Alright well here's chapter five! Another filler it seems, but I'm still trying to get all the important people together in one place, so please, bear with me. NEway, Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't anything that isn't mine, which includes the fandoms and canon-ness, but does not include my OCs, interactions between OCs and Canon charas, and plot alterations (hello, its AU).
"Say Hello to What You Thought You Knew"
A Major Crossover Story
by DarkLozFanUberest
Chapter Two: Surprise! Pictures
On most occasions Tom would have been able to handle any of the weird, nonsensical things his parents could've dished out and labeled as a "family activity," on most occasions. This, however, was too much even for him, even with such a reserved Yeerk inhabiting his brain (even it seemed to be nearing the end of its self-control). This was ridiculous.
"Say cheese, everyone!" The man behind the camera exclaimed in a false giddy voice as the adults squeezed all the kids together into an extremely awkward huddle.
"CHEESE!" the parents cheered happily and Tom frowned to himself. He, and the other teens for that matter it seemed, was not amused.
"Mom!" he exclaimed after the camera flashed, practically blinding him and almost sending his Yeerk into a panic, "this is soooo embarrassing! Why are you doing this to me?" he whined, but in all actuality he really wanted to know what he had done to deserve such torment. And, it hadn't just been pictures with weird hats and clothes that shouldn't have seen the light of day, oh no, there had also been a humiliating fashion show to find said clothes, and in front of all of the adults and any other patrons that had been present at the time; Tom was sure he had seen some of his friends from school, his Yeerk was positive its fellow officers had been present as well (if only to see his disgraced host's form). They were both feeling rather humiliated.
The others, sans the four parents, weren't doing much better. Abele looked as though he was ready to kill someone, and Zachary and Anita just looked rather resigned and withdrawn from the outside world (then again, they had gotten a lot of the brunt of the abuse, what with them being the adorable twins, even though they were apparently Abele's elders…they didn't really look it).
Tom hadn't even gotten a chance to really discuss anything regarding the "Sharing" before they had all been carted off to the nearest mall for their imminent torture.
"This fucking sucks…" Abele grumbled agitatedly as they finally escaped the terrifying photo parlor…or whatever the heathen place was called. He had immediately stripped off the offensive shirt that his mother had found for him to wear, not even waiting to go into a changing room, and leaving him in his fishnet shirt and the beige suit pants and black dress shoes.
A small group of girls, who happened to be walking by, giggled girlishly and clustered together to whisper things about the attractive, nearly half-naked guy standing outside of the store.
Abele snorted, ignoring them with practiced ease, and pulled out another cigarette to smoke. He was clearly agitated, and the girls gawking at him surprisingly weren't helping his all-together mood.
Zachary and Anita finally walked out of the store, donned in their rightful clothes, and with Zachary holding Abele's. The brown-haired individual none-so-kindly snatched his clothes from his seemingly meek elder brother and tossed the black jacket over his shoulder, turning abruptly to quickly leave, in the direction indicated by a hanging sign, for the nearest bathroom.
"Wasn't that fun!" Tom's father exclaimed happily, shocking Tom slightly by his enthusiasm, "What should we do next?" he asked turning to the man than had become his partner in crime.
William shrugged and glanced around, his eyes lighting up when he noticed an open entrance that was dark and had lights flashing from within it.
"What's that?" he asked eagerly, his dark eyes seeming to glow in interest. Steve glanced over to look and blinked, his eyes narrowed slightly in confusion.
"Why that's the arcade, don't you have those in Canada?" he asked and William just shrugged in reply.
"Don't get out much, I guess," he muttered, smiling over his shoulder when he noticed the two women had finally followed them out of the store and were practically cooing at the pictures.
"Well, first time for everything, right?" Steve replied happily, taking William by the forearm and nearly dragging the other man in the direction of the arcade, that is until William realized what was happening and promptly leapt forward to lead the charge to the poor unsuspecting game establishment.
"An arcade?" Karen asked in slightly disapproving disbelief, "Really?" she shook her head and turned to Jean.
"Boys will be boys," Jean consoled her lightly, and with a small laugh turned to the teens before them, "Tom, why don't you and…well when Abele gets back, and Zachary go head over and keep an eye on your fathers, alright? The girls and I are going to head over to the salon for some "girl time"."
Tom noticed Anita's eyes widen, in what could have been fear, before she was promptly dragged away from her twin and off into the distance by the two crazed women. Zachary, for a moment, looked to be at a loss for what to do, before glancing over at Tom and shifting uncomfortably.
"Uh…you wanna head over to the arcade?" Tom asked kindly, thrusting his thumb back in the direction of said establishment.
Zachary just gave him a wary look and glanced over in the opposite direction where Abele could be seen stomping over, cigarette now gone and a rather irritated expression on his face.
""No smoking" my ass!" he growled as he finally stopped by the two other boys, pausing a moment when he noticed that they were the only ones there.
"Where'd they go?" he asked more to himself (and in an actually slightly relived voice, to see the adults gone) and then turned to his brother with a frown of realization, "Where's Anita?" he demanded and Zachary just blinked, shifting his eyes over in the direction the women had left and then rolling his eyes lightly.
Abele just sighed, shaking his head incredulously, a frown of irritation marring his face darkly.
"Women," he huffed and then turned to look at Tom who was beginning to feel like an exceedingly unnecessary third-wheel, "So where's our pops at?" he asked, though whether he was referring to both men or just William, Tom didn't know.
"They went to the arcade." Tom replied, pointing out the place with a casual wave.
"Great," Abele grumbled, eying the place with distaste, "you" he said, pointing to Tom, "go keep an eye on them. We're going to go look for my sister." He finished with a note of finality that, for some reason, really riled Tom up.
He blinked when the two other boys started to walk off back the way Abele had come from; the opposite direction the pair of mothers and Anita had left in.
"They went to the Salon," Tom called out behind them, "in that direction." He pointed out a little smugly, but Abele just paused and smirked back at him over his shoulder.
"Not that sister," Abele replied quietly, though Tom still managed to hear him over the white noise created by the hundreds of people in the mall, and then the two teens disappeared.
Tom stared after them, frowning in confusion, and scowled to himself before heading over to the arcade, feeling rather irritated himself. What was that supposed to mean?
Chapter Five, Yay! Chapter Six might take a little longer to get up, but it'll be good! I (almost) promise! Stay Tuned!