CHAPTER 5: The Childhood of the Electric Mayhem Part 3
The child fell off the roof, knowing that he would soon collide with the trampoline below him.
Floyd Pepper felt like a bird with a broken wing as he fell gracefully, making Goddard go wide eyed with curiosity.
Tim and young Dr. Teeth watched him fall and bounce back up thanks to the trampoline. When Floyd bounced back up, he grabbed the wooden board Goddard was holding and pushed him back, making Goddard fall on his back.
Then, Floyd bounced towards Tim, who was holding onto Dr. Teeth tightly. He landed on Tim's shoulders and started hitting him on the head with the wooden board, until Tim finally let go of his friend.
Suddenly, black and white police cars appeared in the driveway. When they started coming in, Pamela, Dr. Teeth's mom, Benedict Pepper and Grandma Bridget Pepper, came out of one of them. Her son smiled, but before he could run to her, Tim grabbed one of his long arms and made sure he was looking at him. When Dr. Teeth looked straight at him, Tim punched him in the mouth. A blood curling scream could be heard. As some cops went into the house for evidence, they came out with newly freed Janice, Zoot and Animal. The cops came and grabbed Tim, who then let go of him.
"You're under arrest for breaking and entering and kidnapping," said the first of the police men.
As the men carried away Tim, Floyd stopped them. Janice, Zoot, and Animal joined him as he rushed up the pair of officers.
"Wait, guys, there's another bad guy on the roof," he said. The policemen nodded.
"Don't worry, son, we'll go after him after we take care of this guy," said the second of the policemen as they looked at Floyd and then at Tim. Tim glared back Floyd and glared.
"…little bastards…" he hissed. Then, the first policemen took out handcuffs and chained him. As Tim was forced to the police car, he looked back at the kids and stuck up his middle finger. Floyd, Janice, and Zoot gasped at the insult, and Animal scratched his head, not knowing what the insult meant. Tim kept glaring until he looked away from them, knowing that his time of being in jail had come. When he was shoved into the car, he was later joined by Goddard, who was also in handcuffs. When he came into the police car and found his partner in crime, he saw that his partner was staring at the window glaring at the five children who had escaped them and made this happen. Goddard looked at Tim and shrugged.
"Well, look on the bright side! At least those children are out of our lives for good," he said, trying to make Tim feel better. When Goddard spoke, Tim gave him a nasty look, and looked back at the window.
"Ah, fuck you," he mumbled. Goddard looked clueless.
"What'd you say?" he asked. Tim rolled his eyes.
"Oh…nothing," he replied.
As the police cars drove away, Janice, Floyd, Zoot, Animal, Pamela, and later Benedict Pepper and Grandma Bridget thought it was all finally over…except for one thing.
"Hey, where's…" started Pamela.
"AAUUGGHH!!!" yelled a wounded Dr. Teeth. His friends and family turned and found him on his hands and knees with this hand covered in blood, where he held the part that Tim punched. Before him was a bloody tooth. Tim made one of Dr. Teeth's teeth fall out, creating a bloody mess. Pamela rushed to her son and helped him up. She took out her handkerchief and placed it in the gap where his fallen tooth used to be. There was still blood all over his hands.
The pain did not really matter at the time. Everyone was just happy that this whole mess was over and done.
After the arrest of Tim and Goddard, the younger Electric Mayhem came together and talked about. They decided to put it all behind them and leave it as a crazy memory.
When this was decided, they started talking to each other more and more.
One day…
The kid Electric Mayhem were watching and listening to rock music. They all loved the sound of it. When the guitarist on the television played a guitar solo, and the pianist started playing, young Dr. Teeth's eyes went wide and he started to get everyone's attention. Floyd was the first to notice.
"Hey, hey, Teeth's got an idea," he said. Young Janice, young Zoot, and young Animal looked at him.
"You know how our school is trying to raise money for the fundraiser?" asked Dr. Teeth. His friends nodded.
"What's your point then?" asked Zoot.
"My point is what if we put our instruments together, form a band, think up a few awesome songs, ask Principal Nelson for a concert to raise money…like a coffee house, and…well…what do you think?" explained Dr. Teeth.
There was silence…
"…like, would that really work?" asked Janice.
"It's gotta work. I've seen you guys play those instruments you've got. I think this could work," replied Dr. Teeth.
"Maybe we should do it," replied Floyd.
"DO IT, DO IT, DO IT!!!," yelled Animal as he got onto the couch and started jumping up and down.
"So…you guys in?" asked Dr. Teeth. Everyone nodded.
"Okay then…" he said.
The next day, the kids and their instruments, Animal with his drumsticks, Zoot with his saxophone strapped to his back, Janice and Floyd with their guitars hanging from their necks, and Dr. Teeth carrying a keyboard.
"Okay, guys, we gotta make this sound convincin'. Fortunately, we practiced last night. Let's go," he said. They all followed him into the school.
Their school was Jim Henson Elementary.
The school was empty…no students…the classrooms were dark and empty…only the faculty were there, and they were all in the Teacher's Lounge all except the principal.
The principal, Mr. Nelson, was in the principal's office, looking through transcripts. He heard a knock at the door.
"Who is it?" he asked. The Electric Mayhem came into the office.
"Mr. Nelson? You in here, man?" asked Floyd. Mr. Nelson placed the transcripts on his desk and looked at them.
"How may I help you?" he asked.
"Hey, man, ya know that fundraiser thing?" asked Dr. Teeth.
"Well, what about it?" replied Mr. Nelson.
"What if we put together a concert to raise money?" asked Zoot. Mr. Nelson nodded.
"You have a band?" he asked.
"Yeah, like, uh…we're the…uh…THE ELECTRIC MAYHEM!!!"