Chapter 7: The Haunted Soda

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1quartzite
Giu 10, 2008, 5:36 pm

(Begin New Chapter)

2BTRIPP
Giu 10, 2008, 9:45 pm

Unfortunately, the music we were

3hailelib
Giu 11, 2008, 8:09 am

hearing in the distance sounded

4KnittyGritty
Giu 11, 2008, 4:02 pm

an alarm that we ignored.

5hailelib
Giu 12, 2008, 7:48 am

Every time one of us

6KnittyGritty
Giu 13, 2008, 2:23 pm

thought that we could solve

7hailelib
Giu 13, 2008, 5:30 pm

the puzzle of the Senator's

8quartzite
Giu 13, 2008, 6:18 pm

mysterious power, we got distracted.

9BTRIPP
Giu 13, 2008, 6:25 pm

Some might blame the gin,

10quartzite
Giu 13, 2008, 7:28 pm

but I suspected a more

11hailelib
Giu 13, 2008, 8:23 pm

diabolical reason for our failure

12quartzite
Giu 13, 2008, 9:32 pm

. What if our little group

13BTRIPP
Giu 13, 2008, 11:19 pm

were really Cylons?!?! That would

14hailelib
Giu 14, 2008, 5:34 am

...NO! Wait a minute. That's

15BTRIPP
Giu 14, 2008, 9:56 am

All Along The Watchtower playing!

16quartzite
Giu 14, 2008, 10:05 am

That seems incredibly significant. If

17hailelib
Giu 14, 2008, 12:00 pm

only I could think without

18quartzite
Giu 14, 2008, 1:29 pm

being overwhelmed by grief

19hailelib
Giu 14, 2008, 8:22 pm

when I remember how we

20quartzite
Giu 14, 2008, 8:57 pm

returned to Walla Walla all

21hailelib
Giu 14, 2008, 8:59 pm

gungho to pursue our investigation.

22quartzite
Giu 14, 2008, 11:01 pm

It reminded me of when

23muzzie
Giu 15, 2008, 8:37 am

the halucina-ville risperidone and Fanta

24hailelib
Modificato: Giu 15, 2008, 2:51 pm

and gin brought us here,

25quartzite
Giu 15, 2008, 2:21 pm

when to console 'Pops', Mary

26hailelib
Giu 15, 2008, 2:52 pm

promised to do anything he

27quartzite
Giu 15, 2008, 2:54 pm

asked, and we found ourselves

28hailelib
Giu 15, 2008, 4:10 pm

enmeshed in the Senator's affairs.

29quartzite
Giu 15, 2008, 5:39 pm

He worked for the mayor

30hailelib
Giu 15, 2008, 9:37 pm

before being elected to the

31quartzite
Giu 15, 2008, 10:07 pm

Senate, cutting his political teeth

32hailelib
Giu 16, 2008, 5:08 am

on shady backroom deals and

33quartzite
Giu 16, 2008, 5:11 pm

city council intrigues. 'Pops' had

34hailelib
Giu 16, 2008, 6:12 pm

been peripherally involved in a

35quartzite
Giu 16, 2008, 7:38 pm

zoning issue that led to

36hailelib
Giu 16, 2008, 9:10 pm

more skulduggery and eventually to

37BTRIPP
Giu 16, 2008, 9:45 pm

the notorious cheddar-wheel incident.

38hailelib
Giu 17, 2008, 7:28 am

That put 'Pops' deep in

39quartzite
Giu 17, 2008, 5:45 pm

legal trouble. The mayor and

40muzzie
Giu 17, 2008, 5:59 pm

his ties to Walla Walla might

41quartzite
Giu 17, 2008, 7:31 pm

be the Senator's Achilles heel.

42hailelib
Giu 17, 2008, 7:59 pm

"Smithers, where did Mary wander

43quartzite
Giu 17, 2008, 8:03 pm

off to?" I asked, alarmed.

44KnittyGritty
Giu 17, 2008, 10:50 pm

Is Elvis with her or

45hailelib
Giu 18, 2008, 6:19 am

not? We need to stick

46muzzie
Giu 18, 2008, 9:25 am

together. I have a feeling

47hailelib
Giu 18, 2008, 1:39 pm

our time is running out.

48quartzite
Giu 18, 2008, 3:49 pm

We set out looking for

49hailelib
Modificato: Giu 18, 2008, 5:53 pm

hard evidence to use against

50quartzite
Giu 18, 2008, 7:30 pm

the Senator, but he always

51KnittyGritty
Giu 18, 2008, 7:47 pm

has managed to be one

52quartzite
Giu 18, 2008, 7:55 pm

step ahead of us. Now

53hailelib
Giu 18, 2008, 8:24 pm

we'd better get a move

54quartzite
Giu 18, 2008, 8:57 pm

on, find Mary and find

55muzzie
Giu 18, 2008, 10:49 pm

out why we seem to

56MyopicBookworm
Giu 19, 2008, 10:16 am

be dogged by a cat

57muzzie
Giu 19, 2008, 10:30 am

and barking up a tree.

58quartzite
Giu 19, 2008, 5:38 pm

And never the right one.

59hailelib
Giu 19, 2008, 8:54 pm



Just then I saw Mary

60KnittyGritty
Giu 19, 2008, 11:52 pm

with that puzzled look of

61AaronWTimm
Giu 19, 2008, 11:57 pm

which a young puppy makes.

62hailelib
Giu 20, 2008, 5:42 am

Looking toward the woods, she

63MyopicBookworm
Giu 20, 2008, 5:43 am

beckoned me quietly, and pointed

64muzzie
Giu 20, 2008, 6:07 am

at what looked like a

65zenomax
Giu 20, 2008, 6:34 am

small rusty tin containing something

66muzzie
Giu 20, 2008, 7:10 am

white fluttering in the wind.

67BTRIPP
Giu 20, 2008, 8:06 am

"The Senator's briefs!" I shouted,

68hailelib
Giu 20, 2008, 8:51 am

"At last!" We all converged

69quartzite
Giu 20, 2008, 10:16 am

on the tin. But Mary snatched

70AaronWTimm
Modificato: Giu 20, 2008, 11:38 am

the briefs and held them

71zenomax
Giu 20, 2008, 11:44 am

at arms length for a

72quartzite
Giu 20, 2008, 12:50 pm

moment, then tossed them to

73hailelib
Giu 20, 2008, 3:10 pm

Smithers. He examined them carefully

74muzzie
Giu 20, 2008, 3:15 pm

with an eye for a

75AaronWTimm
Giu 20, 2008, 3:42 pm

bit of a clue as

76hailelib
Giu 20, 2008, 4:03 pm

we really need solid evidence.

77quartzite
Giu 20, 2008, 4:39 pm

"Come on, Smithers, give!" I

78muzzie
Giu 20, 2008, 9:31 pm

knew Smithers had some idea

79quartzite
Giu 20, 2008, 9:46 pm

. He sidled further away from

80AaronWTimm
Giu 20, 2008, 10:12 pm

me, a look of deceit

81seemingmeaning
Giu 20, 2008, 10:19 pm

and desperation. But

82muzzie
Giu 20, 2008, 11:16 pm

I grabbed him by the

83quartzite
Giu 20, 2008, 11:17 pm

collar only for it to

84muzzie
Giu 20, 2008, 11:18 pm

rip apart in my hands.

85hailelib
Giu 21, 2008, 12:37 am

"These aren't the Senator's. They're

86muzzie
Giu 21, 2008, 4:46 am

Smither’s stinky socks. Something smells

87hailelib
Giu 21, 2008, 7:29 am

rotten here. What have you

88quartzite
Giu 21, 2008, 1:15 pm

done with briefs?" My suspicions

89hailelib
Giu 21, 2008, 1:32 pm

went on high alert. Smithers

90muzzie
Giu 21, 2008, 1:43 pm

was acting decidedly suspicious! “It’s

91quartzite
Giu 21, 2008, 1:49 pm

no surprise, dear," drawled Lola.

92muzzie
Giu 21, 2008, 1:52 pm

Smithers has always been a

93zenomax
Giu 21, 2008, 2:07 pm

cold fish. His trouble is

94quartzite
Modificato: Giu 21, 2008, 5:26 pm

due to an unspeakable childhood

95hailelib
Giu 21, 2008, 3:44 pm

followed by a failed love

96AaronWTimm
Giu 21, 2008, 4:17 pm

with a clown named Rocco.

97hailelib
Giu 21, 2008, 4:22 pm

"The Senator! My socks!" Smithers

98muzzie
Giu 21, 2008, 4:57 pm

exclaimed, as he threw the

99AaronWTimm
Giu 21, 2008, 6:16 pm

biggest fit I have seen

100quartzite
Giu 21, 2008, 6:26 pm

since his last one several

101hailelib
Giu 21, 2008, 7:56 pm

weeks ago. He's an emotional

102quartzite
Giu 21, 2008, 9:16 pm

volcano. But I refused to

103KnittyGritty
Giu 21, 2008, 11:35 pm

give in to his tantrum.

104muzzie
Giu 22, 2008, 3:32 am

"Smithers, it's time you decided

105hailelib
Giu 22, 2008, 8:54 am

what is really important. Who

106quartzite
Giu 22, 2008, 1:03 pm

are your real friends?" He

107AaronWTimm
Giu 22, 2008, 1:12 pm

smiled and reached into his

108quartzite
Giu 22, 2008, 1:19 pm

pocket and handed me the

109muzzie
Giu 22, 2008, 1:36 pm

combination to a safe. I

110quartzite
Giu 22, 2008, 1:39 pm

refused to be diverted. "Give

111AaronWTimm
Giu 22, 2008, 1:49 pm

the truth Smithers. Why are

112quartzite
Giu 22, 2008, 1:53 pm

you keeping those briefs?"

Mary

113hailelib
Giu 22, 2008, 3:34 pm

stalked up to him. "Why

114quartzite
Giu 22, 2008, 3:55 pm

, Smithers," she purred, holding out

115hailelib
Giu 22, 2008, 4:14 pm

her hand, "where did you

116quartzite
Giu 22, 2008, 5:01 pm

learn to dance?" He meekly

117hailelib
Giu 22, 2008, 5:08 pm

gave her a soulful smile

118quartzite
Giu 22, 2008, 6:04 pm

and handed her the briefs.

119hailelib
Giu 22, 2008, 6:09 pm

They had been rolled up

120quartzite
Giu 22, 2008, 6:43 pm

in a tube. Mary tucked

121hailelib
Giu 22, 2008, 9:35 pm

it in her waistband and

122AaronWTimm
Giu 23, 2008, 1:38 am

snickered. "Now I've got you

123KnittyGritty
Giu 23, 2008, 4:22 am

just where I want you!!

124hailelib
Giu 23, 2008, 6:41 am

Ted put his hand on

125woo
Giu 23, 2008, 6:43 am

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131quartzite
Giu 23, 2008, 4:57 pm

it. Now he's got cooties."

132KnittyGritty
Giu 23, 2008, 7:42 pm

Peanut butter or chocolate chip?

133hailelib
Giu 24, 2008, 4:09 am

No matter. We all surrounded

134AaronWTimm
Giu 24, 2008, 12:53 pm

Mary, ready to take the

135quartzite
Giu 24, 2008, 4:53 pm

briefs, but Smithers tripped me

136hailelib
Giu 24, 2008, 5:54 pm

as he jerkily backed away

137quartzite
Giu 24, 2008, 6:22 pm

and Ted and Lola got

138KnittyGritty
Giu 24, 2008, 10:14 pm

all tangled up with the

139hailelib
Giu 25, 2008, 4:11 am

almost hidden vines snaking through

140AaronWTimm
Giu 25, 2008, 10:14 am

trees and shrubs. "Mary! Just

141hailelib
Giu 25, 2008, 10:33 am

listen to me!" Smithers cried

142KnittyGritty
Giu 25, 2008, 11:12 am

.Then without any warning, Elvis

143quartzite
Giu 25, 2008, 5:24 pm

yowled and shot off toward

144AaronWTimm
Giu 25, 2008, 6:08 pm

the car. "You dirtly little

145hailelib
Modificato: Giu 25, 2008, 8:30 pm

animal!" And Lola was after

146KnittyGritty
Giu 26, 2008, 12:53 am

him like a bat out

147hailelib
Giu 26, 2008, 6:49 am

of h---. Then we heard

148KnittyGritty
Giu 26, 2008, 7:29 am

an unusual sound from the

149AaronWTimm
Giu 26, 2008, 9:55 am

above in the trees. "Monkeys!

150quartzite
Giu 26, 2008, 4:59 pm

" the Senator jeered at us from

151hailelib
Giu 26, 2008, 5:33 pm

his perch in the old

152quartzite
Giu 26, 2008, 5:37 pm

cherry tree. He dropped neatly

153muzzie
Giu 26, 2008, 5:57 pm

in front of me, landing

154quartzite
Giu 26, 2008, 7:21 pm

next to Mary, who handed

155AaronWTimm
Giu 26, 2008, 7:25 pm

me a slingshot. "Get him

156hailelib
Giu 26, 2008, 7:49 pm

right where it hurts most.

157muzzie
Giu 26, 2008, 11:58 pm

" I raised my arm, squinted,

158KnittyGritty
Giu 27, 2008, 1:31 am

took a deep breath and

159muzzie
Giu 27, 2008, 1:41 am

pulled back, then let go!

160hailelib
Giu 27, 2008, 6:46 am

The Senator screamed and doubled

161AaronWTimm
Giu 27, 2008, 9:19 am

over, the shot hitting him

162BTRIPP
Giu 27, 2008, 10:51 am

on his graft-fattened wallet.

163hailelib
Giu 27, 2008, 11:42 am

Then Lola, using a baseball

164zenomax
Giu 27, 2008, 11:48 am

and a funnel, slowly inched

165AaronWTimm
Giu 27, 2008, 3:03 pm

along the forest floor. Her

166quartzite
Giu 27, 2008, 7:26 pm

eyes fixed firmly on a

167hailelib
Giu 27, 2008, 7:58 pm

shadowy figure creeping up behind

168muzzie
Giu 28, 2008, 12:59 pm

Mary. It appeared to have

169AaronWTimm
Giu 28, 2008, 1:54 pm

long hair covering its body,

170hailelib
Giu 28, 2008, 3:32 pm

and big floppy ears that

171muzzie
Giu 29, 2008, 12:02 am

had points like those of

172AaronWTimm
Giu 29, 2008, 11:18 am

a mythological beast, its eyes

173hailelib
Giu 29, 2008, 12:51 pm

were narrowed as it stared

174KnittyGritty
Giu 29, 2008, 10:13 pm

at the Senator with fondness.

175hailelib
Giu 30, 2008, 6:37 am

Ted had moved behind the

176AaronWTimm
Giu 30, 2008, 11:25 am

beast, stalking the thing like

177KnittyGritty
Giu 30, 2008, 9:45 pm

Elvis, creeping ever so slowly

178hailelib
Lug 1, 2008, 4:51 am

toward it, while i advanced

179AaronWTimm
Lug 1, 2008, 12:46 pm

through the thick underbrush, evading

180hailelib
Lug 1, 2008, 6:25 pm

the thorn bushes, until I

181KnittyGritty
Lug 2, 2008, 2:40 am

accidentally stepped on a broken

182AaronWTimm
Lug 2, 2008, 9:57 am

branch, a CRACK! echoing through

183hailelib
Lug 2, 2008, 10:10 am

the night caught the Senator's

184muzzie
Lug 2, 2008, 1:07 pm

attention, which caused him to

185hailelib
Lug 2, 2008, 1:16 pm

struggle upright, then trip over

186muzzie
Lug 2, 2008, 1:23 pm

Elvis. I grabbed Mary and

187AaronWTimm
Lug 2, 2008, 2:34 pm

said, "Let's get outta here!"

188hailelib
Lug 2, 2008, 6:04 pm

while Ted knelt down to

189KnittyGritty
Lug 2, 2008, 11:11 pm

make sure that Elvis could

190hailelib
Lug 3, 2008, 7:03 am

still walk. Then he checked

191AaronWTimm
Lug 3, 2008, 10:17 am

his own pulse, fearing a

192KnittyGritty
Lug 4, 2008, 2:40 am

recurrence of that age-old

193hailelib
Lug 4, 2008, 7:08 am

faintness at the sight of

194KnittyGritty
Lug 5, 2008, 4:24 am

monkeys swinging from branch to

195hailelib
Lug 5, 2008, 8:42 am

branch. The Senator had hit

196AaronWTimm
Lug 5, 2008, 11:45 am

the proverbial wall and was

197KnittyGritty
Lug 5, 2008, 7:59 pm

ready to call it a

198hailelib
Lug 5, 2008, 9:46 pm

night. Snoring loudly, he was

199AaronWTimm
Lug 6, 2008, 8:43 pm

louder than the beast, uglier

200KnittyGritty
Lug 7, 2008, 12:40 am

than Quasimodo. Suddenly, he stopped

201MyopicBookworm
Lug 7, 2008, 6:08 am

snoring and began to mutter

202hailelib
Lug 7, 2008, 9:27 am

unintelligible jibberish, then screamed "Mary!".

203AaronWTimm
Lug 7, 2008, 11:31 am

Mary turned in time to

204KnittyGritty
Lug 7, 2008, 7:41 pm

see a can of Pepsi

205hailelib
Lug 8, 2008, 6:17 am

hurling towards her from the

206AaronWTimm
Lug 8, 2008, 10:28 am

recesses of the forest. She

207muzzie
Lug 9, 2008, 11:58 pm

grabbed my can of fanta

208KnittyGritty
Lug 10, 2008, 4:23 am

with one hand and the

209hailelib
Lug 10, 2008, 6:45 am

baseball bat in the other

210AaronWTimm
Lug 10, 2008, 10:06 am

hand, ready to swing for

211muzzie
Lug 10, 2008, 1:10 pm

a home run. I turned

212KnittyGritty
Lug 11, 2008, 1:41 am

just in time to see

213hailelib
Lug 11, 2008, 7:38 am

the Senator roll to his

214AaronWTimm
Lug 11, 2008, 9:50 am

side, evading another attempt at

215hailelib
Lug 11, 2008, 9:52 am

subduing him. We really need

216zenomax
Lug 11, 2008, 11:04 am

this like a hole in

217muzzie
Lug 11, 2008, 2:54 pm

Smither's smelly socks. Something has

218hailelib
Lug 11, 2008, 5:24 pm

to happen soon or we'll

219quartzite
Lug 11, 2008, 7:17 pm

all get ourselves arrested. Just

220KnittyGritty
Lug 12, 2008, 2:11 am

as we were finally going

221hailelib
Lug 12, 2008, 7:35 am

to nail the Senator, we

222AaronWTimm
Lug 12, 2008, 9:35 am

remembered the hairy beast coming

223quartzite
Lug 12, 2008, 6:52 pm

but he halted on seeing

224hailelib
Modificato: Lug 12, 2008, 8:42 pm

us there in the clearing.

225quartzite
Lug 12, 2008, 9:37 pm

He appeared smitten by Lola.

226hailelib
Lug 13, 2008, 1:10 am

The Senator, now on his

227KnittyGritty
Lug 13, 2008, 5:41 am

best behavior, smiled weakly and

228hailelib
Lug 13, 2008, 9:55 am

was clearly waiting to see

229quartzite
Lug 13, 2008, 11:19 am

how the beast reacted. Like

230hailelib
Lug 13, 2008, 11:26 am

the rest of us, he

231quartzite
Lug 13, 2008, 2:35 pm

saw the light of love

232hailelib
Lug 13, 2008, 8:59 pm

in the poor beast's eyes.

233quartzite
Lug 13, 2008, 10:26 pm

It was King Kong and

234KnittyGritty
Lug 14, 2008, 2:29 am

Fay Wray all over again.

235muzzie
Lug 14, 2008, 7:48 am

Suddenly, the beast reached out

236hailelib
Modificato: Lug 14, 2008, 7:49 am

and Lola froze in place.

237AaronWTimm
Lug 14, 2008, 10:23 am

The beast caressed Lola's arm,

238quartzite
Lug 14, 2008, 6:57 pm

and she gently reached her

239KnittyGritty
Lug 15, 2008, 3:12 am

hand out as if to

240hailelib
Lug 15, 2008, 8:24 am

lightly touch its furry cheek.

241AaronWTimm
Lug 15, 2008, 11:40 am

"I love you beast," she

242quartzite
Lug 15, 2008, 5:33 pm

murmured, batting her eyelashes coyly.

243hailelib
Lug 15, 2008, 5:36 pm

Ted, rolling his eyes, turned

244quartzite
Lug 15, 2008, 6:35 pm

to me, "That's what she

245KnittyGritty
Lug 16, 2008, 7:01 am

tells Elvis every day"! Without

246hailelib
Lug 16, 2008, 8:06 am

losing a beat, he moved

247AaronWTimm
Lug 16, 2008, 9:51 am

between Lola and the Beast.

248muzzie
Lug 16, 2008, 10:05 am

The beast's hair stood straight

249quartzite
Lug 16, 2008, 6:45 pm

up along the back of

250hailelib
Lug 16, 2008, 9:39 pm

neck and it stared at

251AaronWTimm
Lug 16, 2008, 10:38 pm

Ted who stared back and

252KnittyGritty
Lug 17, 2008, 4:11 am

suddenly realized that he understood

253hailelib
Lug 17, 2008, 7:40 am

who and what the beast

254muzzie
Lug 17, 2008, 3:04 pm

the beast was after. Lola!

255quartzite
Lug 17, 2008, 5:37 pm

Ted's not that swift.

Fortunately,

256AaronWTimm
Lug 17, 2008, 6:12 pm

the beast had an itch

257quartzite
Lug 17, 2008, 6:52 pm

and Lola quickly saw her

258KnittyGritty
Lug 18, 2008, 3:43 am

chance to ingratiate herself to

259quartzite
Lug 18, 2008, 5:43 pm

the beast and disarm it.

260hailelib
Lug 19, 2008, 8:41 am

She slid around Ted to

261quartzite
Lug 19, 2008, 12:30 pm

stroke the creature's gold-tinged fur

262KnittyGritty
Lug 20, 2008, 3:16 am

to soothe the savage beast.

263quartzite
Lug 20, 2008, 2:03 pm

It began to rumble deep

264hailelib
Lug 20, 2008, 5:20 pm

in its chest, almost like

265quartzite
Lug 20, 2008, 5:26 pm

a purr, then rolled on

266hailelib
Lug 20, 2008, 8:27 pm

its' side, looking adoringly into

267KnittyGritty
Lug 21, 2008, 3:20 am

Lola's eyes. He was putty

268quartzite
Lug 22, 2008, 6:33 pm

in her manicured hands. I

269KnittyGritty
Lug 23, 2008, 3:39 am

thought this could finally be

270hailelib
Lug 23, 2008, 8:38 am

our break. If Lola could

271AaronWTimm
Lug 23, 2008, 10:11 am

distract it long enough, we

272quartzite
Lug 23, 2008, 12:17 pm

get both the beast and

273hailelib
Lug 23, 2008, 12:49 pm

the Senator under our control.

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End Chapter.