Nightmare on Matthews Street -- Chapter 15


"Chow, what the fuck are YOU doing here?" says Danita.

Startled, Chow looks around, getting his bearings. The Green Street McD's looks much the same as it ever has.

"Uh . . . I'm . . . waiting to get some food?"

Danita continues, "I thought you were in Charleston."

Chow stares at her for a while, blankly. Slowly, he says, "I am in Charleston . . . I think."

"Hello? Chow? Are you feeling alright?" Danita asks.

Chow considers this question very carefully.

"No, I don't think so," he finally concludes.

"Well, here, let's order you some breakfast. Maybe you'll feel better after you get some food."

"Yeah . . . OK."

From somewhere high overhead comes the roar of jet aircraft. The windows rattle, briefly. Hardly anyone notices. Except Alix.

Alix looks up from her newspaper, and promptly goes into shock. "WHAT THE FUCK?" she sweetly inquires. She looks around, in a grade 3 panic (on the Richter Scale).

Just coming out of the bathroom, Jurt says, "Jeez! Take it easy, Alix! What's the matter with you?"

For some odd reason, she doesn't seem comforted.

Doug and Jamie walk in the front door, with blank looks on their faces.

Mitch ducks in the doors right behind them. He claps Doug on the shoulder and says, "Dood! Long time no see! What brings you back to town?"

Doug and Jamie slowly turn to face Mitch and say together, "Must... go...to...McDonald's...Must...go...to...McDonald's."

Mitch is hardly phased. "Cool! Look, you aren't gonna believe what I just saw! A whole flight of Apache attack helicopters flew over town heading south just a few minutes ago!"

Doug and jamie turn slowly towards the counter, and resume their mindless trek. Mitch goes and starts talking to Phil, who is sitting in a corner, in his pajamas, trying hard to wake up and make it all go away.

The entire restaurant is shaken by some kind of distant rumble. TheO looks at Felix and says, "Thunder?"

Peltz and June reach the front of the line. Steve says "Ah, lemme have a couple of pancakes, and a large orange juice."

Behind the counter, Larry says, "Is there a history of heart disease in your family?"

Steve says, "What?"

Larry stops dead. Slowly, his eyeballs track around the room.

He whispers, "Holy shit."

June, looking at Larry's spiffy McD's uniform, says, "When did you give up on medicine, Larry?"

With a small squeak, Larry passes out.

The deafening sound of three tomahawk missiles roaring past overhead briefly interrupts Steve and Mary's argument at one of the window tables.

Sitting at a table, CEA says, "I'm telling you, something really weird is going on, here! What are we all doing here?"

Q says, "Uh, eating?"

With a mouthful of scrambled eggs, Jill nods her agreement.

Z says, "Well, I know I don't know what the hell I'm doing here!"

Outside, on Green Street, cars start going East at reckless speeds. They are in so much of a hurry, that they seem to have taken over both sides of the street. There are several accidents.

Watching the carnage, Walt says to Carpenter, "Well, I may not know what the hell's going on, but it sure is fun to watch." Jeff is more concerned with the fact that he's sitting in McD's than with anything going on outside.

On the other side of the place, Cheryl Duda is inconsolable. "I swore I would never come back to Illinois," she says to Candy. The other Candy says, "Oh, come on, it's not that bad!" Cheryl is unimpressed.

Bryan Hibberbits hops up on a table and says loudly, "Excuse me! Does anyone know what the hell is going on, here?"

If anyone tries to answer, it is totally drowned out as the National Guard Rocket Launcher stationed at Green and Wright opens fire with salvos of big, noisy phallic symbols.

Six A-10 Hedgehogs pass by, their Vulcan machine guns cutting chunks out of the sky. One of them inexplicably explodes. The rest of the formation breaks up as they are hit by a solid wall of monsterly battle cry!

"LALALALALALALALALALALALALA!"

People run, screaming, past McDonald's, heading east. Some of them carry hastily packed suitcases or other packages, many are simply running for their pitiful lives.

Artillery shells rip by overhead.

Scott May looks over at Kathy and says, "Is it always like this in England?" She slaps him.

Mitch brilliantly says, "I gotta bad feeling about this."

The ground shakes as the epicenter of the battle draws near.

"LALALALALALALALALALALALALA"

rips through the air, together with loud shrieks of rockets and bombs.

Suddenly, the Century 21 building is shattered by a massive blow, and Bo'dZilla steps through the wreckage, and onto Green Street!

The National Guard redoubles its efforts, but to no avail!


Meanwhile, back at Troll's place, Brad says loudly, "This isn't gonna work! This is a stupid idea!"

Troll says, "Got a better one?"

Brad thinks for a moment, but doesn't get anywhere.

Troll says, "That's what I thought. Hurry up! She's almost here!"


There is a huge, three-toed footprint and a lot of wreckage where McDonald's used to be.

Amidst the smoking ruins, Danita says weakly, "Oh, I get it, Troll! A 'walk-on' role. Ha, ha. Very fucking funny."


Copyright (c) 1993