Chapter Fourteen
"Slimy!" I yelled.
"Jaycee!" he yelled back.
I looked over at Zero.
"Zero, we have to save him," I said.
Zero stood up.
"Well then lets get going," he said.
He helped me stand up, and together, we ran after the alien.
I didn't realize that my finger was swollen until I was running.
After a few seconds, my whole hand was swollen and green.
"No," I whispered to myself.
I kept on running.
At last we found Slimy and his capturer in the middle of the explosion ground.
"So we meet again, Zero and Jaycee," said the alien who captured Slimy.
Slimy was tied up in some kind of ropey wire.
I hid my bad hand behind my back.
The capturer turned around.
It was none other than Boss.
"I knew it," said Zero.
"Too predictable? Well obviously you weren't able to tell by my smile and my surrender that this world is dead. Do you seriously think that I'd write a peace treaty? Seriously, whatever humans are left aren't going to last. There's not food. Honestly, why bother with this planet anymore. It's time to move on to the next planet. So should we conquer the fire planet or the bubble planet next? What do you think Zero?" asked Boss.
"None. It's all ending now," Zero answered.
"Hmm…not quite the answer I was looking for," said Boss.
Boss turned around quickly and attempted to hit Zero in the face with one of his arms, but Zero dodged it.
I could feel my whole arm swell up now.
Zero noticed it.
"Jaycee…what the heck…?" asked Zero.
He was distracted, so Boss went to hit him again and this time Zero didn't dodge in time.
Zero flew backwards, landing on his back.
"One down, one to go," said Boss.
"Merry Christmas!" yelled a voice.
I turned around to see Slimy's cousin, 482916 coming towards us in an army car.
There were other aliens in the car with him.
He threw something at Boss.
It was an explosive.
Zero quickly got to his feet.
Boss looked down at the lit explosive.
"Oh crap," he said.
Zero immediately grabbed me and Slimy and started running, but I was accidentally dropped near Boss.
The explosive had two seconds left until it exploded.
Boss grabbed my bad arm.
"I will not die alone," he said.
Just then the explosive went off.
It was loud. So very loud.
I knew death was coming. I could just feel it taking over me.
I heard a voice yell.
"No!" It yelled for a long time.
Then I heard two voices yell my name.
I opened my eyes.
I wasn't dead?
I saw the ground and smoke all around me.
Green blood covered the ground, and Boss lied dead a few feet away from me.
I couldn't see the people yelling my name.
I wanted to yell back, but I didn't have the strength.
I tried to move my arm, but I noticed that it was totally green.
I forced myself to sit up, using all the strength I had left.
I saw that my whole body was green and Slimy.
I touched my face, and it felt gooey.
This had to only be a dream. I was dead. I had to be dead. There was no way I lived through an explosion like that.
I stood up, shakily.
My green legs wobbled as I attempted to walk.
The smoke was clearing away, and I was starting to see the world around me.
I lived after all.
I continued to stumble through the smoke, and eventually, I was able to see two aliens stare at me.
My head was racing, but somehow I was able to identify them as Slimy and Zero.
Only the picture of Slimy that was in my head was one of when he was a young alien.
He was defiantly a full-grown adult alien now.
I tried to walk towards them, but my legs gave out and I fell down.
Slimy and Zero ran over to me.
"Jaycee, you're okay…somewhat," said Slimy.
He helped me stand back up.
"W-What's wrong with m-me?" I stuttered.
"Slimy got his blood on you. His arm was bleeding before Boss took him away. Somehow a little bit got on your hand. I saw your arm. It was swollen and green. You were turning into one of us. Now you are one of us," explained Zero.