Section four.....and by the time we leave, Romano's going to see that spider as the LEAST
of his problems. First of all, you didn't honestly think Pippin was going to listen to him.....
Please! Pippin is a great Sorceror, remember? See "Peregrin" Go back and read it....we'll
wait....just make sure you review while you're at it. (waits a minute....are you done yet?)
On second thought forget it. Just keep in mind he does have his abilities....I believe he
had Gandalf changed into a stink-bug....just for revenge. So....you don't really think that
security will really stop him, do you? So.....sit back and relax, and we'll get this party started.
Admiral.....thanks. We hadn't even thought of that game yet. Naturally, being the insane
women we are, we changed our minds about not having it. Anyways, back to the story//
Oh, and Dave has a REALLY big part to play here.
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CHAPTER FOUR...(IN A THROATY GREMLIN VOICE) "PARTYTIME" **Evil laughter**
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Outside, in the Ambulance Bay, Pippin was seated on the bench that Romano and Corday
had occupied not thirty minutes eariler. He was doing what was commonly known as the
"Wolvie Pout", and holding his Game in his lap. It was just not fair. He had been the only
one to actually enjoy the "Jew-man-jai" game, and he couldn't understand why nobody
else liked it. He couldn't play it by himself, and nobody wanted to play. His eyes filled
with tears and he sighed.

"Oh, don't do that!!!" Sven complained to him as she walked out the ER doors. "You look
so CUTE when you do that!"

Pippin looked up, and wiped his face. "They wouldn't let me in." He whispered. "Romano
wouldn't let me even into the building."

Sven shrugged. "Well, actually, it was the game he didn't want inside." She informed him.

Pippin stuck his lip out. "I wanted to play it again." He muttered. "Bu' nobody wants to
play it with me."

"I do." Sven told him brightly. "I couldn't play during the spoof, so why not now?"

Pippin brightened. "You really want to play?" He asked, sounding hopeful. "What will
Romano say? The security people don't want me in there."

Sven rolled her eyes and gave him a "duh" look. "Not to insult your memory or something,
but aren't you still a Sorceror?" She pointed out.

Pippin's head snapped up. "Hey....you're right!" He realized, and then gave an evil grin.
"Well then what are we waitin' for?" He jumped up and headed for the ER doors.

Once inside the doors, two things happened. Sven set off the metal detector, and the
guards, ignoring her, went for Pippin.

Pippin looked around quickly, seeing Romano was nowhere to be seen. The only doctors
he saw were Chen and Malucci. He grinned at the guards, evily. "Are you sure you want
to stop me?" He asked.

The guard came closer, although, he now wore an uncertain look, as he had obviously
learned not to trust our characters. **Can you imagine that?** "Dr. Romano said that
game was not to be brought into the building." He answered, leaning forward to take it.

Pippin shrugged. "Okay." He replied.....but before the guard could take the game, he
muttered a few words under his breath.

The guard was changed into a rat. Within seconds, he was snapped up by Pouncival, who
proceeded to beat the crap out of him.

"Pounce!" Sven scolded.

"What?" Pounce asked, dropping the dead rat.

"He's security. You can't eat him. Bring him to Mungo." Sven ordered.

"But--" Pounce began.

"No." Sven insisted. "And tell Mungo he better not eat it either!"

Pounce, doing the Wolvie pout, stalked off toward Trauma one, carrying the dead rat.

"Well, that was easy." Pippin announced, proudly.

"Yeah, now all we need is to find a few more players." Sven told him, looking around. Her
eyes strayed to Jing Mei and Dave. "Perfect. If we find four more, we can play with
partners!"

Pippin grinned, eagerly. "I bet some of the gremlins will play." He suggested.

"Dave!" Sven called. "Come play a game!"

Dave walked over, and studied the cover. "Umm, this wasn't supposed to be in here." He
told them.

"So?" Sven asked. "Nobody listens to Romano much down here, do they?"

"Besides, you don't even work here." Pippin reminded him. "We're playing partners. You
can bring Chen."

Dave's face took on an eager grin. "Hmmm, that actually sounds like fun." He commented.
"Hey, Jing Mei!" He called. "Come play a game!"

Jing Mei walked over, eyeing the game. "This isn't a very safe game." She pointed out.

"So?" Dave retorted. "It'll be fun. If anyone gets stuck in there, we won't stop playing.
Besides, we're playing partners. I'll take care of you." He looked at Sven. "I assume
you'll be playing with Pippin?"

Sven grinned. "How'd ya guess?" She remarked. "Now we need four more. I'll bet Stripe
and Mohawk will play."

Dave frowned. "I thought Mohawk wasn't here." He spoke up.

"We never said that." Sven informed him. "Stripe said that Mohawk didn't want to help
catch the spiders, but instead, he wanted to join them....he never said he wasn't in the
building."

Chen shook her head, in disbelief. "You know, I should be surprised by this, but somehow,
I'm not." She stated, with a laugh. "Who's going to be the other two players?"

Sven frowned a minute, then brightened. "Ardeth and Carter." She proclaimed.

Dave shook his head. "Yeah, I'll buy it. Okay, let's go find someplace to start where
Romano isn't going to catch us."
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Random insanity break # we gave up numbering them a long time ago. These are a couple
actual statements found on insurance claims forms where the drivers attempted to summarize
the details in the fewest words possible....proving that sometimes the long answer is more
convincing.
Statement 1: "Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree that I
don't have."
Statement 2: "I thought my window was down, but I found out it was up when I put my
head through it."
Statement 3: "The telephone pole was approaching. I was attempting to swerve out of its
way when it struck the front end."

This concludes our insanity break....next time...more things that you would not want to hear
during surgery. We now return you to the spoof at hand.
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Upstairs, Romano, being the smart Assistant he is....headed straight for Kerry's office.

"Are you sure she's even there?" Elizabeth asked.

"She's there." Romano insisted. "It's the first place they'd both go...especially given the
fact that Kerry's dead."

"Kerry's dead?" Shirley asked.

Romano nodded. "Yeah, they said she got bit, but I think there was more to it than that."
He replied.

"No doubt." Benton agreed.

As they reached the outside of the Chief of Staff office, Romano turned back with an 'I
told you so' look as they all caught sight of the Neverwolf sign. "See?" He remarked.
*Sign reading "Trespassers will be mauled."* Shaking his head, he opened the door and
walked in, not at all surprised to see Cassi seated at the desk...and the fact that the walls
had undergone a transformation, as they were covered in various posters of 80's groups.

"Rob!" Cassi exclaimed, brightly, shutting off the downstairs monitor. "How nice of you to
come by!" She motioned at the walls. "I just couldn't stand those ugly pictures she had up
in here."

Romano gave a flat smile. "You have a bit of explaining to do." He snapped.

"Explaining about what?" She asked, innocently, obviously trying to cover something up.

"You said Mohawk was NOT in the building!" Romano snapped.

Cassi visibly looked relieved. "Oh....Mohawk!" She replied. "Um...actually, I said nothing
of the sort." She defended. "STRIPE said that Mohawk didn't want to help catch the
spiders.....as I recall, he said nothing about him not being in the building. Really, Rob,
being an Assistant, you should have caught that one. Julian used that trick all the time
and you narrated that story. It was never lied about, it just wasn't mentioned."

While Romano argued with Cassi....which most people would think is completely pointless,
**Ask anyone who knows her well**, Elizabeth's face turned to a suspicious frown. She
had seen the look on Cassi's face. Cassi was covering up something that she thought they
had caught, and it was NOT Mohawk. It had to be something worse. "Robert." She
spoke up.

"Lizzie, we're talking." He snapped.

Cassi eyed Elizabeth, knowing that she was suspicious. "No, she has something to add,
let her talk....I enjoy hearing all the opinions."

"Robert, she's hiding something, that has nothing to do with Mohawk." Elizabeth spoke
up, evenly. "They've done something."

Benton and Shirley looked over at Cassi, who was the picture of innocence....which really
made her look guilty.

Romano stared at her. "What did you do?" He asked, quietly.

"ME?!" Cassi remarked, with a shrug. "I did nothing. I've been here the whole time."

Benton's head snapped up. "And what did your sister do?" He demanded.

"You honestly think I can possibly keep track of her?!" Cassi retorted. "How could I
possibly know what she's doing this very minute?"

Romano eyed the monitor that had been shut off. "With that." He answered. "Tell me,
Cas....what has your sister been up to?"

Cassi shrugged. "Really, I don't know what she's doing now...." She told him, honestly.
"They disappeared off the monitors when they walked off with Dave and Jing Mei."

The four exchanged a glance. "Get down there and find out what's going on." Romano
ordered Benton. "You go with him." He told Shirley.

The two nodded and walked out the door together.

"Now....Cassi." Romano spoke up, with an evil grin. "I don't suppose you'd like to tell me
what happened."

Cassi shrugged. "I heard one of your security was changed into a rat." She answered.
"Don't worry, though. Pounce took it to Trauma one before he could eat it."

"And why would one of them be changed into a rat?" Elizabeth asked. "Ardeth was no
where to be seen, and they let him in with no trouble at all this time."

"Well, there's always Magician Trent." Cassi reminded them.

Elizabeth shrugged. "There's others." She replied. "Gandalf...Jareth...Stephan..."

"Misto..." Romano went on, then he stopped as he paled. "Pippin." He stared at Cassi in
shock. "You had [darn] well better be joking about that."

"I didn't say anything." She defended. "YOU said Pippin, not me.....then again, you should
watch what you say around him. You made him cry.....so naturally, Sven had to make sure
he was okay......"

Elizabeth's mouth dropped open. "And they ran off with Jing Mei and Malucci." She
confirmed. "That's enough to play."

"I wouldn't quite say that...." Cassi remarked.

"Really, and what WOULD you say?" Romano asked, with a glare.

"They needed eight." Cassi informed him after a minute. "Sven said they were going to
play with partners....I believe they were after a couple of morphine junkies and a couple of
gremlins."

"Ardeth, Carter, Stripe, and Mohawk." Romano guessed.

Cassi nodded. "The ones most likely to say yes." She answered. "And by now, they've
probably already found them."

"She was stalling us." Elizabeth realized.

Cassi grinned. "Would I do that?" She asked, innocently.

"In a second." Romano snapped, then pulled Elizabeth out the door. "We need to find them
NOW!"

Cassi watched as they ran out the door. "Good luck!" She called, then paused, adding a
silent, "You're gonna need it."
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Random Insanity bit....well, another one. Things you wouldn't want to hear during surgery.

1: "And now we remove the subject's brain and place it in the body of an ape."
2: "Wash it off and put it back, they'll never know the difference."
3: "We need to stick this back together....quick, give me your gum!"
4: "Everyone here has Malpractice insurance, right?"
5: And from our own Dr. Romano..."Sweet Mary and Joseph, look at the size of that gall-
bladder! You could feed a small Amish family for a WEEK on that!" **Fortunately, he was
operating on a pig, and not a human at the time**

This concludes our insanity break............back to the story.
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At that very minute, in a bathroom on the first floor, five humans, one hobbit and two
gremlins were sitting in pairs around the game. Stripe and Mohawk, Sven and Pippin,
Dave and Jing Mei, and Ardeth and Carter. The group had recieved no arguments as to
playing the game. Carter had been more than willing and Ardeth, being a Med-jai Chieftain,
wasn't at all afraid of the game creatures. Stripe and Mohawk, being Gremlins, decided the
game was a whole load of fun. Dave and Jing Mei...well they don't know it yet, but they
will end up starring in the actual spoof of the movie, Jumanji, anyway.

"Who goes first?" Dave asked, quietly, as they were afraid someone would find them and
stop them before they could start. Once they had started, however, they could NOT be
stopped until the game was finished.

Sven shrugged, picked up the Game pieces, and dropped them over the board. The pieces
went to their rightful places. "Don't know. Shall we flip a coin?"

"Who goes first for each team?" Carter asked.

Ardeth looked at him. "You can go for us." He offered. "It doesn't matter, we both have to
go through the same thing."

Mohawk and Stripe looked at each other. "MINE!" Stripe called.

Mohawk glared. "No ME!" He snapped.

Sven pulled out a quarter. "Call it in the air." She told them.

"Heads!" Mohawk claimed.

"Tails." Sven informed him. "Stripe goes first." She looked at Pippin. "You want it?"

Pippin grinned. "Of course." He answered.

Jing Mei looked at Dave. "You go first." She told him.

Dave nodded. "Okay, since it's Pippin's game, why doesn't Pippin start it off?" He
suggested.

Pippin's grin widened, as he threw the dice.

They leaned over to look at the game, where the words appeared. "A tiny bite can make you
itch, make you sneeze, make you twitch."

Dave gave them all a look. "Okay, did we remember our can of Raid?" He asked.
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End section four......and I really want to hear a few reviews for this....because once started,
they now have to finish the game. Needless to say, here we go again....And Dave has just
fallen into a huge role in this story....and there's plenty of danger to go around. Hint, the
more reviews you give, the faster you find out what happens next.