So, I got a car!? Nothing too special, a small model from 2002. Costing me £800, not a bad price.
Not that I actually have a licence yet, but I will very soon! Probably. (I'll just keep telling myself that.)
Flying up to Gary's face and seeing his large pupils and absent expression Mooncake wanted to help the way he new how. He gave Gary one of his beloved face hugs.
Gary smiled with glee. "I love the green gobstoppers!"
"Gary! Stop licking Mooncake." Avocado insisted, grabbing Gary from the collar and pushing him forward.
"Chookity dookity." Mooncake agreed floating ahead at a safe distance, not fancying another tongue wash.
Avocado really looked at Gary as they walked, well he walked, Gary more stumbled. Gary's eyes were looking into the empty air with fascination, his expression subtly shifting from wonder to amusement and back again in seconds, accompanied with a huge grin. Very not good Avocado worried with some after thought of; at least he's not moaning.
As if reading Avocado's thankful mind Gary wined. "Where'd the candy go?"
"Over there Gary." Avocado sighed, pointing towards Mooncake.
Gary pace picked up as he strained to reach his magical floating gobstopper, and as a result they soon reached the large white clinical space of the med-bay.
"HUE? HUE, Gary needs help, we need help." Avocado called into the space holding a wondering Gary where he was by the scruff of his neck.
HUE's voice filled the space. "Yes, it appears so. Sorry I haven't been of assistance, Gary asked for some 'alone time'."
"He asked for alone time? Right, whatever, lets just get him checked out." Avocado said, getting to the point.
"Put him on the table for examination." Hue stated.
Avocado picked Gary up and placed him on the white table in the center of the room.
Without warning four robotic arms leapt from each corner of the table grabbing Gary's limbs and forcing him to lie on the cool surface. Gary seemed unaware of this, he even started humming a whimsical happy tune, his gaze fixed on Mooncake hovering over Avocado's shoulder.
Avocado watched as a golden beam scanned Gary, the light reflecting off bone. Then a needle swept in from the sealing and took a sample of blood while Gary hummed louder.
"It appears Gary is under the influence of a drug known as Moonobump primarily found on the planet-"
"-Yarno." Avocado finished. "Gary was given some yesterday on Yarno when we were looking for somewhere safe for Mooncake, but I injected him with some detox serum, it should have got all that stuff out of his system."
"I am reading large quantities of Moonobump in Gary's blood, it would suggest a second dosage." HUE stated.
"A second dosage? There's no way he could have taken any since we came back." Avocado reasoned. "He hasn't left the ship, has he?"
"No."
"Then there's another explanation." Avocado argued, crossing his arms.
HUE paused noting Avocado's frustration before explaining. "Avocado, Gary dos have a history with abusing substances, even before the Galaxy One, back on Earth."
"A history with-?... Well, that's what it is, a HISTORY. I'm going to bring him back so he can explain all this." Avocado pulled out a green filled syringe seemingly from his sleeve and plunged it into Gary's chest.
"Mmmm mm mmm-" Gary stopped humming and the robotic arms retracted. He blinked a few times and sat up, his face gone blank.
Avocado and Mooncake leaned into Gary's view. "Gary?"
"Chookity?"
The corners of Gary's mouth slowly turned upwards and he uttered "Amazing."
"What?" Avocado inquired, wondering if he'd heard Gary correctly.
"Avocado?" Gary asked, his face contorting with confusion.
"Did you just say amazing? What's amazing?" Avocado questioned, a smidge more suspiciously than he intended.
"No!" Gary insisted, shaking his head. "Why would I say-? What exactly is going on?"
"You were acting crazy, so me and Mooncake brought you to the med-bay." Avocado recalled. "Don't you remember?"
Gary looked back on his memories; Moonobump, talking with Avocado, magical candy store with candy floss and the BEST green candy and killer tunes-. "Not exactly." Gary thought aloud.
"HUE says there's traces-"
"Large quantities." HUE corrected.
"-SOME Moonobump in your blood." Avocado finished.
"Yeah, from that creepy helper planet." Gary shrugged.
"I know, but I used a detox serum, there should be none left in your system." Gary looked slightly guilty at this. There was a short silence. "You haven't, Err, haven't any since right?" There was a deep feeling of unease in the pit of Avocado's stomach as he asked.
Gary didn't say anything for a few moments, until Avocado didn't think he was going to answer at all. "No." Gary lied. "None."