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Up's POV
What the heck? What's this giant bug doing on the ship? I was still confused as to how the GLEE suddenly became the really bad guys (well, Space-Claw anyway) but now we have some Giant scorpion on board?
Tootsie was missing, and the Bug had February in his giant claw. Bug was communicating with the Scorpion... how?
"Bug! Bug! What are all them googley noises coming out of your mouth? You chatting with this thing?" I asked, scared. Not for me though. Because Taz was sitting a few feet behind me.
"uh..." Bug began.
"What de hells going on Bug?" Taz yowled in her Hispanic Accent from where she was sitting, crossed legged on the floor but clutching her Zapper. Why was I scared for her? This bug wouldn't get past her.
"Um... I'm saving February!" Bug stuttered. He turned to the bug and the pair began to converse again in Bug-ese or whatever. The Bug looked closer at February.
"BUG WHATS GOING ON?" February cried. Tears were streaming down the blonde's face as she was held in the air by the scorpion.
"Don't worry February! Were just... uh... negotiating his surrender." He reassured us.
Every breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, the Bug growled and went beserk. I felt my heart spin as I heard Taz scream. Taz screaming? Not in fury but in Fear?
They talked some more, until Bug looked forlorn.
"Everybody... February... I'm not who I say I am... Pincer here, he uh... he helped me switch bodies so that I could get to know all of you..."
"What...?" Feb asked.
"February... I'm not a Starship Ranger. I'm not even a human. I'm... I'm a bug." February's mouth opened wide and she started to hyperventilate. "I'm... I'm a bug in a human body." Bug glanced over at me. I was shocked. February clearly wasn't taking the news well; she seemed to look like she wanted to punch somebody and sob. Pincer started to cackled gleefully. Taz looked up and me and all I could do is stare on looking at Bug... was this Pincer guy going to eat us?
Suddenly, the ship jolted.
"Core set to Overload. Complete meltdown immanent. Prey to your dead god, puny humans. Your fiery deaths are inevitable."
Taz was actually murmuring under her breath. It was fast and Spanish and incomprehensible to me.
"Its not over yet, man!" Krayonder was yelling. Dead-God, Taz had passed down some of her spunk to this kid. He took out his Zapper and started shooting Pincer, who dropped February. Three mosquitoes stood behind him, and he looked drained but the rookie stood his ground. "RUN! I've got him pinned down like a piece of Uranian Pootee!" I had no idea what that was, but the last thing I saw before running down the hatch with everyone else was Pincer grabbing Krayonder. "One day." he coughed. "Somebody like me is gonna kill you and your hold effing race, man!"
"Oh, yes! Thats very nice!" Pincer chuckled and Specs pushed everyone along.
"KRAYONDER! NOOOO!" I yelled. I couldn't help it. Taz was still looking tough, but I swear I saw tears in her eyes.
"C'mon! Lets go! Those Cocorachas cant be far behind!" Taz ordered as we burst into one of the openings in the hallway; we were near the dorms and as if by fate, Krayonder's door was the nearest one to us. February and Bug were squabbling to the side of us. They had stopped behind us and were screaming, and Taz was stood, agitated as anything and pacing back and forth.
"DON'T TALK TO ME BUG I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR LIIIEEESSS." February sobbed and I held my arms out to her.
"Come 'ere! Come 'ere! Let it out! Let it out!" I could feel Taz judging me, by Feb needed a shoulder to cry on. "Look what you did!" I hissed at up, although I didn't mean it.
"I never meant for anyone to get hurt, Up! You've gotta believe me!" Bug was nearly sobbing himself. Specs was holding herself better, and she just saw the man she loved being torn apart. Neither of them knew that the other one liked them, but it was obvious in how they acted.
"¡Dia de las fuertos!" Taz screeched. "He can't be trusted!" she yelled at Bug. Then she looked at me. "And neither can jou." she hissed. "SPECS! Go find Tootsie and reverse the core-overload!"
Suddenly, we heard a loud buzzing noise - the mosquitoes!
"THEIR COMING!" Feb sobbed.
"DAMMIT!" Taz yowled. "Gimme dis..." She took the Zapper from my arms and handed it to the science officer. "Do jou know how to use on of dese?"
"Uhhh, I think so! I've used a blowdryer before."
"Uh, ok." Taz muttered. "If something attack jou, jou pretend jou try to blow dry 'is hair." he accent was thick and I saw the glint of battle in her eyes, like a wildfire. "NOW GO LOCK JOURSELF IN JOUR ROOM." she ordered her. Taz shouldn't have turned down that Commander job. She would have been a better commander than me!
"Okay! Got it!" Feb sounded more composed as she ran down the hall. Bug stared after her. I turned and saw Taz running - towards the bugs!
"Wait! TAZ!" I yelled. "Where 'ya going?"
"I'm going to go over dere and mislead those damn bugs and buy us some time."
"But Taz! That sounds awfully dangerous!"
"I know, Up..." her eyes darkened. "An old friend taught me once what its like to laugh in the face of danger... SO JOU TWO IDIOTAS, STAY OUTTA MY WAYY!" she screeched and ran down the hall.
"Taz...w-" I looked at Bug, who was staring at me. I looked back at him then shook myself. "TAZ!" I ran down towards her and Up ran the other way towards February. All I could think of is what if the Bugs got to her first?
