I Almost Said I Love You-Chapter 57

Ozzy grumbled, his arms crossed as he looked out of the window the entire journey, ignoring the virus driving.

Thrax: *drove all the way dwn to the spleen n looked ard* Hmm, if I'm not mistaken, they should be here somewhere...

Ozzy got out of the car and looked around, frowning some. "If they are here, I bet they'd be hiding..." he mumbled, seeing how quiet it was.

Thrax: *looked ard to see something out of plc n grinned* Not quite *walked towards it*

Ozzy blinked, looking over at him, leaning on the car. "Wha..." he mumbled and frowned some. "Where are you going?"

Thrax: *jerked his head to gesture him to follow him before finding himself standing in front of wht looked like a Spanish road side restaurant*

Ozzy hesitated before following after him quickly, looking around and frowning. "In... there I guess?" he asked, looking around.

Thrax: *smirks* He's definitely there *enters the restaurant n sees a muscle cell cleaning the tables*

Cell: Ah welcome! Two seaters, r we?

Thrax: *smirks n came up to him* Muerte a todos los seres humanos

Ozzy headed in and looked around, frowning some and looked up at the virus, shivering as he heard the virus speaking. "Damn virus...speaking stupid Spanish..." he grumbled, crossing his arms over his chest. He really needed to learn it.

Cell: *stared at him for a while then grinned* Muerte a todos los seres humanos *takes out a canister n sprayed himself with something, slowly revealing himself to be a HIV virus*

Ozzy looked up before his eyes widened, stepping back when the new virus appered. "W-wha... he was a virus!?"

Thrax: *grins* Yup. In the flesh. Tht was the password tht has been handed dwn frm every generation since the first viral existence so as to recognize friend or foe. I see u must hv conjured up some concoction to conceal ur nature

HIV: Yup. A family remedy. Sorry it only works on ppl like me tho.

Thrax: No big *high-fives him*

Ozzy looked back and forth between the two before pouting. "So? Is he one?" the cell asked, crossing his arms over his chest, grumbling to himself.

Thrax: Since he knws the password, he definitely is friend. Thrax Roja, Red Death

HIV: Sanchez Helios, HIV virus. Pleasure to see a fellow virus aftr so long being in here. *noticed Oz n bends dwn to him* N who's this lovely T4 cell here?

Thrax: *carries Oz like someone would a child* This is my mate, Osmosis Jones. Former immunity white blood cell, n hiding in his backpack is Nessie, a germ dog

Ozzy jumped and stepped back, frowning at the HIV virus before he gasped out when he was picked up, growling at Thrax softly. Whining, he covered up the virus mouth. "Shut up..." he groaned, pouting as the information spilled.

Sanchez: Ah, a shy one too. So cute. He's rather beautiful for a former immunity. Ur good looks r wasted on the law

Thrax: Tht's wht I've been trying to tell him *chuckles*

Ozzy blinked in surprise before his eyes widened as his cheeks started to stain red. Glaring at the HIV virus, he looked away, grumbling about not being cute or beautiful and liking working for the immunity as he attempted to get out of Thrax's hold, hiting at his hand.

Thrax: *barely felt it as he continued to talk to Sanchez* So, u said u been here for a while. How so?

Sanchez: Got injected in via shared needle. This city of Maverick is not exactly a clean slate anyways. Typical drug junkie n all

Ozzy groaned and wriggled around in the virus' hold before pausing. Why was he doing this? Closing his eyes, he turned to jelly and slipped from the hold, stumbling as he reappeared beside him, morphing back to normal.

Sanchez: *sees the move* Wow. U reli r a white blood cell. Nice morphing skills. Does he do tht often?

Thrax: Only wen he's in a naughty mood. So u got some plc we can bunk in the meantime? We need the hideout before we take dwn the city

Sanchez: U? Take dwn the city? On my turf?

Ozzy huffed and crossed his arms over his chest. "I'm not in a naughty mood! I just have legs, I can stand by myself." he huffed, glaring up at him before blinking as he felt the air change between the virus'.

Thrax: C'mon. U knw ur job is basically weakening the immune system, which means taking out the immunity so tht u could make way for ppl like me.

Sanchez: I didnt get in here to kill this body for mths to hv someone coming into my turf

Ozzy sighed and hung his head, shaking it. "Stupid virus'..." he grumbled softly, turning and walking off, wandering around the resturant. "Always fighting for turfs..." he grumbled and roled his eyes.

Thrax: N I can kill this body off in a mere seconds. U can go find some other body to infect n work ur slow way on it. U knw the drill. Ur the kind tht weakens the immune system so ppl like me can come in

Sanchez: Give me one good reason why I shouldnt sic my dog at u or rip u apart myself

*as if on cue, a huge HIV dog came out at the area where Oz was abt to enter, growling at him n Thrax. It was the size of a car, huge n abt Sanchez's height as well, baring his fangs at both of them*

Ozzy rolled his eyes at them, getting bored with there childishness. Reaching out, he opened the door to leave the two alone but his eyes widened as he came face to face with the huge dog. Stumbling back, he fell on the floor, gulping hard. "A-ah... nice... nice doggy!" he whimpered, staring up at him, trembling a little.

Thrax: *sees the dog growling at his mate n glared at Sanchez* Get tht mutt away frm my baby or I swear I'll...

Sanchez: Kill me? I'd like to see u try

Thrax: No. But I can do real damage to ur mutt coz I knw wht all HIV viruses' weaknesses

Sanchez: U wouldnt dare!

Thrax: *smirked as he flares his claw* Try me

Ozzy whimpered, scrambling around before trying to shut the door on the HIV dog. "G-go back in your home, good boy..." he whimpered, struggling against the snarling dog.

Sanchez: *glared at Thrax before turning to the dog* Sheba! Bk off!

Sheba: *growled at Oz for a while before stepping aside*

Sanchez: U drive a hard bargain here, Thrax. Wht's in it for me?

Thrax: U wouldnt want a lame ass city like this. U'd want a healthy city, a city where it poses a challenge for u to conquer. Why waste ur time on convicts wen u got wardens?

Ozzy breathed a sigh of relief when the dog backed off, getting to his feet and chewed on his lip, smiling weakly at the dog before backing away to Thrax.

Thrax: *brought Oz close to him, waiting for Sanchez's verdict*

Sanchez: *thought for a while* I guess ur right. Convicts here aint the best city for a challenge anyways. Fine, u win. I let u hv my turf for the moment. U can hang out ard here till then. Just remember to warn me once this city is going dwn

Thrax: Agreed *shook on it, then turned to Oz* U OK, baby?

"B-big... big doggy..." Ozzy finally managed to get out as he pressed back into Thrax, looking over the big HIV virus dog still staring at him.

Sanchez: *came to the dog* Dwn, Sheba. Dwn. U can sleep in my guest room upstairs. Come dwn for ur meal once its closing hours *took the canister n resprayed himself to disguise himself as the muscle cell*

Thrax: *nodded* C'mon, baby. Lets go up *took his hand n led him upstairs*

Ozzy quickly followed after the virus, gulping and soon setting himself on the bed, shuddering. He'd never seen teeth so big before.

Thrax: *put their belongings n took out Nessie, who was still snugly asleep n lay him beside the bed before coming to Oz* There, there, baby. S'ok, I'm here *held him close*

"I-It was going to EAT me!" Ozzy insisted, his eyes widening as he remembered those teeth bared at him. They were nearly as big as him! Shaking his head, he whined softly. "Bad dog... Nessie won't turn out like that, right?"

Thrax: Ness is a germ. He wont get anywhere near his size. U just had ur first encounter with a HIV dog

Ozzy reached down and pulled Nessie up into his arms, whimpering and nuzzling him. "Well, it was a mean HIV dog... And stupid!" he huffed, cuddling Nessie close. "Not like my puppy..."

Thrax: *chuckled* Well, thankfully HIV dogs r HIV viruses' only weakness, which I just exploited. He wont be bothering us for a while

Ozzy blinked and looked up at the virus, still holding the sleeping pup. "Wha... the dog is his weakness? How come?" he asked, looking confused.

Thrax: HIV viruses n dogs r bonded for life since birth. Together, they share the same lifeline n can almost consider immortals among viruses. U can hurt a virus n whack him to pieces, bt he will heal within seconds, bt if u hurt the dog, the injuries will reflect twice as worse on the virus, n if u kill their dog, the virus dies. So basically the dog is their greatest strength n weakness. Vry~
few ppl knw tht secret except among themselves n to vry few other virus species, like me

Ozzy blinked in surprise, nodding slowly as he listening to him. "So... that's why he got protective of him..." he mumbled, gently petting Nessie and sighing. "Still... it's a mean dog..."

Thrax: The dog is just protecting her master as a faithful dog would. U cant reli blame her. Oh, did u knw tht dogs must be bonded to their viruses of the opposite gender? Tht's how I knw tht Sheba is a female

"H-her?! It... it was a girl!?" Ozzy gasped, his mouth hanging open. "Ah... well... I guess I can understand that... since Nessie protects me all the time... when he's not snoozing away."

Thrax: *laughs* I suppose so, bt he'll need more meat in those bones to protect a baby like u

Ozzy huffed at him. "I'm not a baby, and he's awesome enough already! It doesn't matter about the size... it's the spirit... and he has all the will power to protect anyone."

Thrax: Why would u wanna rely on a mutt wen u've got me to protect u, baby? *leans his forehead against the cell, smirking as their lips almost touched*

Ozzy blinked in surprise and flushed as he could feel the hold breath against his lips, gulping and shook his head slowly. "Don't... don't be like this..." he whimpered, keeping Nessie close, telling his body to behave.

Thrax: *chuckles* Dont worry. We're guests here. We cant abuse our host's hospitality by letting him hear our love-making now, can we? Bt I'd settle for a kiss *pressed his lips against his, kissing him deep*

Ozzy blushed darkly and whimpered, shaking his head at him. "N-no... no kisses..." he breathed out, though as soon as those lips pressed against his, his hands gripped at the bed sheets as he moaned, pressing up against the other.

Thrax: *kissing him deeply for the longest time, doing the tongue dance Oz loved vry much before letting go gently* Mmm, tasty. I'll hit the twn for a while, chk out my options. Be a good boy now *ruffled his hair before leaving*

Ozzy panted softly when the kiss was broken, groaning low in his throat as he licked his lips, whimpering lightly. "Nnn..." he watched the virus leave him alone and Ozzy set the pup on the bed before falling back against it with a whine. "Damn kisses!" he huffed and flushed, chewing on his lip. His body was already heating up needily.

Nessie: *a few moments later he got up n saw his new surroundings, whimpering at the unfamilarity*

Ozzy looked up and smiled weakly, gently pulling the puppy onto his chest. "Shh... it's okay Nessie... I'm here..." he mumbled, petting him gently.

Nessie: *calmed dwn once he felt his Mommy's presence, then started familiarizing himself by sniffing abt the plc*

"Don't worry puppy... we're in a safe place..." Ozzy said softly, nuzzling him gently before sitting up. "Want to go see if we can find you some food?"

Nessie: *nodded, then sniffed food tht was coming frm dwnstairs n yapped, racing towards it*

Ozzy gasped out and bolted after the puppy. "N-nessie, wait!" he called out, stumbling, trying to catch him.