It's been a while and this fic might have well sunk from all memory but I decided enough is enough and that I should update after god knows how long. Thanks for the feedback I've received so far and hopefully this part will be an improvement on the last and give you a better idea of what is going on.
So, if anyone is interested, here comes the next "exciting" instalment.
Fry and Bender trudged through the streets of New New York. Neither of them actually knew where they were heading or for that matter what was actually going on. All they knew was that Fry was now the most wanted man in the city whilst their friends had disappeared without trace. The PE building had been ransacked with the Professors room being the worst hit. But one perhaps key clue to what was behind all this madness was when Fry was being held in the prison and his dreams were mentioned by the voice. Of course this didn't make much sense to Fry, who let's face it, isn't the brightest guy in the world but he was still curious. It was perhaps thankful that Fry wasn't sent to one of the high security prisons that the Major had built, despite him being an important capture. The Major had underestimated Fry but in all fairness, Fry didn't exactly have to try hard to escape, in fact he hadn't even tried. It was a combination of Fry's clumsiness and sheer luck by which he managed to escape.
But along with his best friend Bender, he was about to face the journey of his life. It was now mid afternoon on chilly autumn day. Bender and Fry continued their aimless trek through the streets, looking for something, anything, that could lead them to their missing friends. Fry, still wearing the "ingenious" disguise that Bender provided him with, was feeling nervous. The novelty glasses had only helped mask his face whilst his hair was still clearly visible and he was attracting a few odd looks from citizens and police officers alike.
Fry: Bender…I don't like this, everyone's looking at me as if I've got a racoon attached to my nose.
Bender: Ah, quit your whining lamb joint. If you want a better disguise it will cost ya…
Fry: But I'm broke, those jerks must have cleaned out my wallet at the jail.
Bender: Nah, I'm pretty sure it was empty before that…(realising) I would imagine…
Fry (oblivious): Well all the same…you could have at least given me a hat of some kind.
Bender: Get lost, I ain't no charity! You're lucky that I care enough about the money you owe me that I'm coming with you on this hopeless mission.
Fry: It's not hopeless! And even if it were I'd do it anyway! Leela needs me, I can't let her down like I have done in the past…
Bender: Whatever…but where's the hope? You're the most wanted guy in the whole city, the guy who pays my wages for beer is missing…along with a few other associates, we can't go back to work as the police will have it surrounded by now, we can't go to the apartment since we got evicted this morning…
Fry (interrupting): What?
Bender: Yeah…something about "Major's orders" or some crap like that…just as long as they didn't touch my porno stash…
Fry (worried): They didn't touch my collection of singing cabbages did they?
Bender: Yeah, I'm pretty sure they were the first thing they threw out.
Fry (angry): That does it! First they put me in jail, they kidnap my girlfriend, they kidnap my friends, they kidnap Zoidberg and now this! Bender?
Bender: Yeah?
Fry (dramatic) We're going to the pizzeria…
Bender (unenthusiastic): What for?
Fry: Well…to ask if they saw anything and junk. Plus we could get some food whilst we're at it.
Bender (sarcastic): Yes sir…
Bender sighs and follows Fry as he marches in the direction of the pizzeria.
Around fifteen minutes later Fry and Bender find themselves running away from two police officers and the owner of the pizzeria. Fry's disguise had fallen off in the pizzeria and was carrying a pizza box. The pair found themselves dashing through the crowded streets of New New York closely followed by their pursuers. Of course with it being crowded Fry managed to knock over a total of twelve pedestrians, (five more than the previous time they found themselves on the run from a restaurant owner), until they found themselves at a dead end upon turning a sharp corner…
Fry (panicking): Oh no! Quick do something!
Bender mumbles frantically before quickly opening his chest, removing a top hat and long black waistcoat from his chest whilst grabbing Fry and shoving him inside his chest in one sharp movement. He then quickly donned his disguise and monocle and strolled round the corner coming face to face with the chasing pack.
Officer (stopping Bender with his hand): Hey Lord Von Castro, did you see a bending robot and a human male anywhere?
Bender (in a weird cross between a British and German accent): Indeed I did good sir! A handsome manbot and scruffy young human I believe…yes they went in there if my monocle serves me correctly…(points to the largest building in view)
Officer: Thank you my lord…
The officer quickly bows and heads off into the building along with his colleague and the pizzeria owner. Bender on the other hand quickly strolls off in the opposite direction.
After walking for half an hour he finds himself at the doorstep of a scruffy looking apartment building. He goes inside and enters an empty room on the second floor and locks the door behind him. The room is very gloomy and under furnished with only two tatty sofas, a fridge and one window looking out towards the city. There was also a small room with a toilet. Bender opened his chest, leaned forward and out popped Fry. He landed on the wooden floor with a thud.
Fry got up rubbing his head.
Fry (groaning): Gee Bender, give me warning before you do that again…
Bender: Hey! Would have preferred it if I let them capture you instead?
Fry: Point taken.
Bender: Besides…it was your own stupid fault that we got chased in the first place!
Fry (defensive): What? You were the one who knocked my glasses off by slapping me on the back of the head for no reason!
Bender (defensive): There was a perfectly legitimate reason! I mean, how dare you insist that I pay!
Fry: But I was broke!
Bender: And who's fault is that then? You shouldn't waste all your money on Leela…anyway, I managed to get you some food didn't I? Be grateful!
Fry (calmer): I guess…
Bender: I wonder what their beef was with me anyway? I mean, you being a wanted criminal it's understandable why they chased you but me?
Fry: Well, aside from stealing the pizza I don't suppose it helped when you asked the manager if his wife's photograph was a postcard from Neptune Zoo.
Bender: How was I supposed to know it was his wife? Anyway, we managed to get away didn't we? I guess my noble alter ego has more uses than just for scamming money of Zoidberg.
Fry: I guess…where are we anyway?
Bender: Just some place I know of. Nobody seems to want to live in this apartment since super intelligent hamsters infested this room.
Fry looks down to his right to see a mini city inhabited by hamsters in the corner of the room. After watching for a few moments he turns back to Bender.
Fry: Does anyone else live in this building?
Bender: Yeah, quite a few people, it's just this room that nobody seems to want…suits me, means we can hide out here until you think of a good plan. Good job we've got enough beer in here to last a few months…
A few hours later Bender and Fry are lying on the sofas. It is now late evening and is very dark outside. The light given off by the small hamster civilisation in corner of the room is the only source of light. Fry sits up and takes a picture out of him and Leela out of his back pocket. He sighs.
Fry (downbeat): It's hopeless isn't it? I'm never going to see her again…
Bender: That's what I've been trying to tell you all along! We are completely boned to the extreme.
Fry (sad): It's all my fault! If only I was strong and brave and…that other thing…
Bender: Intelligent?
Fry: Yeah, that one. If only I was those things…Leela deserves someone better than me. I mean look at me! I'm a total waste of space!
Bender: It took you all these years to realise that?
Fry (ignores Bender): Leela's in trouble and I haven't a clue how to save her, or my friends. I'm so stupid…
Bender: Ah, quit with your emotions. We are totally boned and are probably going to get captured and killed within a week…big deal.
Fry: It's not me I'm worried about, it's Leela. I always promised to myself that I'd protect her no matter what. I've done a pretty lame job so far…
Bender: What about that time with the space bee? Mind you…you almost screwed that one up. What with Leela being in a coma and all…
Fry (sad): You're right…but I can't give up…not whilst Leela is…
Suddenly two officers burst through the door armed with pistols.
Officer 1: Don't move!
Bender (sighs): Not again…(puts hands up)…what do you want?
Officer 2: The murderer (looks at Fry)
Bender: I'm sure there must be some sort of misunderstanding here I mean…(quickly grabs Fry)…COME ON!
In an instant Bender hurls himself out of the open window from the second floor of the building dragging Fry through the window with him. They both land on the streets below with a bump.
Bender: Come on!
Fry and Bender start to run, where to they don't know but they couldn't stay where they were any longer. And with the police following them from behind it looked hopeless. Thankfully the streets weren't so crowded with it being the middle of the night but that still didn't stop Fry crashing into bystanders. With more and more police joining the chase as they went it began to looked more and more hopeless…especially when they ran down the same dead end as they did earlier in the day.
Bender: Oh crap, that's the last time I let you lead…
Fry (panicking again): What are we going to do? I don't think even Lord Von Castro can save us this time!
Bender: Hey! There hasn't been a police officer alive that can catch Bender the Magnificent on foot! Never!
Fry: But what about when…?
Bender (interrupts): Shut up!
Bender once again grabs Fry in his left hand leaving his right arm free. He uses he free arm to extend up in the air, eventually grabbing on to the roof of the block of flats that they were next to. Then, still holding Fry, lifts the pair right up to the rooftop of the building. They clamber to their feet and dust themselves down. Bender peers over the edge of the building watching the police below looking around confused before walking off.
Fry: Hey, nice one Bender…
Bender: Yeah, well don't you forget this next time it comes to washing the Professor's pet alligator. I expect some help next time it's my turn and by help I mean you clean the jerk whilst I film it and send it to that family video bloopers show.
Fry: I guess that's fair…how the hell did they know where we were anyway?
Bender (sarcastic): Oh I don't know…I mean it couldn't have been when you went to the guy in the room next door to ask for some crapper paper.
Fry: Well, what did you expect me to use?
Bender: Hey! You're lucky that I use the toilet for flushing away the plastic explosives I sometimes find, otherwise I'd have got rid of it along with the sink.
Fry: Point taken.
Bender: It didn't help when you forgot to lock the door after you got back either…
Fry: Hey, I'm not on trial here! Besides how was I supposed to know he'd turn me in?
Bender: Well considering that anyone that lives in those flats must be hilariously poor he'd be stupid to turn down the reward they are offering for you.
Fry: What do they want with me anyway? I'm no murderer! They just made that up!
Voice from behind: If only you knew what other things the Major told the public about you…
Bender and Fry both turn around to see an old man facing away from them at the opposite end of the rooftop. The old man turns towards them and walks closer to them.
Bender: Hey, who asked you?
Man: And who told me to be silent? (Turning to Fry) You're on the run my friend and you can't keep running forever…one day they will find you.
Fry: Yeah well…I'm going to run anyway!
Man (laughs): Oh if only you knew what was chasing you…the Major will stop at nothing to apprehend you. He underestimated you once and he won't let it happen again.
Bender: Why should we trust you anyway?
Fry: Yeah…who are you?
Man: Let's just say I'm someone who has seen this once proud city rise and fall many time through the years, and let me tell you that this is the lowest point in it's history.
Bender: How come you aren't going to turn Fry in like everyone else seems desperate to do?
Man (laughs): You think I'm going to let our "honourable" Major win? You think I believe what the Major says about you being a murderer? (Laughs again) My friend, you'd struggle to slice a turkey at Christmas…
Bender (laughs): Yeah, you should have seen him try last year…I'll lend you the video sometime.
Man: Maybe later but we have more important things to attend to. (gestures) Come inside, we can talk without danger.
The man leads Fry and Bender through a door on the rooftop leading into his room where he could tell them of the danger they face…
To be continued…
Well, so ends another chapter, sorry for the long wait I've had other things to attend to recently. Once again, I don't know when I will next update but hopefully it won't take as long as this one did. But rest assured, I will update eventually.
Please leave your feedback and ideas and such…much appreciated.