Author's Notes: WOOOOOAAAAA.. Back from hibernation... hopefully I still have what it takes to write... its been too long for me to just stay a lurker for all this time and with a new computer... the possibility are so endless! Anyways, on to the story...A major thanks goes out to Capy... he's keeping me sane and insane through this whole non writing time and never gave up on me... thanks CAPY!... He was my so cool BETA!.. LOVE YA!.. I went and added a few things.. minor stuff.. so if its not spelled right or somethin.. thats all my fault!..

Can't Keep A Good Guy Down.

By: the UNTALENTED JOXER!

Chapter 11.

The lights started to flicker all around the crew who where running towards the captain's quarters. Nathan hoped that he was not too late to save Lucas from the freak of nature that was onboard his ship. He could let the science people take over once this whole ordeal was over and have them find out why a plush doll has a come to life. The lights flickered even more. Someone paged him from Engineering but he let someone else answer it. The teenager he had sworn to protect was by himself in his own quarters.

Bridger reached his door and tried to open it. Bridger could see from the small window of his door Lucas asleep in the bed as the small doll was sitting on his chest. Bridger franticly tried to open the door but it would not open. It was locked from the inside. His quarters were not like everyone else's quarters. There was no keypad on the outside to open the door from the outside. Someone from the inside had to open it. It was a good idea in case the whole ship had been taken over by someone whoever it may be and have the captain's quarters sealed as well as the weapons room and the bridge. But in this situation, it just did not help at all. Brody and Tony who were right behind the captain also gave the door a try but couldn't open it either.

"The damn door won't budge..." Tony tried again... maybe there was something they weren't doing right.

The Captain looked through the door once again and scanned the floor of his cabin. He saw Ensign Merrill on the floor covered in blood and not moving. The knife that was embedded in her back shined as the lights flickered. Dagwood was also on the floor but seemed to be moving. His shoulder was covered in blood but it did not stop the GELF.

"I need a torch to get the door to open the door NOW". Bridger ordered as he dropped his PAL on the ground and started to bang on the door. His only hope was for Dagwood to open the door. Chucky had turned towards the door and smiled at the man that was peeking through the glass.

Dagwood had never felt this kind of pain before. It was all new to him. He was angry about the pain but he just wanted to lay there and feel it. Though the feeling of getting shot was something he didn't want to ever experience, it was still a feeling he had never really had. His arm ached as he tried to lift it. Dagwood thought he heard someone call his name as he turned towards the door. He saw the captain there yelling at him... to do something. The captain was looking straight at him. Dagwood had to do whatever the captain wanted. He started to get up as he looked in the other direction. Dagwood felt his anger at what he saw. He saw the doll. The doll that had caused him pain in his shoulder. The doll that had caused Lucas his own pain. He ignored his pain. Funny that it wasn't that hard to ignore. He made his way towards the doll. The gun on his lap did not worry Dagwood. Getting shot was something he could deal with. Having Lucas hurt was something he couldn't deal with.

An armed security team of 4 had arrived with a mini blow torch to open the Captain's door. Nathan was behind the crew as the sparks began to fly. Kristin was also there ready for whatever may be behind those doors. She placed her hand on Nathan's shoulder. She could feel his worry because frankly, she was equally as worried about Lucas. No one wanted to think if what is said to be true about that doll... that Lucas... his self persona... his personality... his soul... would forever be gone and in its place would be that of the serial killer.

Lucas' eyes started to move. Chucky was at the last part of the chant when Lucas' eyes opened. His eyes were wide and scared because of what was on top of him. He tried to move but it seemed his body did not listen and stayed stiff. Before Chucky could finish his chant he felt someone pick him up. This was not happening. He was so close he...

"You big stupid asshole... " Chucky kicked and bit Dagwood's hand. The GELF held the doll in both of his hands and moved him away from Lucas.

"It's ok Lucas. You can go to sleep. He will not hurt you anymore." Dagwood eased his friend as he held on to Chucky's arms. Each arm in one hand as he started to stretch the doll. "You are bad." Dagwood said as he pulled the dolls arm off the body. Blood started to squirt out as Chucky started to yell out in pain. It was too late to finish the chant. He was already trapped in the body of the doll that was being torn apart by the giant.

"You can't do this to me! Dagwood remember... we are friends... Please..." Chucky pleaded as Dagwood held on to one of his legs. Dagwood shook his head as he tore one leg and worked on the other one. He held on to Chucky's head as his other hand held on to the bleeding body.

"I am not... stupid..." Dagwood said as he separated the two limbs from each other and dropped the pieces on the floor. His face was covered in his blood as he looked over at what he's done. He started to rub his head. He did not know if that was the right thing to do. It hurt Lucas. It hurt a lot of people he knew. So this was the right thing to do... but he just didn't feel right. Dagwood jumped as he heard the door open.

Even though the security team was in front of Bridger as they opened the door, he managed to be the first one inside the room. He stopped for a second. Nathan tried to get an understanding of what happened just now. In the room was Dagwood. Looking like a small lost puppy on the road. Just standing there not knowing what was what. Dagwood was rubbing his temple over and over. Something that little kids would do when they knew they did something wrong. On the ground was the dead ensign and doll parts around Dagwood. Bridger saw the doll's head near his feet and stepped back bit. Kristin was behind Nathan as she gasped at the sight. She ignored the blood and went to check on Dagwood.

"Brody, I want you to take Dagwood down to medbay now... he's been shot." Kristin said as she made Dagwood hold gauze on his wound to stop the bleeding.

"No problem Doc, come on Dagwood... we can talk on the way." Brody said as he walked Dagwood out of the room. There were still things Brody had to apologize for. Tony watched Dagwood and Brody leave as he walked towards the fallen Ensign. The doc nodded towards Tony. She was dead. Tony ran his hand on her face, closing her dead open eyes that looked eerily up at him. Kristin then made her way to Lucas. Nathan was with Lucas as he was trying to get the boy to talk.

"Hey Kiddo... you're alright now..." Nathan said as he caressed his hair. Kristin also started to check him to make sure he was fine.

"I am so sorry we did not believe you Lucas. You were right and well... it was hard for us to believe you... I am very sorry..." Kristin apologized as she caressed his cheek. Lucas just nodded and sighed. He was just happy that all this was over.

"I don't mean to rude but... at the moment I don't like your quarters sir..." Lucas joked with the Captain. Nathan laughed. It wasn't that the comment was funny... it was that they knew they had come right in time before the unthinkable happened. They owed one big thank you to Dagwood for saving Lucas.

"Yeah... I don't like it either. Come on." Bridger helped Lucas to stand. The sedative that Lucas was under left him a bit weak but soon his mobility will return to normal. As Bridger started to make his way out, two security officers were kicking the doll's dead head around.

"You two... stop that... that's evidence." Bridger ordered as one of the officers laughed.

"This... this is just a doll. You honestly think this thing was alive? Look at it captain... surely you can see it's just plastic..." The officer picked the dolls head and looked at it. "Aren't you scary looking?" He joked. Out of no where, the doll's arm started to scratch up the officer's leg and the other arm started to go up Lucas' leg. The head started to scream and yell.

"Go... get them... finish them!" The head ordered as the body parts began to move. Bridger quickly removed the hand that was crawling up Lucas leg. The officer dropped the head as he removed the hand that was crawling up his leg as well.

"FIRE AT THEM!" Bridger ordered at the security team as they opened fire at all the limbs. Even though the limbs were getting more and more holes in them, they kept moving. Tony then remembered something his aunt told him about the first doll.

"The heart... we have to shoot at the heart!" Tony yelled as he aimed his weapon at the body cavity that had the heart and fired. The others also did the same and soon the limbs started to stop moving.

"I just wanted... to... play..." The final words of the head stuttered out before it finally just died.

"I really don't like this room..." Lucas broke the silence as he looked at the Captain. "Can we leave now please?" Lucas asked. He wanted to be as far away from that doll as possible. Kristin helped Nathan balance Lucas on one side as Nathan helped on the other. Before they left the room, Bridger looked at the officer that disobeyed him.

"Since you kept playing with the head like it was a child's play time... I suggest you keep it in your quarters since you liked it so much." Nathan grinned as he saw the officer turn white as a ghost.

"I think I'd rather just bag it as evidence sir... " The officer replied.

"You do that..." Bridger said as he and Kristin helped Lucas to medbay. The whole nightmare was finally over.

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I have an alterinated ending for this.. if you any of you are interested... i will post it as a epilogue ... hehehe...