Mystery Science Theater En Masse

Egg Spiral Crew, Episode 13: Coming Home (Part Four)

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chapter 10

Julie loudly ran across the wood floor, her bare feet making loud slapping noises as she made her way to the couch.

Manic: The heck? Does she have scuba flippers for feet?

She began to shake her sister to wake her from her slumber.
"Colleen!" She whispered in her ear.
"Hmm?" Colleen mumbled awakening. "Julie? What's wrong?" She asked as the things around her came into view.

Amy: She smelled gas, now get out of the house!
Sonic: Really? Then why is she whispering, Ames?
Amy: I never said that these fics were logical.

"I had a bad dream." Julie reluctantly admitted with tears lining her eyes.

Sonia: I know that she's nine, but why is the author writing her like she is four?
Sonic: *while waving his hands* Because maternal instincts, sis.

"Oh sweetie, come here." Colleen reached out her arms and put her sister on her lap. ~ Downstairs ~

Manic: *flatly* Thrilling.

Randy awoke to the sound of thumping on the floor above him. He sat up straight. When he heard mumbling he jumped out of bed and grabbed a T- shirt on his way upstairs. ~ Back upstairs ~

Amy: Okay, seriously, what was the point of that scene?
Manic: Because the fangirls needed to see him shirtless.
Amy: Oh, much like the sweat that dripped down Mr. Kusanagi's chest that one time he had a nightmare in that one fic?
Sonia: Wait, that was a thing?
Amy: Yes. Yes, it was.

"It's okay, it was just a dream. I'm here." Colleen hugged her sister protectively. Suddenly Randy came into the room. He also looked slightly frightened.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"She just had a bad dream." Colleen explained as Julie let out a little sniffle.

Sonia: No, don't tell us the details or anything. That's too much.

"Oh." Randy sighed heavily. He walked over and sat next to the girls. "I think I have something to cheer you up a bit."
"Really? What?" Julie asked intrigued.

Sonic: *holds up a Kyo K. plush*
Manic: *holds up a Benimaru plush*
Sonic: We shall now re-enact their battle before their first tournament together.
Manic: *casually drops his plush* Fight's over. They never gave us the details to begin with. All we know is that Kyo beat Benimaru.
Amy: *as she picks up the Benimaru plush* I swear, you two should've just made shadow puppets instead of recalling nothing.

"Well, when I was about eleven, I moved down to the basement. It made the weirdest sounds and it really REALLY scared me. My first night down there, I sang '99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall' and made it all the way to zero. I ended up sleeping up here on the couch for t least a week and I hid my pillows in the oven." Randy laughed at the memory of his own childish behavior.
"You did?" Julie asked giggling
"Unfortunately yes."

Amy: Well... that did happen. Author's got a good memory.
Sonic: Wait... really?
Amy: Hey, we riffers also have to give credit where credit's due, you know.

"What did you do?"
"I faced my fears. My dad showed me what was making all the noises and even how to stop some of them." Randy explained.

Sonia: Yeah, like cutting off the furnace entirely in the middle of winter. Everyone in the house freezes to death.
Manic: *snickers*

"Now, what was your dream about?"
"I don't remember." Julie smiled.

Sonic: How. Freakin'. Convenient.

"See? It worked. I thought you might get a kick out of that story. And if this ever happens again, I've got tons of stories about things my dad has blown up, destroyed, or sat fire to." Randy laughed.
"Really? Tell me one." Julie smiled and scooted over into Randy's lap.

Manic: Man, they're gonna be here all night. Nobody's going to get any sleep at this rate.
Sonia: *takes the Kyo K. plush from Sonic* Yeah, tell me about it.
Manic: *glances at Sonia*
Sonia: What? I just wanted to hold it.
Manic: Uh-huh. Sure...

"Well let me see. There's just so many." Julie let out another giggle, as did Colleen. Randy smiled at her as he remembered a good one. "There was this one time, he and Al were fixing a gas leak at their friend Benny's aunt's house. Well it turns out there was two leaks and an electric clapper lamps was still on. My dad didn't know about it and clapped his hands to get people motivated. The light went on and the electricity blew up the entire house." Randy told the story as best he could remember. Julie was covering her mouth to stifle her laughter as best she could but was failing miserably.
"Shhh. Julie, don't wake anybody else." Colleen tried to calm her but was laughing as well. "All right, back up to bed with you." Colleen announced when she'd controlled her own laughter.
"Aw, but I wanna hear more stories." Julie whined.

Amy: Hear them over breakfast, watch his dad get embarrassed. Save it for then.
Sonia: And what night is it? Doesn't she have school?
Sonic: School's for losers, sis. Just ask--
Manic: Don't! I don't want to deal with him in a bad mood, bro!

"Well, I need time to think of more. Besides, you need your sleep." Randy lifted her up and put her back on her feet.

Sonic: Just break the fourth wall and watch your episodes, man. We did it.

"Will you guys tuck me in?" Julie asked with her most angelic face.

Amy: Ah, forced childhood innocence. It's so diabetes inducing.

"Yes, we'll be right up." Colleen smiled, remembering when she used that face to get what she wanted.

Manic: Even though she lived with her abusive father, which really makes no sense when you think about it.

Julie's smile grew wider and she darted up the stairs.
"Thank you." Colleen said looking over at Randy.
"No problem." Randy gave her a quick kiss, took her hand, and led her upstairs.

Sonic: And we all know what happened next...
Manic: *plays 70s porn music*
Sonia: *stops the music* In front of her nine year old sister?
Sonic, Manic: Oh. Eww. We forgot.
Sonia: You forgot that fast?
Amy: Either that or they're teaching the kids about sex education really early.
Manic: *stares at Amy*
Amy: Well, sorry that I've gotten a bit more snarky over time! *playfully sticks her tongue out*

chapter 11

The landlord opened the door for Colleen and Randy. They were apartment hunting while Julie was playing video games with Mark. Colleen stepped in first. She scanned the main room, it was empty except for the kitchen area that came off the back corner. She noticed three doorways. She walked to the first one and found a large bathroom with a nice large tub. The next door lead to a small bedroom with a decent sized closet. The third door, the one that came off the other side of the room took Colleen into what must have been the master bedroom because it was huge. She smiled to herself. Randy came in and stood next to her observing, he smiled over at her. This was perfect. ~~~

Amy: Wait, how are they going to afford all of that? I thought that they were pressed for money!
Sonic: Logic, Ames.

"There's still a few more things in the car." Colleen told Tim and Mark as she carried yet another box into the apartment. Ah, moving day. She thought to herself.

Manic: Guess the wangst got moved, too.

"We'll get them, you relax." Tim said handing her a cold can of soda as he followed Mark out the door. Colleen gladly accepted the can and took a large sip.

Sonia: *sarcastically* Because women can't lift.
Sonic: *snickers* Says a lot coming from the one with the super strength!

Randy then entered the room holding and even bigger box then Colleen had. Behind him, Julie came skipping in carrying her small suitcase. She plopped down on the floor next to where Colleen now sat.
"Colleen, I don't want to go to a new school, I don't know anyone." She whined.

Manic: Yeah, that's what happens when you move. Duh!

"Julie, we've been over this, you HAVE to go to school. You'll make lots of friends, don't worry." Colleen reassured her.
"But-" She argued.
"No buts." Randy interrupted also sitting down. "You're gonna go to school and have fun."

Sonia: I didn't know that fun was required, Mr. Drill Sergeant.

"But I wanna stay with you." Julie finished her previous statement.
"I know you do sweetie, but we have to go to work. So we wouldn't be here anyway." Colleen sighed trying to make her understand.

Amy: *as Colleen* Well... unless you want to pretend to be an adult and foil robbers with your makeshift traps...

"Oh." Julie looked down at her hands.
"But we can hang out after school." Randy told her attempting to cheer her up.
"Promise?" Julie looked up at him, hope in her eyes.
"Pinky swear." Randy Smiled holding out his right pinky. Julie smiled back at him, did the same and they "shook" on it. Randy was getting better at this parenting thing.

Sonic: Yeah, much easier since the kid ain't in diapers.

A/N: Sorry this one is so short, but I couldn't think of more to put in there. Keep reviewing and tell me what you think!

Manic: I'm glad that they're short. That way we can finish this fic faster.
Amy: So we ran out of plot. Of course there's nothing to put in there!
Sonia: Aside from any random melodrama that may be happening soon, of course.
Sonic: More like "right in the next chapter".
Sonia: And how do you know?
Sonic: Hedgehog's hunch, sis.

chapter 12

Amy: *dials a number on her cell phone* Yes, hello, is this LeMaire Medical? I'm currently riffing a fic that has a very sugary character in it, and I think that I may have diabeetus because of her.
Manic: *cracks up*

"Now get in there before you're late." He ordered nicely. She turned and slowly dragged herself through the front doors, waving once before she disappeared into the stream of students.
"You're getting the hang of this aren't you?" Colleen asked putting her arm around Randy's waist. He was still looking at the doors, trying to get one last look at Julie.
"What?" He finally looked over at him. She was smugly smiling up at him.
"Parenting."
"Hey, there's no smelly diapers with this kid, I'm fine." He joked.

Sonic: Called it!

"You're an idiot. And if we don't get going, you'll be late too." She laughed as they turned and walked off. ~~~
"Higher!" Julie shouted as Randy pushed her on the swings.
"You sure?" He asked.
"Positive." She answered at she swung backwards, closer to him.

Amy: Oh, so she wants to be like Swinger Girl!
Sonia: I can't wait for a tomboy to make a fake philosophy about her when that time comes.

Colleen was sitting under the tree just by the swing set. She'd had a stressful day at work so Randy had insisted she relax.

Manic: Last time I was on the swings, I was listening to the arranged version of "Esaka?". True story, man.
Sonic: You have rock music and swings? Yeah, that's a perfect mix.

A young girl, about her age walked briskly up to Randy and grabbed his attention. He turned and looked her over once before hugging her. Colleen's mouth dropped down to the grass.

Sonia: She needs to pick that up, then.
Manic: Didn't know that body parts were detachable. I must've missed that lesson there.
Sonic: Yeah, odd coming from my siblings who can literally explode and have no lasting effects.

She finally gained her composure and after standing up, strode over to them. After she'd gained her composer

Amy: ...she began to write an amazing symphony.

and stood up, she walked over to the swing set to were Julie was now keeping herself going by pumping.
"I can't believe it's you! It's been so long!" She heard this mysterious girl say.

Sonic: It's Lauren. Had to put Lauren in there. She's the freakin' Yuki of "Home Improvement". Fangirls hate her.
Amy: You called it.
Sonic: Like I said earlier, it's a hedgehog's hunch.

Colleen rolled her eyes as she walked up but found herself almost falling over when she heard Randy's response.
"I know, I missed you so much!" Randy pulled her into another hug. Once she again composed herself, she closed the space between them with a large fake smile on her face.

All: Rude.
Sonia: Also, rolling your eyes? You're no better, Miss Wangst. Don't go tearing another woman down to try to make your "special" self look better, because it's not working.

"Randy, who's this?" She asked cheerfully.

Manic: A better developed character than you, that's for sure.

"Oh, jeez, Colleen. Um, this is Lauren, and old friend." Randy explained stuttering as Lauren looked at her feet. "Lauren, this is Colleen, my uh, girlfriend." Oh great, now he can't look even look at me.

Amy: Of course he can't look at you! You're the narrator, for heaven's sake!
Sonic: Wait, what? Now it has to be all about you? I'm startin' to think that this is a self-insert now.

Tired of the awkwardness of the situation, Colleen turned away to help Julie off the swing, she'd called to her because she wanted to stop.

Sonia: Okay, what? He only said one sentence. Not to mention that she didn't help matters by acting like a spoiled child. I'm starting to think that her "bad day" at work was just an excuse for her to be a jerk here.
Sonic: What's that, sis? You're trying to call out Miss Wangst? Time to make you the evil jealous harpy, then!

"Well, I need to start dinner and Julie has some homework to do so we'll see you at home Randy, nice meeting you Lauren." Colleen rattled off the quickest excuse she could leading Julie away by the hand.
"Uh yea, home." Randy almost whispered to Colleen's quickly retreating figure.

Amy: Oh, here we go...
Manic: Oh, boy! The "love triangle" begins!
Sonia: This is going to be stupid, isn't it?
Sonic: I don't even know why you asked that question. You already know that the answer is going to be a very loud "yes".

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