Ryoga sweatdropped as he watched the Galaxy Police officer go about her business.
****
Fifteen minutes later Mihoshi was humming happily to herself as she stood over a small pile of soaking wet green tree branches. “Going to make a fire, going to make a fire, hmmm hmmm hmmm..” she hummed happily to herself. She patted her uniform, searching for something.
“Where IS my lighter?” She asked herself. “This pocket? No? this pocket? Maybe this one?” Her searching became more and more frantic as she failed to find what she was seeking. “Wahhhh! I must have lost it!” Mihoshi sniffled for a moment, but then a determined look crossed her face. “Don’t worry Ryoga-chan! I’ll persevere! I’ll get you changed back!” She nodded vigorously to herself.
Ryoga just covered his eyes with his piggie paws. Ranma must be to blame for this SOMEHOW….
****
Two Hours Later….
“I know.. huff.. This is supposed to… puff.. Work!” Mihoshi whined. “I SAW Tenchi do it once..” She breathed hard, sweating a bit as she desperately rubbed two sticks together, peeling the green bark off both of them, and managing little else.
****
An Hour and a Half Later….
Mihoshi panted, splayed out on the ground in front of her pile of twigs. Two branches lay in front of her outstretched hands, their centers whittled down to nothing.
Suddenly she perked up, sitting up straight. “I know! I’ll use my galaxy police issue blaster to dry out the wood!” She giggled happily and reached for her sidearm. “There should be enough charge left to do that at least… Now… How do I set the power levels again? I THINK THIS way means low power…”
Ryoga, showing unusual wisdom, backed away from the blonde girl as she pointed her weapon at the pile of twigs. “Here we go!” She said cheerfully as she pulled the trigger.
Zat-BOOOM!
Mihoshi groaned and slowly sat up, rubbing her head. She glanced at the hole in the ground where her pile of branches had been. “Oopsie.. guess it was the other way…” she giggled.
****
An Hour and a Half and Another Pile of Branches Later…
“I’m SURE I’ve got the settings right this time!” Mihoshi smiled cheerfully as she pointed her gun at the branches. “Here we go!” She pulled the trigger.
A cone of light shone from the barrel of her gun. The pile of branches started to glow faintly… Steam rose as the sodden wood dried out... And a moment later, burst into flame!
“YAY! I did it!” Mihoshi jumped up and down happily
And accidentally kicked the edge of the fire, sending burning and smoldering sticks flying everywhere, most fizzling out as they touched the sodden ground.
“Oops…”
Ryoga whimpered.
****
An Hour and ANOTHER Pile of Branches Later…
Mihoshi pointed her weapon at the pile of wood and pulled the trigger. A low warning buzz was the only effect.
“Oops! Out of power again!”
****
Three Hours and Two More Failed Attempts Later…
“I did it! I did it! I got the fire burning!” Mihoshi giggles happily to herself, dancing around the sizable fire in the center of the clearing. It burned rightly and cheerfully in the descending darkness.
Mihoshi picked up a despondent P-chan and held him in the air. “Isn’t it wonderful Ryoga-chan? I’ll have you back to normal in no time! Um.. Now.. Where did I leave the kettle?” Ryoga sweat dropped.
Back in her lab, Washu cackled madly, the glow of the holographic displays before her casting an evil glow across her features. It takes a very special kind of mind to design a holo display to cast just the right amount of shadows across the users face. Next week she was planning to install voice activated ominous thunder and lightening simulators.
“NOW I’ve got you!” The universe’s greatest scientific genius gloated to herself. “Just stay put for a little longer. Just a few more seconds and I’ll have you locked in and brought back to the lab…. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”
Washu’s head dropped down as the data scrolling across her screen stopped suddenly and an error flashed across the display. “Gone again?!? Damnit, I almost had them! They were in the same spot for HOURS this time! The same reality even!” She pouted, then sighed. “I’m going to have to rebuild my dimensional scanner from scratch to keep up with their random jumps!”
She clapped her hands together, trying to shake off her bad mood, forcing a big grin onto her face. “Oh well. I’ll manage. After all, I AM Washu, the greatest (and cutest) scientist in the universe! NOTHING can stop me!” She began cackling madly to herself once again.
An ominous flash of lightening and crash of thunder filled the lab.
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