I forgot I can't put it in script format, so I revised it. Hope it comes up.

I don't own any mentioned characters, not even Serenity who belongs to Maru-sha, and I don't own the lyrics from the song Another Morning. Now check it out.

Randall Flagg2

(1)

Spike slowly went down the stairs that led up to the attic. He knew what he had to do, but he didn't like it. Nevertheless, if it would get his comrades and the demon siblings back to normal, he would do it.

With a large sigh, he went downstairs to the main floor. His first target: Ein.

(2)

"Hey Ein." Spike said as he approached the plump welsh corgi, who from the looks of it still thought he was a cat instead of a dog. Spike could tell, because Ein was trying to bat at a piece of string that was dangling from the coffee table.

"Here kitty. I got something for you." Spike took out a ball of yarn from behind his back and rolled it towards Ein. Immediately Ein grabbed and began to play with it in a cat like fashion. Spike smiled. One down, five to go.

He went off to find Inuyasha.

(3)

Spike found Inuyasha in the kitchen. He was still smoking weed. When he saw Spike, his face brightened. Before he could say anything, Spike spoke.

"Hey brother!" Spike said, trying his best to sound like someone from the sixties. "I wanted to be free, like you!"

Inuyasha gave Spike some weed. "Here you go!" he said. Spike promptly inhaled, and pretty soon, he was in lala land. He couldn't remember much of what happened while he was under the influence of the drug. All he remembered afterwords was a parrot with a human head giving a political speech to a group of men made out of salt water taffy and all the people were named George.

After awhile, he came down. Inuyasha was still drugged up, so Spike sneaked away. Four more left. He went to find Ed.

(4)

Spike found Ed singing into that same spatula she had earlier. When she saw him, she smiled.

"What do you need Spike?" Ed asked.

"I was wondering." Spike began. "Would you like to do a duet with me?"

Ed's smile became a broad grin. "Ed would like that very much Spike! Which song would you like to sing?"

Spike thought and thought. He knew of many songs, but he couldn't choose one. On the other hand, Ed seemed open to almost any music variety, so it didn't seem to matter. After some thought, he made his decision.

"How about the song, Another Morning, by The Pillows?" Spike asked, inwardly retching at the thought of doing a song by a foreign pop rock group that existed some time back before Earth had gone down the drain.

Ed gave spike a wooden spoon to use as a microphone. Spike had to swallow a good deal of his pride for this. He was only doing this to get everyone back to normal.

They both stood up, and then, Ed began to sing.

"Tohou ni kurete naite ita, omocha uriba no sumi de ki ga tsukeba. Mama no sugata wa kie te ita. Shiranai hito ga yasashiku hanashi kake te kurerukedo sonnano marude kiicha inakatta." Ed sang.

Ed's voice was quite melodious, despite how high pitched it was. She stepped back and Spike stepped up to sing.

"Ima mo mada onaji yoku nita fuan ga tsukimatou. Tae kirenai you na dekigoto was tashika arukeredo." Spike sang, as best as he could. He did a surprisingly good job.

Spike allowed Ed to pick up where he left off.

"Donna ni sabishikutemo dare mo mukae ni konaiyo. Maigo no shirase announce wa kakaranai. Tobira no mukou ni wa yakusoku nante nai. Domo yukou umare kawaru asa ga kita." Ed crooned.

Spike sang out again. "Muchuu ni natte jitensha wo koide touko no ground e hashitta. Ano koro kimi to futari nori. Nanimo naku temo tada tanoshii sonna mainichi data na. Zutto kawaranai to omotetteta."

Ed took a breath, then began yet again, better then ever. Album no atsui page wo umete hohoenderu kao mo. Touku hanarete chikagoro jya tegami sae konai kedo.

Ed looked at Spike and smiled again. "Would you like to sing in tandem with me Spike?" she asked.

Spike once again gulped down his pride and forced out a yes. Once again, they began to sing.

Spike and Ed dueted, and their voices were simply harmonious when intertwined. They sang the last part of the song with all their effort. "Kyou wa atarashii boku no tanjyoubi nanda. Kinen shashin wo tori naosu kara oide yo. Suteki na omoide wo utsusu rousoku wa kesanaide. Umare kawaru asa ga kita. Another morning. Happy birthday."

Spike and Ed put down their "microphones". Both of their voices had been fairly good individually, but together they seemed downright beautiful. Ed sat down on the bed.

"Spike sings very well! He must sing with Ed again sometime!" she giggled.

"Yeah, sure." Spike said, as he left the room. Three down. Only a few more left. Thank god. Anymore singing and he would have barfed. Well mercifully, it was over and he could move on. Not that the rest of them would be any less sickening.

(5)

"Buenos Dias Jet." Spike said sarcastically to his partner. This would be difficult.

"Hola Spike!" Jet said, his voice taking on that of a mexican.

Spike once again gulped down his pride and asked "How about some burritos? I'm kinda hungry."

Jet nodded. "Ci amigo." Jet replied. The bebop leader went downstairs to the kitchen. Twenty minutes later, he came back with a pair of burritos for them. Spike ate it ravenously (despite hating this opposite day thing, he was never one to pass up food) and stood up.

Spike, inwardly screaming, stepped onto the sombrero that was on the ground. He began to dance on it in Mexican fashion. Jet, realizing what Spike was doing, began to shake a pair of maracas in tune with Spike's rhythm. Spike also began to sing "La Cucaracha."

After a little while, the festivities were over. Spike walked out the door as fast as he could, throwing a quick "Hasta LaVista!" over his shoulder. God, this was humiliating. Spike made a promise to himself that if he ever found out who was behind opposite day, he would torture him to death and then burn the body.

Time for Haruko. Spike was hoping he would not snap. He went off to find her.

(6)

"Oy, 'ello there Spike!" Haruko said, her voice still retaining the Scottish accent. "What can I do for ya?"

"I was wondering." Spike said as calmly as he could. "Could you play me a tune that I could dance to?"

Haruko positively beamed. "Ya bet I can! Hope yar ready!"

Spike stood in the middle of the room, and waited. Then Haruko began to play, the noise more screechy then ever. Struggling to resist covering his ears, Spike began to dance. He wasn't familiar with any foreign dance moves, so Spike just made it up as best as he could. He would dance from one side of the room to the next, and then he would reverse it. All the while he was resisting the urge to yank his hair out in frustration. He was not enjoying this.

Then, at long last, Haruko stopped playing. The moment she did, Spike's odd dancing stopped. He breathed a sigh of relief. Before Haruko could say anything, Spike left the room. Only one more to go, and this one would be the worst of the lot. He knew it would be.

"God, let me keep my sanity." Spike mentally prayed, as he started downstairs to find Serenity.

(7)

Spike rounded the corner slowly, knowing that he would be swallowing a lot more then his pride this time around. This time he would have to gulp down his entire ego, his reputation as a tough lone wolf, and pretty much everything he held dear. Nevertheless, he knew he had no choice.

Spike came face to face with Serenity, as he expected. She still wore the same girly looking pink dress she had worn before. The moment she saw him, she giggled.

"Hi mister! Would you like to play with me?" she asked.

"Not fucking likely." Spike muttered, a bit loudly.

Serenity's eyes began to drip tears. "You… you don't? But I'm lonely." she whimpered.

Spike immediately tried to calm the approaching storm. "No wait! I didn't mean that! I'll play with you, I promise."

The girl's eyes sparkled. "You mean it mister?"

"Yes." Spike said, a tad reluctantly. So what would it be? Given that Serenity had been changed from a smart assed tomboy into some prissy girl, he had a feeling it wouldn't be anything he would like. He only hoped that it wouldn't be as bad as he thought it would be.

(8)

"Can't you finish this up quicker?" Spike asked impatiently from the chair he stood on. He stood only in his boxer shorts and undershirt.

"You can't rush this, silly! It takes time!" Serenity insisted. So far she had made him try on three blouses, four skirts, and six dresses.

"This is demeaning." Spike whined. Serenity jumped onto a table with a blue dress.

"Lift your arms up mister!" she said. Not wanting to upset her, Spike lifted his arms up. Serenity slid the dress onto him. Then she went and got a mirror. She held it in front of him so he could see himself. Spike cringed, but she seemed not to notice.

After some time, Serenity took all the clothes she had gotten and took them back upstairs. She came back with Spike's regular clothes. Immediately, Spike put them on. Without another word, he ran upstairs to his room and shut the door.

"That's all of them, except for Faye." he whispered. "I guess I'll have to deal with her now."

Spike got up, and walked down the hall to Faye's room. He opened the door to find…

Oh thank goodness! It seemed Faye had not been affected either. She still wore the skimpy yellow clothes she always wore and her expression was still calm and cocky looking. Thank goodness for small favors.

"So you weren't affected?" Spike asked.

"Affected by what? I've been sleeping all day." Faye replied.

"Never mind, you really don't want to know." Spike said, studying his feet.

Just then, there was a scream from downstairs.

(9)

Spike ran downstairs and he became aware of the scent of something burning. He rounded the corner to find a most relieving sight.

Serenity was burning the dress she had been wearing earlier with blue flames which came from her hand (Spike guessed this was just part of being half demon). She now wore her usual attire, of jeans and a tee shirt.

"How the hell did I end up wearing this?" Serenity screamed in fury. "I don't even remember putting it on!"

Spike was so happy that he almost felt like crying. He rushed upstairs to find Jet and Ed. Jet was back in his usual clothes and he no longer spoke with a Mexican accent. As for Ed, she was dressed fully and was typing away on her computer. Spike ran downstairs to find Inuyasha. The hanyou was still dressed like a Hippie, but he no longer had any weed, nor did he act like he was drugged.

"What the hell are you looking at?" Inuyasha snarled, noticing the overly happy look on Spike's face.

"Nothing! Nothing at all!" Spike said quickly, and ran off to find Ein. Soon enough, he ran into the plump corgi.

"You back to normal now boy?" Spike asked. Ein barked, proving he was better now. Spike smiled, his relief so great he could barely contain it. The book had been right after all! It had worked! Now everything could return to normal.

Then Spike remembered something. Throughout the entire day, he hadn't seen Canti at all. Now where could he have gone off to? Spike didn't really care. All that mattered was that now everyone was back to their old selves again.

"You know," Spike thought, "I still can't help but wonder what caused this whole thing in the first place."

(10)

Atop the Medical Mechanica plant, a tall, humanoid robot was perched. It was completely still, not moving in the least. Its head, which was a TV screen, was pointed at the sky.

Suddenly the robot's screen turned golden orange. An odd shaped, bright red symbol appeared on it. From within it, a tiny, but powerful voice spoke.

"That was quite fun," said the voice. "toying with them like that. Perhaps I will have more fun with them next time. And soon I shall be free of this prison, and I shall escape! Nobody crosses the pirate king!"

Nobody noticed the bright red flash of light emanating from atop the Medical Mechanica factory.

To be continued…

Again, I am so sorry that the update didn't appear when I posted it. I hope it comes up this time, and I am taking ideas. Over and out.

Randall Flagg2