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A woman with mousy brown hair dressed in a pale pink blouse, dark cotton dress that went down to her mid calf with a pair of brown pumps on her feet stepped off the elevator on to a familiar floor. She had been to this floor one to many times. She had promised herself & a handful of people that she wouldn't return to this floor when she broke up with him but when your on Planet Ronnie it's hard to escape it's gravitational pull. Jane walks slowly down the hallway to the door of her destination. She doesn't really know why she comes each time he calls on her. She broke up with him years ago, she should be over him & on to someone else. But she isn't & there hasn't been anyone else. Sure, she has had crushes here & there but nothing like how she felt like when she was with him.
Jane was lost in her thought & didn't notice that there was another person heading towards that very same door.
"Fancy meeting you here." the other person said thus derailing Jane's train of thought.
"oh. Hi."
Standing there was one who Jane had come to consider her counterpart in many ways. She was wearing a dark grey T-Shirt with a long sleeve red & black striped shirt underneath that, a pair of blue jeans & black Tennis shoes. Her black hair was done up in a pony tail.
"So I guess you got a call, too?" Jane asked.
"Yeah." Catherine replied & paused for a moment. "What did they tell you?"
"Ronnie called to tell me that I needed to get over here as quick as possible or, I quote Ronnie directly, Bad thing will happen. And yours?"
"Chad said someone wanted to get into his Closet." Catherine said with a smile.
"His Closet?"
"Yeah. It's where he keeps all his stuff & sleeps at night."
"Chad sleeps in a closet."
"Yeah. You think they have a two bedroom apartment in there. No! At least not in this price bracket. I'm lucky enough to have gotten my place with the money I make. Boy, I'm glad they decided to wave the closing costs."
"Wouldn't it be a little.. crowded in there? In his closet, I mean."
"No. He hangs from the ceiling."
Jane was going to further the questioning but Catherine knocked on the door. Then the sound of various locks being unlocked was heard then the door was opened to reveal the apartment inside. Standing beside the door was the red & yellow clad man known Ronald Arnold Gerrimoto Beeslyhuxtoy. His roommate & best friend, Chadwick L. Swiss, poked his head in from the kitchen & gave a nod hello.
The two women walked in to find someone new, they were seated on the couch. Once they had saw who was entering the tall, slender gentleman stood up. He wore a plain looking three piece grey suit with a plain looking grey button down shirt. He also had a plain looking grey tie. His shoes were pitch black. His hair was cut short, slightly balding & was brown in color. He had a neatly trimmed, well groomed Goatee. His emerald green eyes were slightly unearthly. He had a slight look of mischief on his face. Laying against the side of couch nearest to him was a grey Umbrella.
The man gave a slight bow & he said. "Good Afternoon, Miss Tarzania & Miss Gillespie."
"I'm sure your met our guest but his name is..." Ronnie began but was cut off by Catherine.
"Hey! Your that guy, aren't you?"
"I am many things." Mr. Spooky said defiantly.
"Ok. Your that creepy guy who helped me when I was attacked by that crazed evil clone of Chad. Sure I had him mostly finished off when you showed up. But, it was nice that you showed up."
"I've said this once before: He may of been crazed but was not an evil clone. He was merely a version of Mister Swiss from alternate universe. Plus, you might of not known this but he had a knife that a took from him."
"No. No, I didn't know that. But evil Clone, Version from a alternate dimension: Same thing." Catherine said with a shrug of the shoulders.
Mr. Spooky then said. "We've all meet resecently once before all though but I doubt you all remember it. Don't try, I have seen what happens when people have. It gets a bit messy, to say the least."
Catherine leaned over & quietly asked Jane "What's he talking about?"
Jane gave a shrug of the shoulders. "I don't know. In all the times I've met him he's always spoken cryptically."
Chad then comes out of the Kitchen with a tray. On it is teapot & a few other things. Once over to couch he places the tray down on the coffee table. He then walked away.
Mr. Spooky went & sat back down on the couch, picking up the pot & pouring some of liquid into the cup next to it. He leans back, taking the cup & accompanying saucer with him. He takes small sip. Then, comments. "Mister Swiss, you make a fine cup of tea. A great accomplishment for an American."
Chad have a nod & smile as he came back with a plate of assorted cookies. Chad then sat down on the couch. Ronnie went to go get himself a chair & one for Jane. Catherine found her own & then asked "Why have we all been gathered here? Is it to reveal who the murderer is?"
"What?" Mr. Spooky said. "No. I had Misters' Beeslyhuxtoy & Swiss ring you two up so that you all may help me retrieve an item."
"What type of item?" Jane asked.
"That will be revealed all in good time." Mr. Spooky said & then took another sip of his tea.
"Where is this item?"
"It's not far away, Miss Tarzania. All we need to do in enter that closet over there."
"You mean Chad's Closet." Catherine said bluntly.
"Yes. I suppose so."
"What's so special about that closet? It isn't a portal to a kingdom ruled over by a talking Lion is it?"
Mr. Spooky was about to say something but paused & then said. "No. We are not traveling to Narnia. We will be traveling to somewhere closer."
"Then where?"
"We will all find out soon enough once we enter the closet, Miss Gillespie." Mr. Spooky said rather pointedly & sounded a bit angry. Catherine wasn't sure but thought she saw his eyes glow a bright green before returning to their normal shade.
There was a few moments of silence & looking around at each other. Mr. Spooky just continued to drink his tea & have a cookie or two.
"What say you all?" He inquired of the group after finishing off his cookie.
There were nods of agreement.
"Splendid." Mr. Spooky said putting down the cup & saucer.
He got up from the couch, picked up his umbrella & went over to closet. He opened the door & turned back towards the group. "Shall we be off?"
They all got up from their seats & walked over the the well dressed man.
"Mister Swiss, make sure to bring your instrument & Mister Beeslyhuxtoy, don't forget to bring your other companion. We may need him."
They went off to collect those things, while Jane & Catherine were ushered into the small room. It was almost too small fit both of them comfortably. Chad had his Accordion, Ronnie had Little Cat & were ushered in, Jane & Catherine moved back to give them some room. Mr. Spooky then walked & as he did he closed the door.
The five of them, one accordion & a hamster all stood there in the dark.
"Now what?" Catherine asked.
"We all move to the back." Mr Spooky said.
"But, all that's there is a wall." Catherine said as she felt the wall behind her. Then, she said. "Wait a minute, the wall's not there anymore."
"Yes. Now move on. It's getting a mite crowded in here." Mr. Spooky said.
The group all moved back in through where the back wall was the floor changed from being carpeted to being soft. It was getting a little hard to move. The Clothes from the clothes changed into vines hanging from from trees. It also got lighter as they moved on. They also started to heard things, things you don't normally hear in a closet.
They walked out into a narrow clearing.
"Where are we?" Jane asked.
"Louisiana." Catherine said.
The group all turned in Catherine's direction to see a rusted old sign with faded text that read:
Welcome to the Wookiegetlucky Swamp!
One of Louisiana's Greatest Natural Wonders.
Someone had defaced the sign by spray painting in red the prefix "Un" in front of the word "Natural".
"Ok." Jane said unsure how they got to the South via Chad's closet. "What are we doing here?"
"We are here for the Item." Mr. Spooky said & then walked off down the clearing. The rest of the group followed shortly there after.
Just a few feet from where they stood, two glowing red eyed peaked out from the murky water. Once the group had left, the eyes retreated back under the water.
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TO BE CONTINUED....
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Next Time: Things get a bit weird.
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