Arf, arf! Hiko Dog here, back from a brief hiatus from this little current events gig. Thanks to Ray Deeoh for taking off time from his job on the late shift at WGWR, and filling in for me. Nice job buddy, but you DID lay it on just a LITTLE thick. I'd also like to extend thanks to Hikoshen Huei for subbing as Heero while Jay is out and to Dane Po for filling in as Duo while Davy is computer-less Down Under. You guys are great! Now, without further ado, on to all the news fit to lift a leg on.

Let's begin with the wacky crew on the Peacemillion. There was some dissention in the ranks in the Noventa party and Sweet (as if!) Sylvia pink-slipped her escorts and left the Peace talks, escorted by the courtly, and much too forgiving Captain Hilary. Une-lucky for her the Colonel herself intercepted the shuttle and spirited her away, intent on recruiting her into a new-fangled version OZ. Neither of them trusts the other and I'm not taking any bets on the future of that relationship.

The Peace talks had just about come to a grinding halt anyway, leaving Zechs free to gather a ragtag band of Ozzies, Rebels, Mangies and Mercs to go after his wayward sister. He and his pregnant squeeze stopped off to quickly get hitched first, witnessing a few fireworks between Quatre, Nikky and some young --- what was the word Nik used? Hell if I know, I don't understand Dutch. Whatever it was Nikky and his little liefje have been making time like crazy these days and I'm kinda happy for the guys. Quatre's gonna need all the help he can get too, since some young punk wormed his way aboard claiming to have ties to the kid's dead father. One of these days the poor little blonde is just going to cave. In any case, we can only bite our nails and hope Old Evil Eyebrows doesn't have anything nasty up her sleeve and that the Platinum Prince can get the little princess free with a minimum of wear and tear on all of them.

Justin's back on the Peacemillion, wheelchair bound after a nasty episode of captivity by his treacherous assistant, who's also destroyed Ashtom's mansion and killed his beloved assistant. Now Justin has only two things on his mind, homicide and suicide. Can anyone stop him?

The Heero vs. SHADE party had a little dust up with some of Shroudy's baddies and they managed to kick ass, but not before Deathscythe took enough friendly fire to force them to land on the moon for repairs. Heero took off looking for parts at the OZ base, Duo went off to the Atlantis Commune looking for information and a quieter than usual Dew and Conners stayed behind to watch and wait. None of them are particularly happy campers. They should all just go back to the Peacemillion, and chill.

The moon seems to be Grand Central Station these days. Kross went raiding there, leaving his usual calling card of burning rubble behind when he left. Dane Po was on his trail and just far enough behind not to stop him from his nefarious deeds or catch him as the mysterious Mr. Creed requested. He did run into someone interesting though. Seems like Kitfox saved Dane's MS from a fate worse than death and the two of them are doing a little bonding in Kitfox's secret Watchdog base.

Barge is a real hotbed of screwy goings on. As if Une didn't have enough of a handful in the Noventa brat, Hunter O'Guinn seems to have supplanted Une's lover man. Can she stay sane once that wing-nut starts playing his nasty games? Then we have our young lovers Dorvich and the Duchess --- there's been a proposal and all kinds of shenanigans in the O-Club. Kitana, honey, that guy has a past a yard long. Good luck reforming him and whatever you do, PLEASE resist drinking anything named after a bathroom receptacle.

The former General of OZ was spirited away from a certain death by a ghost from his past and he's none too happy about it. Andrews seems determined to drag Treize back into the land of the living AND the political arena, but Treize is fighting it every step of the way. It's only a matter of time though if you ask me. The kind of power Treize is used to wielding is as addictive as a really good scratch behind the ears. Go get 'em General!

The Becci/Jason team seems to have parted ways and in my not so humble opinion Bec Bec isn't much better off with the new guy she's picked up along the way. Yes, Chris Duo is back, hopefully with a less itchy trigger finger this time.

The Tornado, after a brief stint of battering then nursemaiding the Po kid has done more than a little butt-kicking (this chick gives the mistress a run for her money in the tough merc race). She managed to blow an ex-partner-turned-customer to smithereens, then in a partnership initiated and fueled by motorcycle induced adrenaline she paired up with Zell on his fact-finding and revenge mission. They seem to have split up for now, but this is one storm that bears watching. Wonder where she'll blow through next?

Well, I think that's quite enough reporting for this dog-day afternoon, so I'll just wrap it up with an arf arf and a growl.

Hiko Dog out!