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On the Way to Tara, Ireland
It was going to be a long drive to Tara. About ten minutes ago Mulch decided to start singing some stupid mud man song. The worst part was that it never seemed to end because he only knew the first sentence or two.
"She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes! She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes! She'll comin' round the mountain, she'll be comin' round the mountain, she'll be comin' round the mountain when she- "
"SHUT UP!" Root screamed in frustration. First of all, he hated, and when I say hated I mean hated, this song. Second of all he couldn't hear himself think, that was how loud Mulch was singing, but what everyone else would call croaking noises from a dying animal. And lastly, he had a very splitting headache that wasn't improving his mood too much.
"Julius, I thought that it would be nice to have some lovely music on this boring car ride." Mulch said, all too politely.
"You can't carry a tune in a bucket and even Foaly can do that. And he is horrible." Holly exclaimed.
"Well why don't you sing for them. I know that you can sing." Came Foaly's voice from Troubles helmet mike.
"I can not."
"Oh, yes you can. Whenever you fall asleep in the OP's booth you sing under your breath in your sleep. And besides I had your mother send me some lovely home movies of you when you were in the choir." Foaly said, he was loving Holly's embarrassment. By this time Holly had gone red in the face and the whole group was smiling, even Artemis.
"Frond I hate her." Could be heard as Holly muttered some very colorful language under her breath.
"Since mine is so bad why don't you sing for us." Mulch suggested with a coy grin on his face. Holly was extremely embarrassed. It wasn't like she had wanted to be in the stupid choir but her mom had made her do it.
Artemis sensed her tremendous mortification. It was only a few minutes ago that it was he who was the embarrassed one. "I give you permission to stun him, Captain Short." Artemis whispered barely audible.
Holly heard him, due to the People's keen hearing and vision, and was up in a flash with her buzz baton in hand. Quicker than lightening Holly unbuckled Mulch's seatbelt and pushed him forward so that she could get a good shot at his rear. She did and the yelp he made was so loud that Holly was sure everyone from America to Singapore had heard him.
Holly was now in a good mood. Mulch was rubbing his rather large rear while looking at Holly like a hurt puppy would.
"I thought we were past all of this, Holly. I mean, I aspect this sort of behavior from the Commander but not from you. Do you realize how much that hurt? What setting did you have it on? Kill?" Mulch said indignantly.
"It was on the lowest setting possible but if you would like me to put it on kill it would be my pleasure." Holly said with authority. Mulch pouted some more but finally turned around and buckled his seat belt while muttering something about insane females with power and weapons. Holly smirked a little more when Mulch yelped as he tried to sit down but couldn't so he had to sit on his side in the most awkward position. This turn in events really helped Commander Root's temper. He was smiling like Christmas had come early this year. Something he loved more than yelling was seeing the convict in pain.
Butler was just shaking his head softly as he drove down the rode. Sometime they can really act like children when they want to, he thought in amusement. Captain Short can be so immature sometimes.
The rest of the ride to Tara was quiet because Mulch truly was terrified of Holly when she had a weapon, so technically she constantly frightened him, and no one else really felt like speaking. After all, they did have a long journey ahead of them and everyone except Holly was dreading the ride to Koboi labs, even if she was a professional.
Tara, Shuttle Port, Underground, Ireland
There were not any scheduled shuttles or LEP shuttles that they could hop a ride on. The only ones there were privately owned and operated ones belonging to the richest of the rich in Haven, in other words, they couldn't touch them. After Foaly explained this to them they all looked downhearted, all except Mulch, that is.
"Well darn. I was looking so forward to a ride in one of those going ten million miles an hours. Oh well." Mulch said with mock sorrow. Everyone thought he was correct, that is, until they looked at Holly's face and saw her 'thinking face' on. Mulch's eyes widened as he knew she had some half- baked plan up her sleeve. Holly was staring thoughtfully at the fastest model shuttle ever invented, not even the LEP could afford one of those bad boys. She had never even seen one up close, that's how expensive they were. She had always wondered what it would be like to fly one of them.
Artemis didn't like the way she was looking at that shuttle and neither did anyone else.
"We could always 'borrow' one." She said thoughtfully.
"Short, that goes against almost all regulations and besides it would be stealing." Root said indignantly.
"We would return it. And besides even if it does get damaged someone rich enough to afford one would be able to buy another one." Holly was making a lot of sense. Even if the person could afford a new one their insurance would no doubt pay for it a hundred times over.
"You can't be serious." Came Artemis' astounded voice from the rear of the group. " How, do you suppose, we'll get into it? They probably have a high tech security system on it. Besides a civilian would have the speed locked so it won't go as fast as we need it to go."
Holly rolled her eyes. " Well of course it will have a security system but that where you and Foaly come in. I can take care of the speed lock and make it go a whole hell of a lot faster by adjusting a few wires." Holly smiled knowingly. " Okay, I'll need someone to go get me those tools over there by that bench. Butler, you and Root stand watch and make sure nobody is coming our way. The press would have a field day if they saw officers breaking into private property." No one moved. "Well come on we don't have all day." The others looked at Root and he slowly nodded his head, giving silent permission to do as she said.
Using his beard, Mulch was able to open the doors so Holly could get in. Artemis disabled all security systems with the pressing of a few buttons. Holly pressed a few buttons as well, disabling the speed lock. She was about to move outside to make the engine go faster when Artemis spoke to her. "Is that really necessary? I'm sure it goes plenty fast enough. Besides you're just wasting time on it when we could be caught any second."
"Artemis, I know how these things work and it will take me a matter of seconds to make it go up to three or four hundred miles per hour faster. Plus, you'll thank me when we use this ship to outrun some flares and, by the time we get to Koboi, some warships possibly." Artemis knew that she was right but he got the sneaking suspicion that she had always wanted to do something like this. Reckless and dangerous.
True to her word, Holly was done in a matter of seconds and they were all boarding the ship. Holly looked ecstatic as she sat down in the pilots seat and grabbed onto the controls. The others were not sharing the joy Holly had, as they were about to be flying in the fastest craft in the world with one of the most dangerous pilots steering.
A/N~ Keep reviewing. I want to try and reach the one hundred mark, so please review!
On the Way to Tara, Ireland
It was going to be a long drive to Tara. About ten minutes ago Mulch decided to start singing some stupid mud man song. The worst part was that it never seemed to end because he only knew the first sentence or two.
"She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes! She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes! She'll comin' round the mountain, she'll be comin' round the mountain, she'll be comin' round the mountain when she- "
"SHUT UP!" Root screamed in frustration. First of all, he hated, and when I say hated I mean hated, this song. Second of all he couldn't hear himself think, that was how loud Mulch was singing, but what everyone else would call croaking noises from a dying animal. And lastly, he had a very splitting headache that wasn't improving his mood too much.
"Julius, I thought that it would be nice to have some lovely music on this boring car ride." Mulch said, all too politely.
"You can't carry a tune in a bucket and even Foaly can do that. And he is horrible." Holly exclaimed.
"Well why don't you sing for them. I know that you can sing." Came Foaly's voice from Troubles helmet mike.
"I can not."
"Oh, yes you can. Whenever you fall asleep in the OP's booth you sing under your breath in your sleep. And besides I had your mother send me some lovely home movies of you when you were in the choir." Foaly said, he was loving Holly's embarrassment. By this time Holly had gone red in the face and the whole group was smiling, even Artemis.
"Frond I hate her." Could be heard as Holly muttered some very colorful language under her breath.
"Since mine is so bad why don't you sing for us." Mulch suggested with a coy grin on his face. Holly was extremely embarrassed. It wasn't like she had wanted to be in the stupid choir but her mom had made her do it.
Artemis sensed her tremendous mortification. It was only a few minutes ago that it was he who was the embarrassed one. "I give you permission to stun him, Captain Short." Artemis whispered barely audible.
Holly heard him, due to the People's keen hearing and vision, and was up in a flash with her buzz baton in hand. Quicker than lightening Holly unbuckled Mulch's seatbelt and pushed him forward so that she could get a good shot at his rear. She did and the yelp he made was so loud that Holly was sure everyone from America to Singapore had heard him.
Holly was now in a good mood. Mulch was rubbing his rather large rear while looking at Holly like a hurt puppy would.
"I thought we were past all of this, Holly. I mean, I aspect this sort of behavior from the Commander but not from you. Do you realize how much that hurt? What setting did you have it on? Kill?" Mulch said indignantly.
"It was on the lowest setting possible but if you would like me to put it on kill it would be my pleasure." Holly said with authority. Mulch pouted some more but finally turned around and buckled his seat belt while muttering something about insane females with power and weapons. Holly smirked a little more when Mulch yelped as he tried to sit down but couldn't so he had to sit on his side in the most awkward position. This turn in events really helped Commander Root's temper. He was smiling like Christmas had come early this year. Something he loved more than yelling was seeing the convict in pain.
Butler was just shaking his head softly as he drove down the rode. Sometime they can really act like children when they want to, he thought in amusement. Captain Short can be so immature sometimes.
The rest of the ride to Tara was quiet because Mulch truly was terrified of Holly when she had a weapon, so technically she constantly frightened him, and no one else really felt like speaking. After all, they did have a long journey ahead of them and everyone except Holly was dreading the ride to Koboi labs, even if she was a professional.
Tara, Shuttle Port, Underground, Ireland
There were not any scheduled shuttles or LEP shuttles that they could hop a ride on. The only ones there were privately owned and operated ones belonging to the richest of the rich in Haven, in other words, they couldn't touch them. After Foaly explained this to them they all looked downhearted, all except Mulch, that is.
"Well darn. I was looking so forward to a ride in one of those going ten million miles an hours. Oh well." Mulch said with mock sorrow. Everyone thought he was correct, that is, until they looked at Holly's face and saw her 'thinking face' on. Mulch's eyes widened as he knew she had some half- baked plan up her sleeve. Holly was staring thoughtfully at the fastest model shuttle ever invented, not even the LEP could afford one of those bad boys. She had never even seen one up close, that's how expensive they were. She had always wondered what it would be like to fly one of them.
Artemis didn't like the way she was looking at that shuttle and neither did anyone else.
"We could always 'borrow' one." She said thoughtfully.
"Short, that goes against almost all regulations and besides it would be stealing." Root said indignantly.
"We would return it. And besides even if it does get damaged someone rich enough to afford one would be able to buy another one." Holly was making a lot of sense. Even if the person could afford a new one their insurance would no doubt pay for it a hundred times over.
"You can't be serious." Came Artemis' astounded voice from the rear of the group. " How, do you suppose, we'll get into it? They probably have a high tech security system on it. Besides a civilian would have the speed locked so it won't go as fast as we need it to go."
Holly rolled her eyes. " Well of course it will have a security system but that where you and Foaly come in. I can take care of the speed lock and make it go a whole hell of a lot faster by adjusting a few wires." Holly smiled knowingly. " Okay, I'll need someone to go get me those tools over there by that bench. Butler, you and Root stand watch and make sure nobody is coming our way. The press would have a field day if they saw officers breaking into private property." No one moved. "Well come on we don't have all day." The others looked at Root and he slowly nodded his head, giving silent permission to do as she said.
Using his beard, Mulch was able to open the doors so Holly could get in. Artemis disabled all security systems with the pressing of a few buttons. Holly pressed a few buttons as well, disabling the speed lock. She was about to move outside to make the engine go faster when Artemis spoke to her. "Is that really necessary? I'm sure it goes plenty fast enough. Besides you're just wasting time on it when we could be caught any second."
"Artemis, I know how these things work and it will take me a matter of seconds to make it go up to three or four hundred miles per hour faster. Plus, you'll thank me when we use this ship to outrun some flares and, by the time we get to Koboi, some warships possibly." Artemis knew that she was right but he got the sneaking suspicion that she had always wanted to do something like this. Reckless and dangerous.
True to her word, Holly was done in a matter of seconds and they were all boarding the ship. Holly looked ecstatic as she sat down in the pilots seat and grabbed onto the controls. The others were not sharing the joy Holly had, as they were about to be flying in the fastest craft in the world with one of the most dangerous pilots steering.