Ch 6!

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"Well, come on! I wanna eat Bloss!" Bubbles urged her.

"Coming..." Blossom took a hold of the new girl and flew after Bubbles.

"Whoa oh!" Bzema yelled out as she looked at the ground beneath her.

"Don't worry. You won't fall." Blossom assured her. She took another look of Bzema. 'So strange how much she looks like me...'

Bzema was thinking the same. 'HAVE I seen them before? Are they related to me in some peculiar way? I thought I was part of Rezla's family.'

"Professor! We're back!" Bubbles hugged him.

He laughs. "Right on time. I haven't missed you at all."

"Why not?" Questioned Bubbles.

"Because you weren't gone that long." He turns to Blossom and sees Bzema. "Why hello there little girl. Blossom, who is this?"

"Her name is Bzema. We found he stuck high up on a tree a couple of miles away," she answered.

"She looks like she's in need of a bath," he said as Bzema eyed the mounds of food. "Oh hungry? Here. Why don't you sit with us and then I'll get you cleaned up."

Bzema nodded politely and sat down. She gingerly took a hold of one sandwich and nibbled on it.

"So professor. What's this secret you wanted to tell us?" asked Bubbles.

"Well, I've been given the chance to work in a secret laboratory that is near here. We are going to go there by helicopter. I'm going to help in the search of the cure of the common cold. Think of it! With Dr. Elliot and a close friend of his whom is also a scientist we are bound to discover the cure in just months. As it turns out, Dr. Elliot has spent many years on this very subject in private and has found out about me and decided that since I have been able to successfully create human beings without the use of natural birth, referring to you two," he said to Blossom and Bubbles, "then I could probably help tremendously in this project of his."

"Wow. What a compliment and quite a task you have going on here professor," spoke up Blossom is awe and pride in her eyes.

"Yea. And if you really find the cure you'll be granted truckloads of money. We'll be rich!" Bubbles squealed. "I could put the money to good use and help feed the starving children of the world and..."

"Not only that Bubbles, but we would have the great feeling of accomplishment from helping the world with this cure. That's almost reward enough," said Blossom smiling.

"Professor? Is someone going to pick us up by the helicopter?" asked Bubbles.

"Certainly. You don't see me with one here do you?" he questioned.

Bubbles giggled.

"Dr. Elliot arranged for a pilot to pick us up. He knows exactly where we are and is scheduled to get us in..." he looked at his watch, "Oh! Just twenty minutes! Let's hurry up and eat so we can clean up and get ready to go!"

Bzema ate another sandwich being as hungry as she was. Blossom offered her some apple juice that was already in a cup. Bzema happily drank down the strange drink. At the palace she was allowed only milk and water...

10 minutes later everyone was finishing while chatting. Bzema had been quite the entire time listening to this fascinating family talk to each other. They would occasionally glance her way and then continue on with their chatting. Finally they finished and Bubbles and Blossom helped their professor help with packing up. Bzema stood up to also help.

"Oh, no need Bzema. We got it." called out Blossom.

Bzema slowly sat down. For the first time she was taking no part in cleaning up after a meal. She rather liked it. She liked it a lot.

As the others got ready for the arrival of the pilot Bzema continued sitting down and smiling at them. 'My mind must be playing tricks on me. I have never seen this kind people before...' she shook her head. 'I really enjoy this small family's company. They are awfully nice. I hope they will allow me to go with them. I have nowhere else to go...' she bit her lip mentally hoping for this.

At last the pilot came by surprisingly right on time. Blossom, Bubbles, and the professor boarded the helicopter with their things. Bubbles turned around.

"You come with us if you want Bzema, unless you have somewhere to go. Or someone's looking for you I mean."

Bzema shook her head. She sure hoped Cham was looking for her. She didn't want to be found. Fortunately she had traveled so far away that it would probably be near impossible for this to happen. She climbed slowly in after Bubbles. She sat down in a seat quite scared for she has never before been in this so-called helicopter thing. Blossom looked her way and helped buckle her up.

"Never been in a helicopter before?" she asked kindly.

Bzema only shook her head.

"You're rather a quite one aren't you?" questioned professor as the helicopter took flight.

Bzema looked down.

Blossom laughed. "Aw, give her a break professor. We just met her!"

He laughed with her. "Ah, yes. And what a pleasure it is to have you with us Bzema. It's been a joy thus far."

Bzema smiled. She liked being with them... she hoped deep inside her to perhaps even live with this family. She fantasized what it would be like as they flew across the desert heading to the secret lab.

She didn't know she was in for two horrible surprises...

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