Bumps N Bruises

Chapter 9: A Turn of Events

"Are you serious right now???" Paula exclaimed as she saw Shannon's wheelchair sitting in the garage. "Come on, Paula. The kid wanted to go trick or treating tonight for God's sake!" McGuirk replied, Shannon clearly wanting to speak for himself. "And what are we? Chopped liver?" Walter questioned. "More like....Chopped pork." Perry added. "The fact of the matter is Shannon can't fit that thing into our house! We don't even have wheelchair ramps!" Paula explained. "It's fine, mom. We can just keep it in the garage until we go out later. No biggie!" Brendon suggested. "Well you guys sort out this mess while I go put a sign on my window saying I don't have any candy." McGuirk said before quickly leaving Brendon's house. Everybody looked at each other, not knowing what to do next. "Luckily I still have my sti- oh shit..." Shannon then realized he left his crutches in McGuirk's car. "Uhhhh.... We can get him to come back, right?" Shannon asked. 

Later that day, the kids were getting their costumes on, with the exception of Shannon as all he could wear were a pair of devil's horns and a matching tail, a perfect way to describe his persona. "I still don't get why you couldn't just go as Maloney like you said you would, Shannon." Melissa said. "Well if you must know, Melissa." Shannon started, "Maloney isn't supposed to be...CRIPPLED!" He crossed his arms after stating this. "You are such a perfectionist at times." Jason added, taping some cutout triangles to his chest. "Says the one who's going as a pumpkin!" Shannon retorted. "That's great! Yeah, Shannon hurt his leg today, so I'll let him know your house is wheelchair accessible.... Ok. Yeah, see you soon." Paula then hung up the phone, the kids questioning who she was talking to. "Who was that, mom?" Brendon asked. "Well, that was Mr. Lynch." Paula started before she heard Shannon groaning in the background. "He was planning on having a small Halloween party for the kids before we go trick or treating later." The kids were excited except for Shannon, who had a rather rocky history with Lynch, or as he calls him "Flat-Foot."

"Come on, Shannon. Just put aside your differences for once!" Melissa said, "Well... Ok. But I'm in it for the free food." Shannon replied before Brendon helped him outside to get into his wheelchair. "I'm pretty sure my chair can be folded up, Brendon." He scoffed. Brendon wanted to make sure this was true or not, but he couldn't now that Shannon was in his new "throne." Paula, Jason, and Melissa caught up soon after. "Miss. Small? Is it possible to fold my wheelchair?" Shannon asked. "I don't know, Shannon. Even if it could, our house isn't wheelchair accessible." Paula replied, searching for candy buckets to give to Brendon and his friends. Once she found them, each kid got a bucket, even Shannon. "Hey, Shannon. Maybe while we're at Lynch's party, we could finish filming our movie!" Brendon suggested, holding his camera. "That sounds like a great idea, Brendon." Shannon replied, pushing the joystick on his wheelchair. "You guys wanna race?" He said, stopping. The kids nodded and began to race Shannon down the block.

"What am I?! Chopped liver?" Paula yelled from a distance. "...Kids." She snickered before catching up with the group. 

The End