The Anonymous Prompter strikes again! Ladies and Gentlemen, Bradbury's Jar Prompt #155 is: brilliance Now dazzle us with your creativity!

Well, it looks like I'm taking the first crack at this... ========== "O Great Spirit, I have come as thou hast summoned." Zoltar bowed low in the chamber of the Luminous One. "Zoltar," the Luminous One replied as it manifested itself on a round screen on the back wall. "I grow tired of your continual failures." It looked like a deep blue bird of prey with glaring eyes. the background roiled and boiled like a pool of lava or a sky set ablaze. "And now you add to the insult by not coming at the appointed time to appraise me of your next effort to conquer." "Forgive me, O Mighty One." Zoltar remained bowing a moment longer and then straightened up. "I became preoccupied with developing the latest -- and greatest -- weapon. The idea is brilliant --it will surely bring G-Force to its knees!" "This isn't the first time you made that claim, Zoltar." "Nonetheless, the initial tests show great promise." "And with great promise can come great disappointment." "Great Spirit, I only ask for a little patience -- testing on actual Earthlings are about to begin." "Very well, Zoltar. I hope this isn't another fool's errand." Zoltar bowed low at this to hide the annoyed expression on the part of his face not covered by the purple mask.

Now you have to tell us what Zoltar is up to, EW.

Uh oh, the fun is about to begin!

I'm sure Zoltar has something brilliant in mind....

Can I just take this opportunity and say again how brilliant everyone is in this fandom? And to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year?

And here's a ficlet too: //Sarah knocked on Anderson's door and, as usual, did not wait for him to reply before entering. He lifted his head from his desk, prepared to be annoyed at the intrusion, but mellowing as soon as he saw her. "Ready?" she asked, motioning him to get going. He stared back blankly. "Ready for what?" he managed to say, his mind racing through the thousands of things he may have forgotten. But wait a moment -- even if he had forgotten something, his calendar would remind him. His phone would remind him. If the machines failed, his secretary would remind him. None had done so. Sarah did not slow down. She took his jacket off the peg, held it open for him to wear. "Come on, Jack. We'll be late." He let himself be guided into his jacket, and she gave him his briefcase, then led him through the door still before he could remember what it is he had forgotten. Only when they were waiting for the lift to the surface, did he voice his puzzlement. "Sarah, I'm really sorry, but I have no idea what you are talking about. What is it that we're going to?" Sarah smiled mischieviously. "Listen, Jack. I thought of different ways to get you out of your office, but nothing worked. So I thought, brilliant scientist that I am, that the best way would be to just cheat. There's nothing you have forgotten. There's no event we're late for. I kidnapped you just for me. Tonight is for you and me." Anderson gaped at her open-mouthed. "But Sarah...I'm busy...and..." She held his hand tight, her eyes dancing. "Jack, let go. Just for tonight." He let himself be drawn into the lift and as the door closed and she leaned over to kiss him, he suddenly found this a brilliant idea.//

Happy holidays to you too DT. And what a sweet ficlet!!

Yeah, what Chris said.

I love that she tricked him!

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Ooh that was creepy. I love Ken's timely entrance, I've always felt that he had a flair for drama, hehe. Poor Joe and Ryu, how embarrassing to be taken down by cheap robot copies!

KT -- have you ever seen The Six Million Dollar Man? The description of the robots reminded me of the "androids" featured in a couple of episodes. When the human-looking faceplate was knocked off, we saw eyeballs, a small speaker in the mouth area, and the areas in between looked like they were filled with the shredded guts of a toaster. When I was a kid, those things scared me! I'm glad our guys had an easier time dealing with these things than Steve Austin did!

DT - Sarah has learned how to manipulate him all right. he's in for some fun. KT- That reminds me of the robots Nambu made to put in thee team's place. They're lucky Ken was okay to save them.