The Nightmare Boys waited nervously inside Zim's base. GIR was happily brushing and playing with Ky's hair as they looked around for signs of the Tallest. Harry would wave his wand around every so often, his stag Patronus running around the room. Link was sitting in a corner, the soft sound of his Ocarina drifting through the air.
Fone Bone looked out the window, rubbing his arms nervously. Everything was still, even the energetic Bloo was quiet. Goofy rubbed his arm over his shield as Sora jumped at the slightest sound. Roxas kicked at a rubber piggy on the floor.
Mini Moose, Zero and scraps were all curled up on the floor in a silent sleep; which didn't last much longer...
CCRRAAASSHHH!
Zero squealed and zoomed to the protection of Ky's arms, Scraps jumped to Victor and Mini Moose squeaked. Skoodge jumped from the garbage can, sweat dripping down his face.
"Zim! The Tallest's escape pod crashed into the center of town!" he panted. Zim jumped up and grabbed Ky's wrist, dragging her with him. One thing he didn't want to do, was present himself alone in front of the Tallest. The rest of the gang trouped behind them as they ran to Halloween Square. The entire town was gathered around the town's signature fountain.
The serpent's head was a few feet away from Ky's feet as they ran to the massive mess. "My Tallest?" Sora tried. Ky grabbed her best friends' hands and dragged them to the center.
"MY TALLEST!" they shouted at the capsule. Ky jumped onto the alien ship and fingered for an opening.
"Hello?" a timid voice called, very faintly through the metal ship. Ky froze and nodded at the others.
"My Tallest?"
"Yes?"
"Are you okay?" Ky asked. "Are you guys hurt at all?"
"A think Purple is having a nerve break down. I didn't know he's claustrophobic... Can you help us?"
"Whoa, an Irken asking for help," Roxas said. A loud slap and an 'ow!' indicated that VC had just slapped him. Ky dug her nails into a broken part of the ship.
"Jer! Give me a hand!" Ky grunted, her arms straining from pulling on the metal. Jer's hands joined Ky's in the strain to open the capsule. Ky got annoyed and kicked the ship, which was a big mistake. The whole wall caved in and landed on a purple eyed Irken.
"Oh! MY TALLEST!" Zim shouted. The teenagers and the other Tallest strained to pull the wall off. Ky kicked it away after they got it off him.
"Is he... dead?" Axel asked. Ky shook her head and pulled the Tallest onto her shoulder.
"C'mon, we need to get him to the Doctor's," she said. The Nightmare Boy's and Irken leader headed towards the Nightmare Lab. Homestar shrugged and followed behind them.
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"Oho! Ky and the gang! Sally, come down here please! Igor! Help the poor girl!" Dr. Finklestien said as the group trouped in. He had become more happy and pleasant ever since he found out that Sally was going to get married and he would have... for lack of better words... Grand kids. Jewel smiled at the group and led them to the main lab.
"Guys! What a pleasant surprise!" Sally said, entering into the stair case. She noticed the unconscious alien on Ky's shoulders. "What happened?"
"Long story..." Fone Bone said.
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Zim was very nervous, he was afraid that Red would blame him for Purple's accident. Red, however, was sulking in the corner and took no notice of Zim. Ky and Sora exchanged glances.
"Someone should talk to him," Link said.
"I will. It was my fault, anyways," Ky said, standing up. She tiptoed over to him and knelt down in front of him. "My Tallest?"
No reply.
"You okay?"
"No..."
"You wanna talk about it?"
"Why should I inform a low class human, such as yourself, to how the leader of a Superior Race feels?" Red snapped. Ky was shocked, she had heard that the Tallest were slightly jerky, but she just thought that was Skoodge's opinion.
"Well! If you MUST know," Ky said, sounding rather like Jack. "Telling other's how you feel lifts a burden off you! AND it helps the other person to help you fix it or make you feel better! Happy?!"
Now it was Red's turn to be shocked. Never, in his entire life of leading, had ANYONE ever spoken to him like that. He smirked up at her, he like that she wasn't afraid. Her hands were planted on her hips and her eyes narrowed down at him.
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Jer smiled, from across the room, he could tell that Ky was giving Red the 'You-Need-To-Talk-About-It-Or-It-and-I-Won't-Go-Away' lecture. Almost everyone in the group had gotten that lecture at least once. VC and Jer giggled, the first time Zim and Dib had gotten that lecture, Ky had given the 'look' and the lecture twice.
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Ky smirked back at Red and stared in his ruby eyes. "You won't leave me alone unless I talk to you, will you?"
"Nope."
"I guess you're gonna be there for a long time," Red smirked. Ky cocked an eyebrow and tilted her head.
"You, my friend, have just entered an unbeatable contest."
"May the best alien win. Oops! That would be me."
"You have got some attitude, Red." Red cocked an invisible eyebrow at her. He smirked again as she sat down across the hall from him. Red looked around his surroundings. When he looked back at Ky, he noticed that Jer an VC had joined her.
"What planet is this?" Red asked.
"Erm..." VC said, biting her lip. The three exchanged glances, they didn't know if each Holiday had its own planet, or if all the holidays were connected.
"Good question. You should ask Uncle Jack when he gets here."
"Ask me what?" Jack asked.
"Oh! Hi Uncle Jack! This is Red." Ky motioned towards the Tallest and smiled. Red just noticed that the young boy had just crawled into Ky's lap. Ky smiled and ruffled Mac's hair. Jack turned to Red and extended his hand.
"Pleasure to meet you." Red awkwardly took Jacks hand shook it. "I take it that Ky had the pleasure of giving you her lecture?"
"Yes," Red laughed. Mac giggled. Ky smirked up at the two leaders as Sally walked out of the room. "Is Pur okay?" Red asked. Sally nodded and took Jack's hand.
"Just don't get him too excited about anything." Ky flushed and buried her face in her hands. She felt stupid for hurting someone as important as a Tallest. Mac and Jer patted her back and VC gave her a smile.
--@@Later at Skellington Manor@@--
Jack watched as his niece walked up the stairs and lat Scraps and Zero in her room before closing the door. She had personally seen that ALL members of 'Nightmare Boys' made it home safely. Jer and VC had accompanied her as she walked through the town.
Jack smiled, Ky had always done that. Well... she had ever since Jer got mugged on his way home 6 years ago, anyways. She was just like her mother... Jack suddenly shot up and dug through a pile of books until he found what he was looking for.
Jack sank into his arm chair by the fire, his secret photo album in his lap. It was his and his brother's secret from Ky and Sora. They had thought it best that they didn't know what happened to their parents. Jack's smile turned upside down as he thought of his double dead brother.
Double dead? Jack shook his head, no. Septum wasn't undead to begin with. He was human, found by Jack's mother when he was only a few days old. He had remembered that Grim hated him when he first saw him. BJ didn't even notice... or care that he existed. He, on the other hand, as he was the youngest of his maternal family, he had taken in Septum quickly.
Septum, surprisingly, got married first of the four of them. At age 19 he got married to a local witch that he had been dating for 3 months. Jack smiled as he remembered how happy Septum was when he agreed to be his best man. He sighed and flipped the page. The next few pages were of Septum and Anaya's first baby, Sora. Jack had also been asked to be God Father, and with good reason too. Grim wasn't very fond of kids and BJ was a bit to swanky and got drunk easily. A smile lingered on Jack's jaw bones as he turned the page to Ky's baby pictures.
He stared at the picture of her, "How did she grow up so fast?" he muttered. He suddenly recalled a song that Septum sang when Ky was fussy and scared. He racked his skull, trying to remember the words. When he did, he sang silently to himself:
"Where are you going, my little one, little one
Where are you going, my baby, my own?
Turn around and you're two, turn around and you're four
Turn around and you're a young girl going out of my door
Turn around, turn around
Turn around and you're a young girl going out of my door
Where are you going, my little one, little one
Little dirndls and petticoats, where have you gone?
Turn around and you're tiny, turn around and you're grown
Turn around and you're a young wife with babes of your own
Turn around, turn around
Turn around and you're a young wife with babes of your own
Turn around, turn around
Turn around and you're the young girl going out of the door
Where are you going, my little one, little one
Where are you going, my ba-by, my own?"
Tears suddenly started up in Jack's sockets as he remembered his brother. He wiped his cheeks and sighed, a smile appearing on his lips. He knew, that were Septum alive, he would be very proud of his children. He was sad that they had been taken away from them, but, happy at the same time. If they hadn't died, Jack would have never found the joy of having children in his home. This thought made him all more anxious about his wedding, and the kids he and Sally were planning to adopt.
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Awwww!! IT'S SO SWEET!! Though I'm mad at myself that I almost killed Purple by myself... *bangs head on Keyboard*
