ACxOCU Ch 32. Confronting Unaverage Trauma
(It's been about a week since the incident at the Song and Dance competition and Stewie is meeting Chris at a Diner.)
"Good to see you Chris." Says Stewie sitting down, "So you said you wanted to ask something, what's up?" He says opening up a menu.
"Yeah about that." Chris begins while scratching the back of his head, "What exactly happened at the competition? Before I left I saw Menthis going to the back alley with a bunch of wigs, dresses and kerosene. I don't trust that."
"Oh yeah about that…. yeah he asked me not to say." Replies Stewie, still looking at the menu.
"What why?" Asks Chris, "Is it bad?"
"As you said he's currently doing a bonfire of wigs, dresses and kerosene, what do you think?" Replies Stewie, setting his menu down and looking at him.
"Oh God I need to go check on him." Says Chris getting up and running out the diner.
"Hmm I wonder how this trauma is going to affect Menthis's psyche." Stewie says watching Chris leave.
Back behind their apartment.
(Menthis is standing by a makeshift burn pit with Daedalus watching him.)
"Hey Men, you okay there buddy?" Chris asks, walking towards him and putting his hand on his shoulder.
"Don't touch me!" Menthis screams freaking out then grabbing his arm twisting him around pulling him in then kicking him in the back to the ground.
"Woah man chill out dude." Daedalus says coming up and putting his hands on his shoulders.
Menthis reaches behind himself grabbing Dae's wrists and throws him against the wall, "I said don't touch me asshole!" He screams, breathing heavily, then runs inside.
"What the hell was that about?" Asks Daedalus getting up and brushing himself off.
"Honestly I'm not sure…. wait what are you doing here?" Asks Chris.
"Oh no reason." Says Daedalus starting to walk past Chris as he raises his hand up to brush his hair out of his eyes you see a ring that looks like the amulet Menthis gave to Sarah on his finger.
Back inside the apartment.
"Dude are you okay?" Asks Chris coming up and knocking on the bedroom door.
(No response is given from Menthis.)
"Come on man you can't stay holed up in there all day, you can talk to me about anything bud." Replies Chris.
"I can?" Asks Menthis slightly opening the door and looking out.
"Of course you can, I'm always here ready to talk with you about anything, man." Chris says looking at Menthis with a warm smile.
"Okay…." Menthis breathes in then says, "A nudist named Cecil who was in love with my female persona kidnapped me then forcibly grinded on and paraded me around the room as they sang a song by One Direction."
"Hold on one second." Chris says biting his lips closed trying to hold his composure and walks into the bathroom and you hear slight laughing that turns into coughing to try and cover it up then he comes back out, "Sorry about that my throat felt suddenly dry."
"Uh huh…. sure." Replies Menthis rolling his eyes.
"Does anyone else know about this?" Asks Chris curiously.
"Just Junior and your brother but also now you." Replies Menthis.
"What about Sarah?" Chris asks.
"Not as far as I know and if you tell her I'll smother you with the pillow you use when you sleep on your side." Replies Menthis with a serious tone in his voice.
"Noted so what do you plan on doing now?" Asks Chris looking back at him.
"I'm going to destroy any trace or evidence Mavis ever existed and move on." Menthis replies, grabbing more kerosene wigs and dresses.
"Hold on there cowboy can't we try to talk this through." Chris says walking up and taking the kerosene from Menthis.
"No…" Replies Menthis grabbing back the kerosene from Chris.
"Why not man?" Chris asks now, really begining to worry.
"Because it would seem that if I tried that your throat would always get dry." Replies Menthis glaring back at Chris then heading towards the door.
"God damnit I'm not dealing with his pyromaniac phase…not again." Exclaims Chris then rushes out the door after Menthis.
Later back outside.
"Come on Men, let's take some time to try to handle this rationally." Chris says finally catching up to Menthis.
"How would you even suggest we'd even rectify this fiasco of a situation?" Asks Menthis turning back towards Chris to face him.
"Well…uh what about um…Kevin?" Suggests Chris.
"Why would Kevin even help us, let alone me?" Asks Menthis crossing his arms looking at Chris curiously.
"Remember we helped save his Dad, he owes us if you get what I mean?" Chris says with a smile and Menthis smiles back shaking his head knowingly.
Later at the Quahog Police Station.
(Chris and Menthis walk into the building then into Kevin's office.)
"Heyyy Kevin wassup my man? Long time no see." Says Chris arms outstretched walking towards Kevin's desk.
"What do you two want? And it's Mr. Swanson to you guys." Replies Kevin not looking up from his paperwork.
"We need to call in a favor from back when we helped you." Says Chris.
"Help, you call that fiasco helping?" Replies Kevin now annoyed and looking up from his paperwork back at them.
"Please Menthis was kidnapped and harassed and I think it really messed him up." Says Chris then leans in, "He's burning things again messed up."
"Oh..hm well I'd need all your information in a report to be able to do anything, come on back I'll help you." Replies Kevin.
(About an hour or so Menthis is sitting in the back with Chris when Kevin comes in.)
"I think we got him, we have him in the back interrogation room." Kevin says coming back and they all follow him to the interrogation room.
(They all head to the room and stop right outside.)
"I'd like to talk with him." Says Menthis.
"I don't think that's a good idea. It goes against all protocol." Replies Kevin.
"Please I have to do this for closure." Says Menthis then suddenly clutches his head.
"Okay…." Replies Kevin suddenly feeling a compulsion to do so.
(Menthis walks in and looks at Cecil who stares back at him; he suddenly clutches his head and looks back up, eyes now empty he then waves his hand at the camera, the window and door and you hear a locking sound.)
"Now that that's done let's get down to business." He says sitting down, "So you are the one who is smitten with the one my brother calls Mavis."
"What are you talking about?" Asks Cecil not really sure what he means.
Menthis slaps him in the face, "No talking just listen!" He snarls "My brother is Menthis but the girl you love her name is Mavis." He leans over towards Cecil, "I could make her real if you want."
"What how?" Asks Cecil not sure what he means.
(Menthis grabs the earring Cecil has on, closes his eyes and then his fist when a small light begins to emanate from it then when he opens it the earring has the same color as the amulet.)
"This should help you just stay close to Menthis and you should get your desire." Replies Menthis getting up, "Don't worry about them pressing charges I'll push those feelings he has down just keep this conversation between us."
"Who are you?" Asks Cecil.
"Mathias." Replies Menthis looking back and smiling at him evilly.
