THE DOWNFALL OF GRIMACE

~THIS FANFICTION TAKES PLACE IN AN ALTERNATE STORY LINE DURING BIRTHDAY WORLD, DIRECTLY AFTER THE GANG DEFEATS PINCHWORM~ CHAPTER 1

PINCHWORM'S LABORATORY:

THE SCENE STARTS WITH BIRDIE, THE NUGGETS, GRIMACE, AND SUNDAE NEUTRALLY STANDING AFTER PINCHWORM'S DEMISE. RONALD IS HOLDING POST-BABY FRANKLIN AND TIKA. HAMBURGLAR LOOKS AROUND, CONFUSED AS TO WHAT HAPPENED. "HEY, RONALD, WE'RE NOT BABIES. YOU CAN PUT US DOWN" FRANKLIN SAYS, AS TIKA'S ARMS ARE AROUND RONALD IN A PROVOCATIVE MANNER. "OH... RIGHT. SORRY" RONALD SAYS, AS FRANKLIN AND HER FALL TO THE GROUND. "DUH" MUTTERS GRIMACE, ONCE AGAIN. "ANYONE UP FOR SOME BIRTHDAY CAKE?" THE GANG LAUGHS AS THEY ALL GO TO THE OUTSIDE PICNIC CENTER TO ENJOY RONALD'S BIRTHDAY WITH A BEVVY OF CAKE. GRIMACE SOMEHOW GETS CAKE STUCK IN HIS EYE, "GRIMACE... I'M NOT EVEN SURPRISED ANYMORE. GOT ANY BURGERS? HAMBURGLAR SAYS. "I AM PREPARED FOR ANY EMERGENCY!" THE ALWAYS HELPFUL RONALD MCDONALD SAYS, AS HE REACHES INTO HIS POCKET FOR A NAPKIN. WHAT HE FINDS ISN'T A NAPKIN, BUT A NOTE. HE UNFOLDS IT AND READS IT TO HIMSELF: "RONALD, COME BACK TO PINCHWORM'S LAB, IT'S IMPORTANT. FROM TIKA" "HMM, SHE MUST HAVE PLANTED THIS NOTE BACK AT THE LAB, BUT WHY DID SHE STAY BEHIND BACK THERE? I WONDER WHAT'S WRONG?" RONALD THOUGHT, HE SNEAKS BACK TO THE LAB, AS BIRDIE AND FRANKLIN ARE TRYING TO GET ICING OUT OF GRIMACE'S EYE.

RONALD GETS BACK TO THE LAB, AND TIKA IS STANDING THERE, BLUSHING, AND LOOKING OMINOUSLY AT RONALD. "H-HEY RONALD, I JUST WANTED TO PERSONALLY TELL YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY... YOU KNOW" SHE QUIETLY SAYS, SCRAPING ONE OF HER FEET AGAINST THE COLD, METAL FLOOR. "AWWW, THANKS TIKA! BUT DID YOU REALLY NEED TO STAY BEHIND TO TELL ME? WHAT IF PINCHWORM DOES SOMETHING WACKY AGAIN!?" HE SAYS CURIOUSLY. "WELL... UM... JUST TURN AROUND. ITS A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE, I GUESS FOR SAVING THE DAY ONCE AGAIN" "UHH... WELL OKAY...CAN THIS PLEASE NOT BE ONE OF THOSE "SURPRISES" THAT HAMBURGLAR PULLS? HAHA" RONALD SAYS AS HE SMIRKS LIKE AN ASSHOLE. "OK... YOU CAN TURN AROUND NOW..." RONALD TURNS TOWARD HER IN TOTAL SHOCK, AS HE SEES HER BARE, NAKED BODY. "RONALD, I'VE LIKED YOU FOR A LONG TIME, YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME." "UH... TIKA. YOU'RE LIKE... "?" YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME. THIS IS SICK..."

"DUHHHHH! YOU GUYS AREN'T HELPING! I'M GOING BACK TO THE LAB TO LOOK FOR A NAPKIN!" GRIMACE SAYS AS HE RUSHES TO THE DASTARD PINCHWORM'S LAB.

TIKA SLOWLY APPROACHES RONALD, "I REALLY LOVE YOU..." BLUSHING IN CRIMSON RED. SUDDENLY, GRIMACE OPENS THE LAB DOOR. "UH OH!" RONALD SAYS, HE USES HIS WACKY RONALD MAGIC TO POSSES HER WITH HIS WACKO PENDULUM, "YOU WILL FOLLOW MY EVERY COMMAND UNTIL YOU HEAR THE WORD "STOP,"" HE IMMEDIATELY COMMANDS HER TO HIDE, AND SHE DOES. LUCKILY, GRIMACE IS BASICALLY BLINDED BY THE ICING, RONALD THEN TAKES A NAPKIN OUT OF HIS POCKET AND CLEANS IT UP FOR HIM INSTANTLY. "DUUUUH, THANKS RONALD!" GRIMACE SAYS WITH JOY. HE THEN MAKES HIS LEAVE WHILE OPENING THE LAB DOOR, BUT TURNS AROUND AND ASKS "OH... BY THE WAY, WERE YOU WITH TIKA?... I THOUGHT I HEARD HER VOICE ON THE WAY HERE, BUT IT SUDDENLY STOPPED..." RONALD'S HEART SUDDENLY DROPS, AS THE HYPNOTIZED TIKA SUDDENLY LEAVES HER HIDING SPOT AND STARTS RUNNING TOWARD RONALD "RONALD PLEASE! JUST LET ME LOVE YOU!"

AS HE LOOKS AT TIKA, GRIMACE SUDDENLY FREEZES SOLID.

THE MOOD IN THE ROOM SUDDENLY CHANGES, FROM AN AWKWARD HAZE, TO A SEXY VIBE, TO A WORRISOME FEAR, AND NOW A RAGING, BLACK CLOUD. GRIMACE'S NATURAL, INSTINCTIVE MODE CHURNS IN AND STARTS RUNNING FULL SPEED AT TIKA. A STORM IN MCDONALD LAND IS BREWING, AND IT STARTS POURING DRAMATICALLY. "OH SHIT!" RONALD SAYS, AS HE PUSHES TIKA OUT OF THE WAY, AND CLASHING WITH THE BLINDED GRIMACE. "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?" HE SCREAMS IN HIS FACE, GRIMACE THEN LETS OUT AN EAR-SHATTERING SCREAM, AS HIS SKIN COLOR TURNS DEEP PURPLE. A SLIGHT FOG COVERS ALL OF MCDONALD LAND'S WATERS, FORESTS, AND CITIES. RONALD THEN HAS A FLASHBACK...

HE REMEMBERS THE GRIMACE ISLAND LEGEND THAT GRIMACE TOLD RONALD, THE GRIMACES WERE ONCE A LARGE, PEACEFUL TRIBE. AND THEN ONE DAY A GROUP OF DARK-SKINNED TRIBESMEN CAME TO THE ISLAND, SLAUGHTERED SOME OF THEIR MEN, AND STOLE THEIR BELONGINGS. THE TRIBE'S POPULATION SINCE THEN HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DROPPED

THE THOUGHT THEN HIT RONALD... AS HE LOOKS AT THE UNCLOTHED TIKA, HE REALIZED THAT TIKA KNEW OF THIS LEGEND, AND PURPOSEFULLY ALWAYS DRESSED IN PURPLE, TO DISGUISE HERSELF AS A GRIMACE, AND NOT A DARK-SKIN.

DURING THIS REVELATION, GRIMACE KNOCKS OVER RONALD, WITH AN ALMOST JET-BLACK SKIN, AND RUSHES STRAIGHT FOR TIKA. RONALD JUMPS FOR GRIMACE, BUT HIS BLINDING SPEED IS TOO MUCH, GRIMACE SUCCEEDS IN CRUSHING TIKA'S SKULL, LETS OUT A CRYING, MERCILESS YELL, THEN RUNS AWAY OUT INTO THE DISTANCE.

RONALD LAYS THERE, DEVASTATED. "I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING..."

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END OF CHAPTER 1