John

After the guests an newly weds had driven off(or cycled off, in the case of Stan, who is a known unicycle enthusiast) John, Lord of Darkness(Dum Dum Duuuuuuum!) hauled Ian and Silent Jim out of the dumpster.

"Great job!" He said

"Thanks!" Ian answered.

"I was being sarcastic."

"Oh... what's 'sarcastic' mean?"

John rolled his eyes. "Well, thanks to you two, we need a new plan." John began to pace around the alley, occasionally reading graffiti that said things like "Hondo is a cosita." He had no idea who Hondo was, or what a "cosita" was, but he had a feeling he didn't want to know. And just then he slipped in a puddle and hit his head on the ground. John immediately flashed back to a few minutes earlier:

FLASH!

“Where are they going?”

“I heard something about the Newlywed Game.”

“Cool! Let’s go and see which couple can win! I bet we can!”

“Wait, who’s the host?”

“Doesn’t matter, as long as it’s not John, Lord of Darkness (dum dum duuuum!) He’d probably try to break up all of our marriages.”

“Yeah, probably.”

FLASH!

"Yo man, wake up!" Ian said, slapping John across the face.

"I'm up! I'm up!"

SMACK!

"Hey! I said I was up!"

Ian shrugged. "I was having fun."

"Well that doesn't matter," John said, pulling himself up. "I have a plan!"

Ian and Silent Jim exchanged worried looks.



***

Gary Kroeger, the host of the Newlywed Game collapsed onto a recliner in his trailer. It had been one of those days. One couple on today's episode had been two cousins from Kentucky who insisted that it was "alright," even to the point where they started a brawl with another couple. Gary picked up a memo the director had handed him. Tommorow, the couples would all be the "Tri-Leaders and Friends." Great. More weirdos. And what the heck was a "Tri-Leader" anyway?

Gary sighed and turned on the TV. It was a rerun of the Newly Wed game. How ironic. Just then, somebody knocked on the door. Gary hauled himself out of the chair and opened the door. Outside stood a kid in a white suit wearing a white fedora. He looked to be about fifteen.

"Uh...can I help you?" Gary asked.

"Mr. Kroeger, right?" The kid said.

"Um... yeah, that's me."

"Mr. Kroeger, my name is John. I'm here to do a survey about central air."

"Ok..."

"Do you have central air in you trailer, Mr. Kroeger?" John asked.

"Well of course, I-"

BONK!

Gary Kroeger fell on his face, unconcious. Ian put down his baseball bat. "Jeez, how long did it take you guys to get in?" John asked, stepping over Gary. He walked up to a vent high on the trailer wall.

"No evil, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater... than central air." He motioned to Gary's unconcious body. "Pick that up." John took off his white suit and hat, revealing his usal black cloak. "This will be our base of operations from now on. Tie him up and gag him." John smiled evilly. "We've got a show to do tommorow."


Ann

Candi picked up the phone.

"Hello? Yes, I did go to the stripper's convention. Roseidous? No, I don't remember...oh, you mean the boy with the bunny ears! Married? But he still owes me...and I did that thing...the Newlywed Game? Tomorrow? *giggle* I'll be there! Hey, who are you? Like, why did you say 'dum dum duuuuuum' after your name? Hello? Hello?"


Katherine:

Tyrael frowned as he listened in through the bugged connection. Funny. This Candi girl sounded an awful lot like Holli.

Holli hung up.

"Yep." she said. "He's definately hosting it."


John

"Yep. He's definately hosting it." Holli said as she hung up the phone.

"So that means..." Tails said.

"Yep! WE'RE GONNA MEET BEN AFFLECK!!!!"

All of the girls began to scream, and it went a little something like this:

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! OH MY GAWD!!!!! WE'RE ACUTALLY GONNA BREATHE THE SAME AIR AS HIM!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!"

"So who was he talking to?" Ann asked.

Holli shrugged. "Someone named Candi. She sounded an awful lot like me. I guess she's one of the Newlyweds for next week's show. I stopped paying attention once I heard BEN AFFLECK WAS HOSTING!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The girls erupted into screaming again.

***

Meanwhile, in the guys room...

"Yep." Tyrael said, hanging up the phone. "He's definately hosting it."

"So that means..." Todd said.

"Yep! WE'RE GONNA MEET BEN AFFLECK!!!!"

All of the guys began to scream, and it went a little something like this:

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! OH MY GAWD!!!!! WE'RE ACUTALLY GONNA BREATHE THE SAME AIR AS HIM!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!"

"So who was he talking to?" OMEGA asked.

Tyrael shrugged. "Someone named Candi. She sounded an awful lot like Holli. I guess she's one of the Newlyweds for next week's show. I stopped paying attention once I heard BEN AFFLECK WAS HOSTING!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The guys erupted into screaming again.

***

Meanwhile, in Gary Kroeger's trailer...

"Wow, Silent Jim! This neato Ben Affleck Voice Masker really works!" John, Lord of Darkness(Dum Dum Duuuuuum!) said.

Silent Jim nodded proudly.

"Now, we have the embarrasing guest..." John said, pacing. "Do we have the embarrassing photoes?"

"In a minute!' Ian said, as he edited photos on the computer. This particular one showed Tails doing something VERY naughty with a sheep... playing Scrabble.

"And of course, we have the tape." John said, holding the tape up proudly. Then he looked over at Ian. "You did erase that...um... 'special' movie you and Jan made, right?"

"Oh yeah, of course."

"Ok, good. Because that was really disturbing."

"Yeah yeah yeah..."

* * *

John, Lord of Darkness(Dum Dum Duuuuuum!) woke on a glorious morning. He had never been this close, this sure of victory, and the feeling of joy was greater than it ever had been. It ran through his veins like an electric shock, and hit his ego, where it was turned into that sensual feeling called power. He grinned, more widely or evilly than he had in months. He got up, changed from his "Mr. Bun Bun" jammies into his night-black cloak. He smoothed down his dark brown hair and looked at himself in the mirror. They said the camera added ten pounds. He once knew a gril named Julie Dwyer, who had been picked to go on a game show. And then this guy named T.S. had told her that the camera added ten pounds, and Julie, who had had eight problems when she was young, began to excercise to the extreme. And then, the day before the show, she had gotten an embolism and died in the pool of the YMCA. Tragic, really. Even more tragic when some clerk named Randal knocked over the coffin at her funeral.

John shooked his head away from these thoughts. Why did he always have to make elaborate Kevin Smith references? Oh well, Kevin Smith references made him feel better, more in control. He walked into the main room of the trailer, where Ian and Silent Jim were asleep on the couch and the floor, respectively. He looked over at the broom closet, where a unconcious, gagged and tied Gary Kroeger was. John walked over to his two cohorts, stepping on Silent Jim's hand and kicking Ian's couch to wake them up. "Ah, it's a glorious day." John said. "Don't you agree? There's nothing better than the imminent rise to power to get your heart pumping!" He took a deep breath. "Ah! I love the smell of alimony in the morning!"

Ian blinked wearily and got up. Silent Jim, wide awake and cradling his hand, stood up as well. John dug through Kroeger's freezer, and then pulled out an apple. "We'll have much better breakfasts when i'm ruler of the world." He said, eating it. They had a quick breakfast and then lounged around, watching TV, until it was time to go. "Okay, let's move out." John said. "Silent Jim, I want you to get into position above the stage. That's where the VCR is. Ian, when he's in position, throw him the tape. And, of course, I've got the embarrasing photoes and other assorted evidence." John put aforementioned photoes and evidence into his cloak pocket. his cloak had lots of pockets. John liked pockets.

As they left the trailer, Ian noticed something. It was a poster, or something, on a stand, so that people who walked by could see it. It showed a lot of colors, all swirled together into no recognizable shape.

"Hey!" John said, walking over to it. "It's a Magic Eye! just stare at it a little and a picture appears!" The three stared. A few seconds later, Silent Jim pointed in recognition and smiled. Then, John said: "Hey! It's a sailboat!"

"What? I don't see anything!" Ian said, staring.

"You can look at it later, now come on!"

"Aw! I wanna see the sailboat!"

John sighed. "Ok, fine. But just until Silent Jim is all set up."

"Snooch!" Ian said and continued to stare as John and Silent Jim left.

***

Meanwhile, in the parking lot...

The Tri-Leaders, Junior Tri-Leaders, and thier spouses, plus Katherine and OMEGA stood in the parking lot, at the entrance of the studio where the Newly Wed Game was being hosted.

"Well, here we are." Roseidous said.

"Ah, what better way to show our love than to go head to head with other couples on national television?" Roses asked.

"I can't think of anything better."

The group walked into the studio building, where the security guard asked thier names.

"We're the Tri-Leaders and friends!" Roseidous said proudly.

"Ah." THe guard said. "Are you one of those kid shows that has a bunch of people in costumes?"

Roseidous blinked. "No, we're an evil organization bent on world domination."

"Yeah, i'm sure." The guard said. He muttered something that sounded alot like "pediphile."

"Ok, your clear." The guard grunted, and the group went into the studio, where a man with a clip board made them do a roll call.

"Ok, Roses and Roseidous?"

"Here!" They said.

"Ann Chovi and Todd, A.K.A. Sacred Tood the Monkey?"

"Here!"

"Tails and Tyrael?"

"Here!"

"Holli and Adam, A.K.A. Nothlit?"

"Here!"

"And, um, Katherine and OMEGA?"

"What the hell?!" OMEGA exclaimed.

"Oh, don't be silly, honey, you know we're married!" Katherine said, grabbing his arm.

"Now we're not!"

"If you want to live to get out of this studio, you better bet we are!" Katherine snarled. OMEGA whimpered.

***

Meanwhile, outside of Gary Kroeger's trailer...

Ian stared at the Magic Eye. Where the heck was that sailboat. A group of little kids, on a school field trip to a real, live TV studio, came up behind him.

"Ooooh! Oooooh! A Magic Eye!" One of the kids said.

"Can we look before we go see Barney?" Another one asked.

"Well... ok, but quickly." Their teacher said.

The two kids stared for a few seconds before the little girl said:

"Wow! It's a schooner!"

Ian chuckled. "YOu dumb b******! It's not a schooner, it's a sailboat!"

"A schooner is a sailboat stupid head!" The little boy said.

Ian glared. "YOU KNOW WHAT?! THERE IS NO BARNEY!!! IT'S JUST A GUY IN A SUIT!!!!!" The little kids cowered as Ian returned to staring.

***



"Okay, I'm sure you all know the rules," the man with the clipboard explained to the Tri-Leaders and friends. "But, I'll go over them once more. Okay, all you have to do is answer some questions about your new spouse, to see how well you know one another. Like favorite foods and pet peeves, etc. The host should be here soon." He said, looking around. "Anyway, just take your seats, and we'll start in a few minutes."

"Isn't this exciting?" Holli asked as she sat down.

"We are gonna win this one!" Todd said to Ann.

"And why do you think that?" Tyrael asked.

"Because we were up all night last night memorizing facts about each other."

"Cheaters!"

"Yeah, a loser would say that!"

"HEY!" Katherine said. This is the Newly Wed game, not Jerry Springer."

"Sorry, I'm just a little excited about being on TV." Todd said.

Ann blinked. "You were on TV."

"Yeah, but only because I streaked in the middle of the UN."

Tails and Holli erupted into laughter.

"Don't tell me you saw that!"

"The WHOLE thing!"

Roses blinked. "Why is it that we're involved in this completely pointless conversation?"

"Obviously, the writer needs to cover some space before the game."

"Ah."

"Ok, folks, we go on the air in 3, 2, 1!"

"And now, ladies and gentelmen, we welcome you to the Newly Wed Game!!!" The announcer said. The studio audience went wild.

"And now, to introduce our couples! First, we have Roses and Roseidous!" Roses and Roseidous walked out on stage, waving and then sat at thier places.

"And next, Ann Chovi and Todd, or Tood, or... oh, never mind! Ann and Todd!" The two came out on stage.

"Next we have Tails and Tyrael. And next, Holli and Adam, and , last but not least, Katherine and OMEGA!"

"You can't make me go out there!" OMEGA said stubbornly. A few seconds later, Katherine had dragged him on stage and taped him to his chair.

"And now, our host..." The announcer let it hang for a second, letting the anticipation grow. "Gary Kroeger!"

"Gary Kroeger?" All of the Tri-Leaders and friends said simultaneously.

"I thought it was Ben Affleck!" Holli said, dissapointed.

A figure stepped into the spot light.

"Hey, that's not Ben Affleck!" Ann said.

"Hey, that's not Gary Kroeger!" Some guy in the audience said.

"Well, we know it's not Ben Affleck or Gary Kroeger." Rosedious said deductively. Everyone stared. "Oh. Yeah. Obvious. Sorry."

"No, no, you're quite right. I'm neither." John, Lord of Darkness(Dum Dum Duuuuuum!) said. The studio drew a collective gasp. John sneered. "Welcome to my nightmare."



Tails screamed. Todd leapt to his feet. Omega felt as though he'd received a huge electric shock. The writer riffed the first few paragraphs from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, chapter 19. "I found this at Ann's moon base," said John, throwing aside the map to the Newlywed game, careful to keep staring at Todd, due to his sacred powers. It would've been futile, anyway. Silent Jim had set up sacred power strippers. "Very useful, Roses, I thank-you."

"You!" Roses snarled. "What are you doing here?!"

"Well, obviously, I'm here to ruin your marriages! And, ironically, I'm going to do it in the form of a fun filled game show!" John, Lord of Darkness(Dum Dum Duuuuuum!) said.

"You're sick."

"Oh, I know! But it's going to be you, my dear Roses, who is sick by the end of this! Every single one of you will be sick with the pain of defeat. But now, let's get on with the game, shall we?"

John strolled along the stage, cocky, confident. He stopped in front of Holli and Adam.

"Well, let's start with you two. Adam, how much do you know about your new wife? Do you know, perhaps, that... SHE'S A SICK, TWISTED DOMINATRIX WITH A HAREM?!?!?!"

Adam blinked. "Well, yeah, of course, everyone knows that." The men in the audience mumbled in agreement.

John frowned. "Hmm, ok. There's not much more to say about Holli, then. I pity you."

John moved over to Tyrael and Tails.

"Tails, my dear, what do you know about Tyrael here? Alot, I'm sure, but do you know about this?" John reached into his cloak and pulled out a magazine in a plastic bag. A Post-It note attached to it read "Exhibit A."

"Oh my God!" Tails said. "This is- this is-"

"Yeah, that's right." John said. "The December issue of PlayGerbil. More accurately, Tyrael's issue of PlayGerbil."

"It isn't mine! I swear!" Tyrael said.

"Check the finger prints. It's his. Oh, by the way, congratualtions on the marriage!" John moved over to Ann and Todd.

"So, Todd, feeling pretty good, huh? Think you know everything about Ann?"

"Well, yeah," Todd said. "We were up all last night memorizing this stuff."

John smirked. "Oh, but she didn't tell you everythin, did you Ann?"

Ann's eyes widened in realization. "Oh my God... you're not going to bring THIS up again, are you?"

"Yooooou betcha!" John said. "Todd, your wife, Ann Chovi, has been having a madcap, whirlwind affair with Ian, King of Unparalleled Nastiness!!!!"

"GASP!" Said everyone, except Ann who just rolled her eyes and groaned.

"And I've got proof!" John said, and pulled out some pictures. "Here, you can see Ann doing the 'reverse praying donkey garden hoe' with Ian!!!!"

"That isn't me!" Ann yelled.

"Oh yeah? Proove it!" John said triumphantly.

Ann stood up. "The girl in this picture has a tatoo!" Ann said. "And I don't!"

"Oh really?" John said, only a little nervous.

"Yeah! See!" Ann started to lift up the back of her shirt. The audience screamed and hid behind thier chairs or covered there eyes. John laughed. "I paid them to do that!" Ann rolled her eyes, and showed everyone that there was no tatoo on her back.

"The girl in the picture is my identical cousin, Jan Chovy!" Ann said.

"Wow!" Tyrael said, flipping through the pictures. "So that's what Ann looks like naked!" All of the girls smacked him upside the head. "Ow! What?!"

"Ok..." John said. "Well, even if she isn't having an affair with Ian, but she was involved in THIS!" John pulled out a piece of paper. On it was a chat transcript.

"Ann, do you remember what you said to me on the 5th of October? I believe it went something like this:

Ann: One of these days I'm going to kill Todd! Kill kill kill!!!!"

Ann blinked. "So?"

"SO?!" Todd exclaimed.

"What? So I wanted to kill you. What's the big deal?"

"Well, maybe it's the wole idea of you WANTING TO KILL ME!"

"Now," John said. "For our new... newly weds... Katherine and OMEGA. Katherine, did you know that OMEGA was once caught in a hotel room, wearing women's clothing?"

There was an awkward silence. OMEGA shifted uncomfortably, before saying:

"Uh... er... that's a lie!"

"Don't make me take out the photoes." John said.

"DO IT! DO IT!" All of the girls chanted, and finally John handed them out. OMEGA turned completely red and hid his face.

"And finally, last but not least, we have the big couple, Roseidous and Roses. The fun is just beginning!"

***

Silent Jim hung by a bungie chord, high above the stage. He was right in front of the VCR.

"Hey! Snootchie bootchies!" It was Ian, down below. He had the tape. Silent Jim gestured and he tossed it up. The tape missed his hands and landed on a rafter... just out of Silent Jim's reach. Before he could ask... silently... Ian to help, Ian had already run off to look at the Magic Eye. Silent Jim slapped his forehead in exasperation and tried to reach th tape.

***



"Ah, I've been waiting a long time for this!' John said to Roses. She just glared. "You know, you two brought this upon yourselves. All you had to do was invite me, but no! Nooo, don't invite John! He's too evil! We don't want to be embarrassed in front of our friends by someone as uncool as John!" His face hardened. "Well it's time to pay the piper. It's time for all of you to know what it feels like to be defeated.

"You know what I did while I was frozen? Ann? Roses? Anyone? No? Well, of course not. You have no idea what it's like to be a statue for months. Not being able to move, to see, even to breathe. I stood there, in total darkness, thinking up ways I would get you back for putting me through that hell. I STILL can't stand to not move for thirty seconds! I always need to be moving, no matter how little. And it's all because of you. Well, it's your turn now. I'm going to take over the world, and when i do, every single one of you is going to be frozen in a chunk of solid rock and see how you like it! You want to blame me, fine! But you brought this upon yourselves, do you hear? YOU BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELVES!!!" John turned away for a second, collected himself, and then continued.

"Ok, we're going to end this now. Ladies and gentelmen, let's go back into our dear Roseidous' past, and see what sort of person he really is! Please welcome, our surprise guest, CANDI!!!!"

Roseidous' jaw dropped and his eyes widened in fear as the busty blond in the sexy rabbit suit walked on stage.

"Ms. Candi, please tell us of your...encounter with Rosedious here."

"Well," Candi said. "It was at this convention, and he paid me to, well.."

"Yes?"

"Well, he wanted me to dress up like a rabbit, just like this, and then he dressed up like Velma from Scoobie Doo, and, well, we..."

"That's enough. I think we get the idea. Thank you for your time." Candi left, but not before winking at Roseidous.

"Wait! This doesn't prove anything!" Roseidous said. He was starting to get really angry. "That all happened before we were married!"

"Yes, I know." John said. "But it shows us just the kind of kinky animal you are."

Roseidous was red with rage.

"Oooh! Someone looks angry!" John mocked. "But Roses'll be even angrier once she sees this tape! Taken yesterday, it proves that Roseidous has been unfaithful!" \

Roseidous snapped. He stood up and started to walk slowly towards John.

"And now, as he comes up here to..." It occurred to John what Roseidous was coming up to do.

"I'm going to f*** you up beyond repair!" Roseidous growled.

"Okay, now, Silent Jim!" John yelled. Nothing happened.

"Now, Silent Jim!" Nothing happened, Roseidous was past the podium.

"NOW, Silent Jim!" John yelled as Roseidous pushed him over, grabbed his collar and raised his fist...

***

Ian was in a state of extreme despair. he wandered around, backstage, on the verge of tears.

"WHEN GOD?! WHEN DO I GET TO SEE THE SAILBOAT?!?!?!" He yelled and hit his head on a supporter beam. The jolt it made caused the tape to jump... right into Silent Jim's hand. He shoved it into the VCR, just as Roseidou was about to punch John.

On the screen were Roseidous... and Sally, the blow up doll. The audience gasped.

"Oh yeah! Who's your favortie new kid?" Roseidous, on the tape, said. "Aw, yeah! Call me Joey! Don't make me get loose! Call me Donny!"

And then the tape went off. There was a long silence. Roses stood.

"Roseidous, can I tlak to you for a minute. In private." Roseidus gulped as they walked back stage.

"Ha HA!" John crowed. "Victory is mine! Enjoy the divorce, suckers!!!!" He turned around and ran... straight into Billy Jo. John suddenly found himself in handcuffs, with the Mod Squad keeping him under very close watch. Tyrael walked up.

"Well, not so smart now, are you?" He sneered and wound up to punch John.

"Hey! You can't punch a prisoner!" Billy Jo said.

"Aw, c'mon, just once?"

"Well...ok..."

The others chimed in that they wanted to, too.

"You can't do this to me!" John roared. "I WON! You can't defeat me now! I'll crush every single one of y- OW! Ian! Silent Jim! Help me!!!!"

But Ian and Silent Jim had already left. John was alone, and in the hands of the enemy.

"My turn!" Ann said with glee.

"NO! NOT THERE! NOT TH- AAAAAAAAAAH!!! OW!!!"

"Ooooh! Nice one Ann!" Holli said.

"I hate my life." John said to no one in particular. "OW!"


OMEGA:

OMEGA walks in.

OMEGA glares and snaps his fingers.

John finds himself in a pink dress.

OMEGA, "Get the camera."

A few snaps later, OMEGA walks out with an evil smile on his face.

"I'll get copies for everybody!" OMEGA shouts as he leaves, dissappearing again into the 4th Dimension.

Looking at the general chaos that has ensued, Umar pushed himself away from the far wall he had been leaning against and walked away.


Roses:

"Well, that's taken care of." Ann said, blinking in the bright sunshine.

"Yes, he'll be just fine in there." Roses shook the coal dust off of her whip, causing everyone to step away from her.

"He never believed that we really throw people in the coal mines with the Corner of Shame."

"No, but now he does."

"Yeah, and now we can go back and finish our honeymoon trips." Holli said.

They all started back towards Camp Milk and Cookies, Roseidous and Tyrael joining them.

Tyrael elbowed Roseidous. "You got a head start on your honeymoon, didn't you?"

"Of course!" Roseidous grinned.

Roses glared. "Sure he did. A head start to the Newlywed Game. That's all. What happened to Disney World?"

"Um...I forgot."

Holli laughed.

Roseidous looked offended. "Hey, Holli, I don't even see your husband. Or Ann's either. At least my wife is here."

"I should be on It's A Small World." Roses muttered.

"Our husbands have jobs. Nothlit and Todd had to go back to TAS's Mommy's house and make pizzas. So there!" Holli stuck her tongue out at Roseidous.

"My wife is here! And we're not even fighting!" Tyrael announced proudly.

Roses looked around. "Where is she?"

Holli giggled. "She left her handcuffs in the mine. She had to go get them from Billy Jo."

"She has several others, doesn't she?"

"Yes, but the ones we had on John were the special heart-shaped ones. They were the only pair she took for the honeymoon."

"I don't even want to know."

They emerged from the woods and arrived at camp.

"Okay." Ann said, taking charge. "Let's go convince the hotels to give us our deposits back. It's not like we even stayed there. And then we'll go pick up the pizza boys and go somewhere else for our honeymoons. Problem solved."

"We have a different sort of problem." Roseidous said.

"We certainly do." Roses glared.

"Roses, shut up!"

"No, Rosey, you shut up!"

"Uh-oh." Ann pulled Holli and Tyrael a few steps away. "Watch out."

"Rosey, you ruined my wedding, you were late, I had to get married in an alley, and most importantly, you ruined my trip to Disney World with that stupid game show!!!"

"We never would have won it anyway!"

"Because you don't know anything about me! You don't pay attention!"

"If I don't know anything about you, why did we get married in the first place?!"

"I don't know!!!"

Silence. They stared at each other.

"You know," Roses finally said. "I don't think this is going to work. Life was much better when we were just friends and co-workers instead of married."

"I agree. Let's go fix it."

"After you." They walked towards the spaceship.

"Hang on, what happened here?" Tails had arrived just in time for the end of the fight.

"Um...I'm not sure. But I think they're getting the marriage annulled." Ann told her.

"Already? On what grounds?"

"I think they were drunk when they got engaged." Holli offered helpfully.

Everyone looked at Ann.

"Hey! It wasn't my fault this time! Really!"

"It's probably for the best." Holli said thoughtfully. "I mean, they are kind of young to be married."

"We're younger than them." Tails said.

They considered this for a moment and seemed to reach a group conclusion.

Ann sighed. "Well, let's go then."

"We followed their lead once, let's follow it again." Holli agreed.

"Yeah, it's just too weird that we're all married. What were we thinking?" Tails said, starting to follow the other two girls to the spaceship.

"Hey! Wait!" Tyrael grabbed her arm. "Can't we just wait and see what we think in the morning? I mean....you know...overnight?" He raised his eyebrows suggestively.

"No. But I can still tie you up. Every day if you want!"

He shrugged. "It was worth a shot."

She patted him on the head. "And it was a good effort!"

"Ahem! If you two hurry, we can catch a ride with Roses and Rosey." Ann said.

"Okay, okay. But you have to admit," Tails smiled. "It was an adventure."

"Everything's an adventure around here."

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