What Could Have Been ... 1st fan-fic by Pazuzu

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Inspired by every-one else's brilliant fan-fics I thought i would would give it a go!

This is a fan-fic about what might have happened if when she was born, Leela's parents decided not to give her to the Orphinarium and kept her in the sewers.

I Hope you enjoy part one of ...
What Could Have Been ...

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Every-one where she lived wished they were her. To them she was the most perfect thing they had seen. She was funny, smart and beautiful. Her name was Turanga Leela. Leela was the least mutated mutant ever born. She had one big lilac eye and long, shiny, purple hair. Besides that she was completely normal.
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A splash echoed through the dank home owned by her boy-friend Charlie. He had 3 arms and 3 eyes with a lizards tail that oozed slime. Leela found this very disturbing how-ever felt it un-kind to mention it.

“Do you think we should see what that was?” Leela asked as Charlie tried to put his arm around her.
“No, I’m sure it’s not important.” Leela looked disgusted
“But what if it is?” Leela protested “some-one could be hurt or some-thing worse could have happened!”
“Are you kidding me?!” the confused mutant removed his arm from Leela’s shoulder and stood up. “You would rather investigate a splash in a SEWER SYSTEM that spend time with me?”
“MAYBE I WOULD!” Leela screamed as she ran to a so called door which was really just a piece of drift wood which must have drifted up the sewer line. As Leela left she slammed the door behind her causing a damp ceiling to start to crumble to the floor of the room where Charlie had started to whine.
“Pathetic.” Leela muttered as she walked down the alley in a rage. She realised he fight was a bit petty but she couldn’t stand Charlie anymore. Remembering she left to see what the splash had been she went to a section of a sewage-lines behind Charlie’s home where she guessed the splash came from. She followed the twisting pipe further and further until she thought it was a waste of her time and what ever happened, happened and is over and done with.

“Hello?” a confused voice boomed along the pipe where Leela was standing. Around her ankles the water rippled and she could see her new black boots becoming dirty and grubby. Leela continued to follow the pipe in the direction of the voice and with every step she took the hello continued to boom louder and louder until suddenly she saw someone.  Leela was close enough now to see that it was a human from the surface.

“Hello – please help me!” the human, un-aware of Leela’s presence continued begging.

“Hiya!”  Leela greeted the human. “I’m Leela – you?”

“Uh- hi – I’m Fry.” Fry seemed about 26, a year older than Leela. He was wearing a slightly tatty pair of jeans and trainers and a white t-shirt and red jacket.

“How come you’re down here?” Leela questioned

“I fell and I don’t know how to get out. – where am I?”

“This is the sewers – very popular tourist destination you know!” Leela got the feeling Fry wasn’t very in on the joke. “Joke!” she chuckled as she gave Fry her hand to help him up. Fry was in shock. He had no Idea where he was. He saw the hollow iron tube go on for what seemed miles. Green gunge and human waste was up to his knees. All he knew that helping him up was a girl called Leela.  He stared at her. He was stood up by now but didn’t move. He felt safe with her holding his wrist and him holding hers. He was in a strange place and she was all that he had. He first noticed her incredible long purple hair. It was swept back neatly in a high pony-tail with just a floppy fringe across her face. He looked into her eyes. Eye.

“Why do you have one eye?” fry asked

“I’m a mutant.” Leela hesitated in her response. There must have been a thousand lies she could have told that wouldn’t make him think of her as some strange monster, but it was too late. Fry sharply moved his hand from Leela’s. Fry was now stuck. Half of him wanted to run. Run away from this strange place. This place where there were monsters, mutants, Leela. ‘Leela’ he though. The other half of him wished he could stay. He wanted to stay with Leela. Talk to her.

Fry was cryogenically frozen on December 31st 1999. He had awoken a few weeks ago and was greeted by a strange man called Terry. Terry had told him that he had to spend the rest of his life as a delivery boy. Fry was then taken to his Great x30 grand nephew to work for him. He worked along side an intern Amy Wong, a bureaucrat  called Hermes Conrad and a doctor called Dr Zoidberg. Fry loved his job. The auto-pilot of a space ship would fly him any-where in the universe and then he would get out, deliver and go home. Easy.

[Reply #1 on:]

continue, please  i like it!

[Reply #2 on:]

Thanks- i will!

also - gwynhwyfar - are you welsh or is that just an odd screen name?

[Reply #3 on:]

Ohhh,a "What If" thiong,huh?
I like it!

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Thanks writer! lol

[Reply #5 on:]

So, it's almost like an alternate beginning to the series. Interesting. *nods*

[Reply #6 on:]

I like it... but where is bender?

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Excuse my ignorance but what actual year is it set in?

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@bender_the_grea - thanks and you will have to wait and see!

@nautilus - the year 3000

[Reply #9 on:]

Ooh yay! You posted it! Very good story, it's such an original storyline! I like this very much and I can't wait for more!

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Thanks a lot! - next bit should be up tomorrow!

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tomorrow can mean in 3 months to me.... Looking around my docs i just found part 2 of the story. enjoy...

“It’s not like I’m some freak…I mean there are robots and aliens on the surface I should be no different to you than they are.” Leela could see how badly Fry had taken the news. She wanted to fix this. She wanted to know Fry.
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All through her life Leela had been protected. Her parents had been with her every day of her life. Leela loved her parents but some-times throughout her childhood wished for the freedom she now felt having ran from Charlie and possibly saving Fry. Leela had been very popular throughout her life but that left her feeling smothered and even though she was with so many people she always had felt alone. Leela was strong happy and confident but had always wished for a chance to show it. She wished she could be independent and fight for herself.
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Fry, still uncertain of Leela’s origins continued to stare in her large purple eye. It still creeped him out slightly hat she was a mutant but he could see Leela was ok. She wasn’t like a mutant in some sci-fi horror show, she was as normal as him.

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Loud screams started to echo through the sewer system where Fry and Leela stood staring into each others eye/s. Leela instantly recognised the terrifying wails coming after her. Charlie. She quickly grabbed Fry by his wrist and pulled him down a narrow tube. Fry would usually have been scared but for some reason he trusted Leela and knew that she would look out for him. They ran, hand in hand through a maze of sewer systems. Leela knew the systems like the back of her hand. Fry felt lost.

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Cool! I hope there's more soon!
 

[Reply #13 on:]

Yay! This is really good, I can't wait for the next part!!!

[Reply #14 on:]

Danke schon (thanks a lot in deutsch (german))

Next part to be up shortly 

[Reply #15 on:]

It better be up shortly or Ich werde Sie auf die emotionale Qual verklagen!!!

Great, now you've got me speaking German, too!

[Reply #16 on:]

no need to get lawyers envolved - here's the next bit...

enjoy!


Fry was pulled, by Leela, into a little avenue. He recognised it from some where put just couldn’t place. The avenue led to a high ledge.  He stuck his head over he ledge and looked down. He saw the decaying ruins of old New York; New York to him; his home. In the far corner he could see a pathetic excuse for what used to be a park, the park where he first was taught how to ride a bike by his brother Yancy, who soon after push Fry down a large hill (Before teaching Fry how to use his brakes!). A bit further to the west fry could see his house. It was never a house to be proud of. The roof was always broken, the windows never shut right, the grass was never cut but at least, to Fry, it felt like home. It was only a small block from where Fry was standing but he knew it was his home, even though it didn’t feel homely anymore. Fry looked around a bit more at the decaying ruins of his former neighbourhood. The last place he saw was Panucci’s Pizza Parlour.  ‘Seymour’ thought Fry as he saw his former place of work.


Fry blinked back a tear and turned to Leela. She was sat huddled behind an old phone-box and had a terrified look on her face. Her large eye wept tears and it smudged mascara down, what Fry though was, her pretty face. Fry crouched down to her level.

“What’s wrong?” He asked her, genuinely concerned about the first person he’d really met in the future.

“He’s coming for me” Leela wept.

“Who is? Who is coming after you?”

“Charlie is”

“Who’s Charlie? Why is he coming after you?”

“Charlie’s my Ex-Boyfriend.” Leela muttered, “I just broke up with him and he’s coming to get me. Even now in the decaying ruins of Old New York, where nobody goes anymore, I can still his voice calling my name. Can you?” Leela asked fry still crying.

Fry stood up and listened. He heard nothing and assumed Leela was hearing thing, she seemd so scared.  Suddenly…

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WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? WHAT HAPPENS NEXT DAMMIT?!
Nice work. 

[Reply #18 on:]

The next bit should be up by tomorrow - when i've written it - so i'm as in the dark as you  .

and thanks

[Reply #19 on:]

Ich werde verklagen...

but, seriously, this is a good fanfic

[Reply #20 on:]

nice fanfic

[Reply #21 on:]

@ Trombonist - lol and thanks

@ Apartment1I - Thanks

The next bit should be up tomorrow

[Reply #22 on:]

yay! can't wait 

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Here you go.. part 4...

Fry heard a voice. It was a strange voice. It seemed to be chanting something; screaming something. Fry couldn’t quite understand the whole of what was being said but he picked out one word. Leela. 

“Leela” thought Fry.

Heroically, Fry grabbed Leela, who was still a nervous wreck and crying, by the wrist, and dragged her down a flight of moss covered stairs that led to below the ledge; to Old New York. As Fry and Leela ran down the stairs Fry became more aware of what Leela’s Ex, Charlie was saying. 

“I’m going to get you Leela – no one messes with me, Charlie, Your life will be a nightmare when I get my hands on you. Just you wait you -”

Fry and Leela ran so far they could no longer hear most of what Charlie was saying.  It was a relief what-with the odd curse word and insult they could just about make out.

“I promise you Leela, whatever happened you’ll be ok. I’ll protect you”

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Fry was normally a coward. He didn’t know why but being with Leela made him feel strong.  He saw that Leela seemed quite helpless and defenceless, like she’d never had to stand on her own two feet before.  He didn’t even now her last name, but he felt obliged to help out.

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Fry ran so fast he was tripping over his untied laces, panting land sweaty but he didn’t care, he just wanted to make sure that Leela was ok.

Fry saw his old house, he ran to the door and holding Leela by the hand, he found the spare key beneath a ceramic toad and opened up his front door.

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Next part should be up soon.
It's quite funny - i can write this really easily and can think what to write but I've been asked to do a 5 page RE assessment and can't even start  . I hate RE.

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Oh, sweet zombie jesus, I've got to do that 5-week RE project too! And I've only done 1/2 a page!!! Oh well, that's me. Always leaving things to the last minute. XD

Really great new part, I can't wait for the next one. You're developing the characetrs really well, and I can't wait to see where you take this story. 

I thought I'd put a decent comment for once instead of my normal tripe! XD

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Thanks a lot RDR!!!!
and your comments aren't normally tripe... not when there complimenting me that it 

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Great fanfic I am looking forward to the next part. 

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Yes, I can't wait.  I've decided not to sue.

Hello, midget blues.  Welcome to PEEL.  Check out the faq at the top of the page.  If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Edit: I finally shortened my sig, but it's still pretty long

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Originally posted by Trombonist:
I can't wait.  I've decided not to sue.

Phew - that's a relief 

 

Originally posted by Trombonist:
Edit: I finally shortened my sig, but it's still pretty long

Good Good!

Thanks midget blues & Trombonist!
The next bit shouls be up soon!

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Hi, midget blues, and welcome to PEEL!

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Greetings,inferior carbon based life forms.

Welcome to PEEl, midget blues

@Pazuzu: Great fan-fic, by the way!

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Yes, forgot to say 'Welcome MB'

and thanks Deca  next bit will be soon!

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Sorry for the double post  - next bit (It's kinda short)
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Fry stepped inside first. The house seemed cold; derelict.  The damp over powered him. He peered around into his living room. Everything seemed intact. His dining room; everything was fine. His kitchen; was the same as he left it. ‘Strange,’ thought Fry, ‘this house seems almost, lived in, but then again, dad made this house bomb proof. It must have been unaffected by time.’

Fry Saw Leela stood trembling in the doorway. He quickly remembered to get her inside before Charlie came.  He put his arm around her and led her to a door that was locked with a bolt, key AND a combination-lock. Fry slid across the bolt. He lifted up a plant pot from the hall way.

“These spare keys are every where – it’s a miracle we haven’t been burgled” Fry tried to break the struggling atmosphere, “But then again, look around, what would anyone want to steal?”

Leela let out a little chuckle. She liked This Fry. She turned to him as he was about to unlock the door with the key. She gently held his hand and smiled. Fry smiled back.

“I know you’re in there! I’ll find you”
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I'll probally write more tonight

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Wow, that was amazing! The best part yet, in my opinion. I like your use of semi-colons, and I love how you put in the word 'derelict'! XD

I see you're already starting to develop shippyness.

The suspense is killing me, put up the next part already!

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Originally posted by RobotDevilRox:
 I love how you put in the word 'derelict'! XD

A theasuraus can do wonders... (only joking since as you can see i can't even spell theasarus     (9/21))


   

Originally posted by RobotDevilRox:
I like your use of semi-colons,

Funny you should say that, i had a parents evening and my English teacher told me my writing is good but dull in the sence i need more complex/compound sentences. Maybe my writing improve when i like the topic...

   

Originally posted by RobotDevilRox:
 I love how you put in the word 'derelict'! XD

A theasuraus can do wonders... (only joking since as you can see i can't even spell theasarus      (9/21)

   

Originally posted by RobotDevilRox:
I see you're already starting to develop shippyness.

Would i have it any other way?...

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and over all - Thanks a lot - I think i'm getting into it more as it progresses - Am writting next bit now.     

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Man, I haven't commented on this? I thought I had. Really great stuff, looking forward to seeing how it goes.

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Shippyness is good but I think that in large doses its too much. Thank God for the Interactive Fan Fic Thread. There I can attempt to stamp out shippyness wherever it arises.
But on a more serious note, it's a good story.

And now I have to run before I get shot by almost every other poster on this thread.

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Thanks Sine Wave and Thanks Deca

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This is great, now let's all cheer you on for the next part!
Pazuzu! Pazuzu!  lol 

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Thesaurus, Pazuzu. Thesaurus. *Rolls eyes* Honestly. Oh well. At least it's not the word 'together'!!!