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Chapter 14

Holly slid into work about an hour late the next day. Her head pounding, she tried to sneak past Root's office, and to her surprise, succeeded. Grabbing a coffee for herself and Foaly, she headed to the Ops Booth. When she arrived though, she found half the Council, and all three commanders already there. Commander Root looking a little worse for wear.

Lope looked at her, "Bit of a hangover Captain Short? Did you have a party? Root isn't looking to good either."

She gave him a dirty look, not a particulary good idea when he was one of her bosses, but he decided to cut her a little slack. She looked like she was suffering enough.

"I only had a couple of drinks, honestly. Two vodka and oranges, I swear. Ask Foaly and Ju...Commander Root." Holly swallowed down her asprin with her coffee, and wrinkled her nose when the taste hit her.

"Commander Root was just telling us the same story. Perhaps you shouldn't drink on a work night?" Vinyaya suggested. "Though I think we should be focused on sorting out these goblins instead of peoples drinking habits."

Holly nodded, and looked at the scenes. No doubt the prats from Internal Affairs were looking for a reason to kick her out, and turning up late at work and then not actually working, well, it was just asking for trouble, wasn't it?

She flinched as the snivelly voice of IA Commander Sool hit her ears. Oh joy. She was going to be stared at all day, like an animal at the Zoo. "Don't worry Captain Short, Internal Affairs aren't here for you today, unusually enough. No, it's Commander Root's turn today". Root looked at him, and then back at the moniters, throwing a very rude gesture over his shoulder.

Sool gave him a nasty look, but Commander Root was already on the speakers giving orders to various officers to deal with the problem. The Ops booth was quiet, but for the humming of the computers, and the tapping of Foaly on the keyboard. The Council watched the results of Root's orders be played out on the moniters, and smiled as the culprits were brought in. "Well then chaps, I think its time we sent for Lisa, don't you?" Lope asked.

He recieved a blank look from Root. "Who?"

"She's about Holly's height, red hair, Spanish accent, looks sorta European. Holly's cousin." Foaly supplied.

"Tea trolley girl? Well why didn't you just say that? Get her to bring some asprin with her."

Holly couldn't help but smile. Julius was funny. Julius noticed her smile, and couldn't help but return it.

Sool smirked. Dave's spell had worked then. All Root's nasty comments and dirty looks, it was worth it for this. Dave had told him he couldn't find the undo spell. Sool had found that quite funny. So his revenge would last a bit longer than he'd planned? So what? It's be worth it for look on Root's face when he found out. Which he probably would to fairly soon, if the sparks kept flowing like that, Root kept get blue sparks passing over his hands, and even Root would work it out eventually. Even he wasn't that stupid.