Chapter 15: Fabulous Disaster

Ehh... I'm not sure if that title gives a good impression for what holds in store here...

Anyways, Chris got near the window that leads into the bedroom of the Kankers, and managed to reach up to the window. Lucky for him, it was left open by one of the sisters, so he wasn't going to run into the issue of finding a way in.

"Huh... lucky break... hmm...?" Chris said to himself.

Either way, Chris entered the room, and scanned around to see where he could put the diary.

"Agh... where in god's name do I put this...?" Chris says silently.

Chris would be smart to wait, as someone is coming up to the door, and the footsteps are very much noticeable.

"Oh no... ah! Wait!"

Chris, in a "heat of the moment", scenario, manages to slide below the bed of the sisters, hiding himself for the most part, unless say, the sister coming up looked down, which would most likely end up as a death sentence for him. But, he has a trick or two just in case. And those tricks are most likely going to be in use, as Lee comes into the room, and looks around and yells insanely loudly,

"May! What the heck is this mess near the window!"

Chris didn't check for himself very well, as he had unintentionally stuck leaves and other random debris on his shoes, leaving marks on the floor. Were they full footprints? Not quite, but you could notice pretty easily. Oh lord... this isn't going well for Chris.

"I didn't do that! Where's Marie? She's probably the cause of this crap!" yelled May to Lee.

"You know... I would find this more funny, were I not in danger here...eh?" Chris says in his mind.

"Later, I'll go get that idiot, but you better clean it for now!" Lee told May, pretty forcefully. Jeez...

Lee then proceeds to leave the room and goes to the living room to watch some TV, most likely anyways. Chris, realizing this is the perfect time to launch the diary somewhere, and he sees an opening quite wide near the closet. In an attempt to do a speedy ninja move, Chris slides the diary to the cloest really quick, but in the process, he screws up by hitting May's shoe when he launched the diary, which pretty much alerts May to what might be going on.

"Hey! Who threw that!?" May said out loud.

Chris, realizing he screwed up, HARD, quickly slides back below the bed, as... where else is he going to hide? The drawers? Either way, this is a failure, as May, looking around to see who or what threw the diary, looks below the bed, and shockingly, she sees him.

"Hey! You! Get out of there, whoever you are!" she yelled.

"Ah crap. Well, so much for the stealth..." Chris says.

Chris doesn't really have another option as to what to do, and so, he gets out from the bottom of the bed, and so May sees him, and recognizes him in an instant. She is very, VERY, angry. This can't be good...

"You..."

"What? You and I haven't exactl-"

May tries to jump Chris in order to beat him up, but Chris sees that coming and throws himself to the side, making May's move kinda useless. But this doesn't stop May in the slightest, and she tries to attack him again.

"Wait! Stop!"

May doesn't even bother listening to whatever Chris says, and she catches him and slams him into a wall, yelling in his face,

"IT'S YOUR FAULT HE HATES ME!"

Chris didn't understand what the heck she meant, but then he remembered. One, May was the reason Marie had tried to get him to help her. You know, to get May to feel better. Two, May was the one who got affected the most, maybe Marie, but May was the most prominent of the sisters who got affected. Chris clearly has some explaining to do.

"Hang on, Ed? Wait, he doesn't-"

Chris couldn't talk as May almost punched him directly in the face. Almost, as Chris stopped her fist in time, but then she tries her other hand, and the also fails. Chris pushes May away, and says,

"DUDE! Quit that! Ed doesn't hate you!"

May hears that, and stops, before saying,

"What?"

"He doesn't hate you! That's what I mean!"

May hardly believes this, unsurprisingly. So then she says,

"Then WHY did he prank me? And he is going out with someone, so tell me why he would even care?!"

Chris realized that he forgot, "the bigger picture", also known as the details. So...

"Listen! Let me explain okay? OKAY?!" Chris said with a hint of worry.

May doesn't exactly trust him fully, but she decides to let him explain. Of course, she probably won't be happy with the actual truth, but it's either that or she still believes the wrong details. Either way, they both sit down on the bed and May decides to speak first, saying,

"Are you lying?"

"No, you dount. I'm serious. Ed doesn't hate you. Besides... you actually think he hates?"

"Fair point." May says.

"Anyways, and by the by, he isn't dating anyone, like... at all."

May got confused, as Chris was the one who said, out loud, that the Eds were going out with 3 other girls.

"But weren't you the one that said-"

"That was a lie."

May did NOT like hearing that. At all.

"JUST... WHY!?"

Chris didn't say anything for a second or two, but then said,

"May, Hmm... you realize that you are not exactly out of the question for Ed, right?"

"What...?"

Chris explained further, "Look, the main thing with Ed, at least to me, is that he just has a really silly fear of girls. Now, why? I have no idea, tell ya the truth, but here is the point. Maybe, just MAYBE, if you say sorry for the things you've done, AND ACTUALLY TALK WITH HIM, he'll cool down enough to listen to you."

May responds to that by saying, "But what if he doesn't think-"

"May, stop! You're gonna waste time thinking like that. Just trust me, and we can get started on this. Got it?"

May shook her head as to say yes.

Chris then says, "Oh, yeah, sorry for all the crazy stuff that had occurred, didn't exactly realize the impact until fairly recently. Hope you're okay though."

May responds with, "Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for saying sorry."

May holds her hand out for a handshake, and Chris offers back, which makes a truce between the two. Friends per se? Hmm... maybe. But one thing is for sure, they aren't exactly going to be throwing punches and kicks anytime soon. Hopefully.

"MAY! WHAT IS-"

In what seems like out of nowhere, Lee comes into the room to see what May is doing. And... she is anything that isn't a synonym for the word happy.

"May! What. Are. YOU. DOING!"

"That's not good..." Chris said.

"You! Get away from her! NOW!" Lee shouted really loudly to Chris.

Chris did so, as what else was he to do? But then he knew what he had to do next to avoid what's coming...

"I think you know what you deserve..." Lee said, in a threatening manner.

"How about no?" Chris says, before he throws a smoke bomb onto his position, in order to cover himself and escape in time. And escape he does, in fact, flat out disappearing.

"Where did..."

Lee looked for a second for Chris until she realized that, he had pretty much disappeared into thin air. She then turns to May and says,

"What did he want?"

May didn't exactly know what to say, as Lee obviously would want the full details to what she and Chris discussed.

"He just wanted Marie, for some reason." May said, trying to cover it up a bit.

Lee doesn't believe that fully, saying, "Oh yeah? Then why were you and him shaking hands then?"

"He just wanted me to! What else did you want me to do?"

"May, listen close. You won't do anything that looks like showing mercy the next time we see him. Do you understand?"

May simply says yes, and then Lee proceeds to say,

"So... Marie you say? Fine. Marie isn't here, in fact, wonder where she is... Let's go give him a visit."

Oh yeah, speaking of Marie, plus Double D...

"Wait, so you and May fell in love and actually loved each other for that time?" Marie said.

"It would appear that way, thanks to some strange magic or something of the sort. I'm not 100% certain as to the cause of my own actions or May's. It was a very strange day, as I can only recall giving May a Valentine's Day card to calm her down after she tried to do the same thing with Ed, but Ed panicked and accidentally hit her, running her over onto the floor. I do want to apologize in advance for what Ed did, but I'm sure he didn't mean to do that intentionally. Anyways, I only recall that after I gave her the card, I was doing some work for Science class, and May came over, asking me to be her partner. Ed and Eddy then caused an explosion mixing two chemicals that don't mix well together. May then proceeded to explain why it was bad, which I agree with of course. Then, next thing I end up seeing, I think I almost... oh dear... ended up kissing her." explained Double D, talking about one strange Valentine's Day.

Marie then decided to poke fun at him, and said, "So, you could give her a card and several other things, but I couldn't have anything?"

Double D blushed insanely, as Marie stared at him with a grin that got him nervous. She realizes that, and then says,

"Relax! You're so cute when you're nervous." Marie said, trying to get Double D to relax.

Double D brought up something else that he was curious about, as Marie's attempt to calm him down was... well, an attempt.

"Marie, I know you and I haven't exactly seen you and your sisters really take kindly to the fellow people of the cul-de-sac, but..."

"You want me and the others to be open?"

Double D, surprised that Marie knew what he was going to say, then says,

"Well... yeah."

"I'm not the right person to ask that sweetie."

"Why?"

"Lee. Who else..." Marie said, rolling her eye.

Double D got more curious as to what she meant.

"Marie, can you explain a bit more?"

"Oven mitt, if you really want a change, talk to Lee about that. She's the so-called, 'one-and-only" leader."

Double D almost said something, until Chris, through the earpiece, said,

"Dude! I'm done with the diary thing! But uh... Lee may or may not have seen me. Okay, yes she did. I'll explain everything soon as I get back to ya. Let's just Ed and Eddy to help us, because we might need assistance with this. This is unlikely to be done by just you and me, so get ready dude! Oh yeah, and ditch Marie, she CANNOT know about this now. AND I HOPE FOR YOUR SAKE THAT, NO, ROMANCE OCCURRED! You should already know why I say that.

Double D, at this point, had to respond to what Chris just said, plus, he had to start speaking sooner or later. So, he tells Marie,

"Marie, please pardon me for a moment, I must use the restroom. Will you be here for a bit?"

Marie says, "Sure.", throwing a grin at him. Double D blushes at this, but then he proceeds to go to the restroom in order to talk to Chris.

"Chris? Are you there?"

"Oh hello there dude! Marie isn't near you, correct?"

"Not to worry. Chris, please! Have more trust in Marie!"

"She's just too dangerous and unpredictable! Remember? She beat the heck out of Eddy for just insults! And you expect me or you to be safe admitting the whole diary thing? Okay, listen, I know I said I'd trust her more, I'd be more open, whatever, but right now this isn't the time."

Double D sighed before saying, "I'm gonna regret asking, but what is the plan?"

"Just allow me to prepare a bit by getting some help by Ed and Eddy, okay? Oh yeah... and May also caught me, but don't worry, she and I actually talked a bit, and luckily, she isn't that angry. Compared to Lee anyways."

Double D chuckled at Chris, as he then said, "And what occurred to Mr. Stealth?"

"Oh be quiet you dork! Not the first time I've been caught, but I do have backup tricks in case that occurs. Which is how I got out of there."

"Such as...?"

"Oh you know... smoke bombs, disappearing tricks, that kinda stuff."

Double D wondered how he could do this type of stuff, as frankly, this would be interesting to witness to him. Either way, he then asks,

"Please tell me you returned the diary..."

"Yep. I'll say that, I know the stealth part was meant to be most of the plan, but it lasted enough for the important part. Which was getting the diary back. Even if slightly messy."

"Thank goodness." responded Double D.

"I'll talk to you soon, but figure out a plan for yourself to ditch Marie."

Double D didn't exactly respond, which got Chris suspicious.

"You didn't do anything romance related, did you?"

"No, of course not!" Double D said in a flash.

"...you're lying to me, aren't you?"

Chris sighed before saying, "Just admit it, yes or no?"

Double D was basically trapped, and just admitted himself, saying, "I... yes, it's true."

"I knew that was going to happen... okay... hmm... this jeopardizes everything, but maybe you can use this to your advantage. Tell Marie maybe to go back to her trailer, and then you can join me and the others, and boom! This works out for us!"

"Chris! You couldn't possibly be thinking of manipulating Marie's emotions!"

"No I'm not! This isn't that, it's just to make her not see this crap, okay? I don't have anymore time to chat, I gotta get the others, but do that and you should be fine!"

And no more time, he does. Chris then goes offline, Double D not getting anymore responses from him. He was in a bit of a slump...

Meanwhile...

Chris arrives to Eddy's door, in order to get Eddy involved with assistance for what might be coming his way. And so, he rings the doorbell, and Eddy opens the door, saying,

"Hey Chris, how's it going?"

"Alright, you holding up ok though?"

"Yeah, Marie hits hard... surprisingly..."

"No matter. Although, right now, we need to get Ed. Something came up that... well... we need help with."

"Hang on! What's going on?"

"I'll explain everything. But... if you refuse to listen, forget I said anything. Okay?"

Well... Eddy is in for a surprise.

Is this the start of a possible war or...?

"You idiot, wars aren't between 2 to 5 people. Quit thinking that, that's stupid!" Chris says.

I only meant that as... never mind.