Slumber Party
a.k.a. Truth or Jell-O
a.k.a. The Stupidest ReBoot Fic in the Whole Wide World

This is a fic from say-- Mid-2nd season. Pre-AndrAIa.
Warning: I am not a fanfic writer. This is really, really dumb if not worse.
Explanation: In this story, a Mainframe nano equals a user second. I avoided other references to time as much as possible.
Apology: I apologize in advance. "I am soooo sorry for this story. Really. The turtles made me do it!"
Turtle #1 ¤° says: MWAHAHAHAHA!
 

Prologue

So: After an exceptionally hilarious and exciting romp with Bob & co. (the details of which I won't bore you with here), another one of Megabyte's evil schemes fails miserably. But this time it has the curious side-effect of causing all of Mainframe to be flooded with lime gelatin. [Note to self: change that lame excuse for a set-up before it affects the plot!] The low lying sectors are evacuated, and everyone heads for higher ground. Bob and Dot escape the Diner on zipboards. Once the flooding halts and the gelatin begins to set, they land on the roof of Bob's apartment building. Here, only the lower floors are flooded. Dot makes arrangements for the clean-up crews to begin work...
 

The Stupidity Begins

Dot stands on the roof talking to a binome from Mainframe's Sanitation Dept. via VidWindow. Bob stands off to the side talking to Glitch.

[Dot] ...but Kits isn't quite as bad as Baudway. Any word on Floating Point?
[Bob] Glitch! Music box!

Glitch turns into a small box. The lid pops open and a tinny version of "You're Alphanumeric" plays... until a frustrated Bob slams the lid shut.

[Dot] (to sanitation binome) ...Okay then. I guess that takes care of everything-- at least until morning. (Dot closes the VidWindow) Hmm... Why do I feel like I'm forgetting something? Bob, is there anything else you can think of to--
[Bob] (oblivious to Dot) Okay then, Mr. Smarty-Glitch! Umm... Grandfather clock!

Glitch transforms into a grandfather clock. Bob makes an uncharacteristically mean face and shoves the grandfather-Glitch off the side of the building.

[Dot] (shocked) Bob! What are you doing?!
[Bob] (embarrassed) Well, I... I'm just sick of the way Glitch is always acting like the perfect little keytool. You know: "Oh, look at me. I'm SO special just 'cause I can turn myself into ANYTHING! Mainframe doesn't even really need a guardian as long as they've got such a great keytool around and--"
[Dot] Bob, you're being paranoid. That's no reason to shove Glitch off a building.
[Bob] Oh, Glitch will be fine. The gelatin will probably just--

A loud "crash" is heard as Glitch, still in clock form, bounces off of the gelatin and flies back up to the roof, landing on Bob. Dot just shakes her head sadly before climbing down into Bob's apartment through the open window. Glitch allows Bob to suffer a moment before reverting to standard keytool form. [Note to self: Great. It's in the plot-line. Now you're stuck with a city full of Jell-O. Nice move.]
 

But Wait! It Gets Worse!

Bob sits up. He glares at Glitch, who has returned to its usual position on Bob's arm.

[Bob] You can just wipe that smug look off of your... um... Keytools don't actually have faces, do they? Hmm... Maybe I am just being paranoid.

Suddenly, Dot pops her head out of the window and calls up to the roof.

[Dot] Bob? You'd better come down here...

Bob climbs into his own apartment only to find Megabyte and Hexadecimal sitting patiently on the sofa.

[Bob] What the...?
[Megabyte] Ah. Bob. Yes. There you are. Ahem. Well. This is really rather awkward for me, what with trying to destroy you and seize control of the city earlier...
[Hex] (hissing) Get on with it...
[Megabyte] Yes. Rather. You see, Bob, it seems-- and I know you'll be the first to appreciate the irony here-- It seems that the Tor and Lost Angles have both been thoroughly submerged in this green goo as well.
[Hex] (annoyed, to Megabyte) Quite thoroughly.
[Megabyte] So... You see Bob... I-- er, that is to say we-- were wondering if-- well, only if it's convenient-- Hex and I were hoping we could stay here tonight.
[Bob] WHAT?!?! If it's convenient! Convenient for a guardian to host a virus? I don't think so!
[Megabyte] (hurt) Really, Bob. I honestly thought you would be more open-minded than this. There aren't many places for a virus to go in times of emergency such as these. And after all, this is as much your fault as it is mine. I'm just the easy one to blame. It's true that my evil scheme did play a small part in this disaster--
[Dot] A SMALL PART? It's your fault that all of Mainframe has turned into one giant school-lunch dessert!
[Megabyte] (attempts to ignore Dot's outburst) As I was saying, Bob, you're just as responsible for the city's problems. You are the guardian after all. "To mend and defend," and all that. It was your job to keep me from putting the city in this much danger to begin with. You failed, and I'm out of a home. Putting us up for one night seems the least you can do.

Bob appears to be pondering the situation carefully.

[Dot] (to Bob, shocked) You're not actually considering this, are you?!
[Bob] (making up his mind) Sorry, Dot. Guardian Pity Protocol. The viruses stay.
[Dot] (disgusted) I don't believe this!
[Note to self: neither do I. Could this be a little more unlikely?]
 

Yes. Yes It Could.

Bob digs out some guardian issue sleeping bags. Just as he's bringing them back for the viruses, two more figures appear on zipboards outside open windows on opposite sides of the room. They are Mouse and Mike the TV.

[Mouse] Hello, Sugah.
[Mike] Hi there!
[Mouse] Did y'all notice the city was cuhvered with Jell-O?
[Bob] (sighs) I'll get some more pillows...
[Dot] Oh, great. Anybody else you know who could possibly drop by, Bob? I mean, why stop at a hacker, two viruses, and a... Mike. You know any other untrustworthy characters to invite on over?

Mouse and Mike ignore the tantrum and join the viruses in the living room. Bob just shrugs and goes to the closet for pillows and blankets. When he opens the door, a penguin steps out. Everyone stares at it, but no one says anything. The penguin walks to the door of the apartment and exits.

[Dot] (distracted) Uh... what was I saying?
[Mouse] You were just going on ahbout how bad this little "slumber party" is gonna be.
[Hex] Ooh! What a perfectly splendid idea! We'll turn this into a slumber party! What fun!
[Bob] Come on, Dot. Lighten up. You might as well stay, too.
[Dot] Well... all the other sectors are worse off than this one. And yours is probably the only apartment around that isn't already packed with binomes. (sighs) I guess I don't really have a choice.
[Bob] That's the spirit! How bad could it really be?
 

A Few Moments Later...

[Mike] AAAAAH!

Everyone is gathered around Bob's kitchen table. Everyone except Mouse, who stands on the table with her sword held just above Mike's head. She looks quite displeased.

[Bob] I really think you're overreacting here, Mouse.
[Mouse] Nobuhdy calls me uh cheatuh!
[Mike] (trembling) W-what? I can't understand a word she says!
[Dot] She said "Nobody calls me a cheater."
[Bob] He's not calling you a cheater, Mouse. He just doesn't think "YUH" is a word! Maybe if you could use it in a sentence...
[Mouse] Uh sentence? (looks at Mike) How's this? If yuh don't take back that challenge, I'll slice yuh down the middle!
[Megabyte] This is ridiculous.
[Dot] For once I agree with Megabyte. Whose idea was it to play Scrabble, anyway? Let's just do something else.
[Hex] What a pity... And I would have gotten a triple-word score!
[Mouse] (climbs off table) Fine then. Just wuht do yuh suhgest we do?
[Megabyte] I'm famished. What say we have something to eat?
[Mike] Hey! There's always room for J-E--

Everyone glares at Mike. Mouse prepares to re-draw her sword.

[Bob] Don't say it, Mike!
[Mike] Heh. Nevermind...
[Mouse] Cahn't you make him shut up?
[Bob] Actually, no. I don't have the remote, and-- Wait! I've got it! Glitch! Remote control!

Glitch quickly attempts to become a variety of different forms, but finally fizzles and explodes in a shower of sparks.

[Bob] Hey! Would you look at that! I finally found the one thing Glitch couldn't turn into! Who's the special one now, huh? WHO'S THE SPECIAL ONE NOW? MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
[Dot] Ahem. Yeah. I think maybe it's past someone's bedtime...
[Hex] (pouting) Oh, this slumber party isn't any fun at all... I want to play another game!
 

Another Game

[Bob] Truth or dare? Never played it.
[Hex] Really, guardian? It's quite simple...
[Dot] Oh, I know this one. Each person takes a turn asking other players questions about themselves. If the player being asked doesn't want to answer, they can do a dare instead.
[Hex] (smiling) Yes, that's the one.
[Megabyte] So let me get this straight-- I can ask anyone here anything I want, and they either have to answer or do my bidding? I like it already! I'll go first...

Megabyte only needs to think for a fraction of a nano before turning to the guardian.

[Megabyte] (grinning evilly) Bob. What are the access codes I need to break into the Super Computer?
[Bob] Come on, Megabyte. That's not a fair question!
[Dot] Actually, Bob, he is allowed to ask anything...
[Bob] Oh, please! If I were to ask him what his next evil scheme is--
[Megabyte] I would tell you. It's the rules.
[Bob] I see! Look who believes in rules all of a sudden! Okay, Megabyte. If you're so honest and fair, let me ask the first question!
[Megabyte] Very well. But I do think you're being a baby about this.
[Bob] (smug) Okay, Megabyte. What is your next evil scheme?
[Megabyte] As a matter of fact, I have been working on a little something. I intend to launch you into the web and turn all of Mainframe into Megaframe!
[Bob] (amused) Pfft! The web! Good one, Meggy!
[Dot] (doubled over laughing) Ha! "Megaframe!" Sure! I'm soooo scared!
[Mouse] And I suhpose Hex here is goin' to try an' blow up the Principal Office, too!

All three sprites and Mike are now roaring with laughter. Hex just shrugs.

[Megabyte] (sighing) Idiots. Can't say I didn't warn them...

The laughter continues for another couple of moments, but finally dies down.

[Mike] Okay. It's my turn now, and I've got a really good question! If you could be any Spice Girl--
[Mouse] AAAAAAAHHH!!!

The hacker rushes toward Mike, picks him up, and hurls him out the window before anyone can stop her. Not that anyone wants to.

[Dot] (pleasantly surprised) Hmm. First really useful thing she's done since I've known her.
 

One Less TV and Four Rounds of Truth or Dare Later...

[Dot] This is stupid. All we've done so far is find out Megabyte sleeps with a teddy-bear named "Pookie..."
[Megabyte] (to Hex) You just had to bring that up, didn't you?
[Dot] ...that Bob's middle name is Melvin...
[Mouse] Even though I still dohn't understand how yuh can have a middle name when yuh dohn't even have a last name!
[Dot] ...and who could forget the seven consecutive prank VidWindow calls to Phong?
[Hex] (laughing) I can't believe he actually fell for the old "Excuse me, sir, is your processor running?" line!
[Dot] This is sad. Very sad. I haven't played Truth or Dare since my first birthday party, and even then it was more interesting than this.

The mention of Dot's birthday gives Bob an idea...

[Bob] Okay, Dot. You want a more interesting question? How's this? Just how old are you, anyway?
[Dot] Oh no you don't! I'll take a dare before I tell you that!

Bob, not having planned very far ahead (as usual), just says the first thing that comes to his mind. Unfortunately for Dot, it's also the most torturous.

[Bob] Dot: I dare you.... Hmm... I dare you to-- download Mouse's accent!
[Dot] (screaming in terror) NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
[Hex] (shocked) Really, Bob!
[Megabyte] Even I wouldn't be that cruel!

Dot, not one to back down, places her icon back-to-back with Mouse's. She glares at Bob as the accent is downloaded.

[Dot] Oh, you'll pay for this, guardian! You'll never see another energy shake, Sugah! AAH! I just called yuh "Sugah," Sugah! Oh, no! I did it aghain!
[Mouse] Dohn't worry, Hon! Yuh never sounded better! It'll be like havin' two of me arouhnd all the time!
[Bob] (suddenly realizing what he's done) This is bad! Very bad!
 

A Few Moments Later

Bob, Dot, and Megabyte sit at the kitchen table. Hex is happily making Rice Krispie Treats, but no one's quite brave enough to eat one. Mouse is nowhere in sight.

[Megabyte] Well, Bob, thank you for your hospitality. I must say that I actually had fun tonight!
[Bob] You mean you enjoyed playing "Truth or Dare?"
[Megabyte] Actually, I was referring to when we all bound and gagged Mouse and locked her in the closet.

We hear muffled screams and a pounding noise coming from somewhere in the apartment.

[Dot] (calling out) Yuh better shut up in thar, Mouse, or... That's it. This accent has to go, Sugah. (taps her icon, and returns to normal voice) Much better.
[Bob] (nervously eyeing Dot) You see, Dot? Everything worked out okay in the end. The gelatin will be gone by morning. And Megabyte and Hex are our friends now!
[Megabyte] I never said that...
[Bob] Oh. Well, you two will at least think twice before you try and kill us again, right?
[Hex] But Bob! That would take all the fun out of things!
[Bob] Okaaayyy... But no matter what else, Dot, you still got to lock Mouse in a closet!
[Dot] (thinking it over) That's true... I guess the evening wasn't a total loss... But I still feel like I've forgotten something...
[Bob] You worry too much. I'm sure it's nothing important!
[Dot] I guess you're right, Bob. (brightening) Hey! Anyone wanna prank-call Phong again?

The remaining sprites and viruses happily open another VidWindow and wake up a grumpy Phong for the eighth time. In the Jell-O outside the window, we see Enzo slowly float by unnoticed. And so this oddity comes to a close... [Note to self: Not soon enough.]
 

THE END
No keytools were harmed in the writing of this story.

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Written by MG from a minor glitch.
Inspired by ReBoot from Mainframe Entertainment.
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