Quote:Kelley's Heros - a fic which starts by tossing Faith and General Hammond into a fix together....
Willow was also fighting back the nerves, but for an entirely different reason.
Oh my god! Captain, we have to go back, she exclaimed. Carter was surprised at the sudden agitation until now the redhead had seemed the most level headed of the civilians, and had been handing the situation with aplomb.
Calm down, Miss Rosenberg. Why do we need to go back?
Although the air force had supplied them all with regulation camouflaged green ski jackets, trousers and boots for the cold weather, they were still wearing their own tops underneath.
Because Im wearing a red shirt. Weve beamed ourselves onto an alien planet to go exploring, and Im the one wearing a red shirt. I dont want to die! Carter burst out laughing.
You think youve got it bad, she answered between bouts of giggles, Im the Captain - therefore all my immediate future holds is making out with some green-skinned princess then getting into a fight with her father. Willow didnt think that fate was so bad; well the first bit anyway.
Another bit from the same chapter, as Riley and Graham decide to escort a couple of young Slayers out to check out Colorado Springs' nightlife:
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What Sams off gallivanting around another world and youd rather stay in a room buried under a mountain than escort these two beautiful young ladies into town? Besides if we left them alone, who knows what kind of nasty things they could happen to.
"I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered...
R!
DOROTHY!
WAYNERIGHT!
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.