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The banquet hall of the Parrodipolis Wooster Hotel.

The function being held there that night was a fundraiser for Senator Ronald Beeslyhuxtoy's run for the Presidency. Everyone at the function were seating at round tables covered with white linen & were having a nice meal. There was person who was there that didn't belong there. She didn't belong to that City, Continent, Planet, Universe or Dimension. She landed there by accident after being pushed into murky water of a Louisiana swamp which just happened to be a nexus of realities.

Jane Tarzania sat quietly in the back of the room, she was hoping to not be noticed since this world's Jane was up on stage with her husband & their two kids. She couldn't help staring at the woman. It was her but not her. Sure, the woman was older by at least half a decade or more & had some visible signs of aging. But, that woman up there was her. Jane's mind that start to wondering if this what her life might've turned out like if she hadn't broken up with Ronnie.

As she listened as Ronnie running mate, who she was kind of surprised wasn't Chad (she didn't even see him there), talk glowing about all the thing this dimensions' Ronnie had done Jane got a tap on the shoulder. Jane looked up & saw someone she didn't thing she'd ever see again: Mr. Spooky. She wasn't sure if it was her version come to rescue her or the local version, he was wearing a campaign button on his right lapel. She then knew after he spoke.

"It's time to leave here, Miss Tarzania. We don't belong here."

Jane got up & followed the man in the grey three piece suit. They walked out of the banquet hall, down the hallway. Jane though they might of been exiting the Hotel when he then opened the door to the Coat Check area. He held the door open for Jane & ushered her in.

Jane walked into the room & then came flying out of the water. She landed on the same spit of land she had left previously. A few feet away from here was Chad, he was all curled up around his accordion. He was also swaying back & forth a bit. A few feet away from him was Mr. Spooky. He had his suit jacket off, near it was his umbrella. The sleeves of his white shirt were rolled up above his elbows. He was pacing back & forth looking for something in the water.

Jane looked around for the others but they weren't there.

"Mr. Spooky?" Jane asked as she got up off the ground. He waved a hand at her as to quite her.

Jane spoke again "Mr. Spooky?"

He turned in her direction but before she could speak he raised his right index finger to his mouth. She didn't ask again then went & sat down to wait.

After a few minutes of pacing, Mr. Spooky knelt down & plunged his arm into the water. After some searching around he pulled up someone. She was not wet, Jane noticed she wasn't wet either. The person who was pulled out appeared to be hyperventilating. She was also bleeding a bit & clothes were ripped in places.

Jane got up & walked over to Catherine to comfort her. They sat down across from Chad. Mr. Spooky went back to his searching.

"Your.. Your alive." Catherine said after he began to breath normally.

"Yes. Why wouldn't I be?" Jane said a bit puzzled. "Am I dead where you went?"

"Not exactly."

Jane wasn't sure how to react to that comment.

"I went to a world the Internet has long foretold of: The Zombie Apocalypse had come to pass. Ok. Sure, it was cool & all. Now I like Zombies as much as the next Girl but I prefer mine on screen or on the printed page not chasing after me. Plus, it's all a bit weirder when you know the Zombies personally."

"Like who?"

"Well... I meet most of who we have in present company, myself included. I do now know what I'd look like as a Zombie & that I'd have a craving for my Brains and/or fleshy bits."

"Was I there?" Jane asked, slightly scared at what the answer might be.

"Yes. You & Ronnie were the first people I saw. I will say this even after death you & Ronnie are still together. He also made you closer then you had ever been before."

It was vague but Jane decided to leave it at that.

"Sidenote: Zombie Little Cat is creepily cute." Catherine pulled down her left sock & on her ankle was tiny bite marks. " He to wanted to make me that day's special. Most of the people I met wanted that. I think it was just because I might of been the only fresh thing for miles. So... "Catherine said changing the subject "Where'd you go?"

"Ronnie was running to become President."

"Maybe the 2 worlds are the same & one caused the other." Catherine said with a sly grin.

Jane smiled. Then, she wondered what world Chad went to.

"Did your world have a Spooky? I didn't meet a zombified version where I went & I didn't get a chance to ask if he was around either."

"I don't know. I did meet a Spooky there, he lead me to another closet & I showed up here. So, he might of been ours but I'm not sure."

"Closet, eh? I got an arm reaching out of no where to pull me to safety. I think I might of dropped my glasses during one of the many times I was running for my life."

"I'm sure your doctor would give you another pair."

"Like He'd believe that I lost them as I was being chased by the zombified version of myself in some alternate reality?"

"Depends on the Doctor." Mr. Spooky interjected before he knelt down to retrieve their last two members of the group.

He pulled Ronnie up out of the water & the group noticed that Ronnie was dressed differently. His clothes looked to be more in line with Mr. Spooky's attire then Ronnie normal get up. The suit he wore was red, a dark red, with some hints of yellow to it.

Ronnie turned towards Mr. Spooky, who was busy about rolling down his sleeves. Ronnie then said "What the heck do you think you were doing?"

"Rescuing you all from the scattered dimensions & possible futures so that we might continue on to find the item." Mr. Spooky said as he put back on his coat & picked up his umbrella.

"But, couldn't you have waited just a bit. I was just about to meet them."

"Meet who?" Jane asked.

Ronnie turned in her direction & his eyes light up, a smile spread across his face. He then said one word with some glee "Vampires!"

"Hmm." Catherine said. "I got to meet the undead, too. Just an FYI for you, Ronnie: It's never nice to crack open someone's head, it doesn't matter how well you know them & then eat their rotten, decaying brains that are spilling out on to the floor. It's just not good manners."

Ronnie shot an evil look at Catherine, it was a look she had become accustomed to. "What are you talking about?"

"Zombies." She said with a smile.

"Well, I was talking about the greatest people to ever walk the streets of... anywhere really. The place I went to was Parrodipolis, a version where everything was all Victorian & stuff. After a few days waiting around to be rescued I went about getting use to that world. I met that World's Jane & Chad, there was no Catherine to speak of."

Ronnie shot Catherine a hardy smile, she stuck her tongue back at him.

"After a few weeks there, I had set myself up in the right circles & began my search for Vampires."

"So, they existed there?" Jane asked.

"Yes." Ronnie said a bit shocked.

"They exist here too." Mr. Spooky said bluntly.

"I found a nice group of men who went around searching for things like that. It was so cool. It was like I was living out all the book I had ever read."

"So, wait a minute: How long were you there?" Jane asked.

"I'd say a few months."

Jane turned to Catherine & asked the same question. To which she replied "A few days. Maybe a week tops."

Then, Jane turned to Mr. Spooky. "How is it I'm somewhere for less then an hour where, Catherine is somewhere for a few days, Ronnie for a few Months & Chad for who knows how long when we all left around the same time?"

"Simple. Different dimensions run at different speeds. The nexus prepares you so that you'll be able to survive at that speed."

"It's like Vinyl with different playing speeds." Catherine interjected.

"Yes. Somewhat like that."

"What do you know about Records?" Ronnie asked.

"Hey. I may be younger then you but I know what good. Vinyl's Awesome!"

"Well, we must be off." Mr. Spooky said cutting off any reply Ronnie might of. "We have the Item to retrieve."

"I know I asked this before but what is it?" Catherine asked.

Mr. Spooky began to speak & Catherine joined in mockingly "All will be revealed in time."

Mr. Spooky then turned to Ronnie. "Mister Beeslyhuxtoy, do you still have your Hamster companion?"

"Yes. It was a bit odd for victorian Parrodipolis but people got use to it." Ronnie said as he reached his left hand in to his coat pocket to show that Little Cat was still with him.

"Splendid."

Mr. Spooky turned to Catherine & said "Miss Gillespie, will you please get Mister Swiss up off the ground."

Catherine nodded & helped Chad up off the ground. The group then start back off further into the swamp.

Just a few feet from where they were, two glowing red eyed peaked out from the murky water. Shortly there after the eyes retreated back under the water.

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TO BE CONTINUED....

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Part 1

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. 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 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 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.

"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 nonchalant wave of her right hand.

Mr. Spooky then said. "We've all meet 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 reviewed 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."

"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 closeted 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 spray painted 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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Part 2

Louisiana, somewhere deep in the Wookiegetlucky Swamp.

There we find our roaming band of wanders: Mr. Spooky, the man dressed all in grey that organized this journey; Ronald Arnold Gerrimoto Beeslyhuxtoy, the man dressed all in Red & Yellow who is the carrier of the Hamster know as Little Cat; Chadwick L. Swiss, the merry music maker; Jane Tarzania, the much confessed unwilling participant all things but she came under he own power anyway & heading up the rear is Catherine Gillespie, purveyor of all things pop culture.

They are on a quest for an item known only to Mr. Spooky himself. They have been walking around the swamp for a few hours now. Some are starting to think their leader might be lost.

"Are we lost?" Jane asks.

"No."

"But, we've been wandering around for hours."

"Not all that wander are lost." Catherine said.

"Nicely said, Miss Gillespie." Mr. Spooky said.

"Thanks. I read it off a T-shirt once." She replied with a big smile.

Mr. Spooky shook his head is disbelief.

Jane sat down on a rock & said "Can we rest for a bit?" Then, wiped the sweat from her brow.

Mr. Spooky nodded in agreement, so everyone except Spooky sat down, he looked around for something.

"Are we there yet?" Jane complained.

"It is not the destination, but the journey." Catherine replied.

Jane shot an evil look at Catherine & then started to stand up but lost her balance & fell into the water behind her.

"JANE!" Ronnie yelled out & ran over to where she had fell in. He couldn't see her anywhere.

Ronnie turned his head in the direction of Mr. Spooky. "Spooky! Jane's fallen in."

"Fallen in what?" Mr. Spooky asked as he turned to see the rest of his group (minus Jane) leaning over the side of the spit of land they were on searching the water from something.

"Everyone move aside." He said as he took off his coat & rolled up his right shirt sleeve.

They did, Spooky knelt down & stuck he arm into the murky water below. He moved it around a few times. Then, he pulled his arm back & in his hand was Jane, she was being pulled up by the back of her blouse. She was covered in vegetation but not all that wet. She also appeared to be breathing a little heavily. Jane just laid there on the ground for a few moments. Ronnie had wrapped himself around her. Mr. Spooky was pulled back down his sleeve & put down on his coat.

Once Jane pushed Ronnie off her she stood up & Catherine asked "What happen?"

Jane then shot her an even more evil look & said rather loudly "You were killing people."

"What?"

"yeah. I fell into the water & somehow ended up back in Parrodipolis. At least I think it was Parrodipolis. Anyways.. I was in a warehouse where some fighting going on between Catherine & who I think were the Lair Legion."

"Why was I fighting the Legion?" Catherine asked a bit puzzled.

"You were talking about how the world had spurned the efforts of you & your grandfather. And that the world must now die because of it & other junk like that."

"My Grandfather?" Catherine said almost under her breath.

"Yeah. Sounds like Catherine had turned evil." Ronnie comment almost smugly.

"I guess so." Jane replied. "The Legion looked to be trying to stop her."

"Why do you guess?" Ronnie asked.

"They were different. They weren't like our Legion, I recognized some of them but others I didn't know."

"They weren't our Legion. They were a Legion of another World." Mr. Spooky said stoically.

That comment raised a few eyebrows.

"What?" Jane said.

"Yes. This Swamp isn't just a swamp. It's a nexus of gateways to the Multiverse."

"What?" Jane said a little louder this time.

"Yes. This is not the only universe or dimension in existence. There is a myriad of others out there & you, Miss Tarzania found one."

"One where Catherine is Evil?"

"Yes. But, that might not of been the only difference. Their might a multitude of other differences. You only saw a small portion from that world: an different Lair Legion and Catherine being Evil, as you called it."

"So, we have counterparts on these world?" Catherine said.

"Yes & no. Not all worlds have the same people on it."

"Oh great. A possible multiverse of Chad & Ronnie." Jane said under breath.

"So, in that world I grew up with ..." Catherine started to say but was interrupted by Mr. Spooky.

"Possibly. Many things could have happened to make you the way you are on that world. Much like many things have happened here on this world to make you who you are here."

There were a few moments of silence between the group. The only sounds heard were the from the swamp it's self.

"Ok. I guess this is all possible." Ronnie said. "But where are the Alligators?"

"What?"

"Every swamp I've ever seen has had Alligators."

"Some are still here but others have moved on."

"Their dead?" Jane said.

"No, Miss Tarzania. Much like we you fell into to the water & went to another world, they to could travel to another world."

"Like this one?" Catherine said as she pointed out a spot of the swamp.

The group all went over & looked into the water, the water was clear enough to see through. They saw an entire world populated with hamsters. In what could only be assumed as the that world's version of Parrodipolis, a war waged on.

"It looks to be this world's Parody Master is using one of our Alligators to help fight this world's Lair Legion for control on the planet Earth." Mr. Spooky said flatly.

"Oh, look at the cure little CrazySugarFreakHamster!" Catherine said as she pointed out a bright yellow colored hamster dressed up in a green & orange super suit. The Hamster was bouncing all over the place.

"Enough of this this we must carry on." Mr. Spooky said as brushed himself off.

The rest of group got up off the ground & set back off on their trek. Then, Mr. Spooky stopped & asked. "Mister Beeslyhuxtoy. You still have your Hamster, right?"

Ronnie checked all his pockets, then said "Yes." Little Cat was asleep in one of his coat pockets.

"Good. We may need him later." Mr. Spooky said & then continued walking.

"Why?" Jane asked.

"As I've said before. All will be revealed in time."

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Part 3

"The lower part of the United States: A lot of weird stuff goes down there. Things that are not thought possible in the rest of the country or the world. No where is this more true then in Louisiana's Wookiegetlucky Swamp. Why? For it is a Nexus of gateways to other dimensions. Deep with in the swamp, there is a small band of people: 3 men, 2 women, a hamster & an Accordion. They were brought here by some fantastic means & are searching for something. Something hidden. Most things hidden are hidden for a reason."

"Will you shut up?" Ronnie yelled out.

"Why? You don't like my Rod Serling impression. I think it's pretty good." Catherine shot back with a smile.

"No. No I don't." Ronnie then said & walk ahead of the group.

Leaving Chad, Catherine & Jane to walk together with Ronnie in front of them. Mr. Spooky way out in front.

The journey had returned to the silence it had been for the most part of it. As they walked the group was taking in the scenery. Well, Everyone but Mr. Spooky. He appeared to be lost in his own head, just walking & mumbling to himself.

As they walked no one had really noticed that the spit of land they were walking on had started to change. Up from the ground came a humanoid shaped creature. It stood hunchbacked & about seven to eight feet tall. It's body appeared to be made of vegetation of the Swamp it's self. It didn't appear to have a face for the vegetation obscured that but glowing red eyes could be seen.

It then started to move & slowly shamble up to the group. The first person to notice they were there was Chad but before he could warn anyone a vine & moss covered arm reached out from the center mass & Chad tossed aside into the murky water. Next came Jane who was also tossed aside, so was Catherine.The women being tossed into opposite sides of the strip of land. Next came Ronnie, he was closest to saying something to Mr. Spooky, but he was tossed aside like all the rest.

The creature made it's slow & steady journey towards Mr. Spooky. It reached out it's appendage made of plant life towards the well dressed man.

"Stop." He said & the creature did.

Mr. Spooky turned around & continued talking with some distain in his voice. "You will not touch me with that thing that is passing for your arm. I don't know where it's been or what type of diseases live in a place like this."

The creature just stood there with it's arm out stretched. Mr. Spooky's emerald eyes glared back at the crimson emotionless eyes of the creature before him.

"I'm here for the item & neither you nor anything other creature will stop me from obtaining it." He said poking the creature with his umbrella. "Now, bugger off."

The Creature devolved back into the ground, leaving sign that it was ever there.

Mr. Spooky began to look around. Then set down his Umbrella, took off his suit jacket & rolled up his sleeves.

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It's was a nice summer's day as Chad stood up from the ground. He had landed on grass, nicely trimmed grass. He picked up his accordion & looked around. He was on a hill somewhere, the side he was on was surrounded by trees. The Hillside was cover in stone markers. He was in a Cemetery. He began to look around at who was laid to rest there. There wasn't anyone he knew there.

After a few hours of walking around he came upon a wall, it was the largest item he had come upon so far. He walked along the wall, reading over the names. His mouth dropped when he got to the S's: There it was written in stone. He was dead, or least his counterpart on this world. Jane was listed under the T's, Catherine was under the G's. Ronnie was there under the B's, he still had one of the longest names he had seen. Chad walked over to the beginning of the wall. The inscription of why the wall was erected was that these were all the name of all that had died during the second Parody War. Chad looked down the wall & it stretched for miles.

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Jane found herself in a lobby of some building. In the distance, there was some noise. She walked towards it. It was behind a door, she opened it & walked in. She was at a pep rally from something. The room was filled with people. Jane looked around & shortly found out what it was for. It's was a pep rally for Ronnie, on this world He was running for President. Jane shook her head is disbelief.

Just then a man dressed in a dark red business suit took the stage, His brown hair was neatly trimmed & was slightly balding on top. He wore glasses that were slightly to big for his head. He had a few wrinkles. They more visible when smiled. He walked up to the podium & began to speak. As he did, Jane's gaze went to the who was standing to his right. It was her, an older version of her but it was definitely her. Standing in front of that other Jane were two small children.

"Now in November I'm sure I can beat my opponent, Mr. Dominic Clancy what with all your support, the love of my lovely wife, Jane & two kids: Chad & Katie." The older Ronnie said & then gave a big smile.

The crowd went wild.

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Catherine picked herself up off the dirty carpeting she had landed on. As she dusted herself off, She recognized this place: it was her apartment building. She wasn't sure if it was her floor or not. But the place definitely had seen better days. She looked out through the broken glass of a nearby window to her right & Parodipolis looked like the Apocalypse had come to this world.

"Maybe they lost the Parody War?" She thought.

As She walked around, she wondered if anyone was still alive. Something was up & around when she saw something move past her field of vision down the hallway. Catherine chased after it. After a few minutes, Catherine could hear what ever it was in an Apartment, it was making the most horrible noise like it was eating something savagely. Catherine built up the courage & peeked around the wall to see what it was. When she saw it, she pulled her head back & started to run off back down the hallway. She didn't much like what she saw, there is what at one time was a living room was Ronnie, he was having a meal. What was on today's menu: Jane's brains.

"Oh Crap." Catherine thought. "I got sent to Zombie World & I might be the only fresh meat around."

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It was night where Ronnie ended up. He picked himself up off the cobble stone street. He began to look around, the place look familiar some how. He had never been there before but in the back of his mind it was registering something. Ronnie jumped out of the street as he was narrowly run over by a horse drawn Carriage. He was the promptly called a blighter by the driver as they drove off.

"Where the heck am I?" Ronnie said to no one but himself.

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TO BE CONTINUED....

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Assuming, of course, that Mr. Spooky didn't grab the wrong Ronnie...

> > > --------------- > > The banquet hall of the Parrodipolis Wooster Hotel. > > The function being held there that night was a fundraiser for Senator Ronald Beeslyhuxtoy's run for the Presidency. Everyone at the function were seating at round tables covered with white linen & were having a nice meal. There was person who was there that didn't belong there. She didn't belong to that City, Continent, Planet, Universe or Dimension. She landed there by accident after being pushed into murky water of a Louisiana swamp which just happened to be a nexus of realities. > > Jane Tarzania sat quietly in the back of the room, she was hoping to not be noticed since this world's Jane was up on stage with her husband & their two kids. She couldn't help staring at the woman. It was her but not her. Sure, the woman was older by at least half a decade or more & had some visible signs of aging. But, that woman up there was her. Jane's mind that start to wondering if this what her life might've turned out like if she hadn't broken up with Ronnie. > > As she listened as Ronnie running mate, who she was kind of surprised wasn't Chad (she didn't even see him there), talk glowing about all the thing this dimensions' Ronnie had done Jane got a tap on the shoulder. Jane looked up & saw someone she didn't thing she'd ever see again: Mr. Spooky. She wasn't sure if it was her version come to rescue her or the local version, he was wearing a campaign button on his right lapel. She then knew after he spoke. > > "It's time to leave here, Miss Tarzania. We don't belong here." > > Jane got up & followed the man in the grey three piece suit. They walked out of the banquet hall, down the hallway. Jane though they might of been exiting the Hotel when he then opened the door to the Coat Check area. He held the door open for Jane & ushered her in. > > Jane walked into the room & then came flying out of the water. She landed on the same spit of land she had left previously. A few feet away from here was Chad, he was all curled up around his accordion. He was also swaying back & forth a bit. A few feet away from him was Mr. Spooky. He had his suit jacket off, near it was his umbrella. The sleeves of his white shirt were rolled up above his elbows. He was pacing back & forth looking for something in the water. > > Jane looked around for the others but they weren't there. > > "Mr. Spooky?" Jane asked as she got up off the ground. He waved a hand at her as to quite her. > > Jane spoke again "Mr. Spooky?" > > He turned in her direction but before she could speak he raised his right index finger to his mouth. She didn't ask again then went & sat down to wait. > > After a few minutes of pacing, Mr. Spooky knelt down & plunged his arm into the water. After some searching around he pulled up someone. She was not wet, Jane noticed she wasn't wet either. The person who was pulled out appeared to be hyperventilating. She was also bleeding a bit & clothes were ripped in places. > > Jane got up & walked over to Catherine to comfort her. They sat down across from Chad. Mr. Spooky went back to his searching. > > "Your.. Your alive." Catherine said after he began to breath normally. > > "Yes. Why wouldn't I be?" Jane said a bit puzzled. "Am I dead where you went?" > > "Not exactly." > > Jane wasn't sure how to react to that comment. > > "I went to a world the Internet has long foretold of: The Zombie Apocalypse had come to pass. Ok. Sure, it was cool & all. Now I like Zombies as much as the next Girl but I prefer mine on screen or on the printed page not chasing after me. Plus, it's all a bit weirder when you know the Zombies personally." > > "Like who?" > > "Well... I meet most of who we have in present company, myself included. I do now know what I'd look like as a Zombie & that I'd have a craving for my Brains and/or fleshy bits." > > "Was I there?" Jane asked, slightly scared at what the answer might be. > > "Yes. You & Ronnie were the first people I saw. I will say this even after death you & Ronnie are still together. He also made you closer then you had ever been before." > > It was vague but Jane decided to leave it at that. > > "Sidenote: Zombie Little Cat is creepily cute." Catherine pulled down her left sock & on her ankle was tiny bite marks. " He to wanted to make me that day's special. Most of the people I met wanted that. I think it was just because I might of been the only fresh thing for miles. So... "Catherine said changing the subject "Where'd you go?" > > "Ronnie was running to become President." > > "Maybe the 2 worlds are the same & one caused the other." Catherine said with a sly grin. > > Jane smiled. Then, she wondered what world Chad went to. > > "Did your world have a Spooky? I didn't meet a zombified version where I went & I didn't get a chance to ask if he was around either." > > "I don't know. I did meet a Spooky there, he lead me to another closet & I showed up here. So, he might of been ours but I'm not sure." > > "Closet, eh? I got an arm reaching out of no where to pull me to safety. I think I might of dropped my glasses during one of the many times I was running for my life." > > "I'm sure your doctor would give you another pair." > > "Like He'd believe that I lost them as I was being chased by the zombified version of myself in some alternate reality?" > > "Depends on the Doctor." Mr. Spooky interjected before he knelt down to retrieve their last two members of the group. > > He pulled Ronnie up out of the water & the group noticed that Ronnie was dressed differently. His clothes looked to be more in line with Mr. Spooky's attire then Ronnie normal get up. The suit he wore was red, a dark red, with some hints of yellow to it. > > Ronnie turned towards Mr. Spooky, who was busy about rolling down his sleeves. Ronnie then said "What the heck do you think you were doing?" > > "Rescuing you all from the scattered dimensions & possible futures so that we might continue on to find the item." Mr. Spooky said as he put back on his coat & picked up his umbrella. > > "But, couldn't you have waited just a bit. I was just about to meet them." > > "Meet who?" Jane asked. > > Ronnie turned in her direction & his eyes light up, a smile spread across his face. He then said one word with some glee "Vampires!" > > "Hmm." Catherine said. "I got to meet the undead, too. Just an FYI for you, Ronnie: It's never nice to crack open someone's head, it doesn't matter how well you know them & then eat their rotten, decaying brains that are spilling out on to the floor. It's just not good manners." > > Ronnie shot an evil look at Catherine, it was a look she had become accustomed to. "What are you talking about?" > > "Zombies." She said with a smile. > > "Well, I was talking about the greatest people to ever walk the streets of... anywhere really. The place I went to was Parrodipolis, a version where everything was all Victorian & stuff. After a few days waiting around to be rescued I went about getting use to that world. I met that World's Jane & Chad, there was no Catherine to speak of." > > Ronnie shot Catherine a hardy smile, she stuck her tongue back at him. > > "After a few weeks there, I had set myself up in the right circles & began my search for Vampires." > > "So, they existed there?" Jane asked. > > "Yes." Ronnie said a bit shocked. > > "They exist here too." Mr. Spooky said bluntly. > > "I found a nice group of men who went around searching for things like that. It was so cool. It was like I was living out all the book I had ever read." > > "So, wait a minute: How long were you there?" Jane asked. > > "I'd say a few months." > > Jane turned to Catherine & asked the same question. To which she replied "A few days. Maybe a week tops." > > Then, Jane turned to Mr. Spooky. "How is it I'm somewhere for less then an hour where, Catherine is somewhere for a few days, Ronnie for a few Months & Chad for who knows how long when we all left around the same time?" > > "Simple. Different dimensions run at different speeds. The nexus prepares you so that you'll be able to survive at that speed." > > "It's like Vinyl with different playing speeds." Catherine interjected. > > "Yes. Somewhat like that." > > "What do you know about Records?" Ronnie asked. > > "Hey. I may be younger then you but I know what good. Vinyl's Awesome!" > > "Well, we must be off." Mr. Spooky said cutting off any reply Ronnie might of. "We have the Item to retrieve." > > "I know I asked this before but what is it?" Catherine asked. > > Mr. Spooky began to speak & Catherine joined in mockingly "All will be revealed in time." > > Mr. Spooky then turned to Ronnie. "Mister Beeslyhuxtoy, do you still have your Hamster companion?" > > "Yes. It was a bit odd for victorian Parrodipolis but people got use to it." Ronnie said as he reached his left hand in to his coat pocket to show that Little Cat was still with him. > > "Splendid." > > Mr. Spooky turned to Catherine & said "Miss Gillespie, will you please get Mister Swiss up off the ground." > > Catherine nodded & helped Chad up off the ground. The group then start back off further into the swamp. > > Just a few feet from where they were, two glowing red eyed peaked out from the murky water. Shortly there after the eyes retreated back under the water. > > --------------- > > TO BE CONTINUED.... > > --------------- >

> > > > > > --------------- > Assuming, of course, that Mr. Spooky didn't grab the wrong Ronnie...

I've felt he was the wrong Ronnie for awhile. He has not acted silly and innocently goofy for half a year or more. Every line he gets is rude. I'm starting to hate him.

...that the group's problems are just starting. One's been bitten by a zombie and I don't think that's the right Ronnie. Who knows what other switches may have occured?

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Spooky's a little more carefull then that.

Seeing this reply: I guess you haven't read my reply in regards to your comments about Ronnie. I explained all this. Go & check them out down the board. But, I kind of doubt You'll even see this reply. So I might E-Mail you about this.

They started the moment they entered the closet.

> One's been bitten by a zombie and I don't think that's the right Ronnie. Who knows what other switches may have occured?

*sigh* That's the right Ronnie. I don't see why people think Ronnie's not Ronnie. He's the same guy he's been for the enitre series. People change over time!

Well, things seem to keep getting more problematic.


I meant that I suspected Mr. Spooky may have grabbed the wrong one from the Nexus, meaning a switch would have happened just now. The clothes are easily explained away by the time distortion, but that could just be an alibi from the 'other' Ronnie (that's how I saw it. Now you've said that actually is Ronnie then that's that, it's Ronnie)

I think we're just a paranoid lot around here...I blame Ian.

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