The Bubblegum Angels
Chapter 1
By
John-Martin Lotz
Bubblegum Crisis is owned by ADV and JVC/AJC
Dirty Pair owned by ADV and Takachiiho & Studio
Nue/Sunrise Future
One hundred and Seventy Eight kilometers above Mega-Tokyo
Yuri fought her way back to the Bridge as Kie frantically
started flicking switches trying to get the Lovely Angel
under control. "Kie. What the hell just happened." She
dodged involuntarily as a defense satellite missed their
ship by scant meters. "That's a Mark Nine Five Laser Sat.
ho the heck uses them still."
Her voice put them up there with the stone-knappers.
.
Yuri accepted her word on the subject, as her mind oriented
the picture before her. "Uh, Kei."
"Yeah."
"Does that planet we are heading for a very, very high rate of
speed look familiar to you?"
Kie looked up, her eyes widening, "That's Old Earth," she gasped.
"It get's blown up, you know. They are going to blame us."
"Remember, be circumspect"
"Huh."
Don't attract any attention.."
"Okay
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Future
"Inspector," The patrolling officer didn't salute, instead choosing
to twist her neck unkinking it. "When the Lovely Angel was overdue
for check-in, we dispatched a Search and Rescue team to Acton.
Gods, what a mess."
"I see this is your first time dealing with the Lovely Angels."
Officer Kiyone
"Yes sir. "
"And have you tracked down the Lovely Angels?"
"Well, sort of, Sir. I think so." she pulled out a note pad.
The Inspector peered gravely at the officer, "You seem to be taking
the stress well."
"Oh, after my last partner, they're simple to deal with."
The grave peer turned extremely confused. "Simple?!?"
She smiled, "Yes sir. We believe that they are in XXI Neo-Tokyo."
"Records from the period were largely destroyed, but it appears as
if they worked with a groups called the Knights Saber the seemed to
disappear the same time as the Tokyo Tower was destroyed."
"Makes sense. They are the Dirty Pair."
"Of course, we identified three other places in time and space where
they also might have appeared, XIX pre Oops, Nermina, XXI Mega-Tokyo
around the time of the Second Impact or Third Ear Middle Earth.
Records of all three periods are sketchy at best."
"I'm sure they'll be okay, Sir." She concluded."
Oh. They'll be okay. Cockroaches are harder to kill."
"Yes, sir. But they are highly trained, well armed cockroaches. Sir."
He studied the report, not responding to her statement. "Dread Pirate
Robert. I hunted him when I was on patrol. I even fancy I was the
only one ever to catch sight of him. Tall, middle-aged fella, well
built, always wore a mask."
""Sir, all reports we have of him say, say he's short, young and
slender, he does wear a mask, though."
Hrrhumm, I wonder if he's the same fellow. MO's the same, ships
the same. There must be some mistake."
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Neo-Tokyo
Kei cautiously pulled the covers off of her head as another
youma bit the dust, "Is it over?"
"Yeah," her partner pouted.
"Thank the Kami!"
"Found a couple of pieces interesting information. First, there
is this group we really should find. They look high tech enough
to fix the Lovely Angel, and since neither of us really trust
Gonom that much."
"How are we gonna find 'em, I picked up some information on
then to. They are very secretive. Unless we rob a bank, we
can't hire them"
"Oh, yeah, they are mercenaries. It's real easy; we just
find a rouge boomer gadget. Eventually they'll show."
"Quit wrinkling your nose, I still think that thing we killed on
the vacation world was one. Oh, before I forget, I found her.
Priss and the Replicants are playing not more then a K from here."
Yuri started humming under her breath.
"Great." Kei rolled her eyes.
"Come on, the show will begin any minute."
"If you ask her to sing that song once, I'm leaving, you do
realize that?"
"Philistine."
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Mega-Tokyo
Ravan's Garage
A week later
"I'm bored! I want to blow up a boomer."
If Priss or even Linna had said it, nobody would have twice,
Nene thought to her self as she set up the latest tape.
"Celia, you've got to admit those two girls are effective."
"A bit to enthusiastic, if you ask me."
"Now Priss, how would they know that you were about to hit
that boomer."
Humor dancing in her eyes, Linna asked, "Priss, how is your
favorite Replicant fanatic?"
Nene affected a deep Slavic accent, "Yuri sounds like a
nice person."
She shifted back to her normal voice, "Maybe a trifle deranged,
she does like that song."
Priss extended her a bird.
"Here is the only tape that we have of the angel's in action,"
she started the machine.
A boomer stood amid the rubble, a blown apart cop car at
its feet. The photographer, suddenly jerked the one side,
as a voice called out. "The Streets of Mega Tokyo, are hives
where the scum of the earth carry out unthinkable and disgusting
acts, They are not the place for evil boomer like you to disturb.
In the name of the WWWC, I shall punish you. I am Lovely Angel,
and this is my side kick Minnie-chan."
The figure wore a Sailor V style mask a bikini that made the
Sailor Senshi uniform look modest and carried much lethal
weaponry. Her partner, was equally obviously female and had
her hand in her face. "I swear I don't know her." She bopped
her associate, "Partner, The Sailor Senshi are fictional
characters."
She sighed and heft her gun, which was somewhat larger then
Kamen-V's, I don't see 'em.
Celia stared, "You are kidding? Aren't you?"
Priss, and Linna just stared.
Mackie stared, and drooled.
The boomer smiled. A sign that it was clearing it gun port
for action.
As it did so, V threw a card, cleanly missing the first
time, but ricocheting and slicing off it's machine gun.
The gun bunny went full auto and hosed the
Boomer down with many bullets. Hurt, the boomer fired back,
as the two almost casually moved to one side. Dodging both the
bullets and the fascia of the building that tumbled between
them on top of the boomer.
V landed and pulled out a grenade and tossed it at the feet of
the boomer as the other, flipped the selector on her gun and
fired a rocket of some type.
"I want one those," Priss breathed.
"It was just about then that the power supply one the cop
car exploded sending flames and a shockwave and knocking
the cameraman off his feet.
Nene continued. The Fire Department was finally able to put
out the fire but six blocks were destroyed. She held up her
hand, "Yes, those two did survive."
Celia spoke up, "We've got to arrange a meet."
Priss muttered, "while there is a Tokyo left."
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Next Morning
Lovely Angel's apartment
"Yuri, look at this."
Looking, Yuri whistled, "Great, the Sabre's want to meet
us."
End part One
I don't have my prereader list for "Bubblegum Angels" on
this computer. So I'm releasing to the list as a whole.
I need a better sailor moon style introduction
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