The Uli Rouge

[Ant]

"I knew there was a catch"

The echoing voice came back to Spike down the low tunnel. "Looks fine from my point of view."

"I bet it does! Whose idea was it for me to get dressed up and look respectable?"

"Entirely yours of course Kate. I thought you liked showing yourself off to me though."

"Damn it Spike, my dress is getting dirty and all you want to do is look up it?"

"Well if you want me to stop following you, let me know."

"Looks like we're there anyway. Is XM far behind?"

Beeping from behind confirmed XM's presence as Spike emerged into the cavern. "Woah. That's a hell of a drop. Oh hi Reggie."

Reggie's face showed little expression in the dim lights the couple carried. "I wasn't expecting to see you here."

Kate stopped brushing her dress down to respond. "We sort of got roped into it. Where are we and where are we going?"

Spike looked around. "Looks like a bit of a drop. Maybe XM can help?"

Annoyed sounding beeping continued for some time as XM emerged and immediately set to work firing pitons into the rock with one arm. Another arm pulled a rope and grapples from a contained unit. A third arm passed Kate a set of work overalls.