VII

More Surprises...

I stood on the steps just inside the entry hall between Kristi and Greg's bedroom and the kitchen. Three steps led into the kitchen and across from them was the bedroom door. Both of the other walls had doors as well. To the left was a door to the backyard and to the right a door to the driveway. The entry hall was narrow with a high ceiling. It was also -always- a mess. Greg kept all his work stuff here, so there were boxes of tools and papers strung everywhere. I have always been amazed that Kristi and Greg could even get to their room.

"Do you see this box?" Greg said as he pointed to a blue tub on the second step.

"Which one! The entire rooms full of your junk!" Pip spouted out.

Greg ignored Pip's outburst and opened the box. Unlike the rest this one was empty except for what looked like a lever attached to the step.

"What the..." Pip started say but the rest was lost in a scream as the stairs we were standing on collapsed onto themselves. I was startled. What the hell was Greg playing at? Pip tumbled right ontop of me. His weight smashing me into the floor.

"We didn't have the money for an elevator," Greg stated as he stood up and straightened his suit.

"What the hell is going on!" I screamed pushing Pip off of me. I jumped to my feet but Greg had turned and was walking into the darkness. I looked around. The only light in the room was coming from the hole in the ceiling where the stairs had been. Pip was now standing, looking slightly confused and pissed. Suddenly the stairs moved back into place and we were plunged into darkness.

"This way, hurry now," Greg's voice echoed off the high ceiling. I looked towards the voice and saw Greg, a silhouette against a bright doorway. The anger was building. He knew something and was just toying with us. I stomped forward, I could hear Pip breathing hard behind me. I followed Greg into a large room. Bare bulbs hung from the ceiling. It really had no walls, it was more earth and stone. The floor was concrete. Greg turned and raised his hand motioning for us to stop.

"Is this some kind of secret cave underneath the house?" Pip broke the silence.

"Yes, we had hoped never to use it, but a situation has been brought to our attention that we cannot ignore." His face looked grim.

"Will you just tell us what's going on?" I said shortly. At this point my eyes began to roam the room. Something caught my eye and I moved to the right side of the room. It was a perfect replica of the Bat suit. It looked so real. Next to it was a Robin suit. This one looked different though. Somewhat larger than I would ever have imagined it to be. I turned again. There was a case of gadgets. Some I recognized, such as the Batarangs, others that I didn't. I turned back to Greg.

"Is this?" I started. "Are we supposed to..." my words failed me.

"Yes, you are Batman and you," he looked at Pip, "are his sidekick Robin."

Pip looked at him crossly and began to roam the room. He stopped short in front of the suits. "You've got to be kidding me! Fuck you Greg, fuck you." he growled as he stared at the fat Robin costume. It wasn't a rubber body suit, like the Bat suit, but an old fashioned Robin suit complete with green tights.

"Get suited up gentlemen, you must save Kristi."

—x—

Friday July11th, 2003

I've decided to write this journal to document my adventures. So I guess I'll start by introducing myself and my history. My name is Phillip, but most people call me Pip. It's a nickname that my sister, Liz, thought of after watching South Park for the first time. I don't mind it much anymore. I live in Seattle, WA with my mom, step dad, sister and two of my sister's friends, Rose and Jim. Recently Liz, Rose and Rose's boyfriend (I think his name is Justin, or something like that) got into a really bad car wreak. From what I've heard there was a chemical truck that crashed on I-5 and Justin hit it going about 90mph. I'm surprised that they lived.

I visited my sister in the hospital about a week ago. She was barely alive and completely bandaged up. The next day she woke up and bashed a nurse's face into the bathroom mirror. I wish I could have seen it, if they hadn't have hauled her off to that metal hospital in Medical Lake I wouldn't believe it. Two days ago she broke out of the hospital, her Rose and Justin. They even killed two more people on the way out and stole a car. My sister is so awesome. Not many can get out of that hospital, but she did.

Well that's enough history. Lets get right to the point. Greg is a nutcase and took me and Jim down into this secret area under the house. It was a like a cave. Greg told us that Liz and Rose had kidnaped my mom and that Jim and me had to save her. He also explained that Liz was no longer Liz, but now believed herself to be the joker. I saw her picture in the paper and she did look a lot like the joker. It still pisses me off that Jim gets to wear a cool ass batman suit and I am stuck with green tights. I don't wanna even to do this, but I really have no choice. I don't want them to kill mom.

The coolest thing is the Batmobile. Me and Jim got into our suits and Greg took us outside. Then he took out what looked like a remote control and pressed a button. The drive way in front of us raised and the car came shooting out. Noone was even driving it. It was so funny cause some crazy bitch was getting out of her car and the Batmobile hit her. I was laughing so hard, I'm laughing right now trying to write about it. The car reversed and hit the bitch again. Jim was gawking and Greg looked like he was trying not to grin. At the time I thought it was just some random bitch, but later Jim told me that it was fucking Martha Steward! I think the Batmobile hates that bitch, it was like it was aiming for her. Jim was thrilled cause he had to put up her brand christmas trees in K-mart the year before.

We are in Medical Lake now, using my grandma Davis' house as our base. We think that Liz and Rose have found some henchmen or something. A bank downtown was robbed last night. This might be harder than Greg thought. At least he equipped us well.

Well I'm gonna try and get some sleep. Tomorrow we are going to go look for them.

Pip