Hello everyone! I am vert excited for tonight I begin publishing a story that has been more than a year in the making. This Men In Black mass crossover fanfic has been a large collaborative piece coming from the brilliant minds of the talented and accomplished Dalliann, the adept and witty JeeDang2000 and myself Komodithrax. Please visit their deviantart pages to see their works.
Above the main story you may often notice a wordbank. It's use is for those who aren't yet familiar with the crossover universes, help keep track of characters and places and poke a bit of fun at the easter eggs within.
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Furon- A race of aliens from the game 'Destroy All Humans'. They resemble the traditional 'Grey' alien.
Crudia- A planet created by JeeDang2000, inhabitted by the Crudians.
Zulian- A race of aliens created by JeeDang2000. They are a reptilian, cold blooded species covered in thick scales. They have thin tall bodies, long necks and snake like heads.
Hoon'tak- A race of hostile aliens from Men In Black the Series. They were first featured in the episode 'The Hots for Jay Syndrome'.
Koo'lah- Is a Hoon'tak commander in charge of the invasion fleet.
Dilithium- Also known as Radan is an element from the Star Treck universe that is used to control the Warp Drive of modern starships.
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Zed's POV
"Of all the agents ever trained under me, I've never had one that was as difficult as you!" Zed growled and paced the office, his hands twitched in agitation behind his back. He stopped and glared at X. "What do you have to say for yourself?"
With a straight face, X coldly answered. "With all due respect sir, my actions were done in an attempt to apprehend the Furon."
"You call holding another agent as bait an attempt!?" Zed snapped, then he plopped down wearily into his chair. His face was a deep crimson and he clasped his knuckles until they became white.
"I find my idea of holding C was a brilliant move and my part. Why chase down the Furon when we can lure him to us?"
Zed's eyes flashed. "Why!? Because the rules were established to protect our agents not risk their lives. And another thing, what were you thinking when you went off on your own?"
"Sir it was Elle who didn't follow."
"It doesn't matter what happened. What matters is that you broke nearly every rule in the book." Zed sighed heavily and ran a hand through his hair. "We have rules that would keep us from going off the end like you have demonstrated just recently." Gradually Zed recomposed himself. "You're dismissed X, until I figure out what to do with you."
X wanted to protest but found that Zed was too agitated to be bothered. So instead he nodded and left.
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For a while Zed sat in silence, trying to calm his nerves after the tension built. Glancing at his laptop, he wanted very much to contact Lin-Dunn and demand him to send a replacement agent. However, he knew that it was considered an insult to do that according to the Alien Rights Committee and the fact that he couldn't take another partner away from Elle.
A knock came at the door and Elle herself entered carrying a tray with a tea pot, a cup and some painkillers.
"Yes?" Zed demanded. What could it be now?
"I want to apologize for X's behavior sir. I should have watched him more closely." Elle replied pouring him a cup of herbal tea.
Zed waved a hand. "Couldn't be helped. I can't control him myself."
Despite the fact that it was Zed who had assigned X to her in the first place, Elle couldn't help but feel sorry for him. Hopefully some tea would soften his attitude. It seemed there wasn't a single minute of the thirty-seven hour day in which he had to yell at X for every bonehead stunt he did. And it seemed that despite X's big ears, Zed's words went in through one ear and out the other. Now Elle was at a loss at what to say to Zed to explain her partner's irrational behavior.
"Did you make a full report like I asked?" Zed interrupted the awkward silence.
Without a word, Elle handed him the file tucked under her arm. She watched as he onced it and was puzzled when he began suddenly laughing.
"Well, well, looks like our X got the publicity he wanted." Zed snickered. He pulled out the photo of X dangling without his trousers from the Brooklyn Bridge from the file.
"Yep, that's what I call a real inside exposure." Elle laughed. Yep, this would take his ego down a few notches, Elle thought with a smile.
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X's POV
They were all laughing at him. All of them, gossiping about his latest failure. If Agent Jay's latest low score on the V.B.E. wasn't enough to chew on, they had to bring him into it. Well, he'll show them.
X strode through the Commons Area, keeping his eyes down to avoid eye contact with those who were laughing at him. He made his way over to the buffet table. He glanced at the spread before him and grimace in distaste at what was left. All the good stuff was thoroughly picked over, leaving only the more exotic foods. He wouldn't even dream of touching much less eat that garbage.
A male human agent slid next to him.
"Sorry X, you should have gotten here earlier today. They had your favorite, spaghetti in Italian sauce."
X frowned and turned to the large man. "Pity. Well, look in the garbage bin and you might find something to your taste." With that he picked up a Crudian squash and fruit juice, then started to turn and leave.
Suddenly he felt himself being jerked back by the collar.
"Still a smart mouth aren't you?" X felt himself being lifted.
He tried to keep his balance and he glared at his opposition. "I'm warning you small eyes, back off."
"Small eyes? Ha! You're still wearing your human suit. Are you trying to hide your ugly face from your adoring public?" The human shook him and laughed.
That did it. X took the lunch tray and smashed it upon the human's face. A fight broke out between the two.
After several blows and bouts, the fight stopped when Kay and Jay pulled them apart.
"That's enough you two," Kay said. He had to pin one of X's arms to make him hold still.
Then Zed came running in from around the corner with Elle.
Zed sighed and rolled his eyes. "I should have known." He took a step forward. "Okay, what happened?"
"He threw his food on me!" U said quickly. He grimaced at what the juice did to his suit. It would take at least three days of bleaching for it to come out of the shirt.
Zed turned to X. "Is this true?"
"Yes."
"Then you are to go to your quarters without your evening meal."
"But."
"Now!" Zed commanded with a surprisingly harsh tone. His eyes held a look of authority, which dared him to say another word.
Dejectedly, X just kept a straight side as he did as he was ordered.
Elle turned to Zed. "Zed, X may be rash but he wouldn't start a fight without being provoked. What did you do U?"
"I didn't do anything!" He defended. "I don't know why you even agreed to be his partner. You could do a lot better."
"That's enough U. Now tell me what really happened." Zed demanded.
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THE NEXT DAY, Laurel's POV
As Elle waited to be inspected by Zed, she wondered where her partner was. As if he wasn't in enough trouble already. He just had to tick Zed off again. Zed had been hard on him lately, but X had it coming. It would be awhile before Zed would reinstate him with any privileges.
Yet she wondered what had set X off like that yesterday. Agent U was a jerk, but X was could take just as much criticism as he dished out. X wouldn't want to pick fights with a 'primitive' species, but then again he was the hot-headed of the two.
"Elle, may I have a word with you?" Zed walked up to her as the other agents were dismissed. His brows furrowed in confusion. "Have you seen X? I've told him to report to my office this morning but he didn't show up. I sent an agent to search for him but without success."
Elle shook her head. "I haven't seen him either." She didn't like what she heard. Their 'loose cannon' was loose in MIB. "Have you tried tracking him?"
Zed nodded hastily as he answered, "We've tried to by com-link and by witnesses. None of which were useful. X didn't take the van so we're at a dead end there." Zed made his way to the twins with Elle in pursuit. "Inform all units that we are missing an agent. Tell them to interrogate anyone if needed. People we have a wild goose chase on our hands."
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Kay's POV
Kay veered the LTD up in front of the Saucer Lounge. To the normal human eye it would have looked like an abandoned shack. In reality, it was a pub where many of New York's alien species hung out, as well as many of its scum.
Jay looked at his partner in puzzlement. "Checkin' on the latest gossip?"
Kay nodded and added, "On our Agent X. It's one of his favorite spots."
He slipped his Carbonizer into his pocket. Usually he wouldn't need it when visiting a pub like this. But with fights breaking out inside most pubs recently, it felt good to have it by his side.
Jay knocked upon the door and a panel slid aside.
"Whose there?" a low voice called.
Kay peered at the hole. "Easy Sam, it's just us."
Instantly the panel closed and the door opened for them. Sam peered out cautiously. With his luminous black eyes and the fur on his body, he looked like a fisher, with a very similar curious nose and dangerous bite.
"What can I do youse for?" Sam whispered.
Kay peered about him then bent down to the ferret-alien. "We're looking for a MIB agent, Agent X." He pulled out a crumpled photo.
Sam gazed intently at it for a while. His opaque eyelids flickered over the dark cesspools. With a paw, he scratched himself behind his ear. "Gee, Kay, he's certainly not anyone I saw, but that grin."
Without out a word, Kay pulled out a second photo, one which shown X without his human suit. Instantly, Sam eyes widen in terror. He swallowed shallowly and nodded. He answered in a hoarse whisper.
"He walked into my kitchen, complaining about the food I cooked. He said that it was not spicy enough. Then he threatened me, asking that if I was trying to rip him off."
"Sounds like our boy all right." Jay said with a smirk.
Kay ignored the wisecrack and asked if Sam had seen where X had gone.
"Yeah, he tookse a taxi. I hope I never had to seez him again," The alien squeaked. A shiver rippled his fur.
Kay showed the photo with X in his suit. "Did you get the license and did he left wearing this."
Sam shook his mangy head. "I didn't get the number, and I never saw his suit at all."
Jay and Kay thanked him and left.
"Now what?" Jay said as he climbed into the LTD. "There's hundreds of taxis in New York. How are we going to find which one X took?"
"There's hundreds of taxis in New York," Kay started the ignition. "But only at least seventy-five driven by alien cabbies."
"And what makes you think X took one with an alien driver?"
"X wasn't wearing his suit, remember? Driver didn't get frightened. Which means X had the driver arranged to arrive there for him."
Jay sat back in frustration. He had hoped that this would end quickly. X always had to go off and do something foolish, and they sometimes had to be the ones to save his ass. And he never showed any gratitude as well. Their alien agent was more trouble than it was worth to have him.
Suddenly the car screeched to a halt. A dark shape in the alley disappeared into the shadows. Jay instantly wrapped his fingers around the cricket in his breast pocket. Whatever it was in there was huge.
Kay didn't say anything, but took his Carbonizer and cocked it. He got out and Jay followed suit. Cautiously, they walked into a dark alley off the side of the road. Trash cans that lined the walls reeked of the garbage left out for three days. The vile smell stung Jay's nose and he did his best to hold his breath. He turned back at his partner, who had bent down to examine the ground.
"Kay, what is it," he whispered. His eyes darted at the dark corners of the alley.
"Not quite sure." His eyes widened as he looked around. "Careful Slick, we're up against something different"
Jay dared a glance at the patch of broken concrete. The concrete around the edges crumpled away. But smashed concrete always had chips in it. This one didn't. It was as it if the concrete was dissolved into sand. He gripped his cricket tighter and forced himself to breathe normally, or as normally as the garbage would permit him.
A loud clang echoed through the alley when the lid of a trash can fell to the ground. A rat hopped out and hissed at them. Then it scurried into a storm drain.
Jay felt his shoulders loosened. He only let himself relax for a second. That second proved fatal. One second he was hunting for the perp, the next he felt himself being lifted. He heard Kay call for him. Then he felt himself being hurled away and colliding into something. The object let out a grunt and Jay knew he had been thrown into Kay. Pain seared through his body. As he fell, blackness mercifully claimed him.
X's POV
X watched as Central Park pulled into view. Sunset was coming, and only a few joggers were left. He checked his watch. It was eight-fifteen. His transport was due in fifteen minutes. He paid his fare and walked over to the water fountain. Peering about his surroundings, he saw that he was in the clear. He reached into the fountain and grimaced in distaste as the feel of cold and wet water caused his human suit to tingle in discomfort.
X wanted very much to tear off the hideous thing. He wanted to free himself of being trapped in such a puny appearance. He was tired of everyone not taking him seriously. Well that would all be over in just a few minutes. In a few minutes, he would be far away from this miserable rock and back home where he belonged.
That is if he did belong there. No one ever took him seriously there as well. X decided that if things were just as worse back at his planet, he'll just leave and take a grand tour of the galaxy, perhaps working in a trade vessel. But for now, he had to get off this planet.
His finger caught a ring at the bottom of the fountain. With a jerk the water drained away, revealing an open stairway leading down.
X scowled at the disgusting rendezvous point his pilot gave. The sewer was a good place to hide a transport ship but was hard on the Jee'Dangian nose.
He took a few steps inside. The door shut closed and he could hear the water refilling the fountain. Slowly he began to make the decent.
It was eight-twenty five by the time he reached the bottom of the stairs. There a reptilian-like alien slid up to him. It eyes narrowed into slits giving the appearance of a snake about to strike.
"Are you ready to depart?" It hissed.
X nodded and opened a case he had been carrying. "Two-hundred Zulian dollars as promised." He jerked the case away as the trader reached out at it with a voracious claw. "But not until we get to my destination."
The serpent made a small bob with his head, which was the equivalent of the Earth head nod. "But of course." he replied. "However there's a small fee for entering the ship." A rough sound, like the grating of sand paper against wood, came from his rubbing claws.
X sighed and gave him a small bundle of cash. He would pay no matter how much to get away from here.
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The interior of the ship was small and cluttered with trash. Metal panels peeled from the walls and the place reeked of leftovers.
X scoffed at the sight. "So this is first class. I wonder how what coach is like." he muttered.
"It's not much, but its home," his reptilian companion said.
X dropped his human face onto a chair. "Just as long as it doesn't fall apart on us during the flight." He glanced about the ship. "So where are my quarters?"
The Zulian slithered up to a large panel in the wall of the ship. He tapped a code into the lock of the door. 'Access denied.' the computer beeped. The pilot hissed in frustration and slapped at the lock. The door slid open, exposing a room that almost made X think twice of leaving Earth.
X groaned. "Nice...Must be the Presidential Suite." he remarked with a smirk.
The Zulian hissed in anger. "You won't have a flight if you don't stop with your insults. Honestly, it's a wonder how no one ever finished you off on this planet." With that he left.
X shook his head. It was going to be a long trip.
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Kay's POV
Kay tumbled through one nightmare into the next. He fought to awaken himself, but his effort only plummeted him further into the abyss. It was always a different nightmare. Yet all of them followed one common theme. There was always a black creature lurking in the shadows of his mind. Each time he tried to focus upon it, it evaded him, only to reappear in another spot. The next nightmare sequence was when he was only moments away from being eaten by a bug. Just as it was about to drop him into its cavernous gullet, a strange white blaze of light appeared from the sky above. He and the bug paused and stared at the light above. Suddenly, the light intensified, and the light was divided into many hues. Then there was a large explosion of colors. The bug vanished, along with the whole landscape. But just for a blink of second the light broke through the darkness, revealing it occupant, a hideous black wolf. Before the whole scene disappeared, he gazed into a pair of ravenous yellow eyes that were fixed upon him. Then they were gone.
The light dimmed and Kay's vision returned and he found himself staring up at what appeared to be medical light fixtures. The glare of them caused Kay to squint till his eyes adapted. A low baritone voice spoke but Kay couldn't place the source of it.|
"Is he awake?" It asked.
A silence, then an answer came from a too familiar voice. "Yes, he's waking from stasis." It said excitedly.
Kay tried to lift his head, only to be hit by a wave of pain and nausea. Miniature explosions inside his mind forced him to lay back. Kay breathed in shallow breaths, his head swimming from the pain. He couldn't do anything but lie back and listen to the voices around him.
"I wouldn't move too fast if I were you." The familiar voice called to him again. "You wouldn't want to strain yourself."
Kay groaned. "Where's Jay?" he gasped.
"Oh, I wouldn't worry too much about him. He's only in a deep trance, though I would terminate him if need be." A silent chuckle followed. "Ah yes, rookies are just so breakable."
Kay's eyes widen. He knew he heard that voice before. "Alpha."
"The one and only." The voice sounded closer.
Kay craned his neck. The sight that greeted him made him wish he hadn't. Alpha's sinewy body was coated with wires and paneled metal. His once spindly arms were now replaced with robotic attachments that ended with dagger-like claws. His muscular legs had been reinforced with metal structures, his ankles had been replaced with struts. Tubes and pipes entered and exited his body and strange looking gadgets stuck out here and there. What skin remained was sickly green, his right eye had been replaced with an optical sensor, his mouth was curved into a wicked and was filled with jagged teeth.
"My, what big optical sensors you have, Alpha," Kay said flatly. He tried to move but found that his arms and legs were shackled.
Alpha bared his teeth in a menacing sneer. "We are not amused, Kay." He turned to his companion, who stood in the shadows of the ship and had been silent. "Koo'lah, you'll find this one quite exceptional."
The other stepped into the light. Kay automatically recognized him as a Hoon'tak, the same species that had given MIB a Trojan-horse gift in a phony peace treaty meeting.
The Hoon'tak gazed at him and nodded. "He's one with lots of spirit. After working in the Dilithium mines, we'll break it."
"How did you survive and what are you up to now?" Kay demanded, wishing what he had thought of their discussion was wrong.
Alpha let out a throaty chuckle. "Forerunner technology can do marvels and as for my plan I thought you had figured it out by now. I'm planning to sell MIB to the Hoon'tak in the Slave Trade."
Kay's eyes widened. The Hoon'tak , along with a few other barbaric civilizations, who were still very much in the business of selling and trading of slaves, regardless of the rules set by the intergalactic federation. Hoon'tak slave-masters were known for their ghastly abuse of their slaves. Only one out of twenty slaves survived their tortures.
"You're sick Alpha."
"You have no idea how many times I've heard that one before." Alpha hovered above Kay, so close that his putrid breath was unbearable. But Kay didn't notice the stench that surrounded him. Instead he focused upon Alpha's glowing eye and optic.
"Sleep, Agent Kay." Alpha said. Suddenly the pupil in his left eyes shrunk till it became a pinprick.
For some reason, Kay couldn't look elsewhere. Something kept his gaze on those 'eyes'. It was not until Kay realized that Alpha was emitting psychic waves. By that time, it was too late. Kay fell asleep, remembering that yellow gaze in his nightmares.