This girl's built for outer space!

Atomic Betty's gonna ｒｏｃｋ your world!

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@yourgalacticgirl

It wasn’t often Shuggazoom got spaceships flying close to their atmosphere. When they did, it was normally bad news. So at the warning, he mobilized the team and the Super Robot was heading out into the atmosphere in attempt to establish contact. 

“Attention!” 

He said over the coms, hoping the signal got through to the other ship. “This is Chiro of the HYPERFORCE, protectors of Shuggazoom City. State your name and intent.”

[yourgalacticgirl]

“Guess that means we’ve reached atmospheric levels.”

The estimate was affirmed by her alien copilot, busy at the helm guiding the ship true. It was an important mission they were undertaking on this planet and they needed to be careful how they stepped; so at the first crackle of radio static Betty’s hands flew to the console by her seat to adjust the dials. Their old ship was still perfectly workable, but always had been a little rough around the edges with transmissions...

“This is Galactic Guardian Atomic Betty,” The little captain barked into the receiver, holding the button down with a gloved finger so the transmission pathways would be opened on their end too. “Requesting permission to enter airspace and speak with the people in charge here - we have a very important message to deliver.”

[edorazzi]

i’m just continuing to be disappointed that Redux never happened. seventeen year old betty and her gang were kickass space cadets the universe needed more of. 

[monkiboii]

                     Wait were they talking                        about the same thing?                        He thought for sure she’d either                        slap him for being crude                       or make fun of him for                       this lame attempt at romance.                       This isn’t at all what he had expected.

                       " Wait…–

                               YOU’RE AN ALIEN?!“

[yourgalacticgirl]

          “Only a quarter on my mom’s           side! I’m not gonna grow tentacles           or start breathing fire or eating           scrap metal; I swear!”                     Probably. Grandma hadn’t been           very clear about what the onset           of puberty might do. Fire-breathing           might still be up in the air here.

             --But hold up, what was that he’d just           said? Why was Chiro so surprised?!           Hadn’t he literally just told her he           already knew the Big Freaky Secret?

                    “--Wait, what were you talking                     about?!”

[monkiboii]

( yourgalacticgirl . )

    “ Are you uh– ”

                                           quick glance at his                                           scribbled index card

              “ Are you an alien?                 Because you’re out of this world.”

                                                  …

                                this is the last                                 time he gets girl advice from Sparks.

[yourgalacticgirl]

            “HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?!”

Cue full panic mode. She’s never told anyone  that since learning it from her grandmother. It’s always been the huge family secret even her mother didn’t know.

            “Who told you?! How did you find out?! Does             anyone else know?! Chiro, you can’t tell anyone!” 

She’s shaking him by the shoulders now. Fantastic going, Chiro. Stop taking advice from monkeys.

[monkiboii]

Speaking of which,                          Where was his team?                         The fight had forced them apart-                         which was probably the Skeleton king’s initial plan overall.                         Thinking they’d become weak if separated

                              Heh, he forgot the key rule with his team.                               A monkey is never alone.

          But, perhaps it was different           with this girl seeing           as she was in some sort of panic mode.

                   Who knows if his own team                   had encountered her’s. Maybe they reacted the same way he did with her.                                                      hopefully things didn’t get messy.

          “ Er wait wait             calm down,             take a deep breath. ”

                       She really needs to learn                        to calm down in emergency situations.                                      Must be new on the force.

              “ My team is missing as well                 Look, you help me                   and I’ll help you out okay ? ”

[yourgalacticgirl]

It was the best thing she could do to comply. It was hard to focus when fear for the wellbeing of her crew clouded so much of her mind, but Betty caught the boy’s voice as it cut through the haze and forced herself to listen.

                  It did no good to panic when one was in a bad                   situation - one needed to be smart, resourceful,                   to think clearly. She needed to take advantage                   of what was available to her, and for having nearly                   killed her with a single punch the guardian of this                   planet was surprisingly willing to be helpful. 

She holstered her gun at her hip, tilting her head up to the sugary sky and taking a deep breath. In and out. The air was fresh and clean, and she focused on that - it was almost like Earth, where her only worries were Penelope and homework, not alien planets and ambushes and galactic disasters.  

                  Oh, that was better.

“--Okay.” She returned, better now the pounding in her chest had lessened, still worried to Pluto and back about her crew but no longer borderline hysterical with stress. She was the youngest in the Galactic Guardians by far, with even more distance between herself and other officers of her rank, and though she handled it well on a day-to-day basis Betty was still only fourteen. The emotional volatility of a teenage girl was something she was saddled with no matter how  much training she undertook.

                  “I’ll help you. We’ll help each other. What does your                   team look like?”

[yourgalacticgirl]

well gee monkiboii i guess this is a thing that’s happening now

[monkiboii]

   Galactic Guardian?

                  Hey wait he’s heard of these guys before.                   Sorta like a less cool version of the Hyper Force.

         He lowered his stance,          but still keeping on guard.

             If this girl was who she said she was,              that means she’s one of the good guys right?              But, if that was true              how did this sector not know of him?              Or the rest of the monkeys for that matter.

                           Perhaps she didn’t know of his appearance.

            “ I am Chiro,               Leader of the Hyper Force of Shuggazoom City.                                               Maybe you’ve heard of me.”

          Sort of came out a little           more pompous than needed.

[yourgalacticgirl]

                     The Hyper Force?

She hadn’t heard of them, but it was hard to do research when you lived on a planet with zero  extraterrestrial resources. Nearly all Betty’s time offworld was taken up by back-to-back missions and the occasional galactic disaster; it wasn’t like she had the opportunity to to study up like Guardians of other, more advanced species. 

                    “I’m... not from around here.” 

This wasn’t even her sector, her team had been covering for another called off on more urgent business. She’d have learned more about the place if she’d known she was going to be crashlanding, but this wasn’t even supposed to have been more than a routine patrol to make sure things kept going smoothly.  It wasn’t often a simple day mission would go this wrong. When she shifted on her knees and lowered her ray gun the tiniest fraction, scraped joints and burned skin and the slick of black oil agreed with her. She winced.

                    She did recall X-5 mentioning something about this place                     as they were passing over; though Betty and Sparky had                     long since learned to tune out the robot’s constant stream                     of touristy trivia. A defense force of some kind, a definite                     reason they wouldn’t be needed below the atmosphere of                     this planet... That must be this boy!

But, oh, X-5...

                    “My crew!” Betty exclaimed, standing immediately to look                     around for her friends - and god, her skin was scraped and                     bruised and her knees were bleeding and her visor was                     half-shattered and her hair was a mess and her gun didn’t                     even have any charge left in it, but she was a captain and                     her priorities came naturally. 

“I didn’t see where they landed. I don’t know if they’re-- I-- Where are they--?!”

[yourgalacticgirl]

Hey there beautiful. ;)

“Wow, gee.” 

“Uh, if you’re after Atomic Roger, he’s over in the Sierra galaxy this solar cycle. Stuff like this is usually for him.”

[monkiboii]

   Chiro quickly hopped to his feet,                       taking a fighting stance before the girl.                       Female or not, she was holding a weapon.                                                        She posed a threat.

                        If he was going to react                         he’d have to do it fast.                         But for now, stay on guard.                         Reacting too fast would                         surely get a lecture from Gibson.                         Or get himself killed.                         Which ever is worse,                                 which to be honest he can’t tell.

           He remained in a defensive sort of stance,            Eyeing the weapon and it’s user.

                        “ Who are you?                           Are you one of                           The Skeleton King’s new minions? ”

           He’s really branching out            to be persuading humans to join him.            Not to mention one who appears to be                                              near his own age.

[yourgalacticgirl]

              “I should be the one asking questions here!”

It was a boy, no doubt - roughly her age, human-looking, but Betty wouldn’t take chances on that. Humans were few and far between away from Earth, a planet still too hostile to be officially contacted by extraterrestrial life, but humanoids were  another matter entirely.

              Either way, it would be ridiculously stupid to               underestimate him. Enemy or not, human or               not, okay-whoa-kinda-really-cute or not, letting               her guard down for even a second on alien terrain               with her crew out of commission could be deadly.               It almost had been. 

“Atomic Betty, Galactic Guardian ID two-zero- zero-four, commanding officer of the patrol ship for this sector.” Green eyes slanted to the side, taking in the black-slicked wreckage of the site, her destroyed ship, her missing crew.

              Was the commanding officer.               The grip on her weapon didn’t falter.

“Now you.”

[monkiboii]

( yourgalacticgirl .)

                 “ –THUNDER PUNCH ! ”

                            Another quick fist was                             blown through a formless.                             Never had him and his team                             Encountered such a large mass–                             Sure they were easy to take down                             But in numbers, exhaustion was soon to come.

               He continued to pound at the oncoming enemies,                His thrashing only pulling him                further and further away from his team.                Chiro knew they could handle                this on their own– so separation wasn’t an issue.                As long as their radio communicators                                 kept in tact, they were safe.

                        His fist glowed as                         he went through what looked                         to be the final wave of skeletons-                        Chiro went for the hit–                        yelping as his focus suddenly crashed.

                                                      No !

               This wasn’t a formless                                              This.. .

                  His loss of balance threw him to the side                   hitting the ground beside the stranger.                   He had been gone full ape, hitting everything in sight,

                                   He had almost hit…

                                                             a girl?

[yourgalacticgirl]

                  Oh, super--!

It wasn’t unheard of for patrolling cadets to be ambushed, but even though Atomic Betty had been warned about the atmosphere around Shuggazoom it was still a shock when her ship was attacked. The place looked so pretty from up high, so bright and technological, but even somewhere like this held its dangers. It had started as a tiny drip of black on the windshield of the red and white cruiser, like ink from a faulty pen, but in mere minutes Atomic Betty’s team had found themselves in the midst of a full battle from goopy, oily, midnight-dark creatures who apparently had a taste for Galactic Guardians.

                   Their ship had crashed though the pastel-tinted atmosphere                   long ago, landing in a wreck of rock and mud and vegetation                   and throwing its occupants roughly across the ground, but the                   battle didn’t stop there. Sparky and X-5 were out of sight, and                   even though Betty was still on her feet, laser pistol in hand, it                   was a small victory against the ever-present oily creatures who                   only seemed to reform in larger numbers with every explosion                   which shattered them. It was impossible to tell who or what they                   were fighting in such a frenzy, but Betty held her ground until                   something much more formed crashed down towards her from above.

Together, both bodies kicked the ground and threw themselves off-target - Betty to the side in a scramble of mud and black goop and the newcomer in a heavy collision of rock and hard light. Not waiting for an explanation but taking advantage of the moment to breathe, Betty grabbed for her pistol across the ground and whipped it out ahead of her. Both hands steadying the laser gun, she was half-blinded by oil smeared across a cracked helmet visor but ready to fire point-blank if she had to. A hit like that could have been the end of her; this needed to stop now.

                  “--FREEZE!”

[yourgalacticgirl]

“...Okay, just hear me out here.”

“Really huge school project. Like, bigger than the Xaspira galaxy. And I know that’s only the size of a bus in itself, but that’s pretty big when you’re my height!”

“Reporting for duty, though. I did make it back.”

[schlechthexe-deactivated2015021]

yourgalacticgirl

[schlechthexe-deactivated2015021]

"Once again I find myself being pursued by the galactic law. How exasperating.” The space witch carefully observed the other as she levitated off the ground. “Aren’t you a little young to be taking up such a risky job? No matter. Let’s just get this over with. Maybe your delicious demise will bring me some gaiety.” 

[yourgalacticgirl]

"I'm old enough to know how to take down a criminal like you!" 

Really? Her age, again? There were races out there who looked like six-year-olds when they were fully grown, why was it so obvious Betty was still a kid? Either way, this witch had to go down. Too much carnage in the galaxy was attributed to her and no prison to date had been able to keep her behind its bars - which was why Atomic Betty had been sent to bring her into Galactic Guardian custody; the highest security the stars had to offer.

"Sorry to disappoint you, lady, but my demise is so not on the list. I've got a geometry test on Monday that I have every intention of being alive for!"

[yourgalacticgirl]

+ doubledeputy-d 

"So... does it always rain this much in America?"

Being an exchange student was going to be rough. Betty missed Saskatchewan already.

"And there are a lot of peaches, huh? Do you eat all of those every year, or...?"

[cosmicmancer]

The clone couldn’t care in the slightest what possible alien this little girl was. If she was a part of a galactic force, that meant she knew how to protect people. Feara would play along for now and bid her time wisely. Strike at the right moment and before the other would know, she would be completely under Zurg’s control. More importantly also under Feara’s. 

She let her wrist laser activate, a small bright red glow coming from her hand. Destroy the space pirates, huh? Feara was fine with that. They had outlived their usefulness anyway. The clone had already gotten what she wanted from the transport. Which happened to be a rare mineral that could fuel anything for eons to come. Would come in very handy for their standard Zurg ship. 

"Great! A pleasure to meet you, Atomic Betty." She motioned for the other to follow her, taking careful and quiet steps as she turned the corner. The clone knew where the majority were located.

"I saw most go down this way while scouting the area for survivors. We don’t want to take them head on however. They’ll overwhelm us. I suggest we go around the back and pick off the few not in the main group. Then work our way around that by goading others into the open. Dwindle their numbers for a better and less messy outcome.” 

[yourgalacticgirl]

Less messy...?

That didn't sound right. The assorted defenders of the galaxy were fully dedicated to zero bloody violence - it was the only way they could maintain peace without being tempted to lapse into less savoury ways of dealing with criminals. If drawing blood was a line which could never be crossed, theoretically anything worse would be held off too. 

That was one reason why Planet Earth still hadn't been invited to join the united network of planets across the stars - humans were still too violent and restless on their own soil. A very choice few had been contacted for Galactic Guardian duties - like Betty herself - but Earth couldn't yet be trusted not to start a war. That was the condition of a planet being contacted by extraterrestrial life: they had to be at peace with themselves first.

...No, she must be overthinking it. Mira Nova must have meant messy in the sense of general carnage, not killing anyone. Betty had probably just watched too many movies and cop shows back on her own planet - she supposed, coming from such a hostile planet, she would jump to the worst possible conclusion immediately.

Something still didn't feel quite right, but Betty brushed it off for now as she nodded and took identical steps after her companion, still close to the wall and half-bathed in shadow where the bright, artificial hall lights couldn't reach. It looked like she'd scouted out the ship already; if her knowledge proved to be useful it might actually have been a good thing they ran into each other.

"One by one, good plan." She was well equipped, but Mira Nova was right - risking the chance of being overwhelmed would be a bad idea. "Anything on the status of the passengers? I was under the impression they were safe, but I can charter a rescue ship from the Guardians if they need help."

[cosmicmancer]

Well this had been an unexpected surprise. Feara had heard of this Galactic Guardian nonsense before and they sounded just as bad as Star Command. 

A grin spread across the clone’s face. Her wonderful looks had fooled yet another being. Oh, she could use this to her advantage. Emperor Zurg could use a brainwashed officer for many different purposes. 

"Me? I was traveling around when I happened to find these poor people in trouble! Naturally I had to lend a helping hand. We can’t let those nasty space pirates hurt anyone, right? It’s our duty to protect the innocent!” Of course that was a complete and total lie. She was the one who brought the space pirates here in the first place. 

"Name’s Mira Nova. How about we put a stop to them?” 

[yourgalacticgirl]

"Well, I don't know..."

Oh, what harm could it do? Maybe teaming up with cadets from other factions hadn't been in the mission specs, but it sure wouldn't help them to work against each other. Betty had a job to do - and so long as her new companion was willing to team up, it would be seriously dumb to refuse the extra womanpower.

Alienpower? Was that a better word to use? She was fairly sure blue skin and pointed ears weren't usual on Earth, even if she did fall asleep in Geography class more often than she didn't.

"...Alright!" She decided, hands on her hips just above the flare of her smart uniform skirt, the curl of her white-gloved fingers brushing the holster for her Guardian-issued ray gun. She was going to need it. "Let's get these creeps out of here! Call me Atomic Betty."

[cosmicmancer]

(Did we just delete both of our greeters because one saw the other? I think we did. Pfptttt. Also hi. o3o)

[yourgalacticgirl]

( MAYDAY MAYDAY EVERYTHING HAS GONE HORRIBLY WRONG

Luckily I copied my text before I deleted it so I could repost it super quickly! ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE YOUR BLOG THAT WAS ALL I WANTED )

[yourgalacticgirl]

+ fearaxnova 

"—Hey, this was a Galactic Guardian rescue operation, what are you doing here?!”

Darn, this was supposed to be a simple job! A civilian transport ship had been stranded and overrun by space pirates, and Betty’s mission objective direct from Admiral DeGill had been to take them out and get the place moving again.

She hadn’t expected to see Star Command cadets around! The two factions didn’t have a rivalry, per se, but they were trained and equipped very differently and really didn’t like getting under each other’s feet. If the girl was hostile or elitist, this unexpected surprise was almost guaranteed to make things a hundred times as complicated.