Lucky Star

Lucky Star is the second episode of Starlight's Soliloquy. 
if we name last episode Kill V Maim, rename this to Take Me Out? Where Boys Fear to Tread? Genesis? Welcome to the New Extreme? Oblivion?
episode titles:
*The Mother We Share
*Take Me Out
*Kill v Maim
*Where Boys Fear to Tread
*Genesis
*Oblivion
*Welcome to the New Extreme
*No Widows
*The Killing Moon
==Summary==
==Bookmarker==
==Plot==
plot outline:
(otis featurette, driving to the impending crash zone out in the mountains)
Otis drove fast. There was power behind his car, summoned deep within the engine, 
Halley liked that. She was not particularly fond of most people, but the power and authority Otis summoned and wielded made him much more tolerable to him. She fully intended to grant him more power tonight, and to drive their partnership to a higher level.
She smiled as they drove on, the car venturing deeper into the mountains.
The moon was looming, hanging heavy on the otherside of the dashboard light. It seemed almost blue: the killing moon.
"Is that a shooting star?" Otis asked.
It was getting closer. Halley could only smile. Yes, it was all coming together... It would soon be time.
"Want to make a wish?"
Otis remained silent. Halley moved in, and pressed her lips to his.
(as they wait for the omnitrix to crash, halley makes out with him)
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(cut back to talia, where the omnitrix-aegis armor latches onto her)
(she notices the omnitrix crash off in the distance because of the flames)
(adam + rose discuss leaving the baby at home)
"Can't we make a quick pitstop back at home?" Rose asked. "You know, to tell our parents and drop the baby off?"
Adam frowned. He took his sister's concerns into genuine consideration. "That would just lead us, and Talia and Otis, to getting questioned. From what Talia was saying, Otis might already be in trouble as is. Besides, we already lost a good chunk of time trying to track Otis down, and he might move further than that, and... This could be urgent, Rose. This could be an emergency. Who knows how much time we have?"
(back to halley and otis getting busy, halley admits something to otis)
"Otis... I know this might come as strange, but... I'm not of this world."
Otis paused his physical pursuits in lieu of a short romantic detour. "You're really not, babe." As soon as those words left his mouth, his tongue was surging back to reacquaint itself with hers.
Halley had to push herself away, something she admittedly found herself resisting to a minor degree. Otis sighed.
"I'm serious, Otis."
Otis relaxed a bit, giving up on his lust for at least a minute or so now.
"Alright, I believe you. What do you mean?"
Before she could say anymore to explain herself, the heavens decided to do it for her. A few hundred yards away, a pod crashed into the ground with a bolt of white and green light behind it. A shockwave was sent through the earth, causing their car to shake and bounce to a slight degree.
Both of their eyes turned to investigate the atmospheric debris before them down in a gully. A few small fires had started to blaze.
"That's what I mean." Halley's eyes returned to Otis, finding his own expression filled with shock and amazement at whatever had just landed yonder in the woods.
(the two get out of their car)
(cut)
(omnitrix aegis core flies in)
(halley jumps up, expecting it to go to her, but it doesnt)
Halley propelled herself into the air with a blasts of yellow and blue air from each of her fingertips. She closed her eyes and remained serenely suspended in the atmosphere, only opening her eyes when she realized that the Omnitrix had forsaken her in lieu of traveling for another.
(halley tackles her, exclaiming that this isn't how it was supposed to go)
(Teresa and Halley briefly fight)
Talia landed face down on the ground, chest-first. The impact was enough to wind her, but also luckily enough, activate her Omnitrix. Her body erupted with a flash of blue light as Halley looked on in a combination of shock and horror.
The transformation happened so fast that Halley could barely react.
The blue that engulfed Talia's body next faded to black, before finally brightening up and settling on a much more orange hue.
Talia's new body sparked with electricity for a brief second before the life finally returned to her and she stood back up.
(as the two fight, talia knocks halley away. Enzaeon turns his attention from Otis to Halley, and prepares to use 86 to remove her. Otis flies into and intercepts the blast)
(Talia remains as Pyrocumulus)
"OTIS!"
Talia reached in vain for her brother. Orange fingers fluttered towards the sky. While they were not the touch that could save, they were the hands that could enact vengeance.
Lightning flew forth from her hands, racing towards the sky. Halley watched the display of power before her, and knowing better, quickly dodges out of the way. The lightning sought out the nearest target, the giant silver metal death machine floating in the sky. The path was made, and impossibly hot white lightning coursed through the machine's veins. His plates expanded from the heat and he bursted apart from the inside, and began his long descent towards the ground.
The branches cracked beneath his body.
Adam turned, and noticed a strange sort of sort of glow emanating from the forest. As his vision adjusted to the darkness, he could tell that it wasn't
Talia began running, the heavy metal feet of her new body slamming against the asphalt below her. She cared not to notice if it cracked. As she ran on, she felt her arms move next to her body, pumping like pistons. She had no idea how fast she was going, as the world around her became a blur. The only thing she could see was the bull. In time, she came to the end of her own personal tunnel. Unaware of what exactly she was doing, she rammed into the bull. The bull was soon launched out of her view, and was getting further from her eyes every moment as it flew backward.
(Brazen Bull rams Locomotion)
Talia was still overpowering the beast. The Bull exhaled and a stream of fire left its nostrils. Talia expected her body to burn and flinched in anticipation, though nothing happened. She quickly tightened her grip on the beast's horns.
However, just as the metal of the horns began to bend, the Bull sensed its own danger and used one of the tricks up its sleeve; or rather, up its nose. A bronze septum ring blasted out of the Bull's face, lodging itself deep within the black pistons and gears that now constituted Teresa's chest. She hadn't considered them a weakspot before, but Teresa was well aware of her vulnerability now. The gears were beginning to freeze up and her strength was leaving her body.
Her hands instinctively left the bull's horns. Defensively turning herself to the side, her large, bulky metal fingers clumsily poked around in her abdominal cavity. They found the ring, and began to tug. The metal gears inside of her frame only jammed further. It was as painful as a heart attack. Every push of the bronze ring or grinding of gears felt like tissues in her heart were being torn in two. 
Because she had gotten so distracted with her innards, she had neglected to keep her eyes on the Brazen Bull. The metal monstrosity took two steps back and charged her again. Teresa was caught off guard, and one of the bull's metal horns jutted deep inside of her metallic core. Even more gears and pistons were jostled about.
Teresa felt completely helpless. The pain was overwhelming. It was as if her ribs had been wrenched about and twisted around inside of her, pressing against her heart with an incredible force. Every beat of it was strained, and she could feel the pressure, yet her body would not give up. Her grip on reality was fading, with her consciousness loose and dripping like water from a leaky faucet. She couldn't take much more of this punishment.
Luckily, she didn't have to.
(Halley rams the bull, it falls over, Halley keeps it pinned)
The Bull's horns were forcefully knocked out of her body, tearing chunks of metal along with it. Talia was ready to black out; it was a surprise to herself that she hadn't already. She collapsed to the ground.
Before she could lay down and die completely, she felt the touch of her friend's hands on her chilling metal body. They deftly ran up to her arm, moving like a tickle, until they stopped to probe at the symbol of the Aegitrix on her shoulder.
"This is what Otis did to transform..." Adam recalled under his breath. His explanation was as much for his own peace of his mind as it was for Talia.
(Teresa transforms, blasts Otis off into the woods... using Centerfold? Power Fantasy? Tectonyx? idk, something with power to blast away Bronze Bull lmao. probably as Tectonyx or Fluorescent Adolescent)
"I can... probably rig something up," Adam squeaked, with the confidence of a mouse. Here he was, surrounded by a circle of his... friends? It was hard to tell what they were now, given what had just transpired in the past few hours. Gone were the times of brother and sister and friends all together. Instead, in their place, stood a menagerie of misfits. An (apparently) alien girl with fluorescent hair and eyes, his boring old sister, and his friend Teresa, now with an ancient alien shield and the ability to shapeshift. He felt a bit helpless in comparison, to say the least. "I mean, I've got a pretty decent knowledge of... mechanics. Ham radios, and stuff."
"Why didn't you ever tell me you were into this kind of... electrical stuff?" Rosemary smiled, perking up. She had always considered herself a good sister, but apparently she had neglected to take such an interest of her brother's into account.
"Well... What did you think I was getting up to all of those long nights, locked in my bedroom?" Adam smiled, oblivious to what he had just said until he looked at Rosemary and Talia. The two looked at each other and giggled, and once Adam realized, his face turned bright red. Perhaps he was doing a good thing by embarrassing himself. It's just lightening the mood, that's all it is, he idly told himself, as he tried to distract his mind. Luckily, it was only two of the girls in on this, and the third was taking him much more seriously.
"With both of our knowledge combined... I don't think it'll be much of an issue,"
(they head up the highway, with Teresa still as Tectonyx)
"Well, we better not waste any more time..." Rose frowned, looking up the large expanse of road in front of them.
Talia joined her side, her body still a relatively hulking chunk of earth that occasionally glowed with the heat of magma. She remained like this for a few seconds before turning away.
"You guys go," she finally decided. "I'll stay down here and draw any unwanted attention away from you."
Rose moved to speak, but Halley silenced her by speaking first. "You're right. There's no way you'd fit in the car without reverting the transformation. With the huge target on your back right now, you'd be a sitting duck. We'd all be."
"It shouldn't be hard to find me after you guys are done. Let's just hope we all make it out of here in one piece."
Talia watched her companions hurry to the car, making sure they were safe. Her attention only turned away once she knew the engine had started up.
outro song: The Antlers - No Widows
==Characters==
*Otis Ulysses Perry
*Halley Travers
*Talia Maisie Perry 
===Aliens===
*Crash'N'Burn (debut, by Otis Ulysses Perry)
*86 (debut, by Enzaeon)
*Brazen Bull (debut, by Enzaeon)
*Locomotion (debut, by Teresa Maisie Perry)
*Tectonyx (debut, by Teresa Maisie Perry)
==Trivia==
*The Omnitrix-Aegis chose to go to Talia because of its long-time connection with Xiphos. Xiphos was a natural warrior and would have wanted whoever defeated him to take on the mantle following him.
*Interestingly enough, Talia starts the series off with twelve aliens as opposed to the original ten. This accounts for the customary ten aliens, as well as the alien DNA sourced from Xiphos and Halley Travers.
**Originally, Talia was going to harness Power Fantasy, before I realized how redundant it would be to have both Power Fantasy and Fluorescent Adolescent on the team along with Halley.
*The episode title was derived from a song by Madonna, named (obviously) Lucky Star.
*Talia purposely takes a beating AND FEELS IT because I honestly hate the trope in fiction where an "average person" gets super-powers and pain tolerance is suddenly included in that powerset. Let's be honest, even if you were a superhero, you would still feel absolutely floored after your first run-in with a strong mook.
**Don't worry. She isn't going to be in near-death pain for every encounter. These kids'll get used to taking a beating!
*Talia turns to the side when the bull's ring flies into Locomotion's core because, after many years of dodgeball, I've noticed that it's a pretty usual defensive stance. I don't know why, I'm not a psychologist.
*The original plan to end the episode was for Talia to use Tectonyx to make the kids move up the side of the alien, sort of like surfing the asphalt on the road, but this was ultimately decided against to better setup the next episode.
*Albums listened to during the production of this episode:
**Carissa's Wierd - Songs About Leaving
**Justice - †
*A few of the songs listened to:
**Annie - Heartbeat
**Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
**Slaves - The Hunter
**The Garden - Thy Mission
**Grimes - Genesis
**Gorillaz - Humility
**Homestuck OST - Welcome to the New Extreme
**The Mountain Goats - You Were Cool
**Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
**C418 - Stranger Think
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