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Female Zeeltor came back with results. Kay and Jay had been asking each other questions while she did this.
"You're blood." Zeeltor started a little startled. "..It's a perfect match. Well, except for certain chemicals that are higher in males than females. It identified your blood as Agent J's."
"I guess you are my partner." Kay said to Jay. "But, I still don't get how I, as your partner, is male."
"What did the weapon look like?" Zeeltor asked curiously.
"Black, with a long barrel." Kay answered automatically. She recalled the weapon quite well.
"Hm...it sounds like a 'Universal changer ray.' " Zeeltor said. "It can send the person it is shot at to another universe. Maybe he was brought to this gender-bent universe and the same with Agent J...the Agent J from this universe."
"I'm assuming there's no way that got through customs." Jay said.
"Yes, Slick." Kay replied. "They've been outlawed since their introduction. Not even MIB has one in storage. Alpha was concerned about break ins who'd steal it. That, was one of the only things Zed and Alpha had the same opinion about. So if we see one, it gets destroyed."
"So I'm stuck here!?" Jay asked outraged.
"Not unless we find that alien and use his weapon." Kay said. "The Alkazoid obviously got it when he arrived on Earth. Come on, Slick."
She froze. "Well. You don't have to go; you're not really my partner..."
"Not really your partner?!" Jay asked angrily. "I AM your partner, just a male version of her! And I'm still, MIB. I'll come with you. I still consider you my partner."
Kay looked at him. Her expression wasn't that clear, but Jay seemed to irk something in her.
"Okay then, come on." She said. She lead him to The LTD. "And no, you still can't drive it."
Jay sighed and rolled his eyes. He sat in the passenger seat, as usual.
When he got in he looked around. It was the same as the LTD in his universe. The red button that sped up the LTD was still there in the open. The radio was there, and broken as well. He had a feeling that she wouldn't be much of a talker either.
Kay started The LTD and drove. As Jay had guessed, it was silent. Kay was so concentrated on the road, that if some one who believed the stereotype Women can't drive it would of broken their belief of it.
They pulled up in front of Jeeb's store.
"So what's Jeeb's first name in this universe?" Jay idly asked as they walked to the entrance.
"Jackie." Kay replied simply.
"Oh, that makes sense. In my universe his first name is Jack." Jay commented. Kay ignored him and entered the store.
"Agent Kay!" Jeebs said nervously. She was a woman with short brown hair and more femine face. Other than that she wore the same clothes as Jay's universe's Jeebs did. She looked at Jay. "Oh you got a new partner, huh? Did your old partner finally do something to get herself killed? Surprised it didn't happen sooner."
She laughed at her own joke.
Something in Jay snapped. He never did this, usually Kay would do this, but for other reasons. He pulled out a weapon and angrily shot Jeeb's head.
Her head turned to slime for a second, before becoming her head again. She looked angrily at Jay. "Hey! What was that for?!"
"I think you offended him." Kay said.
"H-how?" Jeebs asked confused.
"I am Jay, just from a gender-bent universe." Jay explained.
"Really?" Jeebs asked. Suddenly she became very nervous and fiddled with her hands. "Um...I wonder how that happened..Heh heh..."
"So do we." Kay said, as she pointed a gun at Jeeb's head. "Did you sell a 'Universal Changer Ray' recently?"
"I-I don't know what you're talking about Kay! Those things are illegal!" She laughed nervously.
"Very illegal. Just ownership of it could be automatic deportation." Kay said, still holding the gun.
"Yes...that's why I'd never sell it." Jeebs said, still in a nervous giggle. Kay shot her head, and it regenerated. "Okay, okay! I sold one to an Alkazoid! He seemed really serious about his purchase!"
"'One?'" Kay asked as she raised an eyebrow.
"It was the last one; the rest were destroyed by MIB years ago." Jeebs explained. "Luckily they didn't know they were mine."
"Come on, Slick." Kay said to Jay. "We have some one else to question."
They got into The LTD again. Jay didn't really want the drive to be silent again; he had enough of that with his version of Kay.
"So..were you a girly girl when you were younger or a Tom boy?" Jay asked. Kay glanced at him and raised an eye brow, before looking back at the road.
"Does it matter?" She asked.
"Well, I was just wondering.." Jay said.
"Do I not seem feminine to you?" She asked.
"I don't know! You're basically my version of Kay with-!...I mean a female version of him." Jay said. "Besides sounding and looking female, you are exactly like him."
Jay noticed her face changed expression a bit. He couldn't tell to what, but it had affected her some how. There was silence for a moment.
"Did I, in your universe, ever tell you about myself?" Kay asked.
"No. Kay always said that our past is erased, so we can't talk about that stuff." Jay complained.
"It's true." She said. "So I don't see why it would be any different here."
"Wait. Why did you refer to him as you? You don't refer to me as your version of Jay." Jay observed.
" You work for an organization that monitors aliens, and that's the question you want to ask the most?" Kay replied, hoping it would end his questioning.
"Listen..can't we just try to be partners? We pretty much are anyways." Jay said.
"Alright." Kay said. "We'll try. I'll treat you like I treat my version of Jay and you treat me like you treat your version of Kay. Deal?"
"Deal." Jay said. He reached his hand out to shake her hand, but Kay ignored him. Jay put his hand down.
Kay parked the LTD close to a newsstand. They both got out and walked to it.
On the counter was what looked like a more feminine version of Frank. Her body was much thinner and she had obvious eyelashes.
"Fran." Kay said to her. Fran opened her eyes and looked at them.
"Ugh! You already talked to me today! Can't I nap in peace, I need my beauty sleep." She grumbled. When she saw Jay, she became puzzled. "Who's this?"
She sat up, now fully attentive.
"Agent J." Kay said. Fran blinked once and stared at Kay, before glancing her gaze over to Jay. She looked at Kay again and tilted her head sideways in confusion. "A Universal Changer Ray."
"Aren't those illegal or something?" Fran asked as she itched behind her ear with her back leg.
"Very illegal." Kay said. She stared at her hard. Fran felt nervous. "So tell me, any more signs of the Alkazoid?"
"I heard some more deep growling." She replied. "It sounded different though."
"What did it sound like?" Kay asked. Fran frowned.
"No way! I'm not going to embarrass myself and do it!" She replied harshly. Then her stomach growled.
"Why don't we make a deal? If we get you a hot dog will you show us?" Kay asked. Fran's eyes lit up at the sound of that offer.
"Sure." She said.
Kay turned to Jay and handed him a five. "Slick, go buy a hot dog for her."
Jay went looking for a hot dog stand near by. He assumed Fran was like Frank so he got her every topping on it.
When Fran saw it her eyes lit up again. Jay put it on the counter for her, and she ate it in a very unladylike manner.
"So." Kay pressed. "What did the Alkazoid sound like?"
Fran licked her messy face. She cleared her throat and let out a low growl with some pauses in between.
"Sound of impatience." Kay said.
"Why do you need more information on the Alkazoid right now, any how?" Fran asked. "Don't you want to get him home and get our Jay, back!?"
Jay glared at her.
"What? I'm sure your Kay and...whatever my name is there,want you back!" She protested.
"The Alkazoid has the weapon." Kay said. She turned to Jay. "We have to track him."
She took out the Comlink. "Elle? X?"
Jay looked at the screen. Elle's hair the same length, but more ruffled. His appearance was much more masculine.
X pretty much looked the same, except for some obvious eyelashes. Kay explained the situation to them.
"Can you give back up?" She added lastly. "I'm sure, Slick here wants to go back to his universe."
"You call him, Slick?" Elle asked, teasing a bit. "I thought that was reserved for your partner."
"We made a deal to treat each other like partners, because we pretty much are." Jay explained.
"We'll give a blood sample from the blood by the footprints if you two search for the Alkazoid." Kay said.
"Okay." Elle said. They signed off.
"Why didn't we get the blood sample before?" Jay asked her.
"Because, we were pretty preoccupied with you." Kay said, as they walked back to The LTD.
"It's not like it was my fault!" Jay protested. "Or your partner's fault!"
They got into The LTD. Kay ignored him and started driving.
"Can't you at least talk to me or something?" Jay said. "I don't know anything about either of you, Kays!"
"As I once told my partner, 'What's to know? I'm your partner. We police aliens on Earth. End of story.'" She said.
"I remember that.." Jay sighed annoyed. '"Why does Frank have to swallow everything?"
"Mm hm.." Kay replied. "You see. We wouldn't have anything to talk about anyway. We've basically done all the same things."
"Well...Kay doesn't really talk to me, so...maybe you could-" Jay stared.
"No,Slick." She sighed in anger. " It's against MIB regulations to talk about our past lives."
"Well, then what about things that happened in MIB, before I joined?" Jay suggested. "I mean I know what Alpha did to you, but h- she pro-"
He stopped then he saw her face turn to anger.
"Just because I asked you who she was, doesn't mean I want to talk about her." Kay said through her teeth. "Leave it alone. It's something that doesn't concern you. She's dead now, so stop worrying. Our concern right now is getting you home and getting my partner back."
They were silent for a while.
"Look...I'm sorry. I won't talk about her anymore." Jay said. "Can we try as partners again?"
"Fine." Kay said sternly. She parked the LTD. They got out. Kay took out a vile and gathered blood in it.
They went back into the LTD and drove back to HQ. Jay decided not to try and get her to talk this time.
In HQ Jay saw the worms. They didn't look that different, they just had long eyelashes. They were huddled around the Coffee machine, and didn't pay attention to them.
"Zeeltor." Kay said once they were in her lab. Zeeltor looked up from working.
"Here's a sample of the Alkazoid's blood." Kay said. "Keep it somewhere safe so if we find more blood we can compare it."
"I'll talk to Zed about the Universal Changer Ray. You stay here." Kay said. She left.
"She seems upset." Zeeltor said. "Did you guys have a fight?"
"Kind of.." Jay said.
"Don't worry, it's normal; couples fight all the time, that includes alien couples. Like I remember these tw-" Zeeltor started.
"Couple?" Jay asked confused, and a little frustrated.
"Oh, I didn't mean to say that out loud. That was something I just thought about when I was bored." She giggled. "I pair people in my head when I'm bored."
"Who else do you pair together?" Jay asked.
"X and Elle." She replied.
"Come on." Kay said when she got back. "We're going to go look for the Alkazoid."
"You know what, Zeeltor told me?" Jay said as they walked back to The LTD. Kay looked at him as if to tell him to go on. "She figured out we've been fighting and said "Couples fight all the time." Then she told me that was accident and that when she's bored she pairs people together in her head."
"Us a couple? Huh. Maybe Zeeltor is crazy." Kay said. They reached The LTD
"Finally, some one else realizes it."
