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

Angel Wings-Chapter 32 'Nami Joins the 3WA'

Meet Kitana the hostess at www.animeontv.com where we get our anime viewing information. It's published monthly. The website also features a listing of many animes both past and present that have ever aired on tv along with plots, characters, seiyuu/voicactors and other pertinent facts. Sorry but Kit ain't from any anime. She's a made up character like many of mine are!

From a distance does it not look like Rally 'Cat' Vincent (one half of the 'Gunsmith Cats' bounty hunting team from ancient Terran Chicago) is battling Medusa the Gorgon or one of her sisters? She seems to be not looking at her perp!

Actually she's facing down a roomful of thugs while trying to arrest one of them. A real gutsy gal is our 'Cat', that she is! That's an automatic pistol in her left hand for sure but her left ain't holding her ID! That's a bomb! Well it's really a harmless smoke grenade she 'borrowed' from her compadre Minnie Mae 'Kitten' 'Blonde Bomber' Hopkins but the perps dunno that, do they? It worked out OK or did it? 'GC' is only three episodes long and readily available so why not check it out for yourselves? Sorry but after all this time I seem to have forgotten this part.

I believe it happened sometime after the shall we say somewhat embarrassing late night incident that occurred to the poor hapless 'cowgirls' of Illinois. A pix? Well-- I have several but-- OK I'll put one at the very end of this post after Chapter 32- OK?

Meet poor unfortunate Donald 'Don' 'Mr Popo' Poporo the frenzied Unit Sector Cjief of Sector 237 He is one of the Angels' bosses as a rule but you couldn't prov that by him! The Angels hardly ever listen to him! However, he owes his life to both of them but especially to Kei who nuked Max Berringer who was trying to ice both him and his young daughter Rosa! Yuri rescued her. In the process of course Kei managed to annihilate half of 'Furool (Foo-Lon) City' including the 3WA HQ building which lost both its roof and half of its windward side. See 'DP Flash'/Act 3/Episode 6 'Ash Grey Avenge' for details on the windy epitaph!

Yup! You guessed right! Max was Johnny Berringer's brother which put him hot on the heels of our heroines in the first place of did Johnny Boy like his bro all that much to risk taking on the 3WA not to mention the Angels and Kei's Angelic wrath? Methinks not! Read about this brotherly duet in my 'Christmas with the DP' fanfiction.

ANGEL WINGS

DISCLAIMER: OK Zorin Oakenshield, 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 32 without any further meandering, shall we? Did our Yuri Donovan really use Ralphie's F--- word? We'll find out why momentarily gang. Here 'tis:-

CHAPTER 32

'PNO- Navigational Nightmares' or 'Nami Joins the 3WA'

Nami Richards got up from Gene's chair and grinned. "Sorry about that, sirs. I guess I'm gonna be your new 'navvie' after all, boys." she said a little sheepishly.

"Glad to hear ya say that, kid." croaked Yuri Donovan who'd been revived by Mugghi with liberal whiffs of 'amyl nitrite' (good old fshioned smelling salts folks) and now she was sitting in one of the gunner's chairs. She glanced around and frowned at Nami.

"Ensign Nami Richards! If you would have done that to the Boss then by now you'd be missing a few teeth, young lady! Howeve, I am inclined to overlook it this time and we'll forget that this little incident ever even happened- this time- but if you ever raise your hand against a superior officer again while you are still aboard this ship you will find yourself in the frigging brig! Are we clear on that, Ensign?" said the Wing Commander menacingly. Nami bit her lip and nodded her orange head.

"Good. Your instructions on spce navigation have been uploaded to your PDO along with the nav star charts. First we'll be going to 'Seto Kaiba' then to 'Paladin' and finally to 'Gallifrey' all of which you sould find lited in the 'GC' or 'Galactic Compendium' which I've uploaded to your PDO as well. Now onegai (please) follow me into the nav room and I'll show you your new office." ordered the svelte exec.

"This is your very own station ad that is your very own console. It's set up and run practically the same as ancient Terran personal computers. You er 'do' know how to use one of those, don't you? (Nami nodded and then she sighed, removed her blazer and rolled up her turtleneck sweater's sleeves. She pushed her specs up onto her forehead and sat down with her PDO in front of her. Carefully she began to peruse the 'So You Want To Be A Space Navigator' and 'Spac Navving For Dummies' online manuals) I see you are beginning to get settled in so I'll leave you to get acclimated to your new duties. (Yuri prepared to leave and then turned back, leaned down to Nami and whispered into her ear) One more thing, Ensign Richards. (Nami glanced up at her superior) When we do liftoff ashita (tomorrow) I want you in a proper 3WA uniform and Boss Kei will expect you to be armed and you will remain armed at all times- both on duty and off duty. I'll have someone relieve you at 1700 hours (5 PM) so you can get your dinner. Now please try and stay out of trouble, OK? (Nami was concentrating on her vidscreens and merely nodded abstractedly) Then I guess I'll see you later at dinner, kid. Ja Ne (See ya later)." said Yuri and she left holding an ice holo pack against her swollen cheek and jaw.

"Oro the Fxxxing Hell happened to you, Vacuumhed? Get hit by the 'Crow's Nest' (Hugh the 'Polar Bear's huge ancient Terran 'semi rig' truck) or something?" growled Kei when Yuri returned to their quarters a half hour later.

"Don't start on me, Dummy! I am not in the mood for your jokes! I er slipped in the shower, that's all that happened." replied Yuri who was a very poor liar.

"Uh huh. I hear ya, kiddo. So our Miss Nami didn't wanna be our new 'navvie', eh? (Yuri nodded ruefully and winced a couple of times as she was taking off her jacket) Ya want some 'Hydroxylein' for your headache? (The redhead tossed the vixen a vial of the pain killing capsulets) She did agree to do it though, didn't she? (Yuri swallowed four capsulets and washed them down with her beer. She slowly nodded. "Finally." she sighed) Didn't I tell ya she would, Airhead?" chortled an exultant Kei O'Halloran.

"Ha ha. Very funny. Hey Boss? Ya gonna tell everybody about our minor change in venues?" asked Yuri who had just doffed her sneakers and sweats and had flung herself full length on Kei's sofa. Her athletic socked feet were hanging over the end.

"I already told Emma ('Queen' Emeraldas was Jon Harlock's niece and captain in her own right. Her ship the 'Emerald Queen' was docked below decks) to post and upload the happy news to everyone's PDO. We should be getting some reactions right- about-- now." said Kei just as a loud tattooing began on the portals of the suite.

"One moment, onegai er please." called Kei sweetly. She glanced at her unclad exec on the couch. "Yuri, we have guests." she said and cleared her throat a few times.

"Huh? (Yuri suddenly became aware of her state of dishabeille and jumped up) Just a sec please." she replied and hurriedly pulled on her sweats and sneakers. She gave Kei the A-OK sign and smiled.

"Come. It's open." growled the redhead and the portal swihed aside. About thirty people and things piled into the room and started yakking at the same time.

"One at a frigging time dammit! Please! I have got a humongous bloody headache, dam er darn it!" grumbled Yuri. The Boss sped to her rescue.

"If ya wanna transfer to the 'Angel 1' tell Kome, if ya wanna go over to the 'Angel 3' tell Peri Brown and if ya just wanna stay aboard then duh! just say nothing or tell Flaysie and Cagalli if ya like! Now go the Fxxx down and have your din-dins and leave us in peace! Sayonara." said a bored to perdition Kei.

She turned to her exec with a wan smile. "We could just have something sent up, kid?" (Yuri shook her head) Nope, you're right. Let's go down, face the music and get it all over and done with eh?" said the redhead resignedly and slowly got to her feet.

Yuri snapped her fingers after a quick glance at her wristchromo. She touched the edge of one of her comlink earrings. "Space Technician Blackfire? Commander Yuri Donovan here. Do me a favour will ya? Relieve Ensign Nami Richards for dinner? She's up in the nav room on Nine. You have your dinner yet? OK. Great. I owe ya one for this, Techie. Yuri out." trilled the exec.

"A big one dammit! Dynamo!! I gotta go and relieve 'Golden Gloves' Richards! You're in charge so don't let the Fxxxing core overheat! See ya in an hour or so!" yelled Blackfire. She detested using comlinks.

"Good riddance!" bellowed the gargantuan Leviathan Chief Engineer who was busily repairing the dilythium crystal converter assembly.

"Just key in the shimatta (damned) coordinates. That tells the space ship jockey which way to point the blasted ship, Richards. Any ass can do it, man." chuckled Blackfire of Tamaran. "Hi. I'm Space Tech Blackfire but just all me Black. I was sent up to relieve ya so go put on the ol' feed bag, kid." said the young tech and Nami smiled gratefully.

"Call me Nami. I'll be just as quick as I can, Black." she replied.

"Ya ain't gotta rush on my account. I ain't in any hurry to get back down to Hell anytime soon. (Nami stared at her like she'd escaped from Bellview State Hospital) That's oro (what) we call Engineering, Nami. Because it's so shimatta (damned) bloody hot down there all he time. Get going, girl. I am gonna be just fine up here." replied Black who was keying up the 'Anime Movie Station' from Mars. Nami slung her blazer across her shoulder and went down to dinner.

Lieutenants Trace and (Mrs) Nat Edwards were onboard now by order of the 'White Guardian of the Universes' so dinner was a real treat tonight. The meal was 'cooked' rather than 'repped'!

Because Trace was a first rate chef and was teaching his culinary talents to his newlywed spouse Nat (nee Naturle Badgiruel, a former Lieutenant in the 'Earth Alliance' in Cosmic Year 30 all of this being in an alternate timeline otherwise she, Flaysie Allster and Cagalli Yula Athna would never have been able to remain here in the 23rd Century in this space/time continuum) tonight's dinner menu consisted of Beef Stroganoff Royale, Potatoes de Galousie, Glazed Red Parsnips (from Delanorte Cortel XI), Capuccino or Latte and for dessert- Flaming Chocolate Creme Brulee Supreme!

Nami wasn't really very hungry so she only had three helpings of everything!

Half of the 'Angel 2's passengers had opted to take either the 'Angel 1' or the 'Angel 3' straight back home. After all a slight side trip to 'Seto Kaiba' and another one to 'Paladin' were OK but not a merry jaunt halfway across the known Universe to that mysterious kingdom of the Time Lords- 'Gallifrey'! The 'Icy Six', however, seemed quite content to remain aboard here with all their new tomos (friends) as did most of the remaining 'old timers' like the Saiyaans, demons and elf hunters.

Nami Richards fully intended to go right back up to her nav room after dinner and crack those vidprograms again, however, instead of using the corridor door to exit the hall of dining she took a detour through the rec room where she stopped at the bar to watch a game of 'Blast Off' aka 'Count Down' betwixt Neko Olson and Boss Kei O'Halloran.

I did explain how this game worked in in my 'Christmas with the DP' fanfiction but for you 'newbies' it's a drinking game usually played (on Terra) using a mug of beer with a shotglass full of liquor dropped into it. Then ya just try to drink this mess down as quickly as possible and repeat it until somebody passes out. The survivour is declared the winner by default.

However, in the 'Angels' versions the roles are reversed. The mug is filled with liquor and the shotglass with beer. Then you drop the beer in and away ya go.

But the 'Angelic' version on Kei's ship made one more minor change. Instead of beer they used a shotglass full of 'Aoishi' (Blue) Ale', a heady and potent drink from 'Romulus' and banned across half the Galaxy! The liquor (of course) was Irish Whiskey usually 'Jameson's, 'Old Bushmills' or 'Tullamore Dew'.

As all of us should know by now absolutely NOBODY can outdrink an 'Angel' except another 'Angel' unless of course that 'Angel' in question is Keirran Deirdre Maureen O'Shaughnessy O'Halloran!

Neko coneded defeat after her tenth round and tottered off to her bunk with Jon Harlock's strong arm supporting the shapeshifting trill.

"Anyone else wanna play?" bellowed the 'Gaelic Nightmare' and then Nami made another mistake. This one was to prove quite costly to the young Terran pirate.

"Yeah, why not? I'll take on yer ass, Boss Lady." said Nami stubbing out her smoke.

"First one of ya to pass out loses. Ya can concede defeat and withdraw at any time." said Naraku who was this evening's BOD barkeep as he filled up two 'yard glasses' with the rich golden elixir of 'Jameson's Irish Whiskey' and two shotglasses with 'Aoishi (Blue) Romulan Ale'. He set one of each efore each player.

"Ready? Set?--" began Narku.

"Whoa there! Hold it! Oro's (What's) the Fxxxing stakes?" demanded Nami.

"We don't usually play for anything but the Hell of it, kid but OK, I'm game. Go ahead and name 'em." replied the redhead.

"If I win you get some other sucker to navigate this floating junkyard of yours. Agreed?" demanded Nami.

"Sure kid but if I win you will be joined to my crew for a solar year and of course that means attending the Academy when we get back home. Agreed?" said Kei impishly.

Nami reached for her glass but Naraku intercepted her hand.

"Nami! Honey! Don't do it! Think about oro (what) you're agreeing to, you baka dummy! The Boss 'never' loses!" he advised.

Nami shook off his hand. "Shut the Hell up, Demon Guy! I know oro the Hell I'm doing dammit! I have 'never' lost either! Agreed, ma'am now let's go! Let's do it, man!" snapped an impatient Nami.

"Ready? Set? Go!" cried Naraku and the game was afoot!

Nami crashed backwards onto the deck after her third round so Naraku raised Kei's gloved fist in victory. Kei smiled maliciously.

"Hey 'CC'! Tell Mar we now have a 'navvie' for the 'Angel 2'- a 'P.N.O.'- 'Permanent Navigational Officer' at least for the next year anyway.

Marlene Angel is hereby promoted to the rank of Full Commander and she will henceforth command the 'Angel 3' on a permanent basis after the completion of this mission.

Hugh, Rick, Eric! See that the Ensign here gets back to her quarters. She has a busy yobi (day) ashita er tomorrow. (She trilled Mugghi)

I want a wake up call for Ensign Nami Richards at 0500 (5 AM). She's to report to her post armed and in uniform by 0630 hours (6:30 AM). Miss Richards has just joined the 'UG'and the 3WA for the next year whether she damned well likes it or not. As of now she is our brand new 'P.N.O.'- 'Permanent Navigational Officer'.

Try and outdrink me will she! I hope she likes 'Nakasome Towers' (Kei and Mar's domicile back in 'Furool (Foo-Lon) City' on 'Shimougou'. Yuri and Kome resided just across the esplanade from them in 'Krillin Estates') because she's moving in with me and Mar." trilled the redhead.

Next she tapped a note into her PDO: 'Note to Yuri. Onegai (Please) enroll Ensign Nami Richards into next class 'Takachiho Academy' and no going easy on her ass either. By my command- KDMO'SO'H, Marshall and Dean.'

She tamed her bellow to a roar. "Attention! Everyone be sure and get a good night's sleep. We are lifting off 'Workoh' at noon ashita (tomorrow) so if you are going home on either the 'Angel 1' or the 'Angel 3' make damned bloody sure that you're off this ship before then. G'Night all." announced Kei and she left for her bunk. Meanwhile-

A loud tattoo on their portal awakened Kagome Higurashi and Faye Valentine from a deep and luxurious slumber. "Do you three bakas (idiots) know oro (what) the Fxxx time it is? Oro (What) the Sam Hell do ya want at this unKamily (ungodly) hour, Rickster?" growled Faye.

"Sorry to disturb you so late, my lovely lady. We were asked to deliver Miss Richards to you." explained Eric the 'Ladies' Man'.

"Oro's (What's) wrong with her?" asked the 'cowgirl' suspiciously.

"She tried to outdrink 'Red Mar' (Red Marshall), the Boss Lady and she lost. Where do ya want her ass put?" grumbled Hugh the 'Polar Bear'.

Faye stepped aside. "Follow me, boyos. (She flung open the centre bedroom's door) Dump her ass on the bunk in there. We'll take it from here. Arigatou guys. See ya ashita er tomorrow. Yo! Kaggie! I'm in Nami's pad next door to ya! Get in here and help me with her!" said Faye. Hugh, Rick and Eric discreetly withdrew and made for their own rooms.

"Ka-Mi! Does she wear enough fuku (clothing) do ya think? There's the last of the upstairs crap- a chemise top. C'mon and help me get her pants off. There. Man, is she ever plastered! (Kagome was holding Nami's new pajamas) Fxxx those jammies, Kag! She can sleep in her undies! Just toss that coverlet and a blanket over her. Sweet dreams, Sleeping Beauty! C'mon Kaggie. Back to bed for us. G'night Kagome." said Faye before crawling into her own bunk.

Kagome yawned, called 'G'night Faye' and returned to her interrupted dream where InuYasha had just slain a dastardly dragon to rescue his lady fair- Kagome!

Next morning at 0500 Mugghi gently trilled Nami that it was time to get up. Miss Richards snored away and slept on until 0600 when Faye and Kagome dumped a carafe of water on top of her head.

"I don't wanna go to school today, Mama." murmurred Nami in her sleep. Faye and Kagome exchanged glances and nodded. Kagome activated Nami's shower (super cold) and Faye carried the Terran girl into the bathroom and dumped her in the shower stall.

"Five, four, three, two, one and--" said the 'cowgirl'.

"Yowie!! What the Fxxx!!" came in a wild screech from the bathroom just before the door of the suite's living room crashed open.

"Which one of ya wants it first?!" yelled a sopping wet and very angry Nami! She balled up both fists and advanced on poor Kagome who was brewing java in the kitchenette. Faye looked up from the ship's 'holopape' she was pretending to read and giggled.

"You look like a drowned mermaid, Richards! Glad to see you're finally up! ("At last dammit!" filtered in from the kitchenette) OK Tro-Con Cadet Trainee- calm the Fxxx down! You ignored Mugghi's wakee wakee trills at 0500 and 0530 so at 0600 we dumped a carafe of water on ya. When that didn't work I threw your ass into a nice cool shower. ("Cool? It was Fxxxing frigid in there! Like those shimatta (damned) Arctic ice roads of Alex's!" howled Nami while Kagome wrapped a Turkish bath towel around her and tried to explain to her about the drying units in the bathroom's 'drying alcove' but Nami was livid with rage) As I was saying- 'Ensign'- it is now 0615 hours, a quarter past six and you, my dear girl, have exactly fifteen minutes to report to your nav post upstairs so you ain't got time to go to the hall for breakfast. I'll bring it up to you later. Right now, you'd better get a move on, Honey." said the svelte 'cowgirl' as she handed Nami a steaming mug of java.

Nami toweled off, went into her bedroom and put on fresh underwear and socks. Then she pulled out her 'pirate outfit' she'd been using for the last few days.

"Uh uh! The Boss wants you to wear your new 3WA Ensign's uniform and she wants you armed at all times! Congratulations. You're in the 'UG' now, kiddo!" chuckled Faye who was wearing a vermillion red pantsuit and a white turtleneck sweater. Kagome's ensemble was 3WA sweats.

"I'm a guest on this tub and I ain't used to getting up this shimatta (damned) early! Tro-con? Cadet? Trainee? Where the Hell did you two get the bright idea that I'm in the 'UG', 'Cowgirl'?" demanded Nami.

"Mugghi told us. You lost some damned bet to the Boss last night and now you're a 'UG'/3WA tro-con cadet trainee which of course makes you an Ensign- for the next year anyway. So get dressed, get your ass up to the bridge and I'll bring your breakfast up to you." said Faye reasonably.

Nami slammed the door of her bedroom and shouted at the top of her lungs.

"And if I don't? Oro (What) happens then?" shrieked the Terran wildcat pirate.

"Then I will come down there and personally drag your orange-maned ass up here myself, Ensign Oranamia Richards! Report to your post immediately if not sooner and that's a shimatta (damned) order, Terran!" shouted the Boss through the PA system's squawkbox speakers in the suite and Nami bristled with anger.

"Do ya spy on all your crewmen? Even the ones that don't wanna be part of your crew, Keirran?! I will come up there and I will kick your Fxxxing ass too! How dare you spy on me! And another thing 'Red Mar'- Just how in the bloody Hell do ya know my full name? I never told that to anyone on this rustbucket!" screamed Nami defiantly.

She looked as cute as Hell standing on the top bunk in her bedroom staring up at the PA speaker mounted above the bunk. Nami was still wearing those fluorescent green 'Teddy Bear' micromini underbriefs and a black tank top!

Suddenly there was an explosive roar!

END of Ch 32. Ch 33 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

Finally here's 'Cat' and 'Blonde Bomber Kitten' in a rather humiliating predicament! Note their state of dishabeille and their accusing stares. They are in the huge living room of their own home in Chicago's Lakeshore district, have just foiled some nasty gun thieves and are facing down Bill from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms! They're mad as Hell at Bill and it ain't just because he's seen 'em in their unmentionables either! Why? Aw, that would be telling! Get the video and find out eh?

Oro (What)? You thought I forgot about this post's mystery pix? These four ladies are all deadly and real killers from an ancient organization 'Les Soldatos' by name. Can you name the young blonde (early 30s), brunette (15), redhead (16) and their menor/sensei (age indeterminate) behind them? The title of this old series is the same as the sub-organization of 'LS' to which these assassins belong. Know the answers? That's it for another blog. Stay tuned. Another one coming soon to this same anime blogsite just for anata (you)! Toodles-K&K