TRAITOR

“ WE’VE DONE THIS countless times, warp – i’m sure you’ll manage once again. ”  buzz observed with a bit of a haughty air. he couldn’t help but feel a smidgen of satisfaction that he was filing the paperwork faster than his partner. it was true that their friendship still maintained a bit of the rivalry that was reminiscent of their academy days. with a sigh, lightyear looked up from stacking his completed forms. at this rate ; their comrades would be finishing the pizza by the time they arrived ! buzz wasn’t having that. grin still intact, he crossed his arms over his chest, countering warp’s comment.  “ save that talk for the bowling alley warp –  ” walking over to his partner’s desk, he pointed at several slots, giving darkmatter the intel he needed to wrap things up. 

“Hold on, would you, Lightyear? Craters, it’s like you’re more impatient than I am.” A beat passed before Warp realized what he’d said-- “Not that I am, mind, but still...!” He hunched over to scribble his last few words down (some fluff about what they’d seen on their mission; it wasn’t true but it wasn’t untrue, either) before landing the last form in his ‘complete’ stack. “There! Finally! I can get out of this God-awful chair...” Warp stood and cracked his back with a grunt. “I think this part of the job beats me up more than chasing down criminals...”

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“Oh come on Lightyear, you know I write slow! I’ve already lost points for bad handwriting at this point. Cut me some slack.” Warp grumbled as he slid aside one complete form and hastily grabbed the next blank one. What was all this even for? Why on Earth was the soil consistency of the asteroid they’d been on important? Wasn’t there an easier way to keep track of all that? “If I have to buy drinks for you one more time, I swear... I don’t know what, but I swear something’ll happen!”

“  hilarious, warp.  ”  despite the final comment made by his partner, buzz was actually quite pleased with the answer he gave. in actuality, he was going to give one about the importance of heroism among space rangers – but he figured warp might give him the ‘try again’ look. besides – there was something about OUTER SPACE that he’d admired since he was a JUNIOR living with nana lightyear. it became something he’d pursued – something for the better good of the galaxy.    “ what do you say we head over to cosmos’ eh ? that talk about their cosmic chili’s got me feeling FAMISHED.  ”

     “I like this new train of thought you’re having, buddy!” Warp gave Buzz a hearty pat on the back and started making his way back to their cruiser, 42. “Deep talks about space and good chili-- I can get behind that.” There was a bit of a strut to his step that he tended not to bother with while on desolate rocks such as this, but it wasn’t hard to understand why. Evidently he’d struck a chord with Buzz that, for once, had resonated pleasantly.

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While people are busy worrying about finding other planets to colonize, I’m kind of wondering why we even need planets at all.  

The Silver Locusts, 1965 paperback cover ~ Josh Kirby

            “ it made me feel – not so hungry anymore. hmm – but something does make me feel, DIFFERENT. this, warp. ”     buzz gestured out the viewport, at the infinite expanse in front of them. “ space. ”

      “Oh.” Warp glanced out and around, blinking a few times. He should have figured-- he of all people could understand that, at least. Why else would he have become a Space Ranger? Warp rubbed his palms together a bit. Well, there were other reasons, but the main one had always been because of a fascination in the heavens. “Hey-- hey hey hey, big guy, looks like there is something going on in that block head of yours!”