"Here comes trouble," said the chief cook as the telltale vibration built up in the deck plates.
"Trouble," said the assistant cook.
"With a capital 'T'," said the assistant assistant cook.
"Two letters from 'R'," said the potscrubber.
"And that stands for -," said all five in unison.
ZOOOOM! Flip, Grab grab grab grab grab grab, stuff stuff, backflip, touchdown.
Several students looked down at their empty hands, got murderous expressions, then glared at the boy paying for his lunch. They spoke in unison too. "RANMA!"
"This used to be a lot worse when we put all the food out at once," said the chief cook, gesturing that it was safe to put the rest of the sandwiches out now that Trouble was paying for his lunch.
"It's about Ranma Saotome," said the administrator, stopping when the chief put her hand up.
"Who'd he tick off this time?" asked the chief, looking very put-upon.
"Who has he NOT," asked the admin. "Cutting in lines, bouncing off heads, showing off, the backwash from his thrusters in the hangar bay, the -"
The chief cut it off again. This time with an evil smile. "Being taken care of."
"How?" asked the admin, feeling a chill draft. Which didn't make any sense as this was a space station with pretty good climate control.
"He takes responsibility and challenges, doesn't he?" said the chief.
"Yeah, if you give him some task he does it. Usually creating two messes when he fixes one," said the admin with a scowl.
"I'm making him responsible for taking care of someone," said the chief. "Essentially an escort mission that never ends."
The admin winced. No pilot EVER liked doing escort missions.
The chief nodded, well knowing this. What was the point of having a fast and powerful fighter craft if you were waddling along at dead slow and trying to protect something that inevitably had all the manueverability of a pregnant yak? "She's arriving in a few hours."
"SHE?" asked the admin. "Not a foreign princess or something, is she? You KNOW what that boy's manners are like."
The chief adjusted her glasses so that they could glint menacingly. "She's -"
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