Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers

"Sisters" part five.

Written by Aivars Liepa

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              XII. Change in routes.

       Desiree slide down at puff porolon chair and relaxed. At
last... All this was over. All money was packed inside box, she sit in
now. And after a few min. plane will take her to sunfull Hawaii.
Sadly, the place beside was empty. But, as she said to Jack about Earl
- "I start get tired from him".
       The as knife cut into hearth. Damned Jack! How strange he
looked at her. Even knowing, she betrayed him, he still love her. So
sad he was, and so worked out...
       Damn, Jack will overlive that too! Nothing to worry, noone has
died from love.
       Desiree smirk, but smile turned into angry grin.
       "Damned!"
       Wild kick set the small table flying over box and shatter at
farther wall.
       "Jack..." Desiree whispered, turning silent and calm. "Why,
Jack? Why you don't kidnap me that time and run away? I was ready...
Why you leaved me then? Why... Damned! Be you all damned!!!!"
       Second kick turn over both coffers. She's and Earl's... Poor
Earl... Poor Jack... But she himself?
       "Head up, de Lury! You have get over harder times, you will get
over this too!" Desiree try smiling, but fail.
       "Damn! Damn, damn and thirty damn!"
       She wildly rushed into box.
       "Why? Why now, after near ten years, we meet again!?" Desiree
whined.
       Catching tin beer can, she start wildly force it open, don't
caring about tooth's and nails. Get drunk and fall asleep. And wake up
into gardens of Eden...
       Suddenly de Lury feel, how old and broken she is. sure, this
one was the last job, she lead. grimacing, she waved with can to piece
of mirror, where see himself.
       "Cheer, girlie! Drink!"
       After second gulp into belly start growing a good warm feeling,
and all problems turn into second plane. After third box get heavy
kick. some beer spilled out on floor, but she didn't notice.
       Desiree, even drunk, still can think and act. Something went
wrong. By this time she need be in air already, heading to Hawaii. But
instead she still was into airport, into shaking trailer riding
through warehouses.
       Ride stopped and box get dropped somewhere. This start become
very strange.
       "Damned!"
       Desiree closed beer can, stand, and, little shaking, walk
toward corner, where entrance was covered with light paper. She don't
reach it.

       She was into halfway to entrance, when paper broke, and inside
rushed two rats.
       One thing, Desiree newer lower, was rats. Nasty, lazy, they was
ready to stole anything and from anyone. and if they feel strong, they
don't care much about others. Once at youth Desiree near escaped death
from wild rats teethes, and now old memories plus half-can beer, get
work together.
       Desiree grin evilly. if they thinked, they get her sleeping,
they was heavy miscalculated. She wait for first rat go closer and
kick.
       Get it! first attacker yell something unintelligent and crawled
into ball at her feets. Desiree stepped aside, looking at her work.
for a some time he was out of game.
       Second attacker cursed, draw knife and start advancing more
carefully. Desiree to possessed knife. Throw. Missed!
       Rat grin evilly and charge on her. Desiree jumped up to deliver
a ninja-like kick at his head, but missed per mile and landed on back.
Lucky for her, enemy, feared, don't notice remains of table and fell
over them, dropping weapon.
       Desiree jumped to feets, cursing herself for getting drunk. Low
growl and curses warned, that first enemy regain conscience. Okay. De
Lury family don't survive so long, if they don't know, when it is time
to turn back and run. And Desiree too was smart enough to not play
hero in lost situations.
       She pour beer in closest rat's face, throw can at second one,
turn and run to exit. Straight into stomach of third rat.
       For a sec she can see only stars. only thing into head was -
i'm cornered!. Okay, i'm cornered. Need to admit, there was some de
Lury, who made their last stand like heroes. she will be not badder.
       Kick with knee, and enemy retreat with curses. his hand, still
holding her shoulder, make big tear in her dress.
       Somehow exactly teared dress make Desiree a completely crazy,
as she turned toward advancing enemies.
       "You, snake-crossed bitch!"
       "This for the bitch!" Desiree launched attack. And succeed.
Partially. She get hit on shoulder, instead of face, where he was
aimed. but even that was strong enough to throw her off feets.
       Rolling, Desiree again get up, and start defending against
attackers. Without much luck. She managed get nails into face of
closest rat, but that was all.
       "Give up, bitch!"
       "HA!"
       Other attacker screamed in rage, jumping away on one feet.
       "De Lury newer..."
       Desiree don't notice, how against her back appear fourth rat
and with well aimed blow send her senseless on floor.

              XIII. Meetings continued.

       "To get your rights, you need travel to England and introduce
himself into Fergusholl," Alex said, when Lawainee wake up.
       Girl smiled poorly.
       "I'm broken," she waved with hand on surroundings.
       "That's why i am here. We will travel together, as soon as you
get all your works here completed."
       "Okay." girl stand up from bed, Alex placed her, shake head for
little, then bowed and drag out from under bed a big travel bag.
Dropping it into bed, she start look around.
       "Excuse me, you..." Alex wondered.
       "Packing." Lawainee finished for him. "I don't want to stay
here longer, especially if i get free ticket to get away," she
noticed, turning evening dress into few papers before placing it at
bottom of bag.
       "I understand."
       "After Gadget drag me face-first into dirt before all my tribe,
i was forced to leave my house and start this gypsy life," Lawainee
fold up velvet halat and add it to dress.
       "May i get to know more about Gadget?" Alex asked. "I
understand, it's painful memories, but she is your sister, and by now
you need start live with it."
       Lawainee stopped packing for a moment.
       "How strange jokes life play with us... I always was so alone,
so wanted someone to talk with. She is my only one sister, if Geegaw
haven't make others somewhere," she smiled, "And we become worst
enemies for each other."
       Sighting she start packing further, continuing her monologue.
       "She is like me, as you know by now. Very like. When we stand
together, only one knowing us can part us. She, like me, had a knack
on technical tricks..."
       Alex noticed disappearing into bag thin stack of papers,
drawings and blueprints.
       "She lives into States. Is member of not well known, but well
rumored group - "Rescue Rangers". Not counting her, group contains
another mouse, two chipmunks and a fly..."
       "'Rescue Rangers'?" Alex reasked. "I think, i have heared
something about them. There was some scramble into newspapers about
jewels of Crown, and that name too was mentioned..."
       "Don't know much about them now. But then. What i don't know,
was, that they are like unformal police force. Do it for their own
fun. And i as fool try use them to commit crime..."
       "You meet?"
       "Into Hawaii. Before that i lived into house of my mother. I
was the most beautiful, wise and smart of all mices my age.
Unfortunately i wanted more that a usual mice will want. I was elected
queen of beauty, but i wanted become real queen of our tribe."
       Alex raised eyebrow.
       "Real queen? With *real* power? How that's possible? I think,
queen is a birth-title, not reach_it-title?"
       "You mean your queen of England," Lawainee smile. "No, our
queen is different. Our one is the girl, who can show her as the most
wise and smart and was chosen by Gods. Really that mean, she need show
to all tribe, that she had a magical possibilities, like commanding
volcanoes," she explained.
       "I wanted to become queen - i, who was most misfortunate and
beaten into childhood. I wanted be queen for any price. At midsummer
all was ready for that. I stopped volcano by my prayers."
       Noticing stunned Alex, she start laugh.
       "In reality, it was an artificial one, made to enjoy tourists.
All i do, was simply make a connection from his control room to my
hut, and into right moment turn it in and out. I like to see, how the
poor humans unsuccessfully tried to solve that mystery with eruptions
starting and ending himself." Lawainee smiled sadly.
       "I was popular into tribe, even if i haven't many friends to
support me. That was the one of my mistakes."
       Lawainee sit near bag and closed eyes, remembering.
       "And, when i applied to queens title, then Haba-Baba, current
chief of tribe, said, that i need do "test of surviving" - test to
prove, i am God-blessed to become queen. Really, nothing hard for one,
who stopped volcano by word. Swim over Crab Pool, full with always
hungry gigantic crabs. Cross pan with burning coal. And ten minutes
surf into ocean waves, while sharks wait for you under water..."
       Lawainee smiled over shocked Alex and brushed away hair from
eyes.
       "Yes, i'm still alive, and still into one piece after that all.
Now i understand - test was made to stop any young and ambitious mice
to become ruler, still leaving hope for rest to stop them object. But
that time i was stuck by blind. All i see, was, that my dream sail
away from me. I hysterically tried to find something to do these tests
and survive or to make others believe, i have completed them. I sit
and blindly stare at Crab Pool. And suddenly there was miracle - at
least in first sight. Some girl, looking as me, walked over pool like
over hard ground! Like saint! Sure, miracle ended, when she get closer
and i see some waterproof balloons at her legs."
       Lawainee added to bag tin letter box and cotton kerchiefs.
       "And then i get stuck by idea - why risk himself? This
strangerin is my perfect copy, and smart. Let her do tests in my
place. I asked, she was tired of her friends and agree, and we
exchanged. Anyway, i don't reveal to her all dangers. After first test
- my tribe throw her into pool inside of cloth bag - she wanted to
change back. No one listened to her. They want her do tests - or die
trying. No middle way..."
       After some thinking Lawainee added to bag few cheap cotton
dress too.
       "Let her go halfway - that was completely against my planes.
With lies i pushed her into coal test. She survived, but barely. With
burned feets and hands, and bathed into marshmallows. And now she had
enough - for real. "I'm not Lawainii! I don't go in water!" she yelled
at tribe, when was lead to ocean shore. Most of tribe keep laughing,
but some, and the chief Haba-baba with them, start worry. I need do
something, and do quick. And i found a chance. I lured her friends
inside of artificial volcano and closed. I then threated to start
eruption, if she don't do third test for me...
       I misunderestimete her. She not only survived sharks - she
released her friends himself too. And stopped my last argument -
explosion of volcano, that may burn village.
       Rest is typical fiasco. Tribe thrown me out, queen place remain
free, and chief continue lead. Gadged leaved as hero, i - with what
was on me...
       Lawainee added to bag few paper packets with wild herbs.
       "So, it need be all... Sure, even before i traveled around
without baggage, but this time there wasn't more home, i may return. I
can still live into village, but feel all these looks: "Hey look,
where goes lost queen!" Okey, we may start moving."
       Alex nod, still not believing, what he heard.
       "Ops!" suddenly Lawainee stopped. "By way i will enter shop."
       "To pay your obligations?" Alex smiled.
       "May say so."
       "Cant believe it."
       "Simply, into shop works one poor girl, Laura. She still rents
a place where to sleep. By now she may get my house. With all
furniture."
       "And she will pay for your obligations."
       "Stop it, please," Lawainee said couldly. "House costs more."
       "Do you know, how to get out of this place?" Alex asked.
       "Once a day goes a bus. Hell, we need run co catch him
returning!"

       Alex and Lawainee run around corner, and stopped. Few people at
bus station signaled, that they aren't late, as they feared. Catching
little air, they start slowly walk toward station, keeping at shadows.
       Suddenly Lawainee stopped.
       "Gadget... You think, we will meet?" she asked.
       "Most probably, yes. She too get rights to Olivias wealth. And
i suggest you forget all hate and make peace with her soon. Into
wealth-dividing cases only winners is court and advocates." Alex said
calmly.
       By himself he thinked, how Gadget will tell that story.