Aspen was lost and confused. She spoke quickly and was about to leave and incriminate him with the other officers. He grabbed her arm and whispered in her ear, "<span style="color: #00FF00">I want you to pretend to be really scared and start to shake. Then run like hell. Nod if you understand, please.</span>" He waited a second then whispered harshly. "<span style="color: #00FF00">Run!</span>"<br/><br/>He released her arm and turned away from her exit. He walked over to his fellows and saw the<span style="font-style: italic">pride</span>in their eyes.<br/><br/>"Good job, sir."<br/><br/>"Excellent work, Captain."<br/><br/>"You taught her, sir."<br/><br/>"Gr-" He raised his hand and the compliments stopped. "<span style="color: #00FF00">Now why did you call me over?... I'm on <span style="font-style: italic">leave</span> right now.</span>" He stressed the word leave. They swallowed.<br/><br/>A Colonel Sanders spoke up, "Sir, we noticed small reading on our Earth Daughter scanner, but... they are gone now... Sir."<br/><br/>Aspen looked at him like he was an idiot. "<span style="color: #00FF00">And you didn't think to set up a perimeter, walk through the crowds in every direction to try and get the signal stronger, you didn't call a Code Red, you didn't do anything, but try and get my attention as if you wanted to chat... Is that what your saying, Colonel?</span>"<br/><br/>Sanders gulped. "Y-yes, sir."<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #00FF00">You as commanding officer have three months of bathroom, kitchen, and laundry duty. Everyone else in this platoon here today will have a month and a half of bathroom, kitchen, and laundry duty for NOT giving a suggestion or correcting him. AM I UNDERSTOOD?!</span>"<br/><br/>"SIR YES SIR!"<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #00FF00">Get back to work, if I hear of any more mishaps I am extending your sentence.</span>"<br/><br/>"SIR YES SIR!"<br/><br/>They all saluted each other and he went to finish his shopping and have the rest of his day off.<span style="font-style: italic">Away</span>from idiots that he had to work with.