(A/N: Hi, folks. Sorry for the long wait{a couple of months, but who's counting?}, but we're back. *Confetti and party poppers burst out of nowhere, as party whistles were blown* And, after watching this episode, there's one thing that my co-author noticed: the title was misleading. Mainly due to a lack of a reference to Mystery Science Theatre 3000 or anything to do with that show. However, I don't have the time, energy, patience and braincell to watch a single episode of it. Not saying it's bad, I just don't think it's something I'd watch. So, we came up with a compromise to have a character make a reference to the show by making a direct quote from it. So, keep an eye out for that.
In other words, after this chapter, we have 11 main chapters, 1 more interlude and 3 bonus contents left before we can put a end to this story...which will be a relief for me, the main writer for this story. Anyone who liked this show, good for you, but this show has been killing me with the plot, the plot holes and the ways they try to explain why the very same magic that caused the problems in the episodes can't be used to fix that very same problem, which is stupid, by the way.
Anyways, hope you enjoy the chapter. Please leave a comment for this chapter and previous chapters as well. Also, please follow this story to keep up with any updates for it as we reach the final stretch of this story.
P.S. This chapter has the brief return of Aaron's first-person P.O.V. This will also be the last time, outside of the final interlude, to have such.)
Everyone's P.O.V.-December 19th, 2011-Greendale Salon
"I'm almost finished, Sabrina. One more snip-a, one more clip-a, one more whoosh-a!" exclaimed the hair stylist, as he put the finishing touches on Sabrina's hair. Quigley, who took Sabrina to get her hair done, was reading a magazine while waiting until his great-niece's hair was done.
Once he was done, he took a step back to marvel at his masterpiece. "Okay, Sabrina, I am finished. Everybody, I am finished!" he said.
As everyone started to walk over to see Sabrina's new hairdo, the hair stylist started to express his joy. "Oh, I love your hair! I love to watch you loving your hair! I love everybody in this beauty salon!" The hair stylist exclaimed with joy.
"Let's see, let's see!" Sabrina said, both anxious and a bit excited to see her new hairdo.
The hair stylist spun the chair around, letting it spin for a few seconds, before stopping it in its tracks, allowing Sabrina to see her hairdo in the mirror. "Well, what do you think?" asked the hair stylist.
"It looks terrible!" Sabrina exclaimed, horrified by the two bangs that she now had. Said bangs was not only noticeable, but also curved in an arc, which makes it even more noticable, as one was directly on her forehead and the other was above her right ear, making it look too big in her eyes. Sabrina was pretty sure that some people would make fun of her for it. And by 'some people', she meant Gem.
"I happen to think it looks good. Doesn't everyone agree?" Quigley said. Everyone else in the beauty salon nodded their heads in agreement.
"But this part flops over my eye, and this one makes my ears look big. I look like a monster! A science fiction carnival freak with uneven bangs!" Sabrina complained as she laid her head on the counter.
"You are being absolutely ridiculous." Quigley reasoned, but his words fell on deaf ears.
"What's going to happen when I walked into school tomorrow?" Sabrina lamented, looking at the mirror as she imagined the scenario. Everyone laughing at her for her hairdo.
Once the scenario passed, Sabrina groaned from the prospect of having to deal with being the laughingstock of the student body. "Let's go home before anyone I know sees me!" Sabrina said, running out of the chair and out of the cape she had on to keep her clothes from getting affected by the hair stuff, grabbed her jacket, and ran to Quigley's car.
"I'm sorry about that. What do I owe you?" Quigley asked, trying to distract the hair stylist from Sabrina's overreaction to her hairdo. His attempts didn't worked.
"You owe me nothing," the hair stylist said sadly, waving Quigley away sadly. However, Quigley left some dollar bills on the front desk before leaving, still wanting to at least paid for Sabrina's hairdo, even if she made it seems like the end of the world for her.
Hours Later-Kitchen, Spellman's Residence
"Pony tails, pig tails,-"
"And bubble wrap packing,-"
"Restore this gal's hairdo,-"
"To the do that she's lacking." Zelda and Hilda recited as they attempted to use magic on Sabrina's hair. It wasn't even their first attempt, this was their most recent attempt in the past few hours.
However, their combined magic couldn't changed Sabrina's hair. A fact that Sabrina was upset about. "Nuts," she grumbled, putting a hand on the bang.
"You have too much hairspray and gel. It's causing ectoplasmic interference." Zelda said, putting her finger on her cheek as she ponders the situation.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Sabrina asked, never hearing of the term nor having this problem before.
"And can you explain it simply for those of us who aren't magical?" Emily said. She and Melissa were sitting on the couch, having seen everything played out over the past few hours.
"I think it's just a reason for why they can't magically fix hairs after 'botched-up' hair appointments." Melissa speculated.
"...Make sense." Emily said with a shrug.
"It means you're wearing that hair for tonight, at least." Hilda said to Sabrina.
"Besides, I think it looks great." Zelda said.
As soon as she said that, the doorbell rang.
"Oh no, who is that?!" Sabrina asked with a mixture of fear and anger. Both emotions stemmed from her emotions relating to her hair problems.
"It's Chloe! Open up!" Chloe's voice answer from outside.
Sabrina let out a gasp of shock, as she remembered a crucial detail. "One second!" Sabrina exclaimed, as Zelda left the room to open the door for Chloe.
"Oh, Chloe and I have plans tonight! What am I going to do?!" Sabrina asked, pacing around the room in a circle. "I can't let her see me!" she added.
Emily's response to Sabrina's worries was simple: she stood up, walked over to the lamp, took the lamp shade off and put it over Sabrina's head, covering her face.
"There, problem solved." Emily said.
Chloe walked into the room soon after. "Hey, cool lampshade," she said. Looking over the lampshade, Chloe added, "Cute haircut too."
Ignoring the compliment from Chloe, Sabrina took off the lampshade.
"I look like a total dork! I am not going anywhere!" Sabrina exclaimed.
"But it's mall night. You never miss mall night." Chloe said.
"No way. I can't be seen in public. You go," Sabrina said to Chloe, waving her off as she turned away.
Chloe rolled her eyes before lightly punching Sabrina in the shoulders. "You know, Submarine Two is playing at the movies tonight, so I think we might want to get tickets before they sell out." Chloe said as she slipped the lampshade back on Sabrina's head.
Sabrina was about to argue when the lampshade fell over her face. As it did so, it gave Sabrina an idea: the movie theaters have dimmed lights when the movies are playing, thus she can hide her hairdo without anyone seeing, especially if she was wearing a hat.
"Of course, the movies! A nice, dark movie with limited visibility?" Sabrina said, deciding to go with Chloe's suggestion.
"A movie sounds like a good idea. Let's all go." Zelda said.
"As long as no one sees me in public." Sabrina said.
"...Nope, I'm not going to say anything." Emily said.
"I think that's a smart idea." Melissa said, nodding.
30 Minutes Later-Movie Theater, Greendale Mall, Downtown Greendale
"Just my luck, the entire world is here!" Sabrina lamented, as she, Chloe, Hilda, Zelda, Emily and Melissa stood in line for the movies.
"Well, that's a bit of a stretch, don't you think?" Aaron's voice asked from next to Sabrina.
Turning around, Sabrina saw Aaron in the line next to hers.
"Aaron, what are you doing here?" Sabrina asked.
"...To watch a movie. What else would I be here for?" Aaron asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No, I meant, what are you doing here at the mall of all places?" Sabrina asked.
"Like I said, to watch a movie. I used to do it to distract myself from being an 'outcast'. However, tonight, my parents actually wanted to come to see the B-movie that is in theaters tonight, and I wanted to see it too, so we made it a family night." Aaron said.
"Well, your parents aren't here," Sabrina said, pointing at the lack of Aaron's parents in the line.
"I know that. They're doing some last minute business, so I'm getting their tickets along with my. They'll be back before the ads play." Aaron said, just as he was looking at Sabrina's hat.
Before Aaron was about to comment on the hat, Chloe looked at the back of the line and tapped Sabrina's shoulder. "Oh, look. Here comes Gem." Chloe said as Sabrina let out a gasp.
"Hide me." Sabrina said.
"Why? You never hide from Gem before." Aaron said.
"Just hide me," Sabrina said as she hid behind Chloe.
Unfortunately for Sabrina, Gem walked right over where Sabrina, Chloe and Aaron was.
"Well, well. Look who's out on the town. I thought to myself, 'I recognized those people'." Gem said, before noticing Sabrina's hat.
"Sabrina, I love, love, love that hat!" Gem said in a 'nicely' condescending manner.
"Oh, thank you. It's just a little something I threw on." Sabrina said.
"Let me try it on." Gem said, attempting to grab the hat off Sabrina's head.
"No!" Sabrina exclaimed, pulling the hat down, thus preventing Gem from removing it. Sabrina's reaction caused Aaron to raise an eyebrow in suspicion, causing Sabrina to change tactics.
"I mean, it's part of my look tonight." Sabrina said, smiling in the hopes of convincing both Gem and Aaron of her 'reason' for the hat.
"Careful, or you might start your own fashion trend." Gem sarcastically said to Sabrina.
"Technically, I started it first, and I made it look cool." Aaron said under his breath, yet no one heard.
"Oops, my people is holding my spot at the front of the line." Gem said, pointing to the front of the line. Aaron, Chloe and Sabrina looked up front to see one of Gem's butlers, which she somehow still afford despite lack of money, dusting the floor of the theater line, before pointing his hand at the spot, letting Gem know that it was suitable for her tastes now.
"Good luck getting in. You'll need it." Gem said as she began to walk away. Before she left, though, she turned to Aaron.
"However, I might allow the hero of Greendale to be my guest of honor," she said.
"How about this? Piss off." Aaron said, a scowl on his face as his fists were clenched.
"Fine, but the offer still stands if you want to come with me. We can make it a date." Gem said as she walked to her spot in the line.
"Fricking she-demon." Aaron said under his breath, before turning his attention back to Sabrina.
"So, what's the real story for the hat?" he asked.
"What, can't I wear a hat in public?" Sabrina said.
"Oh, sure, when I do it, you say that I don't need to wear one, and to let my hair out in the open. Despite the fact that wearing a hat seems natural to me. Yet, you get to wear a hat because you want to hide your hair?" Aaron asked.
"Who said any-How did you know?" Sabrina asked, shocked that Aaron figured out her reason for wearing the hat.
"I didn't. I was just throwing back what you said about the hat thing." Aaron said, before getting back to the important thing. "So, how bad is it?" he asked.
"I look like a freak!" Sabrina exclaimed.
Aaron looked at Sabrina for a few moments in silence before turning to Chloe. "How bad is it, really?" Aaron asked her.
"Oh, it's not even that bad. She's just making a mountain out of a molehill." Chloe said.
"No I'm not! Also, Chloe, you traitor." Sabrina said.
"Sabrina, I'm sure whatever you think, it can't be that bad." Aaron said.
"Aaron, not to be rude, but-"
Whatever Sabrina was going to say was interrupted by a male usher making an announcement through the megaphone.
"Scattered seating only for Submarine 2! Scattered seating only for Submarine 2!"
"Oh no!" Sabrina exclaimed.
"Why don't we see I Was A Teenage Lobster Zombie From Outer Space instead?" Hilda asked.
"What is that?" Chloe asked.
"And why haven't I heard of it before? It sounds cool." Aaron said.
"Really, because it sounds awful." Chloe said.
"It's a old movie. A classic from the 50s in glorious black and white." Zelda said.
"Just like the old Godzilla movies. ...I hope that recent events didn't change how I watch them now." Aaron said.
"Hilda, Zelda, you two go ahead. Chloe, Emily, Melissa and I want to see Submarine 2. We'll all meet up at the end." Sabrina said as Hilda and Zelda shrugged before going to the front of the line.
"Seriously, you're watching a movie about guys in a submarine doing nothing but talk? That's just like reading Moby Dick. And I mean the actual novel, not a shortened version that is meant for children/middle-schoolers. Which, by the way, that is cruel and unusual punishment." Aaron said.
"Yes, because it's cool. Unlike I Was A Teenage Lobster Zombie From Outer Space." Sabrina said.
"Hey, B-movies are good. They're funny, they're cheesy, and you can have a good time watching them." Aaron said.
While Aaron and Sabrina were arguing over the movies, Hilda and Zelda walked up to the ticket booth.
"Two tickets for I Was A Teenage Lobster Zombie From Outer Space. Seniors, please." Hilda said.
The female usher grabbed the two tickets before looking up, letting out a noise of confusion from the fact that a couple of 'teens' were trying to buy senior tickets.
"Oh, sorry, but only people over the age of 65 can get in for the senior citizen rate." The usher said to Zelda and Hilda.
"So? We're over 65." Hilda said as Zelda nodded.
The female usher gave a quick glance at Hilda and Zelda's teenage bodies, a fact that the two witches know and had a loophole to get around.
"Oh, really? Then can I some ID?, please" The female usher asked.
The female usher soon had a look of shock as Zelda and Hilda pulled out their IDs from Ancient Egypt. "See? Signed by the pharaoh himself." Zelda said.
"Uh, oh. Uh, enjoy the show, ma'ams." The female usher said, handing Hilda and Zelda their tickets. The two witches laughed at how they managed to acquired senior citizen tickets as they head to their seats.
The male usher from before soon came back, with another announcement. "Ladies and gentlemen, moviegoers, listen up! I have breaking news!"
"Oh no!" Sabrina said, dreading the news that would soon arrive.
"Submarine 2 is now officially 100% sold out!" The male usher concluded his announcement.
"Great, now what?" Chloe asked.
"Well, there's the I Was A Teenage Lobster Zombie From Outer Space." Aaron said.
"Nah, we can just go bowling while you watch your B-movie." Emily said.
"Aw, I wanted to watch a movie." Melissa said.
"What do you think, Sabrina?" Chloe asked.
"Bowling, hmm." Sabrina said, thinking to herself. She imagined getting a perfect strike in bowling, only to be laughed at by everyone else. At first confused, she would scream in horror as she realized that her hat was on the bowling ball, somehow, and that everyone was laughing at her hair.
Shaking herself out of that thought, Sabrina came up with a plan. "You know, I think we better stay here, at the movies." Sabrina said.
"But, look! Can't you read?" Chloe asked Sabrina, pointing at the male usher. He was putting up signs for Submarine 2 that read 'SOLD OUT' and 'DON'T EVEN ASK IF THERE'S A CHANCE...THERE ISN'T!'.
"Our movie is sold out!" Chloe added.
"I have a plan. We buy tickets for Lobster Zombie in theater two, watch the previews, and then sneak into Submarine 2." Sabrina said.
"That could work." Chloe said.
"That's a terrible idea. Why watch some dumb old movie about submarines when you could watch a comedic horror movie?" Aaron asked.
"Because Submarine 2 is cool and that's why." Emily said.
"But we'll be taking someone else's seat." Melissa said.
"Do you want to see Submarine 2 or what?" Sabrina asked.
"Well, yeah, but," Melissa began, before looking at the male usher to get her point across.
However, Sabrina didn't notice the point. "Good, then it's settled." Sabrina said.
"If you get caught, I have nothing to do with this." Aaron said.
"Of course you do, You're going to be our alibi, and our lookout." Sabrina said, adjusting her hat.
"...Excuse me, what?" Aaron asked with a flat tone.
"Well, no one would think that you would be acting like how you were before...everything that had happened recently. After all, you're the hero of Greendale. So, if anything happens, and you get involved with it, they'll treat you like a celebrity and let you do it anyways." Sabrina said.
"...Are you serious?" Aaron asked, looking unamused.
"Come on, please? It just one movie, and that's all." Sabrina pleaded.
Aaron looked at the ground for a few moments in silence, causing his hat to obscure his face and blocked his emotions. After a few more moments, he let out a sigh. "Fine, but just this once. Don't use my 'reputation' as a means to an end again." Aaron said.
"I promise!" Sabrina said, happy that Aaron was helping out.
The six preteens walked up to the ticket booth.
"4 tickets to theater 2." Sabrina said.
"Plus 3 more." Aaron added.
"We're going to see I Was A Teenage Lobster Zombie From Outer Space." Chloe said.
"And that's all we're going to see. Just that movie. No sneaking out to see Submarine 2, no ma'am." Melissa said with a nervous chuckle, causing Emily to give her a frown.
"Shut up, or we're gonna get in trouble before we even do anything." Emily hissed in Melissa's ear.
"I'm sorry. I'm not a good liar, especially when I'm nervous." Melissa whispered back.
The female usher didn't paid much mind to Melissa's words, probably thinking it was a joke. She just grabbed the tickets and handed them to the six preteens.
A Few Minutes Later-Lobby
"Stubs. Stubs. Show me your ticket stubs." The male usher said to the people in the line between the two theater rooms, just as Aaron, Sabrina, Chloe, Emily and Melissa joined the line. "And they had better be the correct stubs," the male usher added as he checked the stubs to make sure that each person was going to the right theater room.
A elderly woman handed the male usher her ticket stub, which he closely examined. After a few seconds of examination, the male usher noticed something wrong with the stub, raising an eyebrow in suspicion.
"This ticket isn't neatly torn along the perforation. There is, in fact, a small chunk of ticket stub missing. This is a sub stub. What are you trying to pull, lady?" The male usher asked, giving the elderly lady a frown.
"The girl at the counter must have-" The elderly lady began to say.
However, she was interrupted by the male usher pulling out a whistle and blowing into it, letting out a shrill sound. Aaron covered his ears due to the sound, wincing slightly.
Suddenly, a pair of security guards appeared behind the elderly woman. They proceed to escort her out of the theater.
"Wow, this is one strict movie theater." Chloe said.
"You have no idea." Aaron said, uncovering his ears. "And that's not even their bad days," he added.
"What do we do?" Melissa asked.
"Act casual and show him your stubs. We'll sneak back out past him during the previews." Sabrina said, keeping her volume down so that the usher can't hear her.
"I still think this is a terrible plan." Aaron commented.
"And I think this is a great plan. Everyone at school is going to be jealous of us when they hear what we did." Emily said while Aaron rolled his eyes in annoyance.
The five preteens walked up to the male usher and showed him their stubs. The usher pulled out a magnifying glass and looked closely at the stubs. Seeing that there was nothing off about the stubs, the usher lowered the magnifying glass and said to the preteens, "Proceed."
The five preteens soon walked into theater two, standing near the door.
Melissa pointed at the seats near the front. "Look, there's Aunt Hilda and Zelda!" she said, pointing at the two.
Zelda and Hilda were eating popcorn, which they conjured up via magic.
"And my parents will be here soon. They're just outside the lobby." Aaron said.
"Well, good thing you're our lookout. You can give your parents their tickets and use it as a perfect alibi, eh?" Sabrina said, lightly elbowing Aaron.
"Gee, how can this go wrong?" Aaron asked sarcastically.
"That's the spirit!" Emily said, ignoring Aaron's sarcasm.
"Let's grab those five seats together right there," Sabrina said in a hushed tone, pointing at the seats next to them. "Then we can make a quick exit," she added, finishing her plan.
At that moment, the lights dimmed as the movie started, catching them off-guard.
"No, not yet. The previews were supposed to play first, then the movie." Aaron muttered under his breath.
On the big screen, the black and white movie started with the countdown from '2' to '1'. Soon, the movie opened up with a camera shot of the town sign that read 'Affable Valley'. A narrator voice soon started talking.
"And now, get ready to see a newly restored classic movie from 1955, with two seconds of added footage, not for the faint of heart." The narrator said.
On the big screen, a couple of people were walking down the street when a fake UFO, held up by cables to give the illusion of flying, flew above the town. The townspeople screamed as they ran away from the UFO, which landed. The UFO soon opened up, showing the titular character.
"I Was A Teenage Lobster Zombie From Outer Space. Beware his pinch of doom." The narrator said.
"Man, this would've been good. If I can actually watch the whole thing." Aaron said under his breath.
In their seats near the front, Hilda and Zelda have their own discussions about the movie.
"I heard he beat out hundreds of other actors to play the Lobster." Hilda said.
"I've always preferred shrimp rolls." Zelda joked. She and Hilda laughed at the joke.
"And now, our feature presentation." The narrator said, causing Aaron to have a somewhat hopeful look.
"Wait, that was the preview?" Aaron asked, dumbfounded.
Unfortunately, his hopes were dashed by the reminder of Sabrina's plans. Which, speaking of, Sabrina decided to initiate.
"Let's make a run for it!" Sabrina said to Chloe, Melissa, Emily and Aaron, who groaned at the lost chance of watching the movie.
And yet, he had no choice in the matter, as Emily pulled him to his feet. The five preteens left theater two and hid behind a plant next to theater one.
They moved the plant into the middle of the lobby. Aaron and Sabrina peeked out of the plant to check both sides.
"My side is clear." Sabrina said.
"Same." Aaron said. A few seconds later, he saw his parents waiting by the ticket booth.
"You go ahead with your plan, I'm giving my parents their ticket stubs." Aaron said.
"Okay. See you after!" Sabrina said, as she, Chloe, Melissa and Emily ran to theater 1.
Sabrina, Chloe, Melissa and Emily's P.O.V.-Theater 1
The four females opened the door and closed it behind them. Standing near the back just in case if they need to make a hasty escape, they turned their attentions to the big screen.
"There seems to be a tiny hole in the side of our submarine." The Captain, having a Russian accent, said.
"But tonight is the big New Year's Eve party, captain. Are you saying we will have to cancel the party?" asked one of the submarine staff, with an unidentifiable accent, as he saluted the captain.
"The party must go on! I will attempt to seal up the holes, personally." The captain said.
A few minutes later
"Captain, the hole just got bigger!" exclaimed the staff member, still saluting the captain.
"Get my 9 millimeter caulking gun with the laser fighting!" The captain said.
"...Aaron was right: this movie is boring." Melissa said.
"Aw, man. That's exactly what he said in Submarine 1." Emily groaned.
"...Since when did you have the time to watch the first one?" Melissa asked.
"When I raided Sabrina's closet." Emily said.
"I knew it!" Sabrina exclaimed.
"Shh." Chloe shushed the three Spellman sisters.
"Oh, check it out. Four seats together." Sabrina said.
Suddenly, a flashlight beam landed on the four females.
"Let's see your ticket stubs for this movie." The male usher said, looking unamused.
"Our tickets? Uh, yeah, uh." Chloe said, trying to come up with a answer that would work.
"Uh, our tickets? Uh, you mean our tickets for this movie?" Melissa asked with a nervous chuckle.
"Hey, isn't that Steven Spielberg's foot masseuse?" Sabrina asked, pointing behind the usher.
"Ooh, where?" The male usher asked, turning away from the four preteens. Only to realize he had been played, as he saw them running out of the room.
A few minutes earlier-Aaron's P.O.V.-Lobby
As soon as Sabrina and the others went to the movie they want to see(though I still don't get why anyone would want to watch a boring movie about people on submarines), I went over to my parents.
It's actually good to hang out with them, without anything interfering. They haven't been out of town, or even out of state, for awhile, and things seems to be improving.
And sure, it's still shocking that this whole time, I am a Dastardly. And that they kept secrets from me, which was infuriating. But I haven't told them about how I-
So, I can't be mad at them for their secrets when I've been keeping that one, at the request of Sabrina. But, back to the topic at hand, I met them in the lobby.
"Aaron, how are you?" My dad asked.
"More importantly, did you got the tickets?" My mom asked.
"Daisy, that should be number two of your priority." My dad said.
"Daniel, stop ruining my fun." My mom said, 'lightly' slapping my dad on the back.
"I'm fine. And got your tickets right here." I said, handing my parents their stubs.
"Yes! Movie from the glory days, here I come!" My mom exclaimed as she ran to theater two.
My dad shook his head while sighing. "I swear, she's been waiting to drop the 'normal woman' act since day one." My dad said.
"At least someone's happy for the movie." I said.
"Yep. Are you going to head in too?" My dad asked.
"Going to grab some snacks first. Be there soon. Just tell me the parts I missed." I said.
"Okay." My dad said. He looked like he was about to say something else, but stopped himself, smiled at me, and walked to theater two.
I was about to head to the snack areas when I heard doors slamming open. The next thing I know was that I was being carried over someone's head.
Everyone's P.O.V.
"I got Aaron!" Emily exclaimed, carrying Aaron over her head. She, Sabrina, Chloe and Melissa ran to the center of the lobby.
"Are you serious?!" Aaron exclaimed.
"Well, the usher saw us, so we can't have you come up with an alibi. And he did saw you with us earlier, so if he sees you..." Sabrina let the silence draw out, as Aaron got the answer.
"...If we go down for this, I'll tell you what lesson you'll be learning by the end of this." Aaron said with death daggers.
The four females preteen, with an unamused Aaron, hid behind the corner just as the male usher left theater one, exclaiming, "Freeze!"
"We're trapped, and we don't have the proper stubs!" Melissa exclaimed in fear.
"I would like to be on the ground now." Aaron said.
"And let you run? Not a chance." Emily said.
"I can't run from this stupid plan even if I wanted to. Plus, I can't get in trouble for this, remember?" Aaron asked sarcastically.
"Touche. You're our 'get out of jail free' card." Emily said, putting Aaron down.
"Unfortunately, I don't think even that part of my plan is going to work." Sabrina said.
"Come here, little piggies. You can't hide from ol' Gavin." Gavin said, closing an eye to look around his surroundings.
"Sabrina, use some magic. Zap us out." Chloe pleaded.
"No! Someone will see." Sabrina said.
"Here, piggy, piggy." Gavin said, coming closer to the five preteens.
"Sabrina, the lobby is empty, you could blow a nuke in here and nobody would notice. Zap us back into the lobster zombie theater." Chloe said.
"Uh, okay. Let me think." Sabrina said, scratching her hat.
"Like foxes to foxholes, like rabbits to thickets. Take us back to the movie for which we bought tickets." Sabrina recited as she zapped herself, her sisters, Chloe and Aaron out of the lobby.
The five soon arrived in a black and white setting, which look to be like a place from 1950s. The five preteens were also black and white, as they looked at their surroundings.
"Well, we're sure in the movies for which we bought tickets." Chloe said, looking out of the big screen to the people sitting in the theater.
"He'll never look for us here." Sabrina said with a nervous chuckle.
"Another thing to add to the list of things I've never want to be famous for: being in another movie." Aaron said with his face in his hands, muffling his words slightly.
"At least we're not in another documentary?" Sabrina said, pointing out the silver lining.
Aaron looked at Sabrina through his fingers, giving her a flat expression. Yet, he did agree with that statement, as he said, "Touche."
"Why are we in the movie, though?" Melissa asked.
"And more importantly, why are we black and white? This doesn't bring out my good side whatsoever." Emily added, indicating at herself to point out the fact.
"I don't know. I thought I worded the sp-" Sabrina began to say, only for Chloe to interrupt, pointing at both the audience watching the movie and the people within the movie in a vague manner.
"The script, of this interactive movie, using state of the art technology. Right?" Chloe asked, giving Sabrina a subtle wink.
"Er, yeah. I thought I worded the script correctly to ensure that we wouldn't be in this scenario." Sabrina said, going along with Chloe's charade.
"Look at that! They got actors that look and sound like Sabrina, Melissa, Emily and their friends!" Hilda said with a smile on her face.
Meanwhile, in the audience
"It's as if our Sabrina, Melissa and Emily are on the big screen!" Zelda added, joy in her voice.
"Good thing Aaron is getting snacks, otherwise he would be pissed about this." Daisy said.
"Speaking of, where is Aaron? It shouldn't take that long for him to buy snacks, and he been wanting to watch this with us." The Dread Baron said.
"Eh, maybe he's trying to figure out what to buy. At least gives us time to appreciate the glory days." Daisy said.
"...Daisy, we were kids when this movie came out. I'm sure our parents wouldn't let us watch it." The Dread Baron said.
"Maybe yours didn't, but my wouldn't care. At least, what they don't know won't kill them." Daisy said.
"You snuck out?" The Dread Baron asked in surprise.
"Hey, my parents were trained to kill Dracula since they were kids! If they can do that, then I can get away with watching movies not suitable for kids!" Daisy said.
"...Both of our family are screwed up, aren't they?" The Dread Baron asked.
"Yep, yep they are. And we continue that trend." Daisy said, turning her attention back to the movie.
"How about we stop that trend." The Dread Baron said.
"Agreed." Daisy said with a nod.
Meanwhile, in the lobby
Gavin looked around, pointing his flashlight in random directions. "They were just here," he said, turning off the flashlight. "They were here, but now they're not. I am in control. I am in control. I am king of this theater. I repeat, the king!" Gavin said, trying to reassure himself that he was in control of this situation.
Meanwhile, back in the movie
"Uh, how about you and me going steady, Peggy Sue?" Ricky asked, as he and Peggy were having a milkshake.
"Well, golly my gosh, my call here, Ricky. I'm don't know if I want to go steady." Peggy Sue said.
Unknownst to the two teens, Sabrina, Melissa, Emily, Chloe and Aaron were standing by their table, listening to their conversation.
Chloe chuckled at the dialogue. "Poodle skirts, this is a horror movie." Chloe said.
"It's a B-movie. It's supposed to be filled with cheesy dialogue. That way, you can laugh at how bad it is, yet find it good enough to watch it." Aaron said.
"Well, golly jeepers. Get a load of those kids!" Ricky said, causing everyone's attention to divert to the five preteens in 21st century clothing.
"Oh yeah, our clothing didn't change to match the movie. Why didn't we noticed till now?" Aaron said under his breath.
"Because we never paid attention to that detail." Sabrina said.
"Drats." Aaron conceded.
At that moment, a middle-aged man burst through the malt shop's door.
"The lobster zombie's coming! The lobster zombie's coming!" The man exclaimed, getting everyone's attention.
Outside, a mailman, and a traffic monitor also exclaimed, "The lobster zombie is coming!" A crowd of terrified townsfolk were running away, screaming in fear. A man driving his truck slammed his brake, hearing the news, just as he was rear-ended by another truck.
The five preteens stood in the middle of the road, watching the chaos unfold in front of them.
"Look out for that caption!" Chloe shouted, pointing directly in front of them.
A huge wall of caption, reading, 'THE LOBSTER ZOMBIE IS COMING' headed towards the five preteens and slammed into them, knocking them to the ground.
"Ouch." Sabrina said, rubbing her head.
"Can we get the number of the caption that rammed into us?" Aaron asked, flat on his back.
"Why would a caption have a number on it?" Emily asked.
"Why would it not?" Aaron shot back.
"...Show us your number so we can report you for reckless captioning." Emily said, looking all over the caption for numbers.
"You know, being in the movies is rough." Sabrina said.
"You would think the first time would've get the message across." Aaron said, sitting up.
"At least it's not another documentary." Sabrina said, pointing out that fact again.
"I swear, with the amount of news reporters, my life is becoming a documentary." Aaron grumbled.
"I think I'm ready to go home now." Chloe said, pulling herself out from under the caption.
"I want to go home too." Melissa said.
"Oh, come on. Getting hit by captions is not only awesome, if a bit painful, but it builds character!" Emily said, abandoning her search of numbers on the caption.
Chloe let out a gasp. "Look up at the sky!" she exclaimed.
Looking up, the other four saw what Chloe saw: a UFO flying in the sky.
"Yes! We can punch some aliens, Will Smith-style!" Emily said.
"...That was the dumbest thing I've ever heard, and that's saying something." Aaron said.
"I have to agree." Melissa said.
"You two are no fun." Emily pouted.
"This movie would be more fun if we were back in our seats. Let me concentrate, so I can zap all of us out." Sabrina said, holding up her index finger.
"One, two, three." Sabrina said, concentrating intently as she attempted to use magic to zapped herself, her sisters and her friends out of the movie. However, her magic wasn't working. "Oh no." Sabrina said in horror.
"Why won't your magic work?" Chloe asked.
"This is a cheap B-movie. No special effects budget!" Sabrina explained.
"What about you, Aaron? Can you get us out of here?" Chloe asked.
"Nope, sorry. Same reason as Sabrina." Aaron said, turning away from Sabrina and Chloe, and the audience, so they can't see the expression on his face.
Sabrina and Chloe had the feeling that Aaron wasn't telling the truth, and was about to say something; Chloe wanted to talked about the suspicion she had from the VR game, and Sabrina was about to ask if Aaron was lying. Before they can get the chance, though, Melissa pointed at the UFO.
"Guys, I think it's getting closer!" Melissa said, causing everyone to look at the UFO. All thoughts about using magic to get out was gone from their thoughts, as they saw that the UFO was above them.
"Hey, you five kids in the weird clothing. You'd better hide. The lobster zombie would want to know who the new kids in town are! You don't want to mess with him. I'm warning you!" A male, who, judging by his clothing, is the cook at the malt shop, warned the five preteens. He then turned around and ran away to find someplace to hide.
Meanwhile, in the audience
"Is it me, or is this movie worse than I remembered?" Hilda commented, before turning to Zelda. "Maybe we should use magic to make it enjoyable. After all, these new characters that looked oddly like our nieces and their friends are slowing down the plot," she said to Zelda.
As they listened to the townspeople within the movie screamed, Hilda and Zelda gave each other a look for a few moments. Then, they both giggled, shaking their heads at the same time. "Nah," they both said, agreeing to let the movie continued on its 'altered' course.
And now, back to the featured presentation
The UFO lowered itself until it was a few feet off the ground, hovering in front of the five preteens. Said preteens proceed to scream as they ran away, as the UFO chased them.
The preteens hid behind a bush, peeking their heads out to see the UFO landing in front of them. A ramp lowered down, allowing the teenage lobster zombie to walk down it, looking around for the preteens.
They gasped as the lobster zombie started walking around, looking for them.
"He's really is a monster." Sabrina said.
"No, really? I thought he was advertising a new restaurant." Aaron said sarcastically.
"Now is not the time for sarcasm!" Emily hissed in Aaron's ear.
"Listen up, guys. When I say go, let's all run for it." Sabrina said to the others.
Chloe and Melissa looked up, gasping in horror. Sabrina, Aaron and Emily followed their gaze, and gasped in horror as well, realizing that the lobster zombie was in front of them.
"Go!" Sabrina exclaimed, as she, Melissa, Emily, Chloe and Aaron ran from behind the bushes, and away from the lobster zombie. They hid behind a tree and another bush.
"...Hey, neat. The music changes with whatever we do. Quick, let's run fast." Emily said, wanting to mess with the music, which was reacting to the five preteens' actions.
The five preteens ran again, causing the music to speed up. "Now, slow motion." Emily said, as she and the others slowed their pace. The music slowed with them. "Listen, totally awesome." Emily said.
"Are we trying to live, or are we just messing with the music? Because if it's the latter, then why are we even doing it?" Aaron asked with an annoyed expression.
"I have to agree with Aaron. That monster is heading our way!" Sabrina said, pointing behind them, causing Emily to gasp as she saw that the monster was catching up to them.
"Er, I had fun messing with the music?" Emily said sheepishly.
Melissa slugged Emily in the arm, though not too hard. "Yeah, yeah you did." Melissa said with an dry tone in her voice.
Meanwhile, in the audience
Right at that moment, Gavin entered theater two and saw the scene. Despite the five preteens being in black and white, he recognized four of them as the ones who tried to sneak into theater one.
Which makes the fifth one, the local celebrity after the Harvzilla incident, Aaron Dimension, or rather, Aaron Dastardly, their accomplice in their plan. It seems like, just like his namesake, Aaron helped the four females out by concocting a dastardly plan to be their alibi so they can sneak into theater one, while he can play the part of being innocent.
And yet, Gavin was baffled by one thing. Or rather, five children in the movie. "How did those kids get-?" Gavin began to ask before letting out a gasp and stumbled backwards into an empty seat.
"I'm in control. I am the king." Gavin said in a shaky voice as he turned off his flashlight.
Back to the featured presentation
"Move. Spaceship. You go. Now." The lobster zombie said to the five preteens after cornering them, blocking any chance of escape.
With no way out, as the lobster zombie was in front of them, and his spaceship was behind them, the five preteens had no choice but to go on the spaceship. And yet, only Emily had some joy in it.
"This is cool! Wait till we bragged about this at school tomorrow!" Emily said.
"...Are you serious?" Melissa asked, annoyed.
"Yes." Emily said.
"What do we do now, Sabrina?" Chloe asked.
"Don't worry, I have experience with this. Some of my closest relatives are monsters. We just have to make friends with him. Let him know he's safe with us." Sabrina said.
"...And how do we know if we're safe with him? More importantly, you have relatives that are monsters and you're now telling us?" Aaron asked.
Whatever answer Sabrina was about to give was drowned out as the five preteens were led into the spaceship by the lobster zombie. The ramp went back into the spaceship as the hatch closed. The spaceship soon lifted off, flying above the town as the town folks looked on, dreading what would happen to the weirdly dressed kids.
Meanwhile, in the audience
"Look out. It's a 50's B Movie effect! It's even got three visible piano wires carrying it. They weren't even trying to hide them." A vaguely familiar voice said. Yet, those would've recognized its owner didn't paid attention, as they were invested in the movie.
(Future/Present Aaron: {Turns around to look at Madi} ...What kind of person are you?
Madi: A ghost person to you. Now if you excuse me, I got MST3K memes to make.
Aaron: How many times were you a plot device?!
Madi: Four times.
Aaron: Fo- What was the fourth time?
*The sounds of crickets chirping was the only answer he got*)
"If the monster doesn't rampage soon, then modern audiences will after getting refunds." Madi said, before standing up.
"In fact, I'm getting one right now. Should've watched a Gamera movie." Madi said as stormed off, grumbling about how she would've been entertained by a Gamera movie.
"Don't let the monster get you!" Gavin exclaimed, putting his hands on two random movie watchers and pushing their heads down as he was invested in the movie.
Back to the featured presentation
"That monster's taken more victims." A middle-aged male said.
"This is a calamity! We can't let him destroy our community! We must destroy him before he destroys us!" A balding male said.
"Before midnight, tonight." Mr. Peggy Sue said.
"But how will we do that, Mr. Peggy Sue? We've tried everything. That lobster zombie cannot be conquered." The middle-aged man bemoaned.
"I have an idea. What are lobsters most afraid of?" Mr. Peggy Sue asked.
"Why, I don't know, Mr. Peggy Sue. That's why you're a nuclear physicist and father of the lovely young Peggy Sue." The middle-aged man said while the balding man nodded in agreement.
"The arch-nemesis of lobsters everywhere is...drawn butter." Mr. Peggy Sue said, standing on a soap box.
"Of course. Butter! Let's gather around all the butter in town and start to melt it!" The balding man declared to the town folks, who nodded their heads in agreement with the plan.
"Melt, my friends. Melt, like the wind." Mr. Peggy Sue said.
Meanwhile, in the audience
"...This movie isn't as good as I remembered it." Daisy said.
"Then again, with that line, it sounds like an innuendo." The Dread Baron said.
"And we all know that butter is not a lobster's weakness." Daisy said.
"Exactly. It's just something that served with them once they're cooked." The Dread Baron said, as he and Daisy started to, silently, riffed on the movie. At the same time, both the Dread Baron and Daisy were also wondering where Aaron is, given the movie was almost over.
Back to the featured presentation
As the spaceship fly over the town, the five preteens looked around the ship. Sabrina saw something that catches her attention and decided to ask the lobster zombie about it.
"Is that your name, Freddie?" Sabrina asked, as the lobster zombie turned to look at her. The lobster zombie nodded in response to her question.
"My name is Sabrina. This is Chloe and Aaron, my two best friends. And those two are my sisters, Melissa and Emily." Sabrina said, pointing at the four preteens in order of how she introduced them.
"Sup?" Emily said, giving Freddie the lobster zombie a smile and a quick wave.
"Hi." Melissa said with a bright, yet nervous, smile.
"Don't forget, it's important to make friends with Freddie." Sabrina whispered to Aaron and Chloe.
"Charmed." Chloe whispered back.
"Yeah, let's be friends with our kidnapper, Sabreeny. Surely, we won't get accused of Stockholm Syndrome." Aaron said under his breath so Sabrina can hear. She elbowed him in response.
"Let's go. Big ride through town." Freddie said to the preteens as he turned his attention back to the controls.
"Uh, a ride sounds like it could be pretty fun." Sabrina said with a shrug.
Freddie let out an insane laugh in response before pushing forward on the throttle. The spaceship's speed increased as it zipped through the town.
Meanwhile, in the audience
"Hold on to your hat, Sabrina! Oh no, where is he taking them? Be careful, kids!" Gavin said, getting highly invested in the movie.
"That's what I love about the movies. No commercials, just when you're about to get to the good pa-" Gavin began to say, speaking to the fourth wall.
However, an unseen force, in charge of writing everything down, decided to interfere with this bit of fourth-wall breaking by playing statics on the screen for a few moments. Hopefully, this will remind one-off characters that only main, minor, recurring and supporting characters are the only ones who can break the fourth wall. Oh, and also the unseen force chronicling this entire thing.
Back to the featured presentation
Where we last left off, the UFO zipped through the town, scaring some more town folks and even stealing a kite! The horror!
Oh, and also the fact that it was being piloted by a lobster zombie teen, who had five weirdly-dressed preteens as potential hostages. But, the kite thing is even worse. The fiend!
Inside the UFO, the five preteens were in the air for a few seconds, letting out sounds of shock, before landing on the floor. As Sabrina rubbed her head, she noticed a pin board next to Freddie. And on the pin board was a photo of someone that Sabrina thought looked familiar, yet she couldn't put her finger on the reason why.
"Hey, who is this? Your girlfriend?" Sabrina asked Freddie, either not noticing or caring that her sentence was spoken similar to the other characters in the movie.
Freddie didn't reply to the question. He did, however, landed the UFO onto a rooftop of a random skyscraper a bit too roughly, causing the five preteens to let out yelps of pain. "Hey!" Sabrina complained.
"She was my girlfriend. I don't want to talk about it." Freddie said, not facing the preteens.
"You're not talking in broken monster speak anymore?" Sabrina asked, surprised by the fact.
"Hey, he's talking like a regular kid." Chloe said.
"I am-was a regular kid." Freddie said.
"But you look like a lobster zombie." Emily pointed out.
"What happened?" Melissa asked.
"And why wait this long to talk normally?" Aaron asked, dumbfounded by the recent event that had unfolded.
"It's a long, sad story." Freddie said.
"You can tell us. We're your friends." Sabrina said as Freddie shed a single tear.
"Well, once, before I was a monster," Freddie began, as tears spilled out of his left eye.
Flashback Sequence
"I was just good old Freddie Addison, hopelessly in love with Peggy Sue." Freddie said as his past self, a normal teen with glasses and dark-colored hair, hiding behind a tree, watching Peggy Sue and Ricky talking before splitting ways.
Past Freddie jumped out from behind the tree and attempted to land next to Peggy Sue, only to skid a few inches. "Jeepers!" he said, as he turned around and walked next to Peggy Sue.
"Can I walk you home, Peggy Sue?" Past Freddie asked.
"That'd be just swell, Freddie." Peggy Sue said.
"Swell." Freddie repeated in a love-sick tone.
"Yeah. Swell." Peggy Sue said, enjoying Freddie's company.
As the two walked together, with Past Freddie carrying both his and Peggy Sue's books, Present Freddie continued to explain the story.
"But I was so clumsy and dumb. Everytime I tried to talk to her,-" Present Freddie began as Past Freddie slipped on the sidewalk and fell flat on his rear end, causing the books to fly out of his grip. "-I make a fool out of myself." Present Freddie concluded.
However, it looks as if Peggy Sue didn't mind, as she extend a hand out to Past Freddie. Past Freddie, with his glasses askew and one of the books on his head, accepted the hand. Both he and Peggy Sue smiled at each other.
"Didn't help that Peggy Sue's dad, Mr. Peggy Sue, thought I wasn't good enough for his daughter." Present Freddie said, as the flashback showed Mr. Peggy Sue looking at Past Freddie with a frown.
"I'll tell you honey, I don't think that boy is good enough for our daughter." Mr. Peggy Sue said to his unseen wife, who was off-screen.
"But, finally, one day, I have the courage to ask her." Present Freddie said as the flashback showed Past Freddie running up to Peggy Sue.
"Uh, wanna meet me tonight at Make-out Point at 8 o'clock?" Past Freddie asked nervously.
While Peggy Sue took a few seconds to decide, Past Freddie was messing around with his jacket, dreading the possibility of the answer 'no'. When Peggy Sue made up her mind, Past Freddie hid his face behind his arms, fearing the rejection, and possible embarrassment, he was dreading.
"Okay. 8 o'clock." Peggy Sue said, destroying any doubts Past Freddie had of the rejection as he uncovered his face.
Hours later, he was applying some hair gel, preparing for the date.
"I was getting ready for our date, and I hated what I saw." Present Freddie said as his past self looked in the mirror and gasped in horror at his own appearance, as the hair gel caused his hair to look like he got electrocuted. Falling flat onto his back and clutching his chest, Past Freddie started to have some doubts about his upcoming date.
"I could never be worthy of Peggy Sue. If only I looked like movie star James Delanquet." Present Freddie said, while his past self had the image of said movie star.
"So, hours before the date, I stopped by the laboratory of mad scientist Dr. Mixer." Present Freddie said as his past self went to the lab.
Minutes later, Past Freddie was sitting in a chair. "I want to look like movie star James Delanquet. Then I know Peggy Sue will love me." Past Freddie said to Dr. Mixer.
Dr. Mixer turned around from his chemicals to talk to Past Freddie. "I know the perfect concoction!" he told the teen as he grabbed random chemicals to mix them.
"A bit of this, a splash of that and a teaspoon of this," Dr. Mixer said as he mixed the chemicals, then poured the liquid down Past Freddie's mouth. Dr. Mixer then tossed the empty beaker away and turned the chair, and Past Freddie, around so that they were facing a huge machine.
"And now, you are ready for the transformation machine!" Dr. Mixer said, indicating said machine.
As Past Freddie entered the machine, Present Freddie spoke again.
"But, just my luck. At that very moment, Dr. Mixer's pet lobster crawled in." Present Freddie said, just as Dr. Mixer's pet lobster entered the transformation machine after Past Freddie.
However, Dr. Mixer didn't saw as he closed the door on the machine. Running over to the controls, Dr. Mixer turned on the machine so that it would do its thing. As the liquids went through the tubes and into the machine, the machine glowed brightly as it kicked off the ground by a couple feet.
Once the process was over, the machine landed back on the ground, smoke briefly coming out from it. The door to the machine opened, as Dr. Mixer let out an 'Ah', wanting to see the results. Soon, he let out a gasp once seeing the 'monster' Past Freddie was turned into. As Past Freddie exited the machine, Dr. Mixer fell backwards behind his table as a couple tools fell down.
Present
"So,where did you get the spaceship from?" Emily asked.
"Uh..." Freddie said, unsure how to answer that.
"Don't confuse him. It's not his fault he's in a movie with an illogical plot." Sabrina said.
"Takes one to know one." Emily said, referring to the daily life in Greendale, but with magic involved.
"Emily, does it matter about how the spaceship came to be? The important thing is knowing Freddie's story." Aaron said.
"Since when did you change your mind regarding him?" Emily asked.
"Since I realized that we're not that different." Aaron said.
"You mean in the rejection department?" Emily asked with a smirk.
"No, about feeling like people won't accept you for being yourself." Aaron said.
"So, what happened to Peggy Sue?" Melissa asked, wanting to hear the rest of the story.
Flashback Sequence Act 2
"Freddie Addison never showed up that night." Present Freddie said as the flashback showed a clock reading '8:00'. As other couples left Make-out Point, Peggy Sue was standing alone, sad that Past Freddie didn't showed up.
"But Freddie the lobster zombie did." Present Freddie continued.
As Peggy Sue took out a handkerchief to wipe away a tear, she heard various people screaming. Seeing the lobster zombie, Peggy Sue screamed as she ran away.
Past Freddie walked to the center of Make-out Point, as people ran away and screamed. Once he was alone, Past Freddie let out a sigh of sadness as he looked down at the ground.
Present
"That is the saddest, saddest story I've ever heard." Sabrina said.
"I know how it feels, Freddie." Aaron said, empathizing with the former teen-turned lobster zombie.
Meanwhile, in the audience
The audience members booed at the new characters empathizing with the 'monster'. "This stinks," Hilda complained.
However, Daisy and the Dread Baron had a look of realization and horror on their faces, as they started to notice the puzzle pieces in front of them.
"Daisy, those kids aren't new characters, are they?" The Dread Baron asked.
"No. If that's the case, then the movie would've been remade in color." Daisy said.
"Which means that those kids are-" The Dread Baron began at the same time that Daisy said, "Which means the reason Aaron isn't back from his snack run yet is because-"
"Aaron is inside the movie with his friends!" The two parents said as they looked at the movie screen, internally berating themselves for not realizing it sooner.
Gavin, on the other hand, felt bad for Freddie, as he was openly sobbing from the backstory. He had some tissues in hand, blowing his nose as he sobbed.
Back to the featured presentation
"We need to find Peggy Sue right now! I'm gonna bring you two back together! Where is she?!" Sabrina demanded.
Freddie pulled out a spyglass and looked out the spaceship's window. Spotting Peggy Sue's location, he cried out, "There she is! There's Peggy Sue!"
As Freddie piloted the spaceship to Peggy Sue's location, the five preteens talk amongst themselves.
"You know, I've never thought I see someone who is like me." Aaron said.
"Afraid of rejection and getting laughed at?" Emily mocked.
"No, feeling like not getting accepted for being ourselves." Aaron said, giving Emily an annoyed look.
"Is that why you always tried to be liked by the town? Or why you were the way you were before...that trip?" Sabrina asked, surprised that Aaron felt that way.
"Yes, but not anymore. At least, I hope so." Aaron said, looking down at the ground for a second. "I'm gonna talk with Freddie some more." Aaron said as he walked over to Freddie and stood next to him. Soon, the two males were having a discussion that were only heard by them, while the four females looked at them for a few moments before turning their attentions back to each other.
"Guys, I think the true reason why Aaron felt like he and Freddie are the same is because of that rejection." Sabrina said.
"...Sabrina, that was 4 years ago, and Aaron clearly moved on. If it was because of that, then clearly, he would be saying it." Chloe said.
"But what if he thinks that talking about it will bring the pain again?" Sabrina asked.
"I don't think that's it. I believe that what he said is the truth. I'm more wondering why he's not attempting to use his 'secret talent' recently." Chloe said, subtly glancing at the audience to remind Sabrina to keep the whole magic thing a secret.
"What, nah. He's has no problems with it at all. In fact, he used it for an exam 8 days ago. Plus, it might be a phase that he'll get over." Sabrina said.
"I don't think so. His words during the VR game suggest otherwise." Chloe pointed out.
"Come on, Chloe. This is Aaron we're talking about. Eventually, he'll be using those skills once again." Sabrina said.
"I guess so," Chloe said, not convinced by Sabrina's words.
"The more important thing is that we need to stopping making fun of time I rejected Aaron." Sabrina said.
"Aw, but it's fun." Emily whined.
"...Chloe, can you use that hook to smack some common sense into Emily?" Melissa asked, annoyed.
"Sure." Chloe said, turning her hook around so that the flat part was facing Emily. She then hit Emily with the flat part of the hook.
"Ow." Emily complained, rubbing her head.
"Thank you." Melissa said to Chloe. She then turned her attention to Sabrina. "And for the record, Aaron isn't using the rejection as a way that he and Freddie are similar, so stop trying to blame yourself, or you're next to be hit by the Hook of Common Sense." Melissa said.
"Cool name for the hook." Chloe commented.
"But-" Sabrina began.
"No, nuh-uh, we're not talking about it. He already said it when you brought in the Wise Warlock. So, if he's over it, then you need to get over it too." Melissa said firmly.
"Fine," Sabrina said, though a part of her knows she won't drop it.
"Good." Melissa said. "So, what's our game plan for Freddie and Peggy Sue?" she asked.
"Oh, we don't need a plan for that. I know what to do." Sabrina said with a smile.
A Few Minutes Later-Drive-in Movie Theater
The spaceship was above the drive-in movies. "Lower the spaceship!" Sabrina said, as Freddie did just that.
Once the spaceship landed, a bunch of people screamed as they ran out of their cars, in desperation to run away from the 'monster'. As for why they didn't think to drive away...your guess is as good as ours. We'll get back to you as soon as come up with a semi-plausible reason.
Ricky got out of his car, screamed and ran away, leaving Peggy Sue behind, who, for some reason, wasn't panicking. Finally, someone with common sense in a B-movie. Frightening, isn't it?
...Wait, where were we? Oh yeah, Sabrina running up to Ricky's car to talk to Peggy Sue.
"Hey! Peggy Sue," Sabrina said, waving at Peggy Sue. "Don't be scared. I have great news about someone you haven't seen in a long time: Freddie Addison!" Sabrina said, speaking over the sounds of panicked screams in the background.
Seriously, some people can be rude. Can't these people scream a bit quietly? ...Right, the plot.
"Freddie Addison?" Peggy Sue asked, as hearts appeared out of nowhere and float around her body before dissipating.
"I thought he never wanted to see me. After he didn't showed up that night, I thought he didn't like me, or, well, the way I looked or-" Peggy Sue said, shaking her head in sadness as she thought about that night.
"Oh boy, have I got a story for you." Sabrina said, happy to help reunite Peggy Sue and Freddie.
At that moment, Mr. Peggy Sue and the adults came in, hauling a huge container with steam coming out of it. Instead of nuclear waste or biohazard, this one was filled with, and we say this with no comedic effect at all, melted butter.
"There's his spaceship! And there's my daughter, Peggy Sue! Follow me!" Mr. Peggy Sue commanded, leading the adults onward, like soldiers on a battlefield.
"Careful with the butter," he added.
"I brought margarine. Is that okay?" asked the middle-aged man, holding up a pan of margarine.
The balding man gave the middle-aged man a death glare while growling in response, indicating that it was a stupid question. At least, that's what we think. We don't have degrees in growling, folks!
Sabrina and Peggy Sue walked to the spaceship as Sabrina finished recapping everything to Peggy Sue about what happened to Freddie.
"So, all this time, that lobster monster was-?" Peggy Sue began to ask, right as Freddie and the other preteens stepped out of the spaceship.
"Hey, Peggy Sue." Freddie said with a wave. "It's me. Freddie."
"Freddie!" Peggy Sue exclaimed as she and Freddie ran to each other, hugging each other at the middle of the ramp. "Freddie, I missed you so much!" Peggy Sue said.
Unfortunately for everyone younger than 21, the adults decided to ruin the moment with their...butter plan. Dumbest. Idea. Ever.
"There's the monster! He's got my Peggy Sue!" Mr. Peggy Sue exclaimed, riling up the other adults' 'anger of justice'. "Get him!" he ordered the adults.
Freddie, Peggy Sue, and the five preteens ran inside building which has the projector for the drive-in movies. As the adults were about to give chase, one of them accidentally spilled a bit of butter, causing a puddle. The balding man slipped in the butter, falling into the butter bin and knocking it forwards, spilling butter onto the other adults. Somehow, none of them suffered first-degree burns or even third-degree burns from the butter.
"Everybody, shh, listen!" Sabrina shouted from the rooftop of the building, catching the adults' attentions. "The lobster zombie is not going to hurt Peggy Sue or anyone! He's not really a monster! He's really good old Freddie Addison!" Sabrina shouted to the adults as she patted Freddie's arm.
"That's not Freddie Addison! Are you crazy, young lady?! That's a monster, and he got my daughter!" Mr. Peggy Sue exclaimed.
"Daddy, it is Freddie. There was a terrible mix-up with a mad scientist, and he wound up looking like this." Peggy Sue explained.
That explanation satisfy the other adults. However, Mr. Peggy Sue still looked at Freddie with scorn, for if his daughter and the weirdly-dressed kids were telling the truth, then the lobster monster is the boy that he thinks isn't good enough for his daughter.
"But I love Freddie, no matter what!" Peggy Sue declared, looking up at Freddie's eyes as she said this.
"It doesn't matter what you look like! Whether you're a lobster or whether you think you've got a bad haircut, you're still you and that's all that matters!" Sabrina shouted, as she realized the truth of her own words.
Meanwhile, in the audience
"This is truly the best movie I have ever seen in my entire life!" Gavin exclaimed, wiping his tears.
"Could this plot be any hokier?" Zelda asked Hilda.
"You wouldn't think so, but then you get this," Hilda said, pointing at the screen.
"Hilda, Zelda, this is an emergency." The Dread Baron whispered, as he and Daisy sat next to the two witches to tell them that the five 'kid actors' weren't actors at all.
Back to the featured presentation
"I am the Dr. Mixer, the local mad scientist. I have been building this Atomic Nutcracker for the last several years." Dr. Mixer said, pulling out said nutcracker.
"It looks like a pair of pliers to me." Aaron said.
"Glad I wasn't the only one thinking it." Chloe said, as the two did a silent high-five.
"Shh." Sabrina shushed them, wanting to see what would happened next.
"I will show you all that this is really Freddie Addison." Dr. Mixer said, as he used the Atomic Nutcracker on Freddie.
Peggy Sue, Sabrina, Emily, Melissa, Chloe and Aaron gasped at first, before letting out sounds of joy seeing the result: Freddie was back to looking like a normal teen. All the adults, except for Mr. Peggy Sue, applauded at the happy sight.
Peggy Sue kissed Freddie while Dr. Mixer gave a thumbs up.
Meanwhile in the audience
"...No wonder the movie was going off-rails." Hilda tried to joked, but failed.
"Let's zapped them out before things get weirder." Zelda said, using her thumb to gather magic. Once she had enough magic, she zapped the five preteens out of the movie, and onto the seats in front of her, Hilda and Aaron's parents.
"That was awesome! Let's do it again!" Emily said.
"No. I'm never getting in front of another camera for as long as I live." Aaron said.
"Yeah, I'm all movied out. What do you say, Chloe and Melissa?" Sabrina asked.
"I say, we go bowling next time." Chloe said.
"I second that!" Melissa added.
A few moments later
"I'll say one thing for you, Sabrina." Hilda said as she, Zelda, Sabrina, Chloe, Emily and Melissa were leaving theater one. Aaron and his parents were in the lobby, deep in discussion about what happened during the movie.
"You spend the night inside the movies and you still managed to keep that silly hat on." Hilda said, turning to face Sabrina.
"You're right. This hat is silly." Sabrina said, taking off the hat. "It doesn't matter what you look like," she added, as she made a decision.
"Hey, everyone! Hey, Gem! Check out my new 'do!" Sabrina exclaimed, as she threw the hat in Gem's direction. To Sabrina's surprise, everyone was clapping, happy about her new hairdo.
Everyone except for Gem, whose head the hat landed on. Instead, Gem was happy about how the hat looked on her.
"Just a moment." Gavin said, walking up to Sabrina with a empty bag of popcorn and a pencil. "Can I have your autograph?" he asked, holding the pencil out to Sabrina.
As Sabrina signed the bag, Aaron let out a silent sigh of relief, glad that it wasn't him being asked that question for once.
"Thank you," Gavin said as Sabrina handed him the pencil and popcorn bag back. Gavin's expression changed from happy to stern, as he was about to remind the four preteens, and one unwilling preteen, the consequences of their actions.
"Now, movie star and celebrity or not, you four kids snuck in, and you were their accomplice," Gavin said, pointing at Sabrina, Chloe, Melissa and Emily for the first crime, and Aaron for the accomplice part, "and because of that, you have to pay the consequences." Gavin said.
"Consequences?" Sabrina asked, genuinely hoping that Gavin would've forgotten about the events that led to her, accidentally, sending herself, her sisters and her friends into the movie.
A few moments later
Gavin stood over the five preteens as they scrubbed the floors.
"I want this place to be spotless. Absolutely spotless." Gavin said.
"Sabrina, can we go back to the movies?" Emily pleaded.
"No, this is real life, and we have to deal with it." Sabrina said.
"Well, like I said, if we go down for this, I'm teaching you a lesson. So, what did we learn from this?" Aaron asked.
"Never use a friend's reputation against them?" Sabrina asked.
"Good one, but nope." Aaron said.
"Never judge a book by its cover?" Melissa supplied.
"Another good one, but nope." Aaron said.
"That we never found out how Freddie got that spaceship, and to keep making fun of you?" Emily asked.
"...No one needs to know where the ship came from, and you're a jerk." Aaron said.
"That's there's always a silver lining in hard times?" Chloe asked.
"Nope! It's the fact that I'm the only one in this friend group that gets to wear a hat and pull it off well." Aaron said.
Sabrina, Melissa, Emily and Chloe were silent for a few moments. The silence was so obvious, you could hear crickets chirping or a pen dropping to the ground so clearly.
Then, Sabrina slapped Aaron's hat off, not amused by his 'lesson'.
"My hat! Nooooooo!" Aaron exclaimed as his hat hit the ground.
Fin
(A/N: Hey, folks. So, hope you don't mind the occasional fourth-wall breaks, Aaron's mood-swings and the weird ending. The ending is based on true events. No joke, my co-author knocks my hat off from time to time, though we treat it as a joke. {So, as one hear the words, 'real life writes the plot', in this case, it's 'real life writes the joke'.} However, he hasn't done in a long time, so my hat is safe.
*Co-author shows up and knocks the hat off main author's head*
Main author:...How dare you?
Co-author: You're not wearing a hat.
Main author: It's the principle of things!
Anyways, as for Aaron's mood swings in this chapter, they're related to his PTSD from Harvzilla, along with the six years of having most of the town hating him. Along with that is feelings of guilt for being a root cause of the incident and his actions prior to, and during, the Alvin episode. And, well, since he never one to admit his problems, tending to let his emotions bottled up, those emotions tend to come and go.
As for his views on magic...well, let's say that Chloe is onto something. However, we won't explore it until Secret Life. So, you have to wait for that.
As for the fourth-wall breaks, I got bored with this chapter, and since this is a B-movie parody episode, what better way to do so than being a parody of movies in general? That, and I wanted to punk the readers by breaking the fourth-wall to do a 'commercial break' and making jokes about the movie in-universe, like how a narrator of a movie/t.v. show/video game would do.
Anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter, and see you all next time!)