Until We Meet Again
based on Villains' Bad Girl's universe
by LDEJRuff
Author's note: Hey, LDEJRuff here. This is the third and final part of the "Goodbye, Brian" saga reboot. Brian4Life wanted Villains' Bad Girl to take down her Family Guy fanfic, "My Sacrifice", and replace it with her adaptation of FG1208 - "Christmas Guy" (which this fanfic is), since she discontinued it before I adopted it, saying that it was getting too scary and too cliché, but she refused to take it down and has grown tired of writing Family Guy fanfics. I'm sure that once she reads this one, she can change her mind and get back to writing them if she wants to, starting with a sequel to this one.
For Brian4Life
Chapter 1 - A Trip to the Mall
Many months have passed since Barbara's puppies finally accepted Vinny, their uncle (since he was their late father, Brian's little brother), as a member of the Griffin family. Their birthday and Christmas were coming up, since it was on the same day, and it was getting pretty close. Anyway, one snowy day in December, the Griffins were watching Home Alone with Competent Robbers when Lois came in, ready to go to the Mall.
"Come on, everybody, let's go to the mall," she informed everyone. "It's time for the Christmas Carnival. It's Stewie's first Christmas."
With that, she picked up the baby in question. "Again?" he asked.
"I love the Christmas Carnival!" Chris shouted in excitement, little knowing his nose was bleeding.
"Chris, calm down," Lois said. "You're giving yourself a nosebleed."
"You know," Peter began, "the best thing about the Quahog Mall is finding fake reasons to turn around and look at passing teenage girls."
Cutaway: We see Peter and Lois at the Mall, walking.
"Hey, Lois," Peter adressed, "Where'd you say you wanted to go?"
"Marshall's," Lois answered as a teenage girl passed by.
"Oh, really?" Peter replied. Pointing rather at the girl, he continued, "'Cause didn't we pass Marshall's down there?"
Connie D'omicco passed by them.
"No, no wait, the Marshall's is down there," Peter continued, looking at Connie. Suddenly, other teenage girls passed by, and Peter started looking at them. "No, that's the Ross Dress for Less, the Marshall's is down here, unless this is one of them two-Marshall's malls."
"Peter, I know what you're doing," Lois replied, aware. "Knock it off."
"Dammit, she's young, but I don't care."
The Griffins have arrived at the mall. As soon as they got in, Vinny started to admire the elf costume Stewie was wearing.
"Hey, nice outfit," he said. "Fancy pair of shoes, too."
"Do you only use adjectives sarcastically?" Stewie asked.
"Great question, smart guy," Vinny replied.
When Stewie bumped into Chris, who, like the rest of the family, stopped short, Vinny stopped, too. They had noticed that the halls in the mall haven't been decked.
"What the hell?" Peter asked. "Where's all the decorations? And the big Christmas tree? Oh, look, there's Santa."
"Peter, no," Lois said, trying to stop him. "That's a Hells Angel."
Peter didn't listen as he sat on the Hells Angel's lap.
"What do you want?" the bum asked.
"Meth," Peter answered.
"Okay."
Meg talked some sense into her father. "There's no Christmas Carnival, Dad."
"You seem to know a lot about this, Meg," Peter replied sarcastically. "What did you do?"
"No Christmas Carnival?" Stewie repeated. Clenching his fists, he continued, "Oh, whoever's responsible for this shall suffer my eternal wrath!"
"Stewie," Barbara began, "I don't think now's a good time to plan revenge."
"Leave me alone, Barbara," Stewie replied, crossing his arms. "Why don't you take the puppies to the arcade?"
Vinny chuckled. "Who's this guy?" he began, getting Stewie's attention. "Tough don't sell in curly-toed shoes."
"Should I send you to Macy's and bother the cologne salesman?"
Cutaway: We see Vinny near the cologne counter at the Macy's store, talking to the salesman.
"I want something I can wear on the street that a broad can smell on a fire escape," he requested.
Back to the family. Contrary to what Stewie said to them, Barbara and the puppies didn't go to the arcade, and Vinny didn't go to Macy's.
"There just doesn't seem to be a Carnival this year," Lois addressed. "There's no reason to panic," she assured, shrugging.
"Your mother's right," Peter agreed. "Let's not panic. Let's go insane!" With that, he picked up a man store out of insanity.
"Peter, put down that man store," Lois said. "There's gotta be an explanation for this. Let's ask that security guard who has everything on his belt except a gun."
She approached the guard, with Stewie in hand.
"E-Excuse me, sir?"
"It's 'officer," the guard corrected.
"No, it's not, it's barely 'sir'," Lois corrected back.
"Yeah, I know," the guard sighed.
"Where is the Christmas Carnival?" Chris asked.
The guard answered, "Canceled. I don't know why. I'm just a small cog in this operation."
"You hear that, Dad?" Chris said. "You're not the only one around here with a small cog."
"I told you that in confidence, Chris," Peter and Lois said at the same time before looking at each other in confusion.
"Daddy, where's Santa?" Stewie asked his father. "Was he killed by Muslims?"
"Oh, my God, poor Stewie," Lois said, worried. "He's so disappointed."
"Of course he is, Lois," Peter agreed. "I feel the same way. How come every time I'm feelin' happy, somebody's gotta come along and ruin it?"
Cutaway: We are at a cafe, where Peter was sitting at a table and sipping a cup of coffee.
"Are you enjoying your coffee, sir?" a waiter asked Peter, coming in.
"Yeah, it's very smooth," Peter answered, "good flavor."
"What if we told you that we secretly replaced your coffee with Folgers Crystals?" the waiter hinted, confusing Peter. "Wouldn't you feel like a dumbass, 'cause of how you just raved about it just now, you stupid son of a bitch? You're a pathetic piece of shit, you know that?" Peter started feeling hurt. "Nah, we're just joking," the waiter continued, calming down. "It's our normal coffee. But your car's being towed."
Back to the Mall. The puppies began to whimper.
"Oh," Barbara moaned. "Poor Briana. Poor Ollie. Poor Jenny. Poor Marcus. They're pretty disappointed."
"Don't worry, Barbs," Vinny assured. "I'll find some answers, and maybe a way to make your puppies happy along the way."
"Thanks, Vin," Barbara replied, hugging him.
"See you tomorrow," Vinny said, letting go. "Bye, kids," he waved to his nieces and nephews. "You do what your mother says and stay out of trouble. I'll be back."
"Bye-bye, Uncle Vinny," Briana waved back as he walked away. "See you soon, and be careful."
"I sure hope he knows what he's doing," Barbara worried. "Uncle Vinny and I haven't been this disappointed since Peter was lied to in the kitchen on his way to work last September."
Cutaway: We're in the kitchen at the Griffin house, where most of the family were sitting at the table eating their breakfast.
"Well, I'm off to work," Peter addressed the family, wearing his blazer and ready for work. "Bye, guys! Love you!"
Lois, Chris and Stewie spoke at the same time.
"Bye, love you," Lois waved.
"Love you, too," Chris replied.
"Love you, Pop," Stewie said.
After Peter went out the door, Lois, Meg, Chris and Stewie started laughing hysterically.
"He bought it!" Chris shouted.
"What an idiot!" Stewie agreed.
"I hate him so much, I'm shaken!" Lois replied.
Throughout all this, both Barbara and Vinny looked at each other with worried looks on their faces.
Author's note: This cutaway is based on the "being lied to before" cutaway from FG1207 - "In Harmony's Way".