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" I'm telling you mum, I had the worst nightmare last night. I haven't had a nightmare that bad since pop died.' " Maybe that's your body, or perhaps the Almighty telling you drinking that concoction of Frankenstein's was a bad idea." Patricia said. Being a man who never lied to his mother when asked if something was wrong, Andy had told her what he had done. She was the only one in the house besides him that knew this little secret. " Well, I figure that the almighty will forgive me." " I suppose so. It was an act of love, not a bid for power. That's just not your style." " Exactly." " Exactly like your father." " Hmm? You say something?" " No, not a thing." the phone rang. ' Hello? Oh, hello Cash. No sweet heart, your not interrupting anything. Andy? Oh, yes, sure. Andy!" Vinny called. " Thank you Vinny. Hello?" " Hey bud." " Oh, morning Cash. You need something?" " Yeah." " Is this about the you know what?" " Thankfully no. Listen. We all have something to do at label, think you could swing by Dave's and take them off his hands for an hour. If those 'wee ones' are anything like us at their age, they must be driving their poor grandpa insane. He's handle four growing boys before, but never had this many before.' " Hey Cash, he did try to have the girls live with us for a while. He's done it before." Andy heard Alvin said. " Yeah, but wasn't he younger then?" " I doubt he's lost his niche." " What's that Todd? Oh, you need Dave and Becky too? Well, now we need the kids looked after." " I'm on it." Andy said. " I'm going to be watching the kids for the next while. Be back later." Andy said to Patricia and Vinny. Later. " So, what are we going to do today?" Tom asked. " I don't know. What do you want to do?" " Sing!" Eliza yelled. "Prove I'm better than her." Tom said. Liz glared hatefully her cousin. " Well, the co-leader dynamic just went out the window." Tony said. " Was it ever in place?" Olivia said. " Maybe we should have nailed it down somehow." Helen said. Ben just shook his head. " Nell, Libby, Tony, Benny? Anything you want to do?" Andy asked. " Cook!" Libby said. " Eat!' Ben said. " Read." Nell said. " Go to the book store." Tony said. Andy stood and thought for a second. " I know! I'll meet you all half way." ' How?" Tony asked. ' There's a bookstore near the arcade isn't there?" " Your right!" Tony said. " You two can go in and buy yourself some new books. Then we can go into the cooking store near by as well. I'm sure Jesse would let you cook and Ben can taste it." " And Tom and Liz?" " That's why we go to the arcade. While blue and white read, and the greens cook, black and pink can compete till their little hearts are content. Sound good?" " sure does!' Tom said. He grabbed Tony and Ben and took off. Liz took off running after him. Libby and Nell shrugged and took off too. " hey, wait for me!' Andy yelled. And even later." This is fascinating. Nell, take a look at this." " Hey, Benjy, smell this. Doesn't it smell good? I have to get this." Meanwhile, Tom and Liz stood, backs turned to each other, on either side of Andy. Once they came back, Tony said ' Well, Nell and I just blew our entire allowances for the week." " The whole fifty dollars they give you? Both of you?" " Yup." ' wow, you really are serious about learning more." Libby came out with a triumphant smile and Ben followed close behind, struggling to carry some of the large bags. " Are sure you don't want to swap, Benjy?" " No Libby. I'm a man ( he tries to puff out his chest a bit) and I got to take care of my sister, like a real man would." " well, then, Merci, monsieur Benjamin." " you four ready?' " Yes, Andy."
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Arcade fun
" Well, hey guys. Good to see you again, Andy." ' Like wise, Jesse." " is Cash alright Tom?" " I think so. He seems to have lightened up a bit." " well, I guess that means he's realized we're all in this together. Good. Now he can sleep better.' Tom and Nell looked at each other uneasily. " He isn't staying up or anything is he?" ' No. he goes to bed with mom the same as always." " Goes to bed with mom? That could mean.. No, don't think like that Jesse. Keep your imagination under control." Jesse thought. ' Jesse?" " Yeah, Libby?' ' Can I cook some stuff in the arcade's kitchen?" " sure, little one. Knock yourself out. So long as me and Kathy get to taste it." " Did you call me daddy?" Kathy then noted Tom. ' Cash!" she shouted and jumped him. " ah, what are you doing Kath?" " Oh, Tom. I'm sorry. I thought you were.. Never mind. How are you all doing?" " Pretty good." " are you scared?" " Of what?' ' well, aren't our dad's going after some bad men?' " yeah." ' aren't you afraid?" " you don't know how tough my dad really is. He could take all these losers himself." " Don't I know it." Kathy mumbled. " You say something?" " I said I'll bet he could, but he won't right?" " Course not Dad always fights along side his brothers." " Do they have any plans in store?" " Well, I don't know how, but, they found out where Frankenstein is hiding out. Hey, Tony? What's your dad working on again?" ' A 'gene cleanser' Tom. It'll be given to the monsters Frankenstein has created and hopefully turn them back to normal." " Right. Well, once Uncle Simon has that ready, it's butt kicking time. Gonna take us down some monsters." " you mean our parents are going to take care of the monsters. We'll most likely be left at Grandpa Dave's or Xavier's to keep us safe." Tony said. " no way, man! I'm not missing this action. The chipmunks vs. Frankenstein and his legion of cursed souls!? No way am I missing that. This'll be better than any pay-per-view." " I don't normally do this, but, I got to agree with Tom." Liz said. " head for the hills!' Libby yelled. " Why?" Kathy asked. " because, if Tom and Liz agree on something, it usually means something is about to happen." " You worry to much, Libby. Even if something would happen, Andy and I would protect you." Jesse said. " But, we don't want you too." Liz said. " Now, I may not have training like him, but I can take a few guys." ' We know that. It's just hat, last time you helped us…." The kids all looked down, except for Kathy who had no clue. " What's wrong?' The five year old asked. " The last time I helped the guys, I got hurt pretty bad." Jesse said. " then, maybe you shouldn't help them." " sorry honey. I know you want me happy and healthy, but, you have to understand. It would eat at my very soul if something were to happen to these guys and I did nothing. Uh huh, no thank you. I don't need that guilt on my conscience." " I understand daddy." " Come on Benjy!" ' Comin' Libby." " Nell, what do you want to read first?' ' I'd like to sink my teeth into Dracula. No pun intended." " I'm gonna whip you good." Liz said to Tom. " Jesse, you got anything new to try?" " um, yeah. A virtual reality pod. You play two battle vehicles, Then you duke it out in a virtual city." " Sounds good to us." ' Andy? You want to play?' " I'll play some skee ball." " alright. Let me get everything ready." later. " Okay, Tom vs. Liz.. Again. In three, two, one! Begin!" " Your mine, Tommy!' Liz half yelled, half laughed. " Eat lead, Lizzy!" Tom said with the same tone. " I knew they loved fighting each other."
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Best laid plans
" Boom, boom, boom." Went the pods Tom and Liz were inside. They were clearly going all out. Hoping to find anything that could assist in defeating Frankenstein (and proving he had his mother's general concern), Tony was reading Mary Shelly's Frankenstein very intently. He knew things in the real world and in the book were different, but anything could help. Anything he thought could be of assistance, he wrote down. Nell was reading Dracula just because she thought it was a good book. Libby had just shoved a spoonful of her latest concoction into her brother's mouth. ' well?" She asked, putting one hand on her apron clad hip. " it could use some salt, and a tiny crack of pepper." " I thought so." " Hey, I know what would go great as a side to this." ' what?" " Mango! Think about sis. Grill some mango, and some pineapple.. Think about it." ' hmm…' Olivia said stroking her chin. " hmm, I believe your right. Alright, let's give it a shot." Andy, Kathy, and Jesse meanwhile, were playing a really long game of skee ball. Jesse had even gone as far as turning the open sign to off. " Hey, Andy?" Jesse asked. " yes?" " I was told your died before you moved to the states. What off?" " Lung cancer." " you too?" " Huh?" " Cash lost his father to lung cancer." " agito? That's what he died of?" " Yep." "' Why hasn't he told me?" " Probably still a really sore spot for him. You can remember the hurt you felt when your dad died?" " Yeah." " Well, Cash was younger than you by a few years when it happened to him.' " I see.' ' From I understand, this guy wasn't just a loved one, he was his teacher and his protector. Cash is who is because of him. He knows what he does because of him." " Cash is cash because of Mr. Ikebana." " Exactly." Kathy paid close attention, since the conversation was on her favorite. Meanwhile, trouble was brewing. It would appear as though Libby was right. Tom and Liz agreeing brings trouble. " Closed eh?" a man said. You two, go wait around back, in case they try to escape out the back.' To large figures did as the man commanded. ' Alright. The ducats these kids brought in alive. Anybody else in here, do what you will." The other goons nodded. The lead then rang the door bell. " Hold that thought, Andy." Jesse said. " Yeah? We're closed. So, what do you need?" " We're here for the for inspection." "Uh huh, nice try bud. I'm not falling for this routine." " then fall for this!' The man tazered Jesse and he fell to the floor. At that particular moment, Tom and Liz were exiting the pods. Quickly taking stock of the situation, Tom yelled. " Kathy, Ben, Nell, hide! Everybody else, it's butt kicking time!' Tom and Liz landed flying kicks to the men's guts and proceeded to uppercut them to knock them down. A few men got into the kitchen. Olivia stood by the door with a frying pan in just perfect position for the men to run into. Two men fell for it. A third saw it and reached through the window like space behind her and grabbed the back of her head. " Let go of my hair!" she yelled, before tossing a pot of fiery hot soup, which she had been making, into his face. " Jerk tried to mess up my hair. Uh huh. Liz would kill me." She then improvised two spatulas for tonfa and took two long squires out with her. " Liz!' she yelled when she tossed the instruments, normally used to pierce meat, to her cousin. ' Now we're talking!" Tom had gotten Jesse's baseball bat, and Tony had an old mop handle. Nell and Ben had scooted Jesse off to the side until he recovered. Andy stood poised to kick a little butt as well. " Here we go again.' Tom said.