Kash: AND, WE'RE BACK! WITH JOE!

Joe: Hey babehz. :D

Estelle: Yo home dawgz. :D

Kash: I made sure to have the chapter LONGER, and with more SUSPENSE. Sorry about being so hard on you, Fry.

Fry: NO YOU'RE NOT! -sobs-

Joe: Poor Fry.

Estelle: -sighs-

What would life be like without you?

Chapter Two:

The stranger

All day long that last sentence Leela had said danced around in Fry's head.

"Sometimes I wish you didn't exist, didn't exist, exist, exist.."

Fry left work early that day, and he went home to his apartment. Al day he just walked around in circles, thinking.. Thinking, thinking, thinking...

Back at planet express, no one seemed to realize Fry was gone. They finished their cleaning and they too, left work to go home, and rest for perhaps another big mission tomorrow.

All night long, Fry sat alone on his bed. He felt so left out. He had never really stopped to think about his life, was he really as bad as Leela said he was? Did everyone really hate him? Was he useless? Did Bender only like him because he bought him beer? So many questions ran through his head. He had trouble thinking properly. But suddenly, Something came to his mind!

Leela wished he didn't exist, Fry decided to make that wish come true.

The next day, Fry did not come to work. He never went to sleep that night. At about 6 in the morning, he grabbed a cup of coffee to go and rushed out the door. The sun had not yet come up, and the sky was still a beautiful midnight blue. The air was cool and you could hear birds chirping in the distance if you listened carefully enough.

"How bad could it be, to not exist anymore?" he thought to himself.

"I mean, nobody likes me, and I don't have anything to live for anyway, so it won't really hurt anyone, will it?"

Sure, he was willing to not exist anymore, but how? I mean, you can't just suddenly wake up and say, "Oh I don't wanna exist anymore. Oh well." Fry circled the neighborhood in a rusted old hovercraft he rented from Sal's Greasy Truck Stop. The paint was chipping off and the bumper

was all dented up. One of the taillights was missing, and his blinkers would not function properly.

Back at planet express, Amy and Leela arrived at work early. The sky was beginning to change into a beautiful swirl of different pinks and oranges, you could see half of the sun beyond the horizon. Amy offered Leela some coffee. She nodded her head. Amy walked over to the cupboards and grabbed two coffee cups.

"I think what you said was a little harsh" The clumsy martian said, breaking the silence.

"What?" Leela replied, puzzled.

"I was in the other room and I heard you screaming at Fry. You made him really upset."

"Big deal.. He'll get over it, I'm sure. He's probably on his way to work right now to agree with me."

"Whatever you say Leela..." She pulled out a bag of fresh and sweet sugar cubes. "Sugar?"

"Yes please."

When the sun became a bright golden yellow, Fry zoomed past a sign in his hovercar. He quickly

rotated the car and parked in front of the old and damaged fence te sign was on. He leaned over to get a closer look at it, it read:

THE ROBOT DEVIL

Now granting one wish per mortal

Location: Robot Hell

Only from March 21st to March 28th

Time: 7am to 8am

"8am?!" exclaimed Fry. "That's only in 15 minutes! I better hurry up, oh I wonder if anyone around here knows the directions?!" Fry backed up the old banged up hovercar in a hurry, but he wasn't paying attention to what was behind him, and backed up straight into a fire hydrant. The car powered down and fell to the ground.

"Dang it! I do NOT need this right now!" he smacked his forehead in frustration.

"Well, I'll have to run around the neighborhood, maybe I'll run into someone who can give me a lift." Fry set his hand on the hovercar door and swung himself over the edge, running off into the distance.

Leela looked at her watch.

"8 am, where on earth is Fry? Normally he's here at 7:30.. I mean everyone else has already arrived."

"Except for The Professor, of course." Corrected Hermes. "He's still in his recliner upstairs, sawing sweet logs.."

Bender took a megaphone out of his chest compartment. "I'll get him up for ya!" he exclaimed.

"That's a sweet gesture, but I think it's best we let him wake up himself. We all know how cranky he gets when he doesn't get a full 12 hour nap." Amy replied. Everyone nodded their heads.

"Eh, whatever floats your boat." He took a puff of his cigar.

Hermes looked up at the clock, it said 8:05am.

"Where in Babylon is Fry?!" he demanded.

Fry was running frantically around the neighborhood. He didn't watch where he was going, as usual, and ran into a stranger. He was tall, and he had a long, tan, trench coat on. Followed by Navy Blue sunglasses and a snug, detective's cap.

"Excuse me detective, but.."

The man stopped Fry before he could finish his sentence.

"Hey kid, I'm not a real detective. I just dress like this because it makes me look.. Cool..." He grinned, showing 100 of his dazzling white teeth. "So, what's up?"

"Well, you see detective,"

"NOT a real detective.." he corrected.

"Sorry, anyways, Do you know how to get to robot hell?"

"Well I sure do, but If you're lookin for the free wish I'm afraid you've missed it. It's 8:25am."

Fry groaned. "Dang it!"

"Tell ya what kid, Meet me at this same exact spot tomorrow morning, at approximately 6:55am, and I'll take ya there myself. Ok?"

"Sure thing detective! I'll see ya tomorrow morning!" Fry waved and ran off.

"Oi.." The stranger smacked his head and sighed. "What an idiot."

END CHAPTER!

Estelle: Interesting stuff...

Joe: You read it, you can't unread it, stay tuned for more..

Kash: Tales.. Of.. Interest!!! Sikee.

Estelle: Lawl.

Joe: This is a nice chapter. I like the detail.

Estelle: I like how Fry can't get it through his poor little head that the stranger isn't a real detective.

Kash: I like how you shut up.

Estelle: ...

Joe: ...

Kash: R&R pplz! k thx bi.