Just a silly upbeat story. The circumstances don't really make sense but it's just a bit of fun.


It was a cold morning on Azura. Really cold, as Sam discovered as she woke up shivering that morning. She snuggled under the covers but she just couldn't get warm. After lying there for about 10 minutes, she knew that she had to get up and close the window. She slipped out from the covers and went to shut the window as quick as possible. As she approached the window, she couldn't quite believe what she saw. The island was covered in a blanket of pure white snow.

"That will explain why it's so cold" She thought to herself. "What a pain, bloody snow, as if we don't have enough problems" Just as she thought that, she felt herself coming over with a child like glee. "Imagine all the fun we could have in the snow" Her mind was filling with thoughts of building snowmen and having snowball fights. "And we could all use a little fun as we've been working so hard lately" They really had been working hard. It had been a whole year since the war ended, but time flies when you're trying to rebuild civilisation. She'd completely forgotten how cold she was now. It was still early, but Sam couldn't wait to tell the others. "Who's the best morning person" She thought. "Anya. Definitely Anya"

Anya slowly opened her eyes to the morning light. "Is it morning already" Thinking about another day of hard work made her want to stay in bed. "Well, I'm awake now, may as well get up" She sat up and swung her legs over the edge of the bed. She looked over at Marcus who was still fast asleep. She almost didn't have the heart to wake him as he looked so peaceful. She got up to make her way to the bathroom. She glanced out of the window, not quote acknowledging it at first, then looked back with a double take. She couldn't believe the sight she saw. Pure white snow everywhere. It looked beautiful. "How are we gonna get anything done in this snow" was her first thought. But maybe that wasn't such a bad thing. "We could all use a break, or a little fun in the snow" Her excitement taking over, she went back over to the bed, and gently shook Marcus's shoulder.

"Marcus, Marcus wake up"

He wasn't the best morning person and definitely didn't appreciate being shook awake.

"What, what is it?" He said groggily.

"Look out the window"

Marcus first instinct was panic. Like they were under attack or something.

"What the hells goin on" he said slightly panicky.

"Nothing bad, just look"

He groaned, getting out of the warm bed. He walked over to the window to see what all the fuss was about.

"Aw hell. Snow? Really. How we supposed to get anything done" He moaned

"Were not. We, are gonna have some fun"

"Fun? What kinda fun can we have in the snow." He asked

"Oh I dunno, we could, have a snowball fight. We could make a snowman"
Marcus looked at her like she was insane. "We're not kids Anya"

"Oh, lighten up. We've been working so hard lately we all need to unwind a bit"

Suddenly there was a knock at the door.

"Who is it" Anya asked as she walked over to open it.

"It's me, Sam. Can I come in?"

"Um, sure just give me a sec" She shouted through the door

"Marcus, get dressed quickly"

He gave her an annoyed look, and quickly put on his cargo pants and a t shirt. Anya was in her nightclothes but still presentable. Anya opened the door.

"Did you see?" Sam asked.

"I did see"

"Well, what are we waiting for. Get some winter gear on and lets go have some fun" Sam had the right idea

"Sure. We'll meet you outside in about 10 minutes"

"Ok, see you in a bit" Sam said as she left the room.

"We?" Marcus said. "What's all this about we. I don't wanna go play in the snow"

Anya walked up to him, placing a hand on his chest."C'mon Marcus. We all need to loosen up a bit.

You may even enjoy yourself"

"I don't know" He replied.

"Ok, put it this way, if you come out into the snow, you might be able to throw snowballs at Baird"

Marcus contemplated that for a moment.

"I'll do it" he said.

Anya smiled at him. Then the two of them got some winter clothes on. Anya couldn't wait to get outside so she made her way outside leaving Marcus to get dressed.

"I'll see you outside in a bit" she said as she left the room.

"It's going to be an interesting day" He thought to himself.

Baird had been up since the crack of dawn. He usually was as there was always something to fix. The cold and snow didn't help today "I can't believe it snowed" He thought to himself. He didn't mind so much fixing vehicles, infact he loved fixing anything. But in this bitter cold and snow, it wasn't much fun at all. Grumbling to himself under his breath, he carried on with what he was doing, until her heard footsteps in the snow. As they got closer, he heard the voices of Sam and Anya.

"Oh, we're gonna have lots of fun today" He heard Sam's voice say.

"Fun? What kind of fun can they have in this freezing weather"

It wasn't long before they came around the corner and saw him.

"Hey Baird, you're up early" Sam shouted over to him.

"I'm always up early" he replied groggily.

"Well, as we're all up, do you wanna take a break and join us?" Anya asked.

"Join you, and do . . what exactly"

"I dunno, have some fun maybe?" Sam said, getting frustrated with him as usual

"Nah I'm good thanks"

"Oh come on Baird. Loosen up and have a little fun for once in your life" Sam said, getting more irritated with his attitude.

"Look, you two may have time to frolic in the snow, but some of us have work to do and this isn't gonna fix itself"

Sam then bent down picking up a handful of snow, made it into a ball and hurled right at him. He turned round as he felt the snowball hit his back, and glared at her and Anya giggling at him. He went back to what he was doing when he felt another impact on his back.

"You wanna knock that off" he said getting very frustrated at her.

"What you gonna do about it?" She challenged.

He stood up and turned around to face her. She bent down and picked up some more snow.

"Don't you dare" He threatened.

Sam just smirked hurling the third snowball right at him, unintentionally hitting his head, knocking his goggles clean off his face. Sam didn't mean to do that but found it hilarious none the less. He bent down t pick them up, inspecting them quickly for damage, then placed them back on his head. He looked at Sam furiously, who was still in hysterics at this point. In retaliation, he grabbed a handful of snow and threw it at the still laughing Sam.

"Oh, it's on" She said, but before she had the chance to throw one back, she saw the sight of Baird running at full speed towards her. Instinctively she started to run away. She had no idea what he was going to do if he caught her, neither did he really.

"No one messes with my goggles" He thought to himself

Marcus joined Anya, who was laughing her head of at the scene of Sam getting chased by Baird.

"What the hell's goin on with those two" Marcus asked.

"Don't ask. But it will be fun to see what happens if he catches up with her"

"Yeap. I knew it was gonna be an interesting day" Marcus thought.


Will be continued soon