Rescue

As Jessica, Jet, and Virginia left the Ruins of Memory, they heard a young man's scream. Being her typical self, Virginia rushed towards the scene. Jet, worried that she'd get into trouble on her own, ran after her; with Jessica and Frisky following shortly behind. There, they saw the largest Gob they'd ever seen. It was a rare monster called the King Gob; from the information given by Virginia's Analyze spell.

"We can't just let that thing run wild," Jessica stated, "I don't know about you Ginny but I feel it's time for a good old fashion beat down. Slash Party!" The priestess ran at the monster with Dragonflare out. Four times she cleaved into the flesh of the beast. But it wasn't enough to kill the creature. The only thing that happened was that it stopped attacking whomever the target was and ran at Jessica instead.

"If you want to play games then it's fine with me," Virginia teased. She then shot the King Gob with her pistols. Jet followed up with a barrage of machine gun fire. Now the creature looked to be a little more cautious. Before its only opponent was a lone Drifter. However, now it had to deal with not only the original target but three interlopers. Three extremely armed, dangerous, and apparently crazy interlopers.

But before any one of the three could make another move, a small explosion could be heard from behind. Someone had thrown dynamite at the creature's back. Then, the form of Alfred Schroedinger ran towards the other side while it tried to look for who had attacked. It was part of his plan. Since a new group of fighters had come to distract the beast he would make an attack and then use the confusion of the King Gob to his advantage. So now he tossed a second stick of dynamite from the other side of it.

Jessica inquired, "Are you ok Alfred? I mean, where's your sister and the others? That looks to be one mean son of a gun and I don't think it would be wise to attack it on your own without some help. I hope that thing didn't take a bite out of you. Because I can heal your wounds if you need me to do so."

Alfred smiled. "I'm ok. Sis and I were separated because I was going on ahead to Jolly Roger while she tried to get Percival to stop following her. He hasn't left her alone since the duel; always trying to get either a lesson in ARMs usage or a date out of her. It's actually quite funny. Todd and Shady are with her. I simply was going to reserve our room at the saloon when that huge thing ambushed me."

"If you two are done acting stupid," Jet yelled, "We all still have a giant Gob breathing down our necks. Airget-lamh Gatling!" The sound of Jet's rude comments and machine gun fire brought them back to reality. Jessica blushed as she readied Dragonflare for another attack while Alfred tried to hide himself by reaching into his backpack to find some more dynamite. But it was easy to tell they were embarrassed.

Virginia then readied herself for a Gatling. After she fired, Jessica grabbed Dragonflare again and slashed it across the torso. While the beast was distracted by the others, Alfred tossed another stick of dynamite. That was the last straw for the monster. It screamed in agony as it began to disintegrate.

"That was a close one. I hope there aren't more of them around. And if there are, I hope Sis and the others haven't run into them as well," Alfred stated. Jessica was checking his wounds to see if there were any dangerous injuries in need of immediate attention. He looked pretty much ok to her trained eye.

The priestess yelled, "Jet, what was your problem before? I swear, can't I take care of someone who is injured? After all, I am a priestess of the Guardian of Life. It's not like I was goofing around. You act like you've never been in love before, Brother, but I know that's not true. I know you have a crush on Ginny. So be a man about it and tell me the truth. Don't worry, it's kind of nice that you like my friend."

Jet blushed a deep crimson. "I do not like Virginia like that! She's just my leader; that's all. We have a relationship as business partners. So why do you think that it's something deeper? I don't have any time for love. It just gets in the way of my work. And especially not with the chatterbox over there."

"I know that you're lying Jet," Jessica called back, "You have a thing for Virginia. Well why not? She's a nice girl, and she cares about you greatly. Besides, I see you blushing over there. And if you weren't in love with her why would you be doing so? You really aren't that good of a liar Big Brother."

Before Jet could make a witty comeback, they heard a shrill woman's voice yelling for Alfred. Turning around, the team saw Maya and her cohorts coming towards them. Alfred let out a sigh of relief when he realized she was ok. Perhaps that beast was just a single mutated Gob they wouldn't see again.

"Well there you are. I swear, I told you to go on ahead to reserve us a room and then wait right outside the saloon. Not only were you not there, but the owner said that you never showed. All I saw in that place was two members of the Maxwell Gang and your little girlfriend's three friends. The big girl and the Baskar Priest were both singing some old songs punch drunk in the middle of the room," Maya stated.

Jessica told Jet and Virginia, "We should go to the saloon then. If all our friends are there then our job is a heck of a lot easier. Besides, I really want you to meet someone. And no Jet, I'm not trying to hook her up with a guy. I'm not going to interfere in your relationship with Virginia. That just isn't right."

Jet and Virginia both blushed. The young man gave his sister a death glare. "How many times do I have to tell you that I'm not in love with Virginia? Or is your brain too small to grasp that concept? I really am starting to wonder about the job Mother did raising you if you can't seem to realize the obvious."

To avoid all out war between Jet and Jessica, Virginia grabbed their arms and began dragging her friends towards the saloon in Jolly Roger. The Schroedingers followed shortly afterwards; as they still had to reserve their room. It wasn't that long a walk from their current position and they really wanted to rest at the saloon. That drove them onwards to keep from fainting from exhaustion on the dirt below them.

S...S

Inside the saloon, they saw the very site Maya had described. Clive, Vincent, and Lyla were all sitting around playing cards. Meanwhile, both Laura and Gallows were singing in an extremely drunken manner and embarrassing themselves. Jet only wished he had a camera so he could take some pictures and show them to the big oaf. After all, perhaps he'd realize how stupid he was if he saw these actions.

"You know," Laura began, "Thish ish getting boring. How about we go up to my room and have a little more fun? After all, you've never gotten laid and neither have I. We'll both finally get our wishesh." She immediately fell face down into the table with Gallows following shortly after. Everyone began to sigh.

"That big lug will never change. But it's amazing that he actually found someone as wacko as him. Maybe we should let them have their fun and then yell at them in the morning about what happens when they get drunk. I still think it's the stupidest thing you could ever try," Jet suggested to the others.

Virginia told him, "Nah. Let's just let them wake up with hangovers. I'm sure that Gallows would love to find out he got laid with a woman who didn't mind at all. I guess we've got to drag them up to bed now. Who wants to help out?" She sighed once more; why did her friend have to get himself into trouble?

Teefa's Last Words...

Well, wasn't that a real trip? Jet and Jessica are already behaving like real siblings. I told you that the scenes with Gallows and Laura that were coming up were to add a little more humor.