Future's Guardian 14

Issue 14 2019 02 From another time and from another world, Galatea Future arrived in the world of the Champions to do the one thing she tried so desperately to avoid before … to live. It ’s not easy, though, when you ’re over a thousand years old and suddenly you ’re given a new life in more ways than one. Life is literally starting over again for her, and yet she is still doing what she does best: serving humanity as … While investigating the heavily radioactive areas of Burning Sands, New Mexico, Galatea Future comes across a device that causes strange mutations in the area. When she starts to examine the device, however, it activates, and she experiences something... Different. Future’s Guardian #14 is created using original characters in the Champions Online Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game. Copyright © 2009 -2019, Perfect World Entertainment, Inc. This story is an independent not -for -profit derivative work of the Champions Online Game. All original rights are reserved by Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment, Inc. Cryptic Studios is a trademark of Cryptic Studios, Inc. Perfect World Entertainment is a trademark of Perfect World Entertainment, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Battlerock Comics is a subsidiary of Get Brutal Productions and makes no claim on the intellectual property owned by either Cryptic Studios or Perfect World Entertainment. Elite Ice and Keira Fyre are the creations of David 2 and Theresa Setting. Galatea Quantum. USS Starreach, and all related characters appear courtesy of Star Trek Online, also reserved by Cryptic Studio and Perfect World Entertainment with permission from CBS/Paramount. 03 “Captain’s log. stardate: 96597.41 The U.S.S. Starreach has completed its survey of the Briar Patch and our mission of cataloguing trans-dimensional anomalies.” “We are heading to Starbase 42, where I will update Starfleet command on the new hazards In in the area, including the new Klingon threats that we encountered while inside the Briar Patch.” 04 The ship and crew are well. But... We are understandably looking forward to a change in scenery and a bit of a respite. Thankfully, Starbase 42 has plenty of... ... Both... End log. Lt. Cmdr. Galatea Quantum Captain, U.S.S. Starreach What... What is going on? I’ve been captain of this ship for over a year now. And yet it feels like this is the first time I’ve been aboard. It’s not “déjà vu”... More like “Deja New”. 05 T’Vrell... Scan to see if there are Is there any temporal anything anomalies in specific? No... Just... the area. Anything out of the ordinary. Lt. T’Vrell Science Officer Sensors readings Okay, keep are checking, and negative. if you pick up Understood, any kind of captain. abnormality, no matter how small, let me know. Something wrong, Captain? It’s... A little hard to describe, Elsa. Anything I should know? It’s like... Part of me is suddenly a first- year cadet again. Lt. Elsa Flores First Officer I feel like... Like I should be in the desert somewhere, looking for some green-skinned monstrosity. 06 Very funny. As long as you’re punching It’s a good thing out an Orion we’re not a strict slave trader or by-the-book ship a gorn. or else I’d be citing you for insensitive comments about Federation allies. Sorry. Old habits. No, it’s okay, So do you want to Elsa. It’s stop the ship and probably check it out? just me being I mean, this is a tired. science vessel. It’s sort of what we do. I’m going to take a walk to Sickbay. Ms. Flores, you have the conn. Huh... Strange. Just like that... The feeling has faded away. Still, better get checked out in Sickbay just to make sure. 07 In the world of the Champions... Burning Sands, New Mexico What the hell? Why is it daylight all of a sudden? Where was I? Galatea Future Otherworld Guardian NO OO Oo... Oh no... What now? ... ooOo! Stand still, please. Sidestep? All will be told soon. Where the hell am I? Right now I need to record the shift in Where the hell was I? your quantum energy signature before it dissipates. 08 Actually there was a temporary cognitive connection between So I wasn’t yourself and your hallucinating. counterpart in that universe. I was in A woman named another Galatea quantum. universe! I thought the only “Versions”, other version of myself was the actually. Plural. alternate version But that itself is in the Paraverse.* a subject for another day.... If at all. (* Galatea Future is an alternate future version of Galatea Powers that exists in the now-defunct City of Agent Sidestep Heroes Universe.) Multiverse Operative Sufficient to say, there are numerous versions However, you should not of you that exist in all have been able to forge of the multiverse. that kind of shared connection with your Not all of them are like counterpart there at all. you. Not all versions of you have superpowers. What were you doing to create that kind of The one that you shared a environment? brief experience with is one of them, but she is unique in her own way. I was investigating an abandoned camp Create it? in the desert. I didn’t do I was reporting on anything of a strange device the kind! that was causing spontaneous mutations, and then... Blink! I’m a spaceship captain. 09 Spaceship captain... High levels of Delta radiation Fascinating. in the radioactive area of this PROPHET: list universe are similar to the similarities between delta radiation present in the the Desert area and space vessels of universe Designation Beta-two Beta-two-two-zero-one-two. -two-zero-one-two. No other similarities detected. No, but it may Okay... I know that I explain why don’t have hyper- that universe intelligence was chosen. anymore*, but that doesn’t sound like that itself should result in my experiencing another person’s life. (* Galatea lost most of her Incarnate powers when she came to the Champions Universe.) I would suspect that the device you were examining The very existence of this reacted to the faint kind of device causes quantum signature that concern. This is not you still carry from your something the people of this time in your previous universe should be able to universe, in addition to possess at this time. the delta radiation in the area and somehow opened a limited connection to designation Beta-two- two-zero-one-two. And the fact that it’s connected to people that used to be heroes and became And I to my suicidal villains is superiors something that I as well. need to report to Major Cross. Return to the pad and I will send you back. 10 Project Greenskin A joint PRIMUS/UNTIL operation Director Kaufman... Robert Kaufman Project greenskin Director Not at all, Mister Van ... I trust I Cleef. am not interrupting What brings anything. you out here? Alexander Van Cleef VARTECH Galatea Future. If that’s the case, My people tell me I’ll have her under she’s found Camp house arrest for Runner and may disobeying orders. have discovered the devices there while We have more than they were active. enough manpower here to bring even her down. While I’d be curious to see you There is another try, Director, I way to still keep know that it would the full extent be a stupid and of the program futile gesture. under wraps. Her arrest would I suggest that bring too much you employ that attention on what “other way” while is really going on you still have here in the area. the influence. 11 Millennium City, MI Weapons training Room Powerhouse Training Facility Caution: Live fire in progress Candace Sinclair Attorney-At-Law Target down. Retargeting. You’ve certainly proven to be a fast learner, Thanks, but I’m just Miss Sinclair. doing this for my own well-being. If you ever decide to be a hero, I’d I don’t ever want to be honored to rely on the help train you. protection of anyone again, even from my friends. 12 Project Mycroft Hideout Just outside Project Greenskin We’ve received the data package you sent of all the evidence you collected from Camp Runner. Even without what “Dangerous” is an Agent Sidestep understatement, told you, there’s Major. more than enough Those cages... They evidence for us were doing live to conclude something experiments with dangerous is whatever those going on there. devices are! Major Xavier Cross Project Mycroft Don’t get ahead However, with what of yourself, you've sent, Galatea. including the photos, documents, You’re there and the readings just to gather from your information, wristband devices, not to make you’ve pretty much conclusions. completed your That’s for our assignment. superiors. Come on home. Home... After all But... There’s one this time... more thing that I have to do while I’m here. It’s... Personal. It’ll just be for a few more days. 13 Millennium City, MI You don’t mess with the New Purple Gang! This is our territory! You call This is that a punch? how you hit a Uh oh... person! Anyone else want a free lesson on humility? Yeah, run you sorry grape You mess with losers! these students again and you’ll And tell the rest answer to of your cheap Italian gang that Ravenswood is off limits! Elite Ice Elemental Mystic 14 Ravenswood Academy Millennium City Satellite campus Thank you again, Elite Ice, for ridding us those thugs.

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