It Begins pt.3

The months pasted by almost like mere seconds, but life slowly resumed. Buzz returned to crime fighting and Jill went back to work at the labs. Finally it had been a year since Jill started to work for Dr. Cosmos and new students were entering the labs.

"FREASH MEAT, COMING THREW!" One colleague yelled as the hoard of new faces streamed in. Jill sighed as she took the recent reports to the LGMs in the control room. As she walked down the halls, she noticed there were a lot of recent academy graduates in Star Command. While she was preoccupied with the new personals, she bumped into a large green ball that sent her back. Rubbing her head, a nervous voice rang in her ears.

"Oh geeze! I'm so sorry! Are you alright?" Looking up, she saw the ball was actually a young male Jo-adian. She saw that his name was Booster from the tag on his janitorial suit. She took his extended hand he offered to her.

"I'm alright. Sorry for bumping into you like that." She said brushing herself off before gathering the scattered papers she dropped. "I should have been looking where I was going." Grabbing the last sheet, Jill smiled at Booster sweetly. He returned it with an awkward smile as he clutched his floor waxer tightly. "See you around." Walking down the hall she noticed that one of the sheets needed a testing lab LGM's signature. Giving a tired moan she entered the testing lab and looked for a free LGM to sign the expense report. And to make matters worse, they were all busy with some hidden project. "Look guys I just need one of you to sign this and I'll be on my way." She desperately pleaded at the scurrying little aliens.

"No Tiiiiime." One said.

"Very buuusy." Another added. Sighing she grabbed one with a pen and a clipboard then lifted his up to eye level.

"Sign here." She said blankly holding the report up. The little green man complied. "Thank you." She said sweetly before gently placing him down. Turning back to the door, she took one last look behind her to the scurrying LGMs. Whatever they were working on, it had to be big.

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"See you later, guys." Jill said giving the control room LGMs a wave before heading back to the ARWP labs. She was finally caught up on her paper work and only had a few things left to do to be cleared for field work. She was walking by the launch bay when she literally ran into her father. "Oh, hey dad." She said. Smiling, he ruffled her hair.

"Hi, Sweetheart!" Jill quickly slapped Buzz's hand away before making sure no one saw that and gave him a glare.

"Dad! We talked about this! No PDA at work!" She snapped as she fixed her hair.

"Sorry sweetie. Hey! Wanna come with me to the Science Bay? The LGMs have something they want to show me." He said in his excited tone he always used to get her to spend time with him. Raising an eyebrow at him, she kept the unimpressed look on her face.

"No Dad, I've got to get back to the ARWP labs." Buzz looked sad at this.

"Aw, come on Honey. It'll be fun. I promise."

"Dad, I have a job now." She said walking away. "I can't just skip out on work whenever I-"

"Yes That's right. Jillian Lightyear will be taking a half day today. Lightyear out." Buzz said in his communicator. She glared at his smiling face, and then giving a frustrated sigh she followed him.

'Well' she thought as she walked with him. 'Least he's cheered up some.' Finally reaching the Science Bay, the once busy LGMs, now stood proudly before the Lightyears.

"What's up fellas?" Buzz asked the personal before him.

"We have solved your partner problem." One said happily. Buzz gave an annoyed sigh.

"Not you guys too-Look, I can't have a partner problem, because I don't have a partner." He said sternly as he crossed his arms and turned his back to them.

"But XR is perfect for you." One LGM said sadly as they all hung their heads. This got Buzz's attention.

"XR? Who's XR?" as the lights dimmed as the LGMs gave a small succeeding yes, Jill saw this as an chance to escape and slipped away from the group and exited into the hallway. Breathing out a sigh of relief, she quickly made her way back to the ARWP labs. But before she had a chance to punch her pin number in, Commander Nebula grabbed her shoulder and pulled her to the side.

"Lightyear, where's your old man?" He gruffly asked. She sighed as she pointed towards the Science Bay.

"The LGMs are showing him some hidden project." Don't these people know she had a job to get back to? As the commander walked away, she punched her pin into the code box.

"Ms. Lightyear?" A Cyclops centaur like woman asked behind the reception desk. "What are you doing back? I thought you were-"

"Don't wish to talk about it, Ms. Podamia. If anyone calls for me I'll be at my desk."Jill groaned tiredly as she rounded the corner to her cubicle. As she walked by her colleagues, she noticed that some looked at her nervously while others were trying not to laugh. She found this odd, until she got to her desk and froze. The entire cubicle was covered in post-it notes all reading 'Daddy's Girl' on them. Jill started to shake in pure anger as a young bird face male walked up to her.

"Ms. Lightyear? Your father-" He stopped as she turned to him and her face was a dark red shade.

"MY FATHER WHAT? HE WANTS WHAT? TO EMBARRASS ME SOME MORE? TO HUMILIATE ME RIGHT OUT OF MY DREAM JOB? TO SHAME ME UNTIL I QUIT? " she screamed at the poor trainee. Sinking deep into his shoes, he shook his head no.

"N-no, he wishes to speak with-"

"Tell him. I'm not. HERE!" she yelled before storming to the bathroom, passing terrified looking coworkers as she went. Slamming the door close, she screamed and kicked the walls letting all of her frustration out. Breathing heavily, she composed herself then left to resume her work.