In Base Thirteen, Anyway. By Phoebe. The girl stared at the pile of paper on her desk. The amount of material resulting from a search for 'Rocky Horror Picture Show - What The Hell Is The? had turned out to be quite substantial. She picked up the first page. It was a picture. She dropped it, shuddering. "I have never done research for a Chibi-Impro," she muttered. "And I refuse to start now!" A message flashed on her computer screen. She frowned. "I didn't leave the power on... wait. 'If you do not give complete control of the Chibi-Impro Girls with Guns to the plot of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, you will be forced to have 14, 000 children by the Mad Author, W4.'" There was a slight pause. "Oh dear," Phoebe chuckled, accidentally cramming her masses of printed material into the fireplace and burning it to a fine powdery ash. "How very clumsy of me." · * * * * Becky and Aika halted. "Ew!" they chorused. Then they shot Happousai and Ataru until they were very very dead. Akane leapt to her feet and stared at the bodies. She stared at those who had shot them. She shrieked madly and fled. "After her!" Becky shouted, gesturing at the fleeing psycho. "Yeah!" Aika agreed, pounding beside her. She paused. "Wait. Why are we chasing her?" "You always chase them when they run! It means they're guilty!" "Um... she wouldn't just be running because two scary girls in weird costumes just shot two guys right in front of her, would she?" Becky gave Aika a Look. "Aika, Aika, Aika...." she sighed patiently. "You just don't have the benefit of my training. But that's okay! I'll tell you all about it later... wait, where did she go?" Aika pointed at a silvery building with a red, distinctly phallic roof. "In there," she reported. Becky nodded approvingly, and Aika glowed. "Right! Now we kick the door down and yell "FBI! HANDS ON YOUR HEADS, SCUM!" Aika grinned. "Now this is my sort of job.." · * * * * From her safe vantage point Akane giggled as Becky and Aika relaiably kicked down the door and charged in. "At last, my love," she sighed, pushing buttons in a well-rehearsed sequence. "At last you shall be... REVENGED!" She pulled a large red lever and watched with satisfaction as the silver building began to shudder. · * * * * Becky fell heavily to the floor, grunting. "Aika! Is this one of your stupid Tokyo earthquakes?" she screamed. "Hey, you have earthquakes in California too!" Aika replied, trying to keep her feet. "Yes, but ours aren't stupid!" Becky yelled, her teeth chattering. Aika opened her mouth again, eyes angry... and promptly blacked out as her body was abruptly crushed to the floor. · * * * * Akane watched the rocket rise with gloating satisfaction. · * * * * Yeah, it's short and it sucks. To assuage the pain of reading this chapter, I suggest you go find a Crowded House CD and listen to it a couple of times. Or you could try and work out the OCR in the title! Let me know if you get it, I'll be duly impressed. Phoebe.