Chapter 3

The next morning, the Simpsons went downstairs for breakfast. They gathered around the breakfast table as usual and began to eat. Homer still had Chucky under his left arm, and the other Simpsons looked disturbed, although they tried their best to ignore it. Homer even tried feeding Chucky his cereal. But that didn't go over very well, and Chucky ended up getting very messy. Homer washed Chucky in the sink and then dried him with a towel. He then left the kitchen. "I'm off to work!" he announced.

"And you're taking Chucky?" Marge questioned.

"Yes, Marge, I am," said Homer.

She shrugged and grimaced but said, "Okay…have fun…"

Homer got in the car and drove to the Springfield nuclear power plant where he worked. He parked his car and then carried his Chucky doll into the building. Almost instantly, he met Lenny and Carl. "Hey guys," he greeted.

"Whoa, Homer! You've got a Chucky doll!" Lenny said.

"I know, it's cool, huh?" Homer said.

"Gee, I don't know, Homer," said Carl, "isn't that thing kinda dangerous?"

"No, it's just a doll from a movie. There's no harm in it," said Homer. Lenny and Carl gave each other dubious looks and then walked away. Homer then proceeded to his workplace. He set Chucky on the ground behind him. "Now don't get into any trouble, little rascal," Homer said, petting Chucky. Homer then sat at the control board, where he played with all the controls, even though he didn't have a clue what he was doing.

While Homer was playing, Chucky darted out of the room in the blink of an eye. Homer thought he saw something move, but he took no notice and went back to "work." Chucky hurried on his feet, passing through the plant, careful not to run into any people. It wasn't easy, though. Often, Chucky had to go into his inanimate mode. When the coast was clear, Chucky would dart off. There were some people he had to meet, and he wasn't about to wait any longer.

Chucky then went to the water cooler, where he saw Lenny and Carl standing by. "Heh heh!" Chucky said. He looked to his right and saw a vent. Chucky slipped into the vent.

Lenny and Carl were not working. They tried to fritter away all their work time without Mr. Burns, the boss, knowing. "Hey, don't you think it's weird that Family Guy has been off the air for several weeks now?" asked Carl.

"Yeah, it is. The entire cast just disappeared," Lenny said. The two men were silent for a moment. "So…uh…ever have a crush on a cartoon character?"

"I dig Lois Griffin," Carl said. "If she were here right now, I would bang her so hard that there'd be nothing left of her when I finished."

Lenny's eyes opened wide in shock, and he stepped a few paces back. "Okay, Carl, you're scaring me!"

"Oh, what about you? Admit it, you've had a cartoon crush also!" Carl said.

"Yeah right," Lenny said. "I'd never do anything that perverted." Just as he took a sip of his water, a bunch of small pictures of Meg Griffin fell out of his sleeve. He tried to gather them up and put them back, but Carl was too fast for him.

Carl smiled smugly as he looked at the pictures, shaking his head. He even saw that Lenny had tried to draw himself in the pictures! "You are a sad, sad man," Carl said, passing the pictures back to Lenny. He then coughed, "Pedophile."

Before Lenny could get his pictures back, the vent above the water cooler burst open. A loud growl came from it, and something wild pounced out! It was Chucky! He pounced on Lenny and took a piece of scrap metal he found in the vent and began stabbing Lenny to death. "Carl, help!" cried Lenny. "Homer's doll's gone mad!"

Carl was too frightened of Chucky. Instead of helping his best friend, he took off running in the other direction. Chucky stabbed Lenny dozens of times before Lenny collapsed lifelessly. Blood was all over the floor and all over Chucky. "Eh heh heh heh ha ha ha ha ha!" Chucky exploded with laughter. He then rushed to the bathroom to wash off the blood and dry off. Moments later, he burst light-speed to Homer's workplace.

Mr. Burns then passed by Lenny's body. "What's this? Lying down on the job, are you Leonard? You're fired. Get off my premises at once." Mr. Burns then walked off to his office.

Chucky returned to Homer's post to find that Homer was sleeping. He had a box of doughnuts next to him, and Homer's drool was all over them. Also, drool was coming out of Homer's mouth and causing the controls to go crazy. "I've already gotten Tweedle-Dee," said Chucky. "Now I'd better get Tweedle-Dum while I'm at it." Chucky rushed out of Homer's post again, rushing back through the complex of the power plant, stopping and starting as necessary.

The doll then found Carl crying as he was doing some work in sector G7. "I lost him!" cried Carl as he punched buttons on the machine. Chucky, not waiting, shouted at the top of his voice. He charged toward Carl with the same piece of metal he had before. Carl turned and screamed, but before he could do anything, Chucky had already driven the knife into his leg. Carl fell on the ground and breathed deeply. Chucky then began to stab Carl on the chest, arms, and head. Blood oozed out, and Carl slowly became less and less lively. His eyes finally shut, and by that time, the entire floor was covered with much blood. Chucky giggled to himself and again went to the bathroom to wash and dry. Then, he figured that he'd had enough at the power plant for the time being, so he decided to go back to Homer.

When he returned, Homer was still asleep and drooling on the controls. But then, Chucky smiled. There might be an efficient way for him to kill dozens at one time. All he had to do was press a few buttons on the control board that would cause a radioactive explosion, and everything would be good. Chucky then studied the control board and started pressing the buttons that he thought would cause a nuclear explosion. He smiled as the sirens roared, and thousands rushed out of the building. But not Homer. He was still sound asleep. "Wake up, smartass!" Chucky shouted. Homer woke up and gasped. His new "friend" was talking to him, and not in a very nice way, either! "The building's about to explode. I've got some business to take care of," Chucky said, showing his metal blade. "Get out, take me out with you, or suffer the consequences."

Instead of obeying Chucky, Homer rushed out, screaming at the top of his lungs to run for safety. "You asked for it buddy," Chucky said under his breath. He followed Homer out of the building, but Homer didn't realize it. When both got out, Chucky ran all the way to 742 Evergreen Terrace, where the Simpsons lived.

All the employees of the power plant hurried for safety. They got in their cars and drove off as fast as possible. The nuclear power plant exploded not long after everyone had left, but surprisingly, only the power plant blew up. Nobody in the town was killed or injured.

"Smithers," Mr. Burns said to his assistant in his limousine, "what is the cause of all of this."

"There was a disturbance from one worker in sector 7G," Smithers said.

"Who is he?" growled Mr. Burns.

"Homer Simpson, sir," said Smithers.

"Simpson, eh?" Mr. Burns questioned. He then called to the driver. "Take me to Mr. Homer Simpson." The driver then looked around, watching all the people driving away from the plant. They then saw Homer walking back home. Mr. Burns drove up to Homer and rolled down the window. "You're fired, Simpson," Mr. Burns said, who then rolled up the window and drove away.

"D'oh!" cried Homer.