Gators- Chapter Five

Mr Giggles looked across to David sitting on the couch, and tried to give him a warm smile. Unfortunately, on David's end the smile was quite horrific considering the amount of blood cakes over Mr Giggles' nose, mouth and teeth. He gave an uncertain smile back but turned to watch the strange box with the window that looked on some running foreign creatures. This place he had found himself in was really quite confusing.

A loud burst of laughter cried out of Grandma Giggles's mouth. "Did you see that ostrich?" she shrieked in amusement. "Did you see that ostrich Mister... who are you, anyway?" she addressed the oddly dressed man.

"My name is Copperfield. It gives me great pleasure to make your acquaintance, Mrs. Gibbles," David replied a bit too politely.

"It's Giggles, you twat! Did you see that ostrich?"

"I did indeed," he reassured her. "This is rather fascinating."

Grandma Giggles nodded approvingly. "It's good to see more youngsters appreciating the races."
At that moment, Gary returned to the room, having fetched some Yoeurgoeurt for his father. Mr Giggles gratefully received the yoghurt and guzzled it down. He drew in a deep breath - with some great difficulty due to the state of his nose - and let out a contented sigh.
"I do love how fancy and gourmet this yoghurt makes me feel."

Mr Giggles licked the cartoon of his fancy gourmet yoghurt clean. Once her preformed that embarrassing act in front of everyone, it suddenly occurred to him that not only had David Copperfield been brought into reality, he had also travelled a hundred and fifty years in time. How could he have forgotten such an important detail? He threw himself down at David's knees, much to the shock of the latter.
"Oh, my love," he sobbed. "Forgive me for my treatment of you. You must be terrified of me and this world. I am a failure as a lover."

David shook the man off his feet, glancing terrified at Gary. "Your... your lover?" David swallowed nervously. "I do not recall that we have ever been lovers, sir..."

"Not yet my darling. Just you wait!"

David was definitely terrified now. He had been swallowed up into this unknown world of orange houses and ostriches. What did he ever do to deserve this? Nothing! That's what he thought!
David felt like being sick. He'd gladly run out the door screaming but he hadn't a clue which way home was.

"I... I simply want to know where I am," he sniffled, "and how I can make my way home."

Mr Giggles laughed almost menacingly. "This is your new home, David." He motioned for David to lean in closer. "You see, you're a fictional character. I would know, I've been reading about your life for all of mine. I know your past, present and future. I'm also very clever, and very in love with you, which is a dangerous combination."

Some of David's brain cells began to pass out. He felt very weak. Mr Giggles, however, did not notice and continued.
"This dangerous situation culminated in me creating a very clever machine which did a very clever thing, and made you real." He began weeping happily. "My dreams have come true, and we can be together!"

David's previously unconscious brain cells woke up, terrified, and screamed at his other brain cells to get their shit together and get David out of this terribly dangerous situation. Therefore, David promptly shot upwards and leapt gracefully through the window, leaving trails of smashed glass behind him as he tore away into the city.
"NO!" cried Mr Giggles, but he was too weak to run after his love. Gary Giggles slipped through the broken window and went chasing after the distraught young man.

Mr Giggles was fighting and struggling to get off the orange smelly carpet of his old crazy old mother's home. He needed to get his son the hell away from his love and wherever they ran off to. What would happen if Gary stole David away from him? Boy, would he be mad. He might even have to consider committing suicide. That's how much of a ruin he would be in.

Gary ran down the gloomy street towards the park where he saw the peculiar man run into. It was an odd place for a park considering the huge tall grey buildings surrounding it. However, the grass was green and there was one big old tree mysteriously thriving in the centre of the park.
Gary slowed as he entered the park, knowing that David couldn't have run any further considering he would need a security pass to enter any of the buildings. He glanced around the park but was baffled by the fact that the park was completely deserted. Perhaps David was not only handsome and intriguing but magical too, and had the power to turn invisible? Gary was lost in these thoughts until they were interrupted by a violent sneeze and a loud thump. Gary glanced down at the man crumpled at his feet.

"Ow," mumbled David. "What a ferociously terrific sneeze that was."

"What on earth were doing in a tree, David! Are you hurt? Let me see your arm," Gary commanded.

David hoisted himself off the damp grass. "I am not in pain. I am fine, kind sir. Thank you. Now, which way is it to my home?"

"Where do you live?" asked Gary.

"Why London, of course. Where are we? You're not a foreigner are you? You speak awfully funny."

"And you ask an awful lot of questions," said Gary. "And you are a long way from home. You're almost on the other side of the planet."

"That's preposterous!"

"No, you're preposterous," he mumbled under his breathe.

"I beg your pardon."

Gary made a mental note to himself that David had exceptionally good hearing. He wasn't quite sure yet if this was a good or a bad thing.

"Doesn't matter. Why don't we walk over to the bakery and grab a bit to eat?"

"A what?"

"Ugh! Just follow me," signed Gary, and they walked out of the park into the dusky afternoon.

The two men were completely unaware that a balding middle aged man had been hiding behind a park bench for a large part of the conversation. Somehow, Mr Giggles had made it out of the house and was now watching the pair as they walked away in search of food. His head was pounding with rage and he began to creep after them.

"I really feel like a hot dog," Mr Giggles overhead his son say.

"A... a what? You eat dogs?" David gasped.

Mr Giggles shook his head angrily and clenched his fists. "I would know not to use such terms around my beloved, because only I have a true understanding of the world he comes from. This is not RIGHT!" muttered Mr Giggles fervently.
David stopped suddenly and whipped around, causing Mr Giggles to leap into an unusually large drain the gutter to avoid being caught. He landed uncomfortably in murky water and startled some innocent rats.

"Something wrong?" asked Gary.

David glanced around warily and replied, "No, I just... I thought I heard something, in fact I am rather sure that I did."

"There's nothing there," sighed Gary, and he lead David away.

Mr Giggles sloshed about in the drain with the rats until he managed to heave himself out of it. "That was a close one," he breathed, and continued following the object of his affections and his son who seemed to be stealing him away.

To be continued!

By aurorstorm and zeIllusionoftheNight