Chapter 2: In the Office

(Here is the next chapter, and again I own nothing.)

The sign at the front of the building read Scrooge and Marley. After Marley's death Ebenezer Scrooge never bothered to change it.

W.E.Z 1991 and drago had just arrived at the building. "Geez, I thought Lois's father was a baster," said drago.

W.E.Z 1991 then turned to the audience. "He was a tightfisted hand- to-the- grindstone Scrooge …" But as Mordecai turned to the window to look inside, he stopped as he noticed that the window was covered in dirt with would make things hard to see. "Hmm, this really is a dirty city."

"Tell me about it." said drago.

"Drago, hold still."

"Why?"

"Just trust me," said W.E.Z 1991 as he picked up Drago who yelped in protest. W.E.Z 1991 began to use Rigby to clean the window.

"Thanks for making me a part of this!" scowled Drago sarcastically. W.E.Z 1991 dropped Drago on the snow after seeing that the window was now clean to see through. Then he went back to narrating as he and Drago looked through the window.

"He was a tightfisted hand-to-the-grindstone Ebenezer Scrooge. A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, clutching, covetous old sinner."

Inside, Ebenezer Scrooge's bookkeeping staff (Who will be all the Bean scout campers from Camp Lazlo) were working their fingers to the bone (Not really, folks) and at the desk, a Saiyan like creature was hard at work. He wore black pants, a red shirt, and a blue baseball hat. This man… I mean saiyan, was Ebenezer Scrooge's clerk, Bob Crachitt (played by Frank Mallque).

As Ebenezer Scrooge walked to his office, he saw a shivering, slightly bald man waiting nervously.

"Mr. Crachitt!" addressed Ebenezer Scrooge with a frown,

"Yes, Mr. Scrooge, sir?" asked Bob looking up from his work.

"Who is this?" demanded Ebenezer Scrooge as he pointed at the man with his sharp cane nearly poking the scared man's face.

Bob looked and said, "That's Bill Dauterive, Sir. He's here to talk to you about… his mortgage."

"Oh, please, Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge sir!" pleaded Bill as Ebenezer Scrooge walked by him to put his coat and stuff away. "Listen, I know you're upset and I did not mean to fall behind in my payments! With Christmas nearly here! Please don't shout at me, I had some money five days ago but I was not feeling well. The doctor has his share, doesn't he? And yelling and screaming won't help any good."

Ebenezer Scrooge with an irritated look, picked Bill up by his shirt and dragged him to the door. As his workers watched, Bill continued. "And I'm not the stone you can squeeze blood from and that's the truuuuuuuuuuuuuth!" Bill yelped as Ebenezer Scrooge threw him outside. As Ebenezer Scrooge closed the door, Bill said outside, "Thanks for not shouting at me!"

Ebenezer Scrooge turned around. Bob and the bookkeeping staff went back to work. As Ebenezer Scrooge went back to his office, he said to bob, "I want you to get the eviction notices ready for tomorrow, Mr. Crachitt."

"But, Mr. Scrooge, tomorrow's Christmas," protested bob as he got out of his desk and walked forward.

"Alright, you can gift wrap them and this time don't drop them," said Ebenezer Scrooge as he gave bob a huge stack of notices.

"Garsh, there's more here than last year," said Bob trying his best not to drop them.

"Let us help you with that, Bob," said Lazlo as he, Raj, Clamp, Samson, Dave and Ping-Pong went to help except for three others, a platypus named Edward and two dung beetles named Chip and Skip.

"Should we help them?" asked Skip.

"No, I want to see what happens," said Edward as he and bob watched the others try to put the notices away. But they were too heavy for them and fell.

"Ha, see, wasn't that funny?! " laughed Edward.

"I don't get it," said Chip and Skip causing Edward to face palm himself.

Meanwhile, as Ebenezer Scrooge was about to sit down on his chair and work, a small female Pokémon called a Plusle crawled out from its hidden place and jumped up to Ebenezer Scrooge's desk.

Ebenezer Scrooge took notice of the Plusle and gave it a small smile. "Ah, yes, my assistant," he said as Plusle gave him his pen. Ebenezer Scrooge took it and gave the Plusle some Pokemon food. Then with Plusle sitting by his hand, Ebenezer Scrooge wrote on some books.

"Christmas is a busy time for us, Mr. Crachitt. People are so busy making feast, giving parties, and spending their money on useless junk, they don't bother to pay their mortgages. It would seem December is the foreclosure season for us, harvest time for the moneylenders," smiled Ebenezer Scrooge as he petted Plusle on the head.

After the employees got up from the fall, they stood next to bob.

"Don't just stand there, ask him," said Edward.

"You can do it, bob," said Lazlo.

"Ask him," said Clam.

"Um, If you please, Kahn, it's gotten colder, and the bookkeeping staff wondered if they could have an extra shovelful of coal for the fire," said Goofy.

"I don't mind," smiled Lazlo. "I think it's bracing."

"Shut up!" snapped Edward. "Look, we can't work in this cold."

"Our pens have been turned into ink-cicles," added Samson.

"And our assets are frozen," Raj shivered.

"Frozen," said Clam.

Plusle scowled at them. Ebenezer Scrooge was still working then said, "Hmm, how would the bookkeepers like to be suddenly, oh I don't know…" He looked up quickly and yelled, "UNEMPLOYED!?"

"Heat wave!" said the employees now dressed in Hawaiian outfits. They started to dance around and sing.

"This is my island in the sun," they sang.

"Hula, hula," added Clam.

"Looks like you've convinced them once again, Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge," said bob as he and the other employees returned to work while Ebenezer Scrooge smiled at his victory.

Outside, our two narrators looked on through the window.

W.E.Z 1991 looked at the audience and said, "At that moment, who should arrive at the door but Ebenezer Scrooge's nephew, Fred (played by peter's son Chris), his only living relative."

"Where, I don't see him?" said Drago looking around.

"Just trust me."

"Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo!" shouted a voice.

"What was that?" said Drago but then some blur came and jumped on top of Drago. The blur revealed to be boy named Fred.

"Thanks for the bounce," said Fred then went to the door. "Hellooo, Uncle!"

"Um, drago?" said W.E.Z 1991 as he looked down at his friend.

"You're getting real good at this, Mr. Dickens," said drago sarcastically.

Fred opened the door and bounced in with a smile.

"Merry Christmas, Uncle!" laughed Fred. "Ho, ho, ho, hoooo.

Ebenezer Scrooge looked up and frowned. "Christmas, bah, humbug!"

"Quick, it will be warmer in there!" yelled drago as he ran into the building with W.E.Z 1991 right behind him just as Fred closed the door.

"Humbug? Now don't be ridiculous!" said a surprised Fred.

As W.E.Z 1991 and drago walked around the building, drago shivered. "Actually it's colder in here."

"Yeah," shivered W.E.Z 1991.

"Ha!" snapped Ebenezer Scrooge, unaware of the other newcomers in the room. "What gives you the right to be merry? You're poor enough."

"True. But you're rich enough," said Fred.

"He's got him there, the boy's speechless," said drago trying to see Ebenezer Scrooge's reaction.

Ebenezer Scrooge then looked at Fred with eyes that could kill and said, "If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with Merry Christmas on his lips would be cooked with his own turkey…"

Bob yelped at what his boss said. "… and buried with a stake of holly through his heart."

"Okay, not quite speechless," said Drago.

"Oh but, Uncle Scrooge!" whined Fred.

"Nephew! You keep Christmas your way and I will keep it in mine," snapped Ebenezer Scrooge.

Fred then frowned and said, "Well I don't care. Christmas is a time of joy and bouncing, and even if it never gave me gold, silver, or any of those nice things you mention, I still say Merry Christmas and God bless it!"

"Well said, Fred!" cheered bob as he and the other workers cheered for the speech he made.

Plusle then growled at the workers but Ebenezer Scrooge petted her again and said, "So tell me how one spends Christmas on the unemployment line!"

The workers yelped as they returned to work.

Now back to our two narrators. Drago was putting coal in the furnace and blowing it to keep himself warm while W.E.Z 1991 narrated.

"Now, in these times, it was customary on Christmas Eve for well-meaning people to call upon businesses to collect donations for the poor and homeless," explained Mordecai.

And just as he said this, the door to the workplace opened once more and a triangle shaped headed boy and a long headed boy came in.

"Hello! Are you Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge?" said the triangle shaped headed boy.

Ebenezer Scrooge looked at the boy in annoyance. "And you are?"

"I'm Phineas and this is my brother Ferb," Phineas said introducing himself and Ferb as they walked further into the room. "We're helping collect donations from businesses for the poor."

"Aren't you boys a little young to be collecting donations for the poor?"

"Yes, yes we are."

"Well then this jolly fella is Ebenezer Scrooge and he is very charitable," said fred with a smile.

"Nephew!" yelled Ebenezer Scrooge annoyed.

"Well, Mr. Scrooge, at this wonderful time of the year, the Christmas season, many of us feel that we should take care of the poor and homeless," explained Phineas as he and Ferb walked up to the desk.

"What about the prisons and poorhouses? Are they not still around?" asked Ebenezer Scrooge.

"Yes, sadly there are still plenty of those," said Phineas.

"Oh, good, I was getting worried for a second," said the boy sarcastically as he looked at Plusle who smiled at him.

Ferb took out a notebook and pencil as Phineas continued, "We are hoping to raise enough funds so the poor and homeless could have a wonderful feast. So what shall we put you down for?"

"Nothing."

"You want to be anonymous? Okay that works I guess."

"I wish to be left alone," snarled Ebenezer Scrooge making the two boys jump. "I don't like to make myself merry at Christmas!"

"That's true," frowned Fred.

"And I can't afford to make idle people merry."

"Well that's not true," smiled Fred.

Ebenezer Scrooge then turned angrily at Fred and said, "Don't you have somewhere else to be?"

"Oh you're right, Uncle! I still have to deliver my yuletide bounce to everyone, so here is my donation," said Fred as he gave some dimes to Ferb.

"Thanks very much," said Phineas.

Fred then headed back to the door but turned back to face Ebenezer Scrooge. "Oh! Before I forget, you must come and have Christmas dinner with Clara (played by Amy walker) and me tomorrow!"

Ebenezer Scrooge sighed in annoyance. "Why did you ever get married?"

"Well, I fell in love that's all," smiled Tigger.

"Love? Ha! That's more foolish then a Merry Christmas!"

"Oh well, Merry Christmas!" said Fred as he put a wreath on the front door.

"Merry Christmas, Fred," smiled bob.

"Merry Christmas to you too, bob," Fred said, smiling back. "TTFN, ta ta for now and Merry Christmas!" Then he closed the door and bounced away.

Ebenezer Scrooge went back to what he was doing without even noticing that Phineas and Ferb were still near his desk.

"Mr. Scrooge? About the donation," said Phineas, with a hopeful look.

Ebenezer Scrooge then looked at the two boys then looked at Plusle who smirked at him, then he got up from his desk and walked away from it. "Well now, I think I know how to deal with the poor," that caused Phineas and Ferb to follow him in hopes that he would donate but they stopped when he said, "My taxes pay for the prisons and poorhouses, so the homeless will have to go there!"

"What?" gasped Phineas in horror? "But some would rather die!"

"If they'd rather die, then they'd better do it and decrease the surplus population!" yelled Ebenezer Scrooge.

Both Phineas and Ferb were shaken at this.

Ebenezer Scrooge opened the front door and said. "I suggest you boys leave, before I say some words that should not be heard by two boys."

"Okay," said Phineas nervously as he and Ferb headed toward the door. "Come on, Ferb, I think we kept enough of Mr. Scrooge's time."

Phineas and Ferb, both went out the door in a flash. Ebenezer Scrooge slammed the door, then he spotted the wreath his nephew had left hanging on the door, grabbed it, and began to rip it apart until he heard a singing voice outside.

Voice: Good King Wenceslas looked out on the Feast of Stephen

Ebenezer Scrooge in annoyance opened up the door and looked left and right for the source.

Though the snow lay round about deep and crisp and even

Ebenezer Scrooge then looked down and saw a small blonde boy on the steps below singing. His name was Butters.

Brightly shown the moon that night

Though the…

Butters looked up and stopped singing as he saw the angry look Shere Khan was giving him.

"What do you want?" snarled Ebenezer Scrooge.

"Uh…a penny for the song, please?" asked Butters nervously.

Ebenezer Scrooge then slammed the door in Butters' face. Inside Ebenezer Scrooge continued to try and rip the wreath but stopped. Then Ebenezer Scrooge opened the front door again. Butters, who was walking away, turned around smiling, hoping that he changed his mind, but sadly Ebenezer Scrooge tossed the wreath at Butters' face.

Ebenezer Scrooge then slammed the door again and looked at Goofy and the other employees, who went back to their work.

Ebenezer Scrooge then walked back to his desk to where Plusle was waiting for him.

"Oh, Plusle, what is this world coming to?" sighed Ebenezer Scrooge as Plusle patted his paw. "You spent all your life to get money! And people want you to give it away to fools who would spend it on alcohol and tobacco!" Ebenezer Scrooge placed his head on the desk then he looked at his pocket watch.

"Mr. Cratchit," said Ebenezer Scrooge as he was putting his coat back on.

"Yes, Mr. Scrooge?" asked Bob.

"I'm heading out for a meeting and I won't be back for less than a couple hours, and I expect things to be as I left them. Understand?"

"Yes, Mr. Scrooge."

Ebenezer Scrooge was about to head out the door but turned back and said. "Oh, Plusle."

"Plusle!" Plusle responded.

"Make sure no one uses any more coal for the fire while I'm away."

"Plusle!" nodded Plusle as Ebenezer Scrooge left out the door (And unknowingly so did W.E.Z 1991 and Drago).

Then Edward got out of his chair and started to walk up to the furnace.

"Edward, what are you doing?" asked Bob.

"What does it look like? I'm going to put some coal in!" snapped Edward.

"But, Edward, Mr. Scrooge said..."

"Well he's not here! And I'm freezing my tail off!"

Edward stopped as he noticed Plusle on top of the pile of coal with an angry look.

"Out of the way, you overgrown rat!" snapped Edward.

"Edward, that Plusle is a Pokemon!" said Raj.

"So what?!"

"Well Plusle is a…"

"PLUSLE!" Shouted Plusle as she used Thunder on Edward frying him.

"An electric type," finished Raj.

"Okay, I'm going back to my desk," grumbled Edward as Plusle smiled.

(Well that chapter's done. Oh and ignore what I said on the bottom of the first chapter. I've already decided who will be Bell.)