Meet Charcoal

Written by JaJaLoo


Plot: Nicholas' new dog causes an uproar in the office when Nemo and Jackson start investigating, thinking the dog is a foreign spy.


Nicholas never has companionship at 2004 Wentz Avenue.

Now, you may be thinking "but he has his friends."

Yes, he has them, but he doesn't have a partnership.

Like Jackson has his music, Nemo has his celebrity friends, etc.

So Nicholas decided to get a companion.

And then things went south, real fast.

This is that story.


Another thing that's been going on lately is that Nemo has been obsessed with spy movies.

That week, he and Jackson had watched all six Mission: Impossible movies.

They were halfway through the sixth one when Nicholas walked in.

"Could I have the keys?" he asked.

Nemo looked up at him.

"What for?" he said, mouth full of popcorn.

"I'm going to get a companion."

"What do you need a companion for?" Jackson asked. "You've got us."

"Well, more like something I can care for."

"Again, us."

Nicholas sighed and grabbed Nemo's keys.

Once he had left, Nemo pulled out a box set.

"You up for a John Wick marathon?" he asked.

"Count me in." Jackson said.


The mall was surely a big place.

Nicholas must have been in there for an hour, looking at all the different stores.

He had just walked out of a Hot Topic, in shock.

"I see why Jackson likes that place so much." he said.

Walking around some more, something caught his eye.

A pet store.

"Perfect!" Nicholas said. "I'll get a pet! The guys will be so happy."

Inside the pet store, Nicholas had finished looking at the fish selection, giving up.

"I give up. I can't find anything." he said.

Suddenly, a dog bark made him stop in his tracks.

Nicholas looked at a nearby cage.

Inside, there was a big black dog, who had his eyes locked on him.

The two stared at each other for a long time.


Jackson and Nemo had abandoned their John Wick marathon, and were watching some James Bond movies instead, debating the best Bond actor.

"Sean Connery, man. First and the fairest." Jackson said.

"Daniel Craig did the best!" Nemo replied.

"Please! You picked him because he's newer."

Then Nicholas walked in the room.

"Hey, guys. I found something." he said.

Jackson and Nemo said nothing.

Then the dog jumped into the room.

Jackson's eyes went wide, and then the dog jumped on him, taking him down.

Nicholas watched.

Jackson glared at him.

"You know I'm a cat person, Nicholas." he grumbled.

"Yeah, well, I hate cats." Nicholas replied.

"You got a dog?" Nemo asked.

"Yeah, we had some sort of connection." Nicholas said, calling the dog over.

Jackson got up. He was covered in drool.

"Well, train this darn thing." he groaned. "Does it have a name?"

"Yeah. His name is Charcoal, because he's the same color as charcoal."

"I can already tell this is going to be a long week." Nemo groaned.


And right he was.

Charcoal was getting into everything.

Just the previous day, Will had made a killer batch of BLT's, and Charcoal ate them all.

And he kept peeing in random places, so when Patrick stepped in a puddle of it, he was furious.

"You need to train this dog!" he yelled to Nicholas at dinner that night.

Nicholas had his mouth full of pot roast.

"Huh?"

"I stepped in a puddle of his urine." Patrick said. "It's disgusting!"

"I thought you liked that stuff, since it's the only plots you write." Jackson said.

Roast landed on Jackson's head.

"Sweet. More food." he said, eating it.

"Fine." Nicholas groaned. "I'll send it to obedience school tomorrow."


Sure enough, the next morning, Nicholas had taken Charcoal to a nearby obedience school.

Meanwhile, Nemo went up to Jackson's room, and knocked.

"Password?" Jackson's voice asked.

"New England Clam Chowder."

"What color?"

"White."

The door unlocked, and Nemo came in.

Jackson was working on another script.

"What's up, Nemo?"

"Could I see Tracer Bullet?"

Jackson got up, put on a trench coat and hat, and turned his room into a detective office.

"What do you want, Park?"

"I believe the new dog is a foreign spy."

"Are you kidding me?" Jackson groaned. "I swear, those Bond movies have done something to you! What's your proof?"

"Why else would a pet be attached to Nicholas?" Nemo asked.

"Maybe he just liked him."

Jackson looked at his computer and saw the news.

"Oh, no."

Nemo came and looked over.

"Good god, no. That can't happen."

"You don't suppose that..."

"I think so."

"Me too. Let's do this."

Jackson and Nemo ran out of the room.


Patrick was watching Will animate a new episode.

"So, I have another idea for my series!" Patrick said. "What if Hobbes died and became a ghost, and Calvin has to find his body?"

"Good idea, but I'm sure Jackson's on that." Will said.

"What are you talking about?"

"If you're saying it, he's probably writing it down right now." Will replied.

"Oh my God, HE'S BREAKING LOGIC!" Patrick shouted.

Jackson walked into the room, holding a completed script.

"You're right, guys." he said. "I am breaking logic."

Patrick fainted.

"Get up and look at this." Jackson said, showing his phone to Will.

Will screamed.

"What the...wait, what does this have to do with us?"

Patrick got up.

"Let me see! GIVE IT HERE!" he yelled.

Will handed the phone to Jackson.

"Remember when you asked me to tell you when you were acting rudely?" he asked.

Patrick nodded.

"This is one of those times."

"Sorry, Will. So what is it?"

Jackson showed his phone to Patrick.

"What the..."

"I know." Jackson said. "Even worse, Nemo thinks he's inside Charcoal."

Suddenly, Nicholas returned from Obedience School.

"Charcoal was a nightmare there. He straight up attacked everyone there. I'm taking him back, can't get a suitable companion!" he yelled at himself.

Jackson, Patrick, and Will looked at each other.

Then Will ran out of the room.

"Where is he going?" Nicholas asked.

Jackson and Patrick said nothing.

Nicholas sighed, and flopped on the couch.


About two hours later, Nicholas was preparing to take Charcoal back.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.

"Who is it?" Nicholas called.

And then two FBI agents crashed through the windows.

"AAAUUUGGGHHH! WHAT IS THIS?"

"Could we see your dog?" one agent asked.

"Sure. What did he do wrong?"

All the users had come into the living room to see the commotion.

The agent ignored Nicholas, and held Charcoal.

"Alright, dog. Stand on your hind legs."

Charcoal stood up, taking the posture of a human.

Nicholas was in shock.

"My dog is a mutant?" he exclaimed.

"Not exactly." the agent said, pulling on Charcoal's head.

Charcoal's head came off...as a mask.

"WHAT THE? A MASK?" James exclaimed.

Jackson smirked.

"It's you!" Nicholas shouted.

The person behind the mask was none other that ROBERT STAINTON.

"Robert Q. Stainton." The agent said. "This is your second offense. Take him away, boys."

The other agents led Robert to a truck.

It was after that Nicholas realized,

"Great. I don't have a dog anymore."

But then the doorbell rang again.

It was the lady from the pet store, holding a dog the same breed as Charcoal.

"Hi, are you Nicholas?" she asked.

"Yeah, that's me."

"Well, I came by to give you your actual dog. I found him in the back in a cage. The other was was a guy in a well made dog suit." she said.

Nicholas smiled and took the new dog.

"Thanks."

The lady walked away.

Nicholas turned to the guys.

"Guys? Meet Charcoal."

Needless to say, this dog was much more trained, and he was loved by everybody.

And all was well with the wiki again.


CAST

NMMacc18 - Nicholas

JaJaLoo - Jackson

NLG343 - Nemo

ElectricSupernova - Will

Pjdem06 - Patrick

Jamz64 - James


Next episode: Road Trip - The guys take a road trip, but things go very wrong.