a well drawn love story part one: hearts of identity

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A Well Drawn Love StoryPart 1: Hearts of Identity

by Jonathan Bratcher


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ContentsChater 1: !"ile##########################################################################################$

Chater %: Civil War#####################################################################################&Chater $: A 'an on a 'ission####################################################################(

Chater ): Who is She*###############################################################################1%

Chater +: A World in ,ro-ble####################################################################1&Chater &: Partners######################################################################################1.

Chater /: Betrayal######################################################################################%$

Chater .: 0esc-e########################################################################################%.

Chater (: Bac to the Be2innin2################################################################$&Chater 13: Slit Aart################################################################################)%

Chater 11: Chasher and Solebry#################################################################)&

Chater 1%: An 4ld 5riend##########################################################################+3Chater 1$: Invasion####################################################################################++

Chater 1): Isolation####################################################################################+(


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Chater 1: !"ile

6Let 7e 2o8 ,his is not fair89 she sho-ted in defiance# 6o- have no ri2ht to treat -s thisway89

As soon as she finished those last words; she co-ld feel the shacles aro-nd her wrists

-ll her bac towards the 2ro-nd# ,hen a fi2-re ca7e fro7 behind and wraed a handerchief

aro-nd her head; coverin2 her 7o-th# Altho-2h her ability to sea was 2one; the fla7e in hereyes wasn-d2e-d2es;

and now it was ti7e to ass sentence on this yo-n2 wo7an who7 they dee7ed 2-ilty#

,he center >-d2e; the chief; then said; 6citi?en; for yo-r cri7es of treason a2ainst yo-r

2overn7ent and consiracy to overthrow yo-r 2overn7ent for which yo- were fo-nd 2-ilty; yo-

are hereby sentenced to e"ile fro7 this land forever# If yo- are ever ca-2ht here a2ain; yo- shall be -t to death# Do yo- have anythin2 to say*9

,he wo7an-st 2oin2 to send 7e to one of the other worlds*9

6o;9 answered the chief >-d2e; 6yo- now the law# o- shall be sent to the real world=!arth#9 Her eyes 2rew bi2 at his rely# She new altho-2h the >-d2es had shown 7ercy to her by

not sentencin2 her to death; they 7i2ht as well have# As far as she was concerned; 2oin2 to the

real world 7eant certain death; beca-se toons had been banished fro7 the real world 7any yearsa2o# ,he h-7ans also assed a law which said that any toon fo-nd in the real world wo-ld

i77ediately be -t to death# A tho-sand tho-2hts raced thro-2h her head# This is not fair! Howdo I get out of this? What am I gonna do now? ow wasn-d2es; for o-r lanhas already been set in 7otion# othin2 can sto -s now#9

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Chater 1: !"ile

6What abo-t the 2irl*9 ased one of the other >-d2es; 6I tho-2ht yo- said she was secial#And what abo-t the lan*9

64h she is;9 he relied; 6she is the lan#9

As she was bein2 led to the ortal which wo-ld send her to !arth; the yo-n2 wo7an

new she co-ldn


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her shacles# She then whied aro-nd behind the ey 2-ard; who was o-t of breath; laced hershacled wrists aro-nd his nec; choin2 hi7# Controllin2 hi7 with her restraints; she ra77ed

his head into one side of the rin2; nocin2 hi7 o-t# By now; the 2-ards in the control roo7 had

activated the alar7; which 7eant a secial sec-rity tea7 was now on its way# 0eali?in2 her ti7e

was short; the yo-n2 wo7an -icly 2rabbed the eys# sin2 her 7o-th to 2o thro-2h and tryeach ey; she event-ally fo-nd the ri2ht one and oened her shacles# She was free; for the

7o7ent# ,hen the sec-rity tea7 arrived; co77andin2 her to stay where she was -ntil they

oened the door# Pretendin2 not to hear those orders; she looed at the rin2 and with adeter7ined loo in her face; ran thro-2h it and disaeared# ,he warden; who had been notified

of the sit-ation;

arrived at the scene and ordered the control roo7 2-ards to sh-t down the ortal#

6Sho-ldn


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Chater %: Civil War

o- 7ay not reali?e this; b-t 7any years a2o toons and h-7ans -sed to live to2ether on!arth in eace# ,hat is; -ntil one toon; 7ad with ower; incited the other toons to rebellion# He

told the other toons that the h-7ans only saw the7 as so-rces of a7-se7ent and entertain7ent;

which was only artly tr-e# evertheless; a vast 7a>ority of the toon o-lation believed this

one toon and rallied to his ca-se# Within a year what had be2-n as soradic riots and faileddilo7atic tals had now t-rned into f-ll o-t civil war# !ven the toons who had not >oined this

one toon-st that=a b-llet with a secial sol-tion on the ti# As soon as the b-llet to-ches atoon


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Chater %: Civil War

,here e"ists two -niverses=o-r -niverse and the cartoon -niverse# Both still e"ist; b-t atthis oint in ti7e there was only one toon world# Portals to and fro7 the toon world had lon2

been aro-nd as this was how toons traveled to the real world# ,he h-7ans wanted to try and

send the S#A#,#s to the toon world b-t they new they wo-ld >-st co7e ri2ht bac# So the

h-7ans created 7-ltile toon worlds and b-ilt ortals to those worlds b-t with no ortals on theother side# ,heir lan was to send the S#A#,#s to these new toon worlds; sreadin2 the7 thin so

they co-ldn


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Chater %: Civil War

Which brin2s -s to the resent day; where we find a2ent art; who wors in the Chica2odivision of C#!#L# Little does he now that his life is abo-t to 2et flied -side down#

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Chater $: A 'an With a 'ission

6Sto r-nnin289 ordered a2ent art; 6I >-st need to as yo- a few -estions89 He co-ldnoinin2 a 2an2 by the ti7e he was 1$# By the ti7e he was 1&; he was arrested for

invol-ntary 7ansla-2hter only beca-se his fellow 2an2 7e7bers left the scene before the olicearrived; leavin2 hi7 to be the fall 2-y# He was convicted and sent to rison for %3 years#

While in rison; his 7other


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6o-r wit is -ite char7in2; 'r# art; b-t the reason why I a7 here is to recr-it yo- intothe rans of C#!#L# If yo- enlist for and 2rad-ate fro7 o-r acade7y ro2ra7; yo- will beco7e

an a2ent of C#!#L#; and yo- will also obtain a f-ll ardon for yo-r cri7e# So what do yo- say*9

art ondered what the a2ent had >-st told hi7# He new that >oinin2 C#!#L# wo-ld 7eanfreedo7; b-t he had a 2r-d2e a2ainst C#!#L# 0i2ht before art >oined his first 2an2; a toon was

si2hted in his nei2hborhood# It was reorted to C#!#L# who br-shed it off as 2an2 activity# ,hen

one evenin2; when art


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6ot if yo--st co7e with 7e; I can=9 ,he7an


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Chater ): Who is She*

6So###9 art said; iercin2 the silence in the air; 6yo- 2otta na7e*9

6Why do yo- care*9 she ased with snariness in her voice# She new that this 2-y

basically >-st saved her life; b-t she still didn


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6o; no it


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6See* And yo- loo lie yo-


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6%3 years a2o; I had a boyfriend; Lewis; who was convicted of consiracy to overthrowo-r 2overn7ent# He had a friend; Charlie; who was acc-sed of the sa7e cri7e# After Lewis<

conviction; he was e"iled to !arth; b-t Charlie was never convicted# He was never even bro-2ht

bac to finish his trial# 4n the final day of Lewis< trial; he told 7e that he saw this 7onstro-s

beast bein2 bro-2ht ast his cell the ni2ht before# He told 7e that creat-re was Charlie; and theysent hi7 here; to !arth#9

In shoc; 'oe ased; with a tre7or in his voice; 6what did this creat-re loo lie*9

Alice answered; 6Lewis told 7e that he had a wared face with sies and tree branches

co7in2 fro7 his body#9 'oe 2athered fro7 Alice


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Chater +: A World in ,ro-ble

By this oint Alice felt that she co-ld tr-st 'oe; so she decided to 2et down to b-siness#6'oe; I need to tell yo- so7ethin2; and it is e"tre7ely i7ortant that yo- listen#9

6S-re; I-st said; 6they wo-ldn


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Chater +: A World in ,ro-ble

6Was there anythin2 else yo- were able to find o-t; lie how they were lannin2 to createtheir owerf-l weaon; or how they were 2onna -se it*9

6ot really; b-t we discovered so7ethin2 else;9 Alice answered; tryin2 to 2ive 'oe so7e

ind of helf-l answer; 6we fo-nd o-t that the S#A#,#s have sort of a hive 7ind which they -se toco77-nicate with one another# ot only did we learn that they co-ld tal to one another on 7y

ho7e world; they were also able to co77-nicate between all the toon worlds# ,hat


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Chater &: Partners

%& years a2o; on Aliceob worin2 in one of the local S#A#,# offices# ,hen one day; he

7et a 2-y who had >-st been hired to wor in the sa7e office as Lewis# His na7e was Charlie;

and they soon beca7e close friends# ,hree years later; Lewis 7et Alice; and they be2an datin2#

5ro7 the be2innin2 they were in love and hay with each other; b-t after a year; thin2schan2ed# Alice noticed Lewis felt 7ore distant than before# Another year assed; and thin2s 2ot

even worse# She was worried#

Hey babe; yo- wanna 2o o-t toni2ht*9 she ased Lewis# She didn-st wanted to send 7ore ti7e with her boyfriend#

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Chater &: Partners

onchalantly; Lewis told Charlie; 6wo-ld yo- rela"; I 7ade s-re I wasn


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Chater &: Partners

6'y b-ddy Lewis is retty 2ood at sottin2 the -n-s-al;9 Charlie resonded#

Chasher; witho-t hesitation; said; 6well that


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Chater &: Partners

6Have I ever let yo- down*9 resonded Charlie# Wintice 2ave hi7 a tro-bled loo thatsaid; 6be caref-l#9 evertheless; the raid went as lanned# ,he twins -nearthed evidence abo-t

the S#A#,#s< lans to re=invade the real world; while Chasher discovered doc-7ents concernin2

research abo-t a owerf-l weaon the S#A#,#s were b-ildin2# Chasher didn


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,he two robed 7en stood - and left the conference roo7# ,hen one of the S#A#,# leadersased the leader that was talin2 earlier; 6do yo- really thin we can tr-st the7*9

6I thin the aroriate -estion is=can they tr-st -s*9 he relied with an evil 2rin on his

face#

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Chater /: Betrayal

A year had assed since the raid of the to secret research facility# A few 7onths earlierLewis and Charlie had 2one on a solo 7ission# ,hey were ca-2ht and e"iled to !arth# Alice

wanted to -ncover the tr-th abo-t her boyfriend and his best friend; b-t she was lost# 5or al7ost

%3 years she searched in vain to find the answers she was looin2 for# ,hen one day a 7ysterio-s

stran2er handed her a note tellin2 her to 2o to an abandoned s-bway t-nnel that evenin2# SoAlice went to the t-nnel which was the sa7e t-nnel that the 2ro- of rebels -sed# When she

ca7e to the dead end; Chasher aeared o-t of thin air; startlin2 Alice#

6Do not be afraid Alice;9 Chasher told her; 6follow 7e#9 Chasher then -shed the bloc

to oen the doorway; and soon Alice beca7e well ac-ainted with the s7all 2ro- of freedo7

fi2hters#

Wintice soe first; 6we now what haened to Lewis and Charlie; and we now what

yo- want# We can hel yo- find the tr-th#9 ns-re what to thin of this 2ro- of toons she >-st

7et; let alone a ro7ise 2iven by one of the7; Alice was -nderstandably hesitant#

6I don


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Chater /: Betrayal

So for a few 7onths the 2ro- ta-2ht Alice 7any of the sills needed to hel withcond-ctin2 their raids# Chasher ta-2ht her stealth; Solebry ta-2ht her how to trac and be aware

of her s-rro-ndin2s; while Era and Sheeble ta-2ht her how to fi2ht# It wasn


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Chater /: Betrayal

wron2; he saw it# It was the sa7e i7a2e of the S#A#,#


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Chater /: Betrayal

Bac at 'oe


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in shoc# on noticin2 'oe-st

start 2oin2 cra?y#9 'oe didn-st heard@ Alice was bein2 taen away; and there

was nothin2 he co-ld abo-t it# He watched hellessly as she was bein2 taen away#

6Please; don


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Chater .: 0esc-e

'oe and Alice were bro-2ht to a C#!#L# rocessin2 station which 'oe had never seen before# It was h-2e; cold; and lifeless# As 'oe and Alice were led down a hallway to a roo7 at

the oosite end; 'oe saw rison cells=at least 133 of the7# 'oe wondered why C#!#L# wo-ld

need a lace with rison cells considerin2 the i77ediate e"ec-tion of toons fo-nd on !arth# 'oe

wo-ldn-st so yo-co-ld beco7e their cos*8 o-r d-ty is to the eole of !arth; to rotect the7 fro7 another toon

invasion; esecially one fro7 the S#A#,#89

,he !-roean leader stared at 'oe for a few seconds before resondin2; 6do yo- nowwho are; A2ent art*9

'oe answered; 6I a7 who yo- say I a7#9

6Is that beca-se that is the tr-th or beca-se I said so*9 relied the !-roean leader#

'oe didn


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Chater .: 0esc-e

into the fields of ti7e# 6I a7 the 'oe art that I choose to be# othin2 7ore and nothin2 less#9

6,hen why do toons and S#A#,#s e"ist* Are they not 7erely the shadows of the drea7s of

their creators* Are they not 7ore than who their creators were*9

6I tho-2ht toons were created to do whatever their creators drew the7 to do;9 'oe

hesistantly answered#

,he !-roean leader; tryin2 to 2et 'oe to -nderstand the tr-th of the sit-ation; ased

hi7; 6so how did a few toons beco7e S#A#,#s*9

6By beco7in2 self=aware#9

6And how did they do that*9

6I###I###I don


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Chater .: 0esc-e

64h so yo- >-st decided on 7anind


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Chater .: 0esc-e

6Let-st say she fell into 7y la# I havenected; 6hey yo- watch the way yo- tal abo-t her89

6Hey8 Sorry; I didn


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Chater .: 0esc-e

'oe contin-ed; 6yeah; b-t Alice cried when I first 7et her; and those were toon tears#When she was bein2 taen away fro7 7y aart7ent; she cried a2ain; b-t this ti7e; they were

h-7an tears#9

64h no; oh no;9 Chasher said; 6this is bad; really bad#9

Solebry ased Chasher; 6what


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Chater .: 0esc-e

,he 7an; 2rowin2 sli2htly i7atient; told 'oe; 6wo-ld yo- h-rry -89 'oe co7lied asthe 7an oened Chasher and Solebry-st a 2-y who


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Chater .: 0esc-e

Era and Sheeble o-t and 7ade their way towards the roo7 where they tho-2ht Alice was bein2held#

6Why are yo- eein2 7e in here* ,his is wron289 Alice rotested it see7ed as if to no

one# She was lyin2 on a table; with stras on her wrists; anles and waist holdin2 her down# Shewas s-rro-nded by a b-nch of eole with white ha?7at s-its on holdin2 cliboards erfor7in2

vario-s tass# Alice was fri2htened# S-ddenly; another erson in a ha?7at s-it entered the roo7

and 7otioned for the other eole to follow the7# ow Alice was conf-sed# After the roo7e7tied; the door oened a2ain# She co-ld tell so7eone entered the roo7; b-t beca-se she was

straed to the table; her visibility was -ite li7ited# ,hen she heard a fa7iliar voice#

6Let


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Chater .: 0esc-e

6,hat so-nds lie a really 2ood idea;9 'oe said; arovin2ly; 6what are we waitin2 for*9

,he others stared at hi7# Silence filled the roo7 for a few seconds -ntil Sheeble soe#

6Listen 2-ys; I now she betrayed -s before; she betrayed 7e; b-t we


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Chater (: Bac to the Be2innin2

Chasher; Solebry; and Lewis looed on in shoc -on hearin2 Alice


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6o; Alice;9 Wintice relied; 6it


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'oe answered; 6yeah; of co-rse; every livin2 bein2 on !arth has it#9

Sheeble contin-ed; 6well; the tr-th is; even toons have DA#9

'oe; in disbelief; said; 6wait a 7in-te=I-st sheer nonsense89

6J-st listen;9 Sheeble said; 6when toons are created; or drawn; by h-7ans; art of theh-7an


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Chasher then said; 6this is all to-chin2 and sweet; b-t what the hec does this have to dowith Alice*89

Solebry ased Chasher; 6do yo- re7e7ber when yo- were talin2 abo-t Alice bein2

h-7an; toon; and S#A#,#*9

6,hat


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64h; he-st needs so7e ti7e to sort o-t a few thin2s;9she said softly as she stared at the hill Lewis was sittin2 on# In reality; Lewis was not fine# He

lost his best friend 7any years a2o; and now the wo7an he loved no lon2er wanted hi7# Life

was 7eanin2less for hi7 now# He was lost; and he had to find his way bac#

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Chater 13: Slit Aart

A few ho-rs assed; and everyone started chattin2 with each other; tryin2 to 2et to nowone another# ,hen Alice was s-ddenly la2-ed with a terrible headache# 6What


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6Aaaah89 Alice e"clai7ed#

6What is it*9 ased 'oe; 6is it another headache* Can yo- see the hive 7ind a2ain*9

6es; 'oe; I can see the7;9 she answered; 6and they


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6What is yo-r answer*9 ased the lie-tenant before seein2 the 2ro- e7er2e fro7 thewall#

6We s-rrender;9 said Alice; 6now let o-r friends 2o89

6Who said anythin2 abo-t lettin2 the7 2o* I said I wo-ldn


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6Beca-se they thin this is the last lace weected; 6hey 'oe; I 7ay not have been here lon2; b-t even I now that


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Chater 11: Chasher and Solebry

Chasher looed at the bac of Solebry


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6Shh8 o- don-st -t this on yo-r wrist; -sh these b-ttons to set yo-r coordinates and

then -sh this b-tton to oen a ortal rin2#9 Chasher was asto-nded# ,he S#A#,# had fi2-red o-t

a way to create a ortal rin2 witho-t the act-al rin28 With this technolo2y; they co-ld 2oanywhere they wanted8

Chasher t-rned to Solebry and said; 6yo; Sole; ee a loo o-t; wo-ld ya*9 Solebrynodded# With everyone in the roo7 not looin2 at the7; Solebry 2est-red that it was all clear#

,hen Chasher too his stras off lie they were never even there and disaeared# He waled

over to the tables with the wrist ortal devices on the7; 2rabbed one; and went bac the table he

was and straed hi7self bac in#

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Solebry ased Chasher; 6won


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6Well; we


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6Hi;9 Chasher said; with a bi2 2rin on his face#

6Is that###a toon*9 Han ased# 6I tho-2ht yo- 2-ys were s-ose to ill the789

'oe resonded; 6Chasher; disaear# o- see Han; Chasher here and I now of a lanthat will threaten o-r very e"istence if we don-st stood there; starin2 strai2ht ahead# 'oe feltawward that the 7an didn


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,he 7an taled into his 7o-thiece; 6I need fo-r 7en at 7y location; ri2ht now#9 'oefelt tro-bled beca-se he didn


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'oe answered; 6yes sir# ot only that; b-t they also created a weaon to ens-re theirvictory# B-t the 2ood thin2 is I have that weaon# I-st

lie the resident; b-t 'oe co-ld s7ell toon all over hi7# He new he had to 2et o-t of theresoon; very soon#

64f co-rse; if that


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As the d-o left the White Ho-se; the i7oster resident went into the oval office; iced- his hone and ordered; 6o; >-st follow the7#9

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Chater 1$: Invasion

Bac on an -ndisclosed toon world; an ar7y of S#A#,# soldiers stand at the ready# ,heyare 2ettin2 ready for so7ethin2 h-2e=an invasion#

6Are yo-r 7en ready lie-tenant*9 ased one of the S#A#,# catains#

60eady; sir89 answered the lie-tenant#

6Eood; ee the7 ready lie-tenant; we-st waitin2 to receive orders fro7 the co-ncil#It won


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Chater 1$: Invasion

,he chief co-ncil 7e7ber then soe; 6based -on the infor7ation I >-st heard; Iforward the 7otion to vote on i77ediate invasion of the real world#9 ,he co-ncil voted and

res-lted in three o-t of five ayes to invade !arth ri2ht away# ,hen the chief co-ncil 7e7ber said;

6,ell the 2eneral to start the invasion; and find the tribrid; i77ediately#

6We need to lose those 7en followin2 -s;9 'oe said to Chasher# 6We can


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Chater 1$: Invasion

Bac at the S#A#,# ar7y base; word had >-st been received that the co-ncil aroved thei77ediate invasion of !arth# 6'a>or;9 said one of the S#A#,# colonels; 6reare for invasion#9

6,he co-ncil aroved to 2o ahead with the invasion*9 the 7a>or resonded#

6Affir7ative# Eet ready for i77ediate deart-re#9

6es sir89 ,here were ortal rin2s at this base; b-t they were 7-ch 7ore 7assive=bi2eno-2h to fit a le2ion of troos thro-2h it and that-st 7ade it bac to the lace where Alice was bein2 et safe and

hidden fro7 the S#A#,# and they were 2lad to be bac#

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6I tho-2ht we


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Chater 1): Isolation

In less than a 7onth; the S#A#,# ar7ies had achieved al7ost f-ll control of the entire!arth# In order to have a chance of s-rvivin2; the h-7ans resorted to livin2 in re7ote; isolated

areas; away fro7 the S#A#,#s< infl-ence# ,he h-7ans had fo-nd o-t the hard way that there were

no re2-lar toons in the S#A#,#s< ar7y; so their b-llets were ineffective a2ainst the S#A#,#s# ,he

S#A#,#s; thans to their ability to rod-ce new S#A#,#s; decided not to -se toons d-e to the factthat bac on the other toon worlds; word had sread of Alice-n2les of the A7a?on rainforest; 'oe and the other toons had

set - ca7 to hide fro7 the S#A#,# ,hey had been waitin2 for Chasher to ret-rn fro7 2ettin2the

hel7et contration; b-t it was tain2 lon2er than e"ected#

6It


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6Well it t-rns o-t that not only is the hel7et 2ood for brin2in2 a S#A#,# to his nees; it


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6What is it Alice*9

6When I tried to -se the hel7et earlier; I was scared# Scared beca-se when I wied o-t

those S#A#,#s after Lewis< death; I tho-2ht to 7yself; that was too 7-ch ower# And I co-ldn


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Altho-2h Chasher never was really close with Era; Era was a little 7ore -set than his-s-al 2r-7y self# ,his 7ade Chasher concerned# 6Era; I now yo-


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6I now who that is89 sho-ted Era#

60eally* Who*9 ased Chasher with -nbridled anticiation#

6His na7e is Jash; and he


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a well drawn love story part one: hearts of identity

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