Melissa, Hudson, Trancer, and the Goddess arrived at the airport in style. Ok they arrived in Melissa's 1978 Yellow f-10 Datsun hatchback, but a bard can dream can't she? Secretly Melissa was looking forward to ditching the car in the airport parking lot, they were notorious for losing such items. Trancer never did recover the Gremlin after her journey to Texas. Unfortunately the Goddess herself promised to fry anyone who touched the Datsun while her bard was away. Somehow Melissa knew the car would be waiting for her upon their return.
Naturally things did not go smoothly. The first obstacle to overcome for the bard was getting Matt past Airport security. Ok actually the first obstacle was getting Matt into the airport. Melissa had told him not eat before the trip, but did he listen? Of course not! The luggage was heavy enough what with the Goddess insisting on bringing her entire arsenal of weapons ("You never know," she had said with a shrug.), but with her twin stowing away, the suitcases were nearly impossible for the bard to lift, let alone carry all the way to the plane. She had briefly considered sending Matt with the cargo, but the thought of him all scrunched up sharing space with goats, chickens, and monkeys well, well that actually brought quite a bit of joy to her heart, but considering the trip was trans-Atlantic and would last for several hours, well no that wasn't it either, the lack of oxygen? No. Frigid temperatures. Nope not that either. What the heck was she thinking?! Must have been one of those moments of weaknesses that the oddity twins sometimes shared, dysfunctional love.
As it turns out getting Matt past security wasn't nearly as difficult as Melissa had anticipated. The guard manning the X-ray machine didn't even blink when a human skeleton passed through. He had seen worse. Besides, quite frankly he was more than happy to send the second, dare he say odder, half of the oddity twins on his merry little way. In fact the whole town was waiting with bated breath for the entire motley crew to get out of Cirra. There was going to be some serious partying tonight. He did, however, have a moment of hesitation when Callisto's dagger collection passed through. They are not going to like that in the States, he thought simply allowing them to pass by.
When they got to the gate they discovered Matt had not lived up to his part of the bargain. He had forgotten to obtain airline tickets!
MM: Damn it to Tartarus! (drops luggage, kicks it really hard)
Luggage: OUCH!
GC: Watch your mouth bard.
HL: Hey did your luggage just talk?
MM: (Blank stare) of course not.
Luggage: (whimper)
Trancer: (instinctively heads for the luggage)
MM: (don't move Trancer)
GC: No telepathy! We might as well have brought Matt for Zeus-sake!
MM & Trancer: (shifty eyes, mentally whistling)
GC: Stop that! Now where are the plane tickets bard?
MM: Uhm, uh....I forgot them. (oh you're going to pay Peters, you're going to pay)
GC: What does Mallboy have to do with this?
MM: Nothing Goddess. (glaring at the luggage)
HL: (returning) (nobody noticed she had left, she's stealthy Leick that) Got ‘em. (waving 4 tickets in the air-3 first class and a coach if anyone is interested, but we'll get to that later)
GC: Ok let's go.
MM: We have to wait for the plane to arrive Goddess.
GC: (frown) (sigh) well patience is a virtue.
MM: (struggling to avoid obvious joke questioning Callisto's virtue)
Trancer: LOL!
GC: Stop that medivac girl. What's the matter with you?
Trancer: Nothing Goddess, just clearing my throat.
GC: Yeah well, I know what you Alaskans are like Trancer, I've seen Northern Exposure. Behave yourself.
Trancer: (oh you'll pay Monson, you'll pay)
GC: (blank stare) Hudson already paid.
FlightAttendent (FA): May I have your attention please? Flight #667 (phew) departing for Las Vegas Nevada is now ready for boarding. We would like to invite those passengers who are traveling with small children to begin preboarding the plane.
GC: (stern stare dripping with menace)
FA: Correction. We would like to invite those passengers traveling with the Goddess and the Goddess herself to board the plane at this time.
GC: Better. Come on! (signals group to follow)
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