I've decided that I'm better at short stories than long ones, so I might drop some of my longer stories.
Anyway, this takes place just after Patton got back at the end of the episode.
"One jacket? That's all?"
I glanced up at Abby, clad in a winter coat, mittens, and snow boots. The rest of the team had winter clothes on too. We were going to visit Tommy at arctic base, because Hoagie absolutely insisted and, well, nothing was going on anyway. All I had as far as winter clothes was a white faux-fur-lined jacket.
"Yes, for the sixteenth time, that's all."
"But won't you get cold?"
"I like it! Now can we shut up about my choice in winter fashion and talk about something else for three seconds!" I said, a little exasperated.
We arrived at the arctic base. But it wasn't until we stepped out of the ship that we saw the destruction. Most everything in the room was destroyed, and large holes pocked the ceiling. I giggled when I saw the scene in the center of the room. Patton was standing in front of three figures, looking dismayed and angry all at once. The boy on his left was wearing one of those hats like you see people in Alaska wear, I have no idea what they're called. He was holding a green yo-yo that was going up and down in his hand. The girl on the right had blonde pigtails and a pink coat. She was batting her eyes and trying to look cute. And in the middle was Tommy.
"Hi Hoagie!" he called out when he notised his brother. We went over to each other. Hoagie and Tommy started talking, Patton went over to Nigel, Kuki asked after the yo-yo boy (and of course Wally followed her. When the heck is she gonna figure out he loves her?), and Abby and I started talking to the girl with the pigtails. Her name was Sonya.
"Well aren't you sweet?" I said, ruffling her hair. Abby smiled and rolled her eyes. I did that to everyone. We talked for awhile before something happened.
There was a loud CRASH-BANG from outside. Everyone jumped a little. A few seconds later, the power clicked off. I hadn't even notised that some machines had been left humming until they stopped.
"Yee-ee-eeeeeep!" Sonya squealed. Two and two put together, she was terrified. I pulled her near me.
"WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED?" I heard Nigel cry out. I didn't actually see him since the room was pitch-black.
"Someone or something just turned off the power," Hoagie said.
"Well thank you captain DUH!" Abby shouted back. There was a muffled smack, and Wally cried out.
"Sorry," Abby said. "Where's Numbah two so Abby can whack him?"
"Hey!" came a protesting cry from the brothers.
"Well, let's figure out what the heck happened!" I said.
Before we could do anything though, the lights surged back on.
"What the…."
They surged off.
"And how did…."
They came on again.
"But…"
Off again.
"OK WILL YOU STOP IT?" I cried out to nobody. The lights stayed off. I heard Sonya whimpering in my arms.
"Ok, one more time?" I asked tentatively.
"They're not going to listen to-"
The lights came back on.
"Well that was incredibly weird."
I am so random!
Coming up on If I was there
Operation G.I.R.L.F.R.I.E.N.D.
Operation Q.U.I.E.T.
Operation T.H.E.-F.L.Y.
Operation F.O.U.N.T.A.I.N.
Operation L.O.V.E.