Fuck. It's all I can think right now and I repeat it over a thousand times as I make phone calls to every place I've been since I saw Red last. I could very well have left it on the mass transport ship they put me on soon after Red and I parted ways. I could have left on Foodcourtia when we stopped there to refuel. I could have left it when we went shopping or when I was walking through the capital city of Vort.
I've been panicking, looking around like a smeet, clueless, naive and pathetic. When he finds out, he's going to scorn me into an Irken oblivion and he won't be able to get me another. He told me after I lost my last one that they wouldn't issue another contactor after this one. He had given me his new one and he won't be able to upgrade for another ten years! And this is what I do! I still can't update for seven years...
That's when reality sets in and I'm ready to scream and pull my antennae until they come off. I resist the urge to revert back to bad habits and I sit in my voot, curled into a ball. My life is going to change because of this.
I'll still be responsible for conquering planet Akaz, that won't change. I just won't have the ability to have a connection with Red... If I get captured, I'm captured... No escape. The worst could happen. I can't suppress the whimper that comes out… Video transmissions only work when you have the excessively large machine to send and receive them. I'll lose Red. I'll lose the only one who's ever stood by me, especially during moments of extreme stupidity.
When I finally make it back to my base, I make something to eat. I just need to relax and think a bit harder. Don't panic, never panic… That's how you get killed.
I finish making my cupcakes and am ready to finally bite into them when my computer tells me I have an incoming transmission.
"Let it through." I'm still holding my cupcake when Red's face appears on the large screen. He's angry, his eyes near slits, his antennae pressed against his head and his lips pressed tightly together… It's scary.
"I just recieved a transmission.."
I pause for a second, wondering if he'll tell me what he's talking about…. "So did I." I smile. Seeing him makes me forget about the stress…
He doesn't seem amused. "It was from Vort's main City Hall. They've found your PAK's extra-planetary contact attachment."
My smiles gone and I stand there staring at him blankly. "Oh." There's a silence between us and he's thinking a mile a minute, as usual…
It's a relief to hear that they've found it, even if he's angry about it.
"I swear to Irk, Purple, I'm going to sew the damn thing to your face."
"… Are you coming to see me then?"
I smile as he reveals his teeth to me. "I don't have a choice, do I?"
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