One Difference Chapter 8 A Look Within TMK Ben: And then exams and essays happened, then laziness, so it was delayed a bit more on my part… Major thanks to The Mad King Ben for his hard work and dedication to this story. I couldn't have asked for a better Beta reader. Serious this guy rocks. TMK Ben: Thank you! Also, there will be some Leela bashing in this chapter. But she is more angry at herself than anything else. So yeah here your head up on that. Please don't get too mad at me vilifying her that's just how the story went.
Ok, so I know it has been awhile since the last update but Ben and I have a good excuse…. We've been very busy…. No joke it was like our busy clocks were in sync. Between work and school once I had free day I spend the day get my home back in order then was too tired to think then I would think to myself "Ok this week was hectic next week will better…. It never was…." I also chipped my front tooth now I am getting crown. Then King Ben got sick, so yeah. Not good month for us.
As Amy entered she saw her mother at the stove wearing a light blue, fluffy house coat. She was humming happily as she cooked some breakfast while her husband, who wore a matching house coat, sat at the table reading a holographic newspaper. Both wearing satisfied grins on their faces.
"Morning." Amy said to them as she passed by to make herself a cup a tea. As she put the kettle on the stove top she hears the pitter-patter of little feet running down the stairs.
"MORNING GRANDCHILD!" Her parents cried as Uma ran into the room. Amy watched in amazement as little Uma made her way towards Mr. Wong and crawled up into his lap like it was an everyday thing.
"Grandpa, have I missed the funnies? You know I love the funnies! Will you read them to me? Please! Please! Please! Please! Give me the funnies Grandpa, please!" Uma pled as she tilted her head to the side and gave him her cutest puppy dog eyes.
Mr. Wong laughed as he rubbed Uma's already messed up hair. "Of course, grandchild, let's see what that lazy cat is up too today."
"Yeah! Grandpa's the best!" Uma cheered as she hugged her 'grandpa.' "You're the greatest grandpa ever!"
"Hey what about Grandma!?" Mrs. Wong asked as she set a plate down in front of Uma with a pancake shaped like a teddy bear's face complete with chocolate chip eyes and a strawberry nose.
"You're the best cook, Grandma! No one can cook pancakes as good as you." Uma told her.
"You got that right Grandchild." Mrs. Wong smirked at the child and flipped another pancake.
Amy sighed to herself as she watched the three interact with each other. It was as if Uma was really their grandchild. It was nice to see them so happy in this moment.
"You both realize that you two are not really Uma's grandparents, right?" Leela's voice interrupted the Wong family's precious moment.
"Shut it Tight Tits!" Mrs. Wong warned, pointing her spatula at the captain. "You don't know anything. Uma is our grandchild."
"Geez Leela, don't get your boxers in twist. Uma's just a kid." Amy chastised as she poured out two cups of white tea. "Heck, she calls Bender 'Uncle Bender.'"
"That's because Uncle Bender is awesome." Bender stated casually as he walked into the kitchen. "Isn't that right, you little meat pack?"
Uma giggled as Bender mussed her hair. "Right Uncle Bender!"
Leela sighed in frustration. "Look, all I'm saying is that she needs to know the difference between right and wrong."
At this Amy slammed her cup down. "And who's to say that your version is right? Everyone is allowed the right to their own opinions. If Uma wants to refer to my parents as grandparents, then let her. If she wants to call Bender 'Uncle,' that's her business. Heck, if she wants to call me 'mommy,' so what? Uma's just a child and she's just trying to build herself a family."
As Uma listened to Amy and Leela arguing, the child's eyes started to glaze over as she began to lose herself in her thoughts. "Hmmm…" All of a sudden, a bright light entered her mind. She pictured all of the people she knew in her life. Under each person was a label with a name. As little, imaginary Uma walked down the hall she passed by many people. From Scruffy, who had a plate labeled 'Fluffy.' To a childishly drawn picture of Leela, who had many names around her picture such as: 'Purple,' 'Monster,' and 'Witch.' Uma paused at Leela's drawing and wrote 'Tight Tits.' In the center of the hall was Fry, who had the word 'Daddy' underneath him. Beside him was Amy, who a had the word 'Mammy' underneath it. Uma looked between her Daddy's picture and Mammy's picture. Then she took out a marker and crossed out the A in Mammy and wrote an O over it so that it now spelt 'Mommy.'
With a gasp, Uma came back to reality. "Mammy can be Mommy." She whispered to herself. "But how?" Uma thought aloud quietly. She looked up at Leela and frowned. "But first, Uma needs to get rid of the angry witch."
She spotted her Daddy entering the kitchen. 'Perfect.' Uma thought as she gave a devilish smile that could put the Robot Devil to shame.
"DAAADDDDYYYYYY!" Uma cried as she ran over to him.
Fry scooped her up as she reached him. "Oh? What's wrong princess?"
"Tight Tits is being mean again!" Fry's eyes widened at her words. "Uma, do not call Leela that."
"But Grandpa and Grandma call her that."
"Yes, but they are grown up. They're too old to know better." Fry stated, making Amy stifle a giggle.
"Well Leela was still being mean. She got all mad 'cause I call them Grandma and Grandpa. Why is she so mean Daddy?"
"I don't know sweetheart, what can Daddy do to make it all better?"
"You can kiss me and make it better." Uma told him sweetly.
"That sounds fair." Fry agreed as he leaned over and kissed Uma on the forehead.
"Does that make it feel better?" He asked, setting his daughter on the ground.
"Uh huh, now you've got to kiss Mammy and make her feel better too! Leela was mean to her too and Daddy's kisses make everything better." Uma said to Fry as she started to pull him toward Amy.
Hearing this, Mr. Wong decided this was a good chance to push his daughter and Fry together. "Yes, Tight Tits was really mean to Daughter. Plant a big one on her, Carrot Head."
"Yes, yes Daughter need a big kiss." Mrs. Wong stated as she shoved Amy toward Fry, completely ignoring her protests.
"Uma!"
"Mom!"
The two cried out, while Bender leaned back and laughed at the show. "Ha ha, my little meat sack is just like her Uncle Bender." He then wiped a fake tear from his eye. "I'm so proud, I think I got something in my eye unit."
Fry and Amy were shoved into each other. The two flushed in embarrassment from the attention that they were getting.
Fry cleared his throat. "So, um a kiss huh?"
"It's not like we've never kissed before." Amy stated as she looked down to the ground.
"Yeah, you're great kisser." Fry told her honestly and without a hint of shame.
Hearing this made Amy laugh. "You're not too bad yourself."
The two gazed at each other lovingly. Amy blushed and lowered her head down as Fry bent down slightly and puckered his lips. On the side, Leela rolled her eye. "For the love of-OW!" She cried in pain as Mrs. Wong's spatula hit her stomach, hard.
Leela stumbled backward and knocked a plate to the ground, creating a loud crash sound as it broke. Amy, who was surprised, jumped up and hit Fry under his chin.
"AH!" Fry cried. "I bit my tongue."
"Oh Fry, I am so sorry." Amy cried as she ran to the fridge to get some ice.
Mr. and Mrs. Wong snapped their fingers in frustration. "Shoot! Tit's, you ruin everything." Mrs. Wong sneered.
As Amy gave Fry some ice to suck on, Mr. Wong's phone rang. "Hello, what you want?" He asked as he got up to talk to the person on the other line in a more private setting.
Meanwhile, Fry began to feel better as Amy handed him his cup of tea back. "Sorry, it might be cold now."
"That's okay, I don't think my tongue could handle the heat anyway." Fry said as he sipped his tea.
Leela watched two carefully. "Since when do you drink tea, Fry?" She asked, taking a large gulp of coffee afterwards.
Fry shrugged his shoulders. "I dunno, but it's pretty tasty." He stated as took an even larger gulp. "How long have I been drinking this tea stuff, Bender?"
"What am I, your babysitter?" Bender asked in a mocking tone. "It was around the time Amy started to sleep over."
"Oh yeah." Fry rubbed his chin in thought. "It was the day that Amy first met Uma."
Amy gave a soft smile. "That was the day you helped Bug Momma and Blek run their pizzeria." Then Amy took a sip of her tea. "Besides Leela, tea is a lot better for you. You still get the caffeine boost of coffee, minus the stained teeth and coffee breath." She explained smugly.
Leela scowled at her. "That might be true for little, weak children, but for us strong adults, we need our coffee instead." She retorted as she smirked over her coffee cup.
"WHAT! YOU CAN NOT TRANSPORT BUGGALO!? YOU NO GOOD AT TRANSPORT, YOU SHOULD BE FIRED! YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU FIRED! I'LL GO ELSE WHERE!" Mr. Wong yelled at the phone, grabbing everyone's attention in the process. Mr. Wong sat on a nearby couch and released a frustrated groan. "Why are everyone idiots? What I gonna do now?" He asked himself.
"What's wrong, Dad?" Amy asked, her voice filled with worry as she sat beside him.
Mr. Wong rubbed his eyes as he tried to think. "Oh Amy, we no have transport buggalo 'cause idiot deliver company."
Professor Farnsworth gave the man a sympathetic look. "I'm sorry to hear that Leo. I wish I could help you, if I only knew someone that owns a delivery company. Too bad, it's just too hard to find good help these days or good delivery companies for that matter." The professor said as he sat back down and relaxed once again, completely oblivious to the looks he was receiving.
Leela looked over at him. "Professor, you do realize that you own Planet Express? And that it is a delivery company?" She asked slowly, this wasn't the first time that the professor had forgotten something major.
The professor gasped at the sudden revelation. "Mein Gott (you had "My goalie" initially and I wasn't sure if that was a mistype or intentional. I'll leave the final decision to you), Leela you're right! Now, who do we need to call to get this order placed?"
One step forward, two steps back (Don't know if you want to keep this).
Leela smacked her forehead in exasperation, and she wasn't alone in that regard.
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Outside, Bender and Leela, with the help of some farm hands, were loading the last of the buggalo into the back of the Planet Express ship. Fry turned to Amy, a worried look on his face. "Are you sure you don't want to come with us?" Fry asked her.
Amy smiled at his concern. "I'm sure Fry, besides, I could use the time to get my head straight. Especially with the whole Kif thing."
"I guess." Fry muttered as he looked down and kicked the dirt. "I just thought that maybe the delivery could take your mind off the whole break up." Fry told her, trying to ignore the happy feeling of the fact that Kif and Amy were no longer together. "I am here if you need me. We can talk about stuff and junk..."
Amy smiled when she heard their shared pick up line; reminiscing about when they used to date. "Thanks, but I need to think about some junk and stuff, you know?" Amy then scooped up Uma as she ran by them. "Besides, this way I can keep an eye on Uma while you're gone." Amy nuzzled the little girl's face, making her squeal in delight.
Fry smiled at the sight of his two girls before his eyes widened in surprise. 'Wait, where did that thought come from? Amy's not my girl.'
"So yeah…umm? That's great! I'll see you later Sweetie-I mean Honey-No, wait." Fry eyed widened in panic. "I meant Uma is a sweetie. Not that you aren't sweet, Amy, but-" Fry began to stutter as he looked between Uma and Amy. "I mean bye." Then Fry leaned in to kiss Uma, only for his clever, little girl to dodge the kiss and result in him pecking Amy…on the lips.
Amy and Fry stood there in shock of the kiss. "Uh Fry?" She tenderly asked.
"I HAVE TO GO NOW!" Fry shouted quickly as he jumped back, tripped, and took off running to ship.
Amy blushed bright red as she touched her lips, wondering if Fry felt the same spark she did.
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Fry ran onto the ship's bay area. "Okay, time to go!" He told Leela, a hint of the earlier hysteria still in his voice.
"Now hold your horses, I still need to make sure that everything is in order." Leela replied as she pushed a few buttons.
Fry hopped up and down as he watched Leela. "Hurry up." He pled. As Leela finished by pressing the last button, she took ahold of the steering wheel and stared off in space. "What're you waiting for?" Fry asked impatiently.
"Seatbelts?" Leela asked as she gave him a blank look.
"Ahhhh!" Fry screamed as he hurried into his chair and buckled up his seatbelt. He then looked at Leela as she readjusted her mirror. "LEELA!"
"Oh alright." Leela muttered as she turned the ship on.
Fry gave a sigh of relief as he relaxed in his seat. Feeling that this would be a long trip, Fry turned to his side in search of his favorite napping pillow, only to see a familiar face in front of him.
"Howdy partner." Mr. Wong spoke in a happy voice.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Fry screamed in terror as the spaceship left Mars.
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Back in the Wong home, Amy is sitting down attempting to watch TV. She was trying her best to keep her mind off of Fry and his stupid lips. As she finally got comfortable, she turned on the TV….
"Come and try our FRIES, they'll leave a tingle on your lips."
Change the channel.
"Is this Love?"
Change the channel.
"So kiss me…"
Change the channel.
"MMMM this is-"
Change the channel.
"I love-"
Change the channel.
"Fried-"
Amy growled as she changed the channel once again.
"You need to confess-"
Change the channel.
"Your-"
Change the channel.
"Feelings-"
Change the channel.
"For-"
Change the channel.
"Him-"
Change the channel.
"Amy!" A voice shouted.
"AHHHHHHH" Amy cried as she slammed the remoted down in anger. She stood in front of the TV and growled, "Try it again, I dare you." Amy challenged the idiot box.
"Amy you're gonna break the TV if you keep acting like cavemen." Mrs. Wong stated as she leaned against the back of the couch.
Amy whipped her head towards her mother. "MOM! It started it! The dang TV kept reminding me of-"She quickly cut herself off midsentence as she tried to find the correct words. "Junk and stuff." She finished with a blush of embarrassment. 'Well that worked swell.' She thought to herself.
Her mom started to walk over to her. "Oh my poor daughter, you so stressed." Mrs. Wong cooed as she rubbed her daughter's shoulders to help relax her. "My poor baby, I know just what you need! You need to get laid."
"MOM!"
"We find you something to do now. At least until Fry gets back, he give you good lay." Her mother ignored her protests as she started to speak to herself. "Yeah Fry give a good lay." Mrs. Wong started to picture herself in place of her daughter getting laid by Fry, her eyes losing focus as she slipped further into the fantasy. "He would…and then I would…" Mrs. Wong trailed off, completely lost in her imagination. "Ohhhhh Fry."
"MOM!"
"FRY!" Mrs. Wong shouted.
Amy shook her mother roughly. "MOM STOP IT! HE'S MINE!"
Mrs. Wong was snapped out of her fantasy at the abrupt statement. "What was that, daughter?" She asked.
"Nothing!" Amy squeaked out before she quickly covered her mouth after realizing what she had just said.
Mrs. Wong hid her smirk as she called out for Uma. "Grandchild where you at? You and Grandma are gonna help your Mommy forget about having sex with your Daddy at the spa."
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Amy sighed in contentment as a female jellyfish-esque alien ("War is the H-Word," Season 2, Episode 31) massaged her back. "This is just what I needed." She managed to utter out as her eyes glazed over when the masseuse pushed deeper into her lower back.
"Girl, you are all types of tight back here." The alien commented as she squeezed more oil onto Amy's back.
"No plazzz, that's what you get when you try to introduce your now ex-boyfriend to your parents. Then have your cattle rustled up. Then saving the cattle only to have yourself kidnapped by the rustlers. Then getting saved by an old boyfriend who is now a good friend, meanwhile your current boyfriend chose a cow over you. THEN, you realize that you don't really love the guy you brought home and now question yourself if you should fight for your old boyfriend. Now you question yourself if what you're feeling is love or just lust." Amy finished in a single breath.
The masseuse looked shock at this. "Wow girlie, you have some real problems there."
"Tell me about." Amy groaned as she sat up. "The worst part is that he has a cute, little girl, so any decisions I make would affect her." Amy finished as she wrapped the towel around herself.
The alien jellyfish put her tentacles around Amy's shoulders. "Poor baby girl. Now listen here, Margaret knows the one way to find out if he loves you."
(note I could not find that alien's name but find out she inspire by Margaret from M.A.S.H)[TMK Ben: I don't think she has one]
"How?" Amy pled as she grabbed ahold of Margaret's white uniform dress.
(It's in his kiss by Betty Everett)
Music quickly began to play as the Margaret moved her face next to Amy's and started to sing, grabbing everyone's attention.
"Does he love you? I know you want to know? How can you tell if he loves you so?"
"Is it in his eyes?" Asked a spa employee.
Margaret dramatically shook her head. "Oh no! You'll be deceived." She replied back in song.
"Is it in his signs?" Asked another spa employee.
"Oh no! He'll make believe," The alien moved to the center of the room, focusing the attention on her, as she started to point to people. "If you want to know if he loves you so?" Then she pointed to her red, luscious lips. "It's in his kiss." Then she spun toward a pair of young, twin customers. "That's where it is," She sang to them.
"Oh yeah?" The first twin asked.
"Or is it in his face?" Asked the other.
Margaret shook her head again. "Oh no! That's just his charms!"
"In his warm embrace?" The first twin asked again as she wrapped her arms around her sister.
"Oh no! That's just his arms!" She placed a tentacle on each of the twins' arms as she continued to sing. "If you want to know if he loves you so."
Nearly all the females in the spa, with the exception of Amy, joined in and sang. "It's in his kiss. That's where it is!" Then the girls sat Amy in a swivel chair and pushed her around as they continued to sing. "Whoa oh it's in his kiss. That's where it is!"
Amy was stopped in front of Margaret. "Whoa Oh, hug him and squeeze him tight." She sang as she squeezed Amy. "Find out what you want to know." The alien pointed at Amy as she continued. "If it's love, if it really is," Margaret paused as she shaped a tentacle into a heart. "It's there in his kiss."
"How about the way he acts?" Amy asked as she pictured the way Fry acted around her ever since they almost kissed under the stars.
"Oh no! That's not the way" Margaret looked offended by the question before she continued. "And you're not listenin' to all I say." She pointed an accusing tentacle at Amy. "If you wanna know if he loves you so?" She paused for a moment then sang dramatically at the top of her lungs. "It's in his kiss!"
Amy lightly touched her lips as a blush formed on her face in remembrance of a recent kiss.
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A zoom in on Fry's lips as he licked his lips while he gazed longingly into space. As he stared, he saw a group of stars that were in the shape of a heart before said stars split apart to reveal themselves to be moving space vans. Fry let out a tired sigh.
Leo frowned to himself, then put on a big grin. "So, Captain Fry, besides the screaming show, Holographic Pictionary, and drinking games with the auto pilot, what other preparations do you, Tight Tits, and Metal Man do for delivery?"
"Hey, I'm the captain here!" Leela shouted with frown.
Leo covered his ears. "AHH! Watch your high pitch voice, Tight Tits, I don't need ears to bleed. Okay? Yes."
Leela scowled and turned to Fry. "Okay, CAPTAIN Fry, why you don't tell Mr. Wong every detail, from start to finish, of our delivery routine."
Fry missed Leela's sarcastic tone as he gave her a confused look as if she had grown an extra head. "Well, there's not much to tell." He pointed to the back of the ship. "We go from here," he then pointed to the front of the ship, "to there." He shrugged his shoulders as he continued to explain. "We drop off whatever the stuff that was ordered, then we go home." Fry stared off into space for a moment. "Oh yeah! And we try to fix whatever craziness heads our way."
Leo nodded his head in thought. "Wow, that lotta of work. You tell great detail of simple, ordinary job."
"An award-winning performance!" Bender cheered as he arm-wrestled the autopilot.
Suddenly the ship jerked forward, making Bender crash his head against the autopilot screen.
"What was that?" Fry asked with a hint of panic in his voice.
Leela started to press some buttons. "Hmmm, it seems that the buggalo are getting restless down there." She turned her head toward Bender. "Bender, go down there and see if you can calm them down."
"Do it yourself!" Snapped Bender as he rubbed his head. "I'm injured here." He stated with a pout.
"For the love of…" Leela mumbled as she turned on the autopilot. "Fine, I'll do it, you big baby."
"Don't worry Leela, I can take care of it." Fry happily volunteered as he stood up.
"That's cute Fry, but I've got the autopilot on already. Why don't you stay up here and keep an eye on things." Leela dismissed him as she made her way down to the ship's cargo.
Back up in the ship's cockpit. Mr. Wong casually hummed to himself whilst Fry monitored the controls. Bender stretched as he got up. "Well I'm beat. I'm going to take nap before the boss lady comes back up. Tell her I'm doing something important, got it meatbag?"
"Will do buddy." Fry said as he waved his friend off.
With Tight Tits down below and the Drunk Trashcan gone, Leo saw this as a perfect opportunity to put his plan into action. The grandchildren's future depended on it!
As he was planning, he gave himself a second to think. 'Hmmm boy is loyal to friends. Let's see if he thinks of Amy as more than friend. How attractive is he to her.'
"I might not like Tight Tits, but her body is so much better than Amy's. Even if Amy is daughter, at least you can tell Leela is a woman. Sometime I forget daughter is a girl."
"Woah, that's Amy you're talking about." Fry defended.
"I know, sometimes I forget she's not boy. Well except Amy big butt. She get that from her mama." Leo stated proudly. "Do you see pink sweatsuit she always wears?"
"I think she looks cute in that outfit." Fry stated as pictured Amy in her pink sweats.
"Can you imagine her wearing short shorts, in a tight tank top with red cowgirl boots?" Leo asked.
"With a matching cowboy hat." Fry dreamily added.
Leo smirked. 'Got him!' "Yes, how did her big butt fit in those tight shorts?" He asked.
Fry could only start to daydream. He could see it all clearly. Amy walking down the beach and wearing tight shorts. He could just picture it now. He imagined seeing her as she bent down to look at a nearby shell and seeing those tight jeans wrapped around those perfectly round globes. So lost in thought was Fry, that he didn't even notice the drool that started to escape his mouth as he continued to fantasize about Amy standing up part as her top button seemed to pop off and he starts to see more of her delicious cleavage.
"Fry, Fry, Fry, Fry!" The imaginary Amy called out.
"Yes, Amy I am here." Fry answered.
"Fry, I need your help to open…" Amy started to say, before her voice turned into an angry, yet familiar, one. "Fry you idiot! I'm stuck!"
"What the?" Fry asked as the image of the sexy Amy disappeared. He shook his head quickly, missing Mr. Wong angrily mutter to himself.
"Shoot!" Leo cried as he quickly turned off the minute holographic project that was attached to his wrist. "I nearly had him."
"Fry! Can you hear me?" Leela's voice echoed through the ship. "The docking door is jammed! Get me outta here!"
The ship suddenly shook and both Leo and Fry are thrown to the floor. An alarm started to wail as two ships fly past and began to turn around.
"Space pirates!" Fry gasped.
"Space pirates?" Leela asked.
"You know, pirates - but in space." Fry answered giving the console a look of confusion. 'Wasn't she the one who taught me what space pirates were?' He thought to himself.
"I know what space pirates are you dummy!" Leela screamed in frustration.
"Where's Bender?" She asked getting into captain mode, even though she was still trapped in the dock, she was still in charge.
"He's doing something important!" Fry answered quickly.
The ship was quiet for moment. "He's taking a nap, isn't he?" Even though Fry couldn't see Leela's face, he just knew she was glaring at him.
"... It's a very important nap." Fry tried to explain as he started to sweat. "The most important nap in the whole universe!" He cried as the ship shook again.
Fry looked out of the Planet Express window just in time to see two ships that looked like old fashioned pirate ships, including sails. They circled the Planet Express ship and began to fire cannonballs at it, creating dents along the hull.
In the ship's cockpit, a pirate appeared on a screen. "Avast, mateys!" Shouted the captain of the pirate ships. The pirate had three parrots along his shoulder and four legs, three of them wooden. "Electronically transfer your space doubloons afore I send ye to Davey Jarg's locker!" He declared, before lighting a cannon and setting it off.
Back in Fry and Bender's quarters. A dent appears in the wall next to Bender's hammock, waking him up. "Hey! Keep it down you kids! I'm trying to take a nap!" He shouted as he reached over to a shelf and picked up a box of ears plugs, taking two out. Then he reached over to another box and pulled out two ears, attached them to his head, and puts the ear plugs in.
In the ship's cockpit, Fry is sitting in Leela's chair as he lined up an eyesight to one of the pirate ships using a console that looked just like an old arcade game. "Come on, come on, Fry you can do this." The eyesight locked onto the ship and Fry fired. Outside, one of the pirate ships exploded as Mr. Wong watched it all with a huge grin.
Down below, in the ship dock, Leela was running at the door as she launched a jump kick. She saw that she had managed to dent the door as she flipped backward. "Grrrr, I need to hit it harder." She muttered to herself as one of the buggalo knocked into her. Then her eye widened before she smirked as she looked at the buggalo.
The pirate ship continued to chase the Planet Express ship and the two ships exchanged fire. Fry steered the ship around and managed to get behind the last pirate ship.
In the ship's cockpit Fry ground his teeth as he pressed a button. "Autopilot, hold us steady!" Fry cried as he jumped over the steering wheel and dashed past Mr. Wong making the chair spin as he cried out. "Firing torpedo!" He flicked a switch, turned a knob, pressed a button, and selected an old fashioned telephone rotary.
The pirate ship got hit then started to spin wildly out of control. The pirate captain looked through the a nearby port hole upset. "I will get my revenge on thee, Planet Express!" The pirate stated in anger as the ship exploded.
"Yes!" Fry cheered as he pumped his fist in the air.
"Good job future son!" Mr. Wong clapped as he pulled out a checklist. On the list was the title "Amy's Future Husband Musts:" below it was a list of things he thought her husband must have. There were things like good looking, makes lots of money, working sperm, a good father, caring, attracted to Amy, and good moral values. Nearly all the items on the list had a check mark next to them, except for one marked "brave." Mr. Wong grinned as he checked off the last thing on the list before putting it away.
Just then, Leela came running in with the buggalo right behind her. "Alright Fry, battle stations!" She shouted.
"Ummm, Leela? The space pirates are gone." Fry explained with shrug.
"What!?"
"You missed it Tight Tits, Amy's future husband blew the pirates away! Why you captain again?" Mr. Wong asked.
Bender walked in rubbing his eyes. "Huh? What's going on here?" He asked sleepily.
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Back in the spa on Mars, we find Amy with her mother, Inez Wong, in the sauna room getting rid of all the impurities in their body. While little Uma was in a play room since the steam would too much for the little girl.
Amy looked worryingly at the door, ignorant of the fact that the two were alone for once. "You're sure Uma will be okay on her own, Mom?"
"Grandchild will be fine" Mrs. Wong said with a sigh as she relaxed and leaned back. "You worry too much, no good for face, causes wrinkles."
Amy rolled her eyes at her mom. "Yeah, whatever you say."
The two were quiet for a moment.
"Okay girlie, it's time for us to have our talk. What is going on with you and Fry? And if there's nothing going on with you two, why isn't there something going on between you and Fry? You know I want grandchildren. Your job is to get good man, Fry good man, Fry very good man. He has child already." Inez said in a serious voice, determined to find out why the two aren't together.
"Mom, I know Fry is a good man and a great dad and really good friend…"
"Then what the problem Tuts, and don't tell Mama that you don't like him. Mama sees, Mama knows, so just tell me what the problem is so I can fix the problem. Then Fry plus Amy equals grandchildren!"
"Mom! There's no problem! Fry and I dated once and it didn't work out." Amy told her mother in frustration.
"So what was the problem so Mama can fix it for you."
"It just didn't work out, okay?! Then I started to date Kif and some other dudes. I don't want Fry to be a rebound."
"Come on there's more to this story than you just saying it has to be. It's Tight Tits isn't it?" Mrs. Wong snapped as she raised her fist in anger. "She and her big boobs and big butt have seduced Fry! Well, if she thinks she and her big boobs and butt can get in the way of Amy and future husband she has no idea what's coming." She pounded her fist in her hand when she finished.
Amy looked up in alarm "Mom, calm down! Fry can't help it if he has a crush on her. She was the first person he met when he was unfrozen."
"Amy, doesn't it bother you that she treats Fry like trash?"
"Well…yeah."
"Do you think she'll be good wife? Good momma to Uma? She too selfish, she only cares about herself. She orphan, yes?
"Yes, Leela always talks about how she wished that she had parents to love her." Amy stated as she thought back to all of the times that Leela talked about her childhood.
"Okay, so does she volunteer or help out at the orphanage?" Inez asked.
"Umm no. She says that she has bad memories there." Amy mumbled.
Mrs. Wong threw her head back and gave a deep laugh. "Ha! Sounds like excuse to me. Let me guess, Leela was picked on for only having one eye?"
"Well yeah, she has had a hard time finding someone to see past her eye." Amy weakly defended.
"Cry me a river! You were fat and I was dirt poor with drunk parents that beat me and cared little about me."
"Mom! You were abused?" Amy asked. This was the first time she had heard of this. She knew her mom was poor and didn't have the best childhood, but she didn't know that there was physical abuse as well.
Inez shook her head to rid herself of the bad memories. "It's not something I brag about. It happened, I let it go. You and me, we change. We made ourselves change. We became strong and are stronger women for it. We do not dwell in past. We make our path for our future. You and me, when we want something, we work hard for it AND then we get it. That is our way!"
Amy had never heard her mom speak with such a passion before. "Mom, why do you care so much if I'm with Fry. You never acted like this with my previous boyfriends. Is it because of Uma?" She needed to know what it was about Fry that worked her parents with such fervor.
Inez smiled at the thought of the cute, little girl. "Uma is a good child and I like her as grandchild. I see no harm in being her grandma since she has no grandparents and I think that she needs love. But that's not the point." Mrs. Wong stared hard at her daughter getting her full attention. "You may not believe this Amy, but when I see you and Fry together, I see that look in your eyes."
"What look?" Amy asked.
"The same look I had when I first met your father. Even though he's old and has wrinkles everywhere, but those wrinkles and the man they're on belong to me. He might pick on me and he has kinks and his voice gets so annoying sometimes, but I cannot picture my life without that old, wrinkled ass of his."
Amy smiled at this as she watched her mom talk about her dad in such a loving way. "He's still good in bed, you know." Her mom bragged to her, okay scratch that, at least they still love each other. "What I mean is that he's a monster in bed. Those wrinkles can really grind up my mmmmmmm!" Her eyes started to glaze over and little trickle of blood began to flow down her nose. Amy just groaned to herself upon the realization that not only were her parents still very active sexually, but that her mother was also a pervert.
"Too much information, mom! Too much information! Please stop, my brain is killing me. I'll never be able to get this image out of my head!" Amy cried in terror.
"Daughter we are old, not dead. We still know how to get each other's motor running. And in case we can't, we know where we can get batteries and charge it right back up!"
"Mom! Okay, that's it. I'm blind. I need the bleach. Please, somebody get me some bleach. I need to bleach my eyes and brain." Amy cried as she lowered head and tried to get the scarring image of her parent out of her head. Forget image, it's more of a nightmare. "Okay, I've got to think of something else before I lose my mind completely." She complained.
"Picture Fry naked. The last time I seen him naked is when he took a shower this morning. I gotta say, good for him."
"Mommy you spied on MY Fry in the shower?!" Amy screamed in shock.
"Oh hell yeah I did. I ain't stupid, he lost that belly the last time we seen him on that doomed cruise ship. With a little time, he's going to be sporting a nice four pack. He's changed since he has that little one to take care of now. He takes better care of himself."
Amy smiled to herself as she watched her mom add a cup of water to the heated rock. "He sure has." She whispered to herself as steam filled the room.
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Back on the Planet Express ship, Leela was waiting in the ship as Bender and Fry finished delivering the buggalo. She was trying to enjoy her alone time as much as she could before it ended.
"Ahhh how much longer till we go, Tight Tits?" Mr. Wong asked impatiently.
"As soon as Fry and Bender get the papers stating that the company got their delivery signed we can go." Leela told him in an irritated voice.
Mr. Wong was quiet for a moment then glanced up at Leela with an annoyed look. "So do you do anything on the ship?"
"Oh put a sock in it, old man." Leela huffed as she leaned back in her chair. She had just managed to get comfortable when the doors slid open as both Fry and Bender walked in.
"We're back baby!" Bender stated as they entered the room. "I hope the two of you weren't too lonely without me. Now, where's my beer? I think some hard working deserves a nice, cold beer." Bender turned to Fry "How about you Fry? The little meatbag isn't around, so you can have all the beer you want."
"Nah, I promised Uma that I wouldn't drink while I'm on the job. She even made me pinky-swear." He shook Bender's shoulders dramatically as he said this. "Pinky promises, Bender, the most serious of promises. They cannot be broken by any man or you'll become a weasel. It's that important."
"Geeze Fry don't have a cow, it just a beer." Bender stated as he removed Fry's hands from him.
"Oh please." Leela groaned as she began to get the ship ready to take off.
Mr. Wong grinned at Fry. "Don't listen to them future son-in-law. It's good to keep promises, shows what a real man you are."
"Uh thanks?" Fry replied in an awkward tone.
"Do you really expect me to believe that you cut back on beer? Just look at your beer gut!" Leela stated.
Fry was confused by her statement and pulled up his shirt to look down at his stomach "What gut?" He asked.
Leela glanced down and her eye widened in shock. What happened to his beer belly? It was gone!
Indeed, instead of a muffin top, Fry now had a lean stomach that was starting to show the start of a two pack.
Bender whistled in appreciation as his eyes extended. "Meatbag, when did you lose your meat? Is this what happens when you have children? Or is this what happens when you make a pinky promise? If so, sign me up! I'll swear on my pinky or better yet, rip one off. Leela! Give me your pinky!"
"No, that's a body of hard work. I would know, I used to have one when I was younger." Mr. Wong smiled to himself. "Reminds me of my days when I first met Inez. Ha, the good old days when everything was tight and smooth. Yes, even she had that tighten up and lifted, damn old age sucks. Watching her run was one of my favorite hobbies. Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy. But then all the sudden she has to sling them over her shoulder. Now I watch the backside flop, flop, flop."
"You still love her, don't you?" Asked Fry, as he smoothed down his shirt.
"Damn straight! Those hubba, ubba, hubba still keep Papa going. And let me tell you, she keeps it up all the time." Mr. Wong smirked as he winked at Fry.
"Please don't make me throw up." Leela pled to them as the ship started to take off, only for it to drop to the ground...hard. In her anger, Leela forgot to put the ship in hover mode and disengage the jetbrake.
"Is everyone okay?" Fry asked as he tried to get his bearings.
"I'm fine, just dropped my nuts." Bender stated as he picked up a few small metal nuts and bolts.
"I lost my nuts too." Mr. Wong stated before he picked up his pack of peanuts. "You know how hard it is to get these things on flights?"
"Leela, are you okay?" Fry asked in worried voice as he went to check on her.
"I'm fine, you idiot. You distracted me with your stupid nonexistent beer gut and your stupid ways and Mr. Wong's stupid sex life and Bender's stupid nuts. And all this is just stupid!" Leela growled as she pressed some buttons to launch the ship.
Fry looked at her sadly as they took off. She didn't even give him a chance to sit down before she quickly took to the air. He had to grab onto the railing to keep himself from falling. "Leela? Not to be rude or anything, but I think you need to take deep breath and calm down."
"Give me a break, what's happened to you, Fry? I know this isn't real. You've changed too much, too fast and you're getting a big head. It seems like you're just wanting everybody to recognize you."
"You-you-you-you-you know what? I'm fed up this. Your 'all-of-a-sudden' change, is it because you think you're better than me? Just because you saved Amy and fought those pirates. Or is it because you're a dad now and you've adopted Uma?" She mocked.
"You know, I just don't know what you're doing anymore!" She threw her hands up in the air. "I have had it up to here!" She emphasized this by raising her arm to the sky. "You need to get a grip of yourself and come back from your big adventure in your big head and try to realize what real life is! In other words, get your head out of your ass for once!" Leela screamed in anger.
Fry hated the look she was giving him. His head hung down in sadness as he finally realized that things would never be the same between him and Leela. So, with a heavy heart, he tried to come up with something, anything really, that could hopefully undo the damage. If not, then it's time for him to move on.
He looked over to Leela as she tried to ignore him before he says, "Leela, I don't know what your problem is, but I can tell that you're upset with me. You're angry all the time, you seem like you don't care about my daughter, and nothing seems to make you happy anymore."
Leela huffed as she turned her head from him while Fry continued to speak from his heart. "You know, maybe after this job it's time for me to step away for from the company and look for another job. Try to start a new life. Because apparently, I'm not your friend like I thought I was. Because your friend will not keep putting you down. I hope that you will come to understand that I've always liked you and cared for you, Leela. You were always my friend, but I guess it was only one sided…"
Fry let out a tired sigh. "I guess I wasn't thinking straight. So, when this is over, I plan on doing some real deep thinking and look to the future 'cause I have a daughter and I want to give her the best future she can have. If that makes you or anybody else angry or hate me, then I really shouldn't raise my daughter around you or them anymore, because all you're doing is bring us down. I hope you'll give this some thought and really look at yourself and see what your problem is, because I don't know and apparently you don't either. So let's hurry up and get this job done." Finished with what he had to say, Fry walked away to the back of the ship to think.
The ship was silent after Fry left. Even Bender didn't know what to say to all this. He was shocked by all of the things that were said and attempted to process it. It seemed like his little meatbag was finally growing up. Standing up with a stretch, Bender followed after Fry. "You know, Fry's given me a lot to think about. It's probably about time that I start giving myself something to think about, because really, it's just not like it used to be anymore." He stated as he left. "It's kind of boring, but Fry always manages to entertain me and I can't go without my entertainment. Ha ha ha!"
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Fry laid in his hammock, quietly thinking to himself about all that had happened lately.
The door to the room slid open as Bender strolled in. "What's up meatbag?"
"Bender," Fry gave long sigh. "Thought I told everyone I needed time to myself."
"Nah, technically you put Leela in her place and decided step away from the delivery company to figure out what type of future you want for us and Uma."
"Us?" Fry turned his head slightly, a questionable look written on his face.
"Yeah us, me and you buddy. After all, oil is thicker than blood. Besides, when you mix oil and blood together, what do you get: a bloody oil spill!" Bender stated proudly.
Hearing this made Fry laugh which in turn brought a smile to Bender's face. "But Bender, what do I do now? Where do I go from here if I don't work for Planet Express?"
Bender rocked back and forth on his feet as he thought. "Weeelll, you could to take a vacation or deliver pizza."
Fry grumbled at the thought of delivering pizza again. "OOORRRR you could give me all your money, I'll take a vacation for you, and I'll put this brain of mine to use." Bender tapped his head, creating a hollow sound. "And thinking about what we should do next. Then I'll come back home drunk, but I promise I'll have an idea of what…what were you going to think about again?"
Fry chuckled a bit. "Bender, I need to save my money. If anything, I need to try to find a job while I think."
"That's a tough one Fry. Why don't you just marry Amy? Her parents are rich."
"Hmmmm that good idea Bender, I do need talk to Amy."
"Now that's the Bender way of thinking. After all they're rich! Which will make you their rich son-in-law. Which would make me your best friend, your rich, best friend…in-law…that sounds about right!"
"No Bender, that's not what I'm talking about. I need to go talk to Amy and see where we stand. I don't even know how she feels about all of this. So if I'm going to try and work things out, I really need to talk to her first."
"Pssh!" Bender made a mocking noise. "You humans and your feelings. Talk, talk, talk that all you all want to do." He paused for a moment. "So I take it you have no feelings for Leela anymore."
"You know Bender, when I first met Leela I thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world. I still think she's beautiful and I tried hard as I could to get her to see me. For a while, I thought she actually got to see me, but lately she's…"
"PMSing?"
"No Bender, not PMSing. And she's...she's I don't know she's…"
"A bitch?" Bender 'helpfully' filled in. "No wait! I know…she's a succubus! I knew it! She's a succubus and she's sucking the life out of you!"
Fry sighed at Bender's exuberance. "I'm with you on that, but I really don't know." His eyes suddenly widened in panic. "You think she's a vampire?" He started scratching his neck in worry. "Do I have any bite marks on my neck?"
Bender looked over at Fry's neck. "No bite mark...WAIT!" His eyes extended out in shock.
"WHAT!"
"I didn't know you had freckle there." Bender pointed at a spot on his shoulder.
"BENDER!"
"Would you like me to give you a bite mark?"
"NO BENDER!"
"Well I guess we're off to see Amy, good buddy." Bender slapped Fry's neck for good measure, making the human choke in pain. "By the way, do you really think that she's a vampire?" He asked in a serious tone.
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So there you have it chapter 8 finish. A lot of deep thinking huh. Let me tell you this is not what I had in mind when I first start this chapter but a story goes and your ideal starts to change so stay tuned and enjoy what will the next plot be. By the way thanks to The Mad King Ben for helping me finish this I had a brain freeze and he help me figure out how to finish this chapter. Don't forget to review.
