"Well, I suggest we..." Suddenly, it got dark outside.
"Huh?" Frilly murmured. "Now that's strange! Is there an eclipse today or what?"
Then, a loud rumbling could be heard, and the house began shaking.
"Another earthquake?" Jade groaned. "That's what I don't like about living in California..."
But Jackie didn't say anything. He only looked outside.
"Um, Mr. Chan?" Minako asked in a worried voice. "Are you sick? You're shaking..."
"What's up, Uncle Jackie?" Jade asked. Her uncle just raised a finger and pointed outside.
And they all saw the giant spaceship that was just landing in front of the house. Makoto gulped. Where did that come from? It was nearly as big as Rubeus' ship...
It somehow resembled the 'flying saucers' that appeared in several old movies. It was so big that it's front and back sides almost touched the roofs of the houses on both sides of the street.
Fred looked like he had a heart attack. Kasumi gasped. Artemis nearly had an accident. Minako said: "Holy sh..." Jackie just mumbled: "Bad day, bad day, bad day..."
With a loud 'BOOM' the spaceship landed. A hatch opened on its underside. A catwalk slowly got extended...
Kasumi smiled and shrugged. "Well, maybe they're peaceful..."
Jade looked up at the giant ship in awe. "Cool, real aliens... When I tell this to Paco..."
"We're gonna die, we're gonna die..." Frilly mumbled.
Minako and Makoto exchanged a worried look. Whenever aliens were coming to Tokyo, it meant trouble. They remembered Ali and En too well... and they wouldn't ever forget Fiore, or the Snow Queen...
"There!" Jade shouted. "They are deboarding... What do you suppose they look like, Jackie? Big, green and slimy?"
Jackie just groaned.
But the three figures walking down the catwalk didn't look very menacing at all. Actually, they looked like three pretty, young women, dressed in some sort of spandex suits... The only weird thing was their skin color, which was a light blue.
'I wonder if I should call Captain Black?' Jackie thought. 'But I think he wouldn't believe me...'
The three alien women reached the big terrace and were now standing in front of the garden door. One of them pulled out a device that resembled a gun. She activated it, and a gleaming red beam cut a big hole in the wall.
Satisfied, she put it away and stepped into the room.
"Relax, earthlings," she said in a pleasant voice. "We come in peace! We mean you no harm! We're Amazons... from the planet Vyrx."
Kasumi blinked. Amazons? She wondered if they knew Shampoo and her tribe.
She extended a hand. "Oh, then I welcome you on Earth! I'm Kasumi, and these are my friends."
Fred laughed nervously. "Is she... always that calm about such things?" he whispered to Minako. The blonde girl shrugged. "From what I heard, yes, she is."
Jade jumped forward. "Are you really aliens? Can I look at your ship? How far away is your planet? Have you a big laser cannon?"
"Jade, let me talk to them!" Her uncle pulled her back. "Umm... hello! I'm Jackie... Uh... can you tell us why you are here?"
The amazon smiled. "It's a long story... but to make it short, we're here because of HIM!" And she pointed at Fred Frilly.
"ME?" he squeaked. "But why?"
The woman smiled. "Well, you see... You have to know that our planet is actually very small, but every single one of us is addicted to pretty clothes. We have a special holiday where our queen is giving her daughter a special dress... and she has to wear it for a whole year. But that's not all, every mother has to give her daughter a dress that is exactly looking like the one the queen made for her daughter."
Fred forgot his fear and scratched his head. "What an interesting planet..."
The alien woman sighed. "But, sadly... This year, our fashion designers are out of ideas... they just can't come up with a great design for a dress... and 'Fashion Day', as this holiday is called in your language, is in only four of your Earth days. So our queen decided to use her last trump card... YOU!"
Fred blinked.
"That's the most silly thing I've ever heard," Minako said quietly to Makoto. "I mean, every girl should be able to choose herself what kind of dress she wants to wear..."
"At least they're not here to take over our planet..."
"But... but I'm not that good," Fred finally protested. "I'm afraid I'm just average..."
"He's right," Jade nodded. "Just take a look at this horrible jacket!"
"Don't be so modest," the alien smiled. "We already know everything about you... we watched you with our invisible cameras. There may be many great designers, but YOU are the number one!"
She grabbed him. "So... we're just taking you along with us!"
"S-s-stop," the fashion designer shouted. "Lemme go! I... I have to think about it!"
"No time for that," one of the other alien women said. "We have to leave now."
Fred struggled against their grip, but the amazons seemed to be pretty strong.
"Hey, you can't just take the man away against his will," Makoto shouted.
"Of course we can," the woman smiled. "We're stronger than him... and after all, he's just an inferior man!"
Kasumi smiled. Yes, sounds very much like the amazons of China...
"I won't let you abduct a helpless human," Jade shouted. "Jade KICK!"
Her foot hit the woman's leg hard... but nothing happened.
Jade blinked, then grinned. "Oops?"
The amazon just frowned, grabbed the girl and threw her across the room.
Jade crashed right into a big pile of clothes.
The amazon smirked. "Now I suggest you let us leave in peace." She walked towards the ship.
"We have to stop them," Jackie shouted as the amazons were throwing Fred into the hatch.
"Hey, I didn't like him anyway," Minako grumbled. "And besides, we can just take the amulet."
"But that's exactly what I meant," Jackie said. "He has the amulet, in his pocket!"
The others gasped. "Quick, we can't let them escape," Makoto shouted and ran after the woman. The others followed her.
But before they could enter the ship, the hatch closed.
Minako couldn't stop in time and ran against the closed hatch. "Ouch!" she grumbled and rubbed her bump. "Great! Now what do we do?"
Suddenly, a whistle made them turn around.
"Here," Jade shouted from the other side of the ship. "Here's a small hatch... looks like the storage room."
"I have no choice," Jackie shouted. "I have to follow them..." He ran around the ship and jumped into the hatch. Jade followed him inside. He shook his head. "No, Jade! This is too dangerous! Get out!"
"Awwww," she said before jumping out again.
Kasumi smiled and climbed in. "Oh, this will be a most interesting journey. I've never been on another planet before..."
Minako smirked and threw her basket inside the ship. Artemis yowled as the basket hit the floor.
"Are you sure you want to come as well?" Jackie asked. "This is dangerous."
"Don't worry!" Makoto winked. "We can take care of ourselves."
She and Minako climbed aboard as well, and Jackie pressed a button to close the hatch.
Jade looked at the closing hatch and suddenly grinned. "Hey, he didn't tell me not to climb in again, right?" And just before the hatch closed, she quickly slipped in.
Several minutes later, the ship started its engines and flew up, towards the stars...
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