BY SOLO
EPISODE 32
DAAS KAPITAL REVIVED
EPISODE THIRTY-TWO
Written by Solo
After a quick and somehow satisfying goodbye Solo reached
for the door
handle, turned it and pulled…
Nothing.
She pulled again, this time harder.
Nothing.
She tried pushing it.
Nothing!
Solo spun around. "Oh very funny you guys … Who
locked the door!"
All three lads and Flacco shook their heads.
"Well one of you must have done it!"
All the males in the room managed to look both guilty
and innocent and
even bewildered all at the same time.
"Well, where's the key then?" she demanded.
Richard spoke-up. "Ahhh there is no key…you see,
if there was we'd
probably lose it…so there isn't one."
"Then how did the door get locked?" Solo wondered
aloud. She knelt
down by the door and peered into the lock. "GUM?" she cried and
jumped
back up. Solo turned on the boys. "Someone put chewing
gum in the lock!"
The four males all looked at one another and in unison
shrugged their
shoulders.
"Not me!"
"Not me!"
"Not me!"
"Not me, yip!"
Solo angrily tugged on the door but to no avail.
There was just no way
the door was going to open in time for her to safely get home
before…before…
"DAMNIT!" She cried and kicked the door in frustration.
{I'm fairly sure three minutes must have passed by now!!}
"Attention, Attention. The Shitsu Tonka submarine
Titanic II will be
returning to it's correct time and place shortly. Please return
your seats
to the upright position ensure that your belts are securely fastened
and
that your trays are locked in place. We would like to remind
you that this
is a non-smoking submarine. The trip is expected to be instantaneous
however turbulence has been scanned in the vicinity of time loop 3.7
so
there may be a few jolts along the way. Please ensure that the
dimensional
stabilizers are operational or the flight may suffer from extreme time
disruptions. The time on arrival will be three PM. All
the system staff
would like to thank you for your patronage and hope you have a safe
and
pleasant stay in the future. For al those who have not left the
Titanic
and returned home… Too late!"
No, no, no, I haven't left yet!" Solo looked at
Tim, Paul, Richard and
Flacco in shock.
Paul grinned. "Ha ha, you're stuck with us now!"
"S hit!" was all Solo managed to reply before the Titanic
II shuddered
violently, pitched forward, spun 180 degrees, twisted horrendously
in
mid-air and vanished in a poof of smoke.
{Poof? Sorry maybe puff would have worked better?…
No, poof is the word
I'm looking for – it is more accurate to describe what happened…LOL)
Solo, Paul, Richard and Tim were all thrown forward during
the initial
stages of the time transfer. Solo heard a sickening THUD beside
her and
looked down to see Richard slide unconscious to the floor.
In the next instant Solo, Tim, and Paul (and an unconscious
Richard)
were thrown backwards as the ship lurched beneath them.
Solo hit the wall hard and somersaulted over to land rather
painfully on
her butt. Only then did she realise that she was now sitting
o the
ceiling, and then she became aware of the fact that the horrible wheezing
groaning sound had stopped.
Solo also noticed that the lights in the room had changed
from a soft,
welcoming yellow to a horrible glaring (and annoyingly flashing) red
right
near her left knee.
Paul sat up beside her and groaned.
Solo looked over to Tim, who had somehow remained standing
throughout
the violent trip and noticed Richard was slumped, still unconscious,
at
Tim's feet.
"What did you do?" a voice demanded from her elbow.
Solo looked towards
the voice and straight into Paul's glaring eyes.
"What? Me? What makes you think I did anything?
I was here with you
guys the entire time…you're paranoid mate!"
"Well, that didn't happen last time. Last time there
was a flash and a
BANG and then we were in your time period." Tim answered for
Paul.
"It's not my fault!" Solo simpered.
"You said you fixed it!" Paul accused her.
Solo looked helplessly around her… "It's not my fault!
I fixed it!
It's not my fault! It's not fair!"
Solo crawled over to Richard and gently felt his neck…Yep
no puncture
wounds and a nice strong beat. Good sign!
Solo stood up slowly and then stepped over the prone body
to walk over
to the main viewscreen. At the moment, it was blank. Solo
stared in
bewilderment at all the switches and dials dotted along the panel before
her.
Tim came over and flipped a switch labeled 'Viewer'
Duh! Of course!!
Outside, seen through the viewer, was a swirling mirage
of colour and
light. Greens, blues, reds, yellows, purples, maroons, and oranges
all
meshed together in a jumble of torrid colours. In the blink of
an eye the
colours were spectacularly breathtaking and in another, they were violent,
dangerous, dark and vicious.
Solo looked at Paul… "I'm assuming this is not where you guys
originally
came from? She asked.
"Uh ah!" Paul shook his head.
Suddenly, above their heads, Bill Gates's voice could be heard over
the
speakers and echoed around them.
"DANGER, DANGER! Dimensional stabilizers have not been
automatically
initiated – check the port configuration and try again. Or enter
verbal
password and system key.
Solo stared at Paul.
Paul stared back.
Tim came up besides Paul and looked at them both and listened
as Gates
repeated his message.
Richard groaned from the floor.
Solo spoke softly to herself. "We must be stuck in some
kind of
time/space vortex. The question is, how to knock the Titanic
out of its
grasp?" Solo turned towards the time machine.
The Titanic rocked violently back and forth.
"Thirty seconds until warp core breach – Sorry wrong program
– Until
systems failure and a forced shutdown ensures. Please fasten
your
seatbelts and have a nice day."
"Oh S hit!" Solo groaned and slapped her forehead.
What now for the many gods of Rome's sakes?
Maybe… With luck… The author can have the Titanic II destroyed
in a
violent but spectacularly visual and cheep display of light, sound
and
special effects?
Why not?
It would certainly end a whole heap of torment and stupid
plot lines
that go nowhere or appear ridiculously linked for no apparent reason
to a
previous insubstantial plot line… wouldn't it???
I think so!!
STAY TUNED…