Re: [JMC_Blue_Dwarf] Team Vespidae: A Shortcut to Mushrooms

"Quickly, shoot it! Shoot it! FOR CHRIST'S SAKE SHOOT IT!!!!" screamed the hysterical Keto.Marwood didn't need telling twice, he pressed the trigger on the gun and unleashed a frenzy of death into the creature, but it still kept coming."Oh damn it" said Marwood, the creature nearly on top of Keto. Who: Mel and Keto Where: New Australia When: Immediately after last snip   Keto couldn't move. Everyone just stood around with their mouths open. Mel couldn't care less. He's going to die - so what? Why should she care? Keto still struggled for his life. 'He's just a man', she thought. She turned around and for some reason, everyone was now looking at her. 'I guess they expect me to do something because I know how to save lives.' "I'm a nurse, not Wonder Woman!" she blurted out. The crowd seemed confused. Mel
sighed and body slammed the weird creature. Suddenly, it jumped off Keto and starting hopping around, Mel clinging onto its back. It tried to smash her into trees, but she wouldn't let go. Eventually, she let go when it was about to throw her into a nearby creek. Mel ran towards the team once again and they appeared to have forgotten her, except for CK, who greeted her with a warm smile. She couldn't help but smile back, no matter how much she tried not to. A few people were squatting beside Keto, asking where it hurt, but they only seemed to hear a few mumbles and groans from him. Mel pushed them aside and opened her first aid kit in her backpack. She pulled out some bandages and wrapped them around his arms and legs. She could tell that he had a broken rib, but decided not to say anything. Not that she felt lazy, 'but it is a man', she thought. <tag whoever> <Snip>Amber held out a portable scanner and tracked a fast moving crop ofMush-a-roo's. Keto, tied with his hands behind his back was beingpushed out in front as bait.<End Snip>Who: Team VespidaeWhere: New AustraliaWhen: An hour after tying Keto upIn the middle of the harsh, red desert of New Australia, night was falling. Somewhere on the planet's surface, in the hot desert that covered most of the planet, Xavier Keto was hanging upside down from one of the many dead trees that had managed to survive for a while in the scorching heat
of the planet. He had, against his will but much to the delight of his companions, been made the bait of the trap they had set for the deadly Mush-a-roo's which they were hunting. Creatively, Marwood had placed a sign bearing the legend "Eat Me!" round his neck. He had gone on to suggest dipping him in meat sauce, but that would have been taking it too far. He'd been swinging from the tree for the best of an hour, and was thoroughly annoyed."Get Me down right now Marwood! Get me down right now or, so god help me, I'll remove both your testicles with a pair of bolt cutters!" the cynical medic was shouting. It was falling upon deaf ears, Marwood had long since put on the headphones to his Ipod - Atom and was nodding his head along to an ancient Bruce Springsteen song. He was scanning the horizon with the sub-machine gun he had been armed with, looking over from the boulder. There was nothing for miles around except
for scrubs, the odd Kangasaurus Rex (created in the mid 21st Century by an Australian Genetic Engineer who got the idea from watching Jurassic Park on a LSD Trip.) and lots and lots of sand. Sitting on the ground behind the boulder, Amber, CK & Mel were playing Black Jack. CK was losing. Badly."Hit Me" CK said, he had ten and nine, and was risking it all for a two. Mel drew a card and passed it to him, he flipped it over and groaned. It was another ten."Dammit, fold" he said, laying his cards down."Just us then eh?" smiled Mel, confident in her eight, two & nine. "Looks like it. I'll stick" said Amber, not giving anything away."Me two - read `em and weep, 19!" laughed Mel, confident in her victory. "Sorry sister, every dog has it's day " said Amber, laying down a ten & ace of hearts!"But..but…" blurted Mel"And im the Dog!" laughed Amber, drawing in the pile
of, mainly CK's, cash towards them. "Ok, want another game? Winner takes all?" suggested Mel."No thanks, we should really be getting on with work" said Amber "Peter, status report" she said, feeling weird for sounding like a Star Trek cliché."Nothing yet Amber, oh wait…there's something coming!" said Peter, noticing the approaching Mush-a-roo, hopping like nothing he had seen before. "Quickly, shoot it! Shoot it! FOR CHRIST'S SAKE SHOOT IT!!!!" screamed the hysterical Keto.Marwood didn't need telling twice, he pressed the trigger on the gun and unleashed a frenzy of death into the creature, but it still kept coming."Oh damn it" said Marwood, the creature nearly on top of Keto.<Tag - somebody save Keto!>
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