The pink hubcaps on the bus go round and round...
Disclaimery
This chapter is horrible. I'll come out and say it. I hate the quality, and my inability to portray what I see. Yeah, it is a phase. Perhaps, one day, I might find it within myself to revise this chapter. But till then, feh.
Slowly the rest of the 'Gundam Squad' pulled into the abandoned gas station. The 'GS Squad' consisted of three equipment trailers, Four personnel vans, three set trailers, and one large trailer full of the show's some times bizarre costumes. Of course, each with 'Gundam Squad' spray painted on the sides in various styles and colors.
About a dozen or so crew joined Uzumi and the pilots in staring at Lacus's tour bus. Every once in a while someone muttered that their eyes hurt or that Lacus must've emptied a whole chain of glitter shops in decorating it; the latter gaining a few snickers.
Eventually the bus pulled into the parking lot.
Like a giant…pink…menacing….something… Yzak screwed up his face in an attempt to compare what he was seeing to something he actually knew existed. There were simply no words to describe how the light bounced off the acidic pink glitter and created prisms of equally mutilated rainbows on the ground and in the air. Now he seriously wished that he hadn't eaten all that food earlier.
'Lacus sure was creative on this one.' Nicol thought meekly. He didn't want to be too harsh, because Lacus had to like it. And if she did, that was her own decision. Despite the fact that all the tiny rainbows it created were starting to give him a headache.
Kira balked, but tried to retain the serene expression. Even through his sunglasses the bright pink behemoth was a strain on the eyes. He couldn't fathom what the inside looked like, and didn't much want to think about it.
Dearka didn't seem to notice the blinding pinkness. It Lacus liked it. Dearka liked it.
Athrun pushed his sunglasses higher up onthe bridge of hisnose nonchalantly. He glanced over at Uzumi and Mwu- who both were trying to smile without breaking into a fit of hysterics. With a resigned sigh, Athrun shoved his hands into the pockets of his warn out jeans. "Here comes Lacus…"
The large wheels (with pink hubcaps mind you) ground to a halt a few meters away from the small crowd that had gathered, not seeming to notice the dazed, nauseous, blinded expressions of the people thereof. The doors hissed open and released a floodgate of blaring pop music and laughing girls.
"Uh-oh." Mu whispered as the first of Lacus' entourage emerged. They were her dancers of course. In leather miniskirts and tight leather corsets, the dancers were quite a sight… and they couldn't have looked more horrified to be seen in them. "I think Lacus took the western theme too far." Uzumi whispered to Mwu in response. They each wore black biker boots and pink and white striped stockings that reached the knees, with of course a tiny pink bow on the side of each knee. To top the costume off was a pair of studded finger-less gloves.
Next to emerge was the pop princess herself. Lacus was similarly clothed with tight leather pants and corset. Her long pink hair was up in pulled up into two loose buns and decorated by a pair of pink sunglasseshigh on her forehead. This of course gained more stares from the mainly male GS squad.
'Hello Uzumi!" Lacus cried as she ran to embrace the director. "Hello friends!" after nearly strangling Uzumi, Lacus turned towards Nicol, Dearka, Kira, and Athrun. The youngest was the first to gather his wits after the onslaught of female… exposure.
"Hello Lacus." Nicol greeted with a demure little smile. Dearka and Athrun blinked. Both hurried to try and say something as eloquent- only managing to chop of each others sentences and totally embarrass themselves. The duo blushed as Lacus turned to them, after giving Nicol a kiss on the cheek in greeting. Dearka looked as if he was about to faint, and Mwu threw him a worried glance.
"Hello boys." The pink haired cowgirl gave them both a kiss on the forehead with a grin. "Uzumi! How do you like our costumes for the L.A show? I wanted a western theme." No one denied that Lacus was intelligent, but sometimes she could be quite clueless. Everyone gave her a reassuring smile.
"They look fabulous Lacus. Now if your driver doesn't mind, we should be getting back on the road." Uzumi suggested.
"Oh! I haven't seen you in a while, so why don't I travel the rest of the way with you?" The gundam pilots all exchanged worried glances. "Just let me change-" There was a collective sigh of relief. Lacus cocked an eyebrow at them, "I can't see wearing this all the way to the shoot-site." The pop princess smiled and hurried back into the bus.
The dancers waved stifly and followed Lacus back into the bus. A few minutes later Lacus came back out in jeans and a white camisole.
"Okay, change of plans. I need to bring my lead dancer too, because we still have to finish choreographing the dance." she said cheerily as she jogged up to Uzumi and Mwu. Dearka and Athrun had returned to the travel trailer to watch a movie with Yzak, leaving Kira and Nicol tomill about outside. Uzumi shrugged, "Sure. We have room." Lacus cheered and jogged back to her bus.
She seemed to struggle with something for a moment before pulling another girl out of the bus. "Come on. You've stood before thousands of people before. It's a short trip." Lacus whispered before reaching Mwu and Uzumi. "Alright folks, we have to get going!" The director signaled the GS squad to take off east to Mojave. The two men turned and started back towards the trailer, followed in suit by Lacus and the slightly uncomfortable lead dancer.
Nicol and Kira looked up and found themselves alone in the parking lot. "What!" Kira spun around- to find the bus and trailer idling impatiently. "Oops." Nicol muttered as he pushed himself to his feet. They sprinted to the trailer before Mwu and Uzumi could drive off without them. With the pranks the cast and crew pulled on each other, there wasn't a doubt that if the duo had lingered a minute longer, they'd be running afteraspeedingtrailer.
Nicol turned and locked the door once he and Kira were safe inside. Kira had joined Athrun, Dearka, Yzak, and Lacus in watching a movie in the rear of the trailer. When he turned to go to the couch, Nicol crashed into……
OOOOH, cliffhanger. ;-D