"I need to request a reassignment right away," X said as he darted into Zed's office with a paniced expression on his face. "I need to go to Antarctica immediately."
"X, I've told you before that if you're having problems with Elle, then you need to work them out!" Zed said. He couldn't believe his agents sometimes. It was like dealing with children.
"It isn't Elle! It's my mother! I just found out she's coming to visit! She'll be here in an hour! Please! You have to reassign me! Antarctica, China! Anywhere! Just get me out of here quick before she shows up!"
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Meanwhile, Elle was busily searching for her partner. He had vanished to who knows where leaving her with all of the reports to fill out again and she didn't intend to tolerate it anymore.
"Excuse me?" she heard a voice say. Elle turned to find an older woman of X's species standing there. At least this alien seemed to have manners though, unlike her partner.
"Can I help you?" she asked the woman.
"I hope so. I'm trying to find my son," she said as she flashed a picture of X in Elle's direction. "I don't know where that rascal has got off too. He didn't meet my ship!"
"You're X's mother?" Elle said with a smile. Now this could have the potential to be interesting. "Why don't you just wait right here? I'll go and find your son for you right away."
A few minutes later, Elle came into Zed's office to find X still begging and pleading to be reassigned. "Oh, X!" she said with a smile, "Your mother's here!"
"AAAAHHHH!!!" X screamed as he dove for the air vent. He could crawl out that way. She would never find him.
"Agent X, get up and go face your mother!" Zed demanded as he and Elle grabbed X before he could make his escape.
"You can take your time about going to see her, though," Elle said. "She seemed perfectly happy when I left. She was just showing some of the other agents a bunch of pictures."
"AAAAHHHHH!!!! Not the baby pictures!!! MOTHER!!!" X cried as he took off in search of her. He had to stop her fast before she showed off the worst ones!