Birthday Bunkum!

The Big Day: Time to Improvise!

A few hours later...

The setting sun that hung low over the ocean indicated the very little amount of time left for the group to do their planned surprise, and Ubercorn knew that. The thought of Xuli in hospital on her birthday stung, and he desperately wanted to do something about it.

"But how are we gonna help?" Bailey's question was the signal for clarifying his plan to everyone else.

The explanation was brief, sure, but it was enough to explain the plan to the team.

As soon as the explanation ended, everyone ran off to their positions to make some final-second adjustments to make sure they had done everything correctly. The children were the least enthusiastic about it being done so late, considering that, unlike the adults, they couldn't stay up too late.

However, they stuck to the plan and got everything done on time.

"Is everything set?" Bailey asked.

"Let's just make sure that everybody's ready." Ubercorn answered, running off to make sure everything was just as he was told.

~*~

Ubercorn headed for the Training Dome, hoping Kim and Terry had done their part in the decorations, electric and manual. He entered to find the duo of cadets plugging in the electric decorations into the nearest fuses, making sure they worked.

"Hey Kim, Terry." He said.

The two looked up at him and smiled.

"Hey, Ubercorn!" Terry chirped. The testing was obviously going well; the lights that were plugged in shone brightly in the dimly lit Dome --the kids obviously didn't want anyone to find out about the plan other than those they were assigned with--.

"You seem to be in a good mood," Ubercorn said.

"Yeah! You might as well count us done!" Kim said, "The decorations are glowing perfectly. They're ready. The manual ones have been done for a while and their testing is already completed!"

"That's excellent." Ubercorn grinned, "Get the decorations to the beach, and set them up."

"Affirmative," The cadets said simultaneously. They put all the decorations in a box, carefully sorting them out. Terry equipped his G.O. Grab and ran off, Kim racing ahead of him, telling him in which direction to go in.

Ubercorn figured that the decorations were complete, and ran out of the Dome himself.

~*~

The Launch Pad was empty from people when Ubercorn entered, apart from Lars and Alex, who were busy trying to get a pansy of a Vroomster outside. It buzzed and beeped in frustration as Alex was shushing it like crazy. Meanwhile, Lars had equipped the Truckster's winch and was trying to tow the Vroomster out, but was obviously having difficulties.

"Um...hey, you two." Ubercorn mumbled, getting the mechanics' attention.

"Oh, hey, Ubercorn." Alex answered, "Mind giving us a hand here? This Vroomster is such a pansy."

"He's not wrong," Lars quipped, before receiving an annoyed grunt from the Vroomster.

"Alright," Said Ubercorn, getting into the Vroomster's open windshield and getting behind the wheel. He slammed his hoof on the breaks and the vehicle's engines reluctantly shut down.

"Keep going!" Lars called from the Truckster's cockpit as he pressed on the gas, finally getting the Vroomster outside.

"You can stop here," Alex nodded. Ubercorn jumped off and watched in amusement as the Vroomster noticed what it had done.