Okay, fair warning, if you plagiarize my work or threaten to sue me, a really big and nasty alien named Butch is gonna ring your doorbell and then…punch out your lights. So don't get any evil ideas (I'm the only one Butch'll let do that). MIB The Animated Series has the rights to certain characters, Del and Chand have laid claim to others, and what's left are mine. Glad I could clear that up for ya. I now return you to the fiction, already in progress. ^_^
Written in the Stars: A Destined Romance
Chapter 10: A Drunken Serenade
It was New Year's Eve, Agent W silently stood by the window and watched as the snowflakes lightly covered the streets down below. Several spectators were out, waiting to see the ball drop. Couples were there to ring in the New Year with a long kiss at midnight.
She sighed and turned back to the MIB's annual New Year's Eve party. Almost every agent had a glass of sparkling champagne in their hand.
Elle and X were discussing the idea of making New Year's resolutions. X complaining about how foolish and infantile they were and Elle insisting that he was bent on ruining the holiday by mocking all of its traditions.
Zed was chatting with other agents about the 'good old days' when he went out on field assignments. Kay and Aileen and Delia and R were dancing to classic holiday music while Jay and Val discussed sports by the snack table.
W leaned against the window pane for a moment then wondered aloud, "Where's U?"
She instantly regretted that. Agent U came stumbling out of a crowd of agents and caught sight of her in her long, shimmering, black evening gown. "Hey W! You look hot in that thing!" he hiccupped.
"Oh no--" she moaned, "somebody please, JUST SHOOT ME NOW!"
He staggered over to her, a glass of champagne in one hand and a microphone in the other. 'No', she thought, 'tell me he's not going to sing karaoke!'
U dropped down on one knee and gazed up at his partner, well actually…PARTNERS…if ya counted the 5 other Ws that he saw.
"U get up!" she begged, "Get up NOW!"
No use, he put the microphone to his lips as the music began and started to sing her the lyrics, out of tune. "When a MAN---loves a WOMAN!!!!----"
Agent W shot up from the examining table and knocked heads with a startled Agent U.
"STOP SINGING!!!" she screeched.
"Singing what?" U asked, rubbing his aching head.
"That Michael Bolton song! 'When A Man Loves A Woman!'!"
"I haven't sung one note!" he shouted back.
She glared at him with flushed cheeks, "I swear to you, U--if I hear one more sound out of you…I'M GONNA TAKE THAT TIE AND WRAP IT AROUND YOUR NECK SO TIGHT THAT YOU'LL NEVER BELLOW ANOTHER NOTE AS LONG AS YOU LIVE!!!!"
"Which probably won't be long," X chuckled as he watched the fight. No need to hold Elle anymore. W had jumped off the examining table and gotten right in U's face.
"I'm afraid you're mistaken Agent W," Zeeltor said as he prepared to inject Elle with the antidote. "You passed out in the sauna and Agent U brought you here to receive treatment."
"So U's little drunken serenade was just a dream?" W asked hopefully.
"Apparently," Zeeltor laughed.
"Phew! And here I thought that he had embarrassed me in front of the whole organization!" she sighed.
"Hey!" U shouted.
"C'mon partner," W replied with a smile, "let's go find that karaoke machine---and DESTROY IT!!!"
U sulked out of the room behind his snickering partner. 'Maybe she was better off the other way', he wondered.
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