Spitfyre slides her glasses to the top of her head, sighing in
frustration. Why wouldn't that damn piece line up with the rest of
them? She'd tooled and retooled until she was almost collapsing with
fatigue, but still the marks that she'd made wouldn't line up. She
picks up the pieces of the weapon she was working on and hurls them
across the room, slumping down on the counter with her head buried in
her crossed arms.
Grand Slam and Short Fuze burst in the door after they hear the noise, both thinking that something has happened to their lovable little buddy.
"I should have known not to try to work on something like this during this particular week. I know better. I know what happens. God, I hate Valentine's Day!" Spitfyre berates herself, punching the solid steel door of the cabinet by her stool. Grand Slam comes up behind her and scoops her into his arms, putting her down on the floor on her feet when she protests, squirming and growling at him.
"What?" she snarls at them, obviously not in a good mood.
Both men look at each other, and then reach out, each grabbing one of her arms. They practically pick her up off of the floor, hauling her out of the machine shop and over to the infirmary.
They encounter Lifeline just inside the door. "Lifeline, we need a sedative in the worst way imaginable. Spitfyre's been working for four days straight with no sleep, and it's starting to tell on her," Short Fuze stated. "She's had a hard while of it, what with the sabotage going on, the newbies coming in, and the time of the year it is. She's been working way too hard for way too long."
Lifeline looks at Spitfyre and concludes that the guys are right. There are dark circles under her eyes; and her belt is pulled tighter than she usually wore it. He goes over to one of the cabinets in the triage area and gets a syringe, filling it with a sedative. He comes back over to the group.
Grand Slam asks her, "Is your keys still in your pocket?" She nods and pulls them out, handing them to him. She knows why he wants them, and she goes along with him, knowing that she can't fight all three of them at the same time, especially when they have the backing of the rest of the unit.
After Lifeline injects the sedative into her arm, Grand Slam swings her into his arms and carries her up to her quarters, tucking her into bed. As he does that, Short Fuze goes over to the command center, looking for Hawk. When he finds him, he explains what's going on and what he and Grand Slam have planned.
Hawk calls Steeler in the office at the motor pool, wanting to know if there were any VAMPs that were on the verge of breaking down and could be used as a decoy for a project that he had in mind.
The girls in the office overhear and decide to help them out, offering to go into town and find some appropriate clothing for Spitfyre for the night. They knew that all she had were three pairs of jeans, six t-shirts and one skirt, and the rest of her wardrobe consisted of a couple of uniforms. Grand Slam and Short Fuze take them up on the offer. They decide to pull their little "covert op" on Valentine's Day, two days away.
The next day, Lady Jaye, Scarlett, Jinx, and Cover Girl go into town to find the perfect dress after finding out exactly what Grand Slam had in mind. They had taken a look at Spitfyre's personnel file and found out her clothing sizes. In one of the little boutiques, they find an absolutely darling, daring little dark green dress. The bodice is fitted, but the skirt flares for a bit of a flounce, perfect for the dancing that he wants to do. The color is perfect for Cadie; it'll bring out the red highlights in her hair. They buy it and some accessories and manage to sneak it back onto the base without Spitfyre seeing it. (Not a hard job to do since she's up and in the machine shop again working on that weapon she got frustrated with yesterday.)
Flash goes out to town with the girls and finds the perfect complement to the dress, a deep, reddish sable wrap. It's expensive but he doesn't think about it, buying it for Cadie and planning on sneaking it into her closet before the guys get their plans underway. To him, Cadie is his confidante, but he realizes that she needs something to help her comprehend that she is special to the whole unit.
When the girls go after Grand Slam to give him the package, he sneaks into Cadie's quarters with the help of Cover Girl, and slips the wrap into her closet and is out of there before they can get caught.
The marks lined up for her this time, after about an hour and a half; she spent the rest of the day out at the range, testing it. When she was satisfied with its performance, she called a halt and went in search of food. She went back to her quarters and microwaved a frozen pizza and snacked on it while she thought up new ideas
Grand Slam and Short Fuze burst in the door after they hear the noise, both thinking that something has happened to their lovable little buddy.
"I should have known not to try to work on something like this during this particular week. I know better. I know what happens. God, I hate Valentine's Day!" Spitfyre berates herself, punching the solid steel door of the cabinet by her stool. Grand Slam comes up behind her and scoops her into his arms, putting her down on the floor on her feet when she protests, squirming and growling at him.
"What?" she snarls at them, obviously not in a good mood.
Both men look at each other, and then reach out, each grabbing one of her arms. They practically pick her up off of the floor, hauling her out of the machine shop and over to the infirmary.
They encounter Lifeline just inside the door. "Lifeline, we need a sedative in the worst way imaginable. Spitfyre's been working for four days straight with no sleep, and it's starting to tell on her," Short Fuze stated. "She's had a hard while of it, what with the sabotage going on, the newbies coming in, and the time of the year it is. She's been working way too hard for way too long."
Lifeline looks at Spitfyre and concludes that the guys are right. There are dark circles under her eyes; and her belt is pulled tighter than she usually wore it. He goes over to one of the cabinets in the triage area and gets a syringe, filling it with a sedative. He comes back over to the group.
Grand Slam asks her, "Is your keys still in your pocket?" She nods and pulls them out, handing them to him. She knows why he wants them, and she goes along with him, knowing that she can't fight all three of them at the same time, especially when they have the backing of the rest of the unit.
After Lifeline injects the sedative into her arm, Grand Slam swings her into his arms and carries her up to her quarters, tucking her into bed. As he does that, Short Fuze goes over to the command center, looking for Hawk. When he finds him, he explains what's going on and what he and Grand Slam have planned.
Hawk calls Steeler in the office at the motor pool, wanting to know if there were any VAMPs that were on the verge of breaking down and could be used as a decoy for a project that he had in mind.
The girls in the office overhear and decide to help them out, offering to go into town and find some appropriate clothing for Spitfyre for the night. They knew that all she had were three pairs of jeans, six t-shirts and one skirt, and the rest of her wardrobe consisted of a couple of uniforms. Grand Slam and Short Fuze take them up on the offer. They decide to pull their little "covert op" on Valentine's Day, two days away.
The next day, Lady Jaye, Scarlett, Jinx, and Cover Girl go into town to find the perfect dress after finding out exactly what Grand Slam had in mind. They had taken a look at Spitfyre's personnel file and found out her clothing sizes. In one of the little boutiques, they find an absolutely darling, daring little dark green dress. The bodice is fitted, but the skirt flares for a bit of a flounce, perfect for the dancing that he wants to do. The color is perfect for Cadie; it'll bring out the red highlights in her hair. They buy it and some accessories and manage to sneak it back onto the base without Spitfyre seeing it. (Not a hard job to do since she's up and in the machine shop again working on that weapon she got frustrated with yesterday.)
Flash goes out to town with the girls and finds the perfect complement to the dress, a deep, reddish sable wrap. It's expensive but he doesn't think about it, buying it for Cadie and planning on sneaking it into her closet before the guys get their plans underway. To him, Cadie is his confidante, but he realizes that she needs something to help her comprehend that she is special to the whole unit.
When the girls go after Grand Slam to give him the package, he sneaks into Cadie's quarters with the help of Cover Girl, and slips the wrap into her closet and is out of there before they can get caught.
The marks lined up for her this time, after about an hour and a half; she spent the rest of the day out at the range, testing it. When she was satisfied with its performance, she called a halt and went in search of food. She went back to her quarters and microwaved a frozen pizza and snacked on it while she thought up new ideas