LPI Leavenworth

[Zapp]

"Jump!" Clements yelled, partially sitting up from the command chair on the deck of the Rusty Donut. The ship was in front of the jump gate to Colorado, preparing to enter the sequence. Out of no where, a mechanic yells in a thick brogue:

"I canna change da laws o' physics, cap'n!"

Clements was out of his chair in a heartbeat and his thick legs thumped across the steel floors. He walked down to an average-looking (for the LPI) officer, grabbed him by the collar, and slapped him. "Speak the Queen's English, man!"

The engineer cleared his throat, and spoke in a British accent. "I can not change the laws of physics, sir!"

Another slap from Clements. "Whaddya mean, foo?! And why you gettin' all fancy on ma?"

"I mean that the ship can't jump! The structural integrity is too unstable, and the fact that we added a shopping mall AND circus, full of elephants, makes it impossible! Everyone knows that the elephants would implode!"

Slap. "I do na care! Jump!"

"But sir!"

Slap.

"Jumping, sir," said the engineer that now lacked a few teeth. An old-fashioned microphone fell from the ceiling, and the engineer took on a Brooklyn announcer accent: "All hands, secure stations! Close all shops in the mall! Secure circus animals! Secure LPI flab control stations! All hands

Hes interrupted by Clements ripping the microphone away. JUMP JUMP JUMP! The ship goes into the jump gate, and enters the jump. G-forces come from all over the place as the ship tries to jump. Everyone on the bridge had to pause their Pac Man games to hold onto something to keep from becoming splatter on the wall. Clements was screaming kind of, hard to tell when your voice box is in your feet and it sounded something like ABORT THE JUMP!

A few seconds later, they were back out on the New York side. Clements, from the floor, raises his right hand and tries to stand up. He weakly says, No morejumps, before fainting.