A/N: I'M BACK!!!!!!! This is the sequil to "Homecoming"!!!! YAYZ!!!!! I've been wanting to get this up here for a while now. This is going to be a long FanFic. I'm not even done writting this one and I already have an idea for a sequil to this one!!!!! Well I'll let you read on now. Enjoy the frist chapy of Back In Action!!!!!!
Chapter 1: Three Weeks
Trouble Kelp was sitting at his desk, filling out e-forms. He looked over at the picture on his desk for the hundredth time that day. It was a picture of him and Holly Short standing on a stage at Holly's promotion ceremony. Foaly had taken the picture. Holly had finally been promoted to major and became Trouble's second in command. He picked up the picture and looked at it, wishing time would move faster. Trouble looked up from the picture and at the calendar. It had been two weeks and six days since Holly had left for the academy. She would be coming back tomorrow afternoon. He looked down at the picture again before putting it back and returning to his paper work.
The next hour included Trouble yelling at Chix for standing outside the girl's locker room, reading three of Grub's numerous complaints, telling Lilli to quit putting on make-up while she was doing paper work (he had received two e-forms with glitter, mascara and lip gloss all over it), talking to Foaly about his wedding and filling out more e-forms. All in all, his day was just the same old same old. Trouble was reading Grub's fourth complaint of the day when someone knocked on his office door. "Come in," he said, scribbling down a note to Grub telling him that if he was so cold, then he should bring in a sweatshirt. The door was opened and closed as someone entered the room. "Yes?" Trouble asked looking up from his paper work. Standing in front of him was a woman in a recon uniform and helmet. Trouble felt a smile spread across his face as the woman took her helmet off. She smiled at him as he stood up from his chair and said, "Good afternoon Commander."
"Holly," he whispered. Trouble walked around the desk and stood in front of her. "Any reason your back a day early?" Trouble asked. Holly handed him an envelope addressed to him.
"Well, I'm back because one, I passed all of the classes with flying colors," she said smugly. He opened the envelope and read the paper inside. Holly was right; she did pass the classes with flying colors. She made a new record in every course.
"Wow," Trouble muttered under his breath. He looked up from the paper to see Holly looking down at the ground.
"They wanted me to stay there until tomorrow but I said that I wanted to come home today. I've just missed most of you and I wanted to come home and see everyone." She whispered. She glanced up to see Trouble smiling softly at her.
"We've missed you too," he said softly. Holly blushed lightly and tucked a lock of hair behind her ear. "Your hair," Trouble said nodding at it. "It's…."
"Longer?" Holly finished. "Yeah, it grew out a bit." She said twirling a strand of hair around a finger. It was true. Holly's hair was now a bit below her shoulders.
"It looks nice." He said. "You should keep it like that."
"I'm getting it cut next week." She said pulling out a hair tie. "So enjoy it while you can." Trouble opened his mouth to retort when the door was opened. Lilli Frond walked into the office with a stack of e-forms.
"Here are those forms you wanted." She said handing the Trouble the stack.
"I asked for one form. Not a 100."
"Oh," Lilli said flipping her hair. "There are also the forms that Bathe, Verbil, Papel and Curts owe you." Trouble looked through the stack of forms. He pulled out about ten forms and looked at them briefly.
"Who are these from?" He asked as Lilli turned to leave.
"Complaint forms from Grub," she said and left the room. Trouble tossed the forms back onto his desk and groaned.
"I have no idea what she sees in him," he said running a hand through his hair. Holly had no idea what he was talking about and she was sure that she didn't want to know. But she could tell that Trouble was a little stressed out. She looked behind him at his desk. There was e-form after e-form stacked on top of each other.
"Do you want me to give you a hand with the paper work?" Holly asked. Trouble looked at Holly then the stack of e-forms and back again.
"I won't make you," he said. She walked around him and picked up half of the stack Lilli brought in.
"And a little hint," she said holding up Grubs complaint forms. "Whenever you get one of Grub's complaints, just do what Root did and throw them out." Holly said holding up one of the new complaints and tossing it into the trash bin. Trouble grabbed the rest of the complaints and dropped them into the trash bin.
"I always wondered how Root got through all of Grub's complaints so fast." He said throwing away the note away. Holly chuckled as she left the room.
"I'll get started on these," she said holding up the e-forms.
"Where are you going to work on them? You don't have an office yet," Trouble said grinning smugly. Holly stopped with her hand on the door.
"Yeah, it might help if I have a place to do my work." She said sarcastically. Holly opened the door and waited for Trouble. He walked out of the room and gestured down the hall.
"Shall we?" Holly rolled her eyes and followed him down the hall. Trouble led Holly down the hall and into an office. She looked around the room.
"Wasn't this your office?" She asked tossing the e-forms onto the desk.
"Yep. Is that a problem?" Trouble asked.
"No sir," she said leaning against the desk.
"Very well, I'll send Foaly up to set up the computer stuff and show you how to use it." He said and left the room. Holly walked around the desk and sat down in the chair. I'd better get started on this paper work, she thought and started to dig around in her pockets looking for a pen. D'Arvit! I can't find my pen! She thought digging around inside the desk. Holly couldn't find a pen in the desk so she walked outside the office, over to the nearest cubical and knocked on the wall.
"Huh?" A voice said.
"Do you have a-." Holly began to ask but the question died in her throat. Chix Verbil poked his head his head over the cubicles wall.
"Hey there Holly! I didn't think you were coming back 'till tomorrow," Chix said. I'd better get a pen and leave before he starts hitting on me.
"Never mind that corporal. Do you have a pen I can barrow?" Holly asked him.
"Sure do," Chix said and ducked down behind the cubical wall again. A second later he came back into view. "Here you go Holly."
"That's Major Short to you," Holly said taking the pen and returning to her office. She sat back down at her desk and started to look over the reports.
Thirty minutes later there was a knock on her door.
"Come in," Holly said scribbling her name down onto the report. She looked up as the door was opened. "Hey Foaly!" Holly said cheerfully as the centaur trotted into the room.
"Hey Holly. Nice to know your back." He said pulling a crate of computer technology behind him.
"It's good to be back," she said getting up from her chair. "Is that for me?" She asked nodding at the crate.
"Yep. All of my latest technology. Only you, the commander and the council get this stuff." Foaly said trying to dislodge a gas screen from the crate. "Want to give me a hand?" Holly started to clap her hands. "Ha-ha. Oh you're a riot Holly." He said sarcastically.
"Thank you. I try," she replied.
"Your welcome. Now get over here and help me get this onto the wall," Foaly grunted as he lifted the gas screen off the crate. Holly rolled her eyes and helped him lift the screen onto the wall.
"I thought you said it was called a gas screen," she said as Foaly hit a button to stick the screen to the wall.
"It is. You can let go now," Foaly said after the screen was firmly attached to the wall.
"Then why is it so heavy?" Holly asked. "That screen is like 200 pounds!"
"Actually it's only 180 pounds," Foaly corrected her as he pulled out some more stuff. For the next two hours Foaly showed Holly all of the new technology and showed her how to use it.
"I should go and let you finish up your paper work," he said after setting up Holly's new computer.
"Okay," Holly said. "I'll see you later then."
"Alright. See ya!" Foaly said and pulled his now empty cart out of the room.
Holly finished the e-forms an hour and a half latter. She got up to take the e-forms to the commander when there was a knock on her door. "Come in," she said leaning against the desk. The door was opened and Trouble walked into the office. "Ah, Commander. I was coming to see you." Holly said holding up the stack of e-forms.
"You finished them all?" He asked closing the door.
"Yes sir," she said handing the e-forms to him. Holly studied Trouble's face as he looked over the forms. There were dark circles under his eyes from lack of sleep and his hair was all messed up. "Commander?" Holly asked.
"Yes Major Short?" Trouble asked as he opened one of the files to read over it.
"How much sleep have you been getting?" Trouble looked up from the file.
"I don't know. Why?"
"You just look really tired. Have you taken a look in the mirror lately?"
"No," he said. Holly took his hand and pulled him over to the gas screen. Trouble took a look at himself. "Do I look that bad?" He asked out loud.
"Yeah." She said. "Look, why don't you go home and get some sleep. I'll finish the rest of the e-forms and bring them by your house latter tonight." He opened his mouth to object but he saw that look in Holly's eyes. The look that said, "This is for your own good. If you don't go home, then I'll make you go home."
"Alright. I'll go home," Trouble said running a hand through his hair.
"Good." Holly said crossing her arms over her chest.
"I'll go get my keys and the e-forms." Trouble said and left the office to go home.
A/N: WELL?!?!?!??!?!?!? Did you like it?!?!??!!? why am I even asking that? of course you did!!!! I will have the 2nd chapter up by Christmas!!!! Review plz!!!!!