Special Police DekaOps
12

D.E. stood in front of a church, admittedly a little nervous. He had to pull a few strings to get this arranged. And he was starting to hope things on this end didn’t change without him knowing. Relaxing a little bit when the doors opened he gave the two people coming out one of his trademarked smiles. A woman in a suit and a preacher greeted him in return. “Howdy guys, I was starting to think I got the wrong day.”

“It’s my fault Terry,” the preacher told him. “I was a little more nervous than I thought I was going to be, Carol had to calm me down believe it or not. This is a first for me as well as the children.”

“It’s cool padre,” D.E. assured him. “Where are the rugrats?”

“Missy’s bringing them out in a minute,” Carol told him. “We could hardly get anything done because this was all they could talk about.”

“Sorry about that Carol.”

“Don’t be Terry,” she laughed. “If Jeff can be a bit distracted then we can let the children get a little excited.” The preacher didn’t dignify that with a response. Some more footsteps could be heard, soon a bunch of kids under twelve came out onto the parking lot. “Children,” Carol started as she and Missy tried to get the kids into some type of order. “Now you all know Terry, Billy’s older brother.”

“Hi guys,” he grinned and waved.

“Hi,” they all said back.

“Do I take over now?”, he whispered. “I’m not sure how this works.”

“Be my guest,” Carol walked back behind the children to keep an eye on them.

“Aright, your Sunday school teacher says y’all really excited to meet the guy I brought with me today. So instead of boring you guys by talking I’ll just bring him out.” He shouted behind him at a van. “Ranzack you can come out now.”

Rev came out from behind the van and walked toward them. As usual he was wearing the green hoodie over his uniform. He pulled the hood back revealing his huge insect eyes and antenna. “Hello children,” he greeted them warmly.

“Whoa,” a couple of them muttered as they stared at him. Rev started to look a little uncomfortable so D.E. stepped in.

“No need to be shy kids,” he told them. “Ranzack just as nervous being around you as you guys are of him. Besides,” he put an arm around his shoulder, “he’s one of the nicest guys I ever met.” Rev gave him a grateful look. “Now before the questions start flying he’s got no special powers like the aliens on TV or in the movies. So don’t go asking if you can see them.”

“Then how do we know he’s really an alien,” one of the older boys in the back said under his breath.

Rev looked right at him, “What type of proof to you require?”

“Ah…,” the boy stammered as his face went beet red.

D.E. had to grin at his reaction, “Did I mention he’s got better hearing than a dog?”

“So,” Carol said trying to get everything back on track, “perhaps you can explain what you do here on Earth. And how you know Terry.”

“Ah,” he looked over to D.E. who urged him on, “I work with Terry. I help mediate things when the police is called and a extra terrestrial is involved.” Rev said a quick prayer to the Great Spirit for forgiveness for spinning a half truth, but it was the cover story he and the others had came up with in case this question was asked.

“Isn’t that what SPD is for?”, asked a girl who was in the front.

“Well yeah,” D.E. stepped in, “but SPD main concern are the Alienizers. We try to handle the minor disputes with the help of some friends. Like my good buddy here.”

“Aren’t all aliens Alienizers?”, another boy in the back asked.

“Of course not,” D.E. told him.

“But the only aliens you hear about on the news are Alienizers,” he argued.

“That may be true,” Rev agreed. “The Alienizers are a very large group, made up of several different species. But percentage wise a very small number of those species have actually joined the Alienizers.” Some of the children looked confused.

D.E. stepped in again, “What I think my buddy is trying to say is there are good and bad people in all the groups you see. And you shouldn’t judge all of them by a few bad apples.” The kids seemed to understand that. A few more questions were asked. The kids wanted to know about Rev home planet, what he did there and if he missed it. Then a little girl got a little closer. D.E. knelt down and looked at her, “What is it darling?”

In a small voice she said, “Is it alright if he can play ball?”

“Lilly,” Carol admonished her.

“Play ball?”, Rev asked D.E. “That is a children game is it not?”

“Yup,” D.E. replied. He looked at his watch, “You know we still got some time before we got to head back.” He looked at the kids again, “I got an idea. Y’all learned a little something from Ranzack today, how about you guys teach him how to play ball and a couple of other games.” That got them excited again.

“I don’t believe the Major or Captain Stevens said we could do something like that,” Rev whispered.

“They didn’t say we couldn’t either,” D.E. grinned. “Come on, it’ll be fun.”

“Well alright.” The little girl grabbed Rev by his three fingered hand and lead him to the playground. Actually it was more like she was pulling and he was trying hard to keep up. But after things got going it looked like he was starting to enjoy himself when he got the hang of things. D.E. chatted with the preacher for a few more moments before deciding to get in on the fun himself.

***
Chatrox hated the rain, especially on this planet. In fact he hated everything about this planet. He still couldn’t see why the other Agents actually wanted to come here. The human stench was unbearable at best. And he had been getting up close and personal with them lately, so he was quite familiar with it.

“I see you,” a voice said. A purple looking alien walked out from a cave. He wore some kind of equipment on his back. Two cables from the pack trailed down his arms and connected to these emitters on his hands. “I’m not kidding, I know where you’re at.” To anybody passing by it would look like he was talking to the air.

Chatrox looked down, he was still invisible but he walked into a puddle and two holes, the exact size of his feet, were visible. He absolutely hated the rain. Dropping his invisibility he said, “What do you want Shockblast?”

“I need a reflector crystal,” he said matter of factly.

The Agent raised a scaly eyebrow, “That is a very rare item now a days, especially on this backwater planet.”

“I know, but I need to upgrade my weapon system. The one I’m using is almost spent and the backup I have ain’t exactly good quality.”

“Even a poor quality gem is going to fetch a pretty hefty price.”

“Don’t I know it, but everybody I talked to says you’re the one I need to talk too.”

Chatrox thought it over, “I do believe I might have a connection to a supplier with a reflector crystal. A very excellent quality one at that.”

“Great I’ll take it no matter the cost.” Shockblast handed him a money chip. Chatrox, as a precaution, ran it through a reader.

With a slightly disgusted look he said, “This is nowhere near the asking price.”

“But that’s all I got.”

“Too bad.”

“I need that crystal”

“Then I suggest you find a way to raise the remaining funds.” Chatrox turned to walk away. Shockblast raised his hand and pointed it to his left. The air in front of his hand started to distort slightly then shot out crashing into a car. It bent around the near invisible shockwave. Then he pointed his other right at the Agent.

“I said I need it.”

“Perhaps I can pull a couple of favors and get him to lower the price. But it won’t be by much, you’ll still have to raise the rest.

“That’s not good enough.” Shockblast was going to fire but he felt the cross blade of an Igadroid at his head.

“I use to arrest people like you for a living remember,” he said smugly. “So I know exactly who I am dealing with. Get the rest and I will get you that crystal.” Shockblast roared at him and stormed away. “Make sure he doesn’t double back,” he told the Igadroid.

“Right,” it replied. The one thing he missed about working for SPD? He could usually convince his superiors that any unauthorized kill he made was an accident if he played it right.

***
Michelle watched as the door opened and the Major and Dan hurried in. The Major gave her a quick nod as Dan stood beside her behind the rail. Pierce planted his cane in front of him as he told her, “Put him through.” Dan stood a little straighter as the image of Meng Yeow Gan appeared on screen. “Meng Yeow,” the Major greeted him warmly, “Sorry about the wait. I was caught a bit by surprise.”

Meng Yeow nodded, “I wish this was a social call Henry.” He looked over to Dan, “I assume this is Ops1.”

“Sir,” Dan said while giving him a quick salute.

“It’s good to finally put a face to the stories I’ve heard about the rather infamous Captain Stevens.”

Dan eyes shifted over to the Major who quickly changed the subject, “What’s the emergency Meng Yeow?”

“Basically we have a jumper,” he nodded to somebody off screen. At the bottom right corner an image a purple alien appeared. He was wearing a device of some sort on his back. “We only know him by the alias Shockblast. He’s been wanted on several planets for massive destruction and the death of millions.”

“I’d wager command is just waiting for the chance to take him out,” the Major commented.

“I wouldn’t bet against you Henry. He was spotted in Japan a few days ago. Unfortunately by the time my team got there and picked up a trail he had already boarded his craft and hit international waters.”

“And he made his way over here,” the Major said.

“For a brief stop. Then the SpaceBase tracked his vessel to Mexico.”

Michelle gave Dan a sympathetic look as he winced slightly. Mexico was still a bit of a sore spot. “Do we have any idea what he was after?”

“We did some checking on our side and discovered he was after a reflector crystal.”

“That’s weapon system component isn’t it?”, Dan asked.

Meng Yeow nodded,” Shockblast wears one on his back. He specialized his gear to emit a sound wave of devastating power, with the aid of one of these crystals.”

“Is he still in Mexico?” the Major asked.

“Our latest information says he is.”

“We’ll take him out,” Pierce told him, “you don’t have to worry about that.”

“I’m not worried at all, DekaBase out,” he said right before the screen went blank.

“Get the team scrambled and I’ll get them up to date on route,” Dan said. “If this guy is as dangerous as he says we don’t have a moment to waste.”

“Good idea. Meng Yeow wouldn’t call unless it was major. I’m lifting silent operation for this one, I want to be kept up to date.”

“I’m hooking up with the SpaceBase now,” Michelle said. “I’ll try to track him from here.”

“I want real time if possible,” Dan said as he exited the command room.

“Field team to the launch bay,” the Major commanded over the intercom. “Prep to launch in fifteen minutes.”

“That’s my job,” Michelle smirked as she kept her eyes on the keyboard.

“Dan’s right, time is of the essence. I’ll be in my office.”

***
Shockblast wasn’t that hard to find. In fact he wasn’t even trying to be stealthy at all. He stood in front of a jewelry store or a bank and blew whatever door that was in front of him open. Any human that got in his way, well that was just too bad for them. He had to meet the outrageous price Agent Chatrox’s buyer was asking. Shockblast opened his hand toward the storefront of another jewelry store and let a wave fly. The window shattered and the brick wall caved in slightly from the effect. Luckily he fine tuned this over the years. Before he would have brought the entire building down and buried what he was after.

The team, dressed in full field gear, found him when he was stuffing any jewels he could get his hands on into the bag he was carrying. Dan raised a fist and they stopped behind him. Holding up five then two finger he made a half circle motion, Ace and D.E were to circle around and cover him from the other direction. Then he signaled for Boomer to head across the street. Rev did a scan of the area and showed it to him, minimal life sign detected. Hopefully they’ll be smart enough to stay out of the way.

Ace and D.E. signaled that they were in position. Dan signaled for Rev and Boomer to cover him as he slowly made his way forward. Just like they planned Ace was coming up from the other direction just slowly as he was. They found some cover and watched. The target was still grabbing diamonds. It actually looked like he was being choosey and taking his time from this angle. They nodded at each other then went out of hiding, their SP-shooter aimed right at the Alienizer. “SPD, freeze Shockblast!,” Dan ordered.

He dropped the bag and slowly faced them, “Oh shoot, you got me.”

“Not taking his eyes off he said, “Keep those hands were I can see them.”

“I plan too,” he said

The air in front of his hand started to distort. Ace saw it before he did, “Cap move!”

Dan jumped out of the way but was caught in the wave’s wake and landed hard. Ace was caught in the same wake and was thrown back. The wave crushed the car they were hiding behind. “Fire!”, D.E. yelled out as they shooting. Shockblast ran away from the barrage, making sure to fire a wave in both direction to keep them from following.

“Captain, Trish!”, Rev called out as he ran toward them. D.E. and Boomer went in the direction Shockblast did but couldn’t find a trace of him. When they got back Rev had Dan sitting against the wall and treating a gash in his forehead.

“Is he going to be alright?”, Boomer asked.

“Just landed on my head,” Dan told them. “I didn’t hurt anything important.”

“As you humans say Captain,” Rev told him, “I’ll be the judge of that.”

“How about you Ace, anything hurt?”, D.E. asked her.

She rubbed her backside, “Just my pride.”

Rev bandaged the gash and did another scan on Dan, “I am detecting no other injuries.”

“Good because I felt like jell-o after that wave passed,” Dan said as Rev helped him up.

“You too?”, Ace said. She looked at what was left of a blue sedan. “I’m glad it wasn’t a direct hit. Do you think the Dekasuits can handle it?”

“Let’s not find out,” Boomer said. “Some of us have something to live for you know,” he added when D.E. looked at him.

“We all do kid,” Dan told him as he took out his OpsLiciense and switched into phone. Pulling up a map in the air they tried to figure out where Shockblast went. “Any ideas were someone big and purple could have ducked into?”

“We stopped about here,” D.E. pointed out on the map. “There were a couple of spots I saw he could have ducked into to get away.”

“He couldn’t have gotten far,” Dan said heading for that spot. Rev was right behind him to make sure he didn’t fall. “Rev do a scan the area for any kind of alien life sign. Ace contact OpsBase and see if Michelle can get a fix on him or find a place he can use for a hideout that’s nearby.”

“I’m on it,” she replied. “But we’re still going to do something about that blast of his.”

D.E. looked at them and grinned, “I might have an idea for a plan B.”

“What is it D.E.?”, Dan asked.

“A slight variation on hide and seek,” he told them.

“Is that not another children’s game?”, Rev asked

His grin got bigger, “Yup.”

***
With Michelle help they located the warehouse Shockblast was using as a hide out. He was so busy cataloging his latest haul he didn’t noticed the multi colored individuals sneaking around him. A glimpse here and there caught his attention but he dismissed it. “Eh… I must be seeing things.”

“You sure about that?”, a voice behind him asked. Shockblast turned around and saw a figure in a black and red Dekasuit flanked by four others stood there. Where the hell did they come from?

“You jackasses never learn,” Shockblast stated as he raised his hands.

“Scatter!”, Dan yelled as he reached for the D-Colt and jumped for cover. The other ran off in different direction. All that sneaking around gave them a pretty good idea about the floor lay out so they knew were to go. Shockblast held off from firing, he had some stuff hidden around here from previous jobs and didn’t want to pulverize it by accident. He tried to keep his bearing and fired a small shockwave when he saw one of them. But they moved fast, running in and out of sight. They punks actually had the nerve to take potshots at him.

Dan kept an eye on the pad in his hand. He threw up the mini satellite before they made themselves known. So he was able to direct the other when he saw them. He passed D.E. and tossed him the D-Colt. The plan had better work. From the screen he saw Shockblast start to move and look for them. Dan saw Boomer and gave the signal to speed the operation up. They had to keep this guy away from D.E. as long as possible for him to get in position.

“Come out, come out where ever you are,” Shockblast taunted.

“Tag!”, Boomer shouted as he came out of hiding and fired with his D-Shooter.

“You’re it,” Ace said as she did the same. Shockblast tried to cover up as they shot around him. It gave Dan and Rev enough time to run up, jump and punch the Alienizer back. Then Ace and Boomer jumped over them and kicked him back even more.

“I think it’s time you called it a day and just give up,” Dan told him.

“I could do that,” Shockblast turned his palms toward them and sent out a quick pulse that sent them flying. “But this is more fun.” Dan unhooked his D-Shot but Shockblast let loose another wave that made them all fly backwards into a wall, dropping the weapon they were holding.

Dan struggled to get to his feet and muttered “There’s that jell-o feeling again.”

“And that wasn’t even full power,” he boasted. “Slag, I’ve seen a guy turn to liquid goo at full blast in seconds. I always wondered how long it would take with a guy wearing a Dekasuit. Hey, wait a minute,” he did a quick head count, “there were five of you. Where’s did the blue on go?”

“Blue one?”, Ace asked. “What blue one?”

“Cute one bitch,” Shockblast looked around. “Guess he got smart and ran off. Too bad you guys weren’t that smart.” He rubbed the tips of his fingers together, “Now you’re going to find out how I took down a capitol building in one blow.”

Dan and the other struggled to their feet. Shockblast put his hands together and the air started to distort, a huge field this time around. Dan and Ace pushed the others out of the way. D.E. jumped out from hiding behind him and took quick aim, right at the glowing area on the back. Three shots fired out of the D-Colt. The first shot splintered the covering. The second shot broke through. The third shot cracked the crystal within, causing a power surge in the equipment. The energy feedback traveled down the cables and into the emitters on his hand, causing them to explode.

“Argh,” Shockblast cried out form in pain from his smoking hands.

“How about you don’t cut it as close next time,” Dan told D.E.

“I got to make it interesting.” D.E. hurried over to them and tossed him back the D-Colt, “Thanks for finally letting me play with that thing, by the way.”

“Let me treat your wounds,” Rev said as he headed for Shockblast. Dan held up his left arm to stop him.

D.E. pointed his License at him, “Target orders.” The area went black as Shockblast was scanned. Before long the red X shined in front of him, “Eliminate target.” D.E., Ace and Boomer locked their License into the D-Shots. Ace and Boomer got to a knee as D.E. stood behind them. “Strikeout!”, three energy beams struck Shockblast and deleted him. “Got ya.”

“Why did you stop me Captain?”, Rev demanded.

“No point in fixing him if we’re just going to delete him,” Dan told him.

“It sucks buddy, I know,” D.E. said, “but it’s what we have to do.”

“Are we still cool Rev?”, Dan asked.

“I do not like this,” Rev told him, “but this is our duty. I knew this was a possibility when I joined SPD.”

“I’m not sure if this helps, but I don’t like it either,” Dan said. “Come on, let’s check this place out then head home.”

***
“What the in the hell did you do to yourself?”, Michelle asked Dan as he exited the Shepard and saw the bandage on his forehead.

“A little on the job accident,” Dan told her. It wasn’t a total lie. “Rev said I was going to be fine.”

“Well it’s lucky there nothing up there to hurt,” she smirked.”

“Either you were listening in or you been talking to the Major again,” he gave her a look. “I better report in and give him the brief mission report.”

“If you guys will excuse me,” Boomer told them, “I have to get cleaned up and dressed to be just in time to be late with my dinner with Lisa.”

“Alright guys,” Ace said to her crew in the bay, “time to give this bird it’s post mission check up.”

D.E. put a hand on Rev shoulders, “You sure you’re alright buddy? You were a little quieter than usual on the trip back.”

“I wish I could say I was,” he admitted. “I am a doctor Terry. I am trained to heal those that are sick or injured. I realize that this is, as you put it, what we have to do. The Great Sprit may have set me on this path, but sometimes I wonder if I can do this.”

“Look Rev, I don’t have a magic saying that gonna make sense of all of this. If I did I wouldn’t be doing this ,” he grinned. “I’m sure you’re not the only one who had some doubts if they can keep doing this. I know I have, but I found something to fight for to get me through it.”

“May I ask what that is?”

“I think of the kids, like the ones you met at the church. I think about what kind of future they might have if we fail and let a really nasty one get away.”

Rev thought that over, “Would it be alright if I used that as well.”

“Be my guest, mi motivation es tu motivation.”

“Thank you Terry.”

“No problem man.” he looked at his watch. “Oh crap, I still gotta call my folks. I’ll meet you in the rec room later.”

“Of course my friend,” Rev smirked. Children were still the same no matter what species or planet they were from.