A few days after the break out from the sanatorium things resumed their normal schedule. Kato spent her days racking her brain to try and find something new to write about. Holly, being a heartless mercenary, read to children at the library (bet you didn't see that one coming).
………..
" What about me?" Ben asked the narrator.
Huh?
" How come you never tell anyone what I do" Ben asked, " I'm pretty important to ya know"
" BEN STOP TALKING TO YOURSELF!" Kato shouted from down the hall, " It's kinda creepy"
" I'm talking to the narrator Kato…" Ben said
Kato scoffed.
" Ben, we haven't been able to hire a narrator in ages" Kato said, " Not since…
FLASHBACK!
On the set of Anime Characters do the Lord of the Rings (sometime in 2004)
" Ok…we have all the players for this fiasco" Kato said to the crew, " Now all we need is to finalize the pre-project. Anybody have suggestions?"
Of course there was a giant moose in the room.
By giant moose, I mean Sephiroth.
By Sephiroth, I mean everyone was bribed by promises of death if they did not vote for him to be narrator.
" I think Sephiroth should narrate the story" Jimmy said in forced happy voice.
" I see" Kato said and put her elbows on the table, she propped her chin on her hands, " hmmmm….No"
" No?" said the megalomaniac in the room.
' You talking about me?' Ben interrupted the story.
' No, Sephiroth' Kato said
" Right" Kato said to Sephiroth, " I don't think you would make a good narrator."
In an instant Sephiroth was in front of the seated Kato, sword pointed at her forehead.
" Explain" said the Megalomaniac
' You talki-'
' Sephiroth again'
" I think for this story we should just let the characters present themselves and not have a narrator tell everyone what's going on" Kato said, " Now get the sword out of my face or I'll put you in a yaoi with Cloud so-help-me-God!"
END FLASHBACK!
" So that's why we don't have an official narrator in any of the stories" Kato explained, " Is just to much work"
During the end of the flashback however Ben had walked off to get pocky. Upon opening the cabinet door, Ben found a guy with black hair sitting inside.
T'was Steven.
" Dude I thought you went away for college!!" Ben said.
" I thought I was in college too, " Steven said. He moved out of the pantry to show that there was ABSOLUTLY NO POCKY LEFT.
" NOOOOOOOO!!! WHY MUST THE GODS BE SO CRUEL!!!" Ben shouted.
" WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT TALKING TO YOURSELF!?" Kato shouted while walking in. She saw that Steven had returned, " Oh! Steven-kun! Your back"
" Ahh yes. And I have brought somebody with" Steven said
Steven opened the pantry door. There was yet another boy sitting in the pantry. Steven's little brother, Timmy.
"….You brought your brother with?" Kato asked.
" I figured we could use a music guy" Steven said, " Seeing as how I'm the special effects guy"
Kato gave a nod. Kato gave Steven and Timmy the tour of the Shingetsu Acting House ( well Steven had already lived there so it didn't really matter).
The pantry however perplexed Ben. He sat in front of the pantry door, wondering how two guys could have sat in there. He stood up and tapped on the door.
'bang bang bang'
……….
' tap…tap…tap'
Oo Ben
' The pantry is haunted!' Ben thought, ' I gotta go tell everyone'
But then Ben thought about it. Already he had been accused of hearing voices. What would Kato, Holly, Steven and the new kid think if Ben said the pantry was haunted?
' Take matters into your own hands' Ben said to himself.
So, the crazy prairie-dog anthro grabbed the nearest weapon ( a steak knife) and charged into the pantry.
What will happen to Benniisan?! Will Timmy be accepted into The Shingetsu Acting Company? And who was tapping on the other side of the pantry door?
Tune in next time to the Variety Show to find out.