Author's Note - Couldn't resist, mate.

Chapter Twenty-Four

Jones and Carine finished their duties aboard the Yellow Dart and straightened up. Pip fluttered down onto Jones' shoulder while the two looked about at the empty ship around them.

"Do you suppose that they've forgotten about us?" asked Jones.

Carine looked angry. "Ooo, I 'ope not. There's no' a lot tha' I wouldn't give t'see Will wif cotton candy in 'is 'air."

Jones could only nod. He had no idea what Carine had just said. Accents were funny like that.