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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 17, 2008 19:06:26 GMT -5
"But he was shoving me," said Kestrel, pointing to Falcon.
Ebony sighed, getting wearily to her tires, "Guys, please. No roughhousing. I can't handle it right now."
The twins stopped and looked at their mother and nodded, "Yes, Mommy."
*****
Delfina helped clean up the basement, using a little bit of her magic to put the boxes and their contents back in their place on the shelves. "Alright, done," she said, "Let's go home."
*****
"Am not," Shale retorted, "We just... we just aren't able to find any free time to be together..."
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Apr 17, 2008 19:24:41 GMT -5
Phoenix nudged the door back open and reset the locks on it to close again.
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"Just keep telling yourself that," Luke said. "Just tell me when your last day off was?"
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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 17, 2008 19:30:57 GMT -5
Delfina followed the Trans Am out.
*****
"Very funny," Shale said sarcastically. Then he got serious, "About two months ago. But I spent that with family."
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Apr 17, 2008 19:42:21 GMT -5
The door closed and locked behind them. "Ready to head back to see what Shayla can do with this book?"
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"Alright, alright, my bad," Luke said.
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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 17, 2008 19:48:14 GMT -5
"I'm ready," Delfina said with a nod.
*****
There was some silence for the helicopter, but then, "Don't worry about it. Anyway, we'll be in Cortez in a few hours."
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Apr 17, 2008 19:56:12 GMT -5
"We have a long drive ahead of us," Phoenix said as she pulled back onto the service elevator.
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"Well I'll let you do the work for the moment," Luke said as he settled down. "I'm chill out with a power nap."
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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 17, 2008 20:00:50 GMT -5
"That's fine," nodded Delfina as she too got onto the service elevator.
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"I'll wake you when we get there," said Shale.
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Post by Evangeline on Apr 17, 2008 20:10:45 GMT -5
"Good." Kendall nodded to the twins. "So why don't we find something quiet to do while your mama's resting?"
A HH-65C Dolphin in USCG colors was an unusual sight this far inland, so Bree's landing at the airport in Cortez drew more than the usual attention as she settled down and went off to the airport commercial plaza to top off before meeting her sister and family. She grumbled at the slight hitch in her rear undercarriage - it was still rather stiff after two punishing years in the Arctic and too many rough landings. Joint work and shots had helped a lot, but the doctors were adamant about putting her on extended rest leave after eight years of hard service. She was almost thirty now, but some parts of her were feeling ten years older. Her mid-career overhaul was still a few years away.
She was listening in on the communications chatter when she heard what sounded like a familiar voice, and she stood up on the tops of her U/C shocks and flared her nostrils. Yes, that scent was Shale's. Bree raised her nose and curled her lip in a classic flehmen response, driving the scent into her upper air passages to analyze and savor it. It was not an unusual behavior in the aircraft of this world; she did much the same when she was casting for the scents of missing boats, disaster victims, or smugglers and their narcotic cargoes. But this time the feel of the scent provoked a distinct hormonal surge in her that her sisters had talked of, but which she had never directly experienced until now. Absence had only made it sharper.
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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 17, 2008 20:30:01 GMT -5
The twins nodded, "Okay." Ebony smiled and wearily lay back down on the cushions, feeling faint.
*****
Shale kept on his course for a few hours, ticking off the minutes as he finally approached Cortez, which appeared in the distance. Farther out was the familiar tip of Ash Mountain. It was then that he picked up a familiar scent on the wind as the town grew closer and he started to angle toward the airport. Bree... She was here too.
He called up the tower and got clearance to land on the lighted heliport. As soon as his landing gear touched the pad and his blades stilled, the Agusta/Bell opened his cabin door.
"Hey, Luke," he said loudly to his partner to wake him up, "Wake up. We're here."
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Apr 17, 2008 20:31:35 GMT -5
The elevator closed as it went back up to the lobby level and Phoenix pulled out once again. The doorman saw her coming and quickly opened the door for her.
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Luke gave a snort, "Huh, wha'..."
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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 17, 2008 20:36:50 GMT -5
Delfina followed Phoenix out of the hotel and onto the Strip.
*****
"We're in Cortez," Shale said more clearly, "You slept the whole way."
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Apr 17, 2008 20:44:22 GMT -5
Luke gave a yawn and a shake. "When we landing."
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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 17, 2008 20:46:50 GMT -5
"We already did," said Shale.
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Apr 17, 2008 20:49:20 GMT -5
"Ah," Luke said as he got to his tires.
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Post by Evangeline on Apr 17, 2008 20:50:36 GMT -5
Bree stood on the apron surrounding the heliport, keeping a dignified front while the Bell/Agusta mix landed. She scented that he was not alone and the Skyline who had been riding in his cabin confirmed that. Were they working together now?
"How about we do that puzzle that Tess gave you for your birthday, huh?" Kendall suggested to the twins.
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