10| A SEA MONSTER?

[ Chapter Ten ]

❝As if I ever show up to a mission drunk.❞

[Tagumo Attacks!!!]

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Myra was sitting in the med bay, reading a book, and monitoring John's condition, while Sara and Ray discussed what to do to help him.

"There's gotta be another way to fix him." Sara muttered to Ray, "Something Gideon missed."

"John used magic to save those kids at camp. Magic's the only thing that can fix him." Ray broke in.

"And you really think Nora Darkh is the answer?" Sara asked.

"She's the only witch I know." Ray explained.

"Can we even find her?" Sara asked.

"That is the problem. She has the time stone, she could be anywhere or any-when." Ray added, "The Bureau can't even seem to find her."

Sara turned around to face him, "You know when I was a kid, there was this one escaped con that my dad was after. And everyone assumed that he had fled the country. You know where he found him? Not a block from the police precinct."

"Do you really think she's hiding in the Bureau's own backyard?" Ray asked.

Myra looked up from her book to comment, "It would make sense. She might not have anywhere to go."

Sara nodded and then instructed, "Gideon, do a Nora Darkh facial recognition scan of 2018."

"I have located a potential match." Gideon answered, and Nora's face appeared on the screen, showing that she was in Virginia.

"That's her." Ray confirmed.

"Right in the Bureau's backyard." Sara nodded.

"Great work, Detective Lance." Ray added.

"Captain, our systems have identified the presence of a new fugitive. This one in 1951 Tokyo." Gideon announced.

Sara sighed, "Alright, let's divide and conquer. I'll take care of Tokyo, you go find our witch. Make her fix our warlock." She nodded at Ray, "Myra, you're with me."

"Aye aye Captain." Myra nodded, setting down her book before looking at Ray, "Please fix him."

"Didn't know you cared this much?" Ray teased her.

Myra shrugged, "He's a member of our team, and doesn't deserve to die. That's all."

Myra took one last look at John, before strolling out of the med-bay.

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"Everybody to the bridge, we got a fugitive alert." Sara's voice came over the ship-wide comm.

Myra sat down on the stairs of the bridge, to wait, wishing she'd had more caffeine to make it through the day.

"Hello? Can anyone hear me?" Sara asked, again over the comm and paced around the bridge, "Alright, Andiamo, los case. Chop chop!"

"Oy. Enough shouting." Charlie suddenly lept up from behind a chair in the parlour.

Myra raised an eyebrow at her as she uncorked a bottle of alcohol and basically downed it.

"That my whiskey?" Sara asked, annoyed.

"It was." Charlie shrugged as she sat down in the chair, throwing her legs over the side.

Myra stood up and motioned for Charlie to hand her a bottle of alcohol, "At least share."

Charlie smirked at her but handed her a different bottle and Myra took it, sitting back down on the steps to drink it.

"Now is not the time, Myra." Sara sighed at her.

"I love you, Sara." Myra said sincerely but then whispered, "But I need this."

"Alright. Just stay alert enough to help out." Sara told her.

Myra scoffed, "As if I ever show up to a mission drunk."

Zari and Mick finally walk onto the bridge.

"Oh, well, look who finally pried themselves away from their important business." Sara said sarcastically as the two walked in.

"Look, hobbies are very important." Zari reasoned, "Right, Rory?"

"I take my porn very seriously." Mick answered as he sat down on the stairs.

Myra gave him a disgusted look but continued to drink her alcohol.

Sara rolled her eyes, "Okay, back to work." Sara pulled up the articles and information on the screen, "In the summer of 1951, a film crew shot footage of a monster in Tokyo Bay. Two days later, the city was destroyed. We need to get that footage before any panic sets in and to capture that monster before it can do any real damage."

Sara turned around and pointed at Charlie, "And because we're shorthanded, you're up. Time to earn your keep."

Charlie raised her head, "I didn't ask to be here, Mum."

"But you are a Fugitive. So your choices are, help us out or go back in your cage." Sara told her.

"Bloody humans." Charlie cursed and stood up, "All right fine. But it's only to stop you blinkered lot from giving a harmless monster a one-way ticket to Hell." She put her sunglasses on, "At least with me there, the poor chap gets a fair shake."

"I like her. Yes, I like her." Mick nodded, as Charlie walked out.

Myra rolled her eyes at Charlie's back before calling after her, "You'll enjoy it, I promise."

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Myra unbuttoned the top button of her blouse as the five Legends strolled onto a Tokyo movie film lot.

"According to the historical record, the director we're looking for, Ishiro Honda, should be in this stage." Sara told them.

"Oh, I'm feeling a little conspicuous." Zari complained, as she looked at their outfits.

"Just act like you belong, no one will question it." Charlie instructed.

"You. Coffee. Now." Mick yelled at an employee who immediately scrambled to do exactly that.

"See?" Charlie nodded, "It's all about confidence."

"Alright, you guys know your cover?" Sara turned to Zari and Mick as they reached a stage door.

"Yup." Zari answered and the two went in, leaving Charlie, Sara and Myra behind.

"I don't know why I couldn't go in there. I mean, I look like I belong a lot more than the lot of you." Myra complained.

"Mick and Zari have got this, Myra." Sara answered, and pressed on her comm to listen in on what the others were saying.

"Well, let's hope they do." Myra grumbled, pressing her own comm.

Zari and Mick seemed to be having a conversation with the film's director but didn't end up getting any real information about the film because the director insisted that the 'footage was ruined during transport.'

"Nah. The bloke's lying." Charlie insisted.

"Oh, finally. Something we can agree on." Sara grumbled, in response, and nodded to Charlie, "Stay here."

"What? Where are you going?" Charlie asked.

"Myra and I are going to find that film." Sara nodded to Myra.

Myra smirked at Charlie before going inside, however, Charlie refused to stay put.

"Not if I find it first." Charlie smirked and pushed the two aside.

Myra and Sara hurried after her, sneaking into the room where Zari and Mick were talking to the director. Myra quickly pulled Charlie and Sara behind a table, when the director turned in their direction.

"You should have just let me do this." Myra hissed at them.

"It'll be fine." Sara insisted.

As soon as the director turned back around, Charlie ran off, Sara and Myra hot on her heels.

They made their way into what looked like Ishiro Honda's office and Sara immediately lectured Charlie, "When we are on a mission, I give the orders."

"Whose rubbish idea was that?" Charlie asked.

"You are lucky I am a reformed assassin." Sara hissed.

"And you're lucky that I didn't bring my sword." Myra backed up her captain, even though she definitely liked the shapeshifter a lot more than she cared to admit.

"Was that a threat?" Charlie smirked at Myra.

"Maybe." Myra smirked back.

"Oy. You two. Look for the film." Sara instructed.

Myra blushed and quickly did as instructed.

"Okay, it's got to be in his office, somewhere." Sara said, as she peered in a drawer.

"Unless he took it home with him." Myra offered.

"No." Charlie answered, "If I was hiding something, I would put it where no one else would look." She moved towards a replica of a bomb and smiled before opening it and revealing the film inside. She held it up for the others to see, "Like under a bloody bomb. Genius."

Sara walked over to her and stared in confusion. Charlie smiled before leaving the room with the film.

"Well, at least she's useful." Myra smirked at her Captain.

"You definitely don't like her because she's useful." Sara teased and Myra rolled her eyes.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

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Back on the ship, the four women lounging in the parlour waiting for Gideon to digitalize the film. Zari and Myra were sharing a large bowl of popcorn while Charlie was sipping from a flask.

"I've successfully digitized the film, and it's ready for viewing." Gideon announced.

Sara stood up and walked over to the screen where Zari and Myra were already standing, "Roll it, Ms. G."

The four watched as the film showed the water of Tokyo Bay. Everything seemed normal until suddenly there were large bubbles as if something was moving under the water.

"What is that under the water?" Sara asked, peering at it.

A large tentacle suddenly emerged from the water, and Myra and Zari almost dropped the popcorn. Charlie stood up to come beside them and look.

"Whoa." Zari exclaimed.

Sara paused the video in shock and whispered, "Guys, I think we're going to need a bigger time ship."

"You think?" Myra exclaimed, grabbing Charlie's flask out of her hands and taking a swig.

"Hey!" Charlie exclaimed, grabbing it back.

Myra just shrugged in response and looked at Sara who turned around to face them.

"Okay, what is it?" Sara asked, looking at Charlie.

Charlie looked at Myra and Zari before asking, "What, you're asking me?"

"You're supposed to be the fugitive expert." Sara explained.

"Oh, well that's no fugitive." Charlie answered.

"So, what it's just some other magical monster, that's not supposed to be here." Sara asked.

"Maybe you just haven't met this one." Zari said, sarcastically.

"Or maybe if you weren't so quick to blame us Fugitives for everything, you'd see the more likely scenario." Charlie answered, "That creature is man-made. It's probably a mutant or something. Created by one of the countless nukes you humans dropped on the Pacific in this era." She smirked at them, "Or didn't you think of that?"

"Nice try genius but if that were true, we wouldn't have gotten a magic alert, so why are we here?" Zari asked, stepping close to Charlie.

Charlie smirked, "Oh, well you're the time traveler. Why don't you figure it out?"

Charlie stepped back and grabbed some of the popcorn from the bowl that Zari set on the table, before sitting back in her chair.

"Okay." Sara broke the tension, "Scan Tokyo Bay for any unusual marine activity"

"Right away, Captain." Gideon confirmed.

"I hope Ray is having better luck." Sara muttered.

Myra sighed before grabbing the bottle she'd been drinking out of earlier and took a swig of it before offering it to Charlie, "Yeah, or we're down a warlock and the city of Tokyo."

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Word Count: 1830

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9. 15. 20