Chapter 2: The Watermans

Tammy was just arriving home having split up from her friends. She arrived to the front door of her house and entered. Both Tammy's mother and sister were in the living room. Her sister was playing on the video game console, while her mother was sitting on the couch reading the newspaper. The sister wore a red sweater, while the mother wore a green sweater. Both of whom were pink cats.

"Hey mom, hey Sammy!" Tammy greeted. "Hey Tammy," said Sammy, "How'd your date with your best friend go?" "I told you already, we are just best friends," Tammy said annoyed. "Regardless of who is right or wrong, at least you had a good time with him," Tammy's mom said, "And wow, this article I am reading is intriguing. Looks like the prison 40 miles of us had a prison riot. What cheap and basic tactics the guards tried using."

"Have you guys seen dad by any chance?" Tammy asked. "He's in the basement," Tammy's mom replied. "Dad sure loves to explain his thoughts and feelings about each individual game," added Sammy. Tammy ventured down into the basement to go see her father.

Meanwhile, her father was sitting in front of a camera with a video game in his paw. He wore glasses and a white short sleeve plaid shirt. He was purple just like his eldest daughter Tammy.

"So what do I think of this game?" he asked as he looked towards the camera, "It's ass! This is a disgrace to the Super System 1000! Imagine you're eating pizza, but it's just the crust. That's the best way I can describe it! It's a long and boring mess with quite frankly the shittiest story known to man! I'd rather be forced to watch one of those poorly aged silent films than sit through almost 1 full hour of this piss of a game they call Space Action. Space Action? More like Space Fraction, because it feels like a whole fraction of development is missing! But until next time, this is the Upset Video Game Cat saying goodnight everybody!"

Right as he shut off the camera, Tammy had entered where he was filming. "Oh!" he said in surprise, not expecting her to show up down there, "Hey kid, how was your time with your friends?" "It was good," Tammy replied, then noticing something, "Also, I see a vein popping out of your forehead. Her father then noticed this, "Don't mind that. I had to get some things off my chest about a terrible excuse of a video game."

At Duckie's house

Duckie was having dinner with his family. It was him, his mother, his father, 3 of his younger siblings, and his uncle who was visiting them. The uncle was just finishing up telling a story.

"And that's how your Uncle Aflac found out the hard way he had stumbled into a crazy butcher!" he laughed. Duckie and his brother Daffy (only 2 years younger than Duckie and had a slightly higher voice) laughed at the story. Their little sister Jade (who seemed no older than 7) and little brother Bubba (who seemed no older than 5) laughed nerviously at the story.

"Come on Aflac," sighed Duckie's mother, "Your story isn't suitable for all ages." "Aww, we haven't even gotten to the best part!" Uncle Aflac said. "As your older sister, I ask that you stop..." Duckie's mother said through gridded teeth. Aflac stopped, knowing that he didn't want to piss off his sister further. "Sorry about that kids, I got a little carried away," he said, "I guess that's part of being the youngest and little brother of the flock. I mean, I sure made a lot of mistakes when me and your mother were growing up." "Out of all my brothers, you are definitely the stupidest one," Duckie's mother whispered to herself.

"Anyway," said Duckie's father, trying to change the conversation, "What was the most eventful part of everyone's day? Mine was work today." "Mine was school," replied Daffy. "Mine was hanging out with friends after school," added Duckie. "Mine was playing xylophone," also added Jade. "Mine was playing with truck!" also added Bubba. "Visiting a friend earlier today," said Duckie's mother. "What I learned through the paper!" said Aflac, which caught everyone's attention. "And that was?" asked Duckie's mother. "Learning that the Waterman couple broke out of prison," replied Aflac.

Some of the family gasped. Duckie was confused, as were Jade and Bubba. "Who are the Watermans?" asked Jade. "I don't think you want to know Jade," said Daffy, "Neither do you Bubba." "Well I do," Duckie said, "Who were the Watermans?" "All you need to know is Mister and Misses Waterman were very, very bad people," said Duckie's father. "They did things I don't think should be said," added Duckie's mother. However, Duckie wasn't satisfied with the answer. "How come everyone knows about them but me?" he asked. "I guess no one told you about them, did they?" asked Aflac, in which Duckie nodded no in response. "Mister and Misses Waterman were very, very bad people," said Daffy. "I know, I know!" replied Duckie, "Mister and Misses Waterman were very VERY bad people! But why? What did they do to be so bad in the first place?"

There was a long and uncomfortable silence. Everyone looked at each other, as if they didn't know what to say or do next. Just then, both Jade and Bubba yawned. "Tired already?" asked Duckie's father before looking at his watch, as both Jade and Bubba nodded yes in response, "Well, if you finished your food, you can go sleep." Jade and Bubba left and went upstairs to their bedrooms.

"Already wanting sleep?" said Aflac in surprise, "It's spring break. You think they'd be a little more energetic..." "Conveniently timed though," said Duckie's father, "Now we can explain to Duckie what made the Waterman couple so bad without scaring Jade and Bubba." "Trust me, that is the thing we DON'T want," said Duckie's mother.

"Get ready Duckie, you might not be prepared for what you are about to hear," said Daffy. "Tell me something I don't know Daffy," said Duckie. "We might be on the verge of war again?" "I didn't mean literally!"

"Can we save the bickering for after?" suggested Duckie's father, "Now then, time for the tale of Lorenzo and Rachel Waterman..."

The Past

Not much is known about Lorenzo or Rachel's past before they became infamous. What is known about them though has never been officially confirmed. Supposedly Lorenzo grew up in a poor and abusive household, while Rachel supposedly had abusive parents. However, nobody has proof of that, not even the Waterman couple themselves have said anything like that. What is known is they both were born sometime in the late 1920s, which could explain the theories given how it was around the time of when The Great Depression hit.

The couple met in high school and were high school sweathearts from the very beginning. During the graduation ceremony, Lorenzo proposed to Rachel and the two were soon married. They then moved out of their parents places and resided in Brighton. What seemed like a potential filled and happy future turned into something more sinister.

In the 1950s, Lorenzo and Rachel started robbing to make money. They did a number of heists by themselves in their beginning years. They wore clothes that were not only dark, but you couldn't identify their faces at all with what they wore. Why they didn't simply get jobs was not known, but it's possible that job opportunities weren't the most available. Another theory is that they simply enjoyed watching and making others suffer. This theory would only be more likely as time went on.

Despite robberies being a frequent occurrence, nothing could be traced back to the Watermans. However, the Waterman couple were also extremely smart with how they planned things in this time. The early to mid 1950s would pave the way for the more dark and twisted crimes they'd soon be doing.

It was during the late 1950s when things weren't looking good for the Watermans. The police were getting really close to finding out what the Watermans had done. It was then they needed calm down with the robberies, but by then, it was already too late. They were brought in for questioning and it looked like it would be the end of their run. However, the couple were let go due to a lack of evidence.

It was around this same time when they had gotten into contact with their friend and future boss. Who was this friend of theirs? Nobody knew, and according to the Watermans (who also refused to indentify him), claimed he was a very mean man. This friend was not only their heist planner, but he too prefered to be part of whatever they did. And before the decade was over, the Watermans would start the very thing they had become infamous for.

Doing heists was one thing, but home invasions were another. Not only did they not require extensive planning, but they were easier to do the job. From 1958 to 1973, the Watermans would do countless home invasions in Brighton, Nash-Lake, and several other small towns in the area. To say death occured within home invasions would be an understatement. And that was already on top of doing heists and robberies.

By 1973, luck ran out as Lorenzo, Rachel, and others who were hired got caught. The hired crew didn't spill the beans and neither did the Waterman couple. The only one who got away and never got caught was the friend of the Watermans. Despite Lorenzo and Rachel describing his personality, nobody could find him due to lack of description in appearence. And since the boss couldn't be found, all the attention went towards the Watermans.

While they deserved to have all the bad spotlight on them, had that friend been caught, he would've deserved just as much bad press as the Watermans. As previously mentioned, he would partake in both heists and home invasions. It's never been known if he convinced the couple of doing home invasions or if the couple decided they wanted to step things up for their own personal pleasure. Regardless of what the actual scenario was, there is no doubt that this mystery individual is just as sick in the head as Lorenzo and Rachel Waterman are.

Present

"Geez," said Duckie, trying to process the whole thing, "I didn't know it was THAT serious." "Now you know about the Watermans," said Duckie's father. "I read about what they did in a book," said Daffy. "Ah, gets it from his uncle," Alfac says.

Just then, Duckie's mother comes back over to the dining room with a newspaper. While Duckie's father was explaining the story, Duckie's mother went to go check something out front and then noticed a newpaper in their mailbox. She didn't have any words and everyone else at the table could tell something was up. She placed the front of the newspaper on the table.

LORENZO WATERMAN ESCAPES DURING PRISON RIOT. RACHEL WATERMAN ESCAPES 2 DAYS LATER.

The front picture showed their mugshots. One of Rachel, the other of Lorenzo. "Scary face," said Daffy. "He used a mask to cover it up, until he got arrested," said Duckie's father, "But I don't think we need to worry. The prisons they ended up in are far from where we are." "But still, even if it isn't our problem, it's still someone elses," said Duckie's mother.

To be continued in the next chapter...

(Chapter 2 published 1/13/25)

The name for Tammy's sister and what her dad basically being an inspiration of AVGN was actually what my friend DenouncingWhalesofVenice had thought of for them, so I thought that would be a nice touch to add to this story and my TMH/TROTPR AU.