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Chapter 9: A Bed and Fish Sticks

"Here's you some freshly baked cookies!" Elena said, generously giving Yazoo a whole tray-full of a variety of different shapes and flavors of cookies.

"Yay! Thank you!" Yazoo cheered happily.

Elena went out of her living room into the kitchen and picked up her Turk cellphone. . .

"Oh, Loz! I love you!" Kadaj giggled as Loz poked his right cheek. They were sitting on the couch together at home being 'mushy'.

"Here comes the creepy crawly spider!" Loz laughed, making his finger walk down Kadaj's shoulder and to his stomach. Once there, he tickled him and Kadaj went into a laughing frenzy. Then the phone rang.

"A phone call? We hardly ever get any . . .," Loz pointed out, surprised. He left the couch and picked up the phone off of the coffee table. "Hello? . . . Yeah . . . Really? . . . . . . . . . Okay, we'll be right there . . . . thanks, honey dipped toast!" Loz hung up the phone.

"Honey dipped toast?" Kadaj asked, still on the couch.

"That was Elena. Yazoo's with her and she wants us to come pick him up, " Loz answered, then lifted Kadaj in his arms. "I'll take ya to the car." Kadaj smiled, finally feeling loved. Loz set him in the passenger's seat and he drove off to Elena's house.

"Someone's at the door!" Yazoo called to Elena. Elena smiled and ran up to the door, then opened it.

"Loz? Kadaj?" Yazoo asked. "I'm glad you're here! I was scared without you! Four hours without you feels like an eternity!" Yazoo hugged them, crying softly.

"Thank you, Elena, for taking good care of my little brother. I hope he wasn't any trouble for you," Loz thanked.

"Oh, no! He's a little sweetheart!" Elena smiled. "By the way, Loz, may I speak with you for a moment? Alone?"

"Sure thing, sweety!" Loz replied, then turned toward his little brothers. "Go ahead and get in the back seat."

Once Kadaj and Yazoo got there, they were curious about what they were talking about that they could not hear.

"I hope I'm not in trouble . . .," Yazoo sulked.

"Well, I would say so, since you ran away!" Kadaj exclaimed, then looked over at Yazoo in the seat to his left. "But they're probably talking about grown up things."

"Like what?" Yazoo asked curiously.

"You know . . . things," Kadaj said, then looked over and saw that Yazoo still looked questioningly. "Like having kids, kissing, and stuff like that."

A few minutes later, Loz came out of the house and tried to open the car door, but it was locked. He knocked on Yazoo's window and yelled, "Unlock the door, stupid!"

Yazoo jumped in surprise, not noticing Loz was even outside, and unlocked his door as his heart raced. Kadaj and Yazoo buckled up as Loz got in the driver's seat and started hte car, which was the same color as their motorcycles.

"Now, I want you two to listen to me, okay?" Loz ordered, a little stress in his voice.

Yazoo and Kadaj giggled, thinking it was funny that Lzo was being serious. This made the oldest brother angry.

"It's not funny, stupids!" Loz yelled.

Kadaj and Yazoo smiled and bit their bottom lips, trying to keep from laughing, but Yazoo burst, causing Kadaj to, too.

"Now, I'm bein' serious! Now stop laugin' like a couple of little girls and listen!" Loz snapped. "Don't make me pull over!"

Yazoo and Kadaj's faces froze, then became serious like Loz's.

"What is it, Loz?" Kadaj asked.

"Elena's movin' in with us tomorrow. I want you two to be on your best behavior. Yazoo, don't be kissin' on everybody and whinin' about every little thing. Kadaj, don't make a fuss and start a fight. Is that understood?"

". . . Yeah," they both answered, then Kadaj noted, "I thought you were moving in with her."

"Well, she realizes now how close we are and doesn't want us separated."

"Where will she sleep?" Yazoo asked.

". . . Well, I'm gonna sleep with her from now on. Until we get another room built on to the house, I'll be with her in the living room."

"But, Loz! I need you!" Yazoo lamented.

"Sorry, Yazoo, but it's time. Besides, you still have Kadaj."

"Hmph!" Yazoo grunted upsetly, turning his face towards his window.

"And don't act like that in front of Elena!" Loz instructed, seeing Yazoo through his mirror.

Once they got home, Loz and Yazoo exited the car, but noticed that Kadaj had not. They opened his car door and saw him sound asleep.

"Kadaj, wake-," Yazoo began.

"Shhh!" Loz yelled, interrupting him. Loz picked Kadaj up and brought him inside the house, then tucked him into his bed. He felt of his forehead and it felt hot again.

That night, Loz, Kadaj, and Yazoo were sleeping soundly in their beds until Yazoo woke-up, frightened by a loud and strange noise from outside. He sat up, his heart pounding, and held the covers up over his chest like a female would is nude in bed.

"Loz!" Yazoo whispered panicly, nudging Loz's left shoulder, which was opposite of the side he was sleeping on. "Wake-up!"

"Shhh!" Loz ordered, rolling over onto his back and turning his head to the right. He sat up. "I'm awake. I know."

"What is that?"

"I don't know."

Then, they heard the noise again. It sounded like buffalo licking trash cans while doing the electric slide on top of a rotten pillow case inside of a dim-lighted, crystalline cave on planet Jupiter.

"I'm scared!" Yazoo whimpered, pulling the cover up over his nose.

Kadaj groaned upon hearing the noise, then sat up after seeing that his brothers were. "What's going on?" he moaned, more asleep than awake.

"You two stay here. Don't go outside," Loz ordered, getting out of his bed. "In fact, don't even leave this room unless it's an emergency!"

"Loz, where're you going!" Yazoo asked.

"Shhh!" I'm gonna go see what's happening!" he whispered, attaching his Dual Hound weapon to his left arm. He left the bedroom.

"Ha ha!' Reno laughed, his tongue hanging out of his mouth idely. Rude pooted, then the two left, leaving Loz lying on the ground. It only took about 10 minutes for this to happen since Loz left the house.

"Loz!" Yazoo called, running outside. He gasped with his slender hands over his his mouth, then ran to Loz's side. He was gasping for breath, his face was covered in scratches and bruises, his suit was torn in some places, and he was bleeding out his mouth and right arm.

"Yazoo . . . go inside . . . with K-Kadaj," Loz grunted in pain with a tear trickling down his cheek.

"No! Loz! What happened! Are you okay!" Yazoo screamed, lifting Loz's head with his frail arms, trying not to cry from such a horrible sight. "Loz!"

"Those guys . . .they came . . . to hurt Elena . . .and . . . you." Loz passed out.

"Loz! Loz!" Yazoo cried. "Kaaaa-daaaj!"

Kadaj stormed outside, his face flush with fever, and gasped as well. He ran up to his brothers and crouched down in panic.

"Kadaj, some guys attacked Loz! He just passed out after telling me!" Yazoo explained. "I can't lift him by myself!"

"I'll help," Kadaj volunteered. Together, the two struggled with Loz's big, heavy, akward body and barely made it with him to the couch. Yazoo, exhausted, took a few steps backward and fell onto the loveseat behind him. Kadaj sat down beside of him.

"Who could've done this?" Kadaj whimpered, trying not to cry, though. He wanted to be strong for Yazoo.

"I don't know! But, if they defeated Loz . . .," Yazoo did cry tearfully," . . . then they'll get us, too!"

Kadaj layed his head over on Yazoo's left shoulder, so Yazoo pulled that arm around behind Kadaj and embraced him with it. Then, unable to hold the tears back any longer, Kadaj weeped, too.

The next morning, Kadaj was lightly crying with his fever-flush face and his damp-with-tears-hands against one of Loz's hands. Loz was still unconscious on the couch and Kadaj was afraid for him.

"Loz, I'm so sorry that I've caused so many problems in this family! And I'm sorry about what happened to you!" Kadaj cried, his eyes tightly shut.

Loz opened his eyes and groaned just then, but Kadaj failed to notice. Then he continued on.

"I'll even let you lead our missinos if you want! Just don't die! Please be okay!"

"Thanks! Can Elena be second-in-command?" Loz smiled weakly.

"Oh, Loz! Thank Mother you're okay!" Kadaj exclaimed, hugging him so tightly Loz could hardly breathe.

"Kadaj, I found your medicine-," Yazoo began, then saw Loz awake and threw down the bottle. "Loz!" he cheered, his arms outstretched for a big hug. "Oh, Loz, we were so worried about you! Thank goodness you're alright!"

"Kadaj, you should lye down," Loz told him.

"That's not important right now, Loz. What's important is that you're okay," Kadaj replied.

"Please sit down, Kadaj," Loz begged, worried about him. Loz sat up and Kadaj sat down next to him. Yazoo sat on the love seat across from them.

"Do you need anything, Loz?" Yazoo asked generously.

"No, I'm okay now. Just a little sore," Then he popped his knuckles. "How'd you two get me in here?"

"We carried you," Yazoo answered. "With a little teamwork, we can do a lot."

"You mean me with you pretending to be lifting!" Kadaj roared. "You didn't help at all, Yazoo! You should be ashamed of yourself for being so weak and lazy! My back still hurts from such hard labor!"

"I did too lift! I even pulled a muscle from it!" Yazoo argued. "I can't believe you! Of all the nerve-"

"Oh, yeah? What muscle? Your butt from finally moving after doing nothing 98 of the time!"

Yazoo's face lit up red with anger and embarassment. He crossed his arms and looked the other way. "It wasn't from moving," he said behind clenched teeth. "It was pulled by lifting.

Kadaj laughed so hard that he started choaking on his mucus and coughed hoarsly for a minute straight. He finally paused and strained his voice enough to say, " Yazoo, please go get my medicine for me!" Then continued to cough.

"Nope. I might pull my other butt muscle by getting up!" Yazoo refused. "I can't believe you're acting like this during such a crisis! Have you no shame!"

"Just go get it, Yazoo!" Loz moaned, not in the mood to hear their mouths.

Yazoo made a sour face, then limped and slightly waddled into the kitchen to get the medicine.

A few minutes later, Yazoo limped back into the living room empty-handed. "I couldn't find it-," then squealed and stepped on it on the floor, causing him to land on his injured buttocks. He moaned and then reached for the bottle. Kadaj began laughing and coughing again. Yazoo grabbed the bottle and threw it swiftly, hitting Kadaj right on the center of his upper forehead with it.

"Owww!" Kadaj cried, grabbing his head and squinting. Loz just laid his head back and covered his eyes with his elbow. Kadaj leaped up and threw the bottle fiercely so that it bounced off of the top of Yazoo's head with a thud.

"Oooowch!" Yazoo screamed, still on the floor. Kadaj grabbed Yazoo by the legs and began dragging him out of the room while Yazoo kicked, screamed, and squirmed. By the time Kadaj had him in the bath room, the dress-like part of his suit had been flung up over his chest, revealing nothing but his tight pants underneath, which showed every feminine curve in his body.

Kadaj threw Yazoo into the bathtub, surprising Yazoo, since he didn't know he was that strong, especially when sick. Kadaj turned the shower on him a little too hot for comfort, so Yazoo just laid in the bottom of the tub and shielded his face with his arms.

"Don't forget the soap!" Kadaj sang, smiling. He poured a large amount of green liquid soap all over poor helpless Yazoo. Then he turned the water pressure on harder and laughed while coughing. Yazoo pouted, giving Kadaj a very pitiful look. Yazoo could get up and out of the bathtub if he tried, but was afraid of his younger brother and what he might do to him if he did. Kadaj recieved Yazoo's look and gave him a mean, crazy, and scarey look. This gave Yazoo chills, reguardless of the hot water beating down on him.

"Stop!" yelled a voice from behind Kadaj. It was Elena!

"Make me!" Kadaj smarted off, hand on his hips and his weightshifted to his right side.

Elena angrily pushed past him and turned the water off of Yazoo. "Poor thing!" she said with sympathy. Kadaj pushed her from behind and into the tub with Yazoo, both of them now soaking wet in ankle-deep water. Elena gasped in shock, then got out of the tub and stomped up to Kadaj, dripping water all over the tiled floor. Kadaj just laughed and wheezed.

Elena smacked Kadaj across the face and waved an index finger in it afterward. "Now you listen here! As long as I'm living here, I will not tolerate this kind of behavior! Do you understand!" she scolded, on edge.

Kadaj laughed, thinking of her threat as a joke. She slapped him again. "Don't touch me again, Miss Gravey!" Kadaj yelled.

"I can touch you as much as I want to! I'm your sister-in-law!"

"I'm your sister-in-law!" Kadaj mocked in a stupid-sounding voice while moving his body in a girly manner.

A few minutes later, Elena had a gentle grasp on Yazoo's drenched arm with Kadaj following them into the living room with Loz. Loz turned toward them and laughed like an apple turned blue. "Kadaj, what happened to you!" Loz laughed.

Kadaj just glared at him. Elena had covered his face in make-up, put the purple dress and matching accessories on him Olivia gave to him, and put his hair in locks. He looked rather pretty.

"Elena? Yazoo? Why're you soaking wet?" Loz inquired, his face still red from laughter.

"Well, Kadaj put us in the bathtub and turned hot water on us!" Yazoo whined.

"Kadaj! You should be ashamed of yourself! You know better!" Loz yelled threateningly. "If I weren't hurt, I'd whip you! Now go help Yazoo change!"

"He can change himself!" Kadaj disobeyed.

"Can you?" Loz asked Yazoo.

"Of coarse!" Yazoo answered, angry that he would think otherwise. "I'm not stupid!"

Yazoo stomped off into the bedroom, Kadaj went into the kitchen, and Elena went into the bathroom with her Turk suitcase.

As Yazoo entered the bedroom to change, he saw that their beds were gone and were replaced with one new queen-sized bed. Yazoo cheered, screamed, and squealed in delight. But who did this?

"What is it, Yazoo?" Loz asked, limping into the room. He saw the bed and was stunned.

"Isn't it great, Loz! Now we can sleep closer than ever!"

Loz looked at the bed and noticed a small note laying on it. He picked it up and read silently.

'Dear Noodle Slurpers:

Since you were so disrespectful to Olivia Corneo, we have taken your beds and something out of your freezer for new recruits. Hand over Elena or Yazoo if you want to see your things again and before we do more. We would appreciate your cooperation.

Sincerely,

(a picture of a noodle) The Turks.'

"What does it say, Loz?" Yazoo asked, concerned from the look on his brother's face.

"N-nothin'. Just that we won this as a prize," Loz lied, not wanting to scare him.

"Lo-oz! The fish sticks are missing from the freezer!" Kadaj called from the doorway.

Loz crumpled the note in his hand with rage.

Sorry about the delay you are probably about to face, but I have my reasons. I am curious, why don't I get very many readers? Is this story bad or something? I thought I wrote it well and used a unique yet clever idea, so why do I feel so . . . cheated and unloved? Do you people dislike the way I portray the brothers or hate the LozxElena, or what? Just curious.