"Hey Simon, did you have fun with the pigs?" I groan, not lifting my head up from the table. "I'm guessing that's a yes," He laughs.

I lift my head up from the table, hearing a chair creak as Lewis settles into it. "They were adorable!" I squeal, Lewis shaking his head and laughing.

"Oh that's lovely, Simon."

I nod my head. "Yea! How is whatever it is you're working on going?" His eyes shift and he gets a faraway look in his eye.

"Oh, uh, fine. Everything's fine. There are a few calculation errors but nothing that can't be fixed."

"You sound unsure." Lewis has been working on something that he refuses to talk about since we got here. He shows up in random places at random times, always ready to show me something else that I will find interesting and get distracted by while he makes an excuse to leave and continue working.

"What? No, I don't sound unsure. What are you talking about?" He nervously laughs.

"Oh come on Lewis, I'm not that stupid. What are you working on? Is it something with the clones?"

He shakes his head, grabbing my hands. "Look, don't worry about it. It will be fine. Let's go see what else Dr. Srivaramen has in store for us."

I hesitate, Lewis standing up and tugging at my hand. Finally I oblige, swinging our hands as we leave the break room and head to the Genetic and Mutant Division.

~'.~..'

"Oh Lewis! Look!" Another baby pig has just appeared, this one tiny-er than the rest by far. "He's so tiny! Isn't he adorable?"

I resist the urge to squeal when it walks into my waiting hands, the thing the size of my palm. I coo and make kissy faces at it, the small pig staring up at me with its big blue eyes. "Ah yes. Very cute."

Lewis and Dr. Srivaramen stand on the other side of the fence, the former not wanting to get dirty and the latter saying it wouldn't be wise for him to get close to the pigs. So I went in by myself and sat down in the mud, my once white labcoat now covered in a mixture of poo and mud and grass.

"Come hold him Lewis. Please?" I ask, making big eyes at him. He debates for a moment before finally nodding. "Yay! Did you hear that piggy? Lewis is going to come in and see you!"

The pig responds by snorting, my grin widening. I turn to look at Lewis and see Dr. Srivaramen trying not to smile. "Are you smiling, Srivaramen? I didn't know you could smile."

He quickly wipes the smile off his face, Lewis chuckling as he slips on a pair of waders. "Simon! Don't be rude."

"Oh it's fine Lewis. Now hurry up and get over here." The man walks slowly over to me, trying not to slip in the muck.

"I'm coming, Jesus."

"I beg your pardon?"

Dr. Srivaramen looks unimpressed but it makes me laugh, the tips of Lewis' ears turning bright blue in embarrassment. "You know what I mean," He grumbles. "Now hand me the damn pig."

I pull the small creature away from where his hands are outstretched. "No. Not if you are going to be mean. That was very rude. Apologize."

He rolls his eyes but looks at the pig that is inspecting my beard. "I'm very sorry. Can I have the pig now?"

I pass him the pig, making sure he is being careful not to hurt or scare it in any way. I wait a while before asking, making sure Lewis has time to start liking the piggu before asking: "Can we keep him, Lewis? Pleeeease?"

He laughs. "How did I know you were going to ask me that? You'll have to ask Doctor Srivaramen. I don't know if-"

"That's fine." He nods. "You may keep the small piggu."

I squeal and hold my hands out for him. "Aww! Come here!" Lewis hands me him back and we stand up, walking out of the pen.

"Well, thank you Doctor. I'll get someone to come to clean up the mess Simon's made." I open my mouth to ask what mess, but when Lewis points at the floor I nod.

"Ohhhh." Mud and feces has dripped off of me and onto the pristine white floor. "Sorry."

Doctor Srivaramen shakes his head. "That's fine. Have fun with your small piggu."

I nod and Lewis thanks him once more before we leave, Lewis sending me to go get changed into some clean clothes. When I ask him where he is going he presses a kiss to my cheek and smiles, but doesn't answer my question. Just starts walking down the hall.

The nameless piggu in my hand squirms and I look away from Lewis' retreating form. "Oh come on. Let's go get you cleaned up."

~~'.'~

After making sure my piggu is going to be safe and comfortable in their pen Dr. Srivaramen had made for me so they have somewhere to go while I'm in Yoglabs, I go off in search of Lewis.

I wander around Yoglabs aimlessly, not having the slightest clue where he could be. I even try going in some of the restricted areas but get sent away before I get too far. Each time though they assure me Lewis isn't there and that everything is fine. It's like that's our motto.

'Everything's fine.'

I'm about to give up and head back to the break room to wait for him after checking his office when I hear him shout. I'm deep in Yoglabs, in a place that doesn't seem familiar.

"Oh my God! I did it! The storm is gone!" The sound comes from an unmarked door at the end of a hallway that leads to nowhere.

I knock on the door before slowly opening it, revealing a room with wall-to-wall computers varying in size and shape. Control panels filled with tons of colorful, blinking lights and levers rest below the screens, a large wooden table in the middle scattered with papers that have different drawings and words that appear to be in a different language.

Lewis stands amongst the clutter, spinning around from where he was staring at a purple screen with rapidly changing equations. His hair is all tousled, a grin stretching from eat to ear. His eyes are wide and he keeps moving his eyes from place to place, unable to look at something for more than a second. Somewhere along the way he lost his lab coat, his blue and white stripped shirt not tucked into his pants like they almost always are.

"Lewis?"

I've barely finished uttering his name before everything goes dark.

*A/N: One more chapter. Y'all ready for this? *Cue song* *Dodododododododododdodododo* I'll try and have the stunning conclusion to this weird and random and probably pretty bad overall story by Monday. Friday at the earliest.