Betty the Bounty Hunter - Danielle Steinbach

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BetTy’s tRacKer won’t sTop pinGinG…

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SeEmS like |’ve finalLy tRacKed dowN tHis darN robot.

RigHt tHere, on EarTh. | haven’t beEn tHere sinCe tHe nucLeAr catasTropHe.

WelL… There’s no time like tHe pResenT. |’lL keEp myselF pRepared for tHe unexPecTed.

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AboArD BetTy’s StarShip…

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HeY BetTy… Do yOu tHinK We have

we’re reAdy to take dowN tHis

no otHer

robot?

cHoIce. It’s now or never…

| don’t tHinK | can go on any lonGer kNowinG tHat my fatHer’s beAutiful cReAtiOnS turNed inTo wRetChed kilLerS. | wilL avenGe him no matTer wHat.

|’m jusT worRiEd aboUt

My feElinGs

yOu… If yOu

don’t matTer.

can hanDle tHe

JusTice for my

memoriEs of

fatHer is wHat

yOur family.

matTerS now.

| pRomised myselF | woUlD live to take revenGe on tHat robot. That’s wHy |’m a boUnTy

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hunTer, afTer alL…

Every time | feEl like givinG up, | tHinK of him…

… AnD how he didN’t give up on me wHen mom lefT us oUt of nowHere.

That’s wHy we have to perSerVere anD be reAdy, even if we aren’t.

WelL, we wilL alWaYs be witH yOu BetTy, tHat’s wHy we’re a parT of

8 yOur cRew!

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The StarShip lanDed on EarTh… It’s quIet anD Desolate.

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That’s my olD neIgHboUrHoOd, rigHt over tHere. | guEsS it makes senSe tHat tHis robot woUlD be in tHe areA | can’t beliEve we’re so cLose.

This is wHat we’ve beEn figHtinG for… This momenT. |’m figHtinG for yOu dad, |’ve never given up.

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How do yOu feEl, yOu kNow, beInG on EarTh for tHe firSt time anD alL. is it everytHinG yOu imagined?

WelL, it seEmS like it was onCe nice. | didN’t exPecT it to be so… desTroYed.

BetTy… how do we go aboUt tHis? it won’t be eAsy.

AlL yOu have to do is keEp yOur weApon cLose to yOur side.

We wilL be okaY.

Let’s do tHis. Be pRepared, anD be aware. This is wHat we’ve beEn tRaIninG for…

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| never tHoUgHt | woUlD seE my home in sHamBles… | never tHoUgHt it woUlD come to tHis. Let’s jusT be careful. it loOkS like it coUlD falL aparT any minute now.

LoOkS like sometHinG surVived tHis lonG…

| don’t seE how any sorT of robot coUlD have surVived tHis lonG oUt here…

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LoOkS to be a tedDy beAr… BetTy, was tHis fRom yOur cHilDhoOd?

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YeAh, sorRy… | don’t recalL any toYs like tHat. Let’s jusT move on, we have more gRoUnD to cover.

| don’t seE anytHinG but

nD oU ! | f nG tHi e m so

rubBle anD asH…

It loOkS like a hatCh… | tHinK tHat’s wHere my dad had his worKsHop. | was

Are yOu

never alLowed in tHis

guYs reAdy?

parT of tHe hoUse…

ToO late to go bacK, rigHt?

We wilL be

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okaY. ReAdy yOur weAponS.

The HatCh Is RusTy…

|’lL go firSt. WatCh my bacK.

| can’t finD tHe ligHtS…

Oh, wow.

This is…

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| can’t beliEve my dad was here, cReAtinG, rigHt … amazinG.

unDer my feEt…

It’s unReAl.

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| feEl like | didN’t even kNow him… | misSed tHis wHole parT of his life.

|’m asSuminG tHat one of tHese desTroYed robotS is caUsinG tHe pinGinG, but how?

TheY’re bRoken…

But it seEmS to be pinGinG ofF of…

tHis one…

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So - YoU’re quIcK anD sTronG. Definitely my dadS worK.

BetTy! Do yOu neEd any helP?

| got tHis, It’s my figHt!

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| don’t cRedit him for my cReAtiOn. | became tHis waY on my owN.

| have sPenT yEarS, decades, waItinG. WaItinG for yOur returN, so | coUlD sHow yOu wHy yOur race is no lonGer neEded. YoUr

YoU tHinK yOu have

fatHer was a foOl. A foOl wHo

wHat it takes, but

tHoUgHt he coUlD cReAte wHat

yOu’re a mere

can’t be conTrolLed. His deAtH

human in a worLd

was a necesSity, wHicH pRoved

of tecHnology.

tHat no inVenTor wilL ever beAt his inVenTi--

Did yOu tHinK he never conSidered bLasTer pRoOf metal? A foOl yOu are. Like fatHer, like daUgHter.

Her HelMet!

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To be conTinuEd…

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