A/N: Hey everyone! This is your Easter gift soooo...LOVE IT! EAT THE CHOCOLATE EGGS I FLING AT YOUR FACE! Actually I'm really tired right now. I rode my horse bare back for about 7 miles today while holding a ten pound dog in one of my arms also while controlling my rowdy horse with one hand...you can imagine how that went down. Actually I handled the situation pretty well and I had to get the dog home to get medical attention so I was galloping as fast as I could for about four miles...bareback...yeah ouch. I also realized how hard it is to slow a rowdy galloping horse down when you reach your home...it was fun. the dog was nearly out cold but she's ok now, I worked on her as soon as i got home, managed to stop the bleeding from her right leg. God only knows what she did to herself but she had a nice deep gash there. I had to stitch it and I was covered in blood from the waist down by the time I was done but hey, she's alive! LOL.
ANYWAYS on with the show yes? Only four reviews this time...I was shocked! Pain fills me! LOL. I'll answer to two right now, then two at the bottom =D. DISCLAIMER! I OWN NOTHING THAT YOU FOOLS CAN THROW AT ME!...unless it cheesecake or chocolate...THEN it's
To Psychochicken: PEANUT BUTTER IS GODS BLESSING! LOL. I love it soooo much! And Jax technically told Tabitha he loved her before he was killed but he wasn't AWARE of that one. So yes...it was rather pathetic wasn't it...? LOL...I Like internet monies 83 LOL. I'll help catch the chicken if I can ride a flying tiger! I MUST HAVE CHICKEN! Fried chicken actually...LOL. ANYWAYS, I hope you have a great Easter and spring break! I'll email you tomorrow after I go out scouting tomorrow morning! Tell your vampire monkey i wanna hug him! I SEND CHOCOLATE EGGS YOUR WAY! EAT THEMMMMMMM. = these are eggs...chocolate eggs X3.
Book Casanova! I was surprised you didn't say more about the jax and Tabitha moment there! It shocked me! Anyways, yes...Zim can be an ass but he's a loveable ass. I mean come on...this IS zim were talking about here LOL. The adorable egotistical little alien that used to strut around on our TV screens and now struts around on our computer screens =S. And yes...Jax is very built...Damn...Just imagine that man shirtless...DAMN...It's so not fair...='( HAPPY EASTER YOU AMAZING CHICKEN YOU! 0- you get chocolate eggs too..ACCEPT THEM WITH LURRRRVVVVV From jax LOL. I get them from Vex...ok maybe not chocolate eggs but at least a wrestling match, a gun and possibly a horse race...We'll see LOL.
So this chapters a little shocking and messed up. I didn't get to proof read it so sorry for any mistakes and I hope you enjoy~ Happy easter and don't forget to review~!
~I'm a goddamned friggen bunneh...my eggs are colored and chocolaty...feel my bunneh wrath...BOOM BABY!
Minerva's POV.
"Do you guys feel like they're hiding something from us?" I asked the twins who were sitting by me in our room. Rea went to talk to her dad about something 'private' and Vex has been with Cari for hours. He came out of the room just a few minutes ago.
"Oh they are, have you seen the tension between everyone lately?" Sky said boastfully as if she knew all about exactly what everyone was hiding from us.
"I think the tension is because both, Vex and Jeb hate each other and they're forced to be in the same household together," I told Sky calmly, she didn't exactly like being corrected by anyone, "But they are hiding something from us."
"Wanna go spy on them and find out?" Sky said with bright, mischievous eyes.
"I don't think that's a good idea…Mr. Vex would not appreciate it," Mia said quietly while twirling her thumbs and facing away from both Sky and I. She'd been acting really secluded lately. She won't even talk to Sky about what's going on with her; and Sky's her twin.
"Well he wouldn't know, Mia. That's the whole point of spying," Sky shot back and glared at her sister.
Mia's antenna lowered as she mumbled under her breath, "If you get caught every time you try, you're not a spy, just another egotistical victim."
Sky's antenna twitched as she brushed off her sister's remark and turned back to me, "So you wanna go spy on them? Since Ms. Wuss here is chickening out it looks like it'll just be me and you."
"I don't think we should leave your sister out, Sky. Mia deserves to have fun too," I said calmly while looking over at Mia. She looked distant, like something was nagging her on the inside. I felt like I should try and help her somehow but then again; I felt like it was none of my business, especially if this had to do with a personal fight between her and Sky.
"She doesn't want to have fun; she just wants to go ask about it. What kind of fun is that?" Sky retorted and sent another glare towards her sister. Now I was starting to feel a little bit awkward.
"No, it's the right thing to do. These are nice people, Sky and you're bent on finding out everything about their personal lives without them knowing?! That's just wrong; it's none of our business. It's the real adults business."
"Oh so you're the all high and mighty one now?" Sky spat and lowered her antenna aggressively. She'd been acting kind of moody too.
"No, I'm respecting, Cari's wishes and not disturbing the adults tonight. You know they were all fighting earlier, they don't need you adding onto that stress," Mia hissed back and turned to face sky with a nasty snarl working its way onto her face.
"Guys, don't fight, that'll only make things worse," I said and tried to get in between them even if I knew it was no use.
"Oh so you're a rule follower now? A mindless zombie with no creativity and fun?" Sky snapped basically ignoring everything that I was saying.
"No, I'm the respectful one! You're the rowdy 'everyone should do what I say because I'm oh so amazing' one!" Mia growled back while clenching her fists. They were both easily set off and they went through this almost every day. It usually just ends with a little tussle, a bruise or two then a hug and an apology.
However today proved to be different, in the one second I let my mind wander away from their small argument, Sky had lunged at Mia and tackled her to the ground, "People should follow me! At least I can actually lead unlike some of us!"
"I'd be a better leader than you any day!" Mia shouted and shoved Sky off of her.
"No you wouldn't! You're the runt of the litter, the pathetic one, the one that wasn't supposed to live in the first place!" Sky snapped at her and did something unbelievable. She rolled over and punched, literally punched Mia in the jaw, "You've made me feel like a nobody all my life when in truth, you shouldn't even be alive! It was a mistake that you were born out of my blood!"
Mia was angrily holding her swelling cheek and glaring at her sister, "I came out of mom first!"
"Mom didn't want you!"
"Yeah well at least I'm not the one who killed her when she was giving birth!" Mia shouted loudly spitting out blood as she did so.
Silence overcame the room. I was in shock, Mia was panting and wiping blood off her lip and Sky was just standing in one place, starring wide eyed at nothing, "Sky you know she didn't mean that. Don't freak out," I said hurriedly seeing the anger boiling up in Sky's pink eyes. This could be bad.
Sky started growling and clenching her fists, "Sky!" I shouted and tried to grab her as she lunged forward and slammed Mia into a wall. 'Oh no, oh Irk no this is bad, this is SO bad.' I thought anxiously as I sprang out of the bed to stop the two fighting teenagers. And to think, by 70, cloned Irken invaders were taking tests to go invade planets. Whereas naturally born Irkens we're still in their hormonal stage.
"Take it back!" Sky screamed at her sister while delivering a low blow with her knee into Mia's stomach. Mia coughed as all the air left her lungs and tried to re catch her breath, "I said take it back, Mia!" Sky screamed again while back handing Mia's unharmed cheek.
When I saw blood drops fly through the air I knew I needed to put a stop to this, "Stop it, Sky! You're hurting her!" I shouted and grabbed Sky's shoulder. Mia was now whimpering in pain as blood oozed down the side of her face where Sky's claws had cut her.
"Don't get involved with this, Minerva; it's none of your business!" Sky snapped at me while shoving me back and whirling around to attack her sister again.
I didn't want to hurt Sky so the only thing left that I thought I could really do was go get Jeb, Cari, Rea or Vex. At least I knew one of them could stop her, "CARI!" I screamed while running out the door and down the hall, "CARI!"
I rounded the corner while still desperately calling out to Cari only to run into someone bigger and a little bit harder. I shouted in surprise and fell backwards only to have my wrist grabbed so I didn't hit the ground hard, "Whoa there kiddo, what's goin' on that's got ya so rattled?"
I looked up to see Vex giving me a worried look, "Sky and Mia are fighting and Sky's actually drawing blood!" I said as fast as I could.
"What?" Vex said with wide eyes.
"Just hurry!" I shouted at him and grabbed his wrist before sprinting back towards the room.
"Darlin' ya better stay here, I don't want ya getting' involved," Vex said hurriedly and pushed me aside while he barged into our room. I sat outside the room for a moment hearing angry shouting before silence once again overcame the room.
A few minutes later the door opened back up and Vex walked out carrying a bloody Mia, "Is she ok?" I asked frantically.
"She'll be alright," Vex responded quickly and backed away while shielding Mia's face from me. His eyes looked really concerned as they looked into mine.
"Can I see he-,"
"No." Vex interrupted me, "Jus go find, Cari. Tell her ta meet me in the infirmary right away."
"What about, Sky?" I asked as my eyes widened to the size of dinner plates.
"I pinched a nerve on 'er neck so she's passed out an' restin' peacefully on the bed. I'll have, Cari talk ta her in a little while, but fer now I really need her ta meet me in the infirmary. Can ya get 'er fer me?"
I nodded quickly and rushed back down the hall way. It worried me that Vex was so intent on hiding Mia's face from me, but for right now the only thing I could do was to get Cari for Vex.
I sped around the corner and stopped in front of Cari's door. All the lights were off so I knew I was about to piss another Irken off today but I was just following the orders I was given. Though I was hesitant about reaching up and grabbing the door handle. Cari could be pretty scary when woken up too early.
After a small argument within myself, I grabbed the door handle and pushed it open, "Cari," I called quietly at first. When I didn't get a response I ran over to the bed and shook her shoulders, "CARI!"
Without a moment's hesitation, Cari's eyes snapped wide open and she shouted in surprise upon seeing me, "Cari, I don't have time to explain but, Vex needs you to meet him in the infirmary right now." I said quickly and grabbed her wrist.
"Minny, slow down. What's going on?" Cari said while swinging her legs over the bed and stumbling blindly over to a dresser to pull on a plaid over shirt.
"Mia's hurt, Vex wouldn't let me see how bad it is but he needs you…like right now," I panted while feeling my heart beating frantically. The fact that Sky was mad enough to physically harm her own flesh and blood startled me and irritated me a little bit. But Mia shouldn't have said that to Sky, she knows how sensitive Sky can be over the subject.
"What happened?" Cari asked with a firmer voice. She was now rushing to slide into sweats and hurry out the door.
I followed her into the hall and tried to keep pace with her as she tried to act calm and walk really fast, "Mia and Sky fought, it got physical and I couldn't pull Sky off of Mia so I came for help," I explained as calmly as I could.
"Where's, Sky right now?"
"Vex knocked her out, she's in the room asleep on the bed."
"HE WHAT!?"
"He just pinched a nerve on her neck, he didn't hurt her," I said so Cari would go berserk on Vex for hurting a teenager.
"Was the fight really that bad?" Cari asked, she looked down into my eyes as I just nodded slowly, "shit, shit, shit." I heard Cari growling under her breath. She picked up her speed walking pace as we rounded a corner and stopped at a stair case. This is where Moon's room used to be, we changed it to an infirmary when Vex arrived.
"Minerva, stay here. No joke, no spying no nothing, if Vex wouldn't let you see her then this means that you absolutely do not WANT to see her condition. So stay here and go tell, Jeb what's happened." Cari said and gave her a serious look. Her antenna rose in emphasis as I weakly nodded and stepped aside so she could hurry down the stairs, "Vex I'm here, how bad is she?" Cari called while jumping down the last few steps.
Cari stopped at the bottom of the stairs and just stared towards the inner part of the infirmary. Her jaw was dropped and her hand moved up to cover her agape mouth, "Car don't freak out, jus get me a needle an' a thread."
I backed away in horror when I heard Vex say that. What else did Sky do to her poor sister when I left?!
Tabitha's POV.
Jax and I were speechless as Oniumare glared at us, "Jax I told you as soon as your fever broke you could see her. Now if she gets ill I won't have the strength to fix her immune system. My power's running out as we speak." She barked as Jax's antenna lowered guiltily.
"I wasn't exactly expecting to see her, I just wanted to get out of that room and get some pants."
Oni grumbled under her breath and face palmed about ten times before looking up into Jax's eyes again, "You could've just asked for pants you know that right? It's not that hard."
"Well I'm sorry, I hadn't realized I was naked until I tried standing up on my own," Jax grumbled and crossed his arms defensively.
"Would you rather have had me leave all your clothes on to stick to your body and never come off? Because that's what happens after about six months of trying to revive a dead body!"
Jax's eyes snapped wide open and he looked over at me like he was asking me some kind of silent question, "I was dead for…six months?"
"Technically six months and ten days but hey who's counting right?" Oniumare growled back while looking over at me sympathetically, "Some of us had a harder time coping without you so I decided if can bring one of you back…why not try the other?"
I cringed at that last sentence and looked down so I didn't have to look either of them in the eye, "Oh my Irk…Tabitha…I-I didn't know…I'm so sorry."
"Jax you were dead, you couldn't have known anyways," I said and took a lot of interest in observing my hand. I could feel both Jax and Oniumare's gaze burning holes into my body but I really didn't want to talk about this right now.
"So, Jax. That means you need to get back to bed, you've already pushed yourself to the limit today and you don't want to hurt yourself so come on, back to the hospital bed," Oni encouraged while motioning for Jax to follow her.
"I'm not going anywhere without, Tabitha." Jax said stubbornly and wrapped an arm around my waist.
"It's ok, Jax. I'll visit you in the morning," I said sheepishly while glancing up at him.
"I don't want to be visited, I want you to be with me," He said back while giving me a serious look, "Plus I can't exactly walk very well on my own yet."
"You aren't even supposed to be walking, you were shot straight through the heart and it was a miracle that I could even keep your heart beating long enough to fix it while your blood spilled everywhere," Oniumare scoffed and crossed her arms again. I cringed again not wanting to imagine that picture at all but now that she's said it, it has been officially carved into my brain and will forever haunt my nightmares. Great.
"So that explains this metal thing on my chest," Jax said and poked the circle of metal over his sternum.
"You look kind of like Iron Man," I teased and looked at the small metal circle. It looked almost just like Iron man's heart thingy…just more Irken.
"Who's Iron Man?" Jax asked while tilting his head in utter confusion.
My jaw dropped but I soon regained posture when I remembered Jax knew nothing of Earth, "He's an Earth fictional hero, pretty popular among the humans," I elaborated. Jax still looked confused but just shrugged it off and looked back up at Oniumare.
"So can she please come with me? Or can I stay with her? Or will I die overnight if I'm out of your sight?"
Oniumare sighed and muttered something like, 'stupid kids' under her breath while rolling her eyes. Nonetheless she looked back at me and Jax with a calm expression, even though I could tell she wanted to strangle Jax.
"Fine," She growled making Jax's eyes widen and a big smile work its way onto his face, "But I'm bringing the heart monitor up here, Tabitha if he goes downhill at all come get me immediately." I nodded in understanding and Jax's face drooped.
"But I hate that annoying beeping machine! I can't sleep with that thing screaming at me!" He complained as his antenna drooped into a pouting position.
"I don't care, you wanna live don't you?"
"Well…yeah."
"Then you're taking the heart monitor, I don't want to hear you complain either, I'm letting you stay out of the way of my supervision, which means I won't hear you groaning if you're in pain. Tabitha will have to come get me to give you aspirin if that happens."
"I'll be fine!" Jax shouted quickly with a scrunched up face, "I can swallow pills on my own you know!?"
"Funny, the first time I let you try that you choked like a fish out of water, but that was the day after you woke up so it was understandable. Anyways I'll be right back." Oni grumbled making Jax's face heat up in embarrassment.
"I don't even remember that day," He argued under his breath making me smirk and let out a small laugh, "Hey what's so funny?"
"You're such a whiner," I laughed and smiled at him, "But you're my whiner so I can cope."
"I am not a whiner, would you have rather let her drag me back down and strap me down to a hospital bed so I couldn't get away this time?!"
"Hmm, it's tempting but I'll take pity on you for now…I guess," I teased and smirked at him.
"You're joking," He accused as I grabbed his hand and helped him stumble along towards my room, "You are joking…right?"
Cari's POV.
"Car…you ok?" Vex asked and put a hand on my shoulder as I stared at Mia curled up on the medical bay table. Her eyes were wrapped up in white gauze now and some bandages covered various cuts on her swollen and non-swollen cheek. We gave her some gauze where Vex stitched her up in her cheek too seeing as she bit it pretty bad at some point during the fight.
We had limited pain killers so that wasn't helping her condition at all, she was obviously very uncomfortable at the moment, "I can't see anything," She muttered pathetically.
I shot a concerned looked towards Vex that he copied before sighing, "Well kiddo that's 'cause ya gotta nasty ol' scratch across yer eyes, soon enough though, ya'll be back in great shape."
"Yeah, you'll be fine, Mia. For now just rest if you can, it'll help your healing process," I added on while putting a hand on her shoulder gently. She was in no state to be hugged or even touched more than a soft pat, "If you need anything, just call out to me ok. I'll be down here most of the night."
"Promise?" Mia asked as her droopy antenna rose to express how she felt.
"Yes, I promise. Now rest," I ushered before grabbing Vex's arm and dragging him into a different part of the room, "What the hell happened?"
"Minerva came and got me splutterin' somethin' bout the girls fightin', so I walked in jus in time ta see, Sky scratch, Mia's eyes. I knocked her out as soon as I could get a good shot at 'er neck an' grabbed, Mia. Ya couldn't tell it was even her when ya first looked at 'er," Vex explained while looking back over at Mia and biting his lip in worry.
"Do you know why they were fighting?" I asked curiously. Vex shrugged and shook his head before adjusting his hat and rubbing his tired eyes.
"She's gonna be blind when she gets those bandages off. Ya know that right?"
"What?" I hissed quietly, "Was it really that bad?"
"Yes, one of 'er eyes was slashed right in half when I gotta hold of 'er. Her eyes were open when, Sky hit 'er, she's gonna be completely blind kid, there's nothin' we can do bout it."
"My Irk, this is really bad. How are we going to work this out once we get to the surface? Mia will have to have someone with her at all times," I fretted and looked at Vex for help. He refused to make eye contact and speak at all worrying me even more then I already was.
"If no one volunteers ta watch 'er, then I will. I won't be able ta be watchin' yer back though, you ok with that?"
"Yes, Vex I'm fine with that. I didn't have anyone watching my back for a while before you showed up, so I'll be fine," I responded and leaned against the wall for support. This seriously could not be happening right now.
"Alright," Vex mumbled in an unsure voice, "If ya wanna sleep some more kid, I'll take first watch over, Mia."
"No, I promise her I'd be here for her, so that's exactly what I'm going to do. Thank you though, Uncle Vex," I answered and sent a small smile his way. He was such a softy when it came to kids he actually enjoyed being around, Mia was one of his favorites. She was quiet, shy and respectful but still outgoing and fun in her own way, so Vex greatly enjoyed her company when he could get it.
"Ya sure?"
"Positive, you need to get some rest if any of us do. You can sleep on my couch if you want to so I can easily come get you when it's your shift," I said while letting my antenna droop, "I feel horrible about this. Poor Mia…"
"Don't feel bad fer her, that'll only make her feel worse bout herself, ya jus need ta encourage an' support her and things will be as if this never happened," Vex said sternly and grabbed my chin so I'd look him in the eye, "Kay?"
"Alright, alright. Is that what you did with, Tabitha?"
"Oh hell yeah, that girl wasn't goin' anywhere without the proper encouragement. When I first got her she was a nut in a shell, now lookit' 'er."
Something clicked in my head when he said that, 'when he first got Tabitha? What's that supposed to mean?'
There was a long moment of silence as I thought this over with speeding thoughts. I looked back up at Vex and he looked at me curiously, "Where did, Tabitha come from?"
Vex froze and stared at me for a good long minute before looking away and at anything that wasn't me, "Ya know, I'm pretty tired, Car. I'm gonna hit the hay."
"Vex," I said stopping him in his mid-turn around, "Where did she come from? I met her when my dad introduced her to me, but he never said where she was from."
"Places you don't want to know about kid," I froze, he didn't use his accent at all in that sentence, there was no exuberance in his eyes, just dull and sad. Where the hell did she come from then?
He started walking off as I was lost in thought and by the time I realized he was leaving, he was half way up the stairs, "Vex!" I protested.
"Night Cari!" Vex called back with a firm voice. I knew that to be a warning which meant don't ask again or you're gonna get it. That didn't stop me from wondering though.
A/N: Where did you come from tabitha! WHYYYYY WHYYY MUSTN'T WE KNOW! Well I'll tell you why...because I don't even know yet so suck it up lol. I was listening to it's not me it's you by skillet while writing this chapter so have fun! Poor Mia...WELL we know who's going down first in the case of a Zombie apocalypse LOLOL.
Isabelle Frost: SO YOU SUFFER FROM THE PEANUT Butter TOO! I actually have fun trying to get it off the roof of my mouth but eh...that's just my insanity LOL. XDDD and yes, Oni had to ruin things or else they might've gotten a little...carried away...and neither of them are ready for that yet. LOL. Don't worry they'll be plenty of chances for you to get excited with Tabitha and Jax romance...TRUST ME D8. LOL. HAPPY EASTER!~ EAT THE EGGGGGSSSSS.
Infinite REader! I was tempted to make a song right there but it wasn't working so SADNESS! I'm glad you're happy to see Jax and Tabby back together! They so dang adorable! I could just make them hug over and over again! LOLOL...wow I'm fangirling over my own characters...Someone put me down...put me out of my smexy misery LOOOL. Your name is amazing! How could I not change it and mess with it! Thanks BTW for all the compliments you've been sending my way! - Excessive amount of chocolate eggs for you XD. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!~~~~~~XD
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