Epilogue - The Winter Show
It was only a week after the funeral had happened. It was all happening too fast, Scooter thought. He was back in his room, sitting on his bed, the wheelchair beside him. He looked down at himself for a moment. Nearly 40 sitches to close him up. Another 30 or so inside of him, to suture everything up, after the transplant....The doctor's told him it was amazing he got so better so quickly.
He knew it was because of his friends love...and because of Nancy that he was better. He stood up and walked slowly over to his closet, to get dressed that morning. He was going to go ahead and put on his new tuxedo, because he couldn't very well get dressed a second time later that night. He had the undershirt on, when he heard a small knock on the door.
He looked over at the bed, he was almost 5 feet away from it. He could walk...but he wasn't quite up to speed just yet. He frowned, knowing whoever it was, was going to chew him out over him being up and about.
"Uh....come on in. I'm...well I'm as decent as I can be, alright?" He replied to the closed door. It opened, Kermit was standing there.
He saw his gofer standing there, a pair of pants in his hand, undershorts on, and a unbuttoned white shirt and vest on. He was barefoot. He frowned, tapping his flipper on the floor.
"You know you aren't supposed to walking yet." Kermit smiled a bit, walking over to him. "You could pull those stitches out again."
Scooter smiled, seeing him smile. Kermit pointed to the bed, and he grabbed the pants from Scooter, picking up the tuxedoe's jacket from the closet.
The same old dance played out as it had for the past 2 weeks.
Someone came in, and helped him get dressed, at least pants and shoes wise. He wasn't supposed to bend over, because the first time he did that....he had to go back to the hospital and get re-stitched.
As Kermit got Scooter's right shoe on, Scooter frowned a little bit. Kermit looked up at him.
"What's wrong, Scooter?"
"I hate feeling so useless, Kermit. I caused us to have this show postponed. We'll probably not even get as many people in as we could have last time..."
Kermit patted his knee, smiling. "Scooter. You're not useless, you couldn't help what had happened. I don't think any of us could have changed it either."
Scooter nodded, and grabbed the wheelchair, turning it around, and hauling himself in it.
"And I will tell your Mother and Uncle if I see you out of that thing tonight. Got it?" The frog said firmly, but with a smile on his face.
"Right Chief!!" Scooter said, a bright smile on his face. He turned his head around slightly, making sure his clipboard and everything he needed was in the back of the chair, then he made his way down the new ramp that everyone had pitched in to build in the boarding house, and within a moment or two he was outside of the house.
So Scooter wouldn't feel ashamed or silly...everyone wore their tuxes and new dresses outside the house, on the way to the theatre.
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The theatre was absolutely packed that night. No seat was empty. Scooter was everywhere in that backstage that night.
"HEY!! No eating the props, Behemoth!! Animal save the drums for your act, we don't have anymore back there!!!"
He suddenly felt himself being pushed ahead and around, then in circles, he started to get a bit dizzy. He shifted to see who it was.
"Hey little bro!" Skeeter said happily. She was wearing a beautiful yellow dress, with some pretty bracelets and other jewelery she had borrowed from Miss Piggy. Her hair was in a georgous upswept style.
"Oh! Hey Skeeter!! Wh...what are you doing back here?"
"Kermit asked me to keep an eye on you."
"...I don't need to be watched after, Skeet. I'm a grown man you know." He looked to the side, he didn't like being treated like some small child.
"It's just to make sure you can keep up with everything! And...that you learn your act."
"My...act?"
"Yeah...he didn't tell you yet??"
"No...I dont' have an act. I was just going to come out with everyone else at the end.."
"You're the finale, Scooter." She handed him his old guitar, and she smiled.
"We'd better go learn it, really quick then."
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"Hi everyone!!! Welcome to the Muppet's Winter Splendor Show! I'm your host, Kermit the Frog, and this show is dedicated to a wonderful lady, Ms. Nancy Takashi. She helped us when no one else would." He looked out over the audience, looking past them for a second. "And this show is for her."
"For our first act of the night we have Auntie Eleanor and Uncle Deadly singing a beautiful duet; 'It Had to Be You', Uncle Deadly and Auntie Eleanor, YAAAYY!!" Kermit walked off to the right of the stage, still yelling happily, the curtains pulling away.
Uncle Deadly walked out on the stage, with Eleanor right behind him.
A wintery ghoulish backdrop appeared behind them. It had a haunted mansion, repainted to depict a beautiful wintery wonderland, while they walked under real twisted trees.
Uncle Deadly sang, in his beautiful baritone voice, to Eleanor, "Why do I do, just as you say, why must I just, give you your way, why do I sigh, why don't I try - to forget." He looked to the side, smirking, "I always seem to forget, my love...."
"You certainly do!"
Eleanor joined in, smiling towards her handsome old dragon, "It must have been, that something lovers call fate, kept me saying: "I have to wait, I saw them all, just couldn't fall - til we met.."
Then both of them in harmony sang together. Streaks of lighting lit up the 'sky' behind them, as they sang. "It had to be you, it had to be you, I wandered around, and finally found - the somebody who could make me be true, and could make me be blue!!"
Eleanor laughed softly, wrapping her arms around him, as they walked an sang the song. The sound of flying bats filled the air. "Oh VERY blue, my dear!!!"
Uncle Deadly chuckled, "Yes, my dearest...And even be glad, just to be sad - thinking of you. Some others I've seen, might never be mean. Might never be cross, or try to be boss but they wouldn't do For nobody else, gave me a thrill - with all your faults, I love you still It had to be you, wonderful you, It had to be you"
Then the two of them, walked back towards the backdropped house, and simply dissappeared, the audience clapped loudly, it was only the opening act, but they loved it so much.
Then, Fozzie came on, telling some really bad jokes. He had picked the one's Nanny loved again....but still they were horrible. So everyone booed him off of the stage, as usual.
Gonzo came on, and dragged his cannon out onto the stage. "And Ladies and Gentlemen! I, The Great Gonzo, will shoot myself out of this cannon, only wearing my underwear and socks, while Camilla and the others here clucks "The Star Spangled Banner" He lowered himself into the cannon. "HIT IT LADIES!!"
And he went zooming across the audience, and he landed into the balcony pit. "TA-DA!!"
"Ta-Da?" Stalder chuckled.
"More like Ta-Don't!! Do-Ho-Ho-Ho!!" Waldorf laughed, as Stalder joined in; as Gonzo fell backwards, still smiling.
Miss Piggy came out, and sang a song with Kermit. But for someone, he wasn't even really watching it wholeheartedly.
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Scooter was reading his clipboard in the backstage area. He was nervous. If they had let him walk any, he'd be pacing the entire backstage area right now. Every time he did try to get up, either Skeeter or Sadie would push him back down into his wheelchair.
"I have to sing this, Skeeter?? All alone??"
"No, silly. I'll go out there with you. And after the first few lines, everyone else will join in with us. You know how that song goes anyways."
He looked down, he did know it. He just wished he didnt' have to sing it in front of all those people.
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"Alright! I hope everyone has enjoyed our Winter Splendor Show tonight, and we have one last thing, that we hope will send you home with love and rememberence in your hearts. Here is Scooter, and Skeeter, singing, "Just One Person." He ducking backstage, while everyone was getting ready to go onstage.
Skeeter gently wheeled Scooter out onto the stage, it seemed eerily empty to him. He grasped his guitar, and looked back at her, he looked petrified to her. She leaned against him, and gave him a hug.
"Come on, Scooter. We can do this." She whispered. "She's here you know...she'd love to hear it again, I'm sure."
Scooter nodded, and played a few notes on the old guitar, his foot tapping slowly in time with it.
He started to sing, a bit sadly at first, wondering if he could even do it.
"If just one person, believes in you, deep enough, and strong enough, believes in you...hard enough, and long enough, It stands to reason, that someone else will think "If he can do it, I can do it."
Skeeter joined in, smiling. She stood beside his wheelchair onstage, singing with all her heart. "Making it: two whole people, who believe in you Deep enough, and strong enough, believe in you. Hard enough and long enough There's bound to be some other person who...believes in making it a threesome...
Sadie walked out stage then, singing beautifully. Scooter had never heard his mother sing before. "Making it three.....People you can say: believe in me.....
Then Kermit and Piggy walked out onstage, singing with their hearts as well. "And if three whole people, Why not -- four? And if four whole people, Why not--more, and..."
By that time, all of the muppets were onstage, gathered around Scooter, their singing almost drowning out his lone guitar. "...More, and more...."
All the larger monsters came behind them all, starting to sing with them. "And when all those people, believe in you, deep enough, and strong enough, Believe in you...Hard enough, and long enough...It stands to reason that you yourself will start to see what everybody sees in you..."
They all quieted down, to where it was only Scooter singing now. The guitar suddenly sounded so loud to his ears, but he kept on playing, and although the audience couldn't see it. He was crying as he sang. "And maybe even you, Can believe in you.......too!"
Kermit walked in front of the rest of them, and started to bow, which everyone else did, like a wave it seemed.
"Thank you for coming to see our Winter Splendor Show....We hope you remember what Nancy Takashi has done for us, and what you can do for others this holiday season!! Thank you and we all hope you have a WONDERFUL NIGHT!!!"
Everyone cheered onstage, the audience did a standing ovation. Skeeter started to wheel Scooter out to the front, he was pulling on her, to get her to stop. He whispered urgently to her.
"Skeeter...I'm not supposed get out of this thing!!"
"I'll help you with it then." She gently lifted him out of his wheelchair, and with Sadie's help they walked beside Kermit near the front edge of the stage. Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie and all who could fit up there, walked on both sides of them. Everyone bowed at the same time, with Skeeter and Sadie holding Scooter up, so he wouldn't fall.
The curtains closed, and Scooter sat backwards on the stage. He could hear them cheering now. He smiled up at his Mom and his sister. Then over at Kermit and everyone else.
"I...I..."
Kermit just smiled, and extended his hand to Scooter, he took it, and Kermit hauled him to his feet. Then he hugged him.
"Thanks Boss."
"We should be thanking you, Scooter."
Scooter didn't say a word, but Fozzie stepped forward, a small smile on his face.
"We almost forgot...what family was, Scooter."
"But you helped us remember." Piggy added.
"And that's why we thank you, Scooter." Gonzo said last. Everyone nodded their heads.
Scooter had thought...he had lost his family. He had been searching when he could, for them. When in fact....most of his family was already here, and he never seemed to realize it.
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