Helix Machine: Ch. 12 by Saffireprowler, literature
Literature
Helix Machine: Ch. 12
Location: Hotel Milton Lobby, Itgania, Jakabar Empire. Having received word from Wessi that she was prepared to be extracted from Diamonga's headquarters: Theo and Wessi received orders to neutralize Diamonga, exfil Wessi and Nairys, and get out of Jakabar as quickly as they could. They arrived in time to check out from their hotel, which was staffed by a very polite Itgan woman. "Hello baby gahl! You check out now?" Asked the lobby attendant who was dressed in a fine black and green vest with traditional Itgan symbols all over it. "Yes." Theo answered her as she and Sheri arrived with one bag each. "Okay, I geet yoah beeeeell!!" The woman said loudly upon receiving the room key and turning to leave the front desk area. Sheri and Theo leaned against the counter waiting for the clerk to return. Sheri had noticed something about the Giants that she had to bring up with Theo at the moment. "Not a very quiet lot, are they? These Giants of Jakabar?" "Not at all. You heard Fozzibel the last time she was over to examine us. She was raising hell over the littlest things." Theo reminded her. "But Kangi and Nila are..." Sheri began to talk until she was interrupted by Theo. "Different, I know. Kangi is a total angel and Nila is a total psychopath... Then again..." She paused and thought of how much Nila has changed since becoming a Micronaut. "It's strange... I woke up the other night and she was lying in bed with me. It was like we were... Intimate. I don't know how to describe, but when she saw that I was a little worried, she got out of my bed. God help me, I really think I like the girl. She was so misunderstood and I think the Commander always had a knack for dealing with her." "Nila was in bed with you?" Sheri asked. "Yeah, but nothing happened. I woke up and her bright silver eyes were leering at me under the moonlight that showed through my window. I dunno, I think she's changing and for the better." Said Theo who suddenly saw what appeared to be Maia in plain clothes; jeans, tee, baseball cap, entering through the front doors. Straight off, Theo knew it was not the real Maia and Sheri had the notion too, although not as certain as Theo was. The two agents approached the obvious duplicate, which they knew was likely given that Lynka and Shamid had already witnessed a copy of themselves. "Maia." Theo and Sheri greeted the girl at the center of the quiet and empty lobby. "What's up, guys?" Maia responded. "You came here, how should we know? I wasn't aware that you were being sent to aid us." Sheri answered. "What's this in aid of?" Asked Theo. "Obviously I'm here to help you." Maia suggested with a giggle and a wide smile. Theo knew that the real Maia had recently shot up in height and had bigger breasts than the clone did. Also, she had a deeper tan due to a recent assignment in the Jakabar cays. Sheri noticed this as well, and neither girl were in the mood to parlay with a duplicate who was actually created to hinder their efforts. "Cut the crap, Maia. We know you're not the real deal." Said Theo. The clone seemed puzzled and offended by the abrupt attitude Theo observed. She had never met the real Maia Silver, and had every expectation that she was the real deal. "That's a way to talk to your team mate!" "You're a clone, probably sent to stop us." Sheri charged. "That's true- I mean... I'm not a clone!" Maia's clone yelled, deeply offended by the accusation. "Ah! So you're here to stop us!" Sheri quipped. "Yes! No!" The clone replied. "The real Maia is now a big amazon with bigger boobs. Oh, and one other thing, she recently changed up her hair style just a little." Theo remarked. "Man the fake Maia is really ditzy." Sheri whispered up to Theo, which was also heard and understood by the clone. The clone was ready to drop the gauntlet with the two girls. Then suddenly they heard a door behind the front desk open. Theo expected it was the attendant who returned with the bill, but to their shock, it was Derby. Still in her red and green pinstripe suit, derby hat, and now armed with her Thompson and a large drum magazine affixed to it. "Oh snap!" Theo exclaimed when she saw it. "How did she survive that fall?" Sheri wondered. "Oh girls! You owe me for one coupe!" Derby shouted before she opened fire. Behind the plush and heavy furniture built by Jakaki hands, the three girls tumbled. They managed to avoid being struck by the spray of lead bullets that were tearing up the lobby. Theo landed beside the clone and in front of Sheri who wondered what to do next. "Should I go?!" Sheri asked Theo. "If you go small now you'll go deaf from the gunshots!" Warned Theo. "That's Derby! One of Banga Diamonga's henchwoman!" Maia's clone explained. Bullets continued to fly over their heads and miss them, as the massive furniture was built so solidly that Derby's .45 caliber bullets were being stopped by the heavy walnut or oak furniture frame. Theo and Sheri recalled the fireball that their car made of Derby's coupe. "She didn't get the memo!" Sheri said. "So why is she shooting at you too?!" Theo asked Maia's clone. "She just likes to kill people!" Maia's clone responded. The hail of gunfire ended when Derby's magazine was empty. Luckily, Theo knew enough about the gun that she looked to Sheri and gave her a decisive nod, as each of their ears were now ringing. "It takes a bit to remove that magazine with a special tool and put a new one in! Nows your chance!" "Are you sure?" Asked Sheri. "Yeah! Go!" Theo assured her. Using the Jodak Device for the first time, Sheri zapped herself down and raised high into the air to witness Derby trying to change the drum magazine out on her gun. But the exchange looked trickier than fiction would ever tell, and she saw a clear opportunity to neutralize the henchwoman. She swooped down and sped toward the front counter already preparing a small spell for her. But the woman in red knew she was in danger and ran through the door behind the front desk for safety. Sheri tried to follow, but the door was quickly slammed and knocked her in her face, planting her onto the carpeted floor unexpectedly. She immediately got with Theo over the communicator. "The bitch got me good, Kitten." "Uh oh." Theo mumbled and got up onto her feet. Sheri met her at the counter, flying onto the counter still at her normal size and holding a bloody nose with her hands. "Sorry..." Sheri apologized for failing to neutralize the foe. "How bad did the door get you?" Theo asked. "I don't know, but I rammed it pretty good flying at full speed. I hope it's not broken." Sheri responded. "Let me see it. Can you return to Human size?" Theo suggested which Sheri agreeably acted upon. Theo looked at Sheri while the clone of Maia looked all around her in the hotel lobby to see how badly shot up it was. The timing was perfect because in stepped a Jakaki couple who were vacationing and checking in. They too looked upon the destruction with wide eyes and intrigue. They spoke their native tongue to each other, but Theo and Maia's clone recognized one part of what they said. Amid the Felsha words, they heard the wife say: "John Dillinger." They must have known about the gangsters from prohibition era Earth. "Waaaahhhhhh!!!!!!?????" Hissed the front desk attendant who entered back into the lobby through the door she disappeared behind. "What deh fahck!!! I go... Like... foah two minotts!!! You soot up deh place!!! Waba!!! I say waba!!!" "Hang on Sheri." Theo stopped looking at her face, which was smashed pretty good by the door. "Errr... Ya know... What's your name?" Theo got the attention of the livid attendant. "I tell you notting!! You go noooooowwwww!!!!" The attendant growled at her. "You tell me nothing? I think it's time we have a... A little chat, my friend. What do you know about Diamonga?" Theo began to question the attendant as she retrieved her Micrazor from her cleavage. "I... Err... Waba. Dees complete waba!" The woman bitterly protested her unfortunate circumstance.
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A pretty little box
It holds fingers lips and cocks and
It has holes where
Blood drips out
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I've got a box
And its all mine
Sometimes I rub it and in time
It gives me thrills joy
So divine
My box my box my box
I've got a box
With a bud on top
And a flower blooms when I get hot
Or when my mister
Hits my spot
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I've got a box
It smells like wish
Looks like love and tastes like kiss
And when you touch it
Feels like bliss
My box my box my box
I've got a box
Under my dress
My box of wet, my box of flesh
My box of pleasure
I'll confess, I love
My box, my box.