Battle of Bones (Anomaly Saga #5)

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"And we are about to land!" Chaps exclaimed. "Prepare yourselves! Our return to HQ is imminent."

"Finally," murmured Camellia under her breath.

"I can't wait!" Catricia exclaimed. "This will be my first time on Earth in nearly a hundred years!"

The S.S. Chaps dove downward, then slowed a little until it came to a stop in the underground hangar.

"Well!" said Chaps, standing up and stretching, then doing ten jumping jacks, "we have arrived! Let's go to the meeting room. We can eat spectacular potato chips and make spectacular plans."

"Sounds good to me!" said Catricia, standing up and carefully carrying her machine gun with her, the barrel pointed at the floor.

Preston leapt ahead, opened the door, then immediately slammed it shut again.

Joe quickened his pace and made it to the door second. "What is it?" he asked. "Did you see something odd?"

Preston nodded. "It's Thorn. HQ has been compromised somehow."

Chaps lifted a fist into the air and shook it dramatically. "Well, what the flip!" he exclaimed. "This has to be . . . his doing."

"Who?" asked Catricia.

"I will explain later. For now, we must defend the HQ like angry wasps! Which means we must attack everyone we see for absolutely no reason whatsoever. Except we do have a reason, so I suppose we are more like diplomatic wasps. You know what? I've always wanted to start a band, and the Diplomatic Wasps is such a great name! Hmm, maybe Preston can play the triangle. It's low-effort."

"Chaps!" exclaimed Joe. "Let us focus on the situation at hand."

"Oh, right! Of course. Let me just get my Nunchuks ready." Chaps pulled two Nintendo Nunchuks out of nowhere.

Preston looked at Camellia, then Catricia. "Ladies first," he said, opening the door and stepping aside.

Camellia drew her pistol and Catricia cocked her machine gun. Weapons at the ready, they charged into the fray.