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    Bebe woke and stumbled to the shower when the sun was just beginning to set. She wrapped herself in a robe and was flicking through her vids when there was a knock at her door.
    She went to answer it and saw Toyo on the display. Her mind went onto alert at that moment. He said he would see her the next day at work, and he was not the type for spontaneity when he knew she would be exhausted.
    The knock sounded again, and she reached for the small stunner she kept near the door.
    “Just a minute.”
    She opened the door and smiled. “Toyo. I wasn’t expecting you.”
    He pushed in, and she noted the wrongness with how he moved.
    “I was in the city and thought I would pop in for a quick bit of recreation.”
    His words set her off.
    She angled the stunner in her hand and struck him, knocking him to the floor. Once he was down, she hit him again and again until he was unconscious.
    Bebe moved quickly as she restrained him, zapping him every time he twitched. She made two calls and settled in to wait to see who would come in first.
     
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    Toyo flew as fast as he could back to the city. He could feel the heat on his suit as he reached speeds he had never flown at before.
    The scene in front of Beryl’s apartment was chaos. Peacekeepers and medical transport were there, attending to a man on a gurney, and Beryl was twisting in the arms of two peacekeepers and shrieking.
    “It isn’t him! I swear that isn’t Toyo!”
    Toyo’s eyes saw red when he noted that not only were the guards holding her, but also her robe was untying itself with her struggles. Beryl was shy, and she would not appreciate the exposure.
    “She is correct. Why is she in custody?” he landed and moved to Beryl’s side, brushing the peacekeepers away and cuddling her against him.
    Horrified peacekeepers turned toward the gurney where the injured party was being cared for.
    The commander whispered, “If you are the Guardian, and I don’t doubt that you are, who is that?”
    Beryl was holding onto his uniform, and she whispered, “I am guessing it is the shapeshifter who got that woman pregnant.”
    Toyo steadied her. “Allow me a moment with him. Are you good here?”
    She nodded and stood in her bare feet on the pavement with a crowd increasing in size with every passing moment.
    Toyo looked at the imposter and approached quickly. He grabbed one of the kits from the medical attendant, and he used a laser scalpel to remove several inches of hair from the scalp. A small nick on the scalp proved what Beryl had been telling him. W’lyn’s didn’t bleed purple.
    “This is an alien who attacked another alien who happens to have a self-defence waiver issued by the Guardians and ratified by the peacekeepers. Lock him up until he decides to wear his own face. I am tired of looking at him. Oh, and shave his head. That will make identification easier.”
    The medics and peacekeepers nodded. He was removed from his gurney and manacled, his head shaved and his unconscious form dumped into a peacekeeper transport.
    When Toyo turned back to Beryl, he was filled with rage. A sneering peacekeeper was looming over her asking her if she always answered the door without undergarments.
    Toyo returned to her side and put his arm around her. “Miss Wilkinson was recovering from a near miss with a meteor up at Galku Lake. We suggested that she rest and I am guessing that she did.”
    The peacekeeper flinched. “I meant no disrespect.”
    Beryl sighed. “I was watching a documentary on slugs and there was a knock at the door. I was planning to rest again in a few hours, so I had not gotten dressed. I went to the door and it appeared to be Toyo. He had told me he would see me at work tomorrow, so I knew that something was unusual. I grabbed my stunner. I let him in and he didn’t move right. He told me he was there for casual sex, and since I do not do casual sex, I hit him with my stunner until he wouldn’t get up. I called the Guardian base and