Chapter Three: Court is Now in Session.
Joanna's POV
I had to shield my eyes from the sun. I was outside after crawling out of the window of what I can only hope was Donuts room, Which had girly music posters covering the walls, and a pink throw blanket covering the bed. Its abundantly obvious I'm not wanted at Red Base (Though with Sarge living there, that didn't come as to much of a surprise to me.)
"Now where can I go that's not here?" I decided to assess my situation. I have some food in my backpack, it was a good thing I didn't notice it was on the coach next to me, otherwise i would have eaten my after-show snack. Anything would have been better then than what ever Simmons tried to cook us, but I probably shouldn't judge, I'm not the greatest cook in the world either.
"Lets see... an unopened box of Thin Mints... and half a bag of 'Spicy Creole Tomato' chips. Whoopee..."
Next was living arrangements. I couldn't stay outside under Donuts window. They probably already started looking for me by now.
"Blue Base..." I couldn't help but sigh.
"I'm probably not wanted there either. Tex would probably kill me... using one hand. And then there would be Tucker..."
Well it was worth a try...
"HEY GUYS MAYBE SHE"S OUTSIDE!"
Awww Crap. That was Simmons. And their looking for me.
"Running time!" I whispered as a began my run across the canyon. I could still hear the Reds yelling to each other as they searched outside their base for me.
I decided to hide under a rock while I waited for them to stop looking.
Grif yelled out to the others. "SHE AINT OUT HERE GUYS!"
Then I heard Donut. "SHE ISN'T IN THE GARAGE EITHER!"
Then came Simmons voice. "MAYBE SHE WENT TO BLUE BASE!"
Great.. Only option now cut off.
Then, I heard another set of voices.
"Doc, do we really have to have these stupid meetings?" It was Tucker.
"And do we really have to have them in the caves?" Tex asked, obviously bored.
THE CAVES! Why didn't I think of it before! I can live in the caves!
"Yeah these thingies are sooo dumb!"
Wait a minute... That was Sister.
"What point in time am I in?" I thought to myself... Maybe my presence has altered time and events in the Red vs Blue universe, or maybe time is just stuck in a certain place, somewhere in the middle of season five i guessed, and wont continue unless I leave.
My thoughts where interrupted by Church's voice
"Or at least in the comfort of our own kitchen?"
"Come on guys!" Doc protested. "This isn't just another just another thing we have to! it's a coming together of fr-"
"Dude, if you give us that stupid speech one more time, I'll pay Tex to your rip off your head and spit down your neck. NOW SHUT UP!"
Geez, Tucker is meaner than I thought.
"Alright! Court is now in session! First off is Sister Sister-"
"TALK ABOUT A FOUR WAY HURRICANE!"
"Caboose, Shut up." Church is kind of mean, too.
"Yah, you didn't even get the words right!"
Doc brought them back on topic. "-With the minutes from last meeting!"
Then, Sister stood up, and began to 'read' from her clipboard.
"Okay, well, ummm.. This guy said to that other guy 'sup' and the other guy was all like…."
This went on for half an hour.
After this, Doc stood up.
"Thank you Sister! Now, the reason I called this meeting is to update you all on the news and issues throughout the canyon, because if we aren't up to date, we coul-"
"BOOOOO!"
"Tucker shut up, the faster the meeting goes the faster I'm back to Guitar Hero 14."
"Thank you Church!"Doc said. "Now, I don't know how, but it appears the Red Team has a new recruit."
A simultaneous wave of anger passed through the 'court'. I heard various cusses, I also heard Church scream "You need a lobotomy!" and Tex "Why didn't you tell us sooner you idiot?"
Wow, this team is completely shot to hell...
"ORDER, ORDER!"
"why did you tell us now?"
"Because I'm not sure if she really is a soldier! They say they don't know how she got there, and she was wearing a dress!"
"...she?" Tucker said incredulously.
"Don't get any ideas you pervert." Tex growled at him.
"Speak now Jo..." What would I do without that little voice in my head?
"ummm hello...?" Wow... way to speak up...
They all turned and stared me down.
"HELLOO! I'm Caboose!"
"Sup, I'm Tucker" Tucker said, with a fake smoothness in his voice.
"uh... hi..." I would've been happier to meet them, but Tex kept staring at me as if I just had grown to heads.
I guess Doc saw how uncomfortable I was and was nice enough to bail me out.
"Hello Joanna! You look much better than last time I saw you!"
"She's looked worse?"
"Tex, don't be rude. I'm Church by the way, and this is Tex."
"Hi, I'm Joanna."
Sister spoke up saying "What's with the dress?"
"Huh?"
She pointed at my clothes. I hadn't even realized I was still wearing the red dress.
"I was supposed to go to a show... Aww crap I wasn't there! Steph and Josie are going to kill me..." I had just recalled the party that I was
SUPPOSED to preform at, and I didn't even want to think how pissed off my band mates (and best friends) are going to be. If I ever see them again.
"What?" Church was obviously confused.
"My friends.."
"Oh. Suck to be you then."
"Ya... It does.."
Tex broke the silence "So they kick you out of Red base?"
I was surprised. That was the fist time she spoke directly to me.
"Yup."
"You can stay at Blue Base!" Tucker said, all too quickly.
"Oh no, that's okay! I wouldn't want to inconvenience you guys!"
"But what about food and clothes?"Doc said.
Crap, I hadn't thought of that.
"Well, since we are a court, we could make a contract saying you provide us with some service-"
"I have an idea for service!" said Tucker. What a perv.
"-And we provide you with food and water."
"that sounds great! I'm not the best cook, unless you like Tabasco, but I'm pretty good at cleaning."
So, for the next half hour or so, we wrote up a contract saying every Monday night, I would go to Blue Base and clean, and they would provide me with food and water. To seal the deal, I threw in my Thin Mints (giving Tex what was left of my chips) , allowed them to continue using the cave for their meetings, and they gave me a sleeping bag and regulation hygiene kit.
"Sweet! And you said today was Sunday, right Doc?"
He nodded and said" Yup! see you tomorrow!"
"Alright, See you guys!"
And with that, the Blues filed out of my new home.