Next Up, Military School
Zarbon was still a child, although he was going through an awkward phase in his life, puberty! Although he was not bulky or tall yet, he was getting there, very slowly. At least he lost all that fat off his body when he was a young boy; perhaps Freezer spoiled him too much with sweets.
Zarbon was in the dining room with Freezer alone, he was only fourteen years old, he had to dress elegantly in Freezer's presence or else Freezer would get mad at him, Freezer was after all his adoptive father, master and predecessor. He was sitting at the table staring at a salad that was made for him, "Freezer you expect me to eat this?" Zarbon asked confused.
"Yes I do, you need to grow strong and bulky, since those steroids didn't seem to have much of an effect," he said.
Not that Freezer knew, but Zarbon flushed them down the toilet, because he did not trust what Freezer gave to him, Freezer was a psychopath how could anyone trust him? Zarbon began to laugh at the idea of him flushing his steroids down the toilet, Freezer turned to him, "What's so funny?" he asked.
"Oh nothing, so anyways why did you call me in?" he asked. "I called you here today because I would like to tell you a few things, first of all, your best friend and ex girlfriend Liya is getting married," Freezer said.
"What? She's only fourteen just like me." Zarbon said.
"Well we had to get her married off, because she did something really reckless and impulsive." Freezer said closing his eyes with irritation.
"What did she do?" asked Zarbon.
"She'll tell you herself, anyways she's going to marry that Carpathian Prince and she's going to live in his house, for now." Freezer said.
"I should at least go and help her pack!" Zarbon said about to get up.
"Not so fast! Sit down; I need to tell you something else." Freezer said.
"Am I getting married too?" Zarbon asked innocently gulping.
Freezer laughed, "Absolutely not, you're going to military school my boy to become a solder and a general!" Freezer said.
Zarbon's eyes grew wide, "But Freezer I hate algebra, and I'm terrible at geometry!" Zarbon said.
"Look you've been nothing but a spoiled brat and its time that I quit going easy on you and get your ass out of the palace! All you do is run around, sleep and eat! You need exercise, not that Shasha training you wasn't enough." Freezer said, but seriously, Freezer did not go that easy on Zarbon like he said he did, he was just getting a little harder on him was all.
"That's why I take gymnastics and karate!" Zarbon said.
"Zarbon you're going to school and that's final!" Freezer said.
"Oh bollocks!" Zarbon said.
"Watch your tongue young man!" Freezer said.
Liya was in her room packing her stuff, well not all of it, only the things that she needed, Zarbon zoomed into her room like there was no tomorrow. "Liya, where are you going?" asked Zarbon.
"I have to get married to a Carpathian prince that I don't even like." She said annoyed.
"Why? What happened? " Zarbon asked.
"Well to make a long story short, I thought he was attractive, he came to planet Freezer to do some business with Freezer, and he saw me and I saw him, I thought I loved him at first sight, then it happened." She said.
"What?" asked Zarbon.
"I got drunk and slept with him, this is the first time I've lost my virginity, to someone that I just met, although he's the same species as I am." She said.
"You're lucky, I lost my virginity to Freezer and I didn't have a choice!" Zarbon said.
"I'm not so lucky." She sighed.
"What do you mean?" Zarbon said.
"Based on that night, I got pregnant and now I'm with child." She said.
Zarbon's eyes grew wide, "No offence Liya, but you're too young to be a mother," Zarbon said.
"I know I am I'll be taking time off to raise a family." She said.
Zarbon sighed, "But Liya, what about us," he asked.
"Zarbon dear, I will always have a special place in my heart for you, but since our species aren't close enough to mate, I can't be with you." She said.
"But Liya…." He said hurt.
"Sorry Zarbon that's the way it's supposed to be. I don't have a choice in the matter, Freezer won't let me get an abortion, and he's against abortion, sort of." She said.
Zarbon then thought of a clever idea, "Maybe we can get you that abortion!" he said.
Liya's eyes grew wide, "Its illegal, I'm not allowed to..."
"No I can operate on you!" Zarbon said.
Next thing you know, Liya was lying down on the table with a sheet over her, while Zarbon dressed up like a doctor with a mask on. He was looking at an anatomy book, "Are you sure this is a good idea? You're not a physician!" Liya said.
"But I'm a quick learner! Ok I think I got it all figured out," Zarbon took a knife and lifted up the sheet.
Now Liya was scared, "Zarbon aren't you supposed to put me to sleep first?" she asked.
"Yah, yah in a moment, I just want to get a last look at you before I attempt anything." He said.
"It's not like we're playing doctor like we used to, this is an actual operation that has to take place! There is a living thing inside of me!" she yelled about to cry.
"Here we go, wait a minute let me put on that propofol first." He said turning the switch on, the machine would not start up. "Never mind I'm going to have to do it to you awake." Zarbon said.
"Oh God!" said Liya.
Zarbon lifted the sheet up again, "I can't do it!" he said.
"Why not?" asked Liya.
"Because there is a living thing inside of you," Zarbon said crying.
"Just do it you bomb happy idiot!" Liya yelled impatiently.
"Ok, ok, I'll do it, but I'm not going to like it!" Zarbon lifted the sheet up again, then all the sudden Dodoria walked into the room and stared at Zarbon and Liya, they looked back at him and smiled, "Hello Dodoria, we were playing doctor!" Zarbon said.
Freezer was pissed off at Zarbon, "Zarbon I can't tell you how disappointed I am in you!" he said.
"But I was just trying to help Liya out so that she didn't have to raise a child that she didn't want." He said innocently.
"You've gone too far, abortion is against the law, I'm sending you to military school tomorrow, pack your things, you're going!" he said.
"No!" yelled Zarbon.
"Yes! You're going to like it there, and you'll be happy there!" Freezer said.
"I'm not going!" Zarbon said.
Next day Zarbon had his stuff packed and he went to military school. The first day of school was horrible, everyone wore school uniforms, and Zarbon's hair was in a braid.
He just sat there in class all quiet while the teacher was lecturing, and some of the kids, who were regular changelings, Freezer's species, crumbled up a piece of paper and threw it at Zarbon's head. Zarbon turned around that they were giggling at him, he just turned back around, this was the first time he has been around so many students, other than private tutoring with Liya, and he was just painfully shy.
General Corm, who happened to be Freezer's general, but did not live in the palace, he taught strategy class. He was a hard man, and he was a changeling just like Freezer, in fact, there were more changelings then primal changelings, Zarbon was just another minority that would have it hard.
That same changeling kid threw another wad of paper at Zarbon's head, Zarbon then turned around, "Will you cut it out, I'm trying to learn!" yelled Zarbon in a cracked voice.
The kids laughed at him, General Corm then walked up to Zarbon, "Is there a problem son?" he asked.
"No sir, except I'm a little bit distracted by that guy over there!" he pointed to that changeling kid that threw the wad of paper at him.
"Aztec may I see you after class? Report to the front of the room, front and center!" General Corm said.
"You're going to die after class!" yelled Aztec looking at Zarbon.
"Oh I'm really scared!" Zarbon said sarcastically rolling his eyes.
After class Zarbon walked into the hallway going to his locker, then all the sudden Aztec pounded him into the locker, "So you got something to say to me?" asked Aztec!
"What are you talking about I have done nothing to you!" Zarbon said looking angry.
"Why don't you feel the wrath of my fist punk?" Aztec said about to punch Zarbon.
"You will do no such thing!" he then grabbed his fist quickly, swung him by the wrist, and then threw him into the other lockers. Zarbon then closed his locker door and ran fast and then ran into somebody and fell down.
"Are you all right?" asked a girl about his age, he looked up and saw what appeared to be someone of his own species, she had beautiful purple eyes, with thick black hair and those full lips, she had turquoise skin just like he did, although she was taller than him. Zarbon was in heaven, he has never seen such a beautiful young woman in all his life, well other than his own mother, but that was back when he was a little kid, barely even four.
"I'm fine," he said ecstatic.
"Here let me help you up," she then took him by the hand and helped him up.
"Wow what are you, I mean what's your name?" he asked excited.
"I'm Dashanya, but people call me Dasha" she said in a proper English sounding accent.
"Wow I'm Zarbon, I'm new here!" he said.
All the sudden someone picked him up, "What's going on?" asked Zarbon.
"It's payback time!" yelled Aztec he then threw Zarbon into a locker.
"Oh bollocks!" Zarbon then knocked out cold.
When Zarbon woke up he was in the nurse's office, "Where am I?" asked Zarbon.
"You're in the nurse's office," Dashanya said.
"What happened to Aztec?" Zarbon said.
"Don't worry I took care of him, he made a bad boyfriend anyways." She said.
"Wait Aztec is your boyfriend? Oh bollocks!" Zarbon said.
"Correction ex boyfriend, you're my new boyfriend now." She said.
"Cool," Zarbon said with a smile on his face.
After the nurse treated Zarbon's bruises, he and Dashanya went to a field where they were running and having fun, then Zarbon jumped on her and they rolled down a hill together. They were laughing and having a good time, and then they sat in the field looking up at the sky, "Wow this has been the best day of my life," Zarbon said.
"I know I wish everyday could be like this one!" Dashanya said.
"Hey Zarbon I have a question, are you a virgin?" asked Dashanya.
"Excuse me, but what is a virgin?" asked Zarbon.
"Someone who hasn't had sex before," Dashanya said.
"Sorry to ask but is sex when someone sticks his penis in someone's butthole?" asked Zarbon.
Her eyes grew wide, "What in the world? I was talking about sticking a penis in a vagina, for instance I have a vagina I think you have a penis. " Dashanya said.
"Well yet that's true, but I don't really do anything with it except pee out of it." Zarbon said.
"Look lets go back to my house so I can see your penis, here I'll show you my vagina." She took her pants off to show Zarbon.
"Wow amazing!" he said.
"Now I will show you my boobs!" she then took her school shirt off and then her bra.
"Wow what knockers!" Zarbon said.
"Now you show your penis to me!" she said. Zarbon then looked at the ground and then looked sad, "What the matter, are you too chicken?" she asked.
"No I just don't know if it's such a good idea, Freezer says if I have sex with a woman then he'll murder me." He said.
"You live with Freezer? Boy do I feel sorry for you! Freezer is the most hated man on the planet! You should come and live with me!" she said.
"Well I can't I… I mean it's too soon and I…" he looked at her and she glared at him.
"You love me don't you?" she asked.
"Yes I do, I mean I just met you, and you are my species, but at the same time…" she interrupted him.
"Let's go!" she took him by the hand and took him to her house. They got to her house, her parents were not home and Zarbon saw her father's workout set.
"Wow cool your dad lifts weights?" he went over to her dad's weight set and started lifting weights.
"Yah about that, my dad doesn't like it when anyone touches his weights." She said she took him to her room.
"Now will you show your penis to me!" she asked.
"Ok sure, nobody is here are they?" he asked, she looked at him.
"No, but I want to see your penis." She said.
"Ok fine hold on," he then took his pants off and his underwear and showed her his penis.
"Wow," she said. All the sudden her mother came into the room and saw that Zarbon was with his pants and underwear down, she screamed.
"Get out of here away from my daughter!" she took a broom and started hitting him with it.
"Please madam all I was doing was showing her my penis!" he said.
"Get out!" she yelled, and then Zarbon ran out of the house back to the palace.
Back at the palace, he closed the doors to his room shut and he ran to his bed and started crying, there was a knock on the door, it was Freezer, he opened the door. "How was your first day of school Zarbon!" he asked.
"It was terrible, this guy picked me up and threw me into the lockers, and then I met this really pretty girl, who was my species, and she showed me her breasts and vagina and then I showed her my penis and….." Freezer interrupted him.
Freezer's eyes were wide, "Report to my office front and center!" he yelled.
Zarbon was in his office, "Now Zarbon I sent you to military school for an important reason, you want know what the reason was?" he asked.
"Yes to become a general," he said.
"So why the hell are you screwing around with a girl! Damn it Zarbon, you're not supposed to have sex with women!" he said.
Zarbon blushed, "I didn't want to, she wanted to have sex with me!" he said.
"No excuse, next time you go to school tell your little girlfriend to stay away from you and that you have better things to do." He said.
"But nothing happ…" Freezer once again interrupted him.
"Do it!" he yelled.
"Yes sir." Zarbon said sighing.
Next day at school, Dashanya went up to Zarbon in the hallway, "Hello."
"Hello." He said back.
"Yesterday was really awkward wasn't it?" she asked.
"Yah I don't think I ever want to do that again." Zarbon said.
"So you want to go to a movie this weekend?" she asked.
"But I have to do homework, I can't be hanging out with anyone, Freezer said so." He said.
"What did you tell him yesterday?" she asked.
"Uh nothing, I just said that I met a nice girl and he told me that I couldn't hang out with you." He said nervously.
"Studying is so boring, why would you even stoop to such a thing?" she asked.
"Because I want to have a good life, education can be the key to success, quote by Nelson Mandela!" he said.
She looked at him funny, "I don't know who Nelson Mandela is, but you're coming to the movie with me and that's final!"
Zarbon looked at her funny, "But…"
"No buts, you need to have fun, you're much too boring!" she said.
"I most certainly am not!" he said.
"Then come to the movie," she said.
"All right, all right, I just have to find a way to sneak out." He said.
Next night he snuck out, telling Freezer that he was much too sick to be at dinner, Kiwi and Apple helped him out, Apple pretended to look after him in bed whereas Kiwi hid under the covers pretending to be Zarbon.
Meanwhile Zarbon was at the movie with Dashanya they were watching a horror movie, it was scary, while Dasha was enjoying the movie, Zarbon hid under his jacket. "What's the matter? Don't you like the movie?" she asked.
"No I hate movies like that," he said.
"I got a great idea, let's sneak into another movie and watch it," she said.
"But that's illegal, that's not right," he said.
"Let's do it, we're not going to get caught or anything." She said.
"Ok fine." They then went into another movie, it was a romance movie, and there was a bunch of kissing on the screen.
Dasha was bored, "You call this cinema!" she asked.
"I think that's really sweet that they love each other, I wish someone would love me like that." Zarbon said.
"Oh you're such a pussy! Come on let's get into another movie!" she said.
"That doesn't sound like such a good idea…" before Zarbon could finish she grabbed him by the arm and took him into another movie, it was an action flick this time.
As they were watching it, she grabbed him and kissed him on the lips and he kissed her back. "Let's go this movie is boring!" she said.
"Yah you're right, maybe tonight wasn't a good night for a movie." He said.
"No we're going to go to one of those foreign flicks." She said.
"I don't even like foreign movies!" Zarbon said.
They were about to walk into the theater, then all the sudden the ticket person stopped them, "Just a moment there!" he yelled.
"Uh oh." Zarbon said.
"Show me your tickets," he said.
"We don't have tickets," Zarbon said.
All the sudden the ticket guy got onto his radio, "Yep we have a couple of juvenile delinquents going in and out of different movies, you're coming me!" he said.
They were at prison behind the bars, "I can't believe that we got put into jail! I told you this was a horrible idea!" Zarbon said.
"I suggest we get someone to bail us out." Dashanya said.
"Good idea, I'll call Kiwi and see if he can come and get me," Zarbon said.
The police officer let Zarbon use the phone and he called Kiwi, "Hello Zarbon's room." He said.
"Kiwi you need to bale me out!" he said.
"Where are you?" he asked.
"I'm in jail, I'll explain the whole story later…." Zarbon said.
"Hold on we're coming…" Freezer interrupted Kiwi by coming into the room with a bowl of soup.
"Zarbon the cook made you some soup, you need to eat it!" Freezer said.
Kiwi was under the covers, oh God he had to mimic Zarbon's voice, so that is what he tried to do, "Sorry I'm pucking really badly!" he said in a horrible proper English voice.
"Nonsense I don't hear gagging." Freezer said.
Kiwi started to fake gag, Apple could not help but laugh. "What's so funny Apple, as you can see the boy is clearly sick!" Freezer asked.
"That's not it, I just heard this really funny joke today and I…"Freezer interrupted Apple.
"Tell me it!" Freezer said.
"Oh boy how did that go again? Oh why did…."
Freezer interrupted him, "There is no joke is there?" he asked.
"Of course there is it's just that you interrupted me!" Apple said.
Freezer pulled the covers up from Kiwi; Kiwi was still fake pucking only to find out that Freezer was right next to him. "Kiwi that's got to be the most pathetic act you've put on since you tried out for that one movie." Freezer said.
Oh did we tell you, Kiwi wanted to be in a commercial for a propaganda campaign that Freezer lounged, sadly he did not get the part.
"Where is Zarbon? Tell me or I'll kill you right now!" yelled Freezer.
"He's in prison!" Kiwi said.
"Why?" asked Freezer.
"He didn't say but we have to bail him out!" Kiwi said.
"I got a better idea, we'll let him spend the night in jail then we'll get him in the morning, I'm going to bed!" with that Freezer went straight to bed.
The next morning the officer came into the room, "Zarbon your friends are here to bail you out." He said.
"All right!" Zarbon was excited, that was until Freezer showed up with Kiwi and Apple. "Oh no!" he said.
"Well, well how did you manage to get yourself into this mess Zarbon?" Freezer asked.
"It wasn't my fault…." He said.
"Explain later, you're coming home right now!" Freezer yelled.
"Hey what about me?" asked Dasha.
"Sorry bitch but Zarbon is mine!" he yelled and they walked out of the police station.
When they got home, Freezer slapped Zarbon in the face in front of his men, "You little whore, I told you not to go out with that wench and what do you do, you disobey me!" he yelled.
"But I didn't do anything with her, but watch a movie!" he said.
"Oh yah then why did the police tell me that you two were running in and out of different movies without paying for those movies?" asked Freezer.
"We got board, and it was her idea!" Zarbon said.
Dodoria and Shasha started laughing, "Looks like someone is in trouble again!" Dodoria said laughing.
"Zarbon from now on I require an escort with you to school! Kiwi how would you like some time off?" asked Freezer.
"Sure that would be grea….."
"Well then watch over Zarbon while he's at school for me why don't you?" he asked.
"But you said that I could have time off….."
"Thank you Kiwi I appreciate your services to our dear little future ruler of the universe!" Freezer said.
"Rats!" Kiwi said.
Next day at school, everyone was snickering at Zarbon, "Thanks a lot Zarbon, now I can't have any time off!" Kiwi said.
"I think what he meant was time off of going to planets and taking them over." Zarbon said.
"Oh look at Zarbon's new girlfriend I bet you two butt fuck all the time!" yelled Aztec laughing with his friends.
"Look you little twerp I don't even want to be here!" Kiwi said.
"Just ignore him Kiwi, that's what I try to do!" Zarbon said.
"Hey Zarbon are you treating my ex well? Because I'm going to kick your ass if she goes back to jail!" yelled Aztec.
"Shut up Aztec, you know nothing about love!" Zarbon said.
"I think you better watch it kid." Kiwi said.
General Corm walked to the front of the room and looked at Kiwi, "Before we begin class I believe that we have a new student, please stand up whatever your name is." General Corm said.
Everyone looked at Kiwi, "What's everyone looking at me for?" asked Kiwi.
"He thinks you're a new student that's why." Zarbon said.
Kiwi then stood up, "Hello my name is Kiwi, and I'm not really a student." He said.
General Corm glared at him, "So what are you exactly?"
"I'm Zarbon's escort, apparently he's been having some girl trouble and Freezer suggested that I watch him while he was in school to prevent him from talking to girls." Kiwi said.
Everyone started laughing while General Corm rolled his eyes, "Yes Freezer is quite stubborn isn't he? Ok let's begin class. Now we're going to go over some military strategies just like I promised yesterday! Now when you begin this course you'll have to take plenty of notes….." he continued.
Meanwhile Aztec threw a wad of paper at Kiwi, "Zarbon Aztec is throwing a wad of paper at me." Kiwi said.
"Just ignore him." Zarbon said.
Aztec did it again, "Zarbon could you tell him to stop," Kiwi said.
"Kiwi I'm trying to take notes." Zarbon said whispering.
"Ok fine I'll try." He said. All the sudden Aztec threw another wad of paper at Kiwi, "That does it someone is going to get his ass kicked!" yelled Kiwi.
General Corm turned around, "Mr. Kiwi will you please shut up! I'm trying to teach the class and you're becoming a distraction!" he yelled.
"Yes sir!" he said. The general continued, then Aztec threw another wad of paper at Kiwi, "That does it you're going to get it now bitch!" Kiwi got out of his set and started beating the crap out of Aztec.
"Mr. Kiwi, I'm going to have to ask you to leave!" yelled General Corm.
"Fine I'll leave, I'm taking the rest of the day off!" yelled Kiwi. He walked out of the classroom.
At lunch Zarbon sat alone and it appeared that nobody was really his friend now, damn that age was hard for even a human to go through, he felt alone and awkward.
Why did Liya have to get married so early and raise a family? Why did Kiwi have to go off duty so soon, God he was so dumb sometimes.
He just took out his peanut butter and jelly sandwich, which was his favorite type of lunch and started eating it. He then wondered why nobody would talk to him, perhaps his now ex girlfriend was spreading rumors about him, or maybe Aztec was the one who told everyone to stay away from him. "Hey you!" yelled a girl.
Zarbon turned around, "Yes?" he asked.
It was a girl changeling, she was pretty with long purple hair and red eyes, "Why are you sitting by yourself?" she asked.
"Oh I have no friends, and I'm rather shy." Zarbon said.
She looked at him, "Wait here." She said. She then came back with her girlfriends, some of them were primal changelings like Zarbon and some of them were changelings like Freezer.
"We'll sit with you!" one of the primal changelings said.
They then started to sit down next to Zarbon; he began to flush, never before had so many girls surrounded him, he was just so shy he did not know what to think. Then Aztec looked at Zarbon's table, "Hum you know what I've been thinking Armand? There must be something cool about that Zarbon kid for a bunch of girls to go and sit by him." Aztec said.
"I say we join them, I'm not going to let him hog the spotlight." Armand said.
They walked over to Zarbon's table, "May we please sit with you?" asked Aztec.
"As long as you don't pick on me anymore then yes," Zarbon said.
"We won't, we were just messing with you is all," Armand said. They then sat at the table and started eating their lunch with Zarbon and the other girls.
Meanwhile Dashanya looked over at Zarbon and everyone else, she got mad, "Uh men are so stupid, they'll stick together even if it means dumping their girlfriends!" she then furiously took her lunch outside, by herself.
End of Story