: Then they had to go back for Aisha's ball of wool.
Tango: [Sting] Are we there yet?

> Gene suggested they partner up.

Tango: [Gene] Melfina and I will search the attic. Jim, you and Suzaku can check
the ground floor.
Rebecca: [Aisha] Like, that leaves us to check the basement.
Adrianna: [Sting] Rokay!

> Jim seperated everyone.

Tango: Then added the milk and sugar.

> To Gene's great displeasure and Sting's great 
> amusement, they were partnered by Jim.

Tsuneo: Good move, Jim. That solves all your problems at once.

> Gene and Sting went off.

Tango: That's what happens if you don't refrigerate them properly.

> Gene 
> was sulking over being prurposely partnered to her by Jim and kept 
> throwing loathful glances at her.

Tsuneo: [Gene] Rassafrassin' I'm meant to be the hero around here...

> Sting was watching him out of the 
> corner of her eye and thinking about how immature and childish he was.

Rebecca: Sorry, who was childish?
Tsuneo: That's not fair, she hasn't been childish at all. Heck, she doesn't have
any personality at all, but let's not push it.

> They arrived at a bar that Sting knew well.

Tango: A place where everybody knows your name.

> She had been leading Gene toward it since they split up.

Rebecca: [Sting] New plan! I'll get him drunk and rob him blind!
Tsuneo: Won't get anything out of that.

> She stopped outside the door and turned to face Gene.

Andriana: [Sting] I'll throw you in as a diversion and then run in to use 
your by then bullet riddled body as a shield, okay? Go!
Tango: [Sting] And Aisha will sit on the sidelines and play Super Smash Brothers
Melee.
Tsuneo: [Gene] How's that going to help?
Tango: [Sting] Well, it's a laugh.

> "You want me to prove I'm worth it?" she said scathingly.

All: No.
Sarah: But you will anyway.

> She didn't 
> particularly like Gene, and was bent on proving her worth. She didn't 
> like being doubted.

> Gene was too startled to reply. Sting turned back around, smirking, 
> and entered the bar.

Rebecca: Wait until she realises that she walked into the comic convention next
door.
Tango: [Comic shop guy] Worst self-insertion ever.

> She swaggered up to the bar and leaned over to 
> say something to the barkeeper.

Sarah: C'mon down here...
Tsuneo: "Wha'chu want?"
Sarah: "One bourbon, one scotch, and one beer!"

> "I've partnered up with some bounty hunters to lay low for a while. 

Tsuneo: [Barkeep] So you've got a bounty on your head and you're laying low with
bounty hunters?
Rebecca: [Sting] Yep!
Tsuneo: [Barkeep] I'm going to have to ask you to pay off your bar tab now.

> I'm here with him-"

Tango: [Barkeep] Fraiser Crane?

> she threw a sidelong glance towards Gene.." I'm 
> going after Saring. It's to prove I'm, ahem, worth it. So, any clues 
> to his whereabouts, Garren?"

Rebecca: [Garren] Only the word "Croatian" carved into a tree.

> "Yes, as a matter of fact. I know where he's hiding. But bounty hunters, Ryku?

Sarah: Bless you.

> Risky, but-"He threw a doubtful glance at Gene.

Andriana: Wham! Right off the forehead...

> "If you want to chance 
> it, I know you're the only one who could pull it off. Anyways, Saring 
> is hiding at the old abandoned spike shift factory.

Sarah: I have this sudden image of mass produced Jeet Kun Do fighters 
with green hair.
Rebecca: Nabeshin is a defective model.

[Tango stats singing Nabeshin's Afro song]

> And Ryku, please, be careful! I know you like to take risks,

Rebecca: She drinks her milk straight from the carton, and waits until the very
last minute to pay her telephone bill.

> but 
> staying woth bounty hunters is just crazy! Still, if you must, then 
> just, be careful you don't get caught!

Rebecca: [Sting] Don't worry, that Gene doesn't suspect a thing.
Tsuneo: [Gene] I'm sitting right next to you.

> They'll turn you in the second they find out who you are."

> "Alright, alright, Garren, I'll be careful, I promise!" she said defensively.

Rebecca: Then she got hit by a truck.

> "Well, ok. Since you promised." He smiled at her. Sting smiled back 
> at him. Garren was her #1 source of information and he also had a 
> major crush on her,

All: Naturally.

> so she could get him to do anything she needed him to do.

Sarah: Although he drew the line at wearing the chicken suit.
Andriana: Although he- dammit! You're stealing all of my good lines!

> She leaned over and kissed his cheek in way of thanks and hurried 
> back over to Gene, hoping he hadn't seen it.

Tsuneo: Although when she saw his binoculars and headset, she knew she was in
trouble.

> Gene stood a ways away watching the two. He noted that they seemed to 
> know each other pretty well.

Sarah: The fact they hadn't come up for air in the last 5 minutes was 
a major clue.

> He heard words like "bounty" and "pull it off" also phrases like "get 
> caught" and "be careful".

Andriana: Not to mention "visas" and "it again, Sam" as well as "always 
have Paris..."
Tango: [Gene] Would you mind repeating that? I missed a few bits.

> He also noticed that the barkeeper kept throwing spiteful glances in 
> his direction.

Tango: So he caught them and threw them back.

> His eyes narrowed. He would have dearly loved to hear 
> the whole conversation,

Tango: For that, he needs to pay the extra $9.95 on the cable subscription.

> but he knew he couldn't without arrousing suspicion.

> He also noted that she kissed him before she came back over but 
> decided against mentioning it.

Andriana: I wouldn't want to talk about kissing someone with a big cold 
sore either. Ewww...
Tsuneo: He also noticed that her shirt was unbuttoned, but he decided against
mentioning that too.

> "Well, ahem, the bar tender has kindly informed me of Sarings 
> whereabouts."She said, eyeing Gene suspiciously and wondering how 
> much of the conversation he had heard, for he seemed to be slightly 
> glowering at her.

Tsuneo: He's suspicious of her!
Rebecca: She suspects his suspicions!
Tsuneo: He suspects that she suspects his suspicions!
Rebecca: She's suspicious of his suspicions of her suspecting his suspicions!
Tango: They fight crime!

> "Well? Let's get going, before he gets wind of the fact that we're 
> after him!

Tsuneo: Or the plot congeals further.

> He's sure to have resources around here."

Sarah: Yeah, rumor has it he's built a mine, irrigated some plains, 
and is laying railroads everywere!

> "Yeah, alright." Gene replied after looking at her questioningly for 
> a minute. He wondered about her sudden rush.

Rebecca: [Sting] No, I'm not hiding anything, ladedadeda.
Tango: Aisha must be the smart end of the species.

> But, on second thought, he considered, she did know where the space 
> pirate was. Maybe there was more to her then met the eye, he thought.

Sarah: Great... now she's a Transformer.

> Sting watched Gene while they walked for a bit. She wanted to be sure 
> he hadn't overheard the conversation.

> But he didn't seem suspicious at all.

Tsuneo: [Snaps fingers in front of screen] Oh dear, I think we've lost Gene already.

> On the contrary, he simply 
> seemed to be thinking. But she was still fairly wary. He was the only 
> one who didn't yet trust her, and she didn't know if he suspected 
> something to do with her or not yet.

Andriana: Might have something to do with the dye that came off of you 
about an hour back.

> She would still have to gain his 
> trust, as much as she resented such treatment, if she was to pull 
> this off.

Tsuneo: He's suspicious of her!
Rebecca: She suspects his suspicions!
Sarah: Oh, shut up.

> "Here we are." Sting announced after 15 minutes of silent 
> walking.They were outside an old factory.

Rebecca: You see an old factory.
Sarah: I check for traps.
Tsuneo: I ready my bow!
Andriana: One fireball coming up!
Sarah: Did I mention I have my Hackmaster +12?
Tsuneo: Quick! Kick the door in!
Rebecca: Inside is an orc, a pie and a Frost-Free Fridge [Ding]
Tango: I waste the Pie with my Atomic Black Matter Ray!
Tsuneo: This is a fantasy game.
Tango: It's a +1 Atomic Black Matter Ray!

> Gene looked at the decrepit building, wondering what space pirate in 
> their right mind would hide out here,

Tsuneo: One who didn't want anyone to find them?
Sarah: You're trying to make sense then, aren't you?

> but then,he reasoned with 
> himself, that's just how the pirates would expect them to think.

Tsuneo: [Gene] Or they could expect that I guessed that, and not be there.
Of course, they could have guessed I called their double bluff, and be
there. Or they could have- Good god, I've gone cross-eyed. 

> He followed Sting inside.

> Immediately, they were blinded by light.

Sarah: [singing] o/~ And she was blinded by the light! Cut loose like 
a deuce another runner in the night. Blinded by the light! She got 
down but she never got tight, but she'll make it alright!o/~

> They heard sounds of people running around them, and when the lights 
> were turned off, they were surrounded by people holding knives, guns 
> and other weaponry,

Tango: One man holds a banana! Tension is lost! Scene is ruined!

> and certainly looked like pirates.

Andriana: The eye patches and the wooden legs were a dead giveaway, to say 
the least.
Tango: The Chinese guy with the CD burner did confuse them for a while.

> Gene drew his 
> caster gun and Sting drew an elaborate looking device and loaded it 
> with what looked like BBgun bullets.

Tsuneo: [Gene] Say, where do you keep that big motherf'king gun, little buddy?
Tango: [Sting] None of your damn business, Gene. But if you want, I'll write the
answer on a piece of paper and you can read it sometime when you're sitting
down.

> Gene looked at her like she was crazy,

Sarah: I'm with Gene. Who loads their gun *after* the fight starts?
Andriana: Here's another one for you: what kind of pirates LET you load 
your gun after a fight starts?

> but didn't have much time to think about what the weapon was, for it 
> was only a matter of seconds before the pirates began to attack. 

Rebecca: So they're surrounded by a whole mob of pirates with their guns,
knives, bananas and CD burners out and ready, but yet they've got time to draw
and load their guns?
Tango: Turns out it's the 3Dmark demo, so they had to allow time to load the
textures.

> Sting fired her gun. A shot that deafened them all went off and a 
> bright flash, and one quarter of the pirates were down.

Sarah: But hopefully they be able to bounce back from an early loss 
and still win the series.

> Gene looked at her incredulously,

Rebecca: [Gene] My gun's way nicer than that anyway.

> but was jolted back to reality by a 
> shot that grazed his ear. He began firing his caster rifle,

Andriana: So Gene has a gun that flings old wizards at people? That isn't 
very intimidating.
Rebecca: Well, it fires magic spells. But given how effective he is with it...

> knocking 
> down another fourth of them. their forces were now cut in half.

> Sting was shooting her Sniper Sting Rifle(for that's what it was, her 
> own invention, of course)

All: Of course.

> and cut their number in half yet again. One more shot took the rest 
> of them down.

Sarah: Wait a minute... [scribbles on a pad of paper] one quarter 
plus one quarter plus one quarter equals...
Andriana: Three quarters, or 75 percent.
Sarah: Oh, I see, this is Enron math!

> They were then confronted by one person. Stepping out of the shadows, 
> clapping, was

Andriana: Goldfinger?

>Saring.

Andriana: Oh.
Tsuneo: Why didn't they get him?
Sarah: He's a named bad guy. They had to kill off the mooks first.

> "Well done! Very impressive, taking down all of my forces 
> alone.Bravo!

Tsuneo: Uh, given that they just waxed your entire crew, wouldn't it be smarter
to just run away at this point?

> Ha ha. If you are thinking that I will be as easy as my 
> crew, I'm afraid you are sadly mistaken.I am no pushover, and 
> thinking like that will be your downfall. I certainly hope you can 
> provide me with some entertainment."

Sarah: [Stilted English] Your kung fu. Is. Pig dung.

> He was sarcastic."Well? You want me? Come and get me!"

Tsuneo: They shot him while he was doing his rant.

> "Gladly!" shouted Sting and lept at Saring.

> Gene admired her bravery, and was beginning to trust her, but He also 
> thought trying to take on Saring alone was completely nuts.

Tango: Because it's what he does all the time!
Andriana: Armed with only a pair of chop sticks and a feather duster? Yeah, 
she's gone.
Rebecca: Say, since they knew where he was, why didn't they call the others
here?
Tsuneo: See that would require thinking. But since Sting is incapable of it and
Gene has been dumbed down to the point where he can't, that ain't happening.
Besides, you wouldn't want Suzaku to show up, save everyone and upstage the SI,
would you?
Rebecca: Damn right I would.

> To both Gene's surprise and Sarings, Sting knocked him out in one 
> blow to the head! Gene blinked, and stood, dumbstruck with his mouth 
> hanging open. Sting Picked up Saring by the collar and dragged him 
> over to where Gene was standing. She noted his look.

> "Do I pass?"she asked, scathingly.

Tsuneo: [Gene] Well, if you actually showed some investigative skills instead of
just asking a single bartender...

> Gene simply nodded.Sting smirked and walked out, followed by a still 
> stunned Gene.

Sarah: You'd think he'd gotten some recoveries by now.

> The police arrived and took Saring and his crew away.

Tsuneo: Say, what do the police do around here?
Tango: Mop up the bodies.

> Sting retrieved 
> the bounty and walked back over to Gene, counting it.Gene was 
> scowling at her. She smirked.

> "Well. did I pass the test? Can I stay?"she said grinning wickedly.

Tsuneo [Gene]: Only if you promise not to claw the curtains.
Andriana: Yowl, lady, ever hear of a thing called a toothbrush? Man that's 
some harsh plaque.

> "Ah, suppose." Said Gene, scowling and crossing his arms.He really 
> wanted to smack her right about now,

Sarah: So do I.

> and she knew it, he thought noting her smirk."Show off......" He 
> muttered under his breath.

Tsuneo [Gene]: I'm still the hero of this damn show!

> Jim and the rest of the crew arrived at the scene 5 minutes later and 
> found Gene and Sting in the chaos.

Tango: [Gene] Honestly officer, I was just standing there and BANG! All these
pirates dropped dead for no apparent reason.

> "Gene, Sting, where's Saring? What happened?

Rebecca: I don't know. See answer one.

> Whoah............"Jim's 
> eyes widened as Sting held up the bounty of 1,000,000 wong.

Sarah: And as we all know, one million wongs still don't make a right.
Others: ...
Tango: Currently worth three hundred and sixty-eight trillion Mexican Pesos or
two US cents.

> "Did you? You did!" Jim gave a shout "Yahoo! We can pay off all our 
> debts with that!

Tango: At least until the stock plunges from $238 to 38 cents.
Rebecca: [Gene] But what about the debts you don't know about?
Tsuneo: [Jim] What?
Rebecca: [Gene] Oh, nothing.

> Sting, you're staying! I don't care what Gene says!"

> Sting chuckled."Oh, I wouldn't worry about that.

Tsuneo: Nobody cares what Jim says.

> He's already given 
> me his permission to stay." She pointed at Gene, who was still 
> sulking.

> Jim looked at him, then Sting, and put two and two together.

Sarah: And came up with five.
Tsuneo: Five?
Sarah: It was a moderatly large value of two.

> "You.........? Ha ha ha ha!" Jim doubled over laughing.

Andriana: Hah hah hah! Ah hah... hah, uh what are we laughing at here?

> "I'm geussing you showed him what it really means to be a bounty hunter."

Sarah: Live fast die young?
Tsuneo: Forever broke?
Rebecca: Be inexplicably loved by Star Wars fans?
Tango: To have a big-arsed green mech and wear mysterious black armour!

> Jim wiped away a tear from laughing so hard.

> Sting simply smiled and thought that Gene should at least trust her 
> now, even if he still hated her. She glanced at him shrewdly and 
> smirked again. She also thought that maybe being a bounty hunter 
> wasn't so bad-for now.

Tsuneo: Oh yeah? Wait until you spend a night with them.

> She also liked having some real friends basides Garren, who's real 
> name, by the way, was really Erin. Just as she used Ryku, so he used 
> Garren. Besides, he wasn't really a friend, he was a bit more than 
> that.

Andriana: He was her sister's brother's uncle's nephew's third cousin 
removed former college roommate.
Tsuneo: Someone please tell me what this has to do with anything?

> But what she had now as a group of people who were just her 
> friend. Jim positively loved her, because she took over half the 
> paperwork now, giving Jim more free time and less work.

Tango: Jim Hawking. Supposed to be a main character, but strangely absent.

> Mel liked her because she also helped with the cooking.

Tango: Melfina. Not appearing any more.

> Suzuka liked her because she was a quick thinker and could keep Gene in
> line.

Tango: Twilight Suzaku. Supposed to be an assassin. Looks to be a main
character, I don't know why.

> Aisha liked her 
> because she was a fellow ctarl-ctarl and she listened to Aisha when 
> no one else would.

Tango: Aisha Clan-Clan. I don't know her either!

> Even Gene had to admit the she was a big help 
> around the place and her cooking was phenominal.

Tango: No-one could make a two minute ramen bowl as good as hers.
Sarah: I hate her already.

> Suzuka, however, even if she liked her, couldn't help but notice that
> there was something strange about Sting.

Sarah: [Suzuka] Ever notice how Sting's CGI animated and we're cell 
animated? Do you suppose that means anything?

> Suzuka tended to notice these things. She mentioned it to the only 
> person she knew would consider it at this point-Gene. He still had 
> misgivings about her.

> "Gene, can I -talk to you for a minute?" Suzuka asked Gene one 
> afternoon when the rest of the crew had gone out.

> Gene looked at her, startled. "Yeah, uh, sure. About what?"

Sarah: [Suzuka]: I wanna be traded.
Rebecca: [Looks up from paper] The Cubs are looking good this year.

> "About Sting. There's something strange about her." Suzuka went 
> straight to the point.

Rebecca: [Suzaku] She's 'special.'
Tsuneo: [Gene] Not again...

> "Really? Like what?" She had gotten Gene's attention now.

Andriana: For starters she disappears whenever America's Most Wanted comes 
on TV.

> "I'm not sure yet, but I think that she may not be what she seems."

Tango: She is in fact a previously undiscovered species of lemur! [Ding]
Rebecca: ...that's my line.

> Gene thought for a moment.

Tango: Later that evening.

> Then he spoke. "Suzuka, there's something 
> I never mentioned before. Remeber that first job we had?"

Sarah: [Suzuka] What? The one where I tried to kill you?

> "Yes?"she replied, curious as to what was coming next.

> "Well, there was this bartender she seemed to know really well.

Rebecca: [Suzaku] How well?
Tsuneo: [Gene] Tongue well.
Rebecca: [Suzaku] Ah.

> She also acted like she didn't want them to be overheard.

Tango: I got it! That bartender is her pimp!

> "Gene told Suzuka all about the strange conversation between Sting and Erin.

Andriana: It wasn't all that strange except that they were speaking in Swahili.

> When he was finished, Suzuka seemed to be deep in thought. "Tell me, 
> what did this bartender look like?"

> "Well......"Gene described him to Suzuka.

Sarah: Thus meaning Suzuka knows more about him than we do.

> "I knew it!" she said. 

Andriana: The secret of how they get the caramel into the caramilk bar!

> "Knew what?" asked Gene quickly.

Tango: [Suzaku] Pi to the Nth digit! Mmm, pi...

> "That bartender is called Garren.

Rebecca: So he's a really big pig monster who casts magic spells?
Tsuneo: No, that's Gannon.
Sarah: So he's a dark knight who gets squashed before the opening credits?
Tsuneo: No, that's Garland.
Andriana: So he's a huge hitman with a 45mm silencer?
Tsuneo: No, that's Jeff Garyn.
Sarah: So he's a French pork dish?
Tsuneo: No, that's Gammon.
Tango: So he's a giant flying turtle who's the friend of all children in
Worryingly tight shorts?
Tsuneo: That's Gamera!
Rebecca: So he's a small tree-dwelling primate with a long furry tail?
Tsuneo: We already did the lemur.
Rebecca: I'm sulking 'cause Tango got to it first.

> He's an information source for space pirates.

Tsuneo: [Gene] Yes, we have something like that. We call it "the internet."
Tango: [Jim] But it's only realy good for juarez and pr0n.
Tsuneo: [Gene] How would you know?
Tango: [Jim] I found your stash.

> But then why would Sting know him? Unless..............."

Tango: THEY WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER!

[Long silence]

Tango: It could be.

> Her yes widened. She looked up at Gene, who was thinking the same thing

Sarah: So am I, but where are we going to get tarter sauce and lawn 
darts at this hour?

> Was sting a space pirate?If so, then what was she doing posing as a 
> bounty hunter?

Tsuneo: Hiding.
Sarah: Badly.

> "We're not sure if she really is a space pirate yet, though Gene.

Tango: Although the giant wooden ship with the semi-clad maiden on the front is
a bit of a giveaway.
 
> We'll have to prove it."said Suzuka.

Andriana: Checking to see if she's got any parrots or eye patches in her 
closet might be a good start.

> "I know, but how will we do that?"asked Gene.

Rebecca: I have a solution. [Gene] Sting, are you a space pirate?
Tango: [Sting] Yes! No! Wait! No, I am not a pirate at all. No.

> Now he knew why he was so uneasy around her all the time.

Tsuneo: Oh, so it had nothing to do with the fact that she was a bossy,
overbearing, obnoxious know-it-all and he was the token hated character?

> "Well. maybe we could take a look in her room. There might be 
> something there to prove she's not what she seems,

Tsuneo: So you're expecting her to casually leave stuff like that lying
around in her room? What are you expecting to find, her Pirate's Guild
membership card?
Others: ...
Tsuneo: Good point.

> even if she's not 
> a space pirate, I'm sure she's not really a bounty hunter."

Tango: She is, in fact... A former WCW booker!

> "Good idea, Suzuka. Let's go take a look now."This was the first 
> serious conversation he'd had with Suzuka in a long time,

Rebecca: "Morning" and "Please don't kill me today" had been the limit
of it so far.

> and he 
> thought maybe he should listen to both her and his instincts more 
> often.

> They went to Sting's room and opened the door.

Tsuneo [Gene]: Check out all the mess that Potter kid left in here.

> Suzuka went to her dresser, and Gene to her desk.

Tango: I'll check behind the secret door.
Sarah: There isn't a secret door.
Tango: Then I'll make one!

> Suzuka didn't find anything. But Gene 
> found something. Something Stinghadn't wanted them to 
> find..............

Sarah: An excess of periods?
Tsuneo: Damn I hate it when I'm right!

> "Hey, Suzuka, c'mere a minute and look at this!" Gene called.

Andriana: A first edition print of Babe Ruth's rookie card in excellent 
condition! Score!

> Suzuka hurried over to him and stared at what he handed her.It was a 
> wanted poster for Ryku the space pirate.

> "But why would she keep this in her desk?"Gene asked Suzuka.

Tsuneo: She's stupid?
Tango: To use it as ID?

> "I don't know yet, but maybe a little more searching might bring us 
> closer to the answer."Suzuka replied.

> Gene and Suzuka went through the rest of Sting's desk.They found 
> several clues.

Rebecca: A movie projector, some flower, some phosphorus dye and 38 tonnes
of enriched uranium.

> A bottles of red hair dye. A bottle of black hair dye. 
> Blue contact lenses, a fake scar kit,

Tsuneo: I did wonder why it kept moving around her face. And her body, for that
matter. And that time it fell off during dinner was a might suspect.

> and an extra set of sunglasses.

Sarah: So, according to this, it was Miss Green in the library with a 
monkey wrench.

> "The perfect disguise!" said Suzuka. 

Andriana: Yeah, perfect if you're a ten year old...

> She held up the wanted poster and 
> looked at the stuff they had found.

> "She dyed her hair red instead of black, changed her eyes from brown 
> to blue, dyed her ears black, striped her tail with dye, and put a 
> fake scar

Andriana: Although the Groucho Marx glasses and nose were a bit much.

> and uses those sunglasses in case someone recognizes her 
> even though she has a disguise! Her name's not Sting at all!

Tango: She is, in fact, David Copperfield!

> She's Ryku

Sarah: Bless you.

> the space pirate!"

Sarah: [Deep voice] Space pirates! Scourge of the galaxy!

> Gene took in every word and scowled.

Andriana: That's one too many words then his diet will allow.

> "I knew she couldn't be trusted! 
> I knew it from day 1!"He shouted in indignation.Then he stopped and 
> thought for a minute."But what about Ryu?Who is she really?"

Rebecca [Sazuka]: An evil space pirate wanted for innumerable offences.
Tsuneo [Gene]: How'd you know that?
Rebecca [Sazuka]: Says so right there on the poster.

> "Her space ship, Kinoki.

Tsuneo: Wait a second. Kinoki's a full blown turning-into-a-ship Cabbit and
not just a cute furry mascot?
Sarah: Seems that way.
Tsuneo: Any other ridiculously contrived abilities she's been hiding from us?
Tango: She can make those neat little carrot roses.

> She dyed Kinoki black instead of white, and 
> changed her eyecolor from green to blue."

Rebecca: So does that mean that when Kinoki turns into a space ship, it'll
be a different colour?

> replied Suzuka."I suppose 
> we'll have to confront her when she get's back."

Andriana: They're going to form a support group to admit she has a 
pirateering problem.

> "We'll have to make sure that she's alone, though, before we confront 
> her. The others will never believe us."

Sarah: Hell, I'm reading this and I don't believe you.

> "Good point. Yes. We'll present the evidence, of course, so she can't 
> deny it.

Tsuneo: Unless she has a really, really good lawyer.

> I'd like to hear her make an excuse for something like 
> this." Suzuka said.

Sarah: [Sting] The devil made me do it.

> Gene smirked at the thought of getting Sting back for everything 
> she'd done. She was much to arrogent for her own good, he thought, 
> and she needs a lesson in respect.

Tango: They'll get the Undertaker to "elevate" her as new talent!
Tsuneo: Amazing! The authour has actually acknowledged the failings of their
avatar and is going to do something about it! It's a miracle!
Rebecca: Of course, all will be forgiven and Sting will become a central
part of their lives and vital to the running of everything.
Tsuneo: Probably, but I can hope.

> Sting got home first with Kinoki.She walked in cheerfully to come 
> face to face with Gene and Suzuka.

Tango: Nothing ruins the mood more than an angry Samurai babe.
Rebecca: Speaking from experience?
Tango: Yep.
Rebecca: ...I was joking.

> "Out with it sting!" said Gene. "Or should I say, Ryku?"

Sarah: Bless you.

> He smirked and threw the eveidence down on the table.

Tsuneo: Exhibit A: A bloody glove. Exhibit B: A 45 minute tape of a car chase
at three kilometers an hour.
Rebecca [Sting]: I plead innocent.
Tsuneo: Case dismissed.

> Sting was too stunned to reply. Gene saw her reaction.

> "I knew it! I knew you couldn't be trusted, you space pirate!" Gene yelled.

> "Well?" Suzuka narrowed her eyes at Sting. "What have you got tp say 
> for yourself, Ryku?"

Sarah: Bless... ah never mind, that one's getting old.
Andriana: [Ryku] It wasn't MY fault that those Denubian Landmines I sold 
were defective! Honest!
Rebecca: tp? Is that like tlp[?

> Sting found her voice." I have done nothing to you! Why do you feel 
> the need to punish me?!"

Tsuneo [Gene]: You lied about your name and your background. You're a pirate
like all the pirates that are out to kill us. You were trying to use us as
shields to hide yourself from the people after you. And you're worth a lot of
money.
Tango: [Jim] And worst of all, your raspberry soufflé was a little dry.

> "Then you don't deny that you're a space pirate?" asked Gene, 
> obviously pleased that she didn't .

Rebecca [Sting]: I am a space pirate. But I did not inhale.
Andriana: FEAR Gene's SMARM attack! Snarf snarf...

> "Well, no, but, I wouldn't have done anything to you! I wanted to try 
> something different!"Sting said frantically.

Rebecca: ...That can be taken in a number of different ways.
Tango: She should have tried Extreme Exploding Ice Croquet. Its fun for the
whole family!

> "Yeah right" sneered Gene. "You were probably just hiding out from the police

Sarah: Or Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers at least.

> and our litle business happened to provide the perfect opportunity."

> "No! That's not true! You're my friends, and I would never use you 
> guys like that!"

Sarah: [Sting] Or, admit to it, anyway.

> "Then why the disguise?" Gene asked, scathingly.

Tango: Because the ALIENS are out to get her! Aliens! They're going to probe
her and impregnate her and steal her wallet and make her watch daytime TV!

> "Well, I'm too well known in these parts. I couldn't take the chance 
> of being recognized!

Rebecca: Nope. I'm not buying it.
Tsuneo [Sting]: It's those gossip mags! Women's Weekly practically camps on my
doorstep!

> I didn't want to put you guys in a tight 
> situation! I swear, I have done nothing, and would never dream of 
> doing anything to harm you!"

Tango: Now have this kiss-and-make-up syringe-filled brownie.
Tsuneo: Of course, anything that happens to them while she uses them as human
shields is not her fault at all.

> "How convenient." Gene still didn't believe her. "And I'll bet that 
> bar tender was a good friend of yours

Tango [Sting]: No! He just gave me lots of money to kill people and stuff!

> and you could get information 
> on just about every space pirate. So tell me, how many of your space 
> pirate friends have you betrayed and turned in? Maybe you're just 
> scared to go back at this point."

> "No! I, I had no space pirate friends.

Rebecca [Sting]: When the space pirate baseball captains were choosing teams...
I was always the last picked! [Sobs]

> I had business associates,

Tango: Like Enron, Worldcom and HiH.

> and  that's it!"

Sarah: Trust me, it's hard to develop an emotional attachment to a 
business associate.

> "It didn't seem that way when you kissed the bar tender. I don't recall it 
> being acceptable to kiss a business associate."said Gene.

Rebecca [Sting]: It's okay, uh, where I come from.

> "Garren is different!

Tsuneo: He's "special."
Rebecca: In a purely "Short Bus" sense of the term.

> He was the only real friend I had out there. 
> Can you blame me if I was lonely?"

Sarah: Hey, that's why they make things that run off of batteries.
[Andriana coughs and blushes softly]

> "Ha! I still don't believe you. I have a good mind to call the galaxy 
> police right now." said Gene, moving towards the phone.

Sarah: With Gene's luck, I'd be betting on Mihoshi answering the phone.

> "No, don't! Please!" cried Sting.

Andriana: He's got a new cover album to release!

> "Gene, maybe we were wrong to threaten her. I think she means it.I 
> think she really is our friend." said Suzuka.

Tsuneo: ...Damn, here we go. She manages to worm her way back into their hearts
and they feel bad about ever doubting her.
Tango: Its like watching the NWO reform. And then break up. And reform. And
break up. And reform-
Rebecca [Hits Tango with her metal arm]: Mark Millar ON!
Tango [Cyclops]: Nobody understands me.
Tsuneo: That was different.
Rebecca: I've been experimenting.
Tsuneo: ...Good thing he's yet to get into a Marvel MAX book.

> "Yeah right. All space pirates are alike.

Tango: They all have 2.4 legs and own a Hyena.

> You can't trust any of 
> them. They're all hypocritical crooks who'll sell out their own 
> mother before they'd snitch onanother space pirate."said Gene.

> "That's not true!" cried Sting, backing up.

Rebecca [Sting]: I sold my mother in exchange for an Uber-Spaceship.

> There were tears in her eyes.

Tsuneo: I'd be moved, but I can see the onion she's hidden behind her back.

> "I thought I could trust you! But now who betrayed who!"

Sarah: I seem to be missing something. How is Gene betraying Sting?

> She screamed at Gene.

Tango: Sting is... STEPHANIE McMAHON!

> "Sting please....."Suzuka moved forward. She was sympathetic and 
> sorry she had attacked her the way she had.

Sarah: [vo] Watch now as even Twilight Suzuka falls under the spell 
of the SI. This is how the SI hunts her prey.

> "No! Stay away from me!" Sting was still backing up. "You've got me 
> wrong. I would never do anything to you, and even now, I still won't 
> even after this! But it seems you would."

> Sting turned and fled out the door crying, followed by Kinoki.

Rebecca [Sting]: I'm leaving, and I'm taking the cabbit with me!
Tango [Gene]: Fine! Leave! We don't need you or your Cabbit, right Menchi?

> "Gene!" Suzuka rounded on Gene."Look what you did! She never did 
> anything to us, and you know it! Unless you count lifting our 
> business up from the dirt! 

Tango: They reached the topsoil!
Rebecca: Never mind the bounties Sazuka effortlessly bought in while working
for them.

> Or is it a crime because she was better 
> than you? Is that it? Maybe you were just jealous and you wanted to 
> prove she wasn't as good as she seemed!I'm ashamed of you, Gene! I 
> thought you were better than that!"

Tsuneo: I'd be upset at this sudden turn around, but I saw it coming.
Sarah: This job must harden you.
Tsuneo: I gave up caring years ago.

> "Eh, she was a space pirate.Like I said, you can't trust any of 
> them.

Tango: I don't even trust me!

> And me, jealous? No way. It was only a matter of time before she 
> turned on us." Gene said, uneasily.

Tango: And joined the NWO then left then rejoined then left then rejoined then-
Rebecca: Don't make me switch Garth Ennis on.
Tango: I'll be good.

> "GEne, you are the most impossible man I have ever met! You just 
> trampled that girl's faith and trust in us to the dirt!" Suzuka 
> accused. "You should be ashamed of yourself." Suzuka's voice was pure 
> venom.

Andriana: [Australian accent] Crikey! Gene just got hit with the Suzuka 
venom! If he don't get to the hospital soon, he'll be a goner!
Sarah: Funny... Suzuka seemed pretty eager to expose Sting just a few 
paragraphs ago.

> Just then the rest of the crew showed up. Jim looked from Suzuka to Gene.

> "What's going on? Did I miss something? Where's Sting?" asked Jim, puzzled.

Sarah: Dreaming about blue turtles.

> "Sting was not who she seemed Jim."

Tango: She was, in fact, a KUNG FU CREATURE ON THE RAMPAGE! THREE!

> Gene went on to explain who she 
> really was, but Suzuka told them all about the conversation and how 
> Sting had reacted.Jim took Suzuka's point of view.

Tsuneo [Gene]: Am I the only one here who thinks that a wanted space pirate
who lied about her identity in order to join our crew to hide from her enemies
is a danger?
Others: ...
Tsuneo [Gene]: Apparently I am. Fine then. But if I come back and you're all
spread across the floor in pools of your own gore, don't expect me to clean it
up!

> "How could you Gene? She never did anything to us! You're awful! We 
> have to find her and apologize!"

> "No way, Jim! I will not apologize to a space pirate!"

> But even Melfina and Aisha got angry at Gene for this one.

Rebecca: Even Melfina and Aisha managed to get lines.

> "How could you Gene?"

Tango: He opened his mouth and talked!
Andriana: You greedy bastard, you ate the rest of the Hagandas!

> asked Melfina."She wouldn't have done anything 
> to us. I know it. She really meant it."

Tsuneo: Never mind the gun she was hiding behind her back.

> Gene looked at her. "You too Mel?" He pleaded.

Rebecca: Face it. She's going to leave you for some shonky space truck driver
and you'll be stuck with a checkout attendant with eighties slang and a
tendancy to blow things up.

> The thought of Melfina turning on him too was too much.

> "Don't Mel me! You completely destroyed her! I can't believe you!" 
> screeched Melfina.

[They all stare blankly]

Rebecca: Okay, who is this evil clone and what have they done with the real
Melfina?

> No one had ever seen her this angry.

Sarah: Not even the people who had created the show.

> "Alright, alright, maybe I was wrong. I geuss, I geuss we'll go find 
> her." Gene said quietly. Maybe he was wrong, he thought. He really 
> was pretty awful to her. And over what? He thought.

Tsuneo: Is it worth highlighting how she abused their trust and pushed them
all around, or should we jsut drop it for now?
Sarah: Would it make any difference if we did?
Tsuneo: Silly me.

> Jealousy! He had 
> ruined her trust over something as stupid and spiteful as jealousy! 
> He felt bad about it now. Suzuka and Melfina were right.

Andriana: Pepsi really DOES taste different then coke!

> He needed to apologize to Sting as soon as possible.He stood up suddenly.

Andriana: AttenTION! Forward... MARCH! About... FACE!

> "We have to find her, as soon as possible."He said.

> Mel smiled."I knew you weren't as awful as you were acting."

Rebecca: Yeah, but he just ran over Sting's Cabbit.

> Gene could only smile admiringly at her.

Andriana: No Gene, you can't have her last beer.

> They split up to look for her, and searched for days for her, but no 
> sign of Sting, It was on the 6th day they were searching for her that 
> Gene found her.He remembered that bar, and the bartender there.

Tsuneo: HOW LONG DID THAT TAKE YOU?!?
Tango: Six days. Says right there.
Tsuneo: I think I may implode.

> He 
> thought maybe she might be there. It was the most obvious place to 
> look, come to think of it.

Sarah: How is you always find something in the last place you look?
Rebecca: Because once you've found it, you don't need to look any more.
Sarah: Shut up.

> When they went to find her, they split up to look for her. Gene 
> headed toward that bar they had been to. He walked in, quietly, and 
> sure enough, there she was. She was down the far end of the bar, 
> behind the counter.She was being held by Garren and was crying on his 
> shoulder.

Andriana: [Sting] And then... and then he used up ALL the shampoo! And 
didn't clean the shower drain of his hair! Wahhh!!!

> He was trying to comfort her.

Tango: [Garren] It's not true, Soylent Green isn't really made of people.
Rebecca: [Garren] There, there, you can always get some other bunch of
suckers to follow you around.

> Gene thought t better not to 
> approach Sting just yet.She looked a mess. The hair dye was beginning 
> to wash out, and it was black and red and unbrushed. Her eyes were 
> red as though she had been crying alot and her contacts were gone.Her 
> fake scar had come off and her makeup was smeared

Tsuneo: So she's been sitting there for six days?
Tango: It was happy hour! Norm's right next to her!

> and she looked extremely tired.

Andriana: Man, those night long party benders really show when you get older.

> One look at her told Gene she had taken the 
> accusations very hard and he felt a squirm of guilt somewhere in his 
> stomach.

Tango: Then he remembered the was the cheap Mexican takeaway from last night.

> He sat down nervously where she couldn't see him, but he 
> could see her, and waited for a good time to approach her.

Rebecca: And waited, and waited, and waited, and got up and left without her.

> She cried for a while on Garren's shoulder,

Andriana: Would you stop already? It's been five days and he REALLY has to 
change that shirt.

> but finally stopped and 
> wiped away the last tears. Garren had his hands on her shoulder and 
> was talking to her. She seemed to cheer up a bit. She nodded. Garren 
> kissed her on the forehead

Tango: Was it a Liverpool kiss?

> and went back to the bar.

Tsuneo: [Garren] There are other customers in here, you know?
Tango: Other customers? Where? We haven't seen them.
Rebecca: They're Barney, Carl, Lenny and the guy with the glasses.

> Sting went 
> through a door to the right and reemerged about 20 minutes later 
> looking much better. Indeed, her hair was brushed and the dye was 
> gone. Her makeup was redone and her eyes were normal.

Rebecca: So they've got a beauty salon in the ladies' room?

> She looked like Ryku the pirate now.

Rebecca: And she had the T-shirt to prove it.

> Gene decided it was now or never. He got up 
> nervously and carefully approached her.

Andriana: Crikey! If he ain't careful, Ryku is liable to take a bigger 
chunk out of his hide!

> "Um,.......Sting?" He said uncertainly.

> Sting jumped and whipped around to look at him."You? What do you 
> want? Come to accuse me of something else?" She spat at him.

Andriana: [Ducks] Hey! Careful where you're aiming!

> He averted his gaze guiltily."Sting, you have every right to be mad 
> at me. I was very unfair to you.

Tsuneo: [Gene] Well, everything I said was true, but never mind...

> The truth is, well, I was,.........jealous........."He said quietly.

> Sting looked at him wide eyed."Jealous? Of what?"

Tsuneo: [Gene] Of not being the main character any more? Of being
upstaged at every opportunity? Of being pushed around and mistrusted
by my friends and crew?
Rebecca: [Sting] So nothing important then?
Tango: [Gene] Actually, I'm just jealous because you've got nicer hair.

> "Well, it's just, you were so much better at everything that I,I, 
> just........Well the fact is, I came here to apologize.

Sarah: [Gene] I'm sorry for being the main character of this show and 
hating space pirates becuase they killed my dad and not being as good 
as the self-insertion at anything...

> We've been searching for you for nearly a week.We were worried.And 
> besides- Starwind and Hawking Enterprises is nothing without you." He 
> smiled weakly.

Rebecca: I don't know, they were doing okay before you came along.
Okay, so they weren't, but never mind.

> "It's-It's ok,I geuss. I suppose jealousy can make someone rather 
> spiteful."Sting said.

> He nodded sheepishly.

Andriana: Gene's pretty bAAAAAHD at admitting things, isn't he?

> Garren came over.

> "Ryku! You look so much better! I told you, you just needed to wash 
> yourself up."

Rebecca: [Garren] And got off my damned shoulder.

> He smiled at her."Besides, I couldn't stand to see you 
> like you were."

Tango: So that's why he put sunglasses on.

> Garren noticed Gene."And what are you doing here?" He 
> spat at Gene and glared at him.

Tsuneo: [Gene] Yow! What am I, wearing a bullseye or something?

> "Garren, it's alright. He came to-to apologize." Sting explained to Garren.

> Garren looked at Gene, surprised."Oh, well then,that's different. I'm 
> glad you apologized."

Sarah: Gene Starwind, scum of the universe.
Tsuneo: He apologised.
Rebecca: He's glad he apologised.
Tsuneo: He's happy that he's glad he apologised.
Rebecca: She's drunk!
Tango: They fight crime!

> "Yeah, well, I really was pretty harsh and unfair.........."Gene 
> admitted guiltily."I'm, I'm sorry."

Rebecca: [Gene] Hey, do you want my self-esteem? I'm not using it any more.

> "It's alright, Gene. I actually feel much better now that I don't 
> have to hide it from you anymore.

Rebecca: She can get all the ugly truths out in the open.

> But I thought you said you didn't trust space pirates" She teased.

> "Uh, well...........um, you're a different case......." He said, nervously.

Rebecca: [Sting] Why's that?
Tango: [Gene] You make for good human fodder.

> Sting laughed. She was feeling much better now. Jim and the rest of 
> the crew showed up.

Tsuneo: And the night went downhill from there.
Rebecca: [Garren] Hey! No kids allowed.
Tango: [Jim] Don't worry, he's with me.

> Suzuka had remembered Gene telling her the address of the bar. 

Andriana: Actually, it was cheap Garlic wing night at the bar and ladies 
pay only half price.

> Jim looked from Erin to Sting to Gene.

Andriana: The good, the bad, and the really pathetic...

> Melfina finally spoke up."Did you apologize to her, Gene?"

> "Yeah............I-I did." Gene replied.

> Melfina smiled."I'm glad."

Tango: [Gene] You can put away the chainsaw now!

> Suzuka stepped up. "I'd like to apologize too, Sting. I was wrong to 
> accuse you in the first place."

> "It's alright, Suzuka. I'm fine. And I should have told you who I was 
> in the first place and avoided this whole situation.

Rebecca: And if she had, the crew would be a whole lot richer by now.

> But I was kind 
> of afraid you would not trust me if I told you."She admitted.

> "Well, of course we still trust you, and we want you to come back!" 

Tango: [Jim] Your money is all that moneys!

> exclaimed Jim.

Andriana: Jim seems a little too enthusiastic, doesn't he? You'd think he's 
got a hole drilled into her room wall or something.

> "We need you! Our company is nothing without you!

Tango: [Jim] Without you, we're just some slacker with a magic gun, a genius
kid, a bio-android, an assassin and a Ctarl-Ctarl warrior with the most powerful
ship in the universe.

> If 
> it weren't for you, we'd be waist high in debt right now! But thanks 
> to you, we can afford parking, repairs, and extras! You're amazing!"

Sarah: [Jim] You're SI! You make us look like idiots. You're great, 
you're wonderful, you render us all obsolete!

> There was a chorus of agreement.

Sarah: [Loudly] We're not worthy!!!
Tango: Yub nub!

> Sting smiled. "Well, since you insist........I suppose Starwind and 
> Hawking Enterprises needs me." She said, smiling. "On one 
> condition.............

Rebecca: [Sting] That Aisha doesn't get any more lines.
Tango: [Jim] Don't worry, we packed her in a crate and mailed her to Abu Dhabi.

> Let me handle all the calls!"

> "Huh?" They all said in unison.

> "Just kidding!" Sting laughed."You guys are truly friends."

> "Ahem?"

> "Oh, sorry, Erin. You're not a friend."

> "What??"

Tango: [Garren] Nobody likes me.

> "You know you're more than that-you're, ..........

Sarah: A lot of periods?
Andriana: This reads like a bad Three's Company episode.

> you're, my boyfriend......."Sting said, a little guiltily.

> "You actually consider me your......?"asked Erin, stunned.

Tsuneo: [Garren] I mean, we've never gone on a date, you've never asked me
out... Heck, you've never actually been *nice* to me...
Rebecca: So basically, it's an internet romance?

> "Well, yeah...........You don't mind, do you?"She said tentatively.

Sarah: Actually, I do mind. She should save some of those periods for 
later, she might need them.

> "Mind? Why would I mind? Thats great! Well hell! Why didn't you tell 
> me before?"He said.

Tango: Aw, young freaks in love.
Tsuneo: They're not that young.
Tango: Aw, indeterminate-aged freaks in love.

> "Well,I was a bit preoccupied, if you know what I mean......he he."

Andriana: In other words, she was cleaning out his bank account.

> "Well, yes, I suppose there is that. But anyways, that's wondeful. 
> You know that I've liked you since I met you."

Rebecca: This would be touching if we actually gave a rat's arse about
either of them.
Tango: What was that? I was seeing how many forks I could fit in my ear.
I count nine.
Tsuneo: Damn, I can only manage seven.

> "Well, I hadn't considered you my boyfriend, but after this, I mean 
> you let me stay here, you acted more like a boyfriend than anything 
> else."Sting said, looking admiringly at him.

> Erin laughed and returned the look."I'll never understand you."He sighed.

Tsuneo: [Jim] We're not actually doing anything here, are we?
Rebecca: [Suzaku] Anyone want to go for ribs?

> "No, I suppose you won't, but I suspect you'll understand me much 
> better than anyone else."Sting replied.

Andriana: You mean they're going to stay up till the wee hours of the 
morning and talk about stuff?
Tsuneo: I don't think talking will enter into it.
Andriana: Oh, yeah well, they could do that too...

> Before they left, Sting gave Erin the address and phone number of S & 
> H enterprises.

> "Call me, please!"Sting called after her.

> "I will!" laughed Erin.

Andriana: And, being the cheap bastard that he is, he calls collect.

> "So, is your name Sting or Ryku?" asked Jim curiously.

> "Well my real name is Sting. The name I use as a space pirate is 
> Ryku." Said Sting.

Sarah: Just how many names do these people have!?!
Tango: My name is Valintenez Alcalanella Siha Shushi La Boherez Gumbi Gomella
Blue Stradivari Talentrent Pierre Andre Charton Himmel Valovinci Baldos George
Dutzel Kaiser III. 

> Kinoki, back to nomal, popped out of Sting's coat pocket. Sting of 
> course, was wearing her usual blue skintight suit and blue high heels 
> and a black knee length jacket, rather than the black outfit.

Sarah: Err... meaning Sting is secretly Blue Sonnet?
Andriana: I think she's wearing one of Britney Spears' old outfits.

> That is the end of Chapter 1!!!!

Tango: The conversation ended on this point.

> Please tell me what you think!!!!!

Andriana: Oh, you'll find out soon enough.
Sarah: May I?

> It's my first REAL fanfic!

Tsuneo: Somehow, I'd noticed.
Rebecca: All the previous ones were just crude imitations!
Tango: [Stands] That's three minutes, and this fic is not entertaining me! [He
climbs onto the top of the couch]

> R & R , please!

> Outlaw Angel

[Tango launches himself off the couch, falling towards the TV, very slowly]

Andriana: Just how the heck IS he doing that?

> Cheers!

> *ROAR*

[Tango continues to fall towards the TV]

Andriana: I mean, he's breaking about five or six laws of science right about now...

> ^^_________________________________^^

Andriana: Gyah!!! It's a giant.. big... thingie! Shoot it! Shoot it shoot it!
Rebecca: I suspect someone's taking care of that right now.

[The TV Switches off. Tango continues to fall towards it very slowly]

Tsuneo: What is he doing?
Rebecca: I suspect the world's second slowest Splash.
Andriana: Who's the first?

[Tango continues to fall towards the TV very slowly]

Tsuneo: We've found that with Tango its best not to think about it.
Andriana: I see.
Sarah: Works for me.

[Tango crashes head-first into the TV - very, very slowly - and destroys it]

Tango: Now that's entertaining!
Andriana: Yeah... nice technique, great enthusiasm, I give it a 7.
Tsuneo: You know... I thought I'd reached the point where he couldn't surprise
me any more.
Sarah: I thought you knew him longer than that.
Tsuneo: Me? Hang on, you've only just met him!
Sarah: My tenants include the people who are freaky by Hong Kong standards.
Tsuneo: How do you survive?
Sarah: Coffee and aspirin.
Rebecca: Voice, do we have a second part, or can we review it and go now?
Voice: Second part, I'm afraid.
Rebecca: You're going to be putting me, Tango, an under aged PK and a
sarcastic landlady with the power to decide who lives and who dies in the
one place again. Are you sure you want to do that?
Sarah: Do we even get a choice?
Voice: Nope. But you arranged this crew, and they've got to do the second part.
Rebecca: Tsuneo helped.
Tsuneo: No way. You're not lumping any of the blame on me.
Tango: I'm to blame!
Tsuneo: No you're not.
Tango: Ah, fignuts!
Andriana: Is this normal?
Sarah: I've only been here once, and nothing about this is surprising me.
Andriana: You must lead a very unusual life.
Sarah: You have no idea.

[Tango springs up with the TV on his head]

Sarah: [Deadpan] All hail lord Canti, god of the black flames.

[Long silence]

Rebecca: Well, ah... See you for part two.
Andriana: Did we miss a scene?
Sarah: Is there any way I can avoid it?
Tsuneo: Come on Tango, get out of the TV already.
Tango: But it's not the ad break! I can't move until the ad break!
Tsuneo: Ad break?
Andriana: I thought this was pay-per-view. There aren't any ad breaks for
another three hours.
Sarah: That should give us a good head start.

[They run, leaving Tango standing there. The screen goes blank]

Voice: All this, and they get paid too.
Tango: Some non-sequitir from Tango!
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Riffed by: Mike Surbrook (susano@guisame.net), Jamie Jeans (jolt.caffeine@shaw.ca)
Rick R. Mortis (rickr@elmerstudios.com) & Zogster (jinas@elmerstudios.com)

Sarah K. Ferrari is copyright 2001-2002 Mike Surbrook (Susano)
Andriana Greenslade is copyright 2001-2002 Jamie Jeans
Tsuneo Tateo is copyright 1995-2002 Max Fauth (Zogster)
Rebecca Bartley is copyright 1995-2002 Alex Fauth (Rick R. Mortis).

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> "oh." Aisha seemed to be thinking this over. "Well, ok then." She bounced back
> out of the room.