Chapter Two
Lilian was in the greenhouse as usual, growing her silver trees in large and magestic quantities. The large metal creature was around fourteen feet in length, the body and tail each taking up seven feet. Along her backbone, thin, two-foot spines rose carefully into the air, spreading when the metal creature curled up to mollycoddle a certain shrub. She groaned when Bobby showed his face in the doorway of the greenhouse, the only room in the entire base lit entirely by green lights, except her groan came out a deep tuning fork chime.
"What? Oh come on. I'm not that bad," he replied, jumping in the largest tree.
She looked up at him and shook her head slowly, making more chimes. Her spines clinked together as she arched her back to look at him.
"Where's Mimic?"
She looked at him with a raised eyebrow and groaned again, going back to her plant.
"Lil, please. Make that freaky call. Get her to come here."
Lilian shook her head and patted her throat with the end of her tail. Bobby smacked his forehead and fell out of the tree.
"Sick again!? Lilian, there's too much humidity in here! Get out every once in a while. Dammit! Where's that chalk Austin gave you? He gave you that stupid little blackboard for a reason!"
She made a shrill ring. Bobby crawled to the supply closet and began to rummage through the junk inside. Lilian screeched and whipped her tail around his ankle, pulling him out with his hands wrapped around an almost brand new box of white chalk and a small blackboard. She held him upside down for a few seconds and watched him scribble something down on the chalkboard.
"Well, you haven't used it in forever. Let me. Tada!"
He turned the board around and it had a very jagged, hackysack-looking person on it.
"Give up? It's Elizabeth!"
Lilian coughed then smiled, uttering a shrill, amused squeak.
"Now, please, tell me where Mimic is."
He erased the board with the side of his pants and put it in front of her with the chalk in his hand. Her tail wrapped around the chalk and put it to the black surface. She dropped it and sat on the ground in wait. Bobby picked the slate up.
Construction Site of the new Bank of America
He looked her and rolled his eyes. "Ah. Well...that makes sense. It's the tallest building in Vegas. Plenty of viewing space. At ten at night, yeah, vacant. Thanks, Lil."
Bobby snapped his tail and rushed down the hallway, leaving Lilian shaking her head and returning to her plants.
Lilian was in the greenhouse as usual, growing her silver trees in large and magestic quantities. The large metal creature was around fourteen feet in length, the body and tail each taking up seven feet. Along her backbone, thin, two-foot spines rose carefully into the air, spreading when the metal creature curled up to mollycoddle a certain shrub. She groaned when Bobby showed his face in the doorway of the greenhouse, the only room in the entire base lit entirely by green lights, except her groan came out a deep tuning fork chime.
"What? Oh come on. I'm not that bad," he replied, jumping in the largest tree.
She looked up at him and shook her head slowly, making more chimes. Her spines clinked together as she arched her back to look at him.
"Where's Mimic?"
She looked at him with a raised eyebrow and groaned again, going back to her plant.
"Lil, please. Make that freaky call. Get her to come here."
Lilian shook her head and patted her throat with the end of her tail. Bobby smacked his forehead and fell out of the tree.
"Sick again!? Lilian, there's too much humidity in here! Get out every once in a while. Dammit! Where's that chalk Austin gave you? He gave you that stupid little blackboard for a reason!"
She made a shrill ring. Bobby crawled to the supply closet and began to rummage through the junk inside. Lilian screeched and whipped her tail around his ankle, pulling him out with his hands wrapped around an almost brand new box of white chalk and a small blackboard. She held him upside down for a few seconds and watched him scribble something down on the chalkboard.
"Well, you haven't used it in forever. Let me. Tada!"
He turned the board around and it had a very jagged, hackysack-looking person on it.
"Give up? It's Elizabeth!"
Lilian coughed then smiled, uttering a shrill, amused squeak.
"Now, please, tell me where Mimic is."
He erased the board with the side of his pants and put it in front of her with the chalk in his hand. Her tail wrapped around the chalk and put it to the black surface. She dropped it and sat on the ground in wait. Bobby picked the slate up.
Construction Site of the new Bank of America
He looked her and rolled his eyes. "Ah. Well...that makes sense. It's the tallest building in Vegas. Plenty of viewing space. At ten at night, yeah, vacant. Thanks, Lil."
Bobby snapped his tail and rushed down the hallway, leaving Lilian shaking her head and returning to her plants.