Warning: Rated for language, violence and adult behavior.
The main characters of this story are based on characters from the cartoon 'Code Lyoko.' I do not own, nor do I claim, any copyright to these characters.
This story also uses characters from the graphic novel 'Sin City' by Frank Miller. I do not own, nor do I claim, any copyright to these characters.
This story also uses characters from the movie 'Wasabi', directed by Luc Besson. I do not own, nor do I claim, any copyright to these characters.
References to 'The Goon' in this story do not refer to the character of 'The Goon' by Eric Powell.
Milly almost wet herself when Aelita took her to The Goon. She introduced the frightened girl to Marv, then told her what was going on. Milly almost had a hissy fit when she heard about Sissi's cruel joke, but quieted down when Marv told her what he had in mind.
The girl walked away from the conversation with a smile on her face, confident that Sissi would get hers real soon. Aelita walked away a little concerned. Marv said he'd have a little fun with the kids, and wouldn't hurt them too much. he smiled when he said it, but something in that smile made Aelita shudder, like he wouldn't have a problem with hurting them at all, and maybe a lot more than too much.
Marv watch the girls walk off. He had to remind himself that these were kids, and good kids for the most part. Yeah, he would scare the shit out of Sissi and her friends, but not much more than that.
Sissi may be spiteful, but she's still a good kid, Marv thought, I gotta keep in mind that what these kids here think as evil is no where near the neighborhood of real Evil. Hell, none of them would know what real evil it was if it stared them in the face. If they did, they would have never let me in the gates.
That evening, after curfew, Sissi, Hervé and Nicholas met Milly and Tamiya in the woods close to the cabin where The Goon lived.
"The light's out inside, so he must be out looking for fresh victims," Sissi whispered to the girls. Behind her, Hervé and Nicholas barely suppressed their laughter. Sissi's plan was working perfectly so far.
"Now, all you have to do is get inside and find your teddy bear," she continued, "hopefully, he hasn't given it to the heads yet."
The two little girls shuddered at Sissi's remark.
"Don'... don't we get a flashlight or something?" Tamiya asked.
"No, you don't want The Goon to know you're in there if he comes back, now do you?" Sissi replied, "now get going! He'll be back soon!"
With that, Sissi shooed the two hapless girls towards the cabin. After they left, she snickered.
"This is gonna be real fun!"
"Milly, I'm scared," Tamiya said as they got to the cabin door.
"Don't worry," Milly whispered, "it's just one of Sissi's stupid tricks, but this time we're going to get one over on her."
The two girls got to the cabin door, and Milly tried opening it. It wasn't locked, so the door immediately opened for her. They carefully crept inside.
The room was dark, but Tamiya could make out the form of a large man sitting on the floor, The Goon. She was about to scream when Milly's hand covered her mouth.
"It's okay! He's a friend!" Milly told the girl.
The Goon waived the girls over to him. Next to where he sat was three bundles. The girls tried to make out what they were but couldn't. The Goon had them sit next to him.
"Okay, now be real quiet for a couple of minutes, to give them the impression you're rummaging around," he said.
The all sat in silence for a while. Then The Goon whispered, "okay, on the count of three, scream as loud as you can, then shut up. Don't say another word, okay?"
The girls nodded in agreement. He raised one of his huge hands, then held up a finger, then another finger, and finally a third. That was their signal.
Milly and Tamiya screamed their lungs out.
The Goon jumped up and roared, causing the girls to scream again, then stop, because he told them to be quiet after they screamed the first time.
The Goon ran about the room, jostling things, hollering and screaming the whole time, like he was chasing two little girls around his room. He then ran over, picked up two of the bundles he had laying there, went to the door and threw them outside.
"There! You've joined my collection now and you won't need those any more!"
He closed the door, walked back over to the girls, who were grinning from ear to ear. He picked up the last bundle, a sack, and returned to the door.
"You two stay here for about two minutes, then sneak out and get the principal," The Goon told the girls, "I'm willing to bet he'd just love to know what his daughter does after curfew."
Sissi, Hervé and Nicholas were watching from the bushes as their marks entered the cabin. The plan was for them to wait a few minutes, then start making noises around the cabin. When the girls ran out, they would chase them through the woods, then leave them there. It would probably be morning before the dared show their faces!
Just when the three conspirators were about to implement their scheme, Milly and Tamiya screamed inside the cabin. There was a roar, and the girls screamed again. The three teens were shocked, they thought The Goon was gone!
Now they saw a large dark figure dart about in the cabin, tearing the place apart. Then, silence. After a moment, the door opened and two objects flew out.
"There! You've joined my collection now and you won't need those any more!"
Sissi and crew stared at the objects laying on the ground. She couldn't quite make it out, but the shapes looked familiar. Then, her imagination filled in the details her mind couldn't. The objects were bodies, two bodies.
Two, headless, bodies.
"Oh my gosh! He killed them!" Sissi exclaimed, "he really is a killer!"
Then the door opened again, and The Goon stepped out. Over his shoulder he had slung a bag; a big, lumpy bag.
"Great," he said to no one in particular, "two more added to my collection and still no teddy bear! I guess I'm going to have to find something else to keep the heads company. Hmm, maybe a teenager. Yeah! A teenage girl! That way, the heads can jabber and smooch and tickle her and stay out of my hair 'til I bury them. Why didn't I think of that in the first place! Now, where to find one?"
He jiggled the bag he was carrying, and noises started coming from it. Voices.
"Arrgh! Stop that! Help Me!"
"Move your lips! Hey! Ow!"
"Shut up back there, you lot!" The Goon said to whatever was in the bag.
Sissi realized that he actually had talking heads in that bag! She let out a little gasp, and The Goon stopped. Sissi, Hervé and Nicholas all put their hands over Sissi's mouth to quiet her. The Goon slowly panned his head, looking for something. Then he shrugged and walked off.
"We've got to get out of here!" Hervé said.
"Right, let's go!" Sissi said and ran off. Hervé and Nicholas looked at each other for a moment, then took off after her.
The two boys had just caught up with Sissi when The Goon jumped out from behind some brush.
"AH HAH! I thought I smelled a teenage girl around here someplace!" The Goon roared, "now, missy, you'll keep my heads company, and your friends will be joining my collection!"
With that, The Goon jumped to scoop the three up. They all screamed and turned and ran back the way they came. The Goon ran in pursuit.
"Fee, Fie, Fo, Fum! I smell the blood of three French ones! One to keep my collection quiet! And two fresh ones to add to the riot!" The Goon laughed at his rhyme as he chased the kids.
Sissi and company found themselves back at The Goon's cabin. The Goon ran up, dropped his bag, then approached them, arms spread wide to snag them if they tried to run past.
"Yum, Yum! Eat 'Em Up!" he growled, a huge grin on his face.
Totally frightened now, Sissi grabbed Hervé and pulled him to her, hoping that maybe he could somehow save her life. The boy just gibbered in fear like the rest of them.
"Now, little missy, I'll just pop your arms and legs off, then pop your little friend's heads off. Add a little magic, and they'll be good company for you, just like those little girls I found earlier. Right girls!"
"Oh Mr. Goon, please let us go!" came Milly's voice from the bag, "we were only looking for my teddy bear! We would have never come if someone hadn't told us you took it from my room! Please let us go to Heaven now!"
"Such a shame," said The Goon as he approached the doomed teenagers, "none of this would have happened if someone hadn't told them I stole their teddy bear."
He reached out to grab Sissi.
"WAIT!" she hollered, "I TOLD THEM! I said Milly's teddy bear was in your cabin, but I had them steal it! Please please please don't kill me! I swear I'll make up for it! I'll do anything you ask! Please don't kill me!"
The Goon stopped and looked at his victims.
"Good enough?" he asked.
"Yeah Marv, that was real good!" came Milly's voice, from both the bag, and from some bushes close to the cabin. The trio looked, and Milly and Tamiya stood up, with huge grins on their faces. Milly had what looked like a walkie-talkie in her hand.
"You! You tricked me!" Sissi hollered, "when I get my hands on you, I'll..."
"You'll do what, Elizabeth?" came a new voice.
Sissi turned and saw the last person on earth she wanted to see at that moment, her father, Jean-Pierre Delmas, the principal.
"Daddy! The Goon just tried to kill us! He's got heads in that bag, and..."
"This bag?" The Goon said as he upended it.
Sissi and her friends screamed when the contents fell out. Soccer balls. Also, a radio fell out.
"Elizabeth, I heard the whole thing," Mr. Delmas said, "Jim is checking your room right now for Miss Solovieff's bear. Oh, and here he is now."
Jim Moralés, the gym teacher, walked up to the group, holding a teddy bear in his hands.
"It was right where you said it would be, sir," Jim said, "she didn't even try to hide it."
Jim walked over and handed the teddy bear back to Milly, who hugged it tight to her chest.
"I can't believe that those two babies were able to set this up," Sissi said.
"They didn't," The Goon, Marv, replied, "I helped a lot. And a few others."
He put his fingers in his mouth and whistled. From some bushes behind Milly and Tamiya, five figures stood up, two girls and three boys. Sissi recognized them all, Ulrich Stern and his friends, Odd Della Robbia, Jeremie Belpois, Aelita Stones, and the bane of Sissi's existence, Yumi Ishiyama.
Aelita smiled sweetly at Sissi and waived. Odd held up a camera and started taking pictures. The others just stood there and smiled.
"These ought to be great for the yearbook, don't ya think?" he said as he snapped away.
"Elizabeth, you are in serious trouble," her father said, "I have no choice but to suspend you for a month. You are to remain in your room except for showering and meals. You will have your homework brought to you, and I'll personally be overseeing your studies."
Sissi Delmas looked like she was about ready to cry.
"Mr. Delmas, sir," Marv said, "aren't you being a little harsh? I mean, yeah she did a mean thing, but she's been paid back for the most part. You don't really have to rub salt in the wound, so to speak."
"What do you mean, Marvin?" the principal asked.
"Well, they got caught in a lie and got the crap fairly well scared out of them because of it. Also, it's a beautiful, clear night, without a cloud in the sky. So why are those three standing in puddles?"
Everybody looked, and sure enough, Sissi, Hervé and Nicholas were all standing in small puddles of something that wasn't water.
All of the other kids started laughing. Jim didn't, but it took all of his control to keep the smile off his face. Principal Delmas didn't even crack a smile, but you could see a glimmer of laughter in his eyes.
"The way I look at it," Marv continued, "I'm the only one here aggrieved by this crew that hasn't gotten payback yet. And, your daughter said she would do anything if I wouldn't harm her. Well, I haven't, and I think I'll take her up on her offer."
"What do you have in mind," the principal asked.
Marv just smiled.
Sissi sat back on her heels, exhausted. Her hands were raw, her knees ached and her back was killing her from all the crawling she was doing. She looked around her at what little she accomplished so far, and what she had yet to do.
"Don't take too long darlin', you've got a long way to go yet," Marv told the girl as He offered her a water bottle. She shot him the Evil Eye of Death, but took a swig from the bottle anyway. Even though it wasn't cold, it was soothing and refreshing going down.
As punishment for their little prank, Sissi, Hervé and Nicholas had to pull up every weed on the athletic field by hand. They were restricted to their rooms until they had completed their penance.
Every day after class, they had to dress out in their gym clothes, report to Marv on the athletic field, and get to work. Marv would stand over them, watching their progress. If any of them missed a weed, he would make them go back and pull it. He said he even spoke to Mrs. Hertz, the science teacher, and made sure which plants were weeds and which ones were not.
They pulled weeds until just about after dinner. They were almost always the last ones served.
It took about a month for Sissi and her henchmen to finish their punishment. The entire time, Sissi Delmas swore she would find some way to get her revenge.
