Disclaimer: See chapter one. Okay, you guys are going to think all your Christmas's have come at once with the update of two chapters! Again, apoligies for the delays but hope this is worth it for you all. Again, anything in Italtics is thoughts between the two friends. Please, read and Review and I hope you enjoy. Daylight and Angel Mouse, March, 2005.
Forever Friends - Barillian Bug -Zhane POV
By Daylight and Angel Mouse

Andros is right, the training was intense. We got everything crammed into our skulls. And I mean everything. I actually found that I really enjoyed the tactical training, and weapons training. That was fun.

Andros snorted and shook his head. You were always happy blowing stuff up weren't you Zhane
What can I say, I'm a traditionalist at heart The exchange of thoughts was quick as was the grins they shared.

So they trained us, and trained us and trained us some more. And after we had morphed for that first time, well, the universe was ours. We felt like we could literally take on the universe or something. What can I say; we were young then, not a lot older than some of you here in fact.

But then things began to get intense and hairy. The ruling elders made us stay back at first when the attacks began by Dark Spectre, and I always resented that for some reason. Not sure why I did thought, but at the time, they were doing what they thought best I suppose. Andros said we stayed out of it, so we stayed out of it.

Andros looked over at Zhane and his thoughts were clear. That wasn't an easy call to make Zhane and you know it. Zhane glanced at his friend and nodded.
I know Andros, I didn't resent you for it then, and I don't now.

Then those stinking rotten bugs came out. They were awful. It only started with a couple of them like Andros said, but boy did that turn out crazy. People were getting bitten and turning up at medical centres to be treated. The doctors thought it was some sort of epidemic, but boy were they wrong. The poor people that were infected soon ended up turning into those bug things. We tried containing them, but we didn't want to hurt them, they were our own people after all. But then things went to hell in a hand basket I think the Earth phrase is.

You've really been hanging around Carlos too much Zhane.

Anyway, the planetary defence forces had managed to contain most of the bugs in one section of the city before they called for our aide. And I can tell you that it was frightening to say the least. We were being called upon to go to our first battle and it was going to be against these giant bugs that were actually our own people. That was the really strange thing I think that was uppermost on our minds. But the main thing, the only thing I think that mattered to us both was that we had each other and that's all we needed. As long as we were together, that's all that mattered.

Anyway we got to the quarantined section off the city where the planetary forces had managed to get most of the infected bugs into and all the unaffected out of. And that's when we encountered our first problem. The small bugs were easy, as Andros said; they just came straight for us. The big ones, they were the real problem. We had to find a way to contain them and that's when I came up with the idea of using an abandoned building. And yes, Andros went with my plan, strange as it may seem.

So, using myself as bait I lured them into the abandoned building while Andros locked them in behind me. I got out using a hatch in the roof. Andros met me there and that's where we let our guard down for a fraction of a moment. I guess we were just so relieved that we were okay we lost our heads for a moment. We missed one and it attacked us without warning. It was strong and took us off guard, so we both fell of the roof and Andros broke his arm. But Andros is a stubborn one and didn't want to leave, to admit we made a mistake. But I can be just as stubborn and I dragged him out of there to a medical centre. I wasn't going to let him run around injured. So, using short, simple words I managed to drag him out of there and to a medical centre.

Zhane glanced over at his friend and grinned. Yes I know, I'm over protective. Andros just snorted and shook his head. Come to think of it, they both were about each other. Zhane just kept going on with his tale.

Anyway, while we at the medical centre getting his arm treated, the head doctor came to us and told us that they had figured out a cure, all we had to do was get it to the infected people. And that's when Andros and I came up with a plan. Well, I did anyways. And just ignore that look Andros is giving me. So we headed back and had an even larger problem. But this time Andros had the crazy plan, not me.

I had to distract him so Andros could get close enough so I flew my galaxy glider around and around his head, calling him names, that sort of thing. It was fun to. Andros was taunting him as well, trying to get him mad and it worked too, he grabbed at Andros and lifted him up so close that my heart practically stopped with fear. Andros sometimes does that to me. When he administered the cure and then fell, well, god my heart did stop. But he was okay and we went into the building were we had put the infected and administered the cure to them. They were soon all okay and fine, so we let them out and back to their families.

And then I dragged Andros' sorry butt down to the medical centre again to make sure he was okay. And before he protests again, yes I know I'm over protective but Andros is important to me. But that experience made us both realise that we had a long way ahead of us. But our first battle was a success, even though it had consequences for Andros. And I think we both new that this was probably the easiest battle we would ever have.

In our next chapters we will be seeing what exactly happened during the Battle for KO35..