Shelter from The Storm
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Chapter Fourteen ~ Happy Halloween #1 : Somewhere the Rainbow
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Ranger, Anthony and Tank are at an unspecified meeting in DC. The bigwigs are bitching that Ranger and his crew did not respond to their summons in a timely manner and that Ranger has insisted the briefing be postponed til the following day.
Ranger stares at the alphabet agency suit-type. Finally he says: "You people should consider yourselves lucky that I'm granting you an audience tomorrow instead of twenty years from now.'"
The suits stare open mouthed, "Huh?"
Finally one says, "Twenty years? Even you may be too old by then, Colonel Manoso."
Ranger thinks, Little do you know I will still be 30.
Meanwhile Anthony and Tank have figured out the quote. Anthony shakes his head sadly while Tank elbows Ranger in the ribs and says, "Reading The Wizard of Oz to Zoë, boss?"
Ranger sighs. "No. Stephanie got the newest enhanced 70th birthday edition DVD for HER birthday. We've watched it maybe 200 times..."
Anthony: "Bummer."
Ranger: "It's ok, I was tired of Ghostbusters."
"I can imagine."
"Yeah, only problem is, Zoë wants to get Killer [her pug] a Toto. And a blue dress for herself... and a trip to Kansas..."
Tank and Anthony laugh.
''And she watches Storm Chasers all the time...just in case she can hitch a ride someday."
Ranger thumbs on his iPhone and shows the guys a video clip of Zoë wearing a pair of Steph's red FMPs and singing, "SomeWHERE! OooooVER the RAINbow, laugh out LOUD..."
Everyone in the room winces.
"Blue bells Riiiing! You flew OH VER the rainBow, whyyy-oh-why-oh-whyyyy, can't IIII?"
"Child can't sing, boss."
"I noticed."
The suits look on in disgust and dismay and wonder why they pay these a-h#*s to save the free world...
the end of the story, another Halloween story on Sunday-ish! series tbc.
Thank you so much for reading and especially for reviewing! I just LOVE reviews.
And please come read my co-written story 'One'...it's getting to 'the good' part, lots of fun Harmne smut and Adalind action. :-)