hmm…what can I ramble on about now? this story is a little off the wall but I'm having a good time writing. it'll probably be updated more often then not, along with my other story, cause summer is here. woohoo! this one might actually go quicker, cause for my other story I have to wait for approval cause 2 characters aren't mine, ya know how it is.
oh, and to Chelsea aka WeBuiltThisCityOnRockAndRoll- thanks for the kind review.
anyway, read and review for me! thanks!
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Chapter 2: Burning Bounty
The Ducks began to help Charlie clean up his kitchen, but oddly enough, when they went to clean up the wanton soup, the paper towel caught fire.
"Whoa, whoa, WHOA!" yelled Luis, throwing the burning Bounty into the sink and turned on the water. "What the hell happened!?"
"Definitely weird," Guy agreed.
When they tried to clean up the soup again, the next sheet of paper towel caught fire.
"What the hell is causing this!? If we're trying to clean up the soup with a paper towel again, somebody else is doing it! I've nearly burned up my hand twice now!" Luis yelled.
"Alright, what's going on?" Dwayne asked. "Russ?"
"Can't say I know, Cowboy, but I'm definitely beginning to support Averman's theory of haunted food and vampires and stuff."
"Beep! Beep!" Connie and Julie cracked up again.
"Kids, it's not that funny," said Adam in his best mother voice.
"Beep! Honk! Beep! VROOM!" said Julie and Adam started to laugh too.
"I know! I know! Let's use a mop!" Fulton said all excitedly and happily, jumping up and down, still looking at the puddle of soup on the floor.
"Dude, good idea, but don't wet yourself over it," Portman said.
"Like you should talk. Twenty minutes ago you were all excited cause Averman told you that you had a tight butt," Fulton said.
"That's different!" Portman exclaimed
"Riiight..." said Fulton, rolling his eyes
"Come dive in puddles with me," Kenny said randomly.
"Huh? Boy, that's a little...I dunno...odd?" Guy grinned.
"WHAT!? Averman is going on about poison and vampires that eat Chinese food and I'M the one that's odd!?" Kenny yelled.
"Calm down, Little Man. And when you put it like that, I guess not so much," Guy said thoughtfully.
"Don't call me Little Man."
"Yeah, because 5'5 and 128 pounds isn't little at all," Guy's voice was sarcastic.
"I'm taller than Connie and Julie."
"Excuse me, we're girls," Julie grinned.
"Oh, right...I forgot."
"YOU FORGOT!?" Connie yelled at Kenny, "HOW COULD YOU FORGET!? WE'VE ONLY GOT LONG HAIR, BOOBS AND WE GO OUT WITH GUYS! WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED TO REMEMBER!?"
"Relax, Sergeant Slaughter, relax. It's just sometimes, you two act all manly," Kenny grinned, pushing the girls tempers a little farther.
"We'll beat the ever-living crapola out of you, Little Man, so be quiet," Julie's voice was calm but deadly.
"See what I mean, threatening to beat up a guy? That's rather manly," Kenny caught them.
Connie and Julie just stood there looking furious. The guys just stood there laughing. The girls glared at them, and they immediately shut-up. There was a silence.
"So, beep, beep?" Charlie grinned. Everyone laughed.
"Hey, I've figured it out!"
"Figured out what, Portman?" Russ asked, hoping to steer the conversation away from his taxi boxers.
"What cause the fires," Portman stopped dramatically.
"Well, go on then," Luis said impatiently.
"Look, those fluorescent lights shines through this magnifying glass half off the edge of the table, and it burned the paper towels right up," Portman demonstrated what happened again.
"COOL! Can I try?" asked Averman.
"Trust you with fire? In my house? Yeah right, Averman," said Charlie.
"Please!"
"No."
"Please!"
"No."
"Please!"
"WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU, AVERMAN!? ARE YOU SOME KIND OF VAMPIRES WHO EAT CHINESE FEARING PYROMANIAC!?" Charlie yelled.
"A little."
Charlie raised an eyebrow at Averman, daring him to say that again.
"Well you asked! I'm admitting it! I have a problem!"
"More than one, Averman, more than one," Charlie sighed.
"Get therapy," Adam suggested.
"Ya know, I've tried," said Averman as if this was a conversation he had daily. "But apparently pyromaniacs who fear vampires eating Chinese aren't common. In fact, the doctors think I might be the only one. But I'm sure there must be someone out there with my issues."
Adam's eyes widened. "Really?" he asked, his voice in disbelief, as if he knew many pyromaniacs who feared vampires eating Chinese.
"Yes, sadly, that is what I'm told."
"I'm sure there are more. There's got to be!"
Charlie finally lost his patience and yelled, "Adam, stop being an idiot! Averman, no fire for you! The rest of you, help me clean up this kitchen, NOW!"
So Averman's secrets were out, Connie and Julie were exposed as manly, and the Burning Bounty Mystery was solved. But once the Ducks finished cleaning up the kitchen, two mysteries remained.
"What are we going to eat for dinner?" Dwayne asked.
"What's the school meatloaf made out of?" asked Portman.
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DUN DUN DUN! The adventure continues next chapter, ladies and gentlemen. Stay tuned!
