Hello my adoring fans and welcome to Subject9: 4 Years After. Those of you who know an Apple device might be be familiar with an app by the name of NARR8. It is a great app that includes many motion comic book series. One of them is a Furry comic called "Subject 9". It tells the story of Rick, a young thief cat who was taken to the secret EXA lab, along with 7 others. This story takes place 4 years after the events of the 4th episode in the series, "Flight". Let's begin.
4 years after the escape events of NARR8's "Subject 9"...
Elmore
9/23/17
Rick the Cat entered his new home in Elmore with his wife, Jess. It has been 4 years since Rick, Jess, and his other friends escaped the EXA facility, and the last time they saw each other. His other friends were Bert the Fox (I believe he is a fox), Shado the Jaguar, the kid twin squirrels Hotty and Coldy, and Tina the Cat (again, I believe she is also a cat). "Jess, can you believe it's been 4 years we escaped the EXA lab?" Rick asked his wife . "Yes. 4 years and you still can't get it out of your head Rick." replied Jess. "Hey, almost getting killed by soldiers for unknown reasons and being fugitives is something that is not easily Jess." said as he put down the last of their stuff on the floor. "Ah, there we go, all our stuff. I'm gonna go take a nap and we'll move things around when I waked up." said Rick. "Fine" answered Jess. Rick went to his and Jess' new room where the empty bed frame was. Rick, being known for being lazy as well, hopped into the empty bed frame and slept on the carpet inside the frame. The other 2 rooms in the house were already set up and decorated to a boys style. The both of them adopted Hotty and Coldy after the escape. The boys were due the next day. Rick dozed off and awoke 3 hours later. Though he didn't wake up naturally. "Rick, wake up. Rick, you idiot, wake up!" shouted Jess quietly. "W-wha, Jess, I told you I was taking my nap." responded a sleepy Rick. "Yeah, well maybe you can sleep through a visit from our new neighbors." said an annoyed Jess. Rick quickly stood up. "Our what?" asked Rick. "Just get dressed and come to the living room, which I took the time to decorate while you were snoring." said Jess. "Ok, be there in a second, babe" said Rick with a chuckle as he made his way to the closet. Rick got into his blue T-shirt and put o n some jeans and headed to the living room. When he walked on, he saw 2 families. The first one consisted of 4 peanuts with antlers. Rick did his best to not look astounded. The second family seemed a little bit more appealing to Rick. It contained 2 blue cats, a tall female and a short male. The other three in the second family were a goldfish, and 2 pink bunnies, one tall, and fat, male, and a really short girl. Rick went to the sofa where Jess was sitting and took a seat next to her."Rick, these are the Wattersons, and these are the Fitzgeralds. They took the time to come visit us." said Jess as she introduced Rick to the two families. Rick just stood there silently, still recovering from his sleepiness. "Hi, you must be Rick." said the female cat, Nicole Watterson, as she stuck her hand out. "Yeah, I'm Rick. You must be Nicole. Jess was telling me about you yesterday evening." responded Rick. "Jess couldn't stop talking about you yesterday when she got her cubicle at the Rainbow Factory next to mine." responded Nicole. "Let me introduce you to my family. This is Gumball, Anais, Darwin, and Richard." said Nicole as she pointed at each member of the family as she got to them. "Hi, I'm Dorothy Fitzgerald," started Mrs. Fitzgerald," this is Donald, Penny, and Margaret." Said Mrs. Fitzgerald as she introduced her family. "Nice to meet you all," said Rick. Mr. Fitzgerald stood up and walked over to Rick. "Hey Rick, wanna go for a walk around the neighborhood?" asked Mr. Fitzgerald. "Sure, I could get to know this place better." answered Rick. "Great. RICHARD! Let's go." said Mr. Fitzgerald, waking up the fat pink bunny, Richard Watterson, who dozed off on the couch during the during the introductions.
20 minutes later...
"And this is the farmers market." said Mr. Fitzgerald, concluding his tour of Elmore to Rick. "Gotta hand it to you Rick, from friend to friend, your wife looks great. But you don't have any kids. What's up with that?" asked Richard. "Actually, we have two kids we adopted arriving tomorrow evening." answered Rick. "Really? What are their names?" asked Mr. Fitzgerald. "Hotty and Coldy." answered Rick. "Those are strange names, don't you think, Rick?" asked Richard. "Oh, trust me fellas, it suits them really well." asked Rick with a smile on his face. "Sounds like you've known these kids, Rick." said Mr. Fitzgerald. "Yeah, me and Jess do." responded Rick. "Well I can't wait to meet them. What did you say their name was, um, Hotty and Coldy?" asked Mr. Fitzgerald. Rick simply nodded. "Well, we should probably get going, guys" said Rick. Rick, Mr. Fitzgerald, Richard started walking along the sidewalk heading back to Rick's house. They talked about sports, music, recent news, you know, small-talk. While they were walking, Rick spotted something in the distance. It was somebody. The person he saw was carrying a gun. It wasn't a cop. He was wearing a high-tech white suit. On the side of the full-face white helmet were the letter, "EXA". "Uh, guys,", started Rick, "I'll be right back, I think I dropped my phone back at the farmer's market.". "Rick, you're holding it in your hand." said Richard. "Right." responded Rick as he put on his sweater's hood. Rick was starting to sweat. He was nervous about the presence of the EXA soldier. What the hell is EXA doing here. Are they looking for me and Jess? You should hear yourself Rick I, sound like a dumbass. Of course they're looking for me and Jess. Steady Rick, steady, just play it cool and walk right past him. thought Rick as they past an entrance to the woods where the soldier was. As they walked past him,, the soldier noticed the three. "General, this is Private Steely, I think I found Rick, may I have permission to engage?" asked the soldier. "Negative, you're not sure if it's even him. Tail hem, but don't let him notice you." responded a man through the headset in the soldier's helmet. The soldier then started to slowly walk through the woods, keeping visual contact with the trio the whole time. Thank God, he didn't notice us. thought Rick as they got to the driveway of his house. They opened the door and walked in and sat down with each of their families. "Well, it was nice meeting you Rick." said Mr. Fitzgerald as he gave him and handshake. "Call me tomorrow when the kids get here." he continued. "Ok, see you Donald." said families started to walk back to their homes when Gumball stopped. "Hey, I think I forgot my phone back at Rick's house." said Gumball. "Okay, hurry up honey." said Nicole. Gumball started to run back to Rick's house when he bumped into the soldier that had been following Rick. "This one looks like he could help me find him." said the soldier and he picked up Gumball and put him on his shoulder. "HELP!" yelled Gumball. Nicole and the rest of the family turned around. "GUMBALL! HEY PUT HIM DOWN!" screamed Nicole, pleading the soldier to put him down. All the screaming called the attention of Rick and Jess. The couple opened their door and walked onto their front porch. "What the-" said Rick as he saw the soldier with Gumball. "Hey, get back here." yelled Rick as the soldier started to walk away. Rick started running, trying to catch up and beat the living hell out of the EXA soldier. He was a paw's reach of distance when the soldier kicked Rick in the stomach, leaving him breathless. Rick fell to the floor, but got up. But when he got up, the soldier was out of sight, it was too late. "DAMNIT! DAMNIT! DAMNIT EXA, CAN YOU LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!?" screamed Rick as everybody caught up to him. "NO, GUMBALL!" sobbed Nicole. "Rick, who's EXA, what's going on here. Do you know anything about this?" questioned Mr. Fitzgerald suspiciously. Rick and Jess both looked at each other. Jess sighed. "I guess we can't hide the secret forever." said Jess. "What secret?" asked Nicole, still teary. "We... we're fugitives. We're fugitives from an organization called EXA. That soldier was from that organization. They took him to see if he knows where me and Jess are." answered Rick. "Where are they taking him?" asked Richard. "Middletown." answered Jess.
Well that's the first chapter of "Subject 9: 4 Years After". I hoped you like it and remember, download NARR8 on you iPad, read the Subject 9 comics, and give them a like on Facebook. As always, this is The Zombie Within, signing off.
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