Choose Wisely

"LILLY!" Crystal squealed as she bär huged her little sister. Lilly was in so much shock, she couldn't move. "Skipper.....why is she here? In the HQ. HUGGING ME!?" Lilly asked in a testy voice. "Well....while I was conversing with your sister earlier, she told me she was already on her way, and had nowhere else to go. So I told her she could stay here until we could contact your mother." Skipper replied, trying to make it sound like 'no big deal'. " I--don't--want her here!" Lilly protested, trying to wiggle herself free from Crystal's grasp. Crystal let Lilly go, and she fell to the floor....

Just as I jumped into my room, I heard alarms begin to ring throughout the compound. I grinned to myself. Private and Kowalski must have finished letting everybody go. I glanced at the surprised faces looking at me. "Who wants to get out?"

Everybody yelled with joy. As I unlocked the different cages, I came to one with a squirrel. "You must be Fred," I said.

He looked at me. "Is the hotel stay over?"

I stared at him. He continued. "The room was okay, but the Essen is horrible. They don't even have acorns!"

I shook my head and decided to play along for the sake of everybody else. "We're having a...