"Well, finally!" X's mother said as the alien agent came darting up to her. "Where have you been? I just finished showing your little friends all of your baby pictures."
"You didn't!" X moaned and he looked around and noticed every agent in the area was struggling to hold back laughter. Oh, he was definately going to have to go to Antarctica after this. He reached out and took his mother's arm. "Why don't you come with me? I'll show you the...." Now where would no one be? "the garage! You'll like the garage! The nice empty garage!"
"Well, alright," his mother said as she let him lead her away from the other agents. "So, who was that nice girl that went to find you for me? You know, she was very pretty. And so polite too! I don't suppose she might be.... You know, you aren't getting any younger. I don't know why in the world you aren't already married!"
'Antarctica. Just think of nice safe Antarctica,' X thought as he led his mother down the hall. "So, when are you leaving?"
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Late that night, X was busily digging around in the SUV he had selected for him and Elle to use when he heard someone clearing their throat. He jumped up, banging his head on the steering wheel to find Elle standing there looking at him with an amused expression on her face.
"So, what do you think you're doing?" Elle asked with a chuckle.
"Nothing at all," X muttered as he tried to hide the tools he had been using.
"You know, it's a lot easier to drive if you happen to have the keys," Elle laughed as he held out a hand and waved the car keys in his face. "A lot better than hot-wiring the thing."
"Give me those!" X cried as he lunged for the keys but she snatched them back. "Please! I'm begging you! Give me the keys! I have to get out of here! She's going to be here for three days! I'll never survive!"
"X, calm down. It's just your mother. Besides, she seems very nice to me," Elle said with a smile. "I'm going to assume that you take after your father's side of the family."
"Please give me the keys!" X begged. "I'll do whatever you want! Just let me out of here! You don't understand what this is like! I showed her the garage! She showed Agent Jay a picture of me naked on a rug as a baby!"
"X, calm down. Your mom isn't so bad. She's already made friends with the worms. She showed them a new flavor of coffee. They were showing her how to work the copy machine when I saw them. I think she was wanting to make some duplicates of those pictures so she could hand them out." Elle laughed.
"AAAHHHHH!!! MOTHER!!!!" X cried as he flew out of the garage, all thoughts of escape gone. He had to stop her before it was too late!