[Phase 1*
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
The day has started off better than they do normally. Murdoc hasn't woken yet to beat up 2D, who is still asleep. Noodle's sitting at the table drowsily drinking strawberry milk, (Russel doesn't let her drink chocolate milk unless it's a weekend or a holiday), and Russ himself is drinking his coffee and reading the Daily Telegraph newspaper, as was customary in the morning.
Yes, today looked as if it would go well.
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
"Toochee! Play! Out!"
Noodle demands. It is half-past twelve, now, and the young girl is restless. She is currently banging on 2D's bedroom door to get his attention until she hears a half-hearted groan coming from inside said room.
"Unh, why you bein so loud, Noodle luv, i's early.." The door cracks open a bit.
Noodle latches onto Stuart's long legs. "No! Out!" She cries, eyes filled with urgency.
"Uhh, why ya want to go out t'ere? I's dirty."
The response? "Out, play Noodle game!"
"Awl-right! I'll play, bu' at least le' me go to the loo, lil luv."
Noodle is satisfied with this answer, finally releasing the singer's legs. "Shoe, toochee." She reminds him, patting his hand affectionately before twisting around on her heel and skipping off towards her bedroom happily.
Kicking her door open, Noodle giggles a bit. She hadn't been sure if 2D would have actually wanted to play with her, but since he had agreed, the young child is absolutely ecstatic. The only issue was that she had no clue what game she should play with her friend. That's a bit of a problem, she realises.
"Baby-girl, ya need to brush hair before ya go out. It's a mess." Russ is standing in the girl's doorway, arms crossed. "Did dee say he would go with ya? You ain't goin out there alone."
Noodle nods her head rapidly. "Hai! Toochee play out and, uh, um, Noodle, hai." The girl pronunciates the English words slowly, obviously concentrating. Her nose scrunching up, the Japanese girl scratches her head. "Uhh, um, hair, hair okay, Russel?" She gazes up at her father figure expectantly.
"Hm, I don't think so. Bit too messy." He replies, picking up the girl. "You wanna do it, baby-girl?"
Russ asks, poking her nose. "Ah, Russel hair." Noodle answers with a nod, poking his nose back with a cheeky grin.
"Aight, I'll do it. Imma go get to brush, you get shoes on, got it?"
This caused the girl to tilt her head with confusion. "Shoes, baby-girl." He said again with a chuckle.
" Shoe!" The child agrees with another grin.
Pecking Noodle's forehead, Russel then sets the girl down on the floor. "Right, I'll be back in a minute. Don't get into trouble."
The child giggles again. "Kill much! Toochee play, uh, zombie!" She claps.
Russel nods. "We'll see, now go get shoes." Walking from the room, the drummer accidentally walks into Stuart. "Oh, uh, sorry, Russ." The singer apologises profusely. "Ih's fine, dee. But if I see even a scratch on Noodle when you two are done playin', imma break yo nose, you catch my drift?"
Stuart nods at this. "Don' worry 'bout 'er." He replies.
"Ih's my job to worry 'bout my kid. Now go get some god damned pants on." Russel points down the corridor in the general direction of 2D's room.
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
After having gotten her shoes on and fumbled with the laces until they at least looked tied well enough, Noodle sits down on her bed and stares at the wall impatiently. Her legs are kicking through the air as she waits for Russ' return.
This is dull, so she gets up to see what all was around she might do while waiting. She could brush her teeth, but that isn't any fun. Rather tedious, really.
Noodle opens her bedroom door. "Russel!" She yells down the corridor. "Noodle hair!"
There's a muffled reply from down the hallway, something along the lines of "hold on a moment."
A sigh comes from the girl. She stands on her toes to gaze up into the mirror over her dresser. Her hair is spiking up every which way, and her bangs are nearly over her eyes. "Kami arimasu kitanaidesu." She says to herself. (Rough translation: hair is messy)
She hears heavy footsteps approaching her bedroom. "Ah! Russel Noodle hair!" The nine-year-old says with excitement, barreling into Russel's legs at lightning speed. "Woah, baby-girl, slow yo roll a little." He says with a chuckle.
"Hair!" She points at the mess of black locks on her head when Russel detaches her from his legs. "Yeah, yeah, I know." He agrees. He begins brushing through the knotted mess, careful not to cause her any pain from the brush pulling too hard on said knots. Once finished, he ties the newly-combed hair into pigtails and clips the bangs from her eyes. "Better?" He asks.
"Hai. Noodle hat?" Noodle looks up at him expectantly.
"Right." Russ agrees, reaching over to her dresser. The drummer places Noodle's radio helmet on her head. "There, Noodle hat." He says with another chuckle.
Doing a thumbs-up, the Japanese girl then reaches up to pat Russ' hand. "Arigato!" She says happily, much appreciating the fact that her hair is out of her eyes. "Yo welcome, baby-girl. Go on and find Dee, aight?" He says.
"Hai! Toochee play Noodle game!"
"Yup." He pecks the top of her head. See ya in a bit."
iiiiiiiiiiiiiii
It was about ten minutes later when 2D actually appeared fully clothed and hopping on one foot as he put his second shoe on. "You ready to go ou', Noodle luv?" The bluenette asks.
"Toochee out! Play!" Noodle nods in reply. She stands up and points to the door. "Awl-right, awl-right, le's go, then." He says with a grin.
"Get, uh, um, bat.. Hit." She sticks her arms out and starts walking around with a rigid back, starting to make groaning noises. "Oh, zombies? Awl-right."
Noodle nods again. "Hai. Uh, kill."
iiiiiiiiiiiii
Moments later, the two head out the front door of Kong, both wearing oversized sunglasses and wielding aluminum bats. 2D had decided that he would wear an old combat helmet, "I need the rest of m' brain, fanks." He had said to the girl. Russel had come downstairs to see the two off. "Not one scratch on her," he warned 2D again, who had nodded nervously, stammering about how he heard the man loud and clear.
So now the two are standing side-by-side in the ginormous graveyard. No zombies are out just yet, but the sky was darkening due to thunderstorm clouds approaching. That also means that the zombies are preparing to come out, fooled by the prematurely dark skies. The ground can felt shaking as the neighborhood of zombies slowly dig themselves back out of their graves.
"D'ey're coming up, Noodle luv!" 2D says, looking both excited and nervous. "I's coming up!"
Noodle notices a strange green hand reaching up out of the rotting soil over near the bluenette's right foot. "It d-ere!" Noodle yells, striking a combat pose.
The second the zombie pulls itself out of the ground is when thunder rolls overhead, making the entire situation seem much more ominous. Suddenly, seemingly every grave has a zombie pulling itself out from the ground. "Toochee kill!" Noodle yells, hitting one atop the head.
2D laughs, following her lead. With more thunder comes more zombies and more of the rancid scent of rotting flesh. About another hour passes before it begins to pour down rain on the filthy earth, immediately drenching the two bandmates.
Noodle finds this hilarious and begins to ignore the zombies entirely, searching out puddles to leap in. 2D, on the other hand, finds the rain uncomfortable, but doesn't think it will do much harm to let the child play in the rain for awhile. The zombies have decided with what little thought process they had left that they'd best avoid the pair if they wanted to stay 'alive.'
It was getting on four o'clock when Noodle decided that she was so cold she couldn't stand being out in the rain anymore, which 2D agreed with fully. They were both drenched to their bones, and had missed out on lunch.
"Luv, are yew ready to go 'ome?" He asked through chattering teeth.
"Hai, uh, cold." Noodle agrees, also showing him her scraped up elbows and hands. She had fallen more than twice, but each time had found it funny and kept on playing. "Water Noodle." 2D laughs at this, though feeling nervous about how scraped up she did get. To be fair, he was bruised everywhere, but that wasn't an excuse to Russ.
Noodle takes 2D's hand, pulling him through the rain towards the studio. The bluenette could feel the child shivering violently and offered to pick the dripping child up, which she agreed to gratefully.
He is sure that he will wind up with a cold after this, but doesn't really care, quite honestly. As he opens the door to Kong Studios, he realises that the girl was sleeping in his arms, having obviously been too tired to resist the temptation. Laughing a bit at this, he shuts the door behind himself as quietly as he can. He doesn't have the heart to wake her just yet.
iiiiiiiiiiiiii
Hello again!
This story is almost double the length of my last two chapters, I hope it isn't too long. Tell me, do you all want longer chapters like this? Or maybe the shorter ones? Leave a review and let me know your thoughts on the matter.
Hope you all are having a good day, I know I am!
Until next time,
Liz
EDIT: Thanks to the Guest review for pointing out the flaw in my editing! Props to you, my friend.
