I Almost Said I Love You-Chapter 42

It wasn't long before the little cell awoke up to Nessie licking his face, his head pounding. "Nnngh... wha...?" he mumbled softly, slowly sitting up as he held his head before looking around in a panic. "Thrax?!" he called out, looked around, realising he was back home.

Nessie: *whined, licking him, hoping he was OK*

Suzie: *was changing the cloth on Oz's forehead when he woke* Oh, thank Frank ur awake, Master Featherworth. U gave us a scare there

Ozzy panted heavily, shaking his head as he pushed her hand away. "I-I've got to go... I have to go back to the PD, I have to get Thrax!" he called out, getting up and picking Ness up. He would get him out of there. He headed upstairs, moving through their rooms, collecting things that were the most important.

Suzie: Master Featherworth! *chasing aftr him* Are u insane? U want to rescue the virus aftr the lies he had been telling us, making us believe he's one of us? Ur the Master now, not him! Ur not seriously wanting to rescue a guy who could potentially kill Frank now, are u?!

"HE DOESN'T WANT TO KILL FRANK!" Ozzy screamed, glaring at her, tears in his eyes as he shook slightly. "He's been longer than you know... he had so many chances to kill Frank and he didn't... Hell, it was him that found out Frank was dying and went to look for something to SAVE him!" he snapped, packing his pictures into a bag, quickly getting Thrax's hidden box and putting it in there too. "He's done SO much for me... he's made me happier than anyone ever could... after all he's done, I'm not going to repay him by leaving him there!"

Suzie: *flinched at Oz's yell, shocked at upon hearing all of this as she stood there, speechless as she didnt knw wht to do, watching as Oz packed his things*

Nessie: *whined, following bk n forth as Oz went abt to pack up the things*

Ozzy moved back to his room, collecting the notes that Thrax had wrote for him when he'd ben asleep, packing them in his bag, making sure that he had packed all that was important to them before picking up Nessie. "Come on, pup." he said, quickly leaving the room and sighing softly as he headed to the garage, thinking of how to save Thrax.

Rex: Hey, Master Featherworth. Ur up n abt. Need a ride?

Ozzy blinked and frowned, the second person to call him that. "... Why do you guys keep calling me that?" he asked, grabbing his old car keys, getting the pimped out car.

Rex: B'coz ur the new master now, since we found out Master Roja is actually a virus, n we dont serve viruses

Ozzy scowled at him, gritting his teeth. "Even after he looked after you all... ugh... well, don't call me the Master of this house, only Thrax will be..." he mumbled, putting his bag and Nessie in the car. "Stay here..." he said softly, kissing the pups head before wandering off to say goodbye to Greta.

Nessie: *whined, sticking his head out of the window, watching Oz leave*

Ozzy was upset saying goodbye to Greta, hugging her tightly. "I hope we'll see each other again..." he said softly before pulling away and rushing off, leaving the old She-cell sad and confused, feeling like she just lost her son again.

Nessie: *yapped happily as he saw Oz coming bk*

Ozzy smiled and petted Nessie before climbing in the car and quickly driving off. "What am I going to do...?"

Nessie: *whined, sad to see his Mommy being sad, wondering if it had anything to do with his Daddy*

"Nessie? Can you be a good boy and help Mommy? Can you distract the bad people that have Daddy, can you?" Ozzy said, scratching the pup's ear.

Nessie: *yapped happily, eager to pls his Mommy*

Ozzy smiled. "Such a good boy." he said, sighing softly. He couldn't believe he was going to break the law... but he had to. Parking up, he looking to Nessie. "Okay... I need you to go through that door and distract everyone in there, okay? If you see me or Daddy, DON'T come to us, okay? Run out the door and back here, okay?" he told the puppy before getting out and putting him down. "Go on!" he said, before rushing around the building.

Nessie: *yapped n went as he was told, running up to the PD ppl n play ard like the crazy mutt he is*

*little did Oz knew tht Thrax was no longer in his cell, n the bars were melted dwn abt a few minutes before Oz got there*

Ozzy managed to morph hi way in through a window, sneeking along the hallway of the cells, his heart pounding. He'd never broken the law before, his adreniline was running fast. "Thrax..." he whispered, biting his lip before his eyes widening as he came across the melted cage. He was... gone?

*an arm quickly wrapped up ard him frm behind n pulled him up to a dark corner, right beside a security guard tht was sliced up in half*

Thrax: Shh...! *held the cell until he stopped struggling* Wht r u doing here, baby?

Ozzy's eyes widened as he saw the guard, nearly crying out but quickly covered his mouth, gasping when he was pulled into the dark corner. "Th-Thrax!" he gasped out, staring up at him, tears building up again, gripping onto him tightly, pressing into him as his body shook. He hadn't left him alone, he was still here! "I... I came to get your stupid ass out of here..." he huffed, rubbed his eyes and glaring up at him.

Thrax: I can perfectly take care of myself, baby. I was planning to let them juice me, bt tht's before u told me abt Klepta. Hv u been sneaking up at my stuff?

"Ugh... you're so selfish!" Ozzy snapped at him before blinking, his cheeks pinking before he looked away. "... Lets just get out of here... Nessie's distracting for us..."

Thrax: *grins* Smart. Lead the way, baby *lets him loose*

Ozzy rubbed the back of his neck, quickly moving over to the window he had come through, carefully opening it a little more so Thrax could climb out.

Thrax: *it was still a little small, so he dislocated both his shoulders with ease before squeezing out, then relocated his shoulders again* Dang, it's been a while since I did this

Ozzy's eyes widened as he watched the virus, his mouth hanging open. "What the Frank?" he mumbled, morphing out of the window and closing the window. "What did you just do?"

Thrax: Dislocated my shoulder, wht does it look like? *twisted his shoulders to get a feel again* U dont expect me to crawl thru tht tight-fitting window, do u? Ah, here comes the mutt...and the cavalry

Ozzy blinked and looked up, groaning. "Dopey mutt!" he mumbled, grabbing the virus' wrist before running to the car with the virus, , grabbing Nessie on the way and pushing them both in the car, quickly getting in the driver's seat and bolting. "Oh Frank... oh Frank... I'm dead, so much trouble..." he mumbled to himself as he drove. Now where was he supposed to go?

Thrax: I think we better high-tail outta here. This city is gonna be dead n I've done enough favours for them anyway. Drive us to the uvula, we'll make our escape there *spanked the mutt a little to reprimand him before stuffing it into his jacket, head sticking out as usual*

Ozzy put his foot down before blinking. "The Uvula? What the hell is the uvula?" he asked, speeding his way through Franks body.

Thrax: *rolled his eyes* Its the one dangling in his throat, n NOT in his boxer shorts, alright? To think u've lived in this city all ur life

*behind there were immunity cars chasing*

Ozzy blinked a few times before pouting. "... I knew that..." he mumbled, heading towards the throat, grumbling at him. "Let's see what this baby can do..." he said before putting his foot down, his eyes widening as the car sped away.

*the patrol cars kept on chasing, bt the cell's driving managed to wing off some*

Nessie: *getting excited as he feels the urge to stick his head out of the window*

Ozzy soon skidded to a stop when he got near the uvula, his heart racing. "Come on!" he called out, getting out the car with his bag, starting to feel a little dizzy. "Hurry, they're going to catch up!"

Thrax: *stuffed Nessie deeper into his turtleneck shirt before taking Oz in his arms* Hold on tight, baby *scrapes at the floorboards, creating an irritation to make Frank cough before spreading his trenchcoat into wings, breaking the glass n jumped off, flying out just in time before the immunity arrives*

Ozzy gasped as he was suddenly lifted out, groaning softly and pressing close to him, gripping onto his turtleneck. It was all too much for the cell. He closed his eyes, trying to calm himself down as he clinged onto him tightly, feeling them leaving Frank, fear filling him.

Nessie: *instead was having the time of his life, howling with excitement*

Thrax: *glided out into the open n landed on a bowl of donuts, looking at his surroundings, realizing tht they were in Frank's house*

Ozzy slowly cracked open his eye widen the wind around him stopped. He looked around, gulping hard. "W-where are we? We... we need to find a body, quicky!" he whimpered, still worried, holding his bag tightly.

Thrax: Dont worry ur socks off, baby. I told u u'll be fine. Hmm *scoured the area* Looks like we're in Frank's home. Ugh! Donuts. I hate landing on them. They always hv icing all ovr my trench

Ozzy bit his lip before looking down, licking his lips slightly. "Yeah, but dounts sure are good..." he mumbled absently, shuffling around in the virus' arms. "What are we going to do?"

Thrax: Well, those feds r definitely not gonna follow us all the way here if they knw wht's good for them, bt we cant go bk now. We're just gonna hv to find someone or something to land on first for teh time being

Ozzy slowly looked to Frank, biting his lip. "But Frank is the only one around... what are we going to do?" he asked, clinging onto the virus.

Thrax: Hmm... *tapped his chin, looking at the snoring Frank who was on the couch sleeping like it was nobody's business, then someone frm afar was calling*

Bob: Hey, Frank! Frank~! U there, Frank? Frank~!

Thrax: *grinned* THAT is wht we're gonna do

"Oh no... you can't be serious... HIM?!" Ozzy groaned and made a face. This guy was just as gross, maybe even worse than Frank.

Frank groaned and shifted, his eyes slowly opening as h snorted. "Nnn, oh hey~" he mumbled, rubbing his eye as he slowly sat up, wiping the drool from his face.

Thrax: Well, there's no one else I knw of tht can get a hold of my target. U do remember I hv a target, right?

Bob: Jesus, Frank, how many times do I hafta tell ya, put on some clothes while yer sleepin'! Ur gonna get a frickin' cold! *took a whiff of his cigar before slapping Frank at the thigh* Scooch ovr there, give yer brother some room, aye? *takes the TV remote n turn on the TV*

Ozzy blinked. "Target? Who's the target?" he asked, looking up at the virus with a frown.

Frank grumbled and absently scratched his chest and belly, shuffling over for him to sit down. "Yeah, well... I was too hot." he mumbled, yawning big.

Thrax: U'll find out once we get into tht Bob guy. So? U in?

Bob: *flips a few channels before he found the one he liked* Hey, where's Shane? I thought she'd be ard here somewhere doing whtevr girls her age do *takes another whiff of cigar*

Ozzy sighed softly. "I don't really have much of a choice now, do I? Lets just hurry up and get in there..."

"She's at school, Bob... that's what kids her age are doing." Frank said, stretching before leaning over, reaching to grab the box of donuts. "Want one?"

Bob: *grins* Dont mind if I do, Frank. I'm starved *coincidentally takes one tht the trio was on* U sure its still good. It's not one of those last week ones tht you left in the larder tht gave me diarohhea last time, right?

Thrax: *braces himself as he held on tight to Oz, planting his claws onto the dough to hold their ground*

"Don't worry, I only got them yesterday." Frank said, picking up his own donut to eat. "Okay, I don't need to be reminded of that... just eat the donut..." he said, looking back to the t.v.

Ozzy's eyes widened as he clinged onto the virus', burying his head into his chest. "This is it, we're going to die!"

Bob: *shrugs n opened his mouth wide, taking a bite*

Thrax: We're not gonna die, baby. Hold on *held the cell close to his chest n waited for the bite to come n leaped ard avoiding the teeth tht were munching abt before spotting a dough tht was wedged in Bob's molars* Breath into my shirt, baby *made a dive into the dough, totally camouflaging themselves with it, just like he did in the egg*

*Ozzy's eyes widened as he watched them being eaten, clinging onto the other's shirt as he jumped around, feeling like he was going to be sick from the movement. At the other's words, he buried his head in the virus' chest, closing his eyes tightly.

Thrax: *laid low inside the dough, waiting for the opportuned moment to get out, while Bob n Frank were totally oblivious, laughing loudly at Beavis n Butthead while chowing on snacks*

Ozzy ended up curling up in the virus' arms, passing out in his hold from the stress of today, holding on tightly, afraid that he would leave him.