Hello FanFiction fans! I'm back with another chapter for this story. Certain things that have happened in my life have prevented me from completing this (nothing serious, just exam worries) but I have managed to get some time to complete this and upload it for you all to enjoy. Hope you like it (there is a recap in the middle of this chapter in case you have forgotten some things)
Fry runs into Leela's room and sees her sleeping in his hammock. He walks over to her quickly and starts to shake her. "Leela, wake up!"
Leela opens her eyes. "Fry? Is that you?"
"Yeah, it's me" he said. "We've got an emergency."
"What is it?"
"A space bee got on to the ship!"
"What?" Leela said, sitting up. "How did that happen?"
Fry shrugged his shoulders. "Does it really matter? Shouldn't we be trying to get it off the ship?"
"Yeah, you're right" said Leela. She climbs out of the hammock and runs out of the door with Fry following her.
Leela runs into the control room and there was a giant space bee buzzing around the room. Bender was standing in the middle of the room throwing chairs at the bee and Sandy was lying on the floor screaming and pointing at it.
"When did Bender get reactivated?" Leela asked.
Sandy stops screaming, sits up and looks at Leela. "What kind of question is that?" she said. "I'm being attacked and all you can think about is who turned Bender back on?"
Leela sighs. "Okay, fine. Bender, get the net."
"The net? What do you want the net for?" Bender asked.
"I'm assuming it's to catch the bee with, you stupid robot!" Sandy yelled.
"Who are you calling stupid, moron?" Bender said.
"Who are you calling a moron, idiot?" said Sandy.
"Will you two stop arguing?" Leela said, suddenly. "I've had a bad experience with these space bees and I don't want a repeat of it."
"Oh no, not that stupid coma story again" Bender said, rolling his eyes.
"Just get the net out!" Leela shouted.
"There's no need to shout, I'll get the net out" Bender said. He took 5 pieces of wood and small netting out of his chest cabinet and threw them to the floor.
"What are those?" Sandy asked, pointing at the things Bender just took out.
"The net" Bender replied. "I have to dismantle it whenever I store it in my storage space."
Sandy sighs. "Well, hurry up and put it together then!"
"This isn't something that you can just rush!" Bender said. "This must be done slowly and delicately, so this will take some time. Be patient."
"Be patient?" Sandy screeched. "I'm being attacked by a giant space bee! Of course I'm not going to be patient!" she said, lying down on the ground and pointing at the bee. "Now speed it up, robot!"
Bender bends over and picks up two pieces of wood and tries to stick them together. "The more you rush me, the longer I'll take."
Leela sighs, rolls her eye and turns to talk to Fry. "This is taking too long. I'll be right back." She runs into Fry's room, unties one of the hammocks from the wall and lets it fall to the floor. She picks it up and runs back into the control room.
Fry turns to face Leela as she came into the room. "What's the hammock for?" he said, pointing at it.
"I thought we could use it as a net to catch the bee with. I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier..."
"There's no need for that, the bee is dead now."
Leela drops the hammock she was holding and scans the room quickly to see what he was talking about. The bee's body was lying on the floor next to Sandy. "What happened to the bee?" she asked.
"You know how when bees sting you, they die immediately?" Fry said.
Leela nodded her head.
"Well," Fry continued. "That's what happened."
"Where did Bender go?" Leela said, looking around the room for him. All she saw was the net that he was holding on the floor in the spot where he was standing. "And who did the bee sting?"
"Bender ran off after the bee stung Sandy. He didn't want the bee to sting him too."
Leela puts her hand on Fry's shoulder in order to comfort him. "Fry, I'm so sorry."
"It's okay. The relationship was starting to go sour anyway."
"Just starting to go sour?" Leela asked.
"Yeah, we've been arguing a lot lately, but that's not the point. The point is she is gone now."
"I'm sorry for your loss Fry and I don't mean to be disrespectful but we need to get rid of the bodies."
"How?"
"We need to chuck them out of the airlock. It's the only way" Leela said, walking away from Fry towards the dead bodies.
"Are you sure that this is the only way?" asked Fry, watching Leela pick up the bee's dead body and putting it in the airlock. "Wouldn't it be better if we went back to Earth and gave them some kind of funeral?"
Leela starts picking up Sandy's body. "Trust me Fry, this is the only way" she said, putting Sandy's body in the airlock and pressing the release button.
"Well, I'm single again." Fry said, sighing and walking towards Leela.
"Well, no offence to Sandy but I think that marriage didn't suit you at all."
"I agree with you. Don't get me wrong, I liked Sandy, but I like being single better. For example, I can do this" Fry said, kissing Leela on the lips.
Leela breaks away from the kiss and takes a step backwards. "What are you doing?"
"Kissing you. I'm allowed to do that now that I am single again."
"But your wife just died a few moments ago!" Leela said, pointing to the area that Sandy's dead body used to lie.
"So? She's dead, I'm single. Does it really matter?"
"I guess not" Leela said, shrugging her shoulders and stepping forward to kiss Fry on the lips again. "I guess that I have to put this hammock back now that there is no bee to catch any more." As she bends over to pick up the hammock, she begins to hear a buzzing sound. She turns around and sees Fry defending himself against the space bee. "Seriously? How did it get back on to the ship?" she said, looking at it confusingly.
As she spoke, the bee begins to turn its attentions towards Leela and aims its stinger at her. As it charged towards her, Fry runs in front of Leela in order to protect her, and then pushes her away from the bee and on to the floor. She lands on the floor with a hard smack. The hard impact of the floor sent pain searing up her back. She closes her eyes and wishes for the pain to go away.
Leela opens her eyes and finds Fry kneeling over her. "Leela, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. Could you help me up please?" Leela said, lifting up her arm for Fry to take.
Fry grabs her hand and pulls her up to her feet. "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"
Leela staggers backwards a little bit but manages to maintain her balance. "Thank for asking, but I'm fine." She looks around the room and sees that she is back in Fry's room and the hammocks are back in place. "What happened? Why am I back in here?"
"Don't you remember?" Fry said. "You slept in here last night. I came in to wake you up and I found you on the floor. You've must of fallen out of the hammock. That has happened to me more than once. Most of the time it's because Bender pushes me out of it for fun..."
"I remember all of that, but don't you remember the space bee?" Leela interrupted.
"No, what space bee?" asked Fry.
"What do you mean by 'what space bee'? You woke me up and dragged me into the control room and showed me it yourself! Then I went off in order to get one of the hammocks to catch the bee with, but when I came back you said that Bender ran off after seeing Sandy getting stung. She died and then so did the bee. We got rid of the bodies, you kissed me, then the bee magically appeared back on the ship and tried to kill me, but you protected me and pushed me to the floor, then I woke up in here."
"Leela, that sounds like one crazy dream."
Leela starts shaking her head. "No, it wasn't a dream."
"It must have been, none of that happened."
"Fry, I know the difference between a dream and reality, and trust me, it was real."
"But, Leela..." Fry started to say.
Leela grabs Fry by the shoulders and starts shaking him violently. "It was not a dream, it happened!" she said, through clenched teeth.
Fry breaks free from Leela's grip and starts to back away from her until he hits a wall. "Leela," Fry said, his voice quivering and rubbing the back of his head. "I'm pretty sure it was a dream."
"A pretty disturbing dream at that" came Sandy's voice from the doorway.
Both Leela and Fry turn to face Sandy, who was standing in the middle of the doorway, leaning against the door frame with her arms folded. "How much of our conversation did you hear?" Leela said, sighing.
"I heard all of it, even your ridiculous dream" said Sandy.
"For the last time, it wasn't a dream" Leela said slowly, enunciating every word.
"Oh, really?" said Sandy, taking a step forward. "It seems to me that you are having trouble dealing with the difference between reality and your sick, twisted dream world. Well, let me tell you what has happened in reality so far."
"No thanks, I don't really need a recap" said Leela.
"It doesn't matter what you think because I'm going to tell you anyway. You are crazy after all."
Fry steps forward and starts to talk. "Sandy, I'm quite sure that Leela is not crazy and her memory is pretty good so I don't think none of us need a recap. Also-"
"Fry kept asking you out, but you said no and broke his pathetic heart" Sandy said, interrupting Fry. "He felt sorry for himself for falling in love with a heartless witch that he went to a bar to drink and cry his eyes out, that is where he met me."
"You're the one to talk, witch" Leela mumbled under her breath.
"I didn't cry my eyes out" said Fry.
Sandy ignores them both and continues talking. "We started dating and you were so jealous, you told me to dump him when he went missing for days. I ignored your advice, Fry proposed and we were engaged. Afterwards, we got married and went to Nuevo Barcelona for our honeymoon. When we came back, you forced us to come on this mission, and then got us lost in the Galaxy of Limbo."
"There are so many things wrong in that recap, I don't know where to start" said Leela, folding her arms and shaking her head.
"There is nothing wrong with my recap" Sandy said. "The only thing that is wrong is that in your dream, I got stung by a space bee and died and you ran off with my husband" she said, walking over to Fry and placing her hand on his shoulder. "You have a sick mind, Leela."
Before Leela could say anything, Bender runs into the room. "Guys, follow me to the control room. There is something you have got to see" he said before running back out of the room.
Leela follows him but Sandy and Fry stay put. "Leela is correct, there are a few things that were wrong with the recap" said Fry, taking Sandy's hand off of his shoulder.
"Like what?" asked Sandy.
"First of all, Leela didn't force us to come on this delivery, we are here because you are having something delivered to the DOOP. Secondly, you got us lost in the Galaxy of Limbo when you and Leela fought and fell on the controls."
"Those things aren't true! My recap was perfect!" shouted Sandy.
"Plus, I didn't propose to you. You forced me to marry you."
"I didn't force you to propose, you did it voluntarily!" said Sandy.
"Yes you did, don't you remember?"
Flashback
Sandy opens the door to her apartment and walks inside. She turns on the light and picks up the phone to call Fry.
"Hello Sandy."
Sandy drops the phone in surprise. She didn't expect to see him standing in the middle of her living room.
"Fry, how did you get in?"
"You gave me your spare key about a month ago."
"Oh yeah. Anyway, I need to talk to you..."
"Before you say anything, let me say what I have to say first."
"Okay, fine. Go ahead."
"Thank you. Now, I know that my behaviour these past few days is unlike me. But you must understand that it's for a good reason."
"You ignoring my calls and pretending I don't exist? This better be a good reason."
"It is a good reason, believe me, it is! Listen Sandy, you are an incredible girl. I'll probably never meet another girl like you and if you no to my question, I'll probably cry my eyes out."
"Say no to what?"
Fry takes a step forward. "Sandy..."
Sandy gasps. "Are you proposing to me?"
Fry shakes his head no.
"Then what is the big question you wanted to ask me?"
"Sandy, will you break up with me?"
"What?" said Sandy. "You want to break up with me?"
"I'm sorry, but I think it is for the best."
"But you just said I was an incredible girl!"
"You are, and I will probably never meet another girl like you, but you're just not right for me."
"You also said that if I say no to your question, you would cry your eyes out!"
"Well, that might have been a slight exaggeration. I'd be sad, but I wouldn't cry. Are you upset?"
"No, I'm not upset." Sandy walks towards Fry and slaps him across the face.
"Ow!" Fry said, rubbing his cheek and wincing at the pain. "I thought you said you weren't upset."
"I may not be upset, but I am very angry!" Sandy said, raising her voice slightly. "Now, before I beat you to a bloody pulp, tell me why you are breaking up with me."
"Firstly, believe me when I say that it is not your fault."
"Of course it is not my fault! It's never my fault, it's yours!"
"You're right, it is my fault because I'm in love with someone else."
Sandy slaps Fry across the face again. "How could you cheat on me?" she yelled in his face.
"I never cheated on you. We never did anything."
"You many not have done anything with that person, but I can't overlook the fact that while you are with me, you are thinking about some other person! Speaking of which, who is this other person? Is it that clumsy chick from Mars?"
"No, that relationship ended ages ago."
"Oh please don't tell me it is the one eyed witch you used to fancy."
"If you mean Leela, then yes it is her" Fry said, looking away from Sandy.
"Why? She doesn't like you! You told me so yourself!"
"I know, but I can't help myself. No matter what I do or who I date, I often find myself thinking about Leela, she is just so beautiful."
"Are you trying to tell me that you would rather be with Leela, a person who has one eye and doesn't like you, than be with me, a symmetrically-perfect person?"
"Yes," Fry said, nodding his head.
"Why?" Sandy yelled directly into his face.
"I don't know what it is about her, but I know I like her better than you."
Sandy calms herself down and begins to pace back and forth. Soon she stops pacing and looks at Fry. "I'm sorry, but I'm going to reject your offer."
"What offer?" asked Fry.
"Your offer to break up, I don't want to," she said, and then walks away into her bedroom.
Fry follows her and stands in the doorway, watching her looking for something underneath her bed. "It wasn't an offer, I really want to break up with you."
Sandy pulls out a small blue felted box from under the bed and shoves it into Fry's hands. "Open it," she said.
He opens it and sees a diamond ring inside it. "What is this for?" he said, taking it out of the box and looking at it closely.
Sandy immediately takes it from him and puts it on her finger. "Oh Fry, yes I will marry you."
"What?" Fry said, staring at her in disbelief.
"Well, what happened is that you finally came to your senses and proposed to me," she said.
"Why was the ring under your bed?"
"It was my mother's engagement, I took it from her. She didn't need it any more after she divorced my dad."
"But I came here tonight to break up with you, not become your fiancé!"
"Well I wanted to get married, so we're engaged now."
"But..."
"But nothing! I make the decisions in this relationship, not you, just remember that!"
"Well, I suppose I would rather be engaged to a spiteful woman than be lonely..."
"That's the spirit. Now, get out. I want to go to sleep but I can't do that while you're here."
"Why can't I just sleep here? You already have a double bed."
"I am not sleeping in the same bed as you, I don't want my sheets getting dirty. Now, leave!"
Fry begins to leave the room, closing the door behind him, while Sandy sits on the bed, admiring her new ring.
Present Day
"The only thing I remember was you proposing, which I didn't force you to do."
"Maybe 'force' is the wrong word. It seemed more like a trick now that I think about it."
"If you didn't want to marry me, why did you go along with it?"
"It all happened so fast, I wasn't thinking so clearly..."
"Well, there is nothing you can do about it now. We are married until death do us part," Sandy said, leaving the room. Fry follows her soon afterwards.
They both walk into the control room and see Bender attempting to do a handstand while Leela is standing in the corner of the room, tapping her foot impatiently. Bender manages to lift both of his legs up for a few seconds but then collapses on to the floor. "Ta-da!" he said, quickly standing up.
"That's it? I have wasted 10 minutes watching you trying to do one simple handstand!" Leela said, kicking a chair over in frustration.
"Go pick that chair up" Sandy said to Fry.
"Yes Sandy," Fry said, and then reluctantly goes to pick up the chair.
"You don't have to do that Fry. I'm the one that kicked it over, I should pick it up" Leela said.
"Who are you to tell my husband what to do? He's not married to you!" said Sandy.
"What gives you the right to treat him like a slave?" Leela asked, walking towards her. "Just because you're married to him, doesn't mean that he should obey your every order."
"Well at least I'm not obsessed with a certain someone that it comes to the point that I dream about their spouse dying!"
"How many times do I have to tell everyone? It wasn't a dream, it was real!" Leela yelled.
"Um..." Fry said.
"What?" Leela and Sandy yelled, looking at Fry.
"You may want to look out of the window" he replied, pointing at the window.
Sandy, Leela and Bender run towards the window and saw that they were in a room with cold steel walls, surrounded by cardboard boxes that haven't been dusted in years. "Last time I looked out of the window, we were in the Galaxy of Limbo. Now we appear to be in some sort of storeroom. How did we get here?" Leela said out loud.
"Thank you for the commentary" said Sandy, sarcastically.
Before Leela could reply, there was a knock at the door.
Whose at the door? Where are they now? Find out in the next chapter! (The first part is in italics because it was a dream sequence in case anyone is confused)
Thank you to those who have reviewed and offered advice (this is in case I haven't thanked you already), please keep them coming. Any suggesting to make this better is appreciated. Sorry if there are any mistakes, I do check the chapters before uploading them but sometimes I don't see mistakes until someone mentions them.
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Until next time!
