Meldar

"Isn't this the life?" Eustace Strytch exclaimed.
"Sure is." Sheen yelped.
"Atleast we get a break from school." Jimmy sighed.
"I'll second that." Cindy muttered.
"I call third." Libby stated.
"School, you go to school!" Zix exclaimed.

Jimmy, Sheen, Cindy, Libby, Eustace and Zix were lying in front of a crystal clear pool. All of them had smoothies in their hands and they all had bathing suits on. Zix was the uglier one in the suit. Tee was also there, so was Professor Finbarr Calamitous, Beautiful Gorgeous; baby Eddie, the Junkman, Grandma Taters and Travoltron. The only one that wasn't there was Angela herself. She had said that she had a few things to take care of.

"Man are these smoothies smashing or what?" Eustace exclaimed.
"Enough to freeze a couple of brains." Jimmy called back.
"What flavor you guys got?" Sheen asked.
"Brain freeze, BRAIN FREEZE." Carl screamed.

Everyone started laughing.

"Mines banana." Cindy stated.
"Strawberry." Libby said.
"Blue berry." Jimmy said.
"Root beer." Eustace said.
"I got a mix between gunk chunks, blubber and sea meggeal." Zix said.

Everyone looked at Zix strangely. His glass was bubbling with a pink mess that was oozing slowly down the side. Zix looked at them strangely them to make matters worse he gulped down a big mouthful of his smoothie. Libby and Cindy gagged, Jimmy ran into the house holding his mouth, Eustace, Beautiful Gorgeous and Professor Calamitous looked away. The only ones to not gag or get sick were Tee, Travoltron, The Junk Man, Grandma Taters, baby Eddie, and King Goobot.

"What?" Zix called.
"Uh I think I'm going to be…." Libby started.
"See you guys laaaater." Cindy ran into the house.

At that time Angela walked out. She had a pink robe over her body and a milkshake in her left hand. She had a cross between a smile and a frown on her face. Tee smiled and ran towards her. Angela held her hands out and caught him. His glass all but spilled and so did hers.

"What's going on here?" Angela asked.
"Nothing mom." Tee said.
"Just getting sick." Cindy muttered.
"Getting sick about what?" Angela asked.

Everyone pointed to Zix's cup. Angela smiled and pulled out a napkin she walked over to Zix and surrounded his cup with it. He smiled warmly up at her. She smiled at him.

"So, are you going to explain what was in that room?" Jimmy asked.
"Maybe, then again maybe not." Angela sighed.
"But but." Jimmy sighed.
"I'll think about it." Angela said.

Jimmy looked down at the ground. He really wanted an answer. But as always, grown ups had to wait and see. He didn't understand it. Neither did Cindy who had a very sad look on her face.

Angela looked at the two children and chuckled to herself. She, herself, had never liked children. And this was only adding to her hate. She loved alien children yes, but that was because they demanded a lot less than human children. They never cried day and night, they weren't as messy and they were a lot more understanding.

"If you're good I'll explain things in a few hours." Angela said.

Angela smiled at how Jimmy and Cindy's faces lit up. They looked happy, so did all the others. She saw King Goobot and Professor Calamitous were talking off to the side. It made her cringe that they were speaking in seclusion. Angela slowly rubbed Tee's head, which was on her leg, and she started scratching his ear. Zix looked over at them questioningly. So did Travoltron. The Junk Man and Grandma Taters looked away in disgust.

Angela looked off to her right and saw that she was beside Beautiful Gorgeous. Beautiful Gorgeous was wearing a two-piece bathing suit with matching green shades. She had slippers on her feet and a shield was up to her chin. Angela laughed calmly to herself.

"Everyone, go get dressed." Angela said.
"Why?" Cindy asked.
"Well, I understand if you don't want to take the grand tour." Angela exclaimed.

That was all it took, everyone jumped up and ran towards the changing rooms. It took forever for them to get dressed. But finally they got dressed and met Angela on the front stair of the spiraling staircase.

"Are you ready?" Angela asked.
"Yes." Cindy exclaimed.
"Do please, I can't wait." Libby exclaimed.
"Lets go!" Jimmy shouted.
"Calm yourself now." Angela sighed.

Angela started walking up the stairs. Everyone followed in a dignified matter. Jimmy couldn't wait to see this house. It looked so small on the outside, but it was enormous on the inside. Cindy and Libby were almost ready to jump out of their pants; they were so nervous and happy at the same time. Eustace was also feeling the heat; his hands and his feet were getting very hot. The Junk Man, Professor Calamitous, Beautiful Gorgeous, and baby Eddie looked up cheerfully. Zix and Travoltron were skipping beside Tee with smiles on their faces. Grandma Taters and King Goobot looked up and the ceiling and squealed.

"The tour hasn't started yet and yet you're already jumping for joy." Angela said.

Baby Eddie started to jog up the stairs. Grandma Taters, Professor Calamitous and Beautiful Gorgeous followed. By the time they reached the top step they were out of breath. Jimmy, Sheen, Carl, Cindy, Libby, Eustace and The Junk Man were also out of breath. Tee, Travoltron, Zix, King Goobot were the only ones that weren't out of breath. Angela was even out of breath.

Angela straightened and started leading them into the different rooms of the house. The first was Tee's old bedroom. The bed and curtains were enough to make everyone chuckle. They had ducks on them. The floor was white carpeted, and the walls were of Mango coloring. There was a palm tree, off to the side were a bunch of toys sat in a toy box and a basketball hoop stood to one corner. The room was very neat looking.

"This is Tee's old bedroom." Angela said.
"Awe, so cute." Zix commented.
"I was just a kid fool." Tee snapped.
"He was five when he was in this room." Angela backed up.

Angela closed the door to the room and walked to the left. She came up to another room that had a very shiny door. She slowly opened it and everyone gaped in disbelief. This was Meldar's room. He had the same colored walls as Tee's room but he had a banana tree off to the side. A wooden toy box stood off into the corner. The curtains and bed sheets had crystal stars on them. Mango carpet covered the wooden floorboards and a basketball hoop was set off into the closet. The room looked and smelled as if no one had been in it for a long time.

Angela slowly closed the door and continued the tour. She led the group into fifty other additional rooms and into the kitchen. She led them into the dining room, basement and cellar. Afterwards she led them back into the kitchen.

"I wasn't going to show you guys this, but I think it only fair that I should." Angela said.

Slowly Angela opened the door, a light flickered on and the room was bathed in brightness. The machines started working. There was a metallic bang all about the room. Angela smiled, everyone gawked at the machines. Everyone except Tee, Jimmy, and Cindy that is. Slowly Angela descended the stairs. Everyone followed slowly, still gawking at the machines.

"This is my suit making factory." Angela said.
"What is all this?" Libby asked.
"They make the suits Meldar wears." Jimmy said.
"But why would he need a body?" Libby asked.
"I'm just about getting to that." Angela said.

Angela led everyone around the machines and to a door. A lot of noise was coming from inside, Angela slowly pushed the door in. The lights in the factory shut off, everyone except Angela, screamed. Slowly Angela stepped in. The others followed quickly.

The room they were now in held a lot of beds in it. The lights weren't as bright as with the other room. A machine was slowly pushing the beds side to side. The walls were of plain rock and the floors were of granite rock formation.

Angela walked over to one of the beds and lifting up a small bundle walked over to a chair. The others followed. Libby and Cindy looked at the bundle for the longest time before they noticed it was a baby.

The baby had a red tuft of stringy hair on the top of his head and his eyes were green. He had no body, just a small head. His eyes almost took the whole of his face. His mouth and nose were very small. Angela cuddled the baby closely.

"Meldar is a race of Velexians." Angela explained. "They are born without a body."
"Oh my…." Cindy exclaimed."
"Poor Meldar." Libby cooed.
"Excuse me, but are we forgetting who Meldar is?" Jimmy screamed.

The baby sniffled and started to cry. Angela calmed him and looked at Jimmy meanly. Jimmy looked at her in the same way. Cindy pulled away from the group and shoved Jimmy harshly into the wall. Jimmy yelped in pain.

"Okay, everyone out." Angela whispered.

Everyone marched out of the room. Angela followed at a brisk pace. She slowly closed the door and marching up the flight of stairs to the kitchen disappeared. The others followed sadly.

"See what you did?" Cindy muttered.
"I didn't do anything." Jimmy whispered.
"You screamed while we were in front of a baby." Cindy hissed.
"Angela isn't in a happy mood." Sheen whispered to Carl.
"I'll say." Carl agreed.