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Disclaimer: Nothing related to Emergency! belongs to me. I'm just playing. I promise to put everything away when I'm done.
He looked at the clock and sighed. "Hey, Gage! I know it's your first day back and you've been used to having the shower all to yourself for 6 weeks, but do ya think you could save a little hot water for the rest of us?"
"Shut up, Chet! I'm washing my hair. I'll be done when I'm done!"
"This could take a while…" Roy smirked.
"Oh, that's just great, Gage! Use up all the shampoo too while you're at it!"
"For your information, Chet, I bring my OWN shampoo!"
Roy again. "Cap made him start doing that when the latrine supply bill starting getting out of hand."
"If you'd just trim some of that mop of yours, Gage, maybe it wouldn't take so long to get all the shampoo rinsed out."
"Oh, look who's talking. At least I don't spend an hour trimming the hair above my lip!"
"Yeah, well…at least I'm mature enough to GROW hair above my lip! C'mon! Would ya just hurry it up already! I want to get a shower before we get toned out again!" Chet stormed over to his locker.
"I told you…I'll be finished when I'm finished!" Johnny started lathering his hair for the second time…not because the bottle read "lather, rinse, repeat," but because he wanted to further annoy Chet.
Having resigned himself to the fact that he probably would not be getting a shower for quite a while, Roy walked out to the apparatus bay figuring he would change the air tank on the O2 bottle while he waited.
Off tune whistling mingled with the sound of running water. Chet held the large plastic bag under the sink's cold water faucet.
"Hey! Who's using water?"
"Chill out, Gage! I just figured I'd at least wash the soot off my face while I was waiting!" Chet smiled a devious smile. Chill out…he chuckled at the irony of his retort.
"Well, knock it off! I told you before…I'll be finished when…"
"Yeah, yeah…I know." Chet carefully raised the cold water bomb above the shower stall. "You'll be finished when you're finished."
SPLAT
"Aaaaaaaaaaagh! !! Chet!! You're a dead man!"
Johnny jumped out of the shower. Chet was already running out of the room. Johnny quickly grabbed the only thing he saw available that could be used as a weapon, and tore off after him, forgetting the shampoo still in his hair and the fact that he wasn't wearing anything.
Roy was still working on exchanging the O2 tank as Cap walked out of his office. Suddenly, the Phantom burst through the door into the bay. He was covered from head to toe in white foam. Right behind him was the Pigeon, hair full of soap, dripping wet, minus a towel, still brandishing the can of shaving cream. The pair ran through the bay into the day room.
Having witnessed the scene, Cap looked at Roy and sighed, "Well…it looks like everything's back to normal around here."
"Yeah, Cap…looks that way." Roy hoisted the O2 tank back into the squad, and headed for the shower.