Yay I'm writing again!! TAKE THAT WRITERS BLOCK!! Thank you Bored2Deth for telling me the little mistake on one of my chapters. You rock!
Chapter 4: Volkswagens, phone calls, and a kiss
"So darling, if you've had this Volkswagen for a while, how come you've never ridden it to work?" Milla asked as she slipped into the driver's seat in her red sports car.
"Milla, why would a self-respecting Psychonaut such as myself ride an 1970 hippy wagon to work?" Sasha closed the shotgun door as Milla called it.
"Because you survived the 70's?" Sasha turned to her.
"I couldn't afford a vehicle when I was an adolesent so I dealt with the hand I had".
"So how long ago did you get it working?"
"a few years ago, because I didn't have the time to work on it becasue of all the missions we had", he finished.
"I see…" Milla took a sharp turn then drove five more blocks before taking a right.
"Milla, why are you taking me to my house? We have to go to the-"
"Darling, before I trust you with a vehicle since I've never seen you operate one you've modified, I'm gonna hafta see it with my own eyes and give it a test drive", Milla cut him off.
"But you-you can't… fine", Sasha was defeated.
A small condo came into view. It was very simple, white walls, matching black roof window sills and door, and dark blue windows. 10 feet way was his work garage, which looked like a small warehouse. It held the files he didn't' have space for in his house, more high tech equipment and his alleged automobile. Sasha took out his keys and pushed a gray button on his little remote and the garage door opened its sliding door.
"Nifty, I'll have to come over here for a study date", Milla climbed out of the car.
"Any time after work on weekends are alright for that little arrangement", Sasha got out and led her inside.
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Truman's allowed to drive at night now after the heat from the kidnapping cooled off a few years ago. Lili stared out the car window and watched familiar buildings and street signs pass before they got to their mansion.
"So kiddo, have you thought of who you'll bring along for you road trip?" Her dad asked out of the blue.
"I'm thinking just the girls from camp and some of the boys. Is it ok?" they walked into the mansion.
"That's ok, as long as they behave and listen to Milla and Sasha".
"Sweet", she levitated into her room on the 2nd floor. Her room was colored dark pink with black and white spotted wall to wall carpeting. She sat on her desk chair and reached for the digital phone on the table. She turned on her computer screen and dialed on the phone. "Hey Chloe, its Lili, guess what".
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It wasn't what Milla expected. Sure she's been in his house once in a while, but never his garage. It had red, black, gray, blue, orange and green graffiti covering the walls. In spray paint is said numerous things in German and English. She marveled at the creativity of the murals.
"My old colleagues from Germany came here once with their teenage kids. I let them come here and practice their street art when they come to visit", he kept walking toward a big object covered by a big tan cloth. He gave it a light tug and it fell, revealing his Volkswagen. Milla just stared.
"Sasha, it's beautiful", she walked to it. It, just like the walls of the garage, had simple yet creative murals painted on it. It has a checkered board design on it like the cube in his mind with a black roof. Painted on one side had a small group of kids holding note books with the Psychonauts insignia on them and a tall man with glasses and a trench coat standing in front of them with his arms crossed. It looked like he was guarding them. On the other side it had small red, orange and green flowers surround the words "Crashed here during Woodstock". Milla giggled when she read this. On the front and back was the peace sign painted in a tie-dye style.
"The teenagers that drew on the walls here darling, did they paint your Volkswagen?" Milla couldn't take her eyes off the thing.
"Yes, they are a gifted group of kids. It was hard to believe I found it in such a poor state in a junk yard as a teen myself".
"I see, you all worked hard to resurrect it" Milla finally turned to him. "May I?"
"We'd be insulted if you didn't", Sasha walked over to the desk against the wall and came back with a small set of keys similar to his. Milla giggled, seeing a small charm on the key ring that looked like Woodstock, the little yellow bird from the Peanuts. (I luv teh birdie!)
"The black key starts it, the little remote opens all the doors", Sasha explained.
In the blink of an eye she was already in there, looking like a kid on Christmas morning she started it.
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After talking to Dogen, Lili had eight friends coming on the road trip. Just as she started her list of things needed when the phone rang. "Hello?" Lili asked.
"Why weren't we invited?" "Yeah" two familiar voices rang out.
Lili was quick to pick out the voices as Bobby and Benny, "You two meat heads would do something stupid to ruin the trip. I just finished talking to Dogen, and I don't want any one bugged in this trip".
"Fine, whatever. You're probably bringing Goggalicious with you anyway" Lili could hear Benny snickering in the background to Bobby's comment.
"Raz is to busy to come. He has some important stuff to take care of. Why do you call him that? Is that like your pet name for him?" Lili started to smile.
"N-no, that's stupid. Bobby Zilch isn't gay, like Raz. He wears tights for a living and has you as a girlfriend as a cover", Lili was getting pissed at him for insulting Raz.
"Shut up. It's not like you've been to any of his shows. And his red tights don't' make him gay, just makes it easier to move"
"Hah, you're so stupid. He has green and blue tights with a yellow star on it", Bobby and Benny laughed.
"That's a very precise description there Q-Tip, how would you know that?" Lili began fanaticizing the two watching Raz perform.
"Watch it flower girl. What? Ok mom I'll get off" Lili could hear some lady yelling on the other end.
"You better hurry cotton candy, you mommy might be angry".
"Shut up" with that Bobby hung up.
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After driving around the block, Milla returned to Sasha's Garage. He was sitting at his desk playing solitary on his computer.
"This van has very good control, the brakes work perfectly, has a full tank of gas, and purrs like a kitten", Milla reported satisfied walking over to him and handed him the keys.
"Yes and I just got an e-mail from Lili. We'll be taking Maloof Canola, Mikhail Bulgakov, Quentin Hedgemouse, Phoebe Love, Franke Athens, Kitty Bubai, Dogen Boole and Chloe Barge. Elton Fir's father Agent Fir just called and said the other campers want to come and knows there's limited space in my van, so he asked Agent Lutefisk if he could drive his RV to bring along the others" Sasha informed.
"My, at least we'll have help managing all the children. Who's coming?"
"Elton Fir, Milka Phage, Clem Foote, Crystal Flowers Snagrash, Elka Doom, Nils Lutefisk, and Vernon Tripe"
"It'll be just like camp came early, but mobile", Milla giggled some more. "I was thinking darling, wouldn't it be nice if we all visited Razputin and watched him perform? I heard his circus has a new act for their midnight act, called "Before the Dawn".
"Hmm, compelling. I don't' see why not, Truman's giving us money for gas and supplies so it won't hurt".
"Oh Yay, this is gonna be fun!" Milla levitated to her car. "I'll be back in the morning to help you finish packing up darling. Good night" she blew him a kiss.
"Good night Milla", he watched her drive away, secretly catching the kiss and putting it in his pocket for later.
Well that was ok, a chapter of mostly preparation for the big trip. The next chapter will be mostly on Raz and his family and the rest of the circus. If any errors are found, please don't' hesitate to confront me.