Chapter 3

While Plantern was being toured by Dr. Andy around the house and gardens, Repeater went on to see how his brother Peashooter had been doing. To his surprise, the young plant was not in the front yard interacting with others, but decided to start up photosynthesis on the rooftop.

Repeater went up the rooftop and slithered over the roof tiles to join Peashooter. From the roof they can see almost every house in Suburbia, and Repeater had sat down with Peashooter to enact photosynthesis.

"So, how's my brother doing? Haven't found your car yet but I will still find it." Repeater moved a bit closer to Peashooter, smiling.

"Uh...you haven't started searching for my car." Peashooter replied.

"Oops. Well, I have something more important to do, this involves having a new...roommate."

"Who's your room- wait, ain't your roommate the Plantern? Ooh, I can sense something is going on with you two!" The young Peashooter giggles at Repeater's situation.

"No, it's not what you think, Peas!" He hits his brother with one pop of a pea and Peashooter immediately reacted to this. He covers the hit part of his bulb with his right leaf, but still giggling.

"She's only my roommate- I ain't attracted to her but I admit that she's pretty. Also, she cannot defend herself on the lawn, so I have to defend her. If she gets messily devoured I'm screwed cause I'm going to be next. Got it, Peashooter?"

His brother nodded and they simply returned to relaxing under the sun. After an hour Repeater and Peashooter decided to get down from the roof and eat lunch. Crazy Dave and Dr. Andy were busy cooking compost burgers in the backyard, while the rest of the plants were in a "fall in line" system.

Repeater was hungry but he let his brother go on first in line. The smell of the burgers being heated had reached out to the line of hungry plants. Plantern appeared and had joined in the line, and she was just behind Repeater.

"Care to eat with me?" Repeater told Plantern.

"Sure, you're my roommate after all!" replied Plantern, whose' body glowed brightly as response to what Repeater said.

After Repeater was given a plate with a compost burger, he proceeded to sit beside the backyard pool and waited for Plantern to arrive. The two had settled down, and discussed about different things as they consumed their food beside the clean pool.

As Plantern took a soft bite out of her compost burger, Repeater had asked her, "Where did you come from?" He avoided his question to sound like he is hating on Plantern.

"I come from New Planters City. Still free of zombie invasion...I miss my parents already but I think being here in Suburbia is great! Seems peaceful when there's no zombies around here..." smiled Plantern.

"Well, you'll love it here, I assure you! Even we have that one important task- protecting the humans, we always learn to have fun when there's no fighting! I can see your having new friends..."

"Including you!" Plantern had blushed and the bioluminescent light inside her slightly glowed. Repeater had been unsure on how to respond, but he knew exactly what Plantern meant.

Repeater stammered as he responded. "Uh...how come? I d-don't know you the most of you yet..."

"Oh, sorry! We're still roommates, but you're nice and friendly." replied Plantern.

"It's okay! Dr. Andy had assigned me to protect you, and I can see the reason why. Does that light of yours get brighter and brighter?" said Repeater, as he had finished the last portion of his compost burger.

"I can make it as bright as I can, but like all Planterns, when the light goes out its a sign that they're dying...I learned to always be careful with what I have." Plantern had finished her food and set her plate aside.

"Well, its part of the system. You have to protect the plant in front of you, then once you're about to get eaten the plant behind you must protect you. It all goes over and over, until it finally goes down to our planter. We don't just protect humans, but ourselves too." replied Repeater.

"So, you're going to watch my back? Are you sure you can protect me?" Plantern felt comfort as she knew Repeater wasn't going to let her down.

"Yes, I will. You cannot do much on the lawn, but I ain't gonna let any zombie have their jaws on you." replied Repeater. "Don't worry- your family will see you again in one piece."

"Thank you, Repeater. How about you? Are you parents worried of you?" asked Plantern.

"My parents are, they're worried for me and Peashooter. Peashooter's my brother, I also have another plant to watch over..."

"Whoa. You're one tough Repeater, no wonder they are widely used in Suburbia." Plantern smiled.

"Thanks. Since its peacetime, what do you think we should do? When the zombies have stopped attacking for two days or more, then it's considered peacetime. Most of us usually do different kinds of activities in our free time."

Plantern nodded in disagreement. "Uh, I'm just new here, so why don't you decide? You have lots of friends here, plus you live here in Suburbia.

Repeater thought of any possible activity he could do with the new plant. "Maybe you want to have some quiet bird-watching?" smiled Repeater.

"Sure! It's sounds like fun!" The pair had vacated the backyard with the other plants still having lunch. They had left the house and proceeded to a small park in the middle of Suburbia.

Without the noise of groaning and growling zombies, the two had casually progressed through their daily activity. Plantern seemed to like the sight and sound of chirping birds, and Repeater seemed to as well. It would be commonly him and his brother Peashooter, but this time he had gone out with a different plant. They had enjoyed what they could do during the day, and the days of having no zombies around was greatly enjoyable.