{Day 3 Late Afternoon outside the dining hall}

<Snip from John>
"What is it, Olaf?" Pandora asked, stopping.
<end>

Pandora almost groaned aloud when she saw Samson.  Glaring at her
brother as he broke into a grin at his dragon's now familiar watch dog
routine.

"It's not funny!" She hissed quietly glancing at Jason who looked a bit
confused.

<Snip from John>
 "Now listen hyar, you big 'ol draggun!  Just cause yore bigger'n I am
don't mean I'm scared of ya!  I've wrassled hogs darn near as big as you
are, and whupped 'em!"
<End>

Samson stared in amusement at the human [And just who is this nut
anyway!] he asked snickering at the human's  bravado.

The red dragon snorted on the big man to prove his point.  Laughter from
his rider filled his mind obscuring any answer he might get to the
identity of this foolish human.

[I don't know who you are, Big boy, but you'd better keep your big hands
to yourself bud, Panda is my human!] he stated harshly as he glared at
the man.

<Snip from John>
 ...he didn't like the way this dragon was looking at him...and, for all
he knew, the big beast might be a danger to Pandora!  He poked the
dragon's nose with  a finger.

"You  dang well better back off and quit bothering Miss Pandora here, or
you're gonna be takin' a trip to the woodshed, you hear me?"
<End>

Samson's nostrils flared as the giant human poked him in the nose. His
earlier amusement with the human was fading fast.  Stomping from one
foot to the other  he said [You're awful brave human, either that or
just pretty damn dumb! And you must have a pretty big set on ya son, to
be poking me in the nose like that!]  Samson scowled at the man a low
growl rumbling in his throat.

Lexi was having a hard time containing himself at this point and was
grinning from ear to ear.  He was definitely going to have to talk to
Samson about his more colorful use of language.

"You growl all ya want to draggun, but I won't be having ya bother the
pretty lady, I surely won't. I don't care how big ya are!" Olaf scowled
back pulling himself up as tall as he could, hoping to look a little
bigger then he already was.

"Oh no! Lexi do something !" Pandora pleaded with her brother and seeing
that both he and Jason were both chuckling she got angry.

Pandora stepped in front of Olaf at the same time Samson let loose with
an extremely wet snort. The dark-haired woman stopped dead in her tracks
dripping from head to toe.

"What's going on!" T'rell asked curiously as he walked up behind Alexis.
He had just left Jayleigh's office and had noticed the disturbance and
decided to check it out.  Unfortunately Lexi had lost it completely and
was laughing so hard he was leaning on Jason who also was having a hard
time containing himself by this time.

Looking past them T'rell saw the mysterious dark-haired woman he had
wondered about earlier and at this moment she didn't look very happy.

[Oh Oh!]  Samson said his head jerking upwards in shock.  Seeing the
look of fury come across her blue eyes the dragon started backing up
rapidly.

"THAT IS IT!" Pandora yelled as she stomped her foot.  "Samson, don't
you dare back away me! You come back down here right now!"

The big dragon winced as he came back and slowly lowered his head to her
level, preparing for the worst.  He was definitely worried as he had
never seen Panda this mad before.

The finger came up and she started waving it at Samson his eyes almost
going crossed as he tried to follow it, "Olaf is my friend and I am
tired of you snarling at every man that comes within ten feet of me.  If
I choose to run naked through this Warren with twenty men chasing after
me, so be it.  Unless I am screaming for help you had better behave
yourself!"  The big red dragon squinted his eyes against the rough
scolding he was receiving. "Do I make myself clear!"

Samson very obviously humbled himself before the angry woman [Aw Panda,
I'm real sorry!] as he made circles in the ground with his big claw.

Apologizing to Olaf Pandora grabbed the bag she had dropped.  Her eyes
still flashing fire she turned on the three men behind her, two of which
were laughing so hard at this point they could hardly stand up. Glaring
at them all she lifted her chin with as much dignity as she could muster
and brushed past T'rell heading to her apartment.

{Day 4 Pre-dawn hour BEFORE the BCS training}

Pandora lay stretched out across her bed sleeping peacefully.  Her
brother came in quietly and glancing over at his sleeping sister went to
the small kitchenette.  He grinned when he saw several pies gracing the
counter and the table.  From the looks of it she was probably up the
better part of the night.

It was obvious she wasn't too mad at the big guy Lexi thought as at
least 2 of the pies had S's cut into the top crust which meant they were
for Samson.  Of course after yesterday she may torture him a bit before
giving them to him. Stifling a chuckle he grabbed the already set up
coffee pot and put it on the stove. turning the oven on low he stuck a
pie in to warm it.

Looking around the apartment he couldn't figured out why she had chosen
such a small one. It was all one room except for a bathroom, but he had
to admit it was pretty cozy now that she had fixed it up. She had done
the same thing at Marrid and he figured it had to be something left over
from the convent.  Cutting one of the other pies he proceeded to dish
himself up a plate and sat at the small table.  Thinking over yesterday
brought a smile to his face.  He should feel bad about what happened but
it had been good to see the fire in her eyes and see her stand up for
herself.  Pandora had come a long ways since leaving the Convent, but
she still had very submissive qualities and he wondered if they would
ever go away completely . *Well maybe not all should go away* he thought
scraping the last remenants of the delicious pie off the plate. *Or
she'll have me baking my own pies.* he chuckled to himself.

"Sis, get up! I invited the new boss over for pie and coffee."  Pandora
mumbled something intelligible but he was pretty sure it was "go away"
as she pulled the pillow over her head.  Panda was not a good morning
person anyway and since she had been up late baking the pies he left her
alone for a few minutes. He didn't expect T'rell for at least a half
hour or so anyway.

Noticing some boxes in the corner with his name on it Lexi stuck his
plate on the counter and went to the stack.  Like a kid he dug through
the boxes pulling out different items.  The smell of coffee and apple
pie soon filled the room and he took the pie out of the oven burning
himself in the process. Sticking the burnt finger in his mouth he
decided he just would never understand how women could do this stuff
without seriously maiming themselves.  He'd take a battle anyday
definitely less dangerous in his opinion.

Pouring himself a cup of coffee he looked at his still sleeping sister,
"Panda, I'm serious the boss is gonna be here pretty soon. Get up!"
There was no answer from the woman, setting his cup down he started for
the bed a mischievious glint in his eye.

A soft knock on the door stopped him.  Looking at his sleeping sister
and then at the door he shook his head, "Well girl, you can't say I
didn't warn you." Opening the door he greeted his new Wingleader.

"What is that wonderful smell? I could smell it all the way from
outside!" T'rell asked his mouth already watering.

Lexi shrugged, "Just good old warm apple pie!"

"Not the pie, the coffee it has a very distinct aroma." The Wingleader
said eyeing  the just poured cup sitting on the counter.

Alexis laughed, "Help yourself I just poured it!"

T'rell didn't wait for any further invitation as he grabbed up the cup
inhaling the wonderful aroma.  A soft moan caught his attention. He
looked around the small one room apartment and his eyes widened as on
the bed was the same woman he had seen yesterday bringing Samson to
heal.

"I don't know why I didn't even make the connection that she was your
sister." He said sitting down at the table.  "But now that I think about
it there is a definite resemblence."

"Yeah we're twins," Lexi chuckled pouring himself a cup of the brew.
"Pandora get up! I'm sorry T'rell she was up late with the pies and I
was just about to do a mean brotherly thing to get her up when you
knocked. You probably saved me the same kind of tongue lashing that the
Big Guy got."

"Don't worry about it from the amount of pies I see I imagine she was
pretty busy. With that delicious smell wafting around outside I'm
surprised half the warren isn't knocking down the door.

The two men talking finally broke through the haze of sleep, Pandora
sighed softly then rolled over kicking off her covers.  T'rell almost
dropped his cup at the sight of the young woman.  The white linen shift
she wore was almost see through,  the light color was a sharp contrast
to her tanned skin and long dark hair that lay across one of the
pillows.

Pandora stretched lanquidly pulling the gown tight across her body
revealing almost every detail of her perfect figure.  Rolling towards
the offending voices she pulled a pillow close half hugging it.
Half-opening her eyes she mumbled "Lexi what are you doing now?"
Stretching again the gown inched up revealing a very shapely hip and
leg. Burying her face in the pillow she yawned.

T'rell felt his mouth go dry at the sight of his rider's twin and
quickly sipped the coffee.  "This is great what kind of coffee is this!"
he said to the man not taking his eyes of the woman.

"It's Panda's own blend, she makes it herself, being a coffee drinker I
thought you might like it." Lexi answered handing T'rell a piece of the
warm pie.

Just then a loud squeal caught their attention as a flurry of blankets
erupted from the bed and ran into the bathroom.

(Tag: John- What a way to meet the brother's new boss}

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NRPG: If anyone would like some pie stop on by I'm sure Pandora will be
dressed in a jiffy <BG>

Submitted by
Alexis/Pandora.Samson
aka
Tree Deutscher
treedr@yelmtel.com

"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons - you are crunchy and taste
good with ketchup!"