Power Nap!

Right! Ive been out of the loop for a while, but i have my excuses..
anyways. heres my re-intro to the Blue Dwarf... packed with Giblets
of fun and Antics Old SKool Jack/Keats style.. well... we try!!
Respect!
Jack woke up, very late morning, and looked at his now fiance, still
asleep. Something started nagging in his mind, someone he hadn't
seen in far too long. He got up, dressed and left a note for
Melissa, 'gone for a walk, be back later' He wandered down to his
old place, and knocked on the door.
'......' came the reply.
Jack pressed the intercom button on the door. "John, you there?" he
asked, knocking again... no reply... "Hol, wheres keats?" he asked
'Hmm? Oh, you mean Flight Leutenant Johnathon Frederick Keats?
Couldnt say for certain... hang on a sec.. il take a look'
Jack waited impatiently next to the blank screen, a minute later
Hollys face reappeard on the screen.
'John appears to be in Stasis room 3'
"stasis room? whats he doing in there? not punishment i hope..." Jack
said, and walked off to said room.
As Jack arrived, he wiped off the viewing window, its was coverd in
steam as the ventilation on this floor was presently under reapir,
and had been since the first launch. He peered in and saw Keats in
his usual attire lying against one wall on a pillow with his tounge
sticking slightly out and a drop of druel in perpetual stasis a meter
from the floor. Jack tapped in his code to release the stasis, and
waited for John to thaw.
As the door opend the droplet hit the floor and keats sat there for a
moment before opening an eye, seeing jack and stretching. He smacked
his lips for a second and stood up. Lettign the pillow fall to the
floor.
'Hey Jack....!'
"yo, what up?" Jack said, standing aside to let him out, "wanna bomb
off to parrotts?" he asked.
'What.. at this hour? its only... <Keats checked his watch> 3 am?!
Why you waking me this early!!!'
'Its 2pm Keats....'
'The hell it is! close the door and wake me in time for lunch!'
'John...' Jack started 'How long you been asleep in there?'
'Since 1130pm'
'What date?'
'uhh... 14th..'
'Month?'
'October... why?
'I think we need to talk....'
"to parrotts i think.." Jack said.
As they walked, Jack filled him in, John not noticing anything
different. The lack of bulging muscles in Jack, or the wound on his
left eye... Although Jack omitted the part about him being engaged...
'Huh.... so thats what youve been doing... well... laugh it up! im
now younger than you... grandad'
He winked and flicked Jacks nose.
'Barkeep! 2 pints of your finest, stongest cheapest ales!'
Jack coughed slightly
'Umm.. John... i ahh.. dont.. well drink no more... its
complicated... so dont bother getting me a pint'
'Hmm? who said this was for you? anyways,how so you not drinking
boyo?'
Keats drank the two pints hugrily.. and as usual... started to feel
it... the average grey squirrel had a better resistance to alcohol
than John...
While Jack watched his best friend drink, he decided to point out his
missing left eye, and ended up being squirted with beer.
'I thought you like.. i dunno.. cut yourself shaving!!! speaking of
shaving... wheres those match lighting brissle gone from your arms..
and for that matter.. where are your arms?'
Keats poked them with a complimentary cocktail stirrer, annoying Jack
"My arms are still here dude... but when this happened" he began,
indicating his eye. "those smegheaded docs removed the phoenix fire
stuff from me" he said.
"oh, and, i thought you'd best be the first person to hear about
it... so... here goes" Jack began again, taking a breather.
"I'm engaged" he said, smiling widely. Keats burst out in laughter.
'Blind Death Dumb or Deceased?'
Jack remained straight faced.
'Well good for you boyo!' He paused
'So the docs got the gene then? Good... that should end the
madness.... cept for Harris... but hes cool... and if those science
types go sniffing, all theyl find is a burnt hole...'
'Huh?'
'I bombed the project...' He said it casually as one might say 'I
recently brougth a new tie'
'You set explosives and actrivated them on board?'
'Relax! i had it done propa.. got severn to help me... fuses were
good, blew up just enough to stop any proof or scraps without
damaging the ship.. to much...'
Jack sighed.
"will you never learn... if you just say something, we can cut off
the area, i mean hell! we could detatch that section of the ship" he
said, "but i spose any way that works.." he added.
"anywho... you'll never guess who i'm engaged to, and it was a proper
job..." he said
<TBC>
ohhh, funny yes? laugh... LAUGH! or i will come to your homes... and
i will CUT you!
hehe... nach!