Hey Everyone! Thank you for the reviews. Sorry about the Cliffy. I know you guys hate cliffy. . . I hate it too. I was just soooo tired. Anyway, to make things short here is Chapter Two!!!!!!
Disclaimer!! I do not own Beetlejuice. If I did… the cartoon would never have ended, and there would be a second movie!
Chapter Two: Maybe It Would Be Better If. . .
"…I owe you?" came Lydia's echo.
Beetlejuice peered down at her and nodded.
"…I won't marry you, Beej."
"Who said anything about marrying me, babes? I just said you owe me. I'll think of something later, but first…" Beetlejuice turned to face Lydia's stalker. "You," he growled, "what were you going to do to Lydia?"
The man shook his head and said, "All I wanted was money, dude, I swear! I wasn't going to touch her!"
A low growl escaped Beej, and he whispered the word, "Liar."
Lydia watched Beetlejuice question the man who was now dangling in the air, due to Beej's ghostly powers, she guessed.
Things were going better than Lydia thought. Besides having to make a deal with Beetlejuice, he was going to save her. She couldn't tell if she thought that was a good thing, or a bad thing. But she lost her train of thought as soon as she heard the crunching of bones.
Beetlejuice had thrown the stalker down, and he had hit the earth pretty hard. "I d-d-didn't do nothing man! I wasn't going to touch her."
Beetlejuice laughed. "You weren't going to touch her. You were touching her when I got here. Gods, I swear that if you had…"
"Beej!" came Lydia's mortified shriek, "He's got a knife!"
Her shrieking came a little late. The stalker had gotten up somehow, and was now about to stab Beetlejuice, but he didn't seem to care.
"Lyds, if you don't remember…I'm already dead. This guy can't hurt me."
Oh yea, I forgot for a second, Lydia thought, her cheeks burning red with embarrassment.
"Can't blame you for warning me though, babes. Wouldn't want this irresistible body to be harmed," Beetlejuice said, as the man stepped closer.
"What the hell are you?" the man asked, holding out his knife.
"Well…you're about to find out," Beej whispered, and with a glance back at Lydia, Beetle juice decided it was time to finish what had almost finished Lydia. "A life…for an almost life," he whispered, and the stalker fell back to the earth…dead.
Lydia turned away and began to cry. She hadn't realized how scared she had been.
"Lyds, that man can't hurt you anymore. Don't…don't cry, babes," Beetlejuice said, stepping closer to her. He could tell that she had been afraid, and he knew that she probably would never have called him out if she hadn't been. But for now, he had saved her, and so everything would be all right, even if she did send him back.
Lydia turned around and faced him, and a smile crept onto her face. "Thanks, Beej. It's been such a long time," she whispered. "I don't want to send you back…but I really don't want to be…here, you know? Do you think…"
"Anything for you, babes," he said, and then added, "Just say the magic words."
Lydia nodded. "Though I know I should be wary, still I venture someplace scary. Ghostly haunting I turn loose, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice." And like that, they were on their way to the Netherworld.
