[ WP ] Write the third episode of non-existant series . Make us curious about what happened before episode 3 , and what happens after .

`` What the hell are you doing!? Get out there and take that guy down!'' Wood yelled, as Aspen staggered back into the room. 
 
 `` I *can't*,'' Aspen gasped, `` He's fighting with his bloody eyes closed, you know I need eye contact to Asp someone!'' 
 
 *'' Guys, not to rush you, but they're almost to the depot. If that bomb gets out of american territory we'll never see it again. * 
 
 `` Ca n't you slow them down, Gunny?'' Wood snapped. 
 
 `` Hack into a moving train? You're joking, right? Maybe I could have once, but since I lost my hands... I told you Aspen should have stayed here.'' 
 
 `` I ca n't be everywhere, and Wood needed me here.'' 
 
 `` Do n't feed me that BS, Aspen. Wood won first prize at the Academy MMA tournament three years running.'' 
 
 Aspen's eyes widened, and they turned to stare at Wood incredulously. `` You told me you ca n't fight!'' 
 
 `` Damn it, Gunny, I made you swear-'' 
 
 *'' This is hardly the time for your melodramatics, Wood! If they get away we are done for! `` * 
 
 `` I - I -'' Wood's hands clenched and unclenched impotently. `` I *can't*! You did n't see what happened-'' She cut herself of with a strangled curse. `` I'm sorry,'' she choked. `` I just ca n't.'' 
 
 `` June.'' Wood's eyes darted up, surprised at the use of her first name. Aspen stared her her pleadingly. `` Please. I ca n't do this one. Not this time. Please.'' 
 
 Wood stared back, eyes meeting for a long moment, before her face tightened. `` Gunny, slow this train down.'' 
 
 `` Wait, are you -'' 
 
 Wood tossed her jacket in Aspen's face. `` I have some ass to kick.'' 
 
 And with grunt of effort, she kicked the door down. 
 
 She stared at the towering mass of muscle before her, blocking the way. 
 
 And, Hyperventilating, she darted back into the empty car, eyes shining. `` I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I - I just could n't!'' 
 
 To her surprise, Aspen did n't reply; she just laughed. When Wood looked up, she was standing there, untrained body in a stance that she knew perfectly; because it was *her* stance. She grinned. `` You met my eyes, Wood. It was just for a moment, but you remembered it. And now I know everything you knew. Hold on, I've got some *serious* ass to kick!'' 
 
 Wood stared blankly at the open door, shivering and listening to the sounds of combat coming through it. Damn it, it happened again; she failed again, she- 
 
 *'' Knock it out, Wood. `` * 
 
 Wood tried to speak, but the words would n't come out; she just gasped, like a fish on dry land. 
 
 *'' You tried, and that's what's important. Is n't that what they've been telling us all this time?'' He chuckled, the laugh tinny through her earpiece. `` And if you can try, well... I guess I can try too. `` * 
 
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 Back at headquarters, Gunny eyed his prosthetic hands with narrowed gaze. `` Alright, you assholes. Time to make you work for your living.'' 
 
 And slowly, carefully, he began to type. 
 
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 Wood's head jerked forwards as the train shook, the squeals of brakes echoing from beneath her. 
 
 *'' Hah! I've still got it! They'll get the brakes unstuck, but at least I've bought you a little time! Now get up, Wood, and go give our little buddy a hand! `` * 
 
 Wood nodded blankly, and, as if on autopilot, stood up. 
 
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 In the next room, the huge man was bleeding in a dozen places, but he was still standing. Aspen grinned and licked blood off her lip. `` You're a tough one alright, but I'll - eep!'' She squeaked as she felt the Asp fade away. `` Uh... Wood? Wooooood!?'' 
 
 The huge man slowly smiled. `` My turn-'' he almost finished - just before a foot slammed into the side of his head and sent him crumpling to the ground. 
 
 Wood stood over his fallen body, breathing heavily, but a grimacing smile on her face. `` Let's find that bomb.'' 
 
 
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 Probably did n't convey it very well. Basically, you know that feeling you get after you watch a movie or a TV show where you feel like you feel like you can do what the characters can do? You watch Conan the Barbarian and you feel like a barbarian, or you watch Scorpion and you feel like a genius? The main character somehow gains the ability to'Asp' someone; to look them in the eyes, and for a little while do whatever they can do, even better than they can. Look a doctor in the eye, and for 5 minutes you can do brain surgery. Look a fighter in the eye and for 5 minutes you can beat them to the ground. 
 
 So they sit in their apartment without working for so long they go way into debt, and the Government finds out about their ability and agrees to pay off their debts if they work with a governmental team, made up of various people with disabilities that make them no longer able to do what they once could do. The main one's a former Special Ops solder named June Wood who has PTSD that prevents her from fighting any more, but there's others including a former hacker named Gunny who got caught in the middle east and had his hands cut off. 
 
 They fight with a stereotypical nebulous evil organization for a while, as the various members of the team slowly learn to overcome their disabilities and befriend one another. 
 
 Aspenwood, coming soon to daytime television near you.
