For Your Pink-Eyes Only
Prologue:
Wednesday night, Roger Pink-Eye's room…
'My entire life I have always wanted to be part of something greater.' Roger thought as he poured over the multitude of photos that had piled up on his desk.
'The problem is, I don't know how I fit into it. There's a huge gap in my memories from two years ago. I have fragments from that time. A mould monster appearing in my room, me winning the school science fair and more importantly, the thrill I felt as I was hot on the trail to find out the identity of the Grossologists.' The ginger haired boy picked up a photo of Ty and Abby as they were eating burgers and slurping soda by an outdoors table. 'The main suspects were back then as they are now, the Archer siblings yet my gut feeling is different. Two years ago, I wanted them to be the Grossologists, I wanted to be right but now…'
Roger put away the photo of the siblings and instead grabbed a photo of himself and Ty, wearing laser tag vests and holding laser guns. The photo was a bit larger than the others so it was certainly not taken with Roger's camera. At the bottom of the photo was a text in red ink that read, Conquerors of the Universe!
'I don't care much for Abby. I kind of hate her, honestly. Uppity bitch. But Ty…Ty is the only friend I have. I mean, Jasmine and Andy sometimes pretends to be my friends but they are just like everyone else. Everyone hates me because of my swollen eye (and certainly not my personality which is as cuddly as can be). Everyone except for you, Ty.'
Roger caught himself in his thoughts and instinctively shook his head. 'No, I can't get sentimental now.' He put away the photo and grabbed another one. He then got up from his chair started walking towards a wall with a billboard. 'No matter what, I can't stop now. I have to keep my investigation going until I find what I'm looking for.' He nailed the photo to the billboard with a peg. He then took a steep back to get a full view of what he had done.
The billboard was absolutely covered in photos. Photos of Ty and Abby, photos of the yellow and orange grossologists, of the black, white and magenta Grossologists, The Detective, Andy, Jasmine, Naomi, Chester, Paige, Sloppy Joe, Lance Boil, Fartor, smudged photos of a flying green vehicle, police officers, Kid Rot as well as photos of areas where he'd seen the Grossologists. Everything was nailed to a map of the city with red strings going from one photo to the other, yet somehow all of them had formed a giant G with a picture of himself in the middle.
'Where do I belong?'
Author's Note:
Yep, this will be a Roger focused episode. My opinion on Roger Pink-Eye? I sort of like his character but I didn't really like what the show did with him, nor did I care much for most episodes he was in. Regardless of all the plot holes in Pink-Eye's Revenge, having him lose his memories at the end robbed him of having any meaningful development. However, I will still try to see if I can't do something interesting with this amnesia plot.
Hope you will all enjoy it and as always I appreciate any feedback you can give me.
It's nice to be back, Grossologists!