Things Couldn't Get Any Worse

A Fiction from Aron and Amanda

Part One

In a world where the weird, strange, and unusual was a daily fact of life, things never seemed to end. There was always aliens, always humans, and when the two collided unexpectedly, there was trouble.

Yet in a world where there was trouble when humans and aliens met and knew they were aliens and they were humans, there was one place on Earth where it was nothing more than a coffee break, paperwork, or a meeting. This was Men In Black HQ.

HQ spanned a grand area that was never really totally known to anyone. Not even Zed could really know how far it all ran. From being under LaGuardia airport to popping up in small locations in the city, the MIB were everywhere, all the time. Hallways spanned for eternity in Headquarters.

On this day, humans and aliens met, and it was nothing more than an office meeting. The usual business.

Agent R walked down the hall as his partner complained about paperwork.

"I don't see why we have to even BE there." She grumbled as she checked off some information in her folder. "We've got files to file, and knowing Klah'Mikk, he's just going to lose them before Zed knows it's been done, and THEN we'll hear about it!" she continued. Agent R yawned.

"I didn't get any sleep last night." Said R. "That's the last time I get sucked into watching human sport shows. They're strangely addicting!" he complained. "One team gets the ball, the others run after him, and then they kick it through these post things and…"

"And you shouldn't try to follow the run to the Superbowl with Jay because he usually never misses a game…"

"And once you start eating that…. Pizza stuff, you can't stop! About a million toppings and I have no clue what they are… half of it looks like it's not indigenous to this planet and…" he began. His partner cut in.

"That's because it isn't. I have a theory and one of these day's I'll find the paperwork that confirms that anchovies are from another galaxy." She finished. They got to the office door where they'd have a meeting. The two sighed.

"I don't know why Lyndon needs to make such a bother out of everything." Said R. "I don't see what the problem with aliens rights is. I'm here, I've had no troubles with anyone…" he began. He looked at his partner who was flipping through a notebook. "Especially you…" he continued as his heart floated. She looked up and R had that dopey look on his face when he was daydreaming. She smacked him with the folder.

"You know why Lyndon makes such a pain out of everything? Your cousin. He gave Agent X to us and I know he did that on purpose to make our lives and jobs harder, and Lyndon loves to harp on the fact that he had a hold on the MIB for a short time and he won't ever let it go."


"Well… I guess I can see that." Said R as the two walked into the meeting office. They sat down at the long rectangular table and R yawned as he looked at his watch. This would take forever. Zed and Lyndon came in and were already arguing.

Thirty minutes into the meeting, Lyndon was already going on and on to persuade Zed to hire more agents like Agent X. Zed saw where this was going.

"Lyndon… Agent X is a good agent but right now we don't have a need for any more employees, human OR alien. I appreciate your concern for the planet." Said Zed, who was already tired of running his voice out over Lyndon. It never seemed that Lyndon stopped… EVER.

"I do understand, Zed, but do you see how important it is to make sure you have enough agents so everything runs smoothly?"

"Any more agents and they'll be running into each other left an right. We're working and right now there are no employment problems."

"It would be wise to employ more extraterrestrials…" began Lyndon.

"We've got Klah'Mikk." Said Zed. Lyndon stopped arguing about that indirect point.

While the discussions continued, Agent R looked around and saw the other agents growing tired of this. Some looked as if they were about to fall asleep. R remembered how tired he was and slowly started to fall asleep. His eyes got heavy and the babbling of Zed and Lyndon faded out. As things faded from hearing and sight, R started to dream about his partner. He smiled slightly in his sleep. He was happy and was getting the sleep he lost when all of a sudden, his sleep was broken.

"AGENT R!" yelled Delia in his ear. She smacked R with the folder she had with her. R jolted awake.

"Ahh! What'd I miss?" he asked. Lyndon and Zed were loudly arguing. R saw Kay sitting there filling out paperwork. Jay slept away and Elle did the paperwork and X joined in visiting the world of sleep. Neither Zed nor Lyndon noticed. R grumbled and sat through the rest of the meeting.

When things were finally over, the other agents woke up and everyone filed out of the office.

"Sheesh, those things get more pointless every time." Said Delia.

"I could have slept through it all." Said R, reminiscing about the dream he almost had.

"I know…" she said. "And that's why I had to wake you up! Zed would have killed us both if he had noticed." She added. "So, R, what were you dreaming about for about three minutes. You had a dopey smile on your face." She joked.

"Uh… HEY! Speaking of Zed…" said R as Zed stopped the two. R sighed in relief of not having to tell Delia what he was daydreaming about.

"I want to see you in my office in about half an hour." Said Zed. The two nodded as Zed headed to his office. Delia elbowed R.

"I sure hope it's not about your little nap!" she said.

"Yeah… me too." Said R.

"C'mon." she said. "Let's go file that report from yesterday's little incident with Jeebs. The last thing I want is for Klah'Mikk to take it and lose it on us." She added. With that, the two headed downstairs to the main floor of Headquarters.

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