Chapter 3- I Quit
"What is that monstrosity?" Chloe asked, following her friends out of the Talon.
"Like, it's the Mystery Machine, man," Clark said, breaking into a grin and jogging to the large van.
"What am I supposed to do?" Lana asked, smacking her gum.
"Help solve the mystery," Pete answered as if it were obvious.
"The first step is to get to the scene of the crime, i.e. the Luthor mansion," Chloe said decidedly.
"You know, you like act so much like Velma it's scary," Clark said, opening the side door to the Mystery Machine.
Pete moved to check his hair in the side view mirror, rubbing at an invisible stain on his front tooth. "Let's go."
Lana climbed into the back of the Mystery Machine, sitting primly on the floor as Clark climbed into the driver's seat and Pete and Chloe sat in the back.
"Let's review the facts," Chloe said, looking from Pete to Lana. "Supposedly there's a ghost in the Luthor mansion."
"And it's trying to kill Lionel, man," Clark threw back from the front seat.
"How many times do I have to say it?" Pete asked, adjusting his white sweater. "There's no such things as ghosts."
"Ghosts are creepy," Lana put in.
Chloe rolled her eyes. "Thanks for the input."
"Like, how do we get out of here?" Clark asked.
"Like, why do you keep talking like that?" Pete mocked Clark.
"It seems as if the longer we're Mystery Inc., the more we act like them," Chloe said, looking to her friends for agreement.
"That's why you're acting like such a know-it-all," Lana said, smiling sweetly at Chloe.
"Yeah, well maybe that's why you're acting like a little princess," Pete said, trying to defend Chloe. "Daphne really fits you."
Lana's mouth dropped open before her mouth took on a full pout.
"Hey, like leave her alone, man. You're the one acting so full of yourself," Clark shot at him. "Checking yourself out in the mirror."
"At least every other word out of his mouth isn't 'like' or 'man,'" Chloe threw at Clark.
"I quit," Lana said, still in pout-mode.
Chloe huffed. "You can't quit, because we're not really them," Chloe said, getting louder.
"You don't have to yell," Lana said sadly.
"Like, we just need to find a way to get back to reality," Clark said, pulling into the Luthor mansion.
"I suggest we play this out. Doing that we may reverse the effects that the rocks have had and return to our own reality," Chloe said, straightening her shoulders.
"Or we could just bang the rocks together real hard and say 'there's no place like home,'" Lana suggested.
Chloe adjusted the thick rimmed glasses on her nose. "Let's just go."