Vickie headed towards the Red Home, Twitch trundling along behind her. She had said goodbye to Rich as he continued cranking out pancakes. Not only did he have Terra Group to feed, he had the entire castle to feed as well. Glancing down at her watch, she noticed that it was almost a quarter 'til.
"Crap," she mumbled as she stumbled along. "Josh better let me get some sleep once I get onboard."
Twitch beeped and blatted behind her. He asked where they were going, were there any animals around, who else was going.
She yawned, "We're going to France. We don't have any animals going. And I can't remember who all is going. You'll have to see when we get to the ship."
OH, he beeped.
They walked along quietly until they entered the hangar. Vickie stopped and looked at the big ship. It always awed her whenever she saw it.
"Come along, Twitch," she said as she walked up the ramp.
Josh had the blue alien and Zee sat practicing conjugating verbs. Becki looked into the compartment from the bridge and smiled. "Oh, there she is."
Vickie flopped down face first on one of the couches. Twitch rolled up to station himself protectively beside her. She mumbled something unintelligible.
"Rough night, huh Vickie?" Crispy grinned broadly.
**WHEEP** The alien smacked itself against his head.
"Aargh!" He punched the alien in the head.
The squeaky alien bounced into the air and hit him again. **WHEEP**
Crispy started into a Bruce Lee impersonation. He whooped and struck a pose and waved the alien forward.
The alien struck first, giving him a *WHEEP* on top of his head.
He counter attacked with a kick, making sound effects as he did. The kick missed and he fell onto his back.
The alien dropped down and landed on his chest with a resounding **WHEEP**.
A loud laughing sound came from the couch. Vickie fell off the couch with laughter.
Becki looked through the beaded curtain and giggled. Zee looked at the scene. "What is so humorous?"
Becki grinned. "Just Crispy, Zee. He and Vickie decided we needed to loosen up a bit this morning. Thank you both."
"Not a problem," Vickie said from the floor. Pulling herself to her feet, she headed towards the refridgeration unit. "Did we stock up before leaving?"
Josh looked up as she passed, "Um, Vic?? Captain?? Jedi Boyd??"
She looked down. "Yes?"
"Um, could you give me a hand with this?" He motioned towards the alien. "It's a lot... heavier than I recall."
She reached down for the squeaky alien and tossed it easily over to where Crispy had been sitting. Then she held her hand down for him. "What a way to start a mission, eh?"
He took the proffered hand and smiled as she easily lifted him to his feet. "Yes, quite enjoyable. Good thing we're only up against the natives - that alien whupped me well and good."
With a chuckle, Vickie reached into the refridgerator and pulled out two Cokes. Tossing one to Crispy she smiled. "Oyah, it kicked your butt."
He deftly caught the drink. "Cheers."
She held her can in the air. "Cheers!"