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Another Defector
Super C: (narrating) Super C here. 2021 got off to a bad start for us because the nation had been stressing out over the fact Leo the Patriotic Lion truly won the election, leaving them to think their freedoms were being taken away from them forever. It also didn't help the Biden family's cause that Hunter was having the scandals with those photos, and I'm sorry to report a bunch of Navy junior officers got dishonorable discharges upon their commanding officers discovering they were passing around those photos and basically behaving like anything but the behavior they were supposed to be displaying. You guessed it; all their replacements were Forsythian. That system's strict code of morals may have left them depressed, but it also meant we knew we could trust them.
That's not what I'm here to discuss, however; that's too embarrassing of a story. Instead, we're here to tell you that we made a new friend. The more disgusting the GSAF gets, the more there are defecting from it, not counting the ones who are dead and keep coming back as ghosts, or in Cartwright's case, a big giant ugly spider. We'd also add another G-52 in the process.
Cue the action.
*Later, the American UN1024s receive a random text message telling them to meet at the Pentagon.*
*Arlington, VA, USA*
Zachary/Zihao: Ah, Arlington; a special purpose city in Virginia due to the Pentagon being in the middle of this. The city where the Department of Defense house their generals and admirals here to be in charge of the central military defense of our great country.
Bob: Also one of the more restrictive American cities. Such cities like to charge very high tolls.
Zachary/Zihao: Hey; they got to make that tourism money as well as to give enough space for their resident workers to move between work and home.
*A 12 ft tall muscular black fox with long black hair, glowing yellow eyes, and nine tails, is running towards the Pentagon as curious onlookers watch the running large kitsune. They notice that he's in a GSAF uniform, but his hat is missing and so is his armband.*
Civilian 1: How did he get into this city?
Civilian 2: Who's he running from?
Civilian 3: What the...?! *Uses his phone to contact the G-52 app.* Super C and Leo, there's a giant kitsune guy running towards the Pentagon and he's meeting with your fellow UN1024 troops. You might want to come see this and talk to that big dude.
Florence: Lt. Stephenson?!
Lt. Stephenson: You can just call me Marshall. *Reveals a ring on his right hand which has clear CNG in it.*
Juno: CNG?!
Marshall: I'm not a superhero. *His ring glows before his body does. He then shrinks back to his size as a 6 foot tall slim black fox with long black hair and regular yellow eyes and has one tail.* Never would be nor would I want to be one. Do you remember what you saw back in Austin?
Civilian 4: He shrunk?
Zax: Vinton turned into a wolf-dragon hybrid and there was a giant spider named Cartwright?
Marshall: Yes. Sgt. Psycho shouldn't have brought the samples out of base like that to secretly give to GSAF troops outside of base. As for that giant spider, that's obviously a resurrected demon of one of the GSAF officers. Well, the GSAF has been developing a lot of biochemical weapons and one of them contained samples of the COVID-19 virus. I had to destroy many of those projects and kill some of the GSAF who were devoted to this. There was a reason why I did that.
Juno: Tell us.
Marshall: Leo the Patriotic Lion is the president-elect and Trump has confirmed this. The last thing I want happening here in America is that lion enforcing conscription into the US Armed Forces. Yes, your military is powerful, but once the GSAF starts using biochemical weapons, it will cause great damage to America and the livelihood of the Americans. The GSAF will do anything to achieve global communism, even to the point of genocide and environmental destruction.
Frank: Glad you left them. You made the right choice.
Marshall: My dad is a hospital CEO and my mother is a biologist. We should be using our knowledge to improve lives and the livelihood of our civilization. We should never use science for war and destruction. Do you know what most of the scientists who worked on Project Manhattan did after completing it?
Jack: Suicide?
Marshall: Yes. When the world was under lockdown due to COVID-19, many people, especially here in America, made posts on social media referencing that thinking the world would be hopeless. Others thought there was no future because of Trump and Biden. Then there's the few who said that they'd rather take their lives than to live under Leo out of fear of him going full authoritarian in America. Life doesn't have to be dark and gloomy. Life can be beautiful, if we make it beautiful. If Leo can convince his people that life is worth living for because of duty, then he may turn America around. I want to help Leo beat the GSAF without the need for conscripts.
Leo the Patriotic Lion: (narrating) He has nothing to worry about because I am not requiring conscription in my country's military. Still, hearing how people would rather chose to end their own lives because I won the election instead of living under me as President is enough to make a grown lion cry.
Jill: It's not just about him; it's about us as well. All of us are in this together. As for not needing conscripts, he wouldn't need to activate conscription to defeat the GSAF. There's way more than enough reserve troops to take care of business. However, you're more than welcome to lead some of them.
Marshall: I want to lead them to a life where they never have to worry about the GSAF utilizing science for evil purposes.
Dustin: We can only hope. Also, you seem very intelligent. What did you do in the GSAF?
Marshall: Engineering. I also worked on a lot of drones as well as AI. Even tinkered with bipedal robots.
Dustin: Welcome to our side. The G-52s will be here shortly.
Marshall: The sooner they come, the better I will be. Because I defected from the GSAF, they want me dead. Also, what happened in Delaware and with the US Navy involving unacceptable nude photos of someone, was revolting. I didn't want to hear about sushi on naked bodies and-
Dustin: Yeah. Stop. We were there and even though we didn't see what was exactly in those photos, what we heard of what was in them was more than gross enough as it is.
Marshall: I just hope it's not too late. I mean... Where will my interrogation take place? Here in the Pentagon? DC? Wildcat City?
Dustin: Leo the Patriotic Lion and Super C will decide that.
Marshall: Get me away from the GSAF as much as you can. I don't want to get raped or die.
Bob: Don't mention the earlier part. They'll know your safety goes first.
Marshall: Oh and I know how CNG works. This ring is my size adjustor ring. I even made grenades and explosives utilizing CNG that can disable certain superpowers.
Bob: Then you will do America proud.
Zachary/Zihao: Another American UN1024. You are military officer material right here; way better than Hunter Biden. But first, let's wait for the G-52s to pop up to decide your interrogation's location first. Hope you got a lot of files and blueprints from the GSAF.
Marshall: I do.
*The G-52s arrive, including Leo.*
Leo: We got here as soon as we could.
Super C: What's going on here? Are you from the GSAF?
D.W.: Are you trying to get away from those dorks?
Marshall: Yes. I'm Marshall Stephenson and my last rank with the GSAF was lieutenant. I have seen way more than enough things from them so I decided to defect to the UN1024s. Leo, I never liked the idea of you being the President, but I am more than willing to work with you to make America a better place for our people. I am American as well.
Dustin: What did you do before you joined the GSAF?
Marshall: I used to work for Google.
Dustin: So you're from California?
Marshall: No; the same state Jack is from.
Jack: Washington state?
Marshall: Yes. The West Coast was a hub of the big tech companies before they engaged in lobbying and brought corruption into their state governments. With Jones, Trump, and now Leo, they will put them back in their place. Leo is very authoritarian, but the Americans don't need to be scared under him. With me, together, we can make America a better place for our people.
Dustin: Sounds like you know about technology and these companies very well. Your skills will be needed in our alliance. But first, Leo and Super C here at least will decide where your interrogation will take place. Do note that the FBI will send agents as part of this as well so if they come and speak to you, don't be surprised.
Marshall: I am willing to give everything I know to them. I don't want this country to start conscripting again. Your enemies can be defeated without conscripts. I want to help you make that happen.
Zax: Whatever messed up things you have seen from the GSAF that you may think it is too graphic, you don't need to tell us, especially the G-52s, that. Just give out the most important information out in detail first. Leo and Super C, where shall we interrogate Marshall; Washington D.C., Wildcat City, or here in Arlington?
Marshall: My life is in your hands.
Leo: I think we'd better do it back in Wildcat City to be on the safe side; that's what we did with Bob.
*later*
*In Wildcat City, at police HQ, Marshall goes through his interrogation. Doughty Dog live streams this so that the Trump Administration can watch it.*
Super C: As Zax said, do not say anything if you worry the G-52s would find it way too graphic. However, we'll start with the usual round of questions.
Leo: Why did you join the GSAF?
D.W.: Did you think you were doing any good for the world?
Super Slash: What was the last straw for you?
Boomcat: And do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Marshall: I will tell nothing but the truth. To tell a lie would mean the end of our world. I joined the GSAF because of their goals. I thought they would reform America. I also joined because of their super soldier experiments. I wanted to be stronger and more powerful, hence if I take off my CNG ring and be out of range of it, I would be a 12 foot tall buff kitsune. I thought the GSAF could turn the weak into the strong and push America forward before uniting the world under their agendas. They would turn many nations into ethno-states, but function under the same communist system. Think of the Soviet Union and their attempts at nation building. I thought I was doing good by joining the GSAF.
Zax: Okay. So let's say the GSAF conquered the world. Where would their central administration be at?
Marshall: Alice Springs, Australia. Using that country's infamous rough environment and terrain would serve as a barrier and deterrent to would-be invaders of other lands thus that city would be ideal for the GSAF's central administration and leadership. I'm kind of into Star Trek, and the GSAF wanted this world to be like that, but under communism. Sadly, the kind of world Star Trek is in is just fiction, and it is unattainable.
Zax: Interesting. So what did the GSAF say that made you feel convinced to join them on their side?
Marshall: The need for social equality and how wealth hoarding is bad. Had I known that companies like Amazon engage in charity a lot, I would've thought twice about joining the GSAF. I used to think that people want to be rich and greedy. But to be rich takes lots of effort. There was a time when getting rich with dirty money was easy. But these days, thanks to companies like Amazon, the only way to become rich is to do good. I read a lot of articles about Jeff Bezos, and I learned that he's far from greedy, and that despite being the richest human on Earth, he never came from a privileged family. In fact, Bezos was basically from a poor struggling family from what I learned and like many Americans, he used to work at McDonald's as his first job. No wonder why people never expected Bezos to be the man that he is today.
Zax: So basically the morality preached in communism is what got you in. What made you quit?
Marshall: Maj. Hovsepian's biochemical weapons experiments and the way recruits who tried to desert were treated. During the training stage of the GSAF with many of the recruits, there was a lot of hazing, profanity, and abuse going on. The shoutings of claiming that America is a nation run by rich greedy capitalist pigs who want to take over the world was nonstop. This happens a lot in the training stage.
Leo: Well, you know that's not true.
Zax: Tell us about what the GSAF does to deserters, minus the rape.
Marshall: More abuse, shouting, profanity, hazing, even to the point of starving them from their sleep. This would last as much as over ten hours. Those who tried to resist were taken in for forced experimentation. I remember watching a deserter telling one of the GSAF drill sergeants to go [BLEEP] himself before spitting him in the face. The GSAF troops took him to a room for the uhm, whatever that R word you mentioned since I hate saying that word, and would do that until they died or were taken for forced experimentation under those like Hovsepian.
Zax: Wow that is really nightmarish and revolting. Not even the Russian military would do that.
Marshall: No legal military force on Earth would do that. These days, the deserters would just be discharged without their presence needed. But if they had any electronics with them from the military or anything that can be tracked with them, troops would take them back on base to jail them before discharging them. Between what the GSAF does to their deserters and what Kriegland does to their deserters, the Krieglandonian option for execution would be mercy as opposed to what the GSAF does.
C.K./King Leo: (narrating) Sad, but true. All Krieglandonian deserters and traitors would have been executed, no questions asked. Yet what the GSAF does also would have meant death. Kriegland wanted to be as pure as we possibly could.
Zax: We agree with you on that. Can you tell me what the forced experimentations were like? Just spare us the graphic parts.
Marshall: The Demons of Heaven style experimentations. Assuming the deserter in question is not human, the troops would place a device clamped around their necks. I would assume its a collar that explodes if they try to remove it which means complete decapitation of their heads by that. Then they would be restrained on to a machine, and of course comes the syringes by robotic arms, you know the rest.
Zax: Exploding collars? Wow... Even Kriegland would never approve of that. If anyone on Kriegland were to make such things, the person making them would be executed.
Marshall: I'm surprised to learn that even the Krieglandonians wouldn't approve the use of exploding collars to force people into cooperation and servitude. Good thing in America these days, your force only comprises of those who chose to serve out of their own will. Even with Leo ready to take over, these people still do so by their own will and that the others who wish to not join the military don't have to.
Jack: You mentioned that you had to kill some GSAF scientists at least before you defected. What could've happened if you left them alive?
Marshall: If I left them alive, the GSAF would use a biochemical weapon in a major city like Wildcat City. Houston in Texas was also targeted for this, too. On top of this, the GSAF has samples of the COVID-19 strains, in which I had to destroy most of as well. So by taking their lives, I am saving millions and millions of innocent American lives alone. I don't know what kind of damages their biochemical weapons would do and the aftereffects of it, but it was something that nobody wanted to find out. So, I did what I did before fleeing.
Jack: You saved a lot of new families.
Marshall: I don't want to be a monster... And besides, there's already assassins after the GSAF. I didn't want to be next. So I defected after doing what I did to not only save myself, but also try to save this world from the damages the GSAF could bring. With Leo being president-elect, he could've ordered me to be KOS. In my mind, I thought Leo would let his people commit genocide on others like the LGBT. So by defecting, maybe I could prevent this too. We should be saving as many lives as possible not killing them.
Jack: Leo will not allow that kind of treatment on our LGBT communities, and we will make sure of that. I'm glad you chose to leave and with that level of concern for the LGBT, you'd make a great adviser for Leo on how to approach that issue. Leo plans to address this issue on his inauguration to let LGBT Americans know that they will be safe under his administration and that we will be there for them.
Marshall: Yes. As a reminder, the GSAF likes to target their recruiting at LGBT members and tell them that Leo's administration will allow genocide on them and the only way they can save themselves from that is by joining the GSAF. I can use their strategies against them, but first, which is obvious, you need me in the US Armed Forces first for that.
Jack: Well, of course! And based on your skills, you have a lot of options.
Bob: You will do America proud.
Frank: You're safe with us.
Florence: You made the right choice to come here with us.
Dustin: Okay, then. Well, you are an extremely valuable asset to us.
Juno: And you mentioned that you know how to weaponize CNG.
Marshall: I spent most of my time working with CNG and developing prototype CNG weapons for the GSAF. Many of them, of course, failed, but very few worked. For example, the use of specialized explosives that disable superpowers within a certain range for a certain amount of time. Most of the CNG I worked with are of cosmic origin.
Juno: Does the GSAF have space drones?
Marshall: Yes; most of them are used for intel. But with so many surface-to-air laser turrets, a lot of those drones get shot down in seconds with little effort.
Juno: I think you'll make America even a better place to live in. You'd make Leo very proud. *To the G-52s.* Any more questions before the FBI agents speaks to him here?
Leo: *to Marshall* No, I've learned some hard lessons about how the LGBTQ+ crowd are still people, and it's still my duty to protect them. I don't hate the people. I just hate the ideas. The GSAF, like the media, always gets that wrong.
C.K./King Leo: I can confirm Kriegland would have sentenced such a person to death because I was once their king.
Monarch Major: While Leonine wasn't as strict as Kriegland, we also would have executed such a person making those kinds of experiments. I was once their king.
Super C: Note that even though the C.I.D.F. is out to destroy all CNG, they also take note of what colors of it were involved because certain combinations do the same thing, such as green, gold, and silver giving you unlimited wealth, even though you might die from drowning in it as well. One man almost did. So tell us what colors you used in developing those weapons that disabled superpowers. Also note those things don't apply to me because I'm Caticonian. Certain colors take away certain powers from me, while the blue kind kills me all together.
Marshall: I use colors that are neutral, usually grey and white. When they go off, they also give off smoke in a similar way how smoke grenades do. So that provides a distraction against the targets. *He lays out various explosives, most of them being grenades.* They're live explosives so be careful with them.
*The FBI agents come to confiscate them quickly.*
FBI Agent 1: We have to hold on to these for the sake of the G-52's safety.
FBI Agent 2: This is going to Arlington, Virginia, for research. I think DARPA needs these.
Marshall: They do. Do whatever you need to do as long they help America better protect themselves.
FBI Agent 3: Sorry about this, Leo and Super C, but these weapons are going to Arlington. That's where the Department of Defense carry their works and DARPA is under them. They're too dangerous to be kept here.
Marshall: Arlington... I noticed a lot of places in America are named Arlington. There's even a small city named Arlington in Texas. Why are Americans obsessed with that name?
Zax: They're named after Arlington House, also known as the Robert E. Lee Memorial.
Marshall: I can see that. Also, I wished you didn't start the new years off involving certain photos. I had to see them and I wished they never existed. I don't know how that dude managed to become a lawyer.
Bob: Papa is rich so he paid for his lawyer school tuition. Now he's out of the job since nobody wants his service. Money can't buy out problems.
Marshall: Exactly. Spoiled rich idiots tend to not understand the value and concept of money. If they grew up average, or poor like Bezos, they would have better understanding how money and life works.
Juno: I didn't know Bezos grew up poor.
Zax: That little detail tends to fly over everybody's head. He was seen as a nobody. Yet here he is, richest human being and has strong influences on global development.
Marshall: This. Mr. Everything can basically do everything he wants and some say he is the epitome of the American Dream. So G-52s, any more questions for me?
Super C: Nothing to be sorry about; just get that stuff where nobody can find it! And Hunter Biden is out of a job now. Not even fast food restaurants will hire him!
Leo: Or places like Walmart. *to the FBI* No problem.
Cripto: *to Zax* The Brazilians can say the same about Silvio Santos. He grew up in a poor family. Today, he's among the wealthiest of Brazilians, and the only one from that country to make Forbes Magazine's list of the world's richest people.
Super Slash: Silvio Santos? *He thinks.* Oh. That guy. That country's Wheel of Fortune host.
Cripto: That and a ton of other stuff, but that's where I know him from.
Leo: *to Marshall* Often when we rehabilitate the GSAF defectors, one example being Bob here, they enter or re-enter the military service of the nation they are serving. Another defector is in Australia's military for that reason. If you do that, what branch do you suppose suits you the best?
Marshall: The one in Australia was born in this country, but he surrendered over there. Because he surrendered under Australian jurisdiction, he follows their procedure in how Australians handle defectors coming to them. As for what American branch shall suit me the best, I'm curious about the United States Space Force. I didn't think that could happen under Trump. You don't even have spaceships yet nor are you planning to build one anytime soon.
Dustin: China and Russia claim to have their own space forces; yet they don't need spaceships.
Marshall: What does your Space Force really do? Was this what our people wanted?
Dustin: Yes. In fact, Super C just recruited a G-52 trainee. Perhaps, before you can be a lieutenant in the Space Force, you must pass whatever test the G-52 has for you and the trainee in question. That trainee is here.
*A large and muscular blue and white wolf with yellow eyes in witch hunter clothing enters the interrogation room.*
Shadow Hunter: They call me Shadow Hunter, and I'm a lieutenant from the Space Force. You have a lot of good questions. We have a lot of great answers.
Marshall: You don't look like you're from the Space Force.
Shadow Hunter: So? We do way more than just space. We also conduct atmospheric anomaly detections. The tsuchigumo that attacked Austin not too long ago is a demon. We have guardians who specialize in anomalous disturbances. With our space drones, we can detect an anomaly before they happen. When the demon begins their arrival, we detect their presence first and send warnings before they appear.
Marshall: But you guys don't engage in direct combat.
Shadow Hunter: *Laughs* Marshall, you have a lot to learn from us. But I think you'd make a great Space Force officer. You have the skills we need to protect America first. *To Super C.* I think Marshall is ready for our G-52 training simulation. What do you think? I love his curiosity of the Space Force and I think he'd fit right in for our leadership.
Marshall: But we just met.
Shadow Hunter: It's okay. We'll learn together about the Space Force.
Dark Wolf: Whoa; nice one, boss!
Super C: Thanks; I think it adds to the variety. Now let's do some simulation training.
*later*
*We are inside Dark Wolf's castle in the underground section that works as G-52 HQ.*
Super C: I had to have this updated because Bendraqi's old robots are all dead, and the man himself has completed rehab and made the full U-turn. Instead, all the simulations will feature other enemies, ranging from the GSAF and AIRAF to the F5 Terror Force. The C.I.D.F. troops secretly filmed footage of them, and then I had T2 digitally incorporate this into the programming.
T2: Just step inside the room here, bro, and let us know when you're ready.
Zax: As part of this whole test, you two will also read a list of unusual place names from around the world. You are allowed to react to them though. Basically it's a maturity test.
Marshall: *Is putting on his military armor and checks his weaponry.* There! All set!
Shadow Hunter: Follow me.
*Marshall and Shadow Hunter enter the simulation room.*
Marshall: Ready!
Jack: I'm going to guess that the maturity test comes last.
Super C: That is the last part. But for now, let's do this. Activate the cube!
*Cripto pulls a lever to start the simulation.*
D.W.: *through microphone* Don't start until you see the first enemy approaching.
Marshall: First enemy approaching? I hope this isn't something off of Serious Sam!
*The simulation begins with two GSAF soldiers in front of Marshall and Shadow Hunter. Behind Marshall and Shadow Hunter is an elevator.*
Virtual GSAF Soldier 1: Stop right there!
Virtual GSAF Soldier 2: Don't move!
Shadow Hunter: Follow along.
*Shadow Hunter raises his hands up as Marshall does the same before the GSAF troops pat down their bodies. Suddenly, Shadow Hunter and Marshall knocks both the troops out.*
Juno: Good start!
Jack: Looks like they'll take the stealth approach.
*Shadow Hunter and Marshall enter the elevator.*
Marshall: Is there a mission?
Shadow Hunter: Capture the CNG before the enemies do. Your communicator on your left forearm will provide you more info.
Marshall: This is like a video game in VR. Where are we?
Shadow Hunter: Tokyo, it looks like. Looks like we'll have to capture the CNG, or else the Olympics get cancelled.
Marshall: *Looks at the communicator on his left forearm.* CNG in Tokyo Skytree?
Shadow Hunter: That's where we go.
Dustin: Looks good so far.
Super C: *through microphone* Okay. Find the stadium in question and get the CNG to the C.I.D.F. troops before the enemy gets it. Do not let the CNG do its dirty deeds either on you or on the enemy, or you fail the mission. I'll allow you to try again, though.
Cripto: *through microphone* This challenge has a 2-minute time limit. Stand by. Start the clock!
*He presses a buzzer. Outside the cube, his powers start playing an 80s ticking clock sound commonly heard in shows such as The $100,000 Pyramid.*
Zax: I thought Tokyo Skytree was the primary location.
Juno: Nope. It's that and the city stadium.
*The elevator doors open in the simulation.*
Marshall: All this under two minutes?!
Shadow Hunter: I'll go to Tokyo Skytree, use your communicator to go to the stadium. Good luck! *He heads off on his way.*
Marshall: I don't know what this has to do with the Space Force, but, okay; let's go, then! *He heads to the stadium.* Man it looks like it's about to rain!
Virtual Onryo Gen. Romanov: *Appears in front of Marshall and speaks in Japanese with a ghoulish tone.* Why did you leave me? *He lurches forward like a zombie with a gunto sword in his hand.* Your blood shall spill across the ground for your betrayal.
*Several virtual onryo GSAF soldiers appear.*
Virtual Onryo GSAF Soldier 1: Give me your soul!
Virtual Onryo GSAF Soldier 2: I want your blood!
Virtual Onryo GSAF Soldier 3: You shall assimilate with us!
Marshall: *Draws out his MP7 and fires at the ghosts on full auto.* This is tougher than I thought!
Shadow Hunter: *Points his weaponized gauntlet at Gen. Romanov and fires a mini-arrow to take him out as the other ghosts disappear. He then speaks on his communicator.* Who said this was easy? Nothing in the Space Force was easy! Now get to the stadium! *He enters the elevator of the Tokyo Skytree tower but ACM McNiven and his small team of AIRAF troops barge in. Shadow Hunter remains quiet to avoid confrontation with the AIRAF soldiers.*
Virtual ACM McNiven: Hmm... A witch hunter. You don't see many of them these days. So... What brought you here?
Shadow Hunter: I'm just exploring this place. I want to see Tokyo from here.
Virtual ACM McNiven: Ah. Do you report to anyone?
Shadow Hunter: No.
Virtual ACM McNiven: Why are you in Japan?
Shadow Hunter: (He tells a creative lie to protect himself.) There were reports of yokai (demons) appearing allover this country. I wanted to see how bad it was.
Virtual ACM McNiven: And where did these reports come from?
Shadow Hunter: The internet of course!
Virtual ACM McNiven: You know... I was wondering if CNG can stop the yokai.
Shadow Hunter: (He tells another lie.) I have no idea.
Virtual ACM McNiven: Well I'm going to find out.
Jack: Excellent deception skills.
Bob: Elevator conversations do get awkward.
*The elevator opens with ACM McNiven and the AIRAF exiting out first before Shadow Hunter leaves last. Suddenly, a certain giant spider busts through the windows and knocks ACM McNiven and the AIRAF back from the contained CNG.*
Virtual Tsuchigumo Gen. Cartwright: Do you really think you can use that to stop me?!
*As the AIRAF begins to shoot at the tsuchigumo, Shadow Hunter takes a dropped parachute backpack from ACM McNiven and sneaks around. He then waits until it is clear to grab the CNG. Once it is clear, he grabs the CNG and leaps out of the window before activating his parachute to glide towards the stadium.*
Shadow Hunter: Got the first one! What's your status?
Marshall: I'm in the stadium near the second CNG!
Juno: Quick and stealthy! I like it! Don't forget to find the C.I.D.F. after you get the CNG!
Shadow Hunter: They're near Tokyo Bay it seems. We should accomplish this soon.
Zax: Interesting choice to avoid fighting the AIRAF to focus on the CNG more instead. Nice!
Cripto: *through microphone* 1 minute left!
Marshall: *He takes the CNG but is stopped by Copycat and Red Thunder.* Great. Who's this white tiger and that fennec fox?
Red Thunder: We are the F5 Terror Force! You will never beat a supervillain!
Shadow Hunter: *Lands next to Marshall and removes his parachute.* Sorry, was I late to the party?
Copycat: Oh, no; you're right on time! I can copy your powers! Wait... You have no powers?
Shadow Hunter: Batman doesn't have powers.
Red Thunder: How can you two possibly beat us then?
Marshall: That's a very good question. *He uses a grenade that disables superpowers and produces smoke. After that, he and Shadow Hunter exits the stadium with the CNG.*
Red Thunder: My powers! I'm not fast anymore!
Shadow Hunter: Nice one! C.I.D.F. is down that way! Once you get the view of Tokyo Bay, you'll see them!
*Shadow Hunter and Marshall finally meets the C.I.D.F. to hand over the CNG in the simulation.*
Marshall: Whew that was close! How did we do?
Cripto: *through microphone* You did it with 21 seconds to spare.
*The simulation ends. Cripto's powers trigger some of the win cues from the classic television game show "Classic Concentration" while the show's E-flat bell dings repeatedly; these are automatic, so Super C does not give him a demerit for it.*
*Marshall and Shadow Hunter high-fives each other before bumping elbows together.*
Marshall: That was difficult!
Shadow Hunter: You're lucky to even make it here with me. I'd say this is actually impressive. FYI, I saw the photos that ruined the start of this year and I wished they never existed.
Marshall: You poor thing. The media won't even shut up about it.
Zax: I wonder what's next? Maybe a defusing situation that involves the photos to see how they would react?
Juno: I don't know. Maybe scenario-based questions instead?
Jack: Nice teamwork there! It was tough but you did good. What's next for these two?
Super C: I'd rather not discuss those photos, but I am sorry you caught sight of that. I think we'll do the scenario questions next.
*later*
*Marshall and Shadow Hunter are given some pieces of paper with scenario questions.*
Super C: There are a good number of wannabes I reject because so many get this wrong; it's why the organization doesn't have any humans as actual G-52s...yet. They get this first question wrong.
What you see before you, however, is elaborate drawings of a crisis happening, specifically a bank robbery. You've got to change into your superhero self doing the cliche act of doing so in a phone booth (or however you choose to do it). Yet you also notice this little girl crying for help because she's having a crisis of her own. What do you do first? Go for the big bank robbery, or call time out and go for the problem the girl is having?
Shadow Hunter: Wait, phone booths exist?
Marshall: There's public restrooms for private individuals. Oh well. This sounds like common sense.
*They write down their answers.*
Shadow Hunter's Answer: Someone's life is at risk so the bank robbery is priority. There is also large property damage involved. A superhero's duty is about stopping crimes first, not make people happy. Therefore, stopping the bank robbery first is important.
Marshall's Answer: Stop the bank robbery first because the bank is where people have their accounts with. Some even store personal valuables there and you don't know what's in them. It could be government paperwork to file for citizenship for all we know and that someone could be deprived of their opportunity to become an American citizen. Stop the bank robbery first, then go to the girl later.
Zax: So many wannabe heroes want to impress the chicks first these days...
*The Cat of Steel looks at their answers.*
Super C: Hmmm. Maybe I wrote down the question wrong. You both got it right, but I was trying to think of a case where it's more important to help the girl first than go for the big one.
Cripto: Maybe that could be question 2.
Marshall: Depends on the situation. I hope I can do this right. Remember, I don't want to be a G-52; just an ally on behalf of the UN1024.
Zax: This also determines if you deserve to be a Space Force lieutenant or not. The US Space Force is a very rewarding yet extremely difficult branch to get into. This is why you're being tested like a G-52.
Dustin: Space Force requirements makes Air Force requirements look basic in comparison. That's just on becoming a guardian.
Marshall: Question 2 sounds like a trick question.
Shadow Hunter: Only if you think of it as such.
Super C: Right. Sorry. Here's Question 2. Not looking for a specific answer here. This is meant to be open-ended.
When you have more than one crisis going on at a time, how you do judge which ones to do in what order?
*Marshall and Shadow Hunter write down their answers.*
Marshall's Answer: First, you analyze the crises in question. The ones that need priority are the ones with the highest probability for mass casualties. But one thing for sure; if a child's life is at risk, their lives go first no matter what.
Shadow Hunter's Answer: There is a saying that goes like this; things can be replaced but lives cannot. If the crises involves lives at stake, that goes first. The bigger ones, or the ones that are more likely to cause more casualties, go first. For example, every year, a hurricane crosses the Gulf of Mexico. This is where the United States Space Force comes in. Once we confirm the atmospheric disturbance, we relay the data and message to the governments in the disaster zone so they can message their residents to close up shop and start packing before disaster hits. This gives them time to take what they need before disaster strikes. Dealing with the aftermath comes second because as long no life is lost, rebuilding is the easy part. The other example is when a GSAF monster is being summoned, we must alert the affected city or town that an atmospheric disturbance is detected as well as giving them the info of what kind of disturbance is detected. Yes we have AI, but AI will always be improved by many people like myself so that we are warned way ahead of time. There is a motto we go by in the United States Space Force: semper supra. That is Latin for "always above". We may have the Air Force, but our Space Force will always be above our adversaries.
*Super C reads the answers.*
Super C: Both good answers.
Marshall: Any more questions? What about the maturity test where we are presented with an enormous list of weird place names around Earth?
Zax: I don't know. Let's see what Super C has to say about this.
Super C: We're now to the maturity test.
Cripto: My powers will still censor some of the place names. When you say it, you will hear it uncensored.
Super C: If you can say the names or discuss them without laughing or doing something else wrong, you pass. Otherwise, you fail. You are the first people to do this since I've revised the criteria so many times.
Zax: Now begin!
*Marshall and Shadow Hunter are presented with a very long list of unusual place names.*
Marshall: Oh goodness... I'm not going to bother pronouncing this city's name in Wales. It's way too long and hard to pronounce. And this town in Austria obviously uses a profanity in its name.
Shadow Hunter: They had to rename it to Fugging because a Danish dude named Albert made a video doing a detailed tour of the town while making innuendos of the town's name. Things got so bad, the townsfolk literally grabbed their pitchforks and rakes scaring Albert off. They even took it to the Tarsdorf council to share their grievance about how they had to deal with immature tourists 24/7 and how videos are made of their place nonstop. It even made national headlines in Austria, and let's just say Lenarth wasn't too happy about Albert doing this. As if that wasn't bad enough, Albert, like a handful of immature tourists, have the free time to visit every place with unusual names around this world just to make innuendos of them. There's a reason why many of these places don't have hotels.
Marshall: Everybody knows what Bangkok is and it has lots of hotels. Sadly, that makes the city the ultimate mecca for immature tourists.
Shadow Hunter: Colorado has a few interesting places since I live there. Dix is one of those places in Colorado but it has seen immature tourists every now and then.
Marshall: I live in California and no doubt we have some interesting place names. Zzyzx is one of them and we have the famous Death Valley. Death Valley has it's name for obvious reasons yet so many Americans alone visit it. Tourists come to it a lot as well.
Shadow Hunter: That place gets awfully hot after 10 AM.
Marshall: Hmm... Let's see what else are there on this list.
Shadow Hunter: Climax has very few people in it. It was a mining town in my state. Many of the buildings left there are preserved that way as a reminder to tourists about Climax's past. There's been many attempts to revitalize Climax, but in the end, very few people want to live there. There's so few people there, they can't even open a school.
Marshall: Yikes. And I see your hometown is on this list.
Shadow Hunter: Colorado Springs? Yes my town has the name of my home state in it. There's even a Texas City in Texas.
Jack: So far they're doing good.
Super C: You don't have to say all of them. Just the ones that might stir controversy or innuendo from a joke, including Bangkok.
Marshall: Okay. You mean like this Indian city called [BLEEP]?
Shadow Hunter: Oh that? There's been local debates there about renaming it to it's Anglicized form, Dixit.
Juno: I thought it was having them just look over the list not saying the names of the ones the cause controversy.
Zax: I believe these tests aren't meant to be precise.
Marshall: So what was Fugging in Austria named after?
Shadow Hunter: A Bavarian nobleman named Focko, who was from the 6th century.
Marshall: I feel bad for the people living in some of these places.
Shadow Hunter: Me too. They have no idea what their names mean to the English speakers. By the time they realize it, it's too late. The Filipino city of Sasmuan is named that way because when it was named as Sexmoan, immature tourists would go there and make innuendos out of the city angering the locals. Sasmuan is known for a cathedral there so the locals didn't find this funny and demanded a name change.
Marshall: That's just terrible.
Shadow Hunter: The immature tourists are terrible for their acts. No wonder why in places like Middelfart in Denmark, locals would sneak CNG into the city signs so that anyone who makes innuendos of the name or steal their signs, they'd get electric shocks for that. Yes; that's criminal to use CNG for that purpose but at the same time, I can see why they would do that.
Marshall: But two wrongs don't make a right.
Shadow Hunter: Exactly.
Jack: Is the maturity test timed?
Super C: It's not timed, but I don't want them taking too long. You have to say them out loud, and then promise you'll abide by the G-52 Code of Conduct by not using them for inappropriate jokes. But by discussing them, you can see why the names can be bothersome. I just hope this doesn't create a double standard.
Super Tom: Which the organization has had way too many of in its history.
D.W.: Yeah. It has. Thanks to the old version of Bendraqi for that, though.
Super C: Exactly. So far, so good, though. They're both doing well at this.
Marshall: There's Lake Titicaca on the list.
Shadow Hunter: I remember learning about that from geography when I was a wolf pup. Nobody laughed in my class upon hearing that.
Marshall: Same here.
Shadow Hunter: Even today, most little children never laughed upon hearing about this lake. But if you tell a politician from the Delaware General Assembly who took part of the Biden photo scandal, he'd most likely laugh at the lake's name. Kinda sad that actual little kids have more maturity than these politicians.
*The duo continues to read out the place names loudly without laughing.*
Marshall: I was born in Washington before I moved to California so I have heard of Poo Poo Point Trail before. Too bad the park rangers are tasked with scoping out immature tourists who vandalize the trail over the name for laughs.
Shadow Hunter: In Ohio, there's a place called Pee Pee Township and the people there hate tourists. I wouldn't be surprised if they snuck CNG into the town's signs bearing the name. I wonder if the C.I.D.F. will find out.
Marshall: Maybe. I can see why they hate tourists.
Jack: Oh hey I've heard of those places. Some guy rode his bike between the two places for a fundraiser. Of course some people aren't too happy that the biker was using the names for laughs.
*The duo continues to read out the place names without laughing or giggling.*
Zax: One day, someone is going to hide CNG in Poo Poo Point Trail as a deterrent to immature tourists. I wouldn't be surprised if a park ranger did this.
*later*
*It is time for the duo to be inducted as a G-52 and an ally.*
Zax: Congrats, you two for passing through maturity test. You two have proven yourselves to be worthy as a G-52 ally and G-52. Marshall, because you are not a G-52, your oath will be slightly modified from the G-52 oath. However, you have earned the rank of First Lieutenant from the United States Space Force and have proven yourself to be reliable for America's defense. Congrats once again, you two!
Gatling Gator: Okay, Marshall. Here's your oath. Say it with me.
I, First Lieutenant Marshall Stephenson, am a G-52 ally.
I am a fighter.
I bleed red, white, and blue.
As the newest inductee,
I pledge myself to my community,
My country, my soldiers, my civilians,
And my flag.
So help me if any obedience to my commanding officers
Causes me to get in trouble with the law.
So help me if any wrongs of my doings
Force me to take on excommunication from this organization.
Just as those before me, I will not run away from trouble.
I will vow to fight for truth, justice, and the American way of life.
For I am, First Lieutenant Marshall Stephenson, a G-52 ally, tried and true.
And as always, I pledge allegiance to the flag
Of the United States of America
And to the republic for which it stands.
One nation, under God,
Indivisible,
With liberty and justice for all!
*Marshall takes the oath with Super C and Gatling Gator as Space Force senior officers put the ranks of First Lieutenant on Marshall.*
Gatling Gator: Now this oath is yours, Shadow Hunter.
I, Walter Meyer, am a G-52.
My codename is Shadow Hunter.
I am a superhero.
I am a fighter.
I bleed red, white, and blue.
As the newest inductee,
I pledge myself to my community,
My country, my soldiers, my civilians,
And my flag.
So help me if any obedience to my commanding officers
Causes me to get in trouble with the law.
So help me if any wrongs of my doings
Force me to take on excommunication from this organization.
Just as those before me, I will not run away from trouble.
I will vow to fight for truth, justice, and the American way of life.
For I am, Shadow Hunter, a G-52, tried and true.
And as always, I pledge allegiance to the flag
Of the United States of America
And to the republic for which it stands.
One nation, under God,
Indivisible,
With liberty and justice for all!
*Shadow Hunter takes the oath as everybody cheers.*
Dustin: Space Force! Yeah!
Marshall: I never thought I'd be a US Space Force officer. Many people think this is unrealistic. But thanks to Trump, we Americans have once again proved that anything is possible and the sky is not the limit. The world may have questions about us, but the US Space Force will always have answers.
Shadow Hunter: They can make all the assumptions, but we'll be the ones making sure they can sleep safely and peacefully.
Zax: Inauguration isn't too far away. *To Super C.* You got the newest American military branch covered and so do we UN1024s now. What was impossible is now possible.
Super C: Congratulations to both of you! May you both do all of us a great service to this organization and to the world! Also thank you to the other Space Force officers attending.
Dark Wolf: Hope you enjoyed the tour of the castle.
Super C: (narrating) There you have it. Shadow Hunter will add some variety to the G-52s, since not all of us have superpowers, and not all of us wear the traditional superhero garb. As for Marshall, we congratulate him on being courageous enough to defect from the GSAF. I just prefer he remain his regular size instead of being a 12-foot kitsune, but I'll let him figure that one out.
All the while, we were getting closer to the biggest day of Leo's life: his inauguration. You won't want to miss that, will you? See you then.
THE END
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Another Defector
Super C: (narrating) Super C here. 2021 got off to a bad start for us because the nation had been stressing out over the fact Leo the Patriotic Lion truly won the election, leaving them to think their freedoms were being taken away from them forever. It also didn't help the Biden family's cause that Hunter was having the scandals with those photos, and I'm sorry to report a bunch of Navy junior officers got dishonorable discharges upon their commanding officers discovering they were passing around those photos and basically behaving like anything but the behavior they were supposed to be displaying. You guessed it; all their replacements were Forsythian. That system's strict code of morals may have left them depressed, but it also meant we knew we could trust them.
That's not what I'm here to discuss, however; that's too embarrassing of a story. Instead, we're here to tell you that we made a new friend. The more disgusting the GSAF gets, the more there are defecting from it, not counting the ones who are dead and keep coming back as ghosts, or in Cartwright's case, a big giant ugly spider. We'd also add another G-52 in the process.
Cue the action.
*Later, the American UN1024s receive a random text message telling them to meet at the Pentagon.*
*Arlington, VA, USA*
Zachary/Zihao: Ah, Arlington; a special purpose city in Virginia due to the Pentagon being in the middle of this. The city where the Department of Defense house their generals and admirals here to be in charge of the central military defense of our great country.
Bob: Also one of the more restrictive American cities. Such cities like to charge very high tolls.
Zachary/Zihao: Hey; they got to make that tourism money as well as to give enough space for their resident workers to move between work and home.
*A 12 ft tall muscular black fox with long black hair, glowing yellow eyes, and nine tails, is running towards the Pentagon as curious onlookers watch the running large kitsune. They notice that he's in a GSAF uniform, but his hat is missing and so is his armband.*
Civilian 1: How did he get into this city?
Civilian 2: Who's he running from?
Civilian 3: What the...?! *Uses his phone to contact the G-52 app.* Super C and Leo, there's a giant kitsune guy running towards the Pentagon and he's meeting with your fellow UN1024 troops. You might want to come see this and talk to that big dude.
Florence: Lt. Stephenson?!
Lt. Stephenson: You can just call me Marshall. *Reveals a ring on his right hand which has clear CNG in it.*
Juno: CNG?!
Marshall: I'm not a superhero. *His ring glows before his body does. He then shrinks back to his size as a 6 foot tall slim black fox with long black hair and regular yellow eyes and has one tail.* Never would be nor would I want to be one. Do you remember what you saw back in Austin?
Civilian 4: He shrunk?
Zax: Vinton turned into a wolf-dragon hybrid and there was a giant spider named Cartwright?
Marshall: Yes. Sgt. Psycho shouldn't have brought the samples out of base like that to secretly give to GSAF troops outside of base. As for that giant spider, that's obviously a resurrected demon of one of the GSAF officers. Well, the GSAF has been developing a lot of biochemical weapons and one of them contained samples of the COVID-19 virus. I had to destroy many of those projects and kill some of the GSAF who were devoted to this. There was a reason why I did that.
Juno: Tell us.
Marshall: Leo the Patriotic Lion is the president-elect and Trump has confirmed this. The last thing I want happening here in America is that lion enforcing conscription into the US Armed Forces. Yes, your military is powerful, but once the GSAF starts using biochemical weapons, it will cause great damage to America and the livelihood of the Americans. The GSAF will do anything to achieve global communism, even to the point of genocide and environmental destruction.
Frank: Glad you left them. You made the right choice.
Marshall: My dad is a hospital CEO and my mother is a biologist. We should be using our knowledge to improve lives and the livelihood of our civilization. We should never use science for war and destruction. Do you know what most of the scientists who worked on Project Manhattan did after completing it?
Jack: Suicide?
Marshall: Yes. When the world was under lockdown due to COVID-19, many people, especially here in America, made posts on social media referencing that thinking the world would be hopeless. Others thought there was no future because of Trump and Biden. Then there's the few who said that they'd rather take their lives than to live under Leo out of fear of him going full authoritarian in America. Life doesn't have to be dark and gloomy. Life can be beautiful, if we make it beautiful. If Leo can convince his people that life is worth living for because of duty, then he may turn America around. I want to help Leo beat the GSAF without the need for conscripts.
Leo the Patriotic Lion: (narrating) He has nothing to worry about because I am not requiring conscription in my country's military. Still, hearing how people would rather chose to end their own lives because I won the election instead of living under me as President is enough to make a grown lion cry.
Jill: It's not just about him; it's about us as well. All of us are in this together. As for not needing conscripts, he wouldn't need to activate conscription to defeat the GSAF. There's way more than enough reserve troops to take care of business. However, you're more than welcome to lead some of them.
Marshall: I want to lead them to a life where they never have to worry about the GSAF utilizing science for evil purposes.
Dustin: We can only hope. Also, you seem very intelligent. What did you do in the GSAF?
Marshall: Engineering. I also worked on a lot of drones as well as AI. Even tinkered with bipedal robots.
Dustin: Welcome to our side. The G-52s will be here shortly.
Marshall: The sooner they come, the better I will be. Because I defected from the GSAF, they want me dead. Also, what happened in Delaware and with the US Navy involving unacceptable nude photos of someone, was revolting. I didn't want to hear about sushi on naked bodies and-
Dustin: Yeah. Stop. We were there and even though we didn't see what was exactly in those photos, what we heard of what was in them was more than gross enough as it is.
Marshall: I just hope it's not too late. I mean... Where will my interrogation take place? Here in the Pentagon? DC? Wildcat City?
Dustin: Leo the Patriotic Lion and Super C will decide that.
Marshall: Get me away from the GSAF as much as you can. I don't want to get raped or die.
Bob: Don't mention the earlier part. They'll know your safety goes first.
Marshall: Oh and I know how CNG works. This ring is my size adjustor ring. I even made grenades and explosives utilizing CNG that can disable certain superpowers.
Bob: Then you will do America proud.
Zachary/Zihao: Another American UN1024. You are military officer material right here; way better than Hunter Biden. But first, let's wait for the G-52s to pop up to decide your interrogation's location first. Hope you got a lot of files and blueprints from the GSAF.
Marshall: I do.
*The G-52s arrive, including Leo.*
Leo: We got here as soon as we could.
Super C: What's going on here? Are you from the GSAF?
D.W.: Are you trying to get away from those dorks?
Marshall: Yes. I'm Marshall Stephenson and my last rank with the GSAF was lieutenant. I have seen way more than enough things from them so I decided to defect to the UN1024s. Leo, I never liked the idea of you being the President, but I am more than willing to work with you to make America a better place for our people. I am American as well.
Dustin: What did you do before you joined the GSAF?
Marshall: I used to work for Google.
Dustin: So you're from California?
Marshall: No; the same state Jack is from.
Jack: Washington state?
Marshall: Yes. The West Coast was a hub of the big tech companies before they engaged in lobbying and brought corruption into their state governments. With Jones, Trump, and now Leo, they will put them back in their place. Leo is very authoritarian, but the Americans don't need to be scared under him. With me, together, we can make America a better place for our people.
Dustin: Sounds like you know about technology and these companies very well. Your skills will be needed in our alliance. But first, Leo and Super C here at least will decide where your interrogation will take place. Do note that the FBI will send agents as part of this as well so if they come and speak to you, don't be surprised.
Marshall: I am willing to give everything I know to them. I don't want this country to start conscripting again. Your enemies can be defeated without conscripts. I want to help you make that happen.
Zax: Whatever messed up things you have seen from the GSAF that you may think it is too graphic, you don't need to tell us, especially the G-52s, that. Just give out the most important information out in detail first. Leo and Super C, where shall we interrogate Marshall; Washington D.C., Wildcat City, or here in Arlington?
Marshall: My life is in your hands.
Leo: I think we'd better do it back in Wildcat City to be on the safe side; that's what we did with Bob.
*later*
*In Wildcat City, at police HQ, Marshall goes through his interrogation. Doughty Dog live streams this so that the Trump Administration can watch it.*
Super C: As Zax said, do not say anything if you worry the G-52s would find it way too graphic. However, we'll start with the usual round of questions.
Leo: Why did you join the GSAF?
D.W.: Did you think you were doing any good for the world?
Super Slash: What was the last straw for you?
Boomcat: And do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Marshall: I will tell nothing but the truth. To tell a lie would mean the end of our world. I joined the GSAF because of their goals. I thought they would reform America. I also joined because of their super soldier experiments. I wanted to be stronger and more powerful, hence if I take off my CNG ring and be out of range of it, I would be a 12 foot tall buff kitsune. I thought the GSAF could turn the weak into the strong and push America forward before uniting the world under their agendas. They would turn many nations into ethno-states, but function under the same communist system. Think of the Soviet Union and their attempts at nation building. I thought I was doing good by joining the GSAF.
Zax: Okay. So let's say the GSAF conquered the world. Where would their central administration be at?
Marshall: Alice Springs, Australia. Using that country's infamous rough environment and terrain would serve as a barrier and deterrent to would-be invaders of other lands thus that city would be ideal for the GSAF's central administration and leadership. I'm kind of into Star Trek, and the GSAF wanted this world to be like that, but under communism. Sadly, the kind of world Star Trek is in is just fiction, and it is unattainable.
Zax: Interesting. So what did the GSAF say that made you feel convinced to join them on their side?
Marshall: The need for social equality and how wealth hoarding is bad. Had I known that companies like Amazon engage in charity a lot, I would've thought twice about joining the GSAF. I used to think that people want to be rich and greedy. But to be rich takes lots of effort. There was a time when getting rich with dirty money was easy. But these days, thanks to companies like Amazon, the only way to become rich is to do good. I read a lot of articles about Jeff Bezos, and I learned that he's far from greedy, and that despite being the richest human on Earth, he never came from a privileged family. In fact, Bezos was basically from a poor struggling family from what I learned and like many Americans, he used to work at McDonald's as his first job. No wonder why people never expected Bezos to be the man that he is today.
Zax: So basically the morality preached in communism is what got you in. What made you quit?
Marshall: Maj. Hovsepian's biochemical weapons experiments and the way recruits who tried to desert were treated. During the training stage of the GSAF with many of the recruits, there was a lot of hazing, profanity, and abuse going on. The shoutings of claiming that America is a nation run by rich greedy capitalist pigs who want to take over the world was nonstop. This happens a lot in the training stage.
Leo: Well, you know that's not true.
Zax: Tell us about what the GSAF does to deserters, minus the rape.
Marshall: More abuse, shouting, profanity, hazing, even to the point of starving them from their sleep. This would last as much as over ten hours. Those who tried to resist were taken in for forced experimentation. I remember watching a deserter telling one of the GSAF drill sergeants to go [BLEEP] himself before spitting him in the face. The GSAF troops took him to a room for the uhm, whatever that R word you mentioned since I hate saying that word, and would do that until they died or were taken for forced experimentation under those like Hovsepian.
Zax: Wow that is really nightmarish and revolting. Not even the Russian military would do that.
Marshall: No legal military force on Earth would do that. These days, the deserters would just be discharged without their presence needed. But if they had any electronics with them from the military or anything that can be tracked with them, troops would take them back on base to jail them before discharging them. Between what the GSAF does to their deserters and what Kriegland does to their deserters, the Krieglandonian option for execution would be mercy as opposed to what the GSAF does.
C.K./King Leo: (narrating) Sad, but true. All Krieglandonian deserters and traitors would have been executed, no questions asked. Yet what the GSAF does also would have meant death. Kriegland wanted to be as pure as we possibly could.
Zax: We agree with you on that. Can you tell me what the forced experimentations were like? Just spare us the graphic parts.
Marshall: The Demons of Heaven style experimentations. Assuming the deserter in question is not human, the troops would place a device clamped around their necks. I would assume its a collar that explodes if they try to remove it which means complete decapitation of their heads by that. Then they would be restrained on to a machine, and of course comes the syringes by robotic arms, you know the rest.
Zax: Exploding collars? Wow... Even Kriegland would never approve of that. If anyone on Kriegland were to make such things, the person making them would be executed.
Marshall: I'm surprised to learn that even the Krieglandonians wouldn't approve the use of exploding collars to force people into cooperation and servitude. Good thing in America these days, your force only comprises of those who chose to serve out of their own will. Even with Leo ready to take over, these people still do so by their own will and that the others who wish to not join the military don't have to.
Jack: You mentioned that you had to kill some GSAF scientists at least before you defected. What could've happened if you left them alive?
Marshall: If I left them alive, the GSAF would use a biochemical weapon in a major city like Wildcat City. Houston in Texas was also targeted for this, too. On top of this, the GSAF has samples of the COVID-19 strains, in which I had to destroy most of as well. So by taking their lives, I am saving millions and millions of innocent American lives alone. I don't know what kind of damages their biochemical weapons would do and the aftereffects of it, but it was something that nobody wanted to find out. So, I did what I did before fleeing.
Jack: You saved a lot of new families.
Marshall: I don't want to be a monster... And besides, there's already assassins after the GSAF. I didn't want to be next. So I defected after doing what I did to not only save myself, but also try to save this world from the damages the GSAF could bring. With Leo being president-elect, he could've ordered me to be KOS. In my mind, I thought Leo would let his people commit genocide on others like the LGBT. So by defecting, maybe I could prevent this too. We should be saving as many lives as possible not killing them.
Jack: Leo will not allow that kind of treatment on our LGBT communities, and we will make sure of that. I'm glad you chose to leave and with that level of concern for the LGBT, you'd make a great adviser for Leo on how to approach that issue. Leo plans to address this issue on his inauguration to let LGBT Americans know that they will be safe under his administration and that we will be there for them.
Marshall: Yes. As a reminder, the GSAF likes to target their recruiting at LGBT members and tell them that Leo's administration will allow genocide on them and the only way they can save themselves from that is by joining the GSAF. I can use their strategies against them, but first, which is obvious, you need me in the US Armed Forces first for that.
Jack: Well, of course! And based on your skills, you have a lot of options.
Bob: You will do America proud.
Frank: You're safe with us.
Florence: You made the right choice to come here with us.
Dustin: Okay, then. Well, you are an extremely valuable asset to us.
Juno: And you mentioned that you know how to weaponize CNG.
Marshall: I spent most of my time working with CNG and developing prototype CNG weapons for the GSAF. Many of them, of course, failed, but very few worked. For example, the use of specialized explosives that disable superpowers within a certain range for a certain amount of time. Most of the CNG I worked with are of cosmic origin.
Juno: Does the GSAF have space drones?
Marshall: Yes; most of them are used for intel. But with so many surface-to-air laser turrets, a lot of those drones get shot down in seconds with little effort.
Juno: I think you'll make America even a better place to live in. You'd make Leo very proud. *To the G-52s.* Any more questions before the FBI agents speaks to him here?
Leo: *to Marshall* No, I've learned some hard lessons about how the LGBTQ+ crowd are still people, and it's still my duty to protect them. I don't hate the people. I just hate the ideas. The GSAF, like the media, always gets that wrong.
C.K./King Leo: I can confirm Kriegland would have sentenced such a person to death because I was once their king.
Monarch Major: While Leonine wasn't as strict as Kriegland, we also would have executed such a person making those kinds of experiments. I was once their king.
Super C: Note that even though the C.I.D.F. is out to destroy all CNG, they also take note of what colors of it were involved because certain combinations do the same thing, such as green, gold, and silver giving you unlimited wealth, even though you might die from drowning in it as well. One man almost did. So tell us what colors you used in developing those weapons that disabled superpowers. Also note those things don't apply to me because I'm Caticonian. Certain colors take away certain powers from me, while the blue kind kills me all together.
Marshall: I use colors that are neutral, usually grey and white. When they go off, they also give off smoke in a similar way how smoke grenades do. So that provides a distraction against the targets. *He lays out various explosives, most of them being grenades.* They're live explosives so be careful with them.
*The FBI agents come to confiscate them quickly.*
FBI Agent 1: We have to hold on to these for the sake of the G-52's safety.
FBI Agent 2: This is going to Arlington, Virginia, for research. I think DARPA needs these.
Marshall: They do. Do whatever you need to do as long they help America better protect themselves.
FBI Agent 3: Sorry about this, Leo and Super C, but these weapons are going to Arlington. That's where the Department of Defense carry their works and DARPA is under them. They're too dangerous to be kept here.
Marshall: Arlington... I noticed a lot of places in America are named Arlington. There's even a small city named Arlington in Texas. Why are Americans obsessed with that name?
Zax: They're named after Arlington House, also known as the Robert E. Lee Memorial.
Marshall: I can see that. Also, I wished you didn't start the new years off involving certain photos. I had to see them and I wished they never existed. I don't know how that dude managed to become a lawyer.
Bob: Papa is rich so he paid for his lawyer school tuition. Now he's out of the job since nobody wants his service. Money can't buy out problems.
Marshall: Exactly. Spoiled rich idiots tend to not understand the value and concept of money. If they grew up average, or poor like Bezos, they would have better understanding how money and life works.
Juno: I didn't know Bezos grew up poor.
Zax: That little detail tends to fly over everybody's head. He was seen as a nobody. Yet here he is, richest human being and has strong influences on global development.
Marshall: This. Mr. Everything can basically do everything he wants and some say he is the epitome of the American Dream. So G-52s, any more questions for me?
Super C: Nothing to be sorry about; just get that stuff where nobody can find it! And Hunter Biden is out of a job now. Not even fast food restaurants will hire him!
Leo: Or places like Walmart. *to the FBI* No problem.
Cripto: *to Zax* The Brazilians can say the same about Silvio Santos. He grew up in a poor family. Today, he's among the wealthiest of Brazilians, and the only one from that country to make Forbes Magazine's list of the world's richest people.
Super Slash: Silvio Santos? *He thinks.* Oh. That guy. That country's Wheel of Fortune host.
Cripto: That and a ton of other stuff, but that's where I know him from.
Leo: *to Marshall* Often when we rehabilitate the GSAF defectors, one example being Bob here, they enter or re-enter the military service of the nation they are serving. Another defector is in Australia's military for that reason. If you do that, what branch do you suppose suits you the best?
Marshall: The one in Australia was born in this country, but he surrendered over there. Because he surrendered under Australian jurisdiction, he follows their procedure in how Australians handle defectors coming to them. As for what American branch shall suit me the best, I'm curious about the United States Space Force. I didn't think that could happen under Trump. You don't even have spaceships yet nor are you planning to build one anytime soon.
Dustin: China and Russia claim to have their own space forces; yet they don't need spaceships.
Marshall: What does your Space Force really do? Was this what our people wanted?
Dustin: Yes. In fact, Super C just recruited a G-52 trainee. Perhaps, before you can be a lieutenant in the Space Force, you must pass whatever test the G-52 has for you and the trainee in question. That trainee is here.
*A large and muscular blue and white wolf with yellow eyes in witch hunter clothing enters the interrogation room.*
Shadow Hunter: They call me Shadow Hunter, and I'm a lieutenant from the Space Force. You have a lot of good questions. We have a lot of great answers.
Marshall: You don't look like you're from the Space Force.
Shadow Hunter: So? We do way more than just space. We also conduct atmospheric anomaly detections. The tsuchigumo that attacked Austin not too long ago is a demon. We have guardians who specialize in anomalous disturbances. With our space drones, we can detect an anomaly before they happen. When the demon begins their arrival, we detect their presence first and send warnings before they appear.
Marshall: But you guys don't engage in direct combat.
Shadow Hunter: *Laughs* Marshall, you have a lot to learn from us. But I think you'd make a great Space Force officer. You have the skills we need to protect America first. *To Super C.* I think Marshall is ready for our G-52 training simulation. What do you think? I love his curiosity of the Space Force and I think he'd fit right in for our leadership.
Marshall: But we just met.
Shadow Hunter: It's okay. We'll learn together about the Space Force.
Dark Wolf: Whoa; nice one, boss!
Super C: Thanks; I think it adds to the variety. Now let's do some simulation training.
*later*
*We are inside Dark Wolf's castle in the underground section that works as G-52 HQ.*
Super C: I had to have this updated because Bendraqi's old robots are all dead, and the man himself has completed rehab and made the full U-turn. Instead, all the simulations will feature other enemies, ranging from the GSAF and AIRAF to the F5 Terror Force. The C.I.D.F. troops secretly filmed footage of them, and then I had T2 digitally incorporate this into the programming.
T2: Just step inside the room here, bro, and let us know when you're ready.
Zax: As part of this whole test, you two will also read a list of unusual place names from around the world. You are allowed to react to them though. Basically it's a maturity test.
Marshall: *Is putting on his military armor and checks his weaponry.* There! All set!
Shadow Hunter: Follow me.
*Marshall and Shadow Hunter enter the simulation room.*
Marshall: Ready!
Jack: I'm going to guess that the maturity test comes last.
Super C: That is the last part. But for now, let's do this. Activate the cube!
*Cripto pulls a lever to start the simulation.*
D.W.: *through microphone* Don't start until you see the first enemy approaching.
Marshall: First enemy approaching? I hope this isn't something off of Serious Sam!
*The simulation begins with two GSAF soldiers in front of Marshall and Shadow Hunter. Behind Marshall and Shadow Hunter is an elevator.*
Virtual GSAF Soldier 1: Stop right there!
Virtual GSAF Soldier 2: Don't move!
Shadow Hunter: Follow along.
*Shadow Hunter raises his hands up as Marshall does the same before the GSAF troops pat down their bodies. Suddenly, Shadow Hunter and Marshall knocks both the troops out.*
Juno: Good start!
Jack: Looks like they'll take the stealth approach.
*Shadow Hunter and Marshall enter the elevator.*
Marshall: Is there a mission?
Shadow Hunter: Capture the CNG before the enemies do. Your communicator on your left forearm will provide you more info.
Marshall: This is like a video game in VR. Where are we?
Shadow Hunter: Tokyo, it looks like. Looks like we'll have to capture the CNG, or else the Olympics get cancelled.
Marshall: *Looks at the communicator on his left forearm.* CNG in Tokyo Skytree?
Shadow Hunter: That's where we go.
Dustin: Looks good so far.
Super C: *through microphone* Okay. Find the stadium in question and get the CNG to the C.I.D.F. troops before the enemy gets it. Do not let the CNG do its dirty deeds either on you or on the enemy, or you fail the mission. I'll allow you to try again, though.
Cripto: *through microphone* This challenge has a 2-minute time limit. Stand by. Start the clock!
*He presses a buzzer. Outside the cube, his powers start playing an 80s ticking clock sound commonly heard in shows such as The $100,000 Pyramid.*
Zax: I thought Tokyo Skytree was the primary location.
Juno: Nope. It's that and the city stadium.
*The elevator doors open in the simulation.*
Marshall: All this under two minutes?!
Shadow Hunter: I'll go to Tokyo Skytree, use your communicator to go to the stadium. Good luck! *He heads off on his way.*
Marshall: I don't know what this has to do with the Space Force, but, okay; let's go, then! *He heads to the stadium.* Man it looks like it's about to rain!
Virtual Onryo Gen. Romanov: *Appears in front of Marshall and speaks in Japanese with a ghoulish tone.* Why did you leave me? *He lurches forward like a zombie with a gunto sword in his hand.* Your blood shall spill across the ground for your betrayal.
*Several virtual onryo GSAF soldiers appear.*
Virtual Onryo GSAF Soldier 1: Give me your soul!
Virtual Onryo GSAF Soldier 2: I want your blood!
Virtual Onryo GSAF Soldier 3: You shall assimilate with us!
Marshall: *Draws out his MP7 and fires at the ghosts on full auto.* This is tougher than I thought!
Shadow Hunter: *Points his weaponized gauntlet at Gen. Romanov and fires a mini-arrow to take him out as the other ghosts disappear. He then speaks on his communicator.* Who said this was easy? Nothing in the Space Force was easy! Now get to the stadium! *He enters the elevator of the Tokyo Skytree tower but ACM McNiven and his small team of AIRAF troops barge in. Shadow Hunter remains quiet to avoid confrontation with the AIRAF soldiers.*
Virtual ACM McNiven: Hmm... A witch hunter. You don't see many of them these days. So... What brought you here?
Shadow Hunter: I'm just exploring this place. I want to see Tokyo from here.
Virtual ACM McNiven: Ah. Do you report to anyone?
Shadow Hunter: No.
Virtual ACM McNiven: Why are you in Japan?
Shadow Hunter: (He tells a creative lie to protect himself.) There were reports of yokai (demons) appearing allover this country. I wanted to see how bad it was.
Virtual ACM McNiven: And where did these reports come from?
Shadow Hunter: The internet of course!
Virtual ACM McNiven: You know... I was wondering if CNG can stop the yokai.
Shadow Hunter: (He tells another lie.) I have no idea.
Virtual ACM McNiven: Well I'm going to find out.
Jack: Excellent deception skills.
Bob: Elevator conversations do get awkward.
*The elevator opens with ACM McNiven and the AIRAF exiting out first before Shadow Hunter leaves last. Suddenly, a certain giant spider busts through the windows and knocks ACM McNiven and the AIRAF back from the contained CNG.*
Virtual Tsuchigumo Gen. Cartwright: Do you really think you can use that to stop me?!
*As the AIRAF begins to shoot at the tsuchigumo, Shadow Hunter takes a dropped parachute backpack from ACM McNiven and sneaks around. He then waits until it is clear to grab the CNG. Once it is clear, he grabs the CNG and leaps out of the window before activating his parachute to glide towards the stadium.*
Shadow Hunter: Got the first one! What's your status?
Marshall: I'm in the stadium near the second CNG!
Juno: Quick and stealthy! I like it! Don't forget to find the C.I.D.F. after you get the CNG!
Shadow Hunter: They're near Tokyo Bay it seems. We should accomplish this soon.
Zax: Interesting choice to avoid fighting the AIRAF to focus on the CNG more instead. Nice!
Cripto: *through microphone* 1 minute left!
Marshall: *He takes the CNG but is stopped by Copycat and Red Thunder.* Great. Who's this white tiger and that fennec fox?
Red Thunder: We are the F5 Terror Force! You will never beat a supervillain!
Shadow Hunter: *Lands next to Marshall and removes his parachute.* Sorry, was I late to the party?
Copycat: Oh, no; you're right on time! I can copy your powers! Wait... You have no powers?
Shadow Hunter: Batman doesn't have powers.
Red Thunder: How can you two possibly beat us then?
Marshall: That's a very good question. *He uses a grenade that disables superpowers and produces smoke. After that, he and Shadow Hunter exits the stadium with the CNG.*
Red Thunder: My powers! I'm not fast anymore!
Shadow Hunter: Nice one! C.I.D.F. is down that way! Once you get the view of Tokyo Bay, you'll see them!
*Shadow Hunter and Marshall finally meets the C.I.D.F. to hand over the CNG in the simulation.*
Marshall: Whew that was close! How did we do?
Cripto: *through microphone* You did it with 21 seconds to spare.
*The simulation ends. Cripto's powers trigger some of the win cues from the classic television game show "Classic Concentration" while the show's E-flat bell dings repeatedly; these are automatic, so Super C does not give him a demerit for it.*
*Marshall and Shadow Hunter high-fives each other before bumping elbows together.*
Marshall: That was difficult!
Shadow Hunter: You're lucky to even make it here with me. I'd say this is actually impressive. FYI, I saw the photos that ruined the start of this year and I wished they never existed.
Marshall: You poor thing. The media won't even shut up about it.
Zax: I wonder what's next? Maybe a defusing situation that involves the photos to see how they would react?
Juno: I don't know. Maybe scenario-based questions instead?
Jack: Nice teamwork there! It was tough but you did good. What's next for these two?
Super C: I'd rather not discuss those photos, but I am sorry you caught sight of that. I think we'll do the scenario questions next.
*later*
*Marshall and Shadow Hunter are given some pieces of paper with scenario questions.*
Super C: There are a good number of wannabes I reject because so many get this wrong; it's why the organization doesn't have any humans as actual G-52s...yet. They get this first question wrong.
What you see before you, however, is elaborate drawings of a crisis happening, specifically a bank robbery. You've got to change into your superhero self doing the cliche act of doing so in a phone booth (or however you choose to do it). Yet you also notice this little girl crying for help because she's having a crisis of her own. What do you do first? Go for the big bank robbery, or call time out and go for the problem the girl is having?
Shadow Hunter: Wait, phone booths exist?
Marshall: There's public restrooms for private individuals. Oh well. This sounds like common sense.
*They write down their answers.*
Shadow Hunter's Answer: Someone's life is at risk so the bank robbery is priority. There is also large property damage involved. A superhero's duty is about stopping crimes first, not make people happy. Therefore, stopping the bank robbery first is important.
Marshall's Answer: Stop the bank robbery first because the bank is where people have their accounts with. Some even store personal valuables there and you don't know what's in them. It could be government paperwork to file for citizenship for all we know and that someone could be deprived of their opportunity to become an American citizen. Stop the bank robbery first, then go to the girl later.
Zax: So many wannabe heroes want to impress the chicks first these days...
*The Cat of Steel looks at their answers.*
Super C: Hmmm. Maybe I wrote down the question wrong. You both got it right, but I was trying to think of a case where it's more important to help the girl first than go for the big one.
Cripto: Maybe that could be question 2.
Marshall: Depends on the situation. I hope I can do this right. Remember, I don't want to be a G-52; just an ally on behalf of the UN1024.
Zax: This also determines if you deserve to be a Space Force lieutenant or not. The US Space Force is a very rewarding yet extremely difficult branch to get into. This is why you're being tested like a G-52.
Dustin: Space Force requirements makes Air Force requirements look basic in comparison. That's just on becoming a guardian.
Marshall: Question 2 sounds like a trick question.
Shadow Hunter: Only if you think of it as such.
Super C: Right. Sorry. Here's Question 2. Not looking for a specific answer here. This is meant to be open-ended.
When you have more than one crisis going on at a time, how you do judge which ones to do in what order?
*Marshall and Shadow Hunter write down their answers.*
Marshall's Answer: First, you analyze the crises in question. The ones that need priority are the ones with the highest probability for mass casualties. But one thing for sure; if a child's life is at risk, their lives go first no matter what.
Shadow Hunter's Answer: There is a saying that goes like this; things can be replaced but lives cannot. If the crises involves lives at stake, that goes first. The bigger ones, or the ones that are more likely to cause more casualties, go first. For example, every year, a hurricane crosses the Gulf of Mexico. This is where the United States Space Force comes in. Once we confirm the atmospheric disturbance, we relay the data and message to the governments in the disaster zone so they can message their residents to close up shop and start packing before disaster hits. This gives them time to take what they need before disaster strikes. Dealing with the aftermath comes second because as long no life is lost, rebuilding is the easy part. The other example is when a GSAF monster is being summoned, we must alert the affected city or town that an atmospheric disturbance is detected as well as giving them the info of what kind of disturbance is detected. Yes we have AI, but AI will always be improved by many people like myself so that we are warned way ahead of time. There is a motto we go by in the United States Space Force: semper supra. That is Latin for "always above". We may have the Air Force, but our Space Force will always be above our adversaries.
*Super C reads the answers.*
Super C: Both good answers.
Marshall: Any more questions? What about the maturity test where we are presented with an enormous list of weird place names around Earth?
Zax: I don't know. Let's see what Super C has to say about this.
Super C: We're now to the maturity test.
Cripto: My powers will still censor some of the place names. When you say it, you will hear it uncensored.
Super C: If you can say the names or discuss them without laughing or doing something else wrong, you pass. Otherwise, you fail. You are the first people to do this since I've revised the criteria so many times.
Zax: Now begin!
*Marshall and Shadow Hunter are presented with a very long list of unusual place names.*
Marshall: Oh goodness... I'm not going to bother pronouncing this city's name in Wales. It's way too long and hard to pronounce. And this town in Austria obviously uses a profanity in its name.
Shadow Hunter: They had to rename it to Fugging because a Danish dude named Albert made a video doing a detailed tour of the town while making innuendos of the town's name. Things got so bad, the townsfolk literally grabbed their pitchforks and rakes scaring Albert off. They even took it to the Tarsdorf council to share their grievance about how they had to deal with immature tourists 24/7 and how videos are made of their place nonstop. It even made national headlines in Austria, and let's just say Lenarth wasn't too happy about Albert doing this. As if that wasn't bad enough, Albert, like a handful of immature tourists, have the free time to visit every place with unusual names around this world just to make innuendos of them. There's a reason why many of these places don't have hotels.
Marshall: Everybody knows what Bangkok is and it has lots of hotels. Sadly, that makes the city the ultimate mecca for immature tourists.
Shadow Hunter: Colorado has a few interesting places since I live there. Dix is one of those places in Colorado but it has seen immature tourists every now and then.
Marshall: I live in California and no doubt we have some interesting place names. Zzyzx is one of them and we have the famous Death Valley. Death Valley has it's name for obvious reasons yet so many Americans alone visit it. Tourists come to it a lot as well.
Shadow Hunter: That place gets awfully hot after 10 AM.
Marshall: Hmm... Let's see what else are there on this list.
Shadow Hunter: Climax has very few people in it. It was a mining town in my state. Many of the buildings left there are preserved that way as a reminder to tourists about Climax's past. There's been many attempts to revitalize Climax, but in the end, very few people want to live there. There's so few people there, they can't even open a school.
Marshall: Yikes. And I see your hometown is on this list.
Shadow Hunter: Colorado Springs? Yes my town has the name of my home state in it. There's even a Texas City in Texas.
Jack: So far they're doing good.
Super C: You don't have to say all of them. Just the ones that might stir controversy or innuendo from a joke, including Bangkok.
Marshall: Okay. You mean like this Indian city called [BLEEP]?
Shadow Hunter: Oh that? There's been local debates there about renaming it to it's Anglicized form, Dixit.
Juno: I thought it was having them just look over the list not saying the names of the ones the cause controversy.
Zax: I believe these tests aren't meant to be precise.
Marshall: So what was Fugging in Austria named after?
Shadow Hunter: A Bavarian nobleman named Focko, who was from the 6th century.
Marshall: I feel bad for the people living in some of these places.
Shadow Hunter: Me too. They have no idea what their names mean to the English speakers. By the time they realize it, it's too late. The Filipino city of Sasmuan is named that way because when it was named as Sexmoan, immature tourists would go there and make innuendos out of the city angering the locals. Sasmuan is known for a cathedral there so the locals didn't find this funny and demanded a name change.
Marshall: That's just terrible.
Shadow Hunter: The immature tourists are terrible for their acts. No wonder why in places like Middelfart in Denmark, locals would sneak CNG into the city signs so that anyone who makes innuendos of the name or steal their signs, they'd get electric shocks for that. Yes; that's criminal to use CNG for that purpose but at the same time, I can see why they would do that.
Marshall: But two wrongs don't make a right.
Shadow Hunter: Exactly.
Jack: Is the maturity test timed?
Super C: It's not timed, but I don't want them taking too long. You have to say them out loud, and then promise you'll abide by the G-52 Code of Conduct by not using them for inappropriate jokes. But by discussing them, you can see why the names can be bothersome. I just hope this doesn't create a double standard.
Super Tom: Which the organization has had way too many of in its history.
D.W.: Yeah. It has. Thanks to the old version of Bendraqi for that, though.
Super C: Exactly. So far, so good, though. They're both doing well at this.
Marshall: There's Lake Titicaca on the list.
Shadow Hunter: I remember learning about that from geography when I was a wolf pup. Nobody laughed in my class upon hearing that.
Marshall: Same here.
Shadow Hunter: Even today, most little children never laughed upon hearing about this lake. But if you tell a politician from the Delaware General Assembly who took part of the Biden photo scandal, he'd most likely laugh at the lake's name. Kinda sad that actual little kids have more maturity than these politicians.
*The duo continues to read out the place names loudly without laughing.*
Marshall: I was born in Washington before I moved to California so I have heard of Poo Poo Point Trail before. Too bad the park rangers are tasked with scoping out immature tourists who vandalize the trail over the name for laughs.
Shadow Hunter: In Ohio, there's a place called Pee Pee Township and the people there hate tourists. I wouldn't be surprised if they snuck CNG into the town's signs bearing the name. I wonder if the C.I.D.F. will find out.
Marshall: Maybe. I can see why they hate tourists.
Jack: Oh hey I've heard of those places. Some guy rode his bike between the two places for a fundraiser. Of course some people aren't too happy that the biker was using the names for laughs.
*The duo continues to read out the place names without laughing or giggling.*
Zax: One day, someone is going to hide CNG in Poo Poo Point Trail as a deterrent to immature tourists. I wouldn't be surprised if a park ranger did this.
*later*
*It is time for the duo to be inducted as a G-52 and an ally.*
Zax: Congrats, you two for passing through maturity test. You two have proven yourselves to be worthy as a G-52 ally and G-52. Marshall, because you are not a G-52, your oath will be slightly modified from the G-52 oath. However, you have earned the rank of First Lieutenant from the United States Space Force and have proven yourself to be reliable for America's defense. Congrats once again, you two!
Gatling Gator: Okay, Marshall. Here's your oath. Say it with me.
I, First Lieutenant Marshall Stephenson, am a G-52 ally.
I am a fighter.
I bleed red, white, and blue.
As the newest inductee,
I pledge myself to my community,
My country, my soldiers, my civilians,
And my flag.
So help me if any obedience to my commanding officers
Causes me to get in trouble with the law.
So help me if any wrongs of my doings
Force me to take on excommunication from this organization.
Just as those before me, I will not run away from trouble.
I will vow to fight for truth, justice, and the American way of life.
For I am, First Lieutenant Marshall Stephenson, a G-52 ally, tried and true.
And as always, I pledge allegiance to the flag
Of the United States of America
And to the republic for which it stands.
One nation, under God,
Indivisible,
With liberty and justice for all!
*Marshall takes the oath with Super C and Gatling Gator as Space Force senior officers put the ranks of First Lieutenant on Marshall.*
Gatling Gator: Now this oath is yours, Shadow Hunter.
I, Walter Meyer, am a G-52.
My codename is Shadow Hunter.
I am a superhero.
I am a fighter.
I bleed red, white, and blue.
As the newest inductee,
I pledge myself to my community,
My country, my soldiers, my civilians,
And my flag.
So help me if any obedience to my commanding officers
Causes me to get in trouble with the law.
So help me if any wrongs of my doings
Force me to take on excommunication from this organization.
Just as those before me, I will not run away from trouble.
I will vow to fight for truth, justice, and the American way of life.
For I am, Shadow Hunter, a G-52, tried and true.
And as always, I pledge allegiance to the flag
Of the United States of America
And to the republic for which it stands.
One nation, under God,
Indivisible,
With liberty and justice for all!
*Shadow Hunter takes the oath as everybody cheers.*
Dustin: Space Force! Yeah!
Marshall: I never thought I'd be a US Space Force officer. Many people think this is unrealistic. But thanks to Trump, we Americans have once again proved that anything is possible and the sky is not the limit. The world may have questions about us, but the US Space Force will always have answers.
Shadow Hunter: They can make all the assumptions, but we'll be the ones making sure they can sleep safely and peacefully.
Zax: Inauguration isn't too far away. *To Super C.* You got the newest American military branch covered and so do we UN1024s now. What was impossible is now possible.
Super C: Congratulations to both of you! May you both do all of us a great service to this organization and to the world! Also thank you to the other Space Force officers attending.
Dark Wolf: Hope you enjoyed the tour of the castle.
Super C: (narrating) There you have it. Shadow Hunter will add some variety to the G-52s, since not all of us have superpowers, and not all of us wear the traditional superhero garb. As for Marshall, we congratulate him on being courageous enough to defect from the GSAF. I just prefer he remain his regular size instead of being a 12-foot kitsune, but I'll let him figure that one out.
All the while, we were getting closer to the biggest day of Leo's life: his inauguration. You won't want to miss that, will you? See you then.
THE END
The G-52s discover another defector from the GSAF and quickly induct him as an ally to the organization after he passes the test. They also get a new G-52.
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G-52 organization and certain G-52s (i.e. Leo the Patriotic Lion) © me and me alone; other G-52s (i.e. Shadow Hunter) and Leo's parallels are all joint-owned by me and Chuong. See my bios gallery for which is which.
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Marshall: My CNG ring must be within 10 feet of me so I can remain at my regular size. In addition to that, CNG helps me to shapeshift between my regular size and my large 12 foot tall kitsune form. Without my CNG ring, I would be in my large kitsune form and hiding would be hard for me.
Chuong: I wonder how many people you can find that won't laugh at the name of Lake Titicaca. The maturity test has proven itself to be useful for G-52 recruitment.
Shadow Hunter: In the US, we get extremely creative with military bearing checks. The maturity test has given me an idea for a bearing check with the guardians; reading out a list of weird and hilarious-sounding place names to see if any of them laugh upon hearing such names.
Chuong: And I had no idea Poo Poo Point Trail and Pee Pee Township are actual places in America. Why?
Jack: We have no idea. But they do exist. I'm from Washington State and I've never even heard of Poo Poo Point Trail until now.
Chuong: I wonder how many people you can find that won't laugh at the name of Lake Titicaca. The maturity test has proven itself to be useful for G-52 recruitment.
Shadow Hunter: In the US, we get extremely creative with military bearing checks. The maturity test has given me an idea for a bearing check with the guardians; reading out a list of weird and hilarious-sounding place names to see if any of them laugh upon hearing such names.
Chuong: And I had no idea Poo Poo Point Trail and Pee Pee Township are actual places in America. Why?
Jack: We have no idea. But they do exist. I'm from Washington State and I've never even heard of Poo Poo Point Trail until now.
Super C: Thank you; that's what I needed to know. I'd prefer you not be 12 feet tall unless it's absolutely necessary.
Super Slash: I hadn't heard of those places myself, but they do exist.
Super Slash: I hadn't heard of those places myself, but they do exist.
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