1Realms Adjoined: Mandy and the Geeks
"DEE DEE! GET OUT OF MY LA-BO-RA-TO-RY!"
What day would be complete without that call echoing throughout the metallic sanctuary that is Dexter's Laboratory?
"HE HE HE HA HA HA!"
And, as the usual response, what day would be complete without Dee Dee's usual laugher echoing throughout the metallic sanctuary that is Dexter's Laboratory?
CRASH
And how could one possibly not expect to hear the sounds of destruction that takes its toll on what metallic objects are left standing in Dexter's Laboratory?
Another day, another usual set of activities…
…that was, however, until two multicolored flashes appeared suddenly, Billy and Grim making it to yet another location.
"Oooh," Billy began, still in awe with the colors floating around him, "Where are we now?"
"I don't know," Grim responded, taking a look around the area, "but there doesn't seem to be that much natural light coming from this place."
"Ya think that Mandy's somewhere around here."
"Once again, I don't know…and don't fully care, if it matters. Let's split up and look for her."
As he looked down to where Billy was standing, he found that the boy already took off from him.
"Yeah…like dat…"
As Grim started his search, Billy took the time to see the sights that were around him. Flashing lights, giant dials, beakers, vats, and assorted vials, tall machines and robots too; it was a Sci-Fi's wildest dreams come true.
He came to one particular machine and stopped, seeing a bright red button on the front of it. As his eyes lit up with joy, he heard the approaching steps of someone. Turning, he had to look up to notice the tall blonde before him.
"Mandy? My, have you gotten taller?"
Stopping in her tracks at the new visitor, the girl looked down questioningly.
"My name's not Mandy, my name is Dee Dee. Who are you?"
"My name is Billy, and ies have a question for ya…what does this button do?"
At those words, her own eyes lit up with joy, now gazing at the bright red button on the machine.
"OOOOOH, what DOES this button do?"
At that moment, a little red-headed boy came running behind them, sliding to a stop in his black boots as his white lab coat shifted a little. He pointed at them both, his hand within a purple glove.
"Dee Dee, GET OUT OF MY LA-BO-RA-TO-RY! And you, I don't know who you are, but GET OUT OF MY LA-BO-RA-TO-RY!"
As he exclaimed at the two, he felt a shadow creep over him. He turned as he made yet another exclamation.
"Another intruder? Well, in case you are too stooopid to understand, I want you to GEEEeeeee…"
The sight of the Grim Reaper before him stopped him in mid sentence, his eyes widening with fear at the looming entity.
"Yeah, yeah," Grim responded, "I heard it when you were talkin' to those two."
An explosion came at the end of that response, the assumption being made that both Billy and Dee Dee did indeed find out what the button did. Dexter, however, was too shocked to turn around and see the damage. He dropped to his knees, pleading for his life before Grim.
"Oh please, pleeeeease, don't take me. I am but a boy who has yet to live out his life to its fullest. There are so many inventions that can be created, so much to be done within my la-bo-ra-to-ry. I am too young to die!"
"Oh get up," Grim began, "despite the dings you been doing in here, your time won't come for quite some time. I'm here for anodder reason. You see, I'm in search of this little blonde girl who wears pink, and…"
Before he could finish his description, Dexter was right back on his feet.
"Dee Dee? No! No, no, that is impossible! You cannot be searching for my sister! She may be annoying, stooooopid, and mess up my lab, but I would never wish death upon her. You cannot have her, Grim Reaper!"
"Look, if you'll just listen to what I have to say…"
"No! I won't fall for your ways of trickery. The REAL Grim Reaper would not have such a heavy Jamacian accent."
"This coming from a kid who has an Austrian accent resembling Peter Loore. I swear, it's almost as though it were 1964 all over again."
Dexter began to reach behind his back as he responded to Grim.
"As I was saying before, I want you to GET OUT OF MY LA-BO-RA-TO-RY! And if you won't willingly leave my la-bo-ra-to-ry…"
"Why are ya sayin' each syllable, mon? It's not necessary."
Dexter then pulled out a large laser cannon from behind his back, aiming it at Grim's head.
"…then I will MAKE you leave my la-bo-ra-to-ry!"
Grim's eye sockets got wide with surprise at the weapon aimed at him.
"My sentiments," Dexter stated, the weapon beginning to hum, "are those of Jean Giraudoux: 'I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life'!"
As he fired his weapon, Grim was just barely able to dodge the shot, yet another explosion emanating from the half dozen that Billy and Dee Dee had been causing since the altercation began. Grabbing his scythe, Grim fired a blast from his blade right in Dexter's direction.
"Oh yeah? Well let's see how well you handle the game when you have to deal with ME on a personal level!"
The two of them kept moving through out the lab, firing shots at each other as both Billy and Dee Dee continued to ravage the lab together, oblivious to the altercation going on.
Meanwhile
Within Peach Creek, Edd had been showing Mandy the majority of the Cul-de-Sac, pointing out all of the houses and giving brief descriptions of those that lived there. They had eventually made their way up towards that main circle of the Cul-de-Sac, the final stop on his little tour.
"And this is where my other friend lives. His name is Ed, and he lives in the basement of this particular domicile. He's quite a jovial character, though a bit lacking when it comes to rational and intelligent thought. His hygiene could also use work, but he's still quite nice."
"Well," Mandy responded, "that was a nice little tour. Too bad that SOMEONE couldn't have been a bit more descriptive in their methods, instead relying on assumption to move things along."
"Umm...were my methods a little too…"
"Oh, no, you did fine. I was talking about someone else. You'll know about him soon enough. So, Double D, why exactly are we here?"
"Oh, well, I wanted to see what Ed was up to. It being the weekend and all, I assume that Eddy would still be sleeping. With the usual run of cartoons and the classic scene of sweetened cereal, I figured that Ed would be wide awake by now."
As though to confirm his assumption, a loud banging noise was heard from Ed's room. They walked over to his window and peered in, wondering where exactly the sound came from.
"Double D!"
Instantly, an arm within a green coat reached through the small window, grabbing Double D and pulling him inside. Mandy continued to peer through from her vantage point to see what was going on.
"It's about time you got here, sockhead. I've been waiting all morning to tell you about this great scam idea that I've got. We'll be rollin' in jawbreakers!"
She took notice of the tall boy in the green coat, Ed, and the short one with the yellow shirt, Eddy.
"Birds of a feather flock together, and it looks like these three turkeys have a plan to get some stuffin'…okay, you've got to start coming up with some better lines for me. I AM the main character in this story, aren't I?"
With that question (which shall remain unanswered, even if it is obvious), she made her way through the window and into Ed's room.
Meanwhile, back Dexter's Laboratory
The area was a mess, metal, wires, and various other parts all over the place. Whatever hadn't been shot by either Dexter or Grim had been blown up, ran over, or 'slightly' damaged by Dee Dee and Billy. The two latter mentioned were currently on hover pods, racing throughout the lab as the former two mentioned continued their battle.
Rolling over into a crouch, Grim looked around a broken machine to check and see where Dexter had gone. Seeing no sign of him, he formed a portal in front of him.
"Okay, this has all gotten way out of hand. It's time for me to get out of here."
"Griiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim!"
Billy's voice echoed through the area as he fell on top of grim, his hover pod having crashed into one of the many broken robots that littered the ground.
"Grim! That was SOOOOOOO awesome!"
"Yeah, I'm sure," he said, pushing Billy off of him, "Look, Mandy's not here, so it's time to go."
"Aww, but can't we take her with us? Dee Dee's really knows how to have fun!"
"Oh no, it's bad enough that I have ONE idiot to deal with on a daily basis. Two would be more than enough to drive me nuts."
"Aww, but Griiiiim…"
Without waiting to hear his plea, Grim kicked Billy through the portal, following quickly after him. The portal closed itself just as Dexter jumped over to the broken machine. He looked around again, no sign of either Grim or Billy to be found.
"Success! I have battled the Grim Reaper himself, and I, Dexter, Boy Genius, came out victorious! I saved my sister, and my lab is…"
He looked around, noticing just how much damage had been done in such a short time.
"…going to take a lot of work to get back to normal."
Dee Dee gave out an excited cry, whizzing past Dexter on a hover pod. Remembering his primary goal from that morning, he ran after her, shouting out his usual cry:
"DEE DEE! GET OUT OF MY LA-BO-RA-TO-RY!"
And so ends another escapade of Grim and Billy's search. One can only wonder where they'll end up next, not to mention what is in store for our stern female protagonist.
"See? I knew I was the main character in this story."
Why are you even here? Shouldn't you be in Ed's room?
"Shouldn't you go ahead and finish this part of the story?"
Yeah, I was getting to that… anyway, make sure to stay attentive for the next chapter of: Realms Adjoined.
"Slowly, yet surely, I think you're getting the hang of this…still, don't let it all go to your head."