What If-Chp2

"Have a seat, Mr. Jones. Make yourself at home."

OJ looked around at this seemingly big apartment. It seemed perfectly decent for a family to live in, and he hoped that there's room for one more person. After meeting up with Gillian, he told the little muscle cell about the ID and about the horrible attitude Jared's been giving him. Gillian grinned and waved away his complaints and offered to take him into his home. Once inside the living room, he was given a warm welcome by Queenie Monoxide Tricep, Gillian's mother.

"He may look and speak that way, but inside he's a very nice young man," Queenie said as she served him something to drink. "Don't mind my brother. He's always been like that ever since he joined our family."

"Cousin Jared is an adopted cell in his family," Gillian said. "No one really knows where he came from and he doesn't have a clue either. He just so happened to be my uncle's—my mom's brother—home one day and that's it."

"He's adopted? I didn't expect that. No wonder he's so cranky," OJ said. "He ain't so nice like a pretty cell like you."

"Oh, stop," Queenie giggled. "He's been bitter almost about everything and anything. It's like there's something in his life he wishes to forget but just couldn't let go. He'll be OK. There's nothing time can't heal. Just try to get along with my nephew. You might just like him."

"Yeah, I hope," OJ muttered doubtfully to himself.

“Looks good on you, Jones. You wear it well!...He’s burning up! We need to cool his body down!...while I bring down Frank's little girl...!”

"NO!!!!"

OJ was shaken awake by the same nightmare. He looked around, dazed, as if he was still in his nightmare and not in the reality world. After making sure where he was, he heaved a sigh of relief and plopped his head back onto the pillow. He muttered "Nightmare" to himself before realizing that he was all alone in the house. Everyone was gone out to do their daily jobs. And speaking of daily jobs, since he was going to be part of Shane Metropolis, he might as well make himself useful.

After making his bed, he went out and walked all the way to look for a job. He knew he had to start somewhere and that somewhere has got to be something to do with his experience. Needless to see, he wants to go back into the immunity force business. But things didn't turn out his way as when he approached Jared for work (as much as he loathed meeting him, he was the only one he knew in the SPD), Jared obviously said no.

"We have enough people in this force," Jared said coldly. "We don't need anymore of you guys."

"Hey, we all want Shane to be nice and comfy and in tip-top shape, right? So why risk having fewer members when you can have another extra hand?" OJ tried to persuade him but Jared was adamant.

"We don't need you, so get out of here."

"Jared! It's not your say whether he's qualified to work here or not. Stop being so bitter."

OJ and Jared turned around to see Queenie with her hands on her hips, scowling at Jared. She then gave OJ a smile and led him to the superior's office. OJ gave him a Serves-you-right before following her behind. After hearing about his predicament and where he came from (and also checking his badge for conformation—always the formal stuff first), the superior gladly accepted him into the team. He was introduced to the rest of the SPD force and was gladly welcomed into the team, unfortunately for Jared.

"Guess that makes us colleagues now, huh?" OJ grinned and held out his hands good-naturedly. Jared stared at the hand for a while before he looked away with a huff.

"Don't mind my nephew," Queenie said as she lay a hand on OJ. "He's always been like this. You'll get used to it."

"I was wondering," OJ glared at the disappearing Jared for a while before turning to Queenie. "Since Frank is...well...gone, where does this lead Shane to?"

"From what I've heard, after Frank died, Shane was taken into custody by Uncle Bob. But soon the children services think that Uncle Bob was not fit to be a parent since he was such a sorry excuse for a family anyway, so she was taken into a foster home instead. She's waiting to be adopted though."

"Thank Frank! I would never let my kid be in the likes of Bob if she were my kid!"

Queenie chuckled. But her chuckle was cut short by a sudden rumble in the ground they're standing. Everyone was taken aback by it. After about 10 minutes later, the tremors stopped.

"What the hell happened?? She got herself some gas or something?!" OJ exclaimed.

"Mother! Mother!" Gillian was seen exclaiming as he ran into the SPD with his bag on his back. "Something wild is going on down there!"

"Gill! Aren't you supposed to be in school or something?" Queenie asked, surprised and annoyed but Gillian waved it away, taking OJ's hand.

"Come on, Jones! It's really cool! There's something cool going down at the U-Chamber! You gotta go watch!"

"The U-Chamber?" OJ asked as he was dragged towards the bike. "What the heck is a U-Chamber?"

But Gillian didn't have time to answer his question. He cranked up the bike and was on his way towards wherever he wanted to show OJ. Queenie came out of the SPD and yelled after her son, "Gill, when you come back home, you are so grounded!!!"

They've reached the place Gillian was talking about not a minute too late. As OJ removed the helemt and looked around, he finally understood what the U-Chamber was. They were standing on a overhead bridge that was leaning really, really close to ours truly Shane's uterus. OJ grimaced at the sight. A lot of people were present there and they seemed very excited about something happening below there. Jared was there, too, to check out the situation but OJ had no time to argue with him.

"Damn it, Gill! You seriously are a mad little kid! You took me into Shane's neeno, man! Didn't your mama ever told you that's bad to barge into a lady's privacy?!"

"Shush, Jones, look!" Gillian said as he pointed towards the uterus. OJ looked down and saw, in horror, that it was a huge swarm of sperms gathering around an egg cell. OJ was shocked. It can't be! Shane is too young! She can't be having kids right now! She can't have any kids at this age! What's going on here?!

"What the hell is happening here? What's all these...?"

"It's Shane," Jared said nonchalantly. "She's being attacked."

"Attacked? What do you mean she's being attacked?" OJ asked, fearing to hear what he might know.

"It means she's being raped," Jared rolled his eyes without a care. "We received news that she was being attacked by one of the older boys in the orphanage. Still, having a new life is often celebrated in every female body cells live in and this is considered a great event."

"A big event?? She's only 1/4 of Frank's age and she's gonna go mommy if this goes on!"

"Come on, Jones," Gillian said, nearing towards the brink of the bridge. "This is a great event! Shane is getting pregnant! We're gonna be part of creating a new life. This is so cool!"

This wasn't cool. This was terrible! He had to stop this! He had seen movies through Frank's Eye Auditorium about young girls getting pregnant and have their lives ruined forever, and he was sure that this life is not going to be like the movies where a handsome guy is going to pop up and help the girl go through her life in one piece and then fall in love and get married. This was reality and it's harsh. He had to put a stop to this. OJ wanted to climb over the bridge and go down to stop it but felt a hard tug on his hand by Jared. He tried to pry his hand away from him but it seemed that Jared was stronger on the grip than he imagined. He put up with a struggle.

"Let me go, damn it! I gotta stop this!"

"It's human nature," Jared replied coldly, tightening his grip on him. "Let it take its course. It's up to Shane whether she wants to deal with it or not."

"She's too young, man! She ain't fit to be a mother! She got her whole life ahead of her. It ain't fair for her to live like this! Let me go!!! I gotta stop those tadpoles from getting in..."

Too late. A huge electrical blast happened and the U-Chamber was brightly lit for a second or two. The insemination was complete. One of the sperms had made its way into the egg. OJ stared in horror as the egg started to form and split from two, then to four, then more. It's in, he thought. It's inside her. She's gonna have a kid and I wasn't there to stop it...It's going to ruin her life...I should've stopped it...I should've...

He slowly slipped into unconsciousness with all the pressure he was feeling, failing to realize that Jared had caught him before his face hit the ground...