Dateline: Saturday, July 4, 1981, 11:39 PM, Pacific Daylight Time

BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!

Violet had been saving that air horn for something important. She figured this was as important as anything else was.

"Come on, people, we've got work to do! Let's get up and move out!"

Ashley was the first to stir. "Damn it, Vi, I'm already blind! Isn't one handicap enough?"

"Sorry, but we only have twenty minutes to get to the airport, so we all need to be up and at 'em!" She strode to Dash's room and blew the air horn again.

"All right, you two lovebirds, get up! It's showtime!" She went back to her own bedroom and tried to rouse José. "come on, sugar pie, rise and shine!"

"I'll rise, but I won't shine!"

"José, don't make me get the water bucket!"

"All right, all right, I'm up!" He stood up and got dressed.

Back in the kitchen, Kim had finally awoken too. She was singing what she thought was a decent rendition of "That's Amore".

"Vi, I don't mean to brag, but your brother is an amazing lover!"

"Ew! I don't want to know that!"

"He may be fast on his feet, but he's..." She was cut off by Violet placing a hand over her mouth.

"SHH! Don't you have a shred of discretion in your body, Kim, or is it all glop?"

"Oh, jeez, Violet, I had no idea you were such a prude! So, what's for breakfast?"

"No time for that, no time! We need to move out! Where's your husband?"

Just as soon as his bossy sister said that, Dash straggled out of his room, half-asleep. He let out a yawn that could have registered on the Richter scale. "Violet," he said in a soft yet gravelly voice, "why did you have to convince me to take this mission? It's not even midnight yet!"

"Dammit, Dash, you're supposed to be faster than this! Quit dragging your feet and move!"

Dash groaned asshe left the room."How can Violet possibly have this much energy on this little sleep?"

"I think she's overtired," said Kim.

"Overtired?"

"Yeah, she's so freaking tired that she can't comprehend how tired she is."

"I thought that only happened to infants," noted Ashley.

"It can happen to adults too. If Violet doesn't get some sleep pronto, she could simply drop in the middle of combat. Speaking of Violet, here she comes now."

"All right, has everyone got thier luggage, thier suits? Good, everyone been the the bathroom? I'm not stopping until we get to the airport, understood?"

All at once, everyone went to the nearest restroom. Dash, being naturally sp...check that, supernaturally speedy, managed to get the one in the hallway. José thought he could get to the master bath first, but Ashley beat him there. He went back to the hallway, expected Dash to finish in there quickly. But when José tried to get inside, Dash blocked him so that Kim could get to it first.

"Man," he complained, "what's the deal? I need in there!"

"True," Dash responded, "but Kim needs in there more than you do. She's a girl, think about it!"

"Well, where am I supposed to go, um, do my business?"

"You could always go in the yard."

"Dash, you're disgusting! I am not going to pee in the yard!"

"Suit yourself, but the way I see it, you can either go in the yard, or you can wait for one of two females."

José couldn't aruge with that logic. Dejected, he did go outside for just that reason.

"All right, honey," he said when he was finished, "I think we're all good to go."

"José, what were you doing outside?" asked Violet.

"No time for that, dear, no time! Let's get in the car!"

And they did. They managed to arrive at the airport just five minutes before midnight. After getting past security to gain access to the runway, the young supers ran to meet their plane on the tarmac. Helen had already lowered the stairs on the small Learjet, so they could rush right in. She was still in the cockpit, so they didn't see her.

"Mom, we don't have time to waste!" Violet shouted. "I don't know if you can hear me, but as soon as the plane is ready, floor it!"

Quickly, the ground crew shut the door to the plane, the team strapped themselves down, and Helen maxed out the throttle. The jet screamed down the runway and took off just as fast. Not long after that, Helen came over the intercom.

"Attention Alpha Force, this is your pilot speaking. We have reached our target velocity; we are now turning off the seat belt light. You are now free to move about the cabin. We will be making a brief stop at Kennedy Airport in New York before continuing to our final destination of London, England. Estimated time of arrival, 6:25 PM Greenwich Mean Time, 11:25 Pacific Daylight Time."

"You mean we're going to be stuck on this plane for twleve hours?" Ashley said a little bit louder than she probably should have.

"Eleven and a half, Ashley. Don't be so dramatic."

"Great," said Violet, "we can work on our tactical maneuvers while we're in the air."

"Oh, no!" said Kim. "You need to get some sleep, chief."

"No, I don't! I'm not tired at all!"

"That's the problem," she responded, and then went on to explain just how tired Violet really was.

"Okay, I guess that makes sense, but I don't know if I can make myself sleep if I don't feel sleepy."

"Just sit down," Kim assured her, "I'll take care of it."

"What are you going to do, sing me to sleep?"

"You better believe it!"

"Kim, I don't think this is going to..." Kim shushed her, and began to sing...

Lullaby, and good night, go to sleep, little Python.

You must lie down, and rest, so you'll be ready to fight.

The amazing thing was the song actually worked! After just th first verse, Violet was snoring like a chainsaw.

"Way to go, honey," said Dash. "Oh, you know what we should do now? Let's shave her bald and wait for her reaction!"

"No, Dash, we're not doing that! It's cruel, immature, and it's not funny. Let's just draw on her face, like we planned."

"You're no fun, you realize that?"

(A/N: I'm sorry I have'nt been updating as often as usual, but I have an incredible forgive the pun situation here at home. I'll try to update as often as I can. Keep reviewing, and stay beautiful, people!)