Friction Burns

Seymour waited until the Phoenix flew below the vent he was stood in and jumped onto its roof. "Jay, follow that Alien! Its getting away!" He shouted.
"Who died and put you in charge?" Alota asked as Seymour entered the Phoenix through the roof hatch. 
"I am a royal ambassador!" he replied snootily "I get to be in charge by default!"
"Seymour"
"Yes?"
"Sit down and shut up"
"Yes ma'am.."
"Phil" asked Jay as he expertley piloted the Phoenix along one of the dwarf's many corridors in pursuit of the alien "How long d'ya reckon before we return to full size?"
"I'd say about and hour or two..based on our current rate of growth"
"Perfect.." Jay said and swung a left into a ventilation duct "We can get ahead of it and cut it off"
The small craft thundered along the vent's engines echoing around the narrow passage, the various maintence hatches and vent grilles whipping past the windows as the ship rocketed along at full speed.
It was only a few minutes before they started to hear a scraping noise "Whats that?" Tara aksed, straining to see what was going on out of the forward viewscreen.
"You're hitting the sides!" Canazza pointed out "Straighten up!"
"I AM STRAIGHTENED UP!" Jay snapped "THE VENTS GETTING SMALLER!"
"No..." said Phil "We're getting bigger!"
"WHAT?!" Jay said "Thats it I'm breaking off the chase"
he hooked a right, and a vent set into the wall of Parrotts flew away from its housing as the Phoenix burst through.
Jay set the ship to hover above the floor of the place. "I'm taking us back to the shuttle bay..at least there we can safely expand!"
 
It was a few seconds after saying this Jay realised he was too late, out on the promenade passers-by stopped to watch as the windows and doors of Parrots burst outward, scattering glass all over the place, The Phoenix, sat inside the bar, back to its full size. 
"PHIL!" Alota shouted "YOU SAID WE HAD AT LEAST AN HOUR!"
"Forgot to carry the 2..."
"My Paintwork!!" Jay whined "It's ruined!"
Alota ignored her husband and opened the airlock "Come on, we;ve gotta get to the drive room, the Hymenoptera are ready to tear us apart"
"WHAT?!" Jay shouted "My shuttle has a scratch in the paintwork! We need to get our priorities right!"
"Jay man!" said Phil "fix it later! we've got bugs to kill!"
Jay stared at Phil with a look of vindictive madness.
"I thought you were my friend" he eventually said in a cold tone that sent shivers up the spine's of everyone that heard him
"How would you feel if the love of YOUR life had suffered damage like tihs?!" he said pointing at a tiny scratch that Phil actually needed a magnifying glass to make out.
"LOVE OF YOU LIFE?!" Alota spluttered.
"Huh?" said Jay "Oh..right...yeah sorry.."
 
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