Author's Note:
Well it's time for another installment in the Meddling Kids Origins arc. In this fourth and last installment, we look at the origins of the Amazing Chan Clan! Since the series doesn't have a theme song, per se and since I don't feel like making one up, here it is! The Chan Clan origin!
Once, many years ago, there lived a Chinese detective named Charlie Chan, who lived in Shanghai, solving cases from all around. One day, Charlie had met a lovely woman named Tung-Mei and the two fell in love. They married eventually and they had two beautiful boys, Henry and Stanley.
When Henry was three and Stanley was two, Charlie got a job transfer to Honolulu, and so the family moved halfway across the Pacific and settled in Hawaii.
"Isn't this beautiful, Charlie?" asked Tung-Mei "I've always wanted to live in a beautiful city like Hawaii"
"Yes indeed." Charlie nodded.
"What do you think boys?" Tung Mei asked the boys.
"It okay" said Henry.
Stanley shrugged "Don't know"
"Well come on in my son's" said Charlie "Let's go see your new room"
The two boys nodded as they followed their father to their new room.
He opened the door "Here it is Boys. You're new bedroom"
It had a desk, two fluffy chairs, a closet, a toy box and two bunk beds.
The boys cheered for joy "Thank you daddy! Thank you!"
"I'm glad you like it, now I have to go see your mother" said Charlie.
Henry and Stanley nodded and then ran to the toy chest to play with their recently unpacked toys.
"Let's see now..." Henry remarked as he begin to pick toys to play with.
Henry picked up a toy taxi and took it out.
"Let's play taxi" he said.
"No!" Stanley pouted "Wocket!"
Stanley took out a toy rocket ship.
"What about soldiers?" Henry suggested as he got out the bucket of toy soldiers,
"No!" Stanley shouted "Wocket!"
"Why rocket?" Henry asked.
"Rocket fun" Stanley said as he made the rocket fly.
"Fine" Henry sighed "Play with rocket"
Stanley cheered playfully and clapped his hands.
Henry then took out a toy spaceship and started playing with Stanley, who was making swooshing noises with his rocket.
"Mission Control to Saturn I." Henry said, imitating the voice of mission control. "Prepare for lift off."
Bwast off!" Stanley shouted as he crashed his rocket into a block tower.
"I haven't count down yet!" Henry protested.
Stanley just ignored Henry and kept laughing and playing with the rocket.
"Yahoo!" Stanley shouted as he flew the toy rocket around in random directions.
Henry rolled his eyes as he started rebuilding the block tower.
Eventually, it was dinner time.
Charlie set the two boys into their high chairs and their mother tried to feed them their food.
Their dinner was consisted of rice, plenty of vegetables and fish.
"Come on baby's" Tung Mei held up a fork with broccoli to her sons mouths "Eat up"
"No!" they pouted.
"Come one." Their mother said. "Vegetables are good for you."
"No" they pouted again.
"If you don't eat your vegetables, there won't be any dessert for you." Tung Mei said.
"No fair!" Henry banged his fists on the table.
"That will not be tolerated my son" Charlie softly told Henry.
Just then, Tung Mei started moving the fork like a toy plane.
"Here comes the plane" she sang.
Henry swallowed before opening his mouth in anticipation of the taste of broccoli.
Tung Mei fed Henry the broccoli and he swallowed.
"Good boy, Henry" she said "You're such a good boy"
Tung Mei then leaned over and kissed Henry's lips, earning a glare from Stanley.
"Me too! Me too!" Stanley jealously pounded on his high chair table.
"Then, eat your vegetables." Tung Mei said sternly to him.
"Fine." Stanley pouted.
"Here comes the plane" Tung Mei said as she lifted her fork.
"No!" Stanley pouted "Wocket!"
"Okay then, here comes the rocket" she corrected herself.
Stanley opened his mouth and Tung Mei fed him. He chewed and then swallowed.
"Good job Stanley" she gushed at him.
"Kiss! Kiss!" Stanley exclaimed as he puckered his lips.
Tung Mei nodded before giving him a kiss.
"Do you boys want more kisses?" she asked them.
"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" Henry and Stanley clapped their hands.
"Then eat up" Tung Mei said as she kept feeding them.
The two boys nodded before continuing eating.
Eventually, dinner ended and Tung Mei carried the boys to bed.
"Time for bed, boys." Tung Mei said as she and Charlie carried the boys up the stairs.
"No" Henry yawned.
"Not tired" Stanley added.
"Sorry, but you boys need to go to bed early." Their father said.
Tung Mei then placed both of the boys in their beds and tucked them in.
"Good night boys" she smiled at them.
"Good night, mommy." Stanley said first.
"Night mama" Henry said second.
"Good night, sweeties." Tung Mei smiled before kissing both her sons.
"I love you mommy" Stanley said as he kissed his mother back.
"I love you mostest mommy" Henry kissed his mother as well.
"I love you, too." Their mother smiled as she made her way to the bedroom door.
She then blew them a kiss before joining her husband in the living room with something on her mind.
Charlie was reading the newspaper and put it down as he heard his wife heading down the stairs and joining him.
"Are the boys sleeping, dear?" he asked.
"Yes dear, they are" said Tung Mei "But that's not my main concern right now"
"What is it?" Charlie asked as he put down the newspaper.
"I wanted to ask you something personal" said his wife "Do you ever think of having more kids?"
Charlie frowned for a brief moment, then he shrugged.
"I've never thought of that idea." He said.
"It's just that...well I feel like we've been drifting apart and moving into this large house has me wondering what it'd be like to have more children, since we are the last living members of the Chan bloodline" said Tung Mei "And I've always wanted a daughter"
Charlie nodded thoughtfully.
"Just please, one more child" said Tung Mei "Please. I love the boys more than everything, but I want a baby girl too"
Charlie sighed.
"I'm not too sure, my dear" said Charlie "I mean, we just moved here and I don't know if we can afford to have more children unless we can support them"
Tung Mei nodded thoughtfully.
"We will have to see what happens overtime" Charlie said.
"I understand honey" Tung Mei nodded.
There was some silence between the couple before Charlie decided to turn on the television for the news.
"Welcome to HB News with your hosts Reginald Livingston and Bob! Brought to you by, Sorcerer Snacks. Now with 50% more sorcerer" said the announcer.
Reginald cleared his throat "This just in! Dr. Benton Quest has conceived his first child and is currently developing a cloning machine, capable of duplicating anybody!"
"Cloning?" Charlie asked as he and his wife leaned forward to pay attention to the news.
"That's right! Cloning" Reginald nodded "And that's not all! We caught up with Dr. Quest and his bodyguard, Race Bannon earlier today for an exclusive interview regarding their currently in-development invention! Let's go to the tape"
The screen then moved to the interview tape where the reporter was speaking to Dr. Quest.
"So Dr. Quest, please tell me more about your cloning machine." The report began. "Is it true that you can clone anyone through your duplicator?"
"Why yes, Bob" Dr. Quest nodded "This machine can duplicate any living being such as humans, animals and plants"
"So explain your motivation for creating this machine" said Bob.
"For science, of course" said Dr. Quest.
"But aren't you concerned about something going wrong? Like, what if some mad genius gets his hands on it or what if someone does something stupid with it?" asked Bob.
"Hence the reason why I've got extra security added for my latest invention." Dr. Quest said. "Plus, we can't let the fear of such risks stand in the way of progress."
"So how long do you think it would take to finish production on this cloning machine?" asked Bob.
"I'll say around a week or so." Dr. Quest replied. "Besides, I have to test out the prototype to make sure the machine is functioning properly."
"I see" said Bob "But just in case, you might want to put production on your cloning machine on hold"
"What makes you say that?" Dr. Quest raised an eyebrow.
"Someone could try and steal it now" Bob replied "Plus, you haven't finished the plans"
As they watched the interview, Tung Mei turned to her husband and asked, "What do you think, Charlie?"
"I think this cloning nonsense is something that no man was meant to tamper with" he said.
"Yeah, I suppose." Tung Mei nodded.
"We should probably go to bed" said Charlie "I might have my first case to solve tomorrow"
"Good idea" said Tung Mei "But do you think the boys might get scared to sleep alone? Maybe I should take them into bed with us"
"Yeah, sure." Charlie shrugged.
Tung Mei walked into Henry and Stanley's room and saw them sleeping like babies.
She sighed and decided to return to her husband.
"I think they're okay sleeping alone in their room." She said when Charlie came.
"Okay" said Tung Mei "But sometimes I worry about them growing up and not needing me anymore"
Charlie placed a hand on his wife's shoulder.
"It's okay darling" he said in a comforting tone "Henry and Stanley are still toddlers"
"But I love them and I want to keep them forever" Tung Mei sniffled.
"Well, when they do grow up and get married, at least we'll have grandchildren to take care of." Charlie said reassuringly.
"It would be great to be a grandmother" said Tung Mei "But it wouldn't be the same. I'll just miss rubbing noses with the boys, singing them lullabies, waking them up in the morning and kissing them on the lips when I am so happy to see them or vice versa"
"Not to worry, dear." Charlie rubbed her shoulder. "Afterall, it's our roles as parents to watch our children grow up and help guide them through their journey in life."
Tung Mei nodded thoughtfully before yawning.
"Well, we'd better get some sleep" she said groggily "I mean, we've got a big day tomorrow. You start your new job tomorrow"
"Right." Charlie nodded as they headed to their bedroom.
Author's Note:
It looks like we've met Charlie Chan and the first set of Chan twins. So what about the other eight kids? Where do they come in? And what will this cloning machine play in this story? Stay tuned for more folks!