Starting Somewhere

is the first episode of Fantendo - Side Stories. It was written by and first aired in March 2017.
==Synopsis==
Naomi Richards decides to start up an organisation, and starts gathering members to work with.
==Transcript==
A young woman is seen in a dark office as the camera looks over her shoulder to show files.
:Young woman: Right. Let's see who we've got.
The woman opens the file to see herself, as her name is revealed to be Naomi Richards.
:Naomi: ...Oh, right. I need to actually recruit people.
Naomi puts her feet up as she turns a TV on. The TV shows a basketball match. The camera shows Terry Cunningham, as he runs towards the hoop. Terry then jumps and spins twice before dunking the basketball as Naomi's jaw drops and the crowd goes ballistic. Naomi then switches the TV off and dashes out.
:Naomi: Gotta find him, gotta find him, gotta find him...
Naomi gets in her car as she drives off.
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Terry is seen being swarmed by interviewers.
:Terry: Jesus, back off!
The interviewers continue to swarm and Terry sighs.
:Terry: Yo, Isabel!
A woman steps in front of Terry.
:Isabel: Back off.
The interviewers don't listen, so Isabel shoves one and most interviewers topple over.
:Terry: Since when have you been that strong?! I mean, I know you're stupidly strong, but...
:Isabel: Since birth.
Terry whistles. Naomi then smashes into the emergency exit door.
:Naomi: Fuck!
Naomi slides down as Terry and Isabel open the door.
:Terry: Are you alright?
:Naomi: Not really. I think I dislocated my shoulder.
Naomi looks up to notice Terry.
:Naomi: ...Terry?
:Terry: How do you know my name and how did you know I was here?
:Naomi: I'm psychic.
Terry looks at her funnily.
:Naomi: No, really. I'm psychic.
:Terry: Huh.
:Naomi: Anyway. Do you wanna help save the world?
:Terry: Uh... what?
:Naomi: I'm Naomi Richards. I started up an organisation and I haven't had anyone join yet. I'm waiting for the right people to recruit and I think you might be someone who could help.
:Terry: In what way?
:Naomi: I'm trying to get people with superpowers.
:Terry: You're mistaking my athleticism for superpowers, aren't you?
Naomi then thinks.
:Naomi: Uh...
Terry and Isabel then raise their eyebrows.
:Naomi: What?
:Terry: I don't have superpowers. Isabel does though.
Isabel nods as she fires lasers from her eyes and bursts the tyre on a car.
:Man: Hey, that's my car!
:Naomi: ...Do you both want to join?
Terry and Isabel look at each other.
:Terry: ...Sure.
The three then go back to the office.
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A montage is shown, starting off with a news report of Naomi's organisation. The montage shows a bunch of characters coming in and successfully getting jobs in the organisation. Before one interview, the lights go out.
:Naomi: Gah!
Just outside the building, A young woman is seen with a laptop in her hand, with complex coding on the screen. She then types in a code as the lights in the building go back on, but in different colours.
:Naomi: What the fuck?
The woman then bursts the door open and walks in, playing techno music.
:Naomi: How did you do that?
:Woman: PhD in Computing. Knowledge of D.C.'s power grid.
Naomi looks at the woman, surprised.
:Woman: Natsumi Akiyama.
Natsumi puts her vacant hand out.
:Naomi: Naomi Richards.
The two shake hands as Terry comes in.
:Terry: Yo, what's the name of this organisation again?
:Naomi: F.A.N.T. Why?
:Terry: I forgot.
Terry backs out. Natsumi shuts her laptop.
:Natsumi: What the hell does that stand for?
:Naomi: Forces Against National Threats.
Natsumi nods as she goes out of Naomi's office and goes over to a desk. Naomi sighs.
:Naomi: We're gonna need a bigger office.
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About a year later...
Naomi is seen in a bigger office, with her feet up and sleeping, as Terry bursts through.
:Terry: Hey!
Naomi's eyes open as she falls back in her chair, which topples over. She then gets back up.
:Naomi: What the hell, Terry?!
:Terry: We managed to find a shady building. On the outskirts of D.C..
Terry passes a piece of paper to Naomi as she examines it.
:Naomi: Oh. 
Naomi looks over the paper as she thinks about it.
:Naomi: We should see what it is before we do anything.
Terry nods.
:Terry: Howard, don't prepare the explosives yet!
Howard Wilson is seen, with a stack of dynamite.
:Howard: Okay!
Howard frowns, seeming happy about the structure he made as he throws the dynamite into a storage cupboard. He, Isabel, Terry, Kareem Ghaly and Naomi then set out.
:Naomi: We need to get Grzeskiewicz and Warner on the way as well, by the way.
:Terry: Got it.
The five then get in Naomi's car and drive off toward the building.
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Natsumi is seen walking through the office, as the paper from earlier blows into her face.
:Natsumi: Ack!
She pulls the paper off her face.
:Natsumi: Oh.
Natsumi walks to her desk as she opens her laptop up.
:Natsumi: Right, let's see what this building is.
She opens up map software as she types in the address of the building. She drops into street view as she takes a look at the building from the ground.
:Natsumi: So, this building's been in construction since... December. Maybe earlier.
Natsumi then notices something on the side of the building, that is not entirely in plain view. She turns the view to the side of the building to see a sign. She zooms in to see it says "D'Angelo & Sons".
:Natsumi: Huh. I swear I've heard of them before.
Natsumi looks up "D'Angelo & Sons" and information about the events of Amy vs The Future show up.
:Natsumi: Oh! It's them.
Natsumi thinks about this for a moment.
:Natsumi: And the others have gone off to check it out...
Natsumi sits back and notices she's alone.
:Natsumi: Oh yes. I've been waiting for this moment for the past year.
The camera cuts away from Natsumi as a lot of rustling is heard and a play button is heard clicking. Natsumi is then shown dancing around the office, celebrating the solitude.
:Natsumi: This is much more fun than I expected it to be!
Natsumi continues to dance around as Øydis Christiansen walks in on Natsumi.
:Øydis: Natsumi, what the hell are you doing?
Natsumi shrieks at Øydis' sudden appearance and drops to the ground.
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Naomi, Terry, Howard, Isabel and Kareem, now joined by Benedykta Grzeskiewicz, are seen in Naomi's car.
:Benedykta: So, where are we off to?
:Naomi: First, the police station. Gotta bail Warner out.
:Kareem: Again?
Isabel looks at Kareem with a look that says "Are you really surprised?" as Kareem looks forward.
:Kareem: I swear she said she stopped doing drugs.
:Naomi: She's got a bad habit of breaking promises.
:Kareem: Fair point.
The camera then shows Emerson Warner in a police station, with a police officer looming over her.
:Police officer: Emerson Warner. 23. From Leeds in the U.K.. Constant drug user.
:Emerson: Look, it was a mix-up. I wouldn't touch any drugs now. The officer assumed it was me!
The police officer chuckles as Emerson appears annoyed. Naomi then walks in.
:Police officer: What do you want?
:Naomi: I'm here to bail Emerson Warner out.
The officer gives Naomi a look as he looks back to Emerson. Naomi frowns.
:Emerson: I don't normally do this, but...
Emerson throws the officer against the wall with a telekinetic force. Naomi leaves a large sum of money on Emerson's chair as they go back to the car.
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The scene starts out black.
:Øydis: (echo-y) Natsumi?
The camera shows Natsumi's point of view, with everything being blurry. Øydis appears as a blurry blonde figure to Natsumi.
:Øydis: (echo-y) You sorta took a heavy fall.
Natsumi is shown, fluttering her eyes.
:Øydis: What the hell were you doing?
:Natsumi: Was alone, decided to have some fun.
Øydis raises her eyebrows as Natsumi fully comes around.
:Natsumi: I was looking at a building that Naomi's gone to, and found out it's owned by those guys who caused a scene in L.A. and--
:Øydis: D'Angelo & Sons?
Natsumi nods.
:Øydis: I swear I saw a file about a manhunt for those guys.
:Natsumi: Where?
:Øydis: FBI building.
:Natsumi: How did you get into the FBI building?
:Øydis: Not important.
Natsumi lowers her eyebrows.
:Natsumi: Anyway, there's a small store in Anaheim with the same name. I can't see how they'd make enough money to get a building out here in D.C..
:Øydis: Probably a coincidence.
Natsumi shrugs.
:Natsumi: Not much we can do right now, really.
:Øydis: Yeah. Just gotta hope they don't die.
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Naomi and her team are shown arriving at the D'Angelo & Sons building.
:Naomi: Are you guys ready?
The others nod as they walk into the building. A portal then opens behind them, as a person falls through it.
:Person: Ugh!
The person gets up, as it is shown to be Krystal Pérez. She rubs the back of her head as she gets up as she looks behind her to notice the portal she fell through has gone.
:Krystal: Fuck.
Krystal turns back around to notice the D'Angelo & Sons logo.
:Krystal: Son of a bitch! I can't get away from them, can I?
Krystal walks in and bursts the door down. Naomi then turns around and stops.
:Krystal: Anyone here?
:Kareem: I know that voice!
:Naomi: (whispering) Ghaly! Be quiet!
:Kareem: (whispering) Sorry, Ms. Richards.
Krystal pulls her gun out and aims it around.
:Krystal: Come out or else I will shoot!
Terry then suddenly pops up from the darkness.
:Terry: Don't shoot! I have a wife!
:Emerson: Oh, please, Cunningham! You couldn't get a girl if you tried!
Naomi gives Terry and Emerson a glare that quietens the two. Naomi then steps forward.
:Naomi: Naomi Richards. I'm in charge of an organisation called F.A.N.T.
:Krystal: That name sounds eerily familiar...
Krystal is then given a memory of Back To The Fantendoverse.
:Krystal: Oh! Are you guys some other squad?
Naomi looks at Krystal, with her eyebrows lowered
:Naomi: Do you guys know what she's on about?
The others shake their heads.
:Naomi: Me neither.
Krystal shrugs as she extends her arm out to shake hands.
:Krystal: Krystal Pérez.
Kareem faints.
:Krystal: What's up with him?
:Isabel: He's fascinated with superpowers.
:Krystal: Huh.
Krystal puts her gun away.
:Naomi: Do you want to help us check this place ou-
:Krystal: Yes.
:Naomi: Alright.
The team then go off, with Isabel carrying Kareem.
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Natsumi and Øydis are seen researching D'Angelo & Sons, as they hear an unusual noise coming from Naomi's office.
:Øydis: What the hell?
The two walk into Naomi's office to see someone face down on Naomi's table.
:Natsumi: Are you alright?
The person grunts as they lift their arm. Natsumi pulls them up as it's shown to be a dazed Hitomi Yamamoto.
:Øydis: I swear I know you.
Hitomi shakes her head around.
:Hitomi: Uh... Do you know about the portal in Anaheim?
:Øydis: Yes...?
:Hitomi: I'm the chick who opened that.
:Øydis: Huh.
Hitomi puts her hand out.
:Hitomi: Hitomi Yamamoto.
:Natsumi: Wait. Yamamoto? As in Kenji Yamamoto?
Hitomi nods.
:Hitomi: He's my brother.
:Natsumi: Huh. I went to college with him in Kyoto. He was at the other side of college but I still managed to bump into him a lot.
Øydis' phone buzzes.
:Øydis: Oh boy, Kareem's starting the Instagram flood.
Øydis checks Kareem's post to see him taking a selfie with Krystal.
:Hitomi: Krystal?
:Natsumi: You know her?
:Hitomi: Yeah! We banged a while ago and-
:Natsumi: Okay! That's all I need to know!
:Hitomi: Anyway, this D'Angelo guy threw me and my friends through some portals and we've been scattered all over the place. Krystal's one of them.
:Øydis: This is really weird.
:Hitomi: Welcome to my world.
:Øydis: So, do you have powers?
:Hitomi: Well. Portals.
:Øydis: Oh right.
:Hitomi: Although I only use it for dumb shit. I used it for grocery shopping once.
:Øydis: As long as you don't use it for sex.
:Hitomi: Uh... yeah...
Øydis' face starts to show disgust as Natsumi starts smirking.
:Natsumi: I like this girl already.
Natsumi high fives Hitomi as they discuss what to do with D'Angelo & Sons.
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Naomi, her team and Krystal are seen walking through the D'Angelo & Sons base, with Isabel still carrying Kareem.
:Krystal: Keep your guard up. I've dealt with these guys in the past, they attack really sporadically.
:Naomi: How sporadically?
A soldier pops up and tries attacking Krystal, but Krystal slams him into a wall with a telekinetic force, knocking him out.
:Krystal: That sporadically.
Kareem finally comes around, noticing he's in Isabel's arms.
:Kareem: Hello, princess.
:Isabel: I'm only holding you because you passed out.
Isabel then drops Kareem to the floor.
:Kareem: Agh!
:Krystal: Shh!
:Kareem: Sorry, ma'am.
Naomi is seen scanning the area, as she starts getting a ringing feeling in her head. Naomi clutches her head as Krystal notices.
:Krystal: You alright?
:Naomi: I'm not too-
Naomi passes out as the force starts attacking the others. They all pass out, save for Howard.
:Howard: I gave up doing pyrotechnics for the MCU for this.
The camera shows a woman in the shadows, who is seemingly trying to knock Howard unconscious with telekinesis.
:Woman: Come on...
Howard turns to see the woman.
:Woman: Uh-oh.
Howard picks up Krystal's gun as he goes to check the woman out.
:Howard: Who are you?
:Woman: Why do you want to know?
Howard flashes Krystal's gun and the woman gulps.
:Woman: Sarah D'Angelo.
:Howard: Huh. That was easier than I thought.
:Sarah: Believe me, I really don't want to do this. My brother's forcing me to. He's a psycho. He gets people to do his dirty work.
:Howard: Huh.
Howard backs away to see the team has disappeared. Another soldier comes out, attempting to knock Howard unconscious, but Howard dodges the soldier and they run into a wall, with them being knocked out instead. Sarah winces at the soldier's collision and Howard goes off to find the team.
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Natsumi is seen with her laptop as she is seen studying D'Angelo & Sons, as a soccer ball flies across the office and smacks Natsumi in the face.
:Natsumi: Agh!
Natsumi looks at the desk to see the ball.
:Natsumi: Kim!
Kim Choi comes out of the shadows as Natsumi throws the ball at his face.
:Kim: Sorry! Thought I was alone.
:Natsumi: Believe me, I'm always here. I'm the only person in my family who lives outside of Japan. I even made a makeshift oven in the back!
:Kim: That's why I always smell ramen at six!
:Natsumi: Only ramen?
Kim shrugs.
:Kim: I can't judge, really. I got that soccer extension for the building.
:Natsumi: Why?
Kim shrugs again as Øydis comes in.
:Øydis: Richards and most of her team have been knocked out cold.
:Natsumi: Most?
:Øydis: Wilson managed to avoid being knocked out. He's apparently immune to psychic attacks.
:Natsumi: Howard.
:Øydis: Yes.
:Natsumi: The guy who thought Monument Valley was full of rocks with carvings of landmarks.
:Øydis: Yes.
:Natsumi: Why do the weird people always get the cool stuff??
:Hitomi: You calling me weird?!
Natsumi hesitates.
:Natsumi: O-of course not Ms. Yamamoto!
Natsumi pulls the collar on her neck.
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Naomi is seen waking up from being knocked out.
:Naomi: What... happened...
She looks around, with her vision being blurry. A soldier then attacks Naomi out of the blue. Naomi screams as she wakes up again, showing her tied up on a chair.
:Naomi: It was just a dream. Thank god.
Naomi sets her hands alight as she burns through the rope.
:Naomi: Where am I, though?
She looks around, and lights her hands up again to defend herself. She sees a door and kicks it down.
:Naomi: Cunningham? Baráth? Pérez?
Naomi looks down the corridor as Isabel is seen waking up. She breaks through the rope as a soldier attempts to attack her. Isabel grabs the soldier by the throat as she carries him to the chair, and throws him head-first through the chair she was tied to, breaking the chair and knocking the soldier out.
:Naomi: (distant) Hey!
Isabel turns around as she busts the door down to see Naomi in the distance. Naomi runs to Isabel as the two hug.
:Naomi: Thank God!
:Isabel: Where are the others?
:Naomi: I have no idea!
The two hear a clattering as Kareem dashes out of a room. He then stumbles and lands on the floor, before wrapping his arms around Isabel's leg.
:Kareem: (quietly) Help me!
Naomi looks to see a soldier running down the hallway.
:Naomi: Don't worry, Ghaly. I got this.
Naomi walks over with her hands alight and punches the soldier in the face, causing burns to his face and knocking him out. Kareem winces.
:Kareem: I know that was just one punch but it still looked brutal.
Naomi puts the fire out on her hands and they hear a gunshot.
:Naomi: Son of a-
The three then see Howard.
:Naomi: Oh thank god.
Howard then walks up to the trio.
:Naomi: Were you knocked out?
:Howard: Nope. Turns out I'm immune to telekinetic stuff.
:Kareem: Sweet.
Naomi gets a ringing in her head again.
:Naomi: Ah, shit, I'm getting deja vu-
:Krystal: Naomi! Can you hear me?
Naomi shakes her head, looking around.
:Krystal: It's telepathy! You're psychic and you're the same age as me, you should know this by now!
:Naomi: (telepathically) Oh! Where are you?
:Krystal: In some room. They've got me completely tied up.
:Naomi: (telepathically) Shit. Can't you get out?
:Krystal: There's about 100 straps on this thing. Breaking them telekinetically's gonna take a long time.
:Naomi: (telepathically) Shit. We're on our way.
Naomi turns to Isabel and Kareem.
:Naomi: Krystal's fine, but she's tied up. Much worse than we were. So we've gotta save her.
Kareem and Isabel nod as they go to find Krystal.
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Emerson is seen, walking down a corridor with a sniper rifle in her hand, with Benedykta and Terry.
:Terry: What happened back there?
:Emerson: With me killing the guard or with us being knocked out? 
:Terry: Both. And where the hell did you hide that rifle anyway? Weren't you arrested right before we picked you up?
:Emerson: Yeah, but I hid my rifle behind my back. It was uncomfortable as all hell, but it worked.
:Terry: Explains why you were sat straight up all the way here.
:Emerson: The trigger was right next to my ass.
:Terry: Thanks for that visual.
Emerson smirks.
:Krystal: Help!
Emerson and Terry look at each other as they see a door. Emerson bursts it down as they see they see Krystal strapped up.
:Emerson: Fucker!
Emerson pulls her rifle up as she cocks it and the soldiers in the room turn to Emerson.
:Emerson: Release her now!
The soldiers don't react, as Emerson shoots and kills one of them. She then points it at the other soldier.
:Emerson: You wanna join your friend?
The soldier stammers and presses some buttons, releasing Krystal. He then flees.
:Krystal: That was badass.
:Emerson: I try.
:Benedykta: Why did they go all out with trapping you, exactly?
:Krystal: I've had tense air with D'Angelo for about a year and a half now. He knows what I can do. He doesn't know what you guys can do.
:Benedykta: That's fair, I guess.
Naomi, Howard, Kareem and Isabel then come in.
:Naomi: Warner? Cunningham? Grz- Gurz- I swear I had your name dialed!
:Benedykta: Grzeskiewicz.
:Naomi: That's the one.
:Terry: Emerson got us out. She killed two soldiers then killed one of these guys.
:Naomi: Huh.
:Krystal: We should get back. Before D'Angelo decides to try and take us out.
The others nod as they make a dash for the exit.
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The team arrives back at the building to see parts of the office trashed.
:Naomi: You go out on one mission...
:Krystal: I can only think of one person who did this...
Hitomi comes out of Øydis' office.
:Krystal: Yup.
:Hitomi: Krystal!
Hitomi runs and hugs Krystal.
:Krystal: Hey, little sis.
:Hitomi: I'm a month older than you.!
:Krystal: You know what I mean.
Krystal smiles as Hitomi hugs tighter and Naomi and her team smile.
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Natsumi is seen sleeping in the office, on top of her makeshift oven, as she wakes up.
:Natsumi: Hell yes.
Natsumi runs to her laptop, and puts music on as she is seen dancing again.
:Natsumi: This is why I sleep here!
Kim comes through, with his soccer ball, and notices Natsumi.
:Kim: Natsumi?
Natsumi shrieks as she drops to the floor again.
:Kim: ...Weird.
Kim walks out as the screen fades out.
==Reception==
TBA
==Trivia==
TBA
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