I originally didn't want to do this, but with all the other changes I made, my conscience couldn't say no.

Regular Show Surprise

The Real Thomas AV Part 1

If life didn't suck for Rigby before his best friend knocked up CJ, it certainly did now.

It was the end of the day; the sun had set already and Rigby was heading over to the shed to put the rake he'd been using back. Benson warned Rigby that if he caused any more screw-ups, big or small, he'd be fired, and he really couldn't afford to lose his job right now. Not only had Mordecai completely ended his friendship with the raccoon, but now he couldn't even live at the Park house anymore. He'd been forced to move into his girlfriend's garage, or maybe ex-girlfriend soon considering they'd been fighting a lot over his scheme to break Mordecai and CJ up. The scheme of which had been the reason Mordecai had ended their friendship, why Benson had evicted him, and why the last couple of months had been unpleasant, to say the least. No one at the Park, or outside for that matter would talk to him unless giving him orders. Other than that, they'd silently give him annoyed, hateful glares.

"Wha ya!" he heard from behind the shed.

Running around Rigby saw something that he'd never thought he'd see. "What the…?"

Some guy with multiple points on his head dressed in some sort of black ninja outfit and fighting some guy in a suit who was also disguised as a trash can. On top of that, Rigby heard the ninja making curses in Russian and also appeared to be winning the fight. Knocking down the trash can disguised guy, the ninja kneeled and did something to the guy's throat which caused him to moan before going completely numb. Afterwards, the ninja took off his mask, revealing himself to be, to Rigby's shock, Thomas, the lovable, innocent intern who couldn't even punch a door open. Rigby just stood there with his mouth dropped just as Thomas looked over and saw the raccoon, much to both of their misfortunes.

"Oh, Rigby," Thomas said in a Russian accent, totally unlike his normal voice. "Well, I bet you're wondering what's going on. You see…"

Before Thomas finished his sentence, or Rigby could do anything, the goat threw a rock at him, knocking the raccoon out cold.

When Rigby woke up, it was morning, the sun was up, and he was lying hunched over in a trash can near the Park entrance.

"Augh! Where's Thomas… Thomas?! Oh crap! Guys!" he shouted. He climbed out of the trash can and started running around trying to find one of his coworkers in an attempt to warn them. Luckily he saw Benson walking along while drinking a coffee.

"Benson, Benson!"

His boss didn't appear pleased to see him. "Ugh not right now Rigby."

"But I just… I have something important to tell you."

"Yeah well WAIT UNTIL THE MORNING MEETING OR YOU'RE FIRED!" Benson shouted. "And take a shower for crying out," he said after taking a whiff of Rigby before covering his nose.

After Benson headed off, Rigby looked around for anyone else he could reveal his info. Luckily he noticed Skips passing by and scuried over to the yeti.

"Hey Skips, did you by any chance see any Thomas fighting some suited guy disguised as a trash can last night?"

Like with Benson, the immortal handyman did not look pleased with Rigby. "Seriously? Can't you be real for like two seconds?"

This frustrated Rigby. "Ugh! Really. You too? Why is everyone at my throat lately?"

"Oh well in case you've forgotten, you tried to break up your best friend's serious relationship with a woman who's carrying his babies. To top it off, you used your brother to do your dirty work and got his HEART BROKEN!"

Skips rarely shouted. When he showed anger, it was usually in the form of angry glances or breaking stuff. Never did he raise his voice. This caused Rigby to back away, a little scared.

"C'mon, you have to believe me. Thomas was acting like a ninja last night. Fighting a guy in a suit and trash can."

Skips just shook his head, not buying it. "You have to get your act together before you're out of a job," he replied before skipping off to join the others for the morning meeting.

Seeing that he wasn't gonna get any help, Rigby followed Skips. When he got to the house everyone was already there, except for Thomas. They all purposely looked away from Rigby, none had yet to forgive his actions.

"Alright everyone listen up, the greatest thing to ever happen in the universe has finally happened," Benson announced.

Everyone looked at their boss puzzled. "Benson, bro," Muscle Man spoke up, "We already know about Mordecai and CJ's engagement. They told us last week, remember?"

"No, it's not about Mordecai, it's about me. I found the perfect girl. Her name is Natalie. She's a preschool teacher and I'll be showing her around the Park today. So your only main job today is to leave. Us. Alone."

"Listen Benson…" Rigby tried to speak but was cut off by Muscle Man.

"Wait what about Andrea?"

"We broke up," Benson replied, much to everyone's shock. "That was months ago actually. Remember?"

This didn't ring a bell to anyone. Not even after Benson mentioned how sad he'd been or how they'd all tried hard to comfort him and get him back out there. Kinda like Mordecai after Margaret dumbed him, though no one mentioned her name. Again no one had any recollection of Benson's breakup. Rigby didn't even care about it. He had more urgent matters to discuss.

"Benson, I need to tell you something important. It's about Thomas."

However, like earlier, Benson looked unamused and didn't want to deal with Rigby's shenanigans. "I don't wanna hear it, Rigby. But speaking of Thomas, this is his last day on the job as his internship ends today."

Other than Rigby, the rest of the crew was sad to hear this.

"Aw. Such a shame," Pops said sadly.

"I know, I for one will sure miss the guy," Fives also said.

"I know bro," Muscle Man said. "First Mordecai now Thomas."

"Don't worry he might not be going away after today," Benson assured, to everyone's surprise. "Because at the end of today, I'm offering him a full-time job."

The others, except for Rigby, became excited when they heard this.

"Oh sweet."

"Jolly good show."

"Normally we don't hire interns, but man Thomas has been killing it lately," Skips said, his words triggering something in Rigby.

"I saw Thomas dressed up as a ninja beating up some guy disguised as a trash can last night!" he exclaimed.

There was a long pause as everyone contemplated what the raccoon had just said. Then they all just laughed at him like he'd just told a joke, much to Rigby's annoyance.

"I'm telling you, it's the truth."

"Yeah right, very funny Rigby."

"But…"

"Thomas wouldn't hurt anyone. Not even a fly," Pops stated.

"But…"

"Seriously bro it's not cool to accuse people of things so bizarre and unlike them," Muscle Man stated.

"But it's true. I saw it last night with my own eyes. And I've got proof."

Rigby led everyone towards the shed where the fighting had gone down, expecting to find the unconscious man in a trash can. There was a trash can, but it was empty except for a few pieces of small garbage.

"What? Where is he? Where's the body?"

"What body?" Rigby heard Thomas ask in his normal voice. Rigby turned around and saw the intern walking over carrying a tray of coffee and a duffle bag.

Desperate to prove himself right, Rigby charged towards Thomas and tackled him onto the ground.

Everyone else was shocked at first but then they became furious at how Rigby was treating their friend.

"Rigby!" Benson shouted while Skips went over and yanked Rigby off Thomas.

"I'm telling ya, he's not who he claims to be," Rigby argued. "Just look in his bag."

Pops unzippered the bag only to find dirty laundry inside.

"I was going to do a load in the house. Benson already said it was okay to do so whenever I wanted before or after shifts."

Feeling defeated, Rigby looked over at everyone else, who just shook their heads disapprovingly.

"Rigby I admit even I thought this lie was kinda funny at first. But now you've gone too far," Hive Fives said.

"Yeah bro," Muscle Man agreed.

"Not cool," Pops added in.

"Well I think we've all wasted enough time with Rigby today," Benson said. "Now everyone, get to work, stay away from me and Natalie, especially you Rigby, or you're FIRED!"

Throughout the rest of the day, no one would so much talk to Rigby, much less listen to him. Aside from how he acted earlier that morning, everyone was still giving him a hard time over him trying to sabotage Mordecai and CJ's relationship. Still, when Rigby wanted to be determined, he could be.

"I'm telling you guys Thomas is not who he is," he argued while most of the crew was in the Park's kitchen eating lunch. "I think he's a spy. Or a ninja. Or a spying ninja."

"Augh, you're just trying to get Thomas fired so that he won't take your job," Fives argued.

Rigby's focus was redirected when he heard this. "What do you mean?"

"He means that Benson is probably going to fire you if Thomas agrees to take the job," Muscle Man explained.

Rigby had heard this threat hundreds of times. So he wasn't the least bit worried. "Pfff... no way."

"Yes, way," Skips chimed in.

"And how would you know that?" Rigby asked.

"Because for months now, Benson told us about how he's been planning on having Thomas replace you."

Okay, now Rigby was starting to get a little nervous. "He... he wouldn't."

"Oh, he will. And do you know why?"

Rigby just shook his head and Skips explained. "Because of you and your attempted breakup stunt, Park attendance has been at an all-time low. Heck, we've gotten protesters coming in almost daily demanding your termination. The only reason you haven't been fired yet is because the Park requires six employees on staff, not counting interns."

"Meaning if Thomas accepts Benson's job offer," Muscle Man went on "You're finished, bro."

This made Rigby gulp nervously. Forget about Thomas and the ninja thing. His butt was on the line right now. He knew how hard it was for him to get a job without Mordecai backing him up. And ever since the carnival, people all over town had been treating him like crap.

He didn't wanna do this, but he needed to go beg Benson for forgiveness and promise to do whatever it took to keep his job. Otherwise, he'd be another broke unhirable bum living in a garage.

He stormed out of the house, right before the kitchen filled with gas and knocked out the other crew members. Though Rigby didn't hear or see anything. He was too busy looking for his boss.

"Benson?! Benson?! BENSON?!"

He passed by the A.V. room, where the golf cart was parked next to. Rigby recalled Benson using the cart earlier to show his new girlfriend around the Park.

Rigby ran over and slammed the door open. Though he found Benson, to his shock, the gumball machine was tied up, with his mouth taped shut. Also, for some other strange reason, Mordecai was there too, tied and gagged.

"Mordecai? Benson?"

When the two saw Rigby, they tried mumbling through the tape in an attempt to communicate something.

Not understanding them, the raccoon walked over, purposely ignoring Mordecai while ripping the tape off of Benson.

"BEHIND YOU!" the gumball machine cried.

"Huh?" Turning around Rigby saw Thomas, along some blonde-haired woman, along with several other ski mask/turtleneck-wearing men and women, all armed with bats and crowbars.

Rigby was at a loss for words. While he now had confirmation that he'd been right about the intern, seeing him with a bunch of scary-looking goons, all armed and looking right at him, took away the satisfaction of being right.

It ended up being Thomas who broke the silence. But when he spoke it wasn't in the classic voice Rigby recognized, but one comprised of a Russian accent. "Nothing personal comrade."

"Huh?" but like last night when he'd seen Thomas beating up that suited man, the goat once again knocked Rigby's lights out.

Rigby awoke with a massive headache and little to no memory of how he got it. That is until he saw Mordecai, Benson, Pops, and the rest of the Park crew tied up in the AV room, with Thomas, a blond girl and a bunch of scary-looking armed men surrounding them. Then it all came back to the raccoon.

"Thomas?" Rigby said.

"What the hell is going on here?!" Benson demanded to know.

"Yeah, seriously, why'd you tie us up?" Skips asked.

"And who are your friends?" Pops added.

"Park comrades, easy, easy now everything will be explained," the goat assured the captured crew. "Though be warned, it is a long story."

To be continued…