Season 2
"The Doom Who Stole Christmas -- Pt.1"
Doom stopped at the apartment doorway. He stood there and stared at the door with intense anger. He pulled out his cellphone and pressed a few buttons furiously.
Doom: ****!
He stood there and stared and the green and red circular object hanging from the door. put his phone away and jiggled the keys into the keyhole. Doom braced himself and slowly opened the door. As the door opened, Doom's right eye twitched at the horrific sight.
Houde: DOOM!
No one knows whether or not it was actually cold outside and you could see the heat rise from his head, or if steam was actually emanating from Doom's ears…all anyone can tell you is that Doom was most certainly pissed.
Doom stood there staring at Houde…decorating the apartment…dressed in a Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer sweater…with "Jingle Bell Rock" blaring thru the stereos.
His eye twitched again.
Doom: I'm gonna go crash at some chick's place. McCheese! Come!
McCheese just lay there.
Doom: Fine. You stay here and be all jollyfied. Judas.
Doom put down the groceries and began to walk out the door. Houde quickly ran to the door and stopped him from leaving.
Houde: Doom, Doom, Doom…where you going big guy? Stay. Be merry! Here, have some egg nog! It's my own secret recipe.
Doom: Is the secret ingredient "gay"?
Houde: No.
Doom: You sure?
Houde: Come on. Don't be such a grouch. Remember we talked about this last year? We're gonna try to be better this year?
Doom: I made no such promise.
Houde: Hey…you keep this attitude up and I know someone who won't get taken off the naughty----
Doom quickly glanced at Houde and gave him such a fierce stare that even Ghost Rider's "Penance Stare" looks like a sexy wink from a drunken chick across the bar. Houde had a flashback to last Christmas.
Houde: I am not a pig! I am a man!
Doom: What?
Houde: Nevermind.
Doom: Do I have to remind you of last year's events?
Houde: You mean your "Close Encounter of the Scrooge Kind" where you were visited by the 3 spirits?
Doom: That'll be the one.
Houde: No no. I remember. Being a man of science, I can't possibly believe you. But for the sake of argument, let's say I do. If you learned your lesson last year…why would you continue your sour attitude towards the greatest of holidays?
Doom: I dunno. That Past chick was pretty hot.
Houde: So you're continuing your attitude in hopes that you'll be visited again by a hot ghost?
Doom: Not really. I'm just not a "holiday cheer" kinda guy.
Houde: Not this year. This year, I think the spirit will hit you and you'll discover the reason for the season! I'm gonna go finish decorating. Later we can go to the market and pick up some fresh cinnamon sticks for the cider!
Houde walked off and continued humming along with the music.
Houde: You can't fight it Doom! You might as well hop aboard the train! Christmas is coming!
Houde disappeared around the corner. Doom instantly got an idea. A light lit above his head. Not because he got an idea…but because Houde was testing the Christmas lights and all the other bulbs on the strand were blown out except for the one above Doom.
Doom: Not if I can help it! Come McCheese…we've got work to do!
2 Weeks Later………
Doom lay on the couch watching TV.
Doom: HAHA! I gotta start me an Air Band. I wonder if Houde can play the Air Drums?
Houde walked into the apartment carrying almost a dozen shopping bags.
Houde: Ok…I'm almost done with my holiday shopping! Only 10 more people to go! What about you Doom? You close to finishing your shopping?
Doom: I don't do gifts.
Houde: Come on! I thought we talked about this a couple weeks ago? What have you been doing these past couple weeks?
Doom: Stuff.
Houde: Well you haven't been at The Shack. And you haven't been shopping. So what you been doing?
Doom: Plotting to stop Christmas.
Houde: HA! That's hilarious. If it weren't for the fact that it's a global holiday and celebrated around the world…I'd actually be worried that you were serious.
Doom: HAHAHAHA…I know right.
Houde walked off back to his room. He stopped halfway down the hall and came running back to the living room.
Houde: Doom…you aren't planning on trying to stop----
Houde walked into the living room and saw Doom had disappeared.
Houde: Oh ****.
Later That Week At The Shack………
Houde walked into the back of The Shack and powered on all the robot cashiers. He saw McCheese at the prep table opening up the packs of relish and sauerkraut.
Houde: Hey 'Cheese…you seen Doom lately?
McCheese: Yeah…he's back in the walk-in.
Houde: Oh.
McCheese: Why?
Houde: Just hadn't seen him around lately and was wondering what he's been up to?
McCheese: Guess he's just been busy.
Houde: That's what worries me.
Houde walked back thru the kitchen and opened the walk-in freezer. There he saw Doom doing push-ups.
Doom: …67…68…69…70…
Houde: Uhhhhh….
Doom: 73…73…75…
Houde: Doom?
Doom: 77…78…oh hey. Just doing a lil condition training. 83…84…
Houde: For what might I ask?
Doom: For a cold weather op I have coming up. 92…93…94…
Houde: What cold weather op?
Doom: That's classified.
Houde: Does this have anything to do with what you said earlier this week? You know…with attempting to stop Christmas?
Doom: 99…100!
Doom jumped to his feet and began to stretch.
Doom: Brah…come on! How am I gonna stop Christmas? It's a global holiday! How do I stop something going on across the world!
Houde: Good point. You know for a minute I was actually worried that you had concocted one of your plans----
Doom: I mean it's not like I would use my military connections to assemble a crack-team of hardcore Blackwater mercenaries…sneak onto the nearest nuke base, have my team disable the 26 guards…use a 4-ton front loader truck to hijack a missile…then commandeer a govt bomber plane to the transport the stolen missile to the North Pole…deploy the missile to a certain classified area…with said region no longer on the face of the Earth, the world will forego a certain celebratory holiday in memoriam to the tragic loss of little people and elderly community…thus carrying on this silent tradition every year…slowing down the retail economy's 4th quarter numbers…snowballing this decline into the actual economy the world over…causing companies to crash like never before…thus with global retail crash…the world governments decide unanimously to strike Christmas from the calendars and canceling the holiday forever. It's not like I could make that happen. I mean come on!
Houde just stared at Doom.
Houde: Sweet Christmas!
Doom chuckled and pat Houde on the back.
Doom: Alright man. I gotta do some more training. Need to run to the store and get some supplies. Hey quick question---how much do you think a person 3ft tall would weight?
Houde just stood there.
Doom: Houde? Hello?
Houde just stood there.
Doom: Ok fine. Well I'm off. You have fun in your catatonic state.
Doom began to walk off. All of a sudden, Houde lunged at Doom and began choking him!
Houde: YOU. DON'T. ****. WITH. CHRISTMAS!
The 2 wrestled to the ground. In a completely non-gay way.
Doom: Dude…have you lost your mind? I'm giving you 3 seconds to get off me or else.
Houde: NO! I can't let you go thru with your crazy scheme!
Doom: That does it.
Doom stopped trying to prevent Houde from choking him and took his thumb and placed it on Houde's pressure point below the jaw.
Houde: OW! OW! OW! OW!
Houde stopped fighting and stood up.
Doom: Told you.
Houde: You dick!
Doom: Told you.
Houde: OWWWW! Doom I can't let you go thru with your plan to stop Christmas.
Doom: Ok, first---I was speaking hypothetically. And second---what makes you think I was planning on stopping Christmas?
Houde: HELLOOOO! The rant you just did!
Doom: Hypothetical.
Houde: No! I know you! You'll do it! I have to stop you!
Doom: Ok. Bored now. I'm gonna go now.
Doom walked past Houde and all of a sudden Houde hit Doom in the head with a can of sauerkraut. Doom falls to the ground unconscious. Houde leaves the walk-in and locks Doom inside.
Houde: I gotta call Homeland Security.
Houde nervously looks around for witnesses. He sees McCheese. Houde cuts McCheese an evil look. McCheese sighs.
McCheese: I never had to deal with this stuff when I was Mayor.
Houde walks off and McCheese goes back to the prepping station.
That Afternoon………
Several agents from Homeland Security walk into The Shack.
McCheese: Uh…Houde? Some people wanna see the manager.
Houde: Who?
McCheese: Don't know. They got on suits and sunglasses. I think they might be the Men-In-Black.
Houde: No. Those must be the guys from Homeland Security. I called them earlier. Send 'em on back.
McCheese: Ok. But I swear to you she said she was 18.
Houde: Huh?
McCheese: Nevermind.
The agents walked into Houde's office.
Houde: Gentlemen. Thank you for coming so soon. You must be Agent Johnson?
Agent Johnson: Indeed.
Houde: Great!
Agent Johnson: The terrorist? Where is he?
Houde: In the walk-in. Right this way.
Houde led them to the back. McCheese tried to grab Houde's attention.
McCheese: Boss?
Houde: Not now Cheese.
McCheese: But I gotta tell you something.
Houde: Not now. I'm in the middle of something important.
McCheese: No! You really oughta hear this now!
Houde: Can you not see I'm trying to save Christmas?!?! What is more important than that?
The agents opened the door to the walk-in. They stood in anger as they saw it was empty.
Agent Johnson: Mr. Houde…where is the suspected terrorist?
Houde: He was right in there!
Agent Johnson: Is this some kinda joke?
Houde: NO! He was in there! I put him in there myself! I haven't taken my eyes off the door all day!
McCheese: There was that time you went to the bathroom.
Houde: Did you let him out?
McCheese: No. I was trying to tell you that he let himself out.
Houde: How?
McCheese: He picked the lock with a leatherman tool.
Houde: I thought I stripped him of his tools before I left?
McCheese: Did you reeeeaaaaaalllly search him?
Houde: Yeah.
McCheese: Bet you didn't do an airport search.
Houde paused. It took him a couple seconds to realize what McCheese was saying.
Houde: Oh that's disgusting! Why would he do that?!?!?!
McCheese: He does that every Tuesday. In case of emergencies.
Houde: I think I'm gonna be sick. That is just as stupid as it is disgusting.
McCheese: But he's out now. So how stupid was it?
Agent Johnson: Enough of this! Mr. Houde, I see you've wasted our time. Please know that the United States government does not find this funny and you've now been placed on the "watch list". You have a pleasant day. Let's go boys!
Homeland Security leaves The Shack.
Houde: OH COME ON!! What, in the name of Kris Kringle is going on!?!?!
Doom: Should've minded your own business.
Houde: Where the hell did you come from!?!?!
Doom: That's not important now. What is important is that I missed an important meeting today because of your actions and now I need to implement contingency plans. That's gonna cost you dearly.
Houde: STOP TRYING TO DESTROY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
Doom: HAHAHAHAHA! I got you good! Do you really think my plan would work? Jokes on you. HAHAHAHA! Ninja vanish!
Doom pulled out a smoke bomb and threw it to the ground. Smoke filled a portion of the room. When it cleared…Doom was gone.
Houde: I think I'm gonna go cry now.
To Be Continued......