Things Couldn't Get Any Worse: A Fiction from Aron and Amanda

Part 3: By Aron

Agent R didn't know what was going on. Some alien obviously mistook his identity and was causing all sorts of trouble. R followed his partner, Agent Delia, up to Zed's office. R tried to get rid of the female hanging off of him but he couldn't shake her, and she kept insisting that they were in love.

Agent Delia walked in as she always did, but Zed stopped and looked up as R came in, with some woman hanging off of him.

He had managed to get his human disguise back on but he was covered with lipstick marks. Zed cleared his throat.

"Agent R?" he said.

"I have NO CLUE who she is--- HONEST!" spouted out Agent R. Fatail cooed into his ear.

"How can you say that, sweetie?" she said. R rolled his eyes. Agent Jay came in with one thing to ask Zed and laughed when he saw R's situation. Zed was puzzled and Delia was tired of it already.

"Old flame…" said Jay. Zed grumbled and nodded and ignored the scene as best he could.

"Agents, Lyndon has been pestering me to hire new agents, but I can't possibly do that right now. He's agreed to get off the subject temporarily because I've got some new agents that were in training before the meeting. Those agents will be joining the populous before I go hiring ANYONE at all, alien OR human." Said Zed. Agent Delia nodded as Zed continued. "I have one agent I'd like to integrate and I want someone to be his partner so he can get the feel for things around HQ. I would have one of my more main-agents do it but since people have work to do, I've decided to let one of you two take care of the agent." He said. He looked at the two agents. The green alien still practically hung off of R, who tried desperately to get rid of her. Agent Delia… well, Agent Delia hadn't caused any major trouble lately, but was probably due for some. He sighed. What. A. Choice. He spoke. "Well… since agent R is… 'busy'," he began, "I will assign you to him." Zed said to Del. She nodded as Zed pressed a button. "Take a seat." Said Zed. "It might be a minute." He added as the three sat down. Fatail was practically on R's lap. R grumbled and shoved her away as he picked up his chair and moved to the other side of Agent Delia. A moment passed before the new agent came in.

"You requested my presence, sir?" asked the agent.

"Agent Delia, this is Agent Gee." Said Zed. Agent Gee turned and got a look at his new partner and instantly, R knew something was up.

Agent Gee was handsome. More than just any handsome, he was handsome. He had a 'smart-yet-cute' look to him. R had heard Del fawn over some movie actors in a magazine she had gotten. 'Gee' fit the perfect description. R narrowed his eyes as Gee sat down in the chair that was between Del and Fatail. He took his new partner's hand in his own.

"Already there are perks to the job." He said. R picked up his chair and dragged it closer to Delia and forward so Gee could see him. He shot Gee a grim look over Delia.

Gee had light brown hair, but in the light, streaks of gold could be seen. His eyes were like crystal and from every aspect, it seemed Gee was… perfect.

"I hope you learn a lot and hopefully I can assign you a permanent partner so you can get out there and protect the Earth from the Scum of this Galaxy and beyond." Said Zed. Fatail narrowed her eyes and laughed inside at what was just said. She sat now in the presence of the head of the MIB.

Gee heard what Zed had said about being assigned a permanent partner after this but he smiled slyly to Agent R and spoke to Zed, ignoring the anger in R's eyes.

"Oh… I think we'll work out just fine…" said Gee. "Things might work out better than we think." He added. Zed was happy something was going right and dismissed the agents. As Delia and Gee left the office, R stayed on their heels.

"So, Del… do you want to go and get some pizza tonight?" he asked Delia. "We can find out from Antonio about the Anchovies." He added. Gee glared at R. He walked around and began talking.

"Agent Delia and I are going to tour Headquarters." He said. "Isn't that right…. Del." He said. R was fuming mad. No one this new could dare call her Del. Delia nodded as she looked at some information.

"Yeah, R…. I have to show Gee around." She said as she looked up at her new partner. The light glinted off his eye and she stopped and realized… her heart floated. She laughed at the thought. Gee began to walk a little faster and Delia kept up as Fatail stopped and wrapped her arms around Agent R. He grumbled and threw her arms off.

"Will you STOP IT??" he demanded angrily. She smiled.

"I love it when you're angry!" she said. "You're so cute!" she added. He sighed. Things were not good. He kept an eye on his partner, Agent Delia. R didn't like the looks of Gee at all, and he wasn't going to let that new agent take his partner away. Not now.

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