Trident Force Chronicles

by Paul Richardson

  And today Amy Parker is falling from the 26th floor north landing right down the middle of the stair well, much to the absolute horror of everyone on those stairs. Students and visitors were told not to jump onto the railing to gawk down the stair well. Every student and visitor even signs a liability release before going into the building. However, being Amy Parker, she just could not help herself and some careless student bumped her, sending Amy Parker over the edge.

  So down Amy Parker went, screaming all the way down. Then suddenly, someone jumped out the 14th floor south landing and caught Amy Parker. Having already closed her eyes, Amy Parker first thought she was dead. However after feeling the slight wind and the slow motion down, she found herself the arms of a black Hawkman. The Hawkman wings were spread out and they were both floating down the middle of the stair well.

  "Do not worry, Miss...?"

  "Parker," said Amy Parker as she brushed her blonde hair out of her eyes. "Amy Parker."

  "I have you Miss Amy Parker." said the smiling Hawkman as they landed on the 4th floor north landing. Everyone there on the 4th floor north landing moved out of the way and began clapping when the two landed.

  Westgate Tech Administration gave Amy Parker a good tongue lashing afterward. However since they did not have any policy about falling down the double grand staircase and living, they told her she was lucky to be alive and sent Amy Parker on her way back to classes.

  When Amy Parker left the administration offices, she ran right into the nice Hawkman who had just saved her.

  "Oh my God, thank you again!" a confused look came over Amy Parker's face. "You know, I never caught your name."

  "My name is classified by the United States Government, however you may call me Hawkfox Delta. I will be replacing Hawkfox Tango when he retires at the beginning of 2015." said Hawkfox Delta as he held out his hand to Amy Parker. "It has been a pleasure to meet you, Miss Parker."

  "I know this is going to sound cliché, but you just saved my life." Amy Parker shrugged. "Can I buy you dinner on me as thanks?"

  "Thank you Miss Parker, but you cannot." said Hawkfox Delta with a broad smile. "However I have unlimited credit at the Westgate Tech Food Court. Want to go have lunch on me instead?"

  "Yes," said Amy Parker with her own broad smile. "That would be acceptable!"

  Sooper Zoom #5

  (2015/11/06)

  In the Richardson Street Police Precinct in White Sands sector of Westgate City, WCPD Detective Heddings and Detective Dowd sat down with Sooper Zoom in a police interrogation room after their Westgate City Correctional visit.

  "Okay," said senior Detective Heddings as she sat down across from Sooper Zoom. "We need to talk to you more about what is going on. Who are these 'The Eye' people?"

  "Well," answered Sooper Zoom as he leaned forward a little. "They are not anyone very special. You guys here on the east coast of the United States haven't heard much of them, because they are mostly a west coast deal. Here, do either of you have a smartphone I can borrow?"

  Detective Dowd held up her phone. Sooper Zoom held it landscape wise on the table before the WCPD detectives. "Okay Saint Matt, do your thing."

  This is The Eye. A symbol appeared on the smart phone. This symbol was that of an eye, except where an iris would normally be, a Kanji symbol for "eye" took its place. It is a criminal Japanese organization. When the Knights Templar was broken up, they ran in all directions. Some ran all the way to Japan. They were one of the few early Christian Churches in Japan. Since there was a vast language difference, one of the only symbols that translated well was the Knights Templar's "All Seeing Eye" and took it as their main sigil. However Christians were an outlawed group at the time and were always an underground group. Soon, they became a criminal group themselves. Now "The Eye" is a corrupt and twisted criminal version of the group they once were. A group of us Catholic super hackers got together to form the "Fisher's Ring" to combat this and other criminal organizations using Christianity. And I am Saint Matt, Sooper Zoom's handler.

  "Hey Saint Matt, show them Forever Girl." said Sooper Zoom. A very clear picture of a normal looking red-headed woman walking down a crowded sidewalk can be shown. "She has been known by different aliases over the years, but we call her by her first alias. Forever Girl has line of sight teleportation. That just means she can teleport to anywhere, just as long as she can see the point of teleportation. It might not mean much, except a very fast getaway. She is Russian, a ballerina turned mobster. She has been working for 'The Eye' for some time now. I was tracking her in South California until last year when this picture was taken in Westgate City. Any questions?"

  "Too many to count." said Detective Heddings with a sigh. "Saint Matt did not mention the Yakuza. Are they related?"

  "Yes and no," said Sooper Zoom expecting this question. "They are their own group, but they are syndicate or a member group within the Yakuza. While most Yakuza syndicates have declined over the years, The Eye has grown. Especially outside of Japan mainly because of their Christian roots."

  "Yeah, can I have my phone back?" asked Detective Dowd. The screen of her smart phone went back to normal as Sooper Zoom handed the phone back.

  "So you guys in? Will you be willing to let me help you out?" asked Sooper Zoom. Detective Heddings and Detective Dowd looked at each other.

  "Okay," said Detective Dowd. "You got yourselves some partners."

  "But we do it our way. The legal way." said Detective Heddings. she held out her hand to Sooper Zoom. "Do we have a deal."

  "Yes ma'am!" said Sooper Zoom with a smile as he shook their hands. Behind the one-way mirror of the interrogation room, someone left the dark room at that moment.

  Red-Eye Destrobot #5

  (1985/07/05)

  "Wow!" said Pardes as she looked out over to the famous Buccaneer's Cove Pier in the beautiful White Sands of Westgate City. Other cities had such piers, but this was Westgate City's tourism crown jewel. During prohibition, there was a speakeasy bar on a pier called Buccaneer's Cove. It was demolished, as well as the original pier, soon after prohibition ended. However in the 1960's when White Sands was being developed, one of the planners rediscovered the history of Buccaneer's Cove and pushed for the development of this pier.

  Buccaneer's Cove Pier is a mile long wooden pier and still very sturdy to this very day. It has a Ferris wheel, a small roller coaster, a merry-go-round, some carney games, and two family-friendly restaurants.

  "Wow!" said the dark-eye and brunette Pardes again. Pardes had on straw hat, green sling-bikini with a matching mesh mini-skirt, and sandals. Pardes' oversize beach purse is carrying everything else the couple would need. "I haven't been here in years! Thanks for inviting me out here ...er, Red-Eye Destrobot!"

  Red-Eye Destrobot turned his head to her. In the closet hotel, a dot matrix printer printed up 'MY PLEASURE.' to no one worth mentioning since the author isn't in the mood to come up with a clever backstory for some random character you will never read about again just right now. You think writing these Red-Eye Destrobot shorts are easy?

  "Yes, no talking. Communication is more than just words!" said Pardes with a smile. She was excited that a guy would be into non-verbal communication dates.

  When they got to the pier's entrance, they each paid $20 to get one ticket for each ride. The couple decided to do the roller coaster first, which was little more than a kiddie coaster. At first their safety bar wouldn't come down, but the operator got a can of WD-40 and the safety bar came down on couple's lap with no more trouble. The delightful spin on the merry-go-round went off without no worries.

  For lunch, Pardes got a shrimp salad and an apple martini. Red-Eye Destrobot sat contently since he could not eat.

  While waiting in line for the Ferris wheel, Red-Eye Destrobot saw a bolt was coming loose. When No one was looking, Red-Eye Destrobot closed his right clamp and hammered it back in. With a loud snap, the bolt was once again secured in its place. Red-Eye Destrobot realized after stepping back that the bolt hel
d nothing vital and decided to let the matter go.

  "Wonderful! Beautiful!" said Pardes when they got to the top of the Ferris wheel. They could see the beach and ocean for miles. It was indeed an incredible sight. Looking back at this moment, Red-Eye Destrobot would recall Pardes as one of the most beautiful women he had ever meet.

  After the Ferris wheel ride the couple played some of the carney games. Red-Eye Destrobot was able to win a Buccaneer Pier Bear for Pardes and she loved the stuffed teddy bear.

  Shortly afterward, Red-Eye Destrobot and Pardes left Buccaneer's Cove Pier for the beach to get in some swimming. Taking off her mesh mini-skirt and straw hat, Pardes went swimming while Red-Eye Destrobot laid out the beach blanket and watched the stuff.

  When she returned, Pardes pointed at the sun and then back at her. Red-Eye Destrobot immediately knew what she meant since humans liked to tan their skin. Red-Eye Destrobot then motion for Pardes to help herself to the huge beach blanket that Red-Eye Destrobot laid out. Laying down Pardes felt safe to relax and, after an exciting day at the beach, fell asleep. Of course, Pardes woke up an hour and half later with a painful sunburn.

  Pardes let out a scream and, after grabbing her bag which had all her stuff except the beach blanket, ran off leaving Red-Eye Destrobot sitting there in stunned silence.

  Sadly, Red-Eye Destrobot would never see Pardes again.

  Green Silk #5

  (2015/11/07)

  Green Silk landed among the protesters in East Melbourne. The crowd backed away from her until Green Silk threw her right fist in the air and yelled. "Corrupt Pig Cops Go Away! Woo-Hoo!"

  The crowed cheered and went up to greet the new super who had come to join their cause. They offered her everything from water, weed, protest signs, and everything in between. Green Silk was having a nice conversation with a young black woman who had been arrested several times for prostitution, when the crowd parted to two people walking toward Green Silk. One was a petite woman with red hair. The other a very large black man with blue and gold painted dreadlocks. The painted dreadlocks made it look like to Green Silk that he was wearing a Nemes, the striped headcloth worn by pharaohs in ancient Egypt.

  "Hello dear," said the petite woman with a thick Russian accent and a wink. "My name is Forever Girl. And this is my new partner, Neo-Pharaoh Zoltron. We heard a new super had join the protests. What is your name, young one?"

  "Oh, my name is San-"

  "No real names darling." said Forever Girl as she put her right pointing finger on her lips. "What is your super name?"

  "Green Silk! You may call me, Green Silk!" said Green Silk hopping up and went to hug Forever Girl. This woman finally understood her and, despite the red hair, kind of looked like her mother. However the older woman stopped her.

  "There will be time for hugs later, darling." said Forever Girl with a smile.

  "Oh sorry, I just got caught up in the moment." If she did not have her mask on, everyone would have seen Green Silk blush a bright red. "I also should have asked for affirmative consent."

  "No matter. However we have a slight job for you." Forever Girl said. It was at this time that Neo-Pharaoh Zoltron flashed a smile of his own. "You see, those police officers and their white paramedics are on the edges have set up 'hydration' tents. What they really are, is spies for the WCPD reporting on our progress. They are preventing us from getting our own water."

  "Yeah!" said Green Silk while looking back and forth between Forever Girl and Neo-Pharaoh Zoltron. "Yeah, we do not need those pig cops spying on us and 'giving' us water. We can get our own water, right?!"

  The crowd cheered as Green Silk started on her way to the closest 'hydration' tent on her webs.

  "Phew." said Forever Girl after Green Silk left. "Is she as dumb as rocks, am I right?"

  Neo-Pharaoh Zoltron only laughed.

  ***

  Over at the hydration tent, Green Silk had already webbed the tent and sent the paramedics there running. Green Silk had gotten into the bottles of water and was now handing them out.

  "Brothers and sisters, the one percent has kept you down for too long! Here, drink their water!"

  The crowd cheered and ate it up. When she was finished passing out the water, Green Silk let her web fly and on to the next one.

  What Green Silk did not understand, was that the hydration tents had been getting a constant supply of bottles of water and they were handing them out anyway. The city had stored millions of bottles of water if such a need arose. When she destroyed each one of the hydration tents, the water supply in that area also dried up.

  Blue Star #5

  (2015/11/07)

  After the news came through that the Westgate Sentinel had retired, Blue Star broke down crying. For some reason or another, the news hit her hard. The Westgate Sentinel had been a big part of this city for thirty five years, now the Westgate Sentinel is gone. What Blue Star, Red Spade, and Mantis Skin would come to realize in the coming months a simple truth: The mobs, the gangs, the super villains, all kept in check by the Westgate Sentinel. Now that check was gone.

  When Blue Star started crying uncontrollably, she flung herself into Red Spade's chest. Take slightly aback, Red Spade patted her gently on the back. "Alright. Alright. It is going to be alright."

  "I'm sorry. I should not be acting this, I am acting like a woman." said Blue Star drying her eyes.

  "Well, yes." answered Red Spade, but then quickly added. "But that is what makes you a human woman. Women just express their emotions more than men. The idea that Westgate Sentinel has retired has hit me in the gut too. Just because I am not as expressive as you with these emotions, does not mean that I don't have them."

  "You are wrong, Red Spade." said Blue Star starting to collecting herself. "But I thank you anyway. You are sweet and your wife is a lucky woman."

  Just then, Hawkfox Delta landed on the rooftop with them.

  "Oh my God!" said Hawkfox Delta. "I'm am so glad you guys came! When I heard the news, I thought I would have get into the fighting today!"

  "Slow down, what is going on?!" asked Blue Star, having collected herself.

  "Some super has emerged from the protests and is knocking down the Westgate EMS's hydration tents!" said Hawkfox Delta.

  "Red Spade, you are with me on this one." Red Spade nodded as he and Blue Star followed Hawkfox Delta to the nearest hydration tent. However it was too late as the three paramedics were knocked out and the crowd was moving in on them. Hawkfox Delta got there first and fended off the crowd just long enough for Red Spade and Blue Star to arrived. The business end of Blue Star's arrow was enough for the crowd to back off. The tent itself was knocked down and covered in webbing.

  "I can take these two to the hospital right away." said Hawkfox Delta. He picked up two of the three paramedics and before flew off after, he added. "I will be back for this one."

  "You want to go after whoever is doing this?" asked Blue Star.

  "I am built for strength. You are built for speed." answered Red Spade. "I can protect this guy and head back to Mantis Skin when Hawkfox Delta gets this guy out of here."

  "Good point. I will meet back up with you soon! Use your walkie-talkie if you need me!" Blue Star left and got on the roofs. She pulled out her mini-telescope and looked for anything unusual. Blue Star then saw a commotion and headed towards it. However it was just a bunch of white kids fighting a bunch of black kids. Apparently, the black kids thought the white kids should not be there, despite both agreeing.

  "Hey you guys!" said Blue Star as she broke up the fight. "You should be working together for a peaceful solution and not fighting over skin color! It is 'Our Lives Matter' and not some of the other race dividing slogans!"

  "Shut up, you white pig-loving cunt!" said the lead black youth.

  "Hey look, it is a nigger loving hoe!" said the lead white youth.

  Just then, Green Silk flew overhead Blue Star. However before Blue Star could react to anything, a glass bottle smashed into her back.

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bsp; Red Spade #5

  (2015/11/07)

  Red Spade was okay, but he was surrounded by several hundred "mostly peaceful" protesters, most of whom were getting less peaceful by the minute.

  "Alright back everyone!" yelled Red Spade as he swatted at a couple of protesters who were starting to get fresh with his shovel. "Please leave this poor paramedic alone! Like you and me, he likely has a family who would like to see him come home as soon as possible!"

  "I do not have a family, pops!" said a black teen who stepped up. Although he had ragged clothes, the teen already had gold teeth. The teen reached behind him and pulled out a switchblade, then lunged at Red Spade. "Give us the paramedic!"