I was looking through this story when I realized that I was missing a chapter. A mix up in my head made me post the newer chapter which was suppose to be 28. Sorry, you all must be very confused. So the real chapter 27 has been posted, and yes, chapter 29 will also be up, and I'll also be posting this message on it so you know what other updates have been made.
'Stupid teachers, can't anyone take a joke?' thought Murdoc.
It was the end of a long Thursday and Murdoc was serving a different kind of Detention. He was in the stage area of the auditorium, cleaning up after the Drama kids.
He got in trouble for setting up a glue trap for Miss Willow where mice guts was blown onto her from the janitor's borrowed leaf blower. Then he unleashed the snakes. Short story short, Miss Willow would need to be placed in an asylum for awhile.
Murdoc's punishment this time was instead of just silently sitting, he was to clean the whole auditorium by himself after the drama kids, who were doing some weird food fight scene or something.
'Is this mayo or relish?' thought Murdoc.
He gags ether way and cleans it up. Stuart had kindly offered to help, but Murdoc just asked him to head home, he'd see him later anyway.
The Satanist lets out a sigh as he finally finishes cleaning up all the food marks.
'Two and a half hours of work, not too shabby.' thought Murdoc.
He walks to where his bag is when the doors open. Murdoc looks to see it was Ryan and his cronies.
"The fuck are you three doing here?" asked Murdoc.
"Just checking on you, I said I'd get my revenge, and now I shall." said Ryan with an evil grin.
"Oh, by trashing this place again?" asked Murdoc, raising an eyebrow.
"Nope, something worse." laughed Ryan.
The Satanist is confused when Zeke and Dan jump him, forcing him to the ground.
"Get the fuck off me you gay wads!" yelled Murdoc.
He gets a few hits in but the two keep him down. Ryan gets closer to reveal a bag and tosses at them.
"Get him dressed up." said Ryan.
Murdoc is shocked, they were going to dress him up, what were they, little girls playing house?! Murdoc struggles against them as his clothes are removed and the new ones forced on.
Zeke and Dan are sporting bruises and cuts but keep at their task. A hat is tied to the top of Murdoc's head and he feels his breathe leave him.
He was completely dressed up like that demented puppet.
'What the fuck, why'd they choose THIS outfit?!' thought Murdoc.
Zeke and Dan then drag Murdoc's struggling form to some steel support beams and ties his wrists to each, leaving him like a strung up puppet. Murdoc growls at them but can feel his beating heart. It's getting harder to act tough.
Ryan laughs at this and steps forward, admiring the view.
"You have always been a tough ass, Mur-dorkhio, but I never knew you were afraid of puppets." laughed Ryan.
Murdoc glares to struggle against the ropes.
"How the fuck would you know?!" demanded Murdoc.
Ryan grins to go digging through his pocket.
"Well, you seemed to flinch when our sub went to put the film on, then it disappears." said Ryan.
He then pulls out a paper to smirk.
"But then when we thought of vandalizing your car, I found this." said Ryan.
He revealed the photo, with the promise he wrote to himself.
"You went snooping through my car you bastard." snapped Murdoc.
"Ya, and just wait till the whole school finds out about this, you'll never be able to show your face without everyone knowing about the resident puppet boy." laughed Ryan mockingly.
Murdoc glares when as Ryan pockets the photo.
"After all these years, I finally got you back, for all the things you've done to me, especially when you took Stuart away." said Ryan.
Zeke scratches his head to shrug.
"That one wasn't really a lose, that guy is a real idiot, dumb ass wanker." laughed Zeke.
Murdoc saw red and swung his legs up, catching the other by the throat.
"THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY!" yelled Murdoc.
He strangles the other with his feet, completely forgetting the fear he was feeling before. Ryan and Dan struggling to free Zeke, who was starting to turn blue.
They eventually got him free, but Murdoc was still pissed off.
"Geez, psychopath." grunted Dan.
"Whatever, we have a schedule to keep and we're behind now." said Ryan.
He grabs a roll of duck tape and slaps it over the Satanist's mouth. Murdoc curses at him but it's now muffled.
"Come tomorrow, you're life is over." said Ryan.
His lackeys leave as the rich boy sets up a radio.
"It'll be awhile before morning, so I set up a special song for you to play on a loop, see you tomorrow." said Ryan.
He leaves and Murdoc yells after him. He tries to get the tape off but it's stuck. He growls to himself when the music starts playing.
I've got no strings
To hold me down
To make me fret
Or make me frown
I had strings
But now I'm free
There are no strings on me
Murdoc's eyes widen in horror, not that stupid song, any song but this one!
'Fuck, get me out of this thing!' thought Murdoc.
He renews his struggles, wanting away from this hell.
Hi-ho the me-ri-o
That's the only way to go
I want the world to know
Nothing ever worries me
It was useless, he couldn't get free. He was stuck listening to this song on a loop and his only chance of escape was when the drama kids return in the morning.
'I'm never going to live this down, shit, someone help me out of this!' thought Murdoc fearfully.
I've got no strings
So I have fun
I'm not tied up to anyone
They've got strings
But you can see
There are no strings on me
*~* GORILLAZ *~*
"Dammit, lost again." cursed Stuart.
He was on his cell phone, playing pong while waiting for Murdoc. He was sitting on his friend's car, just waiting for him to finally finish his punishment.
Murdoc had told him to go home, but what kind of friend would he be if he just left him here? Stuart canceled out of his game to see the time, it was almost three hours.
'What is taking him so long?' thought Stuart.
Pocketing his cell, the bluenette hops off the car to head towards the school. As he gets close, he sees the door open but catches sight of an expensive looking watch.
Stuart takes cover by the stairs, hearing the laughter of Ryan and his friends.
"This revenge is perfect, he's finished." laughed Ryan.
"Ya, but what if he escapes?" asked Dan.
"Why do you think I put that photo in with that folder, I spent all night writing it, and with the picture, the whole school is going to see it, he's ruined." laughed Ryan evilly.
'Who are they ruining, and photo?' thought Stuart.
"Least I get a prize out of nearly being strangled." said Zeke.
Stuart looks to see him showing off a golden upside down cross.
'That's Murdoc's, what did these assholes do to him?!' thought Stuart.
The three laugh again and Zeke pockets the necklace. Stuart sneaks to the edge of the stairs as they come down. Waiting, Zeke walks by and Stuart snags the small chain.
He doesn't even notice as the necklace slips free and into the bluenette's hand. He pockets the inverted cross and quickly runs inside.
"Murdoc said he was cleaning up after the drama kids, so the stage." said Stuart. He rushes to the stage entrance of the auditorium to slow down.
Was that music he was hearing?
He walked closer to the door and he heard it.
You've got no strings
Comme ci comme ça
Your savoire-faire is ooh la la
I've got strings
But entre nous
I'd cut my strings for you
Down where the Volga flows
There's a Russian rendez-vous
Where me and Ivan go
But I'd rather go with you, hey
There are no strings on me
'No, shit, not that song.' thought Stuart.
He opens the door to find the radio playing it and his best friend, tied to support beams while dressed as the puppet.
"Oh shit, Murdoc." gasped Stuart.
Murdoc sees him and calls to him, but the duck tape was still in the way. Stuart runs in to turn the radio off and goes to his friend.
He rips the tape off, getting a sharp cry from the Satanist.
"Sorry, Mudsy, are you okay?" asked Stuart.
"Get me out of this so I can kill Ryan and his shit followers!" roared Murdoc.
Stuart freed Murdoc, who ripped the hat from his head and tore the clothes off.
"Ryan is a dead man!" yelled Murdoc.
The bluenette collected Murdoc's clothing so he could get dressed. Once dressed, he proceeds to smash the radio into a million pieces.
Stuart watched the whole thing when a thought hit him.
"Hey Murdoc, were you feeling anything else besides anger?" asked Stuart.
"No, why?" asked Murdoc.
"No fear anymore, I think this cured you of your puppet phobia." said Stuart.
Murdoc blinks to think back. In the beginning ya, he was scared being a puppet again, but now that was replaced with anger and hatred.
"Ha, dumb ass helped me get over it...wait, my necklace!" cried Murdoc.
He looked around on the ground, not seeing it.
"Those bastards took it, my cross." said Murdoc.
"Oh, I have it." said Stuart.
He takes it from his pocket and hands it over.
"Good, I never want to lose this." said Murdoc, happily putting it back on.
That makes the bluenette happy, he gave that as a birthday present back when he turned six.
'Wow, we've really known each other a long time.' thought Stuart.
The two leave the stage area to start walking.
"I'm glad to be free, but Ryan still has my picture." said Murdoc.
"Picture, what one?" asked Stuart.
"It was the one I showed you, of when I was forced to perform that song for my dad at bars." said Murdoc.
Stuart gasps when he remembers what he heard.
"Ryan said he put that picture with a folder somewhere where everyone would see it tomorrow, he also mentioned writing." said Stuart.
"That sounds like...NO!" yelled Murdoc.
He starts running and the teen goes after him. The two end up at the club room for the newspaper club.
"They start their planning in the early morning and come lunch time, the papers are ready to read." said Murdoc.
"That's right, everyone reads the paper, even us as our pranks always makes front page." said Stuart.
Murdoc nods as he jiggles the door handle.
"Dammit, it's locked." said Murdoc.
"Ya, but the club already left after classes, so no one would have seen it." said Stuart.
Murdoc nods to see the slot for students to publish their own stories. He tries to reach his hand in but the opening is too small.
"Shit, how are we going to get my photo back?!" asked Murdoc.
Stuart shrugs when they hear footsteps.
"Hey kiddos, what are you doing here?" asked a voice.
The two look to see the school janitor, Ted.
"Oh, you see, these mean kids wrote a mean story about Murdoc and we're trying to get it back." said Stuart.
"I see, well I'm sorry kiddos, but all forwarded stories are the property of the newspaper club, no one is allowed to take it back without the president's say." said Ted.
Murdoc is upset and Stuart looks away sadly. There had to be a way to get the picture back.
"But, if you two happen to have a 'replacement' story, I could allow you to swap them." said Ted with a wink.
Murdoc looks at him with a grin, but what story could they swap it with? Stuart grabs his friend's hand to smile big.
"I got an idea, Ted, could you let us in later?" asked Stuart.
"Course, I'm here till seven." said Ted.
Stuart nods and pulls the Satanist away.
"Hold you have a story idea?" asked Murdoc.
"Yep, and it's gold." laughed Stuart.
They get to Murdoc's car and get inside.
"Okay, so what are we going to do exactly?" asked Murdoc.
Stuart buckles up to give his friend the most evilest and mischievous grin he had.
"We're going to give Ryan a taste of his own medicine." said Stuart.
A/N: I know Ryan is a character I created, but still, I hate him! But I made him that way, but still. Murdoc's phobia has been exposed but also conquered, but now the photo is locked in the newspaper club. Least the janitor is helping them out. But what kind of ammo does Stuart have? Stay tuned and plz review.