Chapter 6, Evil Tommy, Part 4
Location: Yucaipa Park and Playground, May 25, 2014
The following day, Peter kept his word, and after breakfast, he and Tommy went to the park. Of course, Tommy had the package of matches in his pocket, unknown to Peter, the plan that Tommy had, to destroy the park and all of his friends that day. When they got there, they ran into all of their friends. There was Dil, Zack, Jesse, Bassem, Courtney, Bobby, Chuckie, Kimi, Phil and Lil, and it appeared they all traveled to the park in the Reptar wagon. Angelica and Susie were there too, and in another part of the playground, were Harold, the Mcnulty boys, and several other kids, playing happily on the playground equipment, unknown to them what was about to happen.
"You go have some fun, I'll be over on the bench, chatting with Taffy and Zack's aunt Celeste." Said Peter, as he went over to where Taffy and Celeste were sitting, while Tommy, approached his so called friends.
When Tommy approached the group, he spotted Courtney and Angelica, fighting over a box of cookies.
"You may have eaten all of the sweets on our trip to Russia, but these are my cookies, you hear me? And nobody, takes my cookies away from me." Snapped Angelica, grabbing at the package of cookies.
"Oh yeah?" Said Courtney.
"Yeah!" Said Angelica, as the two of them continued to fight over the package.
Just then, Tommy intervened, and grabbed at the package of cookies.
"I'll take that." Snapped Tommy, as he snatched the package out of Angelica and Courtney's grip, only instead of giving all of the babies a cookie, he stuffed the entire package of cookies in his mouth, and ate every last cookie and crumb.
"Tommy! I'm surprised at you!" Said Chuckie.
"Yeah what you gonna do about it?" Tommy asked in a rude tone of voice.
"Wow!" Said Jesse.
"I've never seen Tommy like this before." Said Bassem.
"Hey! I have something to pick with you, and it's not your nose." Snapped Angelica, sending an evil glare in Tommy's direction.
But before Angelica could put her plan into action, she overheard Drew calling her and Susie's names from the entrance of the park.
"Angelica, Susie, it's time for ballet class." Called Drew from the park entrance.
"Coming daddy." Called Angelica, as she grabbed Susie's hand, and they left the group.
Now, the only ones who remained were Bobby, Chuckie, Bassem, Courtney, Zack, Jesse, Phil, Lil, Kimi, Dil, and Tommy. Everyone stood in a circle around Tommy, waiting to see what he had planned for that day. After all, Tommy was their fearless leader, and adventurer, surely he had something good planned for that day, but were they in for a surprise, and an unpleasant one at that.
"So Tommy, what do you wanna do at the park today?" Chuckie asked.
Just then, Tommy turned towards Chuckie, sending an evil red and green glowing glare in his direction, and voiced his big idea.
"We're taking over the world, everybody with me?" Tommy snapped.
Everybody gasp. They had never seen Tommy be so bossy, let alone, so determined to do something so evil, daring, and wrong.
"Tommy! Did you say you wanted to take over the world?" Chuckie asked.
"That's right Chuckie, so, who's with me?" Tommy asked.
"Uh, Tommy, I don't think this is such a good idea." Said Chuckie.
"You never think anything I wanna do is such a good idea." Snapped Tommy.
"Well, uh, no." Replied Chuckie.
"Oh come on Chuckie, don't be a baby." Tommy scoffed.
"I'm not doing it, and you shouldn't be doing it either. Every time I go on one of these little adventures I get my head stuck in a tree, or get chased by some shadow guy or fall off the mountain, and now, you wanna, you wanna…" Said Chuckie, his voice trailing off, as tears started to come to his eyes.
"I wanna what? Do this?" Said Tommy, as he took the first match out of his pocket, and played with it for a few minutes, till he had a burning firy flame in his tiny little two-year-old hand.
"Tommy! What you got there?" Bassem asked, nervous.
"Uh, Bassem, I think we'd better get out of here, it's like that stuff in the Reptar movie that melts marshmellows, only it's real!" Shreaked Chuckie in panic.
"I tolded you guys my brother was a monster, just look at him." Said Dil, as he collapsed to the ground, and started to cry.
Zack and Jesse started crying along with Dil.
"It appears that Tommy has become the botta bing, botta boom kid." Said Bobby.
"Now Bobby, don't encourage him." Said Courtney.
"Yeah Tommy, don't do it. You're my bestest friend. You'd never hurt me. Not the Tommy who helped me learn there's no monster under my bed. Not the Tommy who tolded me I could do great things with a stuffy nose when that big kid took my rat Chetter. And certainly not the Tommy who rescued my car from the mud when it was up to the shiny part, even after I didn't give you and the rest of you guys rides. You'd never hurt us, would you?" Asked Chuckie.
Tommy just gave Chuckie an evil look, aiming the fire flame at Chuckie's face.
Just then, Tommy took Chuckie's glasses off of his face, and threw them across the park.
"Hey!" Shouted Chuckie.
"Now there's no escape, you little French fry with kepchup on it." Growled Tommy, as he threw the lit match he had in his hand across the playground, causing the fire to spread.
"Come on Tommy, it's obvious you wanna be different, but I'm gonna tell you the same thing you tolded me when I almost threw my daddy's quackulator in the mud. You can't do it by being mean." Said Lil.
"She's right, don't do it. Don't hurt us. Not the Tommy who played Adventure Squad with us, or took Reptar his baby on Reptar on Ice, you'd never hurt us, would you?" Said Phil.
Tommy had another match lit, more determined than ever to destroy the park.
"If I wanna be mean, I can be mean, and do you know why? Cuz from now on, I'm the boss! I can do anything I want, and if you don't like it, I can have you fired!" Shouted Tommy, as he threw another lit match across the playground, hitting some children on a teeter-totter, who screamed out in pain.
"Come on everyone, we'd better run!" Shouted Kimi, as she grabbed Chuckie's hand, who grabbed Bassem's hand, who grabbed Courtney's hand, who grabbed Jesse's hand, who grabbed Zack's hand, who grabbed Phil's hand, who grabbed Lil's hand, who grabbed Bobby's hand, who grabbed Dil's hand, and everyone, ran quickly away from Tommy, and scurried up to the top of the monkey bars.
"What are we gonna do guys?" Chuckie asked, nervous and scared.
"Hold on guys, I know just what to do." Said Courtney, who pulled out her pendent at that very moment, and made the blue glow appear, that sent her, Zack, Jesse, Bobby, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Kimi, and Dil, to their special play place, Winter Wonderland.
The blue light vanished, and everybody was now in the snow castle of Winter Wonderland.
"We'll be safe here." Said Courtney.
Everybody looked at her, grateful for her saving them from the evil distructive Tommy.
Back in the park, Tommy had lit every single match, and had more or less, the entire park on fire. Then, he climbed into the Reptar wagon, and raced out of the park at the one spot the fire hadn't spread yet, before the entire park was completely surrounded. As Tommy made his escape, Dr. Doofensmirtz was hiding behind some bushes right outside the park, spying everything that was going on. Peter, happened to catch a glimps of Dr. Doofensmirtz out of the corner of his eye, but before he could even consider approaching him to talk with him, he had disappeared behind the bushes.
Just as well that he had disappeared, as there was no safe way for Peter to get to him at this point. By this time, Taffy looked up from talking with Peter and Celeste, to notice what was going on.
"Oh no! The park is on fire! We'd better find the minis and get out of here!" Shouted Taffy.
"I don't think we can get out, the fire is all around us." Said Peter.
"Oh no." Said Celeste in a panic, worried about the fire.
"Now don't worry, I'm sure a fire truck will be here soon to rescue us." Said Peter.
By this time, Tommy had escaped in the Reptar wagon, and was far down the street, hoping he could find something else to destroy.
"Congratulations Tommy, you're well on your way to victory." Said Shadow Abbigale.
"Yeah Tommy, way to go. You did it!" Said Shadow Tommy.
"That's right Shadows, and I'm not done yet. Come on!" Barked Tommy, as he continued to drive the Reptar wagon down the street.
Of course, Tommy had no idea that Courtney had used her special pendent to send Bassem and all of their other friends to winter wonderland, where they were safe out of harm's way, and at that very moment, a fire truck had come along, put out the fire, and rescued all of the toddlers who were severely injured, or destroyed, as well as Peter, Taffy, Celeste, and any other adults who were stranded as a result of the fire.
"Relax everybody, relax, the fire department is here." Said a fireman, who picked up Taffy, Celeste, and Peter with a cherry picker, and put them safely into the back of a fire truck.
Several firemen were going around the park, putting out the blazes of fire with hoses, but sadly, the majority of the park was destroyed. Nothing remained, but a few burnt up clumps of grass, some dirt, and a few tree stumps. Several paramedics rushed everybody off to the hospitals to be checked out, even Celeste, Taffy and Peter were taken immediately to the hospital once the fireman rescued them.
"Where's my nephew?" Celeste asked.
"Don't worry Celeste, I'm sure he's ok." Said Peter reassuringly, putting a comforting arm around Celeste's shoulder.
No sooner had all of the fires been put out, when a flash of blue light appeared, and in the spot where the monkey bars once stood, appeared Bobby, Chuckie, Bassem, Courtney, Jesse, Zack, Phil, Lil, Kimi, and Dil.
"Where in tarnation did you kids come from?" A fireman asked, noticing the ten small children, who had appeared right before him.
"We were safe, in Winter Wonderland." Replied Bobby.
"You have quite an imagination there kid. But no worries, we're gonna get you kids to safety right away." Said the fireman, as he beckoned two other firemen to come over, and help him get these ten young children, to the safety of a fire truck, and on their way to the hospital.
"Where are we going?" Kimi asked.
"I don't know Kimi, but we're going somewhere." Said Chuckie.
They were all put into the back of a firetruck, and transported to the hospital. Upon arriving, they saw their parents, guardians, and Peter, who were very happy to see them, safe and sound.
"Oh, thank goodness, you're all right!" Said Didi, picking up Dil upon arrival, and hugging and kissing him, like she hadn't seen him in ages.
"Where's Tommy?" Stu asked.
"Tommy and the Reptar wagon, escaped, and still have yet to be found." Said Peter.
"I wish Captain Squash was here, he'd teach Tommy a lesson." Said Bobby.
"I wish Reptar was here, he'd tell Tommy what he did was wrong." Said Phil.
"Guys, I never thought I'd say this, but I think the person we knew as Tommy, well, uh, he's, gone." Said Chuckie, a tear rolling down his cheek.
Just then, Chaz and Kira spotted their kids, Chuckie, without his glasses.
"Oh my gosh! Chuckie! What happened?" Chaz asked.
Chuckie started crying, and everybody else, started crying too, as their parents came around, picked up their kids, and started comforting them. Celeste, scooped up Zack, and comforted her nephew.
Meanwhile, Tommy had made it all the way to the beach.
"Now where do I go?" Tommy asked, irritated he had reached a dead end.
"You gonna let the ocean stop you?" Said Shadow Abbigale.
"You know that dumb old wagon can go into water, you did such in the river in the forrest a while back." Said Shadow Tommy.
Tommy was more determined than ever, to hit the open seas, and see what other parts of the world he could destroy. So he continued to roll the wagon down the beach, until he hit the ocean, where he hopped into the Reptar wagon, and just like the time he ended up in the river, thanks to Dil messing with the breaks on the top of that cliff a while back in the forrest, the inflaters went into gear, and the tail turned into a propeller.
"Aqua Reptar, engaged." Said the Reptar wagon, as it floated out into the ocean, carrying Tommy.
Just then, a huge tidal wave came up, sending the Reptar wagon even further out to sea.
Just then, a hellacopter was flying overhead, when a couple of coast guards, spotted the Reptar wagon out in the middle of the ocean, with the purple haired, two-year-old toddler aboard.
"Take a look down there." Said the co-piolot.
"Isn't the kid we saw yesterday on the news?" Said the piolot, who had obviously recognized Tommy from the previous day's news report about the destruction that took place at that building.
"You're right! We'd better report this right away!" Said the co-piolot, who pulled out a cell phone, and started dialing head quarters.
Back at the hospital, all of the people were being attended to, and within five hours, Peter, Taffy, Celeste, and all of the minis, had been checked over, to ensure there were no injuries. Other than a couple of first degree burns on Taffy's ankles, everybody appeared to be ok, thanks to Courtney's quick rescue of sending everybody to Winter Wonderland during the bulk of the fire. Had she not thought so quickly to do that, who knows what kind of trouble they'd be in for.
"You're our hero!" Said Bassem, giving Courtney a huge hug.
"Awe, thanks." Said Courtney.
"But guys, what are we gonna do about Tommy?" Chuckie asked.
"What are you worried about him for?" Phil asked.
"Guys, I'm worried about him too." Said Peter.
"You are?" Chuckie asked.
Peter nodded.
Just then, a news report came on the television in the waiting room, as they were still at the hospital, while Taffy was closely examined, since she sadly, had some burns on her legs.
"We're sad to learn of the loss of one of Yucaipa's oldest, and dearest playgrounds. It was destroyed in a fire today." Said a female reporter on the television, as footage of the land where the park once stood, was shown.
Then, it cut out to the ocean, where the coast guards described seeing what looked like a Reptar boat out on the water, being pioloted by that Tommy child, who was mentioned in the previous day's news report.
"Oh my gosh! Guys! That's Tommy out there!" Said Peter, spotting Tommy in the Reptar wagon on the TV.
"Good, my brother's out at sea, maybe he can drown." Said Dil.
"Now Dil, you don't really mean that, do you?" Peter asked.
Dil nodded, looking more angry than ever.
"Come on Dil, I'm sure deep down, Tommy still loves you. In fact, I'm not even sure if this is entirely Tommy's fault." Said Peter.
Everyone gasp.
"What do you mean Peter?" Didi asked, overhearing him talking with the rugrats, Bobby, Bassem, Courtney, Jesse, and Zack.
"Well Didi, I've known your son and all of you for a very long time, and I must say, it's highly unlikely that Tommy, would just, wake up one morning, and decide to be so evil and distructive." Explained Peter.
"Go on then." Said Stu.
"Everyone, this new Tommy, is only here as a result of one villan." Said Peter.
"Who? Angelica?" Zack asked.
"No Zack, not Angelica." Said Peter.
"Then who?" Kimi asked.
"Dr. Doofensmirtz." Said Peter.
And this, ends chapter 6. So, what will happen next? Will Peter find Dr. Doofensmirtz and get him to confess to what he did? Will Tommy get rescued from the middle of the ocean? Will Tommy ever be good again? Will the playground and park get rebuilt? We'll find out, in chapter 7, so please, do stay tuned!