An Unlikely Friendship

A/N Here's the next chapter that I promised and in it, both Zebedee and Sam have the cold so Zeebad brings them to his prison to cool down their fevers.

I hope people like it.

Ch 2

Colds Are No Fun


Zeebad woke up to the sound of sneezing as he had been having a slightly good dream but wondered where the noise was coming from but used his icy magic to make a crystal ball but saw where the sneezing was coming from, on the top of the Roundabout but smiled evilly seeing somebody wasn't well but saw it was Sam.

The clockwork soldier had caught the cold but it was a bad one as he sneezed loudly as he appeared but looked at Sam who was buggy and weak but not himself as he decided to return to his prison but stopped knowing Sam would let only one person help him as he sighed but decided to swallow his pride as he opened his mouth but knew he was going to regret doing this.

"Zebedee, Zebedee, Zebedee." he growled.

He knew that normally got his foe to come to help when his friends called him but saw Zebedee appear in a haze of colurful sparkles but Zebedee looked worse as he appeared to have a cold too as he used a tissue to wipe away the mucus from his nostrils.

He was scared for his friend as he felt his head after removing his huge furry hat and noticed he wasn't well too with a bad cold but he sneezed as fire came out but he felt dizzy as he passed out as Zeebad sighed knowing they needed to cool down and his prison was the only place to do that.

"I am going to regret this idea." he thought putting them over his shoulders.

He then vanished in a haze of icy sparkles.


Zeebad sighed as he laid Sam on the cold floor but wrapped warm blankets around him so that the coldness of his prison wouldn't make his cold worse than it already was but sighed putting Zebedee on his bed but wrapped him in blankets but felt the red skinned Magical Springer's head but it reminded him of a memory from when he and Zebedee used to live in the Land of Magical Springers when he hadn't been well with Springer Flu but pushed it away knowing that what Zebedee had wasn't an normal cold.

The red skinned Magical Springer had a very bad case of Springer Flu which only affected Magical Springers like him and Zebedee but it affected their magic and made them sneezy and coughy but not themselves as Zeebad remembered when he was little but had never caught it before as his heart was as cold as ice and snow so it never infected him like other Magical Springers but he heard coughing as he removed his icy hand from Zebedee's forehead as sweat fell from his messy black hair as the red skinned Magical Springer's eyes opened.

"Zeebad......... what's going on?

Why're....... you helping us?" he said weakly.

Zeebad growled as he sighed knowing he would probably tell Florence and the others about this.

"I'm only doing this because being your foe wouldn't be fun if you were ill, okay?" he snarled.

A weak smile crossed Zebedee's face hearing that.

"So being my foe is a game to you huh Zeebad?

I don't wish to remain ill either.

Maybe you do have a heart." he thought as Zeebad put a wet compress to his foe's head.

While doing this, Zeebad saw Zebedee sneeze as fire burst from his nostrils but accidentally burnt the icy Magical Springer's arm as Zeebad growled in pain but there was a look of sadness in Zebedee's eyes.

"I'm sorry." he said weakly.

Zeebad didn't answer as he gritted his teeth in pain.

He knew it had been an accident but was a little mad at Zebedee for doing that but hoped he would be better soon so he and Sam could get out of his prison but secretly he liked that somebody other than himself was there in his prison but growled shaking that thought away as he saw Sam watch him feverishly.

He could tell that Zeebad wasn't himself right now looking into his dark eyes but didn't see an ice craving maniac but somebody sad and hurting inside.

The clockwork soldier then fell asleep remembering that look of pain in Zeebad's eyes.

He wondered what was bothering him.


Mr Rusty was nervous as he hadn't seen Zebedee or Sam around since yesterday but hoped they were okay but remembered how Sam hadn't been feeling well last night but hoped Zebedee was taking care of him but had no idea they were in Zeebad's prison but the icy Magical Springer had seen Mr Rusty look at the Roundabout but noticed that Zeebad had also been very quiet today too but hoped that he wasn't up to destroying the world but remembered what Sam had told him about Zebedee and Zeebad having a snowball fight and was confused knowing they were foes but decided to leave it for now as he heard coughing from the Roundabout but had no clue it was Zebedee and Sam doing it.

Zeebd then had an idea as he picked Zebedee up and vanished in a haze of icy sparkles but appeared in Zebedee's house in the clouds but had decided that both Zebedee and Sam would feel better if they were here but was feeling down as the good magic of Zebedee's home but he began to get sleepy as he fell asleep but on the bed as Zebedee's eyes opened weakly but he smiled seeing the icy Magical Springer tired out because it made him look peaceful for once but had a guilty look on his face seeing the huge burn on his arm knowing he'd done that but would try to heal it when he got over his case of Springer Flu.

He smiled weakly stroking Zeebad's three strands of hair knowing right now that Zeebad was feeling down and not himself but knew he wasn't a good sleeper and coming here made him tired as he coughed but put a gloved hand over his mouth so germs wouldn't spread but he fell back into sleep but later Zeebad woke up because his stomach was hungry but he was afraid going around his foe's kitchen looking for something but found some blue grapes but the icy Magical Springer smiled eating them but needed to keep his strength up but he wasn't feeling himself either.

"Curses I better not be catching the flu from them!

I don't want illness interfering with my fun." he told himself.

Zebedee had bounced out of bed weakly to use the bathroom and had heard him but felt sad for Zeebad knowing he was alone because of his icy heart while somebody like Zebedee had loving and caring friends but Zeebad saw him fall as he caught him.

"What're you doing out of bed?

Are you trying to make the germs worse?" he growled coughing a little.

"I had to use the bathroom.

Maybe you should rest.

I think you're coming down with something yourself." he told him sneezing but burnt a tissue.

Zeebad looked sadly at the arm Zebedee had burnt yesterday after sneezing in his lair but he felt guilty realising how Zeebad had gotten those germs but relieved as a little magic emitted from his gloved hand.

But Zeebad sighed helping him back to bed but Zebedee noticed he was quiet as he tucked him in.

"Zeebad....... I never meant to burn you." he said.

"I don't really care." Zeebad growled.

"You're wrong.

I think you do care." he said falling asleep.

Zeebad then left him and Sam to rest up......


A week later Mr Rusty noticed Sam was back on top of the Roundabout as he had recovered from his cold but the old man wondered where Zebedee was but saw the red skinned Magical Springer appear in his normal haze of colourful sparkles but he had a smile on his face but Mr Rusty had no idea that he was helping Zeebad get over a very bad case of Springer Flu but hadn't told them why there was sneezing and coughing from the Roundabout.

The old man saw him vanish but he went back into the Roundabout but found Zeebad asleep but weak and totally out of it because of the Springer Flu he had but he hoped that he'd get better like he and Sam did but felt guilty still seeing the burn on Zeebad's arm knowing he'd done that but had an idea as he put a gloved hand to where the burn was as magic emitted but wasn't healing the burn which worried him but he sighed as he left Zeebad to rest but hoped he would get better soon.......


Karma bit Zeebad in the springs huh?

I'll do the next chapter soon.