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[CjIiNmDmYy]

Hey, Em...really cool chapters, but...um...I know you gave them clothes again...(thanks ) but can you kinda reduce the whole naked thing?? I really didn't wanna read the 'skinny-dipping' part...that was kinda..ew. But this thing is really funny. Monkeys stealing their clothes. That's like a whole new term o Laughing Out Loud.

[Zoey <3]

Very good chaper Em. Sorry I didn't reply before. I kind of agree with Sadi about the whole naked thing, besides that this is a good story. update again soon.

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Dang!! I'm doing more updating than I am posting!!! I've got some catching up to do! Here's chapter 17!!


Emerging Compassions

Chapter 17: Defending Ourselves
(Cindy's POV)


Right at that moment, we heard some rustling in the foliage, though it was somewhat distant from us.

“J-J-J-Jimmy, what's that n-n-noise?!” Carl stammered nervously, pointing a shaking finger where the noise was coming from.

“I have no idea!” he cautioned, “But be warned, and watch out for its claws, fangs, spikes, or horns, if it has any!”

The source of the sound came ever closer to us, cautiously approaching us foot by foot.

While Carl and Sheen were shaking with fear, Libby and I took up tai-kwon-do poses and prepared to attack. That was when the creature emerged from the shadows.

“Calm down, guys! He's completely harmless!!” Jimmy reassured us, “It's only a ring-tailed lemur!”

All 4 of us then relaxed, seeing that this creature was perfectly harmless.

Then we heard some more rustling in the foliage, but it didn't sound friendly. The noise became louder and faster the closer it got to us, making the lemur dart back into the jungle. “Yipes!” I squealed, tightly embracing Jimmy who immediately returned the favor, “I hope it's not a tiger!!”

“I hope not, too, Cindy!” he exclaimed fearfully, his teeth faintly chattering.

The sound approached us faster and faster until the creature that made it lept into view. It was none other than a ferocious Malaysian tiger!

With that, Jimmy commanded Goddard, “Goddard, prepare for attack mode!” He barked and his ion-blaster popped out of his back hatch, armed and ready to fire at the appropriate command from his master. Right then, the tiger let out an ear-splitting roar that seemed to shake the very ground we were standing on. Carl and Sheen ran and hid behind the rocket to try to evade the ferocious beast. Then the tiger leaned backward and prepared to pounce on us at any given moment. “That does it!” Jimmy muttered, then ordered, “Goddard, hit him with an ion blast!”

Goddard barked and did just that. The blast hit it and seemed to physically paralyze it from head to toe, then it tipped over to its side and fell unconscious.

Carl and Sheen emerged from behind the rocket and soon rejoined us, breathing a sigh of relief. Then Carl, the ever-concerned animal-lover, asked, “The tiger's not hurt, is he?”

“Not at all, Carl! The ion blast he received will keep him knocked out for 5 to 6 hours,” Jimmy calmly exclaimed, getting his hypno-ray out of his hypercube. Then he commanded, aiming it at the tiger after activating it, “You will NEVER again hunt or harm any humans!”

Then, suddenly, some war-like rants faintly came upon our ears, though they got closer every second, in some language we couldn't understand. Once again, Sheen and Carl just stood there shaking while Libby and I took up tai-kwon-do poses to try to defend ourselves.

Right then, for some weird reason, Sheen started doing this bizzarre dance, probably based off of some lame UltraLord episode he'd seen, no doubt...

Jimmy just rolled his eyes and told him, “Sheen, I don't really think that this dance is gonna keep these natives from attacking us.”

“Can so! I saw this dance on UltraLord episode 325: Attack of the Barbaric Cyborgs! Watch!” Sheen sharply informed him, and continued his weird dance for several more minutes.

Carl just slapped his forehead and shook his head, muttering, “We're doomed...”

Then Libby walked over to him and scolded, “Sheen, this is useless! Now cut it out before we get attacked or somethin'!”

“My queen is chagrined? What must I do to please you??” he pleaded with her.

“Just stop doin' that weird dance already!” she snapped, then looked over towards the jungle and saw several sets of piercing, evil-looking eyes that seemed to staring right through her and the rest of us, then yelped, “YIKES!!! Let's get outta here!!”

“Guys, relax!! I have it handled!” Jimmy consoled us, then told Goddard, “Go get some water and splash it on the tiger, and hurry!”

He barked and went to get some, then soon returned to us and sprayed the tiger with it.

Jimmy then gulped and exclaimed, “I hope the hypnosis worked on him!”

The tiger woke up abruptly, but as Jimmy had hoped, began to stretch and clean itself instead of attacking us. “Whew, what a relief!” Carl breathed, wiping his brow.

Right at that moment, the natives emerged from the shadows and prepared their weapons for attack. By then, we'd named the tiger Sheer-Khan. I'd chosen the name myself. Jimmy grabbed his hypno-ray and zapped him again, saying, “I command you to always stand guard and protect us from the native tribes until we leave Indonesia!” Then he embedded a special tablet into a piece of meat and tossed it to him, instructing him, “Here, have a snack!”

He immediately began chowing down on it, then a strange look in his eyes seemed to tell us that he suddenly understood everything that was said, and faced the natives with a fierce look on his face. He then let out a deafening roar that scared the wits out of the natives, who let out cries of fear and left us alone.

Suddenly, he spoke words we could understand and said, “That takes care of them!”

We just stood there, speechless, astounded that this tiger just SPOKE to us! Then I asked Jimmy, “What did you feed this tiger, Sheer-Khan?!”

“Just a slab of meat, is all.”

“I mean besides that!” I argued.

“I gave Sheer-Khan a capsule that gave him the ability to speak and understand us,” he calmly replied.

“Yay! Now we have a tiger on our side!” Carl cheered.

“'Sheer-Khan'... I like that name,” he informed us.

“So it shall be,” I said confidently.

That was when we set up our camping gear and got settled in. Sheer-Khan laid a short distance away to guard the camp against invaders. Boy, would we need his assistance in the coming weeks...!!

[Zoey <3]

Nice Chapter Emily. Wasn't Sherkhan the name of the lion in the movie Jungle book? lol

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Yep. And I couldn't think of any other Southeastern Asian names, so I settled for that. lol

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Here's Chapter 18!! I'll post Chapter 19 when I've updated my fic on my laptop to Chapter 20, 'kay? Enjoy!


Emerging Compassions

Chapter 18: The Days Roll By...
(Libby's POV)


We spent the rest of that day attending to camp-related activities, like tending the fire and setting up living quarters, none of which could be achieved without Jimmy's help because it was all mainly his stuff he brought. All that work basically wore us out, especially Cindy and me, cuz we were both carrying children. We were asleep within 10 minutes of our returning to bed that night.

The next morning, we each got up according to each of our own mindsets. I was up first around 6:30am, mainly cuz my child kept wiggling in the night and waking me up, and I finally woke up at that time and couldn't get back to sleep.

We had set up camp inside the abandoned cave, complete with electrical lighting, plumbing, and modern conveniences, thanks to Jimmy and some new invention of his. I sat up in my bed and stretched, then quietly made my way to the refrigerator(YES, an actual working refrigerator) to find some breakfast. I looked through the stuff and found microwaveable breakfast meals stashed in there, so I grabbed one and stuck it in the microwave after removing the covering. I then set it to heat for 3 minutes and waited.

While I was waiting, I heard someone get up, so I turned my head in that direction. It was Carl. He stretched and said, “'Morning, Libby. Sleep good?”

“Hey, Carl,” I quietly replied as to not disturb the others, “Ugh, I tossed and TURNED last night... My child kept wiggling and wakin' me up! I just now got up, cuz I couldn't sleep anymore. Help yo'self t' one of the meals in the fridge. Why are you up so early??”

“Sheen's snoring and sleep-talking about UltraLord kept me up until 1:30 in the morning!” Carl griped, giggling quietly, “I'm surprised Jimmy slept through all that!”

“Yeah, he seems to be quite a heavy sleeper...,” I agreed, nodding.

After our meals were heated, we sat at the nearby table and began eating.

Later, we each did our own things; Carl drew pictures while I listened to my music for a while.

After a while, I looked at the time on my watch I'd received for graduation and noticed it was 8:45am, about time our friends got up. I was about to get up and try to get Cindy up when I saw her stir in her bed, sit up, and stretch, careful not to wake Jimmy up, who I'd noticed she'd slept next to, like I'd slept next to Sheen. She then quietly got out of bed and made her way to the fridge for something to eat. “Mornin', Cin. Sleep well?” I greeted her.

“Yeah, I did, despite Jimmy's noticeable yet moderately quiet snoring, heh, heh!! How long have you been up?” she replied.

“Since 6:30 this mornin'...,” I told her with an exhausted sigh, “My child kept me up ALL night with his/her persistent wiggling! I finally couldn't get back to sleep after 6:30, so I went ahead and got up.”

“And Sheen kept me up until 1:30 in the morning with his loud snoring and sleep-talking about UltraLord!!” Carl interjected, yawning deeply.

“What else do ya expect from an Ultra-Dweeb like him??” Cindy sarcastically commented, rolling her eyes as she ate her breakfast. Then she added, giggling softly and pointing, “Look, he's still doing it!!”

After she'd finished, she decided to practice some yoga techniques to pass the time.

About 2 hours later, Sheen finally decided to get up, sitting up with a yawn and stretching. “Hey, sweetie! Did ya sleep good?” I asked him.

“Did I EVER!! I had the COOLEST UltraLord dream last night!! It all started like-,” he began, but didn't get to finish because Cindy snapped, “Can it, Ultra-DORK!!!”

“Sssshhh, Cindy!!” I gently scolded her, “You're gonna wake Neutron up!”

But I spoke too soon, because he soon sat up in bed, stretched, and got up.

“'Bout time you got up, sleepyhead!” Cindy playfully teased him.

“Oh, Cindy, you're such a kidder! Let me sleep in a bit longer next time, okay, sweetie??” Jimmy told her, grabbing something from the fridge and sticking it in the microwave for around 3 minutes.

I glanced over near the entrance of the cave and saw Sheer-Kahn at his post, snoozing away. “Looks like Sheer-Kahn hasn't budged from his post since last night...,” I observed.

He just rolled his eyes with a chuckle and informed me, “Being a nocturnal mammal, he's mainly out during the night, hunting the local native fauna to maintain his physical well-being. We best not disturb his rest, and wait for him to awaken naturally.”

“Yeah, okay,” we told him in unison.

Once he'd finished, he went further into the cave to an area he'd created to suffice for his lab, which he wasn't able to access at the time.

“What are you making, Jim?” Carl asked him.

“You'll see, Carl, and the rest of you!” he promised us.

And we did. When Jimmy returned to us about an hour or 2 later, he had some sort of spray bottle with him.

“What is that, Jimmy?” Cindy wanted to know.

“This spray makes whatever we're wearing long-lasting and waterproof, so we don't have to worry about them floating to the surface of the water when we go swimming. I've already applied it to mine, so stand still so I can spray the rest of yours. Actually, I need to have them off of you so I don't get any of the spray on you, which dries instantly, so let's head to the lake,” he explained, ushering us out while making sure we didn't wake Sheer-Kahn up.

“Okay, Neutron, we're here, so now what do we do?” I questioned suspiciously.

“Just get in the water and follow my instructions afterward, okay?” he instructed us.

We all nodded and waded in up to our shoulders.

“Now, while still in the water, take them off and toss them to me,” Jimmy said while standing behind a waist-high rock to use as a table. Almost immediately, we followed his instructions precisely. Then he added, proceeding to spray each of them, “Thank you!”

He was finished within 10 minutes, then laid them on the shore and turned his back to us, saying, “You may come get your cover-ups now. I won't look.”

One by one, we each got our cover-ups and slipped them back on, confident they'd last until we needed to head to the Himalayas after Jimmy'd fixed his rocket.

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

I'll post the next chapter once I get some descent replies in, alright??

[Zoey <3]

Nice Chapter Emily. That spray on was a good idea!

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Heheh, I had a feeling you'd think so!

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Been almost 2 months since I last updated, so I think that's a long enough wait. HEEEEEEERRREE'S Chapter 19!!!!


Emerging Compassions

Chapter 19: The Chemical Accident
(Sheen's POV)


Over the next couple weeks, we carried out our daily lives, even though that meant living in a souped-up cave with a tiger to guard us. Personally, though, I was beginning to highly enjoy our new wardrobe, and as can be imagined, it gave me more temptations than when I'm wearing my usual outfit. And I almost gave into one of them once, even though Libby was already with child. On that same day, when Jimmy seemed to be half done with fixing his rocket, an uneasiness fell upon us, as if we were being watched, again.

But it wasn't like that when the day began.

I was fast asleep, unaware that it was late in the morning, when I felt something wet being poured on me. I woke up immediately, sat up, and demanded, “Okay, who's the moron who just splashed me?!!”

All hands pointed to Cindy, who had an annoyed expression on her face and an empty bucket in one hand. Then she protested, “I only did that because I was told to! It's 11:30 in the morning, Ultra-Freak!!”

“Okay, FINE!! Jeez!” I remarked sharply, getting out of bed, then muttered to myself, “Sheesh, SOMEbody sure has issues...”

“I heard that!” she snapped.

Then Libby tapped me on the shoulder and whispered, “Sheen, do us all a favor an' slip yo' cover-ups back on!”

“Okay,” I muttered, following her orders, just slightly disappointed.

“Besides,” Jimmy added helpfully, “You can't just go wandering around in the buff like that. Someone might see you!”

“I see your point, Jimmy,” I told him while glaring at Cindy.

She just glared back at me, saying, “What?!”

“I think he just gave you that look, Cindy, for splashing him and waking him up,” Carl interjected additionally.

“Oh,” she said.

Then I thought to myself, Boy, am I gonna get her back for doin' that!! Won't THAT be a sight!!

“So, what's the plan for today, Neutron?” Libby wanted to know.

“I'll need to work some more on my rocket today. So far, I have the engine repaired, so now I just have to work on the rest of it,” he informed us.

“Sounds good to me!” she replied.

“But what are the REST of us supposed to do?!” I protested.

He was already heading towards his rocket by then. “I don't know. Do whatever you want!” he quickly told us, only half-listening to what I'd asked of him and starting to work on his rocket some more.

“Well, you heard him! Let's have some fun here!!” I exclaimed, running farther into the cave to explore some more.

Before long, I'd found some interesting stuff back there. “Wow! Look at all these sparkly drinks!!” I hollered to my friends closer to the cave's entrance, “I'll bet there's Purple Flurp around here somewhere! Let me see if I can find it...” So I searched through all those weird liquids, but didn't find my tasty drink. Then, an idea hit me! “I know! I'll make some!” I announced to no one in particular, grabbing a couple and mixing them in a bigger container. Nothing happened, so I grabbed some clear, fizzy-water-lookin' stuff and poured it in. That's when the mixture exploded, gushing all over me and the table in front of me like a surging ocean wave, which made me scream out of fright and sheer shock.

Everyone else apparently heard my cries because they all came running towards me, concerned as to whether I was hurt or not. The fumes from the part of the concoction that was splashed on me made me real dizzy, then I fainted because of them.

When I came to, I found myself laying on my bed with everyone standing around me, talking at once.

“Are you okay, SHEEN?!!” Carl almost yelled, making me cringe a little bit.

“He feels sorta warm...,” Libby noted, feeling my forehead.

“Pffft, serves him right for what he did!” Cindy muttered, rolling her eyes.

“Sheen, how did this happen?!” Jimmy worriedly asked me.

“Never mind that! He shouldn't have been messing with your stuff in the first place, Jimmy,” she snapped, looking suspiciously at him.

“So that's how it happened!” he mused, “He was messing around with my hazardous chemicals! How many times have I told you not to mess with them, Sheen?!”

“A lot?” I guessed.

“Yes, it has been! Hopefully, this consequence of your stupid actions will teach you not to tamper with my chemicals!” Jimmy scolded me firmly.

“Well, I don't know if you guys have noticed, but I feel kinda funny, almost as if I'm not feeling good,” I informed them uneasily.

“Oh, no! This is definitely not good!” Libby exclaimed, “I had a feelin' somethin' was wrong with him when I felt his forehead an' he felt kinda warm!”

“You might be right, Libby!” he replied, then turned to me and added, “Sheen, you're going to have to come with me so I can run some tests on you. I'm gonna have to take a blood sample from you and study it.”

I immediately got up and exclaimed, “Jimmy, you know I don't do good with needles!!”

“I know,” Jimmy calmly responded, “That's why I'm going to strap you down and give you an anesthetic first.”

Okay, at that point in time, I was officially clueless as to what he meant. What the heck was an “anesthetic”?!


There ya have it! Enjoy!

[Zoey <3]

Ha Nice chapter. Its funny that Jimmy has to strap him down just to give him the needle.

[Katia11]

Excellent. My favorite line?

"But, what are the REST of us supposed to do??? LOL!

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Since it's been exactly 3 months since I last updated, I've decided that the wait's been long enough! Here's Chapter 20 of Emerging Compassions!! Hope ya like it!


Emerging Compassions

Chapter 20: What's Wrong With Sheen?!
(Carl's POV)


The girls retreated to do something else, but being the good friend that I was, I followed Jimmy and Sheen further into the cave because I was worried about Sheen. What's Jimmy gonna do to him?! I asked myself, concerned.

I then hid behind a nearby boulder as I quietly watched my 2 good friends. One was sick from some sorta chemical mixture, and the other was gonna run tests on the first. What was gonna happen?? I was about to find out.

“Sheen, take a seat in that chair and pull its lever, please,” Jimmy instructed him firmly.

Sheen did as he instructed, then asked, “Now what are ya gonna do to me??”

“Just take it easy, Sheen,” he informed him, strapping him in with built-in metal clasps and stepping away for a few moments. Then he came back to him with a face mask of some sort connected to a weird tank by a long tube, saying as he placed the mask on his face, “Now, take a deep breath of this and you'll be out in seconds. It will also keep you from experiencing any kind of pain.”

Sheen took a deep breath, and within a minute, was knocked out cold. Once Jimmy saw this, he brought out a needle and carefully extracted a small blood sample from him. Then he placed it on a microscope slide and began examining it while Goddard used some sorta beam to heal Sheen's arm where he'd been pricked.

That's when I couldn't take it anymore. I ran out from behind the boulder and up to him while he worked. “Can I help you, Carl??” he warily asked of me.

“Is Sheen gonna be okay?!” I wanted to know.

“I'm working on it, Carl!” Jimmy informed me, then continued with his work.

All that work of his seemed to take forever, so I went back to my bed and snuggled under the covers, then fell asleep in under 5 minutes. Great. Some of Sheen is rubbing off on me...

About a couple hours later, Jimmy shook me awake. I sat up, stretched, and rubbed my eyes with a yawn, saying, “Find anything out, Jim?”

“Hold on, Carl,” he told me, then motioned for the others to come over, which they did. Then he told us, “Guys, this is serious. Sheen has caused himself to contract the dreaded ailment H1N1, or the swine flu.”

“Oh, no! He's turning into a pig!” I exclaimed, horrified.

“No, Carl. It's a much deadlier version of the common flu,” Jimmy explained, “This can last for weeks, or even months, and can eventually kill you if the vaccine for it isn't administered within 10 days of contracting the virus.”

“Oh, great...,” Libby muttered, “I had a feelin' he was sick!!”

“Where are we gonna get the vaccine, Jimmy??” Cindy questioned, a bit concerned.

“I'm actually gonna create an antidote he can consume orally so he won't have to worry about any needles sticking into him. The ingredients for it are quite rare, and are only located in Indonesia, which is where we're at now, but on different islands. We have to get started right away in order to complete the antidote that'll get Sheen healed, so let's head out after I wake him up. My rocket's fixed enough to travel short distances of up to 200 miles at a time,” he informed them, then went back to where Sheen was and splashed water on him to wake him up, then released him from the metal clasps that held him.

“So, what are we gonna do now?” Sheen asked, coughing a few times.

“We're gonna set out and find ingredients for an antidote that'll cure you, Sheen,” Jimmy told him informatively as they made their way to the rocket, got in, and blasted off.

[Katia11]

Get well soon, Sheen! Please!

[Katia11]

Update soon??

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Sorry! I'd completely forgotten about this fic! I'll update as soon as possible, I promise!

[Katia11]

Yes, please.

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

Here's my latest chapter, and it's in Jimmy's POV!! Huzzah!!!


Emerging Compassions

Chapter 21: Slowly Establishing a Cure
(Jimmy's POV)


Technically speaking, it was Sheen's fault he got into my hazardous chemicals, but it was indirectly my fault because I, only half-listening to him, told him he could do whatever he wanted, and that meant messing with my volatile chemicals, to him, at least. In order to cure him of H1N1, or the dreaded swine flu, I needed at least 3 rare ingredients to form an antidote that would cure him instantly. The only problem was that each of them were on separate islands, and we were on Celebes, while the ingredients were on Java, Sumatra, and Borneo, not to mention my rocket is only fixed enough to go 200 miles at the most in spurts. This may take a while...

Once I'd determined that Sheen was carrying the dreaded swine flu, I unlatched him and woke him up with a splash of water from Goddard. When I told the others what Sheen had contracted, Carl overreacted and thought he was turning into a pig, but I explained to him that this was much more serious than that.

With that, we all clambered into my partially-fixed rocket and, with a bit of struggling, I got it up in the air.

We'd been gone for a few weeks, and I'd already knew by then we'd probably failed that science project from a several months ago. But, knowing Miss Fowl, she'll probably be a sucker for anything spectacular I might create, and will probably will give me an “A+” for creating such a thing, not to mention a bonus from before to make up for my missing that science project. At least, that's what I'm hoping.

Within about an hour, which was how long it took due to how damaged my rocket still was, we made it to Borneo, and we touched down in the central, mountainous part of the region where there was a clearing big enough for my rocket.

Once we got out, Sheen took one look around at our surroundings, then said with a couple coughs, “Wow, fascinating. *coughs sporadically* Okay, I'm bored.”

“Sheen, do you need a cough drop??” I asked of him, reaching into a compartment near the driver's seat of my rocket.

“*coughs* Yeah,” he replied, accepting one I handed to him and putting it in his mouth to suck on.

I couldn't help but notice that, while I was digging around in that compartment, Cindy was giggling to herself. So I stopped what I was doing, turned around to face her, and asked, “What's so funny, Cindy?”

“Oh, nothing...,” she replied, trying to stifle her giggling by covering her mouth.

“Oh, okay,” I said, and returned to what I'd been doing. That was when I heard her giggling even more, louder that time. So I turned around again and questioned suspiciously, “What IS it, Cindy??”

“When you bend over like that, I can see-!! *laughs hysterically*” she began to respond, then laughed hysterically, pointing.

I didn't need to hear any more of what she had to say about that; I knew what she was talking about. With my face bright red, I reached down and gave my cover-ups a tug downward to keep them from riding up. Then I turned to Cindy and informed her, “Try to be more subtle about it next time, okay, Cin??”

Her giggling slowing down to a stop, she replied, “Okay, Jimmy, hee-hee, hee-hee...”

Then I announced, “Guys, we have to focus on what we came here for: finding the first rare ingredient to the antidote in order to cure Sheen.”

“Okay,” they agreed, and followed me and Goddard into the forest. It wasn't long before Goddard spotted something and pointed to it, acting like a pointer hound when it'd found something.

“Good work, boy!!” I congratulated him with a pat on his head, then picked the rare plant and placed it in my hypercube for storage.

Then we headed back to my rocket, clambered inside it, and with just a bit of struggling, got it up in the air again and headed towards coastal Sumatra.

It took us about another hour to reach our destination, then I gently landed it and got out with everyone in order to explore the coastal landscape.

It wasn't long before we heard a yelp from Carl, so we ran over to him and I wanted to know, “Carl, what is it this time?!”

“A crab pinched me!” he complained, holding up his foot.

I had Goddard kill the crab and remove it, then I realized aloud, “This species of crab is one of the rarest in the world! It's only found here in Sumatra. This crab has the next ingredient for the antidote that'll cure Sheen.” I then picked up the dead crab and slipped it into my hypercube for later access.

Then we retreated to my rocket, got in, and with several failed attempts, got it running again and we were soon on our way to coastal Java.

When we got there an hour later, I discovered that all we needed was some rare Indonesian rice, so we all headed towards the city of Semerang. We walked up to one of the rice paddies there and saw someone working them. I then had Goddard translate our English into Bahasa Indonesia so the native could understand us. “Excuse me, ma'am, but could we take some of your rice plants from this paddy?” I asked her, and Goddard translated. Then she replied in Bahasa Indonesia, which Goddard translated back into, “Why are you asking to have some of my rice plants? This paddy has been in my family for generations.”

Additionally, with Goddard's help, we carried on this conversation:

“My friend here is sick, and I'm making him an antidote that needs some of the rice plants that you have here in order to cure him.”

“He doesn't look that sick.”

“The infection hasn't completely started to affect him yet, but you can never be too careful! He desperately needs this antidote in order to live, and this disease he's harboring is the recently discovered dreaded swine flu, H1N1.”

“Oh! That changes everything! Sure, you can pick some!”

“Thank you so much!” I concluded, and gratefully picked some of the rice crop from the paddy. Then we returned to the rocket, but not without hearing her say something in her native language, which Goddard translated to, “Good luck on curing your friend!”

“Thank you, kind person! Good-bye!” I hollered back, which Goddard translated again back to her.

We all climbed back into my rocket and, after some failed attempts to start it up, blasted off again, this time headed back to Celebes where our camp was located so I could start making Sheen's antidote.

[Katia11]

:-) Thanks for the update, Em!

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

No prob! I'm currently working on the next chappie, in Cindy's POV. I'll post it when I'm done!