"Sorry, mate," whispers the Aussie bard as she stalks towards the Queen's hut with her.

The Queen gets close to her hut. She glances around the quiet village.

"What time is it?" asks Janelle.

Karena grins at her friend. "It’s a wee bit past one in the morning."

Janelle's eyes bug out. "You woke me up this early for-" She's suddenly cut off when the Queen slams her hand over her mouth.

"Ssssh," commands the Queen again. "Do you wanna get caught?"

The Aussie bard shakes her head.

"Okay, be quiet then." Karena pulls her hand back, opens her hut door, and quietly goes in.

The Aussie follows the other woman in and silently closes the door behind herself. "So where's the stuff?"

"Hold on, its over here." The Kiwi Queen glances around in her dark hut, hoping her eyes will adjust to the darkness but they don't seem to. "Awe Hell."

"Hades," corrects Janelle.

"Whatever," mutters the Queen. "Its over this way somewhere. Come on." She reaches over and takes her friend's hand. "Don't let go, my hut is so messy you could get lost in here," the Queen jokes.

"Right, mate." Janelle holds tight to the warm hand as she walks behind her friend.

Queen Karena leads her way through the dark hut.

Janelle takes a wrong step and suddenly stumbles on something. "Oh shit," she hisses.

"What was that?" asks the Queen.

"I don't know." The Aussie bard shifts but suddenly smacks into something. "Oh no," she whimpers.

Something large sways in the dark then comes tumbling to the ground. There's a loud crash of metal and it causes a loud ruckus.

"Damn it," growls Janelle.

"Sssssh," orders Karena. "Be quiet." She looks out her window and sees a hut light come on. "Oh no is right…"

"What?" whispers the Aussie.

"Somebody heard us," grumbles the Kiwi Queen. "The hut lights went on. Do you know who's hut that is?"

Janelle shifts but stumbles over some other items that make a lot of noise.

"Janelle," snarls the Queen. "Be quiet."

"Sorry, mate." She peers out the window. "That's Phyl's hut."

"Okay, lets be quiet… maybe she'll go back to sleep."

"I don't think so," whispers Janelle, "Look."

The Kiwi glances back out the window and sees MomBard race out of her hut. "Oh we are toast," she whines.

"Let's hide," suggests Janelle.

"Yeah," agrees the Queen brightly. She sees two other hut lights come on. "Lets move now!" She starts moving quickly but stumbles and falls over more of her stuff. "Shit!" she yells.

Janelle hadn't let go of her friend's hand and starts tumbling with her friend. "Karena!" she screams.

"What's going on, Queen Karena?" comes Empress Cy's voice.

"Nothing, nothing at all, Cy," answers back the Queen. She trips. "Oh shit!"

"What's all that noise?" yells Red Hope from outside. "You're waking up the whole damn Place."

"Sorry," calls back the Queen. "I… I… I was just using my washroom."

Janelle moves a little, and she hits a bunch of items.

There's another loud boom.

"What Hades is all that gods be damned noise?" roars Terri, who comes stomping over to the Queen's hut. She spots Red Hope, Empress Cy, and MomBard already at the hut's door. "What is she doing in there?"

"We don't know," whispers MomBard. "Queen Karena, are you alright in there, dear?"

"I perfectly fine, MomBard," replies the Queen. "Stop moving," she whispers to Janelle.

Janelle nods but found her hand twisted that holds the Queen's hand. She shifts just a little but bangs her head on something. She groans loudly.

MomBard gasps and looks at her friends. "What was that?"

Red Hope narrows her eyes in suspicion. "Karena, what are you doing?" she asks hotly.

"Nothing," yells the Queen hotly back.

Tea, Cindy, and Michelle had been awoken by all the ruckus and come jogging up.

"What's the party about?" inquires Tea.

Janelle rubs her forehead and says, "Oooh Karena, I don't think… I can handle much more."

"What?" yells Terri. "Was that you, Janelle?" She bangs on the door. "What's going on huh? You know, in the south we don't cause this much noise!" she screams.

"And that's why she starts yelling huh?" mutters Michelle.

Empress Cy folds her arms. "Um guys."

Everybody turns to the Empress.

Cy smiles sheepishly and whispers, "We may want to leave them be."

"Why?" whispers back Red Hope. "Are you insinuating something?"

The Empress shrugs. "Uh… no."

"Good," states the bard, "because everybody knows relationships are tsk, tsk around the Place."

Queen Karena glances at Janelle. "Janelle, they're gonna come in here. You need to hide," she utters very quietly.

Janelle shakes her head. "How?" she growls lowly.

"I don't know!" yells the Queen.

"What?" calls Terri. "What you say, Queen Karena?"

"Nothing!" hollers the Kiwi.

"Karena, is somebody in the hut with you?" inquires Red Hope.

"No, nobody is," replies the Queen. "Its just me and my messy hut." She glances at Janelle. "Go hide," she orders.

"Alright," whispers Janelle. She starts to move but stumbles over more items.

MomBard looks at the Empress. "Empress, I think its best you break the door down. Something bad is going on."

"Alright then!" declares Cy. "Get out of the way."

Terri steps aside.

Red Hope glances over at Cindy, Tea and Michelle. "Hey, grab some torches."

The three Amazons nod and quickly rush off to get torches.

Empress Cy takes a few steps back, lifts her hands and spits in them. She rubs her hands together. "Everybody, watch out."

There's another boom from inside the hut.

"We're coming!" called MomBard to Queen Karena.

"I don't need saving!" yells the Queen from in the hut. She groans and looks at Janelle, whom is still next to her. "Janelle, hide," she hisses.

"Alright!"

"Here I come!" yells Empress Cy.

"Oh shit!" screams the Kiwi.

Janelle moves quickly but forgot she is holding her friend's hand. She stumbles, falls, and takes the Queen with her.

"Aaaah!" screams Karena as she falls towards her friend.

Thankfully, the Aussie bard had fallen back into the Queen's bed on her back.

There's a loud crash as the wood door of the Queen's hut hits the door. Then a thud of a body hitting the floor.

Empress Cy groans as she lays on top of the door.

"Let's go in!" orders Red Hope.

Everybody files into the hut with the three torches but makes sure not to step on the Empress.

Cy groans before she bounces up onto her feet. "I'm okay everybody," she announces proudly, however nobody is listening.

"Oh my…" whispers MomBard as she looks towards the Queen.

"They're kissing!" states Michelle with a gasp.

Queen Karena pulls her lips away from Janelle's as a deep blush creeps up her neck.

Janelle's eyes are wide when her friend pulls back. "Uh oh," she whispers while turning red. She notes the way Karena is laying on top of her with one knee between her legs.

"Janelle, Karena!" yells Red Hope as she fumes with anger.

The Queen jumps off Janelle and spins around. "Its not how it looks." She holds up her hands and shakes her hand. "I swear…"

"Oh my," whispers MomBard. "Two women kissing." Her eyes widen. "They're girlfriends!" she announces before she suddenly faints out of shock.

"Mom!" yells the Empress as she moves and catches the falling woman. "Mom?" She sees that the older Amazon is unconscious.

Red Hope growls, and she glares back at the Queen. "See… this is why I rule out relationships in the Place." She points at the fainted MomBard. "Because there are members, such as Mom, that cannot handle… handle… handle those kind of relationships."

"Its not like that," counters the Queen. She looks at Janelle, who is still on the bed. "Janelle, help."

Janelle stands up and fixes her messy hair. "Its not how it looks," she states the bard. "I mean… the Queen kisses great and… oh shit," she groans while feeling embarrassed over again.

"Well that just helped our case out a lot," growls the Kiwi.

Red Hope glares. "I can't believe this." She's still fuming. "You both have broken the rules!" She puts her hands on her hips. "I am gonna have to take action since you both were caught having a… confidential relationship in the Place."

"No, no," begs Janelle. "You don't understand, Red." She drops her shoulders. "We… we… we…" She peers up at Karena for help.

The Queen sighs, shakes her head, and closes her eyes. Either way, they were screwed.

"That's what I thought," whispers the bard. She drops her hands from her hips. "I'm sorry Janelle and Karena, but I'll have to… unsub you both. I am sorely disappointed." She strolls out of the hut.

Everybody in the hut gasps at Red Hope's extreme decision.

"She's going to unsub them?" whispers Cindy to Tea.

Tea nodded sadly. "Uh huh." She glances over at the sad Kiwi and Aussie. "They need to learn to be more quiet." She snickers.

"That's way harsh," whispers Michelle.

"But she has her rules," states the Empress. "Not even the Queen and I can go against."

Janelle and the Queen turn to each other, stare at one another then they break down crying together.