"You okay?" Kate asked.
	I couldn't help but smile at her concern, despite what had happened.  I sat up and looked down at the monster slime that I was coated in.  The latest monster, a giant toad, had caught me off-guard by wrapping me in it's tongue and swallowing me whole.  Luckily, it hadn't had more than half a minute to digest before Kate, Susan and Cynthia forced it to vomit me out.  Cynthia was still pumping bullets into the Toad's hide, yelling at it to "DISAPPEAR, DAMMIT!".
	"I need a long, long, LONG shower." I answered, standing up.
	"Isn't going to interfere with... you know..." Kate asked quietly, giving me THAT look.
	"Yeah, 'fraid so.  Just can't get in the mood after being coated with frog vomit.  You know how it is." I answered in the same tone.
	"I've never been covered in frog vomit..." she began.
	"I never said you were, I just said that you can relate." I answered.
	She smiled.
	"Of course, I was just pulling your chain." Kate answered, looking like she wanted to give me a playful kiss on the cheek, but decided not to with me covered in slime.  It was amazing how accurate that funky dream I had had was about the icky slime feeling one gets when coated in said substance.
	I waved goodbye to the others and leapt away.  I arrived home in the backyard.  I grabbed the garden hose and hosed myself off, not wanting to feel that disgustingly icky feeling anymore and to throw Cynthia and the gang off the trail.  Once a majority of the slime was off, I turned off the hose and switched back to male, glad that the slime evaporated due to the magic discharge.
	I went inside, thankful that my hair wasn't wet either (more bonuses to being a magical being).  I went up into my room, got undressed and hopped into the shower, letting the hot water scald my flesh a bit before I changed the temperature to a more suitable one.  It was difficult scrubbing away that filthy feeling, but I managed to do it before I'd used up all the hot water.  Luckily, my family was still gone.
	Then I got an odd thought got stuck in my head.  Where the hell WAS my family?  I couldn't live in a two-story (plus basement) house all by myself.  I didn't see them often, since we were all out of the house quite a bit, but in six months, I should have seen them once or twice a day at LEAST.  I looked in their bedrooms.  My parents had a note on their bed.  I opened it and read it.
	"Dear kids, off on a free two year cruise on Carnival.  See you in two years, love mom and dad."
	I went to my eldest brother's room.
	"Dear everyone, eloped with sexy girl I met a month ago.  See you in three years."
	I went to my other brother's room.
	"Dear Ben, what the hell are you doing in my old room?  You know I moved out when I got married."
	I slapped myself in the forehead.  Then I went to my sister's room.
	"Dear Ben, won million dollar lottery.  Leaving for Las Vegas, be home maybe sometime in the next millenia.  Maybe I'll buy an exotic pet.  Yep, like a llama or an emu."
	I growled.  Of course she'd take off if she had a million dollars.  I sighed.  Well, most of the loose ends were tied up.  I was the only one with nothing new.  At least I got a solid pay-check from work.  Not to mention that school was going to end in a few weeks.
	I sat down with my copy of "So, you're a magical being, but you know squat about your powers".  Kate, Susan and Cynthia had their own copies as Kate told me.  Hopefully, it had some helpful hints.
	"Lesson 10 (yes, I read the other nine. pretty generic stuff, if you ask me) - Ben, here's what you'll need to know to get even stronger-"
	I blinked.
	"Chapter 10 and beyond is tailored for you.  It's what makes each copy so special." Nabiki told me, looking over my shoulder.
	"GYAH!" I yelped.
	I turned to her and was about to yell at her not to do that when I decided that asking her not to do that only made her do that more often.
	"Say, I've been noticing that there's a distinct LACK of monsters in this area recently.  I mean normally we have a monster every week, now it's once a month, if we're lucky." I answered.
	"I know, I know.  With that last head baddie gone, the monsters aren't getting through as easily.  So, that's why I've just gotten permission to activate the last two senshi that are going to be in your group and move you to a more monster-populated area." Nabiki answered.
	"Wait a minute, so we're going to MOVE to a new town or something?  Just like that?" I asked.
	"It's just temporary.  Besides, there's going to be a huge fight in this new area really soon." Nabiki answered.
	"How big?" I asked.
	"REAL big.  Bigger than any fight you've been in before.  But, you can handle it no problem." Nabiki answered.
	"Hmmmm?" I inquired.
	"Don't worry, you'll be getting some help." Nabiki said.
	"So when and WHERE are we going?" I asked.
	"In two weeks.  I'll activate your fellow senshi.  Where do you want them to meet you?" Nabiki asked.
	"You're avoiding the question.  WHERE are we GOING?" I asked.
	"Don't worry, it won't be a big problem.  You'll only be there for two weeks or so, so it's not like you'll be living there or anything.  I'll get you some nice rooms at a resort." Nabiki answered.
	"WHERE ARE WE GOING?" I demanded, standing up.
	"Don't worry, it's a nice place....." Nabiki answered.
	"Uh-huh.  And the reason you're not telling me WHERE it is is either because we're in for the fight of our lives or it's a dump and the nicest place has fifteen cockroach hotels per square foot." I said.
	"Um, how about the forest behind your school.  Yeah, that'll be fine.  Bye!" Nabiki said, vanishing in an eyeblink.
	I fumed.  I hated it when people didn't tell me in advance what the heck was going on.

	That night, I had the craziest dream.  It almost felt like an opening sequence to an anime or something.  It felt rather stupid, but hey, who was I to complain.  It was entertaining, but weird none-the-less.

	The following day, I found a quiet bathroom that no one else seemed to use for what it was designed to be used for.  Mainly because it was the only unisex bathroom in the school and almost no one used it unless they were going to do it in one of the bathroom stalls.  And listening to the girl-girl couple, the boy-girl couple, the boy-boy couple and the unknown couples in the other five stalls, I decided it was just as well that I leave as soon as possible.
	I found myself standing behind the school with Susan, Kate and Cynthia.  Nabiki had no doubt informed them too.  It took a while, but after a few yawns, Nabiki finally showed up with two people.  Jason in his usual slacker outfit and a girl I hadn't seen before in a nice light blue shirt and a slightly darker pair of jeans.  Of course, I didn't know much of the Freshman or Sophomore classes, so she could be in either.
	"Senshi, you may introduce yourselves." Nabiki said.
	"Ummmm, hi.  I'm Jason." Jason said, extending his hand.
	I shook it to be friendly.  The girl stood forward.  She was about Jason's height, with shoulder-length dark hair and green eyes.
	"I'm Tricia." she said, shaking my hand nervously while blushing.
	"Okay, I'm Sailor Overdrive.  This is Sailor Max-Out , this is Sailor Crash  and Tuxedo Shotgun. " I answered.
	I looked at Nabiki, who shrugged.  She didn't know what else to do either.
	"Okay, time for you two to transform." Nabiki said, patting them on the backs before vanishing.
	Jason and Tricia looked at each other and at their new henshin sticks.
	"Actually, we'll turn our backs and give you two some more privacy." I said, turning around.
	The flash of light occurred and we turned to see Jason as a cute 4'3" girl with long brown hair and bright pink eyes.  She was wearing a sugar-pink and gold outfit.
	"Sailor Thunderstorm!" Jason-chan announced herself, then she looked down at herself and screamed in horror.
	I glanced over at Tricia.  She was about the same, if a tad taller.  It was her outfit that caught me.  It was a mix between a red leather teddy with a mini-skirt attached.
	"Sailor Bondage... EEEEEK!" Tricia cried, covering herself.
	Susan, of course, was no help.  She walked over to Tricia and tossed an arm around her.
	"No need to do that..." Susan said, smiling.
	I bapped Susan away from Tricia.
	"How am I supposed to fight for love and justice in this?!" Tricia wailed.
	"Well, maybe you could....." I floundered.
	I saw a whip in her right hand.
	"Um, why do you have a whip in your hand?" I asked.
	Suddenly, with a complete personality flip, Tricia leapt up and began cracking the whip.
	"BWAHAHAHA!  CALL ME QUEEN!" Tricia cried.
	The only thought going through my head was [I'm going to get Nabiki for this.]

	"No." I said.
	"Why not?  She'll be useful enough." Nabiki answered.
	"Give her another set of powers, okay?  She's already gotten most of the local squirrels, racoons, mice and birds to chirp out 'Forgive us, our queen'." I said.
	"Well, I'm afraid she's the only other senshi that'll be in this area for quite some time.  Not to mention it'll take another month to alter her henshin stick to have another set of powers.  Sorry, but the perverts down in R&D got out of hand." Nabiki answered.
	"........................................................................ I don't like this, you realize." I said.
	"No one said you had to." Nabiki responded.
	"Once this mission is done, I want her to get a new set of powers, you understand?" I asked.
	"Yes, yes." Nabiki replied.
	I leaned forward.
	"Any chance you can modify Kate's stick to give her the same outfit?" I inquired in a hushed tone.

	Two weeks later, we were 'ready' (ha ha) to go fight this new villian.  Nabiki appeared and brought us to her headquarters where we'd be transported to our temp home.  We were in civilian outfits so we wouldn't draw attention just in case we appeared in a crowd.
	When we arrived, it looked like the Enterprise D's hallways.  Nabiki blinked and looked around.
	"We must be... Computer, end program." Nabiki said.
	The hallways vanished to reveal a huge normal looking room.  We left it, following Nabiki into what seemed to be a cafeteria.  We all walked over to a toaster.
	"A toaster.  Well, everyone, we've seen everything." I remarked sarcastically.
	"This is no ordinary toaster.  Setting 1 will fire beams of energy that can destroy whole cities.  Setting 2 can create a dimensional rift.  This is the setting it's quite often left on for some reason.  Setting 3 can teleport people.  And Setting 4 is my favorite." Nabiki said.
	"What does Setting 4 do?" Jason-chan asked, biting.
	"Well, it scans your ID badge and makes you the perfect toast!  You don't even have to push the lever down a second time!" Nabiki answered.
	We all glanced at each other.
	"Okay, okay.  Maybe it's not that important to you, but when you've been in the business as long as me, perfect toast is really hard to get." Nabiki to us.
	"Uh-huh." we answered in unison.

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	I was inspired to write this chapter, however, don't expect the next chapter to come out so soon.  I'm rather busy, but I wanted this out at least.

	C&C and MSTs welcome.

	Ben McCrillis
	Goofball
	Novice Paladin to Ucchan
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