X stared critically at the fire. It was perfect, of course, but it lacked a certain something, food to cook on it. Now where was he going to get food?
"Hey, where's the food?" Frank called. "I have five hungry mouths to feed here!"
"I have no idea where the food is," X grumbled as he dug though the boxes, frowning at the fishing line. Surely they didn't expect them to catch their own meals!
Frank growled at X just as Orion came santering up with a large dead fish in his mouth. "Hey, cat!" the alien called as soon as he spotted the fish. "where did you get that fish?" Surely if one stupid cat could find food, he could as well.
Orion looked over at the dog with a long suffering look. It was bad enough that he had been forced to share a van ride crammed up to such an inferior species. Now they wanted him to feed them as well? how did these things ever survive before they met cats? Orion carefully deposited his fish on the ground and waved with a paw in the direction of a pier towards the end of the beach, adding a few meows to let the dog know exactly where the food was. Goodness knows that a dog would never find fresh fish on its own.
"Thanks, cat!" Frank called as he rounded up the puppies and started down the beach. He really hoped that cat hadn't snagged the only fish.
"Orion. Nice Orion," X called in what he hoped was a cat pleasing tone. He and Elle's cat hadn't exactly been friends before. He crept towards the cat, intent on snatching the fish. It would be a perfect supper!
Just as X lunged at the cat, Orion leaped away and fled down the beach, hopping onto the top of Agent U's tent to try to escape with his dinner.
"Give, me that fish!" X called as he lunged for Orion again. "I'm an alien! Aliens should eat first!" His lunge had gone a bit too long though, sending him crashing into U's tent and bringing the entire thing down on U's head as Orion fled into the night with his dinner. X could swear that the cat stopped for a moment to stick his tongue out before making his escape.
"Stupid cat, annoying just like Elle," X grumbled as he headed back towards the tent. U could just escape the wreckage and rebuild on his own! Now what was he supposed to do for food?
As he approached the tent, he could hear the worms complaining. "Look!" one demanded the second they appeared. "They cheated us on the plane!"
"We demand our free coffee! Not these things!" another worm said as he shoved a small plastic wrapped item at X. The alien took it and looked carefully at it in the dancing firelight. Peanuts. Weren't those things edible?
"Where did you get these?" he demanded, snatching a worm up.
"On the plane. They had a whole box full," the worm told him.
"We thought they were coffee! We want coffee!" the fourth said.
"You have ten cans full of grounds!" X grumbled as he glared at the aliens, sending them quivering into silence. "Now why don't you go and get all of the peanuts you took and bring them out here. Maybe if you're quick about it, I'll see about getting you some new filters for your coffeepot." Finally there was food!!