Bones is the master mind that came up with Eureka seven, not me.

Another reason that Talho stays with Holland.


Reason # 2

The was almost one o'clock in the morning when Holland and Talho retired to their cabin. As Talho stood at the wardrobe brushing her hair Holland turned down the bed and tried to slide into it.

"For FUCK sakes." He angrily got up from the bed.

"Holland what's wrong." Startled by his sudden outburst Talho turned to see what had happened.

"The practical joker has struck again. We've been short sheeted." He began to angrily pull the pillows from the bed and slam them to the floor.

"We've been what?" Confusion laced her voice.

"Short Sheeted, you know they fold the sheets so it looks like your bed, but when you try to get into it you can only go half way." He started to rip blankets from the mattress.

"Ahhhhhh. Well at least as far as practical jokes go this one isn't as bad as the others that have been happening over the last few weeks." She moved to the opposite side of the bed and began to help Holland remake the bed.

"Maybe not, but the last thing I want to do at one o'clock in the morning is remake the damn bed. Tomorrow I am putting a stop to this crap once and for all."


"Alright listen up." Holland stood in front of the assembled members of the Gekkostate. "I will admit that in the beginning the practical jokes were amusing, however it's done NOW." Holland's fists were clenched and his face was red as he continued. "I can not have a crew that is jumpy and twitchy because they're worried about walking into a trap 24/7. We cant afford to be preoccupied by fears of Ketchup under the toiled seats and jello in our boots. We are at war and our heads need to be in the game. So who ever is responsible for the rash of practical jokes will cease and desist effective immediately. And if there are any traps that are set and awaiting a victim you will this instant de rig them. Do I make myself clear." He stared out across the faces in front of him. "Good." He turned and marched from the room.

"Wow he is really mad." Moondoggie's voice was meek as though he was afraid that Holland was going be back any minute to blame him.

"Yes he is, but he's got a point. Who's doing it?" Hap sat forward in his chair and looked around the room. "Still not going to fess up hun, well given how pissed Holland is I would do as he says and stop."

"I think the final straw was last night. Our bed was short sheeted." Talho stood up. "You think that he was mad just now, you should have scene him last night."

For two days the Gekko was free of practical jokes and it seemed as though life had returned to normal. At least until the incident involving Gonzey's hair. It was quite a site to see the eldest member of the Gekkostate sport bright blue hair.

With each new joke Holland yelled at the crew in an effort to prevent any further pranks. And with each new prank the crew became more impressed with the pranksters audacity to defy Holland so blatantly. It seemed that no one was safe from the practical jokes.


It was the middle of the night when Talho woke, unsure why. She rolled over and began to move toward Holland only to find that he was absent. She sat up and looked around the darkened cabin for him, but he was no where to be scene. She laid back down expecting that he had just gotten up to go to the bathroom, but when ten minutes passed and he hadn't returned she began to worry.

Swinging her feet out from under the covers Talho slid from the warmth of her bed to go in search of her partner. She navigated the deserted corridors of the ship until she came to the kitchen. As she neared the door she could hear movement and the shuffling of dishes. She poked her head around the corner.

"I don't believe it, it was you the whole time!" She walked into the brightly lit room. "You've been the one pulling all the practical jokes."

"Now what would make you say such a thing?" Holland tried to look innocent as he hid the tube of crazy glue behind his back.

"I've caught you red handed, quite trying to deny it." She put he hands on her hips. "It all makes sense now. You managed to avoid all the really gross pranks, but you made sure that you were somewhat a victim to avoid suspicion."

"Alright, you caught me, but you can't tell anyone." He began to advance toward her an evil grin on his face.

"And why not?"

"Well because than the therapeutic effect would be ruined." He stopped his face only inches from hers. "And I'll make it worth your while to keep quiet." He leaned in until his lips were so close to hers that she could feel their heat on her skin.

"Really, how, wait a minute, therapeutic effect?" She backed away from him a little. "What do you mean?"

He straightend and deflated a little. "Well its no secret that the crew is at its braking point. There has been so much stress for so long everyone's starting to crack. So I started pulling the pranks to take everyone's minds off of the stress and give everyone a good laugh."

"Than why did you blow a gasket and yell at everyone?"

"Ahh well that's where it gets a little more complicated. If I hadn't than eventually someone would have figured out that I was the responsible party. And As the jokes progressed even though I was publicly against it, everyone started to look forward to the next one to see how far it would go and what I would do. It also became me against the rest of the Gekkostate. Someone was openly defying me and as the person was unknown everyone was able to share in the feeling power that that gave them. It also gave everyone something to turn their efforts toward rather than slowly tearing themselves apart by bickering and fighting amongst them self's." He shrugged his shoulders. "So if you tell them, than everyone will just feel like I played them and did a lot of yelling for no reason."

"I guess your right." She leaned forward and kissed him deeply. "You know what?"

He smiled, "What?"

"I'm really glade your with us and not against us." She walked over and hopped up so that she was sitting on the counter. "How did you do Gonzey's hair?"

Holland went back to gluing cups to saucers and glasses to the bottom of the cupboard. "I didn't."

"What?"

"He did it."

"What, Why?"

"He figured out the whole thing weeks ago. Right after the ketchup packet under the toilet seat. Anyway I was having tea with him and trying to find my next big prank so he told me to leave it to him." Holland finished gluing and held out his hand to Talho.

"Wow." She laughed "Shall we go back to bed, I believe that you mentioned something about making it worth my while?" She took his hand.

"Yes I did, and I am a man of my word." So While the glue dried the couple retreated to their cabin. The next morning neither of them were up in time to see the reaction to the latest prank.