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Date Posted: 08:10:02 10/08/03 Wed
Author: H. D. Alexander
Subject: Chapter Forty-Four: Damage Control.

After J.T. ranted about how he most definatly wasn't a Saiyan at any point in his life(s) and rushed off, We collected ourselves and drove off to the motel we stayed at the last time Red, Menace and I were here. Tay followed us in her car to the parking lot. I parked the car and popped open the trunk, then stood there for a minute.

"Why are you just standing here?" Tay asked as she got out of her car. I knew the others were wondering the same thing.

"I'm waiting for my partner." I could faintly hear the screeching of a hawk somewhere in the distance. My partner had arrived. I dug into a large suitcase in the trunk and pulled out a Smith and Wesson .45 pistol. When the hawk was directly overhead, I tossed the gun at it. It grabbed the gun with its tallons before doing and odd backflip, and morphing into a human before landing safely next to the car.

"I was wondering when you were gonna make it, Death Giver."

"I had to eat. And besides, it was hard to catch the plane."

"That's alright. Anyway, why don't we all just get some rest tonight, and we'll figure out a plan to find the others in the morning."

"How are we gonna carry them all?" Red asked. "We don't exactly have much room in our cars for fifteen MSTers."

"I'm expecting something from my step-father in the morning that should take care of that problem." I sighed. "Look, I'm worried about the others. You guys are like the loving, if somewhat sadistic, family I've always wanted. I plan on trying to protect all of you guys no matter what." I looked to Amanda. "Even Magnus, though I doubt he needs it. And this is only until someone, preferably more capable than I, comes up with a plan to get rid of this threat. The best way I believe we can survive whatever's out there is by sticking together. Safety in numbers, and all that."

"Danny, you can't protect everyone," Amanda said. She was right. But I've lost too many people I cared about because I didn't try hard enough to be there for them. I couldn't afford to make that mistake again, even if it meant my life. I loved these guys; Amanda and Red, most of all. If my plan goes as I believe it will, they'll survive to get rid of whatever is threatening us.

Even if I don't.

"I know I can't, Mandi-chan." Although I'll sure as hell try to. "That's why I got all this equipment before I left Chicago." I started passing out suitcases and dufflebags to the group around me.

Luis opened his bag. "Prayer beads, a shaman's mask, a tomahawk, katana, bowie knife, SWAT tactical armour... When and how did you get all the money for this stuff?!"

I held up an ATM card. "One debit card, plus an enchantment spell equalls $200,000 that I don't have to pay back."

"That's stealing!"

"The banks are gonna be destroyed by monsters if we don't do something anyway. Magnus is a loner, so I doubt he'd help us much. So we gotta depend on ourselves and each other, for now. We're gonna need that stuff. And I enchanted all of the armour and weapons I bought you guys, for extra protection."

Death Giver looked in his bag and nodded approvingly at all of the gear. Guns, sniper rifles, daggers, swords, night vision goggles, throwing knives, and of course the tac suit.
"So what's the plan?"

"Well, first, we're gonna pick up a few more people around here. I've checked the board and it seems like we've got two more in Dalton we should check on: Eldarian and Jake."

"But, Goose doesn't live here," Tay informed me.

I gave her a sly grin. "Not that Jake." She blushes. I snicker a bit. "Then we're gonna look in on Jim, Joe, Goose, JP and Chewy; play damage control. Y'know, make sure any immediate threats to them or their cities are taken care of."

"Sounds good," Junior said. "Who's in charge?"

"I think that Amanda should be in charge, myself," I said. "She'd do better in battle than I would, anyway. But we can figure all that out in the morning. Let's just get our rooms and go to bed. Tomorrow's gonna be a busy day. I'll pay for the rooms."

[{(!@#@!)}]

Luis, Junior and DG are sharing a room (Pity DG.), And Tay's got a room to herself. Once again, Amanda and I are in the same room. Good, this makes things easier.

"Y'know, Mandi-chan. I bought something else before I left Chicago today."

"What is it?" Hm. From the way she said that, I think she already knows. But I pull out the burgundy box anyway.

"This." I open it up for her, and you'd think she had just found Nirvana (The state of mind, not the band). It's an engagement ring, the same one my SI gave hers after trashing KnI. "No matter what happens, I want us to always be together. Will you marry me, in real life?"

"Yes."

Yes. The most beautiful word in the world, right now, is "yes." She put the ring on, and I hug her so tightly, that I'm afraid of crushing her. When this ordeal is over, we're gonna have the mother of all weddings. (I doubt we'll invite Magnus, and I doubt he'd accept the invitation if we did.) Until then, I've gotta concentrate on helping the others.

But, it's just so damn hard to now... ^_^

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