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Prologue
TURN DOWN YOUR LIGHTS...
(And give yourself a severe case of eyestrain...)
The screen is entirely dark. A match is struck and a candelabra is lit. An old man is
sitting at a desk, wearing a grey suit, sitting in a creepy study. "Welcome," he
says, in a haunting voice, "to this weeks'
edition of..."
"SCARY MONSTERFIC THEATRE!"
Lightening crashes outside. "The supernatural...and All Hallow's Eve have always gone
hand in hand. Vampires...zombies...and werewolves."
"Prisoners of the full moon, their cries are terrifying...scary...
and ooky!"
Lightening crashes again. "What if someone you knew turned out to be one of these
fearful canines of the night? Or even worse...say, an idol beloved by millions of
fans?"
The man pulls down a projection screen. A picture of Justin Timberlake appears.
"Say...Justin Timberlake?"
The picture changes. "Britney Spears?"
The picture changes again. "Adam Sandler?"
"Or even...the greatest horror of all..."
The picture changes for the final time to reveal...Pauly Shore!
"Whoops!" says the man, "Wrong slide!"
He clicks the button one more time. The picture shown is..."'Weird
Al' YANKOVIC!"
Lightening crashes once again. "For tonight...you shall WITNESS that ultimate
horror..."
The lights click on suddenly. "Rebo," moans her brother, "What are you
doing?"
The old man blinks. "Uhhh...nothing," he says, this time in the voice of a
teenage girl.
"Geez...what a nut..."
You hear the sound of a door closing. The old man suddenly pulls on his head, and the face
mask comes off, revealing Rebo's head. Her shoulder length brown hair is, as usual, in a
pony tail. She takes off the suit, revealing her traditional outfit of a green flannel
shirt, worn as a jacket, being worn over an "Alakin" T-Shirt, along with denim
shorts and white sneakers and socks. "Okay," she says, "I'll just ditch the
whole scary theater setting and get on with the story."
She clears her throat. The scene shifts to show Rebo laying on her bed, talking on the
phone. "This just happened two weeks ago...it takes place on Halloween," says a
voiceover of Rebo, "It was a few months after Al and I saved a planet near Mars from
the dreaded Slime Creatures! And you remember Bobby, right? My Al-adoring
sweetheart?"
Rebo sighs happily. "We'd already seen Al in concert five times together! So, when we
heard that Al was making a special return engagement here in Kipsburg again, we bought the
tickets as soon it was announced. But then, the night before, Bobby called and said that
his grandmother had just had a stroke and might not live through the night! HOW COULD SHE
DO THIS TO US?! So Bobby had to fly out of town to go see her. I was sooooooooooo mad!
Bobby had tried to get out of it, but his parents wouldn't let him. How could they?! So I
had to
go...ALLLLLLLL ALOOOOOOOOOOOOONE!"
The picture changes to Rebo at the concert. "Since it was Halloween, I came dressed
as...who else? Al!" Rebo is wearing a Hawaiin shirt over her Alakin shirt, as well as
black jeans and some nice Vans. She is also,
of course, wearing her signed white scarf from a previous Al concert.
The seat next to her is empty. Rebo is waving her hands in the air as Al performs Yoda.
"But I still had a great time...this concert was one of the best yet!"
Suddenly, Al walks over to the edge of the stage, spies Rebo, and then suddenly tosses her
the microphone. "AL TOSSED ME THE YODA MIC!" says Rebo's voiceover, "I just
belted out the song! IT WAS SOOOOOO COOL! CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW AMAZING THIS WAS?! THIS IS
LIKE FALLING OUT OF A PLANE AND FORGETTING YOUR PARACHUTE AND THEN FALLING INTO A GAGGLE
OF GEESE BEFORE YOU HIT THE GROUND! IT'S LIKE..."
The Rebo on the screen turns towards the camera. "Get on with it!" she yells,
then starts singing into the mic.
"Oh yeah," says the voiceover, "So, anyway, after the show, I waited for
everyone to take off, then I headed backstage to go meet Al..."
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All right, we've finished up the movie-style section. We now return you to the
"normal style" section of the fanfic. Here we go!
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Al relaxed on the couch in the dressing room. He was by himself. The others were out in
the tour bus. He knew Rebo would be coming, though, so he decided to wait around. He was
hoping to catch up with her. "She's not so bad to talk to," he said, "at
least now that she has a boyfriend and she's stopped thinking I want to marry her!"
Al walked over to the hamster cage on the table. Harvey the Wonder Hamster was spinning
around in the hamster wheel. Al never stayed away from Harvey too long lately. "You
saved my life, so many times," Al said, "You really are a Wonder Hamster!"
"What do you say, stranger?" called Rebo as she entered the dressing room.
Al turned and waved. "Hey...where's Bobby? First time I've seen you without him since
that episode back in the spring!"
Rebo sighed. "Bobby's grandmother had a stroke, so he had to fly out of town with his
family today and see her."
"That's terrible!" said Al.
"I KNOW!" said Rebo, "We planned ahead for a month to see the concert
tonight! We even found matching Hawaiin shirts and Vans to wear and EVERYTHING!"
Al blinked. 'Almost forgot how obsessed with my stuff she is,' he thought, 'At least I
don't have to be afraid of a flying tackle from behind anymore.'
Rebo looked up again and smiled. "Thanks for tossing me the mic, tonight!" she
said, "I've been hoping I could do that!"
"Well, you seemed to know all the words to my songs," Al said, grinning.
"I've been learning! I've got all your albums now, plus UHF, and I'm getting involved
with trades and stuff..."
"So," Al said suddenly, "I've got nothing to do tonight. I'm off the next
three days, so I don't need to hop on the bus and take off. I was hoping someone could
show me around here."
Rebo's eyes grew wide. "REALLY?!" she sputtered, "I..."
"You don't have to," Al said. He liked to visit the towns he toured in, when he
had the time, which was pretty rare. But why not? He knew Rebo, so he had a guide.
Rebo pushed her index fingers together nervously, looking down at the floor.
"Al..." she said.
"What?"
"I love Bobby now...remember?" she asked, "It's all...it's all in the past.
I don't want to ruin our friendship."
Al looked at Rebo funny again. "OH YEA!" he said, slapping his forehead, then
stammering "Well...gee...uh...no, I'm the one that suggested that we BE just friends,
remember? Repeatedly!"
'Does she STILL take everything I say as a sign that I'm desperatly in love with her?!' Al
thought.
'He must still be having a hard time moving on from our past love,' Rebo thought, 'Well, I
suppose I could show him around, as a friend...'
"But you'd really just go off with a fan and tour around a strange town on Halloween,
all by yourself?"
"Sure! It's not like that's something highly improbable that could only happen in a
fanfic or something!"
Suddenly, Al and Rebo turned toward the screen and grinned broadly.
Turning back to each other, Rebo said "All right then! Let's go!"
TO BE CONTINUED....
Chapters: 1_2_3_4_Epilogue
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