Chapter Three
Dame's, Booze, Chain's, and Boots
Renton sighed and looked at the clock on the night-stand next to him and sighed. Only 3:30. An hour and a half till vacation time. The air in the Gekko had been getting hotter still with all tthe anticipation in the air, not to mention the added tension because of what Eureka had said to Holland. Her words had seemed to have a profound effect on Talho who gave him looks all the rest of that day as if she expected him to have some kind of rebuttle for something that was well...true.
Renton turned his head and looked over at the small bed Eureka lay on which was across the room from his. Eureka usually slept with the children, but he'd thought it'd be okay if he atleast put another bed in his room for her. Holland still said he didn't have the sexual prowess to please a fat, lonely, cat-loving woman, but Renton liked to think that he would be atleast semi-educated when it came down to what Eureka liked. He blinked slightly at the neon green glow her wings emitted and smiled. He still couldn't get over how pretty those things were. Every now and again they'd do an odd sort of twitch when she took a deep breath. Renton sat up and scooted back against the wall on his bed. Eureka had been acting really odd lately since the weather had been warmer. It had gotten to the point where she was prone to spending a lot more time alone with him than even the kids...(not that he was complaining or anything.). He had even noticed a change in her dress too, though it seemed some members of the Gekko State were rather intent on keeping her tastefully dressed.
Mischa had told Eureka something odd a few day's ago when she'd walked out of her room dawning a blue halter-top and a pair of almost underwear-like blue jean shorts. "Eureka! Take that off immediately! They'll smell you a mile away if you don't!" Renton hadn't taken the time to figure out what that meant but it sure sounded strange. Did Mischa mean that Eureka had had some body odor or something? From what he had seen Eureka was really clean. She even made the kids clean up when they made messes, and he knew she took regular baths, so what had that meant? Renton looked up when he heard Holland's music upstairs. He frowned. What did Holland like so much about hillbilly-punk music? Renton glanced at the clock. It read 3:45. Holland was probrably getting up to take care of somethings around the Gekko before they left on thier trip. He slipped out of bed and put on his boot's and a white hoodie with the number 14 in blue on the back of it. Renton had customized this hoodie for the soul purpose of remembering how old he had been when he met Eureka for the first time.
He walked over to the corner and picked up his , Eureka's, and the kids bag's and exited the room. Holland had said they'd all be traveling by LFO to thier destination. ((A/N: Yes, I do know that the Nirvash didn't return at the end of the series, but I'm bringing it back for story purposes.))
When Renton walked out of his room he was greeted by the sight of Moondoggie carrying his, and Gidget's bag's down the hall with Matthieu, Hap, and Stoner in close proximity. Renton trotted off behind them and noticed on the way down to the hangar that someone...probrably Mischa was in the kitchen cooking, and the kid's had woken up when they'd heard Holland's music. He could hear them chattering when he walked be thier bedroom door. Renton and everyone else gave a sigh of relief as they entered the hangar. It was a lot cooler than the rest of the ship since it was on the bottom. Moondoggie yawned. "Duuuudddeee! I hate this getting up early crap!" Matthieu tossed his bags into the 606. "I hear yah man. This is rough. Why do we hafta leave so early anyway?" "Cuz' the early morning is when Sole Del' Tia Erio Trapar waves are at thier strongest." Hap tossed his bag's in the back of the 606 as well and put his hands on his hips. "That's we have to leave so early." Renton meanwhile had been busy trying to leave enough space for the kids to sit down by putting the bags in certain positions. He admitted he had to agree with Matthieu but he hadn't really gotten much sleep on account of the fact that Eureka had been stratteling him. They'd made out for almost three hours straight until she finally got tired and fell asleep on him. When he climbed down off Nirvash his brow was furrowed in worry. He couldn't help but wonder about what Eureka had said after she'd gone to sleep on him.
A good hour passed and pretty soon Holland could be heard yelling at everyone who hadn't gotten up yet. "LAAAAAAADDDDDDDDIIIIIEEEESS!!! GET UP! NOW! YOU HAVE APPROMIATELY 20 MINUTES OR YOUR STAYING! GET UP!" Talho had gotten up long before Gidget and Hilda and was giving out lunch pails to the everyone while Mischa stocked up on medical supplies, and paperbags in case somebody had to throw up. Eureka was getting the kid's ready while Renton loaded up the three lunch boxes Talho had given him. From what Holland had said, they were about a 100 miles away from where they were supposed to be, and they were driving to take in some of the nice scenery. Renton sat in the co-pilot seat of the Nirvash once he was done putting everything in it's perspective place, and took out some of his and Eureka's favorite music. Matthieu's Techno music could be heard thumping up ahead, and the distant whines of Gidget walking down the hangar stairs made Rento laugh. Especially when he looked at her. She still had her exfoliating cream and hair rollers in. Apparently Moondoggie had had to pull her out of bed for the third time. A second later Eureka had climbed in next to him and the kid's were taking thier place behind the seats. Hopefully this wouldn't be too long of a drive for them. Linck and Maeter had bathroom problems.
Not long after everyone was ready Holland gave the command to ship out... and after that...all hell broke loose. Not an hour into the drive Holland started yelling at Matthieu through the radio about the fact that he couldn't find his headache medicine, and Linck started whining about how he had to pee. Holland:"Dammit Matthieu I told you not smoke my shit! Find your own dealer!" Matthieu: "Why do that when you're too blazed to know I even took any most of the time?" Linck: I gotta pee-peeeeee! Renton sighed and turned to try to console Linck. "We'll be there soon okay Linck? Just a few more minutes. You think you can hold it?" Linck's face contorted into what looked like even more bridaled imaptience. "Noooooo! Now! Now! Now!" "C' mon Linck -please?", Renton begged. "We just got started. Can you just try to be a big boy and hold it for me?" Holland: "You stay outta my shit you fuckin' porch monkey!" Matthieu: "Make me HONKEY!" Holland: "You want me to pull over?!" Matthieu: "Bring it bitch- I ain't scared!" Mischa: "Excuse me gentlemen, I'm sorry to interupt this colorful conversation your having, but is all the profanity really necessary?! You do realize that the children can hear you of course?" It seemed that if Holland and Matthieu didn't agree on anything else they both agreed upon what came out of thier mouths next. Holland and Matthieu: "SHUT UP BITCH!"
Renton sighed and turned off the radio, and then turned to look back at the kids. "Hey...how about we play a nice car game guy's?" Maeter who had apparently been bored stiff perked up instantly. "Yeah! I wanna play license plate!" Linck somehow seemed to forget he had to pee and began hopping up and down. "Car song! Car song!" Maurice blinked and looked over at Renton. " Can we play American Idol again?" Renton laughed, and nudged Eureka. "Yeah Eureka, how bout it? You can be Simon again." She smiled and nodded. Renton smiled back. "I'll be Randy then." "I wanna be Paula!" Maeter squeaked. That left Maurice and Linck as the singers, and once they were judged they'd all switch places.
They played American Idol for about 30 minutes until they finally came across a convenience store where Holland and Matthieu got out and proceded to fighting eachother over cough wrapping paper for thier headache medicine. Talho tottled in after Hilda to go find the bathroom and Eureka took the kids in for candy and a restroom break. Renton frowned when he found out why Linck said he didn't have to go anymore. He'd peed on the back seat. Hap, Stoner, Moondoggie and Job's were all congregating around Holland and Matthieu cheering on the fight between the two. Woz was sitting a top the 909 listening to pschycadelic music and chanting some odd spiritual hymn. Renton felt kind of bad for Stoner, Job's, and Woz. Hilda had said no to letting anyone ride with her which meant they all had to pile up in the 606 with Matthieu who just happened to have bad foot fungus at the moment. Ugh.. Gidget could be seen drinking a whine cooler in the back seat of the 909, and to be perfectly honest...in the 45 minutes they'd been on the road, she looked like that hadn't been the only drink she'd had.
After everybody went to the bathroom and Holland and Matthieu had been busted up from pummeling one another the road trip continued, and a bit later the kid's went to sleep, and Renton, deciding he was a little sleepy as well, handed control of the Nirvash over to Eureka who glady excepted. Little did Renton know, he was going to sorely regret having gone to sleep.
(( A/N: Hey everybody! Hope you liked this chapter. I did my best to try and make it longer, and sorry I haven't updated in a while. I was having a little writers block and didn't really know what to do with this particular story...but I alway's try and finish my stories. Anyway, please review.))