Chapter 5: Mission II: D.A.F.F.Y.
Now that ZaQuintina knew that she was just as famous as her older, sick brother was about to be before he decided to retire, she felt more confident about doing these missions she needed to do in order to get the money for her brother's operation. All she had to do was hope and pray that he'll still be in good hands, even when the disease makes him worse one day.
Dawn came… and Havintine woke up smiling, despite that it was the day that he had to reherse some spelling for the spelling bee. He was happy to make love to his new girlfriend last night. When he looked over to his right, where ZaQuintina was, he was surprised to find that she was gone. The clothes that were hers all over the floor were gone as well when he looked on the floor. Seconds later, his mom walked in.
"Morning, Havintine." She greeted. "Are you ready for your spelling bee rehersal?"
"Yeah, Ma. I'm not even… uh, nervous." Havintine replied, still puzzled about ZaQuintina's disappearance. "I'll get ready early."
"Okay. There's breakfast cooking downstairs. Get ready as quickly as possible."
"Yes, ma'am." After that, she left for the kitchen. Havintine gathered his things as he said to himself:
"I wonder where ZaQuintina went."
Meanwhile, in ZaQuintina's dorm room at college…
Flazentino showed an awkward look on his face as he was hearing ZaQuintina sing a romantic song to herself while combing her hair in the bathroom. He slowly walked up to her and climbed up on the sink below her.
"ZaQuintina? I know you and Havintine had loads of fun last night, but the singin' is going over my annoying meter's limit." He told her in an annoyed tone. She ignored him and continued singing, as if she didn't hear a word he just said. He growled at her and was about to pounce on her chest until the Looney Tune theme song ringtone rang. She still sang as she headed for her bed to get the phone just in time for Flazentino to miss her by the tip of her tail and land flat on his face against the hard marble flooring. "Ow, shit."
ZaQuintina arrived at her phone and picked it up to see that it was Agent Milestone. She pressed the green button on her phone before she spoke.
"Hello?" She started.
"Good morning, Agent Dragorii." Milestone greeted. "Did you sleep well?"
"I had a little… fun before I had a good night's rest."
"You did?"
"Yeah… and Havintine and I enjoyed every minute of it."
"I see. Well, I just wanted to let you know that your brother's doing okay. He's shedding scales faster than when we last checked him."
"Really?"
"Yes. He's also developing new symptoms. Just two though: a drooping tail and green scales on his face. No life threatening symptoms."
"Whew! What's with the green scales, though?"
"Doctors aren't really sure, but they'll do research on it ASAP."
"Good. Is he eating?"
"Not much I'm afraid. His appetite's completely gone. All he can do is drink plenty of water and sugar-free fruit juices."
"Well, at least he putting something on his stomach. Any new missions?"
"We're about to have one by the time you finish your lunch. I'll tell you about it at that time."
"Okay. Destiny, Flazentino, and I will be ready."
"Excellent. I'll see you then. Bye."
"See ya." After that conversation was done, ZaQuintina picked up her backpack and left for the doorway. She stopped for a moment to say goodbye to Flazentino, but didn't see him. She chuckled at the thought as to where he was and continued on her way to her first class of the day. As for Flazentino, he just weakly crawled out of the bathroom with stars replacing his eyes as he fell back on the ground again before he muttered:
"Damn you, ZaQuintina-Mitchell!"
Meanwhile, at the ACME Silver Dragon Agency HQ…
Agent Milestone was pacing back and forth in front of the Looneys and Loonatics with his hands behind his back. They all looked puzzled, but Daffy was brave enough to break the silence.
"Uh… Mr. Milesthtone, sthir?" He asked. The agent shushed him.
"I'm trying to harmonize my thoughts about this next mission. Its name spells out your name, Daffy."
"Really? What'sth the name of it?"
"Demonic Arakon Foxes Foil Yarnavanyos."
"What in the hell are Yarnavenyosth?"
"They're special plans from a special department in a planet called Gaventashii. The Arakon Foxes foiled those plans and now, they're using them to terrorize and possibly destroy the entire planet by force."
"Are Yaranvanyos good plans or bad plans, but look good?" Lola asked. Agent Milestone chuckled at that question.
"Well, they're good plans. They're actually plans to renovate the entire planet from the core and out. The Arakon Foxes foiled the plans, so that they can do the complete opposite… from the core and out."
"Dat's a damn shame, doc." Bugs complied as he slouched in his seat. Ace nodded in agreement.
"So, ZaQuintina and the others have to take the mission in outer space?" He asked.
"Yep. This'll be their first orbital mission." Agent Milestone replied. "So, Daffy, your mission is quite appealing."
"I hope stho. Wasth the name of the mission just a misthtake or did you mean to make it sthpell out my name?" Daffy asked.
"It was a mistake. I promise."
"Good. I thought you were making it spell out my name on purposthe justht to make me feel good."
"If I did, I would blame Bugs."
"Why?"
"Compared to you, he's got more of the sophistication of naming missions that spell out a rival's name rather than teasing you."
"Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh!" Bugs chuckled. Daffy growled as he slumped back in his seat in anger.
Later, back at Radford University, after lunch…
ZaQuintina, Destiny, and Havintine were just walking around the campus, since it was Take-An-Hour-Break-After-Lunch Day. As they were walking around, they approached Havintine's locker so he could put away his science binder.
"That lunch was a food fest!" Destiny muttered. Havintine chuckled.
"Ah, quit your complainin'." He protested. "At least it was overcrowded with people like hell."
"All over some chinese?" ZaQuintina asked. "I mean, I could understand that it was a pizza party, but chinese?"
'What's wrong with that?"
"It just seems wrong."
"Man, ZaQuintina! Havin' some damn good chinese for a lunch party is not 'seemingly wrong'."
"That's what your crazy-ass brain thinks."
"Shut the hell up."
"You two are predictable." Destiny murmured as she watched the two argue. She soon turned completely around and went wide eyed. "Oh, shit."
"What?" ZaQuintina asked her friend as she turned in the same direction as her kinkajou-wolf mixed friend. She saw a gang of 6 buff gangster Maine Coon cats that were the same height, but different ages. They were all juniors as well. "Oh, not those Maine Gang bastards."
"Well, well, well." The leader, named Schavio, started as he approached the three with his other 5 friends. "ZaQuintina-Mitchell. The younger sister of that former street dancin' ass dragon, ZaQuinto."
"DON'T TALK ABOUT MY BROTHER LIKE THAT, BITCH!" ZaQuintina yelled at the top of her lungs, making everybody around the halls stop in their tracks and watch. Schavio walked up closer to her and stood in defense. Same for ZaQuintina. Destiny and Havintine just watched with the rest of the student body.
"You think your brother's so… unique, huh?" Schavio asked.
"Well, I'm sure he is… as well as you think that you're a completely dumb jackass." ZaQuintina said smoothly.
"I overheard your puppy friend while I was ridin' the bus home yesterday. He over here sayin' that you're as famous as your brother. That ain't true, is it!"
"You better believe it is."
"Probably because you do that street dancin' shit like your brother!" Another cat complied, who was named Tadgi. ZaQuintina growled like a dragon that she was as she heard that.
"First of all, I don't do street dancing! He does. Secondly, I'm famous because I'm a very sexy dragon! And I ain't ashamed about that, boy!"
"Don't get smart with me, bitch! If you really think you're famous because of your sexy ass, why don't you prove it to me?" Schavio asked as he pushed her vigoriously against the lockers, making her back hit them hard. This made the crowd, except Destiny and Havintine, jeer at that moment. ZaQuintina had her head down as she dropped her things during the impact and slowly looked up at her, making the bangs of her hair shadow her eyes devilishly. Schavio didn't show any fear as he punched her across the face, making her slam her right cheek against the lockers again. When she was phased, the other 5 Maine Coons surrounded her, excluding Schavio, who chuckled at her misery. "I knew you were one weak bitch. A'ight, fellas! Finish her!"
The rest of the gang prepared to obey his order until…
"RRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR!" ZaQuintina roared at the top of her lungs with intense fury as she fiercely planted a strong punch to Tadgi's face, making him fall to the floor with a bloody mouth as she gracefully flipped over the remaining four, who ran to attack her when she landed on her feet perfectly. One cat grabbed her by her tail, but she sensed this beforehand and flicked him towards another set of lockers on the other side of the hall. Schavio was getting pissed at this as he watched from the crowd. Another cat attempted to used nunchucks on her, but when he tried to hit her, she blocked him with her hand by grabbing the weapon and quickly snatching it out of his hand and slapping him in the groin hard.
"Oooooh!" The crowd jeered as they saw this. Schavio was turning crismon as he continued to watch. There were two more cats left before Tadgi was able to regain conciousness. One of the two remaining cats pulled out a gun on her and this made everybody get quiet as he pointed the pistol at her head. She stood completely still as she showed a smug look on her face.
"A gun? Please! Those should be used for… sentimental purposes." She said deeply as she unexpectedly flicked the gun out of the cat's hand and while it was in mid-air, she did a roundhouse kick to his stomach, then, while he was phased, she did a back flip, kicking him under his chin hard in the process. It was slow-motion moment as she was in the middle of her backflip and grabbed the gun. When she landed on her feet back at the normal speed, she aimed at him and Tadgi, who was slowly getting up. She closed one eye as she aimed carefully and then, shot the phased cat and Tadgi, who was behind his dead friend, right at their chests. Blood was staining the lockers behind them as she blew the smoke from the gun seductively and dropped the gun on the floor by her feet. Schavio was not impressed at all as he was as red as an apple. Everybody else applauded, cheered, and even tossed out a few pink and white carnations at the floor in celebration, excluding Destiny and Havintine. They just stood there and smiled. ZaQuintina smiled sexually as she walked up to the angry and red-faced Maine Coon. When they apporached each other, they eyed each other with anger in Schavio's case and with smoothness in ZaQuintina's case.
"You know wha…! No! Fuck this shit with you!" He exclaimed. ZaQuintina just scoffed as she kept her smooth and seductive smile on her face.
"That's the kind of shit you get when doubt my stardom of being the sexiest dragon in the world." She said smoothly. "How about you… keep that in mind later on, motherfucker?"
"Ohhhhhhhhhh!" The crowd jeered again. Havintine joined the jeering crowd this time. Schavio growled in his meow as he spoke.
"You crazy-ass, motherfuckin' asshole!" He screamed as he pulled out a sword from his back and positioned it at one inch away from her neck. "I'll kill you for this!"
"You can try, if you will." ZaQuintina slyly protested. Before he knew it, she backflipped again, kicking him under his chin harder than his comrade. As soon as he landed face first on the floor, she landed on her feet perfectly before Schavio's sword slid up to her. She slowly picked it up by the handle when the brown Maine Coon leader was coming to. As he was trying to get his focus in, she walked up to him and then, when he closed his eyes for a few seconds and opened them again, he saw that her feet disappeared. He didn't realize where she was until he felt a sharp blade slash right through his back, making bones crack along with it and blood was spewing everywhere. He could hardly scream as he felt this. He slowly looked up at ZaQuintina, who was the one that slid the sword through his back, and he started dying as he said his final words:
"You… moth… er… fu… fu… ugh." After that attempted statement, he finally dies as soon as ZaQuintina left the blade in his back, feeling that she shouldn't stain the whole hallway with blood. She looked down at the dead cat with victory for 3 minutes before she heard footsteps apporaching her. She looked up at who they were and it was the principal, named Mrs. Watson, and the assistant principal, named Mr. Price. Everybody remained silent as they apporached the dragon.
"ZaQuintina-Mitchell…" Mrs. Watson started sternly. "… you… are a hero."
"Huh?" ZaQuintina asked with surprise. Havintine and Destiny looked at each other with surprised eyes as well.
"This gang of Maine Coons have been real criminals of this college. They've already sent 20 of our best students to the hospital before you came here and now that they're gone… you're presence is ever so humble to have here. Thank you." Mr. Price finished with praise as he shook the shocked dragon's hand vigoriously.
After that statement, everybody in the hall cheered in celebration. ZaQuintina turned towards the congradulating crowd and grew into tears slowly as her eyes were getting glossy. Destiny and Havintine ran up to her and hugged her tightly. After the group hug, Havintine looked at her deeply into her eyes and kissed her on the mouth passionately by the time Flazentino came running into the comotion. Destiny noticed and picked him up.
"What is it?" She managed to ask through the crowd. Flazentino held up ZaQuintina's cell phone in response.
"Agent Milestone wants us at HQ now!" He replied. Destiny nodded in agreement as she allowed the ferret to sit on her shoulder. She approached ZaQuintina and Havintine, who just finished their 5 minute kiss.
"ZaQuintina, we gotta get to HQ." Destiny said to her dragon friend, who nodded in response as her pet and best friend left for the approaching limo outside the school. ZaQuintina looked at her boyfriend deeply into his eyes as she spoke.
"Do me a favor while I'm gone, baby…" She started in a whisper. "…check on my brother for me. I wanna know if his new symptoms are really at stake."
"No problem, ZaQuintina. I'll check on him after my spelling bee rehersal." Havintine replied as he stroked his girlfriend's face. She smiled.
"Thanks." After that was said, she kissed him gently on the cheek and walked off towards the limo at the front of the school. Havintine watched her all the while and sighed to himself before he turned towards Mrs. Watson.
"Mrs. Watson?" He started.
"Yes?" Mrs. Watson replied.
"Could you get the janitors to clean this shit up?"
"My pleasure."
Later, at the ACME Silver Dragon Agency HQ…
"You did what before you got here!" Daffy screamed after ZaQuintina explained what happened at school earlier.
"I killed a gang of 6 Maine Coons that didn't think I was as famous as my brother." ZaQuintina replied.
"You are, doc?" Bugs asked. ZaQuintina nodded.
"Yeah. It's because I'm the sexiest female dragon in the world."
"ALRIGHT!" Lola cheered as she walked up to her. "You go, girl!"
"You know me!" Both girls gave each other a high five as Agent Milsetone came in.
"I never knew you were as famous as ZaQuinto." He said. "Anyway, you won't believe what your next mission spells out…"
"What?" ZaQuintina asked.
"Daffy."
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah. The mission is entitled Demonic Arakon Foxes Foil Yarnavanyos."
"Yo no comprendo."
"I'll explain. Arakon Foxes are very demonic beasts that are about the size of a great dane on his hind legs with intense muscles and a mean attitude. They've foiled very important plans on a planet called Gaventashii called yarnavanyos. They're plans to renovate the entire planet from the planet's core and out. Now, that the Arakon Foxes foiled them, they plan to do the complete opposite to the planet, if you get what I mean. Your mission is to simply find and destroy those foxes as soon as possible before they get into the planet's core. The leader of the foxes, named FX988, will probably be the one trying to find a way into the core while his fellow comrades stop others from interfering."
"Are we gonna have assistance this time?" Flazentino asked. Agent Milestone nodded.
"Yes. Tech, Slam, and Lexi will accomidate you on this mission, but here's the catch: one of you have to be with one Loonatic each. I've assigned them for you. ZaQuintina will be with Tech, trying to find their way to locating FX988 before he gets to the core, Destiny will be with Lexi, and Flazentino will be with Slam."
"That's cool with me." Destiny agreed. "So, are we gonna be in… outer space?"
"You betcha! Tech has prepared special space suits for you three. Good luck."
Meanwhile, at the Radford Hospital…
Havintine walked in with a sigh of relief. He was glad he made it through the spelling bee rehersal. He had to spell "albumen" and he thought that word was pretty hard, but he eventually spelled it correctly by a close landslide. After he checked in to see ZaQuinto, he froze as he saw about 6 doctors rush an unconcious ZaQuinto to the emergency wing. This made his eyes grow wide as he curiously followed them. One of the doctors noticed him and stopped him for a minute.
"What's going on?" Havintine asked with a worried tone in his voice.
"ZaQuinto's symptoms got worse. We've just researched on what the green scales were. We found out that the green scales are signs of a life-threatening virus that came along with the disease." The doctor replied.
"What happened?"
"Well, when we went to go check on him again, we saw that he started vomiting all over the floor and it was a green color… algae green. We have to rush him to emergency at once!" After that, the doctor ran off. Havintine slowly walked back out with shock and terror as he sat down on a chair in the waiting room. He started crying seconds later with his face in his hands. He was scared to tell ZaQuintina about it… but sooner or later, he had to… for her brother's sake.
Meanwhile, in the Loonatics Spaceship, flying towards Gaventashii…
ZaQuintina, Destiny, and Flazentino were actually dressed in astronaut versions of the Loonatic jumpsuits. ZaQuintina's suit was lavender, Destiny's was laserbeam blue, and Flazentino's was light brown. The glass on the helmets were the color of their suits. As they were heading towards the planet, they decided to talk for a while.
"I heard that you and Havintine made love last night." Lexi started. "How was it?"
"It was… invigorating." ZaQuintina replied with a sigh. "I finally used my tail for a 'sentimental' reason."
"Ooh! Really?"
"Yeah… and he enjoyed it, too."
"I can tell. When did this happen?"
"Yesterday… after we finished fighting those aliens during our training mission."
"How come it wasn't love at first sight for you two?" Tech asked before Lexi could.
"Let's just say that we were just good aquaintences at first. Then, we became friends a month later… and now, we became a lovable pair. That was a year after we became friends."
"That's pretty quick for a dragon and a siberian husky to become a couple."
"Yeah. Destiny thought so, too."
"Yep." Destiny agreed. "Now that you two are officially boyfriend and girlfriend, how do you think your future will be?"
"Ask me that again when we're not on a mission, okay?"
"Okay."
"Okay, everybody." Tech announced. "We're almost at Gaventashii. Put your helmet visors on and get ready. We're about 3 lightyears away."
ZaQuintina, Destiny, and Flazentino obeyed as they got ready for their arrival in Gaventashii. Flazentino walked up to Slam and got on his shoulder as ZaQuintina took her seat in the cockpit next to Tech and Destiny sat next to Lexi. They were all ready to stop the Arakon Foxes from destroying the entire planet.
10 minutes later…
Their spaceship landed in the Gaventashii Spaceport. When the window opened, Tech and ZaQuintina were the first ones to flip out and land on their feet right when Destiny, Lexi, Slam, and Flazentino did the same. They noticed that the citizens of the planet were already fleeing for shelter and screaming for their lives. Tech and ZaQuintina eyed FX988 heading towards a tunnel next to the subway as the green Loonatic spoke.
"Okay, guys. Remember, ZaQuintina and I will be focusing on FX988 while the rest of you stop the other Arakon Foxes. Got it?" He commnaded. The rest of the team nodded in response. "Alright, LET'S GO!" At that command, the gang splited up into their assigned groups.
Tech and ZaQuintina were having no trouble charging through the fleeing crowd as they kept their focus on FX988, who was an extremely tall Arakon Fox with blue fur, white hands, brown eyes, and wore a simple tank top and a pair of jeans. He sensed the two behind him and turned to look. He growled with drool emitting from his fangs as he held up his middle finger at them and quickened his running speed towards the secret tunnel to the planet's core. ZaQuintina was able to flip her way towards him by jumping off walls, flipping on flagpoles, and using her tail to swerve herself down the tunnel, tackling him by her feet and slamming him down the tunnel's stairs and onto the dark brown ground. It was hot down there, but not too hot, like an oven. Tech was able to catch up to the two down below. FX988 snarled as he was able to force ZaQuintina off, making her land on her back before she rolled out of the way of the Arakon Fox's sharp-as-a-butcher-knife tail. As she got to her feet, she pulled out her japanese bladed sword and attempted to slice his chest, but he blocked it with his sharp tail as it made a loud CLING! That made Tech stop and call Lexi for a second.
"Lexi, how are you doing up there?" He asked.
Meanwhile, up on the planet's surface…
"They weren't up for a fight against a couple a girls, Tech!" Lexi replied as she just brain blasted her last Arakon Fox. "I hope Slam and Flazentino are handling them just as well as we are."
"I'll check up on them." Tech replied from her communicator. "10-4!"
As for Flazentino and Slam…
Flazentino just twisted a Arakon Fox's neck hard, sending him dead, before he landed on the ground next to Slam, who pressed a button on his communicator.
"Slam, Flazentino, are you guys okay?" Tech asked.
"Yeah." Flazentino replied for Slam, who nodded in agreement. "We just saved a few civilians and we're done fighting these bitches!"
"Good. ZaQuintina and FX988 are having a finalie-like battle down here. I need all four of you to come down here now!"
"We're on our way!"
Back in the planet's core tunnel…
ZaQuintina was slammed against the marble wall for the 6th time, having her emit a little blood from her arms and legs as she kneeled down weakly, dropping her not-too-blood-stained sword at her feet. She groaned in pain as she tried to get up, but FX988 didn't give her a chance. He walked up to her and used his sharp tail and slowly slid it behind her back before he slashed it against it, making her roar in pain as she felt the tail slash through her back and fell flat on her stomach into an unconcious state. Flazentino gasped at the scene before FX988 chuckled devilishly in his growl before he headed into the planet's core. Tech grew determined as he was prepared to follow him with Slam.
"Lexi, Destiny, aid ZaQuintina! Flazentino, keep on the lookout for any remaining Arakon Foxes and destroy them if they get in your way!" Tech commanded before he and Slam ran off to follow FX988. Flazentino obeyed his orders as he ran up the tunnel steps and stood guard at its entrance while Lexi and Destiny ran to help ZaQuintina. Lexi slowly flipped her over without staining her pink hands with the dragon's blood while Destiny kneeled down next to her and shook her a little.
"ZaQuintina?" She called. "ZaQuintina, are you okay!"
The 18-year-old dragon didn't reply as Lexi leaned her ears toward her chest.
"She's barely breathing, but pretty much alive." She complied as she pulled out a first aid kit from out of nowhere behind her. "We better bandage her up and get back to the ship."
"But, what about Tech and Slam?" Destiny asked with worry.
"They'll be fine… knowing that Slam can really beat the shit outta anybody!"
"I hope so."
Meanwhile, at Havintine's house…
He was sitting in his room alone while enclosing his sad and tearful face in his hands. He really didn't know what to do with himself when he tells his girlfriend that her brother may be at risk of dying. He heard a distant snarl from his doorway and he slowly lifted his head to see his unpoisonious pet Komodo Dragon named Jake. He walked up to his siberian husky owner and placed his front feet on his knees with worry. Havintine sniffled as he rubbed the giant monitor lizard's head gently.
"Jake, I don't know what to do right now." He softly said. "ZaQuinto's at the verge of dying soon and I gotta tell ZaQuintina, which is really tough to do. I really don't wanna tell her, but I gotta… if I don't want her to worry. Should I call Agent Milestone and tell him about it?"
Jake did a soft roar in response as he used his tail to pick up Havintine's cell phone and placed it in his lap, roaring again in the process. Havintine sighed as he picked up his cell phone and dialed Agent Milestone's number.
Back in the ACME Silver Dragon HQ…
Most of the Looneys and the other Loonatics were taking a nap while Agent Milestone fell asleep in his monitor chair. Minutes later, the telephone next to him rang like crazy, waking everybody up… and having Daffy fall out of his hammock and land flat on his face. Agent Milestone nearly fell out of his chair as he hurriedly picked up the phone.
"Hello?" He spoke.
"Hey, Agent Milestone." Havintine replied from the recevier, having a little cracking in his voice a little. "It's Havintine."
"Well, hello, Havintine. I see ZaQuintina gave you this number. What is it?"
"It's about ZaQuinto. I need to tell y… um… actually, I need to tell Lola. Is she there?"
"Uh, sure. Hold on." Agent Milestone switched the phone to cordless as he picked it up and gave it to Lola. "Havintine needs to tell you something."
"Okay." Lola replied as she took the phone and placed it up to her ear. "What is it, Havintine?"
"It's about ZaQuinto. His disease got worse… a lot worse." Havintine replied. Lola gasped with horror as she heard this, which made everybody around her watch her.
"What's happening!" She nearly screamed.
"His appetite is completely gone, he's shedding his scales faster than usual, his tail is so droopy that he can't lift it up anymore, and he had green scales all over his face, which is a very deadly virus that came along with the disease… and it sent him throwing up some algae green shit!"
"OH, MY GOD! THIS IS TERRIBLE! Aren't you gonna tell ZaQuintina?"
"Well, that's the reason why I called. I need you to tell her for me."
"I will."
"Oh, and one more thing… he may be on the verge of………… aw, fuck! How can I put this? Um… he may be on the verge of…… passin' away… forever."
"My god! Tell me you're joking!"
"Hell, no, Lola! I wish I was though."
"Damn! How is ZaQuintina gonna react when she hears about this!"
"I don't have no idea, but I hope her reaction won't send her to the hospital, too."
"I'll tell her, okay?"
"Thanks. Is she done with the mission yet?"
"Not yet, but I'll tell her when she gets back."
"Okay. Bye."
"Bye." After that, Lola was quietly leaking tears as she handed the phone back to Agent Milestone. Bugs got worried as he walked up to his sniffling wife.
"Lo, what's da matta?" He asked softly. She slowly turned around to face him and everybody else and said in a whisper:
"ZaQuinto's gonna die!"
Back on Gaventashii…
Destiny and Lexi were back on the spaceship, waiting for Tech and Slam to return. Flazentino just arrived back minutes later, realizing the Slam finished off all of the other Arakon Foxes earlier. He was shocked to see ZaQuintina unconcious on the hospital bed of the ship.
"What happened to ZaQuintina?" He asked. Destiny picked him up as she spoke.
"FX988 was a challenge for her." She replied. "He fought her really well and finished her off by slashing her back with his sharp-as-hell tail. Now, she got a big-ass, but deep wound on her back."
"I can tell by the white bandage wrapped around her whole abdomen."
20 minutes later, Tech and Slam ran back into the ship in panic as Tech hurriedly ran to the cockpit and started up the ship. This puzzled everyone else.
'What's wrong?" Lexi asked.
"Hang on. FX988's gone insane now!" Tech screamed before he setted the ship into hyperdrive and sped off in the speed of light, having FX988 following them on his flying rocket powered snowboard-like hovercraft. They were in a high-speed chase by now. By the time they exited Gavetashii's atomsphere, FX988 began to bubble for about a minute before he finally exploded into a million stars. This made everybody sigh with relief.
"I guess he couldn't survive out of Gaventashii's atomsphere." Flazentino complied. "Thank god for astronomy!"
"Which is not my best subject." Destiny joked as she placed a hand on her unconcious friend's chest. Seconds later, she felt it rise up a little. She looked down at ZaQuintina and smiled. "ZaQuintina? Are you alive?"
"Ugh!" ZaQuintina replied as she slowly opened her eyes and looked up at Destiny and Flazentino. "Guys?"
"Thank goodness, you're alive." Destiny embraced her friend lovingly as she slowly sat up. ZaQuintina winced in pain as she felt this.
"AH!"
"Oh, sorry." Destiny quickly released her injured friend slowly as she continued. "Your back still hurts a little, huh?"
"Yeah. I can't believe I was defeated like that! What happened after he knocked my ass out?"
"Tech and Slam went after FX988 and stopped him just in time." Flazentino replied. "Then, when we escaped from his fury, he was chasing us out of the planet… that's when he exploded into a million stars right before our eyes! You missed it!"
"Wow. He couldn't survive out of a planet's atomsphere, huh?"
"Nope."
"So, Tech, are we heading back to HQ?"
"I hear you're alive and well, ZaQuintina." Tech started from the cockpit. "We're heading back."
"Okay. I need to know if my brother's doing okay."
Later, back in HQ…
ZaQuintina was resting on a massage bean bag chair that was invented by Wile E. himself in the hospital chamber of the base. She was this close to falling asleep until she heard the door slide open. She lifted her head and saw Lola walking in with her ears lower than how they usually are.
"Hey, Lola." ZaQuintina greeted softly. "What's up?"
"I need to tell you something." Lola replied in a serious tone of her usuallly bubbly voice. "It's about your brother."
"What's wrong? Is he okay?"
"No. He got worser than worse."
"What do you mean?"
"His symptoms got worse. His appetite is completely gone, his scales are shedding faster than normal, his tail is really heavy and droopy, and he has these green scales all over his face, which is some kind of deadly virus that sent him throwing up green stuff."
"Oh, hell no! Tell me you're lying!"
"I wish I was."
"No…… no… no-no-no-no-NO! FUCK NO! YOU'RE LYING!"
"I'm not, ZaQuintina. Havintine told me everything."
"IT CAN'T BE! PLEASE TELL ME HE'LL LIVE!"
"He's at risk of dying soon."
"FUCK THAT BULLSHIT! I GOTTA SEE HIM AGAIN!"
"You can't."
"Why not!"
"You're injured. Agent Milestone doesn't release injured agents before 3 days time."
"3 DAYS!"
"Yeah."
"I can't wait no goddamn 3 days! I gotta see him NOW! AHHHHH, SHIT!" ZaQuintina felt the stinging pain from her back as she yelled 'now'. Lola patted her on the shoulder for comfort, but she pushed it off her angrily. "Don't touch me! I don't want nobody to touch me or speak to me until I see him!"
After that, Lola didn't say a word as she sighed with concern and walked out of the room, closing the door behind her on the way. She looked at the others with worry.
"Well? Is she okay, Lo?" Bugs asked. Lola shook her head in response as she walked up to the group.
"She's extremely pissed right now… and the pain on her back isn't calming her down at all." Lola replied. "She demands that she wants to see ZaQuinto right now, but since she just got injured, Agent Milestone, she can't go and see him. That was bad timing for her to be hurt."
"That FX988 bitch is smart. He must've sensed this coming somehow." Flazentino predicted with anger.
"That may be the case, but I disagree." Wile E. protested. "How can an alien from a planet that's almost a thousand lightyears from Earth sense a crisis as deadly as this?"
"That's a question ZaQuintina can answer there." Destiny replied with honesty. "Sure, I know more about aliens than her, but she knows about an alien's instinct to sense and predict random events on a daily basis."
"How about we do asthk her that right now?" Daffy asked as he headed for the hospital chamber alone. Lola tried to stop him.
"Daffy, I wouldn't do that if I were you." She pleaded, but Daffy kept going.
"What harm would it do, Lola, huh?" Those were his last words before he opened the door and stepped inside with the door closing behind him. It was silent for 15 seconds before the door slid open again and out came Daffy flying towards a wall with a black eye and a bent-up beak. When he was dazed, he had tiny duckling versions of himself circling around his head as his eyes were swirling in a black and white pattern. Lola shook her head with dismay before she spoke.
"Did I forget to mention that she also demanded that nobody can touch nor talk to her until she sees ZaQuinto herself?" She asked sarcastically in a serious tone. Flazentino was wide eyed at that question.
"Are you serious!" He asked with shock.
"It's better than havin' her commit suicide."
"You got a point. Destiny, we need to find someway to get to ZaQuinto's aid and watch ZaQuintina at the same time."
"I don't think there is a wa… hold on." Destiny paused as she turned to Danger, Rev, and Sylvester. "You three don't really do much of anything. How about you do us a favor in doing a teamwork-type of double duty?"
"Meaning…?" Danger asked.
"One of you keep an eye on ZaQuintina while two of you keep an eye on ZaQuinto and tell us about how his conditions are going every now and then. Sounds easy or what?"
"That-sounds-easy-to-me!" Rev replied cheerfully. "But-I-realized-one-thing…"
"What?"
"A-Loonatic-has-to-watch-ZaQuintina. I'll-do-it."
"Good. Danger and Sylvester, you two can take care of ZaQuinto. Deal?"
"Do we get paid out of this?" Danger asked.
"Of course you do!" Agent Milestone replied, pulling out a contract he just wrote. "This contract certifies that serious missions like this require serious payments to whoever is assigned to this mission. You get three times the current salary payment when you successfully complete it or if it failed, but you tried your best. Understand?"
"Hell, yeah. I understand now! Just tell us when to split and we'll get right on it!"
Later, back in the hospital chamber…
ZaQuintina was praying to herself in silence while Rev was sitting next to her, not saying a single word. They were in complete slience for about 20 minutes before Rev's communicator beeped, nearly startling the both of them as he answered it.
"Yeah,-Danger?" He started.
"ZaQuinto's unconcious." Danger replied. This made ZaQuintina sit up straight with shock, despite the pain from her back. "They just checked his heart rate. It's really low right now and he's still throwing up occasionally."
"There's gotta be a way to quicken the payment of missions." ZaQuintina muttered.
"Huh?" Rev asked.
"Can you ask Agent Milestone about raising the price of payment for every mission I complete?"
"Sure,-no-problem,-ZaQuintina."
"Thanks. Danger, keep as close of an eye on my brother as possible… he's the only other piece of advice and comfort I have left of my family."
"I will… or should I say, Sylvester and I will do the best we can. We promise."
"Please! I beg you! Don't let him die!"
"Hang in there, ZaQuintina! Everything's gonna be alright!"
"Okay. It's making my back hurt anyway." After that, the worried dragon sister of ZaQuinto slowly leaned back and relaxed with a sigh. Rev sighed himself as he gently rubbed her shoulders, but then, quickly removed it again, realizing that she said not to touch her at all. She chuckled as she got the hint. "It's okay, Rev. You can touch me and talk to me now."
"Good." Rev sighed as he resumed rubbing her shoulders. "Keep-watch,-Danger."
"Roger that, Rev Runna! Over and out!" Danger replied before he clicked off. Rev sighed again as he looked over at the now calm ZaQuintina and saw that she fell asleep. He smiled as he leaned on her shoulder.
"Don't-worry,-ZaQuintina. You're-brother… will-be-okay." Those were his last words before he finally fell asleep as well… with a smile… because he doesn't hope that ZaQuinto will be okay… he KNOWS!
To be continued…
