I Think We Have a Problem

Chapter 4

A/N: …This 'one-shot' seems to be growing…and I really need to update some other stories…but not now…I can't think. So I'll write on this story……yep makes absolutely NO sense

It was yet another peaceful and serene day on the quaint little planet of Elicoor. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and Albel and Nel were (for once) not attacking each other.

Instead the entire motley gang was sitting by a small, clear stream, and taking another break from life.

On another subject, no one is quite sure of when anyone is going back to their home planets…maybe never.

Suddenly a somewhat familiar scream rang out, and there was a giant thud, leaving a crater in its wake.

"I've got a bad feeling about this…" Maria trailed off

"Yeah…but this all seems vaguely similar to past days," Fayt shrugged

"Why is it that all the nice, sane days get warped?" Cliff muttered as the group went to investigate the crater.

What they found was a girl, brown hair, lying face down in the crater, muttering darkly to herself. Oh Apris…here we go again

"God damn…falling…pain…ow…messing with reality…can't have one damn break…someone…sick sense of humor…supposed to be one damn chapter…multiplying like bunnies….I'M GOING TO KILL SOMEONE!!!!!"

"…wow," Nel stared at her.

"Which one is it this time?" Maria sighed

"Um……" suddenly the light came on for Cliff, "Hey, can you sing?" he called down

"…You could have just ASKED for a NAME," Mirage gave him a look,

"Excuse me for not thinking about that sooner," Cliff said sarcastically

"…And the shadow of the day…will embrace the world in gray…" the girl muttered into the ground. It wasn't much of a song, but after falling from the sky, things like that just don't matter.

"I think this one is Staci!" Roger yelled excitedly. Peppita glared at him, but didn't say anything.

"Dear Lord…why do I ALWAYS get stuck HERE?!" Staci groaned

"We love you too," Cliff said sarcastically

"I SO could use some Spanish swear words now,"

"Why?"

"Because, then I could swear, but no one would know what I was saying" she grinned

"Wow……" Mirage said

"Yep…those damn kids who butt in line wouldn't know what hit 'em," she grinned evilly

"…sheesh"

"Back to the problem…why can't I get dropped somewhere else? I mean really…it's ALWAYS here,"

"Maybe fate just likes you here," Nel suggested

"Or maybe Blair just likes messing with the Eternal Sphere," Sophia muttered

Meanwhile…

"Blair…as Vice-President of this company, I'm ordering you to step away from the computer," the worker said slowly

"NEVER!"

"Blair!!"

"Go bite yourself!"

"BLAIR!!"

"I SAID NO!"

"You're turning out to be like your brother!"

"…….NEVER!!11!" Suddenly Blair fell over in a faint…a syringe poking out of her shoulder.

"…The apple sure doesn't fall far from the tree…one crazy leader after another," the worker sighed, trying to restore order in the Eternal Sphere.

Forget a long day; this was going to be one long lifetime

Back…

"I suppose it's better than doing my math homework…" Staci smiled a little

"Why don't you like math?" Fayt asked

"Because I'm mathly retarded,"

"…Mathly?" Maria asked

"Hey, my adverb, get your own!"

"O.o"

"Well what's the problem? Maybe I could help you with it," Fayt said cheerfully. (Who gets cheerful at the mention of a math problem?)

"Um…" Staci pulled a piece of paper out and pointed out the problem.

"Wow, I'm surprised that that didn't burn up as you were falling," Cliff remarked

"…I put it in my pocket as I was passing through the troposphere,"

"I see…"

"Well," Fayt began, after scanning the problem (dreaded problem 13…) "This is very easy. All you have to do is……" and he started rambling on and on about the question.

Two Hours Later

"And that's how the answer comes to be 4," Fayt finished, "Any questions?"

"Yeah I've got one fool," Albel said (his first time saying ANYTHING…at all…)

"What's that?" Fayt looked at him warily

"Could you have possibly made that any MORE long-winded?"

"…shut up wiss-ass," Fayt looked at Staci…who was, by this time, sleeping

"Huh?" she woke up, "Oh thanks…thanks a lot…I understand the problem now!"

"…you didn't hear a word of that explanation did you?"

"Notaone"

"Figures," Fayt sighed (angstly…he's good at that)

"Yeah well…you're worse than my dad trying to explain a damn problem,"

"So…are you going to start singing randomly this time?" Nel asked, changing the subject

"I can if you want, but I'm not feeling very sing-y right now," Staci replied

"Thank you Apris," Albel muttered. Staci glared at him, then took out a hardcover book from the backpack she happened to be carrying, and chucked it at him, hitting him square in the back of the head, and causing him to fall to the ground.

"What was THAT for wretch?!" he yelled

"For being a jerk; can I have my book back?" Staci held out her hand.

Mirage picked up the book, "What is this book anyway? It's huge!"

"Don Quixote, it's not mine, it's the library's…and I need it back."

"Geez…you're violent aren't you?" Roger asked (omg…he DIDN'T disappear from the story"

"No…I just don't like being insulted…and have deadly accuracy throwing books"

"You can say that again," Albel mumbled.

"Wait…Don Quixote? Isn't that the book about the crazy old Spanish man?" Maria asked

"Yep"

"Why do you carry that with you?"

"…so I can throw it at people," Staci said seriously

"O.o"

"Hey look…the wormhole opened again!" Sophia said, pointing at the swirly black-purple hole.

"Oh yeah...cool," Staci shrugged.

Taking one look at Roger (who was still dazed and smiling like an idiot at the time-traveling idi-I mean girl!) Peppita pushed Staci through the wormhole and back home.

"…Well that was nice of you," Nel said, giving Peppita a look

"I don't like my man staring at other chicks,"

"He stares at me all the time!"

"….yeah well…forget this, I'm going have a 'talk' with Roger" Peppita grabbed the poor raccoon kid by his shirt and started dragging him away. The rest of the group just shrugged and went back to sunbathing.

Life was so weird

Meanwhile…

"…I swear I'm going to kill that girl," Staci muttered as she was flung back to this world and landed flat on her back

Then she remembered something

"Wait a minute…I never DID kill Fayt…and that was like two chapters ago!" she groaned.

"I've got to work on that memory problem," she reminded herself…

Then promptly forgot.

A/N: …writing Blair's parts are so fun…

I'd also like to take this time to promote Blue Persuasions story (a Tribute to I Think We Have a Problem) which is based off this story. It's pretty doggone awesome and funny…so go read it!

And review this one if you get the chance :-)