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You ever have one of those days when you know something bad is going to happen, you just don't know what, so you spend the day waiting for the other shoe to drop? And of course it never comes early, like spilling coffee on yourself early in the morning so you can breathe a sigh of relief, change clothes, and get on with life. Oh no. It has to linger on for most of the day till it punches you square in the jaw with something like...you forgot an important proposal at home and only have five minutes to figure something out, or you find out that you only have ten minutes to pick someone up at the airport and it's clear across town.

That kind of thing.

That was how my day was going. I knew something was going to happen. Call it woman’s intuition, a gut feeling, or even my ability to tap into the fundamental-quantum-forces-of-nature for all I care (though that one is a bit long), but I knew something was wrong, and that it was going to hit me hard.

So what do you do in that kind of situation?

Well...I have learned (from really crappy experiences that involved time travel...don't ask) that you just have to kind of let it happen. No, really. If you start trying to dodge this bad feeling thing, it usually gets worse. It has to do with choices being made causing branching realities that inadvertently cause even worse circumstances to happen. Um...yeah...sorry. Suffice it to say, it can suck. So...you just have to ride it, which brings me to where I am today, flying patrol over Angel Falls.

It's a pretty day. Nothing particularly special about it, other than that bad feeling I'd had all day. And then that twitch in my head happened. That little ping that told me that somewhere nearby a magnetic field was being disrupted. This one seemed rather large too. Almost like an EMP was going off. I wondered if it might be military grade as I flew off toward the source, a side street near The Village, a newer shopping area. I scanned the area with my Quantum Vision, and saw what appeared to be a fracture in space-time, not an EMP burst. It was just putting off high end electromagnetic waves as it built in strength. It hadn't opened yet, so I began yelling at the people around me. "Everyone get out of here! There's about to be a wormhole! Get the hell out of here! Spread the word, and tell the police!" That having been done, I called on Network to help me out as well: "Network, this is Lady Quantum, do you read?"

The tired voice came back, but she was still professional, "This is Network, go ahead."

I started in telling her about the wormhole, and asking her to inform AFPD of its location and to help in evacuation people. "I'll get right on it." she said. "Incidentally, do you have any idea what's coming through there?" she asked with a bit of amusement.

I stopped for a moment, sighing into the comm, "I have no damn clue, but I know that I'm the first responder, and if it's aggressive, I'll need to try and either stop it or slow it down." I told her with a bit of a low tone in my voice.

"Roger that. I'll see if I can't get you some help headed in that direction. Just in case." she clicked off as I was about to protest, but I really shouldn't have. After all, more heroes is a good thing, right?

The portal opened in a flash of light and a roar of thunder, like a waterfall being dumped into our world from another. The energy buildup was immense, and I had to concentrate to keep myself steady on my feet as the energy pulsed outward from it. As I looked into it, I saw two figures coming toward this end of the wormhole, one large, and armored, the other...

They cleared the portal in a blast of furious energy, both flying out at high speeds. The one in armor looked like...but that was impossible.

It was N3WT0N!

There was no way that he could be alive, and yet he was here, exchanging blasts with...

Oh no...

It was me...

Or rather, another me.

The portal collapsed as the two figures flew through and up, exchanging blasts, then around and down, speeding past buildings and weaving through the trees along the sidewalk. The girl couldn't have been more than sixteen or seventeen, and there was something strange about her. Her eyes were very large, and her skin seemed...odd. She flew down, halting nearby, striking a pose, with twinkling quantum symbols swirling about her, as she announced her intentions: "I am Lady Quantum, champion of justice! In the name of science, I am here to right wrong, and punish evil...and that means you!" She pointed at the glowering N3WT0N.

All I could do was put my hand to my head and mutter, "Oh Lord, Not only is there another of me...but she's a Magical Girl to top it off..."

She glanced in my direction, and seemed shocked by my appearance, "Y-you look like me!"

N3WT0N chuckled, "That's because she IS you, you air-headed schoolgirl! On this world, SHE is Lady Quantum!"

The poor girl look totally confused, and upset, not knowing what to do. "B-but...I don't understand..." tears started to spring to her eyes, but the moment was cut short as a blast caught her square in the chest, laying her out flat. The action was so sudden, and I was so caught up in the girl's emotional state, that I didn't even realize it was happening.

I turned, snarling at this new N3WT0N, someone so hated, yet back again, "Let's see if you can pick on someone your OWN size..." My fists began to glow as I charged them up, and my anger built.

"Ah, ah, ah- temper, temper my dear. You have more pressing concerns I would think. Like that young twin of yours, there. I would think that blast I gave her might be enough to do some serious harm. You wouldn't want to leave her alone while fighting me, and something bad happen to her...now would you?", the smugness rolled off of him as he began to rise into the air again, never turning his back.

I allowed him to go, nodding at him as he did the same. A silent agreement that this exchange wasn't over. After making sure that N3WT0N had left the scene, I began inspecting the girl to see how badly she was injured. "Network! We have a situation! We need an ambulance stat!" The blast had caught her square in the chest, breaking ribs, which had then punctured major organs. Her body was attempting to heal itself, but it wasn't healing as fast as mine does, and it appeared that she might die unless she received medical attention right away.

I heard a swoosh of air, and looked up to see a glowing man in what appeared to be Roman or Greek looking attire hovering to the ground. Outdated? Maybe. But he knew how to make a hell of an entrance. I'd seen him on the news, and heard about him busting heads in the West and South Side areas. He seemed to be a decent hero from what I could gather, if a bit...flashy. “Hey!” he said as he touched down with a kind of boyish grin on his face. I sighed, better make that flashy and dumb...

Network buzzed in my ear, "Lady Quantum, you should be seeing Apollo any time now."

I nodded to no one in particular, “Yeah, yeah, nice to meet him and all that hoo-ha. We’re in an emergency. Niceties can wait till we save a life." I looked at Apollo, "I need to get her to a hospital, NOW. I can fly, but in her state, she might not make it. I need something to put her on to stabilize her. A door will work. Then we need something to strap her to it with. Can you handle that?"

Apollo nodded, and with no hesitation in his voice stated firmly, “Absolutely! Let's do this!”

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Oh boy! It's hitting the proverbial fan this time! TWO QUANTUMS?! And N3WT0N is back??? Looks like our heroine is going to have a lot of trouble to deal with this time around.

Lady Quantum, and um...Lady Quantum (Magical Girl Style), and N3WT0N are all care of yours truly and are only to be used with permission. LQ can usually be found patrolling the streets and skies of (The other two apparently come from an alternate Anime Dimension that is more...cartoonish. )

Network, and Apollo are care of and are used here with permission.

Hope you all like it, and more is to come!

Description

You ever have one of those days when you know something bad is going to happen, you just don't know what, so you spend the day waiting for the other shoe to drop? And of course it never comes early, like spilling coffee on yourself early in the morning so you can breathe a sigh of relief, change clothes, and get on with life. Oh no. It has to linger on for most of the day till it punches you square in the jaw with something like...you forgot an important proposal at home and only have five minutes to figure something out, or you find out that you only have ten minutes to pick someone up at the airport and it's clear across town.

That kind of thing.

That was how my day was going. I knew something was going to happen. Call it woman’s intuition, a gut feeling, or even my ability to tap into the fundamental-quantum-forces-of-nature for all I care (though that one is a bit long), but I knew something was wrong, and that it was going to hit me hard.

So what do you do in that kind of situation?

Well...I have learned (from really crappy experiences that involved time travel...don't ask) that you just have to kind of let it happen. No, really. If you start trying to dodge this bad feeling thing, it usually gets worse. It has to do with choices being made causing branching realities that inadvertently cause even worse circumstances to happen. Um...yeah...sorry. Suffice it to say, it can suck. So...you just have to ride it, which brings me to where I am today, flying patrol over Angel Falls.

It's a pretty day. Nothing particularly special about it, other than that bad feeling I'd had all day. And then that twitch in my head happened. That little ping that told me that somewhere nearby a magnetic field was being disrupted. This one seemed rather large too. Almost like an EMP was going off. I wondered if it might be military grade as I flew off toward the source, a side street near The Village, a newer shopping area. I scanned the area with my Quantum Vision, and saw what appeared to be a fracture in space-time, not an EMP burst. It was just putting off high end electromagnetic waves as it built in strength. It hadn't opened yet, so I began yelling at the people around me. "Everyone get out of here! There's about to be a wormhole! Get the hell out of here! Spread the word, and tell the police!" That having been done, I called on Network to help me out as well: "Network, this is Lady Quantum, do you read?"

The tired voice came back, but she was still professional, "This is Network, go ahead."

I started in telling her about the wormhole, and asking her to inform AFPD of its location and to help in evacuation people. "I'll get right on it." she said. "Incidentally, do you have any idea what's coming through there?" she asked with a bit of amusement.

I stopped for a moment, sighing into the comm, "I have no damn clue, but I know that I'm the first responder, and if it's aggressive, I'll need to try and either stop it or slow it down." I told her with a bit of a low tone in my voice.

"Roger that. I'll see if I can't get you some help headed in that direction. Just in case." she clicked off as I was about to protest, but I really shouldn't have. After all, more heroes is a good thing, right?

The portal opened in a flash of light and a roar of thunder, like a waterfall being dumped into our world from another. The energy buildup was immense, and I had to concentrate to keep myself steady on my feet as the energy pulsed outward from it. As I looked into it, I saw two figures coming toward this end of the wormhole, one large, and armored, the other...

They cleared the portal in a blast of furious energy, both flying out at high speeds. The one in armor looked like...but that was impossible.

It was N3WT0N!

There was no way that he could be alive, and yet he was here, exchanging blasts with...

Oh no...

It was me...

Or rather, another me.

The portal collapsed as the two figures flew through and up, exchanging blasts, then around and down, speeding past buildings and weaving through the trees along the sidewalk. The girl couldn't have been more than sixteen or seventeen, and there was something strange about her. Her eyes were very large, and her skin seemed...odd. She flew down, halting nearby, striking a pose, with twinkling quantum symbols swirling about her, as she announced her intentions: "I am Lady Quantum, champion of justice! In the name of science, I am here to right wrong, and punish evil...and that means you!" She pointed at the glowering N3WT0N.

All I could do was put my hand to my head and mutter, "Oh Lord, Not only is there another of me...but she's a Magical Girl to top it off..."

She glanced in my direction, and seemed shocked by my appearance, "Y-you look like me!"

N3WT0N chuckled, "That's because she IS you, you air-headed schoolgirl! On this world, SHE is Lady Quantum!"

The poor girl look totally confused, and upset, not knowing what to do. "B-but...I don't understand..." tears started to spring to her eyes, but the moment was cut short as a blast caught her square in the chest, laying her out flat. The action was so sudden, and I was so caught up in the girl's emotional state, that I didn't even realize it was happening.

I turned, snarling at this new N3WT0N, someone so hated, yet back again, "Let's see if you can pick on someone your OWN size..." My fists began to glow as I charged them up, and my anger built.

"Ah, ah, ah- temper, temper my dear. You have more pressing concerns I would think. Like that young twin of yours, there. I would think that blast I gave her might be enough to do some serious harm. You wouldn't want to leave her alone while fighting me, and something bad happen to her...now would you?", the smugness rolled off of him as he began to rise into the air again, never turning his back.

I allowed him to go, nodding at him as he did the same. A silent agreement that this exchange wasn't over. After making sure that N3WT0N had left the scene, I began inspecting the girl to see how badly she was injured. "Network! We have a situation! We need an ambulance stat!" The blast had caught her square in the chest, breaking ribs, which had then punctured major organs. Her body was attempting to heal itself, but it wasn't healing as fast as mine does, and it appeared that she might die unless she received medical attention right away.

I heard a swoosh of air, and looked up to see a glowing man in what appeared to be Roman or Greek looking attire hovering to the ground. Outdated? Maybe. But he knew how to make a hell of an entrance. I'd seen him on the news, and heard about him busting heads in the West and South Side areas. He seemed to be a decent hero from what I could gather, if a bit...flashy. “Hey!” he said as he touched down with a kind of boyish grin on his face. I sighed, better make that flashy and dumb...

Network buzzed in my ear, "Lady Quantum, you should be seeing Apollo any time now."

I nodded to no one in particular, “Yeah, yeah, nice to meet him and all that hoo-ha. We’re in an emergency. Niceties can wait till we save a life." I looked at Apollo, "I need to get her to a hospital, NOW. I can fly, but in her state, she might not make it. I need something to put her on to stabilize her. A door will work. Then we need something to strap her to it with. Can you handle that?"

Apollo nodded, and with no hesitation in his voice stated firmly, “Absolutely! Let's do this!”

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Oh boy! It's hitting the proverbial fan this time! TWO QUANTUMS?! And N3WT0N is back??? Looks like our heroine is going to have a lot of trouble to deal with this time around.

Lady Quantum, and um...Lady Quantum (Magical Girl Style), and N3WT0N are all care of yours truly and are only to be used with permission. LQ can usually be found patrolling the streets and skies of (The other two apparently come from an alternate Anime Dimension that is more...cartoonish. )

Network, and Apollo are care of and are used here with permission.

Hope you all like it, and more is to come!