What the Heck Happened?

"I can't believe it!" exclaimed Jet, "Well, actually I can believe it. Gallows has to be the biggest idiot on all of Filgaia! How in the world can he just up and leave us right before the biggest battle so far? Ten to one he just got drunk, and is lost down an alley somewhere. Probably has no idea how to get back here."

"Now Jet. We should be worrying about him, not getting angry. I mean, what if something bad had happened to him last night, while he was drinking. He wouldn't be coherent enough to see the threat as it approached. Let's ask around in the saloon, maybe someone knows what happened to Gallows," replied Virginia as she looked up from her bowl of oatmeal. She was generally concerned from the first moment he'd been discovered missing. Virginia never thought the worst about people, be they friends or enemies.

Jet retorted, "But if someone wanted us dead, they would have gone after those of us who were in the room sleeping. I stayed up until one in the morning, there's no way they would be able to kill us if I was on guard, so I would have been able to tell you that there was an attack. If they went for Gallows, there would be a ton of people in the bar, and not all of them would have been punch drunk. Some would have to be the ones to take their drunken friends home when the night was over." He glared at the young girl a bit.

But before Virginia could say something in response, in came Gallows. He was generally worse for the wear, hey how would you be after being tied up to a pillar for the whole night, then had to ride like a sack of grain on your own horse for about a half hour? Also, the unfortunate Baskar was out of breath from his run from the horse to town. "Finally. . .made it. We can go to the Deus ex Machina now, and kick some Demon butt. I'm gonna do something so good, that Granny will finally lay off of me for the rest of her life."

"Where in the world were you stupid?" inquired Jet, "You've been out all night, probably due to the fact that you were totally sloshed. Jeeze, can't you do anything right Gallows? Next time you want to have a drinking party, wait until after there's no more threat to the stupid planet that we have to take on together."

"Hey! I just so happened to be helping a pretty girl I met in the bar. Only, she turned out to be a thief, and stole all of the money I had on me. As it was I had to make a deal with her in order to get out of her lair alive. So be grateful that I'm even back here to help you out you little punk!" Gallows yelled back.

Jet muttered, "Figures. Gallows can never say no to a pretty girl, especially when he's punch drunk and not able to tell what is going on around him. One of these days, it'll get him in trouble and he won't be able to weasel his way out of it like he did last night. Then there's gonna be all out war, just you wait."

Gallows felt his anger rise well above the triple digits. "I can too say no to a pretty girl. There was the time that. . .wait I helped that one. What about the. . .no, helped that one too. Uhhhhhhhh. . .Melody? No, I was the one who got us into that mess in the first place. Oh, well, can't think of any right now guys."

"There's nothing wrong with wanting to help out a young woman," Clive told him, "But you must be careful, con artists and thieves are all out there just looking for an unsuspecting fool to take advantage of. If you learn to judge character, you will be able to tell yourself which of these girls only wish to use you."

"Ouch, Clive. That stung," whimpered Gallows, thinking about the words "unsuspecting fool." He sat down at the table, and ordered a big plate of scrambled eggs with sausage. When the food came, the young Baskar began chowing down at top speed. Virginia was in disbelief at how her older friend could eat.

. . .

On Lombardia, as they scouted out the enemy's fort, Gallows informed them, "I had to take some sort of mission for Leila in order to get out of there alive. I hope you're not too mad at me for setting up a deal with a thief." He was playing with one of those bouncy balls on the paddle in order to pass time until they arrived. Since it was cloaked in an energy shield, they had no idea how they would be able to spot it.

Jet shrugged. "Whatever, money is money in my book. Doesn't matter if we earn it honestly or if we have to cheat a little. If she pays us for the mission, I'm game. Did she tell you what we were going to do, or will it be her little secret until the time comes for us to go on this little job?" He took a sip of his water bottle, and looked to Virginia. Their leader was sitting and wondering what the next encounter with Leehalt would be like. Would he go all out on her, wanting his revenge for her being the daughter of the woman he had loved? After all, the man still lived in the illusion that Werner had manipulated the whole love triangle.

"I don't know if we're even getting paid," Gallows stated, "Remember, I am doing this to repay her for sparing my life when I was a hostage." He began to inch away, knowing that Jet might be a little bit angry at him for accepting a job that would net them no profit whatsoever. But before something extremely bloody could occur, Virginia walked up to Jet, grabbed him by his arm, and sat him right back down in his seat.

"Jet, I need you on lookout. Out of all of us, you've got the best eyesight. Thus, you would be the best to spot the Deus ex Machina. I think it was giving off slight energy readings from the shield, so there could be some sort of distortion or smoke we can look for. You can argue about work with Gallows another time, once we're back on the safe ground again. Besides, we never can tell when and if one of Siegfried's Wyverns will attack, that could be a problem if we are caught unaware by those vicious creatures," she told her friend. Then, Virginia walked back to her own station, giving Jet a little wink, and causing him to blush.

Clive informed everyone, "We should all keep our eyes out. Even with his great eyesight, Jet might miss it if it is on the other side. So everyone look out for something strange, that is our target's location."

Gallows looked at Jet, still as red as the skirt Leila had been wearing. 'If it weren't for the fact that I'm already on the punk's last nerve, I would go and laugh at him for that. I knew he had a crush on her.'

Teefa's Last Words…

I spent a long time thinking about this. My humor stories are seriously lacking, except in the Slayers and Zoids categories. And that's mainly b/c I added in quirks from the shows.

One more little thing...the ninja in Disgaea looks a lot like Jet. Scary part, I had long decided to make the character I named Jet a ninja after reading a guide on how to get all the classes.