Chapter 9- Something In The Basement Is Screeching

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Sobbing uncontrollably at losing her sweet Faramir *cough*, Tippy walked into the basement where Gimli had already collapsed on his cot. Tippy threw down her things, including her Faramir pictures so she didn't forget what he looks like in this LONG TIME, and stormed over to him.

"Get this straight, Dwarf!" she yelled. "I hate you! I hate everything except Faramir! But I ESPECIALLY hate Daj and Peter! So you stay on your side of the basement and I'll stay on mine! Got it?!"

"Yes ma'am," Gimli said meekly.

"Good!" Tippy snapped.

She laid back on her cot with her Faramir picture and turned off the lights.

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"Tippy?" Gimli asked.

"What?" she said in a monotone.

"Did you hear something?"

"Yeah. You. Now go to sleep."

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"Tippy?"

"What?"

"Did you hear THAT?"

"No. What did you hear?"

"It sounded like something growled."

"It's probably Bryan's stomach, and yes, you can hear it from all the way upstairs. Now go to SLEEP!!!"

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"Tippy?"

"WHAT?!!!!"

"What's your real name?"

"Grr....Tippy Canoe! Now go to sleep!"

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"Gimli?"

"What?"

"Something in the basement is screeching..."

"You heard that too?"

"Yes."

Tippy grabbed her flashlight and crawled out of bed. "Let's go, Gimli."

The two cautiously walked in the cold, dark basement, the flashlight sending a little light from place to place.

"Tippy?" Gimli asked.

"What?" she whispered.

"Who's house is this?" he whispered back.

Tippy froze and gave a confused look. She opened her mouth as if to say something twice, but then said, "I don't know..."

She shrugged and kept looking. Suddenly, something darted past their feet.

"What was that?!" Gimli exclaimed.

"Aww!" Tippy grinned. "Little Dwarf afraid of the dark."

Gimli glared at her. "I'm not afraid. I'm just...concerned."

"Suurrree," Tippy replied. "Let's keep looking."

Tippy kept searching when something leapt out at them. The light fell on "it" and it screeched loudly. Tippy and Gimli screamed, Gimli suspiciously sounding like a girl.

"Wait!" Tippy stopped him. "....Gollum?"

"Don't kills ussss!" Gollum wailed. "Nooo!!!"

Hearing, their screams, Legolas, Dajotre and Ben ran downstairs.

"Back off!" Ben yelled. "I got a sword and I don't know how to use it!"

"Gollum?" Daj said.

"I thought he was dead!" Gimli exclaimed.

Using some rope from the basement, Ben dragged a wailing Gollum upstairs and into the living room. Of course, this woke up the entire house and they all came to see what was going on.

"It's Gollum!" Ashley exclaimed.

"Awww! Isn't he cute, Merry?" Brittney grinned. "Let's buy him a present!"

Gollum was shrieking and writhing on the floor in agony as she said this.

"I'll go call animal control," Theresa said.

Shortly after Theresa called them, there was a knock on the door. Orlando answered and the two officers came in.

"Here he is," Daj said, handing one the rope.

"What is this thing?!" they asked.

"That would be a 'gollum', sir," Lisa answered.

"What's a gollum?" the other asked.

"Gandalf," Lisa said, gesturing to the wizard.

Gandalf sat back on his rocking chair and lit a pipe. Bryan took out an acoustic guitar (Bryan can play guitar?!) and Gandalf said like an old cowboy, "I'm about ta tell ya The Legend of Gollum."

"Cool!" the others chorused.

(A/N: If you've ever heard the song "The Legend of Sailcat" from that old show Cow and Chicken, you'll know what I'm talking about. There's a Cartoon Network soundtrack with the song if you're interested.)

Bryan started strumming on his guitar and Gandalf half sang and half spoke the story.

"There's danger out in the mountain roads

It's paved with squirrels and flattened toads

And wizards driving carts so big

They could flatten a cow."

"Or a horse!" Ashley added.

"Or a manatee!" Ben shouted.

~Pause~

"And those who brave the Ring

Are a lucky few

But there's one Hobbit that fell through

And I'm about to tell the tale to you

Of GOLLUM!"

"Gollum?" one animal control officer asked.

"Gollum!!!" the others chorused.

"He was looking for fish and other things

When strange radiation from the Ring

Turned him into a gollum-thing

And Bilbo took his preciousss Ring

"He wasn't down

But his heart was squished

In the mountains he stood

Shaking his fist

And some Orcs took him

And tied up his wrists

And that was the birth....

Of GOLLUM!!!"

"Gollum!" the others sang off key. "Gollum!"

"He ran after Frodo

And Sam too

And then attacked him

They knew what to do

Frodo was down

But Sam wasn't done

And they defended each other

Like Robin Hood and Little John

"'Frodo! Frodo!

Watch your back! Be afraid!

For there is a gollum

Who's really insane!'

So the feared and revered

Reputation was made

Of GOLLUM!!!"

"Gollum!" they all sang again. "Gollum!"

"He's been know to eat fish

And be tortured by the Ring

While Frodo and Sam

Were stabbed by everything

And when Rosie was having trouble

With Thanksgiving plans

He has even dropped by

To open some cans."

"You're in the stretching-of-the-truth section now, aren't you?" Ashley asked.

Gandalf shrugged and continued:

"And when someone's depressed

Or has a bad day

He unerringly know

The right things to say."

"Don't be depressssed, Gimli," Gollum said. "People love you BECAUSSSSE you're short and fat and ugly. GO with it!"

"Then he'll ask for the preciousss

And be on his way

He's Gollum!"

"Gollum!" they all sang finally.

Bryan put away the guitar and Lisa said, "And that, my friends, is the story of Gollum."

"Ah! So that's what a gollum is!" the other animal control officer said.

"Yes sir," Gandalf said, smoking his pipe. "Yes it is."

So the two animal control officers dragged Gollum out the door and threw him into the back of the truck. The others watched him go, slightly sad.

"You know what?" Ben said.

"What?" Pippin asked.

"I'm gonna miss him," Ben replied. "He really wasn't that bad."

"Yeah I know," Pippin sighed.

"Hey Pippin! Ben!" Theresa's voice called from inside. "Come get your pie before we eat it all!"

Ben and Pippin looked at each other.

"Ah forget him!" Ben exclaimed.

They both ran inside for their delicious pie.

(Keep on voting for your favorite. Oh! And don't forget about Theresa! Next Chapter: Truth or Dare *Oh yeah!* What I need from you is some good truths and dares. Thank you!)