"What?" Kee-Kee asked following Ramo's gaze.
Everyone turned and stared at an object outside the window that was drawing nearer and nearer. With the tinkling of shattered glass hitting the floor, a flying naked man crashed through the large, high window. He landed softly on the rug.
"Uh, hi, Komada," Kee-Kee mumbled, looking embarrassed because everyone in the room was staring. "Shouldn't you put some clothes on?"
"Komada!" Snape cried in horror as he fought his way through the crowd. A young woman in a revealing, short white dress clung to his arm.
"Severus! Good to see you, dear cousin!" Komada yelled, completely unembarrassed that he was unclothed.
"You guys are cousins?" Ramo grilled.
"I noticed that you two looked alike, but I didn¹t know you were related. . ." Kee-Kee observed.
"Yes, Sev is my mother's brother's son. Now, if you excuse me, I must fly to the light for I must not die!"
"My name is not Sev!" Severus bellowed as Komada took off.
Komada soared through the air and right into the huge chandelier. There was a buzzing sound and a bright flash. The power went out. People were screaming.
"Come on, we have to do something!" Kee-Kee hissed.
Ramo and Chippy trailed her through the mass of people to where Komada lay sprawled on the ground. Chippy checked his pulse.
"He¹s OK!" she declared.
People were fumbling around in the dark and knocking into the girls. They could hear Ara screaming at people, trying to get them out of their corner.
"We have to get him home," Ramo shouted over the voices of the other guests.
"Let¹s start by bringing him outside," Kee-Kee ordered.
Kee-Kee grasped Komada¹s arms, and Chippy and Ramo each seized an ankle. The girls carefully stepped around the larger pieces of broken glass from the chandelier as they lugged the unconscious man toward the door. Instead of staying still, some of the more unintelligent men and women were scurrying around, making the going difficult.
"Good thing it's dark," Chippy announced. "This wouldn't be a nice view."
"You can say that again," Ramo grunted. "Now if it were Raistlin. . ."
"Raistlin wears clothes in public," Kee-Kee pointed out.
"True."
A man with a flashlight and a megaphone stood near the door trying to give orders. But a huge woman dressed in purple knocked him over. The girls narrowly avoided her.
Finally they staggered out into the cool night air. The street lights made it brighter outside than in.
"Now what?" Chippy breathed as they spread Komada out on the ground.
"I¹ll call Mike and ask him to take Komada home," Ramo stated. "Do you have your cell phone, Chippy?"
Chippy slid it out of her gown's waistband.
Ten minutes later, Mike pulled up, looking less than happy about his task. But Ramo offered to pay him a considerable amount of money, so he was helping out.
"Tell that friend he lives with to keep better track of him." Kee-Kee instructed. "I don¹t care if he's a "Biohunter", he can¹t just go flying around at night!"
The lights inside the guild headquarters flickered on.
"OK," Mike said with a trace of reluctance in his voice. "I want my money tomorrow, Ramo."
He slammed the door and sped off, leaving the girls in a cloud of exhaust fumes.
Everyone turned and stared at an object outside the window that was drawing nearer and nearer. With the tinkling of shattered glass hitting the floor, a flying naked man crashed through the large, high window. He landed softly on the rug.
"Uh, hi, Komada," Kee-Kee mumbled, looking embarrassed because everyone in the room was staring. "Shouldn't you put some clothes on?"
"Komada!" Snape cried in horror as he fought his way through the crowd. A young woman in a revealing, short white dress clung to his arm.
"Severus! Good to see you, dear cousin!" Komada yelled, completely unembarrassed that he was unclothed.
"You guys are cousins?" Ramo grilled.
"I noticed that you two looked alike, but I didn¹t know you were related. . ." Kee-Kee observed.
"Yes, Sev is my mother's brother's son. Now, if you excuse me, I must fly to the light for I must not die!"
"My name is not Sev!" Severus bellowed as Komada took off.
Komada soared through the air and right into the huge chandelier. There was a buzzing sound and a bright flash. The power went out. People were screaming.
"Come on, we have to do something!" Kee-Kee hissed.
Ramo and Chippy trailed her through the mass of people to where Komada lay sprawled on the ground. Chippy checked his pulse.
"He¹s OK!" she declared.
People were fumbling around in the dark and knocking into the girls. They could hear Ara screaming at people, trying to get them out of their corner.
"We have to get him home," Ramo shouted over the voices of the other guests.
"Let¹s start by bringing him outside," Kee-Kee ordered.
Kee-Kee grasped Komada¹s arms, and Chippy and Ramo each seized an ankle. The girls carefully stepped around the larger pieces of broken glass from the chandelier as they lugged the unconscious man toward the door. Instead of staying still, some of the more unintelligent men and women were scurrying around, making the going difficult.
"Good thing it's dark," Chippy announced. "This wouldn't be a nice view."
"You can say that again," Ramo grunted. "Now if it were Raistlin. . ."
"Raistlin wears clothes in public," Kee-Kee pointed out.
"True."
A man with a flashlight and a megaphone stood near the door trying to give orders. But a huge woman dressed in purple knocked him over. The girls narrowly avoided her.
Finally they staggered out into the cool night air. The street lights made it brighter outside than in.
"Now what?" Chippy breathed as they spread Komada out on the ground.
"I¹ll call Mike and ask him to take Komada home," Ramo stated. "Do you have your cell phone, Chippy?"
Chippy slid it out of her gown's waistband.
Ten minutes later, Mike pulled up, looking less than happy about his task. But Ramo offered to pay him a considerable amount of money, so he was helping out.
"Tell that friend he lives with to keep better track of him." Kee-Kee instructed. "I don¹t care if he's a "Biohunter", he can¹t just go flying around at night!"
The lights inside the guild headquarters flickered on.
"OK," Mike said with a trace of reluctance in his voice. "I want my money tomorrow, Ramo."
He slammed the door and sped off, leaving the girls in a cloud of exhaust fumes.