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~Chapter 2~
"Oh, perfect! Now what'll we do?" whined Ford.
"Well, you've got thirty seconds left to live," answered Eddie.
There was an awkward silence. Even though it wasn't very long, it seemed to last forever. Well, what else can you say at the end of your life than "Bye"? But again, at 29 seconds after Eddie's words, the Improbability Drive kicked in, and and Zaphod, Ford and Arthur were teleported to a nearby space shuttle.
"Wow, that was different!" exclaimed Zaphod. "What exactly just happened?"
"That's what you call the Improbability Drive," replied Ford. "Remember when Arthur and I just appeared on the Heart of Gold?"
"Duh! Do you really think I would forget that?" asked Zaphod.
"Well, it just happened to you, exactly how it happened to us," said Ford, ignoring Zaphod's remark completely.
The passengers aboard the space shuttle were sitting there gawking, since they'd never heard of an Improbability Drive, let alone ever used one on a space shuttle. Arthur just told them he'd explain it to them later.
"By the way, where the heck are we going?" asked Zaphod.
After five minutes of gawking, sputtering, and being asked the question fifteen times, one of the astronauts managed to squeak, "Earth?"
Arthur yelled "Woo-hoo! I'm finally going home!!!" at the top of his lungs. "Let's go celebrate with another round of Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters and have another REALLY good time. Wan't some?" he asked the astronauts.
"Uh, no thanks. Never touched the stuff," one of them replied on behalf of the other, who was still shocked beyond words (literally).
After a few hours of a REALLY good time, the shuttle reached Earth. While Arthur was lying on the floor unconcious from the shock of reaching home, Ford was filling up a glass of cold water to Arthur up with. A high pitched screech and an argument later, they realized they were outside the shuttle and on planet Earth...physically. All Zaphod really noticed at the time was a rather large lump in his sock.
"Man guys, I've got a lump in my sock! It's *really* annoying me," Zaphod complained.
The three of them stood in silence, staring at Zaphod as if he had 2 heads...well, actually, he did, so as if he had 3 heads (does that work?).
Changing the subject, Ford asked, "Has anyone ever heard of the Stinky Shoes of the Universe?"
"Oh, yeah! I've heard of them," replied Zaphod. "But aren't they protected by an unprobability field or something?"
"Yeah, I think the keeper has relation in...somewhere in the states--maybe Arkansas," Ford said. "Hey! Maybe we could try to get the key to the field from her relatives. I've heard good reports about 'possum pie in those parts too!" he exclaimed, drooling.
"I'm not even gonna ask," was all Arthur said.
~Chapter 2~
"Oh, perfect! Now what'll we do?" whined Ford.
"Well, you've got thirty seconds left to live," answered Eddie.
There was an awkward silence. Even though it wasn't very long, it seemed to last forever. Well, what else can you say at the end of your life than "Bye"? But again, at 29 seconds after Eddie's words, the Improbability Drive kicked in, and and Zaphod, Ford and Arthur were teleported to a nearby space shuttle.
"Wow, that was different!" exclaimed Zaphod. "What exactly just happened?"
"That's what you call the Improbability Drive," replied Ford. "Remember when Arthur and I just appeared on the Heart of Gold?"
"Duh! Do you really think I would forget that?" asked Zaphod.
"Well, it just happened to you, exactly how it happened to us," said Ford, ignoring Zaphod's remark completely.
The passengers aboard the space shuttle were sitting there gawking, since they'd never heard of an Improbability Drive, let alone ever used one on a space shuttle. Arthur just told them he'd explain it to them later.
"By the way, where the heck are we going?" asked Zaphod.
After five minutes of gawking, sputtering, and being asked the question fifteen times, one of the astronauts managed to squeak, "Earth?"
Arthur yelled "Woo-hoo! I'm finally going home!!!" at the top of his lungs. "Let's go celebrate with another round of Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters and have another REALLY good time. Wan't some?" he asked the astronauts.
"Uh, no thanks. Never touched the stuff," one of them replied on behalf of the other, who was still shocked beyond words (literally).
After a few hours of a REALLY good time, the shuttle reached Earth. While Arthur was lying on the floor unconcious from the shock of reaching home, Ford was filling up a glass of cold water to Arthur up with. A high pitched screech and an argument later, they realized they were outside the shuttle and on planet Earth...physically. All Zaphod really noticed at the time was a rather large lump in his sock.
"Man guys, I've got a lump in my sock! It's *really* annoying me," Zaphod complained.
The three of them stood in silence, staring at Zaphod as if he had 2 heads...well, actually, he did, so as if he had 3 heads (does that work?).
Changing the subject, Ford asked, "Has anyone ever heard of the Stinky Shoes of the Universe?"
"Oh, yeah! I've heard of them," replied Zaphod. "But aren't they protected by an unprobability field or something?"
"Yeah, I think the keeper has relation in...somewhere in the states--maybe Arkansas," Ford said. "Hey! Maybe we could try to get the key to the field from her relatives. I've heard good reports about 'possum pie in those parts too!" he exclaimed, drooling.
"I'm not even gonna ask," was all Arthur said.
