42 (UISYA)

Below is the description of Ann and Larie's **42nd meeting** (EARTH 6) from the Ed, Edd n Eddy fanfiction series, Until I See You Again.

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## Story

>    Ann is an unproductive worker bee from a small nest, known by her community to be more concerned about doing her job right than quickly. While busy with a flower and having again been forgotten by her colleagues, a blue robber fly shows up in the area looking for food. He sees and grabs her, but she's thinner than her fluffy body lets on and escapes his grip with ease. She barely makes it inside the opening of a tree, where the giant can't follow.
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> Back inside her nest, another worker asks her what she's doing back so late and Ann tells her about the robber fly. She expresses anger that no one heard her cries, to which the worker replies there's nothing they could've done for her, anyway. Ann disagrees and believes they should team up and start fighting off their enemies, but none of the workers share her optimism and advice her not to stay upset over it.
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> Ann learns her sisters can't be depended on and stays cautious the next day, until someone else gets attacked by the same robber fly. The others again don't pay attention to the nearby fighting noises and Ann notices the victim isn't calling out for help, either. She decides to swoop down and throw her tiny weight against the fly's head, who then focusses on her. Ann urges the freed bee to call the others, but sees her fly off and going back to work instead. The scene audibly entertains the robber fly, but Ann assures him they'd help if they could only hear her. The fly surprises her by taking her up on her claim and casually carries his struggling victim towards the workers. While stuck in his tight grip, she makes good use of his willingness to get himself ambushed and loudly announces her capture. She continues to give the alerted bees a determined motivational speech, but she's met with confusion and nobody takes the situation seriously.
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> A few cautiously approach and ask Ann why she's messing around with an enemy, instead of working. Ann repeats that he captured her and she's in danger, but as Larie stays purposely docile in their presence, they think it's an act. Insulted by Ann's tomfoolery and odd choice of a friend, they turn their backs on her. The fly takes this opportunity to swap the tiny Ann for a fatter bee and flies off with it, which naturally angers the others. They banish Ann for "tricking them", who is unable to explain herself.
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> The fly boldly returns to invite the homeless Ann over to his place, but she doubts his intentions after he tried to kill her twice and wishes to be left alone with her sorrow. He insists for the sake of survival, as she'll die anyway. With nothing to lose, she follows.
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> The fly, Larie, makes his plans clear and says to have been inspired by the allegations that were thrown at her. He wants them to team up and make her lure other insects into a false sense of security, so that hunting will become easier for him. Ann sees no benefit in it for her and refuses to be part of something so heinous.
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> The exiled bee is hard to convince, even when he threatens her life, but Larie lets her stay in his house and believes she'll turn around eventually. During this odd period the two grow closer and Ann begins to treat his home as hers.
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> Larie's little success on the field has him take the route of self-pity and he complains about insects becoming too smart for him. Ann doubts his claimed struggles, but wonders if it's right to let a friend die just because of the food he needs to survive. She starts to bend and occasionally entertains his proposal of tricking prey. This fills her with guilt and he keeps having to remind her why it's necessary.
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> Their teamwork helps them out-live most other insects and Larie starts bringing up unnatural plans for the future, like starting a hive with each other's offspring. Ann considers it jokes and is more concerned about the upcoming Winter. Larie stays optimistic and suggests that embracing each other will help them get through the cold.
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> Thanks to his fuzz, Ann wakes up to see the sun again, but her body wasn't big enough to return the favour and she finds him dead.
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## See also

* Until I See You Again
* An, Ann n Anny
* Ed, Edd n Eddy Working