Potoperson: I'M SO EXCITED!!!!
Cella: WHY!?!?
Potoperson: BECAUSE I FINALLY GET TO WRITE THIS CHAPTER!!! I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT SINCE THE BEGINNING!!!!
Cella: I'M SORRY YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK UP I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!!!!
Potoperson: You're making fun of me aren't you?
Cella: Yup
Potoperson: okey dokey, just checking. Thanks to squeaken1 for reviewing! You rock!
I do not own Ed, Edd, and Eddy, Chuck Norris, or the song that comes a bit later. What do these things have to do with each other? You'll have to wait and find out…
Note on the song, like in chapter 1 with the Kanker's song there's different font styles for whoever is singing. They are the following: Nazz girls Marilyn Sarah. Sorry if it's a tad choppy as you read it.
Chapter 13- And so it begins…
Nazz wandered into the girl's hotel room in a daze, dropping the flower on her bed and collapsing beside it. The other Peach Creek girls were giggling over a magazine, for once not trying to maim each other with pillows.
"Omg, look at him!" Marie squealed gazing at a certain picture. Sarah stared at the page uncomprehendingly. (Geez Louise that's a big word. How many letters is that? 17! Man I've got to use that one in scrabble!) "That's Chef Boyardee." She said. She sighed dreamily. "Yeah, I know, I love his pasta…"
May puffed up proudly. "Well my gravy guy is five bajillion times better than Chef Boyardee!" she said.
Marie gasped, "You take that back!"
"No way it's true! If Chef Boyardee got in a fight with my Ed he'd go home crying to his mama."
Lee scoffed. "Well neither of them can beat Chuck Norris!"
"He so can!"
"No they can't!"
"Ed beats both of your guys!"
Marie dove over the magazine and knocked Lee off the bed, dragging May down at the same time. The brawl went on ignored; I mean what else was new with those three? "I betcha Double D could win in that fight…" Sarah said wistfully. Marilyn stared at her. "You're kidding, right?" she asked. Sarah then remembered that she was the only one who knew of the secret under his hat and decided to change the subject. "Um…well… I bet you think Kevin would win in a fight against Chuck Norris!"
Marilyn's eyes grew wide and she dropped her head in embarrassment, her face flushed "No one wins in a fight against Chuck Norris, and besides I don't think Kevin would actually try to do something like that…"
Sarah grinned. "You liiiiike him…"
"What makes you say that?"
"Hmm, let's see. The fact you're blushing right now or maybe just that IT IS SO OBVIOUS YOU'D HAVE TO BE MY BROTHER NOT TO SEE IT!"
"Umm….well…" Marilyn was casting glances as Nazz who was watching her with a bemused expression on her face from where she lay on the bed. She laughed. "You know it's pretty obvious right?" she said. There was no hint of jealousy or malice that would scare her into silence. She took comfort in that and said shyly, "Maybe a little bit…" "Or a lot a bit!"
Just then there was a knock at the door. The Kankers stopped their brawl and Lee sprang up. "Awesome! Our room service is here! I ordered pizza!" Marie and May tripped over each other trying to get to the door first. When they finally flung open the door they saw, not an acme covered pizza deliver boy, but a coconut sitting on the floor in front of the door.
Marie picked it up. "Lee you dolt this isn't a pizza!" she said, throwing dirty looks in her sisters direction. May snatched the coconut from her hands. "Who cares? We're having coconut milk!" They ran into the room, drooling euphorically at the thought of coconut milk with little umbrellas. May set it on a bed side table then grabbed a hammer out of her suitcase, brandishing it above her head.
Marilyn glanced up in time to see May hitting and missing the coconut over and over again. She screamed racing across the room and whisking the coconut off the table just in time for May to miss again. "Are you guys crazy?! You almost killed her!" She gasped. Everyone in the room stared at her blankly as she set the coconut on the bed and asked it if it was all right.
"No you silly friend of Plank! Of COURSE I'm not all right! I was nearly a beverage for those girls! HOW COULD I BE ALL RIGHT!?" Marilyn took that as a sign she was a-okay and asked her, "What are you doing here?" Coco huffed. "Nothing really." Marilyn looked at her slyly. "Are you here to see Plank?"
She seemed to struggle. "Well... I'm, that is… Well he came over and begged me to give him another chance and have you ever seen his eyes when he begs? Ugh, they are disgustingly adorable like a kitten fused with a bunny rabbit and a puppy! So I decided I'd stay in this room for the night and we'd talk in the morning!" Marilyn had to smile. "I hope you will reconsider letting him go. He is sweet…when he wants to be. And he's been really blue lately so I think he really misses you." Coco sighed heavily. "I remember when we first met. Some slimy bolder was messing with me and Plank came up and defended me so valiantly…I bet he could beat Chuck Norris in a fight." Marilyn nodded.
All of the girls were quite curious as to why Marilyn was talking to a coconut, but decided it was better not to ask. She was related to Johnny 2x4 after all. They looked to Nazz. "You're turn Blondie!" Lee called over to her. Nazz looked confused. "My turn for what?"
"Who do YOU think would win in a fight against Chuck Norris?"
"Who the heck is Chuck Norris?"
The room was filled with gasps and they stared at her with wide eyes. "What?" She asked. "You don't know who Chuck Norris is!?" everybody screamed. Nazz shrugged. "Uh…no who is he?"
"You're un-American!" Marie screeched. "Tell me then. Who's Chuck Norris?" Nazz insisted. Still no one answered her question; they kept going on about how horrible it was that she didn't know who he was. If they were so mad that she didn't know why the heck didn't they tell her for crying out loud? "Nazz, I think by that they meant who do you like?" Marilyn explained. "Well what kind of crazy code is that?" Nazz said. "Just tell us who you like already!" Everyone screamed.
(Note: If you don't know who Chuck Norris is like Nazz (or me until very recently) he is a martial artist, action movie star, and starred in the TV series Walker, Texas Ranger. And now you know!)
Nazz's hand subconsciously went to the hibiscus that sat beside her on her bed as she mumbled that she didn't really like anybody. This gesture did not escape Sarah's sight and she quickly snatched it out of her hand and asked in a sneering voice, "What's this? A flower from your sweet heart?" Nazz snatched it back. "No, it was a random gift from a random acquaintance/friend-like student."
"So….your sweet heart?
"No!"
"Who gave it to you then Nazz?" Marilyn asked curiously. Nazz was reluctant to answer, but all eyes were on her. If she didn't respond that would make things more suspicious. She didn't need to be afraid, right? It was just a gift, nothing to be ashamed of. "If you must know Eddy gave it to me." Nazz said curtly. Everyone stared at her and erupted in chanting, "NAZZ AND EDDY SITTIN' IN A TREE! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" Nazz glared at them with all the force of a cheer leader and they all instantly shut up. "Eddy is NOT my sweetheart."
Everyone looked disappointed at this, undoubtedly at having less gossip to keep them entertained. Marilyn glanced at the coconut as if it had just spoken then brightly said, "Coco said that you don't have to be sweet hearts to like him." Nazz glared at the traitor coconut. "But I don't like him!" she said. Sarah grinned, "Oh yes you do!" Nazz shook her head. "How can I say it so you guys will get it?" she wondered.
Potoperson: Hey Nazz! Say it in song!
Nazz stared at the author. "Uh…are you kidding me? Why on earth would I do that?"
Potoperson: Things are always conveyed better in song.
She groaned. "Do I have to?"
Potoperson: Yes! I'm starting the music right now.
"Fine…" Nazz muttered.
Potoperson: (squeals and pushes button on large karaoke machine)
Nazz walked over to a vanity that was sitting in the room and sat down gazing at her reflection as a jazzy melody filled the air. She sang,
"If there's a prize for rotten judgment
I guess I've already won that.
No man is worth the aggravation.
That's ancient history been there, done that."
Behind her the rest of the girls had stationed themselves standing on the beds like platforms on a stage and performed a perfectly in sync dance routine as they sang in return,
"Who'd ya think you're kidding?
He's the earth and heaven to ya
Try to keep it hidden, honey we can see right through ya
Girl ya can't conceal it
We know how you're feelin', who you're thinking of"
"Ooooh
No chance, no way, I won't say it, no no"
"You swoon, you sigh
Why deny it, uh oh"
"It's too...cliché
I won't say I'm in love"
Nazz walked to where the window was and stared out at the now dark waters of the ocean and sang,
"I thought my heart had learned its lesson
It feels so good when ya start out
My head is screaming 'get a grip, girl!'
"Unless you're dying to cry your heart out! Ooooh oooh"
Lee, who's bed was on the end, closest to Nazz grabbed Nazz by the hand and pulled her onto her bed. As they sang Nazz got passed down the rows of beds.
"You keep on denying
Who you are and how you're feelin'
Baby, we're not lying, hon we saw ya hit the ceiling
Face it like a grown up
When ya gonna own up that ya got, got, got it bad?"
"Woah
No chance, no way, I won't say it, no no"
Nazz reached her own bed and sat down on it, carefully lifting up her flower so it wouldn't be stepped on, and was unable to help smiling at it. Seeing this Sarah grinned and sang,
"Give up, or give in
Check the grin, you're in love!"
Nazz realized this and tossed the flower on the floor and stormed over to the vanity as she sang,
This scene won't play
I won't say I'm in love
You're way off base
I won't say it
Get off my case
I won't say it."
As Nazz sat glumly at the vanity Marilyn retrieved the flower and came behind her, tucking it behind her hair and sang quietly,
"Girl, don't be proud, it's ok, you're in love"
Nazz couldn't help smiling at her reflection as she sang,
"Ooooooh
At least out loud
I won't say I'm in....love"
"Sha la la la la la...(sigh)"
As the last cord drifted into silence suddenly the lights went out and the music was replaced by terror filled shrieking. On the rooftop the dark figure smiled at the noise. He turned and began walking towards where he was needed, musing to himself, "And so it begins…"
The boys, who were all relieved that the noisy, muffled singing had finally stopped and they could go to sleep, were startled out of bed at the sound of the screaming. They all ran to the door of the room and tried without success at opening the door. Someone had locked it from the outside. "My dad showed me how to pick a lock with a bobby pin once." Kevin said, "Who has a bobby pin?" "Why the heck would we have bobby pins?! We're guys!" Eddy shouted. Double D cleared his throat and all eyes turned to him. He pulled a bobby pin out of his pocket and handed it to Kevin who took it incredulously and began picking the lock. Snickers rippled across the boys and Double D glared at them, "What? Bobby pins come in handy a lot." He said.
"They come in handy for styling your Barbie's hair!"
They erupted into laughter until Kevin finally got the door open and they all poured out of the room and down the hall towards the elevator. When they got there they started furiously pushing the button until they remembered the last time they took the elevator. They headed towards the stairs and torpedoed down the stairwell and down the hallway of the girl's room, surprising several sleepy hotel guests on the way. When they got to the door they found it nearly completely torn off its hinges and the hotel room completely empty.
They filed in slowly, taking in the empty room in silent dread. "Maybe they all took a bathroom break?" Eddy suggested feebly. No one seemed to believe that. Ed fell to his knees and sobbed, "THE GHOST OF SUNSHINE ISLAND STOLE MY FUZZY BUNNY, DOUBLE D!!" Double D pat him on the head, for once not worrying about getting a tick from touching his head. "Don't worry Ed," he assured him, "I'm sure that it wasn't a ghost, it couldn't have been." Jimmy suddenly screamed. They all whirled around as he cried, "Yes it could've!"
On the mirror of the vanity was written a message in jarring red script.
"YOU DISTURB THE PEACE OF MY ISLAND
I DISTURB THE PEACE OF YOUR LIVES
I HAVE TAKEN THE PAYMENT FOR YOUR TRESPASS
LEAVE NOW, YOUR FRIENDS WILL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY
FOR THEY WILL WALLOW IN THE DARK CAVES OF FEAR
TILL THE END OF THEIR PRECIOUS SUMMER DAYS."
Everyone stared in horror at the message. The ghost of sunshine island was no longer just a singing guy in a barney suit, or a figure that sent intimidating messages, or ruined tram and roller coaster rides. It was one that made their friends disappear, and as far as they knew, turned them into ghosts themselves.
Potoperson: OOOOOOOOOO!!!! How's that for scary?
Cella: (clutching stuffed unicorn shivering)
Potoperson: Uh…Cella? Are you ok?
Cella: Huh? Um, yeah! I was just…freaked out because you didn't know who Chuck Norris was, how could you?
Potoperson: (rolls eyes) Well it helped me write a chapter. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed, please review bye!