Return To Hill House
Disclaimers: I don't own the story or the characters, the plot line belongs to me, everything else belongs to Shirley Jackson and Jan De Bont.
Chapter 7: Family Meeting, Pranks At the Table and Conversations I
"Morse code, if that's my grandfather and great aunt, he's decided on crossing the realm just to help me. In solving whatever puzzle there is in that legend you plan to tell us later Doctor. But if the green ball is my uncle, I'd have to learn why he died at this age and whoever the others are so I can solve this mystery and my mother's retirement eleven years ago." she told me and I nodded to that I answered her remark gently at that.
"I get the feeling Fred's right, so for the next few days, we better take it slow here David, with us together, I think she needs a chance to vent whatever anger she had at the Websters and I get the feeling she's doing that tonight and in the morning." Mary said and I nodded, though just as I got ready to say it to her then, the three sets of balls. And the pinks came rolling into the hall and started a game of croquet in front of us then
And as the white ball hit one of the others past me, watching, I watched her uncle's trio start going at it. "That must be Andrew, Rob and their blue friend, but..., okay yeah I get it, the original colors on the cartoon were red, blue and green. As well as pink, but there was no black colored clothed duckling and no yellow clothed colored ducklings. Just the quartet in Ducktales." Eleanor said and I nodded as we watched them playing.
Before the black ball came chasing after it and it took off down the hall, like it was trying to run away from a fight and I exchanged looks with the quintet at this. But as soon we did I heard the pink tap out a sentence and they rolled back in. "I think that the boys are a quartet, though if they are I think they're simulating the quartet on the show. Just before Andy's character switched colors and the old trio got replaced by the new trio."
"Alright two sets of traditional, I bet that's not the only set or sets in this house, if whoever owned the house before, and I bet mom, if she was here seven years ago while I was doing my studies from home, bought the tables. As well as whatever else is running loose in this house for us at our age, it's enough that no tv or telephone, but we got something that appeals to our tastes while we're doing this at the moment."
"But if grandpa said there's four of them, and five sets each of both games. As to that, mom chose to influence a child's mind by getting rid of tv and setting up things that let them socialize with other people, and aside from an emergency cellphone. Which is where everything from last decade came into it, it's being able to just stick together, and either we got card games, board or just the billiard tables to screw around with."
"Direct psychology, sociology classing here, which is where arcades came into it, that was invented for teenagers of the previous generation to socialize and spend time out of the house, for the adults this house is setting up things for our generation to enjoy." Eleanor said and I nodded in agreement to her opinion as she looked at the group, as we heard Frederick tap out a message to them and then dodge as a cue went flying.
As Alicia tapped a message out to them as well and I hid a chuckle at Todd's translation. "Hey guys, watch where you're aiming or you're going land us in the middle of it, alright." Todd read out for Fred and we nodded in agreement to that remark. "Andrew take it easy on Daniel, we don't need you knocking him out, because he's trying to flirt with her, and Robert, go easy on him will you please."
"I know Jenny's your girlfriend, but in this decade, but you guys are playing the characters on the show. I know they were what you look like, but don't over do it or it's going to get you in trouble with them. Because of assault and battery here alright." I heard from Alicia through Eleanor and they both jumped to answer her as I chuckled at that as Eleanor looked at the ball forms of our new housemates then.
Before I could answer, I saw Andrew smack whoever the first black was in the head, before Fred grabbed him firmly and he looked at him and tapped it out."Fred, she's already been hurt once, as a result of this, I'm not having her drain herself and into exhaustion. And it's, because they don't know when to but out, it's personal." Luke translated and Alicia answered him and Eleanor translated that for us.
"Andrew I get it, we get it, your relationship is none of their, the others business, if it's not their love life, stay out of this. We get that, that this is not their business, we're your brother and sister, we got that. But you lose your temper and you could hit the kids in the head, so calm down, please." she said and he pressed his forehead to hers in response as Fred gently nudged him at that.
"Hey Grandpa, who was that he just smacked on the head?" she asked him and he tapped it out. "That's Edward baby." Luke read out and we nodded. "Yes okay, alright Aunt Sarah, Uncle Andrew, you want to lose your temper, do it when when we're not in the room with you right now, you remember that. The last time you blasted him, Joey and Daniel across the room Dana and I were in the room with you?" she asked and I knew, if he had hands, he'd cover his eyes.
At said reminder then. "So that happens all the time?" I asked and Alicia gave a tap and I nodded. "So who is who?" I asked and several red made an arrow at two balls in orange and an orange stripe and I nodded. "Daniel, Joey?" I asked and they jumped to answer me then. "Joey is the solid, Daniel is the stripe." Eleanor said and I nodded. "Well that makes sense, if he's like Paul Shreiber then he's a big guy and never lost much weight and Jason is skinny and tall."
"Alright wise guy, again, you start getting crude, you're back on that table, is that clear." Luke said and he jumped once to him at that. "Where we're at in the show is they caught it just in time, and making it sound like they forgot it, we tested out said link to know said letter was a lie. And she just came back to tell us this right now, and we're relieved they chose it together, but it's about to have Eddie's girlfriend test it out as well."
"So this is going to get nasty." the purple said tapping it out and I nodded. "Yeah and good idea, but again, you lose your temper, do it when we're not in the room with you, or you're to smack us in the head, and we never brought a football helmet to deflect said blow." Theo said and I started laughing at that. "Okay, okay, we can go over it later, but what the heck is this about guys, if he smacked him in the head?" Mary asked and Todd and I nodded in agreement.
"Yeah I agree with that remark the twins are 5 to 6 years older then Andrew is, but why would that be needed if he smacked his friend in the head?" Todd asked and Theo exchanged looks with the girls at the remark as the six of us exchanged looks at the translation then. "Didn't you say if they were assuming the identities of kids our kind like in tv shows, they possibly did the power rangers as preteens?" I asked and she nodded to me gently at that.
"I did, but that translates to the midway point through the third season, when Amy's replacement was close to taking over at the time." she said and I nodded. "So this is possibly the boyfriend worried sick about his girlfriend having a relapse after a trip to the hospital." Luke said and I nodded in agreement. "Drain into exhaustion, not your love life, then stay out of this, but out, oh boy, it's a matter of our relationships of the last ten years at the moment."
"Grandma told him to take a step back and until she gets back, if they're pretending to be kids from our youngest generation. They took her and her father's advice and told the rest of their friends they were taking a step back. The seven agreed that was a great idea, but whoever that black is was taking sides, him and a yellow. And after something came in the mail, and he's telling him to but out, by smacking him in the head here."
"The twins are telling him to calm down, with them made of marble possibly, whoever gets blasted across the room could hit us. And they're not risking us winding up in the middle of this between Andy, Sarah and whoever is taking sides in their relationship." Eleanor said and we nodded to the revelation then at the remark. "So draining herself into exhaustion, just what is that supposed to mean exactly right now, Nell." Theo asked and we nodded to that.
"Anyone want to hazard what he means by that remark?" Todd asked and a picture floated to him as we saw a group of eleven at that, before seeing a kid. Said that looked like the new blue standing in front of the Ninjetti red at that with the actress's hand on his shoulder as Andrew tapped out the message."That was us, before Alicia and Fred left, Anthony is Jake's younger brother." Luke translated and we nodded to him.
Before the translation got my attention then. "The cast is what you look like when you guys were alive, so what did you and Alicia look like then, Frederick?" I asked and a minute later a picture floated to me and I saw two actors I recognized from the 1994 version. And of the Little Women movie. "So Christian Bale was your look alike and Winona was your's Aunt Alicia, okay I get that, so what about you guys?" Eleanor asked him gently at that.
As a poster was handed to her and I saw the sextet from the movie and I nodded as the girls exchanged looks smiling as Luke said it for me. "That's you, Sarah and your blue friend, and the trio were your new additions to the team." she asked, looking at Andrew and he jumped once to answer her. "You are dressed in green, but in this you are dressed in white, you going back and forth?" Luke asked and he jumped a second time.
"That's the trio and their new friends, but you chose the green ball, so Jason is what you looked like when you were 12, though 12 you look closer to 15 or 16?" he asked and they jumped once to answer him. "Alright if that's you Andrew when alive, then let me guess, the rest of the cast of the first 4.5 seasons are the rest of your friends in human form?" Mary asked and they jumped once to answer her question and we nodded smiling.
"I think the boys started something here, if they're getting that aggressive in playing hockey or anything else now, but how many kids are in this house, if Alicia and Fred said that, if they're using the games and the pool tables?" Luke asked and she looked at them. "Are there any more of you guys in that room here?" she asked them and in answer to that two sets of snooker billiard balls came out as I exchanged looks with her.
As I saw her trying to hold back a smile at this, as we now had sixty four in the room. "The cast, or team, in total was 12 members, before the duo of troublemakers, and their adult friends and mentor, for the first four seasons, before their new enemy's arrival. So what is going on if you smacked your friend, the black, in the head exactly?" she asked and Andrew tapped it out and I heard an annoyed tone and she translated for me.
"They're doing an alternate reality version to the letter here, and Sarah's character just returned to report in that their animal spirits were fully awake. And with it the connection of their last upgrade, the movie has gone berserk and they decided to change things. But 7 of the 9 just took both sides in the situation and the letter came yesterday. That's why he smacked his original black in the head." she said and we nodded to the news firmly.
"Oh god, I see why he did that, that was code for 'Our relationship is none of your business, so but out and secondly. Would you or Trini appreciate Kim and me taking sides when that girl you're dating and who just broke up with you was cheating on you. Telling you that you and Jason need to take a step back, would you appreciate us doing that, you two.'." Theo said and Sarah jumped once to confirm that thought and remark.
"To answer you, no I wouldn't and secondly he's right, he and Sarah are both right, their relationship right now. Is none of your business you two, if not your love life, then stay out of it." Mary and Eleanor said together sternly and the 7 all jumped together at that remark. "That is if Tony hasn't started college yet though he did and his girlfriend is also a gymnast they would take our advice on that." Eleanor said and we looked at her.
"Tony Benson, Jack's grandson, it's been 15 years, so the last time I saw them was when I started college, right after the accident." she said and we nodded to the news. "I'll ask where that remark came from later, though if he just entered college. Then they were watching the show when it came out in '93 to '97 and took our advice. 'They' chose the next age group down, the ones born in '85." Todd said and Luke and I nodded to that.
"So 1985, they were 10 when the movie came out, but stopped watching after the break up letter." Eleanor said and Todd and Theo both nodded in agreement to that. "Can't say I blame them, every preteen girl loves a good romance, and this was big one. Though if they rewrote the episode, then Tommy was distracted and Kim just got distracted. As his falcon made her lose focus, as she decided enough already and came back to check in."
"Told their mentor that the connection never quit and then they decided on this together, told the trio and the girls with him. Before telling the rest of their friends at the school with him and then told their best friends and her adoptive brother and sister. Before telling Trini and Zack, the letter came two days later and with it. As did the letter from Zack's girlfriend and he's taking it out on them." Mary said in response and she nodded.
"That's why Andrew smacked him in the head, whoever is playing Zack at the moment, while the trio playing Rocky, Adam and Billy chose both sides. And as did Kat, Tanya and Aisha, and of course Jason at the moment, that's seven and Zack and Trini took sides. And the telephone tag went nuts till the final phone call resulted in that, that was a warning from Tommy, 'keep it up and you're getting blasted, stay out of this.'."
"Our relationship is none of your business and would you appreciate us taking sides in your love life. This is between me and Kim and that is where it belongs, so but out, and I swear, if she drains herself into exhaustion. You won't have to worry about her father killing you, because we will, and no. That meeting is mandatory, so get to Rocky's house or you're in big trouble!'." Eleanor said, translating and he jumped once to confirm that.
"Issues with the telephone tag, our cub selves never know when to quit, but do that and it's tying up the line, in case we got a more urgent call coming in the door right now." Eleanor aid and I nodded in agreement to that remark with a slight smile. "You're a minor psychiatrist and I am one and we're around cubs that love this show and now it's turned into controversy even at our current age, thought with that in mind."
"You think that's what he's thinking?" I asked and she nodded, before she could answer me, we heard the character's voice repeat that conversation. "Go go power rangers, you mighty morphin power rangers, uh huh, well if that's our main clue and a dead giveaway then nothing ever is." he said and we started laughing at that. "You had to ask David." Todd told me as we heard the actor's voices as I heard Amy's voice as she answered it then.
"Yeah I read you." she said and we heard the girl playing Aisha answer her. "Hey Kim, I spoke to my parents and they said, word for word what the Olivers told you on Monday, they're also contacting the others in our sextet. So it's jumping from Ninjetti parent to Ninjetti parent for the rest of the day here." she said and they nodded as she answered her then gently at that remark then.
"Alright thanks for the heads up, team meeting at 1900, at Rock's house okay." she said as she answered her then. "Got it, see you then Crane." she said and they ended it at that, before it went off a second time. "Hello?" she said and this time we heard Andrew's human double as he answered her smiling at the remark as he said it to her as we looked at the sextet sitting there in front of us then.
"Hey Beautiful, we got preparations being set up here, but the conflict of interest threw a wrench into the gears. But it seems when I spoke to Zack earlier, he declined coming to join us, because someone told him that the letter was real. And despite the fact you told them it was a fake on Monday and Trini's with him when he said this." he said and they nodded as she answered that firmly.
"Oh great, then that means his letter just arrived even though I told our friends that truth it was a fake, and they're hung up on Angela and about to take it out on us." she said and they heard a sigh in his tone."Yeah that's my guess as well so get ready at the moment, though the jealousy starts compiling. Then we got trouble, and we got to over ride it, stat." he said and Robbie's did his at that remark.
"You got to be kidding I'm the senior officer of this team and you're my co-leader Tommy, alright let me handle this. I'm going to talk some sense into these two, before the added trouble, but that meeting is mandatory tonight, no exceptions right now." he said to him and he heard an annoyed tone in his voice as he answered him at that as I saw the look on her that said it then.
'Guys anyone else gets thrown across the room and we end up in the middle and you're all ending up back on that table, now that's enough of this already.' I saw in her eyes and I nodded in agreement to that as Andrew's double answered his remark with an annoyed tone."Yeah I know Jase, I told them that as well and this meeting was non negotiable, but our theory regarding that hatemaster spell jumping into them,
"it just hit the table, because with the fact Walsh broke up with him. They're convinced Kim did it with me, I'm seeing it that when around her. That they're back to normal and when not they're acting like this."he said and they nodded as he sighed at that. "Alright stand by, I'm going to talk them in person, bro, stand by, if they're not coming willingly, we're yanking them back here by force."
"If necessary right now, but this is between us and the girls. It's family business and as they're not family, for crying out loud, but out." he said and she gave a nod. "It's fine Rex, just deal with those two, just come back soon brother." she said and he nodded. "I got to go, but I'll back in a couple hours guys." he said and they said it together at they remark. "That's fine, just deal with them Rex."
"That's fine, just deal with them Rex." The seven said together as he turned off his communicator, hugged her and beamed out in a red light and they nodded as the seven, as we heard her new black say it then as we nodded to that demonstration. "I don't believe this, just one phone or radio call triggers a case of telephone tag, but this is getting ridiculous right now." Adam said and she nodded as Rocky said it for the group.
"Great what's next exactly here, reruns of slime face showing up next, because this is getting ridiculous lately." Rocky asked and she nodded, before she could answer the phone on the counter went off. "You had to ask, I bet it's another member of the team but that makes three in five minutes right now. Come on guys you're tying up the youth center com line here." she said as she grabbed the phone then as she answered it.
"Hey go ahead, yeah no kidding the telephone tag is getting out of hand here, but first the communicators and now the phone on the counter. So if they're not wondering what the heck's going on here, they will now when it switches from our communicators. And right to the land lines, yeah I realize that, but the duo just figured it out to. Yeah, yeah, alright see you tonight, Sha." She said as she hung it up before it went off again.
"She went to your dad Billy he said the same thing, but it's getting turned into cross overs in the phone calls. But our parents can handle one, maybe two in five minutes but not 6 or 7 in the side of hour." she said as she picked it up, as her moving around turned irritated at that. "Yeah, uh huh, damn it Zack, this is not some damn game right now, I ran into Barnes here at the Youth center."
"No, alright stand by you got company coming." she said and slammed it down on its hook. "What was that about right now?" Curt asked and she sighed. "Tommy's remark hit the table, he's just called to double check that letter. But I'm not in the mood for an argument with either of them right now." she said before the phone went off a third time at that as she grabbed it a third time at that.
"Hello..., yeah Carter it's one of those days right now, the phone calls are now going back and forth, but my team called a meeting tonight. Yeah I'll tell you tonight when I get back up there Carter, uh huh, yeah sure no problem, alright love you too, see you later." she said and hung it up. "That was my surrogate big brother Carter Greyson, his best friend is Patrick guys, long story short."
"He's also just figured it out along with Patrick, the girls and my coach." she said and they nodded, just as Kat was answering her at that news the phone went off for fourth time at that remark. "Hey honey, yeah I just spoke to Carter at the moment, they figured it out, though we keep this up and everyone in hearing range in the center is going to realize who we are.
"Yeah I realize that Tommy, and I don't blame you for that right now, but he crosses the line, there's no going back right now. But like we, the three of us and Rex, decided we need to go our own ways, if they keep this up, it's not you, Jason or Billy, honey. It never was you, I'm pissed at him right now, for never keeping in touch right now, yeah, I know, alright,
I'll see you soon baby, love you, love you too." she said and hung it up as she sighed as she said it to the trio. "Like I said, I don't know how to make it any clearer, but it's not Tommy my song is being aimed at now, it's Zack, Werewolf." she said and the blue nodded in agreement as we heard an adult voice in the conversation then and I knew it was the man that played the owner of the characters hangout.
"I get why right now baby, but we keep this up and it's tying up the phone line in case we got a more urgent phone call coming in the door next right now." Ernie said to her gently at that remark, as they waited five minutes, before Tommy arrived then. Before Jason beamed back into the room at that as they sighed in relief then that, that was the end of the phone call telephone tag then as the duo looked at the two team leaders gently.
As I heard the voice of the new leader's father, as he arrived, before the voice of their teacher followed it then. "Just said the same thing, I was in the house, when the phone goes off 5 times in the side of 30 minutes, but seriously son, baby, we get that you're worried about that. But you keep tying up the line it's going to block me or your mother from getting our jobs done.
"When in the case if we got a more urgent phone call coming in the door here." James told the couple and they nodded as they heard an answering response to that. "Under normal circumstances, we can handle one call, two calls tops between you guys when you're contacting each other. But not 5 to 7 in the side of an hour, but this is getting ridiculous kids, I get you're planning on discussing this."
And over the letter tonight, but end the phone calls, before you drive us and your parents nuts." Jane said with a bemused smile on her face as she walked in and the group nodded to the request. "Hey Mrs. Applebee, good to see you." the trio said together and she smiled gently at her students. "You too honey, girls, visiting for the day." she asked and they nodded as Sarah answered her gently at that.
"Coach sent me home and their guardians cracked it in the same way you and the coach did. So they sent us home, after the letter went from us to them, as a result, it's bouncing from us to you, to our current guardians." Kim explained to her and she nodded gently. "What was the phone call, the last one prior to your brother and my son calling you exactly?" James asked and she sighed as she said it then.
"Zack just phoned me, he's skipping out on the meeting and Trini with him too, as they think the damn thing is real. But seriously what goes on between us and our relationship, is none of their damn business, so but out." she said and they both nodded as Jane said it for both of them firmly at the news then as she crossed her arms as we exchanged looks at this.
"Uh huh, and I see that recalled 3/4's of your gang, and 80% of it took both sides immediately here at the moment. Well you all just passed that life lesson, where something like this is concerned, before panicking, best double check it. And then ask us as your teachers or parents regarding it, but we all said the same thing here." she said and she nodded as Tommy moved to stand next to Kim then, smiling at that remark.
"Yeah and I'm not letting her go, sure things are cooling down slightly, but so what, we get one chance to fix things. And we took it before she sent it, as she told the entire team it was a fake, we just came back from our Samaritan job. And Z ran it through the thermal sensors, old trick Billy taught her, oldest trick in the book, Mrs. Applebee." he told her and she focused on her memories when the duo were in her class
And smiled proudly at the news then at that. "You two were in my chemistry class together and I had you five together in every class from the time you were 9, Billy, Kimberly, but let me guess. But it's the citric acid, but write it in lemon juice, let dry and then apply heat to it, correct?" she asked and they both nodded to her smiling as she answered her gently at that with a smile in her tone.
"Yes mam, but if anyone gets a letter saying things I would never say, it's taking it to Z, to confirm it now." Kim said and the group nodded to that. "I don't know about you, but dealing with a case of telephone tag is more draining then constantly dealing with monsters and the enemy troops. But if it's not dealing with the bird brains, its dealing with the clay brains next man and for the record.
"If I got to do a repeat performance of my last remark with Ivan. The one who caused it is winding up dead when we deal with them, yet again." Tommy said with a laugh and they nodded as their friends exchanged looks at that. "If this is not turning into a constant case of over kill nothing is right now, I mean the Hatchosaurus, the Pumpkin Rapper, Primator and a dozen others."
"Just exactly how many times do they need to kill these guys?" Curtis asked and she chuckled as she explained that. "If the next one grabs Rita's monster-making machine, I'd say repeatedly Curt, fortunately the entire team is going to get recalled if that does happen. Meaning 75% to 80% of the team are the original nine of us, but the duo are retired, supposedly."
"So two teams so expect the current five colors to be doubled and their mixing with the town locals, and soon enough. It's they'll tell selected individuals, but it's your secret when they do at the current moment here though with that. Lieutenant, Ernie, if you already figured it out, keep it to yourselves, in case you hear the quintet in an emergency meeting like the one, now."
"That you probably heard us in nine months ago, okay." Kim said and they nodded to the request as Ernie thought that over as he exchanged looks with the man playing the lieutenant at the precinct then and their teacher. "Emergency meetings and you were practically telling us who you were that day, and that is if the kids. The ones younger then us, guys, didn't figure it out, we would have, at the moment, I know you longest.
And out of our entire extended gang now since you're my cousin's best friend since we were four. But you been dressing in pink and white since you were 3, Trini was yellow and white, and the guys all dressed in a single color, but red, purplish black and sky blue. You've been like this since we were cubs." Curtis said and Jason smiled as she answered him smiling gently at that remark.
Then I guess it would be difficult to see this if we hadn't been dressing like this since were toddlers huh?" she asked and he smiled as he answered her at the question. "You always dressed in pink, Billy blue and Jason in red, you've been dressing in these colors since you were cubs. So why else we would not realize, but to a ranger their favorite color is the one they dressed in."
"But all of you had your own favorite colors though Zack was dressed in black with a purple indigo tinge to it." Curtis said and Ernie nodded to finish that remark with a bemused smile on his face at the memory. "And even before you became your alter egos." he said to her gently as he looked at her and Jason, Kim in pinkish violet and Jason dressed in red with a gold t-shirt and his red hoodie,
While Tommy and Rocky were dressed in red and white and red and blue. "Mighty Morphin Red, Ninjetti Red and Zeo Red, okay, so you two just mixed your new colors in with your original color of last year." he added to them gently and they nodded to him. "Yeah we did, identity crisis is coming to an end now." Adam said to him smiling as he saw Kim lean into Tommy's chest and him wrap his arms around her and smiled.
"Separated, but in some ways still together baby?" he asked and and she smiled and nodded. "Yeah, we're separated, but when I come to visit, we're just going to act like we're still together now." she said and they smiled at that as Stone said it for all of them. "I can see whatever truth you have to tell us it ought to be big news here." he said and she smiled as she answered him gently at that.
"Yeah about that right now, but we reach full power you're seeing us as you remember us last year. But the five of us are in a case of identity crisis. I just worked through mine. And they're doing their's right now at the moment here, so it won't be long now at the moment." She said and he nodded smiling at that as she ended the conversation at that remark then.
"In our case, it was a case of, once in a lifetime, we had the chance to fix our relationship, and without thinking twice about it, we took it. But in the middle of this, we got lost and decided to return to the beginning, when we were just starting out. Every journey started at a beginning, mine began right here at the center. I was always in training here at the center as were the guys now, but that was the point now."
"Once in a lifetime, means that's there no second chance, so I really do believe we should grab it while we can.' We took that chance on Monday when I phoned the juice bar that day, and told the quintet, Jason and Aisha immediately right now. But with the fact things changed, we decided until I'm back, that I'm taking turns spotting shifts with Kat.
Tanya and Aisha same thing, and the Ninjetti take turns at the wheel now, as for ranks. Tommy's leader of the secondary upgrade, until we retire and this one as the red goes to Jason, but for the last 4 to 5 years it's always been us 11. Until we choose our replacements. Kat was my successor, her color is purple, mixed into the pink, I'm the original pink, she's next.
"But Trini, the truth is that Aisha and Adam were the original black and yellow, Rocky is red, Billy the blue and Tommy the white, but me and Tommy. I'm not letting him go, we're soulmates, meant to be together." she said and they nodded as Tommy wrapped both arms around her smiling. "Though what I will say is if it's not the love letter that does damage it's a possible friendship break up later."
"Stating things I would never say to you, but I got to you, before that letter arrived. And told you the truth, and that saved us, honey." she said and he nodded as he answered her then. "Yep, and I'm never letting you go beautiful." he said before his eyes landed on his rival and his tone went dangerously stern then as he looked at a double to his new color and I turned to see another red then.
"Before you get any ideas Anderson, just because we cool things down doesn't mean she's on the market. Aside from that, she's my fiance, we're getting married this summer, and she's moving in with me. Over the summer until she comes home from Miami." Tommy added and Jason crossed his arms as he said it to him sternly at that remark as he looked at the expression on his face.
"Don't try it Anderson, you're in enough trouble as it is, keep your hands to yourself, or I swear to god, I'll kill you myself, stay away from her." Billy snarled with a wolf like growl in his tone as he, Jason and Rocky moved in front of her protectively. "What's wrong with giving some other guy a chance here for once?" he said and she burrowed in Tommy's arms as the boys saw a look of fear in her eyes and nodded as he answered him.
"It's because we understand that no means no, and you attempting to rape her twice in 18 months is enough to disqualify you, so again stay the hell away from her. Or so help me god, I'm going to barbecue you myself, James's is the green ranger. And I'm his double, mess with her or me, and I'll put you in the hospital, so hands off buster." Tommy said in response to that remark as she sighed as she looked at her friends.
"This was why Derek, Jared and Aaron arrested and beat the crap out of him, after I lost my power coin, he attacked me a second time, Jason. But what's it going to take to get him to back off exactly?" she asked and they heard a deeper version to Jason's voice answer that question. ' Yeah I don't blame you baby, if you were my little girl I would beat the shit out of the little brat that touched you like that.'
"And young man, touch her at all like that, and you maybe dead, and I'll kill you again you little brat.' I thought as I saw the same looks on Luke and Todd's face at that remark as I heard an adult male voice enter the conversation then the tone dangerously stern at that. "Said possibility having your godfather who is also an army ranger showing up right now, and listen you little twerp come near her, or touch her."
"And I mean at all like that again and we'll kill you, before throwing you behind bars young man, hands off right now. I'm only saying this once, stay away from her or I swear you're spending the rest of your days in jail for attacking my baby girl. Get out of here, you little brat." he said and she grinned. 'Yeah that's me, if I was a soldier rather then a psychiatrist.' I thought to that as her tone had a smile in it.
Who had a bemused smile in his tone then. "Nice timing Pres', I couldn't have picked a better time then that to lay into this kid, but Jerry told me he did again last year. And you listen to me you little brat, you come near her, or touch her at all like that again, you won't have to worry about our sons killing you, because we will. And we're both the two best third generation black belt martial arts experts in town."
"You want to mess with us, you're facing a losing battle, so keep your hands to yourself, is that clear." James said with a stern warning growl at that as she looked at his best friend smiling. "Uncle Preston!" she said and he gave her a hug and with a smile on his face then gently at that. "Hey baby girl, Nathan gave me the news, you didn't have to hear the words from us at the moment."
"But honestly you did the right thing, you can only try for so long before you have to draw the line. But this was the best choice for both of you right now baby. You need to stay focused or you're going to get hurt again at the moment, but you coming home on Monday, good idea. But just telling us ahead of time takes care of the problem now, I see 3/4's of the team took both sides."
"But where are the duo exactly?" he asked and she sighed. "Walsh's letter just arrived and it seems whatever spell left over from the hate-master. It crashed landed on Mei and Peter and in effect on Zack and Trini, but Kat was my back up. And the girls sided with me immediately, aside from Trini, but read this." she said and gave it to him and I saw a stern look on Fred's face then.
Reading through it, he nodded and his eyes narrowed at that. "This is none of their business, your love life is none of their concern, but it is mine and Janet's. Because we're family, and your parents as well right now, and..., aw no, not again. Just what the hell happened this time baby?!" he asked and they sighed as their teacher took it and read through it herself then quickly at that.
"The link between us never quit, every time they and the quintet get hit, as do I and Sha's being bombarded by us. This was last Friday's injury, I lost my grip on the bars after Tommy got hit by a Cog, his spirit animal, which is a Falcon, he gave a pained screech. And I lost my grip on the bars, went flying and barely broke my wrist, as a result, the coach decided. And until further notice, right now."
I'm training on the mat until we get this under control, but family conference tomorrow after dinner and that's not if you bust us." she said and they nodded gently as we exchanged looks at this situation and I was surprised at that. "I'm not debating that right now, but you better fill us in tomorrow, if this secret of yours explains why you and my son kept disappearing on your mother and me."
"But if it's in the family, then only a select few are allowed to know the truth starting now." Preston Scott said and he and Kim nodded to the orders. "Well 2/3's of the original sextet are intact dad, our ducktales quartet stuck it out together." Jason said in response and he nodded."Yeah and thank god for that, I'm relieved all of you chose both sides immediately right now at the moment, by her coming home to see us."
"That heads off this explosion, and before it gets worse at the moment with everyone in the high school knowing this. But the first to know were the best friends and the ones with him, that's you five at the moment." James said and Preston nodded in agreement as he answered that remark and I hid a nod of agreement to this as we heard his response to that remark.
As I knew I had my own children and I would see this the same way then. "Well I'm relieved to hear that, so all of you did the correct thing and chose to see that letter, before coming to us and talking about it, getting our advice. Well bonds of friendship and you passed the exam cubs, nice work. You guys just proved that nothing is ever getting between us now, we're a quartet, we stay one for life.
"But she had it right, I'm a retired army ranger, the duo are cops..." he said and Jason finished that smiling. "And we, or you, can't focus that's going to kill us, and the rest of the team with us, it's that simple, she decided to put things on hold until she came home next spring, dad. That's why she wrote the letter, so he can get his head back in the game and concentrate, but the link went haywire."
They decided to end the long distance and she's coming home every day, so best of both worlds." he said and Preston nodded to him. 'You expecting trouble out of this, if whoever calls in next results in breaking anything?' I saw in Luke's eyes and I nodded. 'Yeah and if Sarah threw the guy playing Narvy across the room, Andrew's going to cook someone if this keeps up.' I said and he nodded as we heard it then
"And we, or you, can't focus that's going to kill us, and the rest of the team with us, it's that simple, she decided to put things on hold until she came home next spring, dad. That's why she wrote the letter, so he can get his head back in the game and concentrate, but the link went haywire. They decided to end the long distance and she's coming home every day, so best of both worlds." he said and Preston nodded to him.
As I heard the voice of the man playing the original red's father in answer to his remark at that as we exchanged looks then at this situation. "That count for you as well son?" he asked and Jason nodded. "Yeah, but the duo are in denial right now, they got it stuck in their minds that letter is real. And secondly, they're pack animals, so she sets things on hold with Tommy and..." he started to say and Preston crossed his arms.
"And they automatically start thinking she'll do the same with us, which is the stupidest thing they could ever think, she wouldn't do that do us. And neither would Carrie." he said, though just as he finished saying that the phone went off for a fifth time then. "Damn it, I thought the telephone tag was over!" Tommy said as he grabbed the phone as we heard the next one as we exchanged looks.
"Yeah, no Zack, the meeting is mandatory, you get your ass over to Rocky's tonight, or you're in serious trouble. And secondly, our relationship is none of your damn business, but out." he snapped into the phone and slammed it down. 'Five, 4, 3, 2,..., 1, now." Eleanor said counting down and a minute later it hit as we heard a loud clang in response as it sounded like someone slammed the handset.
To an old fashioned phone back on the cradle and I started laughing at that as we looked at our new house mates with an amused look as I heard laughter coming from the kitchen as well. "I don't think we needed them to punctuate that remark by whoever it was. That just did that, in slamming the phone back on the cradle like that." Theo said as she, Todd and Mary all started laughing at that reaction as Luke looked at Eleanor at that.
"I thought you said we don't have a phone in this house?" Todd asked me and I nodded. "There isn't one in this house, the closest phone in range back when we were still kids is the next house, and that's 9 miles away from here." Eleanor said and I nodded as I finished. "There better be a cellphone tower in range, or we're cut off from the outside world, if there's an injury and one of us needs to take said person the hospital." Luke said and I nodded and she said it.
"We don't right now, though I have my phone and there is one in range of the house, about 2 miles over, but if that was anything he grabbed something. Made of both and then slammed it on top of the china hutch and the dining room is in viewing range of the foyer." I said and they nodded to me gently. "Well if they're finding that funny, and I know they hear this day in and day out around here in this house." Eleanor said smiling and I nodded with a chuckle then.
"Nice touch boys, that really adds onto the effect." I said and they jumped once to answer me at that. "It's good to see you again, guys, I remember now." she said and the quintet moved to her and she crouched down in front of them. "So you chose the latest age group to talk to us now, and though from the mid 1800's, you're acting like kids from my adopted niece and nephew's age group?" she asked and they jumped a second time gently at that.
"Eleanor, only way for you to remember what we were like when around you, choose something that you would find funny here now. And do it like this, you knew this, I chose between green and white, before the show came out and now that I got my human double again. I can be around you in physical form again as you see us standing there in the flesh finally." Andrew said and she nodded gently at that.
"You always had me surrounded when I came up to visit, but was this because I find out too soon, and it's like the Elm Street movies, you needed me to be able to see you without possessing things for me hear the truth finally in what killed you and mom?" she asked and he jumped once and tapped it out. "Yeah that's the reason exactly baby, I had to wait till you were ready to handle this." Luke read out for me and I nodded.
"That says anything and I know the Dudleys heard that, they're finding this as funny as we are right now." she said and he nodded in agreement to that remark as we exchanged looks then at this situation then. "I think they're used to this that they know that the house is haunted by a bunch of cubs, but who else is the next question right now, but for now we get used to this." I said and he nodded as Todd and I exchanged looks.
"And this keeps up tomorrow and it's first getting knocked to the floor, before whoever it was gets blasted across the room next, but do that and like this. And they're going to break the window or worse hit us in the head and what the hell are they made out of exactly?" Todd asked and I nodded in agreement to that. "I don't know, but I'm finding out, before we have someone getting thrown across the room, but come on already."
"Uh oh, this keeps up and she's going firebird and blasting him, whoever it is, across the room, but with them like this get ready to duck if that does happen." Luke said said as he started laughing at the translation and I nodded in agreement as, to me. This meant if this lead in the same direction it was going in I knew one of them was about to start a riot, as my thoughts were proven correct as one red ball knocked the other into the wall.
And a minute later it started as a pink ball moved to join the normal set then, before Todd did a count. "Anyone asking for further trouble if that orange is acting like Narvy?" Luke asked and he nodded. "Four sets and Alicia said mom bought four to five of each set in the games, where are the others?" she asked and he shrugged as she looked at them. "Wait guys, hold fire a second here, okay." Luke called out and they looked at us.
"Guys is just the four of you, in sets?" She asked and I saw three sets of both come rolling out to greet us and I hid a chuckle. "Well that just answered that question. Alright are you guys kids?" she asked and they jumped to answer her. "I'm expecting a riot from this, because we're out numbered 100 to 1 here, they're made of marble, though it's likely to become a madhouse this week." she said and Todd answered that with a smile.
"90, 112, 134, 146,168, and in total we got two hundred here. In both a traditional and snooker game, so five each of both the snooker sets and traditional, anyone expect a riot from this if one of them starts something?" Todd asked and she nodded as she crouched and watching carefully I watch as the group got started, as one solid red with no number on it knocked a brown into the wall and his counterpart turned to the orange.
"Hey guys hold fire a second, who was the previous owner of the house, aside from the original builder, if grandpa said this house belongs to him, who's the last owner of the house, if I'm next in line?" she asked and they wrote out a surname in answer to that. "The March family, grandpa was the first heir to the house, before he gave it to mom, my grandfather's name is William March, but he was a priest and philanthropist."
"But from Fred, to Suzanne, to grandpa, mom and then me, March, that's my mother's maiden name, she's the matriarch heirarchy of the family. Just before she died, yeah okay, so the decension started with Fred." she said and I nodded. "So the decension started with the builder's wife, to Fred, to his daughter, your grandfather. Rebecca and then it was passed to you along with accounts." Theo asked and she nodded to her.
"My grandfather Bill March, mom, and then me, my grandfather was priest, but he was philanthropist and a Jesuit priest and this house is haunted, so if that's the case. It's about to turn into a mixture of the Exorcist, Poltergeist, at first, before it starts getting worse. As a result of this, us girls, the two that followed in my mother's footsteps was Dana and me, that's my best friend, her husband is Malcolm Keough now."
"Which was why she passed that picture to you, Mary and Malcolm, getting him to remember this, she went by her real name Vance. But he wasn't expecting to hear the family bloodline name, of Craine in the conversation. So not realizing both names were really her, her full name is Rebecca Sarah Craine-March/Vance. I sometimes added the Craine in there myself as a result, guys." she said and the duo and I nodded to her.
"Nice interactions in the middle of a conference call, but did those two have to over do it?" Mary asked and she started laughing at that. "They been like that since high school, so this was the same she chose two sides of my personality. And it's the same for you now, as a result here, everything in the family name, from Craine to March. It worked its way down to mom and then me, I'm the last, so if I'm the sole heir of the house."
"And mom chose me rather than Jane to leave everything to, though the Keoughs get their share?" she asked and Andrew jumped to answer her. "Alright did she choose items to abolish tv in the house, so the visitors had a chance to socialize and spend time together?" she asked and fifty wrote out a sentence to her. "She did Eleanor." I read out and I exchanged looks with her at that as she went to the next question at that.
"Alright how do you know who I am exactly?" she asked and they put themselves into a 'C' at that as I watched her think it over it then as she looked at Andrew. "I only know the 12, but not the rest of you, so were you waiting till now to reveal this to me, you were the group directly after whatever happened. To cause mom to retire, though my grandfather did this before he also died?" she asked and they jumped once and we nodded to that.
"I saw that necklace hanging from the headboard of my mother's bed, so Uncle Andrew, was the necklace supposed to tell you who the maternal protector is. If you know and knew me when you saw me and in the second you saw me. Or is it you been around watching me until I started college, the year. Said after the explosion that killed dad, so from Grandpa, to mom, to me, and I'm next in line, before my daughter takes over next after that."
"Mom gave me a copy of her necklace and I wore that, before I got the real one?" she asked and he jumped once to answer her. "Guys, is it the same for you, my necklace is the symbol of your maternal protector, you recognize my necklace. And because the last time you saw it was seven to eleven years ago, in mom's case and 15 in my case, the pendant's double?" She asked and they wrote out a single word word at that.
"Yes'. Alright, if the Dudleys know about this, I'm sure they and the rest of the town population is going to be slightly critical of having six outsiders coming to town, but if they know what's going on. And they'll be more comfortable telling it to someone who understands this stuff, since I've studied this type of thing. Though if I'm the daughter of this town's biggest and most credited parapsychologist, get ready for the reaction later."
"Because I'm the descendant of Fred Craine and whoever this house was created by and with that, this house belongs to me. Though if I'm a descendant from a town local, since I don't know where dad is from, they'll answer my questions more than yours. That is if he decides to tell you now if these situations and intrusions start getting more than playful and start going into cruel practical jokes, because you're a psychiatrist Doctor." she said, looking at me and I nodded in agreement to that as we ended it at that.
"Either these billiard balls are made of the type of material they're using now, or they're using solid marble for it, though if your mother had these guys custom made, she bought us the most expensive element to use and play with and bought more then one table when doing it." Theo said and I nodded. "Alright what are you made of exactly, if I heard a crack when you ran him into the wall?" she asked and they spelled it out then gently.
"M, A, R, B, L, E, you're made of marble, as in solid marble or just cut with concrete?" Luke asked quickly and I knew why he was asking that. "What's up exactly?" Theo asked and I answered that. "One of us gets hit in the head it's going to result in a concussion, though if they're not the only ghosts in this house. And we got a psychopath here and one of us gets hit hard enough in the head it'll cause an aneurysm. And from the blunt forced trauma." I told her and she nodded to that as they answered his question.
"S, O, L, I, D, they're solid marble, that's the heaviest version you can find, its like gold. Were you bought from the store or did Mrs. Vance have you custom made for us?" he asked and they answered that one as well. "C, U, S, T, O, M, uh huh you're custom made. Nell I'd say your mother is going for overkill here in expenses, she's rolling in dough here if she used the most expensive materials known to man."
"Though whoever the builder was, if Fred is his son, then when they created the statues and the carvings, he used the most expensive materials, wood, stone and elements, to create everything in this house." he said and I nodded as I looked at them firmly then. "Is anything else in the house made of solid marble if the house is possessed not just by you, but a more deranged spirit?" she asked and they created an arrow and pointed at the fireplace and I looked at the statues on top of it of two lions and she nodded.
"Uh huh, yeah I get it, Alright, I think that means the statues are made of solid marble David. And what kind of wood did the builder used to create this house exactly, including the furniture?" Todd asked and they wrote out the next one. "Mahogany mixed with Bombay, that's a cross between oak and cherrywood and it doesn't age early either, the builder spent over seventy million building this house." Eleanor said to me gently.
"How much is in the family fortune exactly if he can throw money around like this?" Luke asked and at that, they wrote out a surname and we nodded. "This lunatic builder is as rich as the Addam's family, and if my guess is correct. Than mom decided to give a small percent of the amount from the family vault, and turned it into cash, while I was in college, before whatever caused her to retire, alright with that in mind here."
"Is the furniture in the house brand new or just the last 100 years since the builder died?" she asked and they wrote out a sentence to her. "Half is brand new and the others were here when the builder died. But our previous maternal protecter added things for you when you came to visit finally. Madam March had us and the pool tables created seven years ago, and the books are first editions."
"While the furniture in the library, game rom, and the foyer are also seven years old, but the furniture in the bedrooms and some the rest of the house was created ninety years ago Eleanor." Todd read out and we nodded as her eyes narrowed as she got it then and explained it to us. "I think mom over did it in furnishing the house with everything, but new sheets, curtains blankets and everything else.
"But if she got it out of her personal savings account, which was a secret account, said secret account is from the family account here. With her saving dad's savings bond box, and his grandfather was just Frederick as well. That the ending results are the duo just shot themselves in the foot, reason being is the entire amount is in billions. To trillions, she was preparing to give me the house, but I never knew how she got hurt."
"And then, while I was in school studying, she then bought me whatever she had in mind here, as to why she was preparing to pass me the house. The house and the inheritance, when she wrote that will 3 years ago. So I'm the chosen sole heir, because I'm everything Jane isn't, and mom doted on me. Mom knows I'm a bookworm, and I bet those books are first editions and everything in the house is either freshly polished."
"Or just gone without needing added cleaning." she said and I nodded as I asked the next question to the group then. "You better confirm that right now I got into a conference call with her ghost, the day I set this up." I said and she nodded to me gently."Mom if you can hear me, is your pen name at the hospital, the descendant of the owner of the house, you told me I'm descended from Frederick when we were kids."
"So is my middle name the initial on the necklace, and you chose in advance if you filled the place with things. That my friends and I can use and enjoy, in our chosen tastes at the moment?" she asked and a minute later a pink snooker ball rolled into the room and tapped a message out to her. "Yeah baby it is, your grandmother was the initial on the necklace, your father and I always played snooker and you know that."
"But the house belongs to you, I heard the entire conversation between you and Jane last week. Honey, Beth and Rick are the caretakers of the House, but they haven't seen you since your father died and you left, baby. Tell them the truth of who you are, but Eleanor Caroline Vance, but your maternal name is Craine. So tell your sister the truth once the probate closes, this is your house."
"She makes that choice, and there's no going back, but the prize is the entire family fortune, the house and everything that's in the family account. On both sides of it, it belongs to you, but you know me, you didn't have to see the will, because your training is kicking in. You were my favorite, my pride and joy, like me you took the family seriously, your sister left to have a party."
"You stayed behind, because family came first, you never got the chance to live your life after the accident. So I helped it along by bringing you guys together, honey, but listen to me honey, Jack, Rick, Jared and Peter are still here. The group and my inner circle, your father's and my closest friends, this is your future, but nothing is holding you back now baby, but remember."
"So think about the words carefully, 'the executor shall have the right to dispose of any all personal property, as he shall see fit.'. What am I trying to tell you baby, I'm still here, always, just remember where you heard those words before, your favorite author is Dickens. So what else could it be exactly, baby." she read out for us and she nodded smiling at that remark as she answered her.
Before she tapped out the next remark as she shifted looking from Todd and Mary to Theo and Luke as her tone changed to that of mother with her child's friends. "Hey kids nice to meet you, my name is Rebecca Craine/Vance, and hey honey. It's good to see you again, I take it Malcolm dropped the bomb, her nickname is what Dana and Malcolm call her by?" she asked and I nodded to her, smiling gently.
"Yeah they did and it's good to see you, I saw the Christmas photo of the Keoughs, you and Eleanor together last Christmas. So you wanted us to see the prize, and I'm guessing that Malcolm would have told you the same thing I'm about to. Regarding the will, but I would never sell the apartment, but instead put it up for rent. And as we put everything in storage aside from what you left us and wait out the 18th month period here."
"Before the test results came back from the bank if this is a test, Dana gave me certain details, I'm not sure I understand." I said and Eleanor smiled. "Dana has been my best friend, since we were kids no older then my nephew, Richie. She and the quartet you heard talking to me were my sextet, we've been friends for 27 years. So Malcolm and his parents thought of me as another family member ever since at the time here."
"But mom is Dana's legal guardian, she's her godmother, my adopted sister, the triplets are her, mom's, grandchildren." she told me and I nodded in shock to the news. "That explains the photo she showed me?" I asked and they nodded, Rebecca with a gentle jump and she gave me a nod. "Yep, and as a result, I think she and dad chose you in my case, though we spoke over the phone." she said and Mary shook her head, smiling.
"In other words this game in the will was rigged to bring you together, and have Dana and Malcolm as the other heirs to the family account later." Todd said with a bemused smile to that news and she nodded to him. "Well at least it's not like that board game or the movie greedy." Luke said and she looked at him. "Don't jinx it, I think this was a mixture of that movie and the Kirk Cameron film when he was acting as a psychologist."
"One for dogs and became the dog's new owner, though it is and Lou was the third of the triplets, the one played by Q." she said and he nodded in annoyance. "Great, she and Rob cut her out of the will and the inheritance goes to you and Dana at the moment. Though that's true and it's preventing him killing both you and Dana, to get the entire amount, when you're the legal heiress." Mary said and Rebecca jumped once to that.
"Well though in ball form, I'm glad to see you, mom, I missed you, it's been two months and at the moment everything you left me in the apartment is now in the car. I was right when I said I didn't have to pay back rent, because you paid four months in advance and Jane doesn't know that, right?" she asked and Rebecca jumped once to answer her as she tapped a message and Eleanor nodded as she answered her smiling at that news.
