The Wrong Hands.
Chapter 6: Struck Down in the Line of Battle, Two Equal One.
Buzz watched from his position on the wall as Lex crept slowly behind Zurg. Her destination was the Light of Orion. She was going to take it down. It would be taxing for her to destroy a piece of history of the Galaxy, but, it would be even harder to watch as the Galaxy was pulverized. On her way she picked up a weighty, metal, pipe that was laying on the ground. She was going to use that as her weapon of choice, to beat the living daylights out of whomever wanted to stop her, and to bash the Light of Orion with.
"May the Force be with you," Buzz whispered as he watched her prowl off.
Zurg had no indication as to the girl crawling on the floor behind him. Inching ever closer to the weapon that would destroy the Universe for him.
"Evil Emperor Zurg!" a Grub raced to stand before his Emperor practically throwing itself at Zurg's feet. The short bug stood up straight and awaited Zurg to acknowledge his presence.
"Yes?" Zurg looked down upon the little green Grub with arms crossed annoyed. "You have something to say? And it better be important!" Zurg added the little last comment with some force. Zurg hated being interrupted, he found it annoying and also rude. And as everyone knows, it is not wise to upset the Evil Emperor Zurg. And especially when he was on the brink of conquering the Universe.
"Oh yes my Evil Emperor!" The Grub said with a quiver in his voice, shaking his head wildly in a yes answer. "Everything is in the right position, we can now use the Light of Orion." the Grub reported the good news to him.
"Well then what are you waiting for!? Get that thing up and running!" a cold wind blew through as the Emperor gave the signal to launch the coming of Armageddon. This was it, Zurg was going to launch a beam that would echo through the Universe, destroying everything and anything that was in it's path.
"Not today Zurg!" Lex roared out as she slammed her shoulder into the Brainpod that was operating the flood lights, he was just about to press the button when he was hit from the side. She sent him flying into a nearby wall, placing a crack right through the center of his bowl head, lucky for him the crack wasn't deep enough through the thick glass dome and his containment fluid stayed in tack.
"WHAT!!?" Zurg bellowed in rage as he turned around to see the commotion behind him. His evil red eyes glowed, his evil claws seemed to appear sharper and more deadly. "How did she get here!? Stop her!!!!!" Zurg ordered his Hornets to attack Lex. "Don't let her touch the Light of Orion!" Zurg made sure that they would destroy her before she damaged his weapon. Because if they did he would damage them in return.
The Hornets opened fire on the girl as soon as Zurg commanded it of them. Lex gasped and looked up to see the laser blasts coming for her, just missing her by mere centimeters. She ran straight for the Light of Orion, trying disparately to avoid capture, again, or getting a hole seared in her side. She had to forget about taking down her foes and concentrate on destroying the weapon instead.
"Lex! Run!" Buzz yelled out to her to no appeal. His shouts weren't going to help her, HE needed to help her! He needed to get out of the bonds that kept him from that. Every second that went by Lex came closer to getting struck by a laser blast. Buzz needed to break free, needed to save her, needed to do something!! He started ripping at the clasps on the wall the kept him captive. His muscles strained so much they hurt, surly he was going to pull a tendon or injure himself some how in his struggle. But no matter what the pain was he was going to rip those shackles out of the wall if he had to, and that's what he was trying to do. But they held fast. Zurg seemed to have perfected his 'Unbreakable Bonds' formula since last time they met that way. The bolts just wouldn't budge, and Buzz pulled harder and harder, the sharp edges of the bands nearly cutting through his arms.
"Hey, Cap. Need some help?" XR asked his Commanding Officer.
"XR!" Buzz was glad to see his team standing in the doorway of Z Tower. Boy oh boy they were a sight for sore eyes. All three, Mira, Booster, and XR, were standing there in the same doorway Lex had appeared in, ready to assist. Now they might have a chance.
"Sir!" Mira shouted at her imprisoned Captain, "We'll take care of these Hornets, XR, you get Buzz off of that thing," Mira ordered. The Tangean and the Jo Adian went to work keeping the Hornets off of Lex's back. "Miss Morgans! Go now!" Mira shouted to the blue haired woman who was stopped for a short time by Hornets. Then she went to work blasting the robotic insects to pieces.
Lex nodded and her brows knotted in determination as once again she picked up the metal pipe and leapt out of her hiding place from behind some barrels of chemicals. She set her sights on the Light of Orion once more and proceeded in that direction once again, bent on bringing her find crashing to the ground. As she came near she raised the pipe high above her head ready to strike down with force, smashing it to the ground. Although it was twelve feet tall, the sands of time had taken their toll on the large delicate crystal, and one forceful strike on a supporting edge would bring it down.
"Arggh! You incompetent Boobs!" Zurg bellowed shaking his clawed, mental, fists at the Hornets, who were busy with the Rangers or smoldering on the ground, "I'll deal with her myself!" The Emperor turned back to Lex and reached behind him grabbing his Zurgatronic-Ion Blaster. He skillfully aimed it at Lex. Taking aim and grinning to himself with satisfaction.
XR took his tiny skill saw from his load of gizmos and held it to the metal bonds on his Captain, "Okey dokie Buzz," XR assured him as he cut through the last restraint. "And you're free," the little robot said proudly to himself as Buzz landed on his feet safely. He rubbed his wrists where the metal bonds were cutting into his flesh.
"Thanks XR," Buzz commended his little metal friend. "Now go help Mira and Booster, I'm going after Zurg," he glowered at the Emperor, witch he probably shouldn't have been looking in that direction. Because when he looked that way he saw Zurg pull the trigger on his Ion Blaster. Everything seemed to be going in slow motion at this point. Buzz's wide, blue, eyes followed the blast of ionic plasma as it flew through the air. He followed it and watched with horror as it hit Lex in the lower abdomen. Without hesitation, without even thinking, his lungs instinctively screamed out a cry of terror and rage. "NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!" The Ranger didn't even command his lips to scream they did so on their own without thinking. He stood there for a split second without moving, but that second felt like hours to him.
Lex hit the ground hard. The pipe flew from her hands and landed to the hard metal ground with a clank of metal on metal. The sound seemed to echo through the still air. She felt as the ionic plasma seared, seared through skin, through muscle, just missing organs. The heat of the blast acted as it's own cottering. Searing the wound from leaking vital life giving blood. But none the less the wound was bad enough to strike the girl down to the ground, and even be fatal. She lay on the floor clutching her stomach where the wound was. Was she dead? No she could still see, and she saw Buzz coming towards her.
The Space Ranger ran at full speed to his lover who lay on the ground still. She took big gulps of air into her lungs, she might have been hyper ventilating the pressure in her body might have also been crushing her lungs. Buzz kneeled at her side and looked across her body, he saw her hand holding her wound. "No, Lex," he whispered. He gently picked her up into his arms and cradled her close. He stroked her hair back out of her eyes, letting it run through his fingers. "Lex, no." a tear feel from his cheek. It had been the first time in many long years since he had ever cried. The last time he could remember was when he was five, feel down and scrapped his knee. He had always tried to be strong, no one knew their captain could feel sorrow, but there were times when your emotions just overcame you, this was one of them. When his beloved, whom he had just met, might be doomed. Were they to be star-crossed lovers? That yes, they were intended for one another and nobody else, but their time was so brief? Nobody is guaranteed tomorrow, but yet it seemed so unfair that the one you loved the most were to be taken from you in such short time.
"Stay with me Lex," Buzz spoke softly to her, "It will be alright, you'll see." he didn't think that was so right, but he kept talking to calm her, to make sure that the last thing she remembered was that of him speaking to her, comforting her. It was hard to be calm in the middle of a laser shoot out, but Buzz had blocked out all that disturbance from his mind, all he saw was Lex. He didn't even hear the hissing and blasting of lasers around him, or the gloating laughter of Zurg that echoed through the thick air.
Lex drew a hand up and touched his cheek, she tried her best to smile through the pain, "I know Buzz. I know. It will be alright," she tried to reassure him now that things were OK. Buzz smiled through his tears at her braveness, he held her close, holding her head to his chest, where she could hear his heart beat. She didn't say it so much as to comfort herself, but to calm him. She knew he was deeply upset and worried, but she knew he had to keep his head up and finish the job.
Zurg wasn't paying attention to Buzz and Lex's show of sorrow and affections just as they weren't paying attention to him. He was now concentrating on getting the Light of Orion back online while the Hornets kept the rest of Team Lightyear busy. "Quickly now! Lightyear is distracted!" Zurg boomed over the roar of lasers. A Brainpod nodded and wheeled off to the control panel. He flipped the switch that would turn on the deadly weapon. "Yes!" Zurg hissed between the slots in the grill of his helmet, "Come forth and darken the Galaxy in my evil!!!!"
The lights hummed as they took a bit of charging up to reach full light. It would only be a few seconds now. The Brainpod went flipping all the switches on the panel that turned on the individual lights. Brighter and brighter the top of Z Tower grew.
"Buzz," the faint whisper called him, this time it was no dream. Buzz lifted her head up so he could look into her eyes and listen to her words. "You must destroy the Light of Orion, stop Zurg." she told him.
"But you're wounded, I can't leave you," he tried to convince her that he wasn't to go. That he must stay and protect her.
"It won't matter if Zurg destroys everybody and everything, he can't win Buzz, don't let him, please. I didn't dig it from the sands to be used like this, please," she took his hand in a weak grasp. He understood then what he must do. He must do as she wishes or her death might be in vain. He couldn't let that happen.
The brave Ranger with a new look of hope and determination twinkling in his eyes, a look that we all knew him for, stood up clutching the girl in his arms. "Booster!" Buzz called to his round friend.
"Yes sir!" the happy Jo Adian lumbered over happy to help his friend while the others battled with Hornets.
"Watch over her with your life" he handed Lex to Booster, the girl all but limp in his arms. He started off and grabbed the big metal pipe witch Lex was using off the ground.
"But where are you going?" Booster asked worriedly. He was scared, scared that Lex might die in his arms without Buzz being there with her, scared that the Galaxy might be destroyed, scared that his friend and hero might die.
"I'm going to finish something that was started," he knotted his brows and ran off towards the great pyramid.
"What!? Zurg screamed, "He's not supposed to be doing heroic things! That's not part of my plan! STOP HIM!!!!!!" Zurg ordered more Hornets to attack Lightyear as the Lights grew ever closer to their full potential. Zurg was determined to crush anything on anyone who stood in his way.
"Mira, XR! Cover me!" Buzz yelled to his team mates as he ran past them.
"You got it Buzz!" Mira answered as her and XR fell in behind their leader, lasers blazing.
The lights were blazing hot now and it looked too late for Buzz, "You failed Lightyear! My flood lights are at optimum performance!" Zurg gloated. "Prepare to die!" He should have held out on the gloating part for just a smidgen later because at the exact moment the lights reached the crystal, so did Buzz.
"Not today Zurg!" Buzz yelled out in triumph. He raised the pipe high above his head, his muscles contracted and housing all his power in his thick biceps. Then with all his might he threw his weight into it and struck the Light of Orion. Swinging like a baseball bat. The force sent a shattering crack through the stone as the ancient weapon began to crumble to the ground. The twelve foot tall triangular-prism would crush anybody who was on top of the roof at that time. "XR, Mira, Booster! Let's move!" Buzz commanded as he and his team ran off. Buzz took Lex from Booster's arms. He wanted to hold her, he didn't get to do so when on the wall, but now he could protect her, hold her close to him and forever hold her in his embrace, he hoped forever.
They tried to go down the stairs but a huge metal beam landed in front of the stairway cutting of that escape route. "Blast! We'll have to fly out of here!" Buzz ordered. The Team of Rangers ran to the edge of the building and jumped off, activating their jet packs just in time. They fled just far enough to watch the top of Z Tower cave in. And to hear Zurg moan and groan. Defeated once again.
The Emperor Lay in a pile of rubble, lucky for him his thick chest plate armor and helmet kept him safe from harm. He moaned and groaned as he clawed his way to the surface. "Ugh, there goes another one of my perfectly evil plans," the Emperor said with pain of admitting defeat. He shook his fist at the Rangers who were now flying off, "Curse you Buzz Lightyear!!!!" the Emperor bellowed through the sky of Planet Z. "Grubs! Help your Evil Emperor at once!" Zurg commanded his lackeys who were just now coming out of the wreckage.
"Ye.Yes my Evil Emperor!" the Grubs coward as the scrambled to help their leader to his feet.
With Forty-Two crashed and wreaked. Mira had called ahead to dispatch to send a team with another Star Cruiser for pick up along the space of Planet Z.
"Hurry, we've got a civilian with severe injury!" Mira reported the importance of their hurry to the site. She looked back over her shoulder at Buzz who was holding the injured Lex. "We don't have much time."
"Right awayyyyy," the LGM who answered the call assured Mira that a team of Rangers would be there as soon as possible.
"Ranger Nova out," Mira closed her wrist com and turned to report the news to Buzz. She couldn't help but sigh in sorrow for their Captain. Seeing him there with someone's life in the balance. "Sir," Mira called to him and got Buzz's attention. The Ranger looked up from his soft spoken whispers to Lex. "A ship will be here shortly, sir."
"Good work Ranger Nova," Buzz acknowledged her. He then turned back to Lex. She had fallen asleep in his arms within a few minutes of launching from Planet Z. Obviously her body needed to shut down for a while in order to fight a battle, a battle no one thought she was winning. Every so often her body would twitch in a painful muscle spasm. Her breath grew more rapid and heavy, almost wheezing for air. They couldn't leave the Atmosphere around Planet Z though, for Lex had no space suite. Just the awful get-up she was adorned with back at Moon Darkmatter. "Stay with me Lex, stay with me," Buzz cooed in her ear to comfort her. He didn't know if she could hear him or not, but he just had to keep up his talking, for it soothed his pain also. "You'll be alright, I promise you, you'll be alright."
The rest of Team Lightyear heard their Captain's tender words. They slumped their shoulders for they didn't think that was a promise he could keep. XR opened his mouth to say something but Mira immediately clapped a hand over his helmet. She wagged her finger and with a stern glare told him no. The little robot didn't have to be told twice, he kept silent.
Within a few seconds upon Mira's distress call into Star Command they were picked up by Star Cruiser 19. The Ranger's of that team helped Team Lightyear on board and took Lex to the Med-Bay aboard the ship.
One of the Ranger's confronted Buzz as they took Lex behind the door. She wouldn't let him back there just yet. He tried dodging her arms blocking him, but she had to speak to him first. "One moment Ranger Lightyear." Ranger Lennox spoke to him in a concerned tone. Buzz stopped then and listened to what she had to say. "We brought along a staff of LGMs to help her, they said no one is to pass until they are through with the serious work." Ranger Lennox was also puzzled as to why Buzz was persistent on getting access to the Med-Bay. Of course she wasn't on Planet Z, she also wasn't around him on LegoEgo, and the only ones that had any clue as to the meaning of Lex to Buzz, were the rest of the members of Team Lightyear. "So if you will accompany me back to the bridge," she motioned her arms in the direction in witch Buzz was to follow but he wouldn't budge, in stead he propped himself up against the hallway wall.
"I'd rather wait here if you don't mind Ranger," he asked if that was possible.
"Very well then, I'll be on deck," she nodded her head good-bye and went to the bridge where the rest of Team Lightyear was already discussing the situation among themselves.
"Ohh," Booster moaned frustrated and worried, "I hope Miss Morgans is going to be alright," the big red alien quivered.
"Aw, me too big guy," Mira patted her friend on the shoulder, "For Buzz's sake anyways. He really loves her." Mira was a bit of a romantic and always liked to see couples happily together. Sure there were times when her and Buzz didn't see eye to eye, and they got on each other's nerves a bit, but she wouldn't wish this horror upon him no matter what.
"Speaking of Buzz and girls," XR piped up a bit of agitation in his voice, "How is it every time there is a pretty woman Buzz has to steal her right out for under my nose!" XR was still annoyed that Lex was in love with Buzz and not him.
"Umm, XR. Slight problem," Booster spoke up to correct his friend. The robot cocked his head up to look at the towering Ranger, a grimace still on his metal face. "You don't have a nose."
"I know that!" XR shouted out in frustration, "But if I did mind that Buzz would keep taking them away from me." not that anyone was with XR to begin with. And Buzz didn't steal them, more like they were just drawn to him. And Buzz just politely pushed them back, too shy, too embarrassed, or just not his type.
"XR!" bother Mira and Booster shouted at their robotic counter partner. The robot looked from one face to the other, they didn't look too friendly.
"A life hangs in the balance and all you have to do is worry about yourself!!??" Mira was upset at the robots lack of compassion. "Doesn't it even concern you the least bit that an innocent person may die today, and that a dear friend's heart could be crushed?!" she further insulted him.
But XR didn't have time to finish, Ranger Lennox saved him just in time with her queries, "So that's why Lightyear was acting so relentless on getting back to the Med-Bay, that's his girlfriend," She inquired from where she stood in the doorway to the bridge.
"Yeah," Mira confirmed her suspicions.
"Poor guy," Ranger Lennox's face turned to a sullen frown as she walked towards the group to take part in the conversation. "He'll be heart broken if she doesn't make it. But her life is now in the hands of a force far greater then medical technology now," she looked up back towards the door where she could see the small figure of Buzz with his back propped up against the wall, his head bowed in meditation.
Back in the Med-Bay the LGMs were working hard to save the life of Lex. She had passed out on the table she was lied on. They had her hooked to all kinds of elaborate machines. One to monitor heart rate, another to monitor her breathing, and some other odd and end mechanisms to monitor other vital life functions. IVs, and oxygen were also supplied. The LGMs walked from one machine to the other checking numbers and beats. They wrote down their findings on their pads of paper. When two met they shook their heads at each other hanging them low.
When they arrived back on Star Command more LGMs met them at the Launch-Bay. Lex was wheeled out on a stretcher and down the hall towards Star Commands central Med-Bay on the station. There they had more efficient machinery there, maybe a better chance to save her life.
Buzz tired to follow them, chasing the LGMs down the hall, but he was just getting in the way more then he was helping. When they reached the emergency room doors they pushed Buzz out while the rest took Lex in for treatment. He tried to push them aside but they just wouldn't let him see her. She was still in a critical state and no one but the medical technicians were allowed back there.
"You have to let me see her!" Buzz yelled at them. He swiped at them with his big hands, but they were so and so fast that they could dodge his swats.
"Nooo Buzzz," they told him, pushing his legs causing him to step backwards or he'd fall on his rear end. Finally enough of the little guys ganged up on the bigger Space Ranger and over powered him. They forced him to sit down in the lobby chair against his will. "We'll call you if the situation changes," they waddled off behind the big swinging doors before he could protest a reason.
Buzz sighed as he slumped into the soft cushion of the chair. He looked around at the Med-Bay office. It was kept cleaner then the rest of the station for medical and sanitary purposes. The sent of cleaning solution hung in the air and gave it that scarey feel to it, the feel of so clean its frightening.
Buzz propped his elbow on an arm rest and head in his palm. He sighed, feeling the weight in his chest. All he could do now was to wait, think, pray.
Out among the halls of Star Command Team Lightyear was casually walking about having nothing much else to do after defeating Zurg and saving the Universe from total destruction once again. When Commander Nebula came to call. The three members who were left stood at attention and saluted their Commander as they stood before him.
"At ease Rangers," the Commander greeted them and they put their arms down at their sides and slackened a bit, but not too much where they looked unprofessional. "Congratulations on a job well done Rangers" The Commander now saluted them. "Without you who knows, we might not be standing here right now."
"Yep, just doing our jobs," Mira tried to act modest but you knew she was bragging on the inside.
Commander just noticed that there was one member of the team missing, "Hey! Where's Lightyear?"
"Oh, he's in the Med-Bay," Booster told the Commander upon request.
"What?!" Commander Nebula's eyes shot open wide, "Is he injured!? What happened!?" Commander thought he was going to have a heart attack. He was in belief that somehow Buzz had gotten seriously hurt, maybe even life threatening. But the only thing Buzz was suffering from was anxiety.
"No, no Commander," Mira spoke up to ease her Boss' worries, "Buzz is fine, trust me. That's not the reason he's there, well he might have a few bruises or maybe a cut," Mira started to babble on and on about what kind of small injuries he 'might' have.
"Get to the point Ranger!" Commander Nebula screamed at the top of his lungs. He was fuming mad that it would take her this long just to get to the point of the matter.
Mira saluted and yelled out the answer quickly, "He's checking on Miss Morgans Sir!"
"Thank, you." Commander then walked off in the direction of the Med-Bay to see Buzz.
Team Lightyear breathed a big sigh of relief once their Commander had walked off down the hall.
"Could you elaborate a bit more on the subject of minor injures perhaps?" XR scolded the Tangean, "I don't think you covered rug burns in there."
Ranger Nova had nothing to say to the robot because she knew him to be right. She did have a tendency to go off in a tangent and ramble on and on. She stuck her nose high into the air and started to walk off. The Tangean was not going to argue with the small robot this time, for she knew she had made quite a little scene there in front of the Commander.
In the Med-Bay Buzz was twiddling his fingers anxiously with nothing else better to do. He looked at the clock from time to time, minuets went by that seemed like hours. Every so often, or second, he got up and went to the desk to see if there was any word, and time after time they told him to sit down that they would tell him when something happened, or it was safe to go behind the door. And as always Buzz would mumble and grumble to himself as he took his seat once more.
"Lightyear!" Commander's voice boomed from the door as he stepped into the lobby.
"Sir!" Buzz jumped from his seat and stood at attention before his Commander and friend.
"At ease, I came to congratulate you on a job well done."
"Thank you sir," Buzz thanked him but with a sullen voice. A job well done? Sure they had saved the Galaxy from total destruction, but he wasn't able to stop his lover from getting seriously hurt.
"What's wrong?" Commander detected that sullen in his speech and frowned.
"Well.." Buzz went on to tell Commander Nebula everything. He told him about Lex, about why she was in the Med-Lab, how he felt, about what she meant to him, about why even though she might live they might not be together.
It all came together for him then, why he was so persistent back there on LegoEgo, why he was in the Med-Bay checking on her. He wasn't sick or injured, or out for revenge on Darkmatter, he was just in love. "Well, son, I hope she pulls through," he patted Buzz on the back comfortingly. "I'm sorry if lifestyles don't work out for you two when she gets out. But there will always be that period of time while she's making a recovery to normal tip top health she can stay here on Capital Planet."
"I know sir," he sighed. Sure she could stay with him for a short time, but he wanted her to stay with him forever. To be in each others arms for all eternity, for the rest of their lives together. "I just wish that," he suddenly got a brilliant idea, "Commander, are there any job openings in the Star Command Museum?" the eager Ranger inquired hoping that there was a loophole somewhere.
In her room Lex finally awoke from her state of near coma. When she looked about her surroundings things were very unfamiliar. The equipment the white walls, the LGMs, the sent of medicines and the cleanliness of it all.
"Uhh, where am I?" she asked the LGM who was checking her pulse. She used the hand that wasn't attached to hoses or IVs to hold her throbbing head.
"On Star Comannnnddd," it rang out. "Pulse goooodd," it wrote down on the pad that it was normal. These were good signs that she was well on her way to recovery. The LGMs were miracle workers. Their advance knowledge on medicines and healing remedies were just what got the job done.
"Ugh, the last thing I remember is Buzz," Buzz the thought hit her. Where was he? Had something happened to him? "Where is he?" she asked one of the LGMs.
"Ohhh Buzzz," they chimed in at the mention of their hero's name. "We'lllll get him," they ran off to bring him into the room.
While the LGMs left to tell Buzz to good news, Lex took in her surroundings. She looked around to room at all the shinny steal medical equipment and the 'too-white-t- be-real' walls. The bright lights shone in her eyes and she nearly had to squint to shield her sensitive yellow eyes from the harsh light. Then she wondered what had happened to her, last time she remembered there was a nasty wound in her abdomen. Lex peeled back the covers to find that her midriff was bandaged up tight with linen strips. She pulled the covers back up and sighed. 'Great, they turned my into a mummy." Lex thought to herself. She wondered just how long she'd be staying in here. They had her hooked up to ever machine they could possibly find, IV and all.
"We found Buzzzz," The LGM in the little white lab coat harmonized with a smile as he lead the Space Ranger into the room. Buzz walked in slowly although he would have liked to rush in, the whole hospital atmosphere had him a bit shaky. He was a bit nervous to see what had happened to her, not to mention hospitals, or Med-Bays, gave him the creeps to begin with. He did NOT have pleasant times in them. As the LGMs left the room to leave them alone Buzz took a seat in a chair opposite her. He gave a week smile witch she returned to him.
"Are you alright??" was the urgent question that had been racking his brain. He couldn't spit the words out fast enough and she couldn't give him an answer fast enough for his taste.
Lex sat up, but not without pain, "Yeah I'm fine, I guess," she shrugged, "It still hurts but Teranians are fast healers," she tried to laugh but her using her ab muscles was still a bit of a painful experience. "A lot better then before at least."
Buzz smiled at her ability to laugh even now. That was a sure sign for him that things were going to be alright. But then he started to frown when he thought of the idea he had. He wasn't sure she would say yes, he hoped she would, then they could be together forever.
"Buzz, what's wrong?" Lex asked looking in his face. He should be happy, they had defeated Zurg, she was going to be fine in a couple of days or so, and the galaxy was saved, what was there to frown about?
"It's just that, well, I've been thinking, you know," Buzz went on and pulled his chair closer to her. She slid her hand over his in a comforting way to say 'I'm here for you.' "Well when you get better, you'll have to leave again, because of your work."
Lex frowned at this too and nodded her head slowly, "I know," she didn't like it either, but she loved what she did, she didn't want to give it up. Lex wouldn't expect Buzz to give up being a Space Ranger, and he didn't expect the same from her. But Buzz had an ace up his space suite.
"I talked to Commander Nebula, and," he started to smile thinking that maybe if he looked really happy, witch he would be if his plan worked, would sell the idea, "There's a job opening in the Star Command Museum."
"Buzz," she nodded her head sad that she would have to tell him no, "I don't want to give tours, I have to be working hands on. Just like you have to save the Galaxy, understand?"
"No, No. It's not that kind of job, you would be behind the scenes. Working on the artifacts themselves. Archaeologists from all over the Universe would bring their finds to you to be refined and touched up before being put on display," he thought for sure he had her with that but, she still frowned and now turned her head away from him, not wanting to ruin his dreams. He had one more shot at this, and if this didn't work, well he was out of ideas, "You do get to go on as I put it 'Business trips' quit often." well that sealed the deal. Lex thought it over for a minuet before turning around and flinging her arms around his neck and kissing his face all over with tender kisses. It was the job of a life time. She could stay with him, and get to do what she loved. How could she say no!?
"Yes! I'll take the job," she yelled out in between kisses, "I love you! I love you!"
About a week and a half later Lex was all healed up from the battle with Zurg. She was now moving into her new work office on Capital Planet. She set a big box of her belongings and books on the floor. A dust cloud rose up from her dusty possessions. The woman looked around with hands on hips smiling to herself, she was finally going to settle down in one spot, and finally have a man who loved her. Things were going to be different from now on, she wasn't going to be alone any more, and neither was Buzz.
A knock was at her door already. She hadn't even had time to unpack and already somebody was at her office door. Maybe it was just the head of the museum here to welcome her. Lex briskly walked to the door and pulled the handle letting it swing open, to see not a museum official, but a Space Ranger, a very special Space Ranger.
"Is this the office of Miss Lex Morgans?" Buzz asked trying to be funny as he stepped through the door.
"Buzz," she draped her arms around him in a tight hug.
"I came to give you your first artifact," Buzz smiled with one hand behind his back cupping what he had for her. Lex stared at him in wonderment, what did he bring? It wasn't too big. Maybe it was an ancient coin, or a shard of pottery. Whatever it was she couldn't wait.
"I managed to salvage one last piece of the Light of Orion," he pulled a little black box out from behind his back and opened it to reveal a chunk of the destroyed crystal mounted on a silver ring band. Lex stared at it in awe, it was so beautiful. The pure crystal sparkled in the light giving off a glow of light. "Well actually it wasn't salvaged, more like I found it imbedded in the treads of my space boot," he smiled rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment for his luck. "So I had it made into this ring here."
"Oh Buzz, it's wonderful! Thank you," she once again threw her arms around him in tight hug. Buzz wound his arms around her, keeping her to his chest. When they let go Buzz took the ring from it's velvet stand. He took her left hand in his and gently slipped the ring on her finger, it fit. She held her hand up to examine the ring on her hand with pride. She then turned on Buzz and gripped him by the neck and fell into a deep kiss. And he kept her close to him in his arms, for infinity and beyond.
The End...........................................for now ^_^