Re: Get that thing out of my face...
Where: Hiding out in main terminal building of the New Ibiza Space
port.
When: Just as Kara shows off her weapons & fighting expertise, and
smushs a small spider.
Who: White wolf, Seymour & Efof, Phil & MP, Jay, & Alota, Sydra,
Cerebrum, Kara and I believe some TV reporter named Gail Weather who
won't leave us alone...
----<snip>----
"Awwww for smeg's sake! It's just a smeggin spider!"
Kara walked over and smashed the spider with her hand. She wiped its
entrails on her jacket.
"That was not nesscary." Jay said.
"Would you rather me wipe it's measly reamains on you? Didn't think
so. I've
got an idea! Why don't we load up all our weapons and run in there
with a
full barrage of fire power?!"
Kara loaded up her weapons.
----<end snip>----
"Hold the charge of the light brigade there, Kara. I think the
stealth approach might be a wiser idea..." Says White Wolf while
jerking a thumb claw towards another bunch of soldier bugs which
scuttled by the plexi-glass wall he was standing next to, and then
continuing "Would you hand me your binoculars, Alota? I want to see
what's going on over there a little better..."
"Sure." Replies Alota, quickly handing over Alota binoculars.
"Thanks." replies the six foot, one inch hamster while taking the
binoculars and looking through them intently, and then
mutters, "Smeg. They've slagged all the flight worthy space craft.
Man, I wish I could call in an artillary barrage right now - They've
only got two circuiting patrols leaving a huge contigent of soldier
bugs Sitting out in the open just asking to be wiped out. Ah! There's
the traffic control tower, it looks like thier leaving it undefended.
Either, they don't know it's significance, or they don't think
anyone's able to use it... Uh, Oh... Sneaky Smeggers!"
The huge hamster turned to address the group, "Ok, it looks like the
bugs have got another ship nearly completed on one of the runways
just on the other side of the traffic control tower. So we'll need a
distraction while Alota gets over to that tower and uses it's
communications to get in touch with the Blue Dwarf and order some
more people to come down in the Valkryie & maybe a couple starbugs
loaded with armed security personal to help put a stop to these Bug
ships launching. Any suggestions?"
"Would Phil shooting up a TV van qualify as a distraction?" Says
Alota looking out the back door of the main terminal building, and
quickly shooting a huge beetle's head off that was standing over the
Jay, Kara & Efof with its pincers raised upwards ready to
strike, "Stupid Bug. You oughta know I'm the only one allowed to kill
my husband!"
Jay, Kara, Efof, Phil, and MP run into the door an by Alota as the
van explodes.
Gail weathers Also runs by Alota and shoves a tape recorders
microphone in White Wolf's face, and asked, "Are you in command of
this group of rescuers?"
"Are you broadcasting this live?" Asked the swad hamster glancing at
the bobbing microphone.
"We were until that big twin over other there blew up our
broadcasting van and cut off our transmission. So, I'm just taping
some sound bites to transmit later, whenever we can." replies Gail.
"Well Gee, Thanks Phil." Remarks Jay.
"Hey, Don't mention it." replied Phil, "Um, what did I do?"
"You blew up one of our alternative means for communicating with the
Dwarf." Replies Jay.
The huge hamster turns and looks out the plexi-glass wall
again, "Unfortunately, Phil's handiwork has only drawn one of those
patrols away, We still have the other patrol and need to get those
two bugs across the street from here to leave their sentry posts."
Efof came over by the plexi-glass wall and asked, "Why haven't they
attacked us yet? Surely they can see us through the wall just as
easily as we can see them through it..."
"Perhaps their nearsighted like normal ants and are using pheromone
trails to navigate thier way around, and they can't see us through
the plexi-glass." Replies White Wolf.
"White Wolf's got it exactly, Efof." Comments Niples.
"You mean, the door we closed on them has confused them temporarily?"
Asked Jay.
"Yes. You remember how they swarmed all over? That's the same way
ant's attack their prey, by swarming in a straight line along
wherever they encounter more of thier enemy, and eventually surging
all over them and destroying everything in thier path as they do so."
replies White Wolf.
"How do you know so much about ants too, White Wolf?", Asks Seymour.
"Through one of the disadvantages of being a hamster who only sleep
three hours a day - I tried putting myself to sleep by reading
through the scientific section of the library, including a large
section on 'myrmecology', the study of ants.", remarks White
Wolf, "Unfortunately, it didn't put me to sleep. Perhaps, now I can
put some of that information to good use."
"Hey look! That other bug patrol is leaving." Says Seymour pointing
through the plexi-glass.
"oh, Oh! Let me see!" Said Efof as he excitedly grabs the binoculars
away from the Huge hamster to look through them, and nearly strangles
the hamster with the shoulder strap which was still around his neck.
"Efof... <gasp>... could you please... <wheeze> let me....<Cough,
cough> take the strap off first? <gasp> " Says the overgrown hamster
while pulling back on the strap.
"Efof - No strangling the hamster, he's your Captain. Show a little
respect..." Chides Seymour.
"Sorry!" Says Efof while quickly pulling the loop over White Wolf's
head, and freeing him.
"Just ask next time..." Says the large hamster rubbing his throat,
then turning to the group assembled and explains his plan, "Ok. We've
got to bug sentries posted just across the street. Now, If we split
up into two groups. The first group consisting of Me, Seymour, &
Sydra are going to go out and get the attention of those two bugs and
draw them away, While Jay leads the rest of you to safely make your
way over to that tower, and Alota sends that message to the Blue
Dwarf."
Then the hamster grabs up a bazookoid, and opens the door steps
outside and fires upon the two bugs doing sentry duty out front, and
then dashing off down a side alley as they start to give chase...
<Tag! Who's next?>