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An alarm beeps, it was 7AM. A young blond, dark-skinned man gets up from his bed, seemingly excited. As he gets out of his room, he quickly takes a bath, dress up his space clothes and picks his jetpack and helmet to get out of his house in space-
It was his first day of work. Jaguar started to enlist himself to work at Channel 5 when he was 16, but was only accepted on his 18s. Always wanting to be a reporter because he always wanted to help the people around him. Flying to the station with his jetpack, he shows his new ID Card to the security and enters the place.

He walks through the office, kinda lost because of this being his first day. After awhile walking around, someone touches his shoulders

"Hey hey! Who are you?"
When Jaguar turns to see who was it, he sees a young, brown-skinned dark haired man who stood just a few centimeters shorter than him
"I don't remember seeing your face around here!" The young man was started to get furious just by seeing Jaguar's face

"... I'm a new reporter..."

"Really?"

Jaguar picks his ID Card from the pocket "I was supposed to start today"

"Eeeeeh?" The dark-haired looks at his ID card and calms down "A novice? Hm? Are you lost?"

"Kinda..."

"You should've come to me earlier, pal!" He speaks in a flamboyant way, quickly changing his demeanor "Welcome to the Space Channel 5, my name's Fuse, I'm the director here!-"

"R-Really?" Jaguar was surprised, someone this young was already directing?

"Oh, don't be afraid, I'm a nice guy all around!" The other workers around them gasped after this comment

One of the workers gets close to them "D-Don't mind him, newbie, we can show you the place-"

"No no! Here, I will help you, I will show you how our Channel works!~" Fuse grabs Jaguar's arm and takes him to a tour around the Channel 5.

"Poor guy..." Another worker says.

Fuse was quite a figure in Channel 5. Getting such a high position in the channel while being only 26, some people say he only got his position because he was a great friend of the CEO, Chief Blank, but that's just a theory.
He takes Jaguar through all the station, giving specific details about each part, he could've asked someone else to do the job, but he always gets excited to talk about his beloved channel.

"He's such a weird guy" Jaguar thinks while Fuse talks about the Cheerleader's Corridor

"You know what? The girls here are quite pretty, you know..."

"Is he really the director????"

"You're quite pretty too, I'm sure you'll get a bunch of fans too!"

"Eh?-"

"Now that I've shown you everything, I can finally talk about your position here-"

"Yes?-"

"You'll be taking charge of our reports during the Daily Evening show, but this can change depending on the day, so I recommend you to stay alert to any call from the studio"

"Thank you"

"Don't disappoint me... errr..."

"Jaguar."

"Yes, Jaguar."

Fuse walks away, probably back to the control room. Meanwhile Jaguar goes back to the office to help his peers.

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Nothing special happens during the meantime, the galaxy always quiet as usual. Jaguar kept doing his job in a quite outstanding way, but never something 'more', it's always 'robots gone rampage because of bad tuning', 'Bank robbery once again happened in Jupiter' and 'Workers are doing protests because of the space gas price'. Even then, he always helped his colleagues, even on his days where he was supposed to be off, taking Fuse's attention as they were frequently praised by their higher ups for their work.

"You did quite well, Jaguar" Fuse spots Jaguar in the station, he just finished his report about a broken abandoned spaceship wandering around space

"Fuse? Weren't you supposed to be somewhere else?" He takes the helmet out of his head

"I finished just in time to watch you. I must confess, your courage is something else"

"What do you mean? Nothing weird happened."

"Not every reporter accepts live investigation reports, even less inside something that could explode anytime-"

"... It was something interesting to see, no one else should risk themselves like that, though" Jaguar turns to go to the dressing room

"You aren't afraid of anything, are you?"

Jaguar looks at Fuse's face, but then goes back to where he was going at.
Despite being older, Fuse began to admire his co-worker, but Jaguar's focused personality always clashed with his playful one, leading to their conversations always ending mid-way through.

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5 years later, Fuse got a special call from the CEO. He quickly directed himself to the meeting room. A pretty red room with numerous chairs and a big table in the middle. The Chief was seated on the edge of the table, staring at the giant TV in the room.

"G-Good morning, Blank" Even after all those years, he still holds Blank in high regards

".... Have a seat, Fuse"

"Yes." He pulls the chair on the other edge and sits "W-Why did you called me today?-"

"Fuse, you've been doing a quite nice work for all of those years, but something... something doesn't feels right..."

"...?"

Blank turns to the brown-eyed man "This channel seems to get worse every new year, always the same reports, always the same news... nothing changes... other than our ratings"

"... The ratings?"

"Space Channel 5 used to be one of the biggest channels in the galaxy, but look at this place! A big piece of nothing everyday! Obviously our ratings would plummet!" Blank aggressively turns to Fuse

He cowers "I-I'm sorry! I will find a way to..."

"I don't need your excuses! Fuse! What is our channel motto?"

"... 'Be a pioneer in the space age'"

"Exactly, you promised me so many things... I even made you a director! But right now, the only thing Channel 5 is known for is it's downfall!" Blank slams the table "If our ratings keep going down like this, I'll fire you and every other reporter who shares your same amount of disappoitment!"

Fuse gets scared- not because of his firing, but because of his colleagues' "F-Forgive me, Chief Blank..."

"... You can leave now, don't show your face to me again until you do something."

"Ok..." Fuse gets up, push his chair back to the table, and leaves without uttering a single word.

"What can I do? I don't want to... no! This Channel has been my passion for years!" Fuse walks down the hallway, but while wondering about, he remembers someone- someone who never turned an eye to anything and always went forward to his intentions "Jaguar... What would you do..."
Then, he had an idea
An idea for an report
An Special Report

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It was 6:30PM. Fuse was waiting for Jaguar on the parking lot of the station. He picks a cigarette, he was visibly annoyed

"What's taking him so long?" He says as he places his cigarette on his mouth and lights it.

After a few minutes, the blonde comes by. He had already changed his Channel 5 clothes to his everyday one

"What is it, boss?"

"No need to be formal all the time, heh" He picks the cigarette and lets the smoke out of his mouth

"... I thought smoking was prohibited inside the station-"

"Does it look like we're inside it right now?"

Jaguar didn't like the smell of the smoke, in fact, everything Fuse seemed to like was always annoying to him- from his womanizer ways, to his annoying behavior at work to his careless lifestyle, everytime he had to share a place with Fuse was the new worst day of the year.

"Don't worry, I don't smoke everytime" He puts out the cigarette on the wall and throws it on the trash can "It's just a habit of mine- my dad offered a cigarette when I was only sixte-"

"Why did you call me? Be quick." Jaguar was already tired of his yapping

"What is it? Do you have a date or something?" He answers with an ugly smile on his face

Jaguar turns to leave

"H-Hey! Wait!" Fuse screams "It's something important, it's for the future of our channel!---------"

The blonde turns to the dark-haired again, now interested in what he had to say...

Seated on the bench of the lot, Fuse turns to his co-worker

"Listen, it's a pretty weird thing but... I need your help-"

"?"

"Channel 5 has been getting a decrease on it's ratings, and the Chief is threatening to fire us if we don't do something quick!"

"Huh? Ratings?-"

"Yea yea, we may be the most famous channel around the galaxy, but it seems like people are getting tired of the same thing everyday"

"And why did you call me, an average reporter?" Jaguar looked surprised by the information, but still didn't know what the director was planning

"C'mon Jaguar!" He places his hands on Jaguar's shoulders "We are the most praised guys on the station! We need to work together on something-"

"Get your hands off me."

"ok..." Fuse gets his hands off from Jaguar

"What are you planning?"

"Something-Something you're used to..."

"?"

"Always risking yourself to get information- what do you think if we do it in live? Even better, we'll interfere the events to get the best scoop!"

"What the hell are you talking about?!"

"A dream of mine- the Special Report Team!" His voice was noticeably at a higher pitch from excitement "Families around the galaxy may be tired of the same dull face of our reporters spitting the same information everyday, but what if we 'influence' the events?"

"I still don't get it-"

"... We'll do what the Space Police takes months to do... BUT IN LIVE TELEVISION!!!!" Fuse slaps Jaguar's shoulders, making him stare at Fuse with absolute rage on his eyes "oh sorry..."

"So you mean... we'll act inside our reports?"

"Yes, like those action movies! We'll go after the criminals, invade their hideouts, expose corrupt people on our own-"

"And you want me to help you through this?"

"Yes!"

"..." Jaguar thinks for a few seconds "...How this will help us? I mean..." He was in doubt if such a weird thing would work

"It's all I have in my reach... You're the only person I think would accept this..." He crosses his arms and stars at the stars in the sky, his tone was calm "You're good looking and isn't afraid of anything... In fact, your reports are the ones with most ratings..."

"..."

"I'm afraid... we may lose everything... Please Jaguar! For our friends at the station!" He looks at Jaguar again

The blonde gets up from the bench and turns to Fuse "Alright then, I'll do it for our channel and friends, but don't think I will respect you any more after this."

"Ok then..."

"When will this new show start?"

"I already ordered a few things, a new automatic camera and a new ship for transmissions- before everything, do you know how to dance?"

"... Obviously"

"Perfect! We'll need your funky energy to power our equipment."

"So it will start in a few days..."

"Don't worry, I'll be there for you, pal!" He gets up too "I'll make your name known all around the galaxy!" He raises his hand to Jaguar

"... We'll see..." Jaguar shakes his hand back

After the bonding, Fuse receives a call from the station asking for his return there, meanwhile, Jaguar goes back to his home.
A new team was formed!

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There was a big commotion at the Channel 5 headquarters, as well as in the house of hundreds of people around the galaxy. Today was the first airing of the program "Jaguar's Swingin' Report Show" that featured the great reporter Jaguar (now nicknamed 'Number 7' because he always seemed to bring luck to his surroundings) and the famed director Fuse. The live show would start airing at 3:00PM, replacing the daily evening show...

12:00PM, Channel 5 office

Jaguar was already in action, helping his co-workers to manage the news, carrying their paperwork around, etc. While helping, a co-worker of his called him from their post
"Hey Jaguar!"

"Hm?" He walks towards their desk "What is it?"

"Oh no, nothing important, really." They turn to their computer "... But you know, you're going to work with that guy..."

"? Mr. Fuse?"

"Yeah... I don't think you've ever worked directly for him, but here's some advice: everybody knows that he's an angry prick, but it seems it gets worse if you dare to commit a mistake under his management- if you do so, get ready to turn deaf!" the co-worker giggles nervously

"Hm..." Jaguar crosses his arms "Don't worry, I can deal with him. This will be a quite hard job to get a hold of, so I don't want any of you risking yourselves like this, I can make a few sacrifices..." Jaguar says in a serious tone

"'Risking yourselves'? What do you mean-"

Before the co-worker could finish his question, the office's automatic door opened and showed the figure of the so called director. As Fuse entered the room, the people got extremely silent and only the sound of the machines could be heard. Fuse goes straight to the coffee machine on a table next to Jaguar, picks a mug beside the machine and fills it with coffee. He takes a small sip and then turns to Jaguar
"Your new show will start at 15:00, I need you to get ready an hour and half before. Are you ready for this?"

"I'll be, don't worry." Jaguar answers with a pretty smile on his face, which kind of annoys Fuse a little

"Don't let me down, Jaguar. The future of everyone here is in your hands." He finishes drinking his coffee and puts the empty cup on the table "errrr, can somebody clean this for me? Thanks." He then leaves the office.
A few actions were enough to leave everyone in the room annoyed.

1:00PM, Channel 5 Dressing Room

Jaguar was quite a refined man, taking good care of his body and hair, unlike others. He enters the Dressing Room with a small package containing his special new outfit for special reports. He places the package on the small bench besides the mirror and then starts to undress in front of it, leaving only his underpants on his body. Jaguar's build was above average, he always did some exercises on the meantime but only to keep himself healthy and never to look muscular nor anything, but he still looked more built than your average space citizen.
He does his basic skincare things, brushes his hair and then opens the package- it's contents were a blue sleeveless jumpsuit with a few white details and the Channel 5 logo on the chest area, white gloves and boots, one silver propulsion canister and one blue Tension Blaster. Jaguar puts on the outfit, although he noticed that the jumpsuit was a bit too tight and it defined his muscles a bit too well, he didn't mind it.
After equipping everything, the blonde leaves the room, more stylish than ever!

1:20PM, Launching Room

At the bottom of the station was the launching room, used to release Channel 5's own spaceships. As Jaguar directed himself to the room, Fuse was standing by the entrance leaning against the wall
"10 more minutes and you would be late..."

"Hmpf" Jaguar stands close to his new director. He then looks at his surroundings- a few operators doing a small improvements to a rather big silver ship "... What is it?"

"Our new spaceship we bought for the Special Reports, it's called 'Planet Whisper'- it's a rather above average ship, but I think it can handle it!" His expression was saying quite the opposite, but the tone of his voice was sure of excitement

"Looks just fine, I don't think we'll use it for anything too dangerous, right?"

"... Depends on the situation-"

One of the operators goes to them "The Planet Whisper is all ready, you can take off at any time now!"

"Great! Here Jaguar, follow me!" Fuse walks towards the spaceship and Jaguar follows him.

Inside the Planet Whisper, Jaguar puts on his headphones and prepares his mic (they didn't bother buying a new one for him) "Only us two will go to... whatever our first report will be?"

"Getting more people to work with us would be a pain in the ass, trust me" Fuse puts on his headphone. He then goes to the small computer desk at the sides of the ship and picks a few papers, and then goes to Jaguar to give them "I'll drive it and give you the instructions, while you go and report live, quite simple right?"

Jaguar picks the papers "What is it?" readng the title of the papers, it was written 'Broadcasting Notes'

"A few notes about our next report, some information regarding the location, the scoop, etc." As Fuse says it, he goes to the cockpit

"Let me see..." Jaguar sits on one of the chairs from the ship "... A criminal hideout?!"

"Oh yeah... they've been hacking poor robots around the Solar System, we're gonna catch em'!"

"I remember reporting about them but... don't you think it's-"

"'Quite dangerous'? C'mon 'Number Seven', you can do better... huhuhuh..."

"Tsk... Ok then..."

The platform the ship was opens, and the few cables connecting it descends it to the outside of the station. As Fuse fully activates the ship, the cables detach from the ship and the Planet Whisper finally sets off to its next location...