Chapter 11: End Game

Elevators 6:39 PM

                Osmosis Jones had just got off the phone with The Chief.  After telling him the news about the hostages, he was furious and cussing up a storm.  The Chief's orders were to act now.  He was sending in six more Special Forces teams and this time Osmosis would finally get the action that he was looking for.  The Chief had ordered Ozzie to lead the assault on the viruses or terrorists as Ozzie referred to them.  To him, they were no different from one another.  For both him and The Chief, killing off the rest of the hostages, save for Leah and The Mayor, was the last straw.  They were both tired of the games that had been played with them and for Osmosis, it was time to kick some ass and take some names.

                After the six Special Forces teams had arrived, Osmosis gave them a briefing on the situation and a pep talk which basically consisted of the popular concepts of "taking no prisoners" and "bringing their sorry asses to justice, the hard way" as Ozzie had put it.  They were about to begin their ascent into the unknown when a dark figure dropped from the remnants of the second elevator shaft.  The figure was the one that Ozzie had seen on the news killing off those five innocent cells.  He knew that this figure was none other than Draco, one of the causes behind this whole mess.  In front of Draco was a now conscious Mayor.  His eyes were wide in terror and he had a gun pointed to his head.  Draco was grinning.

                "So, you must be the great Osmosis Jones." She noted.

                Ozzie stepped forward and drew his gun.  All of the Special Forces officers who were behind Ozzie had their weapons drawn and pointing at Draco.  Drix was also among the group.

                "It's nice to finally meet you.  Thrax has told me so much about you Jones and any enemy of Thrax is an enemy of mine."

                "Drop The Mayor!" Osmosis shouted in his toughest sounding cop voice.

                "Why, so you can shoot me?"

                "No, so I can arrest you."

                "Well that's not much better.  I'd rather be shot then be taken into custody." Draco said with a cynical laugh.

                "I said drop him!" Osmosis shouted again.

                "Make me.  Oh wait, you can't.  If you try and shoot me you might shoot The Mayor and we wouldn't want the man in charge of The City of Frank to die, now would we?"

                Osmosis pulled back on the trigger of his gun.

                "I wouldn't do that Jones, you're making me nervous and when I'm nervous my trigger finger develops a mind of it's own." 

Draco's pistol clicked as the bullet got ready to fire from the barrel and into the Mayor's head.  Draco put some pressure on the trigger of the pistol.

"I'd advise you to put down your weapons, now!" She screamed.

The teams looked at Ozzie.  Ozzie looked at the team and then at Drix.  He sighed as he eased his finger off the trigger and placed his gun on the floor.  The Special Forces teams did the same as well.  Drix lowered his arm.

"There, are you happy now?  Could you please give us The Mayor back?"

"Let me think about it for a second." Draco said grinning.  Draco squeezed the trigger of the pistol and a shoot discharged into Tom Clonic's head, killing him instantly.  "I thought about it."

The Mayor's body dropped to the floor and his blood pooled around his head. 

"No!" Ozzie shouted as he went to pick up his gun.

Before Osmosis and the Special Forces teams could do anything, Draco was emptying her magazine by firing shot after shot into the heads of the Special Forces officers.  They were all dead before she was able to totally empty the magazine.

"What a pity.  They didn't even put up a fight."

In response, Osmosis fired a shot of his gun at Draco.  Draco saw it coming and moved out of the way only to have her entire left arm iced by a shot fired form Drix.

"Damn it!" She yelled looking over at her arm.  "You'll pay for that.  Catch me if you can assholes!"

Draco jumped back up into the second elevator shaft. 

"Let's get her partner." Osmosis said to Drix.

"Right Oz." Drix replied, reloading his weapon.

Osmosis Jones and Drix followed Draco up the shaft.  When they got to the top, they saw a trail of water leading through the door at the end of the hallway.

"Where do you think she's headed Jones?"

"The Hypothalamus Gland." Osmosis replied as he ran through the door.

Hypothalamus Gland 6:50 PM

                "I've missed you baby." Thrax said as he removed a small DNA bead from the spinning double helix in the center of the room and added it to his collection.

                "Thrax!" Draco yelled running into the room.  "You're going to have company in a few minutes.  Jones and that pill are coming here."

                "Did you kill The Mayor?"

                "Yeah, and I killed the rest of the Special Forces officers.  I'll see you at the choppers in ten minutes." Draco said heading toward the exit.

                She felt Thrax grab her from behind.  She spun around to face him.  He pulled her in close and they passionately kissed.

                "I'll see you in ten." Thrax said, letting go of Draco.

                "I love you baby." Draco said walking out the door.

                "I love you too Draco!" He yelled.  "I love you too."

                "THRAX!" A voice from behind yelled.

                Thrax turned around.  When he saw Jones an evil expression spread over his face.  "Hello Jones.  It's nice to see you again.  Did you come back to finish what we started?"

                "Drix, go on ahead and try and stop Draco."

                "Sure Jones.  I'll see if Leah's okay too."

"Thanks man."

Drix smiled as he exited through the door that would eventually lead him to The Mayor's office.

"Hand over the bracelet Thrax."

"Over my dead body."

"I killed you once and I can sure as hell do it again!" Ozzie yelled throwing punch at Thrax.

Thrax dodged it and counterattacked with a kick to the stomach that sent Ozzie flying into a nearby wall.  Osmosis Jones got up and charged at Thrax.  The two exchanged punches and kicks and all through out the battle it seemed that Thrax had the upper hand.

Osmosis managed to get Thrax on the ground.  Ozzie leaped on top of him and began punching his face in.

"This one is for The Mayor!" he shouted as he punched Thrax hard in the face.

"This one is for all of the innocent people that you killed!" Osmosis threw another punch that landed hard on Thrax's face.

"But most of all this one's for Leah and Frank!" This punch was the hardest of the three.  Blood flowed from the side of Thrax's mouth and onto the floor. 

Thrax raised his left fist into the air and punched Ozzie in the side.  Osmosis tumbled off Thrax and hit his head on the wall.  Thrax shot up and wiped the blood from his mouth onto the floor.  Then he walked towards Osmosis and kicked him in the stomach and then in the same place that Draco had kicked him when they fought back in Shane.  Osmosis screamed in pain.  Then Thrax just started beating the living shit out of poor Ozzie. 

Thrax picked up Jones and threw him several times into the wall.  After that he tossed him up in the air, punched him, and kicked him into the wall, floor and upper catwalk.  Thrax laughed like a maniac as he continued to beat Ozzie to a bloody pulp.

Mayor's Office 6:54 PM

                The helicopters had arrived six minutes early.  The team had already loaded everything into them and were ready to leave, after they finished cleaning up first.

                "Well it's been a blast Leah but part of our job is cleaning up and taking care of witnesses after the mission is over.  And I hate to break it to you but you are a witness.  Good by sweet heart." Demo said pointing his assault rifle at her.  "Hasta la vista."

                Suddenly Drix burst into the room and fired a shot at Demo.  The shot hit his hand and the gun, icing them together.  "Shit!" Demo yelled.

                "C'mon Demo!" Draco yelled from inside of one of the choppers.

                Demo jumped into the open door on the transport chopper as Drix got over to Leah.

                "I'm going to get you out of here Leah." Drix said, escorting her out of the room.

                "Boys." Draco said into her headset.  "Open fire!"

                The machine guns on the four attack choppers opened fire on Drix just as he left the room.

                "Damn it!" Draco yelled.  "We missed!"

                "Where's Thrax commander?" Diego asked.

                "He'll be here.  The choppers were early.  Give him the next five minutes to get here and then…" There was sigh from Draco as she spoke into the headset.  "We'll leave."

Hypothalamus 6:57 PM

                "Now Jones, it's time for you to die."  Thrax said retracting his deadly claw.  He was about to stab Ozzie and finally kill him when Drix burst in.

                "Don't move Thrax!" He yelled, firing a shot at Thrax.  Thrax moved out of the way when he heard Drix's voice.  The ice barely missed him, and Ozzie too.  Leah and Drix rushed over to Ozzie.  Thrax ran passed them and out the door to The Mayor's office. 

                "Osmosis?" Leah asked putting her hand on Ozzie's face.

                "Leah?" Ozzie replied, opening his eyes.

                "Jones, you're alright!" She said with relief, hugging him.

                Osmosis Jones struggled to get up.

                "I have to get that bracelet back." He said, picking up his gun.  "Drix, stay here with Leah. I'll be back."

                "Ozzie, Thrax will kill you." She said, grabbing his hand.

                "If I don't go after him, we're all dead."  Osmosis replied giving Leah a kiss.  "I'll be back and wish me luck."

                Osmosis ran out of the room.  A tear ran down one of Leah's cheeks as he left.  She didn't think that she would ever see him again.

Mayor's Office 7:00 PM

                "Draco, we have to go now." Xion said form the co-pilot's seat next to her. 

"I know Xion, I know." She replied.  There were tears forming in her eyes.

Xion put his hand on her shoulder.

"Guys, we're taking off." She ordered into the headset.  The helicopters pulled away from the Mayor's Office. 

Moment's later Thrax arrived at the Mayor's office.  When he looked outside, he heard the sound of helicopter rotors and saw them in the distance.

"Damn it!" He shouted pounding his fist on The Mayor's desk and then walking over to the edge of one of the open windows.  "I'm too late."

"But I'm not." A voice said from behind. 

Thrax knew that the voice had belong to Osmosis Jones but he had no time to react because a shot that Ozzie had fired now drove itself into Thrax's right shoulder.  Osmosis had aimed for Thrax's head/neck area but for some reason, which he still can't figure out, all of his shots seem to pull to the right.  The impact of the bullet and the state of shock that Thrax was in caused Thrax to fall forward and out the window.  In the process Osmosis ran over and grabbed Thrax's bracelet.

"No!!!!!!!!!!" Thrax screamed as he began to fall.

Inside Attack Chopper One 7:03 PM

                "Thrax!" Draco shouted from the cockpit.  "Xion I have to go back for him!"

                "Draco, you can't!  If we go back now we may not make it out of this body alive!"

                "Then I'll go.  Take over Xion."

                "Draco!" Xion yelled as he watched Draco prepare to leap from the chopper.  "You can't do this!"

                "I love him Xion!" She yelled back.

                "I know you do." Xion replied, taking control of the chopper.  "But how will I know you'll come back?"

                "You don't." Draco said, taking her DNA bracelet off her neck and handing it to Xion.  "But now I'll have to come back because you have my bracelet."

                Draco smiled at Xion.

                "Good luck, commander." Xion said.

                "Thanks.  Take care of the team until I get back Xion."

                "I will." Xion said as a tear formed in his eye.

                Draco leapt from the helicopter and glided towards City Hall.  Draco didn't know if she would make it back or not but she knew that that team was in good hands.  Diego would take over if she couldn't return and Stryker Team Alpha would continue to be the dominating force in the microscopic world.  Draco had no doubt about that at all.

City Hall, below The Mayor's Office 7:07 PM

                Thrax had fallen a long way only to land on the hard ground.  He tried to get up but he fell to the ground again.  His shoulder was bleeding profusely and the pain was intense.  He didn't think that he would get out of this one alive, or at least with some pride and dignity.  Thrax heard someone coming up from behind him.  He strained to turn his head to see who it was.  A clawed hand was placed on his shoulder.

                "Draco?" He asked hopefully.

                "I'm not going to leave with out you." She said, turning him over and resting his body in her arms.

                "Draco.  We have to get out of here." Thrax said looking up at her.

                "I know.  Can you stand?"

                "I think so." Using Draco for some temporary support, Thrax got back on his feet.

                "You okay?"

                "Yeah."

                Draco looked a Thrax's wound, which was still bleeding a river of blood.  Draco took the strap that went all the way around her waist off her coat and put if over Thrax's wound like a bandage.

                "Now you're okay.  Lets go find some wheels."

                "Right baby."

                "Stop! Frank PD!" Someone shouted.

                "Shit, we've been spotted." Draco said.

                Draco and Thrax saw some cars parked near some of the tents that had been set up so they decided to make a run for it.  The police followed and they could hear gunshots behind them.  Upon reaching the group of cars, they hopped into the first one that they found, a purple car with blue flames.  Thrax got into the driver's side while Draco got into the passenger's side.  Thrax forced his left arm into the dashboard and the car began to transform into a corvette style car that was black and had red flames.

                Thrax then hit the gas pedal, pushing it down to the floor.

                "Where are we headed?"

                "The uvula.  I've got an idea for an escape plan."

                "Let's go then."

City Hall 7:10 PM

                "Osmosis." The chief said, speaking into the receiver.  "Did you get back the DNA bracelet?"

                "Yeah.  The temperature's just starting to go back down to normal."

                "Great.  What, uh hold on a second Ozzie." The Chief said getting off the phone for a second.  "Jones, your car was that one with the flames on it right?"

                "Yeah, what about my car?"

                "You might want to get you nucleus down here because it appears that Thrax and Draco just stole it."

                "What!  Those two better not have done anything to my baby!" Osmosis yelled.  "I'll be right down!"

                Then the line went dead.

                Moments later Osmosis Jones, Drix and Leah arrived at the Command Tent.

                "Chief, I need to borrow a squad car."

                "Sure Jones." The Chief replied tossing Ozzie the keys to a squad car.

                "Where are they headed?"

                "The uvula."

                "Now why the hell is he going back there?  He already tried escaping from that point before."

                "Yeah and in case you forgot already he succeeded." Drix commented.

                Osmosis Jones put on his sunglasses.  "C'mon Drix.  We've got to viruses to catch."

                Drix and Osmosis got into a squad car and sped off towards the uvula.

The Uvula 7:30 PM

                "Here we are." Thrax said, stepping out of the elevator.

                "Okay, and what's your plan?"

                Thrax replied by pulling out some extra pollen pods from his coat.  "Frank's allergic.  I figure we do what I did last time.  We cause a sneeze and then we glide out."

                "Sounds good."

                "You guys don't know when to quit, do you?" Osmosis Jones said from behind.  "Give it up, you're busted!"

                Thrax turned around to face Ozzie and Drix.  He rolled his eyes at them.

                "Don't YOU guys know when to quit?"

                "Don't move!  I'm putting you two away for a long time in a place where you can never hurt anyone again."

                "As if we're just going to stand still." Thrax said, ripping open one of the windows.  "You ready Draco?"

                "Ready."

                "Move and I'll ice both your asses!" Osmosis said as Drix stepped forward.

                "Uh Jones."

                "Not now Drix, just get ready to fire."

                "Ozzie.  I don't think we should be standing here."

                "What now man?"

                "Look." Drix said pointing out the window.

                "Shit." Osmosis said when he saw what was coming.  A tidal wave of white liquid had entered Frank's mouth and was now moving toward them.

                Ozzie and Drix bolted toward the elevator.

                "Thrax, why are they running and what's that sound?" Draco asked turning around.   Thrax did the same.

"Aw fuck!" He screamed as the white liquid, which would later be identified as milk, rushed over them and swept them out of the uvula and down the esophagus.   They clung to each other, screamed and gasped for air as they were flushed down the tube.  When they finally landed in the stomach they swam to the top and took a breath of air.  However, it was the last breath that they would ever get.  They choked and spat blood as their bodies were eaten away by the stomach acid in which they were swimming.  The last thing anyone ever saw of them were two hands reaching out of the surface, their claws locked together in their last effort to survive and in their last expression of undying love for one an other.

The Stomach 8:30 PM

                Immunity force had finished questioning all of the witnesses and had come to one conclusion; both Thrax and Draco were dead.

                "At last, they're finally dead." Leah said, staring into the lake of stomach acid.

                "Finally.  The Red Death will never have another chance to claim the life of another innocent.  We are finally free of that plague forever." Osmosis said, holding Leah close.

                Leah and Osmosis kissed and Drix stared forward from behind them.  The horror was finally over, or so they thought.  From inside the stomach there were two very tiny surviving strands of DNA suspended in the acidic soup just waiting for the right time to replicate and grow…