Transformers Galaxy Force: Thunder Storm
Disclaimer: I own no characters in this episode, but the Rumble Team was my idea.
Part 1.0 The Artic Prisons
Chapter One
Lori sighed and put down the navigation chart she was studying. Sometimes, being an all-craft ace pilot was a real headache. But at least she could enjoy most of it. She looked at the chart again, took out a pencil, and drew a line from the nearby airport to an area deeper into the artic. The path would make good use of the artic weather systems and take the study team to the old Transformer prison. Then she pushed her chair away from the desk and stood up. She walked up to her bed and jumped face down into it. She sighed again into the pillows as she felt the softness of the sheets.
I'm glad Lucy asked us to stay at her place while we're here at the North Pole, she thought. I haven't been here since we were looking for Earth's Planet Force. Maybe Coby and I can swim in one of the springs here together this time…
Someone knocked on the door to her room, interrupting her thoughts and saying, "Lori, are you in there?"
She smiled. They had been married for two months and Coby still knocked on her door. She understood his request to sleep in separate quarters so that they could keep their promise to their parents, but he could stand walking in on her for once, couldn't he?
Lori held on to her laughter while she sat up on her bed and called back, "Yes, Coby, and I'm butt naked! Come on in!"
She heard Coby trip and fall in his haste to back away from the door and couldn't hold on any longer. Laughing she stood and went and opened the door. There he was, just as she suspected, sprawled on the floor in blue cargos and a white, long sleeved collar shirt with embarrassment written all over his face. She couldn't help but continue to laugh as she helped him up.
"Coby Rumble," Lori said, "You are too easy and too fun to tease."
"What if I was someone else?" he asked, his face returning to its normal shade.
Lori smiled and kissed him on the cheek. "No one else sounds like my guy," she responded and tuned back into her room. "Are you coming?"
Coby nodded, but held back as he took a good look at the girl he had married two months ago. She was wearing a modest black tank top and green jeans, and had on the pair of shining earrings that she had worn to their wedding. In spite of her modest apparel, her clothing still articulated her filled out, feminine, athletic body, not because it was tight or revealing – quite the opposite in fact – but because anything she wore looked good on her to him. She despised diets and weight loss, and had a mature female body that supermodels starve themselves for – and she hated their sense of fashion too. Her body curved nicely and her skin was soft, but underneath that softness were iron muscles and a will so strong that could make even the roughest men quake in fear. The two of them had been studying various martial arts together, and she had bested him on more than one occasion.
"Are you standing there undressing me with your eyes or something? Come on, I want to show you this!" Lori broke into his thoughts. He blushed followed her into her room to her desk where the chart lay.
As Coby looked over the chart, he replied, "As good of an idea as undressing you with my eyes is, Lori, I'm not that stupid. But you were close. I was admiring how you manage to look great in anything. You recovered from the jet lag you were experiencing last night pretty quickly."
Lori smiled, remembering. Last night, they had flown in and were picked up by Ambassador Franklin. He and Professor Lucy Suzuki Franklin, his wife, had asked for their help in studying the Transformer prison in the artic and offered to provide them room and board at their house here at the North Pole. Unfortunately, Lori was not prepared for the change in time zones, and was carried into her room by Coby. He left her and went to his own room, but not before he left her a good night kiss, which she could still feel. When she woke up, changed, and went down to breakfast, Lucy gave her the chart and asked if she could plot the course for the study team's helicopter. That was an hour ago, and she was already done.
Coby turned toward her. "This is going to work, right?" he asked.
Lori shrugged. "According to the forecast, it should," she replied. "But we have to leave tomorrow morning and be back in the evening. If not, we'll get caught in the blizzard that's going to come."
He smiled, "I'm glad you're the one figuring this out instead of me. I'd still be working on it when the blizzard hits."
She laughed and gave him a hug, which he returned. "That's because you're a mecha otoku, and I like that about you." She kissed him on the cheek and asked, "Would you take the chart to Lucy for me? Also, do you want to go for a swim?"
Coby picked up the chart and said, "All right, but get her permission first."
"She already gave me permission, Coby. That's why I asked," Lori responded.
"Then I'll grab my swimsuit and see you downstairs." Coby turned and walked out, closing the door behind him. Lori giggled and walked into her bathroom.
Coby, she thought, you are in for a surprise.
