A/N Sal Here! You read the damn title! That's right we've entered the Third act of this baby! 2 more plus an epilogue and this baby is Finito!
To dj: Ch. 14? Pfft what are you talking about!
To marcelinefan: I don't expect u to know what I was talking about because you're not an author here so I'll explain…When you post a story, Fan Fiction records every single time a page is viewed. Totaled up when I added Ch. 13 I had pages of Bad Start read 5000 times. Does that help? Though I am proud i got 50+ reviews!
Now we get serious!
Ch. 14 Endgame Begin!
10:00 A.M. 11 hours left to… something…
"CJ!"
"Did you sleep well?"
"Where are we?! Where's Rigby and Eileen?!"
"We'll get to them but first where we are. The Blondes' headquarters… I needed a place to call my base of operations and the blondes "gracefully" let me borrow it." Mordecai noticed one of the blondes behind CJ look at him and mouthed "Help us". Mordecai took a good look at the man himself and he looked like the devil was playing tennis with him.
"Sounds more like a takeover."
"How right you are! And I couldn't have done it without… THIS!" CJ pulled out something from behind her back… something that made Mordecai's heart sink like his blood was lead.
"THE PARK RECORDS?!" Mordecai ran to the bars and then hit a force field head on.
"That's right. Every single thing that happened yesterday happened because I wanted it to!" Me taking over the blondes in one day, DOW, Blood, Snowballs, the boyfriends and Slasher, the zombies, it all was thanks to this most wonderful book." Mordecai felt determined as he began to realize what he and Margaret have gotten into. Now filled with dread and hatred, Mordecai wanted to have CJ bathe in her own blood. That book was the reason that yesterday was an endurance round and a half… but then something dawn on Mordecai, and it came from Margaret.
"How did you know where to find it…?"
"Easy." CJ nodded to one of her servants as he went to go get something. What he comes back with shocked Mordecai like an electrical fence…
"Pops?!"
"That's right. This old fart told me where to find the park records when Slasher and I took him yesterday, long before any of you went to bed." She says as Pops is thrown into the cell.
"Pops are you ok?" Margaret asks as Mordecai removes his restraints and the rag in his mouth.
"Yes I'm quite alright… I'm sorry… they succeeded in their plan because I helped them take their first steps…"
"Pops… they threatened to kill you… No one is blaming you…"
"Strange I'd think you'd be furious… after all; he's the reason you're here now."
"Once I made a few adjustments I had the blondes take Rigbitch and his… half mole/half human girlfriend… If it wasn't for the tail I'd swear she's human."
"So that's when you called me after you kidnapped Rigby and Eileen?"
"Yep! I had you go on a predetermined adventure with the blondes watching your every move. See what happens when you use that brain thing in your head."
"So does that mean… everything we did was rigged for us to win…?"
"That's right, you're a quick learner. Yes I made sure that you would make it this far and have Margaret's confidence in herself skyrocket so I can have reality bring it crashing down." Margaret felt like a stupid kid… everything that happened was nothing more than a lie. What about the kiss in the dreamscape… was that rigged too. "But that doesn't mean everything that happened was rigged. I gave Slasher specific instructions on what to do in the book but for some reason it didn't work. And what woke up two up wasn't supposed to happen because I wanted you trapped in your very own hell for a little while longer… by making sure you never saw the other!" Margaret felt a little better but put it aside to ask…
"Where are Eileen and Rigby?"
"Them?" CJ went to a light switch in the cell and flicked it on. "Turn around." Margaret and Mordecai turn to see Rigby and Eileen lying unconscious.
"What'd you do to them?!"
"I wrote them to sleep." CJ's smug grin made Mordecai's blood boil as he picked up a fallen piece of the wall off the floor and through it at the force field to have it bounce right back and hit him square in the beak.
"OW!" CJ broke in to a hysterical laughing fit as she fell to the floor.
"HAHAHAHA You can blame only you for that HAHAHAHA!" Margaret came to Mordecai's side as he rubbed his head. "Have fun lovebirds cause time is running out…" CJ pointed to a timer on the wall counting down. "That's how long you all have left. And with that I have some finishing touches to attend to, particularly how I'll have you executed! HAHAHA!" With that CJ disappeared beyond the shadows as the two blonde guards stay to watch the cage.
"If you two want to be saved so bad then why don't you let us out?" The first guard looked down before speaking…
"Two reasons… One, we're victims of that book and we have to do what it says in it… It forces us into undying loyalty in body but not in spirit. And two, CJ has the key to the cells so we couldn't let you out if we even had the free will to try. I'm sorry…" Mordecai felt bad for these guys. True they never saw eye-to-eye since Mordecai left them but they were people who wanted nothing to do with this selfish plot. Suddenly Rigby and Eileen began to stir as they began to wake up.
"Did anyone get the number on that truck?"
"Rigby!" "Eileen!" Mordecai and Margaret ran to their respective best friends.
"Mordecai?!""Margaret?!"
The four had a nice reunion group hug… which Pops had to join.
"How'd you guys find us?!" Mordecai scratched the back of his head.
"We… uh got captured by the blonde squad…"
"HEY!"
"Sorry…?"
"No need for name calling man… we have feelings too…"
"You kidnapped us all!"
"Yeah but they didn't do it willingly. Didn't CJ explain it to you guys too?
"No she just put us through these strange test things… I still don't know what they were for." Eileen smelled like she's ran a marathon and then bathed in MM sweat. As for Rigby… well he smells worse than when he finished the mentorship program… Easily MM x5.
"So what do we do now?" Pops asked hoping for a quick and decisive answer. Mordecai thought it over but couldn't think of anything… until another one of CJ's own words come to help him…
"But that doesn't mean everything that happened was rigged. I gave Slasher specific instructions on what to do in the book but for some reason it didn't work."
"CJ said that not everything was predetermined by the park records… So here's what we're gonna do…
A/N I only need this chapter to explain some things and fill any plot holes I've made that I noticed, which is why it's shorter than usual but I promise something more than exposition is coming soon.
Now I know what you're thinking "Why use the park records as CJ's ultimate weapon?" Really I don't know why I wanted to use the park records but I thought if something that powerful existed… why not have someone abuse its power? Can't wait to see Mordecai's new plan of attack.
And in unrelated news: It is also official! The top 3 main characters of Regular Show are…
Mordecai with 7 votes!
Margaret with 4 votes!
Muscle Man with 3 votes!
Everyone else with 1 vote each.
Thanks to all who voted!
Till next time: review, fav, follow, and all that good stuff and the final battle is coming in hot!
UK Sal out!