Mackie Hand - Part 2: Friends

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He lead him to the back of the carriage where he pulled open a closet to reveal loads of Love Handle merch.

"No way! You have their autograph? And pictures?!" - M

"I even have a vintage five-disk CD player with automatic shuffle!" - T

He said as he turned it on. It began playing music. Tom and Marco began having a party in the carriage. They danced, bounced on the couch, took photos together, sang together, rode the tiger, etc.

"Man, I can't believe we're actually having such a good time!" - M

"Yeah, this is great! At this point, we could just skip the movie marathon and-" - T

"The movie marathon! I completely forgot!" - M

"Don't freak out, we have plenty of time." - T

"It starts in...ten minutes?!" - M

He checked his phone before running for the door, which refused to open. Chains appeared on it too.

"...Tom, unlock the door." - M

He said nervously.

"Sorry, but...I can't let you leave...yet!" - T

"What? But...we're gonna be late!" - M

"Come on, can't we just chill here for like...four and a half minutes?" - T

"No. Let me out. Now." - M

"Please. Just wait, a little, longer." - T

He said with a bit of desperation. Marco stared at him and thought about what Aster might do before sighing.

"Okay..." - M

Tom let out a sigh of relief as they sat on the couch and chatted a bit while petting the tiger. Eventually a timer went off and the Tiger stood up on its back legs, and then removed it skin, which turned out to be a costume?

"What the f-" - M

"Congratulations, Tom! You've earned your Anger Management Graduation Badge!" - ???

"Yes! Thank you!" - T

He said while taking the badge.

"What's going on?..." - M

"Tom has graduated from anger management. All he had to do to earn it was spend three hours alone with someone he hates the most without the slightest bit of anger." - ???

"You...you lied to me? I trusted you! You said you changed!" - M

"I have! But...dude, let's be honest. Mackie Hans movies are garbage." - T

He said as he incinerated the tickets.

"...are you kidding me?! You lied to me! You made me care about you! All so you could earn a badge?!" - M

He said while walking closer to Tom, who slowly backed up.

"You really haven't changed at all, Tom! You're still a jerk and a liar! And that's not even the worst of it! I was dumb enough to fall for it!" - M

He said before punching straight through the carriage door and it's chains, causing it to fall off its hinges. Marco didn't even have time to process it as he walked out of the carriage. Tom stared before following after him.

"Marco, w-wait! I do like Love Handle! Not everything was a lie!" - T

"How can I trust anything you say anymore? How do I know it's not for another badge?" - M

He said with anger.

"It's too little, too late." - M

He began walking away until Tom sighed and began to sing.

"Oh, girl... you know I never meant to hurt ya...and when your sad you know I'd never desert ya...mmm...you are my Angel, my beautiful dove..." - T

He stopped, hoping Marco would continue the song. There was a moment of silence as Marco stood under the light of a street lamp.

"...we spiraled high on a gust of love..." - M

Tom smiled.

"And I knew right from the start, nothing could tear us apart..." - both

Tom stepped towards Marco.

"Till the day you broke my heart...and now, it's too little too late..." - M

He began to walk away. Tom watched him leave and felt...guilt...

He took a deep breath as his eyes glowed red. He summoned a pillar of flames in front of him and began to chant in a demonic language. Marco turned around and was freaked out.

The road began to crack open as a coffin emerged from the ground, and burst open. From it, the reanimated corpse of Mackie Hand emerged. He groaned as Marco stared with wonder.

"Oho, I took quite a tumble there! How long was I out? Hope I didn't make us fall too far behind shooting schedule!" - Mackie

He said as he looked around.

"It's really you...you're my hero!" - M

"Oh, you must be the new PA! Kevin, right? Nice to meet you!" - Mackie

He began to vigorously shake Marco's hand.

"Can you sign this?" - M

He pulled out a piece of paper he'd been carrying with him.

"No problem, kid!" - Mackie

He pulled out one of his own ribs and used it and it's goo to write his autograph on the paper. Marco looked absolutely thrilled.

"Tom! I can't believe you brought Mackie Hand back from the dead just for me! That was...really cool of you...thank you." - M

He said while looking at Tom who'd been watching the whole thing.

"Wait, I'm dead?" - Mackie

The trio then went to the movie theatre. And when they got rejected for not having tickets, Mackie Hand punched the clerk. Security then charged towards him and they engaged in a classic martial arts fight. Tom and Marco sat on the sidewalk and watched while eating cereal.

"Dude, you were right. This guys for real." - T

"Told you. You know, you're alright, Tom." - M

"You're alright too, Marco." - T

They smiled at each other
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Tom gave Marco a drive home. They waved goodbye before Marco went inside. And when he did, he found Aster sitting on the couch.

He was covered in bandages and had a ninja star stuck to his clothes.

"Oh, hey...how'd it go with Tom?" - A

"Uh, fine...how did your night go?" - M

"I fought ninja demons." - A

"...sigh alright, I'll get the first aid kit and you can tell me all about it." - M

He said as he put down the Mackie Hand autograph and went to grab the first aid kit.

Once he did, the two exchanged stories. Aster was...happy to hear that Tom had changed. Even if it was only a little. He was pissed about the anger management graduation badge thing, but Tom proved himself.

Maybe he wasn't such a bad guy after all.

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