B3: Chapter 96: A Meeting of War Leaders and Terrorists
"And we're here," Rose announced with a sulking expression as she wriggled about on Daz's lap uncomfortably.
"What?" Jim was beyond shocked. "It's not even been 5-minutes since we left Waterford!"
Rose smirked condescendingly. "L.A. is exactly 154.4-miles away from Waterford and we maintained a perfect speed of Mach-4, which is four times the speed of sound. We arrived exactly 3-minutes and 3-seconds after Daz started the car. If the acceleration didn't take 2-seconds to pick up to Mach-4, we'd have gotten here in a second over 3-minutes."
"What're you bragging for? It's my car, not yours," Daz pointed out. "Also, if we're 154-miles away, that means that Fort Sky will get here in less than 3-minutes."
"Only if Grid uses most of his 3-minute a day allowance. Sure, that city can move at a mile a second, but only for 180-miles once every day, whereas, this beautiful creature can go all day at only a slightly slower speed. I want this thing's battery, its gravity management system, and its pressure management system for my wheelchair," Rose gushed.
Daz kissed the top of her head and said, "Okay, you little nerd. You keep geeking out over my car all you want, but first, take this," before handing his sister an earpiece. "If you learn anything important while you wait for us, then give me a ring, okay?"
Daz had bought a matching pair of communication earpieces that were immune to explosions and bullets up to a calibre of 50 - just in case.
He still had the old regular ones that he'd used previously during attacks to communicate with the recently deceased Ger as well as with Lyle but after his encounter with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, he didn't really feel like having his only means of talking to his sister taken from him during the negotiations or the fighting.
"Huh, pricey," Rose said.
Daz nodded as he glanced at his merit point allowance.
| The total merit balance of the host is now: 139,112,230. [-6,000,000]. |