Chapter 4: Delivery boys
Tony sat alone at the wheel of the Elsa. Everyone else was going for a snack as he was supposed to stay to turn into the greenhouse colony's dock. He sat patiently, looking at a screen of the recent events.
"A murder in the Kukai Foundation. An innocent claimed to of spotted a gnosis and-"
"Geez. I can't stand this damn news. Death here, Gnosis there...nothing's fun anymore." Tony yelled at the screen.
"Is someone talking about fun without me?" Hammer said calmly as he entered the room.
"Ya. Your mom." Tony said, shifting to look like he was doing something. Hammer laughed and handed Tony a sandwich.
"Thanks." Tony bit into it, "Oh yuck! Ever think of putting something BETWEEN the bread?" Tony scoffed. Hammer just shook his head.
"Oh ya. Thought of it everyday." Hammer sighed, as he saw the dark space around them become lighter as they approached the atmosphere of the colony. Tony leaned back again, biting into his bread sandwich with a slightly angered look upon him.
"You think that Captain would think of us for once and get the hell outta debt. Now all we've got is Gaignun's generosity and our will to live!" Tony said. Hammer leaned against Tony's chair and began to eat too.
"Ya, well...I dunno. It's fun." Hammer muttered quietly.
"Huh? Did you say fun?" Tony said, looking at Hammer curiously. Hammer laughed and scratched his head.
"Uh-huh! No stress of bearing the debt but all the fun of adventuring and selling things..." Hammer said, make hand gestures of the airship flying around. Tony shook his head with a chuckle.
"Well, come to think of it this work isn't that bad, I guess." Tony said, "Compared to other things..."
"Hey guys." chaos seemed to appear from nowhere and walked over to them.
"Yo, chaos. can you voice in to the port that we're landing. We're almost there." Tony said, putting his hands on the wheel.
"Rodger!" chaos said happily, as he walked over to his station, pushing a fell buttons lightly until a screen popped up saying that it was connecting the signal.
'Hello, this is Sally Richards from the 1st starboard port entrance to the Greenhouse Colony, how can I help you?' rang a voice from chaos' station. Hammer and Tony chewed their bread silently.
"This is chaos from the Elsa Von Brabant reporting and requesting passage through your gates, ma-am." chaos said easily with a smile as he pressed a few buttons to check the systems.
'Yes, sir. May I ask what business you have in the Greenhouse Colony?'
"We are delivering a package for a Mr. Sayers from the Kukai Foundation, miss." chaos said brightly, looking at the big oblong brown box.
"That Gaignun. Sending us to do some damn delivery. they had systems for that." Tony mumbled.
"Quiet, Tony! We're desperate, remember?" Hammer scolded.
'Okay, sir. the docking area is clear. You may enter. Thank you for coming to the Greenhouse Colony.' The line on the screen fell flat and disappeared as the transmission ended.
"It's all yours, Tony." chaos said with a tender smile.
"Where the damn captain?" Tony said, as he flipped a few switches on the side panel next to the wheel, "we're not gonna be is delivery pansies too! He's gonna lug that damn thing right next to me!"
"I'll fetch him." chaos said politely as if he didn't hear the rude remarks.
"Man, you're off today." hammer said, "You aren't gonna...do some kinda suicide run into the port are you?"
"Ah shut-up. I'm just sick of the news lately. This stuff about...Gnosis." Tony said uneasily, wringing his hands around the wheel.
"Oh. That. I understand. Don't wanna relive the time we met chaos, do you?" Hammer said, watching the dock come closer.
"Definitely not. Gnosis creep me out." Tony said in a wavered voice. Hammer laughed. Just then chaos and Captain Matthews walked in.
"Ya ready boys? Tony, take her in!" Matthews commanded as he walked over to his chair and sat down, "Hammer, get over here!"
"Right, sir! Err...Captain!" Hammer said, saluting as if he was trying to hide something and dashing over to his station. Tony maneuvered the ship easily into the wide point where a great metal port has red laser across and glass stations where girls had headphones on, listening for incoming transmissions. The Elsa passed the red laser and a sound set off that they were clear and that they had been identified.
"Easy as pie." Hammer said, getting up and stretching.
"Don't talk to me about pie!" Tony said, glaring at Hammer. chaos laughed a he got up too.
"What are you waiting for guys. Let's get this thingy outta here!" chaos said, giving them a thumbs up.
"Talking about thingy..." Hammer said awkwardly, "What the hell do you think it is?" Tony walked up next to Hammer.
"It's not your job to think about what it is!" Matthews yelled at all of them Hammer jumped a bit, seeing as Matthew was right behind him. Tony turned to look at him.
"Hey, aren't you coming too?" Tony whined.
"Of course not, ya moron! Why the hell would the captain carry a damn box? Now get yer asses outta here so we can get my money!" Matthews said, taking up the box and throwing it into Tony's arms, who fell over with it in surprise making a terrified sound.
"Ack! Tony!" Hammer squeaked, surprised as well. Tony got up rubbing his head.
"My God, this thing weighs a ton!" Tony moaned, getting up without it.
"Then the sooner it's outta here the less we hafta worry about it! Move already!" Matthews yelled, pointing at the door.
"Man, what's up his ass today?" Tony said, rubbing his head still and looking at the box like it was evil.
"Well you heard the captain, guys! Let's get going!" chaos said grinning. He picked up the box and held it in one hand with ease. Tony's eyes widened.
"Chaos...marry me." Tony said. Hammer and chaos laughed but Matthews growled. Before he could yell again, the three were out of the ship.
"It's getting hot in here." Tony said. Hammer sighed.
"Of course. Do you even know what a greenhouse is?" Hammer said irately.
"Of course not! But who cares, I like it." Tony smirked. Hammer growled and made a gesture like he was about to suffocate Tony.
"Hey Hammer, look!" chaos interrupted. He pointed to a tall tree that stood hundreds of feet in the air and spread majestically from the top green and red burst of color that drooped into a beautiful collage.
"OK, Hammer. What the fuck is a greenhouse." Tony said, in awe of the tree. He had only seen a tree in the Kukai foundation, and it was tiny and fake.
"Well, Tony, this colony is here one reason: to grow plants. Plants are usually green things that used to grow all around Miltia and sometimes grow in planets these days. A bit after the Miltian conflict, a Mr. Sayers, who inherited the planet's ownership, decided to commit it to re-growing the old Miltian plants. Greenhouses absorb the heat given off in space to keep a humid atmosphere perfect for the plants' growth cycle." Hammer said matter-of-factly. Tony's eyes looked everywhere to absorb all the shapes and colors.
"It's fucking beautiful!" He said loudly. hammer flinched, looking around for any children visitors.
"I see you enjoy my plants." Said an old tenor voice. The three of them looked at the rugged old man with bright orange hair fading into silver.
"You must be Mr. Sayers." chaos said in a steady, happy voice. He took up the package and handed it to him, "This is for you. It's directly from Gaignun Kukai of the Kukai foundation."
"I see," Sayers said looking at it and adjusting the glasses on his nose, "Thank you boys for delivering this. Here, take this." Mr. Sayers threw something and chaos caught it and bowed.
"All in a day's work, sir!" chaos saluted and Mr. Sayers laughed and turned around, dragging the box behind him.
"U-uh sir?" Hammer said. Mr. Sayers turned around, "Err...any idea what in that box?" Mr. Sayers smiled.
"Why yes. It's a coffin." Simultaneously, Tony and Hammer stepped backwards and shrieked, frightened.
"A-a-a-a-a coffin?!" Hammer said, clutching Tony in sickened fear. Chaos turned to the boys and smiled.
"It's ok, guys. It's best not to ask." chaos said, walking over towards them, "Good-bye, Mr. Sayers." chaos said, as he walked around the petrified crewmembers and dragged them by their shirt collars out of the green dome as Mr. Sayers waved good-bye.
"I want a fucking flower."
AN. Was this longer than usual? I hope so! This was so fun to write. I even know what to do next...I hope you're anticipating it!
Tony sat alone at the wheel of the Elsa. Everyone else was going for a snack as he was supposed to stay to turn into the greenhouse colony's dock. He sat patiently, looking at a screen of the recent events.
"A murder in the Kukai Foundation. An innocent claimed to of spotted a gnosis and-"
"Geez. I can't stand this damn news. Death here, Gnosis there...nothing's fun anymore." Tony yelled at the screen.
"Is someone talking about fun without me?" Hammer said calmly as he entered the room.
"Ya. Your mom." Tony said, shifting to look like he was doing something. Hammer laughed and handed Tony a sandwich.
"Thanks." Tony bit into it, "Oh yuck! Ever think of putting something BETWEEN the bread?" Tony scoffed. Hammer just shook his head.
"Oh ya. Thought of it everyday." Hammer sighed, as he saw the dark space around them become lighter as they approached the atmosphere of the colony. Tony leaned back again, biting into his bread sandwich with a slightly angered look upon him.
"You think that Captain would think of us for once and get the hell outta debt. Now all we've got is Gaignun's generosity and our will to live!" Tony said. Hammer leaned against Tony's chair and began to eat too.
"Ya, well...I dunno. It's fun." Hammer muttered quietly.
"Huh? Did you say fun?" Tony said, looking at Hammer curiously. Hammer laughed and scratched his head.
"Uh-huh! No stress of bearing the debt but all the fun of adventuring and selling things..." Hammer said, make hand gestures of the airship flying around. Tony shook his head with a chuckle.
"Well, come to think of it this work isn't that bad, I guess." Tony said, "Compared to other things..."
"Hey guys." chaos seemed to appear from nowhere and walked over to them.
"Yo, chaos. can you voice in to the port that we're landing. We're almost there." Tony said, putting his hands on the wheel.
"Rodger!" chaos said happily, as he walked over to his station, pushing a fell buttons lightly until a screen popped up saying that it was connecting the signal.
'Hello, this is Sally Richards from the 1st starboard port entrance to the Greenhouse Colony, how can I help you?' rang a voice from chaos' station. Hammer and Tony chewed their bread silently.
"This is chaos from the Elsa Von Brabant reporting and requesting passage through your gates, ma-am." chaos said easily with a smile as he pressed a few buttons to check the systems.
'Yes, sir. May I ask what business you have in the Greenhouse Colony?'
"We are delivering a package for a Mr. Sayers from the Kukai Foundation, miss." chaos said brightly, looking at the big oblong brown box.
"That Gaignun. Sending us to do some damn delivery. they had systems for that." Tony mumbled.
"Quiet, Tony! We're desperate, remember?" Hammer scolded.
'Okay, sir. the docking area is clear. You may enter. Thank you for coming to the Greenhouse Colony.' The line on the screen fell flat and disappeared as the transmission ended.
"It's all yours, Tony." chaos said with a tender smile.
"Where the damn captain?" Tony said, as he flipped a few switches on the side panel next to the wheel, "we're not gonna be is delivery pansies too! He's gonna lug that damn thing right next to me!"
"I'll fetch him." chaos said politely as if he didn't hear the rude remarks.
"Man, you're off today." hammer said, "You aren't gonna...do some kinda suicide run into the port are you?"
"Ah shut-up. I'm just sick of the news lately. This stuff about...Gnosis." Tony said uneasily, wringing his hands around the wheel.
"Oh. That. I understand. Don't wanna relive the time we met chaos, do you?" Hammer said, watching the dock come closer.
"Definitely not. Gnosis creep me out." Tony said in a wavered voice. Hammer laughed. Just then chaos and Captain Matthews walked in.
"Ya ready boys? Tony, take her in!" Matthews commanded as he walked over to his chair and sat down, "Hammer, get over here!"
"Right, sir! Err...Captain!" Hammer said, saluting as if he was trying to hide something and dashing over to his station. Tony maneuvered the ship easily into the wide point where a great metal port has red laser across and glass stations where girls had headphones on, listening for incoming transmissions. The Elsa passed the red laser and a sound set off that they were clear and that they had been identified.
"Easy as pie." Hammer said, getting up and stretching.
"Don't talk to me about pie!" Tony said, glaring at Hammer. chaos laughed a he got up too.
"What are you waiting for guys. Let's get this thingy outta here!" chaos said, giving them a thumbs up.
"Talking about thingy..." Hammer said awkwardly, "What the hell do you think it is?" Tony walked up next to Hammer.
"It's not your job to think about what it is!" Matthews yelled at all of them Hammer jumped a bit, seeing as Matthew was right behind him. Tony turned to look at him.
"Hey, aren't you coming too?" Tony whined.
"Of course not, ya moron! Why the hell would the captain carry a damn box? Now get yer asses outta here so we can get my money!" Matthews said, taking up the box and throwing it into Tony's arms, who fell over with it in surprise making a terrified sound.
"Ack! Tony!" Hammer squeaked, surprised as well. Tony got up rubbing his head.
"My God, this thing weighs a ton!" Tony moaned, getting up without it.
"Then the sooner it's outta here the less we hafta worry about it! Move already!" Matthews yelled, pointing at the door.
"Man, what's up his ass today?" Tony said, rubbing his head still and looking at the box like it was evil.
"Well you heard the captain, guys! Let's get going!" chaos said grinning. He picked up the box and held it in one hand with ease. Tony's eyes widened.
"Chaos...marry me." Tony said. Hammer and chaos laughed but Matthews growled. Before he could yell again, the three were out of the ship.
"It's getting hot in here." Tony said. Hammer sighed.
"Of course. Do you even know what a greenhouse is?" Hammer said irately.
"Of course not! But who cares, I like it." Tony smirked. Hammer growled and made a gesture like he was about to suffocate Tony.
"Hey Hammer, look!" chaos interrupted. He pointed to a tall tree that stood hundreds of feet in the air and spread majestically from the top green and red burst of color that drooped into a beautiful collage.
"OK, Hammer. What the fuck is a greenhouse." Tony said, in awe of the tree. He had only seen a tree in the Kukai foundation, and it was tiny and fake.
"Well, Tony, this colony is here one reason: to grow plants. Plants are usually green things that used to grow all around Miltia and sometimes grow in planets these days. A bit after the Miltian conflict, a Mr. Sayers, who inherited the planet's ownership, decided to commit it to re-growing the old Miltian plants. Greenhouses absorb the heat given off in space to keep a humid atmosphere perfect for the plants' growth cycle." Hammer said matter-of-factly. Tony's eyes looked everywhere to absorb all the shapes and colors.
"It's fucking beautiful!" He said loudly. hammer flinched, looking around for any children visitors.
"I see you enjoy my plants." Said an old tenor voice. The three of them looked at the rugged old man with bright orange hair fading into silver.
"You must be Mr. Sayers." chaos said in a steady, happy voice. He took up the package and handed it to him, "This is for you. It's directly from Gaignun Kukai of the Kukai foundation."
"I see," Sayers said looking at it and adjusting the glasses on his nose, "Thank you boys for delivering this. Here, take this." Mr. Sayers threw something and chaos caught it and bowed.
"All in a day's work, sir!" chaos saluted and Mr. Sayers laughed and turned around, dragging the box behind him.
"U-uh sir?" Hammer said. Mr. Sayers turned around, "Err...any idea what in that box?" Mr. Sayers smiled.
"Why yes. It's a coffin." Simultaneously, Tony and Hammer stepped backwards and shrieked, frightened.
"A-a-a-a-a coffin?!" Hammer said, clutching Tony in sickened fear. Chaos turned to the boys and smiled.
"It's ok, guys. It's best not to ask." chaos said, walking over towards them, "Good-bye, Mr. Sayers." chaos said, as he walked around the petrified crewmembers and dragged them by their shirt collars out of the green dome as Mr. Sayers waved good-bye.
"I want a fucking flower."
AN. Was this longer than usual? I hope so! This was so fun to write. I even know what to do next...I hope you're anticipating it!