"So what's our mission?" Jim asked excitedly.
"I don't have time to explain," Karen curtly replied. "We need to find that tit queen of yours before she causes any more problems."
"Tit Queen?!" Jim exclaimed, more than a little miffed at how Karen was talking about Sharon. "The size of her tits isn't her fault, and anyway, you're not one to talk about--" And then Jim actually noticed that Karen's breasts were back to their nearly non-existent boyish chest patty size. "Hey, you've shrunk!"
Karen scowled at Jim, but before she could reply Dr.Commander marched up to them. Glancing at the fallen guard he turned toward Karen he said, "Was that really necessary?"
"Your goon was beating up on Jim," Karen answered nonchalantly, "I didn't think asking him to stop with a 'pretty please' would do much good. And I didn't have the time to argue with him. None of us do. This rock is probably going to disappear before too long and I don't want to be here if that happens."
"Ahh, the use of direct action to produce direct results, very commendable," Dr.Commander smiled. "Now, it is time for all of us to leave."
"Hey!" Jim blurted out, "we still have to find Sharon!"
Dr.Commander turned to him, a condescending smirk on his face. "We've already taken Ms.McCormack back into our custody. She's waiting for you at the Node."
Less than ten minutes later Dr.Commander, Karen, Jim, Sharon, and a group of assorted MIG were once more back on Jim's homeAlt, Alt.C3. Or rather, on one of the many simulated fragments of what was left of Alt.C3.
"So what's the plan?" Jim asked Karen.
"I'm going to take command of all the UNA teams stationed here," Karen answered, "and then we're going to find out once and for all just what Mr.Williams and ChangeCorp are really up to."
"Cool, I can't wait," Jim smiled. Sharon frowned at him and was about to raise some very good objections about him getting involved when Karen spoke up and said, "No Jim, you're not going. You're a mundane, a... normal worlder. You're not an Alt.jumper, you're not a member of the UNA. That Jim is... somewhere else."
"But!" Jim started to protest. But Dr.Commander cut him off. "The UNA does not require your assistance, Mr.Ellis. The MIG on the other hand do require your cooperation, if we are to ensure that this mission succeeds. And your's also, Ms.McCormack."
"Will you stop calling her that!" Jim snapped at the doctor. "She's Mrs.Ellis now! And neither of us are going to do a damn thing to help you!"
"Jim," Karen interjected impatiently, grabbing at his arm. "For the moment you, me, and the MIG are all working together. If you want to help, then help Dr.Commander."
Jim glared at Karen, obviously unhappy about this, but then he took a deep breath and calmed himself down. Turning toward Dr.Commander he asked, "What do you need me to do?"
"Answer some questions," the doctor replied. "You've been inside sensitive areas of the ChangeCorp HQ building. You've interacted with many of the personnel there. In order for us to successfully deal with C.C. we need to know everything you know. Even if you don't know you know it."
"What does that mean?" Jim asked distrustfully.
"It means that you and... Mrs.Ellis... will be interrogated," Commander answered. "Ms.Rayne, one of our top agents, will use sophisticated techniques to glean everything the both of you know about C.C.. Everything you remember. Everything you've forgotten. Everything you saw and heard but never bothered to really notice. Everything. And then all of that information will be given over to Ms.Cobianchi and her UNA team."
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