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It was the next day, and the entire team was staring in wide-eyed wonder at Monique, who had been smiling and humming all morning. That wasn't the only change; Monique was wearing brightly colored clothes as opposed to her normal attire.
Creepy. Mendel thought, as he ran a tiny sample of the coffee Monique had this morning through Nigel's drug-detector. The screen came up blank. Very creepy indeed.
He looked up to the huge meeting hall where Siseir had just gotten done shaking water from her wings. The feathers gleamed damply in the fluorescent light. Nick walked out unto the catwalk just above her head, and Mendel could see him talking.
Godzilla wanted to talk to you, but he's busy.
Mendel shrugged off that he could hear half of the conversation going on; apparently Siseir was not bothering to direct her telepathy right now.
A fish-pen. He had to do it because he is better at digging. Mendel saw her hold up her slimmer forepaws/hands in example.
Mendel turned back to his robot and pulled out the appropriate circuit board and began looking it over.
I'll tell him. A pause, He said he'd meet you at the beach.
The roboticist looked up again to see Nick leave and Monique come to the catwalk, where she sat cross-legged and chatted like a schoolgirl with Siseir. To her credit, Siseir listened without comment though it was clear she was slightly confused.
Siseir, please come. I need help with this.
Forgive, must go. Siseir nudged Monique's hand gently before turning and leaving back the way she had come.
The doorbell of the ranch house's front door rang through the complex and most of HEAT, excluding the two biggest members and Nick who was still outside with Godzilla, bounded up the stairs to see who it could possibly be. A short tussle ensued, leaving Monique to open the door for Philippe. Monique turned to the others and smiled widely.
"I will be going out for a few hours, do try to take care and stay safe until I return." She then took Philippe's hand and walked back to his boat.
"Well." Mendel said.
"She must be going on some sort of secret mission with him." Randy was gloomy.
Elsie giggled into one hand, "Oh yeah, a very secret mission."
"And how would you know about this Dr. Chapman?" Mendel was suddenly suspicious.
That caused the doctor to laugh all over again, "I overheard her telling Siseir about it."
"So what do you know?"
"Oh just the mission objective: take Monique out to have fun on her birthday." Elsie broke down into laughter.
Randy and Mendel stood there with their mouths hanging open.
"Stand too much more like that and Godzilla might mistake you for fish." Nick joked as he walked up. His hair was spiked up at odd angles, telling of a recent lizard lick.
"You knew?" Randy accused. Nick gave him a daring grin and looked over at his foster son.
"Yeah, I knew. And have been planning for this with Godzilla's help…"
Later that night Monique returned to the island complex, looking very happy indeed. She and Philippe had a great night out in France. Still, the good mood didn't stop her from noticing that the complex was silent… and dark. The only illumination at all came from the lights on the consoles, and the only noise was like that of great bellows slowly pulling air in and pushing it out. She silently followed the sound to the catwalk across the giant meeting room.
There was the sound of feather whispering against scale and a fishy gust of warm air, when the lights suddenly flipped on.
"Surprise Monique! Happy birthday!" her team yelled, with Siseir crooning in the background and Godzilla rumbling.
Monique was caught and she took a moment to let it sink in. "Thank you." She stammered.
"C'mon Frenchie, come and make a wish." Randy hugged her and led her to her birthday cake.
The next morning Siseir woke up before everyone else and yawned hugely. The night's festivities hung in her mind, and it felt to her as if the laughter clung to the metal of the catwalk and the air around them. It was peaceful.
(Come on people, this is HEAT we're talking about here.)
Siseir turned her head when she noticed that a light was blinking through the glass of the computer room. She tilted her head slightly and narrowed her eyes, the screen was flashing.
Godzilla, what does that mean? Siseir nudged her laggard counterpart awake and directed his attention to the blinking light.
Color like that… Godzilla blinked drowsily and took a better look at the light, when the color finally registered he roared.
The roar brought the rest of HEAT fairly quickly, with all of them in pajamas.
"What is it Big Guy?" Nick asked. He was wrapped up in a blanket so tightly it was a miracle he could walk.
Alarm. Godzilla purposely looked between his parent and the monitor.
"Hey jefe, what's the deal?" Randy yawned. HEAT hadn't survived this long by ignoring when Godzilla roared.
"The alarm on the computer went off. Priority-mail Randy." Nick was already bringing up files. "It seems we have a mutation problem in inland Africa."
"So, to Africa?" Elsie asked.
"Let's go. Godzilla, Siseir, follow the ship."
The human members of HEAT were loaded up and gone in under an hour, while Godzilla and Siseir trailed behind the boat at a fair distance under the water.
Upon arrival to Africa, HEAT was greeted as outsiders and widely avoided on the way inland. Godzilla and Siseir soon found that it was impossible to stay submerged in the rivers, so they took to walking behind the car HEAT had received for the occasion.
Slow thing. Siseir grumbled when she nearly stepped on the vehicle for the third time in an hour. They had only traveled seventy miles so far, and the heat was making Siseir lose her patience with the slow moving 'machine' as Godzilla had called it.
Much slower than us. Godzilla answered. He was watching the car to make sure he didn't step on it. Siseir suddenly looked straight at him, her crest shooting up.
That's it! We'll carry parent and others! Will be much faster! She stepped in front of the car and put her head down in front of it, now sending her thoughts to those inside. Come out.
Elsie and Monique were the first to comply, "What's up Siseir?" Elsie asked.
Godzilla and I will take you there. Siseir chirred and nudged both girls, her wings fanning the air to keep her a little cooler.
"Well, okay." Elsie climbed up to the top of Siseir's head and sat with her back against the shaft of one big feather. The others soon got the hint and followed suit.
Ready to run? Godzilla asked jokingly.
If I can't keep up I'll fly. Siseir retorted and began to run at her full speed. Godzilla was close behind.
Alrighty all. That's it for this chapter. Unfortunately fanfiction won't let me log in at this exact second. I'll update as soon as possible.