The Return of the Third Infect
It has been a day or two since Haley and I have been dating. Echo and I were at the junkyard, scavenging for anything we wanted that was in good condition. I was at a pile taller than me, and Echo was to the left of me a few feet away. I was standing there sorting the crap out with my bare hands and he was cheating by using his sonar powers to lift it up, and grab what he wanted.
"That ain't fair you cheater." I said a little whineful.
"Well if you wait a second I'll help you." He said throwing on thing out of his way.
"Yaaaaay!" I said enthusiastically.
I rummaged through the garbage, throwing things that were broke, and setting things on the ground I could use. So far I only had three things I could make useful. A very dusty, and small color TV, some kind of circuit board, and what looked like to be a switchblade and lighter. Echo walked over with the things he wanted floating behind him.
"Ready to help?" I asked looking at him.
"Sure, I got what I want." He said popping his knuckles.
His eyes and hands started glowing then all the junk in front of me was floating in the air. I walked through it looking at everything. I found six things I could use, a computer monitor, a computer tower, a mouse and keyboard, a bike chain, and a slingshot. I walked out from under the junk with my stuff in my arms. I sat it down with the rest of my stuff, and Echo dropped the garbage. I stuffed the circuit board, the switchblade, the bike chain, and the slingshot in my jacket pockets, and made my hand larger, to carry the rest of the garbage. Echo still had his floating behind him. We went to the back of the junkyard so we didn't have to pay for the crap, and hopped the fence. I walked to Echo's car, and waited for him to open the trunk. I crammed my crap in there, and he crammed his in there after me. He slammed the trunk shut, and walked to the door. I hopped into the passenger side. He started the car, and it started whining. It finally kicked on. He peeled out, and took off going ninety mile and hour down the road. The door fell off from that one time, so air was coming in from both sides because he ripped his door off when he got it. His hair was flying everywhere, and my fur was bristling in the wind. I laid my ears down to keep them from getting irritated, and put my feet on the dash after scooting the seat back as far as it would go.
"Hmm, I wonder…" I said looking out.
I held on to the hand support, and stuck my head out of the car, and stuck my tongue out. My tongue was flapping on my cheek, and my fur was blowing back harder. I stuck my head back in the car.
"What the heck was that?!" Echo said taking his eyes off the road.
"I couldn't help it, and keep your eyes on the road, we can't afford a new car." I said glaring at him.
"Ok gees what are you my wife?" He said looking back at the road.
"Screw you." I said putting my feet back on the dash.
"Only Riley." He said speeding up.
"Yeah sure she'll just hit her arm on the bed again like last time." I said leaning the seat down.
"How'd you know?" He squeaked.
"She told me." I said putting my hands behind my head.
"Dangit." He muttered under his breath.
"Well I didn't get laid, I bet you didn't either." He said speeding up faster.
"Oh no, I did, ask Haley." I said smiling.
"That's got to be a lie." He said biting his lip.
"If it's a lie may I be struck by lightning." Ask Haley." I said still smiling.
"Yeah sure whatever." He said speeding up.
We got to his house a little while afterwards. I walked to the trunk, and he opened it. I grabbed my junk and walked into the house. I got the door open, and walked in. I sat my junk beside the couch. Haley and Riley were sitting on the floor.
"Whacha doin?" I asked curiously.
"None ya." They said simultaneously.
"Well then." I said crossing my arms and turning my head the other way.
"Oh you know I love you." She said
"Yeah you better." I said trying to sound tough without laughing.
"Bwoy, don't make me come over there." She said trying to sound tough.
"Step across this line I dare ya." I said trying not to laugh.
She got up, and stepped in front of me.
"I crossed the line, whacha gonna do now huh huh huh." She said acting tough.
"Oh that's the last straw, its oooon now." I said still trying not to laugh.
"You and what army?" She said putting her hands on her hips.
"This army." I said picking her up.
I walked over to the couch holding her with a bear hug. I threw her on the couch, and started tickling her. She was squirming all over the couch.
"STOP IT, I CAN'T BREATHE!" She screamed laughing.
"You stepped across the line this is what you get." I said tickling her armpits and neck.
She managed to get my arms away long enough to tickle me back. I jumped back, and ran from her. She got up and chased me. She backed me into a corner. She jumped me and started tickling me. I tried to push her off, but she pinned me. She leaned forward and we kissed. We kissed for a few minutes, and we broke it.
"Hey I now you're probably tired of sleeping on the couch so how's about we buy a bed." I said hugging her.
"Sure, but where we gonna buy it and where we gonna put it?" She asked making circles on my shirt.
"Well I guess we'll buy it at the store, and in the guest room." I said rubbing her back.
"What will Echo say?" She said
"Hey Echo, can we put a bed in the guest room for us?" I asked looking at him.
"Sure, I don't care." He said back.
"There's your answer." I said to Haley.
"Can you afford it?" She asked.
"Yeah, I should." I responded.
"How we gonna get there?" She asked.
"Hey Echo, can we borrow your car?" I asked.
"You better not mess it up." He said throwing the keys to me.
"Oh we wouldn't hurt that beautiful Mercedes." I said walking out the door, putting on my sonic hat, and Haley behind me.
Haley was the last one out so she closed the door. I walked to the driver's side, and got in. I put the key in the ignition, and turned it.
"Ok now lets see, it's in park." I said to myself.
I put my hand on the gear shifter, pushed the button and put it in reverse. I pulled out a little too fast, put the car in over drive and almost peeled out.
"Alright, Haley where's the mattress store?"
"Uhm…I think it's a little way's from the gas station."
"If you don't know where it is, why don't we get the bed from your house."
"Now how we gonna do that?" She squeaked.
"We can distract Jake, and get it out the back door." I said back.
"Now who's gonna distract Jake, and who's gonna get it out?" She asked.
"Well do you wanna distract him or me?" I asked.
"Well are you sneaky?" She asked.
"Yes very sneaky." I responded.
"Then I'll distract him." She said
"Okay, whatever floats your boat?" I said.
We got close to her house. I stopped a little bit near it but out of sight from the house.
"Okay here da plan, you go up and do whatever you can to distract him, I will sneak up in your room from the back door, and get the mattress first then the frame. If you can keep him distracted long enough for me to do that it'll be easy. I could probably get it out of there in maybe six or seven minutes. K"
"Ok, I'll try." She said with doubt.
"Ok."
We got out of the car. I drifted off into the woods, and watched Haley walk up to the door. She turned into a human and pretended to be drunk. She knocked on the door. I ran across the lawn to the back door. I opened the door really slowly. I could see Jake, standing there talking to Haley. I snuck up through the hall, and made it up the stairs. I got to the back, and opened Haley's door. I walked over to the bed, and took off the covers. I put the covers in the floor, and picked up the mattress. I walked back out the door, maneuvering the mattress to fit through the door, and not make a noise. I snuck down the stairs holding the mattress, where I could run. Jake was still looking at Haley who was muttering something. I turned the corner, and snuck down the hall, and out the door. I ran to the car, with the mattress, making sure I wouldn't get caught. I put the mattress in the car, and ran back to the house. I snuck through the door, and up the stairs. I picked up the frame, and got it to the door. It wouldn't fit through it without being took apart. I shaped my hand into a screwdriver and took the screws out as fast as I could and crammed the screws in my pocket. I stacked the parts in my hands, and snuck down the stairs, and out the back door. I ran to the car, and put the frame in the trunk. I ran back to the house. I got to the back door, and looked in. Jake was still looking at Haley. I couldn't see what he was doing. I snuck down the hall, and up the stairs. I got back in Haley's room. I picked up the covers then grabbed anything Haley might want. I snuck back down the stairs, and back out the door. I ran to the car, and put the covers and stuff in the backseat. I ran to the side of the house, and got Haley's attention without her looking.
"Uh…I got to go…see ya later." She ran back to the road to the car.
I ran to the trees, without getting in front of the house. I made it back to the car, and found Haley waiting for me. I got in the driver's side, cranked the car, put it in reverse, and took off back to Echo's house. We got back to Echo's house. We dragged all the stuff in and put the frame together in the guest room then put on the mattress, and covers.
"Well now we got something to sleep on." I said
"Yep we do." Haley said falling on the bed
I got on the bed, and flopped on my back.
"I would say lets try it out, but we already did that." I said leaning over to Haley.
"That don't mean we can't do it again." She said leaning up to me.
"Hey X, Somebody's here to meet you." Echo yelled from the living room.
"And that would be who." I yelled back.
"Come find out." He yelled echoing through the house.
"Huh well it can't hurt." I said.
Too bad I was wrong. I walked down the hall. Haley was behind me the whole time. I opened the door, and almost exploded.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE!" I yelled pointing at Brittney.
"Well I thought I just wanted rid of you, not this infection. But to keep like this I had to leave home. So I left. Now I'm here." She said glaring at me.
"Austin what's goin on, who's this?" Haley said stepping up behind me.
"It's my x-girlfriend." I hissed.
"Ok, well it's nice to meet you…" Haley paused
"Brittney." Brittney finished.
"Haley." Haley said holding out her hand.
"Spongebob!" I yelled.
Haley chuckled Brittney just stared at me.
"At least I can make someone laugh." I said crossing my arms.
Brittney pushed past me, and said something to Echo.
She walked back to me, and said, "I get the couch."
"That's okay, cuz we got a bed." I said smirking.
"Well then, I still get the couch, and what do you mean we?" She said
"Haley, and me, as in we." I said
"Ok what's wrong with her?" She said
"Nothing…nothing at all." I said walking to Echo.
"Hey what all did you find at the junkyard?" I said to Echo.
"I found two radios, a carburetor kit, and a steering column." He said tinkering with the carburetor kit.
"What kind of radios are they?" I asked watching him put the kit together.
"Ones a car radio, and the other is a regular radio."
"Do they work?" I asked looking at them in the corner.
"How the heck should I know?" He said
"Well maybe I can take a look at them?" I asked
"Go ahead." He said.
I walked to the corner and picked up the house radio. I looked at the cord to make sure there weren't any holes. I plugged it into the socket, and jumped back.
"OW SONOFA DMDDMDMDMDMMDMDDMD, sssssssssssssssssssssssssss. !" I yelled in pain at the shock the socket gave me.
Echo was laughing so hard he couldn't breathe; Haley, Riley, and Brittney ran into the living room.
"What happened?" Haley asked.
"X got shocked by the socket when he plugged the radio in." Echo said.
My hand was throbbing, and shaking uncontrollably. I was close to tears it hurt so much. I was gripping my wrist trying to get my hand to stop from shaking, but it was useless.
"You alright?" Haley asked.
"As soon as my hand stops shaking and throbbing." I said gripping it harder.
"Here let me see if I can do anything." Haley said.
She started rubbing my hand. She squeezed it then folded my hand into a fist then popped my hand.
"Better?" She asked
I opened and closed my hand.
"Much." I said as the pain abated.
"Now lets see if the radio works." I said turning it on.
It made a static sound then I heard some music. I put it on 96.5, and turned the volume up. "Bedrock" was playing.
"Yeah now we got something to listen to." I said
"Ooh baby I be stuck to you like glue baby, wanna spend it all on you baby, my room is the G spot, call me Mr. Flintstone I can make yo bed rock ooh I-I-I I can make yo bed rock, I-I-I I can make yo bed rock gurl, I-I-I I can make yo bed rooock, I-I-I I can make yo BED ROCK."
"Now it won't be silent as a graveyard anymore, but no fighting over the station." I said looking at them all.
"Now I'll be outside, if anyone needs me please hesitate to ask." I said walking out the door.
I walked out and heard a crash in the house. I ran back in, and found everyone wrestling trying to reach the radio. Echo reached out to the radio. I walked up and put my foot on his hand.
"You just had to fight over the radio." I said with my arms crossed.
I picked up the radio, and put it on the table.
"Against the wall." I demanded.
"But we…" They stuttered.
"Against the wall." I said holding a flame over the radio.
They got against the wall really quick on that note.
"Now I am not going to put up with this. You will share this or I'll take it back to the junkyard. Now every one gets to listen to three songs, and then someone else does. You will flip a coin each. Whoever wins twice goes first, whoever wins once goes second. Then the last two flip a coin for who goes third. Okay Echo and Riley flip first. Call it."
"Heads." Said Echo.
I pulled a quarter out of my pocket.
"You know Echo I thought you'd pick tails, since you can't get any, but if you'd rather have head then." I said smirking.
"Hey up yours." Echo snapped.
"Oh Riley won." I said.
"Hey that ain't fair." Echo yelled.
"Well if you'd have said something that wasn't that bad I would've flipped the coin, but you said up mine so blow it. All right now Riley and Haley. Call it.
"Tails." Said Riley
I flipped the coin, and it landed on tails.
"Ok Riley's first. Now Haley and Brittney gotta fight for second. Loser gets third. Call it."
"Heads." Said Haley
I flipped the coin, and it landed on heads.
"Ok Haley's second, Brittney's third, and Echo's fourth." I said putting the quarter back in my pocket.
"Now I'm going back outside, no more fighting. I mean it." I said looking at them walking out the door.
I walked around the back, and heard another thing crash. I ran back in the house, and found Haley and Brittney fighting. I got in between them and pushed them apart.
"BREAK IT UP!" I yelled holding them out at arms length.
"SIT DOWN!" I yelled pointing to the recliner and the couch.
They sat down, and stared at me.
"Now one person tell me what happened. I will listen to both sides of the story. Haley first."
"Ok, Brittney started saying that I won that cuz I'm your girlfriend then she started sayin that you're gay, and stupid then she started sayin I was shallow, and a whore." Haley finished with a swallow.
"Ok, Haley definitely knows I'm not gay, She's not shallow, and she's not a whore. Now what's your side of the story heart-breaker?" I said to Brittney.
"Well after that, she attacked me, and called me a bitch, and a cunt-eater." She said glaring at Haley.
"Ouch…well…uh…yeeeaaah…tsss…uhm…you know what I haven't seen a cat fight since never so go at it." I said backing up.
As soon as I was out of the way they were at each other's throats. I stood there watching each other wrestle one to the ground. It started getting boring then a couple nails ripped off their shirts. They were down to their pants and bra's. I watched as they pulled each other's spikes, and fur. They were tumbling all over the floor. Finally I got tired, and pulled them off each other. I threw Brittney on the couch, and carried Haley to our room you might as well call it now, and laid her on the bed.
"Feel better letting off that steam?" I asked handing her a shirt.
"Not really, but at least she knows I stand up for myself." She said rejecting the shirt.
"Yeah, but she'll still be that way." I said sitting on the bed.
"Well it's eleven fifty two, I'm going to bed." She said stripping.
"I guess I'll join ya, I'm tired too." I said stretching.
"I'll keep it warm for you." She said pulling the covers over her.
"It'll get warmer when I get back." I said walking out.
I walked down to the kitchen, and to the refrigerator. I pulled out a water bottle and drunk it all in two or three gulps. I didn't see a trash can anywhere, so I laid the bottle on the counter. I walked back to the hall, and Brittney stopped me.
"What do you see in her?" She asked
"A lot more than I saw in you." I said pushing past her.
I walked back down to the guest room. I opened the door. Haley was still lying on the bed. I think she was asleep. I walked to the bed, and looked at her. She was asleep. I guess the catfight made her tired. I stripped down and got in the bed. I scooted over to Haley, and wrapped my arm around her. She scooted closer to me.
"Night, love you." I whispered in her ear.
"Night, love you." She whispered back.
We kissed then drifted to sleep. I bet Brittney's jealous, but its her loss.
The end of chapter 13