Until We Meet Again

based on Villains' Bad Girl's universe

by LDEJRuff

Chapter 4 - Cheering Stewie Up

Later that night, Stewie was watching A Year Without a Santa Claus or Sex on the living room couch, but he was still sad.

"Hey, Stewie."

Marcus' words got his attention.

"Oh, hey, Marcus," Stewie greeted. "What brings you here?"

"I just wanted to see how you were doing," Marcus replied.

Stewie sighed. "Okay, I guess."

"Oh, Stewie," Marcus said, hopping onto the couch. "I know how sad you are knowing that Dad's gone. I miss him, too. But at least the puppies and I are pulling ourselves together now."

"I know," Stewie replied. "But it is tough for me that he's gone, especially around the Holidays."

"Marcus," Vinny said, coming in, getting the puppy's attention. He was now wearing Brian's collar in place of his own. "It's bedtime."

"Okay, Uncle Vinny," Marcus replied. Turning to Stewie, he continued, "Good night, Stewie. See you in the morning."

"Good night, Marcus," Stewie replied, as Marcus hopped off the couch, walking to the attic.

"Hey, Stewie," Vinny greeted.

"Hey, Vin," Stewie greeted back before noticing. "Hey, why are you wearing Brian's collar?"

"Barbs gave it to me," Vinny replied, holding the now-polished tag. "Even though the leather's a little ravaged, she thought of it as an early Christmas gift for me to have. Speaking of which, I got one for you."

"Really?" Stewie said, eyes widened. "You want me to open a present before Christmas? I can't do that, Mom will get mad."

"What your Ma don't know won't hurt her," Vinny replied. "Turn that frown upside-down." With that, he gave Stewie a box.

Stewie opened the box, and was shocked to find a severed foot in it.

"What the hell?" Stewie gasped. "There's a foot in this box!"

"That was supposed to go to somebody else," Vinny realized. "I'm very sorry."

Cutaway: We see a group of mobsters in an Italian restaurant, with the underboss presenting his group with a present.

"Well, my friends," the underboss began, "I think Johnny "The Foot" Giatelli is dead."

He opened the box only to discover that there's a toy train in there.

"Oh, no," the underboss continued. "They killed Frankie "Choo-Choo" Chinelli instead."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute," one of the mobsters halted. "You sure that's what this means? Could be they killed Davey "The Box" Frateli."

The rest oohed.

"Hold on," another mobster said, "it could also be they killed Jimmy "Tissue Paper" Scungili."

"I just saw Jimmy yesterday at my kid's christening," the third mobster replied.

"So maybe it wasn't Jimmy," the first mobster agreed. "Maybe this means they killed Anthony "The Air Around the Box" Minetti," he continued while picking the box up before he got shot in the head.

"Oh, no!" the second mobster shouted. "They killed Sal "Holding The Box That We Can't Figure Out What The Box Means" Casella!"

Back to the living room. Vinny handed Stewie another box, only this one was thin.

"Here. I got you this, too."

Stewie opened it and saw that it was... "A bowling shirt?"

"You can wear it anywhere," Vinny replied. "To the beach, a wedding on the beach, beach graduation, beach funeral, business conference which could be at a beach, a stroll through the park, should that park be adjacent to a beach."

"Thanks," Stewie said, unimpressed.

"What, you don't like it?" Vinny asked. "How's about we go to the mall and pick out something you do like? Barbs and I are talking about going there tomorrow to find some birthday presents for the puppies, since they were born on Christmas."

"Well," Stewie began, "I suppose I could browse the toy store. Possibly pick up a new action figure."

"That's the spirit," Vinny replied. "We'll head on back to the mall first thing tomorrow morning."

"Yeah," Stewie agreed. "It's a good thing the Carnival lasts for the next few days."