chapter three: family squabble

Meanwhile, Joy and the others are still in the tube, scared to death and wondering where they will land. As they fall, Joy watches as the blue core memory goes down another tube.

Joy: AHHHHHHHH! (falls into a pit filled with memories in front of Long Term)

Shame, Sadness, Excitement, Smartness, Goofy, Anticipation, Interest, and Laughter: (as they fall out of the tube and land in the pit) AHHHHHHHHH!

Joy: (quickly grabs the core memories and hugs them) I got them. (looks around) Where are we? Long Term Memory?!

The emotions then get out of the pit.

Interest: That was cool.

Smartness: Logically.

Anticipation: Are you okay Excitement?

Excitement: I'm fine.

Goofy: (notices a faded Goofball Island) What happened to Goofball?

Shy: Goofy, I think you mean: what happened to HALF of the islands?

Surprise: (gasp) Jumping Jackhammers!

Sadness: Mike's islands of personality, half of them are down! (a helicopter view of the mind world shows that Goofball, Friendship, Soccer, Honesty, and Family Island are down while the other four are still running) Oh, this is bad!

Shame: (to Joy) I hope you're happy about what happened earlier.

Joy: We...we can fix this. We just have to get back Headquarters, plug the core memories in and Mike will be back to normal.

Sadness: (starts to worry) Oh, Mike has no core memories! No personality islands and no…(gasps)!

Joy: (to Sadness) What is it?

Laughter: What's the matter?

Sadness: You guys. You're not in Headquarters! Without you guys Mike can't be happy, goofy, excited, laugh-full, interested, ashamed, shy, anticipated, or smart! (points to headquarters) We have to get you all back up there!

Shy: How do we get back?!

Smartness: (points to Goofball Island) We'll go across Goofball, it's the quickest way!

Excitement, Goofy, Anticipation, Interest, and Laughter: Right! (begin to run to Goofball, with Joy leading the way)

Joy: We're coming Mike.

Meanwhile, Mike is at the dinner table with his parents. While his mom and dad were talking, Mike just pokes at his food, looking slightly bored.

Disgust: Mike is acting so weird. Why is he acting so weird?

Anger: What do you expect? Half of the islands are down!

Worry: This is a major disaster!

Contempt: Agreed! What can we do?

Curiosity: What can we do Pride?

Pride: Well, we just need the rightful solution.

Worry: But what kind of solution?

Trust: Well, if Joy was here, he would know what to do.

Frustration: (to Trust) But Joy isn't here now is he?!

Fear: That's it!

Curiosity: What's "it"?

Fear: (to Curiosity and everyone else) Until he gets back, we just do what Joy would do!

Pride: Boy, you took the words right out of my mouth.

Clever: Fear, you're a genius!

Curiosity: That just might work!

Disgust: (sarcastic) Yeah, great idea! (gestures to everyone) Pride, Trust, Frustration, Worry, Love, Clever, Curiosity, Contempt, Boredom, Envy, Peace, Anger, Fear, Disgust. (snaps) HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPY?!

Frustration: Hey, don't get fresh with us. It's not our fault Joy and the others got sucked out of HQ.

Suddenly, they hear Lucy talking.

Curiosity: Guys…

Contempt: Mom's talking to us!

Lucy: (off-screen) Hey, Mike, I've got great news! (shown) I found junior hockey and soccer leagues. Right here, in Berkshire, and get this: tryouts for both are tomorrow after school. What luck right?

Anger: Soccer?

Trust: (looks at the faded Soccer Island) That sounds like something Interest would do. Let's try something Interest does. (pushes a few buttons and pulls a lever) Huh? It won't work!

Contempt: Probably because you're not Interest!

Pride: Let me try. (pushes a button, but it doesn't work) Odd.

Love: (turns a crank) It won't work for me either.

Disgust: Uh oh. What do we do?

Curiosity: (gets annoyed and pushes Love out of the way) Let me do it! I'm like my brother! (pulls a lever)

Mike: What time do tryouts start for soccer?

The emotions are stunned.

Worry: What do we do now?

Fears: Guys. (stammers then points at Disgust) You-you-you, pretend to be Joy! (puts her in front of the console)

Lucy: (on screen) So you're excited to be back out on the field?

Disgust: (rolls her eyes, presses a button and pushes a switch)

Mike: (sarcastic) Yeah, I'm really excited.

Lucy is baffled.

Fear: (to Disgust) What was that?! That wasn't anything like Joy!

Disgust: Uh, because I'm not Joy?

Fear: Yeah, no kidding!

Worry: (to Frustration) Well at least the console works for her and Curiosity, right?

Frustration: Pfft, yeah right.

Lucy stares at Mike with concern as the camera zooms into her head and we see HER emotions.

Lucy's Sadness: Did you guys pick up on that?

Lucy's emotions: Mm-hmm./ Sure did./ Totally.

Lucy's Disgust: Something's wrong.

Lucy's Anger: Should we ask him?

Lucy's Sadness: Let's probe, (to Joy) but keep it settle, so he doesn't notice.

Lucy's Joy: (agrees and presses a button and pushes a slider)

Lucy: So, Mike, how was the first day of school?

Anger: She's probing us.

Frustration: (facepalms) I hate it when she does that!

Disgust: (walks away from the console) I'm done, YOU pretend to be Joy! (shoves Fear in front of the console)

Fear: Wha? Okay...um, hm. (presses a button)

Mike: (uneasy) It was, fine I guess. I-I don't know.

Disgust: ((to Fear) sarcastic) Oh, very smooth. That was just like Joy.

Contempt: Yeah, you're a natural.

Worry: It was a little better, at least.

With Lucy's emotions…

Lucy's Anger: Something's definitely going on.

Lucy's Worry: Yeah. What happened to our happy boy?

Lucy's Disgust: He's never acted like this before.

Lucy's Trust: First days are usually the hardest you know.

Lucy's Goofy: We need a new strategy.

Lucy's Smartness: But what?

Lucy's Sadness: We're going to find out what's happening, but we'll need support. (to Smartness) Signal the husband.

Lucy's Smartness: Signaling. (pushes a button)

Lucy: (to her husband) Ahem.

Richard just keeps on chewing his food as HIS emotions are watching a soccer memory.

Lucy: (clears her throat)

Richard looks at his wife.

Richard's Smartness: (sees Lucy at the corner of the screen and taps Anger on the shoulder) Captain!

Richard's Anger: Huh? Uh-oh. She's looking at us. (turns off the soccer memory and looks at Fear) What did she say?

Richard's Fear: Huh? Oh, uh, sorry sir, no one was listening.

Richard's Trust: Yeah sorry.

Richard's Anger: Is it garbage night? We left the toilet seat up? What?! What is it women?! WHAT?!

Lucy's emotions…

Lucy's Frustration: (gets annoyed) He's doing it again.

Lucy's Disgust: (gets annoyed also) Yeah, he's making that stupid face again.

Lucy's Anger: (gets ticked off) I could strangle him right now!

Lucy's Love: (stops her) Hold on, darling. Give him a chance.

Lucy's Contempt: What now?

Lucy's Sadness: (to Smartness) Signal him again.

Lucy's Smartness: (nods)

Lucy gestures at Mike.

Richard's Curiosity: She appears to be gesturing towards the son. (to Anger) Sargent, We'll handle this! (pushes a button at the same time as Interest)

Richard: Ah! So, Mike, how was school?

With Lucy's emotions...

Lucy's emotions: Ugh!/ Seriously?!/ You've got to be kidding me!/ He does this all the time!/ Is he even paying attention?!

Lucy's Contempt: God, I hate him so much!

Lucy's Frustration: I'd just love to tear off that stupid mustache!

Lucy's Anger: For THIS, we gave up that Brazilian helicopter pilot?!

Lucy's Surprise: Is it too late for a divorce?

Back with Mike's emotions...

Worry: Maybe Peace should be Joy!

Frustration: (annoyed) Don't you guys see it?! Mom has no idea what's wrong and Dad's making it worse! (goes to the console) So, I'LL be Joy!

Fear: Uh-oh.

Worry: Frustration no!

Frustration: (pushes a few buttons)

Mike: (frustrated) School was great, alright?!

Lucy: (stunned) Mike! Is everything okay?

Frustration: Well, since you asked, time for the eye roll!

Worry: Not at Mom!

Frustration: Correct, not at Mom.

Worry: Phew!

Frustration: At our idiot Dad! (turns a crank as Worry lets out a terrified squeak)

Mike: (rolls his eyes) Ugh!

Richard's Curiosity: (gasps) Did our son just roll his eyes at us?

Richard's Laughter: It's not funny.

Richard's Fear: Yes, he did. (to Anger) Sir, he just rolled his eyes at us!

Richard's Anger: What is his deal? Alright, time to make a show of force. I don't want to have to put "the foot" down.

The rest of Richard's emotions gasp in fear.

Richard's Fear: No...not the foot!

Richard's Worry: Please, sir! Anything but the foot!

Richard's Anger: Yes the foot, (to Contempt) give that boy a warning.

Richard's Contempt presses the "give a warning" button.

Richard: Mike, I do NOT like this new attitude.

Anger: Oh, I'll show you "attitude" old man. (raises his fist)

Frustration: (gives an evil smile) Go for it Anger.

Worry: Not good.

Fear: No, no, no, no, no! Stay happy!

Anger promptly punches Fear away and pounds a button, causing the levers to pop up.

Worry: Not the levers!

Mike: (gets upset) What is your problem?! Just leave me alone! (looks away)

Richard's Fear: (to Anger) Sir, we're reporting high levels of sass!

Richard's Anger: Take it to DEFCON Two!

Richard's Fear: (as an alarm goes off) You heard him gentlemen, DEFCON Two!

All of Richard's emotions get to work.

Richard: Listen young man, I don't know where this disrespectful attitude came from…

Boredom: Who cares where it came from?

Anger: (about to blow his top off) You wanna piece of this pops?! Come and get it! (grasps the levers)

Trust: Don't do it amigo!

Love: It's not the right way!

Clever: Find your happy place!

Worry: Anger, please stop!

Mike: (agitated) Yeah...Well...well…!

Frustration: Worry you can't stop Anger!

Worry: But Dad will put the foot down!

Frustration: He wouldn't dare.

In Richard's mind…

Richard's Anger: Here it comes! Prepare the foot!

All of the emotions pull out a bunch of keys.

Richard's Fear: Keys to safety position!

All of the keys are inserted, revealing a big red button.

Richard's Fear: (hand over button) Ready to launch on your command sir!

Back with Mike's emotions…

Worry: ANGER, STOP IT!

Frustration: Go for it Anger, and do it strong!

Anger: (pushes the levers forward and blows his top off) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH!

Worry: ((off-screen) in a quiet/loud voice) We're dead!

Mike: (snaps) JUST SHUT UP! (slams his hands on the table)

Lucy and Richard stare at their son in shock. Richard then frowns.

Ricard's Anger: FIRE!

Richard's Fear: (presses the red button)

Richard: That's it, go to your room! (points to the stairs)

Mike: (stares at his dad in shock)

Richard: Now!

Mike: AGHH! (gets up and storms towards the stairs and grumbles to himself)

Richard's Surprise: It worked!

Richard's Fear: The foot is down! The foot IS down!

All of Richard's emotions cheer.

Richard's Anger: (relaxes in his seat) Good job gentlemen, that could've been a disaster.

With Lucy's emotions…

All of them were shocked, horrified, upset and disappointed.

Lucy's Sadness: Well that was a disaster.

Lucy's Anger: (recalls a happy memory, the memory of the Brazilian helicopter pilot)

Helicopter pilot: (on screen) Come, fly with me, gatinha.

Lucy's emotions: (all sigh happily)

Mike is still storming towards his room.

Worry: I told you he would put the foot down! (shakes Frustration) WHY DIDN'T YOU LISTEN TO ME?!

Frustration: (pushes her off) Worry, go to your quiet spot!

Worry shakingly walks to the windows. As she does, Mike walks into his room and slams the door behind him. Worry then hears a loud "RUMBLE!"as she spots Family Island shake violently as parts of it fell into the memory dump.

Worry: (looks out the window) Oh, Joy, please hurry back!

Author's Note

I'm really sorry this is late! I've been really busy with school and homework that I almost forgot about this. And now, here's chapter three!