Yay! It's Kara(Where's the next chapter of CoS)Ohki:
Oh good, more!
Yeah. After a month since the last post, I finally did the next chapter of
this. This thing's going to be the size of a small novel by the time I'm
done.
Vacation Days
Chapter 6
That was one of the reasons she enjoyed visiting Washuu's laboratory
so
often. There were lots of neat, shiny objects there, as well as
buttons to
push, machines to examine, and, of course, there were the delightful
conversations she had with Washuu (when said red-haired scientist
was not
agitated about something, which seemed to happen a lot of the time.)
I like this view of Mihoshi, she sounds like a small child.
She just likes reducing things to their simplest denomenator. ^_^
Mihoshi did realize that sometimes Washuu would accidentally put
things at
the entryway to the lab that would prevent people from getting in,
but
Mihoshi was always helpful and removed those things so that others,
like
Mihoshi could get in anyway. After all, everyone knew Washuu loved
company,
and Mihoshi was always eager to help her friends.
Um, a dim child?
Nah. Deep down inside she knows Washuu really wants her to go in and talk.
Washuu just has an odd way of showing it.
"Not really." Mihoshi ran her hand delicately over the silver
surface of
the orb. It was cool to the touch. Any residual heat from what had
obviously been an orbital crash had long since dissipated into the
air.
Delicately. Somehow I had the idea she'd go after it like a child
with a Christmas present!
Not this time. Maybe later when she gets a real chance to examine it.
Desperate to come up with something that would delay Mihoshi's
investigation of the object, Tenchi said, "Why don't we take it back
to the
ship? Then we can examine it at our leisure." A delaying tactic,
nothing
more, but it was the best he could come up with on the spur of the
moment.
It was not that he was inherently fearful; he was just cautious when
the
situation seemed to demand it. And with the way things had gone on
this
vacation so far, the less they did, the better.
Nice move, Tenchi.
He's the brains. Mihsohi's the muscle. They make a great team.
With that taken care of, they pair mounted the hoverbike once more.
This
time Tenchi made certain to walk Mihoshi through the instructions on
how to
start and pilot the vehicle. As he told his companion, "Riding a
high-speed, terror-filled, out-of-control, hoverbike might have been
fun,
but you have to watch out lest you get too much of a good thing."
LOL!
Hey, now. That's good advice. ^_^
Among doing other things at the time. Mihoshi remembered her
behavior
during the ride and blushed, her tears quickly drying up, much to
Tenchi's
relief. "Okay," Mihoshi said. "I think maybe we were originally
pointed
with the suns to our left. And since it hasn't been that long since
we
first took off, maybe if we put them on our right, we'll eventually
end up
back the way we came."
Good. When Mihoshi calms down she does regain control of her thinking
abilities.
Yep.
The beeps from the locater were coming closer together. They were
now
coming so fast that Fera no longer bothered to look at the
viewscreen of
the device. She was almost on top of her prey, and with any luck,
the
showdown would begin soon. It was going to be a glorious day.
She scares me...
She's just a gal that knows what she wants.
Mihoshi's eyes widened as well. Her mind began processing the
information.
There was a Katasan on a hoverbike coming up behind her. It had at
least
one medium powered laser, judging by the size of the bolt that had
been
fired at her. Since the Katasan had fired said laser at her, and
made no
effort to apologize, that meant it was probably not very nice, as
well as
its behavior being downright illegal.
I love the simplicity of Mihoshi's thoughts here.
It's just another example of her linear thinking, unimpeded by unecessary
information. ^_^
Oh yes. And her outfit was beginning to ride up her backside, making
her
feel very uncomfortable. That was very bad too. Mihoshi absolutely
hated
wedgies.
Hee hee!
Don't you hate wedgies too, though?
that
detached the anti-grav sled from the rear of her bike. Once that
fell free,
there was only one more thing she needed to get rid of.
"I'll be sure to pick you up later, Tenchi."
YIKES!
He's still just dead weight at this point. ^_^
"Damn it!" Tenchi hammered his fist into the unyielding adamantine
of the
orb, frustrated that he was helpless once again while his and
Mihoshi's
lives were in jeopardy. He had the Master Key, and sometimes he
could even
summon the light hawk wings, but again and again he had been
rendered
ineffective despite those things. That was going to change. It had
to
change.
Uh oh, Tenchi's getting his backbone.
Who do you think he is? Shinji? ^_^
Another laser blast went right over Mihoshi's head, nearly singeing
the top
of her hair. She shouted at the top of her lungs, "The penalty for
assaulting a Galaxy Police officer is five years in an intergalactic
prison!"
Another blast went over her head.
"Attempted murder is another fifteen!"
The next blast went wide to the left.
"And you're speeding too!"
Ha! Are you going to give her a ticket?
Only if Mihoshi manages to catch her.
"Why can't I remember which one's the speed control?!" Mihoshi
wailed as
she sailed under a half-fallen stone that lay horizontally across
her path.
(Hysterical laughter)
heh
It wasn't fair. There were still so many things she had wanted to
do. Like
become a Galaxy Police officer. No. Wait. She had become one.
(Duh)
She's just a little panicked is all.
Really.
Well, she
wanted to see the brilliant displays of auroras around Praxian Took
during
its winter solstice. No. Wait. She had done that last year.
Oookay...
There was that
exotic Yourgina delicacy, Phlegm Bistrol, that she had always wanted
to
try, since it was supposed to be one of the best tasting foods in
the
galaxy. No. She had done that on the day she had graduated from the
Academy.
"Say, I've led a pretty fulfilling life," Mihoshi said to herself as
she
crossed between two pillars that had only six meters of distance
between
them.
This is NOT the time to think that..
Well, there's still one more thing she wants to do...
Vacation with Tenchi. That was it. She wanted to go on vacation with
Tenchi
a whole, whole lot. But now she was going to die here and never get
the
chance. Oh, what woe and misery. Life was just too cruel sometimes.
With that taken care of, Mihoshi went back to panicking and trying
to keep
from wrecking.
Hee!
She's a gal that knows her priorities.
do. She
was in unknown territory, far from any back up, and had been shot at
by at
least one individual. Who knew how many others might be right behind
her?
The situation was tense. The situation was dangerous. The situation
called
for one clear course of action.
Mihoshi picked the wedgie out of her bottom.
You are wicked, did I ever tell you that before?
Yes. I am pretty much evil incarnate. But I thought everyone knew that by
now.
time it was final. And Mihoshi had made very certain of it. Perhaps
waiting
until rigor mortis set in was a bit too cautious, but she didn't
want to
take any chances. After all, some alien races, like the Hedghogans,
could
play dead for hours if they felt so inclined. Nothing but the most
rigorous
of medical scans would show that they were actually alive.
Curiously, they
had a high rate of employment at insurance companies, mostly in the
claims
departments.
LOL!
It should be noted that I've had non-Hedghogans do that to me when I've
tried to file a claim.
*WHAM*
-slowly.
Once the stars stopped floating around Mihoshi's head, she realized
her
mistake and chided herself.
No little birdies? (or cabbits?)
Heh. I might add that.
And silence reigned supreme once again.
Very enjoyable. Thank you!
You're welcome. Hopefully the next chapter won't take so long.
Thanks for the C+C.
D.B. Sommer