Nabiki stood atop the stairs waiting for an answer from Zodiak or
one of the other loonies down there, when the floor shifted.  
	"What the hel....." was all she got out before the house colapsed in
on it's self.

	"Chikuso!!" Allegra threw up her left arm and screamed.  "TECH SHIELD!"
	The upper panels of her arm rotated and formed a circular 
shield.  Parts of the house bounced off and Allegra grinned in triumph.  
Then she realised that the entire house was coming down.  "Uh oh..."
	The colapse of the Tendo house was an interesting sight for those 
who lived by that strange house.
	"It was bound to happen..."
	"Not surprised..."
	"Should have happened sooner..."
	"Honey, we're moving!"

	ZAVZAVZAVZAVZAVZAVZAVZAVZAVZAVZAVZAVZAVZAVZAV

	When the dust settled, the house was now two stories shorter.  
Nabiki was frozen in shock under the door frame.  She didn't even react 
as an armored fist drove itself up from the debris, quickly followed by 
Allegra with her thrusters in overdrive.  She landed and dusted herself off.
	"Damn you, Gopher!  This was just washed!  Hey, Oyaji!  Can I go 
to the carwash?" Silence greeted her.  "Oyaji?"  She looked around at the 
debris.  She saw a crushed grey fedora under a rafter.  "OYAJI!!!"  She 
frantically dug around the area, trying to find Zodiak.  "OYAJI!!"  She 
proceeded to ki blast away at the remaining mess.  She finally picked up 
the grey fedora.  Her eyes filled with tears for the man she usually insulted 
and abused.  That's how it's always been...  The raindrops began to 
mingle with her tears(actually, it was Soun who has just come home as 
the house fell...).  Now the Gopher had just took away the last member of 
her family...  
	"oyaji...  GOPHER!!!  I WILL AVENGE OYAJI!!!!!"
	Nabiki still hadn't moved from her spot as Allegra took to the 
air to find the Gopher.  The pile in front of her shifted as Zodiak stood 
up.  He looked at where the couch use to be and grabbed up Virgo from the 
wreck.
	"Where's my pet?!" <Smack!>
	"Virgo...," Zodiak's tone became very deadly.  "You and me are 
going out to find Allegra and Albercrombie and bring them back here.  Then 
you, 'Crombie, and Allegra will begin rebuilding this building...  Understand?"
	"But..., Zodiak..."
	Zodiak glared at her with his now glowing red because-I'm-really-
ticked-now eyes.  "UNDERSTAND?" 
	"um, yeah..."  Virgo shrank away.
	"Stop acting like a 5-year-old.  You're 22, for goddess's sake..."
	"Yes, sir..."
	Nabiki finally snapped out of her shock.  "WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THIS?!"
	Zodiak shot her the same glare he used for Virgo, "I'm working on 
it.  SHUT UP!!!"

	The gopher hostage scampered away during the confusion...

	Rob "Sorry, It's short because I have to run, now!  I'm late for 
		an important meeting!" Orick

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Virgo: I'm going to complain to the authors for making me a bubblehead in 
	this story...
Zodiak: SHUT UP!!!!!!
Virgo: Yes, sir!