Hello everyone! I feel like it's been FOREVER since I last posted a fic up, and I missed writing so badly! Anyhow, I suppose you all know what happens next… Introducing Marvin and Lilly! Enjoy.
"Come on Marv… pleeeeeease?" Lilly's voice insistent.
"Absolutely not Lilly! I refuse to be humiliated in such a way!" Marvin proclaimed as he marched down the hall, his hands clasped behind his back.
"Aw come on pal… oh buddy, ol' friend, oh compadre of mine!" She pleaded, her eyes wide with earnestness.
"Lilly…"
"Please?"
"Lilly for the last time! I refuse to sing AND record a, oh what's the name of that band again… Beatles or whatever medley with you! I have more important matters to attend to," he said turning swiftly on his heel to walk away from her.
"Ah stick-in-the-mud." She coughed.
"What was that?" His head turning ever so menacingly.
"Oh, uh, nothing Marv. Nothin' at all." She smiled a sweet innocent smile. Marvin rolled his eyes, and turned once again to continue his journey down the long red hallway, Lilly swiftly tagging along.
"I must say Lilly, I never thought anyone could outmatch my passion for singing but… you have proved me incorrect."
"Eh what can I say?" Lilly said, leaning nonchalantly against the wall. "I just gotta, you know… get my voice heard!"
"Oh believe me, you do that... much more than is necessary," his voice lowered muttering the last part with disdain.
"Well soooorry that I love to talk so much. You know maybe if you talked a little more some times—"
"A Commander knows his place," he said sternly. "Lilly let me give you a piece of valuable knowledge."
"Oh boy…"
"In life—"
"Here it comes." Suddenly there was silence. Lilly tilted her head up to see a more than displeased Martian, fists clenched and non-existent brows lowered.
"Eh hehe," her laugh hesitant, "sorry."
"Oh forget it," Marvin said flippantly. "You'll learn someday Lilly that silence can be valued." Lilly stood there, ready to retort to his snide comments when suddenly an alarm sound rang through the halls.
"Oh dear! An emergency message from the Queen." Marvin exclaimed as he dashed down the hall to the deck. Lilly registered the sound for a moment, before lowering her eyes in boredom and shrugging her shoulders.
"Great… wonder what the BIG emergency is this time," her voice dripping with sarcasm. She slowly made her way to the deck only to find Marvin standing rigid before the monitor of the Queen.
"Commander! An urgent threat has come from Professor Kinesis!" The Queen exclaimed with great urgency.
Oh great. This clown. Lilly thought to herself. The newest "villain" (if he could even be called such) on the market was the biggest joke around. Lilly had had the misfortune of discovering this when she had intervened into one of Marvin's missions several months earlier. The "mad professor" had created a device that would supposedly suck all the color from the world, therefore driving everyone into a great stage of depression.
However when Lilly had attempted to destroy the contraption (attempting to help her friend) he fired the machine on her. Fortunately it didn't work correctly— unfortunately it also backfired, firing purple goo all over Lilly. It had taken her nearly 3 weeks to get all of the purple gunk out of her hair.
But that wasn't the only thing bugging Lilly. She was rather distraught by the fact that the Queen had not only assigned Marvin to this joker, but had done so consistently. In fact this was the seventh mission the Queen was asking Marvin to handle involving this pathetic excuse for a villain… Marvin was clearly above the standards of Professor Kinesis.
"What a joke." Lilly mumbled to herself, her arms crossed over her chest, and her back against the door frame.
"Professor Kinesis has threatened to destroy all of Mars with his latest device."
"Oh dear! A serious threat indeed my Queen."
A soft, almost inaudible, "pfft" came from Lilly.
"He says that unless 8 trillion astro dollars are handed over to him immediately, all of Mars will be destroyed… in one week."
"The fiend! Wait… why one week?" Marvin's anger suddenly turning to confusion.
"Does it really matter Commander?!" The Queen said angrily.
"Oh no, of course not my Queen. It just seems uhm… well…
"Not credible?" Lilly, again, mumbled inaudibly to herself.
"It just seems what Commander?" Her voice teasingly on the verge of rage over the small rebellion of questions. Marvin quickly shrunk back realizing his mistake in his "defiance" towards her, and quickly tried to reprimand the situation.
"Nothing my Queen. I apologize for my insolence." Marvin said, sincerely, taking a low bow before the screen. Lilly couldn't help but roll her eyes.
"Commander, this is a serious matter. I'm counting on you to handle it well, which I trust you can?" She said leaning in slightly. Marvin quickly nodded his head.
"Of course my Queen."
"Good. I'll expect a full report from you. And remember Commander—this mission is of the utmost importance.
"Pfft yeah right!" Lilly said. Suddenly she froze. She realized she hadn't mumbled that time. She looked up to see both Marvin and the Queen looking at her. She first glanced at the Queen, who's look of rage was undeniable. But then she looked at Marvin's face, which made her cringe inwardly. It was look the crossed between bewilderment, disappointment and anger, an emotion Lilly couldn't described, and would have preferred not to see.
"Is there something you wish to say… girl," the Queen's words stinging and sharp, yet in way almost eloquently spoken. Lilly wanted to raise her voice, but looking at Marvin advised her otherwise. So she bowed her head lowly almost whispering,
"No your majesty." The Queen gave a look of belittlement; first at Lilly, then at the Commander.
"Goodbye Commander. Good luck on your mission," and with that the screen flickered blank. There were several moments of unbearable silence. Lilly rubbed her arm sheepishly as her eyes glanced up at Marvin.
"Marvin I—"
"Don't bother Lilly," his tone solemn. He roughly brushed past her as he made his way down the hall to the smaller ships.
"Nice going big mouth." She muttered angrily at herself. "Marvin!" She yelled out his name desperately as she ran down the hall trying to catch up with him. Finally she managed to gain some speed on him. As she walked quickly, just trying to keep at the same level with him, she tried to explain her actions.
"Marvin I didn't mean too—I mean I--- what I'm trying to say is—"
"Spare you voice Lilly. I wouldn't want your throat to get sore," his words oozing with snide ness and insincerity. Lilly sighed as she followed Marvin down to the loading and cargo bay.
"X-25!" He yelled, his voice echoing through the large area.
"Yes Commander?" A voice replied.
"Prepare me a ship. For one," he emphasized, eyeing Lilly crossly.
"Uhm, of course right away Commander." Marvin did his best the turn away from Lilly.
"Oh come on Marv don't be like that! Even you gotta admit, this mission is a joke!"
"No mission is ever a joke Lilly," his tone still stern.
"But Marv this guy's a loser—I mean, he couldn't make toast! He couldn't even make burnt toast! He'd probably under cook it!" Lilly almost yelled. Marvin looked at her with a slight hint of bewilderment. "I just don't understand why you get the lame missions while Generals under you are getting to catch real bad guys."
"Lilly your behavior is unacceptable. I'm quarantining you to the ship." Suddenly, Lilly's eyes lowered and her hands flew up in the air dramatically.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Who made you in charge of me?! You can't keep me here!" She shouted.
"Oh can't I," a small smirk moving across Marvin's face. He pushed a button on his cuffling, and suddenly a thick plate glass wall merged from the ceiling and between them, cutting almost the whole room in half.
"Hey! What the—Marvin the Martian you lift this immediately! Do you hear me! MARIVN!" Unfortunately Lilly's screams of protest couldn't be heard through the thick glass. Marvin stood there, arms crossed in amusement, as Lilly pounded on the glass and made large gestures to go with her noiseless rantings.
"Finally some peace and quiet." Marvin said as he looked at Lilly. She suddenly stopped and her eye level dropped into an un-amused look as she realized what was going on. Marvin couldn't help but smirk a little.
"Your ship is ready Commander."
"Thank you X-25," Marvin said plainly as he entered the ship. "Oh, and X-25…"
"Yes Commander?"
"Make sure Lilly doesn't do anything… reckless."
"Um of course Commander," and with that Marvin slipped into the small Martian vessel, and quickly took off into the black space, leaving only a trail of smoke behind. Lilly stood there, almost in disbelief that Marvin had stood by so carelessly and ignored her.
"Oh miss Lilly…" X-25 said, her monitor moving more closely to the distraught Martian girl. "The Commander doesn't mean to be so, I mean, he just—"
"Oh don't worry X-25. You don't have to explain for Marvin."
"Oh. What a relief."
"Yeah… I don't even know why he bothers quarantining me. I mean doesn't he know that I can totally bust out of here." Lilly said eagerly running close to one of the control pads.
"D-d-do w-what miss Lilly?" However a reply never came for X-25. All she heard was the tapping of keys, and suddenly the glass wall rose back up into he ceiling. X-25's monitor looked up in awe.
"W-wait one moment! You know how to override the security system?!" X-25 proclaimed with disbelief. Lilly simply shrugged.
"Oh yeah, and this is nothin'! I'm working on overriding the lock Marvin puts on the food cabinet after midnight too. Well gotta go!" And with that Lilly dashed into a spaceship.
"Wait! Miss Lilly, you can't go!" The monitor pleaded as it stretched all its way out to the ship. "Miss Lilly!"
"Just relax X-25… it's just like any other mission… Marvin goes, tells me not to follow, but I do anyway, and in the end everything's okay. What's gonna go wrong?" X-25's monitor went blank, and Lilly simply rolled her eyes.
"Toodles!" And with a small wave, she pushed the lever up, and followed Marvin's smoke trail into space.
Okay, starting out pretty typical, but I promise it'll get more interesting! R & R!