Love that I don't have school during the summer, but hate that I barely have any free time anyways. Luckily, I've been given up until Friday as a break, so I'll update as much as possible until then. So Enjoy! P.S. I/B is just short for Insecto/Butterflyosaurus. I got lazy and didn't want to type it all out.
It had been a full month since the baby, now dubbed Travis Todd Chamberlin, had been born. Things were starting to get back into the swing of things. Link was now out of his cell more often, and Dr. C and Susan now had a full out plan of who was to watch Travis when. Dr. C and Susan might be back to chatting with each other, but Link was still giving them the cold shoulder. Dr. C would always try to request an audience with him, but was just waved off and ignored. Why was Dr. C being so persistent? Because he could hear Susan crying at night. She was devastated that Link would keep ignoring her like this. The only time he talked to her was when he said he wanted a divorce. It tore her apart and Dr. C couldn't stand to see her like this. Especially when it was all his fault. He just couldn't control himself. It was his friends wedding night, but he was sleeping with the bride. Dr. C knew he wouldn't be able to change what had happened, and part of him knew he wouldn't have wanted to. But seeing Susan so miserable was tearing him up, and he was going to fix things for her. Yet, Link was proving to be very stubborn and wouldn't listen to his pleads and explanations. Not that he could blame him. Dr. C sighed when he reached Link's room. Take #53. What? Could you blame him for keeping count?
"Who is it?" Link's gruff voice said. "I'm a little busy at the moment."
"Link, it's me." Dr. C replied to the closed door.
Dr. C felt his spirits rise when he heard shuffling around. Then a thought occurred to him. Link's cell was normally filled to the brim with water. Link had a button that allowed him to drain and refill his tank with water. When he was alone, it was normally filled. So why wasn't it this time? He didn't get much longer to mull over this newly discovered fact when Link's door opened. Dr. C had to take a slight step back. Link reeked of alcohol. He did normally did now a days, but it seemed a lot worse this time.
"What is it, Doc?" Link asked annoyed. "It better be important if you're interrupting me."
"I'm sorry to interrupt...whatever it is you're doing, Link, but you know why I'm here." Dr. C told him as his eyes involunteerily looked into Link's room. He couldn't help it. His quest to fill his curiosity and knowledge knew no bounds. He saw a shape moving in the darkness. "Link, what exactly are you doing?"
"None of your business, Doc!" Link snapped as he tried to block Dr. C's view. "You shouldn't be snooping in my room!"
Dr. C rolled his eyes and took another glance. His eyes adjusted a little to the darkness of the room, and was able to make out more of the figure. It was a human, and after a little he realized it was a female human. One who was missing a few pieces of clothing, he noted. He then looked back at Link to see he was slightly sweating, and his breathing seemed harder than usual. Dr. C's eyes widened and he looked between the two. He glared at Link and ripped him out of the doorway and into the hallway.
"What the hell, Link!?" He shouted at him. "What are you doing with that woman? Think of Susan!"
"I did!" Link snapped as he pushed Dr. C off of him. "In case you forgot, we're no longer married. I'm a bachelor and free to do what I want! Or who I want for that matter."
"You're a sick creature, Link. Susan still loves you! She wants to explain why things headed south between you two. She wants your support with Travis!" Dr. C told Link.
"Travis isn't my son. He's yours. You should be the one supporting her. Not me!" Link pointed out angrily.
"And I am, but she still wants your help. She wants to know that you still love her, Link!" Dr. C said with a more pleading tone. "She's not the only one. Link, I want your friendship back. What happened was a lapse in judgement, and neither I nor Susan meant to hurt you."
"Well, you did!" Link snapped. He pointed a finger at him. "And you can go tell Susan that I-"
Link was cut off by screaming. One that was all to familiar. They looked at each other before running in the direction it came from. They were running neck and neck when they arrived in what they believed to be where they heard the scream.
"Susan! Travis! Where are you?" Dr. C called as he looked around worriedly.
"Bye, Susan and Travis! Come back soon!" A voice in the next room called out.
It was unmistakably B.O.B. and they ran into the room and spotted B.O.B. waving at the ceiling like an idiot. Which he was.
"B.O.B! What happened to Susan and Travis?" Dr. C said as he shook B.O.B. "Where did they go?"
"This weird light-beam-thingy came down and took them up through the ceiling!" B.O.B. said innocently as he pointed up at where there was now a new whole in the roof.
It was circular shaped. A seemingly perfect circle cut right above their heads. They were able to see a metallic flying object through the hole. It was another U.F.O. It was very similar to Galaxhar's, but it seemed smaller in comparison. They were unable to make further observations when another light blinded them and they found themselves going through the ceiling and towards the U.F.O.
"By Hawkins' chair!" Dr. C exclaimed as they started entering the ship. "We're being abducted!"
"This just isn't my year, is it?" Link muttered as the U.F.O.'s hanger doors closed underneath them, and trapping them inside in the process. Dr. C, B.O.B., and Link looked around them when they felt a sudden drowsiness and they all fell unconscious. When they awoke they found they were all together in a cage. It's bars weren't normal, though. They were laser like and had a purplish glow. They saw Susan in the cage with them. She, too, had been knocked unconscious and was quietly lying on the floor. The three of them all rushed over to her. She was bruised and had a few cuts here and there on her face.
"My dear, are you alright?" Dr. C asked as he took her and lifted her up her upper half in his arms. Her head cradled in the crook of his arm.
Susan groggily woke up to see her friends around her and gave a weak smile. She started to sit up, but cringed in pain and grabbed onto her stomach. Dr. C gently lowered back onto his lap.
"Easy now." Dr. C commanded. "You're hurt and we don't know how bad the damage is. I'll need to do a quick check over to make sure nothing is too bad. While I do, please explain to us what happened. Where's Travis?"
"O-Okay." Susan managed as Dr. C began gently feeling and testing her boned and muscles. "I was just strolling in the facility with Travis in my arms when we spotted B.O.B. I was talking with him when next thing I know we're on the ship. Then some Galaxhar clones came out and took Travis. I tried to fight them, but the ship was too small to change into Ginormica. They were too much and I was knocked o-OW!"
Susan writhed in pain when Dr. C touched one of her ribs. He muttered something to her quietly. Too quiet for Link or B.O.B. to hear. She blushed slightly and nodded her consent. She turned to look at the other two monsters in the cage with them.
"G-Guys, I need you to turn around and face the other direction for a few moments." Susan told them as she refused to meet their questioning looks.
Without question, they nodded and turned around. Link was able to hear them whispering to each other and could only make out a few words. He heard "off", "clothes", "mine", and "take". Link frowned in confusion. He wasn't sure what they were talking about, and the curiosity was killing him. He knew he should respect their wishes, but then again, they didn't exactly respect him. He then heard a zipper being quietly undone and he knew he just had to see what was going on. He turned slightly around and his jaw went slack. Dr. C was slowly unzipping the front of Susan's jumpsuit while she blushed. She slipped her arms out of the sleeves, and let the top half slide off her. She was sitting there with her arms over chest and looking away from Dr. C. Link was slightly mad until he noticed why Dr. C made her take off the top part of her suit. Susan had a huge bruise mark on where her rib cage was. It was also bleeding really bad. He watched in utter shock as Dr. C then proceeded to take off his lab coat and rip it into shreds. He used the strips as bandages and wrapped it around her to stop the bleeding. Susan had to put her arms up for this part, and she and Dr. C blushed as he did it as quickly as possible. Finally, he tied a knot and helped Susan put the top half back on. He helped her up and whispered something else to her. She smiled and Link made out "Thank you" before Susan plated a kiss on Dr. C's cheek. Link felt a fire start burning in his chest.
"You two done, yet?" He snapped over his shoulder.
"Oh, um, yes." Susan said meekly. "It's fine now."
B.O.B. and Link turned all the way around. Link was very cross now, but said nothing. B.O.B. looked completely confused, but didn't say anything, surprisingly.
"We need to get Susan out of here." Dr. C concluded to them. "She's in no condition to try and save Travis with us. B.O.B., we need you to take Susan back, but be as gentle as possible. She's very hurt and until she can become Ginormica and let the Quantonium heal her, she's very fragile. Link and I will save Travis while-"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Link interrupted. "First of all, how do you even plan on getting us out of here? Secondly, even if you did get us out, what makes you think I'd want to try and save the kid when I could be saving myself?"
"Link, he's a child!" Dr. C sputtered angrily.
"Yeah. Your child." Link spat back.
"He might be mine, but he's also Susan's. And if you care for her then and even the slightest bit for her now, you will help me save him." Dr. C said.
Link looked over to where Susan was silently pleading with him. Her blue eyes on the verge of tears. He sighed and looked away. He looked at Dr. C who was glaring at him. But there was also something else in his eyes. It was fear. He was afraid that Link would say no and that he would lose his son. Why should he care anyways? Dr. C and Susan had betrayed him. But he'd be lying to himself if he said he didn't feel anything for Susan still. Yet, he didn't want to rescue the baby that ruined their marriage. He was conflicted. Finally, he looked Dr. C straight in the eye.
"Doc, I've made up my mind." Link started. "I'm going to-"
What will Link do? Who abducted them? Is Galaxhar back since it was his clones? Or is it someone new? Will Doc and Link be able to cave Travis? And where's I/B? Until next time...