The Idiot's Keeper/7

The putting of a small teal car was heard. The Anti-Pesto van drove past the sign that said "FanFiction.net: 5 miles," but now said "Pile of metal." Or, more accuratley, the sign was a pile of metal. Shwoo and Homestar tiger were sitting in the car, looking around. The first place they went was the small house on the outskirts of town: Homestar tiger's house.

But when they got there, they found it destroyed.

"What the--!?" Shwoo stuttered.

"Aw... Crudbutter! Trogdor got to it..." Homestar tiger, complained, but then he got sad for some reason. "And... my... brothers..."

"You had brothers?"

"Homestar cheetah made you pancakes on Monday."

"Oh."

They got out of the car and walked towards the pile of rubble that was once a two-story house. They picked up planks and pipes and threw them, looking for something. Anything! The ram was crushed, and Homestar cub and cheetah were nowhere to be found.

"Oh my god... this is... terrible... Homestar tiger, I'm so sorry... tiger?" Shwoo looked at Homestar tiger, who was turned around.

"Homestar tiger... are you crying?" Homestar tiger was sobbing. But when Shwoo looked at what he was looking at, she nearly broke out in tears too.

The wiki was gone.

Everything had undergone the same fate as Homestar tiger's house. Every building, every person, every vehicle had been destroyed by Trogdor. There was no more Homestar runner world. The only thing left was a young girl and an orange dude.

Shwoo started to cry. She patted Homestar tiger on the back. Then she led him back to the van.

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Shwoo was sitting in the front seat of the van, listening to the rain beating on the metal roof. She was curled up in a blanket that was stored in one of the compartments in the back storage area. She was thinking about what had happened.

I can't beleive that this is happening... everyone is gone... FCUSA is destroyed... why did this happen?

It was all Trogdor's fault. He was awaken, and he took the wikis by storm. All except for a young female sysop and an orange furry idiot.

Shwoo looked in the back. Homestar tiger was there. Shivering, sobbing, curled up in a blanket. Poor guy. He's so upset. He's got nothing. No sense of purpose. He's got nothing except...

me.

Shwoo looked up. She was Homestar tiger's best friend and guardian. Now she was the only thing he did have. Well, that and the van. Shwoo sat back down an sighed.

"Sh-Shwoo?" Said Homestar tiger's gentle, worried voice.

Shwoo turned around. "Yes?"

"Why do you put up with me?"

Shwoo sat there. "What do you mean?"

"I always follow you around. When I say stuff, you slap your forehead and shake your head. When I do something, you sigh. When I swallow something, you get a weird look on your face."

Shwoo thought for a minute.

"Because it's one of my jobs."

"Being a sysop includes following me around?"

"No... being The Idiot's Keeper includes following you around."

"Idiot's Keeper?"

"That what I call myself. Homestar tiger, you are an idiot."

"That's what it says on my business cards!"

"Yeeeeeah. And usually, when you try to do something, you somehow manage to put yourself in a position that might make you kill yourself. Unless someone does something about it... and that person is... me."

"Really? You've been doing that all these years?"

"Yep. And... I love doing it."

Shwoo sat back down. "As long as I keep my faith and stay patient with you, we will survive and find a way out of this."

"Aw, man!" Homestar tiger yelled.

"What?" Shwoo asked.

"I left my water running at home!"

Shwoo stopped herself from yelling, scolding, and probably swearing at Homestar tiger.

"That's my idiot." Shwoo just said.