Chapter 12: ...And Justice For All

And so, Double D and Marie, surprisingly, together went to Chris's house, to try and convince him to help out in getting May to feel better. However, both of them knew that doing this was most likely going to be easier said than done, as Chris's reaction to what has just occurred was unpredictable.

Once they arrive to his house, Double D decides to take the initiative, and tells Marie, "Let me try to talk to him first, okay?"

Marie nodded as to say yes, as he moves out of view of the doorway. Afterwards, Double D hits the doorbell, waiting for Chris's response.

"One second yo!" yelled Chris from the inside of the home, after around 10 seconds or so, he then opens the door, to find Double D. He wonders why he is at his house right now, seeing as nothing appears to be wrong with him at the current moment.

"Hey Double D, what's going on?" asked Chris.

"Greetings Chris... um... do you have a minute to talk to someone?" said a nervous Double D.

"Sure, who is it you wish for me to talk to?" asked a curious Chris.

Marie then steps out, into sight of the door, and says, reluctantly, "...Hi."

Chris, not believing what he is seeing currently, says, "Double D... what did you do? Why is she here?!"

"Chris, you have to listen to Marie at least this once!" said Double D.

"No! What has she done this time!?" Chris said, furiously. "You know that she is trouble and issues all the time! What has she done to screw up your mind?!"

"Chris, please, I can promise you for one, this isn't a fabrication by Marie, she would just like to have a conversation. Can you please give her a chance to speak for herself?" said Double D.

Chris couldn't believe what he was witnessing and hearing. At first, he wanted to start attacking or cussing at Marie the moment he saw her, seeing as the previous encounters with her have not been friendly at all. But, he decides to take a deep breath, and responded in a low tone, "Okay, because I like to give chance: to people, I'll listen. But if she does anything stupid... you already know."

Marie was still silent, as she was sorta hurt by how negatively Chris seemed to to think of her, but at the same time, her actions spoke for themselves. Either way, he asks, "Are you gonna come in?"

"...sure." responded Marie.

Once they all enter Chris's house, and take their seats in the living room, Double D states, "Chris, I must say thank you for your kind gesture to Marie!"

"Yeah, yeah, just hope this doesn't go against us or whatever." responded Chris, who was obviously annoyed. They all sat down, until Chris realizes that he had left his speaker playing the song, "Shout At The Devil". He runs over to shut it off, seeing as that isn't needed right now, especially considering the context of the situation and everything.

"Okay, nevermind that, should've turned it off before answering the door anyways." said Chris.

"Shout At The Devil, huh?" said Marie.

"Yeah. You like the song or album?" asked a curious Chris.

"I like both, and the band too." responded Marie.

Chris was shocked to see Marie like music like that, as he thought her whole punk look was more for show than anything else. Regardless, he dismisses this, and asks her, "So anyways, what's going on, and what do you want?"

"Well, I hope you're happy with yourself, because May's all upset thanks to you!" Marie said.

Chris, not understanding the full context, said, "...what?"

"Your little prank on May made her upset, and I want you to fix it!" yelled Marie.

Although her attitude was not exactly very smart for a conversation, Chris wanted to know more.

"Hmm... I want to believe this... but one issue."

"What?" said Marie, annoyed.

"I wanna believe you, but I'm not sure if you're lying to us in order to trap us into something. Am I wrong for-"

Chris almost said his sentence, until Marie got really, really angry and said, insanely loudly, "DO YOU EVEN CARE ABOUT ANYONE'S FEELINGS!?!?!?!"

The scream echoed across the Cul-De-Sac by a 2 or so mile radius, to the point where even May got sorta jumpscared. Somehow, over at the Kanker's trailer, May actually recognized the voice of Marie, and got up from bed and said, "Marie?"

May decided, surprisingly, to get up, and find the source of where Marie's voice came from, seeing as she wondered what in the world could've caused her to be that loud

Back at Chris's house, Chris isn't exactly sure of what to say, finding this all too... sudden. Currently, there are two sides fighting against each other. One was saying, this is clearly a stunt, this is just a prank, and that isn't serious, as he has no reason to believe any of that. But, the thing is, why wouldn't they just take the boys normally? Plus, this generally isn't something you do if you were lying, as, in his mind, it's rather insensitive, and over excessive as a whole. However, he came to a decision, after which he sighed before saying, "How can I help?"

Marie's eye was just red-ish, and a tear or two came down due to frustration on a whole another level, but once she saw his willingness to help, she calmed down, and was glad to see his change of mind, saying, "I'm surprised you changed your mind."

"I'm quite glad you had a change of mind and heart Chris!" said Double D, throwing his own 2 cents into the mix.

"Yeah, I can tell you guys are happy, and I'm glad to see that. By the way, I should mention, sorry for my attitude earlier. Anyways, what do you want me to do Marie?" Chris asked.

"Thanks. And, look, I don't think Ed will be wanting to do this, but ask me? He should try to explain that it was someone else that did your stunts." said Marie.

Chris facepalmed before saying, "Isn't it easier if I go and admit that the prank was my idea? Or pranks."

Marie realized that he was right, although she then said, "...what about Ed? He's important to this..."

Chris chuckled a bit, before saying, "Trust me, I think I know how to convince that big dude to come on over and join in on this whole plan

Marie sheepishly grinned, slowly but surely beginning to trust him.

"Double D, any thoughts?" asked Chris.

Although Double D had encouraged Chris Marie to come with up a plan, he wasn't sure, like Marie said, if Ed would even be willing to help out, as Ed and May having a conversation would be insanely rare, but it has to happen, in order to clear up this conflict. Double D responded with, "Perhaps we should get Ed's opinion on the matter to start?"

"I can agree to that. Come on, let's go start this plan." said Chris.

With that, all three of them leave the house, with Chris making sure to lock everything, and make sure everything in the house is secure and safe while he is gone for... however long this plan takes. Regardless, all three of them head on over to Ed's

Meanwhile, with May, she left a while ago, taking a coat with her due to it being slightly cold. She was pretty much just now reaching the houses, and was getting close to where Marie yelled out. Although, pinpointing the exact location of where exactly she yelled from isn't easy, especially since it could've been from any house that she sees.

But then, she sees something that will be hard for her to believe.

Oh boy...