Class Monster

             Micah and his friends (Wesley, Sarah, and Jessica) not only put up with Trekker on a regular basis, they also put up with his son (Trekker Jr.), who really takes after his father. They even deal with Trekker’s divorced wife (Momma Trekker) from time to time. Due to Trekker’s vast knowledge of Science and countless inventions for his own personal gain, he homeschools Trekker Jr., who enjoys it for a while. One day, Trekker and Trekker Jr. wreak havoc on the village of Arcanum with Micah and Wesley stopping them to their anger. Then comes another day when Trekker Jr. is wreaking havoc with his mother, getting stopped by Micah and Wesley again. After getting warped back to their respective locations, Momma Trekker and Trekker Jr. both contemplate on their next plan.

“Jr., I need to talk to you.” says Trekker while entering Trekker Jr.’s room. Trekker sits down next to Trekker Jr. on his bed and holds up a report card marked with F’s in all listed subjects while asking, “Is there something you’d like to tell me?”

“I hate being homeschooled! It’s boring!” answered Trekker Jr.

“How can you not like being homeschooled? You get to stay home all day instead of being in a crummy building with a bunch of low-watts.” asked Trekker.

“I need excitement and adventure. You’re not going to find it here.” answered Trekker Jr.

“Hey, come on. Home is where the heart is.” responded Trekker.

“True, but doesn’t it get a little tedious after a while?” asked Trekker Jr.

“Hmmm. Good point. What can I do to help you bring your grades up?” asked Trekker.

“Hmmm…” responds Trekker Jr. while contemplating.

“Just think about it, ok? Let me know when you’ve got an idea.” says Trekker while exiting Trekker Jr.’s room. Trekker heads to his kitchen and prepares dinner for Trekker Jr., suddenly saying, “I’ve got it!” Trekker suddenly hears his phone ringing and answers it.

“Hello?” asked Trekker.

“Hi, Trekker. It’s Jr.’s mother. How’s his schooling going?” asked Momma Trekker.

“Horrible! He’s failing all of his classes!” answered Trekker.

“I thought so. Well, I’ve been thinking…why don’t we enroll him in public school like all the other kids?” asked Momma Trekker.

“What a coincidence! I was thinking the same thing!” responded Trekker.

“Just think of all the trouble he could cause. He could even get Micah and his friends expelled.” said Momma Trekker menacingly.

“Crazy, but it just might work. Let’s do it!” responds Trekker menacingly while hanging up. Trekker walks back up to Trekker Jr.’s room and knocks on the door with Trekker Jr. answering it.

“Back your bags, Jr.! You’re going to public school!” said Trekker. The next day in school, Trekker, Momma Trekker, and Trekker Jr. arrive at Micah’s school and enter the office with Trekker and Momma Trekker filling out some papers while Trekker Jr. excitedly says, “Oh, boy! My first day of public school! I can’t wait to cause trouble! I mean, learn.”

“Settle down, son. We got to get these papers filled out first.” responds Momma Trekker while continuing to fill out papers with Trekker. After Trekker and Momma Trekker get done filling out the papers, they turn them into the office and wait for Principal Graves to receive Trekker Jr.’s schedule being made by Guidance Counselor Mr. Taylor. A little while later, Trekker Jr. receives his schedule and heads off to his first period class with Trekker and Momma Trekker both saying, “Have a great day at public school, son. Cause as much trouble as you can. I mean, LEARN as much as you can.”

“Don’t worry, mom and dad. I’m bound to ‘learn’ as much as possible.” responds Trekker Jr. while winking at Trekker and Momma Trekker. Trekker and Momma Trekker leave the premises while Trekker Jr. makes it to his first period class which is Miss Shadley’s Art class with Micah and Jessica.

“Oh! You must be our new student! Come on in!” said Miss Shadley. Trekker Jr. makes his way into the classroom with Miss Shadley saying, “Class, we have a new student joining us today. Say hello to…”

“Trekker Jr.?!” exclaimed Micah.

“Do you and Micah know each other?” asked Miss Shadley.

“Nope. Never seen him before in my life.” answered Trekker Jr.

“Liar!” responded Micah angrily.

“Now Micah, that is not how we treat new students. Show some respect.” replied Miss Shadley.

“Yeah! What she said!” taunted Trekker Jr.

“Take your seat, Trekker Jr.” said Miss Shadley. Trekker Jr. finds an empty seat next to Micah, who angrily stares at him and whispers, “I’m onto you, Trekker Jr.! You’re not fooling anyone!”

“All right, class! Start drawing your masterpieces!” said Miss Shadley. Micah and the rest of the class begin drawing their pictures with Jessica dropping one of her colored pencils. Micah bends down to pick it up for her while Trekker Jr. swaps his picture with Micah’s, who quickly realizes it and swaps the pictures back.

“Miss Shadley, Micah stole my picture.” says Trekker Jr. while raising his hand.

“What?! He swapped them! I was just swapping them back!” said Micah.

“Micah, what did I tell you about respecting new students?” asked Miss Shadley angrily.

“He did nothing of the sort, Miss Shadley. I dropped one of my colored pencils and Micah was just picking it up for me.” said Jessica.

“Don’t get involved, Jessica. Get back to work.” responded Miss Shadley annoyingly.

“Yes, ma’am.” sighs Jessica angrily while continuing her project.

“And Micah, you can just march straight to the office.” says Miss Shadley while pointing out in the hall.

“But…” responded Micah.

“No buts. Just go.” replied Miss Shadley. Micah groans angrily and storms out of the classroom while Trekker Jr. chuckles menacingly with Jessica looking at him angrily.

“You’re not going to get away with this.” said Jessica angrily.

“I already am.” responded Trekker Jr. menacingly. Micah arrives at Principal Graves’ office and gets punished with a detention, subsequently making it back to his class with Jessica asking, “So, how’d it go?”

“Does this answer your question?” asks Micah angrily while showing Jessica his detention slip.

“Seriously?” exclaimed Jessica.

“Awww. Did little Micah get a detention?” taunted Trekker Jr. Micah ignores him and continues working on his project until the end of first period. Micah and his friends head off to their next class with Trekker Jr. having the same class as Wesley. In Science class, Wesley conducts experiments with the rest of his class and drops his pencil on the floor, leaning over to pick it up while Trekker Jr. contaminates his chemicals with one drop of his own formula. After picking up his pencil, Wesley drops another chemical into his beaker, causing an explosion and angering his teacher, Mrs. Bowser.

“Wesley, office!” says Mrs. Bowser angrily while pointing out to the hallway.

“I don’t understand. I had everything properly mixed together.” said Wesley.

“Not another word! Go straight to the office, now!” responded Mrs. Bowser. Wesley angrily pounds his desk and storms off to Principal Graves’ office while Trekker Jr. shows him his bottle of formula.

“So that’s what happened!? Trekker Jr. tampered with my experiment! Wait until I get my hands on him!” says Wesley to himself angrily while entering Principal Graves’ office. Wesley is also assigned a detention and heads back to his class, continuing his experiment while Trekker Jr. laughs menacingly to himself. Third period starts a short while later with Trekker Jr. making his way to his next class with Sarah. In music class, Sarah grabs some instruments and carries them to her seat while Trekker Jr. holds out his leg and trips her, causing her to fall to the floor and break the instruments in front of her teacher, Mrs. Oldham, who gives her a stern look.

“It was an accident! Honest!” pleaded Sarah. Sarah hears Trekker Jr. laughing behind her back and draws her attention to him.

“You! Why I ought to…” says Sarah angrily while taking one of the broken instruments and prepares to hit him. Before Sarah could hit Trekker Jr., Mrs. Oldham clears her throat and points out to the hall with Sarah angrily making her way to Principal Graves’ office. Sarah also receives a detention and returns to Music class, playing music with the rest of her class angrily while Trekker Jr. gives her a menacing look. Later on at lunchtime, Micah and his friends all sit and show one another their detention slips with Micah asking, “You guys, too?”

“Trekker Jr. tainted my experiment with his own formula!” responded Wesley angrily.

“And, he tripped me in Music class, causing me to break some expensive instruments!” said Sarah angrily.

“There must be something we could do.” says Jessica while sitting down with Micah and his friends.

“That’s what we’re trying to figure out. Somehow, we need to prove that Trekker Jr.’s behind all this and clear our names.” responded Micah.

“Hey, Jessica. May I borrow your tray, please?” asked Trekker Jr.

“Uhhh…sure.” answers Jessica while giving Trekker Jr. her tray with all her food and beverages on it. Trekker Jr. throws the food and beverages at Principal Graves, who has his back turned. All students in the cafeteria start laughing at Principal Graves while Trekker Jr. shouts, “Food fight!” The students begin throwing food at each other with Micah and his friends ducking and covering underneath their table while Principal Graves struggles to control the chaos.

“Enough!” shouted Principal Graves angrily. The students quickly stop throwing food at each other with Principal Graves angrily asking, “Who’s responsible for all this?” Principal Graves angrily looks at every student and suddenly sees Jessica standing in the middle of the cafeteria with food in her hand.

“It’s not what it looks like. I was just going to throw this away. Trekker Jr.’s the real culprit.” says Jessica while pointing at Trekker Jr. Principal Graves looks at Trekker Jr., who stares off into space with a smile on his face and a halo over his head while Principal Graves pulls out a detention slip and gives it to Jessica. After school, Micah and his friends head to a classroom and serve their detention.

“What are we going to do about Trekker?” asked Jessica quietly.

“I don’t know, but we’re going to get to the bottom of it one way or another.” responded Micah.

“Shhh! No talking in detention.” said the teacher angrily. Micah and his friends angrily work on some of their school assignments until their detention is up, going home afterwards and explaining everything to their parents. The next day, Trekker Jr. causes more mischief with all his victims taking the fall and serving detentions before heading home.

“Micah, please tell me you’ve figured out a way to stop Trekker Jr.” said Sarah.

“I believe I have.” responded Micah.

“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” asked Wesley.

“Hidden cameras?” asked Micah.

“Way ahead of you!” responded Wesley. As soon as arriving home, Micah and Wesley both begin constructing hidden cameras and place them all over the school early morning the next day before class starts. Trekker Jr. continues his mischief with his victims once again taking the blame and serving detentions at the end of the day with Micah and his friends entering Principal Graves’ office.

“Principal Graves, we have something to show you.” says Micah while showing his Micah Phone. Principal Graves watches footage of Trekker Jr. causing his mischief with Wesley subsequently saying, “Micah and I took the liberty of hiding cameras all over the school to prove everyone’s innocence. I hope you don’t mind.”

“Not at all. I’m glad you guys did. I’m sorry for ever doubting you all. I’m going to give Trekker Jr. a serious talking to first thing tomorrow morning.” responded Principal Graves. The next in school, Trekker Jr. heads to his first period class with Principal Graves stopping him and saying, “Trekker Jr., I’d like to have a word with you.” Principal Graves leads Trekker Jr. to his office and angrily says, “What’s the big idea causing mischief in our school?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” responded Trekker Jr.

“Perhaps these four could explain everything.” replies Principal Graves while pointing out Micah and his friends as they head into the office. Micah pulls out his Micah Phone and plays surveillance footage of Trekker Jr.’s mischief captured by the hidden cameras he and Wesley placed throughout the school.

“How did you…” asked Trekker Jr. astonishingly. Wesley shows Trekker Jr. a book containing one of the hidden cameras with Wesley answering, “We hid them everywhere.”

“My, my. How the tables have turned.” taunted Micah.

“Trekker Jr., you are hereby expelled from Arcanum-Butler Middle School.” said Principal Graves.

“Ah, whatever! My work here is done anyway!” responds Trekker Jr. angrily while summoning Trekker’s Warp Machine. Trekker Jr. warps back to Trekker’s mansion with Principal Graves saying, “Well, that takes care of that. You guys can go to class now.” Micah and his friends head to their first period class while Trekker Jr. makes it back to Trekker’s mansion with Trekker asking, “Son! Shouldn’t you be in school?”

“I got expelled.” responded Trekker Jr.

“Ha ha ha ha! I’m so proud of you!” laughed Trekker.

“You mean, you’re not mad?” asked Trekker Jr.

“Of course not. You’ve had your fun making everyone suffer, especially Micah and his rude friends.” answered Momma Trekker.

“It was fun while it lasted. I want to go back to homeschooling and make everyone suffer the old fashioned way: causing destruction with you guys!” said Trekker Jr.

“Well, what are you waiting for? Get to work!” says Trekker while pointing out Trekker Jr. to his room.

“On it, dad!” responds Trekker Jr. while heading up to his room. Trekker and Momma Trekker watch as Trekker Jr. restarts homeschooling with Trekker asking, “We sure raised a fine little monster, didn’t we?”

“We sure did. You’re a great father, Trekker. I can see why Jr. looks up to you so much.” responded Momma Trekker.

“I got to admit, you’re a swell mother, even if we are split apart.” replied Trekker. Trekker and Momma Trekker smile at each other for a brief moment and part ways with Momma Trekker blowing a kiss to Trekker Jr. as she heads out of the mansion.

“Bye, Jr.! I love you!” hollered Momma Trekker.

“Love you too, mom!” responded Trekker Jr. Trekker Jr. continues on with his homeschooling while Momma Trekker makes it back home, continuing to cause destruction with Trekker’s help and once again being stopped by Micah and his friends.

 

The End