Disclaimer: I don't own the series or the characters. I wish I did, but I don't. You'll give Mainframe and whatever other companies that are involved the credit. Instead, I own a word processer and an overactive imagination which will just have to do.
Summary: Vinnie finds a new play toy and Fidget tries to hide the evidence.
A/N: #1 This is one of seven, the rating may change as the series progresses.
#2 Changes have been made to all chapters, regarding the interior of Big Air, I spent four hours going over my 3.5 taped episodes and came up with rough schematics that I may try to post on the yahoogroup later.
#3 In response to a comment; yes, part one was previously posted for something like 24 hours back in late 2001 and then I felt it wasn't finished so I took it down.
by Barbara C.
Part One: Lace
Fidget sat on the edge of her bunk staring off into space. In actuality, she was mentally going over a jump she and Alex would be making later that afternoon.
A thump at the end of her bunk brought her out of her thoughts. "Vinnie? What is it boy? Got somethin' you want to share?"
Apparently not, because the large lizard scooted out of the bunkroom before she could see what it was he had gotten himself into. "Oh, Vinnie," she smiled standing up and following after the iguana. Upon reaching the end of the bed, she looked to see what her pet and found that was so interesting. "A hatbox?" she questioned aloud. "Why would a hatbox be out on the floor? Who wears hats? Or would have a hatbo…" Pausing in mid sentence, Fidgets eyes went wide as she moved aside the already ajar lid.
"Oh, no," she moaned. The contents were gone from their container. Looking around wildly, Fidget didn't see any trace of them. "Vinnie!"
Racing into the next room, the red-head spotted the reptile that, sure enough, was dragging a scrap of black lace in his teeth.
"Vinnie!" she scolded, though the iguana seemed to pay no mind. "Come back with that! It isn't yours." It didn't take Fidget long to catch up to her prey. Once she grabbed the scrap of lace, she did identify it as the missing bra she had hidden away.
Grunting she began muttering curses at her sister underneath her breath. "Of all the…" stupid, gag gifts Candace had bought for her over the years, this one had taken the cake. Well, maybe the presents hadn't been intended as gag gifts; but not having a social life, why would someone wear a skimpy, transparent, and black, lace bra. For fun? Not likely, scratchy and itchy was more like it. For a while, Candace attempted to fix her social life-slash-love life by buying her things like the bra and other seductive little numbers for show once the clothes came off. The problem was, with all of Fidget's dates, nothing ever went that far. Partly at fault were the majority of them being blind dates, and completely the fault of them all being losers. Therefore, Fidget just tucked the items away for a rainy day when she was a seventy-year-old spinster who could take them out and have either a good laugh or a great fantasy.
Fidget had no idea how the box had been moved from its hiding place or how Vinnie had gotten into it, but she had to get it back before it was found by any of the guys. Wait; hadn't Grinder said something about moving old boxes to make room for spare parts? Oh well, didn't matter now. Back to the problem at hand, Vinnie wasn't letting go of his new "toy" and it was frustrating Fidget to no end. She wanted it back and hidden before anyone came to see what was going on.
"No, Vinnie, bad boy!" Tugging with all her might, Fidget managed to wrestle the offending garment away from the lizard as Alex stuck his head in to see what the commotion was all about.
"Vinnie's being bad? I never thought I'd see the day," he chuckled as he finished climbing up the ladder and into the room. Quickly, she hid the bra behind her back.
"We were…uh…playing tug-of-war. I felt like winning and so did he." Smiling weakly Fidget was wondering how to keep Vinnie from playing tug-of-war with the bra she was hiding while Alex stood in front of her and at the same time how to get rid of Alex so she could dispose of the evidence. She might live with three men, but that didn't mean they needed to know, or guess about what she might or might not be wearing under her clothes. It was none of their business and besides it could lead to weird complications in the future.
"So…"
"Hey there, guy." Alex bent down to rub Vinnie underneath his chin. Perhaps worn out from his earlier game, Vinnie didn't give away the red-head's secret, instead he nuzzled closer to Alex's stroking hand.
While this occurred, Fidget slowly backed toward the bunkroom. "Why don't I leave you two alone for a minute while I get ready for the jump? Okay?" Without a moment's hesitation she turned around and ran for the hatbox. The bra was safely tucked away and the box was underneath her bed before Alex paid her attention and came through the doorway carrying Vinnie.
"Fidge, I forgot to tell you. Grinder pulled some boxes out of one of the storage cubbies. One of them was a hatbox, didn't belong to any of us so he put it in here," Alex scanned the room for the container. "Hmm, well, he said he put it in here."
Gulp. "Did you guys look to see what was in it?"
"No, didn't belong to us, so we thought we'd ask first."
"Hatbox, hatbox, hatbox? Yup, I remember it. It was mine. I've already put it away. Thanks for asking."
"Sure. No prob." He didn't seem to suspect a thing the red-head though gleefully. "Down ya go, boy. Be good for Fidget. See you later."
"Yeah, later," Fidget kept her eye on Vinnie, who was poking around her bunk, as Alex left. "Not another step, Vinnie, you're grounded." The iguana blinked at her in a guise of complete innocence. She wasn't falling for that. No, her next action would have been to staple and duct tape the damn box so that neither no one nor nothing could get into it. First, though, she had to find another article of missing clothing from it. Where could it be?
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