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Post by Butts McGinski on Jan 25, 2018 12:24:01 GMT -6
A collection of my safe written works. You don't need to worry about your eyes bleeding so much over these. I'll also be adding old crap, so excuse them if they are just plain awful.
New In Town (GGG & Curious George Crossover - Circa 2008 (?) )
Characters: Prince, Ted (The Man In The Yellow Hat), George
Prince slowly opened her eyes. The sun was beaming through her bedroom window and was shining rather spitefully in her eyes. She liked to sleep with the curtains open at night, because she loved the soft lighting that night time brought, even IF she was away from home. The street lights, the stars, the moon. It soothed her and she always fell asleep with a smile on her face. Plus, there was the fact that she was still a little uneasy about the dark, even at her age, but she wouldn't admit it.
"Mnngh", she groaned as she held her hand out to block the suns rays. She liked the sun, but not when it caused retinal damage.
She slowly sat up and spun herself round so her legs draped over the edge of the bed. "Mmmnuh, need... coffee..." Coffee cravings formed the first part of her morning. She had to have her morning cup, or she would get rather irritable. So, while rubbing her eyes, she stood up, walked out of her room and rounded the corner into the kitchen where the kettle awaited its daily 'switch on' ritual.
She took the kettle, removed its metal lid, filled it up at the very violent tap (the water pressure had been a bit iffy since the new sink was installed) and placed it back on its on its base. Click. Steam. Yawn.
She got her cup. In went the coffee and the sugar, followed by the now boiled water. She stirred it in a tired manner wishing that it would make itself. Too much precious energy wasted that was needed for the rest of the day.
Ah, the day. Prince started to remember what was on her schedule and started to brighten up a little. In the morning at around 10 o'clock-ish (Not to far away to be exact) she had to do a bit of shopping. Then at around 12, she was to meet Ted at the fountain a little way down the road. Ted. At least she had something to look forward to.
She enjoyed spending time with him, because he was always so cheerful (Unless his brother Dick showed up that is) and he knew so much about everything. After all, he had lived in the city for a long time and so it was quite normal. But, at the same time, there were so many other things he knew. Prince had never been very good at learning things unless it was something she was VERY interested in. But, she felt she could listen to him for hours on end and the things he was teaching her stuck in her mind, which never seemed to happen under normal circumstances.
A little laugh past her lips as she remembered a few of the other times they had met up. The time when they went to the zoo and he nearly fell into the bear pit. The time they were in the park to look at different plants and some kid had run out of batteries for his RC boat and it had drifted away from him. Ted tried to reach it for him and he fell head first into the lake. So many good times. But, what stuck out in her mind was the day they met...
She had just arrived at her hotel and was lugging her suitcases around. She was wearing her white hat and jacket at the time and was getting rather warm in it. She had a big backpack weighing down on her and the 2 suitcases seemed as though they wanted to stay put on the path outside. Suddenly, out of no where came a small monkey who proceeded to jump on her and poke at her hat. Taken by surprise, she dropped the cases and one of the corners landed on her toe. She had no time to shout and curse, she would do that later while applying ice. Then, she heard shouts coming from round the corner, followed by a man dressed in yellow from head to toe. He was quite a sight and she stopped what she was doing just to look at him. It turned out he was the monkey's owner and came running up to her and, after greeting the door man of the hotel who he seemed to know, grabbed hold of the monkey. He was so apologetic that he couldn't even talk properly. The two became friends after that. Ted asked if she was 'new in town' and it all started there.
"He looked so handsome", thought Prince, fiddling with her now empty cup., "Not that he isn't handsome now." A faint blush tinged her cheeks. She really liked him. She liked him a lot.
"Ah well", she exclaimed while standing up, "Time to get dressed I think." The now brighter (and rather red-faced) Prince made her way to her bedroom and threw on some clothes and then grabbed her purse and stuffed it in her pocket. She then walked into the little hallway and took her keys from the side board, unlocked the door, walked out and locked it again. "Shopping", she thought, "I hate shopping."
As she was walking out the main hotel doors, she nodded to the doorman and said hello. She had gotten to know him quite well, as he was a friend of Ted's. His name was Clive and he liked golf. He was very good at it in fact. She knew this, because he had invited her and Ted the the gold course for a few rounds and thrashed the metaphorical pants off them both.
After he had held the door open for her, she walked out into the warm street. It was a beautiful day and it looked set to be beautiful for the rest of the week, thankfully.
Prince headed down the street and turned the corner passing the fountain that she was to meet Ted at. She smiled as she felt flutters in her stomach. She couldn't wait for 12 o'clock to come. Flutters now gone, she continued down the street and turned left into the big, airy supermarket. "Right", she said taking her purse out of her pocket and removing the list from inside of it, "First things first. Bread." She headed down the first aisle and took the bread she needed. Then the cereal aisle. The Milk, the toilet rolls, the coffee and sugar and the fizzy drinks. Finally, she came to the fruit and vegetables. At home, her supermarket had them right in front of the door and she was used to going about in a certain order. Here, she had to get used to a whole new way of shopping.
"Right then, carrots. Carrots and cabbage and potatoes." She bagged up all that she needed and looked back at her list. "Hmm... Apples. Where are the apples?" She craned her neck to see if she could find them, but couldn't and so went off on an apple hunt. Weaving her way in and out of the produce sections was quite a tough job and by the time she had decided to give up she was very tired. "Oh great. Now what am I going to do?" She turned around and accidentally bumped into someone. "Oh, I am sorry." The man turned round and winked at her. "Oh don't worry, Prince. Its fine." "Ted!? What are you doing here." How could she have not seen HIM!?
Ted stood there and chuckled to himself as her face turned bright red. "Well, I DO have to shop for groceries myself you know."
"Ah, yes. Of course. Ahem."
"Well", continued Ted pushing his hat up slightly so he could see better, "Fancy meeting you here."
"Haha, yes. I know", giggled Prince while nervously fiddling with her list.
"Its not even 12 o'clock yet. Are you trying to cheat", asked Ted while playfully giving her the evil eye.
"Wouldn't dream of it!" Prince waved her hands about trying to make sure he knew that it wasn't planned.
"Ah well. Thats a shame", a sly grin spread across his face which made Prince shiver. She hated it when he did that, it made him look even more handsome than he already was. She slapped his arm and laughed.
"Say, you ok? You look a little lost."
"Oh, just trying to find the apples..."
"Apples? Why, they are just over there. C'mon, I'll show you."
He took her by the hand which made her blush even more. It was quite similar for him too. He didn't realize that grabbing her hand would make him react the way it did. He just did it as a natural gesture, but it felt slightly different than normal. By the time they got to the apples, the two were even redder than they were.
"W-well, here they are", said Ted while pointing at them.
Prince eyed them a little, because of their rich red colours. "They look lovely don't they?" Ted stared at Prince, who was busy picking some of the apples up and smiled inwardly. "Yes... Lovely..."
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How Could You Forget Bread?
(GGG - Circa 2009)
Characters Featured: Inspector Prince, Akio Ichiro Gadget, Yumi Gadget.
SHORT DRABBLE
“So, you didn’t get the bread then?” Prince’s eyes fell on the bag in Akio’s hand to see if she could make out the shape of a loaf of bread.
“Oh, um. I forgot.”
“How could you forget bread? It’s the one thing we use the most!”
“I’m sorry Mom, Yumi was bothering me all the way down there.”
“I was not!” Yumi dropped the bag in her hand and put her hands on her hips.
“Yes you were!” Akio glowered at his twin sister with a look of irritation. “You kept teasing me about liking Gail at school! Then you wouldn’t stop poking me in my ribs, then…” Akio’s sentence was cut off by Prince who sighed loudly.
“Yumi, must you tease your brother so much?”
“I was just getting him back for putting your bra on my head last night, Mom!”
“You did WHAT!?” Prince’s eyes widened.
“We were playing pilot upstairs while you were out with Dad. Yumi was moaning that I had Dad’s only pair of goggles, so I gave her your bra.”
Prince gave Akio the evil eye. Her mouth curved downwards into a thin, pink line as frustration hit her.
“Wait until Gadget hears about this. I swear he‘ll ground you for a month.”
“Please don’t tell Dad! We promise we’ll be good!” Akio and Yumi put on their best puppy dog look and peered up at their mother, hands clasped together.
“Yeah, like I haven’t heard THAT before.”
Rolling her eyes, Prince attempted to change the subject. She knew that if she looked at their innocent expressions any longer, she’d crack. She always did. She just couldn’t resist those adorable kids, no matter how much she tried. It was usually Gadget who did the strict parenting… She eyed their shopping bags.
“What DID you get then?”
Akio pulled out a box of chocolates, followed by Yumi who pulled out one of Prince’s favourite movies of DVD.
“Oh, great,” thought Prince, “Now I feel REALLY bad.”
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Post by Butts McGinski on Jan 25, 2018 12:31:22 GMT -6
Ballroom Blunder
Alternative Title: '$300 Dress!'
(GGG - Circa 2009)
Characters Featured: Inspector/Lt. Gadget, Inspector Prince, Penny, Akio Ichiro Gadget, Yumi Gadget, Chief Quimby, Chief Littlewood.
"I told you! I'm not going to go to that stupid ball, Gadget. I really am not." Prince's eyes flared as she recalled the last time she attended the crime fighting ball. "You remember last time, don't you?"
Gadget's eyes whirled as he tried to recall the previous events. "Something about... M.A.D?"
"It's always about M.A.D, Gadget, but what specifically?"
“OOOH! I remember!” His eyed widened as the memories came flooding back. “You got dived on my seven agents.”
“Yes. And not M.A.D agents, either. They were YOUR men!”
“They explained all that afterwards though.”
“Yes, after they virtually hog-tied me. Gadget, come on. Don’t make me go.”
“They thought you were still a M.A.D agent. They said they were sorry!”
“Did they say sorry to my $200 dress? Nope, I think not.” Prince sighed and folded her arms. She remembered the bruises, the shouting, the unnecessary yanking of her arms to get them into cuffs. She was not going to go through that again if W.O.M.P paid her a million dollars.
“What are the chances of it happening again, sweetie?” Gadget slowly made his way over to Prince and put one arm around her waist. “It’s been, what… 3 years since it happened? Something like that?”
Prince snorted. “Yeah. 3 years of me looking over my shoulder when out shopping, just in case I bump into a police officer who DOESN’T remember those events. Besides! I can‘t get a babysitter for Akio and Yumi!”
“Hush.”
Prince looked up at Gadget. His soft eyes and beaming, innocent smile always seemed to make her feel better, even if the situation was awkward. She loved that about him and understood why he made such a good Lieutenant. He knew how to calm her inner rage before it even manifested itself and she knew that was why they made a good team.
“Penny is looking after them tonight, so go go get your dress on, Gadget girl.” Gadget pushed her lightly on her hip causing her to turn towards the stairs.
“OK. But, if anything happens again, I swear I will not be held accountable for my actions.”
“Fair enough. Now get to it! I want to see that dress on you. After all, I did buy it.”
Prince rolled her eyes and grinned at the hungry look he was giving her. “Fine. Fine…” She walked up the first few stairs while wiggling her behind just to tease him.
“Wowsers…”
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A while later and Gadget had finished freshening up in the downstairs bathroom. He was clean shaven and had dressed in a red tuxedo with a black bow tie. Instead of his usual fedora, he was wearing a black silk top hat. After spit shining his shoes, he took a quick peek at his watch before striding over to the stairs. “HONEY!? TIME’S GETTING O…” He was cut off mid-sentence, as Prince had just turned the corner and stood at the top of the stairs in her new gown. A fishtail dress of what seemed like oceans of black silk, dainty pearls around her neck and simple, yet elegant black ballerina-style high heeled pumps. She looked simply stunning and Gadget had a hard time holding himself back from running up the stairs and tackling her to the ground.
“What do you think?” Prince eyed the hem of her dress with a critical eye. “It doesn’t make me look too dorky does it?”
“Wowsers, no.”
“Or, like I’m wearing a bin liner?”
“No.”
“Or like…”
“SHH!” Gadget put a finger to his lips. “You look fine sweetie. You’ll be the best looking woman there.”
Prince was still not used to receiving such complements and blushed as she walked down the stairs. Hooking arms with Gadget, she raised her head and looked him in the eyes, a smile creeping its way onto her worried face.
“Ready?” Gadget started to walk towards the front door.
“Oh lordy.” Prince suddenly stopped in her tracks.
“What?”
“I hope SHE isn’t there.”
“Who?”
“Meredith!”
Gadget laughed loudly, causing Prince to whirl her head around sharply to look at him. “It’s not funny! You know how she gets on my nerves!”
“Everyone gets on your nerves, dear.”
“That’s not true!” Prince pouted and pulled her best fake offended grimace. “I only find most people irritating. Not all.”
Gadget looked down at her with a sympathetic smile.
“I can’t help it! I guess I just inherited my father’s temper…”
“Now you listen here.” Gadget turned her around and looked her dead in the eye, a serious look on his face. “You are NOTHING like your father and you never will be!”
“Well, I can’t help genetics, Gadget.”
“That may be, but you can just ignore them.”
“That only works for so long… One of these days I’m going to end up blowing up in someone’s face and then they WILL have to have seven agents dive on me.”
“Until then, I will always be there to quell that emotional storm. I’m always on duty, remember?”
Prince chuckled to herself. “Oh, no doubting that.” She grabbed at his nose and wiggled it around, before placing a light kiss on his lips. “OK! Let’s get this thing over with so I can hurry up and take these bloody shoes off!”
“Sure thing, ma’am.” Gadget opened the door and slipped a cardigan over Prince’s shoulders as she stepped out the door. He ran to the car and unlocked the doors, before turning to face the house. “Hey look, honey!” He pointed to one of the top floor windows. There sat Akio and Yumi in their pyjamas waving frantically at their parents.
“BYE MOM! BYE DAD!”
“AKIO! YUMI! GET AWAY FROM THAT WINDOW!” Prince virtually ran towards the front of the house as if she expected them to both come toppling out, but before she reached the lawn, Gadget had extended his arms and had pulled her into the car, shutting the doors behind him.
“Sweetie, don’t worry about them. See, look!” He pointed up at the window again just as Penny had dragged the twin away and told them off for opening the window. “Penny knows what she is doing. She’s 23 years old now. She’s old enough to know what’s what.”
“I’m glad you have confidence in her, Gadget.”
“And you don’t?”
“It’s not that I don’t, honest. I just…”
“You’re just protective. I understand.” Smiling softly, he placed a hand on her thigh and gave it a light squeeze. “You don’t know how hard it’s been for me to watch you tackle criminals every day. I get scared of you having an accident and getting hurt all the time, but if I restrained you as much as I wanted, you’d never grow. And that, my dear, would not be fair on you. The kids are 7 years old, not old I know, but they are old enough to start thinking for themselves. Trust them. Trust Penny. You‘ll see, you‘ll have nothing to worry about.”
“Thanks Gadget…”
Gadget simply sighed contentedly through his smile and started the engine of the Gadgetmobile.
“I just hope you are right.”
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At the crime fighting ball, everyone was mingling and eating small snacks that were being served by waiters on silver trays. The ball was being held at an old house in the countryside on the old grounds of a cotton plantation. It was a very large place with marble floors and dizzying buttresses.
The Gadgetmobile pulled up outside and Gadget and Prince stepped out of the car. “Wow!” Prince was awestruck. “This place is beautiful! Better than last years venue! I wonder what the original used to be like before they tore it down to build this place?”
Gadget walked over and handed the keys to the Valet, before putting an arm round Prince’s shoulders and admiring the house himself. “It was probably not as grand as this. I would imagine it was a simple plantation house before. Nothing too fancy.”
“Wow. I’m just speechless.”
“Shall we go in?”
“YES!” Prince yanked on his arm eagerly and virtually dragged him through the front doors, ignoring the doorman in the process.
The main entrance was even more breathtaking. It had velvet curtains trailing down the walls and the large marble staircase was the biggest Prince had ever seen. It reminded her of old films from the 1930’s and 1940’s like ‘Gone With The Wind’ and she found herself imagining running down them in a melodramatic way shouting things like, “OH MAH, I DECLARE!” and, “Great balls of fire. Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar.” That was, of course, until Gadget snapped her out of it.
“Lets go into the ballroom, shall we?”
“Oh, ok. Fine.”
The two rounded the corner and entered the ballroom. The room was filled with people. People dancing in the centre and people eating and chatting away on the sidelines. The punch bowl was by the door in case anyone needed a quick drink and waiters were still doing their rounds with finger food and champagne.
“OH! OH!” Prince’s mind was doing over time. The ballroom was even more exquisite than the entrance hall, with golden chandeliers, ornate ceiling roses and antique dining tables, paintings and a fully dressed buffet table to the left by the windows that led to the gardens.
“You ok, dear?” Gadget noticed the look on her face and the way her mouth was moving, but seemed unable to spout words.
“Mmhmm. Er, ugh… I think I need a drink.” She pounced on the waiter as he walked by with champagne and started guzzling it in an attempt to bring reason to her mind.
“You go easy on that! You haven’t eaten all day, you’ll get drunk.”
Prince simply peered at him over the champagne flute and nodded.
“What’s gotten into you anyway?”
Prince took the glass from her lips and sighed while catching her breath. “Lovely… Ugh… House… Gasp!”
“Oho! Really?! And all this coming from a woman who didn’t want to come an hour and a half ago!” Gadget leaned forward, his eyes thinning out as he gave her a sarcastic grin.
“Oh shush you, before I push you into the punch bowl.”
It was not long before the couple attracted the attention of the other guests. A group of W.O.M.P agents approached them, Prince cringing and readying herself to dart out the door just in case of a repeat of last time’s events. Thankfully, they just shook their hands and chatted about crime prevention and other nonsense that Prince was really not interested in at that moment in time. She was too mesmerized by the house to care. So, she left Gadget nattering with the agents and decided to check out the rest of the house before she ate. She knew she wasn’t supposed to go upstairs, but she couldn’t resist a peek anyway.
Gadget hadn’t even noticed that she had left his side and after the agents had parted ways, he noticed her absence. He set about looking for her in the crowd, but she was nowhere to be seen. No sign of any purple hair at all. He decided to ask around in the hope that someone had come across her.
“Excuse me, have you seen my wife? Pretty thing? Purple hair? Superb smile? No? Sorry to bother you.”
Prince was upstairs looking at all the bedrooms. Each one was more grand than the last and she secretly wished she could hide in the wardrobe and live there in secret. She sneaked into the next room wondering if the rooms were ever going to end, when suddenly she heard footsteps behind her. She pressed herself against the wall and hoped the hadn’t spotted her. It went silent. Her heart raced at the thought of her being discovered, but it seemed no one was there anymore and she was safe. Suddenly a hand grabbed hold of her and flung her round the corner.
“AIIYAAH!”
“Shh!”
“Gadget! Oh thank the gods. I thought I’d been caught for sure…”
“Prince! What on earth are you doing!? You know you’re not supposed to come up here, this is where they store the houses valuables. I thought you were a thief!”
“I’m sorry! I couldn’t resist!”
“Do you think that… Hold on a minute.” He dragged her into the next room. “Do you honestly think that you wouldn’t get caught?”
“Well, I haven’t exactly.”
“Yes you have! By me!”
“That’s not exactly the same…”
Gadget frowned over her flippant attitude. If she’d have been caught by anyone else, she would have been arrested and he couldn’t understand why she didn’t realise it. In the situation they were in, if he even got caught he’d get arrested, regardless of his position in W.O.M.P. “Oh, it’s not is it? You think I’m just going to ignore this because you’r…” Gadget was cut off mid-sentence as footsteps were heard down the corridor. His quick reactions came into play and he swung round the corner behind the door and pinned Prince to the wall.
Silence.
The pair, now breathing rather heavily, watched the door just in case someone came through it.
“See what I mean!?” Gadget pressed harder into her as the footsteps returned and subsided once more. “We could both get caught because of your curiosity!”
Prince, trying not to move too much for fear of being tickled by his close proximity, looked him in the eyes. “…Exciting though… Isn’t it?”
Gadget froze on the spot for a second, before turning his head sharply to face her, a look of surprise on his face. The expression of surprise turned to a rather red-faced stare. “Yes. Actually.”
He pressed his body harder against her, causing her to let out a little whimper, before wrapping his arms around her and drawing her into a passionate kiss. She was right. The fear of being caught was certainly exciting. He slowly and quietly closed the large wooden door hoping that the movement wouldn’t be noticed by anyone down the corridor and resumed his amorous intentions. ---
Down in the ballroom, Chief Littlewood and Chief Quimby were chatting amongst themselves while chewing on random items of food.
“Have you seen Gadget and Prince anywhere?” Littlewood asked while picking at his teeth with the remainder of his mini fish kebab stick.
Quimby shook his head. “I actually needed to talk to Gadget about an important matter tonight. I saw him earlier talking to your men, but I haven’t seen him since.”
Suddenly, an agent ran towards the two chiefs with a sense of urgency written on his face. “SIR! SIR! Come quickly! We have a situation!”
“Show me the way, lad.”
The two chiefs barrelled after the young agent and followed him into the entrance hall where a group of 6 other agents stood fumbling around and readying their equipment.
“What’s the situation, agent Porter!?” Littlewood demanded to know what was so important to take him away from his fish kebabs.
“Sir, noises have been reported upstairs. We have reason to believe that M.A.D is trying to steal the houses fortune!”
Quimby and Littlewood exchanged knowing looks and followed the agents quietly up the stairs. They listened very carefully. Clatters, bumps and shuffling sounds could be heard coming from the second guest bedroom. The two chiefs backed away from the door and gave the order to enter.
The door was kicked open and all 7 agents dived in, tackling the so-called thieves instantly. “FREEZE! YOU’RE UNDER ARREST!”
Gadget and Prince shrieked as the agents pulled them to the ground, their clothes half hanging off them.
“CHIEF! What’s going on!?” Gadget looked at Quimby with a shocked expression.
“Gadget?”
“GADGET!” Littlewood covered his eyes.
The other agents were too busy restraining Prince to care about Gadget and his half naked state.
“M.A.D AGENT! I KNEW IT!”
“Oh my gods! $300 dress! $300 DRESS!” Prince flailed wildly, before turning her head to the downed and handcuffed Gadget. “CURSE YOU! WHAT DID I SAY!?”
“Sigh…”
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Post by Systemcat on Jan 25, 2018 16:33:59 GMT -6
That crossover in the first story caught me by surprise. ( That's what happens when I don't at first read the pre-introduction notes. ) The last one, Prince's reactions were just great. It's riskay towards the end which isn't my thing, but still an enjoyable piece.
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