Chapter 14

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Clouds begin to cover the orange sky with darkness and gloomy atmosphere into Southern California. Inside Bill's house, the three duos have faced a most heinous turn of event. Bill, Ted and Marilyn were in the kitchen with Evil Ted, who was tied up in a chair in case there are any tricks he may pull. "This doesn't make any sense," said Bill, "first you tried to kill us back in the Battle of the Bands, then you tried to kill us and now you want to help us kill my evil self?" Evil Ted shrugged and flips his bangs to the side from covering his right eye. "Pretty much dude. I know I'm the bad dude here but if you give me a chance, I can help you dudes destroy Evil Bill and then I can self-destruct after he is killed so you three won't see me and him ever again." Bill, Ted and Marilyn looked at each other and then back at Evil Ted. "Why should we help you?" ask Marilyn, "You and Evil Bill tricked me into thinking you are the REAL Bill and Ted just to get the plans." Evil Ted looks down in despair as he sighs. "I know," he spoke softly with his voice of guilt. Ted looked at his evil self for a second. He noticed the pain his evil is having. He stood up and walked towards Evil Ted. Bill and Marilyn looked at Ted walking to see his evil self, afraid something bad may happen. Ted went on his knees and looks closely at him as Evil Ted lifts his head a bit to see real Ted. Ted placed his hands around the chair and untied the rope from Evil Ted's wrists. Evil Ted felt his wrists loose and starts to grip one wrist until real Ted grabs his left arm. Both Teds looked at each other with a fear look on their faces until real Ted slowly slid the red sleeve up and to his surprise, he saw huge cut marks open to reveal wires and black liquid coming out of the arm. His cuts were so deep; Ted had to show his evil self his own arm. Evil Ted looked at his other self and saw the deep marks and one was revealed fresh with blood coming out. Evil Ted couldn't bare to see his other self in pain, even after all the torture he has been giving to him and Bill. Evil Ted wanted to cry so badly, but he couldn't. His system cannot use tears unless it was activated by someone but he went behind his ear, felt a switch and turned it on as he immediately bawled into tears. "I'm sorry," Evil Ted spoke, "I-I-I-" he couldn't speak another word and continues to cry. He fell on his knees and cries with his hands covering his face. Ted got closer to his evil self and slowly hugs him, letting him cry on his shoulder. "It's not your fault," said Ted. Evil Ted looks at his other self and looks away, "yes it is. I was programmed to kill you and your friend. Do you think I like to murder people just because someone told me to? Do you think I like being forced to do something I regret doing? It hurts Ted. It fucking hurts." He wiped away his tears with his sleeves but continues to cry. "This is why I don't want to work with Evil Bill. All he sees me is a weak, pathetic moron even though we are programmed to be just like you two. No offense." "None taken," said Bill. Evil Ted sniffled a bit and sighs, "I understand you may think this is all a trap, but it's not. I changed my system." He looks at his other self and said, "that's why you saw my left arm all cut open. I had to pull out a chip that De Nomolos insert it in my arm." Ted made a painful look on his face and asked, "did it hurt?" Evil Ted slowly nods his head, "yea a lot. I mean, I'm use to the pain that I've been given ever since I was created." He scoffed for a moment and smiled a little. "It's not bad once you get used to it." Tears begin to form in his eyes as he rubs both of them to prevent from falling. Ted looks at Bill and Marilyn and looks at each other. Bill and Marilyn looked at each other, feeling a bit guilty about Evil Ted and looks back at him. "Hey," said Marilyn, "it's alright. We're all used to something, even me." Both Teds looked at Marilyn for a second until Bill interrupted, "I understand you're our arch rival, but I'm gonna trust you on this one. Are you sure you're not evil anymore?" "I destroyed the chip once I took it out," said Evil Ted. Bill, Ted and Marilyn looked at Evil Ted and Marilyn said, "alright Evil Ted. But just to be clear, you're not going to kill us or pull a trick up on your sleeve or else you will go down in history. Got it?" Evil Ted nods slowly and begins to stand up slowly. "Good," said Marilyn. "Uhm," said Evil Ted, "do you have any tools to help me patch up my arm? I can fix it on my own." "It's down in the basement," said Bill, "I'll show you." Bill led Evil Ted to the basement, leaving Marilyn and other Ted alone in the kitchen. Bill and Evil Ted headed downstairs and enter a large room filled with shelves of tools and past antiques. Bill turns on the lights to make the room brighter and looks at Evil Ted. "Take whatever you need to fix yourself," Bill spoke softly. Evil Ted looks at Bill and walks towards the tools. He looks at hammers, priers, saws, sledgehammers, chainsaws, screwdrivers, etc. He slowly takes off his shirt, revealing scars and skin flesh missing from the back. Bill was in complete shock. He closed his eyes and turns away, not wanting to picture other Ted in that situation but it was too late. He covered his chest and falls on his knees, not wanting to let Evil Ted hear him crying. Evil Ted starts grabbing a couple of tools and duct tape as he starts to fix his arm until he looks over his shoulder to see Bill on his knees away from him. He began to think of how much pain he and Ted are, how tired they are from being framed and being tortured. He looks at a screwdriver with one hand and his open arm in the other. He clenched his fist and puts the screwdriver in his back pocket. He puts back his shirt and walks up to Bill. He bends on one knee and hugs him from behind, resting his head on his back. Bill felt Evil Ted hugging him and immediately burst out tears. He closed his eyes tightly and covers his face, clenching his teeth while he clenched his blonde curly hair in despair. "I'm tired Ted," cried Bill, "please make it stop. I want this to end." Evil Ted lets go of Bill and looks at him, feeling his pain and nods in agreement. "I know how you feel," said Evil Ted as he slowly stood up and help Bill stand up, "I'm tired as well. Lets just go up and rest for tomorrow." Bill nods slowly and wipes away the tears. While the two duos head upstairs, Evil Ted felt weak and falls on his knee in front of the doorway. Bill helped him up and yells, "MARILYN! TED!" Immediately, Marilyn and Ted run out of the kitchen and help Bill with Evil Ted.  "What happened?" asked Ted. "I-I-I-I don't know," panicked Bill, "he felt fine but I don't know what went wrong." Marilyn looked at Evil Ted and noticed something on his back. She pulled out a screwdriver and shows it to Bill and Ted. Marilyn was furious and looks at Evil Ted. Evil Ted looks at Marilyn and saw the screwdriver. "You WERE going to kill us," yelled Marilyn. Bill and Ted looked at Evil Ted as Evil Ted looks away from the three trio. "If I were," said Evil Ted, "I would do it right now but I'm not. I need to be recharged." "Why would you want to be recharged?" asked Ted. Evil Ted glares at his other self and answers with a scoff, "wow. You're a fucking idiot. I'm a robot, Ted. Ro-bot." Ted began to think and forgot his evil self was a robot. Evil Ted looks at the three trio and said, "the only way I can be able to recharge is by solar but the clouds had blocked the sky." Bill, Ted, and Marilyn begin to think of a way to help Evil Ted to recharge before he shuts down. "How about we can call Rufus?" asked Ted. "But Rufus is gone," said Bill. Ted looks at Bill with a smile, "no way dude. When Evil Bill and my evil self kidnapped me and left me alone in the office, I looked for a phone to call you but it lead me straight to Rufus behind the operator." Ted walked up to a phone that was hanging on the wall and calls a number. He waits for a few seconds until someone answers, "Operator, can I help you?" "Hello?" asked Ted. The man behind the phone said, "Ted. It's you again." "Hi Rufus," said Ted with a smile. Bill couldn't believe Ted is speaking to Rufus. Ted looks at Bill and offers Bill the phone, "someone wants to speak to you dude." Bill looks at Ted, grabs the phone and slowly leans the phone against his ear. "Hello Bill," said Rufus. Bill was shock and looks at Ted and Marilyn with tears. "Rufus," whispered Bill as he begins to cry softly, "you're ok." "No need to cry William," said Rufus gently, "I haven't left you gentlemen, have I?" Bill sniffled and answered, "No," and chuckled over the phone. While Bill continued to talk over the phone, Marilyn noticed Evil Ted sitting alone by the steps. She went up the stairs and sits next to him, looking at him as he laid his head down. His eyes looked at Marilyn and back down. "I knew you wouldn't trust me," he said, "just admit it." Marilyn took a deep breath and said, "I wish I could, but I can't." Evil Ted slowly lift his head and turns to look at her. He looks into her eyes and asked, "But, you thought I was going to kill you, even though I wasn't." "I know," she said, "but when I saw your eyes, I noticed how your feelings are like the other Ted. Pain, regret, abandoned, loneliness, scared, confused, and lost in the dark." Evil Ted's eyes slowly widen and shook his head, "woah." Marilyn made a painful look on her face and asked, "I went too deep didn't I?" Evil Ted nods his head slowly and both of them scoffed with a smile. They looked back at Bill and Ted as Evil Ted asked, "Is it bad I pictured you as their mother?" Marilyn immediately turned at Evil Ted with a concerned look on her face. Evil Ted turned at Marilyn and asked, "what?" "Why?" she asked. Evil Ted raised an eyebrow in confusion and asked, "why what? What's wrong with I said?" "I don't want to be a mother to these two," said Marilyn with a disgusted look on her face, "just because I have to protect them from you and Evil Bill does not mean I'm a mother to them." "Well," he looks at Bill and Ted and continues, "you are a mother to me." Marilyn gasped softly with a shock. Evil Ted looks at Marilyn and leans a bit close to her, "I remember the first time I laid eyes on you when you were in De Nomolos's army. I knew you were so different out of all the others. I never paid attention to whatever De Nomolos said. All I know was to destroy Bill and Ted but I never knew how." He looks deep into her eyes, not wanting to scare her and continues, "I followed you when you were looking after the two dudes. I always wonder how you kept your positive energy and not turn evil. I always try to find a way but it turns out, I can't be happy just like my other self. Now that I got rid of my chip, I can finally be myself again. I can finally be free and not be controlled." Marilyn looks at Evil Ted and slowly smiled, "I'm glad you're happy but do you really need to be this close to me?" Evil Ted noticed how close he is to her but didn't back up. "I'm sorry Marilyn," said Evil Ted, "I want to but I have a most strange feeling. I feel warm but calm. I don't know what it is." Marilyn's eyes turned widen a bit and answered, "I think I may know what it is." Evil Ted looks at her and asks, "you do? Well, what is it?" Marilyn slowly leans a bit closer to Evil Ted, placing her hand on his cheek, tilting her head a bit and touched her lips with his into a soft, sealed kiss. Evil Ted felt surprised but relaxes a bit and softly kisses her back until they were interrupted by someone clearing their throat. Marilyn and Evil Ted pulled away and looks at Bill and Ted with their arms crossed and a shocked look on their face. Marilyn and Evil Ted looked at each other with an embarrassing smile on their face and looks back at Bill and Ted, trying to find the words to explain what just happened. "Didn't you say you were a lesbian?" asked Bill with a smirk on his face. Both Teds looked at Marilyn with a shock expression as they said, "WHAT?!" Marilyn shrugged with a chuckle and Evil Ted said, "eh. I'd still hit it," and kisses Marilyn one more time before Ted storms up the stairs and pulls Evil Ted away from her. Marilyn stands up and glares at Bill, giving him a middle finger and Bill said, "I love you too dudette." She rolled her eyes and goes downstairs and asks, "so what did Rufus say?" "About what?" asked Ted furiously. Marilyn looks at Ted and answers, "about Evil Ted. We need to charge him overnight or else he won't help us destroy evil Bill." Evil Ted walks up to her and answers, "Well, batteries can be useful just for overnight and maybe a bit in the morning, but it must be Double A batteries." Bill adds in, "I have Double A batteries in my parents room," and he runs up the stairs and enter his parents room to grab a pack of double A batteries. While Bill is in his parents' room, Ted glares at Marilyn and she begins to explain about her being a lesbian. While she explained, Ted interrupted, "You could've told me before." "Well," Marilyn starts rubbing the back of her neck and looks away for a moment, "Bill told me about you having a dream about me and I don't want to crush you're your heart." Ted sighs and looks down. "I wish I was a babe," said Ted. Marilyn felt awkward when Ted wished he was a girl. "Why do you want to be a girl? It sucks." Ted looks at Marilyn and answered, "well, because you're a lesbian and if I was a girl, I would totally kiss you." Marilyn chuckled and shook her head with a sigh, "Ted. It's really not easy being a girl. You have to handle the drama and the bullshit every girl is going through, ESPECIALLY when it comes to their time of the month." Both Teds made a painful and disgusted look on their faces and Marilyn said, "Yea, so good luck becoming a babe, Ted." Bill came downstairs with a pack of Double A batteries. "I got them," he said. He hands the pack to Evil Ted and Evil Ted looks at them. "Thanks Bill," said Evil Ted as he bends on one knee and rolls up his jeans. He asked Marilyn for the screwdriver as Marilyn gives the screwdriver to Evil Ted. Evil Ted grabs the screwdriver and starts un-screwing the nails that were connected on leg. While he was un-screwing the nail, Ted felt uneasy and covers his stomach. "I think I'm gonna be sick," he said and immediately runs to the kitchen. The noises of hurling from Ted echoed from the kitchen into the living room. Evil Ted pulled the lid off of his leg and reveals 4 Double A batteries all rusted and smoking. He looks up at Bill and Marilyn and asks, "Can one of you shut me down? There's a switch behind my neck." Bill walks up to Evil Ted and walks behind him. He moves Evil Ted's hair and saw a small switch on his neck. He looks over his shoulder and asks, "Just shut you down?" Evil Ted nods his head and includes, "I won't restart and be evil again, don't worry." Bill shrugs and turns off the switch as Evil Ted's head hung down. His whole system immediately shut down but his body stayed in position. Bill walked back to Marilyn and Marilyn shrugs just by looking at Ted. "I swear it's like Terminator all over again." she said. Bill looks at her and back at Evil Ted, walking up to him and starts changing the batteries. Just as he touched one of the rusty batteries on the leg of Evil Ted, it shocked him a bit but grabs the battery and looks at it. "Woah," said Bill. He starts taking out the rest of the batteries while Marilyn went to the kitchen to see Ted on his knees with his head hung in front of the trash can. Marilyn shook Ted's shoulders softly and asked, "you ok?" Ted groaned in pain as an answer. A few seconds later, Bill turned on Evil Ted as the entire body system reboots. Evil Ted opened his eyes quickly and looks at Bill. "Thanks dude," said Evil Ted and slowly stands up. Marilyn carried Ted with his arm around her shoulder out of the kitchen and heads up stairs. Bill explained to Evil Ted about what happened and slowly, Evil Ted turned his head to Bill with a disgusted look on his face. "Woah," he said, "I should probably apologize to him." "Maybe tomorrow dude," said Bill. Evil Ted nods in agreement  and both heads upstairs to get ready to sleep.
As the night has passed by and the sky cleared with a bit of baby blue sky, Evil Ted was up on the roof, hugging his knees close to his chest and looks at the moon slowly fading away before the morning sun rises from the mountains. He exhaled his breath to see the smoke appearing out of his mouth. The morning temperature was winter cold but Evil Ted cannot feel the weather temperature. He looks straight into the distance of the silhouettes of Downtown Los Angeles until he heard a voice. He looked around, thought if Bill, Ted or Marilyn called him. There was silence until the voice got louder. He popped his eye out of his eye socket and looks at it, noticing the camera was on and to his surprise, Evil Bill was beating up someone who is tied up. He couldn't make out who it was until Evil Bill moved to the right. Evil Ted's eye completely widen when he saw Rufus was tied up in a chair, covered in blood and bruises. He couldn't believe his eye. "Rufus," he spoke softly. Rufus looked at the camera and looks around if Evil Bill was seen, but no sign of him anywhere. Rufus jumped towards the camera and looks at the monitor to see Evil Ted looking. "Ted?" asked Rufus. "Uh Evil Ted, actually," said Evil Ted. "Oh," said Rufus, "Listen, please do not hurt Bill and Ted ok? They haven't done anything wrong." Evil Ted raised an eyebrow at the small screen of Rufus and shook his head, "To be honest dude, I'm helping to destroy my evil partner. I'm not working with him." Rufus became confused for a moment, "why?" Evil Ted took a deep breath and begins to explain what happened with Evil Bill and himself. Rufus began to understand the situation as he spoke, "well Evil Ted, it seems you're like your other self, besides you were created by my gym teacher." Evil Ted shrugged with a nod. Rufus looks behind his shoulder, only to hear someone was about to enter the room. He looks back and said, "listen, I don't have much time but you must let Marilyn know about this. Don't let Bill and Ted know I'm in trouble or else things will turn to be a most heinous situation." "What about me?" asked Evil Ted. Rufus sighs in fear and answered, "I guess I have no choice but to ask if you can go with Marilyn to rescue me. You two are from the future and know what to do. Bill and Ted must stay in 1989 until we can find a way to destroy your partner. Only let Marilyn know about this, no one else. Got it?" Evil Ted nods his head and turns off the camera and pops his eye back to his eye socket. He blinks for a couple of seconds and jumps off the roof, landing on his feet and walks inside Bill's house. Once inside, everything was calm and silent. He looks up  at the stairs, worried what Bill and Ted would think if they find out about Rufus in trouble. He shook his head and sighs. Just as he was about to take a step on the stairs, he saw Marilyn exiting her room with a towel in her hands to dry her hair. She turns and saw Evil Ted in the living room. "Well aren't you up this early?" she asked with a chuckle. Evil Ted scoffed with a smirk, "shouldn't I ask you the same thing?" Marilyn rolled her eyes at him and heads downstairs. "You hungry?" she asked. Evil Ted answered, "I'm good, but there's something I need to tell you." Marilyn became concerned at Evil Ted and asked, "what's wrong dude?" Evil Ted looks upstairs to make sure Bill and Ted aren't awake and looks back at Marilyn. "Rufus is in trouble," he spoke softly. "What?" Marilyn asked. "I was up on the roof an hour ago and I was receiving a signal with my eye. I popped my eye out to see who was contacting me and saw Evil Bill with Rufus. He was beating him up but I don't know why." Marilyn couldn't believe her ears. She immediately starts to panic for a second, "should we tell Bill and Ted?" Evil Ted shook his head quickly. "No. I'm sorry Marilyn but they must not know about Rufus. He said only you and I have to go save him. He is in 2689." When he said the year, Marilyn felt her whole body system sunk to the bottom, making her head feel weak. Her mind ran through memories and past events when she was a soldier in De Nomolos's army and the abusive moments from her parents before she escaped to 1989. She gripped her towel close to her chest and looks away. Evil Ted knew about Marilyn's past and wished he didn't mentioned the year. He looks at her closely and placed his hand on her chin, slowly turning her head to look into her eyes. Marilyn looked into her eyes and said, "remember, I have a girlfriend." "I know," said Evil Ted with a tone like silk, "I remember her." Marilyn's eyes widen a bit with a soft gasp. "You-You know her?" she asked. Evil Ted reached into his back pocket and pulls out a photo of Marilyn and a girl with short, light brown her at Disneyland with a kiss sealed on their lips. Marilyn looks at the photo and grabs it from his hands. Her mind begins to play memories of her and the girl in the photo as it showed her with a smile and the warm sun glaring behind her, giving her a most beautiful glow. "Hannah," Marilyn whispered. Evil Ted looks at Marilyn and hugs her softly as Marilyn softly cries on his chest. "I'm sorry Marilyn," said Evil Ted. She looks up and wipes away her tears. "It's alright. Lets just go get Rufus." Evil Ted and Marilyn head out to the door, dropping the towel and folding the photo in her pocket and heads outside. They walked into the phone booth and Evil Ted starts to dial the number. As he finished punching the number, he looks at Marilyn as she leans her side against the glass and looks at the outside. He placed his hand on her shoulder and said, "I was thinking, if I may, I would love to go back in time and get Hannah back." Marilyn looks over her shoulder and spoke in a sad tone, "that would be great but I don't want you to ruin the timeline. It's best to move on with life." She looks back at the outside as the phone booth disappears from San Dimas and enters the circuits of time, preparing for the unknown of San Dimas, 2689.

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