Chapter 282
(July 30, Spunk E. Pigeons Pizza-Palooza.)
A lot of kids are enjoying themselves within this animatronics entertainment pizzeria and though most would be uncomfortable, the kids enjoy the animatronics.
As they run around and play with whatever they want, one area is kept away from them and that's where the party is happening. The Birthday Party of Simon Sharp, little brother to Sam Sharp. Also with them are their parents, Reginald and Amy.
Simon looks around and feels kinda happy to be there, this was the one thing he always wanted on his birthday. But that was like when he was 10, still this seemed okay with him.
Sam then goes to her little brother. "You enjoying yourself bro?"
Simon eats his pizza slice and drinks his soda. "This is actually kinda nice, even though this was something wanted when I was ten, this seems okay and what matters is that the people I know and love are here as well."
"Well, at least your happy son and we did our best to make sure we got the place for your birthday and made sure no one else was planning to take this birthday area as well" replied Reginald.
"We're glad you're enjoying yourself and it's only a matter of time before your friends get here" said Amy. "And the cake will be out soon too, and it is your favorite."
Sam then notices some people coming. "And it looks like we got friendly company." Simon also sees his friends and a few of the louds. Stella, Lincoln, Jordan, Luna, Liam, Tabby, Richie, Flat Tire, Jenny, Christina and the twins? And also Michelle? They seem to be carrying gifts with them.
"Hey glad you guys came." Simon goes over and high fives with his pals and/or fist bumps with them.
"This is your birthday dude, so of course we would come and we brought you some gifts" said Richie.
"Cool, and why Lana and Lola are here?" asked Simon as he points to the twins.
"They had no plans for today and wanted to have some fun here, I hope that's not gonna be a problem" said Lincoln.
Simon looks to the twins who show him they're presents and say to him. "Happy Birthday Simon!"
"Not at all dude, also a lot of kids they're age are already playing around but are being held away from the birthday area" replied Simon. "You guys can place the gifts over there."
"I got this guys." Michelle takes all of their gifts and she places them onto the nearby table that is going to be next to the cake and she decides to wait there and keep watch of it.
"Which makes me as, what the heck are you and Luna doing here? Aren't you guys still kinda hurt?" asked Sam as she goes over and she kisses Luna. "We don't want you guys getting hurt here."
"Not an issue babe" replied Luna. "Linc and I can manage and if something does happen then we either take it with pride or we head on home."
"Okay then, just try and be careful guys and don't forget to have some fun" replied Sam.
Lana and Lola head on to play all while making sure no one messes with Simon's birthday. Simon chuckles and he looks to Lincoln. "And I can only assume you left the eagles back home for a good reason right?"
"Yeah, we didn't want them to get overcrowded around here, but in truth they're above the establishment and they brought their chicks with them" replied Lincoln.
(Outside on the roof.)
Patriot and Valkyrie are both on the watch and at the same time tending to their three chicks Harrier, Artemis and Freya.
Harrier tries to run off and jump off the area, but Patriot grabs him in time and brings him back to the rest of his sisters. They have been noticing how restless their chicks are, and even though they are starting to grow up a little, they know they won't be ready until mid-August for when they actually have their large feathers on the wings.
(Back inside.)
"So, Luan here as well?" asked Simon. He's being cautious just in case.
"As much fun as it would be for Luan to be at a birthday party and be the entertainment. She decided not to" replied Luna. "She said something about taking a nice break from the gigs and enjoying her new room and small bed for Mr. Coconuts." (Yeah, the guys at FutureTech made a small bed for her dummy. Why? No idea.)
"Huh, for a minute there I thought she'd be with you guys trying to crack some jokes and puns, but I guess this is okay" replied Simon. "But to be honest, I kinda am glad she's not here. There could be a large swarm of kids who would enjoy seeing her as a clown." Lincoln knows that one.
Stella then goes to Simon and hugs him, and then gives him a quick kiss. "Nice to be here to celebrate the birthday of the boy I truly adore huh?"
Simon chuckles and looks to his girlfriend and both are in a love daze once more. "I feel like my life is complete with you around me, thanks for coming."
Stella gives him another sweet kiss to the lips. "Of course I had to come, and I put on some chocolate flavored lip gloss just for the occasion."
Simon chuckles. "Yup, you seem to know me all too well." The parents of Simon smile seeing this, they're little boy has a girl in his life and they both are devoted to each other, just as if they were Lincoln and Jordan, or Luna and Sam.
They then break away from each other. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's play some cool games while we're here" said Simon.
"Yeah!" Simon and his pals head on over to the arcade area that was nearby and they enjoy what games they have. Michelle keeps a close eye on Lincoln all the while making sure no kids would go near the gifts for Simon Sharp.
Lana and Lola run into some of their friends from the school and enjoy their time in the ball pit.
Luna sits next to Sam and her parents. "So, anything planned for next month?" asked Reginald. "School begins at the end of August and Sam and Simon are planning to get prepared."
"Dang right we are" replied Sam. "When school begins, Simon will be in middle school alongside your brother, and their pals, gals and you and I will be above the high school rank, but not in the senior's category, yet."
"I'm as stoked as you are and we all know that when school does begin …. We gotta be saying goodbye to one loud" said Luna as she feels a little upset. "Not gonna be the same without Lori being around the place."
They can all tell that Luna is not feeling stoked about that one, there me be a lot of ups and downs between the rocker and the eldest among the siblings but deep down they care for each other, and they know Lincoln is feeling this weight and so do the other louds.
"Just hang in there Lunes" said Sam. "Even though Lori won't be around, she'll always come by and visit and call as well. Just hang in there."
"But with all things set aside, any word from that outpost base outside of town?" asked Amy.
"Not yet Mrs. Sharp. We did recall that Jordan's godfather got demoted, and we know why. He didn't do much to keep an eye on things when the house and hold was being renovated and that kinda resulted in his first failure, so probably later there's going to be some new big time guy running the shots there, but they have to go by the word of Linc's hero self that the base is under my command as well as Lincoln and Jordan's" replied Luna.
Reginald chuckles. "A lot of things are happening and it's not easy trying to keep up."
"Got the feeling too Mr. Sharp" replied Luna.
"And what about Michelle? Has she been anything else but over protective and helpful?" asked Amy.
"Well, she's constantly keeping a close eye on Lincoln and I, she's the one who helps him get down the stairs and at times Linc feels kinda awkward by it. But I think the most awkward for him is when Lori, Leni, myself or Luan have to bathe him and he is not in it for that" replied Luna. "I mean we're used to sharing the bathroom, but this seems to be a level within Lincoln he is not comfortable with."
Sam chuckles. "Just like when I did the same for Simon when he got hurt, he was as red as a tomato from me giving him a bath and he wanted me to get out so he could do it himself, but I was not gonna let him have it."
Luna chuckles. "Little bros huh? Nice to chill and guide, but hard when it comes to personal and privacy." They all laugh and start to chat a bit.
(With the others.)
Lincoln and Jordan both finish the fishing arcade game and get their tickets. "This is nice, well not as nice as Gus', but still it's okay" said Lincoln.
"We got approximately one thousand and five hundred and sixty two tickets, shall we keep going?" asked Jordan as she has the tickets in hand.
"I think we should we never know when we might come back here again" said Lincoln. "Also I think there's something we can both get together." Lincoln and Jordan both see the large box of Pokemon cards on the wall, the box contains 4 boxes and the Pokemon region? Alola.
Jordan smiles. "Would be cool to have some and maybe we can be able to clash against Simon when the time is right, these cards are still being played and collected."
"Then let's keep the game flowing" said Lincoln. They both head onto the one place where they have the most tickets, the basketball tosser. "Time for some bank shots! Lynn would've loved to be here for this one."
"Why didn't the others come with anyway?" asked Jordan. "I thought they wanted to come to Spunk E. Pigeons?"
"They did, but then some things came up and they have to go and attend their daily activates" replied Lincoln. "Lori is hanging out back at the house with Carol, Roy and Becky. Leni, Mom and Dad are at work. Luan is enjoying her expanded room still. Lynn is having some early practice for the summer Roller Derby. Lucy is having a meeting with her morticians club on the return of Haiku and Lisa and Lily are also back home and Lisa is showing Lily how to read a book.
"Speaking of which, how is Lisa?" Simon and Stella approach them. "Is she doing okay after what happened?"
Lincoln sighs. "She is kinda upset after what she did and how it all turned bad real fast, but she's doing her best to manage. Being grounded for the whole summer is kinda a total bummer for her, but she's willing to go through with it, but to make up for her actions she's going to be spending some time with Lily."
Stella sighs. "Lisa brought this onto herself and she should've known better, some little genius she turned out to be."
"I know, I know. I kinda feel bad for her, and chances Peter Harris might be against her now too" replied Lincoln.
Simon looks to Jordan. "How is your god father by the way? Still upset?"
"He is" replied Jordan. "He hasn't responded to the calls from my mom and dad or to myself, I think he's trying to cope with what happened and see what he can do once the new command of the outpost has arrived and tomorrow we have to go there to check out the place and its changes."
"All this just to see the advanced futuristic suit from the smart guy" said Simon. "Also, where the heck are Sully and Mazzy? I thought they'd be here too."
"They had other plans for today, but Luna brought the presents they wanted to give you here, they're over by the other gifts and I think you might like em."
"Well, at least we're all here and we're all going to have some fun, but Simon is what matters today too" replied Stella as she kisses his cheek.
This makes Simon blush and he kisses her back. Lincoln and Jordan chuckle at this, reminds them of themselves when they started dating and making things work out, but deep down they were worried that Simon and Stella might go through some bumps on the road, just as they did.
(Skip, later.)
Lincoln, Jordan, Simon, Stella and the others make it back after some game time and they have a few cool stuff from the prize counter.
Sam and Luna and the parents notice this. "Hey guys, looks like you all had some fun and prizes too" said Luna.
"We did and we are bound to challenge you next time Simon Sharp" said Lincoln and Jordan who have Pokemon cards with them now.
Simon chuckles and looks to them with determination. "Oh it is so on. Though, I wanna do it when you're out of the wheel chair, I don't wanna end up seeing you hurt man."
"I think we can work with that" replied Lincoln. Let's see what the others got as their prizes from the arcade area.
Liam and Tabby pitched in their tickets and both of them got some cool shades for the summer, Richie used his tickets and got himself a fake gold chain necklace, Flat Tire got some small Rubik cube dice for his bike as a decoration, Jenny got herself some stickers that are now on her backpack and Christina just used her tickets to get some small and colorful hairclips.
Stella decided not to get anything, and the same goes with Simon.
"Well, you're just in time kiddo. Time of the big reveal!" said Reginald. "Bring it in fellas!"
The doors to the kitchen open and walking through are a wall of staff who are protecting what is being carried, the twins Lola and Lana see this and they know what it is, they put on some shades and they help escort the staff and fend off any of the other kids who wanna know what it is, when they make it to the table they place it down and Simon's eyes turn into sparkles seeing this. "What?!"
It was a chocolate cake, with bits of Hershey's within and all in the shape of a Pokemon Simon adores, Kyurem.
Simon is awe struck and just looks at the cake as if he were in some kind of trance. They all smile and gather near the cake and start to sing happy birthday to Simon Sharp, yeah he's not even paying attention to them and just looking at the cake still.
When they finish the song they notice Simon is just looking to the cake. "Simon? Sweetie you okay?" asked Amy.
Sam goes over to her brother and she waves her hands in front of him. "Guys, I think we lost Simon."
They all go over and he's not responding to any of them. "Looks like the cake got to him and from what I recall this is kinda his favorite Pokemon" said Stella. She then kisses his cheek. "And not even that can break him free."
Simon then walks to the cake without looking at everyone else and he blows on the candle and he snaps out of it. "Whoa what just happened? I blacked out!" He then looks to the cake and then he goes over and hugs his parents. "This is so cool! Thanks mom and dad!"
Reginald and Amy smile. "Your sister was the one who knows about the cake and how it's made. This was all her idea" replied Reginald.
Simon looks to Sam who smiles. "I may have caught you playing your Pokemon game and using that big guy every time, you always seemed to like him the most." But then she's caught off guard by Simon hugging her, Sam smiles and she hugs him back. "Happy birthday little bro."
They then see some kids who were trying to get to the party area, the staff are doing their best to keep them away. "You think they should do some changes to the party place so kids won't see the cake next time?" asked Christina.
"Yeah, they should" replied Jenny. Then she has an idea. "I know what to do guys!" She then goes over and talks to one of the staff, the woman nods and she turns on the animatronics and the kids are distracted.
"Smart move there Jenny" said Richie.
"Thanks, I know how the kids here work when it comes to having fun" said Jenny. She then puts on some shades. "All in a day's work for a young journalist." (Cue CSI: Miami them song.)
Flat Tire looks around. "Where the heck is that song coming from?"
They then begin to eat the cake and also enjoy the large pepperoni, ham and bacon pizza that just came out. Now this is a birthday Simon will never forget.
Soon, Simon was allowed to check on his presents. Michelle brings them over. "Those other kids are relentless when they see nicely wrapped presents. Jeez!"
Liam and Tabby pitched in and what Simon got are some books about the history of anime, Flat Tire and Richie both got him some cool attachments and décor for his bike, Jenny and Christina pitched in and got him some stylish new clothes for when school begins, Luna got him some new headphones and in Pokemon theme, from Sully and Mazzy they got him some sneakers that are also Pokemon themed.
Lincoln and Jordan pitched in and Simon's eyes go wide. It was an action figure of Kyurem himself, and this made Simon feel as if he was about to die a heart attack and from his girlfriend Stella she got him a colorful bracelet that glows in the dark and yes it is Pokemon themed as Zapdos and she also got him a hat that looks like the one Ash Ketchum wore.
And just when things were turning out awesome, it got better. Sam got her little brother a Cellphone case and in Pokemon theme and Simon's parents got him a brand new bike?! Not Pokemon themed, but he can do with this mountain born bicycle.
This is a birthday Simon will never forget.
(Royal-Delta Outpost.)
Peter Harris drives in and he parks his pick-up truck and he goes over to the crowd of troops near the runway. It was time to meet the new man in charge. He was not looking forward to this. 'This is not my day at all.'
All the troops felt bad that Peter Harris won't be in command, but they gotta listen to FutureTech on this one.
They then spot a very familiar aircraft, but to Peter Harris. "What in the hell?"
Coming in for a landing is a Star Wars based Imperial Transport and coming out is the man in charge and they all salute. Peter Harris also salutes. 'I really, really hate this so much.'
A/N: And a Happy Birthday to Simon Sharp, but I can't say much to the one is "Spells and Louds" and who is this new man in charge of the base Royal-Delta? Find out in the next chapter. Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Date made: 7/11/20.