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The sun is high in the sky & in the middle of a cornfield somewhere a man stands up. He dusts himself off. The man is dressed quite oddly for that part of country. His manner of dress is more befitting some coastal city then where he currently finds himself.

He has a bright neon yellow thigh length trench coat on. Under the coat starting from the bottom going up he is wearing a pair of dirty yellow canvas Chuck Taylor All-Star tennis shoes. On his feet are red & yellow striped socks. Moving up the body He wore burgundy red slacks & a mustard yellow/sangria red knit sweater vest. Under the vest is a mustard yellow dress shirt & his fire engine red bow tie. His maroon colored red hair is done up in what looks like a messy attempt at a pompadour.

He reaches into one of his coat pockets & pulls out a small plastic bag of jelly beans. He reaches in, grabbing a handful of the small candies & pops the whole handful in his mouth. After then, he put the bag back in his coat. He then looks around. He looks to the left. To the right. He looks up. He look down. He spins around in a circle. He is looking for someone but doesnt see them.

"Chad?" He question was muffled slightly by the candies still in his mouth. He had chewed & shallowed a few of them by this time.

There is no response to his question.

"Chad?" He says louder this time but still no response.

The man in red & yellow began to run around the corn field search for his companion. All while he did this he called out his friend's name.

After a few minutes of searching he found who he was looking for. They were sprawled out on the ground, looking slightly disheveled & crushing some corns stalks as he does so.

The man was dress on starting form the bottom on up. He had navy blue canvas Chuck Taylor All-Star tennis shoes. On his feet were a pair of argyle socks. His pants were a well-worn, and ripped in places, pair of blue jeans. Moving up the body, he had a unbuttoned flannel shirt on. Under the flannel shirt was a dark grey t-shirt. The t-shirt was one the shirt that were sold as part of the band, Inflatable Monkey's tour a few years ago. The shirt, much like the pants as well worn. It had the Band's logo/mascot a pink monkey shaped balloon. His dark brown hair looks not to have combed in awhile. His pair of black horned rimmed glasses were slight askew. Laying near by & also crushing some stalks of corn was an accordion.

"Chad!" He called out & run over to his friend.

"Speak to me! It's your pal, Ronnie!" he said as he knelt down near his friend.

"I know it was stupid of us to go up Pregos the Impregnator like that what with only your Accordion, a Fez, that mop & a rabid weasel. But there is only some many times that you'll let a 3 headed alien lady insult Topeka, Kansas & Pregos went over the line!"

Chad has yet to move since Ronnie has found him.

"Come on… Wake up!" He said pleadingly.

He knelt there in silence for a few minutes by his unconscious friend.

With no response from Chad, Ronnie got up & walked over to the accordion. He picked it up to walk off with it. Then from out of the corner of his eye he sensed movement.

Ronnie looked over his shoulder to see his best friend looking back at him with a smirk on his face.

"Chad!" Ronnie yelled happily, dropping the accordion to the ground.

He ran over & gave his friend a hug. "I'm so glad your not dead."

Chad gave Ronnie a nod which said the same thing.

Chad got up off the ground, dusted himself off. Then walked over to his accordion, picked it up & put it on his back to wear like a backpack.

Chad gave Ronnie a look. One Ronnie knew all to well.

"No, I don't know where we are or where we are going." he said.

Ronnie then reached into one of his slack's pocket & pulled out a compass.

"Let's consult Grandpappy Beeslyhuxtoy's handy, dandy Compass!"

Ronnie held it out in front of himself, Chad looked over his shoulder. The needle moved wildly. It moved to the left, to the right. It moved around in a complete circle. Then the needle began to even out & pointed into Ronnie's direction.

"Hmmm…. It seems like it wants us to turn around & head off in that direction. While I was looking for you, I think I saw there was a road in that direction."

Chad gave an approving nod & the two of them headed off in that direction.

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TO BE CONTINUED?

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Footnotes

This is the first story in about 3 or more years to have Chad & Ronnie in it. They have been mentioned in a few different stories over those 3 or more years but this is the 1st time we've actually seen them. From the looks of it, Ronnie got a new hairstyle & some new clothes since we last saw him. What happened to his old clothes & what they have been doing is unknown. Chad is still wearing the same we say him wearing 3 years ago. I'm sure he's washed his clothes at least once over the last 3 years.

This story marks the second or third story where Chad & Ronnie have mentioned meeting up with Pregos the Impegnator. Pregos has yet to be seen in an story. This story does mark the the first reference to Pregos' 3 heads. It has yet to be said how Pregos the Impregnator would go about impregnating someone. But Pregos being an alien I bet it's someway not so nice.

This story marks the first reference to Ronnie's grandfather. This is not the first reference to other members of Ronnie's family. "Chad & Ronnie: Fugitives" made reference to Ronnie's parents (no names were given in that story or since).

I don't have an further ideas of where Chad & Ronnie are going or what they'll do hence the question mark after the words "to be continued". They are bound to show up somewhere sometime.