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Part Four
The Victory 7. Unspecified Dimension
"Captain," MSTieLyn said, "we have to go back for Dan."
"I'm sorry, Lyn." Captain Halrex replied.
Torgone slammed his fist on the table, then looked at everyone. "Sorry."
Halrex held up his hand, "No need to apologize, Torgone. I understand how you feel. Unfortunately, I must point out that the Kortac carrier contacted other Kortac ships. Right now, there are probably other Kortac ships in the space of that dimension right now."
"So, Dan and K'Rar are probably captured by the Kortac?"
"No, actually, seeing as how K'Rar's ship was spinning out of control, they may be out of harms way. We just can't have the Victory 7 jump back into that dimension, the Kortac will detect our jump and then we may be in a fight that we cannot win. That is why I will not order the Victory 7 to make the jump." Halrex eyed each of the Cappers then turned and left the room.
CyberBeast looked as his teammates, "Well, thank God the fighters are equipped for dimensional transportation."
CaveDweller smiled, "Yea. So we can use flying exercise as an excuse to make the dimensional jump and...."
"Hold on," MSTieLyn interrupted, the others looked at her. "We don't know where to look."
YingYang rolled up his sleeve, the Cappers all agreed to take their wristbands off when they became part of Victory 7's crew, but Ying put his back on, just so he could be a teleport away from Capper Central.
"Then let's get some help in that matter." he said, clicking on his communicator, "YingYang to Capper Central, anyone home."
Capper Central
BuckFifty and Hobbes listened as YingYang and the others explained what happened.
"Well," Hobbes said as they finished, "as much as I hate to defy the good Captains orders and leave the team to be under his command with no interference from us, I cannot allow Dan to be lost in space."
"Yer God damn skippy." Buck said with a nod, "Just the thought of him meeting up with Doctor Smith gives me the wiggys."
MSTieLyn's voice came over the commlink, "So how are you going to find Dan without his wristband?"
"Oh Lyn," Hobbes replied, sounding somewhat surprised that she was questioning his abilities, "how hard could it be to find an Earther in another dimension?"
A planet in the Krilletech dimension
K'Rar slowly opened his eyes. He wasn't dead, if he was then all those stories of the Grizzerian Halls of Heroes were false, in which case he'd like to take his chances with the Demons of Shrikana. He noticed that his arm was bandaged up and his right leg had to long sticks bandaged on each side of it. He looked over and saw DanZero come into the cave.
"I've died and gone to Shrikana." K'Rar said, half jokingly.
DanZero smiled, not sure what Shrikana was, "No, you're not dead. The way your fighter landed on this planet, I'm surprised you're still alive. How do you feel?"
"I feel pain everywhere."
Dan's smile faded, "Probably some internal bleeding. I wish I could help you with that, but there isn't much as far as first aid...."
"Dan, please, no need to apologize. Have you activated the beacon?"
Dan shook his head, "Scanners spotted Kortac ships making their jump into this sector. If I activated the beacon, they'll pick it up before the Victory 7."
"Ah. Then we're trapped here? How is your fighter? Is it in good condition? Will you be able to fly?"
"Sure, my fighter is in good condition, but it's only made for one person. I won't be able to fit you in it with me."
K'Rar smiled and shook his head, "Do not worry about me. You must leave and rejoin the Victory 7."
DanZero shook his head, "Oh no. Cappers don't leave Cappers behind."
"I'm not a Capper."
"Well then, allow me to teach you how to be a Capper. First, we'll start with The Screaming Reamer...."
The conversation was interrupted by a noise from outside the cave. DanZero drew his weapon and aimed at the entrance of the cave.
Damn, he thought The Kortac found us.
Space of an Unspecified Dimension
The Cappers flew in their fighters, doing a mock flying exercise, ready to make the dimensional jump and find DanZero.
"Ok," CyberBeast said, "Is everyone ready."
Before the others could answer, Lt. Olox's voice came over the communicator, "Yes, let's begin your flying exercise."
"Damn." muttered YingYang.
"Olox," CyberBeast said, "you don't need to be out here. We can handle the exercise."
"I'm sure you can handle it." Olox said, "But I need to supervise your training."
The Cappers hearts sank. No way were they going to make the jump with Olox nearby.
"Now," Olox said, "Everyone get ready to make the jump to Krilletech space."
A big smile came across MSTieLyn's face, "Excuse me?"
"Oh come now," Olox explained, "the Captain said that the Victory 7 couldn't make the jump due to the Kortac being able to detect the jump, he never said that the fighters couldn't make the jump."
Torgone laughed, "Well, what are we waiting for. Let's find DanZero and K'Rar."
The Planet
"Dan," BuckFifty said, "you only get one shot, and if I'm still standing after you fire, you better be damn glad I bought NurseNoir along."
DanZero dropped his weapon and ran over to Buck shaking his hand. "Damn, I'm glad to see you."
"You damn sure better be."
NurseNoir looked at Dan, "Are you hurt?"
Dan pointed over at K'Rar, "I'm not, but my friend is. I'm worried that there may be some internal bleeding."
NurseNoir walked over to the Grizzerian and used the Technican medical equipment she brought to scan K'Rar's injuries. "We'll see how bad the damage is, then we'll teleport to Capper Central and fix you up."
"Thank you." K'Rar said
BuckFifty's communicator beeped and he clicked it on, "Yea, Hobbes."
"The others are flying your way. They made it without the Kortac detecting them."
DanZero let out a sigh of relief.
Shortly
Everyone was reunited in the cave. DanZero told how he followed K'Rar's ship and pulled the Grizzerian's body out of the wreck. K'Rar admitted that if not for Dan, he'd be dead.
"Well, K'Rar," Olox finally said, "I hope that you've learned something from all this."
The conversation was interrupted by Olox's communicator. He held it up to his ear and listened.
"Anything wrong?" Buck asked
"Oh dear" Olox said, "It's the Victory 7. They were ambushed by Kortac fighters and are unable to release any of our fighters."
"Well then," DanZero said, "we need to get over there and give them a hand."
"Hell yea." Torgone said.
Olox looked at K'Rar, "What of K'Rar?"
NurseNoir smiled, "Don't worry about K'Rar, we'll take him to Capper Central and we'll tend to his wounds."
K'Rar nodded, "I'll be fine, you go on and defeat the Kortac. And Dan."
DanZero looked at K'Rar.
"I wish to apologize for how I acted," K'Rar continued, "You are an honorable person, and I'm glad to have had you fighting by my side."
DanZero beamed proudly then turned and left with his squad.
"Hobbes," BuckFifty said into his communicator, "Nurse and I have an injured Grizzerian, we need to teleport directly to the medical lab."
"Grizzerian detected," Hobbes replied, "prepare for teleportation."
A shimmer of light and Buck, Nurse and K'Rar teleported out of the cave.
The Victory 7
Halrex sat at the helm of his ship, his helmsman dead after being a beam fell on him. He looked over at Garix.
"Commander, report." He ordered
"The Kortac are hitting us hard. We've tried to send fighters out, but they're being blasted as they leave the hanger"
The Victory 7 rocked violently as a space torpedo hit it's side.
"Sir." Garix called out, "We're detecting several ships jumping into this dimension."
"More Kortac coming to finish us off?"
"No sir, it's Olox and the Illustrious Squadron. They're firing on the Kortac. The Kortac are turning to return fire. Sir, Hanger 18 is free of Kortac fighters."
"Well, Garix, what are you waiting for? Send the fighters out hanger 18 to help Olox and the others."
"Yes sir."
Halrex smiled, Those Cappers are something else. He thought.
A day later, Arcetranan space
The Victory 7 was in a space dock, a crew going over it's damages and repairing them. Halrex watched from the docks lounge, Tolstoy standing beside him.
"She held together." Tolstoy said, "You have the best crew in the resistance. You should be commended."
Halrex smiled and turned to Tolstoy, "No, friend Tolstoy, YOU are the one with the best crew in the resistance. If the rest of the Cappers are anything like the Illustrious Squadron, their planet will be free of Kortac tyranny."
Tolstoy smiled, "Yes, they are a very special group. However, I sometimes wonder about their mental state of being."
"That might be the edge that is needed. Oh, and I understand that K'Rar is arriving shortly."
Tolstoy nodded, "By one of our cruisers. We are in a no teleporting zone after all."
Space Dock observation deck
Animebabe watched the fighters as they flew in space. She looked over at The Gray Zombie who was playing cards with Moon Queen.
"You sure you don't want to fly one of those things?" Anime asked
"Are you kidding?" Gray replied, "I prefer hand to hand combat. Any sevens?"
"Go Fish." Moon Queen replied
Anime smiled, "How are you going to have hand to hand combat in space?"
"Any fours?" Moon Queen asked
Gray Zombie handed a card to Moon Queen then turned to Animebabe, "Let Zero handle the space combat, I think he enjoys it."
Moon Queen smiled, "I think he likes to believe that he's Luke Skywalker."
"Yea?" Gray said, "Who am I then?"
"Chewbacca."
Animebabe nodded. Gray just looked at the two.
Space
DanZero flew up ahead of the rest of his team as they formed a "V".
"Ok guys. We showed the Kortac we can use these things. Now all we have to do is keep our sense of humor." he said
"You betcha." CaveDweller replied, "Because in Space, they can always hear you laugh."
"Hey" YingYang yelled "I never did meet any alien women with tongues down to their navels."
DanZero didn't reply. The Illustrious Squadron just kept flying. Ready for their next adventure.