Ch. 8
Let me be good to you.
A little later, Zilla takes the two to the waterfront and drops them off. The monster stays where he's at a pier looking at Marceline in concern. He is worried about Garfield and hopes Marceline will save him.
Marceline whispered, "Stay Zilla, stay."
Marceline smiles as she heads to a pub nearby. She is dressed as a sailor with a fake mustache and all. This will be the first time she disguised herself without having to change forms, and she likes it now this should be where the entrance to Norman Osborn's hideout is at: The Demons Pit.
"Uh, Marceline?" said Igor from nearby uncomfortably.
"Oh, come on, Hunchi, I don't have all day" Marceline said to the hiding Igor.
"I feel completely ridiculous in this!"
"Oh what are you talking about? You look perfect!" Marceline said.
Igor sighs as he came out. He is dressed like a pirate with a bandanna, earring, eye patch and all the works. To him, the disguise made him look ridiculous.
"Perfect?! Perfectly foolish! I look like I belong in a one a be pirate movie!" complained Igor.
Hushing him, Marceline opens the door going inside the pub. The Demons Pit, mind you, it is the dirtiest, most nastiest place in town. You got to be tough or crazy to come here as lowlifes intend to hang out here smoking, gambling, or drinking and all the nasty things there is. In fact, those who drank too much passed out already!
In the room a piano player alien named Roger plays the piano while a fat guy named Peter on stage juggles while dancing. Needless to say, the crowd doesn't like Peter at all. A barmaid ghost named Ember giggled while tickling a teen named Justin Hammer. Justin then puckers up. Ember growls and punches him out of his chair and onto the floor.
Marceline nods. This is definitely the place all right. She whispers to Igor, "Ok stay close and do as I do."
As the two walks through the place, Mortimer mouse the bartender was cleaning mugs and glares at the two newcomers. He is suspicious of both of them. Marceline tries to throw him off by waving for service while heading to a table. Igor does his best to do as she did though his way seems to be a little more exaggerated making the patrons giving the two suspicious looks as well. The Hunchback yelps as a knife slams in the floor in his way making him stumble back causing a chair belonging to Baroness to be knocked forward.
"Oh excuse me, miss," apologized Igor. He yelps as Baroness blows smoke in his face causing him to cough. "Hay!," Of course anyone looking at this laughs as Baroness goes back to what she is doing. "Now you wait just one...!"
"Hunchi, get over here!" whispered Marceline in annoyance, "Did I not say we're supposed to be lowlife scum bag!"
"Well yay but that woman just…"
Marceline hushes him as they sat down at the table, Igor giving a haughty nod at the woman trying to bend in. Back on stage, Peter laughs stupidly as he is almost done with his dance. Roger gulps and it's because the customers are still unhappy with Peter's performance.
Soon Peter finished his dancing and tries to grab the juggling balls...only to miss. He bows despite what happened. The only one applauding for him was Igor. Too bad the boos soon after drown him out.
"Get off the stage you fat ox!" Skulker sneered as the customers threw a lot of stuff; knives and bullets included, at the stage.
"Wow I never seen so many stuff thrown at me since…" said Peter
"SHUT UP!" yelled the customers as they got more heaver stuff to throw with causes Peter to runaway just as they were thrown.
Ember goes over to Marceline and Igor's table with a grin as she said, "What'll it be, boys?"
"Well, I guess I'll have a dry sherry with a twist of..." Igor begins to say before Marceline covers his mouth.
Marceline then uses a male pirate accent, "Two pints, for me and my shipmate, oh and by the by we just got into port and were looking for a friend of mine, maybe you know him his name is Norman Osborn!"
Ember gasps upon hearing Osborn's name as the poker players and Roger gasped as they heard it as well. Marceline knew this was the perfect place because a lot of people are looking at her shocked of her asking just a question.
Ember, managed to recover as she shrugs saying, "Never heard of him"
Igor gulps at the looks given to them though Marceline smirk. Now they know they're in the right place. They just need to find the entrance.
Roger tries to keep things going as he starts another song. The next act begins as Robot is riding a unicycle. He is very tired because of Monster riding on his back performing. Needless to say, the customers hate them as well. In fact they threw a lot of food and weapons at the performers.
"Is this great or what, Robot, are first crossover appearance!" laughed Monster.
"Don't break forth wall Monster they hate that!" yelped Robot
And boy was Robot right as more junk was thrown at them but thank heavens the curtain dropped. Roger yelps as a knife hits the piano making him more nervous. He quickly gets to the next act as the costumers get ready to throw stuff at the next loser on stage.
But when the third act begins, someone came on stage making them put their weapons down. It is a girl with long red hair and wearing purple cloths name Daphne the performer. As the room went silent, she begins to sing.
Daphne: Dearest friends, dear gentlemen
Listen to my song
Life down here's been hard for you
Life has made you strong
Let me lift the mood
With my attitude
Soon the beat picks up as she dances on stage while the customers watch with smiles. Igor smile as well. She sings wonderful.
Hey fellas
The time is right
Get ready
Tonight's the night
Boys, what you're hoping for will come true
Let me be good to you
"Pff, what a show off" said Marceline (being the only person who isn't paying attention to the singer) soon turned her attention to Ember who was whispering something to Mortimer mouse at the bar. She looks suspicious. She should be since Mortimer is pouring something from a vial into the two mugs.
You tough guys
You're feeling all alone
You rough guys
The best of you sailors and bums
All of my chums
So dream on
And drink your beer
Get cozy
Your baby's here
You won't be misunderstood
Let me be good to you
With a smile she goes behind a curtain as a band performs picking up the beat some more. As the curtains pull back, Daphne is joined in the song with a two girls, Ahsoka Tano and Kitty Katswell. Daphne then changed her clothes to look like your regular showgirl. She rips off her skirt showing a garter and a feather bow around her waist making the customers (well most of them) howl like mad. Sanji tries to get on stage though his crew members tried to stop him. Doesn't matter though as Daphne kicks him away.
Hey fellas
I'll take off all my blues
Hey fellas
There's nothing I won't do
Just for you
Daphne with a smirk points at Igor who blushes. Daphne got off stage while Ahsoka and Kitty dance for the customers.
Meanwhile Ember came back to the heroes' table and places down the mugs.
"Here you are guys. It's on the house," said Ember with a secret evil smirk.
"Wow, thanks," Igor smiles.
"Hay, Hunchi," said Marceline as she swirls her finger a bit she takes a taste and made a conclusion, "Don't drink this. This stuff haves been..." she turns and yelp as Igor drank all his beer already, "Drugged!"
"Hey this is pretty good," said Igor, drunk. He turns to the stage and claps happily, "Good job, girls!, show us some leg!"
"Igor, as much as I like to have fun in a bar please stay focused!" Lita hissed.
"Dance, dance the night away!"
Marceline looks annoyed. The drug is taking effect alright. She had to do something. Though before she does, she hears footsteps making her turn. Sure enough in comes Quickstrike who in robot mode always came into the pub to look at showgirls like Daphne as she came back on stage to finish her song. Quickstrike smirks like a flirting idiot even though the dancer is an organic. He had no idea that Marceline has seen him. He yelps as he trips over a loose floorboard.
So dream on
And drink your beer
Get cozy
Your baby's here
Hey boys, I'm talking to you
"Well, if it isn't our predacon friend Oh We're in luck Igor!" Marceline waited for a response from Igor but none came; she sees that Igor is gone. "Igor?" She wonders where the hunchback has gone off to. Looking to the stage however, she got her answer the crazy way. "Igor!" Sure enough Igor was on stage dancing with the girls.
Daphne takes the hunchback's arm and swings him around before he rejoins the two girls. Marceline slaps herself in annoyance.
Your baby's gonna come through
Let me be good to you
Ahsoka and Kitty gave Igor a kiss on the cheek each. The hunchback blushed and twirls around drunkenly and blew a kiss to the two. He wasn't watching where he was going as he ended up falling off stage onto the piano!
"Yeah!" said Daphne smiling as she makes the final pose.
Igor got up dazed with visions of show girls around his head. He didn't notice that Roger angry about the hunchback falling onto his piano was about to hit him with a board. Luckily Igor slumps down causing Roger to miss and hits a customer named Red Hulk by accident. Red Hulk growls angrily at Roger who hides the board innocently. The customer however grabs him by the neck and is about to punch his eyes out. The good news is that Roger got free; the bad news is that Red hulk hits the piano so hard it crashes into the band members sending them and Igor flying like mad. The hunchback lands on his back as a fight breaks out with the customers choking each other, using stuff as weapons, etc.
Ember and Mortimer try to break the fight up while Quickstrike drinks Energon but stops as he sees the fight.
"Yay, a tussle!" he was about to join the fight but he then got a message on his watch, "Ah man, just when I was in the mood for a fight!
The fight get intense with guns firing some managed to break the light bulbs.
Marceline barely dodge the attackers as she runs to Igor and help him to his feet slapping him lightly in hopes to bring him to his senses.
"Igor, time to snap out!" said Marceline quickly.
"What, what?" asked Igor confused. The drug has now worn off; he is unaware of what just happened or what he did. Seeing the fight he gasped, "W-w-w-what is going on here?!"
"You just had your first drunk moment, now listen I just saw..." Marceline turns and sees that the fuzor is now gone. But she refuses to let that deter her, "Come on, hunchi! He's not getting away that easily!"
As the bar fight continues to get more intense, Marceline sees something behind the bar; a trapdoor! The Fuzor must have gone down it. She and Igor head to the bar luckily for them no one saw them. Once they got there, Igor climb down the trapdoor. As Marceline is the last to climb down, she closes the door in the nick of time as a chair flies over and hits it.
Authors note
Well another chapter written and done so please review.
