A/N: I'm baaaaaaaack!!! I got so many nice reviews, thank you everyone!!! :) And to the person who asked why I do it, I just... do. I don't know, I actually liked the show when it first started but gradually it just became unbearable and this is my way of venting. Hope that answers your question :) Please enjoy.... (also, if this chapter doesn't show it, I really really don't like Ruthie)...
Chapter 5, "Fighting Fire with Fire"
Michaela won the war with the family and didn't go to mass. She acheived this by saying that their pressuring would lead her to a Downward Spiral and did they want her to turn into Mary? At this, every member except Mary gasped and became very worried indeed. Mary, for her part, began ranting about it's her life, she can do whatever (and whoever) she wished, blah blah blah.
The upshot is that the family ended up feeling very conflicted and surely would be hearing some sort of sermon about it from Eric that day. He had one planned of course, but would obviously feel the need to toss it for one related to his family. It would be full of many meaningful pauses as he tried to grasp what he wished to say. At the end, all of the congregation would have tears in their eyes and, undoubtedly, it would eventually lead to Chandler having a mental breakdown because he'll never be as good as Eric and etc. The most important thing, though, was that Michaela wouldn't have to listen it.
Her and the twin's first victim would be Ruthie. It would be quite correct to say that Michaela had it out for her. In the beginning of the show, Ruthie had been cute and precocious. As time went on she became evil and bothersome. Michaela hated how the girl always knew everything, never got in trouble and was just generally a brat. Her know it all attitude made Michaela want to run for a sharp object. Like that time she was lecturing Sarah about the engagment ring issue...
Michaela's mind trailed off as she remembered Sarah. Where the hell was she? She was, after all, married to Matt (poor girl), shouldn't she be around there somewhere? The only conclusion Michaela could come up with was that Sarah would randomly appear at times, with no explanation of her abscene, like most 7th Heaven secondary characters.
"I hate this freaking show", she muttered to herself as she made her way up to the attic. Ruthie had to have some incriminating evidence somewhere. And how would the little demon child like being the one blackmailed for a change?
The kid was good. Michaela grudgingly admitted it after much fruitless searching. But no one was perfect (much as they may think so), there had to be something somewhere...
"Aha!" Michaela was examining the floor under Ruthie's bed when she noticed a small, almost invisible, difference in the wood. After careful manuevering, she managed to pull up a square of the floor. It revealed a goldmine. There were pictures of every member of the family doing things they most likely wouldn't enjoy being aired. There were even a couple of Annie and Eric.
"That explains a lot", Michaela mumbled to herself as she removed everything. There were little notebooks full of notes, she flipped to the last entry in one and read, "Michaela's acting odd, I'll have to keep a closer eye on her. Who knows? This could benefit me.."
Michaela laughed a bit evilly, "Just the opposite, sister dear".
All of this was well and good, she could use it against the other girl, not to mention free the others to do as they wished to Ruthie. However, she wanted some dirt on Ruthie herself. It came at the bottom, tucked into a corner. It was another little notebook, but instead of notes on others, seemed to be a type of diary. In it, Ruthie outlined all her plans, "accomplishments", and so on.
Michaela thought of Cruel Intentions (a very good movie) and how Annette makes Sebastian's journal into a book at the end, exposing Kathryn. "Perfect", she thought at she looked over the treasures she'd unearthed. They included a wad of cash, undoubtedly what Ruthie had gotten from her family through many blackmails.
Michaela ripped a piece of paper from one of the notebooks and wrote on it, "Afraid yet?" before placing it in the now empty hole. Right after putting the cover back on she raced to put her stash somewhere Ruthie would never look, keeping the "dairy" on her. Then she made sure to put all of Ruthie's things back exactly as they had been. Michaela wasn't too bad herself.