The Night the Bed Broke chapter 2
"What happened?" Joe asked.
"What?" Duncan asked.
There was so much noise what with the rain falling in and everyone panicking, all they could do was yell.
"WHAT HAPPEEND?" Joe repeated.
"THE ROOF CAVED IN!" Duncan replied.
"Oh."
"WHAT?" Duncan asked.
"I SAID OH!" Joe replied.
"Oh!"
"Yeah!" Joe responded.
"Great, what're we gonna do? We can't have this going on all night, we'll drown!" Richie told them.
"I hate to say it but I think you're right! I'll go on the roof and see if I can fix the problem, or at least slow it down until morning!" Duncan said.
"Are you insane!?" Amanda asked, "What if lightning strikes?"
"So what?" Duncan asked, "It wouldn't be something new!"
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And come an hour later, the massive flood turned into a slight drip, while everyone was relieved, Richie still had trouble believing one thing, "since when were you ever a roofer?"
"Never, but you don't live for 400+ years without learning a thing or two," Duncan told him.
"That reminds me, I think you know as well as I do it would be smart if you laid off the Immortal chit chat, you know, 400 years, beheadings, Quickenings and all that stuff if you get my drift," he said.
"I know, between you and me, I don't think Rebecca could handle that much knowledge either," Duncan told him.
"You'd be surprised what she believes, I'm just not sure it'd be safe to tell her," Richie said.
"I can understand that too," Duncan said, "you'd be surprised how many allies have been lost from hearing about Immortals."
In the upstairs area, Amanda and Methos had put out buckets to collect the drips, "awful damp in spots," she complained.
"And just what are you complaining about?" Methos asked, "This is nothing compared to the first flood."
Joe came down the stairs into the living room, "our rooms are beyond wasted from the rain, we can't stay up there tonight."
"Are you serious?" Duncan asked.
"How serious can someone be? I know what I'm talking about, our rooms are drowned!" Joe told him.
"Wonderful, what are we supposed to do now?" Richie asked.
"Well I don't know about you, but I'm not going to get any sleep tonight," Rebecca said, "I close my eyes for 2 seconds, boom! I'm going to need a life-jacket."
"Personally, I agree," Amanda said, "who knows how long the roof's going to stay somewhat in-tact?"
"Look, it's going to be morning in a few hours, by then the rain should stop, and I'll have someone come look at the roof," Duncan said.
"Well wait a minute, how large was that hole in the roof, MacLeod?" Methos asked.
"What?"
"I'm just saying, the distance from your room to mine and everyone else's in between was about what, 15 feet? The roof couldn't have a hole that large in it," Methos said.
"No, it was only around 8 feet, but still enough to flood our rooms for the night," Duncan said.
"So what? That's only 4 rooms, and how many did I say were bedrooms in this place?" Methos asked.
"Seven," Duncan said.
"So? Two of us are just going to have to compromise," Methos said.
"I hate to say it, but I think he's right," Joe said.
Methos' eyes looked the other way at Joe, "you don't snore, do you?"
"WHAT!?" Joe asked.
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Come morning, the rain had temporarily stopped, giving them enough time to call a roofer, fix the damages, and empty the buckets. By the time the roofer left, Methos came down the stairs appearing to be more than just a bit drowsy.
"Good morning, Methos, sleep well?" Duncan asked.
"No, I woke up in the middle of the night and there was a puddle in my bed, you have no idea how relieved I was to find that the roof was leaking in my room as well," Methos said.
"Well, the guy that was just here repaired the whole roof so I don't think you'll have to worry about that again," Duncan said.
"I wasn't worried about the roof, I was glad it was the roof, but I'm 5,000 years old, can you imagine how embarrassing it would be if I was to suddenly become impotent?" Methos asked.
"I guess that would be pretty embarrassing, considering you don't look anymore than 39," Duncan laughed.
Methos joined Duncan in the quaint laugh, but then brought it to a quick end, "that's not funny, MacLeod."
"So I suppose that now that it's morning and the weather's better than last night, you're gonna get out?" Duncan asked.
"Not at all, I rented this place and I intend to stay in it," Methos said.
"How long do you have this place rented for?" Duncan asked.
"2 weeks," Methos said.
"Are you crazy? That's how long Amanda and I are staying here," Duncan said.
"Well, our renter is out of town for the next 2 weeks, so we might as well make best of it, because I'm not leaving," Methos said.
"Well neither am I," Duncan told him.
"Okay, we've established a plan for the living conditions, now how about getting some food around here that I can eat? Immortal or not, man cannot live on that rubbish you eat alone," Methos replied.
"What? Now you have a problem with what I eat?" Duncan asked.
"Well when the only thing you have the icebox stocked with is caviar and wine, YES," Methos replied.
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"Okay," Rebecca hung up the phone, "That was Mrs. Blochlinger, she said that Mr. Fleming told her he was leaving for Europe for 2 weeks, but he mentioned nothing about renting out the place."
"That just figures," Richie said, "the first time we trust a guy to rent his house, we get screwed."
"That's nothing new, I'm used to that," Rebecca said.
"Me too, but I figured for once maybe it'd be different," Richie said.
"Well, it could be worse, we could've rented this place, as the same as a bunch of hooligans, at least they're people you know," Rebecca told him.
"Well you're forgetting, I know these people so that doesn't help much," Richie told her.
"Well it's not like they're psycho or something, right?" Rebecca asked.
"I wish I knew," Richie replied.
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That night, the rain picked up again, although they wouldn't have to worry about the roof, they could tell that something else was bound to go wrong.
"Richie, will you stop messing with the lights?" Amanda asked.
"What?" Richie asked.
"Stop turning off the lights," Amanda told him.
"I'm not doing anything with the lights," Richie told her.
"What?" Amanda turned around.
"I'm-not-doing-anything-with-the-lights," Richie repeated.
"Great, first a bad roof, now faulty wiring, I find the yutz I rented this place from, I'm mangling him," Duncan said.
"What's the problem?" Joe entered the room.
"The lights keep going out," Amanda said.
"Really? The lights are fine upstairs," Joe told her.
"Who's upstairs?" Duncan asked.
"Me and Rebecca, why?" Joe asked.
"How do you like that? Apparently the electricity's favoring them," Duncan said.
At that point, the lights went out again, after a couple of seconds, they were back on, then they shut off again.
"This is really starting to become a real pain in the neck," Duncan said.
"You call?" Methos came into the room.
At that point, all electricity went out, everyone was screaming, stumbling around in the dark, when the power kicked in again, everyone was more or less surprised at what had happened in the dark. Duncan was holding Richie by his arms, lifting him off the ground, much like that of an old doll.
"MAAAAAAAAC!"
"Sorry Rich, wait a minute," Duncan realized there was a problem, "Where's Methos?"
Everyone looked up and saw him hanging on the ceiling somehow.
"Well, I'm not sure how I wound up here, but I'm sure that's something we'll find out before we leave this place," he said.
"How'd you get up there?" Richie asked.
"If I knew that, kid, I wouldn't be up here, would I?" Methos asked.
"Well get down from there!" Duncan said.
"As you wish," Methos replied.
"Now what'd that mean?" Duncan turned to Amanda.
"What?"
"He said 'as you wish', what's that supposed to mean?" Duncan asked.
He soon found out when Methos dropped from the ceiling and landed in his arms.
"Sorry MacLeod, but I'm taken for, I'm afraid," Methos laughed.
"WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU, MAN?" Duncan asked as he threw Methos out of his arms and onto the floor.
End of chapter 2
"What happened?" Joe asked.
"What?" Duncan asked.
There was so much noise what with the rain falling in and everyone panicking, all they could do was yell.
"WHAT HAPPEEND?" Joe repeated.
"THE ROOF CAVED IN!" Duncan replied.
"Oh."
"WHAT?" Duncan asked.
"I SAID OH!" Joe replied.
"Oh!"
"Yeah!" Joe responded.
"Great, what're we gonna do? We can't have this going on all night, we'll drown!" Richie told them.
"I hate to say it but I think you're right! I'll go on the roof and see if I can fix the problem, or at least slow it down until morning!" Duncan said.
"Are you insane!?" Amanda asked, "What if lightning strikes?"
"So what?" Duncan asked, "It wouldn't be something new!"
*****************************************************************
And come an hour later, the massive flood turned into a slight drip, while everyone was relieved, Richie still had trouble believing one thing, "since when were you ever a roofer?"
"Never, but you don't live for 400+ years without learning a thing or two," Duncan told him.
"That reminds me, I think you know as well as I do it would be smart if you laid off the Immortal chit chat, you know, 400 years, beheadings, Quickenings and all that stuff if you get my drift," he said.
"I know, between you and me, I don't think Rebecca could handle that much knowledge either," Duncan told him.
"You'd be surprised what she believes, I'm just not sure it'd be safe to tell her," Richie said.
"I can understand that too," Duncan said, "you'd be surprised how many allies have been lost from hearing about Immortals."
In the upstairs area, Amanda and Methos had put out buckets to collect the drips, "awful damp in spots," she complained.
"And just what are you complaining about?" Methos asked, "This is nothing compared to the first flood."
Joe came down the stairs into the living room, "our rooms are beyond wasted from the rain, we can't stay up there tonight."
"Are you serious?" Duncan asked.
"How serious can someone be? I know what I'm talking about, our rooms are drowned!" Joe told him.
"Wonderful, what are we supposed to do now?" Richie asked.
"Well I don't know about you, but I'm not going to get any sleep tonight," Rebecca said, "I close my eyes for 2 seconds, boom! I'm going to need a life-jacket."
"Personally, I agree," Amanda said, "who knows how long the roof's going to stay somewhat in-tact?"
"Look, it's going to be morning in a few hours, by then the rain should stop, and I'll have someone come look at the roof," Duncan said.
"Well wait a minute, how large was that hole in the roof, MacLeod?" Methos asked.
"What?"
"I'm just saying, the distance from your room to mine and everyone else's in between was about what, 15 feet? The roof couldn't have a hole that large in it," Methos said.
"No, it was only around 8 feet, but still enough to flood our rooms for the night," Duncan said.
"So what? That's only 4 rooms, and how many did I say were bedrooms in this place?" Methos asked.
"Seven," Duncan said.
"So? Two of us are just going to have to compromise," Methos said.
"I hate to say it, but I think he's right," Joe said.
Methos' eyes looked the other way at Joe, "you don't snore, do you?"
"WHAT!?" Joe asked.
***************************************************************
Come morning, the rain had temporarily stopped, giving them enough time to call a roofer, fix the damages, and empty the buckets. By the time the roofer left, Methos came down the stairs appearing to be more than just a bit drowsy.
"Good morning, Methos, sleep well?" Duncan asked.
"No, I woke up in the middle of the night and there was a puddle in my bed, you have no idea how relieved I was to find that the roof was leaking in my room as well," Methos said.
"Well, the guy that was just here repaired the whole roof so I don't think you'll have to worry about that again," Duncan said.
"I wasn't worried about the roof, I was glad it was the roof, but I'm 5,000 years old, can you imagine how embarrassing it would be if I was to suddenly become impotent?" Methos asked.
"I guess that would be pretty embarrassing, considering you don't look anymore than 39," Duncan laughed.
Methos joined Duncan in the quaint laugh, but then brought it to a quick end, "that's not funny, MacLeod."
"So I suppose that now that it's morning and the weather's better than last night, you're gonna get out?" Duncan asked.
"Not at all, I rented this place and I intend to stay in it," Methos said.
"How long do you have this place rented for?" Duncan asked.
"2 weeks," Methos said.
"Are you crazy? That's how long Amanda and I are staying here," Duncan said.
"Well, our renter is out of town for the next 2 weeks, so we might as well make best of it, because I'm not leaving," Methos said.
"Well neither am I," Duncan told him.
"Okay, we've established a plan for the living conditions, now how about getting some food around here that I can eat? Immortal or not, man cannot live on that rubbish you eat alone," Methos replied.
"What? Now you have a problem with what I eat?" Duncan asked.
"Well when the only thing you have the icebox stocked with is caviar and wine, YES," Methos replied.
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"Okay," Rebecca hung up the phone, "That was Mrs. Blochlinger, she said that Mr. Fleming told her he was leaving for Europe for 2 weeks, but he mentioned nothing about renting out the place."
"That just figures," Richie said, "the first time we trust a guy to rent his house, we get screwed."
"That's nothing new, I'm used to that," Rebecca said.
"Me too, but I figured for once maybe it'd be different," Richie said.
"Well, it could be worse, we could've rented this place, as the same as a bunch of hooligans, at least they're people you know," Rebecca told him.
"Well you're forgetting, I know these people so that doesn't help much," Richie told her.
"Well it's not like they're psycho or something, right?" Rebecca asked.
"I wish I knew," Richie replied.
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That night, the rain picked up again, although they wouldn't have to worry about the roof, they could tell that something else was bound to go wrong.
"Richie, will you stop messing with the lights?" Amanda asked.
"What?" Richie asked.
"Stop turning off the lights," Amanda told him.
"I'm not doing anything with the lights," Richie told her.
"What?" Amanda turned around.
"I'm-not-doing-anything-with-the-lights," Richie repeated.
"Great, first a bad roof, now faulty wiring, I find the yutz I rented this place from, I'm mangling him," Duncan said.
"What's the problem?" Joe entered the room.
"The lights keep going out," Amanda said.
"Really? The lights are fine upstairs," Joe told her.
"Who's upstairs?" Duncan asked.
"Me and Rebecca, why?" Joe asked.
"How do you like that? Apparently the electricity's favoring them," Duncan said.
At that point, the lights went out again, after a couple of seconds, they were back on, then they shut off again.
"This is really starting to become a real pain in the neck," Duncan said.
"You call?" Methos came into the room.
At that point, all electricity went out, everyone was screaming, stumbling around in the dark, when the power kicked in again, everyone was more or less surprised at what had happened in the dark. Duncan was holding Richie by his arms, lifting him off the ground, much like that of an old doll.
"MAAAAAAAAC!"
"Sorry Rich, wait a minute," Duncan realized there was a problem, "Where's Methos?"
Everyone looked up and saw him hanging on the ceiling somehow.
"Well, I'm not sure how I wound up here, but I'm sure that's something we'll find out before we leave this place," he said.
"How'd you get up there?" Richie asked.
"If I knew that, kid, I wouldn't be up here, would I?" Methos asked.
"Well get down from there!" Duncan said.
"As you wish," Methos replied.
"Now what'd that mean?" Duncan turned to Amanda.
"What?"
"He said 'as you wish', what's that supposed to mean?" Duncan asked.
He soon found out when Methos dropped from the ceiling and landed in his arms.
"Sorry MacLeod, but I'm taken for, I'm afraid," Methos laughed.
"WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU, MAN?" Duncan asked as he threw Methos out of his arms and onto the floor.
End of chapter 2