A/N Sal Here! Ok I know I said I wasn't going to do anything with this story for a while but due to the instant impact it seemed to have on some people I feel the need to put this first. Let's answer some reviews… but also notice a pattern some of them have…people are pretty weirded out by how I've put Margaret in the state of mind that she's in…
WillBunny: Thanks bro! And I agree maybe I overdid it… but the question is… did it have purpose?
C: Yes I agree… but that's what I was going for.
Master T-Rex: Glad to read you like my story and I will be checking out that later.
Guest: It had purpose just trust me… also no I won't be using you suggestions but it makes me happy to know I have an interactive fan base.
Why am I only responding to these people? Because I can respond to the people with accounts privately… these guys not so much…
Now then, in the words of the late great Mills Lane: LET'S GET IT ON!
Ch. 2 Revelation
Mordecai was driving back to the park from Margaret's, His mind foggy with questions… and his check still red from Margaret's wing.
"Margaret… was me disappearing through time really THAT traumatizing?"
He continued to think until he got back to the park house to see half the park destroyed… again.
"What I miss? Another one of Muscle Man's parties?"
"Hey Mordecai!" He turned around to see Thomas waving to him and Skips trying to fix the doorway off the house… even though the roof looks a lot more haphazard then the door.
"Where have you been? You missed Muscle Man's latest disaster…"
"What he'd do?
"He forgot what happens when you ghost chilies with fireworks." Mordecai was taken aback by the response.
"What was he trying to accomplish besides total destruction?" Thomas explained…
"He wanted rockets that "REALLY" explode. He ended up creating a firework dragon and we were just lucky it started raining. Anyway where were you?"
"Seeing… Margaret…" Skips noticed Mordecai's face was beat red on his left check.
"And she slapped the taste out of your mouth did she?" All Mordecai could do was nod.
"Well you were gone for two months… I'd slap you too!"
"Yeah but this is what I don't get: She's taken this to level I didn't think she could reach from me being missing… She's even been cutting herself!" Skips and Thomas' faces needed to be captured on film as the shock took hold.
"Wait a minute… Margaret… one of the most joyful people you've ever met… has taken to cutting herself…?" Skips couldn't believe that he just said that. Something so improbable that people wouldn't even have nightmares about it… was reality to Mordecai. Thomas was shocked himself and he doesn't even know who Margaret is.
"So what are you going to do?"
"I-I don't know… but I'm afraid… I've never seen Margaret take something so out of proportion."
"What you need to do is find out why she's taking it the way she is." There was silence as Mordecai thought how he could find out if Margaret won't talk to him… when an idea hit him.
"There's only one person who could help me… Thanks Skips." Skips nodded as Mordecai walked off alone to a quiet spot and pulled out his phone.
"If I can't ask Margaret herself… ask her best friend…"
Eileen was probably the only hope for Mordecai to get answers right now.
*Ring…Ring…Ring…Ring…Ring…Ring…Ring…Ring…"
"Come on!" No answer by Eileen. "Rigby… Maybe he knows…"
*Ring…Ring…Ring…"
"*Yawn* Hello?"
"Rigby!"
"Ah! Dude, don't scream into the phone!"
"Wait, are you sleeping?"
"Yeah why?"
"Dude it's pretty early for you to be asleep. It's not even eight!"
"I was tired from the three mile run I had to do. Dick."
"Cut me some slack, I had to see Margaret."
"And she slapped your teeth out. Yeah Margaret told Eileen about twenty minutes later.
"About Eileen… do you know where she is?"
"She went home after work. Why, do you think she might know what's up with Margaret?"
"She's probably the only one…" Silence on the other line…
"Well if we're going to figure this out, I might as well come along. Meet me out front… *click*"
"This better work… or I can kiss any relationship with Margaret goodbye…"
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Eileen had just got home to find her door unlocked… she opened it suspicious of who was inside. She turned on the light to see Margaret lying on the couch… waiting for Eileen.
"Margaret… yo-you left your home…"
"Yep… It's been a while since I've left that apartment. So how are you today Eileen?" Margaret was talking in a strange calm… yet was still missing her natural joy.
"I'm doing pretty good… I saw Rigby earlier…"
"AND?!" Margaret's calm attitude disappeared at the sound of Rigby's name… obviously mad at him as well. "What did that traitor have to say?"
"Margaret, it's not what you think! They went through time to help save their park."
"So they left to save themselves and their "precious" park?!"
"Margaret… that… that didn't make any sense… they were attacked and they had to travel through time to prevent their lives from being erased and replaced with a new one… one where we wouldn't even know them!" Suddenly Margaret grabbed her head in pain.
"AHHHHHHHH! What's happening to me?!" Eileen was scared as her friend began to knock over anything that wasn't over twenty pounds. Suddenly she stopped… "So… you believe the lie they gave you…"
*Ring…Ring…Ring…*
"It's Mordecai…"
"Don't answer! We're not done talking…"
*Ring…Ring…Ring...*
"You can talk to Mordecai all you want after I'm done with you… I can't believe that my best friend would fall for such a blatant lie…"
"Margaret, it's true! They were building an exit ramp over the park!"
"Because they ran away! If you believe those traitors… then you're just another one of them!" Margaret rolled her hand into a fist and knocked out Eileen. "Consider our friendship over…" She said as she walked out the door… leaving Eileen unconscious…
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Mordecai and Rigby arrived at Eileen's apartment that was actually not that far from the park.
"Let's hope she's still home…"
"Don't worry; I'm sure she's still here." The two exit the cart and walk up to the second floor where Eileen lived. As they approached they noticed that Eileen's door was open but the light wasn't on.
"Eileen?" Mordecai turns on the lights to see Eileen out cold.
"Eileen!" Rigby ran to her side to if she was alright. After a few seconds Eileen began to stir…
"Mhmm… what happened…..MARGARET!" Eileen shouted angrily as she realized what happened.
"Margaret?!" Both Mordecai and Rigby couldn't believe it. "Margaret did this?!" Eileen nodded as she stood up and walked over to her couch.
"She came over and we had an argument… about you guys."
"Us?"
"Makes sense… after all my face still hurts from the slap she gave me. And since Rigby went with me, it would only be natural that she'd be mad at him too, right?"
"Yeah I guess… but why did she hit you?" Rigby said as he got Eileen an ice pack for her head.
"I told her what you told me earlier. She then started freaking out as she started knocking over things as she had a headache or something. She called me a traitor for believing your "lies" and then she hit me…"
Mordecai couldn't believe his ears… Margaret hadn't just blow things out of proportion… She's completely lost all rationality to the point that she struck down her best friend…
"Eileen… Do you remember exactly when Margaret started acting like this?" Eileen tried to recall the day it started.
"It started around three weeks ago. I was waiting tables till this man came in and asked if we knew you guys… Next thing I know I'm in my apartment three days later staring at a picture of me and Rigby. I can't recall those three days but I looked at my arms…" Eileen showed her arms "and found these."
On Eileen's arms she had fading scars on both arms.
"Do you remember what the guy looked like?"
"Yeah he had a beard and was wearing a tie, sunglasses, and some gloves." Mordecai and Rigby looked at each other as they finally understood what was wrong with Margaret.
"GBF!"
"That guy you beat at a coffee shop?"
"No, this time it was his son out for revenge… but why would he target you and Margaret and not rewrite your lives completely…"
"Rewrite?"
"Yeah he had a special gun that let him erase the memory of whoever he hit and then he could rewrite their lives to make them forget friends, family, anything!"
"Y-You mean he shot me and Margaret and then made us hate you…?"
"But why would he do that?" Mordecai thought it over but couldn't see why he would…
"Maybe he thought you guys might have a way to win and decided to use us as insurance that your lives would be hell. If he couldn't kill you…"
"…he'd have to settle with taking away people we care for…"
"But I think he kinda overdid it... I mean come on! He made me and Margaret go emo!"
"Whatever his reasons were we know this much: We have to find Margaret…" The three got up and ran out the door to the cart, determined to fix GBF Jr's insurance policy…
A/N Hmm… This could be interesting…
Also little disclaimer… if you think you can predict what's coming next… don't. I can say with 300% confidence that no one in a million years will ever… EVER predict what's coming next. And that's a guarandamntee!
Still looking for votes and it's getting to the end of the wire… Gonna need more votes as of yesterday… can those who haven't plz vote?
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