Chapter 18:: She's a Lady
Can you guess what happens in this chapter just by the title? Too bad, I'm still writing it. Anyway, this song contains the song 'She's a Lady', no duh, by Tom Jones. So, yeah. I wrote this one pretty fast, so it's not too good. Sorry. ::Cries::
"G-Glimmerize?" Billy stammered. "Is that going to hurt?"
"Sounds fun." Fei said sarcastically.
"Yeah, Fei, you look girly enough." Bart said, looking at Fei with an amused expression.
"Shhhhaaaaaaaaaa WHAT the HELL do you mean?!" Fei snapped.
"Oh hell yeah!" Ziggy grinned and walked in between Fei and Billy and put his arms over their shoulders, his fingers touching Bart's shoulder. "And I could be their pimp." He said with a wide grin.
Billy and Fei looked down at Ziggy, Bart flashing a disgusted glare at him as well. The young Black just sighed and looked up, folding his arms and pulling away.
"Are you trying to make me spew?" Fei said, pushing Ziggy off. "Just cuz we're gonna cross dress doesn't make us actual women, moron."
"Could've fooled you." Bart replied.
"Bitch fight!" Ziggy cried and stepped back. "We gotta get these ladies a pit of mud, mon." He said, looking back at Brad. Brad just cringed.
"You guys are all insane." Zeke rolled his eyes.
"No one is asking you to stay." Billy snarled. "You could just continue on your merry little way."
"No thank you." Zeke said, looking away.
"My brothers, we don't need to diss on each other." Jessie murmured, looking upwards.
"What are you now, a hippie?" Rico asked, looking at Jessie.
"I'm just living, my man." Jessie replied, making the peace symbol with his fingers. "I suggest you do the same."
"People, people, people!" Glimmer whistled and clapped the tips of his hands. "Meet me at the Sunset Salon in three hours! We shall begin your transformation!" He giggled and took his boyfriend's hand. "Come, Snoopy Bear!"
"Yeah yeah." His boyfriend sighed and followed Glimmer.
"Your brother is scary, dear." Kalie said, looking at Aaron.
"I know." He sighed and took Reila's hand. "Come along, dear."
"OK, daddy." Reila smiled.
"We have three hours to be men." Bart looked at Billy and Fei. "We should watch football and drink beer and eat corn chips until then."
Billy paused and looked around. "I'm going to go read as soon as I get back."
Fei looked at Bart and shrugged. "I'm with you all the way, buddy."
"Gentlemen!" Citan snapped and the three young men stopped and turned to him.
"Problem, doc?" Fei asked as Citan folded his arms and tapped his foot.
"Yes, there is a problem, young ones." Citan growled.
"I'll bet he's going to whine at us about being prompt in our rescue." Bart rolled his eye.
"Listen, Citan, I would go save Karina in a heartbeat, but the only logical thing to do, and I hope to God I will never have to say this again, is Bart's idea to go undercover."
"I know this, young one's. But I think you all should spend this time to get ready and try and plan out your strategy."
"Perhaps somewhere less public, Hyuga?" Sigurd sighed and looked around.
"True true." Citan looked around, then nodded.
"Sierra!" Karina cried and crawled to her side.
"Get away from me." Sierra muttered, half asleep. "I'm tired."
"Sierra, wake up!" Karina nudged her and sat down.
"Hunh?" Sierra blinked and opened her eyes slowly. As soon as she saw Karina in the dimly lit room she groaned. "Oh God, I died and went to hell."
Karina frowned. "How did you.?"
"Tsh." Sierra growled and looked away.
"I wanna know what the hell is going on." Kajumei snapped and looked around the dark room.
"Elly?" Emeralda whispered.
"Yes, Emmy?" Elly looked down and smiled, trying to look brave.
"Where's Fei?" Emeralda looked around.
"I don't know." Elly replied and hugged Emeralda.
"Where are we?" Emeralda asked, snuggling close to Elly.
"I don't know that either." Elly sighed.
"We'll be fine, Emeralda." Maria said gently, rubbing Emeralda's hair.
Karina, accepting the fact that Sierra didn't want to speak to her, stood up and looked around. "Wherever we are," She looked back at Kajumei. "I know Brad will find us."
Kajumei chuckled and folded her arms. "If we go a-missing, he'll knock down every building in Cimerion to try and find us." Kajumei took a grip on Karina's shoulder. "But I don't think Brad is exactly the guy you want to save you, now is he?"
Karina looked away, thankful the dark hid her deep blush. "Maybe." She whispered, clenching her fist.
"OK, ladies." A man's voice boomed as a bright light filled the room. A lanky man walked in, a smug expression on his pale, drawn face. His hair was thin and greased back, his eyes had large circles under them as if he had been up for the past three weeks. He folded his hand and leaned forward. "You all have be-" He began, but Kajumei grabbed onto him and got him into a headlock.
"OK, obvious flunky, why the hell did you grab us?" She snapped and tightened her grip.
"Kajumei." Karina stepped forward, edging nervously to her friend. "He can't exactly explain himself with you pulling is head off."
Kajumei looked at Karina momentarily, then at the man, then back at Karina. "Ugh." She sighed and rolled her eyes, dropping him. "Fine."
The tall man recollected himself and gave Kajumei a disapproving glare, then straightened his suit and smiled at Karina. "You lovely ladies have been chosen to become Ernest Oni's wives!"
Maria raised one eyebrow. "Scuse me?"
Kajumei was about to grab him again, but Karina held her back.
"What kind of moronic idea is that?" Karina snapped.
"Not to mention illegal." Elly hugged onto Emeralda.
"Please, ladies, it's not as if you are the only ones."
"How many wives does this guy NEED?!" Sierra spoke up. "Cause Sierra LeRage don't play that game."
"Yeah, you have to pay her, then she'll do anything you say." Kajumei folded her arms.
"I'm not a whore, bitch!" Sierra growled.
"Skkkkannnnnk!" Kajumei whistled and the tall man sighed.
"Ladies, please."
"Stay out of this, skinny!" Sierra snapped.
"Sierra, Kajumei, please!" Karina looked at the two of them.
"You stay out of this too, goody-two-shoes." Sierra snapped.
The man looked down. "We would like to make you all comfortable while you stay here."
"Oh, so they drug us and take us to some smelly room where I get locked with Princess Purity over here and they want me COMFORTABLE?!" Sierra snapped and gestured at Karina. "How bout I beat that shiny bald head of yours into the ground and make it a stool? That'll make me comfortable!"
He laughed nervously and turned away. "Oh, and ladies, trying to escape isn't smiled upon." He smiled a little and shut the door, locking it.
"NEXT TIME." Kajumei looked at Karina. "I'm breaking his neck and you won't stop me."
"I'm sorry, Kajumei." Karina sighed and sat down. "It seems like all of these bad things have happened around me."
"Yes, and I blame you completely." Sierra growled.
"Stop it, Sierra!" Maria glared at Sierra, sitting upright. "This was not Karina's fault, so don't you dare blame it on her!"
"I'll blame it on you, then." Sierra mumbled.
"This is so insane, I can't even think straight!" Elly moaned and fell back. "What are we going to do guys?"
"Well, I sure as hell ain't staying here. As soon as I can, I'm getting me a crowbar." Kajumei mumbled.
"Without resorting to violence?" Karina raised one eyebrow and turned to Kajumei.
"Violence is fun, Karina. Me plus a crowbar is the most fun you could have, too." Kajumei folded her arms and shut her eyes, sighing. "You just don't understand, what with your pacifistic ways."
"Ugh." Karina rolled her eyes and looked away. "I'll think of something, guys."
"Great. Karina is going to find a way to get us out. It'll most likely involve fluffy bunnies and bright colors and bubbles and other annoyingly cute things." Sierra mumbled.
Bart slowly pushed the door open to the Sunset Salon, a heavy scent of hair care products, nail polish remover and hair dryers hitting him. "Agh! I can't go in there!" He cried and fell back. "Too many smells to register at once!!"
"Don't be a weenie!" Fei snapped kicking Bart in the small of his back. Bart fell in with a screech. Fei paused, sniffed the air, then cried. "Agh! It burns!" He moaned and toppled onto Bart.
Billy poked his head in and shrugged, stepping over the collapsed Fei and Bart. "And they say I'm square." He muttered and folded his arms as Glimmer scuttled up.
"Gentlemen soon to be ladies!" Glimmer beamed and took Billy's hand. "Tch, calluses, bad boy!" He shook his finger as he ran his other hand along Billy's fingers. "Come, boys, come!"
Fei and Bart stood, Bart groaning in pain. He rubbed his back. "Damn, man, did you have to go all Id on me?"
Fei sighed. "Don't mention Id, please."
"Fine, you wimp." Bart shrugged as Citan, Jessie and Sigurd moseyed on in.
"Dad!" Billy's eyes widened and he ran up to Jessie. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm going to see and support my boy as he goes into his new way of life." Jessie nodded and looked at a perfume ad.
"What?" Billy blinked as Bart and Fei burst out laughing.
"Boy, I know you're going into all of that dressing up as a woman business, and I support you." Jessie smiled as Zeke popped up behind him. "Because I'm a cool modern day dad."
"Yeah, me too, Black." Zeke beamed. "In the supporting sense that is."
"I! Why I never!" Billy snapped. "Just because I'm doing this to help Karina doesn't mean I'm doing it ALL the time, dad!"
"Sure, boy, sure." Jessie rolled his eyes.
Glimmer stepped up. "Are you boys ready?" He asked and slapped a comb into his hand.
Fei took in a long breath and exhaled slowly. "Yes, Mr. Glimmer, sir."
Kalie stood up, walking slowly to Glimmer. "Alex, where have your magazines gone?"
"Lovey doesn't like me reading Cosmo 'smut'. So I hid them in one of the supply closets."
Bart looked at Glimmer's brother. "Dude, don't let him near the kid your wife is about to pop out if it's a boy, he'll make it gay."
"I know. I intend to have Glimmer mysteriously killed before then." Aaron nodded.
"I'll never have a gay child." Billy said slowly.
"That was random." Bart commented.
"Real random." Fei added and looked around.
"Leave me alone." Billy hissed.
"Billy's all tense now that Karina's gone again, how adorable." Bart commented, sitting down in one of the chairs.
"Shut UP!" Billy hissed, gritting his teeth.
"I suppose that means Blondie is going first." Glimmer said lightly, throwing a towel over his shoulder. He turned around and looked into Bart's eye. "Nasty patch. We'll need to cover up the eye. I think we should go.. CURLY." Glimmer smiled and spun Bart around in his chair, Bart getting a look of fear on his face.
"Curly?" Bart looked back. "Scuse me?"
Fei began cackling and he fell onto another one of the salon chairs, gripping his waist. "Oh, it hurts!" He cried and wiped a tear away.
Glimmer paused and looked at Fei, a blank look on his face. Suddenly, a wide smile spread across his face and he said gently, "I think you should go with either pigtails or a really cute crimp."
Fei paled as he sunk in his chair. "P-Pigtails?"
"Let's see who's laughing now!" Bart yelled.
"Oh shut up, curly!" Fei retorted.
The three, being Glimmer, Fei and Bart, all turned to the last young man waiting.
Bart smiled his mischievous smile and said, being his trademark, "Biiiiiiiillllllllllllllly."
Billy sighed and folded his arms, leaning against one of the chairs. "What are you going to do to me?"
Glimmer looked at Fei, then at Bart, and the three smiled smiles that would remind one of that freaky ass clown from 'It'.
"Flipped under bob!" The three yelled, and then squealed, Billy stepping back.
"A what?" He whispered, blinking.
"What Kajumei has except not curly!" Bart grinned, sitting forward.
Billy squinted at him. "At least I won't look like a clown who got hit by a semi."
"Ah!" Bart sat up. "Bring it, kid!"
"Boys, BOYS!" Glimmer hissed, pushing Bart back onto the seat.
Fei leaned forward, lowering his gaze. "No one is going to cut my hair, are they?"
Bart's eye filled with evil mirth. "Why, no, little Fei-ling."
"Ahh." Fei sighed and sat back, relieved.
Bart leaned closer and hissed, barely audible. "We're going to BURN it off."
Fei grabbed onto his ponytail and screamed.
Billy sat down and crossed his legs, looking at the mirror. Glimmer stepped up behind him.
"You have lovely eyes." Glimmer smiled, tilting his head.
"That's not a come on, is it?" Billy looked back at him.
"Not to be rude or anything, honey, but," Glimmer sighed and stepped forward. "Your eyes are all that you've got going for you." He paused and smiled. "Are you the same Billy that Karina is always talking about?"
Billy blushed and sunk in his chair. "S-she talks about me?"
"All of the time." Glimmer grinned and folded his arms, his blue black hair falling over his eyes momentarily, making his sea storm blue eyes barely visible. "Though you're not as cute as she describes you. Karina hasn't had much experience with guys, so I guess she doesn't know much about them." Glimmer smiled. "I on the other hand have had plenty of experience."
"Ew." Billy hissed.
"Yeah." Bart added, wincing.
Fei turned to his companions and smiled gently. "Do any of you believe I am feminine enough to pull this off?" He asked, crossing his legs.
"Yes." The other two responded almost instantly.
Fei blinked. "Oh no, don't take time with your answer or anything."
"We don't NEED to, the answer is obvious."
"I'm not feminine!" Fei wailed, spinning his chair around so his back was to the others, covering his eyes and whimpering.
"You're so feminine you probably turn Glimmer off.. Sorry, the truth hurts, dude," Bart said philosophically.
"I don't know if I should take that as an insult or a compliment." Fei said, looking up.
Aaron walked in and slammed a small CD player on the front desk. "We need tuneage for this sort of thing."
"Tuneage?" Billy said in disgust, Glimmer spinning his chair around.
"Become ladies, boys." Aaron smiled and pushed the play button.
"Ooh, what song is it, what song is it?" Fei smiled as the music began.
"She's a Lady." Bart muttered, squinted.
"Which you all are going to be!"
"We don't even KNOW if Karina and the others were even TAKEN to this place!" Billy cried.
"That doesn't matter!" Bart responded. "We looked everywhere, they're gone, and the evidence is too hard to pass up! Plus, as I told you, if it's not true, we'll all get a good kick out of this."
"That and the author isn't creative enough to think up a more reasonable solution for this." Fei smiled. Suddenly a bolt of lightening shot out of nowhere and sizzled Fei to a crisp. The End. Oh, wait, nevermind, get back to the plot.
Insert a pretty swirly coloring effect as the music begins, oh yes, oh yes.
Citan bent over and smiled. "Now, we promise not to hurt you." He looked back at Glimmer, Jessie and Zeke.
"I'm gonna make you pretty!" Glimmer winked.
"I'm gonna make you sexy." Jessie folded his arms and Billy passed out.
"And I'm gonna make you cry like a little girl." Zeke grinned evilly. Citan squinted and hit him upside the head with a rod. "Ow! Damn man, where did you GET that?" He rubbed the back of his head.
"Shoo!" Citan snapped and chased Zeke out, wielding the rod menacingly.
"Damn, man, fine fine, just stop hitting me!" Zeke cried, ducking from the blows.
"No no no nooooo!" Glimmer panted, brushing Bart's hair out. "Don't you EVER deep condition?"
"Well, excuuuuuuuse me." Bart rolled his eye.
"Done!" One of the hairstylists smiled and pulled away from Billy. "Do you like it? Lovely extensions."
Billy sighed. "I don't want to see." He looked in the mirror anyway . His hair was shoulder length and flipped out at the edges, a kind of spiky flip, however. He blinked. "Hey, I'm pretty hot."
A squeal came from the other end of the room as Fei came flouncing up. "My hair! It's sooooo flippy and bouncy and lush and full!" He laughed and put his hands to his hips, shaking his auburn hair. It was now put down and curly, making Fei even more feminine.
"Hahaha-OUCH! Damn!!" Bart screamed, grabbed Glimmer's brush and pointed it at him. "I'll break it!"
"It's not my fault you're all bushy and tangly!" Glimmer hissed.
Citan, who was observing silently in the corner, looked over at Jessie. "Your turn."
"Oh yeah." Jessie smiled. He stepped up to the group and folded his arms. He surveyed the three, Billy looking at his hair in the mirror, Bart fending Glimmer off with the hair brush, and Fei dancing in the center with a bouquet of flowers (Don't ask me how he got them), pulling the petals off and tossing them around the room, making him look much like a wood nymph, or perhaps even a Fay. (Haha, I make good puns. Well, not really, but anyway..)
"BOYS!" He yelled, folding his arms.
All three looked up.
"Time for your transformation to truly begin.." He grinned, and Billy fainted again.
(Well she's all you'd ever want
She's the kind they'd like to flaunt and take to dinner
Well she always knows her place
She's got style, she's got grace, she's a winner. )
"And go!" Jessie snapped, pushing the stop watch button.
Bart bit his bottom lip. "I can't walk in these things."
"I can't figure out how to put them ON." Billy added, fumbling around.
"WELL then!" Jessie snapped, blowing a whistle. "I don't think we're really TRYING!"
"Yeah," Zeke observed. "Fei took to high heels like a fish to water." He pointed to Fei, who was dancing around in tall-heeled shoes, singing Mad About You. (You know, by Belinda Carlisle?)
"I thought I told you to LEAVE!" Citan yelled, pulling the rod out. Zeke screeched and was off like a shot.
Bart squinted. "I think Fei was a woman in one of his past lives."
"And we figured Billy was the most feminine." Jessie muttered to Citan.
"What?" Billy blinked, turning his head to Jessie.
"NOTHING." Jessie grinned.
::Two hours later, and yes, the song is still playing::
"And two and three and work it!" Jessie nodded as Billy and Bart walked across the room with books on their heads slowly. Fei danced across the room, one of those big ass dictionaries balancing on his head. "Good! I think we got that part down!" He stood up as Billy, Bart and Fei dropped the books and pulled the shoes off. "And now.."
"Now what?" Bart moaned, rubbing his feet.
Citan walked up and held up three light pink razors. "Shave any part of your body with hair on it that's not your head. And don't get smart with me, you have to shave your face."
Bart pulled away. "HEY! A man's pit hair is like his pride and JOY!"
"Really?" Billy looked at him.
"It's not mine." Fei blinked.
Citan glowered. "Do it." He snapped, dropping the razors in their hands. The three boys bit their lips and looked back at the bathroom.
(She's a Lady. Whoa whoa whoa, she's a Lady
Talkin' about that little Lady, and the Lady is mine)
"OUCH!" Bart yelled, nicking his leg with the razor.
"I'm gonna get razzzzzor burn!" Fei snapped, running the razor up his leg. Billy walked out of the shower and blinked.
"You two are still working at it?" He asked, combing out his hair.
"YES!" Bart snapped.
"But it's been half and hour already. How much hair do you have?" Billy blinked.
"Well, it would take a stick like you long to shave your hair, but I'm a robust man. I have much hair."
"Didn't need to know that." Billy hissed, leaving the bathroom.
(Well she's never in the way
Something always nice to say, Oh what a blessing.
I can leave her on her own
Knowing she's okay alone, and there's no messing. )
"OK boys!" Glimmer giggled, pulling out a large set of clothing. "I took your measurements.."
"Whoa whoa whoa whoa, wait! When did you do that?" Bart snapped. "I don't remember that."
Glimmer blinked, pausing for a moment before resuming. "..And thus I picked out a perfect wardrobe for you three!"
"Well, it all had better be leather, silk or satin, no fake stuff, my skin only take the best." Fei snapped, pulling his now curly hair back into a tall ponytail.
Glimmer smiled. "Only the best for you, Fei." He walked up to the three, pushing various garments into their arms. "And you'll need these. Just take them off and follow the directions to stick them on." He smiled, dropping a few containers into their loaded arms.
"Are these fake tits, Glimmer?" Bart squinted.
"Tits is such a dirty word." Glimmer sighed.
"Yeah, Bart. The word breasts freaks Billy out a lot more." Fei grinned and Billy cringed.
Bart smiled, leaning over. "Hey, Billy?"
"What?" Billy squinted.
"Breasts."
Billy cried and fell over.
(She's a Lady. Whoa whoa whoa, she's a Lady
Talkin' about that little Lady, and the Lady is mine. )
From the dressing room, Billy laughed.
"What?" Came Bart's voice.
"You have them on wrong!"
"Huh?"
"Bart, one's facing to the side and one is sliding onto your stomach." Fei cackled.
"Oh, shut up!"
"Okay." Bart sighed, stepping out. He was wearing a knee length red skirt, a long sleeved shirt with flared cuffs and a flowery design, and black pumps. He looked uncomfortable.
"Oh, you're so pretty!" Glimmer giggled.
Billy, who was already dressed smiled slightly. "Lovely." He clapped. Billy, on the other hand, wore blue jeans with the fade in the middle, large black boots, a dark blue jacket with a fur trim and a mint green tank top. All in all, Billy got to keep his trademark colors.
"Oh, and you're lovely too." Bart smiled sarcastically.
"Oh BOOOOOOYS!" Fei's voice called and the two turned around, Bart's jaw going slack.
Fei stood next to the door, wearing a short leather skirt and long leather boots, he had on a rather trashy looking leopard print halter top and a black leather jacket.
"Oh.. my.. God." Billy blinked. "Fei? Is that you?"
"You look like a two dollar slut." Bart blinked as well.
"Which was the look I was going for!" Glimmer giggled and ran up to Fei, taking his hands. "You're sexy, my dear!"
"Oh well thank you." Fei smiled, bowing.
(Well she never asks for very much and I don't refuse her
Always treat her with respect, I never would abuse her.
What she's got is hard to find, and I don't want to lose her.
Help me build a mountain from a little pile of clay. Hey, hey, hey)
Citan sat upright. "Quiz time."
Fei crossed his legs and smiled. "Yes, Doctor Uzuki?" He chewed some gum and giggled.
"He's taking this too seriously." Bart whispered to Billy.
"Tell me about it. It's kinda scary." Billy responded.
"What do you do if someone asks you how you got there?" Citan asked.
"We tell them Ziggy sold us to him." Billy rolled his eyes.
"Under the name of..?" Citan smiled.
"Baron Zigreud Von Bubblebath." Bart snapped.
"The.." Ziggy grinned.
Fei raised his hand. "The third!"
"Very good." Citan nodded, looking back at Jessie. "Any questions?"
"What do you do when you find the girls?" Jessie asked.
"We take the radio you hid in Fei's hair to contact you." Bart popped up.
"Good." Jessie nodded.
"Are those real?" Zeke asked, pointing at Fei's beauty marks.
Citan turned to him and began to pull out the rod again.
"Whoa, sorry!" Zeke cried, pulling away and leaving the room slowly.
"If any of you do it with any of those fine ladies, can you alert me so I can watch?" Ziggy grinned.
Rico came out of the darkness, brandishing a curling iron. He lifted it high and smacked it across Ziggy's head. Ziggy was, once again, in ye olde KO mode.
"We'll do makeup tomorrow, and then get you all prepped and sent out.. To save the ladies." Citan stood up.
"Do makeup, eh." Bart smiled, sitting back.
"I'm a lady." Fei giggled.
(Yeah yeah, She's a Lady
And the Lady is mine. )
"Niiiice." Billy shrugged, looking down.
"What's wrong with you?" Bart asked, looking in the mirror as he brushed his teeth.
Billy sighed. "I got her back.. for such a short time, and now she's gone again."
Bart rolled his eyes. "Not this again.."
Billy looked up. "Seriously Bart.. I need her. I'm.. yearning for her.."
Bart stepped back, making a gagging noise.
"I desire her-"
"NO MORE!" Bart yelled, thwapping Billy upside the head.
"Ow! What was THAT for?!" Billy snapped.
"For saying those words! I'll have to add desire and yearning to my 'Big Book of Things Billy isn't Allowed to Say in Front of Me!"
"Oh please." Billy sighed, looking back. "You asked me what was wrong, so I told you."
"I didn't need such a graphic description!"
Billy squinted. "Should I tell you how much I wanna touch her?"
"EW!" Bart yelled. "WHERE?!"
Billy sat back. "Her face."
"Face?" Bart blinked. "I'd rather goose her."
"BART!" Billy snapped, his face reddening.
"What?"
"Don't say that kind of thing about her!" Billy hissed, throwing his toothbrush at Bart.
"Jeeze, sorry!" Bart laughed, stepping back.
Fei walking out, wearing a loose red silk robe and a bunch of green crap on his face, and one of those cool gel eye masks. "Honestly, do you two WANT me to be the ugliest thing on the face of the Earth?" He snapped.
Bart and Billy both screamed.
"What is that shit on your face?!" Bart yelled.
"It's my mint julep mask." Fei said simply.
"And that thing on your eyes?" Billy blinked.
"My cooling gel mask, no duh!" Fei snapped and spun around, traipsing back into his room and slamming the door.
"Was he wearing Elly's robe?" Bart asked.
"Yeah." Billy nodded.
"God that's creepy." Bart shook his head and went into his bedroom, shutting the door slowly .
"Night." Billy sighed and entered his room, not bothering to turn on the light. He walked up to his windowsill and sat down, remembering the time he sat here and Karina came out, her usual smile on her face.
He sighed and leaned his head against the cold glass. "Oh Kari.. Why can't I keep you in my arms..?" He whispered, looking up at the moon. "And why can't I tell you.. I love you Kari.."
Karina looked down and hugged her knees to her chest. "Why is this happening?" She whispered, over the din of Sierra's snoring. She clenched her teeth and held back the tears. "Why?" She hissed.
"Karina, are you crying?" A voice came from the dark. It was Elly.
"Elly.." Karina whispered. "Yeah, I guess." Karina couldn't see her, it was too dark, but she knew Elly was smiling, somehow.
"I know what's wrong.." She whispered. "You miss someone, don't you." She said playfully, scooting next to Karina.
Karina's cheeks grew hot. "Yes."
"And I think I know who." Elly poked her side and laughed softly.
Karina tightened up more and buried her head in her knees.
"Hey, there's nothing wrong with it." Elly said gently.
"..I know."
"He's a nice guy and all." Elly added, bringing her knees up to her chest as well.
"He really is." Karina
"So, do you know how you feel about him..?" Elly whispered.
Karina hesitated, then responded, "Yes."
"So..?"
"I.." Karina bit her lip. "I think that I.."
Elly smiled gently and put a hand on her shoulder. "It's OK, you don't have to-"
Karina looked up. "I love him. I love Billy Lee Black."
Elly blinked. "Wow, really?"
"Yes, really." Karina sighed.
Elly tapped her shoulder. "Well, I'm sure your knight in shining armor will come save you soon."
"Or rather.." Karina smiled. "My orphanage runner in a blue robe and a big pastel green bow?" She giggled.
"Yeah." Elly laughed. "Better than Fei. He'll probably do something stupid like dress up like a woman to save me."
Karina blinked. "Like they'd do that."
"Yeah, and I don't think Fei would go for dressing like a woman." Elly giggled.
"Funny idea though." Karina added.
"Yeah, I'd love to see how they'd pull THAT off." Elly laughed, the two girls continuing their conversation late into the night.
Meanwhile, Erich sat in the cockpit of his Gear, a blurred conversation going on over his intercom.
~Are you sure the Valhalla is ready for piloting?~ The first voice asked.
*Affirmative, sir. It's our top model, nothing can beat it, I can tell you that.*
~Good, soldier. We shall soon be able to strike the Yggdrasil and get the girl back into our possession. When do you think it will be prepared for attack?~
*About a week at the minimum, sir. We still have to finish up those offensive gears.*
~Very good then. Contact me when all of the gears are ready.~
*Yessir*
~Over and out, soldier.~ The first voice said, and the transmission clicked off.
"So.." Erich hissed, leaning back. "You're planning a guerrilla like attack, eh?" He smiled darkly. "Too bad death is not on your side."
Can you guess what happens in this chapter just by the title? Too bad, I'm still writing it. Anyway, this song contains the song 'She's a Lady', no duh, by Tom Jones. So, yeah. I wrote this one pretty fast, so it's not too good. Sorry. ::Cries::
"G-Glimmerize?" Billy stammered. "Is that going to hurt?"
"Sounds fun." Fei said sarcastically.
"Yeah, Fei, you look girly enough." Bart said, looking at Fei with an amused expression.
"Shhhhaaaaaaaaaa WHAT the HELL do you mean?!" Fei snapped.
"Oh hell yeah!" Ziggy grinned and walked in between Fei and Billy and put his arms over their shoulders, his fingers touching Bart's shoulder. "And I could be their pimp." He said with a wide grin.
Billy and Fei looked down at Ziggy, Bart flashing a disgusted glare at him as well. The young Black just sighed and looked up, folding his arms and pulling away.
"Are you trying to make me spew?" Fei said, pushing Ziggy off. "Just cuz we're gonna cross dress doesn't make us actual women, moron."
"Could've fooled you." Bart replied.
"Bitch fight!" Ziggy cried and stepped back. "We gotta get these ladies a pit of mud, mon." He said, looking back at Brad. Brad just cringed.
"You guys are all insane." Zeke rolled his eyes.
"No one is asking you to stay." Billy snarled. "You could just continue on your merry little way."
"No thank you." Zeke said, looking away.
"My brothers, we don't need to diss on each other." Jessie murmured, looking upwards.
"What are you now, a hippie?" Rico asked, looking at Jessie.
"I'm just living, my man." Jessie replied, making the peace symbol with his fingers. "I suggest you do the same."
"People, people, people!" Glimmer whistled and clapped the tips of his hands. "Meet me at the Sunset Salon in three hours! We shall begin your transformation!" He giggled and took his boyfriend's hand. "Come, Snoopy Bear!"
"Yeah yeah." His boyfriend sighed and followed Glimmer.
"Your brother is scary, dear." Kalie said, looking at Aaron.
"I know." He sighed and took Reila's hand. "Come along, dear."
"OK, daddy." Reila smiled.
"We have three hours to be men." Bart looked at Billy and Fei. "We should watch football and drink beer and eat corn chips until then."
Billy paused and looked around. "I'm going to go read as soon as I get back."
Fei looked at Bart and shrugged. "I'm with you all the way, buddy."
"Gentlemen!" Citan snapped and the three young men stopped and turned to him.
"Problem, doc?" Fei asked as Citan folded his arms and tapped his foot.
"Yes, there is a problem, young ones." Citan growled.
"I'll bet he's going to whine at us about being prompt in our rescue." Bart rolled his eye.
"Listen, Citan, I would go save Karina in a heartbeat, but the only logical thing to do, and I hope to God I will never have to say this again, is Bart's idea to go undercover."
"I know this, young one's. But I think you all should spend this time to get ready and try and plan out your strategy."
"Perhaps somewhere less public, Hyuga?" Sigurd sighed and looked around.
"True true." Citan looked around, then nodded.
"Sierra!" Karina cried and crawled to her side.
"Get away from me." Sierra muttered, half asleep. "I'm tired."
"Sierra, wake up!" Karina nudged her and sat down.
"Hunh?" Sierra blinked and opened her eyes slowly. As soon as she saw Karina in the dimly lit room she groaned. "Oh God, I died and went to hell."
Karina frowned. "How did you.?"
"Tsh." Sierra growled and looked away.
"I wanna know what the hell is going on." Kajumei snapped and looked around the dark room.
"Elly?" Emeralda whispered.
"Yes, Emmy?" Elly looked down and smiled, trying to look brave.
"Where's Fei?" Emeralda looked around.
"I don't know." Elly replied and hugged Emeralda.
"Where are we?" Emeralda asked, snuggling close to Elly.
"I don't know that either." Elly sighed.
"We'll be fine, Emeralda." Maria said gently, rubbing Emeralda's hair.
Karina, accepting the fact that Sierra didn't want to speak to her, stood up and looked around. "Wherever we are," She looked back at Kajumei. "I know Brad will find us."
Kajumei chuckled and folded her arms. "If we go a-missing, he'll knock down every building in Cimerion to try and find us." Kajumei took a grip on Karina's shoulder. "But I don't think Brad is exactly the guy you want to save you, now is he?"
Karina looked away, thankful the dark hid her deep blush. "Maybe." She whispered, clenching her fist.
"OK, ladies." A man's voice boomed as a bright light filled the room. A lanky man walked in, a smug expression on his pale, drawn face. His hair was thin and greased back, his eyes had large circles under them as if he had been up for the past three weeks. He folded his hand and leaned forward. "You all have be-" He began, but Kajumei grabbed onto him and got him into a headlock.
"OK, obvious flunky, why the hell did you grab us?" She snapped and tightened her grip.
"Kajumei." Karina stepped forward, edging nervously to her friend. "He can't exactly explain himself with you pulling is head off."
Kajumei looked at Karina momentarily, then at the man, then back at Karina. "Ugh." She sighed and rolled her eyes, dropping him. "Fine."
The tall man recollected himself and gave Kajumei a disapproving glare, then straightened his suit and smiled at Karina. "You lovely ladies have been chosen to become Ernest Oni's wives!"
Maria raised one eyebrow. "Scuse me?"
Kajumei was about to grab him again, but Karina held her back.
"What kind of moronic idea is that?" Karina snapped.
"Not to mention illegal." Elly hugged onto Emeralda.
"Please, ladies, it's not as if you are the only ones."
"How many wives does this guy NEED?!" Sierra spoke up. "Cause Sierra LeRage don't play that game."
"Yeah, you have to pay her, then she'll do anything you say." Kajumei folded her arms.
"I'm not a whore, bitch!" Sierra growled.
"Skkkkannnnnk!" Kajumei whistled and the tall man sighed.
"Ladies, please."
"Stay out of this, skinny!" Sierra snapped.
"Sierra, Kajumei, please!" Karina looked at the two of them.
"You stay out of this too, goody-two-shoes." Sierra snapped.
The man looked down. "We would like to make you all comfortable while you stay here."
"Oh, so they drug us and take us to some smelly room where I get locked with Princess Purity over here and they want me COMFORTABLE?!" Sierra snapped and gestured at Karina. "How bout I beat that shiny bald head of yours into the ground and make it a stool? That'll make me comfortable!"
He laughed nervously and turned away. "Oh, and ladies, trying to escape isn't smiled upon." He smiled a little and shut the door, locking it.
"NEXT TIME." Kajumei looked at Karina. "I'm breaking his neck and you won't stop me."
"I'm sorry, Kajumei." Karina sighed and sat down. "It seems like all of these bad things have happened around me."
"Yes, and I blame you completely." Sierra growled.
"Stop it, Sierra!" Maria glared at Sierra, sitting upright. "This was not Karina's fault, so don't you dare blame it on her!"
"I'll blame it on you, then." Sierra mumbled.
"This is so insane, I can't even think straight!" Elly moaned and fell back. "What are we going to do guys?"
"Well, I sure as hell ain't staying here. As soon as I can, I'm getting me a crowbar." Kajumei mumbled.
"Without resorting to violence?" Karina raised one eyebrow and turned to Kajumei.
"Violence is fun, Karina. Me plus a crowbar is the most fun you could have, too." Kajumei folded her arms and shut her eyes, sighing. "You just don't understand, what with your pacifistic ways."
"Ugh." Karina rolled her eyes and looked away. "I'll think of something, guys."
"Great. Karina is going to find a way to get us out. It'll most likely involve fluffy bunnies and bright colors and bubbles and other annoyingly cute things." Sierra mumbled.
Bart slowly pushed the door open to the Sunset Salon, a heavy scent of hair care products, nail polish remover and hair dryers hitting him. "Agh! I can't go in there!" He cried and fell back. "Too many smells to register at once!!"
"Don't be a weenie!" Fei snapped kicking Bart in the small of his back. Bart fell in with a screech. Fei paused, sniffed the air, then cried. "Agh! It burns!" He moaned and toppled onto Bart.
Billy poked his head in and shrugged, stepping over the collapsed Fei and Bart. "And they say I'm square." He muttered and folded his arms as Glimmer scuttled up.
"Gentlemen soon to be ladies!" Glimmer beamed and took Billy's hand. "Tch, calluses, bad boy!" He shook his finger as he ran his other hand along Billy's fingers. "Come, boys, come!"
Fei and Bart stood, Bart groaning in pain. He rubbed his back. "Damn, man, did you have to go all Id on me?"
Fei sighed. "Don't mention Id, please."
"Fine, you wimp." Bart shrugged as Citan, Jessie and Sigurd moseyed on in.
"Dad!" Billy's eyes widened and he ran up to Jessie. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm going to see and support my boy as he goes into his new way of life." Jessie nodded and looked at a perfume ad.
"What?" Billy blinked as Bart and Fei burst out laughing.
"Boy, I know you're going into all of that dressing up as a woman business, and I support you." Jessie smiled as Zeke popped up behind him. "Because I'm a cool modern day dad."
"Yeah, me too, Black." Zeke beamed. "In the supporting sense that is."
"I! Why I never!" Billy snapped. "Just because I'm doing this to help Karina doesn't mean I'm doing it ALL the time, dad!"
"Sure, boy, sure." Jessie rolled his eyes.
Glimmer stepped up. "Are you boys ready?" He asked and slapped a comb into his hand.
Fei took in a long breath and exhaled slowly. "Yes, Mr. Glimmer, sir."
Kalie stood up, walking slowly to Glimmer. "Alex, where have your magazines gone?"
"Lovey doesn't like me reading Cosmo 'smut'. So I hid them in one of the supply closets."
Bart looked at Glimmer's brother. "Dude, don't let him near the kid your wife is about to pop out if it's a boy, he'll make it gay."
"I know. I intend to have Glimmer mysteriously killed before then." Aaron nodded.
"I'll never have a gay child." Billy said slowly.
"That was random." Bart commented.
"Real random." Fei added and looked around.
"Leave me alone." Billy hissed.
"Billy's all tense now that Karina's gone again, how adorable." Bart commented, sitting down in one of the chairs.
"Shut UP!" Billy hissed, gritting his teeth.
"I suppose that means Blondie is going first." Glimmer said lightly, throwing a towel over his shoulder. He turned around and looked into Bart's eye. "Nasty patch. We'll need to cover up the eye. I think we should go.. CURLY." Glimmer smiled and spun Bart around in his chair, Bart getting a look of fear on his face.
"Curly?" Bart looked back. "Scuse me?"
Fei began cackling and he fell onto another one of the salon chairs, gripping his waist. "Oh, it hurts!" He cried and wiped a tear away.
Glimmer paused and looked at Fei, a blank look on his face. Suddenly, a wide smile spread across his face and he said gently, "I think you should go with either pigtails or a really cute crimp."
Fei paled as he sunk in his chair. "P-Pigtails?"
"Let's see who's laughing now!" Bart yelled.
"Oh shut up, curly!" Fei retorted.
The three, being Glimmer, Fei and Bart, all turned to the last young man waiting.
Bart smiled his mischievous smile and said, being his trademark, "Biiiiiiiillllllllllllllly."
Billy sighed and folded his arms, leaning against one of the chairs. "What are you going to do to me?"
Glimmer looked at Fei, then at Bart, and the three smiled smiles that would remind one of that freaky ass clown from 'It'.
"Flipped under bob!" The three yelled, and then squealed, Billy stepping back.
"A what?" He whispered, blinking.
"What Kajumei has except not curly!" Bart grinned, sitting forward.
Billy squinted at him. "At least I won't look like a clown who got hit by a semi."
"Ah!" Bart sat up. "Bring it, kid!"
"Boys, BOYS!" Glimmer hissed, pushing Bart back onto the seat.
Fei leaned forward, lowering his gaze. "No one is going to cut my hair, are they?"
Bart's eye filled with evil mirth. "Why, no, little Fei-ling."
"Ahh." Fei sighed and sat back, relieved.
Bart leaned closer and hissed, barely audible. "We're going to BURN it off."
Fei grabbed onto his ponytail and screamed.
Billy sat down and crossed his legs, looking at the mirror. Glimmer stepped up behind him.
"You have lovely eyes." Glimmer smiled, tilting his head.
"That's not a come on, is it?" Billy looked back at him.
"Not to be rude or anything, honey, but," Glimmer sighed and stepped forward. "Your eyes are all that you've got going for you." He paused and smiled. "Are you the same Billy that Karina is always talking about?"
Billy blushed and sunk in his chair. "S-she talks about me?"
"All of the time." Glimmer grinned and folded his arms, his blue black hair falling over his eyes momentarily, making his sea storm blue eyes barely visible. "Though you're not as cute as she describes you. Karina hasn't had much experience with guys, so I guess she doesn't know much about them." Glimmer smiled. "I on the other hand have had plenty of experience."
"Ew." Billy hissed.
"Yeah." Bart added, wincing.
Fei turned to his companions and smiled gently. "Do any of you believe I am feminine enough to pull this off?" He asked, crossing his legs.
"Yes." The other two responded almost instantly.
Fei blinked. "Oh no, don't take time with your answer or anything."
"We don't NEED to, the answer is obvious."
"I'm not feminine!" Fei wailed, spinning his chair around so his back was to the others, covering his eyes and whimpering.
"You're so feminine you probably turn Glimmer off.. Sorry, the truth hurts, dude," Bart said philosophically.
"I don't know if I should take that as an insult or a compliment." Fei said, looking up.
Aaron walked in and slammed a small CD player on the front desk. "We need tuneage for this sort of thing."
"Tuneage?" Billy said in disgust, Glimmer spinning his chair around.
"Become ladies, boys." Aaron smiled and pushed the play button.
"Ooh, what song is it, what song is it?" Fei smiled as the music began.
"She's a Lady." Bart muttered, squinted.
"Which you all are going to be!"
"We don't even KNOW if Karina and the others were even TAKEN to this place!" Billy cried.
"That doesn't matter!" Bart responded. "We looked everywhere, they're gone, and the evidence is too hard to pass up! Plus, as I told you, if it's not true, we'll all get a good kick out of this."
"That and the author isn't creative enough to think up a more reasonable solution for this." Fei smiled. Suddenly a bolt of lightening shot out of nowhere and sizzled Fei to a crisp. The End. Oh, wait, nevermind, get back to the plot.
Insert a pretty swirly coloring effect as the music begins, oh yes, oh yes.
Citan bent over and smiled. "Now, we promise not to hurt you." He looked back at Glimmer, Jessie and Zeke.
"I'm gonna make you pretty!" Glimmer winked.
"I'm gonna make you sexy." Jessie folded his arms and Billy passed out.
"And I'm gonna make you cry like a little girl." Zeke grinned evilly. Citan squinted and hit him upside the head with a rod. "Ow! Damn man, where did you GET that?" He rubbed the back of his head.
"Shoo!" Citan snapped and chased Zeke out, wielding the rod menacingly.
"Damn, man, fine fine, just stop hitting me!" Zeke cried, ducking from the blows.
"No no no nooooo!" Glimmer panted, brushing Bart's hair out. "Don't you EVER deep condition?"
"Well, excuuuuuuuse me." Bart rolled his eye.
"Done!" One of the hairstylists smiled and pulled away from Billy. "Do you like it? Lovely extensions."
Billy sighed. "I don't want to see." He looked in the mirror anyway . His hair was shoulder length and flipped out at the edges, a kind of spiky flip, however. He blinked. "Hey, I'm pretty hot."
A squeal came from the other end of the room as Fei came flouncing up. "My hair! It's sooooo flippy and bouncy and lush and full!" He laughed and put his hands to his hips, shaking his auburn hair. It was now put down and curly, making Fei even more feminine.
"Hahaha-OUCH! Damn!!" Bart screamed, grabbed Glimmer's brush and pointed it at him. "I'll break it!"
"It's not my fault you're all bushy and tangly!" Glimmer hissed.
Citan, who was observing silently in the corner, looked over at Jessie. "Your turn."
"Oh yeah." Jessie smiled. He stepped up to the group and folded his arms. He surveyed the three, Billy looking at his hair in the mirror, Bart fending Glimmer off with the hair brush, and Fei dancing in the center with a bouquet of flowers (Don't ask me how he got them), pulling the petals off and tossing them around the room, making him look much like a wood nymph, or perhaps even a Fay. (Haha, I make good puns. Well, not really, but anyway..)
"BOYS!" He yelled, folding his arms.
All three looked up.
"Time for your transformation to truly begin.." He grinned, and Billy fainted again.
(Well she's all you'd ever want
She's the kind they'd like to flaunt and take to dinner
Well she always knows her place
She's got style, she's got grace, she's a winner. )
"And go!" Jessie snapped, pushing the stop watch button.
Bart bit his bottom lip. "I can't walk in these things."
"I can't figure out how to put them ON." Billy added, fumbling around.
"WELL then!" Jessie snapped, blowing a whistle. "I don't think we're really TRYING!"
"Yeah," Zeke observed. "Fei took to high heels like a fish to water." He pointed to Fei, who was dancing around in tall-heeled shoes, singing Mad About You. (You know, by Belinda Carlisle?)
"I thought I told you to LEAVE!" Citan yelled, pulling the rod out. Zeke screeched and was off like a shot.
Bart squinted. "I think Fei was a woman in one of his past lives."
"And we figured Billy was the most feminine." Jessie muttered to Citan.
"What?" Billy blinked, turning his head to Jessie.
"NOTHING." Jessie grinned.
::Two hours later, and yes, the song is still playing::
"And two and three and work it!" Jessie nodded as Billy and Bart walked across the room with books on their heads slowly. Fei danced across the room, one of those big ass dictionaries balancing on his head. "Good! I think we got that part down!" He stood up as Billy, Bart and Fei dropped the books and pulled the shoes off. "And now.."
"Now what?" Bart moaned, rubbing his feet.
Citan walked up and held up three light pink razors. "Shave any part of your body with hair on it that's not your head. And don't get smart with me, you have to shave your face."
Bart pulled away. "HEY! A man's pit hair is like his pride and JOY!"
"Really?" Billy looked at him.
"It's not mine." Fei blinked.
Citan glowered. "Do it." He snapped, dropping the razors in their hands. The three boys bit their lips and looked back at the bathroom.
(She's a Lady. Whoa whoa whoa, she's a Lady
Talkin' about that little Lady, and the Lady is mine)
"OUCH!" Bart yelled, nicking his leg with the razor.
"I'm gonna get razzzzzor burn!" Fei snapped, running the razor up his leg. Billy walked out of the shower and blinked.
"You two are still working at it?" He asked, combing out his hair.
"YES!" Bart snapped.
"But it's been half and hour already. How much hair do you have?" Billy blinked.
"Well, it would take a stick like you long to shave your hair, but I'm a robust man. I have much hair."
"Didn't need to know that." Billy hissed, leaving the bathroom.
(Well she's never in the way
Something always nice to say, Oh what a blessing.
I can leave her on her own
Knowing she's okay alone, and there's no messing. )
"OK boys!" Glimmer giggled, pulling out a large set of clothing. "I took your measurements.."
"Whoa whoa whoa whoa, wait! When did you do that?" Bart snapped. "I don't remember that."
Glimmer blinked, pausing for a moment before resuming. "..And thus I picked out a perfect wardrobe for you three!"
"Well, it all had better be leather, silk or satin, no fake stuff, my skin only take the best." Fei snapped, pulling his now curly hair back into a tall ponytail.
Glimmer smiled. "Only the best for you, Fei." He walked up to the three, pushing various garments into their arms. "And you'll need these. Just take them off and follow the directions to stick them on." He smiled, dropping a few containers into their loaded arms.
"Are these fake tits, Glimmer?" Bart squinted.
"Tits is such a dirty word." Glimmer sighed.
"Yeah, Bart. The word breasts freaks Billy out a lot more." Fei grinned and Billy cringed.
Bart smiled, leaning over. "Hey, Billy?"
"What?" Billy squinted.
"Breasts."
Billy cried and fell over.
(She's a Lady. Whoa whoa whoa, she's a Lady
Talkin' about that little Lady, and the Lady is mine. )
From the dressing room, Billy laughed.
"What?" Came Bart's voice.
"You have them on wrong!"
"Huh?"
"Bart, one's facing to the side and one is sliding onto your stomach." Fei cackled.
"Oh, shut up!"
"Okay." Bart sighed, stepping out. He was wearing a knee length red skirt, a long sleeved shirt with flared cuffs and a flowery design, and black pumps. He looked uncomfortable.
"Oh, you're so pretty!" Glimmer giggled.
Billy, who was already dressed smiled slightly. "Lovely." He clapped. Billy, on the other hand, wore blue jeans with the fade in the middle, large black boots, a dark blue jacket with a fur trim and a mint green tank top. All in all, Billy got to keep his trademark colors.
"Oh, and you're lovely too." Bart smiled sarcastically.
"Oh BOOOOOOYS!" Fei's voice called and the two turned around, Bart's jaw going slack.
Fei stood next to the door, wearing a short leather skirt and long leather boots, he had on a rather trashy looking leopard print halter top and a black leather jacket.
"Oh.. my.. God." Billy blinked. "Fei? Is that you?"
"You look like a two dollar slut." Bart blinked as well.
"Which was the look I was going for!" Glimmer giggled and ran up to Fei, taking his hands. "You're sexy, my dear!"
"Oh well thank you." Fei smiled, bowing.
(Well she never asks for very much and I don't refuse her
Always treat her with respect, I never would abuse her.
What she's got is hard to find, and I don't want to lose her.
Help me build a mountain from a little pile of clay. Hey, hey, hey)
Citan sat upright. "Quiz time."
Fei crossed his legs and smiled. "Yes, Doctor Uzuki?" He chewed some gum and giggled.
"He's taking this too seriously." Bart whispered to Billy.
"Tell me about it. It's kinda scary." Billy responded.
"What do you do if someone asks you how you got there?" Citan asked.
"We tell them Ziggy sold us to him." Billy rolled his eyes.
"Under the name of..?" Citan smiled.
"Baron Zigreud Von Bubblebath." Bart snapped.
"The.." Ziggy grinned.
Fei raised his hand. "The third!"
"Very good." Citan nodded, looking back at Jessie. "Any questions?"
"What do you do when you find the girls?" Jessie asked.
"We take the radio you hid in Fei's hair to contact you." Bart popped up.
"Good." Jessie nodded.
"Are those real?" Zeke asked, pointing at Fei's beauty marks.
Citan turned to him and began to pull out the rod again.
"Whoa, sorry!" Zeke cried, pulling away and leaving the room slowly.
"If any of you do it with any of those fine ladies, can you alert me so I can watch?" Ziggy grinned.
Rico came out of the darkness, brandishing a curling iron. He lifted it high and smacked it across Ziggy's head. Ziggy was, once again, in ye olde KO mode.
"We'll do makeup tomorrow, and then get you all prepped and sent out.. To save the ladies." Citan stood up.
"Do makeup, eh." Bart smiled, sitting back.
"I'm a lady." Fei giggled.
(Yeah yeah, She's a Lady
And the Lady is mine. )
"Niiiice." Billy shrugged, looking down.
"What's wrong with you?" Bart asked, looking in the mirror as he brushed his teeth.
Billy sighed. "I got her back.. for such a short time, and now she's gone again."
Bart rolled his eyes. "Not this again.."
Billy looked up. "Seriously Bart.. I need her. I'm.. yearning for her.."
Bart stepped back, making a gagging noise.
"I desire her-"
"NO MORE!" Bart yelled, thwapping Billy upside the head.
"Ow! What was THAT for?!" Billy snapped.
"For saying those words! I'll have to add desire and yearning to my 'Big Book of Things Billy isn't Allowed to Say in Front of Me!"
"Oh please." Billy sighed, looking back. "You asked me what was wrong, so I told you."
"I didn't need such a graphic description!"
Billy squinted. "Should I tell you how much I wanna touch her?"
"EW!" Bart yelled. "WHERE?!"
Billy sat back. "Her face."
"Face?" Bart blinked. "I'd rather goose her."
"BART!" Billy snapped, his face reddening.
"What?"
"Don't say that kind of thing about her!" Billy hissed, throwing his toothbrush at Bart.
"Jeeze, sorry!" Bart laughed, stepping back.
Fei walking out, wearing a loose red silk robe and a bunch of green crap on his face, and one of those cool gel eye masks. "Honestly, do you two WANT me to be the ugliest thing on the face of the Earth?" He snapped.
Bart and Billy both screamed.
"What is that shit on your face?!" Bart yelled.
"It's my mint julep mask." Fei said simply.
"And that thing on your eyes?" Billy blinked.
"My cooling gel mask, no duh!" Fei snapped and spun around, traipsing back into his room and slamming the door.
"Was he wearing Elly's robe?" Bart asked.
"Yeah." Billy nodded.
"God that's creepy." Bart shook his head and went into his bedroom, shutting the door slowly .
"Night." Billy sighed and entered his room, not bothering to turn on the light. He walked up to his windowsill and sat down, remembering the time he sat here and Karina came out, her usual smile on her face.
He sighed and leaned his head against the cold glass. "Oh Kari.. Why can't I keep you in my arms..?" He whispered, looking up at the moon. "And why can't I tell you.. I love you Kari.."
Karina looked down and hugged her knees to her chest. "Why is this happening?" She whispered, over the din of Sierra's snoring. She clenched her teeth and held back the tears. "Why?" She hissed.
"Karina, are you crying?" A voice came from the dark. It was Elly.
"Elly.." Karina whispered. "Yeah, I guess." Karina couldn't see her, it was too dark, but she knew Elly was smiling, somehow.
"I know what's wrong.." She whispered. "You miss someone, don't you." She said playfully, scooting next to Karina.
Karina's cheeks grew hot. "Yes."
"And I think I know who." Elly poked her side and laughed softly.
Karina tightened up more and buried her head in her knees.
"Hey, there's nothing wrong with it." Elly said gently.
"..I know."
"He's a nice guy and all." Elly added, bringing her knees up to her chest as well.
"He really is." Karina
"So, do you know how you feel about him..?" Elly whispered.
Karina hesitated, then responded, "Yes."
"So..?"
"I.." Karina bit her lip. "I think that I.."
Elly smiled gently and put a hand on her shoulder. "It's OK, you don't have to-"
Karina looked up. "I love him. I love Billy Lee Black."
Elly blinked. "Wow, really?"
"Yes, really." Karina sighed.
Elly tapped her shoulder. "Well, I'm sure your knight in shining armor will come save you soon."
"Or rather.." Karina smiled. "My orphanage runner in a blue robe and a big pastel green bow?" She giggled.
"Yeah." Elly laughed. "Better than Fei. He'll probably do something stupid like dress up like a woman to save me."
Karina blinked. "Like they'd do that."
"Yeah, and I don't think Fei would go for dressing like a woman." Elly giggled.
"Funny idea though." Karina added.
"Yeah, I'd love to see how they'd pull THAT off." Elly laughed, the two girls continuing their conversation late into the night.
Meanwhile, Erich sat in the cockpit of his Gear, a blurred conversation going on over his intercom.
~Are you sure the Valhalla is ready for piloting?~ The first voice asked.
*Affirmative, sir. It's our top model, nothing can beat it, I can tell you that.*
~Good, soldier. We shall soon be able to strike the Yggdrasil and get the girl back into our possession. When do you think it will be prepared for attack?~
*About a week at the minimum, sir. We still have to finish up those offensive gears.*
~Very good then. Contact me when all of the gears are ready.~
*Yessir*
~Over and out, soldier.~ The first voice said, and the transmission clicked off.
"So.." Erich hissed, leaning back. "You're planning a guerrilla like attack, eh?" He smiled darkly. "Too bad death is not on your side."