The day was bright, the brightest and hottest day of the year, possibly. Which was good, because it was vacation day for the citizens of Happy Tree Town.
Everyone was laughing and talking wildly at the airport, relaxing in the chairs, getting drinks from the vending machines or just laying around.
"Hey! Hey hey! Flippy!" A neon-green squirrel bounded up to the army veteran.
"What, Nutty?" Organizing this vacation was stressful enough, Flippy did NOT need this hyperactive squirrel bugging him the whole time.
"When are we l-leaving?" Nutty asked, bouncing up and down.
"As soon as the rest of the people get here. A few others are coming too- So we need to wait for them."
"Whyyyy?" Nutty whined, stopping his bouncing.
"Because, Nutty," Flippy started, rubbing his temples in agitation, "They're paying to come, so we need to wait. We already spent their money."
"Ohhhhhhh..." Nutty looked disappointed. He trudged back to his seat, but sped off when he saw a vending machine with a giant candy bar on the front.
"Jeez." He clicked a button on his radio. "Sniffles, come in. Come in, Sniffles."
"Yeah, Flippy?" Sniffles' staticy voice came through the radio.
"What's the head count so far?"
"Er, just about everyone..."
"Rodger that. Over." Flippy said, clicking his radio. He glanced around. Every thing looked normal.
Cuddles was talking to Toothy and Handy while making goo-goo eyes at Giggles, who seemed to notice and was returning the favor. Petunia was scrubbing the floor, trying to remove the wheel markings while Flaky followed behind holding a bucket of soapy water. Cro-Marmot was stationary in front of the vending machine, annoying Lumpy, Nutty, and Russell. Pop was entertaining Cub with a plastic plane, and Disco Bear was lurking near, looking irritated at the fact that no girls were paying attention to him. The Mole and Mime were having a silent conversation- a funny one, it seemed- and Lifty and Shifty were snitching money from unsuspecting people. But Splendid was no where to be seen. Flippy looked around wildly, wondering where in the world the blue flying-squirrel was, when a black skunk with a crimson stripe and paws walked up to him.
"Hey. Sorry I'm late." She said quietly.
"Er..."
"Oh sorry. I'm Kay... You know... the person who's sponsoring this event...?" She explained slowly.
"O-oh! Miss Kay! I'm sorry." Flippy fumbled.
"Whatever. Now. Is everybody here?"
"N-no Ma'am. We're still missing a few people..." He said, flipping a few sheets of paper on his clipboard.
"Well, where are they?" She asked irritably.
"I don't know! They could be anywhere!" Flippy said in exapseration.
Kay rubbed her head in irritation. This was not working out how she hoped it was.
"Okay. Well... Just tell me when they arrive? Okay?" She said, storming over to the waiting area. She collasped in a seat and twirled her cross necklace with one crimson paw.
"Why did I ever start this...?" She groaned, leaning back. Not that she was cruel or mean, but A) She had NO patience and B) She was afraid.
Of... them.
She shivered.
Hopefully, they'd stay away.
And never come back.

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