SST Fan Fic: The Search for Bert

[redBoobergurl]

Ok, I think I'm collected now. Here's approximately what I was trying to say: Karen is absolutely awesome, and so insanely self-sacrificing, it's incredible. (insane is a good thing.) In fact, she reminds me of a character in my fan-fic...
voice inside my head: You have fan-fic?
well, I mean I don't have anything written down yet. I mean I'll post it eventually, but I kind of need to figure out how it starts first...
voice inside my head: Yeah, I guess that would come in handy.
Yeah. Anyway, I was saying- why are you staring at me? What, don't you talk to the voices in your head? What do you mean you don't have voices inside your head? Everybody has voices inside their head!
Anyway. Where was I? ... oh well.
More please.

Lisa, it's all good, I talk to the voices in my head too, that's probably how I was able to create this fan fic! I'll try to update over the weekend!

 

[TogetherAgain]

ok I know you said TRY, as in not guaranteed, as in you put forth an effort, as in... as in... as in... as in... as in I'm out of as in's...
I'll be patient. Really I will.
Well any way I'll TRY to be patient.
Maybe.
Sort of.
-ish.
ok so maybe not.

 

[redBoobergurl]

Ok, here's the next installment finally! It's very short and ends on a cliff hanger, but hey, I don't want to give you too much! I hope to post again soon as I think my writers block is subsiding slightly.

Chapter Eight:

Karen checked back at Al’s trailer to see if he was asleep. When she found that she was, she ran back to the tent to give Bert the all clear.

“I have a question for all of you,” said Bert. Everyone was glaring at him for dragging them out of bed and he started to lose his nerve, but Karen smiled at him and he kept going. He talked about how he was forced into the circus and how much he wanted to go home. Then with her permission, he told Karen’s sad story. To his surprise, one by one different people started telling stories too. No one really wanted to be there.

“Let’s run away! If we go while Al’s asleep we can get out of here safely!” said Bert.

Everyone started chatting excitedly.

“Shhh! Everyone needs to be quiet!” exclaimed Karen. Everyone quieted down and she continued “In order for this to work we have to leave our possessions behind and go on foot.”

They all agreed she was right and for most of them, it was no problem as they did not have many possessions. Bert was so happy. Hopefully he would see his friends on Sesame Street again. He just hoped that Ernie would want to see him. He figured that Ernie had found the note seeing how everyone on Sesame Street knew he was gone. But, before he went back to Sesame Street, he needed to take care of something else.

“Karen?” asked Bert running up to her.

“What is it?” she asked.

“After we get out of here we need to report Al so he gets punished for all the horrible things he’s done to everyone. Then we can get them to free James and you can be reunited,” Bert said excidedly.

“Oh Bert! You’re so sweet. I hope that it will work out that way. For now, let’s focus on getting out of here, the sun will be up soon!” said Karen.

After everyone had gathered together once more they quietly crept pass Al’s tent and quickly made there way to the dirt road. Bert wanted to stop and call Sesame Street from the gas station, but he knew they needed to get away fast and also knew no one would be at Hooper’s Store. As they walked, they passed a sign that said “Plantersville, 10 miles.”

Meanwhile the Count kept on driving and passed a similar sign that said “Plantersville, 30 miles.”

“Olivia, Grover! Vake up! Ve are almost to Plantersville! 30 miles to go! And I can count them all!” exclaimed the Count.

“Oh brother,” said Grover as Olivia rolled her eyes. At least they would be there soon.

Oscar woke up and decided to keep driving while Maria and Big Bird slept. He didn’t want to admit it, but Maria was right, it was partly his fault that Bert was gone and he secretly wanted to be the first to find him. He passed a sign that said “Plantersville 15 miles.”

“Hmm, I hope the pigeon lover has made it to Plantersville by now,” Oscar muttered to himself.

The only search group not near Plantersville was Gordon’s. They woke up and had some breakfast and then continued down highway 61.

“Gordon! Look ‘Gas and Eats’!” exclaimed Ernie.
“Eats!!!” said Cookie Monster.

Sure enough, Gas and Eats was on the left side of the road. Across the street was a dirt road that led up to some tents.

“No Eats right now Cookie! I think we’ve found Bert!” said Gordon as he turned onto the dirt road. He stopped the car and the three of them got out and walked around a bit.

“Um, Gordon? There doesn’t appear to be anyone here,” said Ernie.

“You’re right,” said Gordon.

They continued checking various tents and wandering around when all of a sudden someone came from behind them booming “Who goes there? What are you doing here? Did you kidnap my circus workers?”

 

[TogetherAgain]

please excuse me for a moment, while I go and... um...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Ok I'm better now. What am I saying? No I'm not! I'm worried about Ernie and Gordon and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!

<gasping for breath>

Ok. Now can you tell us more? Please?

Oh and by the way I love it.

 

[redBoobergurl]

Chapter Nine:

Bert and the other circus people were getting tired walking down the road. Finally they started seeing signs of a town. They were entering Plantersville.

“Look everyone we made it!” exclaimed Bert.

Everyone began talking at once about what they should do next and where they should go. In the midst of all this Bert saw a familiar purple and black car parked outside a small café.

“Could it be?” he thought and turned away from the group walking towards the café.

“Bert? Where are you going?” asked Karen.

He didn’t answer and opened the door to the café where he saw the Count, Olivia and Grover sitting at a table eating pancakes.

“Bert!!!!” exclaimed Grover.

“Oh Bert! We’re so happy to see you!” said Olivia jumping up and giving Bert a hug.

“That’s one, one missing person found!” said the Count.

“Oh I’m so happy to see you guys! How did you know I’d end up here?” asked Bert.

Olivia explained that after Bert called Hooper’s Store they mapped out a plan that would hopefully lead one of the groups to him and that they chose Plantersville as a homebase. During this time Karen and the other circus folk piled into the café.

“Olivia, Count, Grover I’d like you to meet my new friends,” said Bert introducing everyone. He started explaining how they broke away when all of a sudden the door opened and in walked Oscar, Big Bird and Maria.

“Oh man, they already found him,” mumbled Oscar.

“Bert! Oh we’re so glad you’re ok!” said Maria as she too gave him a hug and kiss on the cheek.

“Blech!” said Oscar.

More introductions were made and Bert started telling the story of how they broke away from the circus and how they wanted to get the police to arrest Al. He finished the story with help from Karen and the others and then asked something that had been on his mind since discovering the Sesame Street gang.

“Did Ernie stay back at Sesame Street?” asked Bert.

“No! He’s with Gordon and Cookie Monster looking for you!” said Olivia.

“He’s been really worried about you,” said Maria.

“So he doesn’t hate me?” asked Bert.

They all turned and glared at Oscar.

“All right, all right. I gave him the idea to yell at you. I like fights, they’re really rotten. But it was rotten of me to do because you guys are friends and I tried to destroy that. So, I’m sorry,” said Oscar giving into the pressure.

“I wonder where Gordon is right now? I thought they would’ve gotten here first,” said Olivia.

“Well, I’m going to call Sesame Street and tell them we’ve got Bert back!” said Maria walking over to a pay phone.

“I’m going to go to the police station here in town and see what we can do about getting them to arrest Al,” said Karen.

“We can tell them how we got here and hopefully they’ll find him,” said one of the Acrobats.

Meanwhile back at the circus Gordon, Ernie and Cookie turned around to see Al facing them.

“We didn’t do anything to your circus workers. What did you do to them?” asked Gordon.

“You’re lying! They’re all gone! They’re not here and you must know where they are!” growled Al.

“We came here to find my friend Bert and take him home. He didn’t know what he was doing when he signed up with you. Just tell us where he is and we’ll get out of your way,” said Ernie.

“Ernie, be careful,” cautioned Gordon.

“I told you, NO ONE IS HERE! I have no circus left!” boomed Al.

“Well then, we’ll just be on our way,” said Ernie.

“Me go with him,” said Cookie.

“Hold it! You trespass on my property, you become my property. You’re not going anywhere!” said Al lunging after them.

“Now hold on here isn’t there something we can work out?” said Gordon.

It was too late, Al threw a net over them and drug them over to a trailer. He hooked the trailer to his car, got in and started to drive away.

“Gordon? I’m kind of scared now,” said Ernie.

“Me too” said Cookie Monster.

“Don’t worry guys, we’ll get out of here somehow. I just wish I could see which way we’re going and what road we're on,” said Gordon.

Cookie started chewing nervously on his furry hand while Ernie started humming Rubber Ducky, like he always did when he was nervous.

In Plantersville, Karen, Bert and Olivia went to the police station. They told the police everything, including the fact that James was in jail for no reason. It was hard for Karen to tell everything, but she did because she knew it would help them out.

“I don’t even know what jail he’s in or what town!" she exclaimed.

“What did you say his name was Miss?” asked the Officer.

“James Markson,” she replied.

“Come with me,” said the Officer and led her back to the small jail. In one of the cells was a young man with sandy blonde hair and ratty clothes.

“James!!” exclaimed Karen.

“Karen? What are you doing here? How did you get here?” asked James.

The two of them began talking a mile a minute while the Officer went back to ask Bert and Olivia some more questions.

“So you all walked south down Highway 61?” asked the Officer.

“Yes we did,” said Bert.

“Oh no!” exclaimed Olivia.

“What’s wrong Miss?” asked the Officer.

“Highway 61 was the route that my brother’s search crew was taking. They may have stumbled onto the circus before they got this far and went there looking for Bert!” said Olivia.

“They could be in danger!” said Bert.

“I’m afraid you could be right,” said the Officer. He went to confer this information with another officer and then came back to tell them that they would immediately head north on 61.

“We’d had officers patrolling the area but we just couldn’t close in on him,” said the Officer.

“Please let me go with. My best friend is out there!” begged Bert forgetting all about Karen and everyone else.

“I think that would be all right,” said the Officer, “just stay out of the way.”

“I will!” said Bert.

Olivia went back to the café to tell everyone what was happening while Karen continued being reunited with James.

“I hope we get there in time!” said Bert.

Meanwhile Al was also driving north on Highway 61, but in his anger didn’t realize he was retracing his path from before and soon would find himself in a familiar place he’d been before.

 

[TogetherAgain]

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
<starts crying>
Oh, please hurry up and save them! Please! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh

But it's so good to see that Karen and James are back together.

But still...
ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

(by the way, that means I like it.)

 

[redBoobergurl]

Thanks Lisa! I love your fan fic too and think that's why I've suddenly had inspiration to write again. I've got wonderful ideas on how it's going to end and it will be soon and it will be happy, but you'll have to wait until tomorrow! In the meantime, I'm formulating ideas for another fan fic slowly but surely, possibly another Sesame Street one.

 

[TogetherAgain]

Oh Wow! Another fanfic after this? Really?!?
OH HAPPY! I GET TO KEEP BUGGING YOU!

I mean, um....
YAY!

Anyway. Ideas for how it ends are always good. I've gotta get a few of those... I mean I have the "happily ever after" scene all down pat, but I mean, I don't have quite how they get there, I mean I should stop talking about my fanfic in your fanfic!

 

[redBoobergurl]

Here's my next installment! I ended up adding a certain annoying red monster at one point because it just worked. So even though I originally had this taking place before he was a regular he's showing up anyway.

Chapter Ten:

The police officer drove furiously up highway 61. Soon he approached Gas and Eats.

“We were set up over on the left off of the dirt road!” exclaimed Bert.

They turned onto the dirt road and sure enough, all the tents and equipment were set up as they were when they left. Over on the side was a yellow Volkswagen beetle. The one thing missing was the large trailer and Al’s car. Bert immediately recognized Gordon’s car.

“Ernie! Gordon! I’m right here, let’s get out of here!” exclaimed Bert running over to the car.

The two officers got out of the car and started looking around the site.

“Looks like it’s been abandoned,” one of them said.

“Well, Al’s car is gone and so is the big trailer. But that’s my friend’s car! Where are my friends?” exclaimed Bert.

“Calm down little fella. We’ll try and gather some clues,” said the other officer.

It was now early evening and the sun was going down. Al kept driving quickly and soon passed a green sign with white letters. He pulled up outside of a store with black and yellow checks on the outside.

“I’m gonna stop here and get some grub,” he muttered and got out of the car. He knew he had been to this place before, not that long ago, but it looked different in the dusk of early evening. Was this the place he picked up that obnoxious yellow guy? He couldn’t remember but walked into the store.

“Welcome to Hooper’s Store, what can I get you?” asked David. Sure enough, Al had driven himself right up the same path back to Sesame Street.

Out in the trailer Gordon finally worked the net off of himself, Ernie and Cookie Monster.

“That’s much better, now I can look out the window and see if I can get us out of here,” said Gordon. He stood up and walked over to the window and pushed it open. It only opened a crack.

“What you see Gordon?” asked Cookie Monster.

“I see a Fix It Shop and Hooper’s Store and…wait a minute! We’re back on Sesame Street!” said Gordon.

“What? How did we get here so fast?” asked Ernie.

“Well, we’ve probably been driving all day,” said Gordon.

“We get help now!” said Cookie excitedly.

“If only someone would walk by!” said Gordon.

As if on cue, a furry red monster was walking down the street with an ice cream cone.

“Hey, it’s Elmo!” said Gordon.

“Oh no, not Elmo, he’s too little to help us,” said Ernie.

“Hang on, it might be our only hope,” said Gordon. “Hey, Elmo!” he whispered loudly.

“What? Who is that? Elmo isn’t allowed to talk to strangers,” said Elmo.

“I’m not a stranger Elmo! It’s me Gordon. Over here in the big trailer!” said Gordon.

“Oh Gordon! Elmo’s so happy to see you! Did Gordon find Bert? Where is he?” rambled Elmo at a mile a minute.

“Elmo, be quiet a second! We didn’t find Bert yet, but we found the circus guy and he locked us up in here and then drove all day back here to Sesame Street. Now listen VERY carefully. I need you to find an adult to help us get out of here. Go find Bob or David or Susan ok?” explained Gordon.

“Ok! Elmo can do that! Elmo’s so happy to help you!” exclaimed Elmo.

“Elmo! You have to be quiet though, the bad guy is in Hooper’s Store right now!” said Gordon!

“Ok Gordon!” said Elmo and ran off to find an adult. He was gone only a minute or two and came back with a couple of adults, Bob, Susan and Luis.

“Honey! Are you all right?” asked Susan holding Miles.

“We’re fine, it’s a long story, but we’ve got to get out of here before Al gets done at Hooper’s Store!” exclaimed Gordon.

“I’ve got some tools at the Fix It Shop, I’ll be right back!” said Luis.

“We’ve got to stall Al at Hooper’s Store!” said Bob, “Someone has to go tell David to stall!”

“Who could do it discreetly?” asked Susan.

“I know!” said Bob and ran off to find Linda. She could sign to David what was going on. They had to work fast. Al would finish his supper quickly and David would try to close up the store if they didn’t get back in time.

Linda came running into Hooper’s Store.

“Hi Linda, we’re closing soon” signed David.

“Wait!” signed Linda and then did her best to explain the situation. Al was almost finished with a milkshake and sandwich. Linda pointed outside and David walked over by the window. He finally understood what was going on and gave her a thumbs up.

“So, tell me sir, what is it that you do? What brings you here?” asked David attempting to stall.

Linda ran out to tell Bob that David was stalling. Luis started working on the lock and Susan took Miles back to the apartment to call the police to come arrest Al. At this point, they were most concerned with getting Gordon, Ernie and Cookie safely out of the van.

Bob realized that the three of them probably hadn’t heard the news yet that Bert was safe in Plantersville with everyone else. Olivia had called in the early afternoon with the news and they were all waiting for Bert and the officer to come back to Plantersville with Gordon, Cookie and Ernie so they could all go home. So, this meant that everyone else didn’t know that the three of them had been kidnapped either.

“Hey Ernie, I almost forgot to tell you, Bert is safe with everyone else in Plantersville. The whole entire circus crew ran away last night,” said Bob.

“He’s ok? He got away?” asked Ernie anxiously.

“Yes, but I don’t think he knows that you’re the one in danger now,” said Bob.

Luis continued to furiously work with the lock. “It’s just not breaking open!” he said.

Back at Hooper’s Store, Al was getting up to leave.

“Wait! You didn’t buy any soap! You must be um… dirty after driving all day,” stuttered David.

“Are you saying I stink?” asked Al.

“Noooo, not at all, I just thought you’d want to freshen up a little,” said David nervously while keeping an eye out the window. “Hurry up Luis!” he thought.

“Ok, just a little more,” said Luis.

“Oh, me so hungry,” said Cookie Monster.

“Not now Cookie!” said Gordon.

“Well, I don’t need any soap, I’ll be going now!” boomed Al and started out the door.

“Wait! No!” yelled David and started running after him, but it was too late.

“Hey! Get away from my trailer! What do you think you’re doing?” yelled Al when he saw what was going on in front of him.

“We’re trying to rescue our friends!” said Bob.

“Oh no you don’t, I’ll put every single one of you in there with them!” screamed Al and lunged at Bob.

Not another cliffhanger! Will Al kidnap everyone else too? Will Bert and Ernie ever be reunited? Guess what, you'll find out tomorrow. The final chapter is finished, but I'm going to make you wait. *evil laugh* Whatever will you do until then? Oh well, enjoy!

 

[TogetherAgain]

You are cruel, Beth. You are cruel, cruel, cruel, cruel... oh wait, I end with cliff hangers all the time.

Never mind!

I love it though. Can't wait to see some more!