Okay, I lied. There's one more chapter before we get to the fighting. Sorry, you guys, but I'd like them to get situated in Paris before we ramp up the action.


POV: Mordecai

"Attention passengers, this is your captain speaking. In a few minutes we will be landing at the Charles de Gaulle Airport outside of Paris, France, so please buckle your seatbelts as we begin our descent."

I was still fast asleep, even after hearing that message from the captain. Thankfully, a flight attendant was there to wake me up by giving me a light shake on the shoulder.

"Excuse me, sir. The plane will be landing soon, and I'm sure you don't want to miss getting off." said the attendant in a thick French accent.

"Oh, thank you." I said after awaking with a start.

"Shall I wake up your friend?" asked the attendant.

"Thanks, but I got this under control." I said.

The attendant nodded and walked off to check for other people not prepared.

After spending a couple of seconds fully waking up, I turned to the seat next to me and gave Rigby a shake. All I could see was his nose, as he was sleeping with his face pointed towards the window and his hood up, but I could clearly hear him snort before falling back asleep.

"Come on, dude. Wake up." I said, giving him another harder shake.

"What? What is it?" asked Rigby as he turned his head towards me.

"We're landing. Get ready."

Rigby got the point pretty quickly, as he grabbed his pack from under his seat and buckled his seatbelt.

The next few minutes were met with silence, as neither of us wanted to talk. I imagine Rigby was probably thinking of the same thing I was, wondering who or what we're going to meet once we get to the airport.

Anyway, the plane soon landed and pulled up to the terminal. As the other passengers began to disembark, we both nodded at each other and I pulled my hood back up over my head as Rigby grabbed his pack and slung it over his shoulder as we began walking off the plane.


"I'm gonna go ahead for a moment and check to see what we're up against. You go ahead and sit down for a moment over there." said Rigby, pointing towards the lines of chairs that are near the terminal.

As I sat down, Rigby ran off, and I couldn't help but let out a big breath that I didn't even realize I was holding in. I decided to stretch out my back for a moment as I waited, considering the fact that those seats on the plane weren't the most comfortable in the world. As I did my stretches, my line of sight landed on a police officer standing about ten feet away.

Panicking, I promptly sat back down and ducked my head, hoping that he didn't see me, which he didn't, as he ended up walking off a minute later. I sighed after realizing that I was now safe.

Soon enough, Rigby came back, and I looked at him expectantly.

"Well, good news is that I didn't see anything telling me that they're looking for us here."

"Okay, so does that mean there's bad news?" I asked.

"Not really. I'm just worried that they might be, and they're better at hiding that fact than the guys back in the States."

"Sounds reasonable." I said.

"Yeah, yeah. Just be careful, and keep your head down."

Amazingly, we managed to get out of the airport without any incidents, thanks to the fact that we didn't have to go through security. As we exited the airport though, a thought suddenly came to my head, which I voiced to Rigby.

"Dude, what are we going to do about transportation?"

"Shit, I haven't thought about it." said Rigby, swearing to himself. "Uh… let's find a bus or something to get us into the city, and then we'll go from there."

Almost as if by chance, a bus drove up just a few seconds later, letting out a bunch of passengers who were no doubt on their way to the airport. I tapped Rigby on the shoulder to get his attention and pointed towards the bus, which Rigby regarded with surprise.

"Wow, that was lucky."

I rolled my eyes and boarded the bus with Rigby following close behind, his pack still secure on his shoulder.


It took a little while, but the bus finally came up on the city, and I looked out the window in wonder. The time zone change between Twin Pines and Paris meant that it was now night time in Paris, so all of the lights were on, lending a beautiful atmosphere to the city, and I couldn't help but smile as I looked around.

Meanwhile, Rigby was slightly less interested, but he still took a look outside with me, and he also let out a smile as we rode on.

A few minutes later, we were finally let off on a street corner, and I suddenly felt really happy inside as I took in the sights, finally realizing my dream of coming to France, even if it wasn't in the smoothest of circumstances.

My drifting thoughts were interrupted as Rigby elbowed me in the side.

"Dude, we probably should go find a hotel to stay in for now."

"What do you mean by for now?" I asked.

"Tracking chip, dude. Don't you remember?"

"Oh yeah, that's right." I said with a nervous chuckle, realizing I completely forgot about that.

As we walked along the Paris streets, my attention was practically everywhere but the predicament we were in, as I continued to look around at all of the buildings, with words everywhere that I couldn't hope to ever pronounce, as the last time I ever took French was my Freshman year in high school.

"Aha! Here's one." said Rigby, once again snapping me out of my thoughts.

"One what?"

"A hotel. What do you think?"

I took a close look at the building that Rigby was currently looking at. It seemed like it could be a hotel, but the architecture of the place really threw me off, as it looked almost nothing like the hotels I've seen.

"Dude, how can you tell?"

"See the big sign over there?" Rigby said, pointing at a large sign posted in front of the building.

"Yeah."

"See the first word on there?"

I looked at the first word on the sign (which was Hotel) and mentally slapped myself for how stupid I was to not realize that some French words are spelled similarly to their English counterparts.

"Come on, let's go." I said exasperatedly as I walked towards the front door.


We were met at the front desk by a nice blond lady, who thankfully was much better looking than the lady at the motel we were at last.

"Puis-je vous aider? (May I help you?)" the clerk asked with a smile.

I was immediately dumbstruck, having no idea what she just said, but Rigby was there to save the day.

"Let me handle this." he said after pushing me out of the way. Turning to the clerk, he took a deep breath and began speaking.

"Nous aimerions louer un chambre. (We'd like to rent a room.)"

"Pendant combien de temps allez-vous rester? (For how long will you be staying?)" said the clerk.

Rigby paused for a couple of seconds, trying to decide on how long.

"Une semaine. (One week.)"

The clerk wrote down our room information in her notebook before looking up at us once again.

"Ca va etre cinquante euros par nuit. (That'll be fifty euros per night.)"

"Shit." said Rigby under his breath before turning towards me. "I forgot that we need to convert our money into euros."

"Dammit, Rigby. How could you forget that, when we're nowhere near a place that accepts dollars?" I quietly asked.

"I know, I know. Just let me talk to the lady, and we'll get that taken care of." Rigby said before turning back to the lady.

"Souhaitez-vous nous excuser? Nous devons echanger notre argent. (Would you excuse us? We have to exchange our money.)"

"Certainement. Je vais garder votre chambre pour vous, mais ne prenez pas trop longtemps. (Certainly. I'll hold your room for you, but don't take too long.)" said the clerk.

"Merci beaucoup, madame. (Thank you very much, madam.)" said Rigby, before rushing out the door as I followed behind.

"Since when did you know French?" I asked as we headed towards the nearest money exchange place.

"I'm fluent in five different languages. One of the perks at my job." said Rigby tersely.


We eventually did exchange our money, and Rigby paid the clerk the fifty euros for the night, and we both made our way upstairs to our room, which was pretty damn cozy-looking, with a nice view of the city. It almost looked like a fancier version of our room at the first hotel, which was something.

I looked over and saw that Rigby was busy stashing his pack under his bed, before hastily undressing and heading into the bathroom, but not before he told me to stay here.

I rolled my eyes again before flopping down on to my bed and closing my eyes, hoping to get a few minutes of rest, which thankfully I managed to get before Rigby finished with his shower and I went in to the bathroom to do mine.

As the water ran through my feathers, I could only think of how I wished that I could be able to see the sights of Paris without having to worry about dying horribly. It admittedly would have been nice to have visited here during a time before we had the price on our heads, but our money issues prevented that, which was a definite shame.

I soon finished my shower and stepped out of the bathroom after wrapping a towel around me. After giving it some thought, I figured we might as well see the sights while we were here.

"Hey, dude?"

"Yeah?" Rigby asked as he was watching TV.

"How would you feel about going to see the city tomorrow?" I asked.

"I'm not sure that's smart. There's no telling when the Association is going to catch up with us, and I don't want to be in the same city as those nutjobs."

"Come on, dude. It'll be fun. Besides, when are we ever going to get another chance to see the City of Lights?" I asked.

Rigby groaned before finally agreeing to go.

"Let's go to bed. I want us to be ready for anything tomorrow." he said as he climbed into his bed.

As I climbed into my bed and closed my eyes, I was incredibly excited to finally get the chance to check out one of the most beautiful places in the world. I eventually went to sleep, not knowing that the Association was already on their tails, as a shadowy figure was watching us from a nearby tree.


And that's the end of this chapter! I just wanted to apologize to all of you again for forcing you to wait another chapter for some action, but I felt that a fight so soon after they got off the plane would have just been rushing it too much. Anyway, I hope you've enjoyed this chapter, and I'll see you guys next time.

Oh, and I'd also like to thank Google Translate for helping me with the whole French speaking section. Haven't taken French in a couple of years, so I could've used the help. Anyway, bye.

RK