Intro:

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(RaveDogg's POV)

Callie: Are we gonna get food or something?

RaveDogg: Yes, now can you please leave? I need to put some clothes on.

I said as I was getting up. Soon, Callie, Ahata, Sophia, Pearl, and Marie are blushing messes at the imagery.

Azazel would walk in to see what is going on.

Azazel: Huh. So that's what a human penis looks like.

Callie turns around and hugs him.

Callie: I wonder if you got a package like tha-

Marie smacked Callie in the head.

Callie: Ow! Every time.

Marie: Seriously, Callie...

Ahato: Come on, let's give him some space.

They all nodded, and soon they left the room.

Marina: I don't know why Callie acts like that.

RaveDogg: I'm sure she has a reason.

Marina was in the middle of changing back into her clothes.

RaveDogg: You know, granted that your actions on studying humans through me were a little... questionable, it was a good chance for you to learn.

Marina: You really think so?

RaveDogg: Yeah, it's not like my nation's government is going to capture and dissect you guys, as well as find out what makes you tick.

Marina's face turns pale.

RaveDogg: That was a joke.

Marina used one of her tentacles to lightly smack me.

Marina: That wasn't funny!

Soon, we had our clothes back on, and walked out of my bedroom.

We made our way to the living room, and I sat down on my office chair.

RaveDogg: Alright, what do you guys want to eat?

They all looked over to me.

Bordeaux: We don't know what your people have in this universe.

Diana: So trying to figure out what we wanna eat is going to be rather difficult.

Ahato: Well, it doesn't hurt to look around to see what they got.

Juvia: I sure hope they got some really good food.

Marina: You're gonna know it when you get the chance, Sophy.

Pearl: Yo, let's look at what they got.

Marie: Yeah, I don't want Callie going through all of the places in one sitting.

Callie: Are you calling me fat?!

Marie: No, Callie.

Callie: I just have a high metabolism.

RaveDogg: So do I, and I got that from my father.

Azazel: Sounds like they got something in common.

Marina: Indeed.

RaveDogg: Hmm... Look, I'll go and buy some food from the store. That way, I can make the food here.

Callie: Ooh! Even better!

RaveDogg: Now if you can hold that thought for a moment, I'll be right back in a few minutes.

I walked out the door, entered my car, and drove off to the supermarket.

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(Marie's POV)

Marie was looking at the car as it was driving off.

Marie: What a piece of junk.

Azazel: From what I can tell, she may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts.

Marie just rolls her eyes.

Marie: Whatever.

After some time of them finding activities to keep them entertained, I returned home with the things I need to prepare the food for them.

RaveDogg: Hope you guys like what I got in store for you guys.

Callie: Ooh! Did you bought me a snack?

I sighed.

RaveDogg: Yes, I did. Knock your socks off.

I tossed her a bag of Hot Cheetos.

Callie: This looks good.

But before she could open the bag, I stopped her.

RaveDogg: Hold it.

I flipped the bag upside down.

RaveDogg: Now open it.

She opened up the bag, in a unorthodox way, at least to her.

Callie: Is there a benefit to opening a bag like this?

RaveDogg: You'll get a more concentrated flavor from the contents that are below the bag.

She tested this thesis by eating a handful of Hot Cheetos. And as to be expected, the flavor was much more concentrated, giving her a good kick.

Callie: Holy shit, you were right!

RaveDogg: Exactly! Some people find it weird, but I don't understand why people are not doing this more often.

Callie: Where did you learn this trick?

RaveDogg: From one of my uncles. He's chill.

I looked at my phone, as my alarm was going off.

RaveDogg: Well, time to make the food. Marie, you wanna help out?

Marie turns to face me.

Marie: I would be honored to learn from a human.

RaveDogg: Alright, let's get this started.

We walked over to the kitchen, we got the foodstuff out and we washed our hands.

-Time Skip-

And thus, we had prepared a feast worthy for all of us.

Here's what we made:

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Sushi
Rack of lamb
Louisiana-style fried chicken
Cajun fries
Mac n' cheese
Short ribs
Corn bread
Rice
Dutch crust bread
Beer battered cod
Pizza
Lobster tails
Shrimp
Mashed potatoes & gravy
Steak (Ribeye and cooked medium-rare)
Pork tenderloins {I'll replace the pork tenderloins with goat curry for some of my international readers, if you claim to be a Muslim.]
Salad (Inspired by a Turkish and Lebanese dish)
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Once we passed down the food at the dining table, we all sat down and began to feast on the food.

Callie: This is so good~

Pearl: I've never had anything like this.

Marina: Me nether, Pearlie.

Ahato: This is much better than Octarian rations.

Juvia: I can agree with you on that, Ahato.

Bordeaux: So much good food~

Diana: This is incredible, you two really know how to cook.

Azazel: And she's not lying on that part there. This is unlike anything I've ever had.

Myself and Marie rubbed the back of our heads.

RaveDogg: It's nothing, honestly.

Marie: Though I will admit, some of the food here, we don't have much of that, or none at all. For some of the food here, we use our own local ingredients.

RaveDogg: And you've told me that some of the plant matter that is used in human cuisine had survived in your timeline or evolved, right?

Marie: Yes, why do you think we have rice and green tea back in Calamari County?

Marina: Wait, how come we haven't seen any humans? And more importantly, how come we haven't gone outside?

RaveDogg: Well for starters, I'm trying to keep you guys on a low profile. And another reason would be that, there's a disease roaming this planet that's causing some great amount of turmoil, waiting to claim it's next target. 

I said while I was covering my mouth with my arm, as I was slightly coughing.

Pearl: Yo, do you have that disease you mentioned?

RaveDogg: If I did, I wouldn't been able to taste or smell.

They let out a sigh of relief.

RaveDogg: But enough worrying about my health, let's focus on our main course.

We continued feasting upon the food, as they had gotten a few pints of beer, and I'm stuck drinking some Dr. Pepper. [While they are allowed to drink any form of liquor at the age of 18, I'm still bound to US drinking laws. I'm not jealous at any of my viewers who's country has the drinking age set at 18, I'm just taking their drinking laws as inspiration.]

After we were done with the feast, I've decided to talk to Azazel about something.

RaveDogg: So, Azazel...

Azazel: What is it?

RaveDogg: I think something appeared here that belongs to you.

Azazel: What are you talking about?

RaveDogg: Follow me.

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(Azazel's POV)

We walked outside to the backyard, and I retrieved something from the shed.

Azazel immediately knew what it was.

Azazel: What the?!

In my hands, was a katana.

Azazel: That's my sword!

He took his katana off of my hands.

Azazel: How did my sword get here?

RaveDogg: Must be some sort of interdimensional anomaly.

Azazel: We need to get back to our universe.

RaveDogg: Right, but before you do that, I got some gadgets you'll need for future fights.

Azazel: So you're giving me an upgrade?

RaveDogg: Basically. Now, let me see your hero uniform.

Azazel: Here, let's see what you do to it.

He handed me the hero uniform, and I called up Marina to help me out with this task, as we got to work on making these gadgets. I've gotten some premade gadgets already, but I know he needed an upgrade.

After some work, Marina and I had completed the gadgets, and handed them to Azazel in a briefcase. He opened it up to reveal his new toys;

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Shurikens (some have electric shocks, ultrasonic waves, and explosives)
Cryo grenades
Thermite grenades
Flashbang grenades
Lock picks
Tear gas pellets
Smoke pellets
Knockout pellets
Explosive pellets
Bolas
A portable gas mask
Grapple gun
Holographic projectors
A remote hacking device built into the right gauntlet
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And finally, I handed him the hero uniform. Let's go through the upgrades;

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The suit has been upgraded to include Kevlar and a titanium micro-weave mesh, greatly increasing his defense
A cloaking device (Marina did managed to figure out how to reverse engineer that experimental technology)
He received a visor that supports night, infrared, binocular and UV vision. It supports a holographic UI, a spectral analyzer, GPS, and can deflect electromagnetic waves. The visor also sports a built-in headset, allowing him to communicate with his fellow agents while on a mission. It also supports a voice synthesizer, allowing him to fool his enemies by imitating someone they take orders from, like Octavio.
He also received gauntlets that are much like Batman's gauntlets and support flamethrowers.
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[And these upgrades are standard issue for the agents, although each agent would have a signature gadget of their choice.]

Azazel: Now this is one hell of an upgrade.

Marina: I'll go give the others their upgrades.

She heads back into the house.

Azazel: How did you manage to get all of the resources to make this possible?

RaveDogg: If I was doing all of this alone, I would've need a large fortune to pull this off. But thanks to Marina, this made making the utilities much easier.

Azazel: Guess you two learned a lot from each other.

I chuckled.

RaveDogg: Yeah, you can put it like that.

Azazel would enter a fighting stance.

Azazel: Now, let's see if you can beat me in unarmed combat.

I soon entered my fighting stance.

RaveDogg: I may be a walking fossil to your kind, but I'll still wipe the floor with ya.

I said as I popped my neck.

He rushed towards me, and I reacted by moving gracefully out of his way, and landing a sweeping kick, knocking him off of his legs and causing him to land on his back.

This didn't stop him though, as he got up and tried to ram his head into me, to which I dodged again and gave him a right hook to his jaw.

Azazel: How are you that agile?

RaveDogg: Pushups, sit-ups, and plenty of juice.

Azazel: You think you're being cute?

RaveDogg: Bitch, I'm adorable.

I said with a wink on my face.

Now he was on the assault, throwing punches at me, but of course, I've moved away from all of them.

RaveDogg: Is that all you got, chump?

Azazel: Not be a longshot.

He managed to land a punch to my face, causing some blood to appear on my lip.

Azazel: So human blood is red, huh? Learn something new every day.

I wiped the blood off of my mouth.

RaveDogg: Now you're gonna get hurt.

Azazel gulped, as I rushed in and landed powerful blows to him, causing him to be knocked back a few feet.

Azazel: Damn... I had no idea that humans were this strong.

He slowly got back up.

Azazel: I gotta get some distance from him.

He went back to where I was standing, but to his surprise... he couldn't see me.

Azazel: Where did he go?

Little did he know, I was hiding among the foliage.

He moved towards some of the foliage in the area, trying to find me, but I was too well hidden.

When he got close to where I was hiding, he turned his back on the bush, giving me the perfect moment to land a nut shot on him. He was on his knees, as he covered his junk in agony.

RaveDogg: Glad to see that Inklings work the same way as humans do.

He looked up at me.

Azazel: That was totally uncalled for.

RaveDogg: Sometimes you got to understand that no matter where you fight, be prepared for an ambush, especially when the enemy knows their environment well.

Azazel: I'll remember that for next time.

I helped him up, as we went back into the house.

There, Marina had given the agents their upgraded gear and set up a new telepad.

Marina: We're all ready to go home.

RaveDogg: Alright, let's take this to the backyard.

Marina nodded, as I went over to the telepad, and lifted that bad boy out to where there's more space.

Soon, we were all outside.

RaveDogg: Now that's what I call a Freaky Friday type of day. But hey, come back anytime to visit.

Juvia: Thanks for the gear you and Marina gave to us.

Diana: This is be helpful on future missions.

Bordeaux: We'll find good use of them.

Ahato: Thanks for letting me copy your music files.

Callie: More importantly, thanks for the food!

Marie: I've learned a lot from cooking with you. I hope you'll teach me again.

Pearl: I've enjoyed all the games you got there, yo. I'll contact the game companies to make games like these.

Azazel: You've earned my respect in our duel. For that, I owe you my life.

Soon, they walked into the portal and they went home.

The only one who hesitated to walk into the portal was Marina.

RaveDogg: Okay, Marina. It's time for you to go home.

Marina: I... I don't want to go.

RaveDogg: Wha-

I was interrupted by Marina hugging me.

Marina: I want you to work alongside me.

RaveDogg: Like, as partners for future missions?

Marina nodded.

RaveDogg: Well, I may not be able to appear in your timeline, but thanks to you, I might be able to send in some supplies from the other side.

Marina smiled, as she hugged me tighter.

Marina: Ooh, thank you.

RaveDogg: Oh, and here's a little gift for you.

I handed her a small, wooden box.

Marina: What is this?

RaveDogg: Open it when you are alone in your room.

Marina had a small blush on her face.

Marina: I'll remember this moment.

She walked into the portal, as I gave my final goodbye to her.

RaveDogg: Until we met again...

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(Marina's POV)

We made our back to the lab, as Cuttlefish, Judd, and Lil' Judd were standing in the testing room.

Cuttlefish: Where have you two been?!

Callie and Marie lowered their head down to the ground.

Marie: Look, it's kind of a long story.

Callie: You're not mad, are you?

Cuttlefish: How can I be mad at you two?

He gave them a hug.

Cuttlefish: What matters most is that you two made it back safely.

Marie: Oh, Grandpa...

Soon, we would go back up to the living room.

Azazel: Well, looks like me and the agents have to get back home.

Pearl: Hold up, let me check the phone.

Pearl looked at her phone, and she was surprised that it was already night.

Pearl: No kidding. Hey, Reena!

Marina: What's up, Pearlie?

Pearl: Look at the time here.

Marina: Hmm?

Marina looked at the clock.

Marina: Oh shoot, we gotta get ready for work tomorrow.

Diana: Is it time for us to head home already?

Bordeaux: Aw, but I wanna spend more time here.

Ahato: We'll get the chance soon, Bordeaux. But for now, we should head home.

Juvia: It's a good thing I got a day off tomorrow.

Azazel: Well, let's go.

We walked out of the lab, and we decided to walk to the Square to hop on a train.

Marina walked into her room, she sat down on the bed, and took out the wooden box.

She opened up the box, and it began to play a beautiful melody.

As Marina was listening through the song, she remembered the times she spend with Azazel, Pearl, the Squid Sisters, and myself.

Marina had shed a tear of joy and sadness.

Marina: Thank you... Raven.

SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY...

It seems this mini-arc worked like a charm, and who knows, I'll probably do more mini-arcs, but that's completely up to you guys. If you guys enjoy this chapter and enjoy this story, be sure to show me some love, hit that vote button, follow me to receive news on Into the Light. I appreciate all of the support you guys are giving me, and I want you all to know that. So, continue with the support, it really means a lot. I've decided to do this idea to pay tribute to SMG4, so if you don't know who he is, go check out his channel on YouTube. Chapter 32 is in development. As always, I'm RaveDogg, and I'll see you in the next chapter

November 23rd, 2020.