29 July 2009

AW Ch 55 'Diplomatic Immunity' or 'Do Ya Feel Lucky?

Meet Nammo (right) the lil machine R2D2 that keeps the LA2's systems running smoothly.
Meet Mugghi in her kitten form. This huge almost 7 foot tall nekomata that has been genetically engineered sometimes is responsible for keeping the LA2 in motion with Nammo's assistance of course. Mugghi is a very capable pilot and gunner. Each of the two Angels has one of each. Soon there will be another pair of Mugghi/Nammos. One set for the LA1 (Yuri's ship), one for the LA2 (Kei's ship) and one for the brand new LA3 (To be Marlene Angel and Kome Sawaguchi's ship very soon). Thought you'd like to see what they looked like. I couldn't find a pix for Mugghi in her normal sized form. She's a bit like Kirara in that she can shape shift. So can Neko Olson but she hardly ever does. Like Yoruichi on Bleach who now seems to prefer her human 'gigai' form to that of the neko she was when we first encountered him/her. Yoruichi is a female human but a male cat- go figure eh?

'AW Ch 55 'Diplomatic Immunity' or 'Do Ya Feel Lucky?




'Wow! Kei's been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons may be in Zorin's hands- Gundams! Almost as terrifying as the 'God Guns' or the Angels' new toy- the r-- whoops! I almost let the neko outta the sack folks! This chapter will put two close tomos at loggerheads with each other and nai it ain't Vacuumhead and Firebrand either! A pickpocketing passenger will end up saving the day for the Angels and- Kami! I have said too much. Read on loyal and faithful followers of the word:-




ANGEL WINGS




Quotes from two famous flicks- Wonder oro that's all about eh? Think of the contexts in those particular movie scenes. Got 'em? Now think of our band of peacekeepers. Got 'em? Put 'em together. 'Nuff said.




DISCLAIMER: OK ‘Ryosko’ darlin’, it’s all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let’s get to Ch 55 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Aw do ya expect me to spoil it for ya? Oro does this all mean? We’ll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall’s on the warpath again! Here ’tis:-




CHAPTER 55




'Diplomatic Immunity' or 'Do Ya Feel Lucky?'




The dwarf was still cringing in fear of the blonde's repercussions.




"Sorry I stole that stuff from you, Lady Marley and I won't never do it again! I swear it!" apologized Odo but Mar could have cared less at that point.




"Fine. Apology accepted. It's all forgotten, Odo. Now answer me! Please! Where did you see these things and when?" demanded Mar eagerly.




"Tell her dammit!" cried Rebecca boxing his ears.




"In the back of the caverns. It was yesterday, Milady." he replied.




"Show us where, Odo. Bring him along, Ryuuk." ordered the blonde.




"You show Blondie where those metal suit things are that you saw, my lil tomo or I'll have Light write 'your' name in my book." promised the shinigami with a growl.




"Well I think I know where I saw 'em, Becky--" began the dwarf and Rebecca drew her dagger.




"Think real hard, Odo or should we get Ivanhoe to ask you?" she said and pointed the dagger at him.




The dwarf cringed.




"Oh yeah! Now I remember!" replied Odo and he rapidly whispered directions to Rebecca who noted the coordinates from his explanation into her PDO and showed them to Marlene who nodded.




By that time they had arrived at the transporter room on Level Seven.




"Hi there guys. Hullo mum. Going somewhere?" asked Elf Huntress Ari who was today's transport officer.




Mar returned Ari's salute and smiled.




"Please beam me, Rebecca, Odo and Ryuuk to those coordinates (Rebecca handed over her PDO to Ari) in the rear of these caverns. Ryuuk, put Odo on on that pad. Rebecca, on the one beside Odo. Ryuuk, stand behind him and I'll stand behind Rebecca. All set? OK Ari- energize." ordered the blonde and all four of them vanished and immediately rematerialized in the caverns.




Odo glanced around.




"Up this corridor and past that big hunk of rock, Milady- I think. (Rebecca scowled at him and idly fingered her blade) There should be a side alcove back there and it's just chocked full of all kinds of junk and crap. Those metal thingies in Lady Marley's book things are back there too." mumbled the dwarf. Mar was ecstatic to put it mildly.




"Do you guys know oro the Hell this means? (Blank stares all around and a grin from the shinigami) We've got him! (More confused looks and Ryuuk chuckled) Oakenshield! He's ours! Zorin's such a maniac he's gonna insist on seeing those two Gundams for himself! He'll come here and we'll grab him and his merry band of lunatics as well!" she yelled triumphantly.




Odo was not quite so sure as she and decided to tell her.




"Lady Marley? Won't Mr Oakie simply have those things delivered to him the same way we were just delivered here?" pointed out the dwarf and Mar's face fell.




"Of course he will. Good point though Odo. Ryuuk? Can you make it back to the ship on your own?" asked the blonde.




Ryuuk appeared insulted.




"Sure Blondie. Why?" he replied.




"Go back there and tell Miss Ari to beam us and everything around us in a twenty metre radius back there. Tell her to energize in (Mar glanced at her writstchromo and calculated) five minutes. Go!" she commanded and Ryuuk split.




The trio ran to the alcove. Rebecca resheathed her dagger and did a double take.




"Holy shit! Oro the Hell are those things, mum? Are they- Gundams?" she breathed in awe and Mar nodded grimly.




"That they are, Becky. That they most certainly are." she whispered.




"Lemme borrow this thing, Becky." said Odo and he yanked out her dagger.




"Hey!" squealed Rebecca and then she relaxed when she saw he only wanted the dagger to tap on a Gundam's 'chest'.




"Sounds hollow to me. Wonder if there's anything inside of 'em?" he asked.




"Or anyone. Let's find out. Stand back." said Marlene and she drew her Mark XII disruptor blaster pistol and charged it. Then she fired three times into the nearest Gundam's blast shield face plate.




In that confined space the roars were deafening. There was no reaction to her trio of energy bolts so Mar cautiously approached the Gundam. Then she activated the locking mechanism and leaped back as a small drawbridge lowered itself- the access ramp. A quick peep inside assured her the Gundam was as empty as Edward Elric's brother Alphonse's suit of armour.




"OK Odo. You and Becky get inside this one and I'll take the other one. Quickly now so Ari can beam us and these things back to the ship. We only have (Mar squinted at her wristchromo) Christ! Thirty seconds so move your asses!" ordered the tall blonde.




Odo peered warily inside the 'monster' and Becky botted him the rest of the way in before clambering in herself. Mar wasted no time in hopping into the other Gundam.




"Hit that yellow panel above your head, Becky. That's the ramp release control. Only a few seconds left now." called Mar and Becky complied.




The ramp snapped shut and the Gundam was sealed. Mar managed to seal her Gundam just in the nick of time.




Suddenly without warning both Leviathan armoured units shimmered and vanished only to reappear instantly on the 'LA2's transporter pads. As soon as Ari saw them she grabbed a plasma rifle and levelled it at the gigantic behemoths.




She drew a big sigh of relief, however, when Odo jumped out of one of them and kissed the deck floor. Rebecca emerged behind Odo and Mar scrambled down from the other Gundam.




"They're Gundams, Ari. Old Zorin won't be using these two beauties anytime soon." chuckled the blonde and then she raised her voice.




"Harley? It's me- Angel. I need you to send four security teams to the transporter bays on Seven stat. Why? Because we are gonna bag us an Oakenshield, that's why. Odo located Oakie's two Gundams in the deepest recesses of the caverns and we have them both stowed away safely aboard. Z.O. will probably insist on taking possession of them personally ("Aye lassie! That he will!" interrupted Harlock) so we'll grab him and his playmates when they show up on 'XANA' to take delivery. Angel out." trilled a satisfied Mar.




The teams were duly dispatched with Lord Ivanhoe in command. Less than three hours later a score (twenty) of Oakenshield's 'Elite Guard' were cooling their heels in the brig while Zorin himself was being interrogated upstairs in the ready room.




He was livid with rage and acting like he was the injured innocent bystander.




"There must be some mistake here, Ladies. You cannot arrest me, Madam Marshall, Madam Brigadier! I have diplomatic immunity! I am Zorin Ryan Oakenshield, Ruler of 'Romulus' and 'Remus' and I hereby order you to--" he cried out indignantly.




The Boss stared at him coolly, lit a cheroot and pointed its tip at him.




"Ruler of 'Rom' and 'Rem' eh? (He nodded defiantly) You got diplomatic immunity huh? (Again he nodded and smiled. Kei's face went dark) You got shit, little man! Under Galactic Law which you seem fond of quoting it clearly states that 'diplomatic immunity' only applies if your ass is actually sitting on a planet, world, moon or asteroid. Anywhere else and you're just a plain old run-of-the-mill felon- a common criminal! This is deep space and your ass is sitting on my starship so that means you are SOL- shit outta luck, tomo!" shouted the redheaded firebrand Hellcat.




Zorin began sliding his hand towards Rukia's holstered Mark XIII ion cannon. She was standing beside her prisoner flanked on the other side by Light Yagami and Ryuuk. Light noisily cleared his throat.




"So? You wanna try and outdraw me, Zorin? (Kei stood and stepped back from the table. Her fingers were poised just centimetres over her own holstered Mark XIII. It looked like the 'Gunfight at the OK Corral' back on ancient Terra) Go ahead, Oakie. Whenever ya feel lucky that is. Ya do feel lucky, don't ya, tomo? (Zorin began to sweat) Well? Do ya, punk?" said the Boss very menacingly and she stared right at the little dictator wannabe.




Slowly Zorin slid his hand away from Rukia's Mark and laid both hands flat on the table and smiled.




"Let's make us a deal, my dear child, shall we? (Gene, Han and Harlock exchanged amused glances. One thing you never ever did to an Angel was call her a child!) You allow me to escape and in return I will swear on my word of honour never to return to this galaxy in the future. (Kei scowled) My star cruiser is loaded to the gills with gold press Latinum bars. You can even have half of them into the bargain. I realize that you 'dogs of the military' (Kome instinctively felt her right cheek. She was remembering the stinging thwack she'd received from the redheaded Amazon when she had once saucily referred to her as 'Garner's lapdog'!) don't make that many credits you know. (If Kei's looks could kill Zorin Oakenshield would have been in 'Otherworld' by now!) Just look the other way, my love (Even Neko and Rukia snickered at that ill chosen remark!) and I swear that--" cajoled the oily Oakenshield but the Boss had had enough of him for one day.




"Stow it, you whiny toad! That Latinum was tolen from the good folks of 'Kalufrax', wasn't it? Well it's gonna go right back there to 'em! OK now you pay attention. (Kei cleared her throat) Zorin Ryan Oakenshield, I hereby place you under arrest larceny, gun running, illegal arms dealings, robbery, embezzlement of public funds, espionage, high treason, inciting a war, attempted homicide, murder (probably- Kei was covering all the bases), resisting arrest (Ichigo and Miroku rubbed their stomachs) and whatever the Hell else I can think of! Book him, Harley!" seethed the fuming redheaded Hellcat.




Zorin decided to open his big mouth.




"I have rights dammit! I claim sanctuary! I am an aristocrat! I have diplomatic immuni--" he shouted and then suddenly lunged for Rukia's Mark!




He had it half out of her holster when-- ZANG! CRACK!




"OW! Christ Almighty!" he screamed in agony and clutched his right shoulder. Blood seeped between his fingers from the graze wound caused by the bullet from Revy's 'Cutlass'.




"Damnation! That hurts like Hell! It burns dammit!" he howled.




"That's a bullet from a 'real' gun, stupid. Not a damned energy bolt or blast from a toy like theirs. You wanna try for two? (Zorin shook his head violently) Then you sit there and behave yourself like a good little boy. He's all yours, mum." said Suba (Subaltern) Revy Roberts, a smoking 'Beretta' in her fist. Kei bristled with fury and reholstered her own weapon.




"Mar, the man does have a point, don't ya think? He does have rights under Galactic Law so read 'em to him and get his ass the Fxxx outta here dammit!" she commanded and sat down again. The vidphone chirped and Rukia answered it.




"Hullo? This is Rukia. Huh? Yeah, just a sec, ma'am. Here, mum. It's for you. It's 'Cat' and she's got something on the scanners." said the soul reaper. Kei grabbed the vidphone from her.




"Yeah 'Cat'? Kei here. Oro ya got? Uh huh. Ya don't say? Well lemme think that over for a minute. I'll trill ya back, kid." she said and blanked the vidscreen.




Suddenly the PA system blared to life.




"A dozen fighters closing in fast, Boss! Oro are your orders dammit all!" shouted Rally's voice from the nav room. Kei smiled grimly and touched her comlink earrings.




"Tell Kome to vaporize the lot of 'em. Use the 'railguns' and that's an order dammit!" she trilled and Zorin Oakenshield paled.




"Call 'em off Zorin and I'll have Suba Sawaguchi stand down. Five seconds, tomo. One. Two. Three. Four. Fi--" she began counting and Zorin yelled.




"Shub Niggurath! Shub Niggurath! Did you hear me? Broadcast that on Band XLCV in the clear and they'll pull back! Just send it dammit! Please!" he whimpered and at a nod from the Boss Neko did.




Five minutes later six X-Wing fighters and six TIE (Twin Ion Engine) fighter and their pilots were in custody. As soon as a dejected Zorin Oakenshield had been escorted to a private brig Kome tapped Kei's shoulder.




"Boss Lady! He knew! He's seen or heard of 'railguns'! That's why he caved in and surrendered his troops to us!" cried the tall strawberry-blonde teenaged Terran girl worriedly. Kei was puzzled.




"So? He's heard of 'em? Who ain't? Oro of it? Oro difference does it make?" asked a perplexed redhead.




"Ever since you and the Wing Commander nuked that casino in space a few years ago haven't they been banned across the galaxy?" suggested Lt Cmdr Joey Bishop, a sometimes pilot but usually 'Starfleet' Captain Nerese's helmsman on the 'Coriander'. Jon, Gene, Han, 'Dynamo' and even Neko Olson started laughing.




"Oro the Hell's so frigging funny?" demanded the firebrand.




"Off the record, mum? (Kei fumed and nodded) We've been running 'railguns' for years. They're used as a deterrent rather than as an active weapon. Hell! Even Johnny Berringer had a couple on 'Starcrusher' but he never even uncrated the damned things! Mostly we load 'em up with empty shells fitted with dummy charges. To the best of my knowledge and recollection except for you two fire hazards nobody has even fired one. The threat to do so is usually more than enough to get ya oro ya want." explained Gene Starwind.




"However, if Oakbrain's got a few of 'em squirrelled away someplace we'd best find 'em, my Angels. Before somebody else does eh?" drawled Han Solo.




"Damned right we'd better! I can still remember oro the Hell this dipstick did to an entire space colony with just one of the damned things!" yelled 'Duchess' Yuri Donovan.




"Dammit to Hell, Vacuumhead! It wasn't my fault!" yelled Kei angrily.




"Are you trying to say it was my fault, you Airhead?" shouted Yuri.




"Shut up, Birdbrain!" yelled the Boss.




"I don't have to shut up, Dipstick! You shut up!" howled Yuri.




"Shut the Fxxx up- the pair of ya! If Zorin's already seen or at least heard of 'railguns' don't that mean that he might already have a few of 'em? And he sure as Hell won't be squeamish about using them- right?" yelled Nami Richards. Kei was very annoyed now.




"Did all of ya forget that the little megalomaniac's locked up in my brig downstairs?" growled the angry Hellcat.




"Oro about his two execs?" asked Nyssa innocently.




"Aye lads and lassies! Oro about Lord Dooku and Grand Admiral Thrawn? They're just as insane as Oakbrain indeed perhaps more so in fact!" roared Jonathan Harlock.




"One of 'em's probably leading the vanguard of the invasion force too." observed Rally 'Cat' Vincent quietly.




"Oro invasion force?" cried Brigadier Marlene Angel.




"The one we just picked up on scan. It's headed for 'Romulus' and it's huge- a few hundred at least." agreed Zoe Morton, the Plutonian navvie.




"Orders Marshall?" demanded a sarcastic Yuri.




"That's up to Brigadier Angel, kiddo. This is her ship for the mission's duration." replied the redhead.




Every pair of aizu (eyes) turned to the blonde.




"Dooku and Thrawn's expecting a tandem of Gundams, ain't they? Let's give 'em to 'em with Jon and Neko at their controls. How far's that fleet from 'Romulus' now?" asked Mar.




"Five days at the most, mum." answered Rally.




"How long before we reach 'Romulus', Cap?" asked the blonde of Starwind.




"Three days if I kick in the hyperdrives, Blondie." replied Gene.




"Oro's the next world those raiders will reach?" she asked. Nami spotted it on the vidcharts first.




"A moon- 'Aoyama', ma'am and they'll reach it in three more days." reported Nami.




"And we can be there in a day and a half- thirty-six solar hours, kiddo." advised Starwind.




"Make it so, Gene. No matter oro happens Dooku and Thrawn do not repeat not get past 'Aoyama', however, better have 'em evacuate 'Romulus' and 'Remus' just to play it safe. How soon can we get some back-up here, guys?" asked the svelte interim commander.




"Four days at least, love. Until then you are on your own, my dear." said Garner who along with Gooley and Gazelle was temporarily using 'Yars VI' for his HQ. They had used John Berringer's 'Balsa' shuttlecraft for the trip with Lt Kallen Steadfast of the 'Balack Knights' as their pilot. She had flown them from 'Alderaan' to 'Yars VI' right after Kei's shooting demonstrations had ended.




"Send us as many ships as you can possibly share,sir. We will try and hold them at 'Aoyama' until the reinforcements arrive. Angel out." said the calm, cool and collected no nonsense blonde Brigadier.




Then she began issuing crisp and efficient orders to her crew. When Mar finally finished the Boss gave a final order.




"Better prep the 'God Guns'- just in case." she intoned grimly and her face was solemn.




"Kiva? Can you and your crew see to those 'Kami' cannons for us? Arigaou (Thanks)." said Mar.




"Hey! Why Mr Harley and Miss 'Kitty Kat', Auntie Marlene? hy do they get to fly those Gundams? Why can't me and Caggie do it instead?" demanded a pouting Flay Allster while Cagalli Yula Athna stared at the ceiling.




"Hae ye two 'gossoons' (infants, children in Gaelic) ever even 'seen' a Gundam before let alone flown one? Well? Hae ye?" shouted Jon Harlock.




Both shook their heads.




"Well Jon and I have used them before and they ain't so easy to handle, kids." said Neko Olson.




Flaysie wanted to know oro a 'gossoon' was so Ed Elric told her. She fumed and whispered to Cagalli who just chuckled.




"Hey! Pirate dude! You can't call us babies darn it!" yelled a defiant Flay.




"Ye are babies to us ye know!" roared the pirate his patience at last exhausted.




"Go to Hell ya old geezer!" howled Flay. Thwack! Flay started to sob and rubbed her jaw which was already showing a red welt.




"You watch that mouth of yours, young lady! I do not want to hear that kind of language from you again! Edward! Edwrd Elric!" cried Pinato 'Granny' Rockabell.




"Brother? Are you in trouble again?" chortled Alphone Elric, Ed's younger brother who resembled one of Lord Falco's knights in armour.




"I didn't do nothing, Granny! Honest! Oro did I do, ma'am?" cried Ed.




"Bring me the soap, Edward! Alphonse! The strap please! Winry, come here! You are coming with me, young lady!" she cried grabbing Flaysie's ear and leading her away towards the restrooms.




Cagalli blocked her path.




"Fun's fun Gran but Flaysie's a big girl now. She's sorry for cussing so tae your damned hands off her dammit!" yelled Caggie.




Wham! A right hook from Winry Rockabell knocked her into the bulkhead wall.




"You can't talk to my grandmother like that you little bitch!" shreiked the angry blonde who towered over Athna. Sesshomaru seized her from behind and cuffed them both soundly.




"Bring both of 'em Mr Sess and follow me. We may need more soap." said Granny.




Nat and Zoe joined the group to accompany Granny, Caggie, Flaysie and Winry into the ladies' room while Ed, Al, Sess and Tracey Edwards waited in the corridor. Granny was almost ready to dole out the punishments and Ed and Al knew what that meant from bitter experiences as kids!




Inside the restroom Granny turned to Nat and Zoe.




"Down with their britches, ladies. Winry please assume the position. You know what to do." ordered Pinako quietly.




Winry nodded and obediently dropped her trousers and bent across a table while Granny administered the first part of her punishment for swearing. Then she shoved a bar of foul smelling soap into her opened mouth.




Both 'Archangelites' were in shock!




When Granny turned her back for a moment Winry yanked out the soap and whispered to Cag and Flay.




"Just do it girls. It'll be over with before ya know it. Soap's the worst part. Gran's not as strong as she used to be so the strap doesn't hurt like it used to back home." she suggested and then stuck the soap back in her mouth as Granny faced them again.




"No way in Hell am I--" screeched Flaysie and Zoe said "Yeah way." and she yanked down Flaysie's pants while Nat did the same thing to Caggie.




"It's for your own good, kids. Didn't Mommy ever teach you two any manners? You'll thank us for this one day ya know." intoned Lt Cmdr Nat as Granny applied the strap to their pantied bottoms- with vigour. Winry giggled. Then the other two got the 'soap banquet' as well.




Fifteen minutes later Caggie, Flaysie and Winry returned to the ready room- chastised, ashamed and sore all over but wiser. Cagalli had been appointed the trio's spokesman.




"We apologize for our behaviour, mum and we promise it will never happen again, Brigadier Angel." said Caggie with a very sharp salute. Mar returned the salute.




"See that it doesn't, Subbies." growled the blonde. Flaysie stifled a giggle.




"You made a teensy mistake there, ma'am. Caggie, Winry and me are all lieutenants." corrected Flaysie.




"Not anymore you aren't. The three of you are hereby demoted to Sub-Ensigns effective immediately. Furthermore you are all confined to quarters until I decide otherwise. Dismissed." replied Mar quietly.




The young trio looked dazed.




"Ye heard the orders did ye not? Ye be dismissed so scat!" rumbled Jonathan Harlock.




Winry stamped her foot, Cagalli saluted and Flaysie started bawlin again, however, scat they did.




Marlene sat down wearily.




"Now that that's all over with I will repeat my last order. Jon and Neko will pilot the Gundams. Kome and her crew will man the 'railguns' and Commander Villa will temporarily be in charge of the bridge weapons. I think our best course of action is for our gun crews to familiarize themselves with their new toys. Kiva and her gang will be in charge of prepping our 'God Guns' just in case the 'G Boys' decide we have to use the darn things. Does anyone have any other questions?" said Mar and Nami Richards pointed to a tunnel shaped vortex on her PDO's vid starchart.




"Oro is that thing, ma'am?" she asked wonderingly.




END of Ch 55. Ch 56 soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine’s gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K




I dickered over this chapter’s titles. Let me know if I got ‘em right eh?




PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K




See ya next blog post. Toodles-K&K




This next one may be lengthy. Sorry.- K&K

25 July 2009

AngelWings Ch 54 'Honour Amongst Thieves'/'Dwarf Discovery'

Odo is a conartist of the first water for sure but he pales in comparison to this rapscallion whom the Flash Angels encountered several times. Meet Caldy the conman who 'swindled me (Kei) in Dantoonine!' In my ff's he gets around quite a bit and makes at least two appearances- once on 'Sontarra' and again on ? Sorry but that was early on in Angel Wings and I don't recall those circumstances at the moment but you are welcome to check on it. Caldy's first appearance was in DP Flash's Act II/World's Worlds arc/Steamy Hot Springs Romantic Tour only it was anything but romantic!

AW Ch 54 ‘Honour Amongst Thieves'or ‘The Dwarf's Discovery'
Wow! Kei's been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons may be in Zorin's hands- Gundams! Almost as terrifying as the 'God Guns' or the Angels' new toy- the r-- whoops! I almost let the neko outta the sack folks! This chapter will put two close tomos at loggerheads with each other and nai it ain't Vacuumhead and Firebrand either! A pickpocketing passenger will end up saving the day for the Angels and- Kami! I have said too much. Read on loyal and faithful followers of the word:-
ANGEL WINGS
DISCLAIMER: OK ‘Ari’ darlin’, it’s all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let’s get to Ch 54 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Aw do ya expect me to spoil it for ya? Oro does this all mean? We’ll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall’s on the warpath again! Here ’tis:-
CHAPTER 54
‘Honour Amongst Thieves'or ‘The Dwarf's Discovery'
Meanwhile back down at Mar's pad Ryuuk (Light Yagami's death god shinigami) wanted some apples so he floated through Mar's closed door and into her living room.
"Excuse the intrusion Miss Angel but may I hve an apple or two onegai (please)?" asked the horrifying creature.
"Sure. Help yourself. They're in the fridge on the top--" replied Mar and then glanced up.
"Christ Almighty Ryuuk! You scared the shit outta me! I almost pissed my pants!" she yelled jumping up and falling over the coffee table. Ryuuk caught her before she crashed onto the glass-topped table.
"Nai (No) I don't think you pissed 'em my dear but may I say that you have quite a fashionable taste in undergarments? Very becoming, Milady. That azure shade of aoishi (blue) complements your aizu (eyes) perfectly." said the grinning shinigami.
"Oro the Hell are you babbling about, death god?" she demanded and then noticed that her uniform pants had fallen down around her ankles.
"You really need to use a belt my dear child. Then your trousers would stay up." laughed Ryuuk.
Mar's face turned crimson and she hastily yanked her pants back up.
"Belt? Fxxx! My belt's gone! And my jewelry, wallet and fanny pouch too! And--" howled the flustered blonde.
"And weren't you wearing a sweater under your blazer?" snickered Ryuuk.
"My turtlenck too? Dammit to Hell! Revy! Find Odo and bring that dwarf to me pronto! Revy? Respond dammit! Revy! (She touched her ears) Aw Hell! He stole them too? He was only in here for five minutes! Ryuuk, take your apples and go get Odo for me. He's with Rebecca!" cried the blonde who as a rule was usually calm, cool and collected.
"I hear and I obey, Milady." replied the shinigami and he vanished.
"Nope. I'm sorry, Lord Ryuuk but he hasn't shown up yet. Why do you want him anyway? (Ryuuk explained why to Rebcca who grimaced) Follow me. I've got a pretty good idea of where the Hell he is." said Rebecca and the death god hovered behind her while the red-headed healer/herbalist/warrior told the lift to take them to Level Eight.
When they got there she ran down the hall to Holo Room four and keyed the 'archway'.
"Hullo Odo, Randy. What have you got there? What the devil have you stolen this time, dwarf? Oh no you don't! Grab him Ryuuk! (One snatch and Ryuuk scooped up the small dwarf and tucked him under one arm. Rebecca addressed Randolph) If I were you, Sergeant I'd go back to the 'Castle' now. Odo's in some really deep shit!" seethed Rebecca.
Gerald Randolph vamoosed.
"Would you believe that I found all this stuff just sitting in the hallway and I was asking Randy to help me find its rightful owners and--" wheedled Odo and Rebecca shook her head.
"I find that very hard to believe, dwarf." she replied and yanked off her cloak.
"Take him back to Brigadier Angel, Ryuuk. I'll follow as soon as I've packed up Odo's haul. Thanks a lot." she said and began dumping handfuls of the loot onto her cloak.
"Whatever you say Milady Becca." replied the death god as off he flew off dragging the cringing dwarf with him.Rebecca sighed, finished tying the ends of her cloak together and tucked it under her arm like a parcel.
"You'll forgive if I don't get up boys because I seem to be missing a belt along with quite a few other things." said Mar when Ryuuk floated in with the dwarf. She'd replaced her purloined turtleneck with a grey 3WA sweatshirt, however, Rin and Ed had been given all of Mar's spare belts to clean and polish so Mar either had to remain seated or use her hands to hold up her pants when she stood up.
"Lady Becca's right behind us, Blondie. She's bringing this creature's swag back to you, Madam Brig." informed Ryuuk and Mar tossed him an apple. Holding onto Odo with one hand Ryuuk caught the apple with the other and munched away on it greedily.
"I do believe that you are missing some things, Brig? Here. You'll need this I'm sure." said Rebecca tossing the blonde her belt.
Mar thanked her and excused herself for a moment or two. She returned from her bedroom in less than five minutes but she no longer needed to hold her pants up.
"The rest of your belongings, mum." said Rebecca and she dumped the contents of her cloak on the coffee table.
"How the Hell did he manage to grab all this stuff in five minutes without my noticing it?" wondered Mar.
"Ivy (Lord Ivanhoe) and I have been trying to figure him out for a very long time, mum. Is everything there, Brig?" asked the redhead and Mar started checking through the pile.
"Well is it?" she added and Odo cringed in fear.
"Here. I took this thing as well, Milady." he said and handed over the 'Gundam' vidfile.
"I seen two of them metal knight suits, mum only they looked just like them pictures there not like those other pictures you showed me." sulked the dwarf and he pointed out the Gundams in the vidfile folder.
Mar's aizu (eyes) lit up like Greek fires.
"Where did you see them, Odo? And when?" cried an ecstatic Brigadier.
END of Ch 54. Ch 55 soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine’s gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K
I dickered over this chapter’s titles. Let me know if I got ‘em right eh?
PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K
See ya next blog post. Toodles-K&K
This next one may be lengthy. Sorry.- K&K

24 July 2009

ANGEL WINGS CH 53 'Charlie's Secret'/'NewToy'


Meet Maya- Don Poporo's replacement as the Flash Angels' new chief at Unit 237 of the 3WA.
Boy did she ever get a shock! Enjoy the chappie folks- K&K


AW Ch 53 ‘Charlie's Secret’ or ‘The Angels and Kome Get A New Toy’


Wow! Kei's been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons may be in Zorin's hands- Gundams! Almost as terrifying as the 'God Guns' or the Angels' new toy- the r-- whoops! I almost let the neko outta the sack folks! This chapter will put two close tomos at loggerheads with each other and nai it ain't Vacuumhead and Firebrand either! A pickpocketing passenger will end up saving the day for the Angels and- Kami! I have said too much. Read on loyal and faithful followers of the word:-


ANGEL WINGSDISCLAIMER: OK ‘Jon’ darlin’, it’s all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let’s get to Ch 53 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Aw do ya expect me to spoil it for ya? Oro does this all mean? We’ll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall’s on the warpath again! Here ’tis:-


CHAPTER 53‘Charlie's Secret’ or ‘The Angels and Kome Get A New Toy’


"Of course I know that four of those blasted things almost annihilated Terra a century ago or two! Don't ya think that I took History 101 in school too? Sorry, Gene. That last remarked was uncalled for. It's just that I am so upset and-- It's not really all that bad I guess. He's only got two of 'em, gang." replied Territorial Sector Chief Charles Augustus Garner.


"So he's only got enough firepower to vaporize a couple of moons then, Charlie?" observed the blonde navvie now acting commander.


"Well, I wouldn't quite put it that way, Brig but hai (yeah) you're right. It is a bit more dismal than I was letting on to you." admitted Charlie.


"You don't want for us to use 'IT' on them things now, do ya, Charlie?" howled a distraught Solo.


He meant of course the dreaded 'God Guns' aboard the 'LA2'. Garner dropped his java cup and swore.


"Jigoku nai! Hell no, pirate! However, there is uh another prototype weapon aboard that none of you fine folks know anything about." said a mysterious chief. He hesitated.


"Well? Oro the Fxxx is this miracle toy, me old boyo? Gomen (Sorry), sir." cried the Brigadier pounding a gloved fist on the console.


"It's a-a 'railgun', Marlene. Deirdre and Bridget (Kei and Yuri) have used one of them before. About five years ago it was if memory serves." replied Garner. Jon Harlock pursed his lips in thought.


"I recall some mission that Lee Chan (another 3WA agent) was involved in with the two brats about that time. Something involving a floating casino in deep space. It seems the two fire hazards use a 'railgun' and managed to blast the place to smithereenies and nuke half of an adjacent space colony into the bargain! By any chance is that the mission to which ye were referring, Charles?" demanded Jon. Garner nodded.


"Where ya got the artillery stashed, Chuck?" drawled Solo.


"It's between Decks Nine and Sub-Five, Han." he answered softly. If he was correct and Garner never joked it would make the 'railgun' twice the length of the 'God Gun'- over a kilo and a half or a good mile at least! This thought had apparently just occurred to Harlock.


"That be the length of the ship itself, laddie!" he roared and Garner nodded while he poured more java.


"The tandem of 'air purifier' ports beneath the forward portal vidcams are the gunport covers and that 'extra' pair of exhaust ports at the base of Sub-Five must be the back blast retrojets. Right Garner?" asked Starwind. Again Garner nodded and ignited a cigar.


"You are correct, Captain. The firing controls are right there- beneath the Brig's boots. (Mar's booted feet crashed to the deck floor) Didn't any of you ever wonder why that extra row of console keys was there? The extreme left and right keys with the asterisks on them are the guns' triggers. There are two 'railguns' well think of 'em like a super long ancient Terran shotgun- two barrels side by side. The remaining keys marked with 'x's are the extra shells. The first eight are pre-loaded, four per gun. Another shell reloads each time one of those keys is punched. Altogether you have a sum total of forty rounds. That of course includes the first salvo of eight. Those 'wheels' on either side of the console housing control the windage. Elevation is of course controlled by the pilot. After all the ship's nose is the target aiming indicator. Now onegai (please) activate Vidscreen number eighteen for me." explained Garner.


"Can't. Eighteen's outta order, Chuck." replied Solo.


"Turn it on all the same, pirate. I think you'll be surprised." chortled Garner.Han did so and there was a slight whirring sound from the console as a concealed vidscreen rose out of the back of the console. It showed a vidmap starchart of the immediate cosmos. Superimposed upon it were two light aoishi (blue) lines, one horizontal and one vertical. Where they converged was the silhouette of a 'Canadian bull' target.


"Holy shit!" yelled Gene who had been leaning against the back of Mar's console.


"You just sight in your targets, relay commands to the bridge, lock onto your targets and fire. Their range is 200 K kilos (200,000 kilometres or a Helluva lotta miles) and the back blast is a full fifty K so make damned sure you have a clear field of fire both fore and aft or you just might vaporize a moon or two." warned Garner.


"Who's our gunner, sir?" asked Mar.


"Anyone you designate as gunner, Brig. The operation of the guns is so simple even an ancient Terran caveman could do it. It's so easy it's mere child's play to fire. (His face clouded) Do not let that young 'cowgirl'- Edward anywhere near those controls! Child's play? It- It- It was just a- a-" stammered the chief.


"Just an expression, sir? I know, Chief. Don't worry. She won't get her little fingers on those keys. Now where are we headed? 'Romulus' or 'Remus', sir?" asked the pert blonde.


"Neither one. Zorin's new HQ is on 'Olmec', a moon near 'Remus'. We do not believe that he has launched his Gundams yet so mybe a quick strike can put 'em out of commission. Your 'railguns' can fire while your ship is 'cloaked' and whie your shields are still up you know. I am hereby ordering you to leave now for 'Olmec', Brigadier. How long do you think it'll take you to get there, Mar?" asked the chief. Mar thought for a moment or two before replying.


"At Warp 45 I'd say three solar days and I do not recommend exceeding 45 either, sir. Our warp core is still a bit dodgy." she replied.


"Very well, Brigadier Angel. Three days it is. Make it so. Good luck and Kami bless, my dear child. Garner out." said Charlie and he blanked his vidscreen. Although Garner ranted and raved at them, yelled and screamed a lot and was usually gruff with them he thought of his Angels- all of them- as the daughters he had never had and although none of them would ever admit it the Angels thought of Garner, Gooley, Gutav, Poporo, Gazelle and even old Vito Galadriel as their fathers and grandfather.


Captain Kiva Eleanor Nerese of 'Starfleet' (CO of the 'USS Coriander' temporarily transferred to the 3WA) was not in a very good mood today. Her crew had been assigned to cleaning detail and that meant cleaning and maintaining all fourteen levels of this mile long starship. She became even more bad-temperedafter the Brig dropped a new bombshell on her. Mar had found the tall svelte captain sitting at the bar with duty roster vidlog in had. She was sipping a Capuccino Mocha and smoking a cheroot.


"We are going after what!" yelled the Bjorn officer throwing her vidlog on the bartop.


"You heard me, Kiva. Gundams. Zorin Oakenshield has Gundams on 'Olmec' and our job is to crippl them and capture the little megalomaniac despot." explained a very patient Marlene Angel.


"Shit! I've heard of those damned things, Blondie! They're like that Type 40 armoured fighting suit that Maxie Berringer used when he came after me and Rosa back home!" cried Don Poporo recalling his 'Ash Grey Avenger' adventure four years ago on 'Shimougou' with the 'Deadly Dynamic Duo' and John Berringer's ne'er do well brother. Rosa was Don's young daughter and Max had been determined to kill both Don and Rosa in revenge for Don's sending him up the river.


That little 'incident' resulted in the destruction of 3WA HQ in 'Furool (Foo-Lon) City' along with a good three-quarters of the city itself! He smiled when he recalled how he and the two fire hazards had tried to write letters of apology in an office where one entire wall was missing and the wind kept blowing everything helter skelter.


"According to 'Starfleet Command' not even 'Gurens', 'Nightmares' or even 'Launcelots' can stop those Leviathan behemoths, Colonel." advised Kiva. Mar glared at her. She didn't like to be reminded of that.


"It's Brigadier now, Captain and trust me we do have a weapon to use against them." snapped the blonde Terran from 'Earth II'.


"Where the Hell'd this lunatic get Gundams?" asked Revy Roberts.


"Probably from that old 'Celestial Beings Vegas Terror Group' if those nutcases are still around." suggested Lt Cmdr Naturle Badgiruel Edwards from the ready room's open doorway.


"You haf a couple of 'panzers' (tanks) aboard, ja?" asked Lt Cmdr Fritz von Dekker. The infamous 'Green Baron' (a direct descendant of the ancient Terrans' 'Red Bron' Manfred von Richthofen) was Emma 'Queen' Emeraldas's exec on the 'Emerald Queen'.


"Yeah we sure do Fritzie but we ain't using those toys are we, guys Not againt Fxxxing Gundams!" squealed a tallish strawbrry-blonde teen at the conference table.


"Nai Kome. We have 'railguns' aboard- two of the darned things." replied Wing Cmdr Yuri Donovan who had just arrived and took a seat beside Neko Olson.


"OK why wasn't I invited to this little shindig? With the Boss outta commission I'm in command- I'm the ship's exec!" she demanded angrily. Everyone grinned.


"Oro's so all fired frigging funny darn it?" she yelled.


"You are, Duchess. Ya look so doggone cute in your jammies and robe." chuckled Han.


"And that 'Paddington Bear' of yours- d'ya know that Flaysie's (Lt Flay Allster) got one just like it, ma'am?" giggled Lt Cagalli Yula Athna.


Belatedly Yuri realized that she'd dashed upstairs from her bedroom and hadn't bothered to change nor to drop 'Paddy'.


"Here." said Neko tossing her a 'morphing' bracelet. Yuri clamped it on her wrist and 'morphed' into uniform before laying 'Paddy' on the table.


"So? Why wasn't I informed of this meeting dammit?" demanded the violet-maned exec.


"Because the Boss put me in command- remember? And Mr Garner specifically asked for me, not you, ma'am. I called this 'think tank' session and I decided not to invite you, Wing Commander Donovan. Why? That answer should be obvious even to you. That casino in space 'railgun' disaster on 'Kurestan' that time four years ago? When you and that Amazon downstairs almost atomized an entire spacecolony. That's why you were not summoned, however, since you're here you can stay. Sit down and shut up, girl." replied the interim commander.


"But that darn mess wasn't MY fault! It was the dipstick's fault dammit all to Hell! She was the one that used the 'railgun' not me!" screeched Yuri standing up and leaning both palms on the table and facing Mar who stared back coolly.


"I said to sit down and shut up, Yuri. Another outburst like that and I'll have you relieved of duty and confined to quarters. Am I quite clear on that, Donovan? (Yuri sat back down and nodded) Good. Now answer something for me. How is it that you knew we had 'railguns' aboard even though Charlie said nobody aboard did?" asked Mar very quietly. Yuri smirked.


"Because it was on a need to know basis and the Boss and I needed to know, that's how. I AM the exec ya know. See? You don't know everything about the 'Angel' after all, do you, Brig?" snarled the vixen but Mar decided to ignore her this time.


"As I was saying- First I want this ship enroute to 'Olmec' with all possible speed stat. We have been authorized to exceed maximum warp all the way up to 45 if necessary. Second if we can find a shortcut we will use it. Third I want all other spacecraft aboard this vessel prepped, manned and ready for battle by the time we reach 'Olmec' in 72 solar hours. Fourth (Mar was ticking off items on her fingers) Nat, Flay, Cagalli, Kome and Neko are the 'railgun' crew with Kome as its lead gunner. You've got forty rounds in eight shot salvos, four to each gun per load. Now pay strict attention to this because I'm only going to show you guys how to use those things onc." said the blonde and she very carefully explained the operating details to her new 'railgun' crew.


Yuri scowled. She did not like to be dressed down at all.


"Oro do you want me to do, Brigadier, ma'am?" she asked in a saucy tone and Mar rounded on the exec.


"A very important job, Wing Commander. I want you down on the observation deck in the star room. Your task is to look for anything out of the ordinary. Anything that could possibly house weapons, ammo, gun implacements and-- Gundams." replied her interim leader.


"Ain't Rally scanning for that kind of crap already, Blondie?" yelled an incensed Yuri. Mar didn't rise to the bait.


"Yeah Donovan she is but Gundams can 'mask' their presences even if they cannot actually 'cloak' so I want visual as well as technical scans for this mission dammit! You got a problem with my orders, Wing Commander Donovan? (Yuri bit her tongue and shook her violet mane) Good. Dismissed." said Mar.


Yuri saluted, picked up her bear and left.


"Zoe? Nyssa? Nami? Have you found us any shortcuts yet?" demanded the tall blonde when she entered the nav room a few minutes later. The trio of 'navvies' shook their heads ruefully.


"Vincent? Anything on your scans?" asked Mar.


"Not a damned thing Cap. If those things are out there they must be 'masked', 'cloaked' or both." replied a perplexed Rally Vincent.


"Well keep at it 'Cat' and thanks." she said clapping the Terran on the back. Then she returned to the bridge.


"Gene you're piloting for the 'railgunners' so you'd best get some rest. Han can take over for you. Need a co-pilot, Solo?" she inquired but Han shook his head.


"OK then listen up everybody. Revy's handling communications and Jon's in charge of security. The two soul reapers have this shift's guard mount. Tell Jon that when he sets the 2200 (10 PM) shift to have someone wake up Donovan and send her ass up to the star room. She's already been briefed on oro she has to do there. Remind Jon that I want our 'railgun' crew fresh for ashita (tomorrow) so Nat, Flay, Cagalli, 'Pinkie' (Kome) and 'Kitty Kat' (Neko) are excused from guard duty on my orders until further notice. Villa is our new weapons officer and his bridge gunners are Kagome, Kouga, InuYasha, the 'Blonde Bomber' (Mae Hopkins aka 'Kitten') and Ayasha, Ayana or oroever the Hell her name is- Kouga's intended. ("It's Ayame, Cap!" yelled Rally from next door) Arigatou (Thanks) 'Cat'. (Mar turned to go and suddenly snapped her gloved fingers) Have someone find Odo (Ivanhoe and Rebecca's dwarf companion) and send him to my quarters stat. (Han raised his aizu(eye)brows inquisitively) I just got a scathingly brilliant idea (Kudos if you recall what flick that quote's from and who said it, tomos mine), Solo." smiled the blonde. Han chuckled.


"Another one of those, Princess? Roger that and willco, ma'am." drawled the ex-pirate and smuggler.


At 2000 hours (8 PM) there was a timid tap on Mar's portal.


"Come on in, Odo. Door's open." she called and the dwarf sidled in cap in hand.


"I ain't stoled nothing, Lady Marley! Honest! Somebody musta planted them watchie thingies, rigs, brooches, necklaces and all of that other joolry in my room, mum! I'm innocent! I truly is this time, mum!" the terrified Odo whined and whimpered. Mar smiled and pointed to the armchair.


"Calm down me old boyo. Nobody is accusing you of anything, Odo. Sit down. Please. I just need your help with something, that's all. You are not in any trouble, tomo watashi (very good friend). (Odo sat and accepted the repped goblet of mulled wine the blonde handed him) OK here is my question. During your er shall we say 'explorations' of the ship have you ever noticed any things like this aboard anywhere? (Mar indicated a holo of a metallic armoured fighting suit much like a knight such as Ivanhoe might wear) It's called a Type 40 mobile fighting combat suit. (Odo looked carefully and slowly shook his head) You're quite sure, tomo?" asked the blonde in a soft and kindly tone of voice. The dwarf continued shaking his head sadly.


"Sorry mum but in all me excursions I ain't never ever laid me two eyes on nothing like that thing, Your Ladyship." said Odo.


"Ye do believe me, Lady Marley, don't ya? I'm tellin' you the truth! Honest!" he blubbered throwing himself to his knees on the floor in front of Mar.


"Of course I believe you, Odo. (She hugged him reassuringly like a mother might do to her son) OK then just do me a favour and keep your aizu (eyes) open for me. If you run across any of those things onegai (please) let me know. Right? More wine, my friend?" said Mar but Odo shook his head.


"No thankee very much, mum but I was supposed to meet Lady Rebecca for tea at eight and now I'm running late." he replied consulting one of the several wristchromos on his arm and then quickly pulling his sleeve back down over them. Mar nodded.


"Off you go then. Good night Odo and domo arigatou (thank you very much) for your assistance." she said.


He bent down and kissed her gloved hand which caused Mar to blush a bit. She couldn't help giggling at his old-fashioned ancient Terran chivalrous manners so she didn't notice when he slipped off her climbing bangles, 'morphing' bracelet, wristchromo, fanny pouch, gunbelt, trilling earring, laser sword hilt, Mark XII disruptor pistol and ammo packs, extra power pack clips, Mark III mini blaster, small ion cannons, belt, necklace and locket, wallet, vidcode keys, vid override codes, vidcell, PDO unit and lastly a vidfile folder marked 'Top Secret/Aizu Only/Gundam Experiments Circa AD 2041' and hastily and cleverly stowed away all his goodies in his many capacious pockets beneath his long grey cloak.


"Don't forget now Odo. We are all depending on you. I am depending on you, tomo." said Mar quietly but earnestly.


Odo tipped his cap and pulled his forelock while dropping to one knee.


"Don't you worry, Milady. You can always count on Odo." replied the dwarf and he saluted and departed.


Odo had made friends with one of Lord Falco's men, a sergeant-at-arms named Gerald Randolph who was a fellow ne'er do well like Odo. He and Odo liked to play 'skittles' (lawn bowling) up on the holodecks and met there quite often. As soon as he'd left Mar's digs he made a beeline for the lift and rode up to Level Eight. He keyed the 'archway' for Holodeck Room number four before entering 'Sherwood Forest' where Gerry was busily setting up the 'skittles' for a new game.


"Wanna play, Odo me friend?" asked Randolph but Odo shook his head and beckoned him to join him at one of the tables in the wooded glen.


"Wait'll ye see the haul I just made, Randy!" chortled Odo and his pal sat down with him while Odo dumped his booty out and spread it across the table.


END of Ch 53. Ch 54 'Honour Amongst Thieves' or 'The Dwarf's Discovery' soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine’s gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K


I dickered over this chapter’s titles. Let me know if I got ‘em right eh?


PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K


See ya next blog post. Toodles-K&K


This next one may be lengthy. Sorry.- K&K

20 July 2009

Angel Wings Ch 52 ‘Garner’s Mysterious Relay’/\'Annie Oakley-AD 2251 Style’

Folks this fine laddie is Ichigo Kurosaki the Bleach Soul Reaper with his trusty zampatou Zangetsu.

Here’s a pix of the Flash Angels and I call it ‘When ya wish upon a star?’- It’s from the end theme credits of one of the Flash eppys.

AW Ch 52 ‘Garner’s Mysterious Relay’ or ‘Annie Oakley- AD 2251 Style’
‘Blonde Bomber’/'Kitten’ Minnie Mae Hopkins the ace running back and her crafty coach Rally ‘Cat’ Vincent of Kei’s Killers! Did they win? Hell no! Now there’s more trouble afoot besides Z.O. and Garner cannot wait to tell our fearless leader all about it but there is good news too- The firebrand Amazon Hellcat gets to show off a little bit!
This chapter is re skullduggery and an ion cannon exhibition with a few twists that would make Annie Oakley green with envy tomos mine!
ANGEL WINGS
DISCLAIMER: OK ‘Cheska’ darlin’, it’s all yours. First I wanna thank Mr T for the use of his Angels and stuff. Then I wanna thank everyone else who has been allowing us to use their creations here like Thom Beers for the use of his ice road truckers Hugh, Drew, Rick, Eric, Alex and Bear. I took the liberty of naming the 3WA academy in Furool City on Shimougou after Mr Haruka Takachiho in honour of his creations- the Angels. How was that, Yuri? Great, kiddo. Oh hai it sure was, Kei! Now since we left ya up in the air last time let’s get to Ch 52 without any further meandering, shall we? Why is Zack Zero back and oro does he want with Suba Marina Oki? Can Mandy keep her big mouth shut? A hint re the titles- Aw do ya expect me to spoil it for ya? Oro does this all mean? We’ll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall’s on the warpath again! Here ’tis:-
CHAPTER 52
‘Garner’s Mysterious Relay’ or ‘Annie Oakley- AD 2251 Style’
‘Yeah Neko? Oro is it?” trilled the redheaded Boss lady.
“Mr Garner’s on two for ya. I’ve patched him through to your quarters, mum.” trilled the nekomata/trill/human Neko Olson. Kei sighd and poured out a tumbler of ‘Jamesons’ for herself.
“Fine. Arigatou (Thanks) Neko.” she trilled and punched up vidscreen two. “Hiya Uncle Charlie. Sorry but we’re gonna be a tad late getting home, sir. Ya see–” began Kei.
“Don’t say anything more over this line, Deirdre. Relay me back on the ‘Bounts’ line. Understand? The ‘Bounts’ line and no other. Ask Mr Kurosaki or Miss Kutschki how many were left in the land of the living before the battles began. Use that line to contact me. Garne out.” replied Territorial Sector Chief Charles Augustus Garner cryptically. Kei nodded and waved as her vidscreen went blank.
“Rukia Kutschki! Ichigo Kurosaki! My quarters-stat! On the double and that’s an order! Kei out!” barked the Marshall over her suite’s PA mike. Five minutes lter her portal klaxon chirped.
“It’s open. Come.” she called and Ichigo came in followed by a sleepy Rukia who was yawning and rubbing her fuzzy aizu (eyes).
“You wanted us, ma’am?” asked the orange-haired youth who was carrying a gigantic ‘zambatou’ (sword) across his back. He stood and saluted, however, Rukia had already dropped into an easy chair.
“Onegai (Please) make this quick, Boss. We just got off a double guard shift. Damned Harlock.” she complained.
“Sure. I just need to ask you guys something. How many ‘Bounts’ were there in the land of the living before the big battle? In total I mean?” demanded their commander.
“How the Hell do you know anything about ‘Bounts’, Reds?” whispered an astonished Ichigo.
“Yeah! How? And why do you want to know that information now, ma’am?” asked a suddenly no longer drowsy Rukia. Kei bristled.
“A lucky Fxxxing guess dammit! This is serious so just answer my shimatta question will ya, Soul Reapers?” growled Kei.
“Nine in all, ma’am.” stated Ichigo and Rukia nodded.
“Yup. Nine. There was Kamiya their leader and then there was–” began Rukia who was ticking off ‘Bounts’ on her fingers.
“Never mind kid. I just needed the total original number of ‘Bounts’. I apologize for disturbing ya. You’re both dismissed. G’Night.” interrupted the Boss and hinted that she wanted them both gone. The two reapers left and Kei trilled Neko.
“Neko, listen very carefully and do exactly oro I tell ya to do. Relay a call to Garner and then patch it through to my ready room on Tach Nine, however, first scramble and encode that line for a double red/blue/green/white security clearance aizu (eyes) only transmission. Then trill me back. Remember- Tach Nine. Kei out.” Kei trilled and began dressing.
“Charlie must figure on a breach in our relay system and if he’s that Fxxxing worried he’s probably called a top level meeting with all the big wigs so I’d better be in uniform when his relay comes through.” she thought while she cinched her tie and tucked in her shirt. Her dress magenta/black Marshall’s tunic jacket was really heavy wit all the pips, epaulettes, ranking bars, medals and decorations that the redhead had earned which adorned it. Kei was seated at her ready room desk with her booted feet up on her consol when Neko trilled her back.
“Boss? The big cheese is on nine. Neko out.” she trilled.
“Arigatou. Bye Neko.” trilled the redhead punching up vidscreen nine. “OK Charlie. Oro’s with all this cloak and dagger crap? Yabeen hangin’ around Jimmy Bond again?” chortled the Boss. Garner was not smiling.
“Deirdre, you may have a spy onboard who is reporting to Zorin Oakenshield. We have detected transmissions from your ‘Angel 2′ to ‘Remus’ (a sister world to ‘Romulus’ in the ‘Orion Nebulae’) but we can only tell you that the signal originated at some level above Surface Deck Six so it must have come from seven, eight or nine, kid.” explained Garner. He fired up a cigarette and swallowed some ‘Hydroxylein’ (an antacid for the chief’s sour stomach). Kei bit into her cheroot and pouredout three more fingers of her ‘golden elixir’ before she replied.
“So it came from either our star room, holodecks or command deck eh? It could even have originated from this very room, Charlie. Is that oro the Hell you’re saying, me old boyo?” asked the Boss.
Garner nodded. “That’s about the size of it, my dear which is why I didn’t want you to reveal your ship’s exact loction to me over an unsecured line. Now then- where exactly are you?” he asked. Kei locked her deep emerald aizu (eyes) on his myopic grey ones.
“I got no Fxxxing idea orosoever, Chuck. Gene brought us here but he won’t tell me where ‘here’ is. I’m pretty sure both Han and Jimbo know but they ain’t alking. Sorry Charlie.” apologized Kei.
“Gene? Oh you mean Starwind eh? And Hawking and Solo aren’t talking either? (Garner chuckled) OK I got a pretty good idea where you are and why They won’t tell you anything, me kawaii (lovely) colleen.” chortled a grinning Garner.
“So where are we dammit?” growled the impatient redhead.
“A very small atoll of an asteroid just brely within ‘Bison Fields’- ‘XANA’. It’s where the ‘Coralians’ offload contraband hooch like ‘Aoishi Ale’ (An illegal ‘Romulan’ import this heady stuff was blue in colour and quite potent- 250 proof) and other taboo niceties like weapons and stolen merchandise, Deirdre. Don’t forget that as far as those laddies go you are still a cop which is why they didn’t tell you, love.” replied Territorial Sector Chief Garner. Slowly understanding dawned on her and the tro-con nodded her head.
“So that’s why Gene confined all of us aboard to the caves here and wouldn’t allow on the surface eh? OK I’m hidingout right here until Oakenshield is either nabbed or iced. That shouldn’t take much longer since the littl despot has got a hundred million woolong bounty on his head- dead or alive. Until then we are staying put, sir.” said Kei.
“That’s a good iea, kiddo. Who the Hell put out a hundred million woolong bounty on Z.O. I wonder?” mused Charlie.
“Uh- ‘God Almighty’ did, Charlie.” replied the Boss. Garner was astonished.
“Galadriel did? A little loose with the purse strings, ain’t he?” observed her chief.
“Well he’d damned well better be if he wants old Zorin reeled in, sir. (She hesitated) OK I put that bounty out on him and authorized the C mill bounty, Mr Garner.” admitted the feisty tro-con.
“You did!!” he roared and Kei nodded. “Then ‘God’ had better ante up especially if one of those renegade ‘cowboys’ finds him for us.” chuckled Garner. Then his face hardened into Kelvinite. “Don’t you ever pull a stunt like that again. Do you understand me, Deirdre?” he added softly.
“Nai (No) sir, I sure won’t. I swear it, sir.” replied the chastised tro-con.
“Stay there until you hear from me and try and find that aent. Be careful not to tip your hand. I don’t want him or her finding out we are onto them.” ordered her superior and Kei nodded and changed the subject.
“Anything new from ‘Romulus’, Charlie? That’d be all that we need now- another frigging war.” grumbled the redhed.
“The ‘Romulan High Command’ has advised us that they are fully prepared to defend their throne from Oakenshield. To that end the ‘UG’, te ‘ISSP’, ‘Interpol’, ‘Starfleet Command’ and the ‘Galactic ommand’ have all sent fighters and battle cruiser units to assist ‘Romulus’ in fighting off any invasion forces.” said a grim-faced Garner.
“Surely with a hundred million bounty on his ass he wouldn’t still–” began a flustered Kei bu Chuck Garner had anticipated her question and interjected the answer.
“Invade ‘Romulus’? Don’t be so naive, Marhall. He’s insane. Of course he’ll still invade but he still needs a flag starship for his command post so I’ve doubled the guards at all 3WA bases in this sector and I am ordering you and the ‘Lovely Angel 2′ and all aboard her to stay put until further notice no matter what. Kapish? (Kei nodded glumly and scowled at him) Good. It shouldn’t be too much longer, Deirdre. Sayonara. Garner out.” he replied and signed off. Kei blankedher vidscreen and stubbed out her cheroot. “Shit!” she intoned to herself.
“Christ Almighty! Stuck in this hol for Kami knows how bloody long! Might just as well wait for ashita (tomorrow) to drop that bombshell on ‘em. Maybe I can finally get in some shooting practice.” said Kei aloud.
“Yeh Boss. I’d love to see that and so would the rest of us, ma’am. Why not use the holodecks to put on an exhibition of your shooting skills?” trilled Neko Olson.
“Neko! ere you eavesdropping on that relay call? Dammit answer me, Olson!” thundered Kei angrily.
“Just the last part when you said about shooting practice, Boss. I’d never evr listen in on a private relay call, ma’am. I swear it.” trilled th nekomata/human/trill girl. Kei thought for a minute or two.
“Maybe you are right, ‘Kitty Kat’. I mean about puttin’ on a show for the gang. Ya may as well kno this now since it’ll be common knowledge in the morning anyway. Garner’s ordered us to stay put until further notice. Right here at–” trilled Kei before Neko cut heroff.
“At ‘XANA’. Right Boss?” she trilled.
“Yeah but how’d you know?” trilled Kei. She giggled.
“Christ Reds! Just about everyone aboard knows where we are! You knew, didn’t ya?” she trilled.
Not until Charlie Garner told me five minutes ago I didn’t dammit.” trilled the redhead.
“I’m a pirate, Boss. Remember? Most of us aboard operate a bit, shall we say, outside the law so of course we know about this place- the ‘Coralian’ relay drop point. Gene didn’t tell ya because you’re a cop but then again Solo and Hawking were both sure that ya already knew this was ‘XANA’, Reds. Now about this shooting demonstration of yours–” trilled Neko.
“Oro the Hell. Sure I’ll do it for ya. Better than another damned football game eh? We can’t use the holodecks though- too small. I got it. That old range down belowdecks on Sub Four where you took the Ice Brigade to practice marksmanship. There’s plenty of room down there for everyone to watch. We’ll hold it there. I’ll get ‘CC’ to set up some sort of program for tomorrow aftenoon after lunch. Maximum distance and combat mode targets. Mark XIII ion cannons. That all sound OK to you?” trilled a suddenly excited tro-con.
“Sounds like a plan to me, ma’am. Will ya toss in a few blindfolded trick sots for me? Onegai? Kawaii onegai ni sakura on top (Pretty please with cherry blossoms on top)?” trilled Neko.
Kei shrugged. “Why the Hell not? Consier it done, kiddo. Pass the word that I’m briefing everyone aboard ashita at ten hundred (10 AM). Got that, ‘Kitty Kat’?” trilled the redhead.
“Yup. Got it, Reds. Mum’s the word on the show eh? Don’t worry. I won’t spoil your surprise, Marshall Reds.” she trilled.
“I’ll get ‘CC’ to make that announcement during lunch, kid. One more thing, Olson. Stop calling me Rds. G’Night kiddo.” chuckled Kei.
“Nighty night Boss.” giggled Neko.
Kei gave precise instructions to ‘CC’ who readily promised to have everything belowdecks prepared by 1400 (2 PM) tomorrow afternoon. He swore he wouldn’t make the announcement before ashita’s lunch hour. Then Kei sealed her ready room, rode the lift don to her quarters and turned in. The firebrand didn’t think that she was really that tired yet she fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillows.
At 400 the follwing afternoon everyone aboard except for the flight crew, guards and the engineering gang were gathered in the old shooting range belowdecks on Subsurface Level Four listening to ‘CC’s introductions and those that were on duty were watching on vidscreens or PDOs. Four hours earlier Kei had given them the bad news- they were to remain in the caverns until Garner decided otherwise. They were pretty downtrodden until ‘CC’s announcement of this afternoon’s entertainment came at lunch. Practically everyone there had gone wild. After all it wasn’t too often that an expert marksman of the Boss’s calibre agreed to show off their firearms and fighting skills to the general public.
Accordingly by 1400 hours there was SRO (Standing Room Only) for the exhibition and show.
“Ladies and gentlemen! May I have your attention please! Welcome to Miss O’Halloran’s expert marksmanship exhibition and show! This afternoon’s programme shall consist of three separate parts.
First and formost our fearless leader will be firing at stationary targets preset at the distance of 350 metres (about 400 yards or 1,200 feet- the average length of a par four in golf. Mouths sagged open in awe).
Next shall be combat mode shooting in the ‘Village’ where our esteemed leader will be forced to pick and choose her targets with care since innocent bystanders and law enforcement officers will be interspersed with the fugitives and desperadoes. The targets also shoot back and since the Boss will be wearing full battle armour for this demonstration Miss O’Halloran has insisted on live ammunition, not blanks.
Therefore, please remain behind those Kelvinite and force beam energy barrier shields at all times for your own safety folks!
Lastly she’ll be doing som fancy trick shooting for us by special request (Neko blushed) which shall be of various types. Mirror image deployment, firing over and around her shoulders, firing around and between her legs, backward shooting and firing while blindfolded. Again this will be a live fire exercise. Be warned and take heed to this statement. A blast from an ion cannon can easily maim, wound or even kill so onegai refrain from leaving the protection of those Kelvinite and energy beam barrier shields!
And so without further ado here is our own esteemed fearless leader Marshall Keirran Maureen Deirdre O’Shaughnessy O’Halloran. (Kei stepped forward and gave the galactic salute. Then she raised her hands over her head with interlocked fists while she acknowledged the audience’s wild applause) Miss O’Halloran will be using a hand held Mark XIII ion cannon (Rukia held one aloft) for all of this afternoon’s shooting. Madam Marshall, the stage i now yours.” finished ‘CC’ as Kei stepped into the arena and removed battle armour, bandoliers and weapons belts. She slammed a power pack into the cannon and charged it.
Taking careful practiced aim (Of course she was showing off folks! We alll know by now that the Boss is an expert- a crack shot!) she began firing at the first of an even hundred targets on the range while ‘Artok’ kept intoning her running score in a bored and sing-songy voice.
“Hit. Dead centre bull. Hit. Dead centre bull. The same again. Ditto. Likewise. Again. Need you ask? Guess oro folks? She did it again. And again. again.–” announced the junior ‘CC’ program until finally “Final shot. Dead centre bull. One hundred points. A perfect score. Congratulations. Now here’s ‘CC’ again.” finished a beaming ‘Artok’.
“Well done, tomo Boss. Please resume your armour and gear for the next segment- combat mode shooting. When you are ready onegai stand on that white square and say ‘Ready’ at which time I will activate all the targets in the ‘Village’ for you.” said ‘CC’ and Kei zipped up her armour, buckled on both weapons belts and slipped crossed bandoliers of power packs across her chest and shoulders. Then she strode to the starting block, bobbed her head curtly and growled “Ready, me boyo.”
“Village targets are now active. Good luck, my tomo. Go!” cried ‘CC’ a tad excitedly. Kei began her stroll down the main thorughfare until–
“Halt!” shouted a shadowy figure from the alley at the end of the road. The redhead whipped out her cannon but did not fire on Territorial Sector Chief Charles Augustus Garner- this time. (For an explanation read about Kei’s earlier shooting matches in Xmas and earlier in this Wings work)
However, a gunsel and two kidnappers she did waste but not their kidnapped hostge- a small child.
“Three down and seven to go.” advised ‘Artok’. (The ‘Village’ has ten potential targets)
Continuing her ‘Dirty Harry’ walk she suddenly spun and opened fire on a pair of bank robbers who dodged her bolts and dived through the open windows of their getaway land speeder.
“Two points off for those two misses, ma’am. Sorry. You are back to a single point, Mar–” began ‘Artok’ just as Kei blew the fuel cells on the speeder to Hell and back again! The vehicle exploded into nano-atoms.
“Correction. First two points added to score plus three more for the robbers and driver brings your total to six with four remaining, ma’am.” corrected ‘Artok’ while Kei sidearmed a killer and shoved her Mark into his gut. She fired twice.
“Seven and three.” intoned ‘Artok’ disgustedly. He really wanted Kei to miss- just once. Like that was ever gonna happen!
Two more gunmen soon followed the killer to ‘Otherworld’ and Kei ejected her spent pack and reloaded her cannon.
“That makes nine, tomo Boss Lady. One more left. Be very careful, love.” advised ‘Artok’ as a flash of blinding white ripped through the town.
Kei ducked and managed to charge her weapon. Lying prone she pumped six bolts into the now darkened alley whence the light had come. Clang! The sound of ion bolts striking metal! Kei rolled into a sitting position facing the alley and a huge fighting Gundam! Leaping aside just in time to avoid a nasty plasma blast she fired twice more to no effect. Three more bolts later the feisy Hellcat realized that her shots were ineffective against Kelvinite 36X so she stuck her now useless Mark into her bandolier belts and leaped astride the Gundam!
Gaining its top she crashed her booted feet through the Gundam’s windscreen and yanked ‘Max Berringer’ the ‘Ash Grey Avenger’ himself (see DP Flash/Act 3/Final episode) from the control cockpit and twisted his neck forcefully until everyone heard an audible sickening Crack! and then a very loud snap. A cheer broke out from the crowd.
“And ‘Max Berringer’ makes ten. Another perfect score and no innocent bystanders were harmed. Ditto for law enforcement people. Good shooting, Madam Marshall.” shouted ‘Artok’ to be heard over the din.
“Finally we will have our final segment of today’s fine progrmme- the trick shooting segment. However, first we will have a fifteen minute intermission to reset the fields of fire,. Replicators have been provided for your convenience and rest rooms are just across the corridor. I’ll see all of you back here at 1600 that is four o’clock folks.” said ‘CC’. Then he and ‘Artok’ bgan resetting the targets for the final phase of the exhibition.
Don Poporo and Anton Gustav were busily engaged in collecting their winnings from the NASA and the scientific crowd who had actually been baka (crazy) enough to bet ‘against’ the Boss!
“Two grand in Universal credits, Willy! Oro’s your haul, man?” crowed Don.
“Almost a thousand in credits not counting the woolongs and dollars, Don! Terra’s PT Barnum said it- there really is on born every minute!” agreed Anton just as the ‘G Twins’ (Garner and Gooley) materialized on the huge vidscreen in the hallway. Chuck Garner was facing Gustav while Poporo was suddenly staring down Andy Gooley!
“Congratulations are in order, gentlemen. Those winnings will, of course, be donated to the 3WA’s benevolent fund for the less fortunate. Correct? Don’t you think that would be the charitable thing to do, Chuck?” said Gooley the Aquarian Galaxy Chief.
“Hai (Yes), it certainly would, Andy. Now we all know that two of our esteemed and honourable of our cadre of sector chiefs would never place a wager with anyone while engaged on a mission fo us. Am I correct in that assumption, Andre?” replied Garner who was the Territorial Sector Chief and just slightly Gooley’s superior being second only to the great Galadriel himself. The bettors exchanged glances.
“Oro a coincidence, sirs! That is exactly oro we were about to do with our winnings. Right Don?” said Anton and Don (Mr Popo) Poporo nodded dejectedly. Both supriors winked and grinned.
“Keep a hundred apiece of woolongs, credits and dollars, boyos. Those stuffed shirt medicos from Terra will think twice before underestimating our Deirdre again! Good show so far.” chortled Garner.
“You mean our Katie, Charlie.” corrected Gooley. He and Vito Galadriel were the only two people who could get away with calling Kei ‘Katie’ even though her real name of ‘Keirran’ in Celtic Gaelic could mean either ‘Karen’ or ‘Katherine’.
Anton smiled and patted his compadre’s shoulder. “Oh well a hundred or so is better than rei (zero, nothing) eh Don?” comforted Willy and Don managed a wan smile for his tomo.
“Let’s get a drink, pal. I’m buying. You coming, Don?” he added.
“Damned right I’m coming, Willy-San! It ain’t often you spring for anything, man!” replied Mr Popo as he followed him to the nearest ‘Repper’. Then the loudspeakers came to life.
“Our show starts up again in sixty seconds, gang. Please return to your seats.” announced ‘CC’ and they all trooped back to their seats behind the shields.
For the conclusion to our fine programme today Miss O’Halloran would like all of those present to know that she will not, I repeat, not be using battle armour, ‘Mithril’ (Elven chained mail- a present from ‘Celsia’ and her ‘ThoseWho Hunt Elves’ companions) nor any other form of protection for the remainder of this show. (The watchers stared at each other. The chiefs grinned and Gooley poured java all over the table). In addition (”There’s more?” shouted Andy Gooley from ‘Yars VI’ where the had both been flown aboard the ‘Balsa’ when the Z.O. icident had first started a few days ago. Their pilot had been a bright redhead (Nai (No) not that one!) named ‘Lt Kallen Steadfast’ of the ‘Black Knights’ which group had recently volunteered their services to and been accepted by the ‘UG’ and the 3WA who figured they’ need all the bloody help they could get if Zorin laid his mitts on a flag starship!)
In addition she wishes to prove that she is not concealing anything up her sleeves either so–” began a flustered ‘CC” when Kei strode up to the firing boxes and smiled.
“So although our superios will not allo me to perform for you ‘au natural’ I will prove I am hiding nothing beneath my garments.” she said and Chuck Garner dropped an unopened bottle of Inverness whiskey.
She quickly doffed battle armour, weapons belts, bandoliers, uniform, tee shirt and ‘Mithril’ mail underall garment leaving the tro-con in tank top and underbriefs.
“She never said anything about going for an ‘X’ rating dammit!” howled Anton Wilhelm Gustav. “Take it all off, baby!” yelled Donald Poporo until Kome kickedhim in the shins.
Standing before them in her unmentionables Kei turned about several times. “Nothing under here at all. See?” she said while Jonthan Harlock, Emma Emeraldas and Neko Olson were engaged in examing every scrap of cast off attire.
“There be naething wha’soe’er concealed in these articles of claething.” informed Jon in his soft Scots burr. Then he, his neice Emma and his navvie Neko took their seats once more. Chuck and Andy had buried their faces in their hands jsut as the Amazon had begun her ‘Gypsy Rose Lee’ number but now they glanced up. By now Kei had pulled on tee shirt, uniform pants and retrieved her cannon.
“I sure hope ‘God’ didn’t see any of that, Charlie.” said Gooley.
“If he did we’ll know soon enough, Andy, that we surely will.” replied Garner.
Kei had slammed in a power pack and charged her cannon. She waited until Legato Bluesummers gave her the high sign and then began a series of trick shots that the ancient Terran ‘Annie Oakley’ would have envied- a Helluva lot! At last she turned her back to the target- a spinning roulette wheel of white clay smoking pipes. Then she slid her Kelly green headband down until it covered both of her kawaii aizu (lovely eyes) and fired over her shoulder, around her arms and through herlegs in turn, each shot destroying one of the whirling pipes.
“For her final trick, Miss O’Halloran will stand in front of a moving mobile automaton target- blindfolded. This target will be firing at her the entire time and both she and the target will be using live ammunition, my tomos. Good luck Kei.” shouted ‘CC’ excitedly. Charles Garne leaped to his feet and dropped a second unopened bottle of Inverness Skotch whiskey.
“The Hell they will!! This farce has lasted long enough dammit! This show is over!” he yelled while pounding his fist on the table and spilling java all over Andre.
“Osawaru Chuckie-San! Sit down and shut the Fxxx up, Chief! This is my ship and I got the final say aboard her! This show will continue and I assure you that everything will be A-OK! Trust me!” bellowed Kei who was still blinfolded and had been led by Yuri to the starting white square.
“This is it, kiddo. Here. Make ‘em count, airhead!” whispered Yuri Donovan and she pressed the fully loaded and charged cannon into the redhead’s fist.
“Not to worry, vacuumhead. I can ‘hear’ that target’s movements just swell. I’ll be OK, kid. Now go find a good seat.” whispered the smiling firebrand redhead to the worried violet-maned vixen.
“Attention! We must now have absolute silence for this ending ten bolt finale!” intoned ‘CC’.
Garner dropped his cigar in his lap and jumped up shouting. “Six bolt finale dammit! Roku! Six, not ten, Deirdre!” he yelled.
“Yeah! Six, Katie, Six!” cried Gooley. Kei fumed but took a deep breath, exhaled it and nodded OK. She raised the cannon and fired four bursts into the air. She succeeded in bringing down one of the swinging chandeliers which fell with a crash in front of Ella Hathaway who spilled grape knee-high all over Keitarou Reef.
Suddenly without warning– Foom! Foom! Foom! came the automaton’s first bolts. Kei dodged them effotlessly and fired three quick blasts of herown, each one striking its mark.
“Three- nil in favour of our leader. Three to go, Boss.” announced ‘Artok’ just before Kei winced in pain as an ion charge seared he left shoulder blade. She fired right back trying to judge the line of fire from her left shoulder to the automaton and was rewarded with a resultant thunk as she hit the target dead centre bull- her fourth perfect shot.
“Four!!” shouted the frenzied mob. “Four and two.” agreed ‘Artok’ annoyingly. The scorekeeping was his damned job, not the audience’s!
Blood was beginning to stain her grey tee shirt a deep bright crimson while the redhead ducked away from another plasma bolt and managed to squeeze off two more bolts. Zang! Thunk! Foom! Thunk!
“Those last two hits were dead centre bulls. Six to nil. Miss O’Halloran wins again. Shut down those targets, ‘CC’ dammit! Oh my Kami! Medics to Sub Four target ranges stat! Boss Reds has been hit! This show is over! Medic! Medic Donovan, get your ass over here- now!” cried a distraught ‘Artok’ even as Yuri’s laser torch was slicing through the thin tee shirt Kei was wearing while Kome and Neko gently tugged the severed garment off the tro-con’s shoulders.
Dark blood welled from the wound (severed artery perhaps?) so Jon and Han held down the fiery Amazon while Gene Starwind pressed a white bandage down on the wound- hard! Kei screamed- more from anger than from pain.
“How the Fxxx did hat thing hit medammit all? I heard it from the right yet the bolt came from port, not starboard! OW!! Holy Fxxxing mother of Christ! That really hurts, Gene! (Starwind looked at the still blindfolded Kei and shook his head. He’d seen some strange things in his day but Angels were somethin else entirely!) Take it easy, boyo!” yelled the enraged redhead.
“Oro the Hell did ya expect, Reds? Anybody dumb enough to take on a fully armed and mobile automaton cyber robot has both nacelles runnin’ on empty! And to do it blindfolded! Oro the Fxxx did they teach ya on ‘Workoh’ (Kei’s birth planet which she left when she was small) anyway?” growled Han Solo.
“Don’t you ever mention ‘Workoh’ to me again, pirate! That ain’t my home no more! I’m a ‘Shimougan’ now and don’t you ever forget it!” howled the firebrand Hellcat angrily. “Christ it’s cold in here!” she added.
“Shock. Get a blanket quick.” said Yuri.
“Dammit to Hell! We need a blanket over here stat!” roared Marlene Angel the usually calm, cool and collected navigator.
“Here’s one, Brigadier.” said a voic behind her and Mar yanked it away without looking up and spread it over Kei.
“Much obliged, sir.” said Neko.
“Don’t mention it, ‘Kitty Kat’.” replied Anton Gustav. Yuri looked up from her medical bag where she was charging an auto hypo.
“Thanks. She’s gonna need suturing but I sure as jigoku (Hell) can’t do it down here. Get her ass up to sick bay and keep her covered and warm. ‘CC’, prep the treatment room. I’ll be right there. Stop struggling, Kei! It’s only a little autohypo! Lay still dammit! I can’t get this ‘Axileine 30′ (a painkiller disinfectant antibiotic) into you unless you keep your arm still!” yelped Yuri. Then– Wham! Jon Harlock’s haymaker right cross sent the rambunctious redhead to Never Never Land!
“She’s gonna be madder than a ‘Kryloxian’ hornet when she wakes up, Jonny. I’m sure glad that I didn’t deck that firebrand. I pity your sorry ass though.” drawled Han.
“I wouldna hae hit her at all if the vacuumhead knew how to give an autohypo injection dammit!” growled Harlock.
“We could use that forget everything gas on her fellas. Too bad that ‘Zero’ tomo of Kallen Steadfast’s ain’t here. He could use his ‘geas’ on her to forget the whole thing ever even happened.” said Gene.
“No need for any of that chicanery or tomfoolery lads. Poor Deirdre just fell and hit her head. She must have been groggy from loss of blood and passed out. Isn’t that oro happened, Maureen?” suggested Anton and Yuri nodded ruefully.
“Hey ‘CC’, delete the last twenty minutes of both audio and video feed footages from your mrmory banks onegai.” ordered Chief Gustav. “Remember oro the Fxxx happened when our Miss Angel here found out oro happened to her at the ‘Higurashi Mall’ that time? I don’t want to see a repeat performance, do you?” he added.
“Ka-Mi! Hell no, man!” yelled Don.
“Your orders have been carried out, tomo Willy.” said a sombre ‘CC’ just as Yuri trilled them that she had just finished putting 25 sutures in Kei’s wounded shoulder. She told them she was leaving Mugghi (Yuri’s Mugghi) in sick bay to watch over the boss while she (Yuri) went to her suite to rest until dinnertime. An hour later Yuri was awakened by a chime from her portal.
“Hai (Yeah)? Who is it?” she called.
“It’s just me, Duchess. Han. Ya decent?” drawled Solo.
“Yeah. C’mon in. It’s open.” she replied.
“Hiya kiddo. You OK? (Yuri nodded and sat up in her bunk clutching her ‘Paddington Bear’ over the coverlet) Good. I er came down to find out er that is uh–” stammered the Rebel Alliance leader.
“Her royal highness will be dead to the world for another (Yuri squinted at her wristchromo) ten hours. I gave her enough ‘Axileine 30′ to take down a ‘Triglorian’ bull, Han. I thought about Gene’s ‘memory gas’ suggestion but I decided against it. The airhead was pretty much outta it when Jon belted her oro with the drugs and the pain. See you at dinner, pirate?” she yawned.
“Youbetcha, Duchess. Sweet dreams.” grinned Solo as he left and Yuri curled up with her bear and drifted off to dreamland once again.
“You’re off the hook, Jonny. Yuri shot her up with some kickapoo joy juice crap and she’ll be down for the count until 0400 (4 AM) at least. Duchess said she was so far gone in drugs and pain that she couldn’t have seen who hit her, me old boyo so count your lucky stars, Cap.” chortled Han Solo.
“Thank-ee Solo. You got the 0400 to 0600 (6 AM) guard shift on Level Three. Ye won’t be forgettin’ to look in on our fearless leader now, will ye?” replied Harlock.
“Sure I won’t forget. You’re too good to me, sir.” said Han who was checking over the flight vidlog.
Dinner was the usual merry disaster and Mar was relaxing in a nice warm shower an hour later at 1830 (6:30 PM) when she was suddenly yanked out of her reverie by an urgent trill call.
“Hey Princess! Get up here to the comm deck stat! Meet me in the ready room. We just got a shout from HQ and they want the CO. Hothead’s outta it until 0400 and that leaves you, darlin’!” trilled Gene Starwind.
“So? Go pester Donovan, Gene. She’s the exec.” trilled Mar grumpily.
“No can do, kiddo. The Boss Lady made you interim commander, love. Remember, Brigadier?” trilled Harlock.
Mar sighed. “OK. I’ll be right up, boys.” she trilled from the drying alcove. Still barefoot and the same way Mother Nature had created her Marlene Angel juped aboard her express lift and rocketed up six levels. She tapped her bracelet and was ‘morphed’ into her winter uniform by the time the lift dumped her on Level Nine. The ‘Brigadier’ (Acting or actual? Mar was no longer sure which one she was anymore!) strode into the ready room and greeted the ‘Three Musketeers’- Gene, Jon and Han.
“OK gentlemen. Oro the Hell’s going on? Brief me dammit!” demanded the blonde and she seated herself at Kei’s desk.
“HQ wants to talk to Reds and when we told Charlie Garner he couldn’t he asked for you, Princess. Gene of course suggested the Duchess (Yuri) but he said definitely not. That’s all we know, kid. Sorry.” drawled Solo.
“Vidscreen Four, ma’am. We’ll be on the bridge.” said Gene and headed for the door.
“Belay that. All of you are staying here so sit down. Please.” replied Mar and she activated the vidmonitors.
“Good evening, Mr Garner. I understand that–” began Mar.
“Arigatou (Thank) Kami (God) that I had all of you remain there on ‘XANA’, Angel! There’s no time to lose so just listen to me. Are the ‘Three Musketeers’ there as well? (Marlene nodded) Good. We’ll be needing them. Zorin Oakenshield has got hold of some really heavy firepower from somewhere! You ever hear of ‘Gundams’ before?” said a visibly shaken Chhief Garner. Gene and Jon went white.
“Christ Almighty, Chuck! How many’s he got? Four of the shimatta (damned) bloody things almost annihilated Terra a century or two ago!” shouted Gene Starwind.
END of Ch 52. Ch 53 soon. Getting interesting eh? Wonder how our heroine’s gonna get outta this one? Read on and r/r/s away as always. Have a wunnerful day and sfn/sys/jm/Kami bless you all for your interest and assistance. Hooble-toodle-doo! Toodles tomos watashi-K&K
I dickered over this chapter’s titles. Let me know if I got ‘em right eh?
PS- I really do appreciate all your loyalty and support over the years my tomos watashi all! And you can take that to the bank folks!-K&K
See ya next blog post. Toodles-K&K
This one may be lengthy. Sorry.- K&K