Flynn at 1111 Glen Oak

Conclusion

When she arrived home, Sandi entered her room and looked at the mess that Norm had left behind that morning. "Uh! You'll pay for what you did, Doofenshmirtz!" As she started cleaning the papers and clothing that had been scattered on the floor she decided to try to stop his schemes somehow. 'I'll find out who that platypus works for,' she mused.

After she had tidied her room, she went to the computer, closed the HTML files she had been working on and started planning...

~1~

Daria and Jane arrived at the Zon (or the Zen, no one knew what the symbol in the middle of the nightclub's name meant) at ten PM. "Trent said that Spiral will be on just after ten," Jane said.

"Have they improved?"

"Hardly," Jane replied.

Trent came up on stage. "Hey, we're Mystik Spiral. But we might change our name. This is Mr. Normal."

Trent launched into the song "Who shot the hippies? Who locked them in a zoo..." As well as being the vocalist he played the lead guitar. Also on stage were Jesse Moreno, also on guitar, Nick Campbell on bass, and Max Tyler on drums. The overall effect was... that of four young adults trying too hard, producing discordant music that would cause cardiac arrhythmia in small animals...

~2~

After Spiral's first set, another teen came up to Daria and Jane. "Candace?" Jane asked, for it was Candace, dressed as if she wanted to hide herself (in dark clothes and shades).

"Keep it down, Jane. I don't want anyone to know I'm here."

"Why not?" Daria asked.

"Mom thinks I'm at Stacy's, and Stacy thinks I'm at Jenny's."

"Who?"

"Another of my friends; she's always advocating for world peace."

"Right, why are you here?"

"Um, Jeremy called tonight and said that he's coming over tomorrow! It's going to be embarrassing if Phineas and Ferb carry off something crazy and aren't busted!" Candace said nervously.

"Jeremy Johnson?" Jane asked with curiosity in her voice and an eyebrow raised.

Candace merely nodded. Jane could also see a blush. She whispered to Daria, pointing out the redden cheeks.

Daria nodded, with a glance in Trent's direction and a blush of her own. "I see, but there are no guarantees. It depends on a lot of variables. It may turn out like today."

"OK," Candace agreed quietly.

"Wait and see," Jane said encouragingly.

Candace gave a weak smile.

~3~

Candace left the Lawndale nightclub in the midst of Mystik Spiral's second set and the light dancing. She wasn't sure what the next day would bring, but she hoped that her Mom would find out what her brothers were really up to. She didn't want any of their schemes to end in disaster.

~4~

Candace's departure from the Zᶲn didn't go unnoticed. A goth girl, with short dark hair, intermediate between Daria and Jane's ages watched her get into a taxi and overheard her give the driver an address in Danville.

Once the taxi had driven away, the girl wondered what had brought Candace into Lawndale that night.