Ben Plotz the Narrator from Ship In The Big City walks into a radio booth
and waits for the On Air sign to light up. As soon as it does he reads his
script.
Ben: We find the C squad members in Satellite 5555. Let's see what there up to. In Chapter 18: The DeLorean and The Outlaw Star!
'Who the heck hired him?' Mike thought. His wondering died away as he realized what his situation was. Trapped, half naked, and in front of a red- head scientist in a nurse's outfit.
"You said we could have some fun!" Washu said with a grin.
"This wasn't what I had in mind Little Washu!!!" Mike exclaimed. He was strapped to a table as Washu looked over at him.
"Don't worry this won't hurt....much." She replied smirking.
"AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YIYE HIYE HIYE!!!!!!!!"
Luigi and Manic look over at Washu's room door.
"There she goes again." Luigi said as he moved a chess piece towards Manic.
"Dude, I don't know how Mike can handle it." Manic said as he moved his own piece.
Meanwhile in the kitchen Mario grabbed the last Chile dog, he looked at it to see another hand. He looked over to see Sonic. The blue Hedgehog gritted his teeth.
"This is mine plumber boy!" Mario then swung at Sonic. He dodged quickly and they both started to fight in a cloud of smoke. Larry looked in the kitchen.
"Not this again!" He exclaimed suddenly the alarm went off.
John ran over to the main computer.
"Ah, I think I've seen this show before." He said as he grabbed his son. His son grabbed his new girlfriend.
"Peter, where is your dad taking us?" Sonia asked Peter.
"I wish I knew.....hey dad! Shouldn't we wait for back up?" John looked at his son.
"No time to wait Peter my boy!" John climbed into the DeLorean. Peter and Sonia climbed in also. The DeLorean backed up and sped out of the garage.
Larry walked to the main computer. A red light flashed to signal that a vehicle is being used.
"Computer, what vehicle is it?" Larry asked. The computer beeped.
"....Vehicle is the custom DMC DeLorean Time Vehicle, the McClaine family is my best guess." Larry sighed as the computer told him. He was typing on the computer to see what mission they went on while in the back of his robotic mind he thought. 'Isn't that the voice of Courage's computer..?'
In a flash of light the DeLorean appeared screeching to a halt. John climbed out to see everyone staring at him and the car.
"What's everyone lookin' at?" He asked as everyone went back to their business.
"Dad!" Peter called from in the car. John popped his head in.
"Do you see them anywhere?" Peter asked.
"We're in the right place, there just not here" John replied. He climbed into the DeLorean and they drove off on search of the people they must find.
"They left without back-up and without authorization!?" Mike asked. Larry smiled with a sweatrdrop.
"Yes....I couldn't stop them!" He exclaimed. Washu rolled her eyes.
"Twit." The computer commented.
"Any other news?" Washu asked the robot. Larry then pressed a button on his arm and a piece of paper came out of his chest. He ripped it off and gave it to Washu.
"Another scientist?" Washu read. Larry shrugged.
"Colonel thought you'd might need help." Larry explained.
"Why would a scientific genus as myself need help?!" She yelled at Larry.
"Honest I don't know!!" Suddenly the main computer beeped.
"That must be him." Mike said as he looked at the computer screen. He then walked to the front door. The door slid open and there stood a man with a lab coat, and what looked to be like dishwashing gloves.
"Are you our new scientist?" Mike asked. The man smiled.
"Of coarse, my name is Dr. Fluke Hawkins." The man said. Mike let him in. Dr. Hawkins walked in and stopped to be face-to-face with Washu.
"So your the guy huh?" She asked with her face showing anger. Dr. Hawkins grinned.
"How are you?" He asked shaking her hand. Washu grumbled.
The DeLorean flew across the sky of the unknown city. John adjusted the manual transmission.
"See anything dad?" Peter asked. John shook his head.
"How about you and Sonia?" He asked. Peter looked over at Sonia, she shook her head.
"Nothing." Peter said. Suddenly the DeLorean dove out of the way.
"What the hell was that!?" John exclaimed as he looked up. A giant ship flew over them with a loud rumble.
"Dad! Isn't that the ship?" Peter asked his father. John opened the side door.
"Yup." He said. He pulled out a grappling hook with rope attached to it. He opened the door to his side and threw it at the ship.But it didn't get caught on anything.
"Nice going dad." Peter replied sarcastically. Suddenly the ship started to force the DeLorean on to the ground.
"There forcing us down!" John yelled. Peter held Sonia's hand.
"At least now were in a field away from any buidlings." Peter said. Trying to be an optimist.
"They must think we were trying to attack them!" Sonia exclaimed. John then looked at the grappling hook.
"Give me a break, this thing couldn't even scratch that big ship!" John exclaimed. He then saw that the DeLorean was losing altitude fast. He scrambled back into the driver's seat and closed the door.
"Hang on!" John exclaimed. The DeLorean crashed into dirt. It flew everywhere. As the DeLorean stopped. John, Peter and Sonia climbed out of the DeLorean to see the ship beside them.
"I hate it when things like this happen." Peter said as a man jumped out of the ship. The man approached the three C squad members.
"What were you doing trying to do? Throwing stuff at my ship." The man with red hair said.
"We were having a contest on who can throw a grappling hook the farthest." John joked. The man didn't look amused.
"If I were you. I'd take this a lot more seriously." The man said.
"Yeah? Well than who are you?" John asked.
"Who needs to know?" The man asked, he then spotted Peter and John's badges around their necks. "Oh so your cops?"
"Yeah, but this isn't really my jurisdiction. What's your name?" He asked again.
"Gene Starwind." Gene said. John looked over at Sonia. She took out a piece of paper.
"That's him." She said. Gene looked at the three of them.
"Alright, what's going on here?" Gene asked now really not getting anything.
"Were from an organization called CET, and well....were here to help if there's anything wrong." Peter explained.
"Well, there have been these bounty hunters and pirates after us." Gene said remembering.
"Anything else?" Peter asked. Gene shook his head. Peter sighed and pushed up his glasses.
"Wait a sec, dad. The computer is the one that tells you what's wrong!" Peter said remembering. "Did you see the screen dad??"
John thought for a moment. "Well I remember seeing the title....something was under it....problem was....was.....was.......wa- I got it! It had something to do with a kid named Jim! He wasn't in his group anymore!"
"Alright dad! Okay Gene Starwind, are you recently missing a kid named Jim?" Peter asked. Gene laughed.
"I wouldn't let that brat back into this ship, even if it meant life or death!" Gene said.
John sighed. "Alright Peter I want you and Sonia to look for this Jim kid alright?" Peter and Sonia nodded.
"Take the DeLorean! I'll keep an eye on this guy!" John yelled after his son. He then turned to Gene.
"So, how was life?" He asked Gene.
The DeLorean sped across the streets of the city. Peter and Sonia looked around for hours. Suddenly they spot a kid following the description. Sonia pointed to him.
"Peter that's him!" She exclaimed. Peter stepped on the gas and hit the breaks so that they skidded right in front of where Jim was going.
"What the...?" Jim never finished as Peter grabbed him and tossed him in the back seat. He jumped into the driver's seat, closed the door and sped away. Jim looked next to him to see a pink hedgehog.
"Now I've seen everything. Hey, why did you two kidnap me?" Jim asked sitting back in his chair.
"We're not kidnapping you." Sonia explained. Peter looked at Jim in the rear view mirror.
"We're on police business. Are you friends with Gene Starwind?" Peter asked. Jim laughed at the mere mention of Gene and him as friends.
"That jerk? As if!" Peter sighed. He pulled over at a curve and stomped on the breaks. Sonia looks over at his officer.
"What is it Peter?" Sonia asked. Peter turned around to face Jim.
"We're gonna have a little talk Jim." Peter said.
"So your from New York City?" Gene asked. Melfina poured some coffee in John's cup. They were inside the Outlaw Star.
"For eleven years." John replied taking a sip from his coffee. Gene thought for a minute.
"I've never heard of New York, is that a galaxy?" John spit his coffee out. He coughed and looked at Gene.
"G-galaxy?!" John choked out. "What hell are you talking about? New York is a state in the United States of America!" John explained. Gene had a question mark flying over his head. John drank his coffee and sighed as he put the cup on the table.
"Okay, it all started in place called Spain and a guy named Christopher Columbus." John paused. He looked at Melfina.
"Get me some Aspirins will ya sweet heart?" He asked Melfina. She went to the restroom to see if there was any Aspirins. John then looked at Gene and continued.
"As I was saying, this Spanish guy named Christopher Columbus was looking for a shorter route to Africa.." Gene listen to the New York cop's history lesson. Aisha and Suzuka decided to listen in.
"You two fought over a busted engine?" Peter asked in disbelief, he pushed up on his glasses as Jim answered.
"It...does seem stupid doesn't it?" Jim asked. Peter just smiled.
"Why don't you apologize to Gene so you both can be a team again?" Sonia asked. Jim smiled.
"Alright, yeah...I think I will. Thanks you two, I'll just call a cab now and-"
"Why bother? I know the way." Peter said. Jim noticed that Peter put on a cab driver's cap. Jim smiled.
"Take me to Gene Stawind please!" Jim said. Peter saluted Jim.
"You got it."
Ben:(talking on a cell phone) I know mom, I'll be home before dinner. Yes I took sparkly to the vet.
Author: AHEM!
Ben: Ulp! Gotta go mom I'm on the air! (hangs up phone and goes through the script) Where was I....Ah yes! Peter and Sonia have finally convinced Jim to apologize to Gene. While Peter's father John, was explaining the history of the United States of America to the Outlaw Star crew. Will Gene accept Jim's apology? Will John ever get to finish his lesson on U. S. history? Will Luigi ever beat Manic at chess? All the answers and more in the rest of the action packed chapter, Chapter 18: The DeLorean and The Outlaw Star!
The DeLorean pulled up next to the Outlaw Star.
"You ready Jim?" Peter asked. Jim nodded. Peter, Sonia and Jim boarded the Outlaw Star.
Melfina handed John a bottle of Aspirin. John thanked her and took two Aspirins. He then continued his lesson.
"And so that's how Hitler's rain of terrene ended. Then came the Great Depression-"
Suddenly the door slides open, not only cutting off John's U.S. History lesson but revealing Peter, Sonia and Jim too. John sighed in relief.
"There you two are, I thought I was gonna get to the Cuban Missile Crises!" John exclaimed. Jim smiled and waved at Gene. Gene just turned his back on him. Jim looked up at his new friends.
"Go on." Sonia told him. Jim took a deep breathe and walked over to Gene.
"Hi Gene." Jim said quietly.
"Hello Mr. Hawkins." Gene replied with his back still turned to him.
"I think we should leave them for a while." Sonia replied. Everyone agreed and walked out.
"Who's up for Parcheesi?" John asked before the door shut behind him.
"Gene look, about the stuff I said about you....I'm sorry." Jim apologized. Gene said nothing.
"Come on Gene! I acted stupid and I really didn't mean a single thing I swear!" Jim pleaded. Gene still said nothing. Jim looked down at the metal ground.
"You mean it?" Gene asked. Jim looked up and smiled.
"I wouldn't be saying it if I didn't!" Jim exclaimed. Suddenly Gene turned around grabbed Jim in a headlock. And gave him a noogie. After the two playfully fought for a while they decided to tell the others. They walked into the other room to see everyone playing Twister. Melfina spinned the arrow.
"Left red hand!" She announced. Suddenly Aisha lost her balance and fell, unfortunately it was on John. John struggled under her.
"Could you get off of me you cat!" He shouted. She glared at the New York cop under her.
"Hey watch your mouth! I am a Catrl Catrl! So you don't want to start anything!" She shouted still on top of John's back.
"Believe me lady, with the impact you gave me I'll be surprised if I can even walk." Aisha was about to respond when she spots Gene and Jim. She climbed to her feet.
"So are you two alright now?" She asked. The two just smiled. Peter helped John up.
"Mission accomplished dad." Peter told his father. John smiled.
"Yippi Ki Yay." He managed to say. Suddenly the ship shook violently.
"Gene, were under attack by pirates." Gilliam said as Gene cursed at their bad luck. John, Peter and Sonia suddenly looked at each other.
"THE DELOREAN!!" The three exclaimed.
"Someone's got to go and get it." John said. He looked at Sonia, Sonia looked at Peter and so did everybody else in the room. Peter looked around and took off his glass and wiped his forehead.
"It's always the rookie huh?" He said. He noticed nobody was will to go so he just shrugged and started running for the exit.
"We can't let him go alone John!" Sonia exclaimed. Gene thought for a moment.
"I'm sure Aisha would love to accompany your son." Gene said smirking Aisha blinked a few times.
"You kidding, I'm not going to go with that guy!" She protested.
"Your the person here that isn't needed!" Jim exclaimed. The Ctarl Ctarl frowned.
"Why me?" She asked.
"Well I can't, I'm not very fast." Sonia stated. John laughed at the poor excuse.
"And you know that the rest of us need to pilot the Outlaw Star." Gene explained Aisha then pointed at Suzuka.
"What about her!?" She shouted. She sipped a cup of tea and looked at the Ctarl Ctarl.
"Why Aisha, you should be happy. Your the strongest in this room and your being chosen to help in a dangerous mission. Surly a proud Ctarl Ctarl like yourself will accept this challenge." Everyone just stared at Suzuka. But to everyone's surprise Aisha smailed her cat smile.
"Why didn't you all say *that* before? Look out kid, here I come!" She said running after Peter.
"How did you..?" Jim asked. Suzuka took another sip from her tea cup.
"It's all in how you say it Jim. Now shouldn't you all get going and man the controls, were under attack you know." Everyone than realized Suzuka was right and they scrambled to get to the pilot room.
Peter had barley made it to the Delorean in one piece. He opened the door to the drivers seat and literally jumped in. He panted as he slumped over the steering wheel.
"What kept you?" He turned to the passenger seat to see Aisha tapping her finger on the dashboard.
"I see they sent me back up." Peter said regaining his breathe. Aisha waited for Peter to regain his breathe.
"So what's your name?" He asked as he turned the ignition key. Aisha stared at the officer. She shrugged and leaned back on the seat.
"Aisha Clan Clan." She replied. She looked over at Peter.
"Yours?" She asked. Peter revved up the engines. He looked over at her.
"Peter McClaine."
"What the hell is taking them so long!?" John shouted as he peered through a window. Shots being fired outside everywhere and still no sign of the Delorean moving. Suddenly it began to leave the ground.
"Finally the kid has a brain after all!" John exclaimed.
"So can this pile of junk actually fly in space?" Aisha asked. Peter rolled his eyes at Aisha's skepticism.
"Hold on!" He yelled. The Delorean dodged the enemy fire in every way possible. Peter switched the manual transmission roughly causing him to turn on the time circuits.
"Hmm, this thing is actually not that bad." She said looking around. Peter would smile if he could. He knew it wasn't everyday a Ctarl Ctarl was impressed with a DeLorean, but right now he was under fire. He then saw that one ship was on his tail. He firmly gripped the transmission.
"Let's see you punks beat 90." He said. The DeLorean drove faster as he stepped on the gas. He hit 85, 87......88. Suddenly the DeLorean had swirls of blue light around it and in a flash it was gone.
"There sill not back??" Mike asked impatiently.
"Calm down man, I'm sure there okay." Manic reassured. Washu patted Mike's back as the poor guy suffered. Then there was a sudden crash in the garage. Mike suddenly perked up.
"IT'S THEM!" He exclaimed. He ran to the garage with everyone else behind him. The DeLorean's doors open to reveal not three but two people.
"Where are we?" Aisha asked as she stepped out of the Delorean. Peter wiped his glasses and put them back on to see and angry Mike Pent.
"In big trouble." He replied with a nervous smile.
Ben: Oh no! It looks like Peter dun a bad thing. What will become of Peter? What will become of everyone in the Outlaw Star?! The answers for these questions and more in, Chapter 19: The DeLorean and The Outlaw Star: A Very Bad Day!
Webpage Update! You can now ask the C Squad Team anything you want! Go to the new Ask The Team section at:
http://jim-nickabocker.tripod.com/cet/
Ben: We find the C squad members in Satellite 5555. Let's see what there up to. In Chapter 18: The DeLorean and The Outlaw Star!
'Who the heck hired him?' Mike thought. His wondering died away as he realized what his situation was. Trapped, half naked, and in front of a red- head scientist in a nurse's outfit.
"You said we could have some fun!" Washu said with a grin.
"This wasn't what I had in mind Little Washu!!!" Mike exclaimed. He was strapped to a table as Washu looked over at him.
"Don't worry this won't hurt....much." She replied smirking.
"AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YIYE HIYE HIYE!!!!!!!!"
Luigi and Manic look over at Washu's room door.
"There she goes again." Luigi said as he moved a chess piece towards Manic.
"Dude, I don't know how Mike can handle it." Manic said as he moved his own piece.
Meanwhile in the kitchen Mario grabbed the last Chile dog, he looked at it to see another hand. He looked over to see Sonic. The blue Hedgehog gritted his teeth.
"This is mine plumber boy!" Mario then swung at Sonic. He dodged quickly and they both started to fight in a cloud of smoke. Larry looked in the kitchen.
"Not this again!" He exclaimed suddenly the alarm went off.
John ran over to the main computer.
"Ah, I think I've seen this show before." He said as he grabbed his son. His son grabbed his new girlfriend.
"Peter, where is your dad taking us?" Sonia asked Peter.
"I wish I knew.....hey dad! Shouldn't we wait for back up?" John looked at his son.
"No time to wait Peter my boy!" John climbed into the DeLorean. Peter and Sonia climbed in also. The DeLorean backed up and sped out of the garage.
Larry walked to the main computer. A red light flashed to signal that a vehicle is being used.
"Computer, what vehicle is it?" Larry asked. The computer beeped.
"....Vehicle is the custom DMC DeLorean Time Vehicle, the McClaine family is my best guess." Larry sighed as the computer told him. He was typing on the computer to see what mission they went on while in the back of his robotic mind he thought. 'Isn't that the voice of Courage's computer..?'
In a flash of light the DeLorean appeared screeching to a halt. John climbed out to see everyone staring at him and the car.
"What's everyone lookin' at?" He asked as everyone went back to their business.
"Dad!" Peter called from in the car. John popped his head in.
"Do you see them anywhere?" Peter asked.
"We're in the right place, there just not here" John replied. He climbed into the DeLorean and they drove off on search of the people they must find.
"They left without back-up and without authorization!?" Mike asked. Larry smiled with a sweatrdrop.
"Yes....I couldn't stop them!" He exclaimed. Washu rolled her eyes.
"Twit." The computer commented.
"Any other news?" Washu asked the robot. Larry then pressed a button on his arm and a piece of paper came out of his chest. He ripped it off and gave it to Washu.
"Another scientist?" Washu read. Larry shrugged.
"Colonel thought you'd might need help." Larry explained.
"Why would a scientific genus as myself need help?!" She yelled at Larry.
"Honest I don't know!!" Suddenly the main computer beeped.
"That must be him." Mike said as he looked at the computer screen. He then walked to the front door. The door slid open and there stood a man with a lab coat, and what looked to be like dishwashing gloves.
"Are you our new scientist?" Mike asked. The man smiled.
"Of coarse, my name is Dr. Fluke Hawkins." The man said. Mike let him in. Dr. Hawkins walked in and stopped to be face-to-face with Washu.
"So your the guy huh?" She asked with her face showing anger. Dr. Hawkins grinned.
"How are you?" He asked shaking her hand. Washu grumbled.
The DeLorean flew across the sky of the unknown city. John adjusted the manual transmission.
"See anything dad?" Peter asked. John shook his head.
"How about you and Sonia?" He asked. Peter looked over at Sonia, she shook her head.
"Nothing." Peter said. Suddenly the DeLorean dove out of the way.
"What the hell was that!?" John exclaimed as he looked up. A giant ship flew over them with a loud rumble.
"Dad! Isn't that the ship?" Peter asked his father. John opened the side door.
"Yup." He said. He pulled out a grappling hook with rope attached to it. He opened the door to his side and threw it at the ship.But it didn't get caught on anything.
"Nice going dad." Peter replied sarcastically. Suddenly the ship started to force the DeLorean on to the ground.
"There forcing us down!" John yelled. Peter held Sonia's hand.
"At least now were in a field away from any buidlings." Peter said. Trying to be an optimist.
"They must think we were trying to attack them!" Sonia exclaimed. John then looked at the grappling hook.
"Give me a break, this thing couldn't even scratch that big ship!" John exclaimed. He then saw that the DeLorean was losing altitude fast. He scrambled back into the driver's seat and closed the door.
"Hang on!" John exclaimed. The DeLorean crashed into dirt. It flew everywhere. As the DeLorean stopped. John, Peter and Sonia climbed out of the DeLorean to see the ship beside them.
"I hate it when things like this happen." Peter said as a man jumped out of the ship. The man approached the three C squad members.
"What were you doing trying to do? Throwing stuff at my ship." The man with red hair said.
"We were having a contest on who can throw a grappling hook the farthest." John joked. The man didn't look amused.
"If I were you. I'd take this a lot more seriously." The man said.
"Yeah? Well than who are you?" John asked.
"Who needs to know?" The man asked, he then spotted Peter and John's badges around their necks. "Oh so your cops?"
"Yeah, but this isn't really my jurisdiction. What's your name?" He asked again.
"Gene Starwind." Gene said. John looked over at Sonia. She took out a piece of paper.
"That's him." She said. Gene looked at the three of them.
"Alright, what's going on here?" Gene asked now really not getting anything.
"Were from an organization called CET, and well....were here to help if there's anything wrong." Peter explained.
"Well, there have been these bounty hunters and pirates after us." Gene said remembering.
"Anything else?" Peter asked. Gene shook his head. Peter sighed and pushed up his glasses.
"Wait a sec, dad. The computer is the one that tells you what's wrong!" Peter said remembering. "Did you see the screen dad??"
John thought for a moment. "Well I remember seeing the title....something was under it....problem was....was.....was.......wa- I got it! It had something to do with a kid named Jim! He wasn't in his group anymore!"
"Alright dad! Okay Gene Starwind, are you recently missing a kid named Jim?" Peter asked. Gene laughed.
"I wouldn't let that brat back into this ship, even if it meant life or death!" Gene said.
John sighed. "Alright Peter I want you and Sonia to look for this Jim kid alright?" Peter and Sonia nodded.
"Take the DeLorean! I'll keep an eye on this guy!" John yelled after his son. He then turned to Gene.
"So, how was life?" He asked Gene.
The DeLorean sped across the streets of the city. Peter and Sonia looked around for hours. Suddenly they spot a kid following the description. Sonia pointed to him.
"Peter that's him!" She exclaimed. Peter stepped on the gas and hit the breaks so that they skidded right in front of where Jim was going.
"What the...?" Jim never finished as Peter grabbed him and tossed him in the back seat. He jumped into the driver's seat, closed the door and sped away. Jim looked next to him to see a pink hedgehog.
"Now I've seen everything. Hey, why did you two kidnap me?" Jim asked sitting back in his chair.
"We're not kidnapping you." Sonia explained. Peter looked at Jim in the rear view mirror.
"We're on police business. Are you friends with Gene Starwind?" Peter asked. Jim laughed at the mere mention of Gene and him as friends.
"That jerk? As if!" Peter sighed. He pulled over at a curve and stomped on the breaks. Sonia looks over at his officer.
"What is it Peter?" Sonia asked. Peter turned around to face Jim.
"We're gonna have a little talk Jim." Peter said.
"So your from New York City?" Gene asked. Melfina poured some coffee in John's cup. They were inside the Outlaw Star.
"For eleven years." John replied taking a sip from his coffee. Gene thought for a minute.
"I've never heard of New York, is that a galaxy?" John spit his coffee out. He coughed and looked at Gene.
"G-galaxy?!" John choked out. "What hell are you talking about? New York is a state in the United States of America!" John explained. Gene had a question mark flying over his head. John drank his coffee and sighed as he put the cup on the table.
"Okay, it all started in place called Spain and a guy named Christopher Columbus." John paused. He looked at Melfina.
"Get me some Aspirins will ya sweet heart?" He asked Melfina. She went to the restroom to see if there was any Aspirins. John then looked at Gene and continued.
"As I was saying, this Spanish guy named Christopher Columbus was looking for a shorter route to Africa.." Gene listen to the New York cop's history lesson. Aisha and Suzuka decided to listen in.
"You two fought over a busted engine?" Peter asked in disbelief, he pushed up on his glasses as Jim answered.
"It...does seem stupid doesn't it?" Jim asked. Peter just smiled.
"Why don't you apologize to Gene so you both can be a team again?" Sonia asked. Jim smiled.
"Alright, yeah...I think I will. Thanks you two, I'll just call a cab now and-"
"Why bother? I know the way." Peter said. Jim noticed that Peter put on a cab driver's cap. Jim smiled.
"Take me to Gene Stawind please!" Jim said. Peter saluted Jim.
"You got it."
Ben:(talking on a cell phone) I know mom, I'll be home before dinner. Yes I took sparkly to the vet.
Author: AHEM!
Ben: Ulp! Gotta go mom I'm on the air! (hangs up phone and goes through the script) Where was I....Ah yes! Peter and Sonia have finally convinced Jim to apologize to Gene. While Peter's father John, was explaining the history of the United States of America to the Outlaw Star crew. Will Gene accept Jim's apology? Will John ever get to finish his lesson on U. S. history? Will Luigi ever beat Manic at chess? All the answers and more in the rest of the action packed chapter, Chapter 18: The DeLorean and The Outlaw Star!
The DeLorean pulled up next to the Outlaw Star.
"You ready Jim?" Peter asked. Jim nodded. Peter, Sonia and Jim boarded the Outlaw Star.
Melfina handed John a bottle of Aspirin. John thanked her and took two Aspirins. He then continued his lesson.
"And so that's how Hitler's rain of terrene ended. Then came the Great Depression-"
Suddenly the door slides open, not only cutting off John's U.S. History lesson but revealing Peter, Sonia and Jim too. John sighed in relief.
"There you two are, I thought I was gonna get to the Cuban Missile Crises!" John exclaimed. Jim smiled and waved at Gene. Gene just turned his back on him. Jim looked up at his new friends.
"Go on." Sonia told him. Jim took a deep breathe and walked over to Gene.
"Hi Gene." Jim said quietly.
"Hello Mr. Hawkins." Gene replied with his back still turned to him.
"I think we should leave them for a while." Sonia replied. Everyone agreed and walked out.
"Who's up for Parcheesi?" John asked before the door shut behind him.
"Gene look, about the stuff I said about you....I'm sorry." Jim apologized. Gene said nothing.
"Come on Gene! I acted stupid and I really didn't mean a single thing I swear!" Jim pleaded. Gene still said nothing. Jim looked down at the metal ground.
"You mean it?" Gene asked. Jim looked up and smiled.
"I wouldn't be saying it if I didn't!" Jim exclaimed. Suddenly Gene turned around grabbed Jim in a headlock. And gave him a noogie. After the two playfully fought for a while they decided to tell the others. They walked into the other room to see everyone playing Twister. Melfina spinned the arrow.
"Left red hand!" She announced. Suddenly Aisha lost her balance and fell, unfortunately it was on John. John struggled under her.
"Could you get off of me you cat!" He shouted. She glared at the New York cop under her.
"Hey watch your mouth! I am a Catrl Catrl! So you don't want to start anything!" She shouted still on top of John's back.
"Believe me lady, with the impact you gave me I'll be surprised if I can even walk." Aisha was about to respond when she spots Gene and Jim. She climbed to her feet.
"So are you two alright now?" She asked. The two just smiled. Peter helped John up.
"Mission accomplished dad." Peter told his father. John smiled.
"Yippi Ki Yay." He managed to say. Suddenly the ship shook violently.
"Gene, were under attack by pirates." Gilliam said as Gene cursed at their bad luck. John, Peter and Sonia suddenly looked at each other.
"THE DELOREAN!!" The three exclaimed.
"Someone's got to go and get it." John said. He looked at Sonia, Sonia looked at Peter and so did everybody else in the room. Peter looked around and took off his glass and wiped his forehead.
"It's always the rookie huh?" He said. He noticed nobody was will to go so he just shrugged and started running for the exit.
"We can't let him go alone John!" Sonia exclaimed. Gene thought for a moment.
"I'm sure Aisha would love to accompany your son." Gene said smirking Aisha blinked a few times.
"You kidding, I'm not going to go with that guy!" She protested.
"Your the person here that isn't needed!" Jim exclaimed. The Ctarl Ctarl frowned.
"Why me?" She asked.
"Well I can't, I'm not very fast." Sonia stated. John laughed at the poor excuse.
"And you know that the rest of us need to pilot the Outlaw Star." Gene explained Aisha then pointed at Suzuka.
"What about her!?" She shouted. She sipped a cup of tea and looked at the Ctarl Ctarl.
"Why Aisha, you should be happy. Your the strongest in this room and your being chosen to help in a dangerous mission. Surly a proud Ctarl Ctarl like yourself will accept this challenge." Everyone just stared at Suzuka. But to everyone's surprise Aisha smailed her cat smile.
"Why didn't you all say *that* before? Look out kid, here I come!" She said running after Peter.
"How did you..?" Jim asked. Suzuka took another sip from her tea cup.
"It's all in how you say it Jim. Now shouldn't you all get going and man the controls, were under attack you know." Everyone than realized Suzuka was right and they scrambled to get to the pilot room.
Peter had barley made it to the Delorean in one piece. He opened the door to the drivers seat and literally jumped in. He panted as he slumped over the steering wheel.
"What kept you?" He turned to the passenger seat to see Aisha tapping her finger on the dashboard.
"I see they sent me back up." Peter said regaining his breathe. Aisha waited for Peter to regain his breathe.
"So what's your name?" He asked as he turned the ignition key. Aisha stared at the officer. She shrugged and leaned back on the seat.
"Aisha Clan Clan." She replied. She looked over at Peter.
"Yours?" She asked. Peter revved up the engines. He looked over at her.
"Peter McClaine."
"What the hell is taking them so long!?" John shouted as he peered through a window. Shots being fired outside everywhere and still no sign of the Delorean moving. Suddenly it began to leave the ground.
"Finally the kid has a brain after all!" John exclaimed.
"So can this pile of junk actually fly in space?" Aisha asked. Peter rolled his eyes at Aisha's skepticism.
"Hold on!" He yelled. The Delorean dodged the enemy fire in every way possible. Peter switched the manual transmission roughly causing him to turn on the time circuits.
"Hmm, this thing is actually not that bad." She said looking around. Peter would smile if he could. He knew it wasn't everyday a Ctarl Ctarl was impressed with a DeLorean, but right now he was under fire. He then saw that one ship was on his tail. He firmly gripped the transmission.
"Let's see you punks beat 90." He said. The DeLorean drove faster as he stepped on the gas. He hit 85, 87......88. Suddenly the DeLorean had swirls of blue light around it and in a flash it was gone.
"There sill not back??" Mike asked impatiently.
"Calm down man, I'm sure there okay." Manic reassured. Washu patted Mike's back as the poor guy suffered. Then there was a sudden crash in the garage. Mike suddenly perked up.
"IT'S THEM!" He exclaimed. He ran to the garage with everyone else behind him. The DeLorean's doors open to reveal not three but two people.
"Where are we?" Aisha asked as she stepped out of the Delorean. Peter wiped his glasses and put them back on to see and angry Mike Pent.
"In big trouble." He replied with a nervous smile.
Ben: Oh no! It looks like Peter dun a bad thing. What will become of Peter? What will become of everyone in the Outlaw Star?! The answers for these questions and more in, Chapter 19: The DeLorean and The Outlaw Star: A Very Bad Day!
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