Displaced
Part 5
By Lauren The Lone Wolfette
(L&S/PS/HD)
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"Cousin, I want to go on the train!"
"Not now, Balki."
"I want to go on the train!"
"Later."
Larry and Balki rounded the corner to the landing. Balki leaned over
onto Larry's shoulder and sobbed, "I want to go on the train!" Larry
sighed and put the girls' bags down.
Laverne walked past them. "An' I thought Shirl was bad." She continued
walking.
"Balki," Larry pushed his head off his shoulder, "I promise you can get
on a train soon, but not now."
"Oh-kay," Balki agreed, abruptly ending the sobbing.
Lenny and Squiggy walked past. "Here's a penny, Squig."
Squiggy took the penny, glared at it, then turned to Lenny. "This all ya
got?"
Lenny pulled a quarter out of his jacket pocket. "Ya got me, Squig."
"Great, now let's go see how flattened this'll get," Squiggy said, then
led Lenny to the nearest set of tracks, about 50 feet away.
Shirley stopped next to Larry and Balki. "Those two have lost more money
that way."
Larry motioned towards them. "Didn't you say it was because of them you
ended up here? So they know--"
"Yes, they should be helping us look for the train, I know," Shirley
interrupted, then shrugged. "But they have such a short attention span."
Laverne came back over to them. "All right, I got the schedule. The next
train ta Milwaukee oughtta be comin' in about 20 minutes."
Balki moved next to Laverne. "I wish you would stay longer."
She smiled at him. "Too sweet." She paused. "C'mon, let's go flatten
some coins before we gotta go." She grabbed his hand and dragged him to
another set of tracks.
"Well," Shirley said.
"Hm." Larry watched as they put a couple pennies on the track.
Shirley motioned to the bags. "Thanks for carrying those."
"No problem," Larry said, waving it off. He paused.
"You, uh... don't like to flatten your change?" He gave her an amused
look.
"I try to save my money, but then Laverne always finds my savings in the
Bible, then spends it," Shirley replied. "Sometimes I ask Carmine to
hold onto it..." She frowned. "Then he ends up spending it on that Mrs.
Lockwash." She made a fist. "Sometimes I could just--uh, heh." She
lowered her fist. "Sorry, I'm really not as crazy as they are... but
they make me crazy."
Larry folded his arms over his chest. "I know the feeling."
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"Here it comes!" Balki called out, pointing at the incoming train. He
latched onto Larry's arm and began pulling him. "Come on, Cousin, we can
see our friends off."
"Balki--"
A few minutes later...
"Now, Squig, you're sure this is the right train?" Shirley asked.
"How many times do I gotta tell ya? ...What was the question?" Squiggy
said.
Shirley sat bck, hand to her forehead. "I give up."
"Balki, I'm telling you, we should get off now," Larry said, picking him
up from a seat across the aisle from the girls.
"Cousin, do'n worry so much. We'll be off in plenty of time," Balki
said.
"Then why do I feel like I need an antacid?" Larry added, looking toward
the ceiling.
Suddenly, the train lurched and began moving.
Larry spun and grabbed a handful of Balki's shirt. "The train is pulling
out of the station and we're still on it!"
Balki smiled at him. "This is great!" He pried himself from Larry's
grasp. "Let's find the car with all the windows." He started moving
toward the car behind them.
Shirley pulled Larry down into Laverne's seat. "He doesn't know you need
tickets, I take it."
"No, and... oh, my Lord! We'll probably be kicked off and end up in
Peoria. I knew we shouldn't have even gotten on, but I just had to let
Balki talk me into it." Larry paused, then added, "Well, atleast this
isn't *my* mess."
Outside, there was a clap of thunder and it began pouring.
"That's odd... it was sunny just a minute ago," Shirley commented. "Wait
a minute, that's what happened before!"
Larry groaned. "No offense, Shirley, but I am seriously hoping I'm
dreaming. There is just no logical reason for this to be happening."
Laverne came back and stopped next to them, standing in the aisle.
"Shirl, did you see--"
"The change in weather?" Laverne nodded. "I sure did," Shirley said.
"Well, I just left Balki in the observation car and it was sunny back
there," Laverne said.
"This cannot be happening," Larry said.
A few hours later, the group walked out of the train station.
"Everything looks the way it did before we left," Shirley commented.
"Great, just great," Larry began, "now, how do Balki and I get home?"
"That's easy, Cousin, we just take the next train to Chicago," Balki
answered.
"But we don't know if we'll get back to 1987! We might get to Chicago,
but it might be the wrong year!" Larry argued, then sighed. "I sound
like I'm starting to really believe this is happening."
Squiggy jerked his thumb at Larry. "Don't he just suck the fun outta
things." Larry turned a glare at him.
Laverne smacked Squiggy upside the head, causing him to look around for
what hit him. "Shirl an' me'll help ya when the next train comes... an'
we'll make sure we stay here." She pointed a glare at Shirley.
"Don't give me that look," Shirley said.
"Ladies, could you maybe postpone this possible argument and point out
the nearest hotel?" Larry asked.
Laverne waved it off. "Hotel nothin', you guys can stay with us... as
long as my pop don't see ya."
"Or Carmine," Squiggy added, grinning.
Shirley attempted to lunge at him, but Laverne held her back, allowing
Lenny and Squiggy to get away.
"Hang on, there, Shirl, remember, my pop's the one ta worry about.
Carmine's understandin'," Laverne said.
"I bet your Papa would understand if you explained..." Balki began.
Laverne shook her head. "You don't know my pop."
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