Buh Bye Bunny - Part 1

<Buh Bye Bunny. Part 1>

“You’re spilling orange juice on the table cloth.”
The voice registered.
“Huh?” Alex righted his glass. “Sorry.” He frowned. “Thought I heard something.” He strained his ears.

<Snip of Jacky’s>
"To anyone who can hear this, I'd just like to ask for help..."
</Snip>

There was a murmured whimper from somewhere, he was likely picking up someone’s radio or something, probably just some DJ waffling on. Maybe it was down to tiredness, he was suffering a mild comedown after all, and felt pretty rough. An aural hallucination?
He stopped listening for it, and allowed his ears to tune in to something else.

<Snip of Jay’s>
“Nipped out to use the gents for a second when the Time Fridge appeared in one of the cubicles. Some girl came running out screaming…I think she was with Alex,
</Snip>

That’s where she went… He sighed and rubbed his face. He’d have to find her.

After a while he found he’d zoned out and stopped taking in the words.

Should probably eat something. He knife-prodded a bit of bacon on his plate, not entirely unlike a fussy 13 year old. Meh.
Before he could eat it, Mini Phil swiped it and began munching happily. At the clone’s sudden proximity, Al instinctively recoiled and covered his groin area. MP noticed, squinted at him, issued an “I’m watching you” gesture and turned, apparently meekly, back to listen in to the conversation. Phil himself, gesturing as he made some vigorous point or other, knocked his plate with an elbow, sending toast crumbs everywhere.
Alex grumbled to himself and brushed his clothes down, wondering distantly how he’d found himself in a pair of Bermuda shorts, a colourful vest-t-shirt and a pair of Ray Bans.
Also, whose sneakers are these? He flexed his feet and the shoes moved satisfyingly with them. Nice.

The conversation sounded important again.

<Snip 2 of Jay’s>
“That’s a still from CCTV footage from a camera in the main office. That was being placed in a safe…it’s a …”
“It’s a type 6 pulse rifle…” Jay said
</Snip>

Solvay groaned. Aw crap.

<Snip of Jaxx’s>
"Well Jaxx and Evelina are gonna look for Jacky so if anyone wants to join them feel free to say so now.
</Snip>

Alex cleared his throat. “Yeah, an’ I gotta find Stefani.” Jaxx tilted a questioning head and Solvay explained.
“The girl I was hangin' out with. She saw a lot of…” He looked at Phil and then warily at Mini Phil. “… Unusual... things” he said, carefully. “I should probably do some damage limitation…”
Katrina, managing to momentarily muse something other than malodourous midgets, nodded. “Right.”
“What… Sort of like Men In Black?” Monotoned Robojaxx.
“Well, I-“
“Maybe he means more like Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” said Phil with a mouthful of something else crumby.
“EE!” Agreed Mini Phil.
“Whales.” Boyd said, simply.
Alex frowned, not knowing what Celtic countries had to do with anything. Was Stefani Welsh? He shook the muddle from his mind. “Uh, anyway, if I go with Jaxx an’ that, we could swing by where Jay saw her on the way. Look for her while we’re lookin’ for Jacky.”
“Yeah, all right then.” Evelina smiled.

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