Fonziebirds: The Milwaukee Mystery

[Race's Girl]

Chapter 1- The Missing Guy

Fred, a bookstore owner was working in his bookstore all day. He put on his green coat, locked the glass door of his shop and walk down the side walk. For a busy city, the streets were strangely deserted. There was no one around either. Suddenly Fred heard an eerie sound. He turned around, but there was no one was behind him.

"Hello," he said. "Is anyone there?"

Fred turned around and continued walking. After a few minutes, he heard it again. Terrified, he ran as fast as he could to an alley only to find out it was a dead end. He turned around and saw a black shadow cover him. He screamed at the top of his lungs and the figure covered him yelling the words "Call International Rescue."

Lori Beth Creighton-Ward, Milwaukee's beautiful International rescue agent, sat in a booth with her chauffer0cum-butler Tom Parker in Arnold's drive-in. The city was full of people as usual, cars filled the streets. Lori Beth wore a pink cardigan sweater, a black skirt, a striped top, black pumps, white socks and a light orange scarf while Tom wore his chauffer uniform. They were listening to All Shook Up on the jukebox when Lori Beth spotted a friend waving at her. Lori Beth raised her right hand in greeting

"Hey, Lori Beth!" Her friend called out cheerfully. She was wearing a white T-shirt, a red polka dotted skirt, brown pumps, white socks and a yellow cardigan sweater. She was holding a few books under his right arm.

"Hey, Jennifer. What's up?" Lori Beth asked.

"You and Tom wanna help me learn my part for the upcoming play Mammy, May I?" Jennifer offered, showing the script to her friend and her friend's chauffer.

"No thanks, Jenny!" Tom rejected and smiled.

"Hey. I heard Mr Lawrence disappeared yesterday." Jennifer stated in a no nonsense tone. Jennifer and Tom had wired look on their faces.

"Mr Lawrence?" Tom asked, clueless about the person.

"Fred Lawrence, you know. Mikey's dad. The bookstore owner?"

"Oh. I see." Lori Beth lied. She was still wondering who this Lawrence guy was. For a woman who knew almost everybody in Milwaukee, it was likely that she knew him.

Jennifer's compowder started ringing. She took it out from his pocket and answered it. "Yeah? Okay... I'm on my way." She pressed the end key and put it back in her pocket. "Well, Lori Beth, Tom, I've gotta go." she said and left Arnold's.

"Bye, Jennifer." Lori Beth waved as she left.

"Bye, Jenny." Tom said as the booth they both sat in opened. Plunging, Lori Beth, Tom and the booth in a dark hole. Lori Beth screamed in shock as both she and Tom plunged in. After a few seconds, the concrete tiles closed back up as if nothing happened.

"Damn it, Mr T!!" Tom cursed as he and Lori Beth slid down the hole that lead him to International Rescue's base on Tracy Island.

Lori Beth and Tom landed hard on a black couch. A second later, four young men landed on top of Tom and Lori Beth.

Lori Beth pushed Richard Gordon Tracy a.k.a 'Richie' off her and said "Richard Gordon Tracy, get off me!"

"Hey, Lori Beth!" Warren Scott Tracy a.k.a 'Potsie' said with a sweet smile. He wore a blue sweater, a blue shirt and blue jeans. "Do you think Elvis Presley has the best singing voice?"

"No way," Ralph Virgil Tracy interrupted. He was in a white cardigan sweater with a red stripe, a blue stripe and a gray stripe, a red checked shirt and blue jeans. "Jerry Lee Lewis's voice is better!"

"Fat cahnce," Charles Alan Tracy a.k.a 'Chachi' told Ralph. He was wearing a green jacket, blue jeans and an orange tank top. "Gene Vincent sings better than those two."

"You guys are wrong!" Richie argued and looked at Lori Beth sweetly. He wore a red sweater with a 'W' on the left side, a pink shirt, a black belt and blue jeans. "What do you think of Carl Perkins's voice, Lori Beth?"

"Uh... Sorry. I think that Roy Orbison's voice is better, guys." Lori Beth confessed.

"Hello, Lori Beth, Tom, boys." Howard Jefferson Tracy's voice greeted.

"Hey, Dad." The Tracy brothers answered and raises their hand in greeting.

"Hey, Mr Tracy." Lori Beth said.

"Hey, Mr T." Tom said.

"Now please pay attention, In Milwaukee, 50 people have been reported missing for the last 30 days. The police and FBI found nothing. So it's up to us to find out and hopefully put an end to this mess." Howard stated.

Joanie Kyrano and the others stood up and walked over to the moving walkway. Howard pressed a button on his desk and the walkway moved. The wall opened up and they enter the equipment room.

"Al." Howard cried out as Al's robot assistant GLADIS changed the gangs clothes to IR uniforms.

"Ice cream perfume that will freeze any item on contact." Howard spoke as a GLADIS passed the Ice cream perfume to Lori Beth and Joanie.

"Tom, you'll get the Scanner bio lab watch." GLADIS moved towards Tom's right wrist and 'screw' on the watch.

"Boys, these are your laser light sabers. Capable of cutting through thick walls and metals."

"And these are the keys to your Fonziebirds. I trust you to take care of them well." Howard requested and GLADIS puts the keys on the boys open hands.

"Don't worry. Those Fonziebirds are like friends. Only cold blooded." Tom looked at the keys. "Hey. Those keys are so cool."

Howard and Al sighed. It seemed that GLADIS had a mind of her own. "Well GLADIS knows what's best. Again." Al said.

The walkway lead them to and an open door and the roof opened. Fonziebirds 1, 2 and 3 took off right away as the gang laft Tracy Island and they flew into the city of Milwaukee.

A young woman slammed on the brakes of her cadillac but got tangled on a back of FONZ1. The passanger's door opened. The driver came out. Lori Beth too got out to inspect the damage.

"My cadillac," Lori Beth cried. "Tom, my dad's gonna kill me!"

"Your cadillac. How about my cadillac?! My folks are gonna kill me!?" the blonde haired driver cried out loud.

The girls look at each other and started to fight. The boys and Joanie got out of the Fonziebirds and sighed.

"You bitch! You wrecked my car." Lori Beth exclaimed angrily

"Yeah, well who asked you to park in the middle of the road in the first place?" the blonde argue.

"The lights are red, you dimwit!"

"Who are you calling a dimwit, loser?!"

"You want a piece of me?!?" Lori Beth snarled, showing her fists.

"Bring it on, Lady Lori Beth!"

"Grrrr!!" Both girls growled with their noses touching.

All of a sudden, the blonde stopped and glared at Potsie's looks. He notices it and the blonde ran towards him.

"Bunny Martell, International Rescue," Bunny said and takes out her IR card. "You mind if I ask you a few questions."

Potsie sweaterd and said "Oh man. I'm not gonna date you."

Bunny's jaw dropped and gave a very unhappy look. She looked at Potsie and sighed.

"What a cow." Lori Beth muttered to herself and crossed her arms.

"You have to excuse me. My folks say I'm a little wired sometimes." Bunny said.

"That's okay," Potsie said. "My name's Potsie Tracy," he introduced and shows his IR card. "These are my partners Ralph, Richie, Joanie and Chachi," he continued. The rest of the team smiled at Bunny. "You know what happened to Fred Lawrence last night?"

"Fred Lawrence. I'm on that case too. Maybe we can work together." Bunny suggested.

Ralph smiled and said "Sure. You know, Bunny, you're kinda cute"

"Thanks, Ralph." Bunny answered with a charming smile and blushed.

Everyone got back in their vechiles and left. Outside the bookstore, there were 2 Milwaukee Police Cruisers parked. Bunny and Tom parked by the store and the Fonziebirds landed stright away. They got out and together, they went inside the store.

"Hi, you must be the International Rescue agents here to help us. I'm Police Chief Catherine Charles." The African-American cop greeted and shook Lori Beth's hand.

"Hey. So what did you guys find?" Lori Beth asked.

"All right, gang, let's look for clues." Potsie said and the gang joined the officers who were looking around the store.

"There's no sign of a break in or bloodstains," Chief Charles discouraged them on searching. "Cash and books are still intact."

Bunny puts on a thinking look an looks around the store. All she saw was the books and shelves. Then she spotted something near the door.

"The coat rack seems empty." Bunny spotted and goes near it.

Chief Charles looks at the rack. "Hmm.. You're right."

"So he must have not been in the store when he got kidnapped." Richie thought.

"Now what? This is a big city. How are we gonna find clues?" Tom exclaimed.

"Hmm... this could be a clue." Joanie spotted something on the sidewalk. They looked down to find out it was a blob of dried green slime.

"Great find, Blue eyes," Chachi said and Joanie blushed. "But, eww... disgusting." he exclaimed

"And look. It's a trail and it's leading to that alley." Lori Beth spotted and pointed towards the alley.

The gang and Chief Charles followed the slime blog trail to an alley. There was nothing except a slime covered shoe.

"Oh my god. That's disgusting!" Lori Beth freaked. Tom knew she hated slime.

"I'm gonna go back to my car and barf." Chief Charles said and ran to her police cruiser.

"I think it's cool." Bunny stated. She activated his U-Watch and the Slime Scan appeared. She grabbed it and put a sample in the device.

"It says here that this slime is from a guy called the Candy Man." she said reading the monitor on the Slime Scan. It immediately disappeard from the palm of her hand.

"Check the Rouges Gallery, Bunny." Tom suggested.

Bunny activated her U-Watch and the Rouges Gallery appeared. He used his hand to navigate and searched "There it is. It says here that the Candy Man was discovered trying to smuggle counterfeit money to Lake Michigan during the early 50's. At that time it was said to be harmless."

"But why did it attack now?" Ralph looked at Bunny in the eye.

Bunny looked up and said "I don't know. But that's what we're gonna find out."

[Race's Girl]

Chapter 2- Under The Milwaukee River

As Ralph and Richie were in Fonziebird 2 with Joanie, Lori Beth, Tom and Bunny, Richie suggested that he, Bunny and Joanie would go itno the Milwaukee river in Fonziebird 4 and Ralph lauched them off into the river.

"Okay, we're in the river, what now?" Joanie asked.

"We search for the Candy Man and hopefully put an end to this mess." Richie replied to the young brunette.

Something caught Bunny's eye. She turned to look and spotted an underwater cave. "Hey, look over there."

"A cave in the river!" Richie exclaimed.

Richie turned on the lights of Fonziebird 4 and they looked inside the cave. Three men in scuba suits shocked them.

There eyes widened and jaws dropped as Richie stated "It's the Candy Man."

"Oh god, I'm gonna lose my cookies." Joanie exclaimed as she barfed into a barfbucket by Richie's feet.

"C'mon, let's grab a few and get the heck outta here." Richie said as Fonziebird 4's claw tried to lift one of the green, oval things. The cave began to shake, the Candy Man and his cohorts stood infront of them. as Fonziebird 4 grabbed one of the cacoons, Richie took it up to the surface of the river.

"What was that?" Bunny asked, breathing quickly and saw Fonziebird 2 picking up Fonziebird 4.

"That was the Candy Man." Richie said.

Bunny and Richie slammed the green cacoon on the floor. Ralph started poking it with his finger. The cacoon opens up and reveled a man, he was wearing a green coat. Richie took his right hand and scanned his fingerprint using the scanner watch.

Richie's eyes widened in shock. "Holy moley, this guy's...Fred Lawrence."

"So those things down there must be the missing people?" Bunny asked.

"But what would my uncle want with 50 missing people?" Joanie looked at Richie, being a trained aquanaut and all, hoping for an answer.

"Food? Reproduction?" Richie guessed trying to give good explanations.

"Or maybe it uses them as slaves so that they could build him an underwater castle." Bunny guessed.

Richie looked at his scanner watch again and spotted something. "Hey, it says here that he's been fined for littering a couple of times"

Bunny was amused. "Ha ha, you're joking, right, Rich?"

"No, Bunny, I'm not" Richie spoke in a no nonsense tone and showed her the screen of the scanner watch.

"But why would the police fine people for littering?" Tom looked at Ralph hoping for an answer.

"Excessive littering? I don't know. Let's ask Dad, Rich." Ralph opened his watch and called Howard. Howard answered Ralph's call.

"Hello, Ralph, how's Milwaukee?" he asked.

"Kinda like LA without bridges and stuff. Anyway, can you find out anything about fine for littering?"

"Hmmm... nothing here. But the people who are fined for littering are also the ones who mysteriously disappear."

"Thanks, Dad. We also need another diving team to pick up something at the river."

"I'm doing all I can to help you." Howard replied and Ralph closed his watch.

"Nothing to do now but wait for the other diving team to arrive."

"Good, let's find Potsie and Chachi." Lori Beth suggested.

Brakes of Bunny's cadillac and FONZ1 slammed in front of the Pfhitser Hotel followed by the Fonziebirds. The gang got out from their vechiles and headed for the front desk.

"Is that Miss Creighton-Ward in front of my eyes!" asked the porter at the front desk.

On closer scrutiny, Loir Beth recognized an ex classmate from her high school days. "Becky Anderson," Lori Beth called out as she got closer "I have'nt seen you since we graduated. What's up?"

"Working as an assistant manager of the hotel. Cool huh?" Becky smiled proudly.

Deep in her heart, Loir Beth was a bit jealous of what her friend accomplished. "Wow, congratulations, pal."

"Enough with the reunions and on with the rooms." Bunny exclaimed.

"So what can I do for you?" Becky asked glaring hatefully at Bunny.

"Yes." Lori Beth answered. Richie then tapped Lori Beth's shoulder. "2 rooms and...Yeah, Rich?"

"Um... Dad forgot to pack us some money!" Richie told her with a worried look.

"And I'm broke too." Bunny cried as she looked at her wallet.

"So where are we gonna stay?" Lori Beth asked with his hands opened out

Everyone looked at Tom and Lori Beth. Tom was wondering why they were looking at him and Lori Beth.

They entered Crieghton-Ward Manor. It had seven bedrooms, a kitchen, 2 bathrooms and a sitting room. It looked like your average family apartment. Lori Beth took her sweater off and gave it to Tom. The gang looked around.

"Home sweet home!" Lori Beth stated as she removed her scarf.

"Your folks ar rich like our dad." Ralph stated. He was looking at pictures on the display case.

"They sure are. My dad now owns the Creigthon-Ward Coffe Fortune which has been in Milwaukee since 1780." Lori Beth said and looked on a shelf which was full of records. "So what do you guys wanna listen to? Elvis Presley, Wanda Jackson, the Everly Brothers, Sam Cooke..."

"Hey, this is a great record." Bunny said and looked at Lori Beth's Johnny Carroll record.

"Bunny, that's my Johnny Carroll record." Lori Beth said and let Bunny look at the record for a while.

"No thanks, L.B. I'm just gonna sleep." Chachi rejected and yawned. He pressed a button on his outfit changing pendant and his clothes changed from a white flightsuit with a red trim to a light blue pajamas.

"Okay." Lori Beth walked over to one of the rooms and opened the door. "This is guest room number 1. Potsie, Ralph, Chachi and Rich'll sleep in here." Lori Beth walked over to the room next to it and opened the door. "Guest room number 2. Bunny and Joanie, you two sleep in here. And me and Tom'll sleep in our rooms. If you want anything, let Tom or Kelly do it." she continued.

The gang grab their luggages and everyone went into their respective rooms.

Later that night, Lori Beth woke up. She wore only her pink neglegie. She looked at the clock by her bedside. It read 1:30am.

"Damn, I've should have slept naked." she said to herself.

Lori Beth gto out of bed and headed for the kitchen. She opened the refrigerator and grabbed a juice box and drank the juice in it. She then put it back and closed the refrigerator. She was about to enter her room when she spotted someone looking outside the window in his living room.

"Rich?" Lori Beth asked as she got nearer. "What are you doing up late?"

"I can't sleep." he answered happily. Richiee was in his striped pajamas.

They looked outside the window. The great view of Milwaukee made a romantic feel so Lori Beth put her left arm on Richie's shoulder. Richie got closer to Lori Beth and looked at her sweetly. Lori Beth looked at him and gave him a gentle kiss. Richie kissed him back, his tongue fencing with hers. Lori Beth opened her eyes in surprise and tried to stop but her mind was filled with a hungry lust that was dying to be satisfied. So she continued and closed her eyes. But then, Richie let go.

Lori Beth wondered why Richie pulled away and asked "What was that for?"

"Maybe we could get some privacy in your room?" Richie requested.

Lori Beth lead Richie to her room and gently put him on the warm bed. She sat on top of him and kissed him.

Lori Beth and Richie were sitting on the bed talking about their personal lives and glaring at each other.

"Thanks for a wonderful night, L.B."

"You're welcome, Rich." Lori Beth answered. She put her arms around his neck and kissed him for one last time before going to bed.

[Race's Girl]

Chapter 3- The Next Day

Lori Beth's bedside clock read 8:30am and rang. The song the radio in her bedroom was playing was the chorus of Jimmie Rogders's Honeycomb

Oh, Honeycomb, won't you be my baby,
Well, Honeycomb, be my own,
Got a hank o' hair and a piece o' bone
And made a walkin' talkin' Honeycomb

Well, Honeycomb, won't you be my baby,
Well, Honeycomb, be my own,
What a darn good life
When you got a wife like Honeycomb

(Honeycomb)

Lori Beth stopped the alarm clock and cried "I've had enough Jimme Rodgers for one day."

She got out of bed and looked at the bed to see Richie who was still happily sleeping. His body was covered by the white blanket on Lori Beth's bed. Lori Beth smiled. She had never slept with a man before and was grateful that she finally met someone who liked her for what she was. She went near Richie and gently kissed him on the cheek. He moaned a bit and opened his eyes.

"What time is it?" The readhead asked half awake.

"8:30," answered Lori Beth. "You better wear something before they find out that we slept together last night."

Richie went into the guest room he and his brothers shared and Lori Beth got dressed herself.

Later, the gang were sitting in the living room watching TV. Potsie wore a yellow sweater, a checked shirt and blue jeans, Ralph wore a dark blue sweater, a pink shirt stone colored pants, Richie wore a red sweater, a gingham red shirt and stone colored jeans, Chachi wore blue jeans, a blue jacket and a stiped T-shirt and Lori Beth wore a white blouse, a brown skirt with a belt and black pumps. She was on the phone. Later, she put the receiver down and sat down with the others.

"I ordered pizza. It should come soon." Lori Beth said.

2 hours later, the gang were in their vechiles and went down to the Milwaukee river all in theri International Rescue clothing except Bunny, Tom and Lori Beth.

The radio in Fonziebird 1 started to detected a signal and played it on the radio. "All units, we've got a report of some kids man being attacked by a fat guy at UWM. We request backup immediately."

Potsie started Fonziebird 1 and a light in the speedometer rack started blinking and beeping. Potsie looked at it for a second and rushed out of his beloved Fonziebird.

"What's wrong, Potsie?" Ralph asked as he got out of Fonziebird 2.

"There's been an attack at UWM." Potsie answered and got in the middle of the road. He quickly took out his fake police badge and points to an oncoming light blue 1955 cadillac. The car screeched to a stop and Potsie opened the door.

"Hey, man, what's this?" exclaimed the African-American driver after Potsie opened the door.

Potsie flashed the badge and said "Milwaukee Police! I'm afraid I've gotta use your car for official police business."

"Milwaukee Police? Your badge says LAPD!" The driver exclaimed as he looked at the badge.

Potsie sighed. He was unhappy that his father gave him the wrong badge. "Damn," he muttered under his breath "Look, just get outta the car, okay?"

Potsie grabbed the guy in the shirt and pulled him out the the seat. "Hey!"

The cadillac pulled in front of the others. They got back on their vehicles and sped towards UWM.

"The cops are on to us! Faster, Potsie!" Richie cried as he looked behind.

After a couple of blocks, the Fonziebirds stopped outside UWM opposite the Criehgton-Ward Coffee House. The owner of the place cam out and looked at the brunette in FONZ1. "Laura Elizabeth?" he asked with a surprised expression on his face.

"Hi, Daddy." Lori Beth answered innocently.

"Young lady, tell me, why are these people with you?" Mr Creighton-Ward demandingly asked his daughter.

David Crieghton-Ward ran the Coffee House since the mid 1930s, being his parents oldest son, as soon as his father died.

"Dad, it's an emergency!" Lori Beth answered angrily.

"Laura Elizabeth," David warned. "You should be very careful next time."

"Dad, I know you're trying to look out for me but I'm 19 years old!" Lori beth said. It shocked her father, the gang and the officers around them. Lori Beth looked around her. Still angry, she walked away from the building. In concern, Richie followed her.

"Laura Elizabeth Crieghton-Ward, get back here!" a female voice said.

Lori Beth turned to find her mother, Emily Creighton-Ward, beside her father. In front of them was a parking lot, full of Milwaukee Police vehicles. She was looking on the floor feeling very glum.Just then, Richie spotted Lori Bethand sat beside her.

"Hey, Loir Beth." Richie spoke softly in concern.

Lori Beth turned to her left and faced Richie. "You know, Rich, It's a good thing I've got you. You made me feel a little better."

"Thanks, L.B."

Lori Beth smiled. She felt better and turned back in front. "I just wish I could tell my parents that I'm working for International Rescue. Maybe that would clear things up. Too bad my job's a secret."

Lori Beth put her arm around Richie's neck and kissed him on the cheek. But something was not right, they felt someone watching them the whole time. They stopped and turned around to see Lori Beth's parents behind them, grinning.

"Uh.. hey. mom, dad." Lori Beth said and rubbed her lips.

"I'll leave you alone." Richie said and ran to the parking lot.

Lori Beth watched as Richie ran away. Looking at her parents faces, she was worried but ready to face her scolding. "We haven't seen you do that in 3 months."

Lori Beth was surprised. Her parents had never seen her with her past boyfriends before. "What?"

"We heard everything," Emily told. Lori Beth's eyes widened. Emily and David sat beside their daughter. "Why didn't you tell us you're working for International Rescue?" Emily continued.

"Well... International Rescue's supposed to be a secret, right?" Lori Beth answered her parents nervously.

"Yes but every police officer in the world knows it." David explained. Lori Beth was shocked. If she had told her parents earlier, she would have completed the mission.

Lori Beth's eyes filled with tears. "Mom, Dad.. I'm..I'm sorry."

"Us too." Emily answered and hugged her daughter as did David. Tears rolled down from Lori Beth's and Emily's eyes and onto their backs. David stood up and pulled out a key.

"What's that?" Lori Beth stood up and wiped the tears with her hand.

"It's a key to my car."

Lori Beth smiled and took the key from him. "Thanks, dad."

"Now go do your mission."