Chapter Seven
Author's Note: This is going to be a really long chapter with explanations, information, a back story, a funny moment, and the mystery may be revealed. So do not skip this chapter, it is really important. Anyway, enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own 6teen, Stoked, Holes, Star Wars, Sly Cooper, Napoleon Dynamite, or David Bowie's "Let's Dance." They belong to their respective owners.
The Ridgemounts managed to make it to the hospital in downtown, and they put Johnny in the emergency room where he was resting, getting treated, and recuperating from his coma that was caused by the almost accident that just happened. When he woke up a few hours later, he was confused as to why he was in the hospital. Then he saw Emma sitting next to him near the bed with his dad standing next to the door of his room. "Uh, where am I?" He asked, "what just happened?" "You almost got hit by a car that was out-of-control," Emma answered, "if it wasn't for me you would've been dead." "Are you okay son?" Mr. Wilson asked his son. "Yeah I'm fine," Johnny said. "Good, because I was going to charge the guy who almost ran you over with man slaughter, but now I'm going to charge him with attempted man slaughter, and he'll be on probation, and maybe get 60 days in jail." "Sucks to be him," Johnny muttered.
All of a sudden, the door opened and out came the other Ridgemounts. "I'm sorry this had to happen," Mr. Ridgemount said to Mr. Wilson, "I'll make sure I pay for the damages." "Oh thanks Mr….." Mr. Wilson said, trying to remember his name. "Ridgemount, Edward Ridgemount," Mr. Ridgemount answered to Mr. Wilson. "Oh, thank you Mr. Ridgemount, you're very kind," Wilson said, "I'm Charlie Wilson by the way." "Hmm, nice name," Ridgemount said, and then the two men shook hands. Then Mr. Ridgemount looked at his wife and he looked at Wilson again and said, "Mr. Wilson, I would like to introduce you to my wife, Isabella or Bella Ridgemount." "Oh well nice to meet you Mrs. Ridgemount," Wilson said shaking hands with Mrs. Ridgemount. "Nice to meet you too, Mr. Wilson," she replied back. "So now everything's clear?" Wilson questioned. "Yes," Mr. Ridgemount answered, "the damages will be paid and Johnny is healthy enough to go home. I told one of the doctors that he is good enough to go." "Thank you once again," Johnny's dad said gratefully. Then he said, "are these your kids?" "Yes," Mr. Ridgemount said, "we have Andrew, Kelly, Reef, Fin, Broseph, Lo, Ty, Caitlin, George, Kirsten, and Emma." He was pointing to the other Ridgemounts as he said that. "Nice to meet you all," Mr. Wilson said shaking hands with the other Ridgemounts. "Nice to meet you too Mr. Wilson," Andrew said.
"Well we got to go," Mr. Ridgemount said, "it's almost time for…..dinner." "OK!" Mr. Wilson said, "thank you and good bye." "You too," Ridgemount replied back. The Ridgemounts headed out of Johnny's room, however, the Wilsons caught a glimpse of the eyes of the Ridgemounts changing, from their respective colors to blood shot red, then they headed out of sight of the Wilsons. "That was odd," Johnny said. "Yeah, very odd," Mr. Wilson said, "they are a pretty weird family, but at least they got ya covered. Now, let's get back home before anything else happens." "OK," Johnny said.
Johnny was free to go and the Wilsons went out of the hospital and back to where they live in the Residential district. Once they got home, Johnny did all of his homework, and settled down a bit. Soon, he realized that he needed to go meet the nerds at Darth's place. So after saying goodbye to his dad, telling him that he was going over to Darth's place to visit, Johnny went out of his house towards Darth's place, if he could find it, because he got a little bit lost in the Residential District until Wayne managed to find him. "Hey Johnny," Wayne called out to him a few houses away. He found Wayne and yelled, "Hey Wayne what's up?" "If you are looking for Darth's place, follow me, I know where it is," Wayne shouted back. "OK!" Johnny said.
He followed Wayne to a house that's really close to the hiking trails. Wayne knocked on the door, it opened and the two boys went inside. "Hey guys, welcome to the Jedi temple," Darth replied to the two boys. Then after some mingling Darth said, "alright guys, let's head out to the hiking trails, because that is where I'm gonna show everyone here what I've been working on for the past few weeks. So everyone, to the hiking trails."
The nerds and Johnny left Darth's house and went to the hiking trails. Once they got to the beginning of the trails Darth told them to go to the west hiking trail and so they went that way. Johnny got a little nervous going into that trail remembering the rumor Ron told him. "Ah guys," Johnny began, "I don't think we should go over there, there are rumors about this trail leading to another dimension." "Don't worry," Darth explained, "where we're going, we will miss the 'dimensional entrance.'" Then they got to the end of the west trail and Darth directed them to go south towards the plateau. They went to the plateau while they felt a little chill down their spines as they went past the western end of the trail. Once they reached the plateau, they stopped and then Darth turned to Johnny and said, "Johnny, do you remember yesterday when we told you that I've been working on something to uncover the monsters we saw a few weeks ago, and that we will show you that something later?" "Yeah," Johnny answered, "why would I forget that?" "Because today, we are gonna show you," Darth replied back, "we are gonna show you that something today; now that we know that the monsters we saw were vampires and werewolves, we will also tell you what we are gonna do with that something and what we are gonna do with those vampires and werewolves that keep attacking us, also we would like to introduce you to someone that we met today, and you will give us the information that the Halders gave to you, so are you ready?" "Yeah, I'm ready!" Johnny stated. "Alright here we go!" Darth replied in an excited voice.
He opened a very secret door that was hidden very well in the plateau. It opened and the nerds and Johnny went inside the plateau. The door closed on them and they went further inside. Once they got really far inside, like out of the dark hallway, they were in a really huge room that was in the dark. Darth turned on the lights, and Johnny couldn't believe what he saw. Inside this room, inside the plateau, were a bunch of….Star Wars characters, and their vehicles. There was almost like every Star Wars character ever imagined; from the original trilogy, like Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Darth Vader, C-3P0, R2-D2, Princess Leia, the Ewoks, and Lando Calrisien; and from the new trilogy, like Qui-gon Jin, Obi-wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Jar-Jar Binks, Count Dooku, Darth Maul, Darth Sidious, Padme Amidala, Mace Windu, and Jango Fett. All of the Star Wars characters were mingling and carrying some weird supplies into the room. Johnny just stared at the scene and said, "Darth, why in the hell are there Star Wars characters in this plateau?" "Ah, this is what we want to show you," Darth answered back, "this is what I've been working on for the past few weeks to combat the vampires and werewolves." "OK! How is this possible, where did you get so many people to play these characters?" Johnny questioned. "Actually, these are the actual characters." "WHAT?" "Yes Johnny, these are the actual characters from Star Wars." "Darth, you know these characters don't exist in our world. You can't go into the movies and just pry them out of the movies." "Actually, I've found a way to get them out of the movies." "Are you serious?" "Yeah, I'm dead serious." "Then what happened to the movies?" "They're intact, and unscathed." "But, how did you get these characters out of the movies?" "Come, I'll show you."
Darth and the rest of the nerds took Johnny to a machine that's against the Eastern wall of the plateau room, and it looked pretty awesome. It had a T.V. monitor in the center, with a DVD player at the bottom of the monitor. Next, it had generators and gears on each side of the T.V. monitor. Then, it had a table with a mouse in front of the monitor. Finally, in front of the generators and gears, stood two giant laser guns pointing down to the ground where there were special pads below, like someone can appear and disappear while on those pads.
Darth took out a remote that only had two buttons, one on the top, the other on the bottom. Everyone, even Johnny was staring at the machine with awe. Then Darth broke the silence, "Johnny, I present to you the Pop Culture Replication Machine." "The Pop Culture Replication Machine?" Johnny retorted back. "Yes, the Pop Culture Replication Machine," the Star Wars geek said, "this baby has the ability to copy and paste any character or item or place from a movie, video game, or T.V. show, using this remote." Darth pointed at the remote he was holding, and then he continued, "it can also put people into the T.V. show, movie, or video game that is in the Replication machine, so they can explore the wonders of the media." "OK Darth, that is impossible." "Oh yeah, watch this."
The nerd turned on the machine, pushed the top button on the remote, and the machine started to activate and shoot a laser at Darth, who disappeared after that. "What the, where did he go?" "Uh, Johnny," Wayne said, "you might want to look at the Television screen."
Johnny did what Wayne said and he couldn't believe what else he saw. On the T.V. screen of the Replication machine, Star Wars was on, but inside the Star Wars movie was Darth himself. "Hello citizens of the 'real' world," Darth said inside the movie, "your regular broadcasting and showing of Star Wars will be interrupted by me for the next hour. Now with the help of my Stormtrooper buddies, we will do a Napoleon Dynamite dance number of David Bowie's 'Let's Dance.'" Very soon, a bunch of Stormtroopers come towards Darth and surround him. They face in the direction of the T.V. screen, the music starts to play and they start dancing in a Napoleon Dynamite fashion, with Darth singing.
Song: Let's Dance, Artist: David Bowie, Year: 1983, Genre: Glam Rock
Hey baby, won't you take a chance?
If you want to, you can have a dance.
LET'S DANCE, LET'S DANCE
Do the twist and shout, mash potato too
Any old dance that you want to do
Hey baby, now you're all alone
Hey baby, let me walk you home
LET'S DANCE, LET'S DANCE
Do the twist and shout, mash potato too
Any old dance that you want to do
LET'S DANCE, LET'S DANCE
AWWWWW, AWWWWWWWWW, AWWWWWWW, AWWWWWWWWWWWW
LET'S DANCE
LET'S DANCE
Put on your red shoes and dance the blues
LET'S DANCE
Dance to the song they're playing on the radio
LET'S SWAY
While color lights up your face
LET'S SWAY
Sway through the crowd to an empty space
If you say run, I'll run with you (AWWWWWW, AWWWWW, AWWWW, AWWWW)
And if you say hide, I'll hide (AWWWWWWW, AWWWWWWW, AWWWWW, AWWW)
Watch my love for you
It would break my heart in two
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
(AWWWWWWW) If you should fall
(AWWWWWWW) Into my arms
(AWWWWWWW) And tremble like a
FLOWWWWWEERRRRRRRR
LET'S DANCE
LET'S DANCE, LET'S DANCE, LET'S DANCE, I SAID LET'S DANCE
LET'S SWAY, SWAY, SWAY, DAMN IT SWAY
DO THE MICHAEL JACKSON
LET'S DANCE, DANCE, DANCE, WHY AREN'T YOU DANCING
EVERYBODY DANCE AWAY
DANCE AND SHAKE YOUR BIG BOOTAY
If you say run, I'll run with you (AWWWW, AWWWWWWW, AWWWW, AWWW)
And if you say hide, I'll hide (AWWWW, AWWWW, AWWWW, AWWWWWW)
Watch my love for you
It would break my heart in two
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
(AWWWWWWW) If you should fall
(AWWWWWWW) Into my arms
(AWWWWWWW) And tremble like a
FLOWERRRRRRRRRRRRRR
LET'S DANCE
LET'S DANCE, DANCE, DANCE, I'M GETTING TIRED
LET'S SWAY, SWAY, SWAY, DO THE MICHAEL JACKSON
LET'S DANCE, DANCE, DANCE, GET YOUR ASS UP
LET'S SWAY, SWAY, SWAY, AND SHAKE YOUR BIG FAT ASS
LET'S DANCE!
"THANK YOU ALL, YOU HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL AUDIENCE, GOOD NIGHT, AND BACK TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING." And with that, Darth used his remote to zap himself out of the movie, and the machine activated again and shot a laser at one of the pads where Darth reappeared back into reality.
(Green Lake, Texas)
Wyatt, after digging up a bunch of UFO and Mothmen corpses, was laying on his bed watching Star Wars in his room, when Darth came in the movie and was doing his Napoleon Dynamite dances while singing "Let's Dance." He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Thoughts went into his mind like: why is that guy in the movie, how did he get in the movie, why is he doing that horrible dance, and is he gay? While Wyatt was watching that he called up Stanley Yelnats, Hector Zeroni, and the other guys from Camp Green Lake to tell what's happening. "Hey Stanley," Wyatt said. "Hey Wyatt, what's up?" Stanley said. "Are you watching Star Wars?" "No, why?" "There's this nerd in the movie that's not supposed to be in the movie, and he's doing the dance that Napoleon Dynamite was doing while singing along to David Bowie's hit 'Let's Dance.'" "No way, are you serious?" "Dead serious." "Oh man, I gotta call the other guys about this. Call Hector, see if he's watching Star Wars." "All right, dude, I will."
Wyatt hung up on Stanley and then he called Hector Zeroni. "Hey Zero," Wyatt called from his cell phone. "Hey Wyatt what's up?" Replied Hector. "Are you watching Star Wars?" "Oh yeah, you're probably wondering why there is a nerd dancing with Stormtroopers in the movie?" "Oh so you know that already?" "Yep." "Yeah, I don't know how he literally got in the movie. But I'll tell you one thing, what he's doing is ruining a perfectly good movie and a perfectly good song." "Really, I think it's hilarious, this should go up on YouTube." "Yeah, it would get a bunch of views and publicity." "Wow, weird." "That nerd has guts…..oh it looks like he's out of the movie, and it's playing just fine, like nothing happened." "Weird." "Well call the other guys to see if they watched Star Wars a few minutes ago." "I will, bye!" "Bye!" And with that, Wyatt hung up on Hector and continued watching the movie.
(Back at Claremont)
"So, what did you think?" He said when he reappeared back into the room. "That, was the most weirdest and most gayest thing you have ever did," Wayne said. "Yeah, that was kind of weird and gay for me," Johnny chimed in. "Me too!" Snack Shack said again. "Me three!" Julie said. "Me four!" Martha said. "Well sorry, I was just having fun, also I was trying to prove Johnny that the machine works, and I was showing him how it works." "I see," Snack Shack said. "OK! Now we know you can put yourself in the movie, T.V. show, and video game that's in the machine, but I just got one question," Johnny said to Darth, "does your interference of the movie affect only that copy of the movie in the machine, or does it affect the movie itself, you know what I mean?" "Oh yes I know what you mean," Darth said, "and yes it affects the movie itself, which means that anyone in the world watching it on T.V. or even on DVD, or in theatres would have seen me perform that." "Damn!" Johnny shouted, "I don't believe it. You just embarrassed yourself in front of maybe millions of people." "I know, but I just wanted to prove something to you." "Alright that answers that question, now how did all of these characters got in here?" "Here, let me demonstrate to you again."
Darth activated the machine and Star Wars was on again. They just watched the movie and when there was a scene with just Stormtroopers, Darth pressed the bottom button on the remote and the movie froze. A cursor appeared on the screen and every time the cursor was on a Stormtrooper, Darth would press the top button. After that, he pressed the bottom button again and the laser cannons activated and shot more lasers on the pads, and with that Stormtroopers suddenly appeared on the pads.
"Oh wow!" Johnny said in awe and full of curiosity. "Oh wow indeed," Darth said, "let me tell you how it works." Then he started explaining the process to Johnny. "When the Replication Machine is playing a movie you press the bottom button to pause the movie and a cursor comes on the screen. You use the cursor to set it on a character or vehicle, and press the top button to copy that said character or vehicle. Then when you're all done, press the bottom button to 'paste' the characters or vehicles into the real world, and they show up on the pads; that's what the pads and laser cannons are for. Basically, with this machine, I can make an army of my favorite Star Wars characters to combat the vampires and werewolves that plague this city."
"OK so now you know the basics of the Pop Culture Replication Machine and how the Star Wars characters got into this reality, now we will tell you that we will be using these characters to find and defeat the vampires and werewolves that plague this beautiful town," Wayne said. "And how are you guys gonna do that?" Johnny questioned. "Well, now that you mention it, these characters have been supplying us with bunches of holy water, pointed stakes, wooden bullets for our guns, silver bullets for our guns, silver stakes, garlic, garlic RPG bullets, silver RPG bullets, and other stuff that will help us combat the vampires and werewolves, " Snack Shack said. "So basically, we're gonna become slayers and 'save' Claremont from the vampire and werewolf threat," Julie said. "Slayers, really?" Johnny asked. "Yes really," Darth replied, "with these characters and supplies, we will be unstoppable, the best slayers anyone can ever imagine and we will call ourselves the Claremont Slayer Society, or CSS for short." "So, what you all are telling me is that you're gonna try and kill these vampires and werewolves with Star Wars characters?" Johnny asked. "Uh yeah, that's basically it, with a bunch of supplies that can kill these types of monsters," Wayne said. "Well, do you need an expert slayer or some supervision to just show you the ropes and such?" Johnny asked again. "Actually we do," Julie answered, "we just met her earlier today. She says she's a slayer, but she isn't, however, she does have some information about the Ridgemounts, like you have information about the Halders. And we will happily bring her to the CSS because she has a gun and can fight as well." "The Star Wars characters managed to find her in the morning, and I was surprised we actually have a slayer here in Claremont," Snack Shack chimed in, "earlier today we met her and asked her about slayer stuff, and also asked if she wanted to be a part of our group and she said yes. She will also tell us about the Ridgemounts as well, since we are suspicious about that family. She would also like to meet you and listen to the information that the Halders told you." "Yeah, she's the person we wanted to show you today," Darth said, "so I hope she's ready to come down here and meet you, soooo…."
Darth then separated from the group near the Replication Machine and went to Han Solo. "Mr. Solo," he said, "where is Rosie, is she ready to come out?" "Oh yes, she's ready to come out, kid," Han said, "she's in one of the side rooms." "Well get her out, it's time for her to talk." "Alright kid," Han said, "I'll get her out." The Millennium Falcon pilot went to one of the rooms and Darth went back to the group still near the Replication Machine. "Sorry I left, I was just telling Han Solo to bring the person out of one of the side rooms. She has been staying here ever since the characters managed to find her. She'll be out soon," Darth explained.
After about a few minutes, Han Solo was back accompanied by a really overweight woman who was around her thirties. She was wearing what looked like a maid's uniform and she had a gun and weapons that are associated with slayers. Darth led the group from the machine to a table that was from the Death Star and told them to sit down on the imperial chairs. The woman sat at that table as well and Han left to go to the place where Lando, Leia, and Luke were. "Alright kids, I'm ready to speak," the overweight woman said. "Johnny this is Rosie, the 'expert' slayer that we managed to get in a short period of time," Wayne said, "she's here to help us with our little slayer project." "Rosie this is Johnny," Snack Shack said, "he's the new kid from Texas who is fascinated with the weird and unusual, and who will also help us with our little slayer project." "Nice to meet you Johnny," Rosie said. "Nice to meet you too Rosie," Johnny said. They shook hands and then the "meeting" began. "OK so you all must know why I'm here," Rosie began, "I'm here to join your little slayer society, to give you experience and skills on how to be a good slayer, but most importantly, information on the vampires and werewolves that are roaming this town." "Yes, we got some clues and connections on who the vampires and werewolves really are," Darth said, "first are the vampires. We believe that the Ridgemount family that live here, are the perfect suspects to be vampires. Here are some connections; first they look goth and emo; second there was this one time when the head Ridgemount told his kids to hurry up and get home before the sun came out; third when Johnny was going to get hit by a car one of the Ridgemounts, Emma, came and saved him in the nick of time, she ran at an impossible-for-any-human speed; fourth we don't see them eat anything at lunch; fifth they look like they have fangs; sixth Johnny saw one of the vampires that roam this city and that it looked like Emma; seventh two of the Ridgemounts, Andrew and Kelly, acted pretty weird and said they can tell when we were lying; and finally, all of them are wearing roses; like who does that? All I have to say is that they are one creepy, emo family, and that they are the perfect suspects for being vampires." "You know what kid, you're right," Rosie said. "What do you mean?" Wayne said. "What I mean is that, they are vampires," Rosie answered. "And are you sure?" Julie asked. "Yes because I was one of their maids working at the hotel that they stay in," Rosie answered again. Everyone was confused and in shock, then Rosie continued, "it was there, three years ago that I've managed to find out they are vampires and ever since then I've became a slayer, trying to master myself in the slayer business so when I have a chance to see them again in the woods one night, they'll get what they deserve." Everyone just couldn't believe what Rosie was saying so Snack Shack asked a question, "so if that's true can you please tell us your story when you found out that the Ridgemounts are vampires? Please, we need to know so we can have more evidence." "OK let me tell you my story," Rosie said, and then she began her story.
(Surfer's Paradise Resort, Claremont, B.C., 2003)
Rosie was working near the pool in the hotel, watering the grass that surrounded the pool, when Andrew came over to her with some very special news. "ROSIE!" Andrew yelled. "Yes Mr. Bummer?" Rosie asked. "ITS ANDREW," he yelled, "I HATE BEING CALLED BUMMER!" "Sorry sir," Rosie apologized, "I overheard George telling the new staff that your nickname is Bummer." "Well it isn't, it's actually an insult to me," Andrew ranted, "that George, he's gonna get what he deserves." The rant continued for another minute until he took a breather and said to Rosie, "anyway, my family is going out of town to Romania for a while. We won't be back for another three weeks so you're in charge of the hotel when we get back. We trust that you can keep this hotel clean and comforting while we are away, we just have one condition; DON'T GO INTO THE PENTHOUSE! We trust you and know that you won't do that. So do I make myself clear?" "Yes Mr. Ridgemount," Rosie said obediently. "Good, we'll see you in a few weeks."
Andrew left Rosie to do her work and the next day, the Ridgemounts left the hotel to go to Romania, and Rosie was now in charge of the hotel until they got back. The days went by; Rosie was just minding her own business, doing the work that she's been doing and she made sure that the staff has been doing her work and the place was organized and clean. On the third day of the second week since the Ridgemounts left for Romania, Rosie was cleaning rooms on the floor just below the penthouse, when she came across the special elevator that leads up into the penthouse. She saw that the elevator was left unlocked all this time. "Uh-oh," she said to herself, "looks like the Ridgemounts left the elevator unlocked, I think I should lock it before anyone else decides to just barge right in." She went to the elevator and just stopped there. Wait a minute, she thought, this is a golden opportunity to go into the penthouse, I've never been into the penthouse before and this is the chance to do it, just to see what it looks like. Wait another minute, Andrew told me not to go in there, he trusts me that I wouldn't go into the penthouse. But I really need to know what the penthouse looks like. Hmmm, maybe I'll just go up there and take a quick peek, and then I'll come back down and lock the elevator before anyone else goes up there, yeah I'll do that.
Rosie pushed the button on the elevator door to open up the doors and once she was inside, she pushed the penthouse button to go up to the penthouse. The doors closed and the elevator took her up to the penthouse. Once the elevator doors opened to reveal the inside of the penthouse, Rosie was a little puzzled and confused, and then once she got out of the elevator and the doors closed behind her, she went from confusion, to shock. She couldn't believe what the inside of the penthouse looked like. It looked like the inside of a haunted mansion, with cobwebs around the corners of the ceilings, vampire bats going in cracks that are in the walls, and little butlers roaming around the place that are actually chupacabra. Rosie got a little scared after looking at the place, and then she reluctantly went into another room in the penthouse that looked like a hallway, but when she turned on the lights in that room, she almost screamed out of her mind. Inside this room were bunches of monsters, or actually monster corpses, displayed in little glass chambers, like a museum. There was almost any kind of monster imaginable, from Greece, like the gorgon, the minotaur, the chimera, and the hydra; to America, like Gatormen, Goatmen, the Jersey Devil, the Dover Demon, Big Foot, Thunderbirds, Deviled Monkeys, and Lizard People. There were only three glass chambers that were empty: one for a Mothman, one for an Ogre, and another for a Chimera (from Resistance: Fall of Man). Rosie looked at this room in fear and awe, and went out of there quickly into the main living room of the penthouse. The main living room wasn't an ordinary living room. It had cobwebs, vampire bats, chupacabra butlers, old 19th century furniture, early 20th century lighting, a big T.V., a "man-made" forest area that the penthouse overlooks, (the forest area surrounds the penthouse, but not the whole hotel; it is supported by metal diagonal columns that connect the forest to the floor just beneath the penthouse floor so that area won't fall off of the hotel), and an organ that looks like it can be a giant stereo. Rosie looked at the living room in fear, awe, and confusion, and soon she went up the stairs into the kitchen, which looked like a normal 21st century kitchen only it had a haunted mansion feel to it. She looked around the kitchen and came across a book called: Yes, I'm a Vampire by Edward Ridgemount. The frightened maid looked at the book, started reading it, and she got goosebumps just reading a few pages. She couldn't believe that the family that she was serving, was a family, or coven of vampires. Then before you knew it she hightailed out of the penthouse, down to the floor that was at the bottom of the penthouse floor; she locked the penthouse elevator, went to the lobby floor of the hotel, and continued on with her work.
After about another week and a few days, the Ridgemounts came home and that's when Andrew came to Rosie to see how everything went. "So Rosie," Andrew said to her, "was the hotel organized and spotless when we were gone?" "Yes sir," Rosie answered, "the hotel looks just the way you left it." "Excellent," Andrew cheered but that cheer faded when he examined Rosie very carefully and said, "Hey Rosie." "Yes sir?" "I just got one question I need to ask you." "OK?" "Did you went into the penthouse when we were gone?" "Well Mr. Ridgemount, about that, umm, no, uh no I didn't went into the penthouse." "Really?" "Uh really." "Well all I have to say Rosie is that you are a terrible liar." "What do you mean?" "It sounds like you are hiding something and I don't like it, so tell me the truth, DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT WENT INTO THE PENTHOUSE?" Andrew started to get tense with Rosie when he said this. So Rosie said, "Well now that you put it that way, uh…, I've decided to quit." "What?" Andrew said really angry at Rosie now. "Yeah, I QUIT!" She shouted. "Oh no, you can't quit. Now that you know too much, we can't let you quit." "Oh yeah, make me."
Before you knew it, Andrew just went behind Rosie and pinned her down on her stomach, at a speed no human can make. However, Rosie managed to get her mop and she used it to whack Andrew on the face. He was screaming in terror and holding his face after she did that, and that was the chance for Rosie to make her escape, so she tried to hightail out of the hotel. However, the remaining Ridgemounts caught her before she made it out of the hotel. Mr. Ridgemount grabbed her and said, "Rosie, what are you doing trying to get out of the hotel, you still have work to do?" "Not anymore Mr. Ridgemount," Rosie yelled at him, "I quit!" "What, why?" Mr. Ridgemount asked. "I know your little secret, so back off or else I'll whack you hard with my mop." "Wait a minute, you went into the penthouse?" Lo Ridgemount asked. "Yes, yes I did!" Rosie answered sternly. "What? Rosie, we trusted you," Fin Ridgemount said, "and now you betrayed us. I can't believe you." "LET'S KILL HER! SHE KNOWS TOO MUCH!" Andrew yelled once he recovered and managed to catch up to the other Ridgemounts. "Oh no you don't!" Rosie shouted and she whacked Mr. Ridgemount on the face with her mop and she kicked him in the balls. "HOLY CRAP!" Mr. Ridgemount shouted. She broke free from Mr. Ridgemount's grip and she headed towards the doors when the other Ridgemounts stopped her. "Not so fast," Reef Ridgemount said, "we can't let you escape." "Awwww, well too bad," Rosie said. Then she covered Reef's face with the wet mop and that made him scream in pain, literally, because his face was burning. "Oh yeah I forgot to mention, I ordered a gallon of holy water so I can use it for my escape," Rosie explained, "I even took the liberty of cleaning the floors with this holy water while you were away." "ROSIE!" They all yelled, and before you knew it she covered the remaining Ridgemount's faces with her mop, making the holy water burn their faces. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!" They shouted, and Rosie got out of the hotel and ran as fast as she can out of the Hotel District, and was never heard again, till three years later. After that Lo covered her face with her hands and her face recovered from the holy water. She managed to heal the other Ridgemounts in that way as well, and all of them gathered together near the hotel entrance. "Great, Rosie escaped and now she has a price on our heads," Andrew said, "I fear she might become a slayer." "Well if that happens, we'll be ready for her," Caitlin Ridgemount said. Then they agreed with her, and went out of the entry way to continue their work around the hotel.
(Back to the plateau, Claremont, B.C., 2006)
"So there's my story," Rosie said after telling her story to the nerds and Johnny, "after I escaped, I went to Vancouver. I lived there and got slayer supplies there. I also practiced martial arts and slayer moves, so that one day I am able to face these vampires and kill them before they harm innocent people. I've been a slayer ever since."
"Hmm," Wayne said after listening to the fat woman's story, "you know what, your story could be a connection between the Ridgemounts and the vampires we keep seeing. No, even better. Your story is PROOF that the Ridgemounts ARE the vampires that we keep seeing." "Really," Martha said, "I don't believe it. We're gonna need more proof." "Hmm, your right," Rosie said, "and I know the perfect place to find more proof." "Where?" Everyone but Johnny said. "You'll just have to wait for tomorrow, I'll show you where," Rosie said.
There was a pause after the whole vampire fiasco and then Darth broke the silence, "now we have the werewolves. We believe that the Halder family that live here, are perfect suspects for werewolves. Here are some connections; first they look like they have taken tons of steroids; second they have very short tempers; third when we saw one the Halders, Kristen, scold another Halder, Stone, for trying to kill Johnny, she treated him like a dog, and he acted like a dog; third there was this threat where if you piss off the Halders one day, you die the next day; fourth all of them act like dogs; fifth Johnny saw them go into the No Trespassing area, and saw them make a huge impossible-for-any-human kind of jump over the No Trespassing board; sixth they wear dog tags like all the time; seventh when we saw one of the werewolves thoroughly, it had a hairstyle similar to one of the Halders, Ripper; and last but certainly the most important connection of them all is that they are arch enemies of the Ridgemounts and have been feuding with them ever since the Ridgemounts came here six years ago." After Darth was done explaining that to everyone, Rosie began thinking to see if he was right and all, and then Wayne broke the silence, "you know the No Trespassing area may be the proof that we need to see if the Halders are werewolves, and Johnny here knows what's inside that area, besides Old Town Claremont. Johnny, tell us what the Halders told you about the No Trespassing area." Uh oh, Johnny thought that they have forgotten about that; what was he going to do? He didn't want to give that information away, remembering Stone's threat, or else the Halders would get to him; on the other hand, the nerds might force him to give them the information, so he needed to do it. He thought about it for a little bit longer, and then he made his decision and said, "sorry guys, I can't tell you. The Halders told me to not tell anyone about what's in the No Trespassing area, seriously. If I tell you guys, then they would really have a price on our heads, and we could be in danger." "Oh come on Johnny," Wayne replied, "we need this information. It could save hundreds of lives; it can stop a threat before it even started. These werewolves and vampires have been terrorizing people here in this city and we need to stop them before some innocent person gets hurt, now tell us." "I still can't," Johnny said, "I know I can save hundreds of lives, but I don't want to die, I can't let you guys get in danger; and besides I only joined your little group so we can uncover these vampires and werewolves, not kill them. I don't want to be a slayer. I just want to expose them to the community." "Alright Johnny, listen," Wayne replied again, "first, it's OK for you to tell us this information, because if the Halders do interrogate you, we will back you up and take the blame; and second, we did want to expose these monsters, and we did, but since they have been terrorizing people, we just can't let them live, and you have valuable information that you need; plus you get to uncover monsters that live here in Claremont, so it's a win-win situation, eh?" "Yeah, I guess so." "So tell us, what did the Halders tell you about the No Trespassing area?" "Alright, I'll tell you." Then Johnny began the whole explanation.
"Before gym started and after Stone stopped strangling me, the other Halders told me that the No Trespassing zone doesn't have just Old Town Claremont, it has an ancient tribe that lives there. They live there because it is their sacred land, and so to keep it sacred, the people of Claremont gave Old Town Claremont to that tribe and made it a No Trespassing zone. The Halders happen to be members of that tribe." "OK! That doesn't prove anything," Darth said, "that only proves that the Halders are just members of a big tribe that live there secretly. However, did they tell you something about the tribe itself?" "Uh, yeah," Johnny answered, "they told me that the tribe is descended from either wolves or a really huge monster." After Johnny said that, the nerds and Rosie were shocked, surprised, and excited. Then Wayne said, "that just proves that the Halders ARE the werewolves that keep attacking us. Holy crap! They weren't kidding with the whole piss-us-off-you-die-the-next-day threat. People who gave them lip, usually get mauled by them the next day. We are the first ones to actually survive their attacks. I can't believe it!" Wayne started getting excited about this. Then he said, "it's a good thing we have our guns with us, every time they attacked, or else we would be dead." "We can legally own guns," Martha said to Rosie, "we are certified by the Canadian Rifle Association." "Hmm, interesting," Rosie said, and then she changed the subject, "about the information you all gave me about the Halders, you guys might be right, but we're gonna need more proof, and I know just the person." "Who?" The nerds and Johnny said. "He's the same person that could give us more information about the Ridgemounts, but I'm not gonna tell you anything else about him, till we see him tomorrow," Rosie explained. "Hmm, interesting," Darth commented about the explanation and then he closed the meeting, "OK Rosie, thank you for your visit, and we'll see you tomorrow, when we meet this person of yours." "OK! You're all welcome, it's a pleasure explaining this stuff to all of you."
After that, they got up from the Death Star table and then Snack Shack said, "wait a minute, I just realized something; Johnny doesn't have a gun." "Well after we meet this person who will give us evidence, we'll take him to a pawn shop and give him a gun and maybe an RPG," Wayne answered. Johnny didn't like the fact that he needs a gun, but if he wants to uncover these monsters and be in this group, he'll accept it.
"Alright, looks like that's all we have to show you today," Darth said, "get some rest guys and tomorrow, we'll go see this mysterious person and we'll also go get Johnny a gun for our slayer business, OK?" They all nodded at the plan for tomorrow, and then they started heading back to their homes. They went out of the plateau overlooking the ocean, went out of the western hiking trail, and back to the Residential district where everyone but Rosie went to their respective homes. Rosie went all the way to Downtown Claremont and went into hiding.
Johnny managed to make it back home. He apologized to his father about coming home late, he showered, he put on his PJs, and then he turned on the computer, went into his Yahoo account, and started emailing Wyatt again.
"Hey Wyatt," Johnny began typing. "Hey Johnny, what's up?" Wyatt began responding. "It's been fine, and weird." "Oh, really?" "Yeah, and how are things back at Texas?" "Very well, we managed to dig the entire Mothmen fleet out of Camp Green Lake." "THAT'S AWESOME!" "I know isn't it? Well, now that we got the whole fleet, the Warden and Mr. Sir promised that they will keep the UFO and Mothmen corpses there at Camp Green Lake till the press arrive. We just uncovered something totally out of the ordinary." "WOO-HOO!" "I know isn't it exciting? We'll be millionaires, no billionaires! Anyway how are things at Claremont?" "Like I said, very weird." "What do you mean?" "Well, first I went to the hospital after I almost got hit by a car." "Oh wow, are you OK?" "Yes, I'm OK! Second my new friends took me to a place where there were Star Wars characters everywhere, and a weird machine." "Really?" "Really!" "Speaking of Star Wars, did you see it earlier this afternoon." "Oh yeah, you must have saw that nerd dancing in the movie, with Stormtroopers, in a Napoleon Dynamite fashion, singing that David Bowie song, 'Let's Dance.'" "Yeah, that was kind of weird and gay. I think he just embarrassed himself in front of millions of people, and he killed a really good movie, and a really good song." "Yeah, I agree with you on the embarrassment. Did Stanley, Hector, or any of the other guys saw it?" "So far, only Hector, but I told Stanley about it." "Hmmm, interesting." "Yeah, interesting." "Speaking of which, the nerd that did that was one of my new friends." "GET OUT OF TOWN!" "No really, his name is Darth Mall. That's what he calls himself." "LOL!" "LOL indeed." "How did he do it?" "That weird machine that I mentioned earlier. It's kind of a complicated machine for me to tell you the details. It's better if I showed you it." "Yeah, it would be better if you did. Well enough of that, now I gotta ask you something." "OK!" "Was there anything strange going on in your town, today?" "Well, actually no, but I do have information about the creatures that are roaming around Claremont." "Oh really and so what did you learned about these creatures in your town?" "I learned that these creatures are vampires and werewolves." "ARE YOU SERIOUS?" "Dead serious!" "Holy crap! I can't believe that you have vampires and werewolves in your town. That's so cool. It's better than dead Mothmen." "I know. And what I also learned about those monsters is that the Ridgemount and Halder families that I mentioned last night, could be the vampires and werewolves that roam the town." "GASP!" "Yeah, I know, shocker." "That's amazing, you're making yet another unusual discovery, we may become multibillionaires after this is over." "Oh yeah, that is the life. Anyway me and my friends are gonna get more evidence tomorrow about the vampires and werewolves. Then we're gonna hunt them down and kill them. Me and my new friends formed a Slayer Society along with an older woman, so we can hunt and flush them out." "Oh, you're a slayer now?" "Yes!" "That's cool, though I wish your group would just expose the monsters not kill them." "Yeah, but we're saving innocent lives apparently." "Yeah, that's important. Man, you guys got a lot of stuff going around over there. I wish I was there. Speaking of which, I got to tell you something." "What?" "I'M COMING TO CLAREMONT!" "NO WAY!" "YES WAY! My father thought I was getting insane here in Texas, so we're moving to Claremont for one, a change in scenery; two, because he got the idea from your father; three, so you and I can hang out more; and four, to get rid of my 'insanity.'" "That's awesome, when are you planning on coming?" "We're gonna leave early the next morning, and maybe we should be here by tomorrow, so I can come to school with you." "Awesome, I can introduce you to my new friends and maybe you can join the Slayer Society, and we can go see the mysterious person together, and watch American Idol together." "Yeah, and I can learn more about what's happening here, and maybe we can hunt and kill these vampires and werewolves together, with these new friends of yours." "Alright, this is gonna be fun." "I know just like in Texas." "Anyway, good luck and good night, see ya tomorrow." "Yeah, you too. See ya tomorrow pal. Oh I have more Mothmen pictures, but I'll show you when I get to Claremont tomorrow, OK?" "OK!" "So good night, see ya tomorrow." "See ya tomorrow." And with that both Johnny and Wyatt logged out of their email accounts. Johnny then turned his computer off, and went to bed, excited about everything that happened today. Then he went to sleep dreaming about Wyatt and Emma.
So there we go. I'm sorry this took really long, this is my longest chapter right now, so I hope you enjoyed that, and will review and continue reading. Oh, BTW, the "Let's Dance" Lyrics came from a lyrics website. Thank you and review.
-The Cullens of Death Metal