"We're all doomed," said the dark-haired girl. "I don't see what was so important. And WHY does that stupid beagle of yours have his suitcases packed? Why does a stupid beagle even HAVE suitcases?!"
"Uhm," the round-headed kid scratched his head. "He got a phone call last night."
"Who the heck calls a DOG on the phone?!" demanded the crabby girl.
"That's all I know," said the beleagured boy.
A dome of silver fire appeared on the baseball field.
The dog whistled, picked up his bags, and started forward. He glanced back once, considered, and then set his bags down again. Accompanied by a little yellow bird, he went up to the round-headed kid, and gave a tug on one arm.
"I don't know. You think..." The round-headed kid looked back at the small crowd of his friends who had gathered.
"Come on," said the crabby girl, pulling out a football. "Just go ahead and kick it. One last time."
"No, I don't think so," said the round-headed kid.
"I wouldn't just pull it away, not on the last day we've got left," said the girl as sweetly as she could, looking up at the cracks running across the sky.
"For fifty years, we've been kids here, and every year you've done that," said the boy. "I'm ready to grow up. Let's go Snoopy."
The beagle nodded as the three of them raced for the dome as it became green flecks.
"AHHHH! Look at the sky!" screamed some girl. "It's got cracks in it!"
"Hurry up," said some older woman. "I don't think we want to be here when all those cracks join up."
"We have refugees," pointed out Rei as first some dog and bird, then a bunch of kids, piled into the dome area.
"Field disturbance! Dimensional breach! Location: Main shuttle bay!"
"Red Alert! Security! Well, Mister Spock?"
"You're going to the site of a dimensional breach? The odds of it being something diplomatic..."
"Well?"
"Considering the last three odd occasions - I expect it to be female, amorous, and very friendly to male personnel."
"Exactly."
"Captains Log Supplemental. Captain James T Kirk reporting. We have encountered dimensional refugees led by a child with the ability to transcend dimensional barriers. Due to exhaustion from the use of that ability, he and the group have been given medical checkups. A group of children..."
"Plus a bird and a beagle."
Captain Kirk paused the recording and fixed Doctor McCoy with an amused look.
"Just being complete," said McCoy. "You might append my medical findings to your own log."
"Computer, set up a link to Doctor McCoy's logs on the medical findings on our guests," said Kirk.
"Interesting?" asked Mister Spock.
"I expect someone is going to make a term paper out of this," said McCoy. "Maybe a lot of someones. That redheaded girl and the darkhaired girl both had advanced cases of Tsundere Syndrome."
"Really?" asked Mister Spock.
"Fortunately that, and a host of other problems were treatable," McCoy assured the Vulcan. "That pale-haired girl was genetically engineered and it looked unstable, but there were ways to fix a good part of that."
"I may have to look at that myself," admitted Kirk as he unpaused the recording. "From the world of 'ninja' we have Naruto Uzumaki - the worldcrosser, Hinata Hyuga - with an odd eye condition, and Jiraiya. From a world in battle with extradimensional invaders of an unknown nature - Shinji Ikari, Asuka Langley Soryuu, Misato Kisaragi, and Rei Ayanami."
"You might just want to go 'see appropriate logs' for the rest," said Doctor McCoy. "They're applying for asylum here rather than take the chances of wherever they'd end up next."
"Along with..." Mister Spock raised an eyebrow as a yellow mouse-thing walked by, wearing a tiny Starfleet uniform shirt. It managed a fairly snappy salute as it headed towards the turbo-lift.
"Don't ask," cautioned Doctor McCoy.
"How did it manage to get the fabricators to produce..." began Spock.
"I told you, don't ask," said Doctor McCoy. "I think this falls into the category of things we're best off not asking about."
"The ninja and the invader-fighters are preparing to leave," continued Captain Kirk. "Now that the worldwalker has rested enough to try again. We and they are trying to round up as many of the 'pokemon' as we can, but apparently some of THEM are splitting off and trying to claim refugee status."
"You know," said McCoy, "I keep getting the feeling that we're overlooking something that's going to bite us in the butts."
"Very few of these 'pokemon' are strictly carnivorous and so far none of them have shown a desire for human flesh," pointed out Spock.
"Metaphor, Spock. It was a metaphor," said McCoy.
Toltiir was amused.
The TSAB were not amused and were already enroute due to dimensional ripples.
When the dome formed and dispelled, everyone froze.
"Are those... pokemon?" asked Superman, who was wondering if Mr. Mxyzptlk was involved.
"I haven't seen a group like this since I walked in on a wild party Bacchus was throwing together in Olympus," said Wonder Woman.
In a flash, a pudgy yellow critter was in front of Batman, holding up a pen and small book. "Pika pii pika pika pi!"
The Martian Manhunter decided to translate. "The pikachu is asking for your autograph."
"I don't do autographs," stated Batman with finality.
"Chuuu," said a disappointed pikachu, who then brightened. "Pika pi pika chu?!"
"I really don't think he'll accept a pokemon partner," said the Manhunter, who found the way Batman twitched at that thought to be somewhat amusing.
"Pika pi!"
"Even if you WOULD fit on his utility belt," said the Manhunter.
"Pi pika?"
"Not even if you got a little mask and cape," answered the Manhunter.
"Chuuuu," said the pikachu, sitting down and looking frustrated.
"Who are..." The Flash blinked a couple of times. "Wait a minute. That outfit. Are you Jiraiya of the Sannin!"
Jiraiya broke off his staring at Wonder Woman's costume to nod. "Yes! Someone has heard of the legendary Jiraiya!"
The Flash blinked and pointed. "Rei Ayanami?"
"I do not believe I know you," said Rei.
"Are you still freaking out, Rei?" asked Shinji.
"Yes," answered Rei.
"Okay, just checking," said Shinji.
"You know who these guys are?" asked Wonder Woman, glaring at the obvious lech as she addressed Flash.
"These guys are characters from 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' while those guys are from a series called 'Naruto'," said Flash. "A girl I was dating was one of those 'otaku' types. Had a collection."
"Speed dating again?" asked Green Arrow.
"No, actually we went out for about two weeks," answered Flash. "She had some superpowers but decided against becoming a hero or a villain, so she broke up with me at that point. Pity. She'd have been cool to have around even if she DID get a bit weird sometimes."
"So these guys are from some TV series or something?" asked Green Arrow as Batman began typing out things on the computer.
"Excuse me?" said the skinny boy. "We're on TV?"
"Hmph, I star in a TV show?" asked Asuka. "FINALLY. Something that makes sense!"
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