Here it is as promised. I feel like I don't have to apologise as much to you all compared to my other fandom stories for not updating these stories within a year because you're the only fandom I was still giving work to for an entire year. I've been watching the episodes on TV (they've finished now; they were brilliant) so I've had some good inspiration and re-characterisation installed. However, this story is quite AU considering Zap's character. Anywho, enjoy!
Disclaimer: Oh my God!
The clone sat deep in thought, a smile gracing her lips as she completed the simple task. Her fingers danced in front of the computer, filling in the empty details for a general ID tag. She turned to the boy sitting next to her, the latter remaining quiet as his blue eyes ran over everything she wrote.
"So, are you okay with being called Zap for the time being?" she asked, glancing to him from the corner of her eye. She caught him nodding his head.
"And, since an address of residency is required on these, I suppose…we'll just put you down for here?" the engineer turned in her seat, awaiting his approval on her suggestion. The guest merely shuffled in his seat, exhaling quietly as he muttered the word 'fine'.
"I'm really sorry about all this. I know how it feels," the girl began, delivering a sympathetic look. He met her gaze, eyes searching hers as though for answers.
"Don't worry about it," he mumbled, waving a modest hand. Jenny nodded softly, before turning back to the computer.
"I'm also going to start a search for military experimenters and gene splicers. Hopefully they might join to some leads about where you're from."
"Jenny?" the clone hummed in recognition at Dex's request. "You…didn't happen to bring back the supplies as well, did you?"
The girl froze in her seat, turning slowly away from the computer so that she was facing the entomologist. A heavy blush spread across her cheeks as she remembered her initial mission.
"No, I was-" her green eyes darted back to the boy, who remained intently staring at the screen. "-preoccupied…with other things."
Dex nodded solemnly before returning his gaze to the clipboard in hand. "Well, someone needs to go and collect it."
"I'll get it."
He inhaled slowly through his teeth, darting his eyes between Jenny and Zap. Two choices loomed within the mind of the entomologist. If he allowed Jenny to go and retrieve the supplies, who knows what she would bring back a second time, plus it was a risk sending her out when there were people like this boy out there. On the other hand, if Dex went himself, what would happen to his habitat and his crew if he left them in the hands of…it?
"I don't know…"
"Come on, Dex. I'll be fine," the girl bounced out of her seat and approached the leader. He voice dropped to a whisper. "I'll be quick too if you let me take the ship."
Dex sighed loudly. "No Jenny, you know why we can't do that."
"Please Dex, I've been working on it," her hands entwined her fingers in a tight plea. "I promise you it'll fly. I've been testing its thrust and drag levels in the cargo bay and I think-"
"Oh, struth Jenny. I told you we can't be flying something that big around, especially when it's unregistered, not to mention incredibly unsafe. We'll be caught for sure."
"But I-"
"Look, I know you're a great engineer," he comforted, placing a hand on her shoulder. From the sidelines, the boy in black spun around in his chair in a bid to listen to the hushed conversation. "It's just too risky in our environment. The first and last thing I would prefer you to do is take the boat again, but right now, I'm just wondering whether or not they could possibly deliver to us."
"I could go with her," both the leader and the engineer snapped their heads in the direction of the voice. Zap was standing with his hands in his pockets, a soft expression aimed at Dex.
"Look, with all due respect, I'm not quite sure I'm comfortable with-"
"If he comes with me, it won't take me hours to travel in the boat," Jenny explained, standing next to Dex's shoulder. She crossed her arms over her chest and smiled towards Zap. "Not to mention, if you're so afraid of me being alone out there, he could be my own personal, military bodyguard."
Dex hummed in thought, bringing his hand under his chin. It did seem fairly reasonable, but then again, there were still risks with the actions.
"Ok, but you better-"
"Well, see you within the hour," Jenny replied smugly, gripping on to the boy's shoulder and pulling him out of the room. The leader was left by his lonesome, inhaling deeply as worry and concern crossed his thoughts.
"This…doesn't seem like the way to the boat," the boy voiced his opinion as the pair paced down a dark hallway. The engineer, with one hand firmly gripping her knapsack strap, kept a straight and determined face in the desired direction.
"I know," was all she said, confusing the guest further.
"I thought that Dex guy said we're taking the boat," he said, but to no avail. He stopped dead in his tracks when they approached a heavy metal door. "Shouldn't we go to the boat if we're taking the boat?"
"Not if we're not taking the boat," Jenny answered bluntly. She raised a yellow finger forward, activating the button on the adjacent wall. The doors in front of them slid apart with a groan, indicating that they had been unused in quite some time. The stranger's jaw dropped at the sight.
"Isn't it great?" Jenny asked rhetorically as she strolled forward, giving the boy an excellent measurement of exactly how big the ship was in front of them by comparing it to the engineer. He walked forward in awe, large eyes taking in every single detail. "I've been working on it for a while now, I really think it's ready to take out."
"But, won't you get arrested for an unregistered ship?" he repeated what he had heard, not expecting the girl to shrug in a manner of uncaring.
"Not if we're quick. Now come on," she ran up the ramp inside, followed quickly by Zap.
The helm of the craft was dusty, with the exception of heavily used places from the girl, mainly the space underneath the dash of the driver's seat. Jenny strode quickly to the front of the ship, dropping her bag at her feet as she settled in to the chair. Zap followed her actions, taking the passenger seat and buckling up immediately.
"I think I can get this to start quietly if I just," she ceased her words, focusing all energy on slowly switching a level in the opposite direction. She winced as a jet made a low rumbling sound. "Ok, and now we just…fly."
Her hands placed themselves delicately on the green glowing orbs of the steering wheel, and very gently, she pulled them upwards to the now open roof. Their stomachs lurched at the sensation, but was hardly felt over the excitement from the girl piloting.
"Yes, I told him it would fly," she said proudly, poking her tongue out as she manoeuvred the ship carefully. It jolted to the side, shaking a little as the engineer straightened it up. "Sorry, I guess I don't have that much experience flying this thing."
Zap shot his blue eyes to her subtly, narrowing at her paled face. "And, I take it you don't go behind Dex's orders that often?"
"Nope," she swallowed loudly. "This would be the first. So, instead of letting myself think about what could happen if we get caught, let's just find this address."
"How can you find the address from up here?"
"I have some inside help," she flipped open her wristcom, and an image of a large, orange-eyed person formed on her screen. "Habi, get them to send the package up to the roof then set off your beacon."
The person on the screen saluted before signing off spreading a smirk on the blue-haired girl's lips. Her gaze glanced to Zap, recognising his confusion almost immediately.
"Habi is my robot; I made him. I've sent him ahead to a friend who works in this delivery business, and…" her voice trailed off as a continuous beeping echoed from a monitor. "…that would be his signal. The building should be a little ways east."
The ship swerved at Jenny's touch, moving sharply with her jerking movements as it approached its target. The blinking light on the green monitor grew stronger more so. The clone stretched her neck outwards, craning her head to see over the dash.
"There he is," Zap looked out of the windshield too, only to spy a large crate sitting atop a skyscraper. The ship jerked and jumped closer, Jenny cursing under her breath. "Sorry, I have to try and get the winch as close to the crate as I can. This isn't going to be easy."
A length of rope descended from the craft, swaying in the wind as a result of the ship. Zap stood up from his seat, noticing still that the engineer kept her tongue sticking out of her mouth as she concentrated.
"Just a little more…" the rope below waved violently, completely outshooting its target of the crate. The clone brought her hands to her temples as she growled in frustration. "Urgh, this is too hard."
"May I?" the boy asked, resting one hand on his chest and the other on to one of the steering spheres. Jenny looked up at him from her seat, a new expression of worry crossing her features.
"Look, not only is this Dex's ship, it's also his fathers, and if he found out someone he didn't know flew it, he'd kick you back to the streets for sure."
"What he doesn't know won't hurt him," he argued, stealing glances to the windscreen. Habibot had now flown up to them, tapping his claws on the glass to get their attention. "Please, let me try."
Her green eyes connected with his, and with a final sigh, the clone unbuckled her seatbelt and left the chair. What was so mesmerising about those eyes?
He took the pilot's seat, before staring quizzically at the numerous controls. Jenny's stomach knotted in worry at the sight. Just as she was about to intervene, Zap let his hands fall on to the controls and tilt them at an angle, gracefully steering the ship over the square roof of the building. It rotated in the air, waving a steady piece of rope over the large crate.
"Habi, attach the crate to us. Follow it when you're done," Jenny announced in to her communicator. She shut the lid with a satisfied smirk, watching out of the windscreen as their package ascended to them. "I have to say, that was some good work."
"Would you mind if I flew us back?" he asked, the engineer detecting the slightest hint of excitement in his voice.
"Of course you can," she replied, standing up and heading towards the cargo bay. "Just make sure Dex can't seeing us re-entering the habitat."
"Aye, aye."
The apparatus was secured in storage, and once given the all clear, Zap began piloting the craft gently back in the direction the came from. It glided through the air in smooth movements at his touch, but an immediate cut off in the jet engines shook it out of its flight.
"We've lost both engines," Jenny cried loudly, her fingers tapping practically every single button in front of her. The ship lurched forward in to a dive. "We're losing altitude. I've got to get the engine's working again."
"Is this the control to the clutch?" he pointed to a lever at his side. Jenny looked down at it with a furrowed brow, nodding rapidly to answer him. He gripped it tightly, pumping it up and down until a resistance was felt in its movement. "Hang on."
He pulled the lever up as far as it could reach, and using his foot, activated the hyper drive accelerator.
Blue gas exploded out from the exterior of the ship, bringing it level in to flight once again. Jenny sat in the passenger seat, gripping on to the cushion underneath. "Where did you learn that?"
"This ship is designed almost identically to-" he was cut off, the rest of his sentence wiped clean from his mind. He shared a worried glance with the passenger, both with wide eyes. "I don't know."
"Well, that was really impressive," she said, allowing a smile to spread. "But I hate to put a downer on things. We need to get to the habitat immediately before the engines blow, which they will."
"I don't think so," Zap swayed the steering wheel gently, hardly moving the ship at all. The habitat came in to view. "It seems pretty stable to me."
"Give it a minute," she replied smugly as the loading bay doors opened beneath them. The moment they had entered, the craft rattled violently, receiving the force of the explosion. Jenny pressed a button on the dash, activating the ship's flotation mechanism beneath it. They landed with a loud crash, softened only by the yellow rubber boats attached below. Jenny winced at the contact, though for a completely different reason.
"There's no doubt that Dex didn't hear that, right?" she asked, her tone quavering in anxiety. Zap turned his head slowly to her, shaking his head in the same manner. Jenny's wristcom snapped open, revealing a very angered leader.
"Jenny, can I talk to you please?"
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