A Booshy Mannequin.
Summery- Crossover and slash. Howard Moon, a struggling artist is going from one dead end job to the next. But it all changes when a mannequin he creates comes to life in a department store where he gets a new job.
Disclaimer- Boosh is not mine, nither is Mannequin.
Author's Notes- Came to me like five minutes ago when I heard 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now' by Starship. Then I thought this would make another excellent boosh crossover lol. Thanks for the reviews so far :) Sorry if this is rushed but I just wanted to finish it before I go away so I wouldn't orry about it.
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During the night, Howard and Vince moved from the tent to a hammock by the tent, lying naked with each other at first before making love again. Soon, they lay exhausted under a pile of fur coats and rugs "What are you thinking about?" Vince asked.
"The window" The gothic dummy felt hurt, they just declared their love in the best way and all Howard could think of was that bloody display "It turned out pretty well, hey?"
"It was breathtaking" Vince answered, more about other more important things then the display. Howard propped himself up on his elbow and looked Vince in the eyes "Vincent Noir, you inspire me. I feel like I can do anything, windows are only the start, I think we could design an entire city. No-one takes the time to bulid things that have character, dignity, people need that and we could give it to them. I love you, Vince" He said, before falling to sleep.
Vince lay awake thinking about Howard's words and stroked his cheek gently "I love you too, Howard. I better get into the window" Sadly, he left the warmth of his now boyfriend and walked to the front window, a little sore but satisfied.
Outside the back of Gideon's, Saboo and Fossil were planning to get inside. Fossil still had his store keys and unlocked the back door, letting them in. Together they made their way to the front window and started looking around "That tit-box came back here, I know his dummy is around here somewhere" He started shining his flashlight in the dummie's faces "This is the one!" Fossil said, happily.
"You sure?" Saboo asked. Fossil stood there grinning before seeing all the other dummies "Hang on, this one looks like him too, and this one"
"I've put my future in the hands of a retard. Just get them all then and let's get out of here!" They grabbed all the male mannequins in that front window and moved into the next one. Vince managed to get into his window in time to strike a pose, before freezing solid as Saboo and Fossil entered "Ever wondered how they all look alike, sir?" Fossil asked.
"Just take a look at that one" The flashlight shone in Vince's eyes, but he couldn't do anything about it, he just couldn't move. Even when Fossil pciked him up and took him out could he yelled for Howard to help him, he just resigned to his fate.
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The next day, a crowd gathered around Howard, who was still fast asleep under the furs naked. He turned over to feel if Vince was still there and awakened to find him gone, looking up to see all customers and workers clapping at him, like it was part of his display. Embrassed, he was glad to see Naboo pushing his way through the crowd, not caring if his friend was naked.
"Morning, I sleep alone too, but I don't show it" He smiled "Can you pass me my clothes please?" Howard choked out.
"Did you sleep here all last night? You must have missed it then. All the male mannequins were stolen from the windows last night, even your favourite's gone" Howard looked shocked and leaped from his bed, covering himself with a fur rug, Naboo following him to the windows.
They got into the window- a sort of Eygptian feel to it for Vince, to fine the star dummy gone "I'm sorry, but some of us were destined for heartache sometime" Naboo said. But Howard knew who could have taken Vince "I'm gonna need a lift, mate"
They went outside the the store, where Naboo let out his flying carpet. They got on and flew all the way to Bainbridge's, just down the road really, Howard jumping off automatically and into the store. The shaman pressed a button on his carpet and it shrunk down to fit into his pocket before he went in too.
Howard ran all the way upstairs to the upper offices "Gregg? Old Gregg? Where is he?" He asked a receptionist "He's in conference, but you can't go in there" She yelled, watching Howard run down the coridor. She picked up a phone and pressed a number "Security?"
In the conference room, he saw Bainbridge, Saboo and Gregg talking togeter "Howard, we were hoping you'd drop in" Saboo said, but Howard didn't pay attention to him "Gregg, where is he?"
"He's perfectly safe, now let's talk about your career here at my place" Howard shook his head "What have you done with him?"
"Relax, my fuzzy man peach, it's just a mannequin" Gregg answered, getting annoyed "How about 55,000 euros a year?" Howard lost his temper and pushed Bainbridge againest the wall by his coller "Where is he?"
"Forget it, you won't see him again" Gregg said, angry and jealous, marching out of the office and down the corridor. Howard didn't give two shits about Saboo and Bainbridge anymore and rushed after Gregg. Down in the departments, was Fossil with a new dog- a alasation called Mr Rogers 'All units, perputrator on main floor' His walkie talkie came to life "Come on, duty calls boy".
Howard ran down the stairs going to the upper offices and just saw Gregg walking towards the back of the store. He ran after the merman, not knowing Saboo and Bainbridge were right behind him, knocking over customers and workers alike. Howard was surprised when he turned a corner to find Fossil staring him down, a starnge smile on his face "Moon, you're just in time, it's Mr Roger's lunchtime" The dog starts barking wildly as Fossil let him off his lead, but he just staright past Howard and through the store "Nice dog!" He said, before running of once more, the retarded guard behind him.
Howard ran across the glittered floor with three guards chasing him, including Fossil. He saw three more in front of him and skidded, knocking them over who then crashed into the ones behind him. Gregg made his way through the 'employees only' room at the back as Howard was chased through racks of clothes. He ran into the records section and back into ladie's wear, Fossil jumping up on the glasst topped cabinets, brandishing his baton.
Howard got an umbrella and they dueled, until Fossil's foot went through the glass and he got stuck. A guard caught Howard but he clubbed him with the umbrella until he let go.
Old Gregg meanwhile had got a trolley full of the male mannequins stolen from Gideon's, with Vince somewhere in the bottom of the pile, worried and scared. He took them into the trash compactor area and dumped the entire load in a small pit, one by one before starting the machine up. A small convayer belt went upwards from the pit to the compactor, and the last dummy on the belt at the bottom was Vince himself. He stood and watched as the mannequins went up to their doom.
Back in the store, Howard finally got to the 'employees only' area with the guards still following. He made them chase him down the corridor, where Naboo was waiting with a huge hosepipe. Once Howard got past, he turned it on, sending blast after blast of water into the guards, knocking them over "Way to go, mate" Howard cheered him on, as he went past.
Inside the compacter area, Gregg was still watching, but was shocked when all the rubbish from the shredded dummies fell on top of him, trapping him underneath. The worker of the area came out of his office once he heard the noise and saw Howard come in "Hey, you can't come in here. It's dangerous!"
Howard didn't care as he saw just about to go over the edge of the shredder "Vince!" He yelled out, running up the belt and grabbing the dummy's arms, holding on to the sides as he saw bits of other mannequins get cut into bits. He was starting to lose his grip until he felt Vince's fingers come alive and wrap around his wrist, holding on for dear life.
He looked down once more to see fear in those once sparkling blue eyes, a look of panic on the goth's face. Vince's other hand grabbed his wirst and he pulled for both their sakes, grunting and trying not to let go. The worker could see what was happening and turned off the emergeny switch, amking the machine and belt stop working. Unfortunatly, it made Naboo's hose stop working too, so the guards could push past him and get Howard.
On top of the machine, Howard finally pulled Vince up and they both stood up "Howard, you saved me!" Vince cried, happy "Oh, it was nothing really" Howard waved it off, catching his breath back. Then Vince looked down to see the worker staring at them, then looked down at his own hands surprised and shocked.
"I'm alive! He can see me and I'm still alive" Howard hugged him tightly with joy "Thank you! Thank you!" Vince called out to the ceiling (to his Gods I think), then looked back at his boyfriend completely serious "You going have to love me forever now"
"I always have, I always will Vince" Howard smiled at him, pulling Vince in for a passionate kiss that left them both breathless. The worker watched with a smile, then started rooting through the trash in the pit for a dummy alive, crying out for joy when he found Gregg. He picked him up gently and kissed Gregg, who woke up and looked at him disgustingly, while the two lovers on the machine were still at it.
They made their way down the belt, hand in hand, as Gregg was battling off the worker "Get off Gregg, you disgusting pig" He stopped and looked in amazement at the once frozen dummy that was now moving and smiling at the end of his ex's hand. They were about to walk through the door when Naboo rushed in "The police are here-" He stopped at the sight of Vince too.
"Naboo, this is Vince, my boyfriend" Howard smiled "I must have been smoking too much last night because I can't believe what I'm seeing" The shaman said, shocked. The doors once again brust open and Bainbridge, Saboo and all the guards came in "Arrest that man" Bainbridge ordered, pointing to Howard, then saw Vince "Who's he?"
"He's who I came for" Howard said, holding the goth close to him "She's the dummy" Fossil called out, somewhat pleased at his accusation.
"Keep your hands of him" Came a female voice, as Mrs Gideon pushed her way through the crowd "Bainbridge, you really screwed it up"
"What are you talking about?" Bainbridge asked.
"When I fired this idiot the other day-" She indicated to Fossil "-I replaced him with security cameras. I have Saboo and this moron on film stealing my mannequins on tape" She held up the evidence to prove it "I was sure you were behind this, you- you greedy snake"
She turned to the police "I want Fossil and Saboo arrested for breaking and entering and grand theft. And I'll get you later for conspiracy, Bainbridge"
"You can add kidnapping to those charges too" Howard informed her "Kidnapping who?" Saboo asked.
"Me" Vince called out "Who are you?" Bainbridge asked "He's the dummy" Fossil called out again.
"This poor man is having a breakdown" Vince pointed out, enjoying every minute of this. He smiled as the police took the two criminals away and saw Howard talking to Mrs Gideon "Did those ideo cameras pick up anything else last night?"
She smiled coyly with him "I only saw what I needed to see" He smiled back, but saw Gregg looking at Vince like he was trash "So where did you come from?" The merman asked the ex-dummy.
"Gregg, you would never understand" Howard replied, putting his arm around Vince's shoulders. The two of them with Naboo walked out of the room, leaving Bainbrdige with Gideon "There must be some arrangement we could make?"
"Shut up, you ballbag" She said, before marching out of the room too. The police grabbed each of his arms and made their way out, Gregg following them "Gregg, you're fired. You'll never work in this town again" The worker, now on his own, just started sweeping up the mess, before dropping the brush and just jumping into the pile of papers and bits of mannequin.
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A few days later, a new window display was shown. It was a wedding theme and starred Naboo as the vicar, Mrs Gideon as witness and Howard and Vince as the couple getting married. The crowd appulded as Howard gathered his new husband in his arms and kissed him gently, their vows now complete.
And
we can build this dream together, standing strong forever, Nothings
gonna stop us now,
And if this world runs out of lovers, we'll
still have each other
Nothings gonna stop us, nothings gonna stop
us now.
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There we go, finsihed with a nice, ahppy, fluffy ending I'm working on my next fic as we speak, another slash but it won't be ready for a few days, so enjoy this while you can lol from chugirl2526.
