CoCo

Chapter 13

Time rolled on and CoCo managed to be good for Kriplespac. She was actually doing pretty well. There were some minor mishaps, but nothing as serious as the little party incident she had months ago. Kriplespac ceased being so harsh on her. Ever since they shared their first kiss nights ago, his soft spot for her grew each night they spent together. Sometimes they kissed, but it was usually small pecks on the cheek. Kriplespac felt a little uneasy about actually kissing CoCo. He had let her kiss him that night only because her female charms had won him over. He told himself that he couldn't let that happen again. But he couldn't help fantasizing about her touch from time to time. He never forgot the feeling of her lips against his, her body so close. It was a feeling he longed for, but one he was never supposed to have.

Meanwhile, CoCo was feeling pretty good about herself. She was very excited because a very special day was coming up. Valentine's Day. She had never really experienced the true joy of this holiday. Previously, there was never a 'special someone' in her life that she could spend the day with. Nobody to share love with. But all of that was going to change. She planned to express her love boldly. This was the day that she would make for feelings for Kriplespac known towards him. There was no way he could possibly ignore her now. At the very butt-crack of dawn, she began planning her romantic endeavors She woke up before he did to organize a special gift. Kriplespac found it very strange when she told him she would not be joining him in the lab today. But if that was what she wanted, then so be it. He left her alone, not knowing what she was up to.

CoCo finished making her special gift. It consisted of some chocolate she found, a hand-made card, and lots of glitter. She wrapped the chocolate box up and tucked the card underneath a ribbon. CoCo was not very artsy, so her gift looked quite hideous, but hey, I guess it is the thought that counts. After admiring her work, she picked it up and walked towards the bedroom door.

"Psssst, hey, Scott! Are you there?" she whispered through the key-hole.

"Yeah, whaddya want," Scott yawned.

"I made this present for Krip and I wanna give it to him. Please take me to him."

"Sorry, but I think he's at a meeting right now."

"Please, I want to give it to him now! I won't bother him, I'll give it to him discreetly."

"No, I was given strict orders. No can do."

"Pwweeease! I'll give you a little surprise if you let me out."

"What is it?"

"Open the door, and I'll show you..."

Scott was silent for a moment. Cautiously, he opened the door and peeked through.

"Whatcha got?" he asked.

CoCo grinned at him. Slowly, she put her hands behind her back and undid the lacing on her corset. After loosening it she slid it off her body, exposing her breasts to Scott. Scott appeared as though he was in a trance. He didn't move. He didn't say anything. A small stream of blood trickled out of his nose. CoCo reached out and grabbed Scott's hand. She placed his hand over one of her breasts. He squeezed it gently and fainted from the loss of blood spewing from his nostrils. He fell over backwards on the floor with a stupid grin on his face. CoCo, satisfied, put her corset back on and went to go find Krip.

CoCo crept around the Tediz base until she found the lab. She peeked through the windows on the lab doors. She saw Kriplespac in there, attending a meeting just like Scott said. Getting in there without being noticed was going to be tough. She noticed that there were lots of support beams and ventilation tunnels running across the rafters of the lab. She saw that there was vent on the wall next to the lab doors. She decided that she would have to travel in the tunnels to get in the lab. That would be the safest way in. She took the screen off the vent in the wall and entered the tunnels.

Finding the lab was a lot harder than she thought. There were so many passage ways, she wasn't really sure where she was going. She peeped through vent doors and screen from time to time to see what rooms she was in. Eventually she found the lab. She heard Kriplespac's voice coming from down below. Quietly, she opened the vent on the floor of the tunnel and climbed up on a nearby support beam. She never took her eyes of the Tediz below her. Looking down, she saw that she was quite a ways up, but she knew they couldn't see her because it was very dark up in the ceiling area. Keeping quiet was key. She tight-walked along the narrow beams and tunnels until she was directly above Kriplespac. She got out her little gift she made earlier and tied a string around it. The plan was to slowly lower it down, but first, she had to distract the Tediz. Digging around in her corset, she found a tube of lipstick. She chucked it as far as she could. The small noise it made when it hit the floor stopped the Tediz cold. They all turned to the direction of the sound.

"Go check it out," Kriplespac ordered. The Tediz and obeyed and hustled away. CoCo grinned. Now was her chance! But she only had a few moments to do this, so she made no haste. Her excitement caused her to lose balance for a second, and her foot slipped. It scraped the side of beam, causing the old beam the squeak. Kriplespac heard the noise and looked up into the darkness. CoCo gulped nervously.

"Intruder!" he bellowed, not knowing it was CoCo up there. "Fire at vill!"

The Tediz got out their guns and fired blindly up into the rafters. CoCo let out a shriek and quickly tiptoed across the beams, trying to avoid the bullets whizzing about. A bullet hit the beam she was standing on, causing it to fall to the floor. Panicking CoCo leaped onto a ventilation tunnel and punched the vent door open. She threw herself in the tunnel and crawled as quickly as she could. Bullets shot up from underneath her, missing her by a few inches. One bullet managed to shatter through her shin bone. Her cry of pain echoed throughout the vent tunnel, but she kept moving. She heard Kriplespac give orders to search all vent entrances. The Tediz thundered out of the lab. CoCo continued to crawl around until she found an vent exit that wasn't guarded by Tediz soldiers. Carefully, she opened the vent screen and pushed herself out. Her leg was still bleeding. Looking around frantically, she found a crate in which she could hide in. She limped over to it and took off the lid. Just as she was about to climb in, a hand grabbed her shoulder.