Chapter 5: No Respect!
The Elsa quietly drifted through space, everyone on board but no one speaking. Matthews shifted in his chair, and then Tony scratched his head.
"Uh...Captain? Can I just switch it to autopilot to the Kukai Foundation? There's no activity for miles and no checkpoint." Tony suggested. Matthews paused, scratching his chin in thought, then made a thinking noise.
"Well...fine. That's not too bad of an idea, I guess." Matthews grunted. At the same time, chaos and Hammer looked at each other from their stations with a great big smile. But no one dared to get up until the captain had left the room. Then Hammer jumped up with a big cheer!
"All right Tonyyy!" He said, "Nothing like off time. You rock."
"I know, I know." Tony said with a grin of his own, typing on the keyboard next to him then flipping 3 switches up from 6 switches set down in a diagonal pattern. He sighed and stretched out.
"Yes. Freedom feels good." Tony said. He got up a wrapped a big arm around Hammer's neck, basically dragging him towards the door.
"Now it's time to party Elsa style!" But he stopped next to chaos, who had remained sitting down. Hammer and Tony both looked at him strangely, " Hey chaos, aren't you coming too?"
"No thanks, guys! I'm gonna keep watch here." chaos said with a big smile, shaking his hand at them.
"Oh. If you're sure you don't wanna come then..." Tony said, in a slightly saddened tone. He brightened himself and walked out the door with Hammer.
"Something's not right today..." chaos said to himself, looking out the window, deep into space.
"Break out the wine, Hammer!" Tony yelled.
"We have no wine." Hammer said irritably. Tony made a nasty looked then shook it off.
"Fine! Break out the snacks!" Tony cheered.
"There are no snacks." Hammer said, looking off to one side and crossing his arms. he stood behind the bar in the Elsa's cafe, as Tony had told him to. Tony slammed his fist on the table.
"Then what do we have!" Tony said in an angered voice. Hammer took a step back then scratched his head. he turned around and looked in the kitchen.
"Uh...looks like rice, hot and cold water, soba noodles, soy sauce, and bread." Hammer said, turning back to Tony wearing a ridiculous pinstripe apron.
"Fine!" Tony said in a determined voice, holding his chopstick high in the air, "then you shall make me soba rice! And it shall be good!"
"Oh man..." Hammer moaned, "sure thing."
"Viola." Hammer said, coming out f the kitchen with some escaped steam, "I have made food." Hammer set down a small blue and white chine bowl down with a heap of gooey looking rice wrapped in thin whole wheat noodles covered in brown sauce. Tony glared at it.
"I'm supposed to eat this burnt thing?" Tony said, poking at it with his chopsticks like it was going to eat him.
"Hey! I wasn't hired as a chef, okay?" Hammer yelled, throwing down his apron, "and that's what you asked for!"
"Hey now, Hammer! I asked for food!" Tony said, looking with one eyebrow raised at Hammer. Hammer glared back for a while, his face turning pink with angry then shook his head and left through the kitchen door.
"Man doesn't know how to keep his cool." Tony said, looking back at the food. The Matthews entered the room, then began to sniff.
"What's burning?" Matthews said, then he looked at Tony and his china bowl, "Hey, can I have somma that?"
Meanwhile in the crewmember's quarters, Hammer sat on his bed hugging his knees.
"Stupid Tony. He thinks he so great and funny." Hammer said, sniffing. he heard the door open. He grabbed a pillow and threw it at the opening door.
"Get out of here Tony! Go stuff your face in the stove!" He yelled. Then after not hearing anything, he opened his eyes and saw the pillow was still hovering above the doorway and it had been caught my chaos, and he moved it from his face and smiled.
"It's just me, Hammer. What's wrong with you and Tony?" chaos asked quietly as he walked over to Hammer. As Hammer re-adjusted himself on the bed in his knee-hugging position, chaos set the pillow down and sat on it in front of Hammer, listening intently.
"Well, first Tony put me in the kitchen even when it was his turn to cook, then he told me what to make out of our short supplies and basically asked to use then all, then when I made it he made fun of me for it1 And after all I do for him! He can be so...conceited! He annoys me so much!" Hammer said, his face getting redder every time he remembered something Tony did that he didn't say. Chaos looked quietly at Hammer until he thought it was right to talk.
"Hammer, those things aren't very nice but...have you ever thought that Tony does them because he loves you?" chaos answered, spreading his arms in a comfortable fashion Hammer looked at chaos' reassuring face for a second then sniffed a bit again.
"No! There's no way. Tony doesn't even respect me as a human being! He's so mean and stupid." Hammer said, rubbing his eyes as if he was about to cry. Chaos waited a few seconds again.
"Hammer...do you think you wouldn't mind unless you felt like you were loosing a great friend?" chaos said. Hammer stopped his quiet sobs and looked thoughtfully at chaos, as if chaos knew everything about everyone.
"Hey Hammer!" A voice broke the calming silence between the two. hammer entered the room.
"You're late." Hammer said.
"Huh?" Tony asked, holding the bowl in his hands.
"Nothing." Hammer retorted, looking away. Chaos smiled at Tony and turned his way.
"So wonderful you could join us, Tony. What have ya got there?" chaos said, with a somewhat giddy tone to his voice as if everything was going his way.
"Oh, this is the thingy that Hammer made. Turns out it's awesome." Tony said, looking at it. Hammer jumped, and looked over to see half the bowl was empty.
"Wha--you really like it?" Hammer said in a frail voice, as if chaos had magically made everything better.
"Hell ya. The captain loves it too. In fact, he wanted me to get you so that you could 'make more of that good shit'." Tony laughed. Hammer looked at chaos, and then at Tony again. There was a long pause as Hammer hugged his knees tight, thinking to himself.
"Come on, Hammer." Tony smiled, walking in and patting his head, "Captain's orders!" Hammer smiled at Tony and Tony smiled back.
"Right! I'm on it!" Hammer said, getting up. He looked sincerely at Tony, then looked at chaos again. Chaos nodded and Hammer almost believed that chaos was some kind of mind-reader of miracle maker. Or hell....an angel.
"Hey Tony..." Hammer said quietly.
"What?" Tony said, ready to get back to the cafe. Hammer looked straight into Tony's eyes.
"We're good friends, right? You were only joking with me?" Hammer whispered, kind of embarrassed.
"Hell ya!" Tony laughed, putting his arm around Hammer again, "There isn't a guy in the universe that could be a better pal than you. Try not to take me to seriously, okay?" Hammer and Tony just kept smiling and smiling.
"Okay. I won't." Hammer said, "Thanks, chaos." And with that they left the room.
"Good." chaos sighed, "Everything feels good again."
"Coming up, Captain!"
AN: Wasn't that cute?! Obviously this was inspired because I had a fight with a good friend of mine and I hope by the time I post this story I'll have made up with them because I was being Tony . heh, heh...I have plenty ideas for this story so don't think I'm gonna stop! ^_^
The Elsa quietly drifted through space, everyone on board but no one speaking. Matthews shifted in his chair, and then Tony scratched his head.
"Uh...Captain? Can I just switch it to autopilot to the Kukai Foundation? There's no activity for miles and no checkpoint." Tony suggested. Matthews paused, scratching his chin in thought, then made a thinking noise.
"Well...fine. That's not too bad of an idea, I guess." Matthews grunted. At the same time, chaos and Hammer looked at each other from their stations with a great big smile. But no one dared to get up until the captain had left the room. Then Hammer jumped up with a big cheer!
"All right Tonyyy!" He said, "Nothing like off time. You rock."
"I know, I know." Tony said with a grin of his own, typing on the keyboard next to him then flipping 3 switches up from 6 switches set down in a diagonal pattern. He sighed and stretched out.
"Yes. Freedom feels good." Tony said. He got up a wrapped a big arm around Hammer's neck, basically dragging him towards the door.
"Now it's time to party Elsa style!" But he stopped next to chaos, who had remained sitting down. Hammer and Tony both looked at him strangely, " Hey chaos, aren't you coming too?"
"No thanks, guys! I'm gonna keep watch here." chaos said with a big smile, shaking his hand at them.
"Oh. If you're sure you don't wanna come then..." Tony said, in a slightly saddened tone. He brightened himself and walked out the door with Hammer.
"Something's not right today..." chaos said to himself, looking out the window, deep into space.
"Break out the wine, Hammer!" Tony yelled.
"We have no wine." Hammer said irritably. Tony made a nasty looked then shook it off.
"Fine! Break out the snacks!" Tony cheered.
"There are no snacks." Hammer said, looking off to one side and crossing his arms. he stood behind the bar in the Elsa's cafe, as Tony had told him to. Tony slammed his fist on the table.
"Then what do we have!" Tony said in an angered voice. Hammer took a step back then scratched his head. he turned around and looked in the kitchen.
"Uh...looks like rice, hot and cold water, soba noodles, soy sauce, and bread." Hammer said, turning back to Tony wearing a ridiculous pinstripe apron.
"Fine!" Tony said in a determined voice, holding his chopstick high in the air, "then you shall make me soba rice! And it shall be good!"
"Oh man..." Hammer moaned, "sure thing."
"Viola." Hammer said, coming out f the kitchen with some escaped steam, "I have made food." Hammer set down a small blue and white chine bowl down with a heap of gooey looking rice wrapped in thin whole wheat noodles covered in brown sauce. Tony glared at it.
"I'm supposed to eat this burnt thing?" Tony said, poking at it with his chopsticks like it was going to eat him.
"Hey! I wasn't hired as a chef, okay?" Hammer yelled, throwing down his apron, "and that's what you asked for!"
"Hey now, Hammer! I asked for food!" Tony said, looking with one eyebrow raised at Hammer. Hammer glared back for a while, his face turning pink with angry then shook his head and left through the kitchen door.
"Man doesn't know how to keep his cool." Tony said, looking back at the food. The Matthews entered the room, then began to sniff.
"What's burning?" Matthews said, then he looked at Tony and his china bowl, "Hey, can I have somma that?"
Meanwhile in the crewmember's quarters, Hammer sat on his bed hugging his knees.
"Stupid Tony. He thinks he so great and funny." Hammer said, sniffing. he heard the door open. He grabbed a pillow and threw it at the opening door.
"Get out of here Tony! Go stuff your face in the stove!" He yelled. Then after not hearing anything, he opened his eyes and saw the pillow was still hovering above the doorway and it had been caught my chaos, and he moved it from his face and smiled.
"It's just me, Hammer. What's wrong with you and Tony?" chaos asked quietly as he walked over to Hammer. As Hammer re-adjusted himself on the bed in his knee-hugging position, chaos set the pillow down and sat on it in front of Hammer, listening intently.
"Well, first Tony put me in the kitchen even when it was his turn to cook, then he told me what to make out of our short supplies and basically asked to use then all, then when I made it he made fun of me for it1 And after all I do for him! He can be so...conceited! He annoys me so much!" Hammer said, his face getting redder every time he remembered something Tony did that he didn't say. Chaos looked quietly at Hammer until he thought it was right to talk.
"Hammer, those things aren't very nice but...have you ever thought that Tony does them because he loves you?" chaos answered, spreading his arms in a comfortable fashion Hammer looked at chaos' reassuring face for a second then sniffed a bit again.
"No! There's no way. Tony doesn't even respect me as a human being! He's so mean and stupid." Hammer said, rubbing his eyes as if he was about to cry. Chaos waited a few seconds again.
"Hammer...do you think you wouldn't mind unless you felt like you were loosing a great friend?" chaos said. Hammer stopped his quiet sobs and looked thoughtfully at chaos, as if chaos knew everything about everyone.
"Hey Hammer!" A voice broke the calming silence between the two. hammer entered the room.
"You're late." Hammer said.
"Huh?" Tony asked, holding the bowl in his hands.
"Nothing." Hammer retorted, looking away. Chaos smiled at Tony and turned his way.
"So wonderful you could join us, Tony. What have ya got there?" chaos said, with a somewhat giddy tone to his voice as if everything was going his way.
"Oh, this is the thingy that Hammer made. Turns out it's awesome." Tony said, looking at it. Hammer jumped, and looked over to see half the bowl was empty.
"Wha--you really like it?" Hammer said in a frail voice, as if chaos had magically made everything better.
"Hell ya. The captain loves it too. In fact, he wanted me to get you so that you could 'make more of that good shit'." Tony laughed. Hammer looked at chaos, and then at Tony again. There was a long pause as Hammer hugged his knees tight, thinking to himself.
"Come on, Hammer." Tony smiled, walking in and patting his head, "Captain's orders!" Hammer smiled at Tony and Tony smiled back.
"Right! I'm on it!" Hammer said, getting up. He looked sincerely at Tony, then looked at chaos again. Chaos nodded and Hammer almost believed that chaos was some kind of mind-reader of miracle maker. Or hell....an angel.
"Hey Tony..." Hammer said quietly.
"What?" Tony said, ready to get back to the cafe. Hammer looked straight into Tony's eyes.
"We're good friends, right? You were only joking with me?" Hammer whispered, kind of embarrassed.
"Hell ya!" Tony laughed, putting his arm around Hammer again, "There isn't a guy in the universe that could be a better pal than you. Try not to take me to seriously, okay?" Hammer and Tony just kept smiling and smiling.
"Okay. I won't." Hammer said, "Thanks, chaos." And with that they left the room.
"Good." chaos sighed, "Everything feels good again."
"Coming up, Captain!"
AN: Wasn't that cute?! Obviously this was inspired because I had a fight with a good friend of mine and I hope by the time I post this story I'll have made up with them because I was being Tony . heh, heh...I have plenty ideas for this story so don't think I'm gonna stop! ^_^