Chapter 6: Primus

Zurich. Switzerland. Midnight.

The night is still. Not a disturbance to be heard. Until a high pitched scream pierces the silence.

I stood over the now awake and terrified Jayce Primus.

He screams his head off. Minerva say's I overdo it with my scare tactics.

But you have to admit, there is a level of amusement one can find in someone else's terror.

I smiled under my faceplate.

I grabbed the screaming man by his collar and threw him out of the couch he was laying on. He stared at me wide eyed as I pushed his throat against a wall, effectively pinning him.

"Who are you? What do you want?" He squeaked.

"I was about to ask you the same thing" I replied.

He stared at me briefly, his blue eyes slowly adjusting to the light. Then, all of a sudden, he begins to laugh uncontrollably.

"OH MY GOD!" he laughed "AN ITALIAN ACCENT? SERIOUSLY? OH GOD THATS HILARIOUS"

He roared in laughter.

What? Why weren't the pills working?

Out of frustration I threw him into a glass coffee table. Shattering it in the process.

But Primus continued to laugh.

"ANSWER ME" I said.

"I don't know mario…. Maybe your princess …. is in another castle!"

Enraged, I picked him up by the shoulders and suplexed him into the wooden floor, breaking it.

This only seemed to send Primus into another bout of laughter. Did he find pain funny?

I stepped on his chest and dug my heels into him. Growling as fiercely as I could.

But to no effect, he seemed unfazed by my attempts to scare him.

All of a sudden something smashed into the back of my head.

I turned around to see Doctor Zeigler standing behind me, with a broken lamp in her hands.

Unfortunately for her it didn't hurt me so much as annoy me.

I took my foot off Primus and push kicked her across the room.

She slammed into a wall, chipping some of the plaster.

Primus had a complete change of attitude when he saw this.

He stood up and punched me in the abdomen so hard I had trouble breathing for a few seconds.

I held my hands to the spot where the punch landed. There was a dent.

He dented my armour with his bare fist. What?

I wasn't sure but it felt like one of my ribs had broken, every breath filled me with pain.

I looked at him and backed away, pain ringing in my diaphragm.

His expression was one of pure rage.

"You can hit me as much as you want...but don't touch her, you sick Italian fuck." He said as he stepped toward me.

Before I could react he lunged at me and sent a punch straight into my face.

Luckily for me my faceplate was fully charged with static, so when the punch connected, the electric discharge sent him flying across the room and into a cabinet, wrecking it.

As he began to recover I had a brief moment to come up with a new plan of action, I hadn't anticipated a fight, and as such I didn't bring any weapons with me.

In all honesty, Primus scared me.

What kind of man just laughs the more you hit him? What kind of man is able to dent bulletproof armour plating with a single barefisted punch?

I had to think fast. It was unlikely that I would be able to beat him in hand to hand. So what was my other option?

I looked across the room at doctor Zeigler, who had just about managed to regain consciousness after my kick.

Of course, when physical force can't beat your enemy, a psychological solution is needed.

I quickly stepped across to her and pulled her up from the floor. I then proceeded to hold her up with my claws held to her neck.

"Let go of me!" she said as I tightened my grasp on her.

"Keep your mouth shut and I won't have to hurt you" I whispered into her ear.

Primus had just finished recovering from his electrocution.

"what do you call yourself? Taser face?" he wheezed, before launching into another bout of laughter.

Minerva then told me "It seems the drug is having some sort of mood swinging effect on him".

I pressed my claws against Zeigler's neck, making sure that Primus could see what I was doing.

"I wouldn't take another step if I were you" I said.

Primus locked eyes with Zeigler,

"Angela, it's teatime!" He said.

Before I could figure out whatever the hell that was supposed to mean, Zeigler kicked me in the groin with her heel.

This compounded with the pain in my midriff was too much for me to bear, I fell to the floor and screamed in agony.
"JESUS FUCKING CHRIST" I said.

"PPFFFFTT HAHAHA! Oh my god I can't believe that worked!" said Primus, then he went into another one of his disgusting laughs.

Zeigler stood above me.

"Who are you? And why are you in my house? And what did you do to my friend?" Asked Zeigler.

"Shut the hell up, It's none of your business who I am. And you, Idiot, stop laughing"

Primus did not listen.

Zeigler did not look satisfied with my response,

"It is my business." she said "You broke into MY house and attacked my friend and not to mention also trashed my livingroo-"

"Your'e I'll Gatta!" Interrupted Primus.

Zeigler looked at Primus, confused.

"YEAH! That one Batman wanna-be from Italy!" He said.

Zeigler takes another look at me, her eyes widen as she says "Ohh! You're right!".

Fucking hell.

"First of all it's Il Gatto. And second, how the hell do you know?" I asked.

"I read the news, like a normal person. It turns out that a week or so ago there were incidents in Italy regarding a masked vigilante. Mask? Check. Vigilante? Check. Italian? triple check." Replied Primus.

"#2 trending, remember sir?" Said minerva in my ear.

Of course…

"Well, since every single crazy fuck in the world seems to know who I am, I guess what I really should be asking is… who are YOU?" I asked.

Primus puts on a stupid grin and says "I'm Jayce primus! Hi!".

He then pointed at Zeigler.

"And this is Ang-"

"Angela Zeigler, yes I'm familiar with your work"

I had never met an overwatch agent before, this may have been the only chance that I would be able to tell overwatch what I thought about them.

I looked straight at her.

"Overwatch trash. You did a pathetic job protecting the world. You couldn't even protect yourselves. If I were you I would be ashamed to have ever been associated with such scum"

Primus seemed quite upset by that.

"Hey! Don't say that…she's a nice person…and verr prttyee" he said, slurring his words.

Zeigler smiled lightly.

"Danke Jayce" she said.

Primus flashed one of his signature drunk grins at her.

"Yeah, yeah sorry to interrupt your warm fuzzy moment here, but this is a goddamn interrogation, and I need answers".

Primus crossed his arms.

"What do you want to know, Batman?" Said Primus.

"you're not normal, your freakishly strong for a person your size. WHAT ARE YOU?

Primus become hesitant but Zeigler stepped in, to his relief.

"It's not your interrogation, it's ours. You are the one on the floor clutching your genitalia" She said.

"Well...she has a point sir." Said Minerva, this time on speakerphone.

"Thank you, random disembodied voice" said the doctor.

I sighed.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"Why are you here?"She asked.

"Don't pretend like you don't know" I said "I know that you have some level of understanding about that super Omnic that attacked the city."

"What makes you think we know anything about that?" Asked Zeigler, inquisitively.

I frowned under my faceplate, "I saw Primus running towards it. That could mean 1 of 2 things. Either he knows how to fight them or, He's a lunatic."

If I'm being honest, I was inclining more towards the latter idea.

"Then why did you have to break in?" she asked, clearly confused.

"Becau-"

"BECAUSE HE'S GATMAN!" screamed Primus.

Both Zeigler and I just stared at him for a moment, before I replied.

"No… Because I didn't know if you were a lunatic or not."

I looked at Zeigler

"Look, a lot of innocent lives were lost, and a lot of the city was destroyed. If something like this ever happens again, I want to be able to do more than just watch in shock."

I looked into her eyes, and I could tell that she understood what I felt.

She turned to Primus,

"Jayce…I think you should tell him your story." She said.

Primus just opened his eyes wide and stared at the two of us for a second, before letting out a sigh.

She then whispered something to him and have him a serious look.

"You wouldn't believe me" he said, looking quite downcast.

"I will be the judge of that, dumbass"

I was getting quite tired of his mood swinging crap.

"Fine, I'll tell you"

"Well, get on with it"

The next half an hour or so consisted of Primus explaining his origin, and the source of his strength.

The more I listened the more I feared for the man's sanity.

Once they finished relaying their curious saga, I looked at them briefly.

"Okay…let me get this straight…you used to live in another universe…."

"Yep" said Primus.

"Then you died, and your soul was met by a godly being"

"Yep" said Primus.

"Who then brought you back to life and sent you to our universe, to protect if from some sort of threat."

"Yep" said Primus.

"And he turned you into a superhuman, by giving you something called a 'Matrix of Leadership' which is now a part of your soul."

"Yep" said Primus.

"When he brought you to this world, 7 months ago, you were found by Zeigler, who took you in. You have lived together ever since."

"Yep" said Primus.

Aliens, gods and superhuman zombies….

"I believe you" I said.

"Really?" said Primus, with a look of relief on his face.

My rage just consumed me at this point.

"FUCKING NO, IDIOT!" I yelled.

My anger was so intense that all i can remember was me breaking a lot of furniture and screaming.

What kind of idiot did he take me for? Who in the world could believe this sort of crap?

Certainly not me. All I saw was red.

When I became somewhat calm, Primus said "Jesus, do you Italians always have to be so 'expressive'?"

I looked to Zeigler in desperation.

"Do you actually believe this delusional fucktard?"

"At first I didn't believe him, but the battle for Zürich confirmed his story, he is telling the truth" She said.

How convenient that the battle was completely shrouded in smoke and dust, so there was no visual record of Primus' 'godly powers'.

I came to a simple conclusion

"You're all insane"

I pointed a threatening finger straight at Primus.

"It's YOUR fault that I'm stuck in this goddamn mess in the first place."

Primus didn't seem to take notice of that.

"Well…it's nice knowing you and all but I don't have time for you blaming me for something I didn't do, I like, have to leave for Egypt soon so yeah…I have some packing to do. And I'll have to go shopping with Angie to replace the stuff you broke…" Said Primus, clearly suffering from some side effects of the fear drug.

Wait a second…

"Huh? What was that about Egypt?" I asked, intrigued.

"Alien god stuff, you wouldn't understand" He said, nonchalantly.

What the hell was wrong with this guy?

"Wait, fuck I probably shouldn't have said that. Just, forget what I just said Okay?" Said Primus.

He was clearly not in a clear state of mind.

This was too much for me, I needed to find some time to think. I had been doing my best to suppress the pain in my ribs, but It had reached a nearly unimaginable level.

I hopped onto the window sill that I entered from. I looked straight at Primus.

"No matter who the fuck you are, and whatever the fuck you are planning, know that I've got my eye on you, Primus"

I jumped out.

Note to self, superhero landings are a lot harder with broken ribs.

"Sir, you need some serious medical attention. My scans indicate that one of your ribs is broken in two places" Said Minerva, as I climbed into the back of the Novula.

"I'll be fine" I said, as I pumped some leftover painkiller into my veins.

"I'm sorry sir but what the actual fuck is your definition of 'fine'?" She asked.

"None of your damn business, that's what" I said, pulling off my helmet.

I sat back in the control seat. I took a moment to let the painkillers do their work. But painkillers could do little to dull the pain in my mind.

Primus and Zeigler. I had a feeling they would help shed a light on the alien attack on Zurich. But instead all they had managed to do was confuse me more.

"Minerva, what's your take on the pair?" I asked.

"Well, I can't really say. I will admit, Primus' story is quite far fetched. But I have worked with Dr. Zeigler in the past. I know that she wouldn't lie about something this big." She said. "Even if it's not true, something very convincing would have had to happen to make Zeigler believe in it wholeheartedly"

"No wonder overwatch failed. If this is how gullible one of their top scientific minds can be…" I shuddered.

"But in all fairness, there is something unnatural about Jayce Primus, my sensors detected a lot of strange readings coming from him. His strength may very well be caused by some form of power enhancing drug, or biological augmentations." Speculated Minerva.

Suddenly, a message arrived to the Novula. It was the journalist.

Apparently their inside source with Talon managed to decode the data I found in the scout ship earlier.

The documents had a detailed plan that involved a raid on the temple of Anubis, in order to acquire the Anubis God AI.

"Wait a minute…" I said "Didn't primus say something about travelling to Egypt?"

"Do you think he has some sort of connection with Talon?" She asked.

"It cannot be a coincidence. Minerva, when will the Cloud 2.0 be ready for service?"I asked.

"Four days if I rush construction, sir" She replied.

That was good enough. I was going to need my full force behind me if I was going to engage Talon. Meanwhile I was going to keep good on my promise to Primus.

I was going to keep a very close eye on his delusional ass.

Over the next two days. I followed Zeigler and Primus from the shadows. Tailing them under cloak. Keeping tabs on their whereabouts, their schedules.

All the while my wounded rib refused to heal. Minerva insisted that I seek medical help. Since none of the medical droids were salvaged from the remains of my original Cloud. But I could not take the risk. I had no money to purchase first aid, and I couldn't just show up to a hospital as Leonardo Carraro. My food supply was dwindling too. I had to ration myself to a quarter protein pack per meal, which was nowhere near enough for an injured body.

Soon enough, the inevitable happened. I blacked out near the end of day two.

I awoke to find myself in lying on a bed in a pristine white bedroom.

I was wearing nothing more than a few undergarments and my faceplate. An IV drip was attached to one of my arms.

I felt weak, barely able to keep my eyes open.

Then I noticed I was not alone in the room.

It was none other than doctor Zeigler. She was looking through a set of surgical tools next to the bed. She was dressed in a light blue shirt with her sleeves rolled up. Her golden blonde hair was tied in a single ponytail.

And her surgical gloves had a thin layer of blood on them.

My eyes widened as I put one of my hands on the spot where my broken rib was. Only to find a set of stitches.

Zeigler noticed I had woken up.

"Oh. Hello there Gat." She said as she dipped some cotton into disinfectant. Her expression was grim, she didn't look me in the eye.

"How did you find me? How did you take off my armour? Why are you helping me?"

"Minerva, Minerva and…. Minerva" She replied.

"She contacted me when you passed out, and directed me to your 'van'. I found you there and brought you here. Minerva showed me how to remove your armour, except for your helmet of course." She held the cotton in her hands.

"And as for why I helped you. Me and Minerva go back quite a ways. When I was working at overwatch, she frequently assisted me with my work. Consider this a sign of gratitude" She said.

Then, Minerva spoke up.

"Sir, I brought her to you because I trust her. Especially when it comes to her medical skill."

"You are lucky I'm not in the mood to yell at you right now Minerva."I said

Zeigler rubbed the cotton over the stitches to clean them. The pain was severe, I could sense that the doctor was probably still upset about my break-in the other day.

Then, lo and behold, Primus stumbled into the apartment.

Zeigler went out to greet him, the two of them spoke briefly.

I could see that Primus was experiencing discomfort, he clutched his head with his hands.

I had noticed while spying on him that his condition only worsened from the day that I drugged him. Whatever he was experiencing, it seemed painful.

Then, Primus spotted me in the bed .He walked over.

"Hey...you have a place to stay?" He asked

I crossed my arms.

Play it cool Leo…

"No, I have no money… . I'm not rich, I swear."

What the hell was that? My mind was a little muddled, how am i supposed to appear menacing in my underwear?

Primus stared at me for a second, with a hint of tears in his eyes.

Then he went into one of his signature mood swings.

"AWWWWWWWWW HE'S HOMELESS! CAN WE KEEP HIM ANGIE?" He says, slurring his words and drooling from the corner of his mouth.

Zeigler raised an eyebrow.

"No" she replied

"Come one…. HE LIVES IN A VAN!" he pleaded.

"No" she replied

"AH!"he said, taken aback "BITCH!"

Zeigler slapped him across the face.

"OKAY FINE IM SORRY!"

"yes, yes you are, dummkopf…." She said.

"please let him stay" He asked again, this time with a lot less energy.

"No" Zeigler seemed adamant.

"I will feed him, I'll clean him, i'll change the litter box, i'll take him for walks. Pleasepleasepleaseprettypleaseplease"

I looked at him bewildered.

"Vieni cicino e ti decapetero" I said.

Angela seemed genuinely concerned for Primus's health.

"What happened to you, Jayce? You aren't usually like this…" she said

"I dunno…" Primus' eyes began to wander the room. His nose began to bleed.

"Jayce…your nose is bleeding…are you okay? I didn't slap you that hard, did I?" Asked Zeigler.

He wiped some of the blood from his lip and looked at it.

"I have noo fuuuccking idea… maybe I'm just happy to see you? hehe"

He said in a cheery yet slurred way.

He then collapsed to the floor.

"JAYCE!" Zeigler tried to wake him up.

"Angela, my scans indicate that he has a brain tumor, it must have been a side effect of Gat's fear toxin" Said Minerva.

Angela looked at me "Really? What is wrong with you?"

I sighed.

"I'll help you sort that out, it's the least I can do, after all you've helped me, doctor."

I got up from the bed and walked up to Zeigler and Primus.

We picked him up and lay him down on the bed.

"Do you have anything for brain cancer?" I asked.

I didn't have any cancer pills with me. Gamma radiation isn't that common of an issue nowadays, with the onset of ion vehicles. Nuclear power was quite popular a decade or so ago, cancer cure pills were sold everywhere at one point. But I didn't bring any with me to switzerland.

"No, I have something better" She pulled out a healing staff, similar to those used by overwatch field medics.

"Wait a minute, why didn't you just heal me with that?" I asked.

"Um.. no. Healing with the staff brings patients up to full strength. After seeing what you are capable of I was apprehensive of using it on you."

I could tell that Zeigler was doing her best not to look at my body. Her discomfort wasn't very well masked.

"Where is my armour?"I asked

Zeigler began to heal Primus with the staff.

"Its in what's left of the living room" She said.

"Doctor" I said.

She looked at me.

"I appreciate what you did. I didn't expect that sort of compassion from an ex overwatch agent"

I'm not sure, but I think she blushed.

I suited up and returned to the Novula. Primus was unconscious, this would be the best time to get a better understanding of his body. I picked up a few bioscanners and returned to Zeigler's home.

Primus was now asleep on the couch. Zeigler was sitting next to him, running her fingers through his dark brown hair. When she saw me walk in, she quickly stood up with a look of embarrassment on her face.

"Gat, what are all those instruments?" She asked.

"It's just for monitoring a few vitals, I want to study the extent of damage caused by my drug, so that I can alter the chemical composition to be less harmful"

She looked at me with a hint of a smile on her lips.

"I didn't expect that sort of compassion from an italian vigilante who beats up criminals at night" She said.

I chuckled out of courtesy. What the hell is she doing, stealing my lines.

"I need a nap. Today has been exhausting. Can I trust you to watch him for me?"

"You can count on me doctor" I said.

"I was talking to Minerva…" She said.

I frowned under my faceplate.

Zeigler went to her room.

As soon as she closed the door, I pulled out a syringe and injected nanomachines into Primus' arm.

Once they were circulating his system they began collecting data.

I recorded everything on my PDA and transmitted relevant information to the Novula.

A while later, Primus finally awoke.

He looked at me bewildered.

"Hi! Umm...how long was I out? And how the FUCK did I get here?"

I just looked at him. Then I spoke up.

"You've been in a coma for 6 years. The world has been overtaken by gigantic alien super Omnics, and we are their slaves. Dr Zeigler was upset by your loss but moved on a week later and got married to a famous pop star. She says he is a better singer than you ever were and is glad to be the mother to his 4 children"

His stupid eyes widened in horror as I said this.

"WHAT?" He screamed.

I burst into laughter, maybe my first genuine laugh in weeks.

"No you moron, you've been out for a couple hours. Also I slept with your girlfriend."

"WHAT? Wait, you're just messing with be right?" he asked

"Maybe…" I replied.

"You're a dick" He said.

Ugh… meaningless insults, no thought, no creativity. I ignored it.

Zeigler walked into the room looking a little more rested.

"Jayce! It's good to see you up and well."

She went to his side and gave him a hug.

Primus slowly returned it.

"That's not the only thing that's 'Up and well'" I mumbled.

"What exactly happened to me? I don't remember…" asked Primus.

The tumor may have clouded his memory.

Angela explained to Primus about his tumor.

"Wait... so I have... cancer?"

"You had cancer, lucky for you, Zeigler cured you"

Primus looked at Zeigler in shock

"Are you saying you cured me of cancer?" He asked.

"Why do you sound so surprised? Cancer is quite common and easily cured" Said Zeigler.

"Can you cure leukemia?" He asked.

Where the hell was he going with this?

Zeigler seemed to be asking her the same question.

"There is a cure for that too. It's been that way for decades Jayce. Is it not the same where you are from?" She asked.

Primus buried his face in his hands and started to sob.

Mood swing right on cue. Ugh.

"It's just cancer. Everybody gets it. What's your damn problem?"

"Shut...the fuck...up" he mumbled.

Looks like someone wants to get aggressive.

"I'm sorry, what the fuck did you just say to me? You little bitch?"

I'll admit I was a little unhinged, I'm not used to people telling me to shut up.

"I said... SHUT THE FUCK UP!" He yelled in rage. He jumped up from the couch and took a step toward me.

He was so sudden that the poor doctor quickly backed away from him and stepped behind me out of fear.

Almost as if he realized how much he was overreacting, he calmed down somewhat.

"I-I'm sorry...I don't know what came over me...I-I need to be alone for a bit…"

"You're damn right you're sorry. You need to get your shit together, screaming like a child isn't going to make you any more mature." I said.

"Gat, please stop it" pleaded Zeigler

Before I could say anything more Primus left the room.

"Did you really have to aggravate him further? He was obviously upset about something." Said Zeigler.

He was upset? HE WAS UPSET? In the last two weeks, I have been shot, stabbed, blackmailed by a hacker, had my base crash and burn, had my ribs broken, and starved nearly to death. AND HE IS UPSET?

"Oh! Did I hurt his feelings? Oh I'm Soo terribly sorry! Give me a damn break the man has the mind of a child. What do you possibly see in him?"

She just looked at me while I was berating Primus.

I looked straight into her eyes, she had the look of someone trying to maintain her composure, when underneath the surface she was clearly on the brink.

Seeing her this way reminded me of myself when I was younger. Training with the shambali, I refused to show weakness, refused to show a flinch of emotion.

I tried to calm myself.

"I.. I'm sorry, doctor"

We looked at each other for another second, before I noticed that a tear was rolling down her cheek.

Before I knew it she sat down on the couch and sobbed into her hands.

"Uh.."

I was not really prepared for this.

I tend to solve problems by beating the crap out of somebody. But this would require a whole other approach.

I took off my gauntlets and set them down.

I sat down next to her. I put a hand on her arm.

"Doctor, what's wrong?"

I decided to do what Minerva did whenever I had a breakdown.

She looked up at me bewildered by my kindness.

"What? Oh… um.. I'm sorry it's just that I feel lost. I let Primus into my life without knowing that if I took him in I would be taking in his past, his powers, and all of his drama." She looked at me while saying that last part.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Imagine if I didn't take him in, maybe then Zurich wouldn't have been attacked..."

"Don't blame yourself for that, you couldn't have known. Besides I doubt that his presence in Zurich would have had any effect on that"

"Oh you have no Idea.."

"Well, it's not too late, if it bothers you this much why don't you just tell him to leave?"

"I can't do that Gat, I care about him. But more than that, he needs me. He has suffered a lot in the past, he needs my help to get back on his feet. But now there's so many people who depend on me at the hospital. I barely have time for Jayce. I'm torn between my life as a doctor and my life as a good friend. I've known him for months, and it seems there is still much that he hasn't told me." She let out a sob.

"I'm afraid I'll never be able to do good by him and the people of Zurich"

She stared at the floor in silence.

What would Minerva say?

I took a deep breath. I reached out a hand and turned her face towards me, so that she was looking straight at me.

"Doctor Angela Zeigler. You have served alongside the best in the world at Overwatch. You went out of your way try to protect innocent people. And even after Overwatch fell, you didn't give up, you continued to help people at the hospital. You dedicated your life to service, and never asked for anything in return."

I held her hand.

"In short, we both have always wanted the same thing, to protect those who can't protect themselves. That is why you care about Primus, it's in your nature. I'm doing my best to keep people safe. But you've been doing it all along, without wearing a mask or ever having to hurt anyone. Primus is a little naive, don't let his problems make you feel inadequate, even if he never appreciates you, just know that there will always be people who do.

I wiped a tear from her cheek.

"You are a goddamn hero Zeigler. And don't you ever forget that"

She blushed, with a small smile.

"You can call me Angela, Gat." she said

"If you want, I can stay with you and assist you and Primus in your endeavours to defend the innocent."

"You would do that for us?"

"Don't worry Angela. Everything will be okay"

"Thank you Gat" Said angela.

I must admit, it felt good to lift someone else's mood. No wonder Minerva is always so happy. But that was besides the point. More importantly, Angela trusted me. And if someone trusts you, you can use that trust to your advantage.

Just at that moment, Primus stepped in.

He looked at us and said

"Hey...umm what's...going...on?"

"Go cry in a corner" I said.

"Please let's not fight. Jayce I have come to a conclusion." Said Angela.

"What do you mean? Conclusion for what?" Asked Primus.

"Gat should be welcome to stay" She said.

"Are you sure? I mean, he did break a lot of your furniture…" He said.

"Weren't you the one begging for us to keep him before you passed out?" She asked.

"What are you talking about? I remember leaving hospital and everything went black. In fact, how the fuck did I get here?"

"Wait…you don't remember anything?" She asked.

"Yeah…did I do something weird?" He asked.

"You called her a bitch" I reminded him.

"Shhushh!" Angela told me.

"Then she slapped you"

"Gat, Quiet!" she said to me nervously.

"And then yo-"

Before I could finish, Angela jabbed me in the groin with her elbow to silence me.

"Nothing happened! You just passed out in front of my apartment and I brought you in"

She said as she laughed nervously.

I cupped my hands on my crotch

"you're making me numb…" I groaned.

Primus looked confused.

"Okay…so…are you sure you trust this guy? I just don't want you to be overwhelmed, you have it hard enough providing for just the two of us, not to mention all the work at the hospital…"

I coughed

"This GUY, can hear you…"

Angela smiled a pretty smile at Primus.

"I trusted you didn't I? And that worked out. I have a good feeling about him, just like I did you."

Primus smiled back.

"Okay Jesus, I didn't ask for all the warm fuzzy crap. I just want to form a temporary alliance with you to learn more about these aliens. It seems that out of all the people on earth, you two are the most likely to have the best information."

Primus flashed a shit eating grin

"Awe, you like us"

"Shut up"

"It's good to see you making friends, sir!" Said Minerva on the home theater system.

"I will delete you…"

Primus put a hand on my shoulder.

"I think we are gonna get along just fine."

"If you don't take that hand off me, you will lose it"

"Hehe, okay…"

And just like that, both of them trusted me. I had a feeling I would know the truth soon enough.

Looks like my luck is turning.