Mysterion paced by the entrance to the U Store It park. He tried to keep what Karen had told him out of his mind, but it just kept coming back. He had always know Kenny was a terrible brother, and a terrible person in most other aspects of his life. But Mysterion had always assumed that he himself was cut from different cloth. Now he had found out the ugly truth. That Mysterion had proved to be a guardian angel just as bad, if not worse, than Kenny McCormick.
The thought of his sister getting with boys made Kenny want to gag. I'm such a fucking hypocrite, Kenny thought to himself. It wasn't even that she was kissing boys that upset him so much. No what really upset him was that she wasn't doing it to enjoy herself, but rather in a desperate bid to make people like her. And of course the boys took advantage of her. Were she not his sister, and not so young, he would have done the same thing. That realization cast a dark shadow over his heart. Your not a good person. Your white trash deal with it.
Where was Tammy? The thought that maybe she was just fucking with him had occurred to Mysterion. He couldn't blame her. He'd never told her the reason he'd broken up with her. As far as Tammy knew things were going great than one day Kenny brusquely walked up to her, told her it was over, and stepped out of her life.
He'd done the same thing with Kelly. It was a ritual of his. Every time a relationship led to his death he would end it. Mysterion wasn't sure why Kenny did it. Especially in light of all the times getting involved with all of Stan,Kyle, and Cartman's shit, had gotten him killed. Maybe he had some deep seated complex that made him fear being happy. Or maybe he just wanted to play the field, even if it was a virtually non existent one. Yes it seemed mild mannered Kenny McCormick would always be a mystery wrapped in an enigma, as the saying went.
He paced some more. . It was obvious Tammy was never going to show up. The gate to the lot was locked shut,, from the inside. Barbed wire toped the fence. I could try to climb,Mysterion thought.
He stepped back from the fence. Kenny sucked in a breath of cold air and charged at the barrier. He jumped and tried to scramble up to the top. Kenny cursed as his fingers slipped from the wire. He dug them in deep, the metal cutting into his skin,but the will of Mysterion could not defeat the evil power that was gravity, and he soon found himself hurdling towards the ground.
Mysterion brushed himself off. He thought he heard sniggering, at his misfortune. "Whose there?", he clenched his fists, anticipating a confrontation. "I'm your pet canary", the girl's voice shot back. Mysterion turned his head towards the sound.
Their, atop the billboard to his right, stood Tammy,her beautiful, masked, face illuminated by the iridescent moon light.
"How long were you here?", he asked her with a spurned scowl. Kenny's heart hammered at his chest like a cop busting down a door. "Long enough to learn your a broody idiot who can't be bothered to look a bit to his right." "And you didn't know that already Tammy?" She climbed down from her perch, onto the trashcan lid below. "I knew that about you Mysterion, but Kenny always seemed to be such a lighthearted kid." "Times change", Mysterion said with great sorrow. "The Nascar thing. That was always your favorite sport. Ken I'm so sorry." She was like a big warm puffy blanket for him to leap into. But then Mysterion thought of the rolls of toilet paper hurdling through the air towards the South Park Nascar. Why Why Why!? And he grew cold. "Yeah I'm pissed about that but it's not why I'm like this Tammy." It felt good to do away with the secret identity. Tree Mouse Girl was a stupid name anyways.
"Then why are you acting so strange?", her words in pursuit of Kenny's deep secret. "I can't die." Those words hadn't felt so heavy when he last spoke them. He guessed it was different with girls.
Tammy laughed and threw her arms around him. "Oh Ken you are the same as the old days."
Your the same as well The same as everyone else. Sad thoughts.
"I can't die", she said in mimicry. "What a laugh. Stuff like that's why I fell for you in the first place." "So were back together then", he said evenly. "Sure why not", she said with a laugh and a shrug. She embraced him again. "Just one question why did you dump me the first time?" What could he say. She wouldn't believe him if he told the truth. In fact she would probably think he was making fun of her, and despise him for it. "I'll tell you later." Later could be any faraway time he chose. "Right now we need to get to Chaos's lair and beat the TP bandit's identity out of his thick head." He slammed a fist into the palm of his hand. "Who?", Tammy asked. "The henchmen I texted you about. "His real name is Butters.",Kenny hoped that explained the rest.
"He always seemed like such a sweet little guy." Am I a little guy? Kenny was the same age as Butters. "It's hard to tell where Butters ends and Chaos begins.",Kenny mused. "Yeah I think I know someone like that", said Tammy. There was a pause. "We should get going",said Mysterion. "Yeah lets" And so on they went.