The Murphy Kids

This next session will highlight the Murphy kids. Zach and Maddy were created by Numbuh 227, who requested the general plot lines of these segments.

Drowning

"Ahhh, Hotel Delfino." Gwen Murphy sighed as she, her husband, and their three-year-old kids stood before the entrance of a fancy hotel overlooking the sea. "The smell of the ocean, comfy rooms… and being away from home where Nolan's all crazy with his Sandman II crud."

"Didn't this use to be a restaurant?" Doug asked.

"Yeah, but they remade it into a hotel to make more money."

"Didn't the last restaurant that did that end up collapsing?"

"Ehh… these people aren't as cheap. Anyway, let's go get signed in. Come on, kids."

As the parents walked in, Maddy was about to follow them, but watched as her twin brother walked away into the bushes. "Zaaach! We're supposed to stay with ouw pawents!"

"Come on, Mad! What's the point of vacation without a little fun?"

Maddy spared one quick glance to her parents and yelled, "Waait!", chasing after her brother.

Maddy followed her brother down a steep slope to a rocky shore that overlooked the sea. "Zach, I weally think we should-" Maddy stopped when she bumped into her brother from behind.

"Whooa. Look at that, Maddy." Zach said, pointing ahead. Standing along the rocks, overlooking the sea, was a mysterious woman with dark-purple hair and a purple, slick gown.

"Is that Misses Wicken?" Maddy asked.

"Why would she be hewe? Let's go closer."

"Zach, wait!" Maddy chased her brother again.

The strange woman spared a glance to her left to see the kids approaching. She smirked and chuckled to herself as she walked further ahead, disappearing over the other side of the hill. Zach and Maddy made it onto the hill where she stood, overlooking a cliffside where waves brushed strongly against the cliff. "Whewe did she go?" Maddy asked.

"I dunno." Zach walked closer toward the edge and called out. "Hellooo?"

Maddy walked beside her brother and yelled, "HELLOOO?"

The woman quietly stood behind them, smirking to herself as her hair began to wave around. One of her hair strands stretched out along the ground like a snake, slithering closer and closer to Maddy as it…

"AHHH!" The snaky hair shoved the unsuspecting child over the ledge.

"MADDY!" Zach tried to grab her arm, but Maddy fell and splashed in the water. "Whuh-" Zach noticed the snaky hair beside him and turned as it retracted into the woman's hair. "Hey!" Before his eyes, the woman vanished in a puff of dark smoke.

"Zaaaach!"

Zach gasped and looked over the edge, watching as his sister was washed away by the current. "Maddy!"

"Help! I can't swim-" Her sentence was cut short as she was pulled directly under the water, and Zach gasped in fright. Under the water, Maddy waved her arms and desperately tried to help herself back above the surface, but was pulled down by some curly thing around her legs. She looked down and noticed that same woman smirking up at her while she dragged Maddy down using her hair-tentacle.

Zach was horrified as he watched bubbles emerge from where his sister had sunk, struggling to think straight. "Zach!" He turned as his mother and father hurried over. "What're you doing, where's Maddy?" Gwen asked quickly. Zach frightfully pointed to where the bubbles were coming from. Gwen immediately sucked in a breath and dove beneath the surface, and the boys looked with worry if they would come back up. To their relief, Gwen emerged from the water, holding Maddy tightly in her arms. Doug helped his wife back onto land as she rested Maddy on the ground, the child shivering with fear.

"Honey. Are you okay?" Gwen asked worriedly.

"I… never wanna… go swimming… again."

"Maddy-"

"I wanna go home!" she cried.

"It's okay, Maddy. We'll get our stuff and go back home."

"Gee, I'm sorry, Mad." Zach apologized. "I shouldn't've run off."

Gwen sighed, "Don't worry, Zach. As soon as we get home, we can put this whole thing behind us, okay, Mad?" Gwen held her daughter's hand as the parents led their kids back up the slope.

Standing along the cliffside, the mysterious woman watched the family leave and cackled. "Human brats are SO easy to fool. What better way to celebrate my return to this world than scaring a harmless child? After all, it's only been 13 years. Hmmm… I suppose I should return home for now, before her Royal Goddess-ness gets suspicious. Ahhh, the smell of the sea. I haven't felt like this since I stood that sailor boy up a long time ago. Can't wait to see what results THIS has, mm hm HA HA HA HA ha ha!" The hair on her head transformed into hissing snakes as she vanished from the light.

Ehh, not the best, but… it sets up a little. Also, it feels good to write and post something, since I've been so busy with typing the really long finale of Firstborn. Nearly done with the final boss. I hope to finish that soon. Anyhoo, see you later.

New Dog

"Mom, Dad, why did we have to come here?" eight-year-old Zach Murphy complained to his parents. "I don't even want a pet."

"Your sister wants one." his mother, Gwen replied. "And it's her birthday."

"It's MY birthday, too!" Zach whined.

"Well, you got a new 3DS." his father, Doug reminded. "Now it's Maddy's turn. Don't you want her to be happy?"

"Meh…"

Maddy Murphy happily skipped ahead of the rest of her family. They soon made it to the Quahog pet store, the walls aligned with stacks of cages of various animals. "Hey, y'all, welcome to Bruce's Pet Shop." The man behind the desk asked in a smooth tone. He had brown hair, a small brown mustache, and a slight 5-o'clock shadow. "Anything I can help y'all with?"

"Hey, Bruce." Doug greeted. "We're looking for a pet for our daughter."

"It's my birthday!" Maddy cheered.

"Oh, y'all a birthday girl!" Bruce smiled. "Well, let's see what we have for y'all today."

First, the man led them to a green parrot in a hanging birdcage. "This here's Flubber Jade, he came all the way from Brazil."

"Does it talk?" Zach asked.

"Nope! Just sits there and smiles like an idiot!" the parrot said. "Squawk!"

"Eh…" Maddy looked uninterested.

"Let's look at other ones." Bruce said, leading them to a fish tank. "We just got this rare goldfish that feels human emotions."

Maddy looked at the goldfish, who stared back. "Well, it looks kinda cool."

"GET ME OUTTA HERE!" the fish suddenly yelled. "I'VE BEEN TRAPPED IN A FISH'S BODY AND SOLD TO THIS SHOP! LET ME OUUUT!"

"Euh! Never mind! That fish is freaky!"

"Suck on a salt lick, ***." the fish said with anger.

"Actually… I've sort of always wanted a puppy." Maddy said.

"A dog?? Can't we at least get a cat or something?" Zach asked.

"A dog would be nice." Doug shrugged.

"Well, this weird man showed up yesterday and sold us a brown German shepherd." Bruce said. "Jeffrey? Could you let the new dog in here?" he called to the other room.

At his call, a small, brown German shepherd scampered in, wagging its tail and panting with its tongue sticking out. The puppy immediately took notice of Maddy and smiled, running and standing to lean its paws on her as it licked her face. "Ha ha!" Maddy giggled. "It's so cute!"

"I'M cuter than that little runt!!" the fish yelled.

"Looks like we got a buy." Gwen figured.

"Awww! I hate dogs. Do we really have to buy this?" Zach whined.

"Bwark! Little boy's jealous of the new puppy. Bwark!" the parrot squawked.

"What's its name?" Doug asked.

"Fellow said his name was Sparky. But I guess y'all c'n name him whatever." Bruce said.

"Sparky… I like that name!" Maddy smiled.

"Meh. It's okay, I guess." Zach shrugged.

"Aw, I'm glad you like him. Hey, Jeffrey!" Bruce called. "These li'l kids wanna buy the new puppy."

"Noo waaay!" Jeffrey called from the other room.

"Way!"

"Oh, no!"

"Ah knooow!"

Maddy continued to giggle as the puppy licked her face, while Zach merely frowned in disgust.

Unknown Location

In a pitch-black chamber, two beings watched a large monitor that showed from the eyes of the dog as it licked Maddy's face. "It worked, Lawrence! With my very own robo-puppy, we'll be able to keep an eye on this child at all times!" A tall, thin being said in a psychotic voice.

"Hm, indeed, Sir. But what need is there to spy on this particular child?" the other being, a shorter, slightly chubby butler, asked in a British tone.

"How should I know?! All I know is the Master wants us to keep an eye on her. As long as things go according to plan, I shall finally have my revenge on that Lombax. MWAAH HA HA HA-" His laughing was cut short when the monitor's screen turned to static, then switched to the image of a bunch of cowboys square-dancing.

"Oh dear… must've set the satellite transmission to the cowboy channel by accident."

"LAAWREEEEEEEEENCE!"

Jealous

It was a normal day on Moonbase. Normal as it gets, anyway. The place seemed packed with benders/metahumans today. Sheila Frantic, Fybi Fulbright, and Lola Stork were soaring around the air and tossing a Whisby, along with the shadowbenders, Dillon, Lee, and Leanne, who popped and flew out of the shadows to take the Whisby. Their very presence here made decommissioning officer, Maddy Murphy, disgusted. She doesn't understand what they were thinking 20 years ago, letting people like them in such an otherwise great organization. They ruined the purity of what this organization used to be, stole all the glory from the normal operatives.

Maddy walked into the cafeteria with a frustrated look as she got a soda from the vending machine. "Stupid mutants…" she mumbled. "Why can't we just deport them. YOW!" she yelped and gripped her bottom when a flame hit her from behind.

"What was that?" Maddy turned and found Christopher Uno, the eldest Uno son smirking as he blew smoke away from his fingertip.

"Uugh. What do you want, Chris?" she hatefully asked, taking the soda from the machine.

"Can't blame a kid for being curious. What do you have against us?"

"What wouldn't I have?" she asked, cracking open her soda as she faced away. "What're they even good for? All they like to do is show off their powers and act better than everyone- YOW!" Chris burned her butt again.

He blew the smoke away and said, "Well, you can't blame us for wanting to express ourselves. And when was the last time we said we were better than any of you?"

"Well, you sure act like it. For all we know, you all are gonna take over the world someday, and- YOOW!" Burned her butt again. "Seriously! You're ruining my pants!"

"If we wanted to take over the world, we all probably wouldn't be here right now. But we are. Honestly, Maddy, I think you're just jealous."

"Jealous? Of what? That I can't have cat ears and a tail, or fly like a flying raccoon, or an angel, or a bat? And why do you care anyway, Chris? Is it because of what we say about Dillon?"

"Well, he is one of my best friends. But I just want you to know, you and Zach don't need to hate on us like you do. The Kids Next Door's a way better place for accepting all these people, I would think. You ever see Sector W7? They're the perfect example."

"Pfft. Sector W7 is the worst."

"I think they symbolize what we're about perfectly. But just because you're a regular human, you don't need to feel jealous."

"I said I wasn't jealous! I just don't think it's right to have them around."

"Maddy, everyone says that. But I've seen the way you act. You feel weak. You feel powerless next to them. But you don't really have to. Metahumans are just the same as regular humans. Just… with powers."

"Yeah, yeah, I know the whole story, my mom keeps trying to tell me. But why shouldn't I? Almost every bad guy in KND history was some kind of metahuman, even the GUN Commander. Why shouldn't I hate them?"

"Well, because that hate might actually drive them to become evil. But not all of us think we're better than you. I mean, I'm the blood Prince of Demons, and I think you're kinda cool."

Maddy faced him curiously, "What does that mean?"

"I dunno. You're tough, I guess. I like tough girls. Not that I'm close to Pan or Sheila that way… Anyway, I need to go." He started to walk off. "But, remember what I said. And you might wanna get those pants fixed…"

"Hmm." Maddy only stood in thought, still holding her soda. Give them a chance… like that'll ever happen. The day I actually make friends with one will be the same day my brother grows a brain…

And speaking of which, Zach came up from behind, snickering as he pointed at her rear. "Didn't our parents teach you not to sit on the oven?"

"Grrr! ZAAACH!" Maddy hightailed after her laughing brother as she splashed the soda at him.