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"You chickens!" Princess called after Mark and Jason as they raced for his car. "You haven't even seen it!" "And I don't want to!" Jason called over his shoulder as he flung his door open and jumped into the driver's seat. Princess snorted. "You're the one who ran out saying their was a giant spider with a rat in its jaws!" Mark added, joining Jason as Jason slammed his door closed. "I was expecting one of you to do something about it!" she yelled, her hands on her hips as she glared at them. The big, bad Eagle and Condor, afraid to deal with a spider. Princess heard a scratching noise behind her and spun around as Jason started hitting his horn and Mark leaned half out of the door in alarm, yelling at her to run. The spider had pushed the door open to reveal it to the sunlight. It was indeed the size of a medium sized dog and did, in fact, have a rat in its mandibles. Princess screamed and ran to the car, jumping into Mark's lap. As soon as he closed the door, Jason spewed gravel going backwards to increase the distance between them and the spider, who had now been joined by his big brother. "We can't trifle with this, Mark declared, his eyes locked on the monsters. "Jason, get us to base. We've got to tell the Chief about this."

Eek! Cruel Spectran plot or did some bug eggs from another world hitch a ride to Earth?

Maybe both!

In Mark's shack, to boot!

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Becky, I'm wondering if it's a spider at all. Maybe some other kind of animal? EW, Mala certainly knows how to cause pain! But I suspect that Lekan isn't going to be giving up what she knows!

Eek, Becky!!!! Please don't add a drawing DT the arachnophobiac

EW -- I'm not sure Leken is a woman, unless if I missed the reference. But this adds to the suspense And I totally agree with CW about Mala -- you described her perfectly with just one phrase.

A bit of a different take on an old favourite: //Anderson was looking out of his window, absent-mindly gazing at a school of fish swimming by. Once again, he was reduced to waiting for news from G-Force, the team out on a mission against Spectra. And this time "against Spectra" meant against the planet itself: G-Force was taking the war to the enemy. Just then, his intercom rang. "Anderson here," he said tersely. "Chief, it's Jason." He thought he detected a bit of a strain in the gunner's voice. "Come in, Jason. What's happening?" "I'm on the Phoenix, Chief. I've had a little problem. It's a trifle thing, really. It's just that... I couldn't see very well...and Mark sent me back. But I'm okay now," he added hastily. Anderson had the presence of mind to switch off the intercom before sighing deeply. Then he switched it on again. "Message received, Jason. We will have a med team waiting to check out your eye sight as soon as you return. Can you handle the Phoenix for now?" Jason's voice came back, its usual steel coming through this time. "I can handle everything all right, Chief, don't worry. Jason out."// Tiny little reference to Obama's speech to the press corps, if you get it Edited twice until now as I'm writing on the iPad.

DT: Shows how worried Jason is that he was willing to report it to Anderson himself!

EW- that sounds awfully ominous. I was cringing as I read it. DT - I like how Jason tried to back peddle, but once they get back, he'll have to admit the rest of what happened.

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Ah yes EW! Missed that! Trust Jason's boob-radar to spot them first!

Daniella, it totally makes sense that Jason would have contacted the Chief before Zark!

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KT: LOL, I'm sure it's hard to take a summons as immediately and seriously when you haven't been activated yet.

Wow -- such a lot to read in one week! Becky -- I'm starting to think the team should start calling in reinforcements -- Tiny and the Phoenix, armed with a couple of Bird Missiles, maybe? Unless, of course, the spiders just laugh and toss them back! EW -- Eep! And I always thought I had nightmares -- I'll be lucky I can sleep tonight after reading that! Male is definitely not someone you want out to get you! Daniella -- Of course Jason would contact Anderson first -- If he contacted Zark, he would have had to hear a really, really long lecture about what he should have done otherwise. LOL KT -- LOL! Yes, Nambu, there always is one in every crowd!

A miserable headache last week put me behind, but here's this little part, to be followed by this week's part: "Because they know what we look like and what we're wearing," he explained, "so we need to change that.  Keep them guessing."  As he spoke, he put down the bag containing their disguises for Reading and took out another set of clothes from the same bag the clothes he just handed her came from. Quickly, he pulled on a pair of large, loose dark brown pants and a dark green flannel shirt over the clothes he wore, then topped the outfit off with a light brown cardigan sweater with worn leather buttons.  It was the kind of sweater she had always associated with kindly old grandfathers that were always depicted in the movies.  He removed the last item from the bag -- a dark brown knit hat -- and put in on, making sure that his head was completely covered. "Well?" he asked, the single word charged.  Jun wanted to retort something sharp and pithy back, but she found that her mind simply came up blank.  It truly was amazing at how just a change of clothes could alter a person's appearance, she marveled.    He had changed nothing other than what he wore, and yet, Red Impulse now had the look of a much older man, the extra clothing adding bulk to his frame, the reflection of the green from the shirt making his dark blue eyes seem almost brown. Jun shook herself out of her thoughts and concentrated on the clothes at hand, quickly pulling them on without much thought.  As she shook out the t-shirt, a knit cap in dark blue with an orange band at the edge and a hair tie fell out onto the pavement and Jun snatched them both up, quickly twisting her hair into a messy bun at the nape of her neck, hiding the real length of her hair.  The she jammed the hat onto her head. She blinked as she looked down and considered what she must look like -- the jeans he had gotten her were about two sizes too large and had decorative patches sewn in various spots on the legs.  The long sleeved shirt was just a solid white, but the t-shirt she now wore over it was black with white lettering, but it was only now that she looked at it did she see that the lettering said, "X-treme No Limits" on it with a graphic of a skateboarder doing some kind high jump at the shoulder. Jun shot Red Impulse a fierce scowl as she pulled at the shirt and t-shirt, trying to settle the fabric onto her body. "Are you kidding me?" she demanded between gritted teeth.  "This outfit is ridiculous." "That may be," Red Impulse replied coolly as he adjusted the sleeve of the cardigan, "but you can't deny that it makes you look younger." Oh, it did that, all right, she thought mutinously.  Now she looked as though she could be Jinpei's twin brother. "You couldn't have gone older, and a trifle more feminine?" Red Impulse stopped his fussing with the cuff and gave her a shocked look.  "No, of course not," he said, as though that explained everything. "Why not?" He stared at her a moment, as though trying to decide if she were serious or not before answering her.  "Because they are looking for a middle-aged man and young girl.  Now, we look like an older man and a young boy.  With any luck, they'll just completely dismiss us." "Well, still ...," Jun argued, though she did see his point.  Like him, the additional clothes took away her curves, making her seem thicker at the middle, more stocky than she was, and more tom-boyish.  "All I'm missing is the skateboard, though." "That can be arranged," Red Impulse immediately replied, scooping up the bag with their Reading outfits in it.  "Are you ready?" "Yeah, I think so," Jun said, running her hand over her head once again, making sure that her hair was completely covered by the cap. Red Impulse scanned the street, craning his body to look as far down the block as he could, first one way, then the other. "Seems clear, but keep alert," he ordered, stepping out onto the sidewalk. In her head, Jun could hear Jinpei's voice asking, 'what's a lert?', and she bit back a smile and resisted the urge to say the words out loud.  Somehow, she sincerely doubted that Red Impulse would appreciate a little humor to lighten the mood.

He doesn't want to think of her as female because he really doesn't think women should be in combat. Especially when said female could probably kick his butt.

RIgirl: Poor Jun, it's hard enough to always be with guys, now she has to be one. You're reminding me of when my accountant gave me a round piece of paper she'd cut out with "Tuit" on it. A round tuit, get it?

Originally posted by ChrisW You're reminding me of when my accountant gave me a round piece of paper she'd cut out with "Tuit" on it. A round tuit, get it?

Boo. Hiss.

LOL, KT, I can just imagine a fire in an underwater base...

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Originally posted by ChrisW You're reminding me of when my accountant gave me a round piece of paper she'd cut out with "Tuit" on it. A round tuit, get it?

Boo. Hiss.