Here's Ch 142-Pt 5-K&K
"I'll get them right now." she called over her shouder brightly.
"OK then we'll try it. We really have no other options." said Keisie.
"Right! Titans-- Go!" said Robin. "Sorry guys. Force of habit I guess." he added sheepishly.
They began their preparations for that evening stopping only once at 1600 or four o'clock for a hearty dinner provided by Miles who turned out to be a fairly decent cook. By 188 or six o'clock they were ready to go.
Spike, Jett, Faye, Jamie, Goat, Caggie, Cyborg and Robin each had a skycycle. Goat's was equipped with a sidecar addition for Flaysie. Gene, Jimbo, Keisie and the pseudo-Boss (Nat) were to ride inside the skysled. Rally, Saavie, Miles and Dewey were to hover overhead staying just out of scan range in the 'Gammeran Prince' piloted by Dewey himself. Miles would be his quad gunner. Rally was to operate the tractoring beam and Saavie was controlling the teleport equipment.
Over in the 'EA' rooms, Goat was watching as Cagalli packed up a backpack with clothing for Flaysie. She'd already crammed in jeans and a polo shirt, a parka, a snowsuit, a flightsuit, gloves and a helmet. She was about to zip up the pack when Goat tossed in a pair of heavy socks and a pair of flight boots.
"Don't forgett these, Caggie. Just in case that creep-a-zoid freak took hers away from the poor kid." he said.
"Thanks a lot, tomo." said cagalli with a smile.
Robin was going over the plan details one last time before they shoved off.
"You all know what to do now. Just do what you're supposed to do when you're supposed to do it and everything will be fine. Godd luck, guys. OK, Mr. Doohan. You may take us up." he said.
About halfway between home base and the 'Taurus' complex Dewey stopped and put the ship into 'hover' mode.
"This is as close as I dare to get and still stay outta scan range so off you go. Cycles go first. Ten minutes after that the sled goes. Good luck." said Dewey.
"Miles, get on those quads. Rally, plasma cannons and the tractors. Saavie, standy by to beam 'em up on my mark." he added.
The cycles blasted off and the 'Bebop' gang took up defensive positions covering the base.
Cy and Robbie landed behind the base while Cag, Goat and Jamie landed on the base's western boundary.
Jamie had the backpack slung over his shoulder as he led the way to the silos to await the beginning of Cy and Robin's diversion.
The Titanic Duo were busily laying out their assortment of pyrotechnics, noisemakers and explosives. Both the Boss and the Blonde Bomber would've been envious of their little horde of goodies!
"Good luck, Gene. Your turn. Good luck." said Dewey when the skysled lifted off ten minutes later.
Keisie and Nat were in the back seat while Jimbo was riding shotgun with Gene at the controls. He landed the sled just outside of the main gate a few minutes before twenty hundred hours.
At exactly 2000 hours a booming voice was heard over the base loudspeakers:-
"Arigatou for being so prompt. Out of the sled and walk through the gates to the main building in front of you. The gates are unlocked and the power's been turned off for this gate. Leave your weapons behind or Ensign Allster dies. (The parlay group advanced after ditching their arms and dumping them in the sled) Inside quickly- I must see Miss O'Halloran's kawaii face. (They entered the building) Onegai remove her helmet. (Jimbo did so and Nat's wig's red tresses cascaded down her face) Fools! That is not Admiral O'Halloran! She always wears a green headband around her kawaii crimson locks!" roared the voice of Lex Luthor angrily.
"Hold it, boyo! In all the shimatta confusion I forgot about the damned thing! It's in my pocket, man!" growled Nat in a gruff tone which was a fair imitation of Kei's own voice. (With Keisie's help she bound the headband around her forehead. "Happy now, stupid?" she barked.
"We'll see! Lose the parka, gloves, shades and snowsuit. (Nat angrily yanked off her parka, pulled off her shades, peeled off her gloves and unzipped her snowsuit. Then she calmly stepped out of the snowjumper) You have a scar across the midriff of your stomach courtesy of Sandra Gooch! Show it to me and then we will trade. Now!" roared Lex.
Gene, Jimbo and Keisie froze in their tracks! Not only did Nat not have any such scar but how the Hell Lex knew Kei did was beyond them! Around the galaxies it was more or less common knowledge that Boss Kei had absolutely no modesty whatsoever! If Nat hesitated- but she didn't!
"Christ Almighty! OK, if nothing else is gonna satisfy yer ass- here!" (So saying Nat unzipped the flightsuit to reveal a deep white gash, a scar across the centre of her midriff!) Convinced?" she growled hotly.
"Oro the Hell is keeping those two baka bozos? Any time now would be good, guys!" she thought worriedly. If Nat went any farther in this strip tease act, the jig was up! On Nat's right calf was the tattoo of a crouching ryuu- a golden dragon and Boss Kei definitely did not have a tattoo of any kind anywhere on her person! She'd lucked out bigtime on that tummy scar. A laser slash from one of the 'Naturals' four years ago had left that gaping scar across her abdomen!
"OK. OK. C'mon and we'll go upstairs and--" began Lex's voice when suddenly--
POOM! CRACK! BOOM! ZAP! All Hell broke loose!
"Finally!" thought Nat, diving for cover and reaching inside her underbriefs' waistband for the small Mark III she'd concealed there. She fired high and left. Gene and Jimbo had likewise drawn hidden weapons and were returning fire. Keisie had somehow strapped a Mark XX long barrelled ion cannon across her back and had had to go almost totally 'au natural' to get to it! She unlimbered the gun and fired it into the electrical control box. Cy and Robin were still tossing firebombs and grenades all over the place. And across the compound at the silos--
"There's our cue! Let's go!" yelled Jamie, sprinting to the warehouse in the rear of the complex. He leaped through the window feet first. The 'Bebop' gang had begun firing as well and it sounded as if a small war had broken out! Goat threw Cagalli through the now open window after Jamie and then vaulted through it himself.
Flaysie Allster was seated in the middle of the huge room on a chair- barefoot and bound hand and foot! She was wearing her underthings and not a stitch more! A blanket covered her shoulders but the poor girl was still shivering and her teeth were chattering violently. Cag quickly pawed through the backpack and began hauling out clothing for Flaysie. Jamie slashed through her bonds and gags while Goat stood lookout.
"Wow! Am I ever so g-g-glad to s-s-see you g-g-guys again! That creep locked me in here like this! I tried the doors and windows but they were locked. Then I tried climbing out through the skylight up there but he caught me at it and took away my boots and socks! I'm freezing my ass off in here, man! Can we go? Please? Hey Cag! You brought me some stuff! Cool! Arigatou a lot!" said Flaysie.
She wasted no time in donning jeans, polo shirt, socks and flight suit. Then she zipped into her snowsuit and pulled on her parka. Caggie shoved her feet into flight boots and while Flay was pulling on her gloves Cagalli adjusted her helmet. Jamie shoved a Glock 7 automatic pistol into her gloved fist.
"Compliments of Faye, kid. You ready? Let's motor!" said Jamie and he led the way to the sewer entryport in the floor of the warehouse. The four of them descended to the sewer's floor and ran a few hundred meters up the tunnel. They came up on the other side of the silos and sprinted the last fifty meters back to their skycycles. Cag and Jamie leaped astride theirs while Goat shoved Flaysie into his sidecar. Then he too leaped astride his cycle and off they all roared.
Betwixt Nat and Keisie, Gene and Jimbo and Cy and Robin, the infamous Lex Luthor was soon pinioned and stunned several times before Gene took the stunner away from the redhead.
"Take us all up, dammit! Saavik! Seven to beam up! Hurry up, Elda! Times a wasting, girl!" trilled Gene.
"Rally! Tractor up that damned sled! Faye! You, Spike and Jett better pullout now! See you in five, guys!" trilled Jimbo.
Soon all of them were once more safely aboard the 'Gammeran Prince' and on their way back to Dewey's garage. Flaysie was still shivering from her ordeal and consuming gallons of Miles' hot chocolate as was Cagalli. Keisie and Nat were quite red in the faces (from the cold or their forced disrobings nobody could say for sure!).
"How much more does this add to our tab, Dewey?" asked Gene. Dewey fired up his pipe and grinned at him.
"Just let Miles and me turn in Lex baby for the 'ISSP' reward, pay your garage bill and we'll call it all square, tomo watashi." replied Dewey.
"Just you fools wait until John (Berringer) hears about this! You bastards, he'll be after your asses so fast that--" yelled Luthor.
"Johnny boy's been in custody for weeks now, Lexie baby! Your little stunt was all for nothing, boyo." said Keisie while stunning the huge guy once more for good measure. "He's all yours, Dewey!" she added.
"We'll er wait here and help to er explain things to the local cops and the er 'ISSP', Dewey." offered Gene but Dewey shook his head.
Cont in Ch 142-Part 6