Regular Show: A Different Direction in Time
Long Time No See
Six years later...
Another start to another day at the park. All the employees were sitting in front of the house while they waited for Benson to announce today's chores.
"All right everyone, listen up," the gumball machine said to the four employees, ( plus Pops), who sat before him. "We got a young couple coming over here today to check out the park. They're thinking of getting married here but just wanna see if this is the right place for them."
"Oh that sounds wonderful," Pops said cheerfully, (as he always did).
"Yeah Pops it does," Benson said before continuing on. "Now this could probably be the first wedding we've had at the park in four years SINCE RIGBY HERE RUINED THE LAST ONE!"
"Yep Rigby works at the park too."
Everyone's attention turned towards the short raccoon, angry glares coming from their eyes.
"Oh c'mon it wasn't that big of a deal," Rigby defended.
"YOU SET THE GROOM ON FIRE, SHREDDED THE BRIDE'S DRESS, BROKE BOTH THE PRIEST'S LEGS AND SPOILED THE CAKE!" Benson reminded him loudly. "THIS, OF COURSE, LED WEDDINGS MONTHLY TO DECLARE OUR PARK AS THE WORST PLACE TO GET HITCHED THREE YEARS IN A ROW!"
"Not cool bro", Muscle Man stated.
"The cake wasn't that spoiled. I did eat it after all," Rigby pointed out.
"Still not cool," High Fives said.
"Anyhow, Benson continued, "On top of that, the couple are both famous celebrities; one being an artist, while the other is a professional dodgeball player. This means that them having their wedding here could really turn things around for the park by providing great publicity. So anyone who messes this up," points at Rigby when saying this, "IS FIRED!"
Right about then a black car pulled up in front of the house and out came a female cloud humanoid who wore a sparkling diamond engagement ring on her right hand. She was quickly followed by a tall, male blue jay; one that Rigby knew all too well.
"Ah, perfect timing. Welcome to the park," Benson greeted as he walked over and reached his hand out to shake both the newcomers' hands. "I'm Benson, park manager. We spoke on the phone yesterday."
"Yeah I remember you dude," Mordecai said. "Just as a recap, I'm Mordecai, and this is my fiancé CJ."
"Hey," CJ said.
"Well let me just say I'm honoured that you're considering having your wedding at our park. Congrats by the way. Oh, and before I forget, allow me to introduce to you two the rest of our park staff. That's Skips," Benson said while pointing at the Yeti, (which he with the rest of the park staff as he introduced them all one at a time).
"Hello."
"The guy with a top hat and white mustache is Pops. His father owns the park."
"Jolly good show."
"The big guy over there we call Muscle Man."
"Wahoo!"
"Then we have our ghost who we call High Five Ghost or High Fives."
"Either one works for me."
Unbeknownst to him, or everyone else, Rigby was giving Mordecai a hateful look. It wasn't till Benson introduced Rigby that things really started to turn a rough corner.
"And finally we have-"
"RIGBY?!" Mordecai shouted upon recognizing his former best friend.
"TRAITOR!" Rigby shouted back before leaping towards Mordecai, and knocking him down to the ground, surprising everyone.
"MORDECAI!" Screamed CJ in concern.
Benson too was concerned. He knew where this would probably lead. "Oh no, no, no, no, no, no." RIGBY STOP THIS NOW OR YOU'RE FIRED!"
Rigby ignored Benson's threat, however, his attention focused on punching his former best friend. Skips had to step in, (or skip in technically), as a result, and take hold of Rigby, not letting him go.
"Let me go. Let me go," Rigby demanded.
This did not sit well with any of Rigby's coworkers and Bosses, "referring to Benson and Pops", who did not approve of his actions.
"Rigby, how could you do something like that?" Pops asked.
"Sheesh Rigby, what's your problem?" High Fives also asked, but with a bit more negativity in his voice than Pops'.
"Yeah, bro. That was seriously uncalled for," Muscle Man stated.
"Very uncalled for," Benson said in agreement. He then turned his attention towards Mordecai and CJ, the latter of whom was helping the former stand up.
"You okay," CJ asked.
"Yeah I'll live," Mordecai responded. "Thanks," he said right before giving his fiancé a kiss on the cheek who in turn blushed a little.
This, of course, did not go unnoticed by the park staff, including Benson. "Now isn't that sweat. The sign of true love in the air. And what better place for you two to officially declare that love than at our wonderful park."
"You better not," Rigby said which returned all attention back towards him; none of it positive.
"Huff it's been a while. Ruin anybody's lives lately jerk?" Mordecai asked menacingly.
"YOU'RE THE JERK! JERK!" Rigby shouted back.
"Okay enough of this," Skips piped in. "Now Mordecai isn't it? I take it you and Rigby here know each other."
"Yeah we knew each other back in the day," Mordecai answered. "Um CJ allow me to introduce you to Rigby. I think I mentioned him to you once or twice before. We were best friends before he betrayed me."
"You betrayed ME!" Rigby shouted back. "AND OUR FRIENDSHIP!"
"No way he's that Rigby?" CJ asked, remembering what Mordecai had told her multiple times in the past. "Your former best friend who tried to keep you out of college? OMG! And he works here?"
"You betcha cloud for brains," Rigby answered which CJ did not like.
"Grrrrr. You know what forget it. Mordecai and I will find somewhere else to have our wedding. C'mon Mordecai."
"WHAT?! NO!" Benson shouted in shock.
The two then began to make their way back to their car. Just as they were about to open the car doors, Benson called out to them. "Wait! Stop! Look I don't know what Rigby did to Mordecai here, but whatever it is I understand why you hate him so much."
This caught Mordecai's attention, "You do?"
"Yeah. Rigby's been a pain in the butt since the day he started working here. He never listens to me, rarely gets his work done, has caused countless problems many times a week, sometimes I wonder why I continue to let him work here; heck sometimes I wonder why I even hired him in the first place given his terrible résumé."
"HEY!"
"And your point being?" CJ asked, still not sounding convinced despite what Benson was saying about Rigby.
"My point being is that I, along with the rest of the park staff, have worked with Rigby long enough to know how to keep him under control. If you chose to get married at this park, I promise to keep Rigby as far away from you two and your wedding as possible."
"Well… it does look like a nice park," noted CJ. "What do you think Mordecai?"
"Hmm, are you sure you can control Rigby?"
"Absolutely."
"Hmmm…. How about we do that tour around the park like we originally planned on, then make our decision?"
"Sounds good with me," agreed CJ.
"Great," Benson said happily. "Now Skips and I have to have a quick chat with Rigby, so while we do that, Pops here can begin the tour, and I'll join up with you guys once I'm done. Okay?"
"Yep." "Sounds cool dude." CJ and Mordecai answered simultaneously.
"Oh how wonderful," Pops cheered.
Benson's office
"Now look Rigby, I don't know, nor do I care what happened between you and Mordecai," Benson told his employee who sat in a chair between Benson's desk and Skips.
"Whatever happened, it sounds like Rigby did something really horrible," Skips pointed out.
"That's not true," Rigby protested. "Mordecai betrayed me."
Having known Rigby for nearly six years, Benson could tell that he was lying. "Really Rigby? Was Mordecai really the betrayer?"
"Well ummm..."
Flashback…
"RIGBY YOU JERK!" Mordecai shouted.
"Mordecai it's not what it looks like," Rigby said in an attempt to defend his actions. Unfortunately for him, Mordecai wasn't convinced.
"Oh well, it looks like you were typing a letter that says, 'From the Admittance Office of College University. Dear Mordecai, I'm sorry to say that you have not been accepted into our fall freshman class. This being due to classified reasons that can,' and that's where it ends. Though it's incomplete, I get the main context from it. How could you do this to me, Rigby? I thought we were friends."
"We are Mordecai. That's why I was doing it. You see, I… I… I didn't get into College U. And when I came here I found your acceptance letter right here," Rigby then points the envelop lying on the ground right next to him. "I knew I had to keep you from going so that we could still be friends."
Walking over to where the envelope lay, Mordecai bent down and picked it up. He then opened it up and read it before returning his attention towards Rigby.
"Let me get this straight? You couldn't get into your dream school, so you ruined my chance of doing so as well; not thinking at all how I would feel about any of this? Augh Rigby, you're… you're… you're an inconsiderate jerk! An asshole! Do you honestly believe that we couldn't be friends even if we didn't go to the same school?"
"Yeah but our friendship is more important than some school so ha!" Rigby countered. Though Mordecai had a much stronger counter to that.
"Rigby if our friendship meant anything to you than you wouldn't have tried to keep me from fulfilling my dreams just because you were too lazy to grow up and do your own work. But it's clearly obvious that it doesn't, and I'm not going to sit around and let you ruin my life anymore."
"Mor… Mor… Mordecai?"
"Our friendship is over Rigby," Mordecai declared. "Now and forever."
Heartbroken by this, Rigby burst into tears while screaming, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
End of flashback
"Rigby, Rigby, RIGBY!" Benson shouted while standing up and leaning over his desk towards Rigby; causing the raccoon to return from his "worst memory".
"Uh… ya. I mean uh-"
"Look you know what forget it," Benson said, not giving Rigby any chance to get his thoughts straight. "I really don't care. All I care about how important it is to have this wedding here at the park. AND I WON'T LET YOU SCREW IT UP LIKE YOU DO EVERYTHING ELSE! IF YOU DO, THAN I WILL NOT ONLY FIRE YOU BUT GIVE YOU A REFERENCE SO BAD THAT NO ONE, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, WILL EVER HIRE YOU! CAPEESH?!"
"Gulp, um yep."
"Alrighty then," Benson said calmly, returning to his seat behind his desk. "Now given how your past history with the groom isn't shall we say 'the best'. I'm ordering you to stay away from the bride, groom, and the entire wedding itself."
"Pfft, don't worry I don't want any part of that jerk's happy moment," Rigby said in response. "I'll stay as far from that as pos-si-ble."
Despite his claim, Benson wasn't convinced. "Okay well nonetheless as a precaution I'm gonna request that Mr. Maellard sends someone over to personally watch you to make sure you don't do anything to jeopardize the wedding before or during it. I'd have someone who already works here do it, but we're all going to be very busy getting this wedding all setup."
"What?! But I don't need a babysitter," Rigby protested.
"It's not up for debate. I can't risk letting you messing things up this time. Now, why don't you actually go make yourself useful and mow the lawn OR YOU'RE FIRED!"
"Augh, fine," Rigby said angrily before getting out of his chair and walking out of Benson's office.
As soon as he was out Benson looked towards Skips. "Keep an eye on him till I can get someone else to," he ordered. "And if you see Mordecai and CJ tell them I'll meet them at the snack bar as soon as possible to discuss their decision. I just need to make a call."
Nodding his head in acknowledgment, Skips skipped out of the room, leaving Benson alone in his office to make the necessary arrangements to prevent Rigby from screwing this all up.