Not so great ride.

[Indy]

Cancer huffed as he nearly fell off from the wild ride. he tried ot hold onto his fedora with one claw and whoever he was riding with with the other. It was indeed one wild ride and tiresome. He blinked again.

"Uh, guys! Can we stop, buku? We really needa stop! Fuel up first off an' then continue home. Maybe give Chopper a call, sayin' we are headin' home with Masa?" He asked. He seemed rather nervous as he said Chopper and Masa. As if Chopper was going to yell at him.

Masa gave a groan as he shifted himself ot get comfortable.

"If I wasn't gonna be riddin' an' half bleedin', I'd be back at the Valley, servin' my pervoius ranks. I do miss that wearin' that Uniform..." He felt sick from the ride. He was ignoringhis massive arm pain as well.

"Could ya guys stop? Like Cancer said? I am still bleedin' badly here. I know Chopps is gonna be pissed at us, but I am use to it. He ain't much of a threat when he's angry anyway..."

[Avi]

The Spark Twins pulled their bikes over towards the fuel pumps, giving Masa a much needed break. Gem-B helped him up, sitting him gently on a nearby bench.

While they waited for the bikes to refuel, Gem-W approached a payphone. Not about the pay the whole quarter from her own pocket just to make a phone call, she dematerialized into a spark of electric energy, entering the telephone. Just like that, quarters began cascading out from the change return by the second, littering the ground below.

The spark exited the phone, once more taking the shape of Gem-W, chuckling hysterically. The psychotic twin took a scoop from the large pile of coins, placing one of them back into the phone. She dialed Chopper's number, and awaited his answer.

"Yo, Choppo, it's us!" White blurted into the phone.

[Spark Mandrill]

While the Twins fueled their bikes, Diveman downed the last of his flask with a resounding gulp.

"Works fer me. I reckon I could use 'nother stiff one fer tha road," Diveman agreed, even though he was already well three times above the legal limit. There was no sense riding 'round aimlessly unless he was good and liquored up first. As he swaggered into the service station, Elecman parked over by the ladies room and let himself in with his handy palm chains.

"And now I play the waiting game," Elecman noted, as he scrambled up to the ceiling of the restroom, waiting for any unsuspecting customer to drop in.

[Indy]

"It's me, Whatcha want?!?" Chopper asked on the phone. "Where th' hell were ya guys?"

"He sounds pissed..." Cancer said. He could hear other clamouring going on.

"Who else is talkin', buku?" He asked.

[Avi]

"Oh, us Sparks? Y'unno, just riding around, beating up helpless saps, stealing their dough... the usual! At least, until Crab over there sent us a distress call, which we followed all the way the freaking Doppler Town. Oh, and he had Masa with him - speaking of which..."

[Indy]

"Masa!? Is he doin' okay? Youse guys have me worried!" Chopper yelled again in the phone. He deeply inhaled. "How close are ya guys at? I can drop by!"

[Spark Mandrill]

A few minutes later, Diveman strolled out of the convenience store, lighting a cigarette, not concerned by the fresh blood splattered on his knuckles and his jacket.

"Who's on tha ringer, babe?" Dive asked scoping out Gem-W's butt. Meanwhile, an ear-piercing scream could be heard coming from the lady's room, as an angry Elecman stormed out a few seconds later, with a fresh hand-shaped imprint on the left side of his face.

"Hmph. You call those boobs? They're lies! Hideous lies!" Elecman shouted back, giving the restroom two fingers up.

[Avi]

"About Masa?" Gem-W answered to Chopper. "Say! Somebody wants to talk!" She thrust the phone into Diveman's hand, then whispered into his ear. "Psst... tell the guy on the other end of the line all about that bleeding, half-dead human on the bench over there. Go on, it'll be funny."

[Spark Mandrill]

Diveman snickered as he picked up the phone. He didn't know who Gem was talking to, but he had idea what she was up to.

"Yeah, 'bout Masa? Well, ya evah seen a red flapjack 'fore? It ain' pretty. I'm tellin' ya, someone stomped a new mudhole in 'is ass. Arcadian 'Istory X ain' got shit on this, man. 'N oops. Hang on, I'm standin' in some o' 'is blood," Dive solemnly reported over the phone, as he motioned Gem-W to lean in closer towards the receiver. The guy Dive and Gem-W were describing actually only had a few broken bones and a black eye.

Meanwhile, Elecman rummaged through the beat-up guy's wallet, helping himself to loose change and thumbing through his family pictures.

"Nice wife. And daughter too. I'll have to give 'em a ring sometime," Elecman noted, as he pocketted the cash and pics.

[Indy]

"Sonna-bitch..." CHoppergrumbled in the phone. "Well, Divey an' the rest of ya. Report back here soon. About Masa? Bring his ass back. Injured or not!"

Masa grumbled as he wrappe dhis arm with his headband.

"Dammit!" He cursed, I just hope someone can help me when we get back. I don't want Chopper to bite my head off!"

[Spark Mandrill]

"Fonzie wants us ta check in," Dive told Gem-W after Chopper hung up, leaning in closer. "So how far ya wanna take that story I told Chops?" Dive asked, cracking his already-bloody knuckles.

"Say, where's Gem-B? This scene is lacking in hotness," Elecman pointed out, even though she was all but identical to Gem-W.

[Avi]

...and even though she was only "hot" because she used feminine pronouns. Hooray for androgyny!

"What story?" Gem-W asked with a smirk. "Yanno, it's a long and bumpy ride back to Choppo's place... say, we could hit a speed bump, and have him fly off towards Andromeda-only-knows where, like into a dumpster... full of rusty syringes... yummy. Or he could be shot again. Happens all the time here in the Slums!"

"But yeah," Gem-B added. She helped Masa up from the bench. "We'll make sure none of that happens to you... we promise..."

"Don't hold us to it, though!" Gem-W burst out laughing.

[Spark Mandrill]

Dive simply snickered at Gem-W's remark. Normally, Dive and Elec would be iffy about hitting on someone(s) you could play a few hearty rounds of 'Boy or Girl?' with. But after throrough "investigating", Elecman assured him they were both chicks. And Diveman never doubted any of Elecman's findings for a second.

"Don' ferget drun' drivin's a real problem 'round these parts," Dive pointed out ta Gem-W. "Sum pud might drin' one ta many, 'n swerve right inta 'im," Dive added out, gulping down his flask heavily. "Ya wanna jus' ram off tha road? Or should we push 'im inta oncomin' semi?" he whispered.

"Well, if nuthin' else, I promise it ain't happening to you, Gem-Babe," Elecman assured the passive twin truthfully, sliding an arm across her shoulder.

[Indy]

"I been shot enough times..." Masa said. "It ain't the first time. The rest was gettin' shot every place when I was at that Valley." He groaned and tried not to slouch. "That time, I was sittin' in a room, wit' some weird stuff." He cringed when he heard syringes. "Don't remind me..."

Cancer blinked as he picked up his fedora. He placed it on his head.

"Well, I dunno what Masa is talkin' 'bout, buku." The crab kid yammered, "'Cause it seems like it came from soem freaky Sci-Fi movie or somethin'!"

[Spark Mandrill]

"Sounds more like Gem-W's S&M dungeon," Elecman noted, shuddering. "Either way, if his pants come off in this story again, I quit," he added, shaking his head.

"Hey now, Dubya doesn' have an S&M dunjin. Or leas' nun she evah took me to," Dive interjected, more trying to convince himself that Gem-W wouldn't have such a thing. "Ah, who gives a shit. Let's jus' geta move on back ta E.T. 'fore he gets 'is panties all balled up,"