Seymour came back to the store at 8 PM with a tired look on his face. The children were lying down in sleeping bags. Pillows and blankets surrounded the Audrey II. Krelborn sighed.
"What happened?" Yuki yawned.
"Good news and bad news," Seymour took off his shoes, "The bad news: I saw Audrey's boyfriend. He's a real creep. Good News: Mr Mushnik adopted me as his son." Everyone gasped.
"I thought you said there was good news..." Chai sighed.
"Oh but it is! After dancing the tango and doing crazy things, I'm actually being recognized by Mushnik." He showed the kids the adoption papers, then went next to Twoey, it's vines hiding their "faces" with leaves. Seymour started to sing.
Sudden Changes around me
Lady Luck came and found me
Thanks a million for making the magic you do
Seymour sat down next to Audrey II like a little kid and hugged the plant.
Thanks to you, Sweet Petunia
Mushnik's takin' a juinior
And someday
When I own this whole shop
I remember I owe it to you
He kissed Twoey's pod and hugged his knees and talked in his innocent, child-like voice.
"Who cares if I was on the ammemic side these past few weeks? Who cares if I have a few dizzy spells? A little light-headness? It's been worth it, old pal!" He got up and told the kids who were sleeping next to Audrey II good night.
"Well, I'm going to sleep guys. See you later." He was about to leave when Twoey wilted, causing a medium-sized THUMP. Seymour sighed.
"Here we go again," He rolled his eyes and went to his dying plant, "Look I don't have any left. Just give me a few days to heal. Then we'll start with the left hand and then the right, then-" He was interuppted by an unknown voice.
"Feed me..." A squeaky, female voice answered. Everyone jumped and stared at each other. After one long minute of staring, Seymour broke the silence.
"I beg your pardon?" Everyone glanced at the plant which moved its maw slowly with the same voice.
"Feed me..." The red-headed nerd's jaw dropped. Yuki held out his palm.
"HA! You owe me 10 bucks!" Seymour gave the boy the money. May and Yuki fought over the money. Seymour pointed to Twoey and went next to it.
"Twoey, you talked! You opened your trap, your mouth, your thing and you said---" One of the vines used their leaf hands to grab Seymour by the collar and drag him close to the Audrey II.
"FEED ME KRELBORN, FEED ME NOW!" The squeky female voice was replaced by a deep, masculine voice. The vine let go of Seymour
"But I can't..." Seymour sobbed.
"I'm starvin'!" Twoey sobbed back in female voice. Yumi butted in the conversation.
"Maybe I can squeeze some more out from my hands." She went to Twoey and gave her blood to the plant. The plant lightly sucked a little bit, kissed Yumi, then sighed. Yes the plant sighed.
"I need me some of Seymour's blood!" Twoey shoved Yumi's arm gently away, then turned its pot at Seymour.
"I know, Twoey, but you can't get blood from a..." Seymour started to say when Audrey II wailed in its female voice.
"More... more..." Then it boomed using the masculine voice, "MORE!!"
"I haven't got anymore! What do you want me to do, huh? Slit my- err....." He looked at his left arm cast and sighed as he showed his unbroken right arm, "Slit my WRIST!?!" Everyone seemed to stare at him. The Vinettes removed the leaves out of the way to reveal a woman's face and body. Each vine a unique individual from the next. The pod itself opened its maw wide and licked its lips in response. The red-headed nerd threw his hands up in the air in fright.
"Look," Seymour tried to reason with the pod and its 5 vines, "How about I run into the market and bring you some nice chopped sirloin? How does that sound?" The flytrap shook its head.
"Must be blood..." It whined with its feminine voice. Seymour froze in disgust.
"Twoey, that's disgusting!"
"Must be fresh!" It whispered wickedly with its male, baritone voice and evil smirk. Seymour couldn't comprehend how blood-thristy his plant was.
"I don't want to hear this!" The red-head covered his ears. The purple plant sang in a demanding tone as the Vinettes got up and swayed their leaves.
Feed me...
"Does it have to be human?" Seymour asked as the music started and the lights went off, making the room dark.
Feed me!
"Does it have to be mine!?" He turned his back away from the flytrap for one second. He didn't notice someone sneaking up behind him. The lights came back on in an eerie, green glow.
FEED ME!
Twoey boomed now with its female voice. Suspiciously the children snickered at what was sneaking up near Krelborn. The guy didn't notice. He was too busy worrying.
"Where am I supposed to- WHA!?!" The red-head screamed as he was pounced on by a small being. At first, he thought that it was one of the children. He then realized that it wasn't. The thing that pounced on him was a little girl with purple hair, an ear microphone, green eyes, and green clothing. The girl was so short (2' 10" to be exact), she reached only up to Seymour's waist. She began to sing.
Feed me, Seymo'
Feed me all night long
Heh... That's right, boy
You can do it!
Feed me, Seymo'
Feed me all night long
The girl let out an evil laugh. Seymour knew that the girl was actually Twoey in human form. But why was Audrey 2 in plant form as well? The pod then sung with the male voice.
'Cause if you feed me Seymo'
I can grow up big and strong
Seymour Krelborn couldn't believe what this plant (or these plants?) was saying. He ranted at the pod's "face" as one of the Vinnettes, named Anna, started to hug the Red-Head tightly.
"Let's face it, Audrey II. You eat blood! How am I supposed to keep on feeding you, kill people?" He waved towards the kids, the audience, and the reader. The plant seemed to smirk and closed its leaves idly.
"Hmmm.... I'll make it worth your while..." "WHAT?" Seymour stepped away from the flytrap in shock. Twoey's human form spoke out.
"You think it's all coincidence, baby? The sudden success around here..." She snapped her fingers. On cue, Pixy (the feather-like vine) held up Mushnik's adoption papers as Twoey continued, "... Your adoption papers? Look kid, they will never know who went missin'! They wanna see how much I've changed." She then put her arm around the nerd.
"The more I eat, the more I grow. Don't you want me to live?" Seymour thought for a moment. He shook his head.
"Twoey, you are a plant; an inanimate object!" Audrey 2 got upset about that comment. Anna pushed down Seymour as both the plant and human form yelled.
"DOES THIS LOOK INANIMATE TO YOU, PUNK!?!" Twoey yelled in the female and male voice at the same time. The plant shook its roots rapidly while the girl jumped up and down to prove the point. Seymour gulped in fear.
"If I can talk," The pod said as the girl stepped on Seymour's back and sat on it, "And I can move, who's to say I can't do anythin' I want?" The nerd gasped for air since Twoey weighed heavily sitting on his back.
"Like what?" Seymour wheezed hoarsely, wanting some oxygen. The purple-haired girl plant thing got up from Seymour's back and asked the kids, who were watching with awe, to help Seymour up.
"Like deliver, pal!" Twoey offered. To make it easier for the reader, 'he' would be the male plant talking/singing and 'she' would be the female human talking/singing, "Like see you get everthin' your sacred greasy heart desires!" When he started to sing, everyone held up posters like Cadillac Cars, TV show hosts, and hot looking dates.
Would you like a Cadillac car?
Or a guest shot on Jack Paar?
How about a date with Hedy Lamarr?
You gonna git it.
"No thanks, Twoey," Seymour tried to run away from this nightmare, the kids weren't helping the situation at all since they like the plant and they were back-up singing, "That's nice of you to offer but I-" Lexanis, the black Vinette, grabbed the nerd by the collar and dragged him back into the situation.
"Hold it, Krelborn!" Audrey 2 said as she went near Seymour and led him into a leg dance. For a midget, she was strong and capable enough to waltz and dip the red-head while singing at the same time.
Would you like to be a big wheel,
Dinin' out for every meal?
I'm the plant that can make it all real
You gonna git it, baby
Accidently, Twoey dropped Seymour on the floor. Seymour winced from the pain. Shay, the nice vine with the pink flower on her head, picked the nerd up and see if he was okay. The Vinettes and the human Audrey II circled around Seymour, bowing down to him.
I'm your genie, I'm your friend
I'm your willing slave
Take a chance, just feed me and
You know the kinda eats,
The kinda red hot treats,
The kinda sticky licky sweets
I craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaave!
"Ew..." Seymour said in disgust, "I'm leaving!" He was about to leave when Twoey blocked the entrance and exits. He pulled back out his roots in the nerd's horror as the plant scolded him.
C'mon, Seymo', don't be a wuss!
Feed me now and say goodbye to Krelborn the Puss
Be a little bold for once, boy. Don't make a fuss
And you'll git it!
Now everyone knew that during this time, Seymour had a terrible ache in his throat. So everyone had their ear plugs ready and was about to endure the vocal pain when suddenly an angel was singing.
I don't know
"Wait a minute!" The red-head said in confusion, "That's my line! Who's singing?" Everyone turned to see Yuki Shiva, singing beautifully and soulfully.
He doesn't know!
"Um, Yuki?" Seymour wanted to stop the boy but Twoey put a knife near the nerd's neck.
"Let the boy sing or I hurt you..." She threatened. Seymour nodded in fear and sat back down as everyone swayed their heads to the music.
He has so, so many strong reservations
"Sing it, boy! Sing it loud and proud!" Audrey II encouraged Yuki to go on. Seymour joined in on the last line.
Should we go and perform mutilations?
Twoey chuckled evilly to itself. Seymour wanted this monster to disappear, so he went to the counter to find something to hit it with.
"You didn't have nothin' 'til you met me..." The plant said as Seymour grabbed the first thing available to hit the avocado with. Unfornately, it was a lousy feather duster, "Come on, boy! What will it be?" The nerd looked some more.
"Money?" Audrey II offered. Seymour tried to karate chop it, but he broke his hand in the process.
"Girls?" Seymour grabbed the telephone and, without looking, tried to whack the plant repeatedly with it. It missed the 5-foot green stalk pathetically.
"One particular girl?" Twoey hinted. Seymour dropped what he was doing. He stared at Audrey 2 in disbelief as Twoey walked towards the counter and open up a drawer.
"How about..." She pulled out a framed picture of Audrey that Seymour keeps for himself, "... that Audrey? Ain't she a cutie?" The nerd snatched the picture from out of Twoey's hands.
"Hey! Don't touch that... It's personal!" Seymour yelled. He looked at the picture with sadness and hope in his eyes.
"Think it over, pal," The girl and The Vinettes hugged the red-head and whispered, "There must be someone you could '86 real quiet-like and get me some lunch!" As everyone snapped their fingers and sang, Twoey pulled Seymour on the floor for her to rub his shoulders.
Think about a room at the Ritz
Wrapped in velvet, covered in glitz
A little honey's gonna clean up your zits
And you'll git it
"Git it, git it, git it, git it, git it, git it, git it, git it!" Everyone chanted up into a crecendo. Seymour smiled. He dreamed that he was some hot-shot, being rich. He pretended that he was driving a car as he picked up Twoey's human form and put her on his shoulders and sang his dream.
Gee I'd like a Harley machine...
"Now you're talkin'!" Twoey bounced its head to the music.
Toolin' around like I was James Dean...
"Yeah!" Twoey punched her fist in the air. It knew that it was going to be fed soon.
Makin' all the guys on the corner turn green!
So go git it
Seymour put the purple-haired girl down and started to dance a silly dance. Before long, everyone was dancing to the beat as the plant sang in excitement.
Whoa-oh oh!
If you wanna be profound
And you really gotta justify
Take a breath and look around
A lot of folks deserve to die-!
"Wait a minute, hold the phone, STOP THE MUSIC!!!" Seymour yelled. The music stopped and everyone else froze in their place.
"Well Ara-Kun has a point..." Chu pondered for a moment.
"Yeah you hafta admit that that's not a very nice thing to say..." Yumi continued. The plant started to move.
"But it's true... ain't it?" Audrey 2 asked.
"No!" The red-head whined, "I don't know anyone who deserves to get chopped up and fed to a hungry, would-be man-eating plant!" The Vinettes pushed the potted plant back into a corner, then hid their faces with their leafy hands. Twoey's human form laughed evilly.
"Hmmmmmm... sure ya do!" She giggled and like a flash, she disappeared in smoke. Before Seymour could ask, he heard noises outside. The kids fell down and pretended to be asleep. The flytrap's pod straightened into its neutral position. Suspenseful music started to play. Suddenly, the door opened to reveal Audrey, who seemed ripped up. Her pigtails were messy and undone. She also had another black eye. She winced and squeaked with pain.
"Yes, Sex! Right away, Sex!" She called to her boyfriend and ran up to Seymour, "Hi Seymour, I left my sweater here before... Do you know where it is?" Seymour nodded and gave her the white hoodie that she owned. She ran out of the door with the red-headed nerd behind her. Another red-headed male with a black, leather jacket and purple eyes was tapping his foot impatiently.
"I'm here, Sex!" Audrey giggled nervously. Sex sighed, not noticing that Seymour was with her. He talked to the audience.
"Would you believe that stupid dame? Forgets her f****** sweater!" He scoffed and grabbed Audrey by her wrist, "Damn, if your friggin' head were screwed on!" He punched Audrey across the face. The music paused. Seymour's jaw dropped wide open.
"Sex, that hurts!" Audrey wailed.
"I don't care! Let's go! Move it, ya little slut!" He pushes her forward and they disappear into the darkened alley. Seymour hated that humonculous even more. As he walks slowly back into the shop, the music starts up again. A thought comes across his mind, 'That sadistic creep must die!'. Audrey 2, excited, flops his pod forward, facing the boy. They both sing; Seymour in anger and Twoey in happiness.
If you want a rationale
It isn't very hard to see! No... no... no!
Stop and think it over, pal!
The guy sure looks like plant food to me
The guy sure looks like plant food to me
The guy sure looks like plant food to me!
Seymour's face flushed red with rage and he pointed outside.
He's so nasty, treatin' her rough...
"Ya got that right, boy!" The plant agreed.
Smackin' her around and always talkin' so tough!
The red-head pointed to Twoey, agreeing that Sex should be fed to the plant.
You need blood and he's got more than enough
He then gets up on the counter to look down on Audrey 2. Twoey jumped up and down in his pot with excitement.
Yeah, I need blood and he's got more than enough
By this time, the kids (who hated Sex to begin with) and The Vinettes started to join in on the singing rage fest.
You (I) need blood and he's got more than ennnnnnoooooouugggh!
Seymour threw his arms in the air, caught up in the moment. Audrey 2 used his vines to poke Seymour's back then pointed a pointer vine towards the door.
So... go.... GIT IT!
In response to Twoey's request, Seymour jumped down from the counter and landed on his knees, punched the ground with his right hand. The movement made nearby potted flowers fall on top of the nerd. Seymour didn't care. He breathed heavily in anger and stayed in that pose for 15 seconds. Then he got up and ran towards Twoey, holding up his hand. Twoey pulled out one of his roots and shook the boy's hand in an agreement. They both nodded twice at the same time. Seymour ran out of the Little Shop.
