FoD: a pink rat isn't the only one with a tale of
revenge 2/2
author: Cindy Brewer with help from Mildred from the
Mercs
Time: just before dawn Thursday July 12
Place: The moose lodge and CERK
Everyone and everything used with permission


"Ow!" Cindy whispered as she banged her shoulder into
the living room wall of the moose lodge. "Bad
wall....why are you trying to attack me at this
unGodly hour of the morning?"

Why did I plan this attack for dawn? Cindy thought
miserably as she maneuvered through the dark living
room doing her best not to wake the others or have any
other walls or inanimate objects attack her.

Twenty minutes later Cindy stuffed everything she
needed into her gray back pack and quietly let herself
out of the Moose Lodge.

********

One good thing about a dawn attack was that there
wasn't any traffic on the roads. Cindy made it to CERK
in just under ten minutes. She left the black
PT Cruiser (tm) parked a block away and walked toward
the radio station.  As she crossed the street toward
the station Cindy saw a blonde woman wearing paint
splattered combat pants and a matching shirt step into
the light of a lamp post.

"Mildred?" Cindy asked quietly as she approached.

The woman smiled and nodded. "Yes, nice to meet you
Cindy. You have what I asked for?"

Cindy grinned and took a thermos and small bag out of
her back pack and handed them to the Merc. "Bagels and
orange-cranberry muffins."

Mildred eagerly took the thermos and bag of muffins.
"You have no idea how much I needed this...I am so not
a morning person, no matter how my my body
tries to tell me otherwise."

"Neither am I." Cindy replied stifling a yawn. "I had
three mocha cappuccinos between here and the Moose
Lodge just to stay awake."

After a few minutes Mildred put the now empty thermos
back in Cindy's back pack. "Let's get moving. I doubt
any of the Cousins are early risers but I'd like to be
out of here before the sun rises too high."

"Good idea." Cindy replied as they moved toward the
left side of the building. "Do you have what we need?"

"Yeah I stashed the supplies in the basement earlier."

Cindy stopped in surprise. "How?"

Mildred grinned a patented <evil merc grin>. "Merc
trade secret... but come on, because some of that
stuff is heavy."

The two women quietly let themselves into a side
entrance and headed down to the basement.

********

After gathering the supplies Mildred and Cindy moved
up the stairs to the Cousin's living quarters which
were modified offices.

"It's so still." Cindy whispered anxiously as she
glanced up and down the hallway and shifted her burden
from her right arm to the left.

Mildred flicked on a flashlight. "It's a good sign.
Let's start at this end and work our way back to the
door."

"Okay." Cindy replied as she hurried to catch up with
the Merc.

*******

Just as dawn was starting to color the sky the two
women paused to survey their handiwork. Every single
piece of furniture with the exception of the
beds that were occupied were now lovely shades of
plaid.  Because of the hour, Mildred and Cindy got a
little silly, and started using some color
combinations that only happened in nightmares.

Cindy grinned as she slung her backpack over her
shoulder. "That'll teach them to frame the FoD's.
Let's go before somebody wakes up."

Mildred nodded and they went out of CERK the same way
they came in.

On the sidewalk, Cindy shook Mildred's hand.  "Thanks
a lot for this.  It is always a pleasure to work with
the Mercs."

"It's not a problem.  That's what we're here for.  I'm
also looking forward to slovaki and Greek salad for
lunch."

end