Rebuilding the Bridges We Burn: Meeting of The Masters
By: M14Mouse
Disclaimer: No ownage here…move along.
Summary: RJ’s reaction to Luan was down right priceless…the Masters’ reactions are down right hilarious.
Sibling Love Theme: 2. Sticky Situations
Master Swoop smiled slightly as he heard the children talk among themselves. It was good not to hear the stress in their voices. He knew this has been a hard time on them all. He tilted his head slightly as he listen to RJ and his father talk quietly to each other.
Yes…a very hard time for all.
Suddenly, he heard a loud bang and then the moving of feet across the wooden floor. He heard Theo groaned under his breathe.
“Ten bucks said that isn’t Fran who did that…”
“I hope it isn’t the stove again….” RJ said in a panic.
He heard Theo’s footsteps scramble across the floor…followed by RJ’s footsteps and disappeared down the stairs.
He heard the others follow RJ down the stair.
“It looked like we in for some entertainment. The disasters in my son’s kitchen are famous,” Finn said as his footsteps headed toward the stairs.
“I remember…You told me like a million times, Finn,” Phant said as he followed.
As much as it would be interesting to see, he was sure that his fellow masters would give him quite a colorful descriptions of the mess. He followed the other masters down the stairs. He heard Theo’s voice echo through the hallway.
“…Lu…you look like the Pillsbury dough boy without the hat.”
He heard the others trying not to laugh under their breaths.
“Haha…very funny, bro.”
He almost missed a step at the voice. He tilted his head slightly. It was almost Theo’s voice but with a slightly higher pitch.
“What happened anyway?” Theo said.
“The flour thing kind of went out of control and well…this happened.” Lu said.
“Well…I’m glad that it isn’t the stove.” RJ said.
“Fran wouldn’t let me near it.”
“Smart girl.”
“Dear spirits…there are two of them,” Finn mumbled to himself.
“Did you go and get yourself hit with a double spell, boy?” Phant said.
“Why would I go and do that? He is enough as it is.” Theo said.
A smile started to tuck at his face. Twins…identical by the sound of it and by the reactions of his fellow masters.
“Ahh…come on, bro….being a part of triplets would be fun. For once you won’t be the youngest.”
“You are the oldest by…what…4 minutes, Lu. Does that really make a different?”
“No…but it is fun to tease you about it.”
He almost started to laugh at that point. He covered his laughter by coughing into his hand. He felt Phant’s eyes looked over at him.
“Very amusing, Lu. Now up with you…you’re starting to shake flour all over the place.”
He heard the movement of feet and bodies.
“Hey!!”
“How came every time you are around…I have less clothes than I started out with.”
“Because you need better clothes.”
“Whatever…move, Pillsbury.”
He moved out of the way as Theo and Lu headed up the stairs. He heard the others move around to clean up the mess. After the footsteps disappeared, he heard Finn mumbled under his breath.
“There is two of them…when did that this happen?”
“Well…I’m not sure how Theo’s mom and dad met..” Lily said.
“Not what I meant…when did the twin show up?” Finn said.
“Right after you guys become evil, Master Finn. He just showed up one day…wanting to see Theo. Luan decided to stick around for a few days,” Casey said.
“Hmmm…did you know about this, Swoop? He is your student after all.”
He shrugged his shoulders.
“I knew nothing.”
It wasn’t exactly a lie. Theo never said anything about his brother but he could sense there were some issues that Theo wouldn’t talk about.
“Don’t feel bad. He didn’t tell me either.” Lily said.
Mentally, he made a face. He had a distant impression that Theo would hear about that from Lily later.
“I have a question…how do you tell them apart?” Phant said.
“We tried nametags….they just switched it,” Casey said.
“I wanted to go with markers…but Theo wasn’t very amused by that idea,” Dominic said.
“Well…Find a way…because I’m not going to play guess the twin game tonight,” Phant said.
He just smiled in amusement.
-JFJFJF-
He listened as Finn described their rescues…with little bells on it. Leave it to Finn to dramatize a rescue. RJ has cleared out the JKP. He said that this event is caused for a celebration. As long as Finn doesn’t get drunk, he would be perfectly happy. The stuff that doesn’t come out of Finn’s mouth was an understatement. He heard the door open and sound of footsteps.
“Dear spirits…which one are you, boy?” Phant said.
“Uhh…Luan.” Luan said in confusion.
He heard a slapping noise on a t-shirt.
“Wear that. Don’t take it off. Don’t think about switch it with your brother over there either. Understand, boy?” Phant said.
“Uhh….okay.”
“Good…”
The sound of footsteps shifted to the right and headed toward RJ.
“Gee…crazy old dude…which Master was he again, bro?” Luan said softly.
“Master Phant….He is the elephant master and Lily’s master as well. Uh, I guess the whole I have a twin thing caught him off guard,” Theo said.
“You think?”
Theo snorted.
“Come on…let me introduce you to my mast…”
Their footsteps approached him then stopped.
“Bro…who is that one?”
“That is Master Finn….he is the shark master, RJ’s dad, and Casey’s master.”
“What is he doing?”
“Dancing…I think…but I wouldn’t hold me to that.”
“Dude…that is scary.”
“It could be worse.”
“Bro…don’t think so.”
“It could be polka.”
He laughed. He couldn’t help himself.
“You win, bro.” Luan said with a pause.
Theo laughed.
“Come on…let’s go meet my Master before…something else happens,” Theo said.
Footsteps forward then stopped in front of his table.
“Master Swoop.”
He sensed Theo bowing in front of him. He nodded his head in acknowledgement.
“Theo….Luan.”
He felt the air move back and forward in front of him. He almost smiled as he heard a smacking sound.
“OUCH…BRO!”
“That is rude!”
“Dude, I wanted to see if he was really blind.”
“Well, he is.”
A smile formed on his face.
“It is quite alright, Luan. I’m asked that all of the time. Don’t feel bad that you done it. Theo has done it before as well,” He said.
“Someone got told on,” Luan said in sing song voice.
“I was curious that is all. His height fooled me.” Theo said.
“You’re right, bro. I would have to stand on your shoulders or something to reach him.”
“I’m not that tall, Luan.”
“Dude…you can tell us apart?” Luan said in amazement.
“Yes….you have a higher pitch and more energetic tone than Theo does. Theo’s voice is more reserved.” He said.
“Bro…I like your master,” Luan said.
“Yes….so do I,” Theo said.
“Hey, Lu! Come and play for us!” Dom said loudly.
“Alright…alright…talk to you later, Mr. Swoop.” Luan said as he moved away.
“Play?” He asked.
“Lu plays guitar.” Theo said in offhanded manner.
“Ah.”
A few notes of the guitar full the room before a melody began to form. Casey turned on the jukebox and then the sound of piano and bass began to add to the guitar. It was quite enjoyable…for rock and roll music.
“You seemed happier, Theo.”
“I am…”
”Good.”
“So, do you want me to describe the awful hat that RJ just put on?”
He laughed.
“Of course.”
He laughed as Theo described the giant hat with multiple colored ribbons and fruit.
It was good to be alive.
End of Meeting of the Master.
Next Chapter: Moments of Clarity
A/N: ::hugs the twins.:: AWWW! Anyway, thank you for the reviews. I love you guys soooo much for it. Read and Review if you wish.