Hello, I'll be heccin busy tomorrow so chapter 8 is here now! Enjoy!
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The Parent Trap
Chapter 8
Heroes and Villains.
"They'll enjoy it here," A woman said, leading the group down the hallway lined with colored arts and wokrs, "Yes, German is the main language that school is taught in but the two will have a helper with translating and they will also have German lessons afterschool twice a week. They're very young, most likely before the end of this school year they will be speaking fluent German."
"You hear that kiddos, you'll be speaking German like Mommy," Diesel said, looking down at the two holding his hand tightly, "Aw, what's with the long faces?"
"Do we have to go to school, Daddy?" Stephanie asked, pouting and swinging Diesel's arm, "Aren't we already smart enough?"
"Yeah," Carlos said, tugging at the other man's arm, his eyes rounding, "We wanna stay at home with you and Mami, and play games, school will get in the way!"
"Now, your Mommy and I would like that very much, but…" Diesel crouched down to look at the two sternly, "It's against the law for us to let you stay at home and not go to school, I kind of like not being in jail."
"Oh, that is a very good reason," Stephanie whispered, turning to Carlos, "We gotta go to school."
"I don't wanna but if we don't, Mami and Papi will go to jail," Carlos said, his face set, "We can't let that happen."
"You'll like it here, you're done before lunch, that way, you can come home and eat lunch with us," Diesel said, with a smile, but pausing, "Except two days, where you have German lessons, or if you want to stay and play with other children…"
"Your husband is so attentive to the children's needs," the woman cooed, looking over to Heidi, who had her glasses on, reading the school supply list and school rules from the pile of papers and forms in her hand.
"He has his moments," Heidi ground out, before she slipped the papers in her oversized tote and smiled tightly, "I know the children just…love him."
"Hey wifey," Diesel walked up to Heidi and wrapped an arm around her waist, startling her, "Ready to go, the children need to get their school supplies, and we can snag lunch as well."
"Yes, let's go, the children will be here, bright and early on Monday," Heidi holding up for tote and saying, "Diesel, carry this."
"I sure can-OOOf," Diesel yelped as he fell forward, surprised by how heavy the bag was, "What's in here, boulders?"
"Something like that," Heidi said as she walked over to Carlos and Stephanie, grabbing their hands and walking down the hallway to the school's entrance, "I know, the desire to stay home with us is great, but you'll learn how to read and write and play with children your age. I know you two will enjoy yourselves at school. Besides, do you want to end up like Daddy and be all muscles and no brain?"
"Oi," Diesel said, slinging Heidi's tote over his shoulder as the group left the small primary school, "I have some brains."
"That's nice, Diesel," Heidi said as she helped the children into the waiting car and climbed into the passenger side, "You drive, since I know you want to see how this car handles."
"I kind of like you being nice to me," Diesel said, leaning over to Heidi so that only she heard, "Is there a really a heart under all that terror you house in that pint sized body of yours?"
"Pint sized?!" Heidi shrieked, glaring at Diesel, teeth bared, murder on her mind, "You take that back! You big piece of-shi-"
"The children…" Diesel tsked and Heidi let out hiss and closed her mouth with an audible 'snap!' "We can't be out here, teaching them swears now, can we?"
Heidi's cheeks heated as she heard the children giggling in the back of the car. Stephanie even had the nerve to say, "Our Pint-Sized Mommy!"
"There is nothing wrong with my height!" Heidi said, looking at the three, her cheeks hot, "I am not pint sized, there are many women in the world who are as tall as me!"
"They're also pint sized, no matter how much you huff and puff, Heidi, you're still itty bitty," Diesel said, holding two fingers up and squishing them together, making Heidi grit her teeth and the children to laugh and giggle, "So, uh, how do I turn the car on?"
"Power on," Heidi grounded out, and the car came to life, "Destination, town center parking area, auto drive on."
"Now this is a car," Diesel hummed, as the SUV backed itself out of the carpark and onto the snowy road, "Very nice."
"Hmph," Heidi sniffed, turning to look out the window, "I'm not talking to you…"
"Oh come, half-pint, being short isn't that bad," Diesel said, looking back at the children, "They're short and they don't think it's bad, right?"
"Half pint?!" Heidi was livid!
"We're gonna grow up and be tall, Mommy's not," Carlos said, making Heidi bristle in the front of the SUV.
"Mommy can't help it that's so short," Stephanie tried to defend Heidi, but it only made smoke begin to puff out the woman's ears as she added, "She didn't eat enough greens, when she was our age, cause she ate too much chocolate!"
Diesel cracked the passenger window as tiny dark red clouds of smoke puffed out of Heidi's ear. He gave her a devious smile and said, "That Napoleon Complex, am I right?"
"I know where you live," Heidi hissed, hackles raised at Diesel, who smiled and nodded his head, "I will gut you like a fish."
"Of course you know where I live, I live with you!" Diesel said as the vehicle sped down the snowy road.
They spent the rest of the afternoon in town, getting the children their school supplies, after a quick bite at the local McDonalds. Heidi let the children get whatever they wanted because they were going to use them at school, so they might as well enjoy them whilst using them. While they were in the small shopping center, Carlos had spied something that had him pausing to look up at it in wonder.
"Papi, Papi, who's this?" The boy asked, tugging at Diesel's arm as he pointed to a cardboard cutout, "He looks so cool!"
"Oh, that's batman," Diesel said, looking at the figure in black, "He's a pretty cool superhero, has a bunch of cool gadgets and a utility belt to hold them," He looked down at the display case, "Looks like they did a remake of it, a bit too gritty, this one, let me see if I can find the cartoon series for you, we'll get you that."
Carlos's eyes grew round as Diesel came back with a DVD boxset. He handed it to the boy and said, "This came out several years back, but it still holds up today!"
"Thanks Papi, you're the best!" Carlos looked down at his prize and then ran off to throw it into the shopping basket.
"I wish there was a girl hero," Stephanie huffed, crossing her arms and pouting at the batman cutout, "What am I, chop suey?!"
"Where'd you learn that saying?" Diesel asked as he looked over and paused, seeing something, "You know what, I think there is someone who you would like," he walked over to a display stand and picked up something, "This is very old, but Linda Carter aged like fine wine, it's Wonder Woman, look, a girl hero, she's strong and she has a lasso that makes people tell the truth."
"Now this is more like it!" Stephanie said, looking at the DVD set, "A girl hero cause most boys are icky! Thanks Daddy!"
"I suppose, if they're here for the long run," Heidi muttered, as Diesel walked over to her, "I could take one of the rooms on the third floor and make it a play room for them, I myself had three, they would enjoy it."
"You had three playrooms? I wouldn't expect anything-OOF!" Diesel hunched over himself, in pain after a fist punched him the gut, "Where does that power come from?"
"Rage," That unnerving smile covered Heidi's face once more as she hissed, "One more short joke, and you'll be two feet shorter, because I'll chop yours off!"
"Violence," Diesel wheezed as Heidi pushed the cart away from him, going to talk to the children, "Where does it all come from….wait, come back," he hobbled after the group, holding his middle tightly.
"Daddy's in trouble," Stephanie whispered to Carlos as they sat in the back of the SUV, with their DVDs, school supplies and the toys Heidi and Diesel let them get, "Mommy hasn't stopped scolding him since we got in the car."
"…And another thing, being short does not make me a prime target for jokes, if anything, I'm able to sneak around more and hide in low areas," Heidi said, as she gave Diesel a death glare, "I bet you, your 6'200 build can't fold into a trunk to hide also…"
"I don't think she breathed too, Steph," Carlos said as Heidi ranted and raved to a sullen Diesel, "It's kind of cool!"
"Maybe she's a super hero," Stephanie suggested, "She's like batman, cause she has all these cool tools, like this car."
"Yeah, do you think Papi's a super hero too?" Carlos and Stephanie looked over to Diesel, who was rubbing his sore stomach, nodding his head to what Heidi rambled on, "He's strong, super strong, he's gotta be a hero too, with powers."
"Having superheroes for parents sounds fun," Stephanie said, a smile on her face, "You think we're gonna be superheroes too?"
"I hope so, I wanna be like Batman!" Carlos smiled at Stephanie and Stephanie sniffed and said, "Well, I wanna be like Wonder Woman!"
They just had to be heroes like their Mommy and Daddy! Stephanie and Carlos would have to watch them both carefully now, to see what kind of super powers they had. Then maybe the could figure out their own powers as well!
After eating a delicious dinner of Mac and Cheese and bratwursts, the children were allowed to watch their new shows, getting hooked on them instantly. Carlos really wanted a utility belt like Batman and Stephanie really wanted a cool lasso of truth!
Diesel hemmed and hawed as they children chattered on, excited about their new, favorite shows, while he put to bed. When they were fast asleep, He returned back downstairs, seeing Heidi in the kitchen, doing the last of the dishes and putting them in the rack. Diesel walked over, gabbed a dish towel and said, "Here, I'll dry them."
Heidi promptly ignored his words but silently handed him the wet pot, rinsing the rest of the pans of suds. Diesel turned to look at the woman and said, "Hey, I'm sorry if the short jokes got to you, I should have stopped while I was ahead."
"Hmph," was all Heidi said, as she roughly handed him a wet bowl, "Hmph!"
"Yeah, I'm a jerk, I should have gotten more than a scolding and punch to the gut, Heidi," Diesel said, as he dried dishes, "I'm really sorry."
Heidi stilled looked a little moody as she finished rinsing the last of the dishes and dried her hands and lathered them in lotion. Diesel sighed, and said, looking over to the woman, "How about I make pancakes in the morning for us all, would that make it up to you?"
"No," Heidi said simply, but she looked over to Diesel and added, "There better be chocolate chips in those pancakes…"
"Of course," Diesel said, to Heidi, before he quickly grabbed Heidi's hands and pulled her to him, making her look into his blue eyes, "Heidi…"
Heidi looked up at Diesel as the man leaned in close and said, "I'm so sorry, Heidi, I won't make fun of your height, I know it's a sore spot for you, but I think you're fine the way you are. They say the smallest things pack the biggest punch. I hope you can forgive me soon."
Heidi looked into Diesel's eyes, and was startled as his thumb brushed across her knuckles. She looked at the thumb and then up to Diesel's face, those blue eyes glittering at her in the kitchen light. She sighed and said, "Fine, maybe soon, but I make no promises!"
Diesel gave her a smile and released her hands, which were still tingling from the knuckle rubbing. She huffed and turned, walking out of the kitchen, saying, "Lock up, Diesel, I'm going to look at some reports before I go to bed, there better be a lot of pancakes at the table in the morning!"
Diesel smiled and said, "Ma'am, yes ma'am," before he set out to lock up the house and go enjoy some TV time and watch Batman.
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Steven Hatchet adored the work his boss Geuwulf did. He was such a diligent and power man, with world domination on his mind and Steven Hatchet would be there to aid him in any way he can! Though, it did annoy Steven when the teenage girls would look at his boss, swoon and say all he needed was sparkles and he would be the perfect vampire.
Geuwulf did not need sparkles, nor was he a vampire! He was a powerful man, a masterful mastermind! Where did these teenage children get such tactless thoughts from!
No matter, they would bend the knee, when Sir Geuwulf ruled the world! All he needed were the seven power stones and he would be unstoppable. Not even those pesky Unmentionables would be able to stop his Sir! That darn William Evanston and his ever more annoying daughter. The very one that Geuwulf would hum and haw about and ask if she had a Snapchat.
What even was a Snapchat!? Why did it matter to Sir Wulf?! Were they related to the power stones?
Speaking of the power stones. That was what Steven Hatchet was dealing with now. Thanks to Sir Wulf's clever decoding, they had found a stone, tucked away in a museum in Thailand and he was about to get it now.
'Clink…clink…clink…' the man who had the taste for the finer medieval things in life had decided it would be a good time to don his new mental armor set he bought at local shop. The seller had wished him luck on his 'larping,' and sent him on his way. What is even larping? Was it a source of power. Well he hoped that he had good luck and would gain loads of larping! He needed it.
Ever since that pesky Unmentionable Heidi Evanston had broken into the place where Sir Wulf was keeping the stones, he was more paranoid than ever. To think, he let Sir Wulf down by being forced into a nap. When he woke up from his forced nap, the stones had been taken. No matter, Steven Hatchet would find that pesky wench and take the stones and demand her snapchat!
Steven looked before the stone, resting on a pile of soft velvet and smiled. It shined a lovely purple and it would soon be in his hands! Sweat dripped from his brow, as he did a little victory dance, his armor clinking as he moved. He would restore his honor with this stone! Sir Wulf would be thrilled, he would be one stone richer he would-
Steven paused, as he swore he saw a streak of black go by the corner of his eye. He turned quickly and found nothing and when he turned back to get the stone, he…also found nothing there as well. The stone was gone.
"Well….shite…." The man said and he spun around quickly, hearing the faint noise of bells and a soft, 'Meow,' Sir Wulf was going to kill him…he was certain of it. He would have to do the next best thing…he would have to find the Unmentionable Heidi and steal back the stones…and her Snapchat!
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"Why did I dream of the Dark Ages?" Heidi asked as she followed her nose downstairs, scratching her back and rubbing at her nose, "Damn knights and their dancing, never again…"
"Hey Heidi," Diesel's voice came drifting over from the stove, as the woman walked into the kitchen, yawning, "The kids are watching cartoons, breakfast will be done in a minute, I made some coffee."
"Good, I had the weirdest dream," Heidi said, wiping the side of her eye, "I was in the dark ages and a damn knight was there, dancing, I am never drinking mountain dew before bedtime again," she poured herself half a cup of coffee and grabbed the cream and sugar.
"Sounds like a good plan because-" Diesel had finally turned to Heidi and stopped short, looking at her collar, "Uh…"
"What?" Heidi asked as she poured an obscene amount of cream and sugar in her coffee, "It's Saturday, I can look haggard until dinner…"
"Didn't you say you only had two power stones?" Diesel asked the woman, as she took a hearty gulp of coffee, "Right?"
"Yes, I do, your point, Diesel?" Heidi asked as she wrapped her hands around the three stones that were on her necklace….wait….
Heidi looked down and frowned, seeing a third power stone beside the two she already had. She blinked and looked over to Diesel, whose mouth was opened in shock and she asked, "Now where did this one come from?"
TBC…
These kids with their snapchat...also Stephanie and Carlos go back home to Trenton...or do they?