"I think I'll sleep in the Stryker for the night, I'm not quite comfortable staying in the same building with so many anthros right now" you say. Kikio nods, "understandable, let me go get you something to sleep with at least" she says, you look out at the Stryker, "thank you but that won't be---" as you turn around you saw Kikio had disappeared leaving Johnny standing there with his arms crossed, "where'd she go?" you ask Johnny. He turns to where Kikio was and drops his arms, "she was here a second ago, I didn't hear her leave" he says spinning around the room looking for her. You suddenly feel a tap on your shoulder making you jump, you turn and see Kikio standing there with a pillow and blanket tucked under her arm, "sorry I didn't mean to scare you" she says. You take the pillow and blanket, say your goodnights and run out into the rain to the Stryker, you get in and seal the ramp behind you, making sure it and all the other hatches were locked tight so no anthros could sneak in during the night. You set you gear down in a fashion so if someone tried to get in you could defend yourself, you lay out the pillow and blanket and after making sure everything was turned off, laid down and drifted off to sleep to the sound of the rain hitting the Stryker's hull.
You find yourself face to face with a set of glowing green eyes, you struggle to get free of whatever had your arms pinned to your sides, "let me go!' you bellow at the eyes. You see a set of glowing white teeth form in an evil smile beneath the eyes, "I don't think so lunch" a voice said in an evil tone, suddenly the teeth open and lunge forward as you scream. You jolt awake from your nightmare so fast that you smack your head on one of the benches in the Stryker. "Ow...son of a..." you whisper as you sit up rubbing your forehead, you look at your watch's glowing hands, "wow only been asleep for an hour and the nightmares are already starting" you whisper. Just then you hear the sound of the ramp unlocking and start to lower, you reach over and grab you sidearm and take aim as the ramp dropped on its own accord. As the ramp settled on the ground you saw a figure standing there with glowing emerald eyes, "damn it Kikio, I just want you to know I almost shot you" you say, "mmm no you wouldn't have" she says as she walks up the ramp and out of the rain. "Come to convince me to stay?" you ask as the ramp raises up and re-locks, "no just to talk" she says, you try to read her face, but it was too dark in the Stryker and the only source of light was from the FLIR monitor which only illuminated the front half of the interior so all you could see was Kikio's glowing eyes in the dark staring at you. "And I brought you something hot to drink" she say, "what is it?" you ask, "what you humans call coffee, I think I finally figured how to make it" she says, you turn on one of the electric camping lanterns that you acquired during your travels, sitting on the set of benched to your right was Kikio in her drenched kimono, "here take my jacket and lets hang that up to dry" you say as you remove you jacket and hand it to her.
Kikio gives you a small smile and accepts the jacket, you avert your gaze so she could remove the kimono and put on the jacket, you feel Kikio slide under the covers next you. "Sorry I don't exactly wear pants under that kimono" she says as you hang up the drenched clothing, "but you're at least wearing underwear right?" you say, "oh of course, I may be an animal, but I'm still civilized" she says making you chuckle, "what does wearing underwear have to do with being civilized?" you ask, "actually on second thought don't answer that" you add. You sit back down as Kikio was pouring you a cup of coffee from the thermos she brought with her, "so what did you want to talk about?" you ask, accepting the cup of coffee. "Well.........."
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