Megorama II

chapter 5: Raiders of the Lost Clover

Finally for Meg, everyone was back to Planet Express. Bender was counting his while Fry's hair had burned up due to wire incident of trying to get his dollar back. Meg was lying down on the couch as she did her homework and finished up before she would get in trouble at her new.

She was brilliant though, a child prodigy even. It was possibly that Professor Farnsworth's tutoring really paid off for her and she was really close to being considered a valedictorian. No one could say if she was this smart in Quahog or not, mostly because no one cared about her, not even teachers or the principal. Meg was never sure whether going to school or staying home was worse.

"Man, I'd win a lot of that money if I still had my seven-leaf clover..." Fry grumbled as he stormed over and sat next to Meg.

"Seven leaf clover?" Meg asked him as she packed up her backpack to be ready for next time she would be in school. "I've heard of four leaf clovers, but seven leaves?"

"It was a good luck charm I had back home in New York," Fry explained to her. "It always gave me power... Fortune... Anything possible!"

"I... I guess you didn't have it with you when you got frozen 1,000 years ago, huh?" Meg asked sheepishly.

"Nope," Fry stared at the floor in dismay. "I just remember that I hid it in a secret hiding place whose location, I never told anyone," he looked into her eyes. "Not even Scruffy."

Scruffy the janitor stood in the background, having heard that and just walked off.

"I wonder where your good luck charm might be now..." Meg shrugged. "I mean... There's no way your parents' place could still be up after 1,000 years."

"Actually Meg, there's ruins of Old New York from where I was growing up," Fry smiled at that possible idea. "Maybe there's one ant helping defeat another ant, or helping some piece of dirt turn its luck around. I'm going down there and get my clover back."

"Eh... Why not?" Meg shrugged. "I'll go with you."

"Great, though some of the tunnels have metal bars, so I'll also need someone who's good at bending..." Fry looked thoughtful. "How about Leela?"

"Sure... But for safety, how about we go with Bender?" Meg gave him a glance, sure Fry was a little stupid, but at least he was tolerable unlike her brother and dad. "Anyway, let's go!"

Fry and Meg brought Bender with them as they went to a sealed shut man hole cover. Fry used a crowbar to pop it up so they could go down.

"Here's the entrance," Fry told Bender, Meg, and Leela, then went to lead the way down. "From this moment on, I declare my bad luck officially over." he then fell down instantly and screamed.

Leela, Meg, and Bender looked down in slight horror as Fry hit the ground hard.

"He was fun." Bender told the girls.

Eventually, they all went down and saw the ruins of Old New York. Meg looked around, she had always wanted to go to the original New York, but this would have to do with her new environment. There were still some street surprisingly enough.

"Well, if we get bored looking for the clover, I've got Tetris on this thing." Leela said as she looked at her high-tech bracelet.

Bender took them to a hill top and pointed to his old hometown. "Look up ahead... Old New York, the city that inspired a in Las Vegas."

They all then went on to walk and explore. Meg was still impressed, even if this was a bit of a junky and ancient placement that New York City once was.

"Wow, we've got Manhattan all to ourselves," Fry smiled. "I can finally do all the crazy stuff I dreamed of doing," he then rushed over and jumped on an over turned mail box. "HOWARD STERN IS OVERRATED!" He then went to a public pay and dropped the phone, giggling.