Now that the Board is back I can post this, but this is the first solo fic I've done where I'm not posting the whole thing right away, this is just the first chapter. But since I promised you this fic for so long and since it'll take me a pretty long time to write the next 2/3'rds of this, here's the beginning of it to tide you over.
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{Opens on a wide area of nothing but snow and woods, until the view pans to a village right in the middle. This is the town of Histeria Village, as the sign in front of the town says. We then go through the village until it stops on three buildings, with the larger one in the middle- and as all this happens, Loud talks}

Loud:{V.O}The second time something big happens is never as good as the first. It is proven so often in entertainment because it happens in life too. In these situations, the sequel to stuff is considered stupid, tacked on, and nowhere near the caliber of the previous ordeal. But, once this story is done, you'll see why I wished in my case that one of those three things proved true.

{Just then the first building to the left explodes. We then see a few soldiers coming in through the road in front of it. As they do the building to the right explodes. More troops come marching in for a few seconds until we see a flash of light coming towards the large middle building. This makes the building explode just we pan back to see the scene viewed through binoculars. We don't see who's viewing this except for the viewer's mouth, which smiles very wickedly at the sight he sees....}

{But for now we go away from this and fade to a cliff, the same cliff where the climax of "Loud's Histerical Wish" took place. On the cliff now is a group of tourists, led by who else but Miss Information}

Miss Info: Okay, we've stopped walking because we're here at the greatest historical site in Histeria Village history, and the only one with our former ruler involved that ended good!

Man: Um, we're just tourists, so forgive us if that went over our heads please.

Miss Info: Fine then, that's what I'm paid minimum wage for, to clear up heads with stuff over it! This is the place where exactly 6 months ago today, the evilest evil king of them all, the Evil Scientist, was overthrown in a violent but finally happy showdown!

Man: Sounds like every almost war movie ever made to me.

Miss Info: I can't defend that since comedies are my favorite films, but I will say that we were saved from the possibility of the Scientist using a magical wishing star to rule the world from some very special kids.

Man: You mean those kids on all those promotional posters for that celebration back in the village? That reminds me, we should head back on the slight chance that we can return to our hotels without squeezing between hundreds of revelers first.

Woman: Just remember that crowd gathering before we left and then tell me how you plan to pull that off.

Man: Hmm.[To Miss Info]Well, ready to take advantage of our fear of crowded crowds now?

Miss Info: Actually, I'd like to get to that party myself, so why don't you go on ahead and see if it is crowded, and if so my bullhorn will create room for us faster than whatever fast guy at the Olympics you choose to reference.

Man: So we had that whole go or not go discussion for nothing? Well then we wasted a good few seconds of valuable time, let's make up for it!{The tourists leave}

Miss Info: Ah, to be paranoid about getting caught in a joyous party, or thankfully not. But I'd better get down there to calm them down.{Starts to walk but stops and sees that her left foot is bare}Oh darn, my shoe's caught in something, so I guess they'll have to wait for just a few seconds more.

{She walks a step over and sees her show on the ground, then bends down and tugs on it with one hand while her other leans on the ground. Just then she seems to fall and land below the floor, which makes more sense when we see she is now in a large room below ground. Her shoe is hooked onto the doorknob of a open door above her}

Miss Info: Whoa, where am I? Did I land in a high tech version of the center of the world or something? I thought the fall would have taken longer though.

{As she talks we see that the room is in fact, pretty high tech with the usual amount of machines and devices. When she's done talking she walks around for a while until she notices a book on a nearby table}

Miss Info: Hmm, maybe that book will tell me something about where I am. They do say curiosity killed the cat, but I'm not a cat so I guess I can ignore that without worry. And if not, it'll inspire me to stay alive through whatever danger happens so I don't have to eat my words as much.

{She walks over and picks up the book as a shadow figure appears behind her. As it comes closer Miss Info looks more and more shocked as she reads the book}

Miss Info: No, it can't be! This must be some sort of late April Fools joke, it can't be true!{Turns around and sees the shadowed figure}Ah! Oh, well, you sure proved me wrong just now, didn't you? Um, I didn't see anything of interest in there, so I think I'll go. So, could you stop coming closer to me in a very creepy way so I can do that, please? Heh, come on, I said I didn't see anything. Wait a minute, that's not nessecary, WAIT!!

{The figure is now inches away from her, and then she starts to scream. We go go away from this scene and hear different screams, but they're screams of joy from a crowd. This is a crowd gathered outside the castle of Histeria Village. On the balcony of the castle, we see what they are cheering for: the H! kids, except for Charity, with the remains of pies surrounding and covering them}

Loud: THANK YOU FOR ENJOYING OUR LITTLE, WELL NOT THAT LITTLE, PIE FIGHT OF OURS! AND NOW THAT WE HAVE YOU WARMED UP, WE CAN GET THE MAIN EVENT OF OUR PARTY STARTED!

WOW:{From the crowd}You mean when you stop teasing us and actually let us eat pies instead of seeing them go to waste like that? Just as a note my favorite is pecan and I like it cooked to perfection.

Loud: NO, I MEAN THE SPEECH BY OUR BELOVED PRESIDENT!!

WOW: Well, that sounds good, but it doesn't provide the satisfaction to the stomach as pies do, can we agree on that?

Loud: DON'T WORRY, YOU CAN GO HOME AND EAT ALL THE PIES YOU WANT AFTER YOU HEAR THE SPEECH. NOW THAT I'VE LET THE HUMOR OF OUR WARM UP ACT BE FORGOTTEN, WE'LL LEAVE NOW AND BE BACK TO INTRODUCE THE SPEECH'S CREATOR AND SPEAKER.

WOW: Aren't you a little young to say nothing that makes sense?{The kids ignore this and head inside}

Aka: Woo, aside from that pointless time filler of an arguement, that was quite a bit! To think that 6 months ago we were at the bottom of the social ladder, and now we're here entertaining for the top of it!

Froggo: I thought all those people were middle class citizens turned partiers for the day and all the big wigs were with Tom preparing his address.

Toast: Cha, I thought the guy would be smart enough to know where he lives without any help, I mean he is the President.

Cho-Cho: No, he means his speech that he'll be giving to the people in a minute. But let's not beat that to the ground and beat Aka's point instead, fame is great! For popularity, and for business.

Lucky Bob: You are correct sir, fame rules! Michael Douglas was on to something about the g word now!

Pepper: We're not greedy though, we're just revealing in our fame, fortune, and connections to people that have filled my autograph book to the brim, and they're actually people I didn't mix up! And-

Loud:{Interrupting}I think we covered just about everything good already, plus that was probably going to end with you challenging me for scream supremecy, no doubt. Now, for something new to talk about, is Charity done with Tom yet?

Toast: Cha, if he was, wouldn't we be hearing his voice and hearing the crowd cheering for him and have Charity hear to cheer with us?

Aka: You know, you don't have to always say stupid stuff, you can take a break once in a while.

Toast: But the only other candidate doesn't even talk in full sentences.

Lucky Bob: Too mean of an insult now!

{Cut to a big office. Charity is in there talking to someone who's back is turned to us}

Charity: So everything's all set now, we don't have any problems, realistic or melodramatic, to deal with?

Voice: No, I think we've dealt with them all, though it's more traditional to have them the second before I go out there.

Charity: Although in this case there's no reason to. You've already faced the toughest situations anyone can handle, rebuilding a village from the bottom of the barrel and whatnot. Compared to that, talking to a group of people is small potatoes.

Voice: Of course it is, I just needed you to help me memorize what I would say. Though you're obviously good at cheering people up, with Loud being a living example, it's not necessary here. I am in charge and that c word is exactly what I'm going to take.

{The man finally turns around to reveal himself as a lookalike of Tom Ruegger himself. In case you haven't figured it out, he is also Tom, President of H! Village}

Charity: Good for you Tom, now is the memorizing complete?

Tom: Only one way to be absolutly sure, isn't it?

Charity: Well I'll bet if you had more time to spare you'd think of a few more.

Tom: Good, at least I'll have something to do when I get back. Now, let's speed up the process by heading out there now.

{Cut back to the balcony. After a second, Charity comes out}

Charity: Ladies, gentlemen, and whatever else you people are, please cheer loudly for the President of our now evil free for half a year village, Tom!

{Charity leaves and Tom comes out to the cheers of the masses}

Tom: My fellow Histerians, there was a time when no one here except the survivors of the Evil Scientist's invasion, knew what freedom was or what it felt like. 10 years of that is enough to have that effect. But now we are ready and undoubtly willing to fix that mistake and draw even. We've already got 6 months down, only 9 1/2 years and beyond to go before the era of the Scientist becomes, well, whatever the name of something that could have never happened is!{The crowd cheers again as we go back to the kids}

Froggo: Ah, looks like whatever Charity said to him back there worked nicely.

Charity: Not really, he just needed help with his writing and talking and stuff. Besides, I'm just starting to recover from all the talking I did 6 months ago, it's good to save up for times when you really need that sentimental energy.

Aka: That energy is why we're all here. If I remeber correctly from the time I finally took to listen to Loud's side of the story and not the Scientist's lies, he wished for that Wishing Star to show up to begin with because of you.

Charity: I may have helped a little, sure, but with that "man's" tyranny someone would have wished for that Star to show up eventually.

Froggo: With all his tools and manpower, no one would have dared.

Toast: Say, unless I really am dumb, wasn't it Loud here that actually wished for that Star thing to show up, where's his credit?

Loud: With all my personal apperances and speech makings that you don't need to wish for a magical thing to get what you want, I'll choose to think I misheard that.

Charity: Well I hope you recover soon enough to hear that it's those very things you mentioned you've been able to do that really makes me glad I didn't just waste my time on you.

Loud: You couldn't have spent that time any better.{Pause}And to get our minds off of this pointless conversation that meant and hinted nothing, why don't we hear what else Tom has to say?

Charity: Good idea, especially since he's coming up to the part about Crosby now.{Back to the speech}

Tom: And let us also remember the other people [artying over today's milestone, who have just as much a reason to do so than all of us put together. That is of course, the town of Warnerland, and its President, Cros-{stops as boos are heard from the crowd}Well, boo I suppose is becoming a good nickname for him.

Sammy:{From the crowd}I thought we were supposed to be celebrating the end of the Scientist, not mentioning his successor!

Chit: You mean literally as in he's running Warnerland, or figurativly in that he's gonna take us over and be evil like his boss was?

Sammy: Look, I'm new at this whole making a serious point thing, no need to make that more obvious, k?

Tom: You like wasting time, don't you? Because you're debating over the meaning of something that will never happen. Crosby is not evil, and I'm getting tired of saying that!

Sammy: Yeah, lying to yourself will do that to a guy, take it from me.

Chit: Yeah, most of us won't be surprised when it turns out his nice guy act was a trick to fool us until he attacks us, we don't want you kicking yourself for being dumb when it happens, is all. Or you could stop it from even happening by getting rid of him but good.{A few cheers are heard}Heh, this being serious thing isn't as fun, but at least it's popular.

Tom: You're putting a damper on this great day by this whole irrational theory. Remember, he never did any of the Scientist's dirty work, he's jsut an innocent bystander that got out before it was too late, and you can't be mad at him for that. I mean, don't you think that guy has it bad enough over there already, the news reports should tell you that without me having to!

{As he talks, the scene zooms out of the town, goes through the woods, and stops as Tom's remark is finished to another small town, though it's a bit bigger than H! Village and more high tech. This is the town of Warnerland. After a while we go to the streets, where a parade appears to be taking place}

Voice: And now, to make this parade extra special...well, its the celebration of the end of evil in this town so I guess this next float doesn't have to make it extra special, but it's neat just the same. A float of the man responsible for rebuilding this town, President Crosby!

{Cheers and a mixture of boos are heard as said float of Crosby appears. Along with this, silent chanting is heard in the background, which soon gets louder. This makes the people carrying the float stop in their tracks}

Man: Oh no, not them!

Woman: What are you talking about, frankly I'm glad they're here, they speak the truth.

Man: So I guess the standard of truth has really gone down since last I checked then.

Woman: Well, they're coming down to turn that joke into the horrible untruth it is.

{Just then several people appear in the streets holding picket signs. They are all signs decrying Crosby and the Warnerland government}

Picketers: Down with tyranny! Down with tyranny! Down with soon to be released undoubtly shortly unless something is done tyranny!

Man: How about up with getting out of here and not ruining our fun?

Voice: Fun? Fun?! How dare you accuse us of taking away fun when you're celebrating the very thing that will do that job for us!

Man: Ah, let the inane ranting of Max Flemming begin then.

{The owner of the voice then appears with a megaphone in hand. It's a man with long stuck up hair, blue eyes, and large teeth, who has just been identified as Max Flemming}

Flemming: When people like you realize you were too ignorant to prevent the horror that our "beloved" government brought, kindly remember not to come crying to me unless you want to hear a lot of I told you so's!

Man: Wait, so now you're saying that you want the so called horror to happen so you can taunt me later?

Flemming: No, I want you to understand the truth that we have figured out. If Crosby's so good and nice, why didn't he turn on his boss earlier? He could have stopped this whole thing from happening, but he didn't! In fact, he let it go on for 10 years, just enough time for him to catch his boss's evil and scheming, hence his act of acting good until he oppresses us all! One tyrant is too much for this man to follow, and I want you to think the same and stand up for yourself like we couldn't do before! Down with Crosby!

{Flemming takes a picket sign and throws it at the float like a javelin. The pointy end of the sign pops the float just as police start to show up}

Officer: All right Flemming, you know the drill, only this time, come with us to jail.

Flemming: The martydom that will happen from that is tempting, officer, but no. I know you must be a good man despite working for him, and I wouldn't want to make you the brunt of my partners verbal abuse after you take me in.

Officer: Verbal abuse isn't the only kind of abuse us pawns of the oppresser are used to.

Flemming: That's the best threat of violence you can think of? I'd have thought he'd teach you better with his experience in destruction. Now if you don't mind, I have to continue teaching the blind to see the light now.

{The officer grabs Flemming before he walks away and soon a scuffle between the protesters and the police breaks out- until the screen turns blank. We pull back to see a blank TV with a man next to it}

Man: We thought we'd spare you from seeing the ugly details that happened after that sir. Needless to say Flemming got away and we only got a few protesters. But the damage was already done by him showing up. I told you this was going to be used as just another forum for his propaganda.

{As he talks, we see a chair in front of him. All we can see is a hand on one of the armrests right now}

Voice: Forgive and forget. My former boss did a good job of making sure no one here remembered that saying, didn't he?

Man: I think we'd better remind them soon, or at the least stop holding these big events where he can get his messages across to a large audience.

Voice: No, stopping life because of a group of people who just blab their months too much would make me look worse.

Man: Anything you do has been made to make you look worse by these protesters. Even if we capture them all you'll suffer. Like Flemming said, martrydom is something they can use big time.

Voice: So we basically have no options that will make us look good and finish this whole thing.

Man: Well none have shown up and had the courtesy to introduce themselves as of yet. But sir, you must admit, when you took over you should have expected something like this. No one forgets the past easily no matter how much regret is shown.

Voice: It does seem naive to think a past are forgotten just because the victim regrets it so much and so often.

{The owner of the voice gets up and reveals himself as Crosby, ex assistant of the late Evil Scientist turned President of Warnerland}

Crosby: Dan, if I could have a matter which doesn't involve threats and slander to deal with now, I would forever be greatful.

Dan: I'll hold you to that promise sir, because our new Chief of Staff is here.

Crosby: The out of towner? Good, because we dealt with the resignations of all the local people that held that job of running the Senate. Perhaps an accomplished politician from parts elsewhere like this one will give me better results.

Dan: He comes highly regarded from the city of Touchstone ColumbiaStar, and you yourself said we were lucky to get someone willing to take this opportunity.

Crosby: I'd like to see how much luck we got exactly. Where is he?

Dan: In your office sir.

Crosby: Then you don't need to give me directions to find him.

{Cut to a large office somewhere else in the building. From a reflection in a grandfather clock, we see a middle aged man wuth a thinning head of hair and somewhat dulled eyes studying the rest of the room. He chuckles a tiny bit before Crosby enters the scene}

Crosby: Mr Shaffer?

Shaffer: Mr Crosby. There, we've proven we know our own names, so we can get down to serious business. You of all people know the importance of that, I hope.

Crosby: Certain people have forced that to be a top priority.

Shaffer: If not, then you wouldn't have called for someone like me. We can't have someone like Flemming speak up long enough for some of our own workers to believe him.

Crosby: I've had him arrested numerous times, but he just comes back a day later. The only crime he's committed is speaking unpopular views, and we don't have harsher crimes for that. If I changed that, he'd just think I'm proving his point by silencing his version of the truth and he'd just get more popular.

Shaffer: All these dilemmas just because he doesn't believe you've reformed from evil. Unfortunatly, it'd be funny if it didn't seem so logical on the surface. There aren't many cases like yours where you can change from good to evil in a second, so forgive them for being cynical at least.

Crosby: If they could refuse to slander me for one second, I'd consider it. But why don't we talk about more positive things, like your decision to help us still sane people in Warnerland out?

Shaffer: Yes, why would I leave the Chief of Staff job in my old town and come to do the same thing here in this troubled land? Obviously the challenge got to me, but the fact that I didn't have an unstable boss unfairly classified as one waiting for me. Heh, in fact, why would you want to know about me when you're so much more interesting to talk about?

Crosby: I don't want to seem like I'm superior here. True, I have been through a lot-

Shaffer: And I want your assurance now that you can take a few more incidents. Because I can try my best to help you make the right decisions, but you're the one that has to carry them out in order to save this country. I want to be sure I jumped onto the most stable bandwagon here.

Crosby: You're making a bit more out of this Flemming issue that it deserves to. But if I have to eat my words, I'll only do it for a second before I put a swift end to it for Warnerland.

Shaffer: That's what I wanted to hear. We're going to be working together for a period of time that's hopefully long, so I think we need to be truthful and strong to keep this going against traitors like Flemming.

Crosby: Well we covered my side of those issues, what about you?

Shaffer: I've basically been in politics most of my life going from city to city and helping to turn them around. I started out in small time positions and now I've risen to be a chief of staff here, I'll probably be a President somewhere else in the future. But for now, basically, I'm just a co manager anxious to turn around my new team's losing streak. And I'd like to be well rested so I can do it a bit better.

Crosby: Very well then, get your rest and we'll introduce you to the staff and Senate tomorrow morning.{Shakes Shafffer's hand as he gets up}Mr Shaffer, welcome aboard.

Shaffer: In case you ever decide to stop being so formal, you can call me Craig. Good night Crosby, a.k.a Mr President.

{Cut back to Histeria Village, more specifically at some kind of mail room where all the kids except Loud and Charity are reading and writing mail}

Aka: You think we can get enough done so we can only have a thousand letters to read and write left tomorrow?

Toast: Hey, if we didn't wanna do this, we shouldn't have become so popular by saving the town. Though I wish someone would have warned me about all the papercuts first, dudes.

Cho-Cho: At least our nightly duties are done with a stable roof over our heads, unlike those times when we didn't get so much mail.

Froggo: It's not like that was our fault, we were supposed to have been here the whole time if the Scientist didn't kick us out.

Toast: Again, at least he didn't paper cut us to death.

Aka: That was just about the only mode of torture he never used? And why did we go from talking about mail to talking about the guy who almost completly wrecked our lives instead of just coming close?

Pepper: I know, let's go get Loud and Charity! They'll either wanna get us back to talking about mail or they'll really spice thing up if we keep talking about the Scientist, it's win win either way!

Froggo: They said they were gonna find more letter openers for us so we could finish this quicker. Good thing they said that only 7 minutes ago or I'd be a little bit more suspicious.

Pepper: I'll find them and make you completly unsuspicious!

{Pepper jumps up and runs out of the room and through the halls of the castle}

Pepper: Oh Loud, Charity? We'd like Toast to stop complaining about paper cuts so some envelope openers would be nice! Guys?{She stops in front of a door where she hears noises coming out of it}Hey, are you laughing at a new pay per view movie without me? I would have thought since we all didn't have that before, you'd share the wealth with us-

{Pepper opens the door as she finishes her comment, but then stops stunend when she sees the reaosn for these noises- she has caught Loud and Charity sitting down on a couch with their arms wrapped around each other, and before the two notice their new guest their lips were touching too}

Pepper:{Pause}Hey, I just remembered Tom has pay per view on his TV, I'll just-

Charity: We know you're gonna blab about this. Could you at least give us a head start by getting them not to confront us until tomorrow morning?

Pepper: You know that's gonna be extremely hard, not to mention that I'm too nosy not to ask questions right now.

Loud: Can we at least talk to Tom first before thr riot act begins?! He's the only other one who knew about this!

Pepper: You mean this conspiracy goes all the way to the highest office in the land?! I knew watching all those X-Files reurns were too scary to not be true, the truth is out there and our most trusted leaders won't let us know about it!! WHO IS THERE LEFT TO TRUST ANYMORE?!!{She screams and runs away}

Loud: Wow, I really wished I planned that so I'd have something to brag about this mess.

Charity: You can tell Tom that we came close, so why don't we do that now?

{Cut to Tom's office where he is cleaning up for the day until the two kids barge in}

Charity: Tom! They-

Tom: It took them this long to find you guys out? Honestly I would have expected them to be smarter.

Loud: Actually they just stumbled on to us, and it was really just Pepper and she's too busy freaking out over X-Files like fantasies.

Charity: So that buys us only a few extra minutes of time, maybe we could use them wisely by coming up with some ideas?

Tom: Ideas about what? Can you explain to me again why you kept this a secret to start with?

Loud: Well, you know how I told her after the Scientist was gone that I thought me and her would be better as friends? It turned out that us being more than that was a lot easier to do than to not be like that.

Charity: The heart wants what it wants, it's just too bad everyone wants to know every last detail about the occasion.

Loud: It's not thta we don't trust those other guys, it's just we'd rather not take the chance that we're wrong to trust them, at least enough to let the whole town know about us.

Charity: You see how crowded the mail room is everyday, we're the biggest non political stars in this town!

Tom: Actually the fact that you are more popular than me is something I wanted to discuss tomorrow morning.

Loud: That just helps the fact that if word of this got out, we'd never get the one moment of peace we're lucky to get now! All the fame we have keeps us busy enough without having to answer endless questions about our private lives.

Charity: And one drawback to the town recovering so quickly is that the tabloids rebounded so quickly after the Scientist shut it down when it didn't spread his propaganda so well.

Tom: Um, you're not gonna abuse the powers I gave you by making me shut down the papers, right? Because last time I checked all decision making goes through me, and I can make opinions like you guys are overeacting too. If you didn't wanna be dragged through the mud, why'd you decide to start this affair to start with?

Loud: We told you, it's one of those try to move on from a life changing experience without falling in love that fail miserably things. In all the dumb movies we've watched lately that we didn't have the money to rent, people fall in love only because of their adventures, dumb or not. It's dumb, but it can apply to real life too. Everything we shared during that whole showdown was too great for us to avoid each other that way.

Charity: You don't just turn away from someone you almost died for, and who thankfully has the ability to convince angels to save you and the town. Finally during one of those get togethers, we found a suitable mood, a suitable place with the convience of having no one else around, and the rest is lip smacking history.

Tom: If it was that wonderful, why was it so shameful that it would be the worst thing in the world for the others to know?

Charity: I'm surprised you haven't thought that we don't trust them because of how they acted during the Scientist ordeal.

Loud: He wouldn't be the first one to think that for at least 2 seconds. Again, 2 seconds because I don't hate them for falling for the Scientist's tricks and hating me, but the thought of not trusting them because of that entered my brain.

Charity: Well it's a bit too late to make sure you won't have to face that chance now, even if we don't see them tonight they'll sink their claws into this tomorrow.

Tom: And what would they have to gain by that? I saw their endless apologies to you when everything ended, they wouldn't take a chance on ruining that by justifying your paranoia.

Loud: How do you know for sure?

Tom: I may know more about politics than this stuff, that's why I'm here to begin with, but I do know when to point out common sense. And the common sense here is that they'll just make a few little jokes and questions, nothing more. But again, you'll find out if I'm right soon enough, won't you?

Charity: I guess we'd better go get some rest until then.

Tom: At least you're only waking up to nosy friends and not to having to answer the remaining problems of a whole country. But if I didn't like that, I couldn't be such a big help here, could I?

Loud: So that's why you survived the rein of the Scientist all this time. All right then, we'd better go get our rests.

Tom: Good, the faster we do that, the faster tomorrow comes and the faster I can prepare for your next panic filled visit, so I'll be looking forward to that.

{The kids exit the office and then stand outside the door}

Loud: Well, um, they couldn't be more annoying than before, right?

Charity: Loud, the Scientist wouldn't have succeeded in convincing them you were doing bad things if they didn't think you were bad already at the start. Their negative judgement almost cost you big time, I don't want that to happen again.

Loud: They did take a lot of opportunities to apologize afterwards. Maybe we should consider the chance that they didn't use up all their apology skills back then and therefore won't bug us.

Charity: Well in case they did, I'm going to make sure they remember in no uncertain terms.{The two walk down the hall}

Loud: I guess it's lucky for me then that I fell for you before I saw this fearsome side you have planned.

Charity: With that happy look you had on your face before Ms peeping tom showed up, I don't think that would have made any difference anyway.

Loud: I'm surprised you're not happy that we don't have to worry about being spotted when we do that anymore.

Charity: Come talk to me about that during the next time we wanna sneak off at a dinner party.{Laughs}

Loud: Well, at least I didn't get tempted to find worse people to be dragged through the mud with.

Charity: Again, not many of those other people could give you such a good time as it looked like you had.

Loud: You know, we did have a good time in secret, didn't we? Now that we can go anywhere without having to worry about anyone seeing us and only have to worry about the press finding us, we should have even more fun.

Charity: Careful, we don't want to say one thing and have the opposite happen tomorrow, right?

Loud: Well if that formula actually works, then I shall bid you a bad night Charity, and say I hate you.

Charity: For all our possible troubles, I hate you too.{Looks around a bit to see if anyone's watching, then kisses him}Bad night, Loud.

{Fade to the next morning where the remaining kids are sitting around a round table eating breakfast. They stop their talking however when Loud and Charity enter the room}

Froggo: Um...morning guys!{The two sit down}So, who here is going to Tom's staff meeting after we finish here?

Cho-Cho: I will, Tom's taken care of most of the remaining problems here, but to fix the rest of them he'll need all the support he can get.

Lucky Bob: Yes, he has really been on quite a ride from being a Senator in the days before the Scientist to having to be one during his rein and finally...um, um....line now!

Pepper: He blew the line! That means I can break from the script now and start my conspiracy theories about Tom knowing about them and covering it up!

Loud: Right after we kissed for the first time during a party a few months ago we came to Tom for advice. He said we wouldn't have to worry and that we didn't need to keep it a secret, but we all know what we decided to do after that now, don't we?

Aka: Well at least our way of writing a script to cover this up worked a little vbetter than just stammering through breakfast. Although I wrote some real good lines for myself that I wanted to say later.

Toast: You didn't write any lines for me at all, so I'm not that bummed! Now we can start asking questions about all the nasty details of their torrid love affair!

Froggo: No we won't! They obviously kept this from us because we would do something exactly like this if we found out.

Aka: But that also means they don't trust us, so why live down to their expectations of us?

Cho-Cho: They don't trust us because of our temporary assistance of evil, and bothering them is hardly the way to make them forget about that.

Pepper: So you're not gonna ask them questions? Phew, at least I won't feel bad because I ran out of questions and you all just kept going and going and going and-

Loud: We appreiciate the showing of grace that at least one of us did not expect. So, I guess this chance of heart includes not blabbing about this to the media?

Toast: Why? You couldn't keep it from us so what chance do you have against the whole town, love dudes?

Charity: You might be able to act well for us, but can you do it in front of tons of TV cameras and reporters?

Pepper: I know I'd be too busy hugging them and beign happy to meet them all, so that rules me out as a problem!

Froggo: Look, to whoever the one person was that didn't expect this, you really understimate us. We made several mistakes we're not proud of, you think we're so not unproud of those mistakes that we want to make them again?

Charity: Of course not, but we don't know if you're so cleaned up that you can't be so easily tricked by someone you know is evil.

Aka: There's no one we know that's evil anymore, so you can't use that line if we are tricked again, I hope you know that.

Charity: I would rather not want to wait for that time.

Cho-Cho: Well you're the one who taught us not to be closed minded about Loud and everything, so if we do that again it's because you didn't teach us very well.

Charity: If you don't want me to transfer to another class, you'll just have to study my lessons extra hard if the time comes, which I'm sure it will.

Lucky Bob: Hey, saintly girl from the last big adventure not so saintly now! She's more mean and scary!

Charity: I msut be cruel only to be kind, for I love Loud and none of you are gonna accidentally put him in any more bad near tramamtic experiences if I say have a say in it.

Pepper: Hey that last line wasn't from Hamlet like the first one was, at least make up your mind if you want to make original threats to us!

Loud: Which we can save for preferably much later on. Let's just eat until that comes.

{The usual uneasy silence occurs as the group eats. We then go from that to Warnerland, specifically in a large chamber filled with many people in a crowd. In fact of that crowd is Shaffer who waits for the crowd to quiet before he starts talking}

Shaffer: My name is Craig Shaffer, your new Chief of Staff. The President hired me to help clean up the messes we have that youn couldn't help solve for the other chiefs that came before me. As a newcomer to this town I can perhaps put a fresh prespective on things, but not before I hear yours. If we're going to work together to help the President, I need to hear what you personally have to say about all the situations that have led to this job being open for me to take. Come on, what is your true opinion of Mr Crosby, it's okay to admit you don't trust him, we'll be too busy pursecuting Flemming for that to bother with you. Yes?

Man: I think Crosby is a fine leader, but you don't spend 10 years around ultimate evil like he did and not get rid of its effects just like that.

Shaffer: All right, we're getting somewhere, now let's here some more truth from the rest of you. Yes sir?

Man 2: If Crosby was all that good to start with, why did he wait 10 years to turn on that monster?

Man 3: Come on now, the important thing is that he did to start with! He spent all that time with him and he still managed to have some spark of goodness, and that's exactly what we need right now!

Shaffer: There goes my chance to statre my opinion before someone else does for me! I believe Crosby is a good man for those reasons, but I will not judge you for thinking otherwise. If we are to get anywhere with this, we need to show our true emotions and then judge what we can do to fix or support them. Now for those who do not support Crosby, do you find it difficult to do your job even when Flemming is making his points about how he's bad for the country?

Man 2: He does make a few good points. I'm not gonna join his band of loonies that's turning good points into demonstrations distracing us from the real problems of this countries though. But it isn't hard to think that maybe we could rebuild better without such a strong link to the old regime leading us, not that I'd act on it like Flemming has.

Shaffer: That's perfectly understandable. And we must remember that those logical reason are exactly what Flemming is doing what he's doing, he thinks he's doing good for us. What we need to do is convince him that despite his good intentions, he's just causing more trouble than good for us all by making us debate this to start with.

Man: But we're just the staff and Senators of the town, we just pass laws and tell the President what decisions he should think of making. What could we possibly do?

Shaffer: Where is Flemming's headquarters for starters? How come no one has tried to come over there to talk some sense?

Man 3: We debated whether to send someone undercover to bring them down, but the President decided that if they found out, they'd use it to further their cause that we're evil. Besides, the only time they actually break laws is when our forces try to break up their meetings, in fact he's already back on the streets after yesterday's match.

Shaffer: You answered every question but one. Where does he and his band meet at?

{Later on, we see Shaffer walking down the busy streets of Warnerland and stopping at a ordinary looking shack. He then knocks on the shack's door}

Shaffer: Mr Flemming? Mr Flemming, are you in there?

Flemming:{V.O}Mr Shaffer, do you mind if I get back to you another time, assuming I ever want to.

Shaffer: How did you know my name unless you had a TV in your jail cell? You made the news too well for me to get any air or newspaper time.

Flemming: I always make sure to keep track of Crosby's new brainwashing vicitms.

Shaffer: That's kind of why I'm here, can I come in?

Flemming: Even if I assume you're not wearing a wire, I'm not dumb enough to actually let you in here and trust you enough to not tell your dark lord the details.

Shaffer: Fine, I can just convince you your whole philosophy is wrong from right here.

Flemming: What's so wrong about saving a town from the grips of evil?

Shaffer: I'd comment if the guy we're talking about had actually doen soemthing evil since he came in here.

Flemming: He's only buying his time with this goodness act, and when we stop looking for him to strike that's when he'll bring us back to the chaos of his boss. And what would you know to tell me otherwise, you didn't even live here until now!

Shaffer: Do you realize that when you eventually resort to out and out physical attacks to get rid of him, you'll only bring about further destruction of your beloved country?

Flemming: Yes, that's why we're going to get enough people on our side that Crosby will give up hopelessly outnumbered and leave before any war can start. What other lame excuse do you have?

Shaffer: So you honestly think that Mr Crosby tried to stop the Sciientist from killing those kids and getting stabbed in the stomach for it becuase it was part of a master plan>

Flemming: I don't know how the criminal mind works, and I want to stop it before I get the chance to!

Shaffer: Did you lose a family member during those 10 years?

Flemming: What?!

Shaffer: Did you lose your job, part of your body, your wife, your child, your Mom, your Dad? I have more stereotyped reasons for protesting to guess at although you could tell me which one it is now before I have to stand here all day.

Flemming: I lost none of those things, I never even had most of them. This isn't a personal revenge thing, all that happened to me is that I suffered under poverty, grim living conditions, and oppression like everyone else. When you have to see the misery that goes around in a town like that and see the awful looks on the people suffering from poorness and brutality for even saying a slightly nasty word against a tyrant, you get a different opinion about actions like mine than the opinion of people like you. My job and mission is to make sure those faces never come back. But I can't do it alone, I need others to take up the cause so it can work without us having to destroy our own town to do it. Hence the gatherings ending in mob rule.

Shaffer: There is another way. Now you're right, I am an outsider, but that means I've been in here for so little time that I can't form any solid opinion about this! I've seen one side of this issue, and I want to see the other when I still ahve a chance to be converted.

Flemming: Forgive me if I'm too suspicious to believe one word. But a few of them do come a bit close.

Shaffer: Sell me on what you're doing. Maybe if you do a good enough job I can help you by doing damage in the inside of the "evil soon to be empire" And you'll want to listen to at least one of my alternative ideas. Please Max, may I come in?

{After a pause, the door opens and we see Flemming's head. Shaffer then comes inside and the door closes. Cut to Crosby's ofifce where he is talking on a video phone with Tom}

Tom: So who is this new staff member of yours again?

Crosby: He's a lifetime politician who moves around from city to city and rises to higher positions with every move, and the move is now up to my new Chief of Staff. Geez, he may be a big help, but not so much so yet that I have to keep telling this to everyone.

Tom: I hope you're more proud to tell me that anyway because he's on your side.

Crosby: I think I finally found someone who is and will stay that way. Though I'm thankful that if Flemming has convinced some of my staff that I am bad, none of them have acted on it.

Tom: At least you live in a country where the majority of the people like you. Here, you're not that much well liked either. I'm shocked Flemming hasn't tried to get recruits from here yet.

Crosby: At least in Histeria Village the idea of a group of people trying to kick me out of office makes more sense.

Tom: Yes, people seeing you in Histeria Village...that's one of the things I called you for.

Crosby: I don't know if you said that exactly like I did, but go on.

Tom: You know, my country and your country have really rebuilt as best we can. And after our recent 6 month parties it's pretty clear we've come a long way and still have a way to go. Why should we have to do that by ourselves?

Crosby: Because people like you and not me and putting us together would upset that balance?

Tom: Come on, I think this idea would really help your image because I'm so liked. I propose that we hold a summit later this week to announce that we have offically begun diplomatic relations between our two towns.

Crosby: You want to offically unite us in diplomacy? Gee, too bad your citizens and mine aren't flattered so easily. Do you realize they'll just say I tricked you into this and this is the first step towards em taking Histeria Village over again? Both our townsfolk will say that and then I'll offically be crucified by Flemming and the rest!

Tom: Are you evil?

Crosby: I'm starting to feel ba disappointing the public by not giving them the evil show from me that they want, but not enough to answer yes to you.

Tom: Then prove you're not evil by doing this. The summitt will just be the first step, after that we can do so many good thing together that no one will remember your past!

Crosby: That would probably destroy what life Max Flemming has, then when no one listens to him anyone he'll probably forget about his anti violence ideas pretty good too.

Tom: Look, according to you it seems that either way something bad will happen. You should know that my idea would provide the least possible damage.

Crosby: Boy, everyone says that being around the Scientist made me evil for good. But I'll tell you what, I wish I inherited his skills for getting out of messes for his own benifit.

Tom: I'm glad I'm the only one that heard you say that you wanted to be like him in something.

Crosby: For all his evil, he was such a smart and resourceful guy that my naive mind just had to worship him and not snap out of it for such a long time. I actually thought he was wronged and deserved his power, and now I can't afford to keep being so naive again for fear that it'll bring this place down again.

Tom: Then remember that I can promise you the best help possible for that goal.

Crosby: Can you promise my protection too? I haven't been to Histeria Village since I kicked the historical villains out.

Tom:{Chuckles}I'm willing to crowd the jail cells even more than usual to make that happen if I have to.

{Crosby soon chuckles along with him, which leads to the next scene where chuckling and other kind of laughing is seen in what appears to be Flemming's headquarters. A good amount of people are seen talking, planning, and reading newspapers with Flemming's picture in them as Flemming and Shaffer inspect them}

Flemming: As you can see, we don't exactly have a so called imtimidating group here, but at least they're easy to talk to unlike the military might that Crosby is probably hiding.

Shaffer: I thought we agreed that if I keep an open mind for your behalf, you'd have one for mine.

Flemming: Do you honestly think that's easy for me to do?

Shaffer: Do you honestly think you aren't in danger of turning into what you're fighting against? All the evilest villains start off trying to do good and wind up seemingly trying to destroy the rumor that they were good and weak to start with, even the Scientist.

Flemming: Which is why we have to force him out quick before that happens.{The two sit down}

Shaffer: What if I were to tell you that the real threats are right under your nose and that you're too clogged up to smell them?

Flemming: A poor theory and metaphor, and you said you were convincing.

Shaffer: What if I said the real threats to this country were the Histerians?

Flemming: What are you talking about?

Shaffer: You're not the only group of people that hate Crosby. He made folk here miserable, but this place was never the one they really wanted to rule. From the start, his target was Histeria Village and destroying the lives there, and he did a great job.

Flemming: Are you suggesting they suffered more than us? We suffered through horrific conditions, poverty and martial law, don't tell me we just pale in comparision to them!!

Shaffer: Calm down, I just wanted to say that they suffered along with you, and they have reason to hate Crosby too.

Flemming: How does that concern our movement?

Shaffer: Because they too are worried that Crosby will want to take their land back. And since he did so much to you and them, they'll be just as determined to make sure that doesn't happen. Although they've never organized their protests like you have, they're still there.

Flemming: So what, good for them for having brains, we need all the help we can get.

Shaffer: They don't know you and they don't care about you, they only care about making sure they don't return to the days of old! And I don't think they care how they do it.

Flemming: How do you know this?

Shaffer: I toured Warnerland before I accepted my new job, and I thought I'd be wise to tour Histeria Village since they're so closely linked. I asked citizens what they thought and I heard them express hate, worry, and mistrust for Crosby.

Flemming: Again, I'm glad we're not the only one with a brain.

Shaffer: You know Tom, their new President. Doesn't he strike you as too much of a goody two shoes to not have a dark side? You can act all sweet and nice, then when you think smeone wants to take something or someone you love, you can develop so much of a dark side that you can say, hire people to frame the opposition and shoot them into the sun. Tom strikes me as such a caricature.

Flemming: I have other things to do, so since you're not making a point, I anticipate getting back to those things soon.

Shaffer: Histeria Village will attack this country and destroy as much of it as they can to force Crosby out, leading to war that could destroy the entire town! All they need is an excuse and I think Crosby will give them one eventually. Unless he shows wisdom and stops that before it begins.

Flemming: There goes my renunion with those other things. You say that village could destroy the town to get him out, and by now you know I don't want to go that far. Now what about this wisdom part?

Shaffer: I believe Crosby is a good man with wisdom and knowledge as to what the right thing is. Therefore, he can get rid of the one true threat to this town to prove it, the Histerians.

Flemming: That would lead to war. Seems like you're saying it's war either way, so what side are you taking?

Shaffer: If motivated perfectly, Crosby will protect the town by unleashing a might of power to take out any threats, I can sense it. The Histerians will amke that happen someday, this I can promise. I also think that if they struck first, he would be extra motivated.

Flemming: But what if they don't?

Shaffer: Who said they had to? They have enough anger to do it no matter what, so why shouldn't people think they'd do it now, then the whole mess can be gotten rid of quicker.

Flemming: Why are you really here, Craig Shaffer? What do you want from me?

Shaffer: To convince you your arch enemy can answer the challenge of protecting this town by destroying the real enemies. All he needs is to get some actual evidence of the plans they'll eventually make. That is where you and I come in.

Flemming: Are....are you saying you want me to manipulate a war?

Shaffer: Once you see how good Crosby is at it, you'll realize he is just what this country needs. You just have to start the process.

Flemming:{Pause}No. I'd rather let war come than start it, I did this to force Crosby out with as little damage as possible, you're asking me to be wrong in my goal by at least 200%! I'll get rid of him my own way.

Shaffer:{On a cell phone}Yes? Oh. Very good, I'l be right there.{Hangs up}I've said all that I can. Which is that the Histerian people will convince that do gooder to get rid of him their way, which would involve destroying this town. The proof will come soon enough, and once you see it I'll await your correct response. Good bye Mr Flemming.

{Shaffer leaves as Flemming just sits there thinking about everything. Fade to later that night as he is watching TV from this same position. The show on is the news with Fred Moppel}

Moppel:{Not taking a breath}The news that a summit will be held at the end of the week in Histeria Village to honor the beginning of diplomatic relations between Warnerland and Histeria Village after 6 months of non Scientist rule-{Gets up and runs off because he is short of breath from saying the line without a breath}

Voice: Um, basically the Histeria villagers think this bites. Run the clip while we search for a bag for our "esteemed" anchor.

{The TV cuts to a scene with Sammy}

Sammy: They're letting that assistant of evil back in here?! I always knew that Tom was too naive and dumb from being so nice to not see when he's being tricked!{Cut to Chit}

Chit: He's just getting in good with us before he attacks us again just like his boss, it's a conspiracy! And I should know, I have the best conspiracy books on sale, which sadly go unsold. Anyone interested in correcting that travesty?{Cut to Lydia}

Lydia: Crude men can not change no matter how much people like me try, and evil people can not change no matter how much people like Tom try. So why try and risk being an idiot for destroying our town al over again?{Back to Sammy}

Sammy: I don't care if he says he's good now, we all know he wants to finish the job of his boss!! I'd sleep better if, if...if we just bombed him outta there!{Back to Chit}

Chit: Yeah, bombing him would be less dangerous, and...rats, I can't think of a way to set that up for a sales pitch for my books! But if we got rid of that guy by doing something like doing it by forces, I'd be able to think more clearly!{Cut to a crowd scene}

Crowd: Get rid of Crosby! Don't let him ruin us again! Use any means nessecary to stop this, and we mean ANY means!!

{This crowd cheers as Flemming just sits there in shock in front of the TV. Cut back to Histeria Village as Tom is talking to the kids after turning off a TV with those same anti Crosby scenes}

Tom: Well, you guys are supposed to be my most trusted advisors, could you live up to that and tell me how to control this?

Aka: We're your most trusted advisors?

Tom: Yes, that's the job I agve you to get you out of the streets, that alone should make you remember.

Aka: I'd like to remember being asked about this before it went public, but it seems I can't, I wonder why?

Tom: Oh come on, don't tell me you're against him coming here too!

Froggo: Let's just say we're not against it as much as they are, we're at least calm enough to try to figure out how in the heck you're gonna protect him when he gets here.

Toast: Yeah, and do you think you can find some people here that actually want to do that, I mean since so many people hate him it'd be a major shaockage to see people trying to protect him.

Cho-Cho: Well you have a meeting set up to discuss how to do that, but if he can make a good point like the fact no one may want him unharmed, then he;s pretty much done for.

{Tom has not heard this last part because he is now stomping down the hallways and headed for a door. He opens it to reveal a crowd of people and he angrily steps in front of this crowd}

Tom: Tell the townspeople congradulations when we're done, they've done what others thought was impossible, they got quite very ticked off!! None of you are gonna make that same mistake because that man coming here is gonna get the excellent treatment he deserves!! I am sick and tired of all this hate for a man who, if he was what you say he is, would have taken over this country when he ahd the chance to after the Scientist died, but he didn't, he kicked out the other villains and then resigned!! Why would he have a plan to worm his way in here and take over when he already gave up the chance to, no one left is that committed to intricate plans!! There, I said my piece, and if you don't want me to repeat this performance, you will actually try to ensure his safety or my next act will be an impression of the Evil Scientist as he takes away your jobs, got it?!!

{There is a long pause as Tom slowly calms down}

Man: All right it's been 6 months and 2 days, I win the pool!!

Man 2: No fair, I would have won if he did this tomorrow, I deserve something!

Man: Don't take it out on me because I can correctly predict when a do gooder like Tom finally shows a dark side. Besides, it's a relief because that was the best he could do, so we're definantly safe from any serious rants in the future.{Tom coughs}You heard the man, let's get cracking with security ideas, come on people!

{Cut to a press room much like the one in the White House, where Crosby is fielding questions from the press. Shaffer is right next to him}

Crosby: Yes, I am well aware I could be in danger on this summit, we've run that into the ground already. Come on, if we're done beating a dead horse could we tlak about other issues?

Barry Ding: So does that mean you're against those that like to beat dead horses? Mr President, don't you have enough enemies already for you not to make new ones?

Crosby: Okay, I'll be more specific. Anyone with an actual news issue other than the summit to talk about?

Ding: Oh, why didn't you say so? Okay then, what do you have to say to half of the people here that support you and the 2 or 3 people in Histeria Village that support you?

Crosby: Thank God the gift of sanity isn't as gone as I thought it was. But seriously, let me assure these people that every step is being taken to ensure I will get the best treatement and hospitality I can under the circumstances, and....

{We leave this scene to follow Shaffer as he walsk out of the room to take out a cell hpone and dial a number}

Shaffer: Hello? Mr Flemming, it is certainly a good thing the instructions I gave you on the card I left behind said to dial my beeper number first, you're catching me in the middle of something.

Flemming:{V.O}When that isn't a problem, I'd like to talk about whatever you were hinting at yesterday.

Shaffer: I knew you were a smart man. I'll be there in an hour.{He hangs up as Crosby is seen walking by as we hear the press asking last minute questions}

Crosby: If I needed you to cover for me, I'd be a little more concered as to what you were doing just now.

Shaffer: Just taking a phone call from the family back home. I left them back at the last place I worked at, might as well let them know the people I left them for are getting their money's worth.{The two walk into Crosby's office}

Crosby: Are we on track for preperations? Tom promised me he'd force his men to direct security for me but I've had enough risk taking for one lifetime.

Shaffer: The staff has assured me our best men wil ensure your protection and mine.

Crosby: You're coming too? Strange that I hear this now because I make decisions like that without needing to hear that they've been made for me.

Shaffer: You need every friendly face you can get, and perhaps the fact that someone from the outside supports you so well will provide an inch or two of help.

Crosby: Very well, while we're on the road you can tell me how Flemming's group will factor into this. Since the Histerians are saying so much they're bound to go along with the trend too.

Shaffer: Flemming will provide no trouble. In fact I had a few words with him before I put that boast together.

Crosby: You saw him?! Did you get a good look at his upcoming protest plans?

Shaffer: I mearly said waging further war on you would only hurt the country, and I think that gave him enough to think about to let up for a while.

Crosby: Well we'll soon see if you're right, won't we?

Shaffer: I didn't come here to be wrong, which is one of the reasons why you have such a fan like me.

Crosby: Go on, I need to be flattered for a few minutes after all these predicitions of my demise.

Shaffer: There's always one or at the most, two people that go against the majority. The majority believes no one who hung around evil like you can reform. Me and Mr Tom seem to represent the opposition. Of course in these situations one of those two have to die to drive the other to victory, but I'm sure we don't have to go that far.

Crosby: Then that makes yet another factor I have to defeat although no one else thinks I can. I will get through this without a scratch.

Shaffer: If not, I'm sure I can make them regret their mistake.{Shaffer laughs and Crosby then joins in for a bit until Dan enters}

Dan: Mr President, if we could go over some of the security measures we have planned for you.

Shaffer: Very well then, I have places to be as well. All work and no play but here there's never a dull moment, so thank you for that!{He and Crosby laugh again as Shaffer leaves}

Dan: Well, it eems you two hit it off pretty qucikly. You realize you're tempting fate by doing so, right?

Crosby: Any fun I've had lately has been ruined by depressing news and predictions, why must you sink to that level?

Dan: Because if you get too friendly with him, it's bound to be revealed that he's actually plotting against you the whole time. I'm not saying he is, but it happens in all the movies so it's best not to take chances at a time like this.

Crosby: I have someone that's only been here for a week who supports me as much as anybody, you think i'm gonna let negative thoughts ruin that too?

Dan: I've always supported you and I have a higher rank than he has.

Crosby: You're the one who said we don't need anymore problems, so don't contradict yourself by being jealous of him.

Dan: All I'm saying is you don't want to set yourself up for the other shoe to drop with him or with anything else.

Crosby: Did you also come here to tell me that I used to assist the Evil Scientist, because that would be another thing I know only too well. Let me worry about that if, and I mean if, it happens. Now let me worry about my other paranoid thoughts, though at least there isn't the worry of setting up the entire summit like the worry Tom has.

{Back in Histeria Village, everyone is working inside a very large ballroom and decorating it for the occasion}

Tom: Everything going well? Let's hope it's well enough so our guests will have something other than our main guest to talk about for a few seconds.

Froggo: I thought the giant pictures of Crosby and the welcome Crosby banners were supposed to remind everyone of him. Or at least how we're taking every effort to make him feel welcome.

Tom: Well there's two birds killed with one stone then.

Loud: It;s not like this needs much work anyway, it's been a great mood setter ever since it was built. I should know.

Aka: Charity, who's explanation of that should we hear first, yours or the other lovebird?

Charity: Me I guess, since it'll be more healthy for me cause he's so comfortable wilth spilling stuff and I'm not. We first got together during the dinner party here about 4 months ago.

Loud: The violin players were at their best that night, so the romantic modd was laid out on the table for us pretty early.

Charity: Although of course we couldn't do anything at the actual table except trade lovey dovy looks.

Loud: Those 2 months before, right after we agreed to be just friends, they provided enough of a romantic longing to help too.

Charity: I don't know if I was that aware too, but with all we went through, all the galas we and everyone else went to and all the time we were with each other, we didn't really need to speak that awareness.

Loud: I'm sure this happens all the time for adults, so I guess it was good to get a preview of those kind of feelings. We got more than that later on.

Charity:{Starting to get into this}You remember how concered you looked when we got a moment alone and asked what was going on between us? That was jsut too cute of a look for me not to act on.

Loud: And you were too good at expressing how much you liked that for me to break away from it.

Charity: I'm sure I had several fleeting thoughts about how much you'd like that before I put it into practice.

Loud: It worked too well for me, that's why it was too hard for me to stop when we finally got caught.

Charity:{Really close to Loud}Everyone needs something to be really good at, I'm glad I found my thing this early in my life.

Loud: I always say you should keep doing what you're real good at.

Charity: What's the need for talking?{Gives Loud a pretty steamy kiss for a 9 year old, which follows by Loud falling to the floor and the others looking really grossed out}

Pepper: Ew, if I knew I was gonna make this hapen by exposing you guys, then I wish you would taken more drastic measures to stop me!

Lucky Bob: Gross and stupid lines followed by gross kissing, and this from the guy who picks his nose on a regular basis now!

Aka: If that was your big plan for revenge, mission accomplished too well!

Charity: Well I have to admit, it was healthy for me to do that in public for the first time and fun. Besides, you all will wind up doing this someday too.

Aka: Not even if we're living in a big, traffic and movie filled city while facing endless villains almost every day would we think of that!

Charity: Probably just as well, that's less bumps on the head for you gusy then. Which is more than I can say for my guy.{Picks a dazed Loud up}

Loud: Who would have thought romance lines that can make you throw up could work so well?

Charity: We can discuss that after we get some ice on your head, let's go find some.{They leave}

Froggo: Well that clinches it, no one should have to see stuff like that, my mouth is shut about this!

Toast: I neevr thought I'd want to do heavy duty not related to TV and surfing work, but they made the impossible happen!

Pepper: They-

Aka: Pep, we get it by now, it was sick, and nwo we're reached our limit to how many times we can say that without you screaming about it.

Pepper: Oh good, I can save the guilt about how I helped make this happen the next time we freak out.

{Fade to the big day, the day of the summit, as advertised all over both of the towns. Inside Warnerland HQ, we see Shaffer getting ready to go, and then we fade to a flashback scene where Flemming is grabbing Shaffer inside his shack}

Flemming: Are you completly mad instead of being half way there?! I will never do what you suggested!!

Shaffer: But what other reason could Crosby have for atatcking the true villains of Histeria Vilage if he doesn't think they have attacked the city already?

Flemming: You're asking me to destroy parts of my city and frame them for it to make him attack these fictional foes?!! If you want me to break my rule about violent behavior, you'll come back here although I'm telling you not too.

Shaffer: Violent behavior? You wind up doing that all the time at the end of your meetings, so who are you to talk?

Flemming: That only happens after Crosby's forces come to break our protests up, so that's really their fault. But this!

Shaffer: You saw the reports on TV about how much they hate him?

Flemming: That's why I called you over, but I've learned my lesson about watching TV now.

Shaffer: But you know they're going to bomb us eventually.

Flemming: We don't know that, that's only a theory, and one I can't risk believing as harshly as you do!

Shaffer: But there is the chance they'll do it, right?

Flemming: Yes, you have me there, they might.

Shaffer: And don't they seem too desperate to avoid going back to the days of the Scientist to care about the innocent lives they take on the way?

Flemming: You'd better be ready to clear that up.

Shaffer: When, or if, they try to get Crosby out, they'll likely wind up atacking this city with forces and destroying everything. Therefore, it's fair to suggest that although Tom will express regret about the people they wound up killing to make that happen, it still will have happened! Many innocents will ahve died thanks to them, and you've made it clear that you wouldn't tolerate that!

Flemming: So people will die in a war. This is a good way to bring back to the issue that if war is as inevitable as you say it is, people will die either way!

Shaffer: But you can lessen the casulties on our side. The buildings we bomb will only be destroyed when everyone is out so no one will be killed.

Flemming: I would have thought the only way to get him to declare war was for people to die. This kinda makes your theory less plausible than it already is.

Shaffer: We just have to take out the important buildings here for him to take it seriously, and I have access to everyone that I'll gladly give to you.

Flemming: I'll be more willing to care about that if you tell me a better reason why I should bomb buildings in my own town.

Shaffer: Because you should be tired of this.

Flemming: I thought you were tired of hearing my anti Crosby rants, cause you sure set me up for another one.

Shaffer: For the last decade you've either been suffering from all that Scientist stuff or protesting against his associates. When's the last time you lived a normal life?

Flemming: Normal lives aren't that easy to get these days, you know that.

Shaffer: You haven't gone one day without lameting over the horrible fate of you and your townspeople or complaining about something, am I more accurate to say that?

Flemming: Well, not every day, but-

Shaffer: But you have enough of a high average of non normal days.

Flemming: What does that have to do with the real issues?

Shaffer: You're sick of caring about real issues, I can tell! I'm offering you an easy way out of that responsibility! At least admit that some part of you wants to have that!

{Flemming finally sits down in a deep state of thought as Shaffer continues}

Shaffer: This probably sounds crazy coming from a career politician, but for people like me this kind of thing works. I know you don't want to really succeed in that though. All it would take to make that happen is to frame people of a few harmless bombings, then after Crosby answers all your doubts and destroys the real enemies, you'll have no need to delay your comeback to real life.{Pause}Come on Max. Your chance to do some real good is knocking. Don't pick up the phone call of self rightous doubt first.

Flemming:{Pause}I'll have to talk it over with my friends.

Shaffer: If they agree, I'll come by tomorrow and go over the first part of the plan, a small but good enough attack here on the night of the summit. If you really want to move on with your life, I'll see you tomorrow ready and willing to start.

{The words "to start" echoes as we go back to Shaffer finishing getting dressed up. He then exits the room. Cut to outside the Warnerland castle as Crosby and his staff enter a horse carriage that will take them to Histeria Village. They then leave the scene with a mix of mostly cheers and some boos following them}

{Back in Histeria Village, a very large crowd has already surrounded the city, and they are all guarded by many Secret Service esq guards. Fred Moppel lets us know further about the scene on his news report}

Moppel: In just a matter of moments, the guests of honor for some and the guest of dishonor for the rest of us will arrive to kick off the biggest summit here in many years that had to do with politics. Once he arrives, the fireworks will begin, but thanks to concern about "sensationalism" we won't get to see them if they happen inside the castle because we're not allowed in there, thank you paranoid politicians!

{Back on the road, the carriage is nearing Histeria Village}

Dan: We'll be there in just a matter of moments, guys.

Crosby: Well, this is it. I hope my decision to not make a will before I left won't haunt me later.

Dan: Sir, we have everything under control so fear like that is unessecary.

Crosby: I was trying to make a joke, just because I'm not the joking type automatically means I can't get laughs? And besides, I'm more comfortable to make such laughless jokes because I get to see Tom again. Now all that's left to worry about is seeing the kids again.

Shaffer: The last time you saw them I heard you're the one that told them they really should live with the leaders of the country and not in the streets, they should like you now just fine.

Crosby: Good point, at least someone in that country and mine is willing to remember that. And did I pick the right time to say that.

{He says this because the carriage has enetered the town, and he can see through the window that the boos from everyone have already started. The guards around them do enough of ajob to keep them from getting closer though, but the boos and thrown fruit keep going throughout the rest of the ride until it stops in front of the castle and in front of Tom and the kids}

Tom: All right kids, are you ready to see him again?

Froggo: The last time we saw him he told us that we could live here, so that's enough to destroy anything that can distract us from welcoming him. Get him out here.

{The carriage door then opens and Crosby and his friends step out- and are covered by more guards as the boss gets louder. Crosby still makes his way to Tom and shakes his hand}

Crosby:{Yelling over the boos}Tom, you'll be glad to know this scene is the only thing you messed up in welcoming me here!

Tom: Luckly my feelings aren't hurt enough for me to leave you to them just yet! Come on, follow us in here!{The group walks into the castle followed by more boos. Finally when they get in, there is silence}

Tom: All right then, we can say hello in peace.

Crosby:{Still yelling}What was that?!{Quiet again}No laughs, nothing? Oh well, at least I'm too happy to see you again to torture you with more jokes. Tom, hello again.

Tom: Hello Crosby. Dan, a pleasure as always. And this must be Mr Shaffer.

Shaffer: A pleasure for the first and not last time.

Crosby: There, the adults are taken care of, now for the others. Um, Loud, Charity, other kids that didn't get as much press?

Loud: Hello Crosby, welcome back. Why don't we go ahead and show you how else we've decided to welcome you back?

Crosby: Does it include sentimental speech making? I know from past experience that Charity is the mistress of that.

Aka:{To Froggo}We can at least joke about that irony in front of him, he's a friend now.

Froggo: Sorry, I haven't chosen tonight as the night to quickly recover from their last love show.

Tom: Well Cros, let's take a little tour of the place before tonight's big gala ball to celebrate our coming together.{They do just that}

Crosby: So kids, have you been good enough for me to be happy that we're coming together? How have you taken advantage of the gift I helped take away for a while?

Cho-Cho: It's basically been the exact mixture of laziness, advice to the President, and moments where we get on our knees thanking God we don't live in a house that barely has a working roof.

Lucky Bob: No more worries that we can't afford people that fix roofs now!

Toast: Yeah, it's been awesome and so exciting too! And if we knew these two new guys better, we could share some other stuff about what's been going on too!

Shaffer: Well then, it's a good thing that's certainly going to change soon, so I'm not too worried.

Toast: Um, who are you again? At least with the other guy that's not Crosby I know who he is.

Shaffer: Craig Shaffer, Warnerland Chief of Staff at your service.

Toast: Cool, someone new that's here to serve me! First I want the latest soundtracks and advance taping of whatever hot TV shows you got down there, then I want-

Shaffer: Heh heh, charming kid. From what I heard the others aren't so bad either.

Loud: No, we've been worse, though luckly after you help save a town, people get short attention spans to anything bad you've done or yelled in my case.

Shaffer: Ah yes, Mr Kiddington. I can't tell you what an honor it is to see you.

Charity: It sounds like you just did.

Shaffer: Ha, I'm told responses like that are typical from Ms Bazaar here. Who else wants to show off their skills that I heard so much about?

Dan: Um, Mr Shaffer, let's not hog the scenery here and let Mr Tom show his off a little now, okay?

Shaffer: Very well, let's continue with the tour. Although other people aren't having as much fun as I am right now.

{Cut to Flemming's shack as he is amking ppans with his crew}

Flemming: The building is a weapons plant near the Warnerland castle. It doesn't have many big weapons and none we can say they'd use against us in our next protest, but Shaffer tells us it will still be an effective first strike.

Man: Why do we need a first strike again?

Flemming: Because Shaffer told us all time and again he last few days that by bombing places and framing that other country for it, Crosby will show leadership skills that will cause us to give up our protests! I'm not very confident about this either, but it's either that or we have him come down here again and give a big speech every 5 seconds on why we have to do it, and I'm not a big fan of that!

Man: But you just gave a big speech 5 seconds after you said your last one, I call hypocrasy on you!

Flemming: Look, if we can get back to a job related matter, please. Now, at 11 PM the plant will close for the night so we can plant the explosives there when no one can get hurt. Shaffer has given us the access codes to enter without any trouble and we'll plant our explosives there and detonate them when we get out.

Man: Do we have to wear disguises for that? Shaffer did make a neat mask for you to wear.{Holds up a green mask that looks a lot like the one for Spider Man's Green Goblin}

Flemming: Yuck, that's the worst looking mask I've ever seen? And coudl you imagine how annoying and hollow my voice would sound if I talk into that thing? Get that away, we don't need to take such measures yet if we have to at all. Now, any more questions?

Man: Will we have to kill people eventually to start this war business?

Flemming: That's why we have to work extra hard to provide very good explosions to make Crosby do what Shaffer says before we have to kill anyone. And if we have to do it, then we can develop a habit for it enough so we can kill Shaffer for lying to us if this doesn't work out. Let's just remember that we're doing this for our country, do that and we should get through this. Now, get the dynamite and we can go. For Warnerland!

Group: For Warnerland!{The group breaks up and then we see them picking up several explosives nearby}

{That night at the Histeria ball room, classical music is playing as the many cultured looking guests are eating and dancing the night away. At the center stage of it all are the politicians and the kids}

Tom: See, I told you we could talk enough people into coming here just to have a good time and not insult Crosby.

Crosby: Do you think that will change after we actually start our speeches and get down to business?

Dan: It's too late to get out of it now if we wanted too, so what's the use in debating? We'll just wait for it to happen and use our backup plans if it does.

Crosby: That's good advice and true advice too.

Dan: Well, I didn't get picked by you as the Vice President just for looking good, I hope you remembered that at least.

Pepper: Okay, we got time before the boring talk starts, so let's start mingling with the hob nobs!

Tom: As long as you try not to drive too many of them crazy enough to leave before our speeches, go right ahead.

{The kids then go off on their usual antics, except for Loud and Charity, who are talking amongest themselves}

Loud: I guess we're going to continue our tradition of finding a private place to have our fun.

Charity: Maybe the day will come soon when we don't have to do that, but not here when the news of us would completly overshadow everything Tom's been doing. Then again, Crosby wouldn't mind them talking about something else.

Shaffer:{Now behind the kids}Well you've known him longer than I have, so you should know.

Charity: Mr Shaffer!! Um, well, in case you're too nosy enough to wonder about what we meant...

Shaffer: Meant what, I didn't hear anything until you mentioned Crosby.

Loud: Really? Well...why are you so interested in hearing about Crosby that you have to walk in on talks about him, cause that's what our talk was about.

Shaffer: By now I know that practically every day I'm going to be surrounded by Crosby talks, so I might as well get used to hearing them.

Charity:{Anxious to end the conversation}Yes, Crosby talks, he sure has a lot of contraversy all right.

Shaffer: Don't worry, I'm hoping to help put an end to it so that the nex time he comes here, every single person will be cheering for him.

Loud: How is that humanly possible? First you have to make them forget he worked for the Scientist, and though we basically have it's not easy for the whole town to. Then there's that whole business with that protest group and-

Charity: Okay Loud, he has lots of work to do, let's let him get started in peace, okay?

{Just then the violin music in the background starts again and several people get up to dance to it}

Loud:{Acting badly}Oh my, people are dancing and I have n one to dance with. Oh well, might as well just go back to my seat and digest my food.

Charity:{Also acting badly}Wait Loud, I'll dance with you. Not that there's anything deeper to it, but I need something to do and so do you. Just a nice short dance with a pal, that's what I'm proposing.

Loud:{Aside}A little too descriptive, but that works.{Aloud}All right then, I accept the offer, let's go.

{Loud and Charity start dancing as Shaffer leaves the scene. We now go to the other kids who are watching this nearby}

Toast: I thought they were done convincing us their little love secret was too sick to reveal, dudes.

Aka: I'm still trying to figure out why Loud and Char think they can keep their love a secret from everyone else. I mean, even if someone finds out, the Crosby stuff is still gonna be talked about a lot more.

Froggo: But the press is probably too busy covering real news to not pass up a chance to cover stupid news like that again.

Pepper: Speaking of news, why don't they have anyone handsome to talk about the boring news?

Lucky Bob: Speaking of handsome....stuck now, can't think of another line now! Guess we have to start talking about Loud and Charity being in love and keeping it a secret from everyone again now.

Cho-Cho: Why? Do we really have nothing better to talk about than that? We're in the best place in town and we hob nob with the the most powerful people in the land every day, whereas before we were too cold and hungry to think about dreaming dreams like that. That's not interesting enough to talk about compared to the soap opera over there?

Pepper: Is Private Hospital on now?! All right, something interesting to do at last!

{Outside, Fred Moppel is outside the castle along with the still jeering mob of people. Just then the door to the castle opens and something is tossed out of it which Moppel catches. He now sees that he is holding a tape recorder, and attaches to it is a note}

Moppel:{Reading the note}Dear Mr Moppel. If you're searching for any news to cover, I hope you'll settle for a love scandel. This tape proves the secret affair of two of the town's most famous people, which should make for some a busy schedule for other reporters that want to get ratings from it inc ase you pass this up. Signed, a friend.

{Moppel plays the tape and what is heard is the kids talk about Loud and Charity's secret affair. Back inside, Shaffer is smiling as he watches Moppel listening to it from the window, then he walks back to the party}

{Back at Warnerland, Flemming and his gang are hiding as they see people locking up a building labeled "Weapons Plant" After those people leave, Flemming signals his group to go ahead and head for the plant. They are all carrying backpacks, and a few of them have the top of several dynamine sticks sticking out. Flemming then reaches the front door and punches in numbers on the wall}

Flemming:{Whispering}If Shaffer gave us the right code, we'll be in here any minute.

Man: Does this place have any huge weapons like nukes that we can brag about destroying when this whole thing ends?

Flemming: No, but Shaffer says although this place doesn't have really destructive weapons, it will be an effective first strike for the "Histerians" to make.

Man: That'll be something to remember, as well as the fact that you used to lead this group.

Flemming: At this point I don't care who gets most of the credit for bringing Crosby down or making him look good or whatever we're doing, as long as it gets done quickly!{The front door opens}Now, if we can get to work making my wish come true, we can get home quicker too. I hope you all remembered how to hook this stuff up so we can detonate it outside, because I have no time to act as a teacher and a terrorist.

{At H! Village, the dancing has stopped and Tom and Crosby are ready to give their talks}

Tom: Ladies and gentlemen, I hope the fun part was fun enough for you to withstand the boring aprt, as now we're gonna get to the reason why we're here- to offically bring our two countries together.

{We now see Shaffer sitting on stage but then he hears a phone ringing. He gets out his cell hpone and answers it}

Shaffer: Hello?

Flemming:{V.O}It's done. The news should get to where you are in about 15 or so minutes.

Shaffer: Good. I'll drop by tomorrow to find out the damage and to plan our next step, but for now let me get back to doing my other job so they don't find out about this one too early.

Flemming:{V.O}Wait, I have a concern that I need to talk to you about.

Shaffer: It's a bit too late for that now, isn't it?{He hangs up and then we go to Flemming standing on a cliff}

Flemming: Wait, I have to talk to you about this!{Pause}I did the job....and I've never felt better in my life.

{He pauses again and then walks off as in the distance, we see smoke compeltly covering a building in town, which is obviously the remains of the weapons plant}
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Chapter 2 coming up at who knows when.