Well, Orchid says that I have to update.

Garet: Now I remember why I don't like that girl.

@_@ Huh?

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Chapter Three: Demise

"Naomiiiiiiiiiiii!"

I groaned. "I let you guys hang out with me, watch a movie, and eat snacks. It's bedtime; go to sleep!"

"If you don't tell us a story, we'll stay up and when Mom and Dad get home they'll yell at you," Kaylee stated.

"Yell really loud," Jewl agreed.

"Why me?" I murmured, but assumed my storytelling position anyway. "When we last left our hero, he was surrounded by rubber duckies."

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"No! Not the hair! Not my perfect hair!" Picard shouted as rubber duckies swarmed over him.

SQUEAK!

Picard winced. "Please, have mercy! Forgive me for betraying you, Rubber Ducky!"

SQUEAK! Squeak, squeak, SQUEAK!

"No, anything but that!" Picard cried. "I could never say such a thing!"

SQUEAK!

"Please, anything but that!"

SQUEAK, squeak!

"Nooooooooooooooooo!" Picard screamed. "My name is not Piers!"

Rubber Ducky's eyes narrowed. SQUEAK!

More rubber duckies surrounded Piers-I mean Picard-and grabbed ferociously at him. One tied a rope around his neck and the rest of them threw him overboard.

:: "Yay! Ding dong, Picard is dead. Which Picard? Golden Sun Picard! Ding dong, Golden Sun Picard is dead!" Kaylee sang.

"Ding dong!" Jewl exclaimed.

"And I thought I was going to tell a whole story without interruptions," I sighed.::

Picard floated in the water, slowly drowning. This was it, he thought as he grabbed his noose. He was going to die in a watery grave.

Suddenly, he felt a pull on the rope. 'Oh, great, the duckies want to hang me first,' Picard thought. But the rope kept being pulled up and up and up.

:: "Oh, so he's not going to die?" Kaylee asked. "Dangit!"

"Dangit!" Jewl agreed.

"Shuttup," I growled. ::

"Picard, are you alright?"

Picard looked up. There, standing before him, was Sheba. "How?"

Sheba shrugged. "I wanted to help you. I really like you Picard."

Picard nodded. "But...how?"

Sheba smiled. "Oh, I'm friends with the rubber duckies."

"Noooooo!" Picard cried.

"Is something wrong?" Sheba asked.

"I'm sorry, Sheba," Picard said, "but if the rubber duckies are your friends, we can never be together."

"Oh, okay," Sheba said. She rushed off, crying.

:: "Picard is rude!" Kaylee shouted.

"Rude!" Jewl repeated.

"Tell me about it," I replied. ::

Picard walked into his bedroom, finally ready to get some sleep. He filled his waterbed full of water again and climbed underneath his covers. Later that night, he rolled over onto something plastic and heard this sound: SQUEAK!

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"Good ending!" Kaylee smiled.

"Very good," Jewl agreed.

"Thanks," I smiled. "Nighty night, don't let the rubber duckies bite!"

As I closed their door, I thought I heard something in the room. I opened the door to reprimand them, when I saw two horrified little sisters cornered by a rubber ducky.

"Help us, Naomi!" Kaylee cried.

"Help!" Jewl shouted.

"Sleep tight." I smiled and closed the door.

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Theendtheendtheendtheendtheendtheendtheendtheendtheendtheendtheendtheendthee ndtheendtheendtheendtheendtheendtheend!

Garet: Good thing, too.

^_^ I wuv oo, too Gawet-chan!