Since I'm kind of weird, I've seen T.V. show episodes and read fanfics about the one major organ you could lose or have already lost. I made a Lorax/Despicable Me crossover AU. The Wiggins and the Grus are neighbors in Greenville (modern AU as if Once-ler never invented the thneed). I especially wanted to make an interaction between Once-ler and Agnes. They seem like they would make a good bond. Besides, have you seen their pjs? They're almost the same: Once-ler has rabbits and Agnes has bears. Coincidence? I think NOT! (Disney/Pixar Incredibles). I don't own movies. Universal/Illumination does. Enjoy!


It was a fine late spring in Greenville with lots of wildlife in bloom, especially the soft, colorful truffula trees. There're plentiful in the forest outside the city, but there're also growing in the city. That's a good thing because, in the middle of the city, it means good business at the Wiggins' florist shop. You see, the shop was run by an old lady named Norma Wiggins, her daughter, Helen, and her two grandsons: twenty-one-year-old Once-ler and twelve-year-old Theodore, or Ted for short. The shop was run by every Wiggin generation, in which they all worked together in the shop.

The day was finally done as dusk was ending. The family were gathered at the dining room, having steak with mashed potatoes and gravy Helen made. They were all enjoying it, but Helen noticed something wrong. The rest of their plates were almost finished except Once-ler's. It looked like he didn't have that many bites.

"Once-ler, honey, everything alright?" Helen asked. "It's like you haven't started eating."

"I'm fine, mom," Once-ler said, "but somehow, I'm not feeling hungry today."

"Once-ler? Not hungry?" His brother asked jokingly. "That's a first."

Helen had an assumption. "Well I think it's because you didn't have a good breakfast. You only had a few bites of the flapjacks and that's it."

Ted agreed. "Come to think of it, Mom's right. Normally you would tear them up like a vulture."

"And you look a little drained," their grammy said noticing that tired look in his face. "Are you sure you're ok?"

"I'm sure," Once-ler tried to assure them. "Maybe I didn't sl-" At that moment, he was cut off when he felt a cramping feeling in his abdomen. He bent over, one of his arm clutching it, the other on the table, and winced and lightly groaned in pain, closing his eyes tightly.

The others' senses immediately jumped. Ted was the first to get to his side with concern. "Dude, are you alright?"

"It's this pain in my stomach," his big replied, gently rubbing his pelvic area.

"When did it started?" Norma asked.

"Since the afternoon. I didn't say anything cause I thought it's probably some cramp or something."

"Did you at least take anything for it," questioned Helen.

"Twice in one day." Suddenly, nausea was starting to hit in the pit of his stomach. A fiery chunk shot up his mouth, but he held it closed in time, with his cheeks puffed up.

"Are you gonna-?" Ted didn't finish his sentence as Once-ler ran out of his seat, ran up the stairs, not seeing the others get up, and into the bathroom. Before Ted could look inside, he heard him barf, which made his grimace by the sound of it. The two ladies caught up and saw him hovering over the toilet, looking like a miserable mess with him spitting what was left of the bile and he was almost pale.

"Sweetie, your mother and I know cramps," Norma told him with a little sass, "but that is not it."

Helen's motherly instincts knew something was up. Despite the smell of vomit, she went inside and felt his forehead. "You are running a fever. I don't think you're in good shape to make a delivery for the Grus."

"But I've promised Gru's family a delivery tomor-" His own sick feeling cut him off as he hurled another load.

"Speaking of 'buts' young man," she asserted, "Yours should be straight in bed to rest this nastiness off. I'll inform them tomorrow that they'll pick them up instead."

He wanted to protest, but he knew she was right. If he excreted himself, who knows what would happen, so he went out, with Ted following him, into their bedroom.

It was a rough night for him. Ted could sleep, but he couldn't. At one point, he went to bathroom and took some medicine to ease the pain and help him sleep, if it could. Plus, he knew Agnes was waiting for him tomorrow. She really liked him. Knowing he couldn't come, he was worried that she would be disappointed. All he could do was wait to get better, hopefully, and try to explain to her what happened to him. With the medicine kicking in, he was able to get some sleep.