I Almost Said I Love You-Chapter 29

*the duo slept all the way till nxt morning. Thrax got up n felt Oz's forehead n saw tht he was no longer feverish n he didnt sound like he was sniffling or anything, meaning he was getting slightly better. He got up gently n freshened up before going out on his jobs he took on at the PD*

Ozzy awoke a couple hours later, sighing softly as he rubbed his eye and sitting up with a wince. Damn, his backside was still hurting. "Damn Thrax..." he hissed lightly, hoping that he'd no longer get that need to play anymore.

*Thrax had left a note on the bedside table for Oz to read before he had left for work tht morning*

Ozzy blinked and sighed when he found the note. Another day alone. Coughing slightly, he shuffled and climbed out of bed, grabbing one of the man's shirts before heading out of the bedroom to get some real breakfast.

Note: Hey, baby. I'll be home a little late than usual tonight. Might hv some extra errands to run. If ur feeling any better, u can do whtever u want today. There's some books to read in my study or u can go to the entertainment room to play games n such. Bt still eat ur medicine, n I'll knw if u didnt. Te quiero, mi bebe

Suzie: *was dusting the dining room wen she saw Oz come dwn* Ah! Young Master! Ur out of bed! Feeling better?

Ozzy grumbled about the note before blinking and looking up, pouting at the she-cell. "Still a bit stuffy and tired... but I should be okay in the next couple of days..." he said softly, sighing.

Suzie: Then I guess it's time to take u off the green peas n chicken soup diet then *giggled* So, wht do u want for breakfast, Young Master?

"Something big and fatty! I am so hungry!" Ozzy said, licking his lips with a grin, coughing slightly and patting his chest.

Suzie: Hmm...Maybe something less heaty coz ur still coughing. I'll go whip it up right away *walks off to the kitchen*

Ozzy blinked and pouted as he walked off, grumbling. "But I deserve something good." he whined to himself before moving to sit down in the living room.

Suzie: *moments later, came bk with the breakfast, which consisted of oatmeal, scrambled eggs, baked beans, boiled ham n bacons n a cup of warm chocolate. She laid them on the dining table before poking her head in the living room* Soup's on, Young Master. Hope u like it

Ozzy blinked and looked up, pouting before getting to his feet and limping out, his backside still sore. He'd have to get some cream for that. Heading into the dining room, his eyes widening before he began to drool and quickly made his way over. Sitting down, he breathed in the smell deeply before starting to stuff his face.

Suzie: *smiles as she sees Oz enjoying it before walking away to continue on with her chores*

Ozzy licked his lips and ate happily, It was so good to get something else in him besides what he had been eating.

*meanwhile Thrax looked a little perlexed all day in the PD, constantly starting outside the window*

Jamison: *sees him n claps his bk hard* Yo! Roja, my man! Wht's with the long face? Thinkin' abt ur "close friend" Kia? *laughs*

Tonto laughed as he came on the other side of him, grinning a little. "He probably is, he's been like that all morning... wonder what that Kia could of done to get him so distracted?"

Thrax: *grumbled a little* Would u like to knw? There r other things I can think of than just someone, u knw. It's something else, u morons

Jamison: Wht else can occupy ur mind other than him? I gotta admit, he's pretty good-looking. I'd date him if I swing tht way, though

Tonto nodded in agreement with Jamison, rubbing his chin. "Yeah... it's too bad, he really is cute." he said, chuckling before patting Thrax's back. "So Roja... what's eating your mind?"

Thrax: *growled a little at the both of them before sighing, considering whether to say it or not, then got up n asked* Is the meeting room free?

Jamison: Umm, yeah, bt why...

Thrax: Get the Chief ovr, n maybe some of our main guys n girls in there. I've...got something to tell u *walks off to the meeting room*

Tonto blinked a few times, looking rather confused as he raised an eyebrow at him. "... This is something serious..." he said, looking to the other cell. "Come on." he said, rushing off to get the rest of them.

Jamison: *nodded as well n followed suite*

*soon the meeting room was filled with those who r the main guys n girls of the PD, including Caroleena as well, while Thrax was pacing ard, looking out the window, a little distracted*

Tonto shifted around in his seat, muttering to Jamison about what could be the reason Thrax had them here, even the rest of the group was still confused about what was going on.

Thrax: *made sure tht the last person who came in shut the door before acknowledging them* I knw its not standard protocol to call a meeting without official announcement bt it had to be done

Jamison: Well, dont give us the roundabt. Details, details

Tonto nodded in agreement with him. "Yeah, yeah... what's going on? You seem pretty serious about this..." he said, frowning a little and crossing his arms over his chest.

Thrax: Well, I just hope ur prepared for this *turns to Tonto n Jamison* Remember wen we went to the mayor's office to ask for a permit to do a full-scale search on tht suspect on the kidnapping case yesterday, n I had to go to the bathroom for a while? Well...I wasnt reli going to the bathroom *takes a deep breath n explains everything*

Everyone's eyes widened in shock, commotion going through them all as to how they were going to fix this, what they could do to prevent this.

Thrax: *raised his voice to calm them dwn* There is nothing we can do. The aneurysm is a genetic disorder, Frank is born with it, n it is too big n too late for anyone, evn the Frank Federals n the army barracks to handle. Frank will hv at least a couple yrs at most before this whole city shuts dwn

Tonto stood up, hands slamming on the large desk they were sat at. "But what are we supposed to do until then? Just sit back and wait for Frank's body to shut down and for all of use to be slowly killed off?!" he snapped lightly, though there was fear behind those eyes.

Jamison: Yeah! There's gotta be something we can do! We cant just give up just like tht! There has gotta be a way to stop this!

Caroleena: Evn if there is no cure, there's gotta be a fail-safe plan for everyone, right? U cant just expect trillions of Frank's citizens to just let this happen n do nothing!

Thrax: U think I dont knw tht? U think I like being in a position like this? If I could I would be glad to be rid of it, bt I'm a vaccine, not a bloody miracle cure! *ran his claws in frustration; they were worse reaction than Oz*

Tonto sighed and gritted his teeth, frowning some. "There has to be something... anything we can do..." he said, slumping back down in his chair as there was a course of agreeing murmurs. "... But what can we do? It's not like we can get rid of the problem... and Frank isn't the healthiest of people..."

Thrax: I am planning to go to the mayor to talk abt this. Now tht Colonic is officially mayor, I suppose he would be a better listener, if i'm hearing right abt Phlegmming being an ignorant bastard

Caroleena: *rolls her eyes* Tht's putting it lightly, if u ask me

Tonto sniggered lightly and grinned a little. "Yeah... he was. I know it's not nice to say, but it's a good job he's gone since Colonic can at least get some order back in the city before it goes down..." he mumbled and sighed, rubbing his head.

Thrax: Well, like I said, I plan to go see Colonic abt this. Anyone wanna come with me?

Jamison: *stands up* I do, I do

Tonto held up his own hand. "No, I do! I'll help!" he said, pushing Jamison away childishly as he stood up.

Jamison: Bugger off! *elbowed him* I called shots!

Caroleena: *rolled her eyes* Boys

Tonto huffed and glared at him, shoving him back. "I don't care, you always get to do everything. I'm going this time!"

Thrax: *massaged his temples n groaned* Guys, this is NOT the time...Ugh, fine, BOTH of u can come with me

Jamison: *big grin as he pushed Tonto to come to him*

Tonto stumbled and pouted, crossing his arms over his chest as he rolled his eyes. "Fiiiine... lets get going before Colonic has left the office!"

Thrax: Glad we're finally in the same page *dismissed everyone before moving out to take the car*

Tonto stuck his tongue out at Jamison before quickly following after Thrax, grinning happily to get to work with him.

Jamison: I call shot gun! *managed to beat Tonto to the front seat*

Thrax: *rolls his eyes as he took the wheel. They were evn more immature than Oz, it was a wonder Oz was still alive with them ard*

Tonto's eyes widen as he whined and glared, tugging at Jamison's arm to get him out the way. "That's not fair! I want to sit in front!"

Jamison: Get off! I called shot gun! I'm sitting in front! *punches him*

Thrax: Guys. Either u pipe dwn or I'll kick u both out n ask Ash or the Chief instead *starts the engine*

Tonto glared and huffed, grumbling in annoyance. "Fine, but I'm riding in front on the way back!" he huffed before getting into the back of the car, still pouting as he got his seat belt on.

Jamison: *sticks out his tongue at him*

Thrax: *rolled his eyes n drove dwn all the way to the brain centre where Colonic resides in duty*

Tonto growled and reached out, grabbing the cells tongue, tugging on it hard. "You're only acting like that cause you're crushing on Thrax!"

In the brain centre, Colonic was still hard at work, looking rather stressed from all the work he had to do.

Jamison: *punches at Tonto* I dont swing tht way, u moron! I should say the same thing abt u!! *the duo fought all the way to the brain centre until Thrax finally parked the car*

Thrax: We're here, bird brains. N stop fighting like little kids ovr candy! We've got work to do *flicked at both their foreheads before getting off the car, walking ahead of them towards the reception*

Tonto flailed and hit the other cell back, glaring. "I do not swing that way, but I know you do! You can't deny it! Hell, you even felt up Kia! And he was really a guy!" he called at him before climbing out of the car and sticking his tongue out at Jamison before running after Thrax to catch up to him.

Jamison: *grumbled as he rubbed his forehead where Thrax flicked him n chased aftr* I thought he was a girl! YOU thought he was hot too! U cant deny tht either!

Thrax: *rolled his eyes n approached the receptionist to ask to meet Colonic*

Tonto huffed at him and glared. "I thought he was okay looking, at least I didn't go trying to seduce him!" he said, sticking his tongue out at him.

The receptionist looked up at the commotion in surprise, eyes widening slightly before looking up to Thrax. "A-ah... I'm sorry, sir. But Mr. Colonic is busy right now. If you would like, I could make you an appointment." she said kindly.

Thrax: *gave him his usual charming smile* It's a bit of an urgent business, reli, n I knw it's a little too much to ask bt we reli must see him *takes the receptionist's hand n kiss the bk of her palm* It'll make me vry happy if u can get us in, pls? *used his suave gentleman eyes, gazing deep into her*

The receptionist's eyes widened as her cheeks flushed over, unable to look away from those eyes staring into hers. "I-I... um... I-I'll just inform him that he has a visitor, p-please go right in." she said, quickly pulling away and picking up the phone to inform Colonic that he had a visitor.

Thrax: Thank u so much. U make a man like me vry, vry happy *kisses the bk of her palm again, the lips linger a little longer for effect before smiling suavely at her n went in to the office, his two colleagues thoroughly impressed at his tactics*

Leah: *was helping Colonic sort some files wen she saw Thrax come in* Agent Roja! Officer Pullox (Tonto) and Leucocyte (Jamison)! A pleasant surprise!

The receptionist nearly fainted, her heart pounding from the new attention she wasn't used to. "Y-you're welcome..." she whispered.

Tonto quickly followed Thrax into the office, even more impressed by him. "Huh? Oh, hey there!" he said, grinning as he looked around. "Wow... you two sure are busy in here..." he said, his eyes wide slightly.

Thrax: Hey there, Ms Estrogen. I would say tht I came here to chat n ask u all out for lunch, bt unfortunately I'm here on urgent business. Can I speak to Colonic?

Leah: Yeah, sure. Bt he's a lil crabby coz of all the workload. Phlegmming's work tht he left behind has his work cut out for poor Tom *leads them to Colonic* Tom. It's Agent Roja to see u

Colonic looked up, looking quite exhausted from the hours of work and worry he's had since becoming Mayor. "Huh? Oh, Agent Roja. What a pleasant surprise. I'm sorry I can't spend some time with you, I'm rather busy... I never realised before... but Phlegmming has really left Frank in a mess... looking over all these reports, there's so much to do..." he mumbled, unsure if he could even fix most of the stuff.

Thrax: Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news bt this will be the least of ur problems. U might wanna sit dwn for this *waited until the mayor sat dwn before telling his whole tale again*

Jamison: *looked a little uneasy aftr hearing it the second time ard, n was shocked to see all the piling reports on Colonic's table* ~Was he reli tht bad?~

Colonic stared up at Thrax, slumping in his chair before holding his head. "My god... this is worse than all of this... but Phlegmming never put this down in his reports..." he said, searching through the papers. "There's nothing on it..." he mumbled, rubbing his temples.

Leah: *covered her mouth in shock at everything tht she heard* Oh no...This is terrible...

Thrax: Dont count on it, Colonic. Knwing Phlegmming's reputation, he couldnt evn bother. If u want a "report" I can show it u where it is right now

Colonic looked up, sighing and ran a hand through his hair. "How bad is the situation, Roja? Is there any way to stop this?" he asked, looking to the virus once again, dark rings starting to grow under his eyes.

Thrax: *gestured everyone to follow him to the affected area, and up on the horizon, there was a rather huge aneurysm, a big blood clot the size of a human marble n it's getting dangerously close to blocking the area tht controls the heart* As u can see, the size is beyond our capacity to remove, n its beyond any human help as well. Like I said, Frank has only got at least 2 yrs before this plc shuts dwn. Not any amt of ammunition frm Frank Federals or the army barracks can blow this off without causing a massive bleed-out tht will short-circuit the entire system, n it would be too risky as well for the human doctors to remove without causing the same reaction as well. It's a lose-lose situation, I'm afraid

Colonic looked to the clot, his eyes widen. He couldn't believe Phlegmming could let this go by. There was every chance of getting rid of this! "Frank damn that Phlegmming... he could of stopped this before it got too serious. Now Franks going to die..." he said, running a hand through his hair again.

Thrax: *taps his chin, contemplating, then turns to Leah* Ms Estrogen, do u hv access to his memory banks?

Leah: Umm...Yeah, sure. It's under the other hemisphere's jurisdiction bt I think I can help u gain access. Why?

Thrax: Maybe there is some way we can help the citizens if not Frank

Colonic blinked and looked to Thrax, frowning a little. "What are you suggesting, Agent Roja? Didn't you just say there was no way..."

Thrax: There is no way to save Frank, bt I'm hopeful there is a way to save the citizens. Take me to the memory banks, Ms Estrogen

Leah: Very well *led him to the said memory banks n showed him the stack upon stack of shelves tht piled up all the way to the ceiling*

Jamison: Woah~! Tht is a lot of memory~!

Leah: More than 40 yrs worth of memories to be exact

Tonto looked around curiously. "Memories before even I was around... wow..." he mumbled.

Colonic blinked and frowned a little, looking over the memories. "So what's your plan, Roja? How's being here going to save the citizens...?"

Thrax: So how does the memories get categorized here?

Leah: Well, in a lot of ways, bt the most basic of categorization will be green for good decisions or memories, white for neutral n red for bad.

Thrax: Right. So now, Pullox, Leucocyte, u two n I r gonna look thru all the green coded files

Jamison: O_O U...U mean...all 40 yrs worth of green coded files?

Tonto's eyes widened as he stared, his mouth falling open. "W-wha... but... there's so many! There's no way we could get through all that by ourselves! We're going to be here all night..."

Thrax: Do u want to save the citizens of Frank or not, guys? *had his hands on his hips*

Jamison: Well, yes, bt...

Thrax: Then lets get going. If u feel like u r short-handed, call Ash n the other guys in the PD. We're gonna do this if it takes all night. Which reminds me... *took out his cell n made a call home*

Tonto sighed softly and shook his head, grumbling a little. "Well, we better call them over." he said, nudging Jamison. "Get your cell out and tell them to get there butts over here."

Thrax's called was soon answered by the old cell, Greta. "Master Roja's residence, how may I help you?" came the soft, kind voice of the cell.

Jamison: Fine, fine. Cheapskate, cant evn afford ur own phone, can u? *took out his cell n dialed the number of the PD to call bk up ovr*

Thrax: Hey, Greta. How's it hanging there, luv? Is Young Master ard?

Tonto blinked in surprise before his eyes narrowed. "Hmph, it ain't my fault I'd rather pay the bills and feed myself than get a phone!"

Greta blinked in surprise. "Master Roja! Oh, such a surprise, everything is find here... I'm not sure where he's got to, he was outside last time I... ah? Young Master, put that down. I know it's cute, but I don't think Master Roja would want it in the house. I'm sorry, sir, Young Master just came back in and has found a stray puppy." she said, a soft giggle soon following.

Thrax: *raised a brow* A stray puppy, u say? Put him on the phone, Greta. There's something I need to talk with him

"Mhm... Young master~ Master Roja is on the phone for you." Greta said softly. It wasn't long before there was a soft panting noise on the phone before a strange laughter. "Aha... Hi Thrax~ Gah, puppy, calm down~" he said, laughing as the puppy licked at his neck and face.

Thrax: *chuckles as he could hear the puppy bark frm the other line* Having fun ovr there, baby? Seems like ur doing well without me ard

Ozzy giggled as it continued to lick him, growling playfully. "Nya~ ahaha! Sorry, the puppy just wouldn't stop following me, he had no collar so I brought him home. He's so cute and kind! And so playful!"

Thrax: Wht species is it? Germ? Bacteria? Virus? Nvm, I'll see it for myself later. Baby, I might probably wont make it home tonight. There's something I hv to do...well, unless u want in on it

Ozzy pouted and huffed down the phone. "I don't care what it is, I'm keeping it... he's so cute~ Wah, puppy! Don't run off! Huh? Want in on it... what do you have to do? Is it boring paperwork? Cause I hate doing that stuff..."

Thrax: Well, it's something like tht. Remember I told u I'll figure something out abt Frank's condition? Well I'm at the brain centre right now at the memory banks section sorting out some of his good memory files, green coded ones, see if there's anything tht might help us out to save the citizens of Frank. It's gonna be tedious work n we called in extra hands, bt ur welcomed to join us if u want

Ozzy groaned softly. "I really want to help, but it's so boring... if I come, can I bring my puppy, too?" he asked, watching the puppy run around his legs, making him laugh.

Thrax: Yeah, sure. *grins* I'd like to knw who I'm up against to fight for ur affection. I'll inform the receptionist to expect u. U can come ovr on ur own if u like, or get Rex to drive u ovr. I'll cya then, baby

Ozzy huffed at him and grinned. "Oh, this pup wins hands down over you, Thrax." he said playfully, laughing before he soon put the phone down. "Puppy~ Come on, we're going to go see Papa Thraxy~" he said, grinning as he picked the puppy up and nuzzled him, laughing as he got another lick and he headed to the garage.

Thrax: *hung up n chuckled before returning to his group*

Rex: *was polishing the cars wen Oz came dwn* Ah, Young Master! Wht can I do u for?

Ozzy blinked and looked up from the puppy, shifting around. "I need a car, I need to go meet Thrax at the... uh... where did he saw he was now... oh! The Brain centre!" he said, distracted by the playful puppy.

Rex: Ah, OK. Well, there's plenty. Make ur choice. Or maybe u'd like to drive ur own car *pointed at Oz's old car which was modified by Thrax before, then chuckles at the puppy* Cute lil thing. Got a name for it?

Ozzy blinked in surprise as he stared at his car, his mouth hanging open. "M-my baby! What happened to it!?" he called out, rushing over and whimpering. "Aw man... that bastard messed with my car... I am going to kick his ass..." he said before blinking and looking to Rex, grinning sheepishly. "Uh... no, I haven't..."

Rex: *laughs* I think it looks rather cool actually. Well, u can figure out a name for it wen u see Master Roja. Here *tossed the keys to Oz* Hv fun. Will u n Master Roja be home for dinner?

Ozzy blinked a few times, looking back at him, catching the keys before frowning some. "I don't think so..." he said before getting into his car, putting the pup in the passanger seat before starting up the car and making his way out of the garage before driving off.