After Cloud had rested for a while, he opened the door to his Gummi Ship, and walked out. First thing he saw was Axel staring at him. "Eh...what are you doing?" Cloud asked, not sure he really wanted to know. Axel looked at Cloud, "Waiting for the ships to be fixed." Cloud blinked, "Ummm...Axel... It's going to take a while, you'd probably be better off doing something else. Axel shook his head, "Nope! I wanna watch!" Cloud sighed, "Ok...but you better not get in the way..." Larxene, BHK (Ted), and Sora were all around the fire again, and cooking some of the fish that had floated in last time Monstro opened his big mouth. Sora saw Cloud come out, and he shouted to him, "When Cloud is ready, Sora and friends are cooking fish for lunch!" Cloud nodded, "Ok, thanks!" He then turned to his ship, "Ok, let's see what the damage is..." he bent down and started analyzing different areas of the metal. Axel then made a noise, almost a cough. Cloud ignored Axel and kept looking around. Axel made the noise again, and Cloud came out from underneath the ship, "Yes, Axel?..." "Is it fixed yet?" Axel replied. Cloud blinked, "What?..." Axel looked eager, "The ship, is it fixed yet?" Cloud sighed, "No Axel, I don't even know what's wrong with it." Axel sighed, "Oh...ok..." Cloud went back underneath, and a few minutes later came out again, "Well...that all looks ok..." before he could finish his sentence, Axel asked, "Is it fixed yet?" Cloud growled slightly, "No Axel, the ship is not fixed." Axel nodded, "Well, you better get to work then, if you want to fix it. You can't just stand around talking all day." Cloud sighed, "I'm working on it." he said, rather shortly. Cloud looked at the wings of the ship, "Ah ha! The wings are cracked and no longer straight... With all this wood in here, I can brace them so that they'll work again..." Cloud muttered to himself. "So...does this mean it's fixed yet?..." Axel asked, yet again. Cloud growled an answer, "No...but I do know at least part of the reason it's not working." Axel looked at Cloud, "Well?..." Cloud looked at Axel, "The wings are broke, I need to get some of the wood in here to fix them." He thought for a moment, "Hey, Axel, would you like to help?" Axel nodded eagerly, "Yeahyeahyeah!" Cloud held out his hands, about three feet apart, "Could you bring me some pieces of wood about this long?" Axel nodded, "Ok!" and wandered off, looking at all the wood lying around. Cloud sighed in relief, then went back to his analysis of his ship. When he opened the compartment with the engines, Cloud discovered that some of the wires had come loose, so he put them back in their places. "That should do it...now all I have to do is fix those wings..." He laughed to himself, "Not too bad...usually I have to fix a lot more things when I Whalesurf, I must be getting better..." Axel came back to Cloud with an armful of wood. The only problem was that all the pieces of wood were completely different lengths. Cloud blinked, "Umm...those pieces of wood aren't all the same length..." Axel nodded, "I know. I forgot what size you wanted, so I brought a whole bunch for you to sample. Kinda like a store. Axel's General Store." Cloud sighed, "Just give me the wood, so I can see if any of it is useful..." Axel handed over the wood, and Cloud looked the pieces over. Some of the pieces of wood were really short, while others were pretty long. But none of them came close to the size Cloud needed. Cloud sighed, "Axel..." he began, but Axel interrupted. "Manager." "What?..." Cloud replied, "What does that have to do with anything?" "I'm the manager of Axel's General Store, so you should call me Manager Axel." Cloud sighed, "Fine...Manager Axel, none of the lumber you stock here fits my specifications." he said, playing along. Axel nodded, "Well, we have a large selection of wood, you can come to the back and find what you need." Cloud nodded, "Ok, I think I'll do that." Axel replied, "Ok, right this way." and led Cloud, even though Cloud knew perfectly well where all the wood was, to 'Axel's General Store's Lumber Yard'. Cloud looked around and found four pieces of wood all around the length he needed. Axel looked at Cloud, "Will that be all, sir?" Cloud rolled his eyes slightly, "Yes, Manager Axel, that's all I need..." Axel smiled cheerfully, "Ok, thank you for shopping at Axel's General Store! Have a nice day!" Cloud forced a smile, "You are welcome, thanks." he grumbled slightly, then went back to his Gummi Ship, Axel following along behind. "Is it fixed yet?" he asked, dropping his Manager attitude quickly. Cloud sighed, "No it's not fixed yet, but it will be soon." Axel nodded, "Good." Cloud went into the Gummi Ship and came out with a roll of duct tape. Axel blinked, "You're going to fix the ship with duct tape?" Cloud nodded, "Sort of. This is special duct tape for emergency fixes for Gummi Ships, it's designed to hold longer and not leave any sticky on the ship so you can repair it later." Axel stared at it, "Cool! Can I see it?" Cloud looked at Axel, "Only if you don't want my ship fixed." he said, rather dangerously. Axel looked a bit scared, "Ok... I'll just look at it later..." he said. Cloud nodded, "Good." and went back to work. He placed one piece of wood on the top of the first wing, and a piece of wood on the bottom of it. Cloud then took the duct tape and wrapped it around it all, until the wood was on there good and snug. He repeated the process on the other wing. When he was done, Cloud stepped back to admire his handiwork. Axel poked Cloud, "Is it fixed yet?..." Cloud nodded, "Yes Axel, I think it's fixed now." Axel cheered, "Hooray!" Cloud smiled, "I just have to test it now..." he went in and started the ship up. The ship then started flying upwards, floating at a slow rate. Cloud then directed the ship back down. "Yep, it's working!" Axel danced in a circle, "Yay! Now you need to fix mine and Larxene's ship, and then we can leave here!" Cloud nodded, "Yeah, but first let's eat, I think the fish is done cooking." Axel nodded, "Ok..." and they both went up to the group. BHK (Ted) greeted them, "Hey guys, did you get you ship fixed, Cloud?" Cloud nodded, "Yeah!" Axel smiled brightly, "And I helped too!" Cloud sighed and rolled his eyes. Larxene looked at Axel, "No you didn't, I watched you, and all you did was act weird, like usual." Axel pouted, but didn't retort. Sora looked up at Cloud, "Sora thinks the fish is ready now!" Cloud smiled, "Good, I'm hungry!" Axel nodded, "Me too...I'm hungry….hungry for Cocoa Krispies..." Larxene sighed, "Don't you dare start that again Axel. All we have is fish." Axel sighed, "I know, I know...but when we get out of here, I'm gonna eat Cocoa Krispies until I can't eat any more..." Larxene sighed, "Fine, you do that." Axel smiled, "I will!" Cloud and Axel then too sat around the small fire, and BHK (Ted) passed out fish to everyone, and they all ate a good meal.
