Here's chapter 11!
Hope I didn't make you wait long this time! This another one of those chapters that are tricky to write and the next one is even harder.
Before anyone asks about TDPI Scarlett in future chapters, I am considering adding her in at least one or maybe two chapters. That's all I gotta say about that.
Anyway, you ever seen cartoons/TV shows where older people try to act like they were kids again? This is that kind of chapter. XD It was thanks to SailorMarble14
for the idea. Thank you! :D
Besides, I've done chapters with Mike, Svetlana, Vito, and Mal but I haven't done any chapters that mainly involve Chester or Manitoba Smith. But don't worry, I will be doing more with these guys if I get any good ideas. :)
References:
Soda Spill- SailorMarble14 showed me a bunch of funny commercials and one of them had a soda mess just like this. XD
Chapter 5- Mals secret room.
Ed, Edd, Eddy:Every Which Way But Ed- When Chester shocked Mal with electricity. XD
Next Chapter: Manitoba Smith and Svetlana go on a date! 3
Until next time, enjoy!
I don't own Total Drama or the characters.
Chapter 11: Acting Like A Kid
Mike, Vito, and Svetlana were in the kitchen playing cards like any other day when Chester came in and sat down with them.
"Hello Chester!" Svetlana greeted, "Have a nice rest?"
"Yep." Chester stretched his arms, "Naps really do wonders for me. You kids up for a challenge?"
"You're on!" Vito smirked, "You ready to lose, old man?"
"Who are you calling old-" but before he could answer Chester fell asleep again and started snoring.
The three teens sighed and went on with their game, "You think Chester is getting too old for these things?" Mike asked.
"What do you think, bro'?" his brother responded, "He sleeps all day, has back problems, and complains about kids all the time."
"Svetlana agrees," their sister nodded, "Plus, he hardly does anything when he's in control anyvay."
"Yeah." Mike sighed in agreement, "I guess you're right."
Then, Chester started to stir in his sleep and opened his eyes.
"Huh? Wha-did you kids say something?" Chester asked as he woke up.
"Nothing." the three siblings said at once, "We're actually about to leave anyway." Mike stood up with the others following.
Chester was alone now, but he could hear their voices despite them trying to be quiet.
"You see what we mean?" Svetlana asked quietly.
"I know, but he can't help it." Mike whispered.
"Still, if he was a little younger like us he would actually be more fun." Vito said.
The old personality felt a little sad that his grandkids think he's boring or something. He went into his room and flipped through his scrapbook while sitting on his bed. Each picture had a younger version of him playing with the personalities when they were kids and some pictures showed them doing things without Chester sometimes.
"Why can't I just be a little more younger?" Chester sighed sadly as he laid down on his bed. Then he thought of an idea, "That's it!" he sat up in his bed and went to his closet.
For the next hour, everyone was watching TV but they also wondered where Chester is. No one had seen him since they were in the kitchen.
"I vonder what Chester is-" Svetlana stopped herself and looked to the side, "Oh my..."
She and her brothers saw Chester walking in with a skateboard under his arm, a red backwards cap on his head, and wearing black a leather jacket. Everyone's eyes grew wide in shock.
"Hey dudes!" Chester said with a grin, "What's up?"
Vito and Mal did spit-takes at each other upon seeing their grandfather figure like that. Their faces were completely wet but they didn't care about that right now.
"Chester," Vito said, "are you okay?"
"You bet, bro'!" he replied, "I realized that I haven't had much fun since you guys were kids and I wanted to feel young again, like you guys. And the first thing into to being a kid again is to dress like one."
Then, he placed the skateboard on the floor and tried to kick it back up again but it didn't work very well. Feeling a little awkward, he picked up the skateboard and tucked it back under his arm again.
"I gotta work on my technique." he said before walking away, "Later gators! I got some shredding to do!"
After the old man left, the younger personalities stared at each other with their eyes still wide and one thing on their minds: What is going on with Chester?
"Did we just see that?" Mike asked, "Is Chester acting like a teenager?"
"It's gotta be a dream. Just a freaky dream and we'll all wake up." Vito pinched himself to prove his point, "OUCH!" he looked around and everything is still the same, "I guess not."
"It's probably just a phase." Mike said, "I'm sure it's only temporary."
"I hope so." Svetlana said as well, "I'd never thought I vould see him like zis."
"Me neither, Sheila." Manitoba agreed, "Hey Vito, maybe we should check on him and make sure he doesn't hurt himself."
"Aw! Do we have to?" Vito whined, "I'm trying to watch TV!"
"Now Vito!" Manitoba dragged his brother by his hair.
"Hey! Hey! Hey!" the shirtless personality complained, "Not the hair! Not the hair!"
After a bit of walking, Vito was finally released from his brothers hold and tried to straighten his hair while Manitoba smirked at him.
"Remind me to kill you when we get back." he growled at the explorer.
"Shhh!" Manitoba shushed him, "Hush it! I hear something!"
The two brothers stayed quiet for a second and could hear someone yelling and cheering like a lunatic. They followed the sound and they could see Chester riding a skateboard on the ramp they would use sometimes. Vito, Mal, and Manitoba Smith would ride on their skateboards on the ramp and did tricks while the others just did their own thing since neither Mike, Svetlana, or Chester knew how to use a skateboard anyway.
"Chester, are you skateboarding?" Manitoba asked in shock.
"Yeah dudes!" he said as he attempted to do a flip, "This is like totally knarly!"
Manitoba and Vito looked at each other in confusion and looked back at their grandfather figure, "Nobody says "knarly" anymore Chester!" Vito pointed out.
"Whatever bro's!" he scoffed at the top of the rail, "Now watch this!"
Chester slid down the rail at full speed and tried to do another big flip but he was flying off the ramp and right over the boys.
"Oh no..." they both said in concern.
Before they could do anything...
CRASH!
Chester, accidentally, landed on top of the two personalities but he didn't have a scratch on him. But, Manitoba Smith and Vito would be really sore for a while.
"Ow! Ah!" the boys said painfully.
"Sorry bro's!" Chester said as he got off the boys, "Thanks for breaking my fall."
"Don't mention it..." groaned Vito.
"Ever." Manitoba added.
The two boys had to lie down in their rooms for a while until the pain went away.
Later that day, Svetlana went into her gymnastics room to do some flips when she saw Chester bouncing on her trampoline.
"Chester!" her eyes grew wide, "Vhat in ze world are you doing?!"
"Jumping!" he said as he jumped on her trampoline, "Wahoo!"
"You get down from there this instant!" Svetlana scolded, "You'll hurt yourself!"
"No way, chicky babe!" Chester answered, "I'm having the time of my life!"
"Babe?!" Svetlana said sounding offended. She fumed as Chester bounced off the trampoline and walked out, "Later chickeroo!"
As soon as he left, Svetlana stormed into to her own room, jumped on her bed, and punched her pillow over and over and over again until the feathers started flying out.
"I can understand Vito or even Manitoba saying those kind of things, but Chester?!" she screamed, "Ugh! He is acting like an arrogant, self-centered jerk!"
She pounded her pillow until there was no feathers left and she laid down all frustrated and exhausted.
The next day, while Mike was hanging with his friends outside, Mal went to check on his grandfather figure. He entered the room and saw Chester shuffling the rug with his feet covered in socks.
"Chester?" Mal asked as he narrowed his eyebrow, "What are you doing?"
"I'm going to create the biggest shock in the world!" Chester smiled, "I read about this on the internet."
Mal could see the sparks coming from the old mans feet, which made him feel concerned.
"Uh...Chester?" Mal tried to say.
The more Chester shuffled his feet, the more electricity he absorbed and his whole body started to glow like the sun. Soon everything in the room, including Mal, was getting pulled by the magnetic force.
"Chester!" Mal cried out, "Chester, you can stop now!"
"Ready or not, here comes the zap!" Chester said as he extended his finger towards Mal.
As soon as his finger touched Mals cheek...
BOOM!
"OUCH!" Mike yelped and held his head.
"Mike, are you alright?" asked Brick.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Mike said painfully, "I just had a sharp pain in my head."
"I'm guessing the personalities are the cause of it?" asked Sam.
"Probably." Mike responded.
Back into the mind, the other three personalities ran to the room to check on their friends after they heard the explosion.
"Mal! Chester!" Vito called out, "Are you okay?!"
They entered the hallway but it was too smokey to find the rooms.
"Where are you?!" Manitoba coughed.
"Speak to us!" Svetlana yelled.
Then, out of the smoke, Mal and Chester walked towards them looking very disoriented, clothes tattered and smoldered, and their hair looked messed up.
"Awesome!" Chester said in a daze.
"Vhat happened to you two?!" asked a very concerned Svetlana.
"You don't wanna know..." Mal coughed out before he collapsed in his sisters arm and Chester fell into Manitobas.
They took the two unconscious personalities in the living room and nursed them back to health until Mike returned.
Later, after explaining to Mike about the explosion, they all started making dinner. When Chester went into the fridge and saw a full bottle of soda pop, he thought of an idea.
"Hey guys!" Chester said as he grabbed the soda bottle, "I found an easier way to open up soda!"
"What's that?" Mike asked nervously.
"You just shake it up and out it comes!" he said with a grin, "Watch!"
Chester, then, shook up the bottle and tossed it around until it looked all fizzed up inside. He barley twisted the cap, but the bottle exploded like a volcano within seconds! There was soda all over the floors, the walls, and everyone in the kitchen.
"Chester!" Svetlana exclaimed while drenched in soda, "Vhat vas that for?!"
"Hey, just trying to make things a little easier." Chester shrugged and made a hand-sign before he left, "Catch you dudes on the flipside!"
After he left, everyone just looked at each other and the mess their grandfather figure had just left. Vito started licking the soda off his face and gave a small grin.
"Mmm! Cola!" Vito said as he licked his lips.
"Not. Helping." Mal glared at him fiercely.
"Sorry." he shrugged and smiled sheepishly.
After cleaning up the mess, the younger personalities gathered in Mals hidden room to discuss what to do.
"What the heck is Chester doing?!" Vito asked in frustration, "He's acting like a weirdo lately and I can't take it anymore!"
"Yeah!" Manitoba agreed, "And he's causing nothing but pain and chaos! I got a few bruised ribs because of that skateboarding incident!"
"Something must be done!" Svetlana exclaimed, "This can't go on anymore!"
"But how?" Mike asked, "It's not like he'll listen to us anyway."
"We'll think of something." Mal said as he placed a hand on his brothers shoulder.
"Yeah, you do that." Vito stood up and started to walk out, "I need an aspirin."
"Me too, mate." Manitoba followed his brother.
"Me three." Svetlana did the same.
While Mal and Mike sat in the room alone, their siblings walked out of the hidden room and closed the door. However, Svetlana accidentally slammed the door causing the knob to come off and make the others turn around.
"Uh-oh." Vito said as he and his siblings look in horror.
Mike and Mal heard the noise and tried to open the door, but they couldn't get it open!
"Oh no!" Mal said horrified.
"What happened?!" Mike sounded a little scared.
"The door's stuck!" Mal answered.
"WHAT?!"
The two brothers pounded on the doors while their siblings stood there and panicked, "Help! Help us! Help! Please help us!" they hollered.
"What do we do now?!" Svetlana said with worry.
"Get help! Hurry! Please help!" the boys answered from the other side.
"Let's go mates! No time to lose!" Manitoba led the way.
The three personalities went to the living room where Chester was sitting back and watching TV.
"Hey! There you dudes are!" he said while holding a candy bar, "
"Chester! Chester!" Vito ran to him, "You gotta help us man!"
"Mike and Mal are trapped in a room und ve have no idea on how to get them out!" Svetlana pleaded, "You have to release them!"
"Why?" Chester asked without taking his eyes off the screen, "That sounds like old people work. Get a door repair man to do it or something."
"Don't you understand what we're saying, you clueless dingo?" Manitoba shouted in anger, "Two of your grandsons are trapped and you won't even lift a finger to help them! What kind of guardian are you?!"
As they continued to scold and beg Chester for help, Mal kept pounding the door while Mike sat on the floor and held his knees.
"We're never getting out of here!" Mike said while freaking out, "What do we do?!"
Mal stopped himself and wrapped his arms around his brother to comfort him, "Don't panic, bro'." he said softly, "I'm sure Chester or one of the others will come and save us. You'll see."
Mal thought that if he could make himself cry, then maybe Chester would come rescue them. He didn't like to fake his tears, but he had no other choice but to try.
"Chester!" Mal said with a fake sad voice, "Help us! Please help!"
The old man heard the boys "cries" and took a moment to realize that it's not like him to help when his grandchildren are in trouble. With that said he threw away his jacket and cap, grabbed his cane, and rushed into Mals room leaving the others behind.
"Hang on boys!" he said with determination, "I'm a coming!"
Once he was in the room, he looked around but couldn't find the boys anywhere.
"Where are you?!" he yelled.
"Here! In here! In the wall!" the boys yelled from the other side.
Chester could hear voices coming from the other side of the wall. Feeling the crease in between, he stuck his cane in the hidden door and used it like a crowbar. During the first part, Chester felt weak and wanted to give up at first but he didn't want to leave his grandsons behind again.
"Come on, you old windbag!" he said to himself, "Don't give up! They need you!"
He pushed harder and harder until the door finally opened and the boys were finally free. Mike and Mal came out and ran towards their grandfather.
"Chester!" they both said as they hugged him.
"Oh, thank goodness you boys are alright!" Chester sighed in relief as he hugged them back.
Mike lets a couple frightened tears fall and Chester just patted him on the back as Mal lets go.
"Chester," Mike said in a shaken voice, "we were so afraid that you wouldn't come!"
"I know sonny, I know." Chester said in regret, "I am so sorry for leaving you boys like that. All I did was act like a young ninny."
"It's okay, Chester." Mal said, "We're just glad you're back to your normal self again."
"Yeah." Mike nodded as he wiped his eyes.
"I promise I will never leave you two like that again." Chester said as he released his hold on Mike, "I promise."
"We appreciate that." Mal smiled as he, his grandfather, and his younger brother left the room.
As soon as the entered the living room, Mike and Mal were engulfed in a massive hug from their siblings.
"Mike! Mal!" Svetlana gave them kisses on their cheeks, "My dear brothers! Are you alright?"
"We were worried about you!" Vito added, "You okay?"
"Yes yes, we're okay guys." Mal reassured her, "Chester rescued us."
"Really?" Manitoba asked with curiosity, "So, you're not acting like a kid anymore?"
Chester shook his head before he spoke, "From now on, I'm going to act my own age for as long as I live."
As much as they were happy that their grandfather figure is normal again, Vito, Svetlana, and Mike felt a little guilty because they thought their conversation the other day had made Chester like this. The three went up to Chester to apologize.
"Chester, we're sorry that we called you old." Vito said as he looked down.
"Me too." Mike apologized, "I'm sorry and we didn't mean it."
"If we hadn't said anything, this vouldn't have happened." Svetlana added.
"That's okay, kids." Chester smiled as he wrapped each arm around Svetlana and Vito, "I learned my lesson. From now own, I'll act my age and leave all the young stuff to you."
"When you were acting like a kid, we were the adults around here." Manitoba joked making the others giggle.
Mike joined in on the hug as Mal and Manitoba did the same, "And even if you are old or young, you're still a fun grandpa to us."
"Yeah." the others agreed.
"Thanks, you guys." Chester smiled and hugged every one of his precious grandkids.
Since that day, Chester decided to act the age he should be and leave all the "kids stuff" to his grandchildren from now on. Still, that doesn't mean he was left out of their activities anymore. He still spent time with Mike and the others during their normal activities like movie nights and playing cards. And whenever someone did any physical activities like Vitos skateboarding or Svetlanas acrobatics, he would just sit back and show his support.
After all, just because you are old on the outside doesn't mean you can't feel like a kid on the inside.
To Be Continued...