The Love That Matters Forever

"Fry? Leela? Where are you?" a voice echoed in the air conditioning vent.

It was Nibbler, coming out of the vent hatch, along with Fiona and Ken. They spotted a dead Zapp Brannigan beside the vent, but no Fry or Leela.

"He... He is dead?" Nibbler asked.
"But how?" Fiona asked.

They all then spotted Fry and Leela, both asleep, a few feet away from Zapp. Leela was sleeping against the wall, while Fry was lying his head on her stomach.

"... It must have been them." Ken said.
"I think we should let them sleep." Nibbler said.

Nibbler made his way to the stirring wheel, hoping to get a short view to no destruction. But he was wrong.

"Commence fire sequence to Planet Earth, beginning in ten minutes." the computer reminded.
"Dear Lord! That moron set the destruction to the correct time!" Nibbler exclaimed to his Nibblonian friends.
"Stop the detonation!" Fiona panicked.

Nibbler tried to search for the correct button to stop the destruction, but the buttons weren't labeled. Not to mention, Zapp Brannigan set it to no possible way to stop the destruction.

"There's no use! It was set too early! There's no chance to make it end! Well, not unless we use this Kor'e bomb on the switch." Nibbler said as he pulled out a pen-like bomb (that was strikingly similar to the one in The Why Of Fry, but with a different style).

"Good work, Nibbler. Now hand it to me so I can plant it into the key igintion." Ken said as he stood beside Nibbler.

"Excuse me, Ken, but this bomb is extremely powerful. Maybe I should plant it." Nibbler said.
"Oh, don't be silly, just hand it over. It'll be easy if I plant it." Ken said.
"Whatchu talkin' about Ken? I'll do it by myself." Nibbler said.
"Just give it up!" Ken said as he tried to pull the bomb away from Nibbler.
"No!" Nibbler said as he pulled back.

Soon, Ken and Nibbler were caught in a pulling spree with grunts and annoyance to Fiona.

"Boys, stop! You are going to ruin the bomb!" Fiona exclaimed.

Finally, Ken accidentally slapped the bomb straight out of both his and Nibbler's hands and to the back part of the ship, where Fry and Leela were. The button to the bomb hit the ground and commenced it to go off in about twenty seconds.

"Oh, no!" Fiona yelled.
"Fry! Leela! Get out of there!" Nibbler exclaimed.

Leela woke up along with Fry. She heard a beeping sound beside her. Her eye faced to a bomb that was about to explode in about ten seconds.

"Fry! We gotta get down!" Leela exclaimed as she took Fry's hand and ran to the Nibblonians. They all his behind the stand of the stirring wheel, covered their ears, and prepared for the worst. They heard a huge explosion just behind them, and turned to see if everything was okay. The ship was indestructible, so it wouldn't break in half from the explosion. But it did cause a sea of fire to circle the wall.

"Oh, no!" Leela pointed.

On the fiery wall, was a lever that said in dark, bold letters,

PULL FOR CEASING DETONATION

"We can't go back there! It's covered in fire!" Leela exclaimed.
"But what can we do? We can't save Earth unless we pull that lever!" Nibbler cried.

"... I'll do it." Fry said.

"Fry, no! You'll get yourself killed!" Leela exclaimed.
"It's worth saving my planet." Fry said.
"No, I wont let you." Leela said as she grabbed his shoulders.

Fry relaxed his shoulders a bit before he could put his hands on her shoulders.

"Leela, I have to do this. You've protected me before dozens of times, and now it's my turn. You can't go because you're pregnant, and Nibbler can't go because he and his friends are too short to reach the lever."

"Hey! Don't spare our feelings!" Nibbler exclaimed.

"So it's up to me to do it. This is the only way to save everybody we love and know back at home. This is the only way to save you and Lily. You and the Nibblonians have done their fair share of the mission... it's up to me to do mine."

"... But, Fry... I don't want to lose you."

Fry rested his forehead against her forehead.

"I don't want to lose you even more. That's why I have to do this. I love you, Leela. I love you more than any other person or thing in the world. That's why I want to protect you. I know I'll make it out alive. I know it. Because of you... I know I'll survive. Leela... I want you to know. No matter where I'm at or where I go..." he began as he took her hand.

"I'll never ever let you go."

Leela smiled, and reluctantly nodded.

"... Kiss me one more time." Fry whispered.

They both kissed, scared to see each other apart. After the long kiss, they hugged, as Leela cried on his shoulder.

"I love you so much, Fry..." Leela said.
"I love you, too, Leela..." Fry said as a tear trickled down his cheek. "... And I will forever and for always."

Fry got up, slowly, but still holding Leela's hand, until they both slowly let go. Fry reached up closer to the flames, until he stopped.

"Nibbler?" he called.
"Yes, Fry?" Nibbler asked as he ran to him.

"If I don't make it out alive, tell Leela I love her, and I always will, no matter what happens through against all odds. And tell Lily and Brandon, daddy loves them so much... More than any dad would ever love two kids." Fry said.

"... I shall." Nibbler said.

With a final breath, Fry ran into the smoke, hoping to escape the flames.

"... Good luck, Fry. I love you." Leela whispered.

Seconds later, a loud beep went off.

"Detonation canceled." the computer said.
"Fry did it!" Nibbler exclaimed.

They all cheered, and were waiting to see if Fry would come out of the flames. But all they can see was ember, burning in front of their eyes, and no Fry to burst out of it yet.

"Come on, Fry. You can make it." Leela whispered.

But nothing was able to come out. Suddenly, another explosion bursted, causing at piece of the roof to block Fry's only way out of the fire.

"FRY!" Leela screamed.
"Get the fire extinguisher!" Fiona exclaimed.

Nibbler ran to the other wall to retrieve a fire extinguisher and rushed back to face the fire. He turned it on to send a pool of cold foam over the fire, which was succeedingly putting it out. The fire died down, but none of them spotted Fry at all.

"Where did he go?" Ken asked.

Nibbler threw the fire extinguisher aside and began calling for Fry.

"Fry! You can come out! The fire is out! ... Fry?"

Nothing moved in the remains of the roof. They waited longer, but nothing seemed to move. Nibbler, Ken, and Fiona hung their heads (as sad music was playing in the background).

"No... Fry's alive. I know it." Leela said.

None of the Nibblonians made a sound. Leela kept on staring at the remains of the fire, waiting for Fry to emerge. She got up and moved in front of the remains, with tears in her eye. She also bowed her head as she whispered over and over,

"Fry... Please come out... You're alive, and I know it... Please don't go..."

A tear trickled down her cheek... before she heard someone sing.

"I know that it might sound more than a little crazy but I believe..."

Leela looked up and saw something move on a piece of the roof. She then saw someone rise up with a burnt white T-shirt and orange hair.

It was Fry!

"I knew I loved you before I met you, I think I dreamed you into life..." Fry sang as he moved closer to Leela.
"I knew I loved you before I met you, I have been waiting all my life..." Leela sang along as she hugged him as tight as she could.

Fry hugged back, while kissing her cheek.

"Fry... You did it... You saved Earth... And you came back..." Leela whispered.
"Like I said... I'll never let you go..." Fry whispered back.

Fry pulled Leela into a kiss, where they began enjoying the moment once again. Nibbler, Ken, and Fiona began cheering at Fry's success.

"You did it, Fry!" Nibbler said.
"I thought you were about to kill yourself, you moron!" Fiona exclaimed.
"But I'm alive, am I?" Fry asked as he broke the kiss.
"Well, we couldn't have said better. That is why thanks to you, Earth is saved. Now, it is time that we have to take our leave." Nibbler said.

"But why not come back home, Nibbler?" Leela asked.
"Oh, you'll see me home, Leela. You will." Nibbler said as Ken and Fiona got out of the ship and ran to their own ship.
"So that means your coming home with us?" Fry asked.

"Of course. There's just one thing I have to do." Nibbler then flashed his eye at Fry and Leela, which erased their mind of anything to do with Nibbler.

"What was that?" Leela asked.
"I dunno. Nibbler, what are you doing here?" Fry asked.

They haven't forgotten about the rape or the killing with Zapp, but only everything that they have veer seen with Nibbler, Ken, or Fiona.

"Well, that's kinda coincidence. I think that we need to ride this thing back to Earth." Leela said as she walked towards the stirring wheel.

"... Leela, what are the police gonna say about Zapp?" Fry asked.
"Fry, Zapp deserved to have that fate. He raped me, he threatened to kill me, you, and our baby, and worst of all, he was going to destroy Earth." Leela said.

"... Yeah. I guess you're right." Fry said.

Leela smiled at him and motioned him over to her.

"When we get back, I've got invitations to give to a lot of people." Leela said.
"I think I know what it's gonna be about." Fry said.

They kissed each other as Fry wrapped his arm around Leela. After their kiss, they faced their home planet, and were prepared for two more days...

... Their wedding.

TO BE CONTINUED...