Chapter 3: Maelstrom of Idiocy
Nimbus Station
Five minutes ago
"HEY! LOOK AT WHAT I FOUND!" One rank 1 Daredevil cried, causing the nearby rank 2 Ranger to look over.Â
"What is it? Also, don't press any buttons on it!"Â
"Hey look, a big, red, button! I'll press it!"
"That's not gonna end..." There was a loud bang, and the daredevil was sent flying into a wall. "...well."
"Ow..." The daredvil groaned, and lifted himself up. "In retrospect, maybe you were right. But hey, maybe something different will happen if I press it again!" The daredevil ran towards the console again, and slammed the button, only to be hurled against a wall.
"You are literally Einstein's definition of insanity." Commented a Rank 3 engineer from the side, shaking his head.Â
The daredevil shook his head rapidly. "Brrr." He paused, and processed what the engineer said. "I'm not insane!" He cried suddenly. "I'm just a daredevil."
"Which is contrary to my statement how?" Inquired the engineer.Â
With that, there was a snapping sound, and James appeared. "Hello!" He yelled. The three figs recoiled, then began to run.Â
"It's a ghost!"
James sighed. "I have no idea what's with these people." With that, he ran down the hall, hoping to eventually reach one particular room, #817. When he did, he grinned, then slammed the doorbell repeatedly. Inside, there was a shuffling sound, a few crashes.
"Hold your horses, I'm coming!" Cried a voice from inside. James held in a laugh as there were more thuds, occasional swearing, and eventually Theo reached the door, swinging it open. "Who in the..." He paused, and then groaned. "James, I have enough psychopaths here as it is. O'Malley's rambling about blowing up a C.O.D base, Simmons is trying to cause nuclear fission..."
"FUSION!" Simmons yelled from inside.
"Sorry, nuclear fusion in his room, and Jeffy, well...he found some oreos." There was a loud thud, and a scream of 'COOKIES!' from inside. Theo facepalmed. "My point is, you picked the worst time to come."Â
"I HAVE ACHIEVED FUSION!"
"Oh dear lord."Â
After his shout, Simmons was thrown through a doorway by a small explosion. He groaned as he landed on the floor, and lay there. James stared for a few seconds, then continued the conversation. âTheo, itâs about Dianara. Also, can someone tell me HOW THE BRICK OâMALLEY GOT HERE?!?!â
âFine.â Theo replied. He walked over to where Simmons was, and helped him up.
Simmons began to ramble crazily. âI almost had stable fusion! OâMalley left some uranium dust in my plutonium chamber and didnât clean it up!â
âOk, letâs not resort to assigning blame, Simmons. Honestly, for someone with such high intelligence, your relationship with OâMalley is quite juvenile.â James remarked. âOh and, again, how DID THAT IDIOT GET HERE?â
âHe came here via Uber.â Theo replied. âJames, we have space ships that can travel over several galaxies in about a year, is it that shocking that we have a space taxi app?â
âWell, I guess not. I just assumed a 21st century Earth company wouldnât be around in this galaxy of all places.â
"Well, I can't really argue with you about that one." Theo sighed. "I'd offer you something to drink, but O'Malley uses the fridge for chemical storage. I'd give you some food, but Jeffy ate it all while looking for cookies. And I can't really give you anywhere to sleep. There are landmines in O'Malley's room, nuclear experiments in Simmons', and I don't have my own, because of an incident with O'Malley and some acid, so I sleep on the sofa."
James paused for a moment. "Well...um...I don't know what to say to that. How about we go and find somewhere to talk where things aren't exploding."
"I'm all good with that."Â
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