Chapter 12

                                    

                                          
Director: Dear Chairman, I too hold the protocol in the highest regard. The doctrine kept us ALL safe during the Great War. If you are insinuating sir, that we violated it in any way, or that we were derelict in our duty to the military. . . well then I suggest you be direct and tell me EXACTLY how we did so. 
                          
Washington: What is going on?
                          
The groups was still near Kaikaina and Church was still in his ghost form. 
                          
Church: Wash, stay calm. We can explain. 
                          
Washington: I don't want explanations, I want the truth! NOW! When were you going to tell me about this?
                          
Ruby: Well you need the explanation to understand the truth.
                          
Simmons: Dumbass. 
                          
Ruby: Also, we never planned to tell you this.
                          
Grif: We didn't?
                          
Ruby: Oh god no! 
                          
Washington: *sighs* Just explain. 
                          
Church: You see, Caboose here killed me by accident once-
                          
Caboose: Tucker did it.
                          
Church: Shut up.
                          
Washington: He killed you. . .? As in. . . . . dead? 
                          
Sarge: And then we reached an agreement, I build Blue over here a new body- 
                          
Church: *laughs* Agreement? More like we kicked your ass and you didn't have much of a choice on what you wanted to do. 
                          
Ruby: I built Tex's body out of the kindness of my heart! 
                          
Allison: Thanks. 
                          
Church: That's. . . believable. You all still gave up though. 
                          
Grif: That's bullshit. 
                          
Church: Then there was that one time Tex kicked your ass all over.
                          
Simmons: Yeah, but we took her pri-
                          
Washington: Stop! 
                          
Ruby: Geez, way to ruin the fun. 
                          
Washington: Focus! How did you build him body?
                          
Sarge: With a robot kit of course! I'd already used our to build our helper. . . Lopez! 
                          
Simmons: And a mighty fine job you did too sir! 
                          
Grif: Yeaaah, it's always great to have a helper nobody can understand!
                          
Ruby: I can.
                          
Sarge: Blue team hadn't used theirs for some reason. . . they even had an extra! 
                          
Ruby: We used that one for Tex. 
                          
Washington: And. . . that didn't strike anyone as odd? That you would have a kit to build a robot that looks like a soldier? 
                          
Simmons: That's just standard issue equipment. . . right?
                          
South/Washington: What?! No! 
                          
South: Have you ran into anyone else that has them?
                          
Ruby: Does fighting a robot army count? 
                          
South: I don't even want to ask.
                          
Sarge: Okay smart guy, lady, then why did command send us upgraded ones when we were told to ship out to Rat's Nest? 
                          
Church: You guys went to Rat's Nest, too?
                          
Sarge: I used some of the spare parts to spruce up Lopez.