Continuation of Chapter 24 of Angel Wings:-

"Got it! Send 'Ivy' (Ivanhoe) and his team to surround the Ranee's troops. The 'Knight Patrol' can get in behind 'em from the escarpments and send 'Dog Boy' (InuYasha) and his gang to outfland Gin's goons. Have Ryuuk and Light take a few Ninjas and back up Revy and 'Kitty Cat' ('Neko'). They'll be the reserve unit in front of the rigs. That way we'll have all the ambushers in a crossfire from both sides of the river as well as in the front and rear of the convoy. (She pursed her lips in thought) Blue? Who's hauling oro? (Legato showed Kei his PDO with 'Lelouch's cargo vidmanifest screen) Have Rick take the lead and tell Revy to have her reserve units release Rick's cargo. Better warn the mutt (InuYasha) and 'Wolfie Boy' (Kouga) to give those critters (Rick's cargo of 'jacarondas') a wide berth. They'll scatter Gin's ambush brigades and those bloody things should raise some merry Hell with any of the Ranee's leftover stragglers. Have Ryuuk keep the herd from wandering too far off and once we've got Gin, Joan (the Ranee) and their playmates under control Kome can 'beam' those big cats back onto Rick's truck. You see to that Blue while I get everybody else back to the ice caverns. By the way- did 'LooChee' tell ya how many more trips before our ice guys would be finished so we can split this mad scene? (Legato told her and the Boss did a speedy calculation on her wristchromo unit) OK, that's cutting it a bit fine but ashita ban (tomorrow night) is the latest for us to clear the 'gravity well' and get on our way. Legato, I am leaving you behind to deal with these vermin. I'm taking Viscious and his pals back to the caverns. Sing out when you squash this ambush and we'll 'beam' you, your troops and your prisoners over to the 'Angel 3' where yoy will take command and prep the ship for an imminent liftoff. We'll pack up and meet you there as soon as the ice warriors are done. Any questions? Nai? Then good luck and ja mata (see ya later), tomo mine." Said Kei finishing her orders and gathering up her bands of fighters and their prisoners together. "KR? (Keitarou Riff was Kei's godson) Lock onto my signal and our 'pattern enhancers' (used to confine a 'beaming' area) and 'beam' up everything and everyone within that area. Got that?" trilled the Boss.

"You got it, Auntie. Hold onto your shorts 'cause here we go!" trilled KR and instantly Kei, her troops and her prisoners materialized in the central ice cavern. Rick's 'jacarondas' turned the tide of battle and soon Revy, 'Neko' and all the rest of their rescue patrols along with the would be ambushers were all safely aboard the 'Angel 3' with Legato Bluesummers who wasted no time in prepping the ship for a fast getaway. Next morning the shuttles transported Kei's party and all their junk over to the 'Angel 3' leaving only Kei, Mar, Mugghi 2 and Jon Harlock aboard the 'Raphael' to make sure the ice roaders got back safely to the 'Angel 3' with their rigs.

"Curses! Foiled by a herd of Fxxxing 'jacahondas'!" cried the Ranee.

"It is 'jacarondas', you stupid woman." Corrected 'Ming'.

"Do us all a favour the pair of ya and shut the Fxxx up!" yelled Gin Ichimaru.

"Quiet down in there or I'll turn on the 'neuron' jets dammit!" growled Revy Roberts.

Meanwhile on the planet's surface the last six loads bound for 'Basilisk' had left Sumaru's yards at the 'Fujitsuki Ocean' base.

By virtue of his 'jacarondas' heroic victory Rick had been given the honour of leading the final convoy up the 'Tomoko River' followed by Eric, Bear, Alex, Drew and Hugh. "You are each hauling one of the six components of our latest Tachyion particle beam tracking system- 'Go-Ruden Aizu' ('Goldeneye'). Don't worry, you won't have to make a return trip back down here. As soon as you've offloaded all six components 'Lelouch' will trill the Boss lady and she'll have you and your antiques er I mean rigs 'beamed' aboard her 'Raphael' shuttle. The 'Raph' will take you and your junk over to the 'Angel 3' and then you'll lift off for 'Shimougou' where they'll try and find a way to get you guys back home. It's been er swell working with all of you so good luck me boyos and sayonara." Said their 'truck push' Suba Sumaru.

Rick peeled off at 161 kilometers per hour (over 100 miles per hour). The rest of them followed putting the pedal to the metal. A few hours later the six 'Go-Ruden Aizu' parts had been delivered to 'Basilisk' and 'Lelouch' had given the ice guys his thanks, said his farewells and now the six rigs were lined up inside a quadrangle surrounded by several 'pattern enhancers'. "Six to 'beam' up, Miss Angel. 'Lelouch' out." Trilled the young 'Basilisk' 'truck push'. The six ancient Terran antique transports shimmered, shook and vanished from sight.

Before they had completely dematerialized Hugh yelled to 'Lelouch' asking 'Who won? Who had made the most Fxxxing loads?' and 'Lelouch' shouted back the answer (You will all know that answer soon, I promise) Jon and Mugghi 2 were standing by when the trucks appeared inside the ice cavern beside the 'Raphael' and they quickly hustled the rigs and their operators up the ramp and onto the shuttle. Before they lifted off the six guys were speedily strapped into chairs for the takeoff. Mugghi 2 and Jon strapped each other into seats and Jon trilled the 'all clear' to the bridge.

Kei gave Mar the 'thumbs up' signal who wasted no time in lifting off for the 'Lovely Angel 3' and ten minutes later the blonde 'touched down' in Docking Bay North aboard the big ship. Kei yelled for all hands to get the Fxxx up to the rec room or somewhere safe and strap in while she was trilling Legato to commence the countdown. Jon and Mugghi 2 made sure the ice roaders were strapped into chairs, checked that everyone else was ready to go and then strapped themselves into place before they trilled A-OK to the bridge.

"How much 'window time' left, 'Cat' baby?" yelled the Boss.

"36 solar seconds, Boss!" cried 'Cat' Vincent.

"Continue the countdown, Reds?" yelled Legato, cupping his hands around Kei's ear to be heard over the roaring of the engines and the whining of the thrusters' afterburners.

"Fxxx the shimatta countdown, Blue! Lift off- now!" bellowed the redhead. Legato nodded and picked up his relay mike.

"Mar! Hit the main and the auxiliary thrusters! Gimme oroever (whatever) the jigoku (Hell) you've got, girl and don't spare the hyperdrives!" cried Legato and the huge ship rocketed upwards towards the howling tornado's very centre- the 'gravity well' itself!

"Our 'window' is dead ahead, Blue- twelve hundred hours! Don't overshoot it oroever the Hell ya do, man! We ain't gonna get no second chance, tomo!" screamed 'Cat' and the craft crashed forward and through the 'window' and into the core of the 'gravity well'.

"Brace yourselves! We gotta outrun that blasted shockwave! Engineering- I need Warp fifty or as close to it as ya can get us and I need it now!" trilled Legato and the ship's speed began to inch upwards- slowly at first and then faster and faster until finally it stopped- at Warp 49.7 and there it held as tense minutes went by. Then--

"It's OK, sir. We're outta range at alst. You'd better decrease our warp speed before we burn out the warp core, sir." Said 'Cat' who had been monitoring their scanners.

"Engineering? Well done. You may decrease our speed to warp twelve. Legato out." Trilled the tall pilot.

"Great job everyone. You can all unstrap now. Mar, set a course for home." Said Kei and the blonde nodded.

"Oro about Yuri?" she asked.

"Oro about Berringer, Love?" asked Jonathan Harlock grimly.

"Later. Our first and foremost duty is to get our guests to the safety of 'Shimougou' as quickly as possible. Then we'll go after Berringer and recover our ships and personnel." Trilled Kei.

"Don't you go a-worrying about us, Red Lady. We ain't in no Fxxxing hurry to get back home. You do whatever ya gotta do to get your folks away from that damned fruitcake. We're all pulling for ya and Alex is praying for ya, ma'am. Keep 'er cool. 'Polar Bear' Hugh out." Trilled Hugh who had been eavesdropping on the bridge trills' traffic.

Legato looked a question at the redhead. "You just heard the old 'Polar Bear', didn't ya? Change course for 'Workoh' and let's find that frigging 'Black jack Tunnel'! Berringer, here we come! Full speed ahead, Blue!" trilled Kei and everyone cheered.

"Yuri, we're coming Honey. Hold on." Breathed Mar.

"Buck up, 'Kitten', we're on our way." Whispered Rally 'Cat' Vincent.

END of Chapter 24 'Goodbye Gysymeo' or 'Ice Brigade Decision'. Ch 25 will be a bit of a surprise for some of you especially if you've never read my earlier ff 'Xmas with the Dirty Pair' or indeed do not know about the Lovely Angels' origins. 'Shack G' is Yuri's homeworld and 'Workoh' way out in the 'Omega Quadrant' is Kei's. Both live in 'Furool (Foo-Lon) City' on 'Shimougou' and their AD 2140 counterparts make their home on 'Shimougou's Western Territories in a place called 'Elenore City'. The ice roaders have finished on 'Gysymeo' and are helping with the mission to rescue Yuri and her tomos from John Berringer's evil clutches. Sounds like an old 1930s-1940s serial like Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers eh? Stay tuned for the next exciting episode. With that said I'll post Ch 25 as soon as I can hazu. R/R/S away and keep yer stick on the ice eh? SFN/SYS/JM and Kami bless you all. Toodles-K&K