I Almost Said I Love You-Chapter 40

Surprisingly, Ozzy was up earlier than Thrax. Sitting up, he winced before looking to the virus as he rubbed his eye, glaring a little at him. "... Damned perverted Virus..." he grumbled, yawning before he climbed out of bed, limping to the bathroom. He had to find something to protect his ass from the horny virus!

Thrax: *was still snuggled in bed, with Nessie cuddled close to his middle*

Ozzy decided to have a nice, relaxing bubble bath all on his own... well, with a rubber ducky of course. Stripping off, he relaxed in the warm water soothing his aching body. "Mmm... I'll get him back...

Nessie: *got up nxt wen he no longer felt the warmth of his Mommy sandwiching him with his Daddy n climbed off the bed, yapped as he ran to the tub, jumping into the bubble bath with a splash*

Ozzy groaned as his eyes slowly fluttered open, hearing the yapping but it was too late. "Argh!" he cried, sputtering when the water splashed in his face, making him whine. "Nessie~ I'm trying to relax~"

Nessie: *yapped happily, doggy-paddling to n fro in the tub, shaking his face off the bubbles*

Ozzy rolled his eyes and laughed, shaking his head before splashing the pup. "You're an idiot..." he said before resting against the side of the tub.

Nessie: *swam round n round n round, his energy boundless, bt took care not to bother his Mommy*

Ozzy watched him with a light smile, shaking his head. The pup was so dopey. Swimming closer, he petted the pup as he nudged the rubber ducky over to him. "Here, play with this."

Nessie: *yapped as he bit onto the rubber ducky, chewing on it as it made squeaky sounds*

Ozzy laughed a little, petting the pup. "Looks like you might be teething, eh, Nessie? Chewing everything you see... Maybe I need to get you some more chewing toys..."

Nessie: *chewed happily at the duck, liking the squeaky sounds*

Ozzy laughed and shook his head, relaxing back again. "Maybe a nice wash will do you good, too..."

Nessie: *dove in n out of the water, shaking his head n occasionally went underwater n swam round n round Oz's feet*

Ozzy blinked before laughing, squirming around against the side of the tub. "Nessie~ You're tickling my feet~" he whined at him, laughing a little more.

Nessie: *happily pops out n slobbered all ovr his Mommy's face*

Ozzy gasped out and laughed, wiggling around as he tried to pull Nessie offf. "Ahah~ Get off, silly puppy!"

Nessie: *let out a dog laugh before yapping as he caught scent of his Daddy awakened*

Ozzy blinked a few times, tilting hsi head. "What is it puppy? Who's there?" he asked, noticing the pup looking to the closed door.

Nessie: *yapped as the door opened, revealing the virus*

Thrax: *yawned as he made it to the sink counter* Mornin', mutt. Mornin', baby

Ozzy groaned and grumbled. "Hm? What is it Nessie? Is there someone there? I don't see anyone, puppy~" he said, petting the yapping pup.

Thrax: *rolled his eyes. Wasnt vry much of a morning person n he didnt want to start off the day with another one of the cell's grumblings, although it didnt stop the pup frm jumping out of the tub n circled ard the virus' feet as he brushed his teeth*

Ozzy blinked in surprise and frowned. Nessie had gotten oddly close to the virus all of a sudden. Rolling his eyes, he just relaxed back in the tub, the bubbles hiding his aching body.

Thrax: *finished brushing his teeth* Had a good night's sleep, baby?

Ozzy didn't answer him, just hummed to himself as he played with the rubber ducky in the water.

Thrax: Fine. Be tht way. I'll probably be home late, so dont wait up *leaves the bathroom to get dressed for work*

Ozzy glanced over his shoulder as he left the room, shrugging before going back to his rubber ducky, squeezing it to make squeek.

Nessie: *whined, wondering why was his Mommy giving Daddy the silent treatment*

Ozzy blinked and looked up, smiling. "Here puppy." he said, tossing the ducky to him before getting out, wrapping a towel loosely around his waist.

Nessie: *caught the toy n roughed it up, making the ducky reli squeak*

Ozzy laughed and shook his head before heading into the bedroom, stretching and yawning, leaving wet foot prints.

Nessie: *done playing n followed behind Oz, slipping n sliding with his wet body dripping all ovr the floor*

Ozzy rubbed his chin, seeing that he was alone and grinned, pulling off his towel and tossing it on the bed. "Nothing wrong with being a little nude~"

Nessie: *yapped, shaking his body off the water*

Ozzy laughed, tossing the towel on the pup after he picked it up again. "Silly pup..." he said, humming to himself before starting to go rooting through Thrax's stuff

Nessie: *scuffled towards him, tilting his head, looking to see wht is his Mommy doing*

"Shhh... don't tell Daddy..." Ozzy said, pressing a finger to his lips before looking though his wardrobes and under the bed, wondering if the virus was hiding anything.

Nessie: *looked at wht he may hv found*

Ozzy pouted a little. "Clothes... shoes... where's the good stuff? Help me Nessie~"

Nessie: *goes ard the pile, sniffing n snorting, helping his Mommy to sniff out anything good*

Ozzy laughed and shook his head, searching for anything good that Thrax may of hidden.

*the cell's hand touched a small pocket-sized chest among the coats*

Ozzy blinked a few times, slowly pulling out what he touched. "Well now, what have we found..." he mumbled, trying to open it.

*the chest had a combination lock on it*

Ozzy pouted. "Damn it... must be good if it's locked." he mumbled, sitting his naked butt down and trying to unlock it.

Nessie: *whined n pawed at the chest, wondering if he could open it just like tht*

Ozzy laughed. "Nice try, pup..." he said, ruffling his head before trying a few combinations.

*aftr a few more tries, at the number 4311, it opened*

"4... 3... 1... 1... What a random combination..." Ozzy mumbled, pulling the lock off and slowly opening the chest.

*the chest revealed a ring with some sort of family heirloom crest, a necklace, a letter, a watch tht no longer works and two photographs*

Ozzy blinked and frowned lightly, crossing his legs as he pulled the chest onto his lap, looking over everything, soon coming to the pictures and looking them over.

*the pictures revealed one to be Thrax hugging a pouting white blood cell frm behind, while the other was a family picture of Thrax still roughly abt 10, 11 with his parents, mother Dengue Fever n father Black Death*

Ozzy blinked and bit his lip. "This... must of been Thrax's... ex mate..." he mumbled to himself, smiling a little. "They look good together..." he whispered before looking to the other picture, frowning a little. "... And this must be his parents..." he mumbled, looking to the she-virus, frowning. "... So she's the one that gave him this complex..."

*the white blood cell Thrax was hugging looked a little younger than Oz, probably in his vry early twenties, n he was wearing a jumpsuit tht showed he worked in the scab unit. Thrax's parents dont reli look very parent-like tho. They look like they should be taking mugshots instead. The mother had a vry cruel smile, showing her fangs, while the father had a sadistic one. The only genuine smile in tht family photo would probably be Thrax, still at tht more or less innocent age*

Ozzy continued looking over the photos. "They don't seem very loving parents, do they, Ness?" he mumbled softly, looking over the little Thrax, smiling a little. "Poor kid... being born into a virus family... I bet he never really had a childhood..." he mumbled before looking to the picture with the older Thrax in it. "Heh... he really is a cradle robber... after the younger one's..." he joked to himself, spending hours looking over the pictures, completely forgetting the time and that he was supposed to get dressed.

Nessie: *sniffed at the letter tht was still in the chest, yet to be opened*

Ozzy blinked. "What is it, Nessie?" he asked, snapping out of his day dream of trying to think what it was like back then. Noticing the letter, he picked it up. "... It's not opened... should I...?"

Nessie: *sniffed at it n nosed at it, showing tht the envelope seal was already open, revealing teh letter inside*

Ozzy blinked. "Oh.. it is open..." he mumbled, glancing around before slowly pulling the letter out, opening it up to read it.

Dear Thrax,

It may come as a shock to you, but please believe me when I say this to you: You r not the only Roja in the family as u think u r. My name is Klepta n me n a few other r the few surviving of ur siblings, scattered ard to survive n avoid the bitch tht we hv the unfortunate luck of calling our mother. Wen u were born, Mother thought tht u were special, the one n only who should take on the Roja mantle, to surpass all else as the most lethal virus in the world. I knw of the deeds tht she had done to ur younger siblings to ensure it, bt she nvr revealed to u our existence bcoz she plans to off us as well, bt we caught wind of her plans n hv become fugitives evr since. I was the last person to manage to stay long enough to write this letter to u before escaping. If u read, it is for sure tht either I am dead or I am out there somewhere, still running frm tht she-demon. I pray tht u will find this n in time, find us. I look forward to the day all the remaining siblings of Roja will reunite together

Your brother,
Klepta

Ozzy's eyes widened as he looked over the letter, his mouth hanging open. "He... he's not the only one?" he whispered, frowning a little. "Why hasn't he gone to find his family?! It it's out there, he should... but I can't tell him to... he can't know I was in here... and there's no way of finding them in Frank..." he mumbled to himself, chewing on his lip and sighing. "Stupid Roja..." he mumbled before looking at the signature. "... Klepta... I have to remember that name..."

Nessie: *cocked his head to one side, wondering wht was tht abt*

Ozzy looked to Nessie and smiled. "Don't worry, pup." he said, ruffling his hair before quickly packing the stuff back into the box and locking it up. "Better get it hidden before Thrax comes home..."

Nessie: *yapped in agreement*

Ozzy smiled and quickly put the box back where he found it, grunting as he shoved all the clothes and such back in the wardrobe.

Nessie: *realizing tht he was still wet, n trotted ovr to get the hair dryer, fetching it to his Mommy*

Ozzy blinked a few times, watching the pup. "What is it, Ness? You want me to dry you?"

Nessie: *let out a muffled yap as he still held onto teh dryer*

Ozzy laughed and took the dryer from him. "Okay then~ Come 'ere~" he growled playfully, grabbing the pup before rolling him on his back and drying him off.

Nessie: *let out a dog purr as the warm air blew at his fur, his legs in the air*

Ozzy laughed. "Oh, you little pervert~ You're just like Thrax, getting off on the heat, huh~?" he teased, rubbing his belly as he dried him.

Nessie: *yapped happily as he got his belly rub, his feet playing abt*

Ozzy laughed, tickling his feet before finishing up. "There you go, all dry."

Nessie: *bounded up n gave his Mommy a kiss/lick before bouding off dwnstairs to see there was grub for him to munch on*

Ozzy laughed and shook his head. "What a dopey dog..." he mumbled before getting to his feet, stretching before looking to the hairdryer. Making sure the door was closed, he flicked it on again, drying his own wet body, purring a little to himself as the heat washed over his body.

*the phone rang by the time Oz was almost dry*

Ozzy flicked the dryer off, blinking and looking around. "Phone? Ah, the hired help will get it..."

*the phone stopped ringing, then a holler frm Suzie*

Suzie: Young Master! Its Master Roja on the phone!

Ozzy cursed, how would he continue the silent treatment now? "I'm sorry, but I don't think I know anyone by that name!" he called back as he got his bandana out of the locket and put it on.

Suzie: He said its urgent~!

Ozzy grumbled. "Ask what he wants!" he called back, not wanting to talk.

Suzie: *a pause later, she came up n peeked in* Umm...Young Master...?

Ozzy blinked in surprise, quickly covering himself up when she peeked in. "Gaah~ What?"

Suzie: S...Sorry...Just wanna tell u tht Master Roja said to tell u "Te quiero, mi bebe" n tht u knw wht it means. He...sounds kinda hurt

Ozzy grabbed the wet towel, covering himself up. Frowning, he looked over in confusion. "... Hurt? Why? What did he want.. it was urgent that he said that...?"

Suzie: I dunno. He just said it n then hung up. I didn't think... *the phone rang again, cutting her off*

Ozzy blinked and sighed. "Could you get that, Suzie...? I need to get dressed..." he mumbled and headed to his own room.

Suzie: OK *went to get it, talked for a moment before storming upstairs to Oz's room, pounding frantically*

Ozzy jumped in surprise, opening the door, pants still open and a shirt half way on. "What the... what's the deal?"

Suzie: It's...It's the Chief frm the PD! It's...It's Master Roja...He's...He's... *pants as there were tears clinging at her eyes*

Ozzy's eyes widened as he quickly pulled on his shirt, doing up his pants as he pushed passed the she-cell and rushed downstairs to the garage.

Rex: *was surprised to see Oz running dwn* Where's the fire, Young Master?

"Just get me the fastest car we've got, NOW!" Ozzy insisted, his heart in his throat. What could of possibly happened to the virus?

Rex: *taken aback by Oz's outburst bt he was not one to defy his masters* Uh, OK. Here *tossed him the keys for the car at the end beside the row of bikes*

"Sorry..." Ozzy quickly said before rushing to the car. Climbing up, he started the car, driving off to the PD.