AngelWingsCh68'A Yeoman Amazed/Shocked

AngelWingsCh68'YeomanAmazed/Shocked

Angel Wings Ch 68 ‘A Yeoman Amazed’/'A Yeoman Shocked’
By keimanzero

AW Ch 68 ‘A Yeoman Amazed’/’A Yeoman Shocked’



Wow!Mar’s been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons is almost in Zorin’s cronies’ 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! Some old tomos returned and the Boss decides to head for Onsokamaru! Who’s in sick bay and how did she end up there? Why is Yuri Donovan furious? Who are the newbies? Did the truckers succeed?

ANGEL WINGS

DISCLAIMER: OK Gina 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 68 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 68

‘A Yeoman Amazed’ or ‘A Yeoman Shocked’

“Give it back, Odo and anything else you just grabbed off Lady Gina.” ordered the Dark Knight while a tall red-headed woman in brown tunic and breeches looked on amusedly. A sulking dwarf handed over a wristchromo. weapons sash, blaster, wallet, fanny pack, a few medals and a pair of rhomboid comlink earrings. Gina Phillips was thunderstruck.



“He only touched his lips to my glove and I’ve only been here a few seconds!” she cried. Rebecca smiled and pulled Gina inside the suite. Mar, Jett and Spike followed then in and Ivy hit the door release. Rebecca extended her hand to Gina.

“Hi. I’m Rebecca, you’ve already met our Odo and the big galoot’s Ivanhoe or Ivy for short. (Becky whispered into Gina’s ear) May I ask you a personal question, Honey?” said the taller woman.

“I guess so.” replied Gina nervously.

“Were you wearing a Kelly green ‘fundashi’ (a warrior’s loincloth) underneath your fuku (clothing or outfit)?” asked Becky producing the garment much to Gina’s astonishment.

“How on Earth did he get that off without my noticing it?” demanded the ‘Angel2’s new yeoman. Becky chuckled.

“Odo never ceases to amaze us with his talents. For the first week or so be careful around him, however, once he gets to know you it’ll be OK. He is a good tomodachi? Isn’t that your people’s word for a steadfast friend? (Gina nodded) Let me show you to your room, kiddo. You’ll be in with me, Mooney (Sailor Moon) and her scouts but for now it’s just us. The kids are all in quarantine downstairs- mumps, so we’ll have some peace and quiet for a few more days at least.” said Becky. Mar motored her antigrav chair over to them.

“You seem like you’re in good hands, Phil so we’ll get you kitted out in the morning. I’m a little bit tired so Jett’s going to take me home. I’m one level down on three. I’m sure Becky will lend you some night things. (Becky smiled and nodded) OK then I’ll see you ashita (tomorrow), kid. G’Night. Night Becky.” yawned Mar and Jett flew her out of the suite.

“See you all tomorrow. Night.” said Spike and he followed Jett and Mar. Becky motioned Gina into their bedroom and slid the door closed behind them.

“Now! You just gotta tell me, Phil. Why the damned fundashi?” asked Becky and she began pulling out pajamas, slippers and a kimono for Gina. The yeoman sighed.

“It was a bet, a dare, Becky. Sharon Reese, one of the ‘Liberator’s crew challenged me to play her in a game of ‘kosho’ (A game featured on the ancient Terran TV series ‘The Prisoner’ in 1967) and the loser had to wear that thing. Guess who lost?” said Gina ruefully.

“My oh my! How embarrassing for you!” said Becky and Gina grinned at her.

“Oh you don’t know the half of it! For the first week I had to wear it on the outside! I only got to wear it on the inside for the rest of the month.” explained Gina who had removed her dress blacks and now stood in front of the redhead in a black halter and racy red bikini briefs.

“Well you don’t have to wear it anymore. Here’s a pair of pajamas for you, some mules and a pastel pink kimono. (She glanced at her wristchromo) It’s barely 2300 (11 PM). You don’t want to turn in yet, do you? Let’s go for a stroll on the decks. OK?” said Becky hopefully.

“OK maybe a short one. I am really kind of tired, Becky.” replied Gina.

“Great! Let’s find you something comfy to wear. (Becky opened the armoire) You like red?” she asked and Gina nodded. Ten minutes later and Gina looked like a changed ’shojo’ (girl or maiden). She wore a bright scarlet pantsuit and a canary yellow turtleneck. On her feet were black loafers. Becky was shaking a finger at her.

“Uh uh! Not yet, kiddo. You ain’t completely dressed you know.” admonished Rebecca. Gina checked her reflection in the mirror and frowned.

“I’m completely dressed dammit!” she fumed angrily. Beck chuckled, reached underneath her red blazer and adjusted a shoulder harness and holster around her new roomie’s chest. Then she slid Gina’s laser pistol into the holster and zipped up Gina’s blazer.

“That is one of the two things that’ll get your ass into hot water quickr than lightning. One is leaving your quarters unarmed whether you’re on duty or not and the other is showing up late for duty. Now that you’re dressed for action, let’s go.” said Becky and slid her own Mark XII disruptor pistol into her side holster. Gina ‘oohed’ and ‘ahhed’ at all of the marvelous wonders of the immense vessel. She had never seen its like before. Small wonder since this ‘Angel’ was the prototype for the other two. When they reached Level Five Becky pointed out the brig cellblock down a long side corridor.

“Sorry Phil but we ain’t allowed down that way. It’s some special prisoner and word is he’s as looney as a jaybird. He calls himself the ‘Shadow Master’ for God’s sake! C’mon. Follow me because I want to show you something really special.” said the healer. She led Gina down an opposite side hallway to a small alcove at the terminus of which was a concealed door. Becky quickly punched in a keypad code and whispered ‘Asgard’ into a hidden vidmike. Suddenly a panel of the wall slid aside to reveal a narrow spiral staircase leading up. Gina was puzzled.

“Why don’t we just use the lift, Becky?” she asked. Becky had already mounted the staircase.

“Can’t. This is the only way to get up to Level Six. Hurry up, slowpoke.” chortled the redhead from above.

At the top of the stairs were two long corridors made entirely of gleaming Kelvinite. One led to starboard or right while the other led to port or left. Even floors and ceilings were composed of the shiny metallic alloy which was a thousand times stronger than steel and a hundred times harder than adamite or diamond. Gina stared down both corridors.

“Gad! It looks like a bloody damned tunnel, Rebecca! What the Hell’s it doing here?” she cried touching a hand to the cold wall. Becky fired up a cheroot and grinned.

“You have no doubt heard the scuttlebut about the legendary ‘God Gun’ we are supposed to possess?” asked Becky impishly. Gina laughed and took the cigarette offered to her.

“Of course. We’ve all heard of that red herring. Nobody believes it you know.” replied Gina Phillips taking a drag on her smoke. Becky blew a smoke ring and dropped her voice slightly.

“You’re standing inside of it, kid.” she said quietly. Gina’s orbs became like saucers.

“Oro (What)! If that were true, it’d be as long as this entire starship!” yelled Phil.

“About a mile or so and half as wide. The gunports are at the bow and look like cameras, lights or something. It shoots shiny lightning blasts which are made by that thing down there.” explained the redhead and she pointed towards the ship’s stern end. Gina looked and her aizu (eyes) goggled in wonderment.

“A plasma bolt generator? But it’s o- so big! That means that this thing must be as powerful as Hell!” she said in awe.

“You sure got that right, sister. Lady Donovan told me that on its very lowest setting it could easily vaporize Terra’s Luna (Earth’s moon). It’s only been used a handful of times- with disastrous results. Everyone’s glad that Lord Dooku chickened out and they didn’t have to fire it again. Confidentially the Boss is dead sure that it was the mere threat of this thing that got the old fool to change his mind and abandon Lord Oakenshield. (She glanced at her wristchromo) Time we were getting back home. With our trigger-happy sentinels I sure as Hell don’t want to be wandering around these decks after midnight. Let’s go down to the bar for a quick night cap or two.” said Becky. She stuck the cheroot back in her mouth and stood aside for Gina to precede her down the stairwell.

Midnight found them both at the bar sipping ‘pink ladies’ and chatting. Becky introduced Gina to a very tall knight in full Middle Ages Terran chain mail who was tending bar. Becky glanced around the huge rec room.

“Where’s Ivy, Lord Falco?” she asked and held up her empty glass.

“Belowdecks swapping war stories with Torg and Oakenshield, Becky. Odo, Ojou and that pooch (Fuji) of hers are down there with him. Hey, who’s your nrew friend?” asked ‘Crybaby’ Prince John’s captain of the Royal Guard.

“Gina Phillips. She’s replacing Mari Oki as the Boss’s yeoman. Mari’s gone back to Zachie Zero again and his ‘Liberator’. She took a demotion or two back to lieutenant but I don’t think she gives a damn about that. Gina’s only an Ensign but she’s an ‘acting’ looey so behave yourself. One more for the road, milord. I’m on scanner watch tomorrow.” said Becky tossing her cheroot stub into a passing cleaner droid.

“Yeoman to Reds? Poor kid eh?” he chortled while refilling Becky and Gina’s glasses.

“A toast. Here’s to the beginning of a beautiful friendship, Lt Phillips.” said Becky and she downed her drink.

“Acting lieutenant. And here’s to a new friend, er–” stammered Gina and Becky giggled.

“It was Suba (Subaltern was a rank one below Captain and two above a Second Lieutenant) the last time I checked, Phil.” she laughed slinging her jacket over her shoulder.

“To Suba Rebecca.” finished Gina and she drained her glass. Then she too slung her jacket over her shoulder and supported by Becky they tottered towards the lift.

“Wow! Who was that dish, Falco?” asked Miroku the amourous and far from pious Buddhist monk.

“The Boss’s new yeoman, Father. Ensign Gina Philllips but she’s an acting second looey.” replied Falco.

“Is that so? Well good night, Falco.” he said and ambled towards the lift.

“Last call! Last call, ladies and gentlemen! I am closing up the bar, folks!” announced the knight.

Melissa, one of Louie’s ‘Rune Soldier’ treasure hunters was just about to retire to her bunk for the night when the suite’s klaxon chimed. She sighed aloud and reached for her kimono. A lady did not answer the door in her pajamas.

“Go on in to bed, Mel. I’ll get rid of whoever it is.” said a cheerful Gina.

“Yes?” she said to the guy in the hallway. Shorter than Falco, dark-haired and attired in a black and gold flightsuit the dude dropped to one knee.

“Dear Lady Gina. Will you please do me the honour of bearing my children?” he intoned quite seriously or so poor Gina thought anyway.

“What! How dare you, sir!” yelled Gina so loud that the very tall and gaunt older gentleman who had been introduced to her as Lord Mordred the wizard rushed into the living room, ignited laser sword in fist.

“What is it, lovely wench? Are you alright, my dear child?” he shouted and then he saw the black garbed figure at the door.

END of Ch 68. Ch 69 ‘Office Detail’ or ‘Prisoner Shiftings’ 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? Don’t our guys and gals play some cool practical jokes on each other? All in good-natured fun of course!

Hope ya had a happy and safe Kurisumasu and a nice Akeome. Dunno if the Japanese even celebrate it but the Angels do! 1 Jan is Flash Kei’s birthday!

Meri Kurasumasu to all of my tomodachis and may Kami bless you this holiday season. Akeome to everyone and here’s to a super 2010 my dear friends of anime.

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 chapter brings me up to date. Then I have to wind up this one and think about my next one folks-K&K

Angel Wings Ch 61 'Labyrinthe'/'Hail From the Chief'

AW Ch 61

Wow!Mar's been injured and now that worst of all combat weapons is almost in Zorin's cronies' 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! Some old tomos returned and the Boss decides to head for Onsokamaru! Who's in sick bay and how did she end up there? Why is Yuri Donovan furious? Who are the newbies? Did the truckers succeed?

ANGEL WINGS

DISCLAIMER: OK Leth 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 61 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 61

'Into the Labyrinthe' or 'Hail From the Chief'




Junpei was busily waxing Mi-Ke the Elf Hunters' mammoth M-17 tank while Celsia dozed beside Peachy on a blanket. Peach was the team's pet panda who was a bit on the strange side. He crapped out rolls of toilet paper! Celsia was an Elfin queen who was accidentally trapped in the form of an adorable little puppy inu (dog). Junpei's other two companions were Ari and Ryosko. Currently both of them were assigned elsewhere. Ari was serving as the ship's transporter officer and Ryosko (Rees-ko) was in training learning the ropes of a tank gunner warrior back at Takachiho Academy on Shimougou. When Elie got there and innocently told Junpei that she had a 'spell fragment form ElfLand for him' there was nobody at all on hand to stop him from searching for it. Poor Elie!

You see in order for Junpei, Ari and Ryosko to return from ElfLand to Terran Japan and in order for Celsia to regain her human form they first had to collect all the 'spell fragments' of an ancient Elfin spell for Celsia to use. The problem was that a portion of this spell (a spell fragment) was printed or tattooed on certain female elves. The only way to find out if an elf maiden was in fact marked with a fragment was to ahem 'disrobe' the hapless victim! In ElfLand it was pretty much old hat it being the law there to allow these searches. Why? If the spell wasn't performed soon both Terra and ElfLand would meld together with disastrous results! Besides which many of the elfin maids were more than ready to give their all for the Cause! Of course the trio of Hunters had long ago decided to remain in ElfLand anyway there being nothing back on Terra for them. Junpei was unemployed, Ari was a struggling actress and Ryosko was a disgruntled schoolgirl.

Now Junpei was being trained as a 3WA space tech engineer, Ryosko was an officer in training and Ari was slated to attend the Academy and become an administrative assistant to Chief Garner! To make a long story short when Junpei had heard Elie's message he merely did oro (what) comes naturally and--

THWACK! "You big dumbass ox! Didn't you notice that I'm not an elf for Kami's (God's) sake? As you can see I am not tattooed with any spell fragments! (Elie yanked her fuku (clothing or outfit) away from the big galoot whose right cheek was quite red where Elie'd belted him) I'm going behind that thing (Mi-Ke) to get dressed! I'd appreciate it if you didn't peek! If you do I'll beat the crap outta you!" screamed a very irate Elie who was turning crimson and was totally au natural!

Junpei sulked and rubbed his jaw. "Sorry honey but you said you had a 'spell fragment' for me so I searched you for it, that's all. So it's really your own damned fault! Hey! You forgot these, love." explained the big guy and he strolled behind the tank to return Elie's very brief mini bikini briefs to her.

WHAM! "Pervert! Don't you understand English dammit? Get the Hell outta here!" yelled Elie.

Junpei rubbed the 'mouse' on his left aizu (eye) and cursed. "Some people, boyo! Try to do 'em a favour and oro (what) do you get? Grief dammit! OW!" he yelped.

"Well no real harm done, I suppose." she said sheepishly. Now that she was clad Elie was no longer angry with the big dude who was sort of cute. "Sorry for hitting you, sir but when that nice Mr Hawking told me what to say to you--" she began explaining.

"Jimbo sent you down here? Wait'll I tell Gene (Starwind was Hawking's boss) about this! Hawkie's gonna get what's coming to him, boyo! Hey! Why the Hell DID you come down here anyway? Nobody ever visits us down here in the boondocks as a rule so why did Jimbo send you down here?" asked a curious circus strong man who had found an ice holo pack and was holding it to his swelling 'mouse' bruise.

Elie quickly explained and Junpei pointed to his replicator. "You idiot broad! Of course gambling aboard ship's allowed but hardly anyone ever gambles. Oro's (What's) the point when we can rep up anything we need or want with that thing. Aboard the 'Angel' everything else is free so we can drink, smoke, play games, read holos, watch vids, play on the holodecks, anything. But if you like I can rep up cards, slots, roulette, horse racing, whatever you want, kid. Just name it, Miss Elie." explained the elf hunter.



By now all she wanted to do was to belt that Hawking creep right in the chops in front of all his pals but Miss Vincent (Rally the 'Cat') had warned them that any kind of trouble at all would land the perp or perps in the ship's brig. "Holodecks? Exactly what and where are they, sir?" she asked sweetly. Junpei grinned and explained. Then he sent her up to Level 8 where she spent a relaxing and quite enjoyable afternoon breaking the bank in Monte Carlo. She felt a tad guilty that Haru couldn't be here with her but it was his own fault. She and Griffy had warned him about wandering around this monstrosity in the wee hours of the night but did he listen? No! Although how it was that Musicaa wasn't caught as well was beyond the Hellcat's understanding. Poor Rave Master- scrubbing pots and pans like a scullery maid. She giggled at the thought of Haru Glory in an apron taking orders from a woman!

Unknown to Elie the Rave Master had been released from KP captivity earlier that day and even now he was practicing his kenjutsu ryuu (sword fighting style) in the holodeck room next door to hers. The big dragon dragoon warrior had cheerfully replaced the kid in the galley. He liked that jungle gal Leila and hoped to ask her out for a drink and maybe even dinner later in the week. Musicaa was chatting up Marlene far above him in the 'star room' (observation deck lounge) with a thought towards 'picking up' the svelte blonde Brigadier! Fat chance! Griff and Ruby were tending bar while little Pluu (Haru's carrot-nosed 'dog') was merrily frisking about and playing up on the command deck to most of the flight crew's delight and to the annoyance of the temporary exec Light Yagami. Ryuuk was pushing his ethereal hand through the small pet and out again until Light shoved the white ball of fluff into the nav room and shut the door.

Belowdecks Junpei had had a change of heart over getting Jimbo into hot water (Kami! What if the Boss Lady were to find out?) and had settled down to a quiet game of pool in the rec room with Lord Ivy and Becky.

Right after dinner Winry Rockabelle was sent to 'fetch the Boss' to take a very important comm relay call. It was from one of those 'G Twins'- either Andy Gooley or Chuck Garner, probably Uncle Charlie or Ojou wouldn't have had such a kitten. Winry timidly tapped on the commander's portal. "Enter." came the gruff growl from within. Although only a few years older than her Winry was sometimes quite terrified of this redheaded Hellcat. She hesitaed until-- "I said come in dammit!" repeated the gruff voice. Winry cringed. Nobody EVER ignored the Boss three times! She steeled herself and slid the door aside. She stepped into Kei's parlour feeling more than ever like the proverbial fly in the spider's den!

"A very important call for you on the bridge, mum." said the blonde shakily. Kei yawned.

"OK. Thanks, Win. Tell YamKumi (Ojou the Terran Yakuzza princess was filling in for Kome as comm officer) I'll take it here. (She pointed to a bank of vidscreens across the room) Have her relay it to vidscreen #3." ordered the Boss, however, Winry shook here head.

"Sorry, Auntie Boss. No can do, mum. It's a 'Tach 9' relay and Auntie Ojou said it was an 'FYEO' (For Your Eyes Only) call. You have to take it on the bridge. It's probably Mr Garner, mum." explained the blonde automail mechanic. The Boss sighed and slipped a Mark XIII ion cannon into her kimono's pocket. "Lead on Spirit." she joked only Winry didn't get the drift so Kei shrugged and pointed to the door. She followed Winry up to the bridge where Winry made a bee line for the nav room. Ojou shoved a vidmike into Kei's outstretched palm.

"Everybody out. Clear the bridge. This is an 'FYEO' relay and those are my standing orders. This shouldn't take long so don't wander too far. Wait in my ready room if you wanna." said the Red Marshall.

"Hullo Charlie. Oro's (What's) up, boyo?" she trilled and stared into the familiar sourpuss visage of Territorial Sector Chief Charles Augustus Garner who Kome called the 'Big Cheese'. Garner was livid with anger.

"Deirdre! Where the Sam Hell are you? Why aren't you guys at 'Remus' dammit? Answer me, Katie!" he howled.

Kei flared right back at him. The Boss never backed down from anyone and she gave as good as she got no matter who the Hell it was!

"Where the Hell am I? You should know that, me old boyo! You sent Zach along to babysit us, didn't you? (As a matter of fact he hadn't. He had not requested Zach Zero's 'Liberator' specifically when he'd asked the 'GC' to provide an escort for the 'Angel'.) As you already know we are half a solar week out from 'Remus' and we've got four Gundams aboard. We just lifted off from 'Onsokamaru' and if you don't belive me then ask John Raven dammit!" trilled a defiant and angry Red Marshall. Garner sighed and swallowed a 'Hydroxylein' tablet. He washed it down with a healthy swig of 'Galusol' before lighting a cigarette.

"OK I apologize, Deirdre. However, I was NOT informed of your detour and I didn't tell Zach to keep tabs on you. I didn't even know Zero was even with the 'Galactic Command' for Kami's (God's) sake. So Zero IS there? (Kei nodded) We did ask 'GC' to lend us an escort for you guys but we didn't even know Zach had signed up with them. Well, you get yourselves to 'Remus' just as soon as you possibly can and rendezvous with the 'Shalimar'. That's the contribution from the 'Neptune Regiment'. Her skipper's an Alan Gabriel (Kei raised her aizu (eye) brows but remained silent) Roger Smith and his 'Big O' megadeuce are aboard as well so with your four Gundams and 'MEGAS' (another big giant robot) at our disposal (Kei opened her mouth but said nothing and closed it again) we'll have half a dozen of those metal monsters and--" explained Charlie before Kei did say something.

"Oro (What) the Hell! Where'd you find 'MEGAS' and how'd you blackmail Kiva and Coop into helping us out?" demanded the Boss.

"We found 'MEGAS' on 'Antares 8' and we didn't have to 'blackmail' Coop or Kiva into helping us. All we had to do was to promises them not to saddle them with those two 'Jersey Jerks' of yours until after the fighting was all over." answered Garner. Kei grimaced and winced.

"Gee Charlie, thanks ever so much for leaving me stuck with 'em. You're all heart." replied a sarcastic tro-con. Garner ignored the comment.

"By the way just what did you find to keep them occupied while they're aboard? Kiva says they're useless." asked the chief. Kei smirked.

"I keep 'em in the galleys. Turns out they're both great cooks. However, I'll still be glad to be rid of 'em, Chuck." replied the Boss.

"OK. You be sure and relay me when you get to 'Remus' and make contact with Gabriel and Smith. Good luck, kiddo. Sayonara." said Charlie Garner, abruptly blanking his vidscreen.

"I'll be sure and do that, Chuck. Bye." replied Kei, blanking her own vidscreen. She turned as Han peeked around the corner of the bridge door.

"All clear? OK for us to come back in now, Boss?" he asked. Kei waved him and the others back onto the bridge.

"We still headed for 'Remus'?" she demanded.

"Sure are. A few more days, say five. Why?" said Gene Starwind.

"You got three, Cap. It is imperative that we get there with all the speed we can muster, that's why. Try to get a relay through to Alan Gabriel on the 'Shalimar' of the 'Neptune Regiment' and trill me when you raise them. We're meeting up with them at 'Remus'. I'll be on the 'star deck' if you need me. Later." said Kei and she headed for the gantryway stairs. She had a Helluva lot of crap to mull over so she decided to walk down the two flights to Level 7. Voices were coming from the 'star room' when Kei got there.

"And then there was the time I singlehandedly defeated all six of the palace guardians, my dear Miss Angel. There I was--" said Musicaa as the redhead entered the 'star room'.

"Singlehandedly? The way I heard the story from Leth was that Haru, Elie, Griff, Pluu and a brother-sister duo helped you out when you guy admonished those palace creeps." chuckled the Boss.

"How ya feeling, Blondie?" she added and lit up a cheroot. Mar managed a wan smile.

"Much much better, Boss! In fact I think I should return to duty immediately, don't you?" replied the blonde Brigadier eagerly. Kei shook her head and mouthed the word 'nai' (no).

"No way in jigoku (Hell), kiddo. I'm already in enough hot water with the dingbat (Yuri) and I sure as the oni (devil) don't need to get in any more! Our medic (Yuri) says a couple of more days' rest for you and that's that. (She glanced at Mar's companion and grinned) Hullo there, Musicaa. I don't think we'vereally met yet. I'm Kei O'Halloran. Call me Kei or Boss. Glad to have you aboard, boyo." said the Boss and she stuck out a gloved hand in greeting which Musicaa ignored and began laughing.

"What the Sam Hell are you? The floor show?" he chortled, still ignoring Kei's hand of greeting. Mar winced and jetted her chair to the other end of the room.

"Batten down the hatches, hoist the storm flags and stand by for rough weather. Here comes trouble for sure." said an amused blonde.

"Now now, Boss. Cool it. Musicaa didn't know that you're the c.o. (commanding officer) so give the poor kid a break. Please?" she coaxed and Kei relented.

"OK. I guess anyone can make a mistake. How's the view today?" replied Kei, blowing a few smoke rings. While she was facing the viewing window the blonde grabbed the silver wielder and whispered frantically in his ear.

"Listen you big dummy. She ain't called 'Boss' for nothing, kid. She really IS our commanding officer." said Mar and Musicaa blinked.

"Her? I thought you ran the ship? After all you're a Brigadier." he replied.

"Yeah only the Boss is a Marshall. She's got a really hot Gaelic temper so be careful or you'll be on the receiving end of it like your Captain D'Greele was." whispered Mar. Changing the subject he pointed out the viewing window. "Can we see my world from here?" asked Musicaa and Mar shook her head.

"Nope. You can see only for a few thousand lightyears from here. Your world is ten times that distance from us. See that tiny red dot? (He nodded) That's 'Antares' and that asteroid is ten thousand lightyears from Mars." explained Mar. Musicaa whistled.

"So I suppose we won't be going home anytime soon?" he asked.

"Sorry but our next stop is 'Remus' and that's 25 lightyears from here. It's that grey world over there. (Mar pointed to the West) We'll be there in a few more days." explained the svelte blonde. Musicaa choked on his gin rickey.

"How fast are we going for Christ's sake?" he demanded.

"Not too fast. About 25 Warp." answered Marlene Angel.

"More like 35 now, Blondie. Garner wants us there in 72 solar hours." corrected Kei. A service droid had wiped up Musicaa's spilled drink and placed another one on the table.

"Whta's a Warp?" he asked.

"Lightspeed." replied Kei without turning around. Musicaa stared open-mouthed at her back.

"She means the distance light travels in a single solar second, roughly 170,000 kilos (kilometres). Like I said it's pretty damned slow." said Mar. Kei stretched.

"Think I'll check the bridge before I hit the sack. Blondie needs her beauty rest so don't keep her up too much longer. G'Night." said Kei.

"She's kawaii (beautiful or lovely) enough already for me right now, Reds." murmured a smitten Musicaa.

"C'mon lover boy. I'll walk you home. Five more minutes, Blondie. Then you get to your bunk and that's an order, Brig. G'Night." said Kei, dragging Musicaa by the ear. She dropped him off at the RAVE Suite on Level 4.

"Really Mr Musicaa! You and Mr D'Greele have simply got to stop bringing these trollopes and floozies home with you! I am not running a flop house you know!" scolded Griff when he answered the door. Kei bristled but said nothing and returned to the bridge.



END of Ch 61. Ch 62 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? Don't our gus and gals play some cool practical jokes on each other? All in good natured fun of course!

Hope ya had a happy and safe Guy Fawkes' Day! Happy Thanksgiving. Dunno if the Japanese even celebrate it but Naruto does.

A belated happy birthday to our fearless leader- Classic Kei who will be born 27 Nov AD 2121.

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 chapter brings me up to date. Then I have to wind up this one and think about my next one folks- K&K

Angel Wings Ch 44 Gods/Gardens/Football

Meet Seras 'Police Girl' Victoria from Hellsing. Her master is Alucard the vampire and she too is a vampire albeit not an evil one. She works for the Hellsing Group led by Sir Integra Winifred van Helsing. I have her captaining a starship- the Nova Hellsing so for once Al's gotta take orders from Vicky. In Xmas with the Dirty Pair (my first fanfiction) the gang had been deputized (Walter too) by the 3WA to hunt for DragonBalls and this time- more on that in a later blog.

ANGEL WINGS

DISCLAIMER: OK 'Cat' 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 44 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- Garden of the Guardians is from Doctor Who (Tom Baker's era) and if you have not read my Xmas with the DP ff you won't get The Big Game rematch too well. Oro does this all mean? We'll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall's on the warpath again! Here 'tis:-

CHAPTER 44

'Message From the Garden' or 'Big Game Rematch'

"That was two billion years ago and it wasn't even their Universe. Besides- who else have we got? Acting Lord President Barusa won't let us anywhere near 'Gallifrey' after that infernal Shenron the 'Eternal Dragon' failed them and Lord Rathelon's gone back to his tomb again. Mercury is supposed to be a messenger, ain't he, dammit?" observed Black and slowly an angry White nodded in agreement.

"Mercury! Report to my garden at once! Hermes! Do you want me to tell zeus about you and Eos (the Dawn goddess)? Get your worthless spirit over here now- or else!" howled a very perturbed White Guardian.

There was a crash of thunder and a youth sprang out of a blinding lightning flash. He was dressed in robes and wore winged sandals on his feet. His head was encircled by a band of plain white gold. In one hand he held a staff of gold surmounted by a silver crest with two serpents entwined around it- the 'Caduceus'. In his other fist he carried a winged helmet of gold.

"What in Hades is so all fired important that I had to interrupt my beauty sleep, Pops? I am off duty this century, dammit all!" he complained.

"Watch your language, boy or you'll find your ass in my Dark Realm, sir!" warned Black.

"I do apologize for disturbin' ya, son but gods as well as guardians are always on call, laddie. Don't worry. This assignment is pretty easy so it shouldn't take you too long to complete it, kid. We just need you to deliver a message to a 23rd Century starship in this Universe's Aquarian Galaxy. The vessel is the 'Lovely Angel 2' and her captain is a stunning redhead. Just tell her that it will take two days instead of just one. She will know what you mean, White.

The lad was literally champing at the bit.

"In fact practically her whole crew is female, my boy." added Black.

"I will be most honoured to help you out, sirs! You can count on me, Gramps!" cried Mercury and he saluted them both.

"Before you leave, at least put on some pants, kiddo!" laughed Black.

Again the thunder crashed, white lightning flashed and the young god was gone.

"Halt! Who goes there?" demanded Revy Roberts, her twin 'Cutlass' automatics levelled at the intruder who had just materialized in the bedroom she was using behind the ready room.

"Hi there, gorgeous. Would you care to come to Olympus to see my etchings?" winked a tall blonde teenaged boy wearing practically nothing. Flowing white robes, a winged golden helmet, winged sandals and a golden headband were the only garments he wore. He carried a staff and a shield and by his side hung a short sword like an ancient Terran Roman Tribune might carry. The boy was grinning ear to ear.

"I said identify yourself dammit! Who the Fxxx are ya and how did you get past the guards out in the corridors?" yelled an angry 'Creature from the Black Lagoon'. Revy was beat having just come off a double watch detail. She had collapsed on her bunk while still wearing her 3WA uniform and her battle armour.

"I would really and truly love to see what you've got underneath all that armour, cutey honey." he said and grabbed Revy's tunic jacket front and easily hoisted the Terran to her feet. Revy bristled.

"You just made one big mistake, dummy! Nobody touches Revy Roberts and gets away with it!" she seethed and launched a boot into his midsection. The next thing sh knew she had passed completely 'through' the stranger's body and crashed foot first into the bulkhead.

"What the Fxxx are you, a frigging 'yuyu' (ghost or spook)?" she demanded hopping on one foot while she was shaking the other which had suddenly gone numb. Mercury became enraged.

"I said show yourself to me, mortal female!" he roared and struck the deck with his 'Caduceus' causing a blinding flash of white light and Revy blinked. Something somehow seemed different now. When she glanced at her reflection in the highly polished bulkhead wall Revy snatched a sheet from the bed to cover herself. Everything she'd just been wearing had suddenly vanished including her underwear! Her guns were still in her fists so an wildcat emptied both clips into the tall youth and right through him into the wall, bunk, armoire, bureau, table, chairs and portals.

"Having fun, my child?" asked the boy amusedly and he sat in an armchair. Revy suddenly realized that this room must be soundproof or that much firepower would have emptied the bridge deck! She likewise retained her earring comlinks so she yelled for help.

"This is Suba Roberts! Security team to my quarters behind the ready room- stat! That's an order dammit! We got us another intruder and man, this one's a real weird-o!" she trilled.

"You cannot harm me with your puny weapons, woman! You cannot harm a god! I am Mercury, Messenger of the gods! Are you the captain of this floating carcass contraption? Would you please like to bear my children, dear?" chortled the young messenger god.

Revy ignited her laser sword hilt and watched it cut through empty air when she slashed it across the kid's gut. Now she was reloading her two 'Cutlasses' and Mercury shook his blonde head.

"Those toys are useless against me, Madam so why reload them?" he asked curiously. Revy continued her task.

"Because without a healthy gat within easy reach I feel like I'm stark naked, pal! Hey! Wait a minute, boyo! I am stark naked, ain't I?" she cried. Revy yanked open her armoire and pulled out a fresh uniform and a pair of sneakers. She tossed them on the bunk and rifled through her bureau drawers for socks, brassiere, bikini briefs and a turtleneck which she added to her pile. Then she faced her unwelcome visitor with an air of defiance.

"A gentleman would leave the room or at the very least turn his back while a lady is dressing, sir. Well? Are you a young gentleman or just a spoiled little brat?" she demanded and sat down to pull on her socks.

Mercury drew himself up to his full height and bumped his head on the three meter high ceiling. "A god is always a gentleman, Madam Roberts. Reclothe thyself, woman. I will not watch thee." he said and faced the highly polished Kelvinite bulkhead where he would have had an excellent view of the hot Terran wildcat had both his aizu (eyes) not been tightly shut.

Finally Revy cinched her tie up another notch and reholstered her sidearms.

"OK, kiddo. I'm decent again." she said and the god resumed his seat in her armchair. He grinned up at Revy.

"Your security team is not coming, Madam Suba. I have cut off all communications within this vessel. However, I tire of these boring games. You are obviously not kawaii (lovely) enough to be the leader here and your hair is the hue of charcoal not fire. Please take me to your commander, my dear girl. I give you my Olympian word of honour that I will not remove your clothing without your permission. he said.

Revy frowned. "Fat chance that'll ever happen, Merc." she replied. "Why do you wanna see the Boss Lady, kid?" she added, her hand in her pocket where she was clutching a small lump of dilythium crystal alloy. Hell, this crap was almost the same as 'antimatter' and it just might work against this big lummox but the loon's next words made Revy realize that the crystal would be unnecessary.

"I have an important message for her from the Guardians in the garden, my dear sweet child." he replied quietly.

Revy Roberts knew damned well that the Boss was resting downstairs in her own quarters prior to the big game rematch up here at two and that she had left strict orders not to be disturbed for any reason but Hey! Don't fruitcakes who think they're Fxxxing magical gods looking for some action who can strip ya bareass naked without coming anywhere near ya qualify as a legitimate reason for waking up Her Royal Highness, that damned pain-in-the-ass redhead?" thought Revy while she and the blonde kid were riding the lift down to Level Three.

"Yes, my love. I am certain that fruitcakes who think they are Fxxxing magical gods looking for some action would qualify as a legitimate reason for waking up that damned pain-in-the-ass redhead." he said startling Revy as she realized that he could read her mind like an open holonovel screen!

"Gomen, I apologize but kiddo are you really a god? Really and truly? Like in ancient Greek mythology and stuff? I read a book about 'em once when I was a kid in reform school." asked Revy Roberts.

"Yes I am. A real honest to God- god. You read a book about us eh? That would, of course have been before you became a hired assassin, correct?" he replied and Revy nodded as the lift doors parted and she led the way to a portal marked 'Captain's Quarters- Private' above a door control panel keypad and a klaxon push.

"Yeah? Whoozit and oro (what) the Hell do ya Fxxxing well want dammit?" growled Kei's sleepy voice when her door klaxon chimed repeatedly.

"Sorry Boss. It's me- Revy. Could I come in for a moment? Please? It is sorta important, ma'am." replied the Lagoon gal. The door swished aside just far enough for the bleary-aizued (eyed) redhead to peer around it at Revy and a tall handsome blonde teenaged boy beside her.

"Yeah? This had damned well better be good, Roberts! I ain't exactly dressed for company so I can't ask you and your new tomo (friend) i, girl. Oro (What) the Hell's this all about? I've got a game in less than an hour and-- Who the Hell is this jackass anyway?" she grumbled crossly. Kei was dog tired and it sure as Hell showed.

"Believe it or not, he's a god, Boss. Meet Mercury, the messenger god all the way from Mt Olympus. Those two Guardians sent him or so he says. He claims he's got a message for the captain and that's you, Boss. (Revy's voice dropped to a whisper. Hey Revy- if Merc can read your thoughts it don't matter how soft you speak) Watch your ass, Kei! He is magic! He managed to strip me to the skin from the other side of the room! Our weapons are useless against him so save your ammo. Just let him give ya his message and maybe he'll go the Hell back home, Reds!" said Revy.

"OK. Lemme grab a kimono. Just gimme a minute, Revy." growled the Boss and the door shut only to reopen a few seconds later. Kei waved them both inside while she was still belting her green kimono emblazoned with red ryuu (dragons) across its back. She waved them to seats, sat down on her sofa, put her bare feet up on her coffee table and ignited a cheroot.

"Ya got a message for me, bozo? Spill it, kid." she demanded and lit Revy's cigarette. Mercury had declined a smoke or a drink.

"You are the captain? Ha! Do not make me laugh! You are but a child and a female as well! You cannot be the captain! Come now, Madams. Enough is enough. Where is your captain?" cried the angry god.

"I am the captain, me boyo! See? Marshall Keirran Maureen Bridget Deirdre O'Shaughnessy O'Halloran, Commanding Officer, 'United Galactica Federation of Galaxies', 3WA, Patrol Starship 'Lovely Angel 2'. Satisfied, sonny?" she demanded while brandishing her 3WA holovid ID vidcard. Mercury read it over carefully and smiled.

"Mortals are truly foolish beings. Allowing such a young female to command an entire sky vessel is most stupid. Everyone knows that men are the true leaders." he replied haughtily.

"Yeah? Well I command two or three more of these 'sky vessels' as ya call 'em, me old boyo. I'm too tired to argue the point, dodobrain so just gimme your message and go." said the weary redhead.

"Very well, Madam Reds. I am to say that it will take two solar days instead of merely one. Gramps and Papa (White and Black Guardians) said you would know what it meant. Do you? (Kei nodded gravely) Then may I leave now?" yawned Mercury.

"Yes. Go. You are dismissed, tomo (friend) and arigatou (thank you)." said Kei abstractedly and with a bow to both girls he vanished in a lightning flash preceded by a deafening thunderclap.

"Mugghi? Have we lifted off 'Minerva' yet? Nai (No)? Good. Shut down the engines because we are staying right here. I'll explain why later. Don't forget to report to Holodeck Four at 1400 (2 PM). Kei out." trilled the Boss and Mugghi meowed OK.

"If we split now with a whole extra solar day to go our engines' backblasts could rupture those bubbleheads' continuum seals and start this shit up all over again. Wally must've gone forwards in time rather than backwards when he detonated that 'antimatter' bomb and then those fool Guardians miscalculated the time differential variances. Those 'time sights' could trigger trouble as well so tell 'Klink' and his pals there will be no more 'time sights' testing until we get back home. Those are my direct orders, Roberts and if he don't like it send him to see me. After that ya better get some sleep, kid. I'll tell ya all about the game tomorrow and arigatou (thank you) Revy. See ya later." said Kei shoving her out the door before flinging off her kimono and once again crashing onto her bunk.

Revy went to give 'Klink' and his scientific buddies Kei's latest orders and although the old curmudgeon grumbled a bit he finally did agree that maybe curtailing the 'time sight' experiments was the best policy and he told her he would immediately end all further testing until they got home. Revy thanked him and went up to her room again. She stripped, showered, dried and put on fresh undergarments before she went back to her bunk for some rest. Meanwhile back in the Garden of the Guardians Mercury had just returned.

"It was so funny, Grandpa, Papa! This stupid mortal female actually thought that she could harm me- a god! First she used some sort of projectile launching firearm and then she tried cutting me with a silly beam of light! Of course neither one even mussed up my hair, Gramps!" chortled the young god.

"I am not your grandfather and he ain't your papa, boy so stop calling us by those names! I am Mr White and he is Mr Black darn it all!" yelled White and Black grinned.

"Apparently neither Revy nor Reds used an ionic energy weapon like an ion cannon, a disruptor gun, a plasma rifle or a plain old blaster on you, son. Ya ain't immune to that stuff ya know and they would've put a hurtin' on ya for sure, kid." Black observed amusedly but Mercury was definitely not amused at all.

"Well, I have delivered your message as instructed, sirs so I'm off to Olympus again. Bye." replied the god and he vanished in the same noisy and flashy style as he had just arrived.

"A surly youth to be sure. I really must tell Zeus about him. I should tell the old boy about the kid's manners, Black. More tea?" asked White.

"Or rather lack thereof eh? No more tea thanks. I must go, old friend. Bye." replied Black and he went back home. And back on the 'LA2'--

At 1345 hours or a quarter to two in the afternoon Kei keyed up her PA mike and announced that she had decided to posptone the big rematch game until ashita (tomorrow) at 1000 hours or ten AM. However, she encouraged everyone to use Holodeck Chamber Four's football field for practice and then she told them why. One floor down in the galleys--

"I thought those two screwballs Fxxxed something up!" yelled Winry Rockabell who was helping to clear away the lunch dishes from the dining hall's tables while Ed Elric washed, brother Alphonse dried and Neko Olson stacked. Granny (Pinato Rockabell), Zoe (Morton), Leila and Trace (Edwards) were busily planning dinner on the other side of the galley.

"Winifred! Do I have to get out the soap again? Clean up your language, young lady or I will! Neko! Don't stack the plates that high! By the way, where's your comrade?" said Granny.

"Yes'm." sulked Winry. Neko started a new stack and began transferring plates from the first one.

"Sorry about that, Gran. Revy just got off a double duty watch detail an hour ago so she's probably upstairs asleep. Why?" called the shapeshifting nekomata human trill girl.

"Captain Starwind is looking for a defensive anchor to counter the Boss Lady on offense and he thinks Miss Roberts might be the ticket. What all of that palaver means is Greek to me, dearie but he did ask me to pass that word along to Miss Roberts. Izumi! Get Ichigo and Rukia to take those tablecloths and napkins up to the laundry room. We'll be needing them in time for dinner so tell them to have all the linen done by four this afternoon. Shush now everyone. I think the captain's going to say something over those talking boxes again." replied the Risenbool 'automail' expert from 'Amestris' whom everyone aboard thought of as their very own grandmother which was perfectly OK with Pinato.

"Well now! If that don't beat all! We're gonna be stuck here on 'Minerva' for two more days before we head for home. Aw, I guess we could use the extra day's practice time. Right Starwind?" drawled Han.

"Ya got that right, Solo. Ya wanna be a dual linebacker for us?" asked Gene.

"Suits me fine. Hey 'Cat'? How's your team roster comin' along? About done, kiddo?" called the ex-pirate.

"Just about, pirate. How about you, Gene?" asked Rally 'Cat' Vincent.

"We just need a kicker, love." answered Gene.

"How's about that tank gal- Leona Ozaki?" drawled Han. and Gene's face brightened.

"Hey Leona! Wanna be the Hawks' kicker?" he called and Leona looked up from where she and Raven were swabbing the decks of the immense dining hall.

"Only if I can be a defensive linebacker too, Cap!" she replied and went back to her mopping. Gene gave her the two thumbs up A-OK signal and she nodded.

'Cat' was pouting. She needed a quarterback but Kei wanted to be a receiver, Mar wanted to be a running back and Yuri wanted to be a tight end. Minnie Mae 'Kitten''Blonde Bomber' Hopkins wanted the job but the teenager was hopelessly inept. Mae was a speedster so 'Cat' already had her down as a running back with 'Dynamo' the Triceraton dinosaur thing as her lead blocker. Both sides had wanted 'Big Al' Elric but Izumi had told them that the 'knight' was too unstable to safely play football- after all he was the 'Philosopher's Stone' and the slightest jolt could cause more damage than the 'God Guns' could! Brother Edward agreed that Al should sit out the game so Al finally reluctantly said OK. Instead he bacame 'Cat's 'go-fer' guy.

Ed and Winry were her runback specialists and Kome was the Killers' kicker. Someone cleared their throat discreetly and Rally looked up from her lists.

"Miss Vincent? I played quarterback in high school if you think that an old codger like me could fit in on your team, ma'am." said Alex the Ice Roader. Rally looked over the 'Minister of the Ice Roads' and nodded.

"Yup, I can see that you can take a hit or two OK, Alex and Hell man you ain't that old, boyo. OK, you're the Killers' starting quarterback. 'Pretty Boy' Eric and 'Jimbo' Hawking will be your two backups. Bear's our medic and rick's his assistant. Drew's our equipment manager and Light Yagami's our water boy. Gene already grabbed Hugh the Polar Bear for the Hawks but we got the rest of ya. Clover and Mandy wanna be cheerleaders but Sammy and Alex are gonna be our tight ends. Fine. We'll see ya on Holodeck Four on Level Eight at 1430 hours I mean at hal past two this afternoon so please tell the rest of the Ice Road Brigade and thanks." said Coach 'Cat' Vincent and she kissed the older guy on his stubbled cheek.

"Thank you, ma'am and may the good Lord bless you, Miss Vincent. See ya then." replied Alex.

Starfire loved the new cheerleading outfit that that nice Father Miroku had picked out for the Hawks' cheerleaders. Raven did not but Raven did not complain over such trivial matters. Wally the 'Flash' zipped around helping out everyone on Gene's team who needed help. Since he could not promise that he would not use his special fleetfootedness powers during the game both Gene and Rally had refused to choose him for a player so instead Gene had made him the Hawks' 'go-fer' guy.

Big Spike Miroku (who once upon a time had been head of mall security at the 'Higurashi Mall' back home in 'Furool (Foo-Lon) City' on 'Shimougou') had once again been loaned to the 3WA albeit this time it was in his new capacity as security chief of 'KASP' the Kaguran Air and Space Patrol. He had made an excellent defensive linebacker in the first game (see Xmas with the Dirty Pair fanfiction for those details) and a great defensive captain to boot. At well over 175 kilos (A kilogram is equal to 2.2 pounds) he was a very impressive anchor and boy did 'Cat' ever need one so she sent Ninja boy Naruto to tell the big guy he was again on the Killers' team.

Ninjas Neji and Ten Ten were 'Cat's speedy cornerbacks and the two Saiyaans (Goku Son and Vegeeta Brief) made excellent safeties- Vegeeta at strong and Goku at free positions. Ryuuk, Light Yagami's Shinigami death god was chosen to be the Killers' mascot- Kira Rayne. Light told them that Kira was Japanese for killer and Ryuuk certainly looked like a kira, that he most certainly did! Rayne was a reference to an ancient Terran film vampire of the same name. Ryuuk grumbled at first. He really wanted to play but being unable to assure 'Cat' that he wouldn't simply disappear whenever he felt like it he reluctantly became their mascot instead.

On the other side of the coin Helena 'Hawkgirl' of the 'Justice League' flat out refused to be 'Helena the Hawk' because she wanted to play in the game so at 'Cat's offensive coordinator's (Captain Zack Zero) urging Suba Marina Oki was chosen as 'Henrietta the Hawk' while Helena became an offensive guard and a strong safety.

"That is it, Vincent. Leona's our kicker and Nat (Lt Naturle Edwards nee Badgiruel) is our starting quarterback with Sally Mimoru and Nami Richards backing her up. See ya at practice, kiddo." called Gene on his way to the lift.

"Yeah, Alex is our quarterback with 'Pretty Boy' Eric and 'Jimbo' Hawking to back him up, Cap. See ya up there at half past two, dude." replied 'Cat' who was drawing up plays she wanted to try out. Meanwhile back home Naomi Armitage was furious!

She was supposed to be on the next flight home to Mars to see her family but 'Uncle Vito (Galadriel) had cancelled all offworld flights until that damned 'Ark in Space' aka the 'Lovely Angel 2' returned in another week or two. Then Andy Gooley and Chuck Garner had dropped another bombshell on the hapless android robot girl. Naomi was to arrange living quarters for all of those 'Gaelic Goofballs' passengers and crew- again!

"Christ Almighty, Chuck! I could've sworn we'd just gotten rid of those pests or was I only dreaming that we did?" she thundered. Gooley and Garner spread their hands out and shrugged.

"Ya know I do have a life of my own, boyos and a family waiting for me on Mars!" yelped the enraged android crashing her fist onto her kitchenette's countertop for added emphasis.

"Yeah. We know that, Naomi and we are sorry that you can't get back to them yet but duty calls." apologized Gooley.

"Maybe Guy can bring the kid here--" suggested Garner and bit his tongue when he realized his mistake.

"How? Vito put the kibosh on all offword flights- both coming and going! Ka-Mi (God)! It just ain't Fxxxing fair, man! Every single time that those two Celtic lunatics go off on a mission I end up either here or on 'Alderaan' dammit! My kid and my husband ain't even gonna recognize me by the time I finally get to see 'em! Shit! (Naomi sighed) OK. I'll set things up with 'CC' and start booking accommodations but know this me boyos- come Hell or high water, in another fortnight (fifteen days) I am outta here even if I gotta use a solar jet pack! Ya got that?" yelled Naomi Armitage and she blanked her vidscreen angrily.

END of Ch 44. Ch 45 'We'll Leave the Lights On For You' or 'Team Rosters' 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. Don't forget April 15th is coming. Toodles-K&K

Angel Wings Ch 42 'Of shadows & Hyugans'

That's GC Rally Vincent's automatic aove. Sorta looks like CB gal Faye Val's Glock 7, don't it?

ANGEL WINGS

DISCLAIMER: OK Kira Honey, 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 42 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- A play on the Queen of Haka Sutra in GTO and Whitey and Black got some 'splaining to do! Oro does this all mean? We'll find out momentarily gang. The Boss Red Marshall's on the warpath again! Here 'tis:-

CHAPTER 42

'The Queen of Supernovas' or 'The Guardians Explain'

Aboard the 'Paphael' Blue (Legato Bluesummers) trilled to Chief Gustav.

"Sir, I believe that a few lightyears is enough distance for now, don't you? What say we stop here and hover while we ait--" trilled the tall BetaZoid captain.

"Nai (No), we don not stop until we reach 'Minerva', Captain. That is our rendezvous point. Understood?" trilled Anton and Blue trilled a roger willco back to him.

So on they flew while their comrades' destiny drew ever nearer and nearer. Meanwhile aboard the 'LA2'--

"Thar she blows, Boss. Nor' Northwest on a 351.96 heading at nine o'clock. See it? That's our nova, folks. By the way, who's down in Engineering, Boss?" trilled Rally 'Cat' Vincent the scanning officer.

"Just 'Dynamo' and Cyborg as far as I know, 'Cat'." growled a perturbed Yuri Donovan.

"Balackfire's down there with 'em too." supplied Marlene Angel.

"Zoe! Get in here and help Nat, Flaysie and Caggie on these guns! I want you on one photon cannon and Caggie on the other one. When I tell ya to, fire 'em in front of us about 300,000 kilos- one to port and one to starboard. Set their proximity fuses so they'll blow when they hit the back end of this nova. 'Cat's gonna feed ya the coordinates. As soon as ya fire 'em, I want all of ya to get to a lifepod and launch it and you towards 'Minerva' and that means everyone, Vacuumhead! You guys hear that down in Engineering? 'Dynamo'? Cy? Blackfire? Get your ass up here to a lifepod or use one down there if ya can find 'em and launch on my order! Got it?" trilled the Boss.

"Yeah. We got it, Boss but oro (what) about you, Furball (Mugghi) and R2D2 (Nammo)? Oro (What) happens if you can't get to a lifepod in time? Oro (What) then Reds?" trilled Brigadier Mar.

"No sweat, kid. Jon left us a nice skysled down in the bays if we need it. I don't think we're gonna be needing it or a pod but ya never can tell, Brigadier Angel. We appreciate your concern, Mar but you are still leaving after these photons go, girl!" trilled the redhead.

"Good luck, you dimwitted dipstick and if you die on me, I'm gonna kill you, girl!" yelled Yuri and she released the steering controls to Kei who wrestled the gargantuan starship back to port and took dead aim at the cyclone that was howling through the nova's central core.

"Straight on till morning, eh?" she chuckled and twisted the craft almost sideways to the deafening maelstrom. She carefully yawed the ship back to centre and--

"Now dammit! Fire! (Both Zoe and Cagalli complied) Dammit to Hell, Caggie! That shot was full centimeter off target! Zoe! Good shot! That's your cue to skidoo, gang! Go! See ya on 'Minerva'! To the pods- stat!" roared Kei while she and Mugghi clawed their way through the nova's tornadolike winds until--

"Good luck, Reds. We've all launched and I'm the last one to go. See ya soon, Boss. Don't keep us waiting." trilled the commander-to-be of the 'LA3' and she jettisoned herself into deep space. Behind her the photons exploded and a huge backdraft fireball began in the core of the now supernova causing a tsunami (tidal wave) of roaring winds and flames. This whirlpool of destruction violently shook and then shoved the 'LA2' bacwards- back towards the spot where they had first entered the nova a few short minutes ago only now it was a fullblown supernova!

"As soon as we get outta this damned star trap, Furball, do a complete 180 about face and peel rubber after the others. Open her up and don't spare the hyperdrives, Mugghi because Nammo just predicted that the mother of all shockwaves is gonna be right on our asses so don't stop until we hit 'Minerva' and-- Christ Almighty! There's its maw (huge opening)! Take us home, Furball!" yelled Kei strapping herself and Nammo into a gunner's seat while Mugghi strapped herself into the pilot's seat.

The great white neko (cat) spun wildly, yawed back to starboard and then rocketed after KR's shuttle. Kei was hanging onto Nammo with both hands like all the demons of the nine Hells of Dante's Inferno were trying to yank him out of the redhead's strong arms. Finally with KR's 'Donnatella' shuttlecraft in sight and the supernova's shockwave fireball blast comfortably in their wake and at least ten lightyears behind them Mugghi eased back on the thrusters until their speed dropped back down to a manageable Subwarp eight and the Boss was able to relax.

Mugghi meowed a message to Blue who was just touching down on 'Minerva' with the 'Raphael' at that same exact moment.

"Yeah, I read ya loud and clear, Furball. The pods have already launched. OK then we'll just try and beam 'em all up into the shuttles. Yeah, I'll keep ya posted, pal. Blue out." trilled Bluesummers.

"Hey Anton! Get over to the beaming bays and standby with a team to beam up the Boss Lady's flight and engineering crews. Don (Poporo), start scanning for those pods. Nine of 'em just launched. The 'LA2' is following the 'Donnie' here to 'Minerva' so it looks like the fun's over for now, gang." he trilled.

"All over, Blue? Then how come we ain't lost anybody yet?" trilled Emma Emeraldas from the bridge of her 'Emerald Queen' starship.

"Hey! That's right, Poppet! I still got me a full contingent too now ya come to be a-mentionin' it. Anybody lose anybody, me hearties?" trilled her uncle, Jonathan Harlock from his 'Botany Bay 2' cruiser vessel.

When all of the other starcrafts replied in the negative Anton Wilhelm Gustav suggested a 'pwwow' after they all rendezvoused on 'Minerva' and the proposal was eagerly accepted by all the commanders.

"And we must be sure to ask 'God almighty' (Vito Galadriel) to join us as well. He's got some 'splaining (explaining a la Ricky Ricardo) to do, dammit! This mission was all his bright idea, wasn't it?" grumbled Dr Wolf von Bork.

"And our two 'Guardians' need to be in on this 'think tank', my tomos." said Doctor Six who was travelling with his TARDIS aboard Gene's 'Outlaw Star' and he helped himself to another chocolate biscotti. The foppish 'Gallifreyan' was having tea with Molly Callahan and Dominique the Cyclops in Starwind's wardroom.

"Are you sure you'll be finished stuffing yourself by then?" demanded a nettled Doctor 2 who was ferrying the 'Black Guardian' back to 'Minerva'.

"Yes, old boy. By all means do save some for us." added a grinning Doctor 4 who was giving the 'White Guardian' a lift.

The 'High Council of Gallifrey' and the 'Galactic Command' chiefs had decided that the two 'Universal Guardians' had best be on hand so they had sent the two time lords to pick them up and deliver them both to 'Minerva' so they could explain a few things about this latest fiasco of theirs.

By the following morning the remaining members of the 'flotilla' had made planetfall and touched down on 'Minerva's surface. The 'Lovely Angel 2' arrived at 1130 hours (11:30 AM) and all of the shuttles and most of the larger ships redocked inside her bays.

"Since it's almost chowtime we will convene in the rec room after lunch. Mugghi and Nammo are on bridge watch, however, the rest of ya will attend our shindig here at 1400 hours. That mens two o'clock, folks. There will be 'no' exceptions. Questions?" growled a very tired and quite frustrated not to mention angry redhead.

"The grinning fool (Doctor 4) and the little fellow (Doctor 2), Boss? They have the 'Guardians' aboard their TARDISes. Aren't we going to wait for them?" asked Doctor Six.

"They're right behind us, Doc. See? (Kei pointed a gloved thumb over her shoulder. She was seated at the rec room's bar and the two aoishi (blue) 'police boxes' were just materializing beside the bar area) Anything else? (No replies) Did we lose anybody? (Blue shook his head sadly) Not one solirary soul? Nobody at all? Christ! I just risked a state-of-the-arts starship not to mention Nammo's, mine, Mugghi's and my entire flight and engineering crews' lives playing 'chicken' with a supernova- and for oro (what)?! Nothing? Those two Fxxxing bubble-brained baka (stupid or dumb) idiotic moronic imbeciles had better have some answers or I will personally plaster the bulkheads with their Kami shimatta (God damned) asses!" yelled the redhead, her green aizu (eyes) flashing emerald fire.

"Pardon us, Madam. I believe we owe you fine folks an explanation, do we not?" said White.

"Even though it wasn't 'my' fault, Marshall." added Black.

"What! Not 'your' fault! Well, it certainly wasn't 'my' fault, was it?" argued White.

"I don't give a flying Fxxx whose damned bloody faulty it was! Dammit to Hell! One of you had better have some answers for us that I like- or else!" yelled Kei brandishing both Mark XIII ion cannons and aiming one at each 'Guardian'.

"You two are bloody lucky! I'm famished at the moment, guys! We'll reconvene here at 1400, that's two o'clock this afternoon, Whitey and you two bozos had better have a damned good reason why this 'solution' of yours didn't Fxxxing work, me boyos! OK. Let's all chow down. I'm starvin' to death dammit!" said the Red Marshall and she shoved open the dining hall doors and strode through them. The 'Guardians' decided that discretion was the better part of valour and took a table as far away from the firebrand Hellcat as they could get! Unfortunately for them, both the InuYasha gang and Lord Ivanhoe's crowd chose the same table and pretty soon Worlds War 159 had broken out!

"Kagome! He hit me again!", "InuYasha! Sit boy!", "OW! Dammit wench! He gave my ramen to that mangy furball wolf again!", "Miss Kira, would you do me the honour of bearing my children?", "Pervert monk! (Thwack!) Leave her alone! She's only a kid for Kami's (God's) sake!", "Oddo! Put that silverware right back where you found it!", "Wolf Boy! Stop hiding behind His Highness!", "Falco! I am covered with slop! Arrest everyone!", "But sire--", "Rin! Get off the table please!", "No 'kenjutsu' (swordfighting) in here you guys! Sess! InuYasha! Kouga! Ivy! Rebecca! Ayame! You all know better than that dammit!", Kikyo!! No archery is permitted in here!", "Naraku! Leave Sango alone! She is Miroku's woman!", "The Hell I am!", "Miroku! Don't you dare use that 'wind tunnel' in the dining room!", "Ah, would you sir! Lay on MacDuff and damned be he that first cries hold, enough!", "Kouga! Stop playing with my laser sword!" and like expletives were being bandied about when poor Ami (one of Moonie's sailor scouts) jetted over to take down their orders.

"Two brave souls huh? Nobody in their right minds sits anywhere near these cretins from Hell, me boyos. What can I get ya, gents?" asked Ami. She was wearing a magenta flightsuit and white repulsor lift jet boots.

"I always thought that you Terran maidens were more fashion conscious, my dear girl?" chided Black.

"Purple just is not your colour, my child. Might I suggest a lovely shade of green?" advised White.

" I don't wear skirts anymore because Kouga's got a leg fetish. The last time I wore jeans Oddo stole my belt and 'Doggie Boy' (InuYasha) there yanked my pants down! This damned flightsuit might not be fashionable but at least I can keep it on! Now what the devil do you wanna eat, boyos?" yelled an exasperated Ami. They gave her their orders and she jetted back to the galley.

"OK. Mako and Rei. You two lost the toss so you gotta take the food over to- them. Poor Mina and Moonie have to serve the 'Demon of Dublin' so count your lucky stars. These two smaller platters are for the old dudes next to Kouga. The one guy's a preacher and the other one tried to get me to join him on the dark side! Good luck." said Ami and she jetted off to take the Harlock pirates' orders.

Makoto jetted back over to the galley and she was sobbing again.

"Oro's (What's) wrong now, Honey?" asked Leila. She and Zoe were running the galley today with Granny (Pinato) Rockabell's assistance.

"This flight suit is stifling, Auntie Leila." whimpered little Makoto.

"So? Take the damned thing off then, kid." grumbled Zoe Morton.

"You do have sweats on underneath it, don't you, Love?" asked the jungle girl companion. Leila travelled with Doctor 4 on his TARDIS.

"I did- until Mr Mordor made 'em vanish! Now all I got on under here are my underthings! Then he tried to use magic to make my zipper come down so I ran back here!" blubbered the scout.

Zoe scowled and held her wet hands before the air dryer. "Oh he did, did he? Go and help Auntie Emma and Auntie Kome to set up chairs next door, Honey. I'll sort things out for you." she seethed and the angry Plutonian navvie stormed over to the 'bedlam' table. 'Crybaby' Prince John dove under the table and Jon Harlock whispered "All Hell's about to bust loose over there!" to Neko Olson.

"Hello there, Mordor. Listen up you lads and lassies. I want you to leave my scouts alone- or else! Got that?" she said hotly. Rebecca and Sango winked at each other.

"And oro (what) if we don't? Who's gonna stop us, girlie? You? I dare ya to try, bimbo!" challenged InuYasha. Zoe smiled and snapped her fingers.

"Sit boy!" she said sharply and the big inu hanyou (half human/half dog demon) crashed to the floor!



END of Ch 42. Ch 43 'Hyuga Transfusion' or 'Shadow in the Bays' 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

No more mys pix for awhile. Got my taxes to do folks.

SFN/SYS/JM/KBYA/KYSOTI/TTFN/Toodles-K&K

FEBRUARY 26, 2009 3:37PM
Angel Wings Chapter 38 Talks & Driver

Here's the mystery pix of the post. Recognize this grinning Zombie freak? Sorta looks like Heath Ledger's Joker from 'Dark Knight'. Hint- He has no qualms about taking human life whatsoever! Good luck.

ANGEL WINGS

DISCLAIMER: OK Xavier, 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 38 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- Yuri has nothing to do with the 'Secret Talks' and 'Designated Driver' has nothing to do with alcohol usage! Oro does this all mean? We'll find out momentarily gang. Here 'tis:-

CHAPTER 38

'Secret Talks' or 'Designated Driver'

"Hey Jerry! Ya sure you can make loudmouth Mandy forget who we are and everything else later? (Jerry Lewis nodded sagely) Yo! Shut the Hell up and listen to me, Motormouth! Alex, Clover an I are really spies for 'Woohp' the World Organization of Human Protection and--" said Sammy and she proceeded to tell Mandy the whole truth, the entire totally true story from their beginnings as teenaged high school Valley girls' spies right up to the present.

When Sam finally finished Mandy stared at her for a full minute before she started laughing her head off. "Man, are you flaky or what, Honey? You gotta be on a rocket to oblivion, dipstick! What a crock of crapola, man! You don't 'seriously' expect me to believe you, do you?" giggled Mandy and Sammy shrugged off her kimono.

"Up to you, girl. Believe what ya want but what I told you is all totally true. I'm going for a dip. You coming?" said Sammy.

"Well I tried, guys." said Sammy and Jerry smiled.

"I told you she wouldn't believe you." whispered Jerry. Clover had stretched out on the sandy beach next to Faye Valentine and tomboy Ed whom Faye had on a leash.

"Is that really necessary, Miss Valentine?" asked Clover.

"Yeah, unless you want to run around after her it is." replied Faye.

Mandy and Alex dove into the pool and splashed Jerry and Sammy. Jerry tried to apologize for the 'spy' slip but all they did was splash him harder.

Revy Roberts and Neko Olson were arguing over their fave topic- weapons.

Yuri was just glad they were on their way home at long last unless that scatterbrained nincompoop redhead decided to take them on yet another 'quickie' side trip again! She debated trilling the Boss to make sure they really and truly were going back home this time but she decided against it. Best let sleeping dogs lie like Chief (Ella) Hathaway had once advised her. In O'Halloran's case that 'sleeping dog' could easily turn into a full blown Irish wolfhound!

However, as Yuri returned to her latest fashion holovidmag catalogue five decks down the 'Irish wolfhound' was pacing the floor.

"Where the Hell was the Doctor all this time? Surely 'Gallifrey' wasn't all that damned far away for a time and space travelling time lord in a police box thingamajig whatchamacallit- a TARDIS, wasn't it? All he had to was drop off one prisoner- John Berringer. Warp and Slade Wilson were both destined for Terran judgment and were now Terra bound via 'Galactic Command' transport. The rest of the brood had gone to either 'Seto Kaiba' or 'Hecuo Mundo', the nickname for the most infamous penal colony asteroid in the galaxy- 'Kariyastan' where conditions were the worst imaginable so the place was used only when absolutely necessary. It was slated to be closed down and never used again in just two more years- AD 2253. Ah well, these time jockeys set their own hours it seemed. The Doctor would be back when he got back and that was that. I will hate to lose Peri Brown though. She's the best yeoman I've had since Conan Edogawa's sister during our first time rift missions. Hopefully this 'time sight' crap of Sally and the kid's would work. Then me and the gang can finally relax and get back to normal stuff. First damned thing I'm gonna do is get me a transfer back to Unit 9. I've had enough of running a Fxxxing Academy! I want action! Maybe they'll promote the vacuumhead and make her the new big mahoff. Hell, who am I kiddin'? The airhead's just as fed up with his Academy shit as I am! She'll probably transfer back to Unit 237. A shame that although we'll still be neighbors we ain't gonna be partners no more. Mar and Kome are gettin' the 'Angel 3' as captain and exec so who's gonna be our new partners? Probably that Rio Delcroix for the dipstick moron and Tomah's sister Edna Jordan for me. Shit! Breakin' in new trainees! Oh well at least we'll get a better deal than poor Ella Hathaway got- Lily Langtry! I really pity anyone who gets stuck with that baka dipstick! Whoever the Hell coined the 'dumb blonde' phrase must have had Lily in mind when they thought of it! Then again- if anyone can whip Lily into a top notch tro-con it's Ella. Just think. In another decade and a half I'll be Ella's daughter Annie's boss and my own dear 'KR' (Keitarou Riff) will be her partner in the 'Avenging Angels' team. Dammit, that does have a nice ring to it, that it does. Aw, the oni (devil) with it! We're goin' home at last!" mused Kei and she threw her unifom blazer at the sofa (it hit the floor like everything usually did. Did I mention that Kei was a slob?), kicked off her sneakers and crashed onto her bunk.

She slept like the 'roshii' (dead) until 1700 (5 PM) when Mugghi trilled the redhead for dinner.

"I'm awake, Furball. Have 'em send up a platter of the usual. And a fifth of 'Dew' too. Tell the airhead to advise Central we're comin' home. (Kei thought a moment) Mugghi, put through a top priority ultrasensitive relay to 'God almighty' for me. Don't tell anyone else and route it to my quarters down here. Huh? Yeah. 'Uncle Vito' (Galadriel) himself. I'm gonna find out oro the Fxxx's goin' on around here. The Doctor's late, Zero is 'conveniently' available, 'Ghostie' retires and becomes a 'GPI', no less than four high ranking chiefs show up to pick me up, the 'Draconians' just signed a peace treaty with Duke Atraides on 'Dune', we just sent a hundred first year cadets for 'advanced' training and some of 'em only got three weeks of 'basic' training under their belts. It just don't add up, tomo, nai (no), that it does not! And yet we get to go home. Something smells very rotten in 'Kalustor' and I wanna know oro (what) the Fxxx it is, Furball. Trill me when ya get 'Uncle Vito'. I wanna talk to 'God almighty', not one of his damned 'cherubs', you got that, Mugghi? OK. Kei out." she trilled and then she pulled on fresh sweats and sneakers.
A trilling alerted the Boss that her relay was through and she powered on Vidscreen Three. The familiar image of the grandfatherly 'Uncle Vito' Galadriel was comforting to the young redhead but tonight the old guy looked more troubled than jovial. He waved a hand for silence.

"How did you know, Katherine? I only just now heard about it myself?" asked Galadriel.

"How did I know oro (what), sir?" countered a puzzled Kei. He sighed.

"That war is imminent betwixt the 'New Republic' and 'Rygiel 9' of course. No matter. I gave up trying to figure you out when you turned fifteen. The only chance we have of preventing war is a peace treaty betwixt the two worlds. To that end we have clandestinely arranged a top secret meeting between President Elect Leia Solo of the 'New Republic' and King Galdonicus Alorien, High King of 'Orlean' and the new leader of the 'Rygielian Empire' on neutral territory. explained Vito. Kei blew a smoke ring and shrugged.

"So? Where's this meetin' gonna be held, Uncle Vito? Oro (What) Kami (God) forsaken moon are ya sendin' us to this time, sir?" asked the redhead resignedly and she lit up another cheroot.

"We are not (ahem) sendin' you folks anywhere. However, you are coming home, my dear Katherine. (Kei looked at him suspiciously) The meeting is being held on 'Shimougou' at your place. Takachiho Academy is the 'neutral territory' agreed upon. It will be held (ahem) ashita no yobi, my dear child." he replied.

"Oro (What) the Fxxx! The frigging day after tomorrow? (Vito nodded) The 'Angels 1 and 3' will be there by then so use 'em for security. I'll get us there just as soon as I can, sir." said the Boss.

'Uncle Vito' shook his leonine head. You must be there by then or it's a no go. Neither Solo nor Alorien will agree to anything unless you are there, O'Halloran. They wanted Donovan too but I told them I can spare only one of you and they emphatically decided on you. They don't trust anyone else in the 3WA or the 'UG' besides me and I must remain completely neutral in the matter you understand. (Kei nodded dejectedly) So that's about the size of it, Angel. Don't spare the hyperdrives in getting here. You and Zero get your asses here stat and that's a direct order, Marshall." ordered Vito.

Kei looked flashing daggers at him, her emerald aizu (eyes) aflame. "You sent Zach Zero to fetch me, didn't you, Vito?" she demeanded and he nodded again.

"Yes I did. Time is of the essence here and with secrecy a must I called in a favour from the 'UEF' leader and asked him to loan me Zack Zero to get you back here as quickly as possible. Although you knew each other he had never really tangled with the 'Demon of Dublin' before and--" stammered Vito.

"He didn't know oro (what) the Fxxx he was getting his ass into, sir?" chuckled Kei.

"Something like that, Boss. Now you get Zero and yourself back home tout sweet. Tell 'em all that you can't wait to get back home to 'Little Kakashi' or something but get your asses back here in two days and don't you dare tell anyone the real reason. (Kei looked a question) I know what you're going to ask and the answer is no. Zach Zero does not know why we want you back here. All he does know is that it is vitally urgent that we see you without further delay, my child. Now I really must dash. Have a kawaii yobi (lovely day) and hooble-toodle-doo. Kami (God) out." he said and blanked his vidscreen.

"Yeah. Arigatou, sir. O'Halloran out." she replied to an empty vidscreen.

"Now I gotta go make some excuse for wantin' to get home early." she thought. Kei debated going down to address her troops in uniform and decided against that plan. After all she was forbidden to tell 'em the truth anyway and the uniform is almost always a dead giveaway. Instead she shoved a Mark XIII into her sweatpants' waistband and took the gantryway stairs down to the rec room/dining hall one flight below her. She picked up a PA mike from the wall of the dining hall and keyed it.

"Your attention onegai (please) folks! Who wants to stay on this bloody damned ship for another whole Fxxxing week? (Amurmur of disapproval went around the huge room like an ancient Terran football cheering wave) Me neither! Ya know I just realized that I forgot to feed poor 'Little Kashi' (Kei's fifteen meter long pet python snake) before we left the Academy! Since we cannot use 'hyperspace' on account of we're too close to our destination I'm gonna boost our Warp speed to 30 and get us home in two days instead of seven, OK? (A deafening roar of applause and cheering as well as a rousing round of 'For she's a jolly good fellow' (Nobody dared to call Kei a Lady!) and like sentiments greeted Kei's suggestion) Then let's have us a toast! (They did. After all booze was free on the 'Angels') OK. If you'll excuse me I'll go tell our bridge crew to put the pedal to the metal and not to spare the hyperdrives! See ya later, gang." said the redhead and she entered the lift.

Lt Sandra 'Tigress' Sandoval was manning the comm when Kei got to her bridge. "Hiya Boss. How's tricks?" greeted 'Tigress' and Kei frowned.

"Lemme see. You're fourth in command, ain't ya? (The svelte 'Starfleet' navvie nodded) Then where's Kiva (Nerese), Reg (Barkley or Barclay) and 'Kitty' (Torres)?" demanded Kei who was clearly pissed off that a K-Class 3WA patrol starship was under the command of a novice navvie.

'Tigress' was a novice owing to having only three years' starship experience. Of course Nami Richards was a real novice navvie having less than a week's starship experience under her belt!

'Tigress' ticked off items on her fingers. "Let's see now, ma'am. Captain Nerese is in your 'office' (the ready room), Lt Commander Barkley (Barclay) and our comm officer Lt Torres are down training on your holodecks so I'm (ahem) in charge, mum. Anything I can do for ya?" asked 'Tigress' who'd been playing video games.

"That depends. Can you fly this thing?" asked Kei gruffly and the navvie shook her head.

"Nope. I can get it there and back again but I sure as Hell dunno how to drive 'em, mum. Sorry." replied the saucy brunette.

"Where's the rest of my damned bridge crew?" the redhead wanted to know.

"Wherever they wanna be I guess. The Captain gave 'em the night off, mum. We're flying on 'George' so I volunteered to man the helm. I'm not much of a socializer, Marshall." said 'Tigress'.

Kei's scowl softened a bit. "You and me both, kiddo. I'd better check with the Captain. Ja ne (see ya later), 'Tigress'. If any of my pilots happen to wander by hogtie one of 'em for me." said Kei.

"Enter. It's open dammit." replied Kiva Nerese when Kei sounded her ready room's door klaxon.

"Hullo Reds. I didn't expect to see you for a couple of more days. Oro's (What's) up?" yawned a tired Kiva who hadn't slept in 42 hours.

"I just decided to get us home five days sooner than everyone expected. Ya got anyone along with ya that can pilot this baby of mine?" asked Kei lighting up a cheroot.
Kiva fired up her cigarillo and smiled. "Sure I do. Bishop's a fully qualified C-Class starship pilot." replied Kiva.

"Your helmsman? Where is he?" asked Kei eagerly.

"I dunno, Boss. Look, can't we do this ashita (tomorrow)? I'm bushed. I ain't slept in almost two days, man." complained the 'Bjorn' 'Starfleet' captain.

"Tough! It's been more than four days since I last visited Dreamland, kid. C'mon now, Kiva. Where's Mr Bishop?" coaxed Kei.

"Where the Fxxx are YOUR shimatta (damned) pilots? Use one of them, dammit!" grumbled Kiva.

"I can't. They're on the other 'Angel' vessels and the 'Liberator', Zero's ship. Gene and Han are asleep because they've been awake a Helluva lot longer than even I have! Jon (Harlock) can't handle this monster and Blue's (Legato Bluesummers) engaged elsewhere." explained the redhead patiently- well just barely.

"How's about Mar? She practically runs this whole damned ship for ya single-handedly, don't she?" yawned Kiva.

"She is commanding the 'Angel 3' so where in the Sam Hell is Bishop, dammit?" shouted an exasperated Kei O'Halloran.

"Are you two ladies looking for me? I'm afraid I've been star gazing down in the 'star room' for the past two hours." said a short diminutive Terran guy with jet black hair and matching mutton chop whiskers. He had just entered through the ready room's opened portal.

"Thank Christ! Now maybe I can get some bloody sleep! That's Mr Bishop, Boss. Take him and go away!" cried an annoyed captain.

Kei spun to face the newcomer. "Can you pilot my ship? (He nodded.) A K-Class starship? You're only licensed for C-Class, ain't ya? That's oro (what) Kiva told me." demanded the now impatient redhead.

"I'm due to be tested for K-Class next week but I assure you, Madam, that flying this puppy's a piece of cake, ma'am." replied Bishop.

"Then take the comm and get us back to 'Furool (Foo-Lon) City' just as quickly as ya can. Ya can't use 'hyperthrust' because we ain't really 'offworld' but still- don't spare the hyperdrives. This 'puppy' can handle 50 Warp with ease (Bishop's aizu (eyes) popped) but I only need to be back home by ashita no yobi er the day after tomorrow so 30 should be an ample speed. Can ya manage that, Mr Bishop?" asked the Boss hesitantly.

"Sure Reds. No problemo as Mikey says. Twenty-five warp should get us home by then. Can I have 'Tigress' for my navvie?" asked Bishop.

"Sure but I can't give ya a co-pilot 'cause I ain't got none left aboard except Solo and Starwind and they're whacked out so I can't use 'em for a few more days. Who's your comm officer? 'Kitty'?" asked Kei.

"Nope. She's asleep in one of your back bedrooms so I'll use Treanna Knox. Ya remember her, Boss?" asked Bishop.

"Sure do. Well, there's the bridge and the comm's all yours, Acting Commander. Donnatella's our Engineer tonight. Have fun and remember- we're all counting on you, tomo (friend) mine." said the Hellcat firebrand Amazon. She took the lift back down to her quarters- and her bunk. She felt the brief power surge as Bishop increased Warp speed and then she assumed he'd put the ship back on 'George' and settled in for the night. Kei was asleep the second her head hit the pillow.

Several hours later and five decks up Yuri awakened on the sandy beach and yawned. She stretched and sat up in her chaise lounge. She squinted against the faux (false or fake. In this case 'simulated' by the holodeck like everything else there) sun to see her wrist chromo which read 2330 hours or 11:30 PM!

"Christ! Hey gang! It's like almost midnight so I think we'd better call it a night. Some of us have early shifts tomorrow." announced the exec officer.

While they were all grumbling, especially Faye, Kagome and Rukia who had drawn babysitting detail for the morrow, Yuri trilled the holodeck's 'archway comm system' and relayed the word to the other holodecks to call it a night, pack up and get off to beddie bye.

The entire vessel had settled down and was as still as the grave at 0330 (3:30 AM) when the Doctor's TARDIS finally touched down beside the rec room's bar. Peri was dozing at the bar over a half finished milkshake but looked up sleepily when he heard the familiar pulsating sounds of the Doctor's pylon drive system.

"Perpigillian Winkle Brown! Do you know what time it is, young lady? Does anyone know that you are down here, girl (Peri shook her head) No? Well it is either very late or it is very early depending on how one looks at things, however, that is neither here nor there. It is well and truly past your bedtime so off you go, my dear Peri. My God!! It feels like we are travelling at twenty times the velocity of light!" cried Doctor Six.

"Actually twenty-five times lightspeed, Doc. Suddenly the Boss Lady wants to get us home by the day after tomorrow for some ungodly reason. She got that nice Mr Bishop- his whiskers are so cool, man! Anyway she got Mr Bishop from 'Starfleet' to fill in for our pilots. How was your trip, Doc?" yawned Peri.

"As well as could be expected, my dear but I am not permitted to tell you anything about it, love so please do not ask. How is it that you know all about Mr Bishop and our speed and everything?" demanded the suddenly suspicious time lord.

Peri pressed her toe into the carpet and looked at her feet. "I er sorta listened in on Miss O'Halloran's conversation. I was er taking a walk through the service gantryways that access the bridge." explained a sheepish Peri.

"Eavesdropping!! That was a most unladylike and a very naughty thing to do! So er did you er hear anything else of any importance, my dear?" asked the Doctor.

"Plenty. But nothing that made any sense at all. Some drivel about 'Ghostie' becoming a 'GPI' and some crap about Mr Solo's wife and some old dude named Gallo Oreo from New Orleans on a dune and--" yawned Peri and suddenly Doctor Six shook her by the shoulders- vigorously.

"Galdonicus Alorien the King of 'Orleans' from 'Dune' in the 'Rygielian Empire'? Leia Organa Skywalker Solo is Han's wife but she is also the President of the 'New Republic' at 'Coruscant', my dear girl. They will talk only on neutral territory and if they cannot reach an agreement on something very soon war will break out betwixt them so 'Shimougou' must be the site of the meeting and the 'neutral ground' must be 'Takachiho Academy' which Reds runs. That's it! That must be it! King Galdonicus and President Solo do not trust anyone in the 'UG' or the 3WA except for Mr Galadriel who must remain neutral for obvious reasons. Reds and (He snapped his fingers and Peri supplied "Fruity Screw Loose Donovan?") yes, Miss Donovan and really Peri you must watch what you call your superiors! If Reds and Yuri or at least one of them is not there then there will be no discussions and no chance of avoiding war! That would explain the Boss's tremendous rush to get home as well. Well, off you go, Peri. Nighty-night. Sleep tight and don't let the bed--" chortled the Doctor.

"Don't say it, Doc! I'm going. G'Night Doc." said his pretty Terran companion and she headed for the liftbanks. The Doctor sighed and headed for the gantryway stairs. He was billetted only on level up. Peri's rooms were on Level Seven hence her use of the lift.

"How will she take it?" thought the 'Gallifreyan' to himself. The High Council had decided on leniency for John Berringer and were merely banishing him from the major quadrants for a solitary solar year. That is unless Reds herself were to testify before the Acting Lord President Barusa of the Timelords and their High Council. Then they might permit him to be tried before the 'Galactic Command' courts. In that case it could mean a very lengthy prison term or indeed perhaps he would be judged to merit the ultimate punishment of 'Le Morte'- Death. And guess who gets to tell the Hellcat the good news? Right. Yours truly- the Doctor himself. Well he'd tell her all that ashita (tomorrow). Right now he needed his bunk and a glass of warm milk.

Peri yawned again and decided that her reports could wait until tomorrow. The warm 'Yargoth' tea (imported from the moon of 'Yargoth' in the 'Epsilon' quadrant) felt very relaxing and Peri had soon fallen fast asleep on her sofa.

Marina Oki covered her with an Afghan when she made her midnight (OK 0400 or 4AM anyway) snack run and went back to her bunk.

While the 'Angel 2' cruised along at Warp 25 an 'ISSP' (Inter Solar Systems Police) patrol speeder was 'clocking' the 'cloaked' ship.

"Holy shit! Will ya look at that, Genna! A 'cloaked' vessel in a 'no cloaking zone' sector and he's doing close to 28 Warp in a 5 Warp zone! Hit those klaxons, Patroller Peterson! Pull his ass over!" ordered Sergeant Algonquin Lumpass of the 'ISSP' (He had transferred over from Roy Mustang's 'FC' KP Patrol Police force) and Patroller Third Class Genna Peterson (This was Genna's very first 'gig' on a real patrol!) hit the klaxons and flashing lights. She picked up the PA system's mike and shouted into it.

"Attention! Attention cloaked vessel! This is the 'ISSP', Bravo Sector Patrol! Halt your vessel and prepare to be boarded! Please respond to my hail, sir! Halt in the name of the 'ISSP'!" shouted the novice 'Patty' through the speeder's PA systems. Meanwhile--

"Oro (What) the Fxxxing Hell is all that bloody racket?" complained Joey Bishop and 'Tigress' checked the relay readouts.

"Christ Almighty, Joey! It's the 'ISSP' and they want us to stop so they can come aboard, man! Ya better do it, Joey!" warned 'Tigress' so Acting Commander Joey Bishop called down to Engineering to cut their Warp thrust speed down to SubWarp orbital speed. Then he sent 'Tigress' down to open the airlocks for them.

"Shit! Don't those bozos know who the Hell we are? We're pals of Rafe Donnelly's and Johnny Raven's for Kami's sake!" grumbled Joey.

"Roger that, 'ISSP'. Acting Commander Joseph Bishop of the 3WA. 'LA2' pulling over as ordered. Airlock open so come aboard. Over." relayed Joey.

"Thank you for your cooperation, sir. We are coming aboard. 'Issp" Patroller Peterson out." relayed Genna.

"Why is the 'LA2' so damned familiar to me, Genna? I just know I've heard of it before." wondered Lumpass.

"Dunno, Sarge. All Mr Bishop said was that it was a 3WA patrol starship but this isn't part of their patrol area, is it, sir?" asked Genna.

"No, it most certainly is not, my dear! Still- I wish I could remember-- (By this time they had landed their speeder in the docking bays on Sub Level One and a pert brunette in a 'Stafleet' uniform was advancing on them) Oh hullo there, ma'am. (Algonquin flashed his shield and Genna showed hers) Sergeant Lumpass 'ISSP'. Take me to your pilot, please. This is Patroller Peterson, ma'am." said the 'ISSP' cop.

"Of course. Follow me, Sergeant, Patroller. Didn't you guys know we were 3WA?" demanded an annoyed 'Tigress' while she escorted them to the lift and up to the bridge.

"Joey, this is Sergeant Lumpass and Patroller Peterson of the 'ISSP', sir. Commander Bishop, 3WA, sir, ma'am." growled 'Tigress' and she sat down on the console.

"Here's my vidlicense and my ship's vidreg docs, Sergeant. (Lumpass passed the vidholos to Genna who inserted them into her analyzer and nodded) Everything should be in order, Sarge. We are on a rather urgent mission, sir. I guess I sorta exceeded the Warp limit a bit and I must have forgotten to 'decloak' as well." chortled Joey.

"If you're 3WA personnel how come you're both in 'Starfleet' uniforms?" demanded Genna fingering her sidearm.

Sergeant Algonquin Lumpass glanced casually at the name of the 'Angel 2's registered commander and first officer and stiffened. He grabbed the vid docs and licenses out of Genna's hands and shoved them back into Joey Bishop's hands.

"OK, sir. Just watch the 'cloaking' in the 'no cloaking zones' sectors and keep your Warps down from now on, sir. That is (He lowered his voice to a whisper) after you get to 'Shimougou', Mr Bishop. (He resumed his gruffer tone) I hope we don't have any more problems with you, sir. Goodbye. Come along, Genna." he said and he hustled his confused partner into the lift.

"My navvie will see you to the airlock. Goodbye and thanks. Have a pleasant patrol, Sarge." said Bishop.

"But Sarge! They are not 3WA! They're 'Starf-" spluttered Genna Peterson.

"Shut up you little fool! I've tangled with both the Commander and exec of the 'Lovely Angel 2' before, Genna! Believe you me, it's not something I want to go through again any time soon! I'll give ya the details when we're back in our speeder." whispered Algonquin.

When 'Tigress' had sealed the airlock behind them Sergeant Lumpass explained that a couple of years back when he was still part of the 'KP Patrol' police force in 'Furool (Foo-Lon) City' he had had the misfortune of pulling over two of the 3WA's 'Lovely Angels' and he had gotten his ass chewed out royally for it by Chief Roy Mustang himself! Genna giggled.

"I heard about that when I was training in Rafe Donnelly's division on Mars. So it was you that busted the 'Dirty Pair', Sarge?" asked his kawaii (lovely) compadre.

"I did not 'bust' O'Halloran and Donovan! I almost busted them. That ship we just left is their starship so I was not about to ask to be chewed out by Rafe Donnelly and Johnny Raven, Patroller! The 3WA have 'carte blanche' authority to deputize whoever they need or want to help them out and of course they control 'Starfleet Command' as well. (He glanced at his wristchromo) Almost 0500 (5 AM), love and we're off duty in an hour so let's grab some chow and then swing out to 'Kalufrax' before we head back to 'Moravian City' (Mars) eh?" suggested Lumpass and Genna nodded.

"Whatever ya say, Sarge. You're the Boss. Let's go. By the way- how'd ya know that ship was even there if the vessel was under 'cloak', sir?" she replied and her boss chuckled.

"By the dilythium trail of course. Bishop must have 'forgotten' to use countermeasures to camoflauge it, love." he explained.

"How's about a pizza or some cheesesteaks, Sarge? I know a great place we can go." said Peterson.

"How's about both? You got yourself a deal, girl. Which way?" he asked and Genna pointed towards the 'Burma Shave' style holovid signs which were advertising the 'Moon Over Mayhem' tavern and night club on 'BattleMoon #6' which Lumpass zeroed in on at a leisurely pace.

END of Ch 38. Ch 39 'Tapping A Supernova' or 'Ariadne's Thread' 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

SFN/SYS/JM/KBYA/KYSOTI/TTFN/Toodles-K&K

Here's another pix for ya. Meet the 'LA2's own Creature from the Black Lagoon- Suba Revy Roberts! She is at the Academy as an instructor in weapons and fighting. She made two mistakes (so far!)- she tried to outshoot and then outdrink LA Boss Kei O'Halloran! of course she failed miserably at both! See ya around the anime webs!