Here's Ch 143-Pt 1-K&K
DISCLAIMER: OK Dash, it's all yours! First, thank you to Mr. T. for the use of the Angels. Thanks to everyone else who is letting us use their creations. How was that, Yuri? Great! Oh yes it was, Kei! Well, we left you up in the air so let's get to Chapter 143 without further preamble:-
Chapter 143
'Hellfire Angel' or 'Missing Navigators'
"Mugghi's beat, Nammo's recharging and I ain't got a crew, boyo so you're it!" yelled Kei, yanking on ski pants and wriggling into a heavy turtleneck Lance Ingram had been unable (although he was a gentleman!) to takes his aizu off the stunning red-headed beauty! She was gorgeous! And she could have cared less that he was watching her change too! Her feet slid into short red 'Chukka' or 'Moon' boots while she slid into a black motorcycle jacket. She pulled on gloves and strapped a Mark XIII to her right hip. Then she tossed a helmet to Lance and picked up her own.
"Come along, tomo watashi. My skycycle's belowdecks. (Down to the bays in the lift they went. Kei leaped astride a waiting skycycle and fired up the engine.) "Get behind me and hold on real tight, Ingram! I promise that I'll be on my best behavior. Er, oro's your first name again, kiddo?" said the Boss with a grin.
"It's Lancelot er I mean call me Lance, Miss O'Halloran, Admiral, er ma'am." stammered the 'ISSP' jg officer.
"Just call me Kei, Lance. Hang on tight now!" replied Kei, blasting off and lifting into the Martian sky.
"I'm like five years her senior and yet she calls me 'kid'! She's only twenty years old for Kami's sake! And yet- the whole of the 'ISSP' lives in fear and outright terror of this kawaii red-headed vixen!" thought Lance Ingram amusedly to himself.
Kei's cycle landed on the roof of the 'ISSP' HQ building and she dragged poor Lance down through the most secure areas of the huge structure. A flash of her 'UG'/3WA credentials (a red card no less!) and closed doors magically opened to them! Lance had heard rumours (or so he always thought) that the 'Lovely Angels' (never call them the 'D' name if you know oro's good for ya!) had so high a security clearance that they were almost a law unto themselves! He had never believed that- until now! After giving poor Raphael David Donnelly, IV. a good piece of her mind and being assured by him that she could of course as usual have 'anything' she wanted (he'd handed Lance over unconditionally!) Boss Lady Kei and her new tomo Lancelot Ingram (Hell, this babe outranked Donnelly himself!) headed back to the 'Angel'.
"I er thought you had Ms. Angel aboard as well, Kei?" asked Lance.
"She ain't with my away team?" she demanded, rounding on the startled Lance who shook his head.
Kei touched a fingertip to one of her earring comlinks.
"O'Halloran calling Donovan. Come in Yuri. Dammit! Yuri! Shimatta ni jigoku! She's out of range! Let's hope that Mar made it back to the 'Mikey' OK." said the Boss grimly.
Meanwhile Mar had beaten everyone else home! She was on 'Shimougou' in 'Furool (Foo-Lon) City'. In Chief Anton Gustav's office to be precise.
"Och! Where did ye spring from, lass?" asked Fiona MacCrimmon, Garner's secretary nai we call them personal assistants now. She was Jamie MacCrimmon's direct descendant and she was a dour old Scotswoman but kindly too like somebody's granny would be. She reminded most folks of that 19th Century English Terran detective Sherlock Holmes' long suffering landlady at 221-B Baker Street in London- Mrs. Mary Hudson! "Which one are ye?" she added.
"Where in the Sam Hell am I?" demanded the blonde quite unceremoniously.
"Yer at 3WA headquarters in 'Furool City' of course, Lambie Pie. I be Mr. Garner's personal assistant, dearie. My name is Fiona MacCrimmon. Be ye hailing from that red-headed harlot's ship?" she demanded while pouring a cup of tea for Mar and handing it to her along with a plate brimming with freshly baked scone and a loaf of sweet barley bannock bread and homemade butter and jam.
"Arigatou, ma'am. Gomen er sorry but where are my manners today? My name is Angel. Ensign Marlene Angel. Assigned to the 'Lovely Angel 2' as navigator and well- ya might just as well say that I'm the darn pilot too!" said Marlene while extending a hand to Fiona who pressed it warmly.
"Where's Mr. Garner, Fiona? Anyone else shown up yet?" asked the blonde abstractedly.
"Och! Mr. Charles be at 'Coruscant' with Mr. Andre (Gooley) on 'Alderaan'. His lassie, Miss Allison (Kurtz) turned herself up at yer place I understand. And nae lassie, yer the first one back. The others be still er 'enroute' as it were but we've er lost track of the Ad-miral er Miss Kei. Have ye no seen them?" questioned a worried Fiona.
"Yeah. Alley's with Yuri Donovan's fleet and Kei's on her way to Mars to pick up her away team. Then she'll head for home." replied Marlene.
"Her away team is now on 'Kagura', Ms. Angel. I just got a relay call from the 'ISSP' on Mars. 'Her Highness' just missed them so now she's off to 'Kagura' to look for them. Is this any way to run a galactic patrol organization?" chuckled Ella Hathaway who had just returned from a sojourn with Gooley as Alley's temporary replacement. The 'Big Cheese' (Gooley who else?) had sent Ella back to 'Furool City' to pick up her replacement- Lily Kawaye!
After the 'SIREN' incident, Lily had decided to rejoin the 3WA (she quit the force three years ago) and she had only just re-graduated from the Academy- again! Lily was to be Gooley's newest temporary aide. Ella was on leave (of sorts) to spend some time with her daughter, Ann. Hai, the same one that is to be KR's 'Avenging Angel' partner in AD 2268! That Ann (the grown up one) was streaking towards home with Yuri's flotilla.
"Well, see ya around, Marlene. I gotta find our Ms. Kawaye and get her ass on the way back to 'Alderaan' so if you'll gomen er excuse me- Lily!! Where the Hell'd ya get to, kid? Lily!" yelled Ella, racing down the hallway.
A door crashed open halfway along the corridor and a short violet/blonde teenager stuck her head out. "Christ Almighty! You can't even go to the God damned can around this place without somebody yelling for ya!" cried the girl, slamming the restroom door behind her.
"Here I am, Chief! Onegai wait up, Ms. Hathaway! Please!" yelled Lily, running after her still yanking up her sweatpants as she trotted in Ella's wake.
Marlene took a whiff of her own sweats and grimaced. "Phew! Rancid, man! Guess I'll go home and change after I've contacted the Boss. Got anything else to eat, Miss Fiona?" asked Mar, her mouth full of the last scone and the loaf of bread almost gone.
"I'll make ye some dinner, Lambie. It's almost six of the clock er I mean 1800 hours. After calling the harlot (Kei) both she and the dimwit (Yuri) are nae in range of the comm tower as of yet. Why dinna ye let me rep ye up some fresh clothes, lassie? Or would ye be preferring maybe one of our new uniforms instead?" asked Fiona.
"A fresh set of sweats, clean socks and new sneakers would be great, Miss Fiona. Then some food if you don't mind. I am famished!" replied the blonde navigator.
"Wonder how Gene and the gang are making out?" wondered the blonde to herself.
Meanwhile back on 'Kagura'-- "Wow! Did you see the size of our digs, Robin?" yelled Cyborg.
"Yeah, Cy. This place is huge! My room's like the size of our TV room in 'Titan Tower'. A shame we're only gonna be here a for a few days though." replied Robin. "Gene and Jimbo are next door, aren't they?" he added.
"Yo! Starwind, Hawk! You guys over there, man?" roared the robotic halfling.
"Just use your comlinks, kids. Please." trilled Gene.
"Looks like all the guys are on this side of the hallway and all the girls are on the other." put in Jimbo Hawking.
"Listen up, guys. That Donnelly fella just called. The Boss is on her way over here with another 'ISSP' guy." trilled Elda Saavik.
"Which one, love?" trilled Trace Edwards.
"A Lt. Commodore (jg) Lance Ingram, I think." trilled Saavie.
"That infernal pest! Kami help us all! He never shuts up! All Lance ever does is blow his own horn! I don't really wanna meet him anytime soon so I think I'll borrow a skysled and play some golf at that course you guys were at before. Hey Nat, wanna play some golf with me?" trilled Tracey.
Cont in Ch 143-Part 2