CHAPTER 20
'We would have been able to handle it by ourselves' Mordecai insisted, as they greeted Axton, Maya and Willy at the station as the sky lightened.
'Yeah well, you know me' Axton shrugged. 'Cant stand still for more than five minutes.' Maya chuckled
'What is it that Salvador says? "Like watching skags hump"' they laughed as she tried to imitate the bulky mans accent.
'By the way, what happened to your face?' Maya asked, coming up beside the younger siren.
'Well...' Montayva started.
'We ran into some Varkids while we were here' Mordecai finished, a little too quickly. Maya eyed him curiously, as did Montayva, wondering why he felt he had to cover up the real reason.
'And Tina' Montayva told them.
'Which reminds me.' Mordecai began, walking over to Axton, placing a hand on his shoulder. 'We need to get Tina away from the station'
'Ohhhh, do we now'
'To be more precise, YOU need to' Mordecai informed the commando.
'Why me?' He whined. And after the previous evenings events, Montayva understood why they would be argueing about it.
'Because she cant resist your charm and good looks' Maya added sarcastically.
'Yeah, bro! Thats it' Mordecai urged.
'Bro? Dont bro me when your trying to get me to do your dirty work!' Axton huffed, but headed off in Tinas direction.
'Ohhhh, believe me, that aint my dirty work, Bro' Mordecai laughed. Maya frowned at sound of Mordecai laughing.
'What in hell has put you in this good mood' She asked.
'Oh, terribly sorry. I'll go back to being sour and offensive' He snapped defensively.
'Suit yourself' Maya shrugged.
'Well i'm gonna find meself a snug little hidey hole to snipe these bastards off' Mordecai turned. 'You comin kiddo?' He asked the youngest siren. Maya turned towards Montayva questioningly. Montayva just shrugged at her as if to say, its too long of a story to explain now. She watched as the two made their way into one of the abandoned towers.
'One would almost think something happened here last night' Willy came up beside Maya 'If you get my meaning' He nudged her in the ribs to emphasize his lewd remark.
'No way' Maya said, crossing her arms defensivley, not beleiving it, even though she knew in her own mind that things weren't adding up.
'She aint there' Axton jogged up behind them 'Hey, where'd the other two go?'
'What do you mean she isnt there?' Maya asked, Axton handed out the peice of crumpled paper he found.
'Good-bye lubbers' Maya read 'P.S Koo-ka-choo, BOOM!' What do you think that means'
'I dunno, maybe she has set some explosives round the station?' Axton guessed.
'I dont have a doubt that she has, its just the where that is the problem. She obviously cleared out after Mord told her what was going on.' Maya guessed.
'Yeah, probably. Smarter than we give her credit for that kid.' Axton nodded.
'Which means we should probably be heading to the top of that tower with those two' Maya pointed toward where Montayva and Mordecai had gone.
'Well I'm gonna have a quick scout first' Willy informed them 'If there's explosives around, I'll find them'
'OK, meet you in the tower' Maya said, and she and Axton headed off after the first two.
'After you' Mordecai stood at the bottom of the stairs, and waited for Montayva to head up.
'No!' She snapped, stopping behind him and crossing her arms 'I'm not going first just so you can stare at my butt the whole way to the top!' Mordecai's features broke into a smile as she said it.
'Awww, c'mon.' He waited stubbornly, until she finally gave in and began climbing the stairs. 'coz it's just such a cute butt' He slapped her hard on the behind, and she turned to frown at him.
'Would you stop that please?' She asked gently
'Jeez, kid I'm just playing with ya' He shrugged as if he didnt mean to offend her.
'Thats what you'd like to believe' She paused and looked toward the door they entered the tower through. Maya stepped through first, then Axton.
'Tina has set the whole joint to blow. So we figured we may as well join you.' She explained, joining Montayva on the stairs after Mordecai waved her through with a gentlemanly gesture.
'Careful' Montayva warned 'He just wants us to go first so he can ogle Maya chuckled and put her arm around the girls shoulder as they began to climb the stairs.
'Honey, let em ogle' She laughed 'Coz that's allllllll they're gonna get' She said loud enough for both men to hear.
'Dude! High five!' Axton held his palm up to Mordecai, for his clever thinking. Mordecai scoffed and headed up the stairs. 'Or not then...' Axton shrugged it off.
