Sorry, I didn't update yesterday, my stupid bro, Evil-By-Nature just HAD to write his story chap which was about 7 pages long and it was 1 chapter. He was on literally ALL DAY!!!!! UUURRRGGGGG!!!!
Well, enjoy!
30 Minutes
Chapter 3, The Six O'clock News
5:39pm, November 24, 19X3Thomas was carrying big boxes back and forth the apartment. Shadow and Maria saw this and Maria asked, "Daddy, what are you doing?" Thomas put down the box and smacked himself on the head and thought, 'I can't believe I never told them!' The two seeing their 'dad' smack himself they both shrieked with laughter. He kneeled down and put a hand on both of their shoulders and sighed, "Do you know what tomorrow is?" The two looked at eachother and shook their heads. He stood up and went through the box he put on the table. Shadow and Maria where standing on the floor and got on their tippy-toes to see what he was looking for. Failing at that, Shadow grabbed Maria's arm and he jumped on the table with her. Thomas stopped abruptly and looked at them and sighed, "I wish you wouldn't do that!" Shadow looked at his feet, shuffled them, and twittled his thumbs, "I'm sowwy..."
Thomas chuckled, he thought, 'He is so--Wait a minute!! I just realized I adopted Shadow and made him my own! That means I have two kids now! TWO! What will the rest of my family down on earth think? The rest of my family? Alicia's fam....Alicia...' Shadow and Maria looked at his confused. He looked like a schizoid. Thomas notcied that and shrugged off the thought of Alicia.
Thomas smiled and went through the box and found what he was looking for, he pulled out three plushes, a native american, a turkey, and a pilgrim. He put them on the table to show them, "Do you know what they are?" They shook their heads. He pointed to each one and told them what they were, and explained the story of the pilgrims and native americans.
6:30pm, November 24, 19X3
"....but nowadays, people call them indians," he said in closing. Shadow and Maria say indian style on the floor (a/n: Pardon the pun ), and looked in great interest. Shadow simply said, "Wow..." Maria was bobbing up and down, "Tell another!! Another story!" Thomas smiled, "Not now, angel, I gotta start dinner and then decorate the house." Shadow said excitedly and pleadingly, "Ooo! Ooo! Can we help?!?" Thomas got out a pan, "Sure." Maria and Shadow danced and shouted, "YAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!" Thomas shushed, "shhh..shhh... calm down!" They both immediatly stopped and looked as cute as they could. Thomas rolled his eyes and pulled out onions and somemeat which Shadow had never seen before. Maria said, "Daddy, whats for dinner?" Thomas smiled devilishly, "Its a surprise!" Shadow and Maria hopped up and down. Maria jumped, "Lets watch TV!"
Earlier a little after the fight Gerald and Thomas had had, Gerald gave Thomas a new TV because he felt sorry for what he had said. Shadow and Maria plopped in front of the TV, Maria grabbed the remote and turned it on. She started to flick around the channels, looking for 'Sesame Street', it was usually on around this time of day (a/n: How do I know that ' ). There was a news report and Shadow was on the screen. Thomas just happened to glance over at the screen, his eyes widened in fear, "Wait! Don't turn that off!!!" Maria put down the remote and watched the TV. There was a male reporter being heard will there was footage of Shadow in his pod, and at the bottom of the screen it said, 'Menace To Society??' Thomas got angry and stomped his foot, "Look at the crap they're letting these people to believe, I'd love to know what my family thinks of this!" Shadow didn't know what a menace is but he didn't like his 'dad's reaction and he didn't like the word. Maria looked up at Thomas and asked, "Daddy, do menaces taste good?" Thomas ignored her, he stared at the screen and listened to what they said. The reporter said, "World renowned genius, Professor Gerald Robotnik, had once again experimented on creating the 'ultimate lifeform' but this time has succeeded, but in his success, has our lives failed?..." Thomas shut off the TV (slightly shaken), "Ok kids, time to use the potty-- " Shadow interrupted, "But I don't have to--" Thomas yelled, "JUST DO IT!!" Shadow and Maria slowly went into the bathroom in tears and shut the door.
Thomas sat on the couch and picked up the remote and turned the TV on. The reporter finished, "--And in case this scientist plans on world domination, the president will be sending up GUN troops at least once every year, they will arrive on the Ark on December 1st, exactly. When told were the experiment is, it will be exicuted and this my save the people of the country. Back to you Walter." Then a very british man was on screen, "Yes, thank you, Simon, for the---"Thomas threw the remote and the TV and miraculously, it hit the POWER button and shut it off. Thomas said under his breath (so the kids would not hear), "Bullshit! This is just bullshit to keep the ratings up!"
Maria knocked from the inside on the bathroom door, "Can we come out now?" "Yes.." Thomas replied half-heartedly. Maria said in a sheepish voice, "Is dinner almost done?" Thomas eyes popped open and pratically shouted, "DINNER!! He shot up and ran to the kitchen and started to get the food ready to put in the oven. Shadow whispered to Maria, "Did he even start yet?" Maria shook her head, "He does that alot when he thinks about Mommy, maybe he thought about her..." Thomas could feel their eyes burning into him and he turned around to see the two staring at him in sadness, sadness for him. He stopped everything he was doing when he was done with the food. He took off the oven mits and kneeled down to the floor, with his arms out wide, "Come here, Angel." Maria smiled and gave him a hug. He looked at Shadow, looking left out, "You too, Tenshi." Shadow was confused by the nickname, but smiled and gave him a hug. Thomas held onto them tight and said, "I will never let anything happen to you too, never, nothing at all, I promise. He broke the hug and put a hand on both of their shoulders, looking both f them in the eyes, "Now listen to me, if you see anyone dressed in all black and white, mostly black, and this written on their clothes--" He got a magic marker off the counter and wrote on his arm, 'GUN'. "--run, run as fast as you can from them, Maria and Shadow. He pointed to Shadow with the hand that was on Maria, "Especially you." Shadow looked nervous, he whispered to Thomas, "Was it the TV?" Thomas whisperd back, "Yes, the TV."
7:13pm, November 24, 19X3
Maria piped up, "Is dinner almost ready?" Thomas was pulling the tray out of the oven "Its ready now!" The kids danced around and chanted, "Dinner ready, dinners ready, dinners, ready, dinners ready, dinners--" "Ready," Thomas said cheesily. The table was set. He put Maria in her usually chair and Shadow too. Maria looked at the food with digust. Maria shrieked, "EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LIVER AND ONIONS!!!!" Shadow and Thomas looked at her in confusion. Shadow said confinently as Thomas put food on all three of the plates, "Don't worry, daddy always makes yummy food and never makes yucky food!" Thomas smirked at Maria while Shadow hoved half the food in his mouth, "See, Tenshi likes it!" Shadow suddenly stopped and ran to the trashcan and spit it out, "EEWWW!!! It so yucky!!" Maria mocked her father, "See, Tenshi don't like it!" Thomas growled, "Be quiet and eat your food."
9:41pm, November 24, 19X3
After 2 and a half agonizingly long hours full of liver, onions, and asprin, all the food was finished. With Shadow and Maria angrilly heading to the bathroom to brush their teeth. After they had finished, they crawled onto their beds, with the covers pulled up to their chins. Thomas kissed them both on the forehead, "Good night, Angel. Good night, Tenshi." Before he left, he told them a bedtime story, the story of Peter Pan. During the story, they both fell asleep. He smiled and left the room and closed the door. He thought to himself, "I guess we can decorate tonight, heh." He went into the bathroom and brushed his teeth, after thatm he went into his room, got changed, and pulled the covers to his chin and thought about something other then Alicia before going to sleep that night, he thought about the six o'clock news.