Ellie here with another supermegafoxyawesomehot author's note. Yeah, I'm giving you guys a fair warning that this chapter is a little, well, insane. But never fear, it's at least funny (or it was when Eryn and I came up with it). Then again, so was replacing every swear word in Next to Normal with derp...
Anyways, on with the insanity!
Lucas began to spend more and more time with Wednesday and Pugsley over the next week or so. The people that he used to think were his friends now treated him just like they did the Addamses, with them either completely avoiding him, or finding subtle ways to mess with him. It was a horrible feeling, but he had to admit that holding intelligent conversation with Wednesday was a lot better than talking about clothes bought at the Gap with people that could and did abandon him in a heartbeat.
Unbeknownst to him, Gary and Becky had tried several times to get the other children, Amanda especially, to be nice to him. To them, they felt they had a chance to turn him back into a model citizen before he was too far gone. But unfortunately for them, their otherwise brainwashed kids chose to ignore this request.
The Addams children had problems of their own, what with their worst fears of having Satan's mistress kill, or do something much worse to their uncle becoming a reality. Even though it had been him that wrote them the letter that told them of his abandonment, they both knew that this was all a part of Debbie's scheme to seduce him, and then do whatever she wishes. It probably had to do with the family fortune. It always did when it came to people scheming against the family.
Wednesday and Pugsley still managed to find time to have different opinions on the subject of Lucas being around. Pugsley on one hand saw Lucas as a bit of an intruder who stared at Wednesday way too much, and had an annoying habit of switching between modern lingo, and something that sounded like it came from a guy sitting at a typewriter in the nineteenth century. In contrast, Wednesday's feelings were unclear to those under the age of twelve, and she found herself conflicted between them, and what she'd always been taught. She herself didn't even know what was keeping her from going mad.
But, despite the conflict, the three preteens found themselves spending a camp assembly behind the bleachers together, none really caring what Gary and Becky had to say. Wednesday decided to take the free time to try to figure out some sort of solution to the Debbie problem while Pugsley reluctantly showed Lucas his Kleptos & Serial Killers trading card collection.
"Hey wait, I think I got a pack of those once!" Wednesday heard Lucas exclaim before throwing the lid off of a shoebox full of sports cards. She rolled her eyes as the boys began to dig through them to find what they were looking for. She listened to the stage for anything important, but it was all about camp activities and other nonsense. Suddenly, she heard Pugsley gasp. She turned to her brother sitting on the opposite side of Lucas from her, as he found one of the unique cards in Lucas' box.
"Wednes, look at this!" He said to her and passed the card across Lucas to her. On it, there was a picture of a woman with an uncanny resemblance to Debbie, with the title, "The Black Widow". Proof.
"It might be Debbie." She stated and turned the card over for further information. To her annoyance, Lucas was reading over her shoulder.
"It seems likely, considering your uncle seems to be her type." The personal space intruder concluded.
"I'll trade you!" Pugsley told Lucas, already flipping through his cards to find something he was willing to part with.
"No way." Lucas declined, and put the card back in the box while Pugsley glared. Wednesday sighed and checked back in on the assembly. Becky was naming off a few kids that usually were ignored by the counselors.
"Mordecai, Yang, Esther, Consuela, Erwin," And after a bit of struggling with the pronunciation, Gary helped her with,
"Jamal." Wednesday rolled her eyes. Becky then continued.
"Whatever. And as their leader, in the secondary, but still compellingly written role of Pocahontas, guess who we have in mind?" It seemed as though they were casting something. "Our own little brunette outcast," Oh no. "Wednesday Addams." Wednesday could feel pure fear shoot through her as she raised her head up to peer over the bleacher, to find that Gary and Becky were smirking at her, as if they'd known she'd been back there all along.
Later, after the complete casting list had been posted, Wednesday, Pugsley, and Lucas attempted to sneak past the crowd to avoid attention. This plan failed when Amanda marched up to Lucas and stated, rather loudly,
"You're my husband." Lucas stared at her, dumbfounded.
"What?" He asked, verbally expressing his confusion.
"In Gary's play, you've been cast as my husband. And as a way to help me get into character, I've decided to take you back, because despite our recent problems, I think we can overcome them for the sake of our onstage chemistry." Lucas stared at her blankly, while Pugsley smirked, and Wednesday got a rather unpleasant feeling in her stomach that she couldn't describe. Lucas raised his eyebrows and gave her a forced, confused smile.
"No, that's ok." He rejected her. Now it was Amanda's turn to be confused.
"What are you talking about?" She asked as though she'd misunderstood.
"No it's ok, you don't have to take me back, because I really don't want to be in the play, OR be with you." He clarified. Amanda's ever-present posse gasped. For perhaps a few milliseconds, Amanda almost looked hurt, but that turned to a look of malice directed at Wednesday.
"You. This is all your fault!" Amanda couldn't grasp this. She was a Buckman. Buckmans get what they want, and nobody can take it from them. The freak girl had done just that. True, Lucas wasn't the cutest boy, or the least bit athletic, or outgoing, but he was from a good family (even if his mom was a little bit nuts), and he was compatible. But most importantly, he was hers. She saw red, and clenched her fists. She wanted to lose control and beat the smug look off of Wednesday's pale face. But as a Buckman, she had to keep her dignity.
"The woods, behind the Harmony Hut. Midnight." Amanda challenged. Wednesday's eyes widened in interest, not fear.
"I knew it would come to this." She stated calmly. "Would you like for us to fight it out with our fists like savage men? Open hands like in your teen movies?" Wednesday suggested. Amanda was shocked at how cavalier Wednesday was being, while her fat brother looked at her approvingly, and Lucas looked more scared than anything; his earlier confidence almost completely gone. "No. That's not you or I at all."
"I don't know, the idea of getting to slap you sounds pretty good to me." Amanda blurted out.
"But I'm assuming you want to keep your honor. Me beating you to a bloody pulp won't grant you that." Just then, Gary and Becky walked past them, smiling at the kids for finally speaking to each other. They had no time to stop though, as they were leading two kids; both pale, one a blonde girl about Pugsley's age, the other a shy, dark-haired boy a few years younger; to the Harmony Hut. Wednesday pitied them, but continued as soon as they were gone. "So I propose an honorable duel. Just you verses me."
"Done." Amanda agreed and turned to leave with her friends without another word.
"What the heck was that?" Lucas asked Wednesday, referring to the incredibly bizarre situation that had just occurred.
Midnight. It was all too easy for Wednesday to get out of the cabin this time, due to the fact that her roommates were already gone. She moved along the edge of the woods to avoid walking out in the open. Pugsley joined her when she was halfway to the Harmony Hut, excitement blazing in his eyes. Thiswas his sister.
They were finally joined by Lucas when they had nearly reached their destination. He clearly did not share Pugsley's enthusiasm.
"You aren't actually going to go through with this, are you?" He asked Wednesday in a harsh whisper.
"Of course I am."
"This is crazy!" Lucas stated the obvious.
"Totally!" Pugsley said excitedly, but a little too loud.
"Shh!" Wednesday scolded him. "But yes Lucas, I am well aware of that fact." Lucas groaned.
"I mean, this is ridiculous! There's no reason whatsoever why you have to do this. And quite frankly, it's a little stupid." Said Lucas. Wednesday looked at him coldly.
"Well, if you really feel that way, why don't you just go back to bed?" She asked.
"Actually, I think I might do that." Venom dripped from Lucas' words as he walked away in the opposite direction. Wednesday ignored her brother's satisfied smile and continued to the meeting place where Amanda and a group of about ten other children were waiting.
"About time you showed up." Amanda said and picked up one of the fencing rapiers she'd had a couple of boys steal from the sports shed. Wednesday disregarded her remark and picked up the other. She also ignored the safety equipment, while Amanda put on one of the mesh masks.
Wednesday put out her hand for Amanda to shake to begin the fight with honor, but she refused, and instead yelled the traditional, "On guard!" and held out her sword. With impossible speed, Wednesday swung at her without a moment's notice, and she had to lean back to avoid being smacked in the side of the neck. Amanda bounced back and knocked Wednesday's sword away with her own.
The girls did an intricate dance all throughout the circle made by the other kids, all rooting for their blonde leader. Clanking rapiers, and the occasional squeak from Amanda when she narrowly dodged one of Wednesday's attacks at her torso were the only sounds that filled the night.
Somehow, Amanda managed to get one good stab in, and Wednesday just narrowly got away from getting it straight in the stomach, but it did slightly tear her dress. She knew Amanda would be smiling under her mask. Wednesday took this opportunity to go at her, and in Amanda's attempt to dodge, she fell right onto her back.
There was a snarky innuendo in Wednesday's mind, but she remained silent as she stood over Amanda and held the rapier just an inch from her throat. Knowing she'd been defeated, Amanda reached up and pulled the mask off. For once in her life, she didn't care how horrible her hair probably looked. And just as Wednesday turned her back, the blonde jumped up from the ground, sword drawn.
Wednesday had heard her, and turned just in time to jump to the side, and shove the attacker into the nearest tree. Wednesday was coming at Amanda with the rapier again when two of Amanda's goons grabbed her by the shoulders and held her back. She looked over at Pugsley, and he too had been incapacitated, but by three boys.
"Let me go, I almost had her!" Wednesday yelled as she struggled to get free, and the girls were obviously about to give, almost completely unable to overpower the supernaturally strong girl.
"Ha!" A roughed-up Amanda said mockingly. At some point in the confusion, Lucas had run back to Wednesday. He saw the conflict and without a second thought, he grabbed Wednesday's dropped rapier and pointed it at the girls holding her.
"Let the goth girl go!" He ordered.
"Seriously?" He heard Wednesday mumble under her breath. The girls had just let go of her when the camp's siren went off again.
"Scatter!" A random boy yelled as the preteens hightailed it back to their respective cabins before they could be caught having underground duels for the heart of a man.
Yes, that just happened. Anyone understand all of those references besides Eryn? And does anyone see that blue review button there? Yeah, that was created to be clicked. Do you really want to ruin the life of a poor review button?