Chapter 9: Yelling and Surprises

"Numbuh 86? Fanny, are you awake?"

"Ugh…" Fanny groaned as she began to open her eyes ever so slowly, "Where are we?"

"We got knocked out. We're in a prison," Patton informed her, glancing through the metal bars for something.

"Prison? ! I told you that your stupid plan would not work!" Fanny snarled in rage.

"It was working fine until you just had to run off!"

"I was getting that villain while you were doin' absolutely nothin' just like you stupid boys who are always goofing off!"

Patton bit hard on the inside of his cheek.

He had saved her and how did she thank him? She keeps on yelling and blaming at him for everything.

He could hardly contain his anger as steam started to stir within him.

"IT WAS NOT MY FAULT! I was the one who was doing things right but you always had to mess up everything with your cruddy sexist ways! If it wasn't for you, our ship would not have crashed and we would have beaten that villain already. You just had to run off and get that guy when I told you not to and now…this is all your fault!" Patton screamed then started to settle down again as he took deep breaths.

Fanny stared at him in silence then spoke up, "I guess it just has to be the red haired dragon's fault, isn't it?" She glared up at him.

"Red haired…?" He thought for a second then his eyes grew in realization, "Were you spying in my office?"

"I was not spying on you stupid boys! You left your door open and I heard yah making fun of me with that cruddy friend of yours."

"Friend? Making fun of you? Did you not even hear what had happened?" He came closer to her with a scowl planted on his face.

"I heard plenty," She stated as she turned around, facing the corner with a slight frown and…a bit of hurt in her eyes.

Patton watched her for just a moment then stalked over to the other corner of the cell. He sat down on the hard surface, frowning some to himself as he crossed his arms.

There was a long silence without either of them saying a word.

You could hear the dripping sound of the rain coming through the window, tapping against the concreted floor.

Patton heaved a sigh and set his eyes on Fanny.

Fanny continued to stare out the window in contemplation as many different emotions sunk into her mind.

She felt angry at Patton for blaming her and making fun of her but at the same time, was a bit hurt of what he said and what she remembered from that morning at the arctic base. Maybe it was true. Maybe everyone really did hate her.

"It isn't what you think."

"What?" Fanny questioned, sneaking a glance at Patton from the corner of her eye.

"I said that it wasn't what you thought. That incompetent and annoying operative, Numbuh 60.1 was the one who spoke those things after finding out where I was going. I told him to not say that kind of stuff and he ran out," He explained.

Fanny looked at him more, "Why would you tell him that? We both hate each other."

"I told him that because…you're higher up then him so he needed to be careful."

Fanny thought for a moment, "Why did yah save me?"

"Huh?"

"You could have left me behind. Why did yah come back for me?"

Patton stared at her then cleared his throat, "You aren't supposed to leave a fellow operative behind."

"I would have left you behind."

Patton looked at her, "Yeah, but that's because you're heartless," Patton gave a hidden smirk.

"What? ! I am not! I just hate you!" She stood to her feet in rage, "-…because you're the most stupid boy in the entire world! If I would have gotten this mission on my own then I could have gotten done yesterday!" She towered above him with a glower upon her face.

He stood to his feet with a growl, "You could not! You wouldn't even have gotten the chance to fall in the ditch yet because you'd still be wondering where to go!"

"You would end up lost if you didn't have me because of how stupid and lazy you boys are!"

Patton sneered, "I hate you, you heartless and good for nothing girl!"

"I hate you, you stupid and pathetic boy! You are the most irresponsible boy in the world!"

"You're the most annoying girl in the entire universe!" He shouted at her.

They both glared at one another with pure hate.

"This is all you're fault!" Fanny came toward him as he leaned against the wall.

"Are you joking? This is all you're fault!" He glared in her face.

As their faces were not even inches away, something unexpected had happened. They moved their faces closer and closer to one another until finally…their lips pressed against one another.

At first, they had no idea what they were doing. Both Patton and Fanny were in complete shock, but as their lips continued to make contact, their hearts began to beat faster and faster as emotions burst inside their bodies. Electricity started to move through them as they continued to kiss one another with every feeling and emotion that was within them.

They did not even take the time to wonder why they were kissing their enemy…all of their hateful thoughts seemed to seize as they did so.

One minute they were yelling at each other and the next, they were kissing each other in utter bliss.

Once they had released their lips, they stared at each other in shock, blushing madly.

Did I really just do that? Went through their minds, What just happened?

"Whoa."

Fanny nodded in agreement at Patton's statement.

"Did we just…?"

"Yeah…"

"I thought you said you hated me! You hate all guys!"

"Yah said yah hated me too!"

"I do…I mean," They both seemed so confused about the way that they felt.

All that time of hating each other, now they were starting to feel the opposite emotion.

For many minutes, everything was in an awkward silence. They had no idea what to say next or who would say something first. All they knew was that they thought they liked each other now.

"Does this mean…we like each other now?" Patton wondered, setting his gaze at Fanny.

Fanny was surprised but answered instantly, "I guess so…"

"Weird."

"Oh yeah…"

They kissed each other once again quickly but then parted as they stared at one another in utter silence.

"What about the time you scared my entire team away by yelling at me?"

Fanny chuckled, "You made me mad and those guys on your team were cruddy chickens."

Patton let out a small chortle, "Yeah, they were pretty bad."

They sat against the wall in the corner as they both were sitting rather close to one another.

"What about the time yah came up to the moon base 'cause you said their was a distress call and their wasn't?" Fanny looked at him. (Operation: TRAINING)

"Hey, how was I supposed to know that was actually Father?" He glared to himself at the very sound of his name.

Fanny glared as well but gave a giggle, "I yelled at yah bad though."

"Yeah, you gave me an earful and kept telling me how stupid I was," Patton rolled his eyes at the memory.

Fanny rubbed her hands against her arms as a laugh escaped her lips.

Patton took notice as he saw the chill bumps (or goose bumps) that were over taking her arms.

"Are you cold?"

"It's just a wee bit chilly in here. I'm fine."

Patton pulled off his jacket and set it on her arms, "Here."

Fanny gave a soft smile but tried not to show it so much as she leaned against his shoulder for support, "What do yah think is gonna happen?"

"I don't know…but whatever happens, we'll face it together," Patton smirked at her as she returned the look.

All of a sudden, they could hear the sound of a person's footsteps coming nearer to them.

A figure appeared before them in the shadows, holding up some keys.

"Hey, who are you and what do you all want?" Patton sneered as he jumped to his feet.

The figure peered at Patton with a smirk, "Take the boy."

At that moment, three different people barged into the cell, gripping onto Patton.

"Hey, get away from him!" Fanny commanded as she got up to her feet and ran towards them.

Patton fought with everything he had to break loose but struggled to do so.

Two of the people picked Patton up high above the ground.

"Hey, stop it!"

"Fanny!" Patton shouted as the people carried him off into the shadows.

"Patton!" Fanny screamed, running towards the outside of the cell.

One of the shadows immediately stopped her in her tracks, "Say goodbye to your boyfriend," He smirked and pushed her hard against the wall, knocking her out cold.

"Come on, let's go," Another person shouted as they ran out, locking the cell behind them and leaving Fanny all alone…in the cold and dark cell.