Later on in the day, Julie left to go get some groceries, mentioning to Rick there were some things she needed to get. She told him she'd be back soon enough, and left carrying her purse.

Rick took this time to look around the house, looking for anything suspicious. He got off the couch and limped around, searching as best as he could. But, despite the lengths he searched, he couldn't find anything, she just seemed to be a normal girl, mundane and simple. To be honest, the worst thing he found was her collection of romance novels.

Because he couldn't find anything off in the slightest, this made Rick think perhaps she was trustworthy. While he still wasn't willing to open up or completely trust her yet, the chance of him doing so was certainly increased. As much as liked being around her already, he felt that once she knew the truth about him, that she would hate him.

After his search, Rick went back to the couch and decided to just kick back and relax. It was a little hot out, so he took off his lab coat and shirt, leaving him topless. He turned on the TV and began to watch it, feeling bored out his mind. He started thinking about Julie, how nice and hospitable she was towards him….how pretty she was..he tried to shrug that last part off, but it kept coming back to him and he didn't know how to feel about it. At this point, Rick was simply attracted to her looks, and he was sure it would be nothing beyond that. As much as he was lonely and longed for company, he thought love was ridiculous, just a chemical reaction in the brain that compelled animals to breed. Despite this, he simply couldn't stop thinking about her.

Julie returned home around noon, carrying a few bags of groceries which she set on the counter. She turned to see Rick, who was staring back at her, and her eyes widened when she saw he was topless. His body was muscular, but not overly so. He was well-built, with only a few hairs on his chest and in...another place..thankfully, he didn't seem to notice. "Are y-you g-gonna say something or..?" He asked.

"Oh right! Yes...I'm sorry.." She said, flustered and embarrassed. "Are you feeling better?"

"A little." Rick admitted. "I mean, there's still a bit of pain and I still have to limp around, but it's not as bad as last night."

"That's good." Julie smiled. "I think you should continue lying down though, and not move around too much, your wound still needs time to heal properly."

Rick remembered when he had been snooping around earlier, but decided maybe it wasn't best to bring that up. He had seen the nursing degree she had, so he knew she hadn't been lying about going to nursing school. He was aware that she knew more about this kind of stuff than he did. He looked at the bags of groceries on the counter and thought of something to ask. "Did y-you buy wafer cookies?"

"Why yes I did! Did you want any?" She questioned.

"Yep." He grinned. At this, Julie pulled out a box and handed it to him, watching as he opened it up and happily began munching on one. She watched him, feeling amused by how excited he was eating that wafer cookie. She was glad Rick was doing much better than he had last night. Her hope was that he would continue to improve, and maybe...they could become friends. Julie had a few friends, but she didn't have much, being very shy. She liked the prospect of making a new one, even if things had started out a bit rocky between them.

She joined him in eating cookies, and two began conversing with each other. Slowly but surely, their conversation became more relaxed. Julie found herself laughing and blushing a few times, she was really taking a liking to him, as he was with her.

After some time, Rick decided to ask her something he'd been curious about. "So, do you live by yourself?"

Julie nodded. "Yes...it's...just me."

"Do you actually talk to anyone? Or..what?"

She looked down nervously, before finally answering his question. "I have two best friends...but that's it really.."

"No family?"

Julie didn't like this question, Rick could tell it made her uncomfortable. "M-Must've h-hit a nerve...uh…"

She managed to regain her composure and smiled at him. "It's okay, I guess I could ask you the same questions."

Unlike Julie, Rick showed no problem answering those questions. "I live by myself too in a dingy apartment. I don't talk to my family, I cut off all contact with them. As for friends...I...don't have many either."

That was when Julie realized they shared some very personal things in common: they both were lonely, they both lived alone, and they both didn't talk to many people. She was curious on why he didn't talk to his family anymore, but figured the answer was too personal, so didn't bother to ask. But she liked they were already similar in a way, it felt nice. "Do you...want to be friends?" She asked shyly.

Rick's eyes widened. "Really? Y-You….w-w-wanna be f-friends?"

She blushed, feeling nervous. "Yea..we..we both don't have many people in our lives, and I really like the idea of having a new friend..I mean..um...if you're okay with it."

He was surprised, but also happy. Despite his trust issues, he did enjoy the prospect of making a new friend. "No! I'm...I'm fine with it. Friends?"

"F-Friends.."

Later on, Julie began making supper for the two of them. She had asked him what he wanted to eat, and he told her he was in the mood for burgers and fries, so that's what she made. She brought out some condiments and such, not sure what Rick liked on his burgers, and ended up helping him over to the counter so he could pick exactly what he wanted. When they put their burgers together, Julie only ended up making a simple cheeseburger with ketchup on top. Rick on the other hand, had covered his burger in condiments and dumped pickles onto it, he had even doused his fries in ketchup, making Julie laugh. Rick found he liked the sound of her laughter, it was...cute...but as soon as he thought of that, he shook it away, he was not going to be thinking things like that.

Julie also found Rick's silliness charming, he was already able to make her laugh and smile. It was something she appreciated a lot.

They decided, since Rick still couldn't move around much, that they should just watch a movie. So, Julie used the dial on the TV to flip through the channels, until they found a movie and started watching together, while eating. After the movie, Rick found Julie had fallen asleep. He chucked to himself, and poked her until she woke up. "Julie..you fell asleep." He informed her, a grin on his face. "Was the movie that boring?"

"Ah..no no it wasn't!" She said, feeling embarrassed. "I was just tired I guess."

"Then I suppose it would be a good time to go to sleep." Rick shrugged.

Julie seemed fine with this. "Alright, I'll just clean up first, then we can head off to bed." And that's just what she did.

On a distant planet called Fyralog, the home planet of the Fyralogin Empire, their empress Pyri was talking to one of her best generals, Cyn. She had found out a piece of their empire's fuel source was gone, and was enraged, if even just a piece was gone it jeopardized their entire empire; the fuel source was vital, providing electricity and power to the rest of their empire, they needed that piece back. The security cameras had captured the thief, well-known criminal Rick Sanchez. He was highly dangerous, so she knew this task would be difficult.

"Cyn, despite being a powerful general, and one of the best in our empire, this is still a very dangerous task, Rick Sanchez isn't someone to be messed with, he's not just anyone after all. By agreeing to this, you're putting your life in danger." Pyri warned him.

Cyn looked annoyed. "Yes, I'm well aware Your Imperial Highness, he's one of the most wanted and dangerous criminals in the entire galaxy. You think I haven't heard of that guy? I know fully well who he is."

Pyri sighed. "Cyn, I hope you are taking this seriously. That man has the capacity to destroy entire worlds, he is not to be taken lightly."

"Oh I am, but I still believe I am fully capable of apprehending that criminal myself." Cyn boasted. "And you know what I'll do? I'll kill him myself, since he's so dangerous, it's better to kill him than to just simply lock him up."

Pyri had heard of all the things Rick had done in his short few years as a criminal, and it made her worried for Cyn's safety. But, he was her best option in retrieving their fuel source, she didn't have much of a choice. "Fine. The information on him and his home planet Earth will be provided to you on your ship, go on now, I have other duties to attend to."

Cyn grumbled, a bit annoyed at her simply dismissing him like that, but she was his empress, he had to obey her and respect her.

Once he arrived on his ship, he pressed a button, and a bunch of info on Rick popped up in front of him.

Name: Ricardo "Rick" Sanchez
Home Planet: Earth
Species: Human
D.O.B.(on respective planet's years): ****** ** 1947 C.E.
Age: 32 years old
Gender: Male
Sex: Male

Criminal Record:
Rick has committed numerous crimes since his crime spree began a few years back. He is a murderer, a thief, has committed armed robbery and has been spotted doing illegal drugs. He is able to destroy entire worlds at the drop of a hat.

While his crime spree has too many crimes to count here, those were his most notable ones. He has also committed lesser crimes like public indecency and disturbance of the peace.

He is affiliated with two other criminals known as "Birdperson" and "Squanchy", it is suspected they are all part of a band called "The Flesh Curtains", but whether or not it is actually them is yet to be determined.

WARNING: HIGHLY DANGEROUS, AVOID AT ALL COSTS, ONLY APPROACH IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

Cyn brushed off the warning at the end. He had already helped capture and take down other notorious criminals, Rick would be a breeze.

Next, he pulled up the info on Earth, which even managed to provide the planets coordinates.

Earth is a planet located here ************ within the Milky Way Galaxy. It should be noted Earth is a very primitive planet, with their dominant species homo sapien sapiens, better known as humans, being very backwards and barbaric.

Because of this, it is not recommended to approach this planet. Humans are noted to have very primitive space travel, only able to reach their moon. They can't understand or comprehend the rest of us. While they can be observed from a distance, talking to them is not a good idea, they may try to kill you.

Cyn had a good chuckle out of this, humans being barbaric savages, to him, made this whole thing even easier. It would be very simple for him, not a challenge at all, Pyri was wrong to be so worried for him, he had this covered.

A few days later, Rick's leg had healed enough to the point where he no longer needed to limp around anymore. So, he decided now he was able to use the fuel source as he had intended to.

Using what he could find in Julie's garage, he put together a gun, and fueled it with...the fuel source of course. He grabbed a box that was empty, and fired at it, causing it to explode, but nothing else. The loud noise from the explosion startled Julie and she ran into the garage. "Rick! What was that?"

He gave her a wicked, devious smile, and started laughing maniacally. "I did it Julie! It worked!"

"What worked?"

"The f-fuel source! I used it to power this," He pulled up his gun. "And I fired it at an empty box, and the explosion sound is the noise y-you heard, hope y-you don't m-mind."

Julie breathed a sigh of relief. "That's fine, just...warn me next time okay?"

"O-Okay."

Julie then realized something. "If you can walk around now, um, that means...you can go now.." She didn't sound very happy saying this.

"Yeah, I can g-go now, but don't worry, we can still talk to each o-other." Rick assured her. "I'll give you my phone number, and you can give me y-yours."

Her face lit up at this. "Really? That's a great idea!"

So, they wrote each other's phone numbers on slips of paper and exchanged them. Rick soon left, looking solemn. He had grown fond of her, and knew he would miss her, but at least they could still talk to each other.

He returned back to his apartment, and placed the slip of paper on the side table next to his bed, planning to call Julie tomorrow. Rick then took his "explosion" gun with him to his lab, and placed it on the table. Now, he could get back to his projects.

Cyn had finally managed to end up at Earth, but now he was faced with the issue of finding where exactly Rick was, but with the press of a few buttons, he turned on the tracker of his ship. He would find him sooner rather than later.

a/n:I literally just came up with "Fyralogin", "Pyri" and "Cyn" on the spot, which is basically where most of the names of random alien characters in the show come from. Although I guess Cyn is just Cyan minus the a, and Pyri is like "pyre".

So..some of you may be curious of the Fyralogin empire, I made it up! I figured there had to be some great power in the galaxy before the Galactic Federation, and when I tried to use the Federation as the enemies in the past, it didn't work it out well…

I also used some real world empires as inspiration, namely the British Empire and Roman Empire…make of that what you will. I am a history nerd..I guess that's also why writing a story set in the past was so exciting to me, I did a lot of research into the 1970s, as well as the 1960s and 1950s for this story.