Relatively Horrid by SpelCastrMax

Disclaimer: Not mine

Achieving is cool but please ask first. (MaxVaughn@juno.com) Thank you.

FINALLY A NEW CHAPTER!!!! (sorry for the delay people, let me just put my excuse to you this way:
college midterms + friend/homework filled Spring Break = No time/no sanity
AHHHH!!! I just did math!!!!

Chapter Three: Auntzilla's Destruction & The Coming Attack of MekaKingGramps

Bob looked over the paper several times. "Aunt Trudy, I made this promise when I was a little sprite. This really shouldn't be held against me..."

"So you are going to back down on your promise," the woman snickered, "I should have known. You were never very good with responsibility."

The man let out an insulted noise, then held back his comeback, replacing it with a more logical argument. "I have responsibility here. I'm a Guardian. I have to mend and defend my home."

"No, you have to mend and defend your family just as your grandfather has been doing for cycles!" Trudy realized that she had snapped and glanced at Dot expectantly. "Would you please excuse us, Ms. Matrix?"

Bob took Dot's hand as a silent command not to leave. "I have a family here. Besides, Gramps has been doing fine. There's no point in forcing him into retirement." The Guardian paused, forcing a smile at his aunt and setting the paper in question into her hand. "Why don't you rest? We can talk about this later." He lightly kissed Trudy's cheek, then took Dot with him as he exited.

"What's going on?" Dot demanded to know when they had walked all the way to the diner without a word from Bob. She placed her hands on her hips as a warning.

Bob grinned at her in hopes of changing the tension in the atmosphere. "I promise I'll tell you everything later, but for right now I don't want to think about it. Okay?"

Before Dot could answer, the younger Enzo came running from the diner. Following him in a more calm fashion was the much larger Matrix and petite AndrAia.

"How's the date going?" the game sprite asked.

"We were interrupted," Bob told them sheepishly.

"I didn't hear any game cubes land," Enzo commented.

"Was it Megabyte?" Matrix growled.

Bob shook his head and muttered, "I wish."

After Dot told the others what had happened, they all began to bug Bob about what his family wanted him for. When their questions melded together in a loud din, the Guardian threw his hands in the air. "I'll tell you all later, okay. Right now...I think I should go talk to Phong." He kissed Dot on the cheek, then left his friends to stand and wonder.

In Phong's office, Bob gave the old sprite the same story Dot had told, managing to avoid what it was his family wanted him to do. "And now my aunt is holding this contract over me that I signed when I was younger than Enzo...little Enzo that is."

Phong tapped the ends of his fingers together. He pondered a bit. Then he thought. When he was done thinking, he began to wonder. By the time the wondering was complete, he had almost forgotten the point of the story. "Hmm. My son, my only suggestion would be to rip up the paper and wait for them to forget about it."

"Trust me, it won't help," Bob said as he slumped in his seat, "My whole family copy and patses everything. They don't just forget."

"I see," Phong replied, "Then my only answer for the moment is find a way to send your aunt away from here."

"Great idea. Do you have any catapult commands?"

There was a knock on the door. Before Phong could ask who it was, Aunt Trudy barged in. "Bobby Boy, I heard you'd be here. I just thought I'd let you know that I vid windowed your grandfather. Maybe he can talk some sense into you."

"Gramps! Here?!" Bob squeaked, "No! No, no, no! Aunt Trudy, he could...what if he...no."

"Oh, don't be silly. His temper is not nearly as bad as it used to be," she laughed. Expectantly she cleared her throat.

Although clearly upset, Bob remembered his manners. "Right. Sorry. Phong this is my Aunt Trudy. Aunt Trudy, this is the city mentor and my friend, Phong."

Trudy turned to Phong with forced politeness. "I'm very sorry for taking him away, but you know how it goes. Family first."

Phong nodded to humor her. "Of course. However, family can be in the eye of the beholder."

"R...right." She glared a little understanding completely what Phong was trying to tell her and choosing to ignore it. "Well, I've got to be off! I have to plan for your grandfather's arrival."

"So do I," Bob muttered. With a quick word of good bye to Phong, he raced back to the diner where he had to do some quick preparation for his friends. He had to at least make sure the locks on the diner were still working properly. If anything, he and the others could hide out from Gramps in there until old sprite got fed up and left. That, of course, meaning he hadn't succeeded to break any of the windows. Bob had a lot of work ahead of him.

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Sorry it's so short. The next chapter will have more happening including the arrival of "Gramps" so "Stay Tuned"!