Now we start section four............things are going to get interesting. Yes, Cassi is going
to search her Assistant's office. After all, we did deliver our lunch there. Keep some
interesting facts in mind. As of the spoofs, Carter owns a lightsaber, Romano owns a light-
saber, and a Glock. Carter has a Glock as of US Psychos.....please don't ask how Richard
Kimble became a Marshal, we just couldn't pry him and Ardeth apart. If you don't understand
that, read "The Fugitive....From the ER", "Jurassic Spoof", and "Jurassic Spoof: The Lost
World", where Romano became an Assistant to start with. The Jurassic ones can be found
under Cassi's spoofs....(this is for the ones unfamiliar with our work, as we've noticed a few
new people in the reviews!) Glad you're enjoying this! Anyhow, where was I? Oh yes, big
surprises to come!!!!
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Down in the "ER" lobby, Carter watched as Weaver tried to get ahold of Romano. With
no success. Why wasn't he answering, or had this happened to him, also. Well if it had
it was doubtful he'd come down. After all, Carter, himself, wouldn't in that position.
Weaver slammed the phone down in frustration. "Is NO one answering their phones or
pagers?" She exclaimed, agitated. She sighed and started to reach for the phone again.
However, she stopped as everyone heard yelling coming from the stairway.
"If you do not put me down this instant YOU ARE FIRED!" A small child's voice yelled. "I
don't care if I AM FIVE! I am still the Chief of Staff!"
An amused smile crossed Carter's face. Well, that explained everything. He wondered
who it was that managed to drag Romano downstairs.
Everyone in the lobby had ceased to talk as the commotion made its way to the lobby.
Dr. Anspaugh came carrying a five year old boy wearing surgical scrubs. At his side
was a five year old girl with curly red hair, also in surgical scrubs.
"PUT ME DOWN!" Yelled the boy. The boy, who could only be Robert Romano, glared
up at the group all gathered in the lobby. He caught the smile on Carter's face, and growled.
In a surge of motion he kicked Anspaugh and bit his arm. As soon as he hit the floor
he tackled Carter.
Carter kicked him off and bolted down the hall, with Romano in close pursuit.
Corday shook her head. "Oh, bloody HELL!" She groaned and bolted after them.
Weaver stared after them for a moment and burst out laughing. Abby let out a groan of her
own and bolted down the hall after the trio.
Anspaugh muttered a few curses under his breath before asking. "Does anyone have
any Aspirin? I think I need about a bottle and a half."
"You sure you won't need a rabies shot?" Benton retorted. "We don't exactly know where his
mouth has been."
Anspaugh shook his head and laughed.
Kovac glanced at Ross and Dave. "This would be funny if I wasn't five." He remarked.
A moment later, Carter bolted back through. Not paying attention, he slammed into Kovac,
knocking them both down. Romano, not far behind him tried to skid to a stop. Corday,
also in close pursuit ran into Romano, causing them both to land on Carter and Kovac, thus
creating a pile-up of five year olds.
"ENOUGH!!" Abby yelled, bolting in.
Romano struggled to get free, trying to bolt. Abby grabbed him and pulled him away from
the others.
"Stand that brat in a corner!" Anspaugh ordered, glaring at Romano.
Romano kicked at Abby trying to get away. With a surge of strength, he broke away
and disappeared down the hall. Abby threw up her hands in disgust. "I give up." She
muttered.
"For some reason I REALLY pity his parents." Benton grumbled.
"He has been under a lot of stress." Corday told them, and pulled herself to her feet. "I'll
go find him." She finished, and hurried down the hall.
Abby let out a sigh. "I need a cigarette. I'm going to the roof!" She informed them and
hurried to the elevator.....quickly.
Carter sat up, his head hurting. What would Ardeth think? He thought, and froze. Ardeth?
He tried to think. There it was again. Something he should know but couldn't grasp it.
Who was Ardeth? A memory surfaced, morphine......what? Morphine for what? He wasn't
taking pain medicine....In fact the pain in his back was gone...(**gee I wonder why...his
back was healed during The Chameleon Spoof, which isn't up yet. Healing spring. The
Morphine. If you read our spoofs you know, if not? Well then read them. Jurassic Spoof
and The Fugitive from the ER. Alright then, back to Carter.**) Why wasn't he in pain.
Something about water.....and who was Ardeth? **Sad isn't it? He can't remember his best
friend.**
"You alright, Carter?" Benton asked, kneeling in front of him.
Carter nodded but winced another thought came to his mind. Benton killing Romano
with a scalpel......and Dave shooting Weaver. What?! That was impossible! Both were
still alive, and yet, he remembered them voting on whether they should stay dead.....wait--
a huge snowman carrying off Weaver and Romano. Carter shook his head, trying to
shake the bizzaare images from his mind.
"Carter?" Benton cut in, sounding concerned.
"I'm alright, I just hit my head." Carter assured him.
"Yeah, on MINE!" Kovac muttered holding his own head.
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"This just gets better and better." Greene mused, watching the monitors. Chris had gone
to get coffee for them all. Cassi had left about ten minutes before, to search Romano's
office. Sven had left around the same time. How either had managed to get past the
lobby without being seen, he didn't know. **We have our methods ^_~**
Cassi was already in Romano's office, happily sitting in his chair, and putting on his white
medical coat. Sven wasn't on camera at the moment. It was amazing what they could do.
Greene sighed and looked at the lobby camera. He frowned, not seeing Elizabeth. He finally
found her chasing Romano through the halls. He smiled wondering if Ella was going to look
like Elizabeth did at age five. She was pretty cute.
He glanced over at Lucy, who was giving him a sympathetic look.
"You miss her don't you?" Lucy asked, quietly.
Greene nodded and sighed. The Authors had made it clear that he and Elizabeth
could never get back together. He couldn't live here in Chicago. Aside of the spoofset,
he would have to stay in Xanth. He shook himself out of his thoughts and returned
his gaze back to the monitors.
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Romano didn't think. He just ran. Panic gripping him, his only thought was to get as
far away from the lobby as possible. If he ever caught the person who caused this,
he was going to strangle them. It must have been "Special Ed" and his buddy, "Blondie"!
They would pay! He heard footsteps behind him and bolted around a corner, running
right into a medical crash cart, knocking it over on himself.
Lizzie heard the crash and hurried over. As she turned the corner, she saw Romano
trying to push it off. "Robert!" She cried, and ran to his side. "Are you alright?"
Romano shot her an annoyed look. "Lizzie, so nice to see you. Now get this off me before
I decide to sue this stupid hospital....For leaving this junk around!" He growled.
"Maybe you shouldn't have been running through the halls like some wild animal." She
scolded.
"Just help me get it off!" He ordered. "Please?"
Lizzie rolled her eyes and helped him push it off. "Now we go back to the lobby." She told
him.
"NO!" Romano protested. "I am NOT going back in there!"
"Oh, stop being a BABY!" Lizzie retorted. "They're all in the same situation!"
"Hey, I'm FIVE. In my figuring, that makes me a baby!" Romano shot back. "What's wrong
with acting like one?"
In a flash of anger, Elizabeth swung her fist at him. He ducked and bolted off down the hall.
She sighed, bolted after him, again, groaning. As soon as she got her hands on him, she
was gonna strangle him....wait, maybe she should bash him over the head with something.
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Abby stared down at the street below. Her cigarette was helping her, some. She was
calming down. How had this happened? She wondered. How could over half of the staff
suddenly become children?
As she glanced back down again she saw a green and white van parked below. Something
about it seemed familiar. It was an ugly van. She squinted down as she saw two people
exit the van long enough to take coffee from another guy, with very long hair. One was a
blond woman the other was somewhat bald. It couldn't be! She thought. Mark Greene
and Lucy Knight? But they were dead...or were they? Her mouth dropped when she
got another look at the long haired guy. Chris Mason.....Sven's assistant. Suddenly,
everything registered. The Lone Gunmen installing cameras. That had been LANGLY at the
front desk. The woman with the skunk stripe, Cassi. The guy with the food, Luis Ramone
Another of Sven's assistant....and HE had given his real name!
This was their doing! She frowned. But WHY!? It was the Spoof Authors the Gunmen, a few
of their assistants. She held back a laugh, realizing that they obviously hadn't told Romano of
thier plans. He was also an assistant. He was going to be furious when he found out! And
Mark and Lucy were involved. How could they so such a thing!? She bolted for the door,
wondering how to break the news to the staff.
She was stopped by Glory and Imhotep, who stood in front of it, with their arms crossed
"Sorry Abby, but if you tell everyone now, it would be boring." Glory told her. "We had
a feeling you might guess when you saw the van and the dead doctors down there."
Another figure stepped out of the shadows. The other Evil Author, Sven, Abby realized.
Sven gave her a Look, and shrugged. "I'm surprised Carter hasn't guessed yet. Anyhow, you
have a choice. Do you want to join us in our fun, or be nurse-napped?" Sven asked, with a
maniac grin on her face.
Abby laughed. "I'm with you." She managed to get out. " I can't believe you're doing this
just to remedy the boredom!"
"We do it all the time." Sven informed her. "Just ask a few of our other members who have
been turned into children. Ramone, Zorro, Tara, Buffy, Spike, and a quite a few more. Ask
Cassi, she'll tell you all about it. If you want to, you can find her in Romano's office. She's
busy going through his desk, or something."
"So it was in the food?" Abby questioned, curious to know why some were missed
and others transformed.
"Some of it. Combinations of food and drink." Sven explained. "I personally dumped it in the
coffee in the surgeon's lounge. The rest was random. Romano and Corday were the first
ones to be changed. If it hadn't taken Anspaugh and Corday all that time to get Romano
downstairs, they might have caught it before most of the rest of the staff were changed.
Anyway, we'd better let you get back in there, before someone comes looking for you...." She
frowned, then continued. "Oh yeah, tell them you thought you saw some people who you
could have sworn were Lucy and Greene, 'kay. It ought'a be fun to watch them figure that
one out."
Abby nodded, then looked up. "Was it?" She asked.
Sven grinned. "Da-uh!" She retorted in a sing-song tone. "Now scram!"
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End of this part, folks! So Abby's figured it all out. Who will be the next to know what's going
on? We have a few who are already close. I will tell you this much.....there's a whole lot of fun
to be had. Take a whole load of people, who suddenly have this one chance to be five years
old all over again, and no adult responsibilities. Don't tell me you've never dreamed of that,
yourself! How would YOU react to it? ^_^ And there be one person who started the whole
mess. Wait and see who it is.
to search her Assistant's office. After all, we did deliver our lunch there. Keep some
interesting facts in mind. As of the spoofs, Carter owns a lightsaber, Romano owns a light-
saber, and a Glock. Carter has a Glock as of US Psychos.....please don't ask how Richard
Kimble became a Marshal, we just couldn't pry him and Ardeth apart. If you don't understand
that, read "The Fugitive....From the ER", "Jurassic Spoof", and "Jurassic Spoof: The Lost
World", where Romano became an Assistant to start with. The Jurassic ones can be found
under Cassi's spoofs....(this is for the ones unfamiliar with our work, as we've noticed a few
new people in the reviews!) Glad you're enjoying this! Anyhow, where was I? Oh yes, big
surprises to come!!!!
*********************************************************************
Down in the "ER" lobby, Carter watched as Weaver tried to get ahold of Romano. With
no success. Why wasn't he answering, or had this happened to him, also. Well if it had
it was doubtful he'd come down. After all, Carter, himself, wouldn't in that position.
Weaver slammed the phone down in frustration. "Is NO one answering their phones or
pagers?" She exclaimed, agitated. She sighed and started to reach for the phone again.
However, she stopped as everyone heard yelling coming from the stairway.
"If you do not put me down this instant YOU ARE FIRED!" A small child's voice yelled. "I
don't care if I AM FIVE! I am still the Chief of Staff!"
An amused smile crossed Carter's face. Well, that explained everything. He wondered
who it was that managed to drag Romano downstairs.
Everyone in the lobby had ceased to talk as the commotion made its way to the lobby.
Dr. Anspaugh came carrying a five year old boy wearing surgical scrubs. At his side
was a five year old girl with curly red hair, also in surgical scrubs.
"PUT ME DOWN!" Yelled the boy. The boy, who could only be Robert Romano, glared
up at the group all gathered in the lobby. He caught the smile on Carter's face, and growled.
In a surge of motion he kicked Anspaugh and bit his arm. As soon as he hit the floor
he tackled Carter.
Carter kicked him off and bolted down the hall, with Romano in close pursuit.
Corday shook her head. "Oh, bloody HELL!" She groaned and bolted after them.
Weaver stared after them for a moment and burst out laughing. Abby let out a groan of her
own and bolted down the hall after the trio.
Anspaugh muttered a few curses under his breath before asking. "Does anyone have
any Aspirin? I think I need about a bottle and a half."
"You sure you won't need a rabies shot?" Benton retorted. "We don't exactly know where his
mouth has been."
Anspaugh shook his head and laughed.
Kovac glanced at Ross and Dave. "This would be funny if I wasn't five." He remarked.
A moment later, Carter bolted back through. Not paying attention, he slammed into Kovac,
knocking them both down. Romano, not far behind him tried to skid to a stop. Corday,
also in close pursuit ran into Romano, causing them both to land on Carter and Kovac, thus
creating a pile-up of five year olds.
"ENOUGH!!" Abby yelled, bolting in.
Romano struggled to get free, trying to bolt. Abby grabbed him and pulled him away from
the others.
"Stand that brat in a corner!" Anspaugh ordered, glaring at Romano.
Romano kicked at Abby trying to get away. With a surge of strength, he broke away
and disappeared down the hall. Abby threw up her hands in disgust. "I give up." She
muttered.
"For some reason I REALLY pity his parents." Benton grumbled.
"He has been under a lot of stress." Corday told them, and pulled herself to her feet. "I'll
go find him." She finished, and hurried down the hall.
Abby let out a sigh. "I need a cigarette. I'm going to the roof!" She informed them and
hurried to the elevator.....quickly.
Carter sat up, his head hurting. What would Ardeth think? He thought, and froze. Ardeth?
He tried to think. There it was again. Something he should know but couldn't grasp it.
Who was Ardeth? A memory surfaced, morphine......what? Morphine for what? He wasn't
taking pain medicine....In fact the pain in his back was gone...(**gee I wonder why...his
back was healed during The Chameleon Spoof, which isn't up yet. Healing spring. The
Morphine. If you read our spoofs you know, if not? Well then read them. Jurassic Spoof
and The Fugitive from the ER. Alright then, back to Carter.**) Why wasn't he in pain.
Something about water.....and who was Ardeth? **Sad isn't it? He can't remember his best
friend.**
"You alright, Carter?" Benton asked, kneeling in front of him.
Carter nodded but winced another thought came to his mind. Benton killing Romano
with a scalpel......and Dave shooting Weaver. What?! That was impossible! Both were
still alive, and yet, he remembered them voting on whether they should stay dead.....wait--
a huge snowman carrying off Weaver and Romano. Carter shook his head, trying to
shake the bizzaare images from his mind.
"Carter?" Benton cut in, sounding concerned.
"I'm alright, I just hit my head." Carter assured him.
"Yeah, on MINE!" Kovac muttered holding his own head.
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"This just gets better and better." Greene mused, watching the monitors. Chris had gone
to get coffee for them all. Cassi had left about ten minutes before, to search Romano's
office. Sven had left around the same time. How either had managed to get past the
lobby without being seen, he didn't know. **We have our methods ^_~**
Cassi was already in Romano's office, happily sitting in his chair, and putting on his white
medical coat. Sven wasn't on camera at the moment. It was amazing what they could do.
Greene sighed and looked at the lobby camera. He frowned, not seeing Elizabeth. He finally
found her chasing Romano through the halls. He smiled wondering if Ella was going to look
like Elizabeth did at age five. She was pretty cute.
He glanced over at Lucy, who was giving him a sympathetic look.
"You miss her don't you?" Lucy asked, quietly.
Greene nodded and sighed. The Authors had made it clear that he and Elizabeth
could never get back together. He couldn't live here in Chicago. Aside of the spoofset,
he would have to stay in Xanth. He shook himself out of his thoughts and returned
his gaze back to the monitors.
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Romano didn't think. He just ran. Panic gripping him, his only thought was to get as
far away from the lobby as possible. If he ever caught the person who caused this,
he was going to strangle them. It must have been "Special Ed" and his buddy, "Blondie"!
They would pay! He heard footsteps behind him and bolted around a corner, running
right into a medical crash cart, knocking it over on himself.
Lizzie heard the crash and hurried over. As she turned the corner, she saw Romano
trying to push it off. "Robert!" She cried, and ran to his side. "Are you alright?"
Romano shot her an annoyed look. "Lizzie, so nice to see you. Now get this off me before
I decide to sue this stupid hospital....For leaving this junk around!" He growled.
"Maybe you shouldn't have been running through the halls like some wild animal." She
scolded.
"Just help me get it off!" He ordered. "Please?"
Lizzie rolled her eyes and helped him push it off. "Now we go back to the lobby." She told
him.
"NO!" Romano protested. "I am NOT going back in there!"
"Oh, stop being a BABY!" Lizzie retorted. "They're all in the same situation!"
"Hey, I'm FIVE. In my figuring, that makes me a baby!" Romano shot back. "What's wrong
with acting like one?"
In a flash of anger, Elizabeth swung her fist at him. He ducked and bolted off down the hall.
She sighed, bolted after him, again, groaning. As soon as she got her hands on him, she
was gonna strangle him....wait, maybe she should bash him over the head with something.
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Abby stared down at the street below. Her cigarette was helping her, some. She was
calming down. How had this happened? She wondered. How could over half of the staff
suddenly become children?
As she glanced back down again she saw a green and white van parked below. Something
about it seemed familiar. It was an ugly van. She squinted down as she saw two people
exit the van long enough to take coffee from another guy, with very long hair. One was a
blond woman the other was somewhat bald. It couldn't be! She thought. Mark Greene
and Lucy Knight? But they were dead...or were they? Her mouth dropped when she
got another look at the long haired guy. Chris Mason.....Sven's assistant. Suddenly,
everything registered. The Lone Gunmen installing cameras. That had been LANGLY at the
front desk. The woman with the skunk stripe, Cassi. The guy with the food, Luis Ramone
Another of Sven's assistant....and HE had given his real name!
This was their doing! She frowned. But WHY!? It was the Spoof Authors the Gunmen, a few
of their assistants. She held back a laugh, realizing that they obviously hadn't told Romano of
thier plans. He was also an assistant. He was going to be furious when he found out! And
Mark and Lucy were involved. How could they so such a thing!? She bolted for the door,
wondering how to break the news to the staff.
She was stopped by Glory and Imhotep, who stood in front of it, with their arms crossed
"Sorry Abby, but if you tell everyone now, it would be boring." Glory told her. "We had
a feeling you might guess when you saw the van and the dead doctors down there."
Another figure stepped out of the shadows. The other Evil Author, Sven, Abby realized.
Sven gave her a Look, and shrugged. "I'm surprised Carter hasn't guessed yet. Anyhow, you
have a choice. Do you want to join us in our fun, or be nurse-napped?" Sven asked, with a
maniac grin on her face.
Abby laughed. "I'm with you." She managed to get out. " I can't believe you're doing this
just to remedy the boredom!"
"We do it all the time." Sven informed her. "Just ask a few of our other members who have
been turned into children. Ramone, Zorro, Tara, Buffy, Spike, and a quite a few more. Ask
Cassi, she'll tell you all about it. If you want to, you can find her in Romano's office. She's
busy going through his desk, or something."
"So it was in the food?" Abby questioned, curious to know why some were missed
and others transformed.
"Some of it. Combinations of food and drink." Sven explained. "I personally dumped it in the
coffee in the surgeon's lounge. The rest was random. Romano and Corday were the first
ones to be changed. If it hadn't taken Anspaugh and Corday all that time to get Romano
downstairs, they might have caught it before most of the rest of the staff were changed.
Anyway, we'd better let you get back in there, before someone comes looking for you...." She
frowned, then continued. "Oh yeah, tell them you thought you saw some people who you
could have sworn were Lucy and Greene, 'kay. It ought'a be fun to watch them figure that
one out."
Abby nodded, then looked up. "Was it?" She asked.
Sven grinned. "Da-uh!" She retorted in a sing-song tone. "Now scram!"
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End of this part, folks! So Abby's figured it all out. Who will be the next to know what's going
on? We have a few who are already close. I will tell you this much.....there's a whole lot of fun
to be had. Take a whole load of people, who suddenly have this one chance to be five years
old all over again, and no adult responsibilities. Don't tell me you've never dreamed of that,
yourself! How would YOU react to it? ^_^ And there be one person who started the whole
mess. Wait and see who it is.