Re: Out of the frying pan . . .

> <The Temple>
>
> Everyone was still stunned at Jay's abduction.
> Everyone that wasn't giggling at Harris' new hairstyle, that
> is. Zack elbowed Cubie. "That's gotta be a first for Major
Harris.
> Wonder if that's within regs."
> Cubie started to chuckle, but then stopped. A brief shimmer
> went through her image, and her smile disappeared. She whipped her
> elbow around, catching Zack right in the mouth. Then she turned
and
> marched across the room, hurling Shakespeare and DJ aside as she
> approached White Wolf.
> The surprised hamster looked up at her. "Are you all right,
> Mrs. Richards?"
> She responded with a vicious roundhouse that narrowly missed
> White Wolf's head. "What the-" Her second kick caught him in the
> chest, knocking him backward.
> DJ struck Cubie in the back of the head with the butt of her
> rifle. Cubie threw a foot backwards, slamming DJ in the gut and
> sending her tumbling in a winded heap. Then she forward-flipped
over
> Dirk Bell, who was cheering wildly, and landed next to White Wolf.
> The hamster leapt several meters away. "Cubie! What's going on?"
> Cubie disappeared, only to reappear directly behind White
Wolf.
> A karate chop to the neck stunned the hamster momentarily, and he
> dropped to all fours, trying to clear his head. Cubie gripped the
> skin behind his neck and pulled him off his feet. The hamster's
feet
> wriggled helplessly as Cubie held him aloft, his teeth bared as his
> cheeks were pulled back behind his ears. Then she leapt across the
> temple over the heads of the amazed away team, landing next to Zack.
> Zack's eyes were the size of hubcaps. He'd dug out her
> controller and was about to deactivate her. "Uh, sweetie?"
> Her foot caught him under the chin, sending him to dreamland.
> Her boot disappeared, and she grabbed the controller with her toes
> and placed it on Zack's chest, then popped it open and tapped
> the 'Home' button.
> A tunnel appeared beneath them, and the trio dropped from
> sight. Seconds later, the tunnel disappeared, leaving the doubly
> stunned party staring at the stone floor where they had just been.
> "Boo-YAH! Cubie's da Man! Whoo-hoo!"
> Everyone turned and stared at Dirk. Dirk smiled at
> them. "What? That was a good move! Got the hamster in a
submission
> hold and pinned Zack - all before the bell. Yeeah!"
>
DJ, still stunned, slapped Dirk. "Shut up, ya git!" she snapped. "Do
you even realize how mush trouble we're in now, mush brain?"
Dirk gave her an innocent look. "No."
DJ slapped him again. "I didn't think you would."
"We have to ask Harris-" someone started, but stopped as everyone
turned around and saw Harris stalk out of the temple.
"Right," DJ mumbled. She slapped Dirk once more.
Holding his face, Dirk cried, "What was that for?!"
"For fun."