Khan job
Hello all you good readers. It’s time for another story in the Roll of the Dice challenge. This time the Dice rolled a ten which means that Molly B @molly_b from Minds rolled up.
She gave me the genre of Comedy. A fine genre because we could all use a good laugh in these troubled days. For the word she actually gave me the name Genghis Khan. Usually, I would ask someone to come up with something else. But since Genghis Khan is one name, I’ll make an exception.
So, let me show you what I came up with. And so the mold is set. Let the hilarity continue. The Roll of the Dice challenge rolls on.
Across the plains of the Gobi Desert two hover speeders raced. On them were Sergeant Wilson Frank and Officer Xi Xang-Tsu. Both were looking around in desperation.
“Well look on the bright side, we got Doshi Ling as our prisoner. And now we can get him back to our time.” Tsu commented trying to sound casual.
The sergeant in the Time Protection Bureau glared at his Chinese partner. “Yeah, we did nail that bastard! But now we have a little problem!”
A spear flew between the two vehicles and slammed into the sandy ground of the desert. The two looked behind them and saw a large dust cloud caused by a massive group of riders. Leading the riders was an angry looking Asian man dressed in full armor.
He wielded a very sharp sword, and his other hand grasped his horse’s reigns. He shouted something at the two. Xi grimaced and commented, “Whoa, he’s got some serious anger issues man.”
Wilson Frank snapped, “Well you’re the one who tried to paint Genghis Khan’s face like that of a clown for a laugh! I told you not to kick the hornet’s nest. But you couldn’t leave well enough alone, could you?
“Now you’ve got the leader of the Mongol hordes and his army after us! And he doesn’t look like he wants to talk to us.”
Xi shrugged and quipped, “These Mongols have no sense of humor.”
“And you don't seem to understand how serious this job is Xi,” The black-haired man snapped.
“This isn’t some Saturday afternoon picnic we’re protecting the time/space continuum here.”
“Excuse me mister high and mighty by the book guy. If we’d done things your way, we’d have never caught Doshi Ling.”
“And in the process exposed us and made Genghis Khan mad as Hell!” Wilson retorted in a cross tone.
Another spear flew past them to land in the sand. “Look can we concentrate on thinking of a way to get these kill joy Mongols off our backs?”
The two turned when they heard the infamous warlord bellow something. “What did he say Xi? I lost my translator device when we fled Khan’s tent.”
Xi’s face paled. “Um…I’ll say that it’s nothing good. He wants to torture us with some rather primitive, painful, and nasty means.”
The two ducked as spears flew over them then looked up. “As if we couldn’t figure that out easy enough since he has his entire horde coming after us!” Wilson complained.
A voice chimed in from the speakers on their vehicles. “If you gents kindly asked for my help, I could solve this little predicament you seem to find yourselves in.”
Xi snapped, “Beat it Winston we don’t need some know-it-all A.I. ruining things. We can handle this without…”
“No, we can’t!” Wilson snapped cutting his subordinate off mid-sentence.
The black-haired man looked to his speaker and explained, “Okay I admit we wanted to handle this on our own. And I know you’re supposed to be an integral part of this team.
"And I’m sorry if it felt like we’ve been taking you for granted. But could you please help us get out of this predicament Winston?” He asked in a half-pleading tone.
There was a sigh followed by, “At least you’re starting to see reason. I may be an A.I. but I’m part of this team too. Now let me see about helping extract you from this nasty situation.”
The two bikes dodged more spears that flew by and struck the ground. “A little faster Winston!” Xi snapped in impatience.
“And they say Artificial intelligence are faster than humans at thinking.” The Chinese man muttered.
“I heard that, Officer Tsu!” Winston chided.
And then the two noted the sky overhead darken and the Mongol riders pull up short. Xi and Wilson looked back as they halted their hoverbikes.
Behind them they saw the sky light up with torches of green light. Then a horrific face appeared and screamed something in the Mongolian language.
The hordes turned and fled in unabashed terror. “What’d he say Xi, what’d he say?” Wilson asked.
Xi looked deathly pale as he spoke. “Trust me Sarge, you don’t want to know.” Was the Chinese man’s response.
“All right gentleman that startled the hordes. Now would you make your way back to the time ship. Best we leave this time before anything else happens.”
“With pleasure,” both men stated.
They turned their hoverbikes and started on their way. A half hour later they approached what seemed to be more desert land. But both men knew this was in fact the camouflage field.
“Winston, stand down.” Wilson commanded.
Before them the desert land transformed into a rocky outcropping. The two flew into it. Up ahead they saw the large vehicle shaped like a cross between a helicopter with jets attached.
“The sooner we get back to 2280 the happier I’ll be.” Wilson stated.
“Ah nuts!” Xi groaned in mild frustration.
Wilson asked, “What’s up with you man? You sound like you’ve got something on your mind that you’re not looking forward to.”
“Well…” Xi began.
“Behind you!” Winston warned.
The hovercycles dodged the arrows that flew by. The arrows bounced off the ship. The two men turned and saw a very familiar Mongol leader
The man adjusted something on his neck. “Now sorcerers can you understand me?!” Khan snapped.
Wilson and Xi’s faces paled in horror.
“By your looks I would say such is the case. Did you think Ling wouldn’t tell me of you? You’re from that Time Enforcement Bureau he said would come after him.
"He also taught me all about this fascinating device, this Trans-late-or.”
The sergeant felt his heart sink. Ling had revealed stuff to Genghis Khan already.
“You will return the sorcerer who is my chief advisor! Do so and I’ll make your deaths quick by cleaving you in half!”
Xi smirked and chimed in, “Not too keen on me painting your face huh? You Mongols have no sense of humor.”
Without another word Genghis Khan pulled out another arrow and fired it at Xi. He and Wilson dodged the arrow and got their hoverbikes moving. They circled around as Genghis Khan pulled arrow after arrow out to fire.
Come on Wilson think. There’s got to be a way to nail Khan so we can use a memory removal device, the sergeant thought.
“Need I remind you of the supplies you have on your person. The ones for such an emergency,” Winston pointed out.
Wilson thought for a moment and remembered the sleep darts he’d brought. “I forgot all about those silly things!” He squawked in disbelief.
He ducked as another arrow flew by missing his head. Xi called out, “Hey Genghis for someone who claims to be a great shot you sure can’t hit us. Don't tell me the great Genghis Khan is losing his edge.
“I guess the dread Mongol hordes leader is all talk!” he taunted.
Wilson realized what Xi was doing and understood he had some inkling of what Wilson had in mind. The leader of the Mongol hordes turned towards Xi and fired an arrow as he shouted, “Filthy foreigner!”
Wilson brought his hovercycle to a stop and pulled out a sleep dart. He took careful aim at his target. Before the mounted warlord could turn Wilson flung the dart.
The Mongol leader squawked in surprise as the dart struck home piercing his armor. The man turned in fury as Wilson started his hovercycle again. A few seconds later the effects of the knockout formula took effect as the Mongol War leader sank in his saddle.
Wilson ran over and caught the man. Xi came up behind him and quipped, “Ooh got him right in his butt.”
Wilson nodded his agreement. “I can’t believe we actually outsmarted one of the most powerful conquerors on Earth!”
Xi quipped as he removed the translator device, “Yeah, I know. Genghis Khan is not someone who's easy to defeat, history proved that much."
The Chinese Bureau member looked around, “Winston what are Genghis Khan’s vital signs.”
“He’s asleep for the moment. Best we see about extracting the memories of what Ling told him and the other Mongols no doubt. Can’t have history changing because we got careless.”
Wilson nodded his agreement. “Let's set this big and heavy guy on the ground. And it’s not fat that’s on this guy it’s all muscle.”
They guided the war leader to the ground. Xi calmed his horse. Wilson pulled a device that resembled binoculars from his belt.
He pushed several buttons on the binocular-like device. He pressed the device to the closed eyes of Genghis Khan. “Begin memory erasure process going back to the time when Genghis Khan first met Doshi Ling.”
A computer voice from the device answered, “Compliance.”
“I reiterate ah nuts!” Xi snapped.
“What’s up with you Xi?” Wilson snapped.
‘Well, we’re still alive. And when we get back to 2280, I have to attend my son’s student conferences. And some of the teachers at his school are boring beyond belief.”
Wilson winced. “Ooh I understand that. My own son’s teacher's conferences are coming up next week. And I’m not looking forward to those myself.”
“Memory erasure complete.” The computer voice said.
The two men sighed in relief.
“Gentleman don’t feel relaxed yet. My illusion has faded, and the Mongol hordes are coming back this way. Best we be gone before they arrive.
"Or else everything we’ve done will be for nothing.”
The two men let out a collective, “Eep!”
They zoomed back to their time vehicle as the doors opened up. The cycles parked within the large vehicle. Once the cycles were on their chargers the two men clambered off them and got to their seats.
“Winston, fire a memory erasure burst when all the Mongols are in range. I don’t want any memory of Doshi Ling remaining behind,” Wilson commanded.
“You mean you don’t want them to remember all the good times and wonderful ideas that Ling gave them?” Winston quipped in astonishment.
Frank’s face paled. “Dear God Winston don’t even joke about that! Everyone knows tampering with time can have disastrous results.”
“He’s only kidding Sarge, you need to loosen up dude.”
“Shut up Tsu!” The sergeant snapped in annoyance.
They looked at the radar and saw the hordes coming into range of their scanners. “Almost there,” The Chinese Officer observed.
A few more seconds passed. “There’ they’re all in range.” Xi called.
The Time Enforcer Sergeant moved to the controls. He turned a red dial on the ship. Above them they heard a device activate.
A burst of energy shot in all directions. It passed over Genghis Khan and his horse and shot outward in the direction of the horde.
Moments later Winston chimed in. “Confirmed all Mongols hit by the wave. All memory of Doshi Ling is gone.”
The two human men sighed in relief. “Meanwhile Genghis Khan will wake up with a bit of a headache, but no wiser on us being here.” Wilson observed.
“That is protocol if I recall. We protect time and make sure no one from outside our time knows we were here.”
Xi chimed in, “Hey Wilson, you do realize you owe me when we get back to our time. Remember that little bet we had?”
Wilson Frank rolled his eyes and snapped, “Yeah-yeah, I suppose I owe you that drink at the bar. Don’t let this victory go to your head!”
With that Wilson pressed several buttons on the control pad. The Gobi Desert vanished, and the ship flew back towards their time and their lives.
Phew, that story was a bit of a hard one to write. Still, I got it done, and I hope it provided some amusement to you. Well, another story in the Roll of the Dice challenge is complete.
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