Betty Cooper marched through the steel hallway, blonde ponytail swinging behind her. She had just received word that The Whyte Wyrm was nearby. As she turned the corner, she nearly ran into her boyfriend, Archie Andrews.
"Betty! I was just coming to get you. The Whyte Wyrm is requesting to send a pod over with some men to speak with us", Archie told her.
"What? The River Vixen and The Whyte Wyrm are sworn enemies, and the want to talk to us?" Betty exclaimed as she walked with her red-headed boyfriend to the conference room. He simply shrugged and punched in the keycode on the door. It slid open, revealing her wonderful crew.
Veronica Lodge was her second in command, her deputy. She sat next to the Chief Strategist, and her girlfriend, Cheryl Blossom. Next, there was Kevin Keller, the Chief Pilot. Next to him sat Josie McCoy, the Director of Communication. In the corner was Dilton Doiley, the Chief Engineer. Finally, there was Archie, the General. After seeing that her team was all there, Betty took a seat in the chair marked Captain.
"Captain, we have a problem. We seem to have lost transmission with The Whyte Wyrm", Dilton muttered, fiddling with the machinery.
"Doiley! This is not the time for you to screw up your simple little job. You are are a dirty little sewer rat with the uggliest g-" Cheryl was cut off by Veronica squeezing her arm. Cheryl growled softly, but didn't try to speak again.
"Try to fix the problem, Doiley. In the meantime, let's discuss what our course of action will be," Betty said with as calm a tone as she could muster.
"I think we should talk to them. See what they have to say," Veronica offered. Cheryl nodded in agreement, but Josie furrowed her brow.
"Absolutely not! Veronica, The Whyte Wyrm is our enemy. As Chief of Communications, I say we listen from a safe distance, through transmissions," she said, eyeing Dilton.
"I agree with Josie. I mean, the Serpents are dangerous," Kevin said.
"So what? We can handle those scaly losers any day of the week," Archie offered.
"Maybe you can, maybe you can't. But I, for one, don't want to risk a war." Dilton said while unscrewing a metal grate.
"Well, there you have it, Betty. V, Andrews, and I are in favor of the meeting. Josie, Kevin, and Doiley aren't. You're the tie-breaker. What'll it be?" Cheryl said. Everyone looked at Betty. The blonde looked at the waiting faces of her friends and colleagues. Finally, she spoke.
"Let's see what those Serpents have got to say."
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