The boys were all standing around, just standing around. Saying nothing,
doing nothing. Just standing at the bus stop and staring at each other.
Cartman looked up and saw the rain clouds, and he heard thunder. Kenny
looked down the street and saw people getting umbrellas out and walking
down the road.
"What do you guys want to do?" Cartman asked,
"I don't know. Winter holidays are almost as bad as summer ones." Stan
said.
"What did you get for Hanaka last night Kyle?" Kenny asked,
"Some money from grandma." Kyle replied. Then thunder roared,
"Hey you guys, shouldn't we get going inside? Or do you want to get
wet?" Cartman asked,
"If we get wet, we might get colds. Then we'll have to spend the
holidays in bed. You're right. Let's get going." Stan said. They were
just about to walk off when a big bolt of lighting struck, it burst into
four, but it was still one long bolt. After it had struck them, they all
collapsed to the floor at the same time. People passing by ran up to
help the boys, all still looked the same, but they were shaking and
twitching.
"CALL AN AMBULANCE!!" cried a man. Soon the ambulance came and picked up
the four boys, and took them to Hells Pass Hospital. They all lay on
tables with machines attached to them, to check their heart beat.
"Do you know any of them?" asked a doctor,
"Why yes, the fat one was looking for his father. I remember the others
too. But I didn't know their names!" said Nurse Goodly. Then the doctor
came,
"Do we have any idea who they are?" he asked, then he noticed Stan,
"Hey, he was in here once with chicken pox. Marsh I think it was. Call
all the Marsh's of South Park and find out whose his is." said the
doctor. They rang every Marsh house until the right house was rang.
"Hello?" asked Sharon,
"Yes, is that Mrs. Marsh?" asked a man,
"Yes, who is this?" she asked,
"Do you have a son?" he asked,
"Yes, why, what is it?" she asked, getting frantic. She motioned Randy
to come closer,
"Well, this afternoon, your son was struck by lightning with three other
boys." said the doctor.
"Oh dear God no!" said Sharon.
"They're at Hell's Pass Hospital. And if you know the parents of a fat
boy, a boy with a green hat and one in a orange parka, please get into
contact with them." said the man. Sharon told Randy,
"Struck by lighting?! Oh my God!" Randy said, he rang up Liane,
"Yes?" she asked,
"Liane, Eric has been struck by lighting!" Randy said as Sharon got the
car ready,
"Oh dear!" she said.
"We're all going to Hell's Pass Hospital. Be there." he said. He then
hung up. Liane was busy though, 'entertaining' a man there.
"Hello, Broslovski residence?" Gerald answered.
"Gerald, Kyle's been struck by lighting!" Randy said,
"Kyle? Lighting?" Gerald asked,
"He's at Hell's Pass Hospital." Randy said,
"Thanks Randy. Sheila! Get the car and Ike!" he then hung up. He then
rang up Stewart and Kat. Kevin answered,
"Yeah?" he asked,
"Kevin, your brother's been struck by lighting!" Randy said, Kevin
called out to his mom,
"Hey ma! Kenny's been struck by lighting again!" he said,
"Again?! Well, tell them I'll be there." came Kat's voice.
"Ma said she'll hitch a ride with someone." Kevin said, he then hung up.
Soon the parents were on their way to the Hospital.
Meanwhile, Cartman opened his eyes. He saw a white ceiling.
"Where am I?" he asked himself. He then sat up, he saw Kyle, Stan and
Cartman, everything,
"CARTMAN?!" he screamed. He was looking at himself, there, laying across
the room from him was Cartman. Was he having an outer body experience?!
Then he looked at his hands, he was wearing brown gloves. He never wore
brown gloves, they were always yellow. What the hell was he doing
wearing brown?! He then saw a mirror on the floor, he bent down and
picked it up, he looked at himself, and didn't like what he saw. He saw
Kenny staring back at him,
"Arrgggggghhhhhhh!!" he screamed and he dropped the mirror. He looked at
his hands, his body, he wasn't in his body! Then the doctors came
running in,
"Oh good, at least one of them is awake now." said a doctor.
"Where am I?! Who am I?!" Cartman cried,
"Calm down son, your mom will be here soon...." said a doctor,
"But I'm not Kenny! I'm Cartman!" Cartman cried. The doctors looked at
each other. They thought it was the aftermath of being struck by
lighting. They had him strapped back in bed, because he was jumping
around. He lay there.
"Am I Kenny, or me? Who am I?!" he asked himself. He then saw Stan open
his eyes,
"Stan?" he asked. Stan's face looked at him,
"Don't be stupid Kenny. Stan's still asleep." Stan said, he then looked
next to him and saw Kyle laying next to him. Kyle?! He thought he was
Kyle,
"Kenny, what's going on?!" Stan's body asked.
"First of all, tell me who you are." Cartman said.
"I thought I was Kyle, but now I don't know who I am." Stan's body said.
"Well Kyle, you're in Stan's body now. I'm in Kenny's. And let me tell
you, Cartman doesn't belong in Kenny's body. I don't know how it
happened, but I woke up and I was in his body!" Cartman said.
"Should we wake the others?" Kyle asked,
"Yeah. Hey, come on Stan! Kenny! Wake up!" said Cartman. Cartman's eyes
opened, the body looked at its new hands.
"ARRGGGGHHHHH!!!" it screamed. It sat up and stared at Cartman,
"Let me guess, you're Kenny?" Cartman asked.
"What the fuck am I doing in your fat body you fat fuck?!" asked Kenny,
"Hey! My body's not fat, it's big boned. And get the hell out of it!"
Cartman yelled back. Then Kyle (who's Stan) woke up.
"Morning Stan." Kenny said, Kyle's body sat up, things looked pretty
normal, there lay Cartman, Kenny, and Stan.....
"Huh?" he asked.
"Yep Stan, you're in Kyle's body, Kenny's in Cartman's, Cartman's in
Kenny's and I'm in yours." Kyle said. Stan stared at Kyle,
"Uh-uh....." he started. Then the doctors came in,
"Oh, you're awake. Good. Your parents are here, except for a, Liane
Cartman." said the Doctor, Kenny's face fell. His mom wasn't there. Then
the doors opened and there was Sharon and Randy, who went to Stan's
body, and Stan watched.
"Oh Stanley, you had us worried sick! What happened?" Sharon asked as
she held him, Kyle looked shocked.
"Uhhh, we were standing around, and were about to leave, when lighting
struck us?" Kyle asked. Stan frowned, they were his parents. He didn't
want Gerald or Sheila. Then they walked in,
"Kyle!" cried Sheila, she ran up and threw her arms around him, but
Stan didn't do anything. He just hugged her back, he needed someone to
hug or he'd scream.
"The doctors say that you were hit by a lighting bolt! I was so scared
when your father told me!" Sheila said, then Ike came running in. He
jumped onto the bed and stared at Kyle's body, that wasn't his brother.
"You not Kyle!" Ike said,
"Don't be silly Ike, of course it's Kyle." Gerald said. Stan glared at
Ike, how did he know? Kenny was laying in bed, this new body was heavy
and hot. He looked at his body sitting across the room, looking to the
door.
"He's hoping his mom will turn up. But mine will and she'll hold him
instead of me." Kenny thought. He then saw his ma,
"MA!" he cried, but he then remembered, he was Cartman now. She'd
ignored him. Peggy knelt down besides Cartman,
"Kenny honey, why are you always being struck by lighting? Have you got
a metal plate in your head?" she asked. Kenny felt envious, she said
that when he used to get struck by it. Cartman looked up and his body,
it looked alone and sad. Oh well, its Kenny's body now.
"Not last time I checked." Cartman said, where'd that come from? Was
part of Kenny's brain still in his head? Soon the guys had gone home,
but not to their real homes. Cartman's body still sat there after
everyone had left. He sat in the room and rocked himself in his seat. He
couldn't even see his feet! Let alone his fire-man,
"Fireman?!" he asked out loud. He never called it that, was some part
Cartman's brain still in his head? It was now late, and Liane finally
arrived. Kenny acted like he didn't even know her. Real mothers, like
his, never arrived late at emergencies. He just walked towards her and
said,
"Where's the car?" he kept on walking. Liane came after him,
"The doctors told me you were struck by lighting, are you feeling
better?" she asked. Kenny stared at Liane,
"I'm fine. Let's go." Kenny went in the car and closed the door.
"Hey, roomy." he thought. This was much better then the truck his dad
drove. They drove past his house, he looked out and saw Scruffy on the
doorstep, and he looked up and stared at Kenny. He stood up, he bounded
after the car. He knew his master's scent, and that was it. Liane looked
behind them with the rear view mirror.
"Oh not again." she said, but she kept on driving. Kenny then opened the
window, he called out to Scruffy,
"Scruffy! Go home! I'll be okay!" Scruffy stopped, and turned around.
Later, Kenny was standing in front of the mirror, he was looking his new
body over. Fat, plump, and sweaty.
"Yuck." he thought.
"Hone! Dinner!" Liane cried.
"DINNER?!" cried Kenny, he ran down the stairs as fast as he could.
He came to a stop at the dining table door, there, laid out of the table
was food, mounds of it to him. Food that his parents would die for, his
ma would give up Kevin for that much food. He jumped into his seat and
began to eat, as if he'd never seen food before.
"Slow down Hon, it might go down the wrong end!" Liane said. So, Kenny
did slow down.
Meanwhile, Cartman did not enjoy his 'new' home. There were leaks in the
new ceiling, cats and dogs in the house, and a geek of an older brother.
"Oh my God!" he cried when he saw it. Even though he had seen the house
before, but he didn't know that he'd live there!
"Go and lay down Kenny, if you want, you can skip dinner." Peggy said.
Cartman walked into Kenny's room to find posters of women all over the
room. He lay down on the bed looking at the ceiling.
"Ho hum." he said. He then saw a rat,
"Ah!" he cried.
Stan was following Ike around, did Ike really know that he wasn't Kyle,
or was it baby talk. Ike turned around and stared at him,
"Ike, how do you know, I'm not Kyle?" Stan asked,
"You no feel like Kyle. You feel like Stand." Ike said. Stand was what
Ike called Stan.
"What do you mean feel?" Stan asked,
"Kyle taught me to feel people's vibes. You feel like Stand." Ike then
walked off. Stan stopped in front of the mirror and stared at himself.
"Well, I don't know how long I'm gonna stay like this, better make the
most of it." he thought.
"Mom! Where's my Hanaka present?!" he called out.
"Stay away from me!! Arrgggghhh!!" Kyle screamed as Shelley was chasing
him through the house.
"Mom!!" Kyle cried, he then ran into his room and locked the door.
"Phew." he said.
"I'll get you later Stan!" Shelley cried. Kyle fell onto the bed.
"Aw man. Stan sucks." Kyle said then he turned over.
Cartman was enjoying himself. He had found playhouse magazines under
Kenny's bed.
"Ooooo!" he said. He pulled out a centrefold,
"Ahh!!" he dropped the magazine. Had he seen what he thought he'd seen,
he picked it up again, it was his mom! Not his real mom, but Peggy! Kevin
walked in,
"Aw Kenny, where'd you get that from?" Kevin asked
"None of your beeswax!" Cartman was going to say
"You know we always look at em together!" Kevin said.
"Oh." Cartman said.
Back at Stan's house, Kyle was still laying on his new bed.
"Oh man. This totally sucks ass. What am I gonna do tomorrow? Or the day
after that, and the day after that? Am I gonna be Stan for the rest of
my life!?" Kyle was talking to himself. Then, the door opened, Kyle
almost jumped out of his skin, and Sparky sauntered in.
"Woof!" Sparky declared. He stoped half way to Kyle, he sniffed. His
master didn't smell the same. He growling lowly, being aggressive for
probably the first time in his life.
"What's going on in here?" Sharon came in, she saw Sparky about to
attack who she thought was Stan.
"Sparky! Bad dog! Outside"! she cried, Sparky became normal again, and
walked out. Sharon looked at Stan,
"Stanley, what got into him?" she asked.
"I don't know Mrs-I mean Mom, he just acted that way suddenly!" Kyle
said almost foiling up.
"Oh." she said. She then left. Kyle picked up his phone and dialled his
house.
"Hello, Broslovski residence?" Gerald asked,
"Hi, is St-I mean Kyle there? It's Stan." Kyle said.
"Hold on a second." Gerald got who he thought was Kyle.
"Hello?" Stan asked,
"Dude, it's me!" Kyle declared.
"Dude, how you going?" asked Stan,
"Terrible! Your sister's a real bitch!" Kyle said.
"Told ya dude." Stan said.
"Guess what! I think Sparky notices the difference too!" Kyle said,
"So does Ike. He said that I don't feel like you." Stan said.
"You mean like vibes?" Kyle asked.
"Yeah." Stan said.
"Gotta go, I'll meet you at Happy Burger tomorrow at ten." Kyle said.
"Cool." Stan said. After he hung up, Stan rang Cartman's house.
"Hello?" Liane answered,
"Hello Ms. Cartman, is Eric there?" Stan asked,
"Hang on a second." she said.
"Eric, pookums, it's your friend Kyle." Liane said.
"Thanks mom." Kenny replied. He got on the phone,
"Hello Kyle?" he asked,
"No, it's Stan." Stan said.
"How ya going as Kyle?" Kenny asked.
"I'm stuffed up. Totally. His mom is such a bitch! And Ike's always
getting under foot!" Stan said.
"Well, I'm enjoying myself." Kenny said.
"Nah duh. You're no longer poor aren't you?" Stan asked.
"Yep. And I got this hot chick around me all day." Kenny said.
"Lucky bastard." Stan said.
"Damn straight." Kenny replied.
"So you're happy?" Stan asked,
"Totally." Kenny said.
"Gotta go. Terrance and Phillip's on." Stan said.
"Oh, okay. Bye." Kenny hung up.
Meanwhile, in Cartman's 'new' house, he was outside the front.
"Damn man. Being Kenny totally sucks ass." Cartman said as he wondered
around. His new parents were busy arguing in the house. And he was bored
looking at the nude magazines.
"Now, where can I go today? Oh yeah. Let's visit my old house." Cartman
wondered over to his house, there, he looked in the window. He saw
himself sitting on the couch. He knocked upon the window. His old body
looked up and smiled at him. His body waved at him.
"Hey me!" his old body called out.
"Hey me!" Cartman replied. Kenny got up and opened the door, Cartman
walked in.
"Hey, how you going?" Cartman asked,
"Oh fine. You?" Kenny asked.
"Terrible! Being you sucks ass!" Cartman said.
"It's hard to breathe underneath this damn hood of yours. Can I take it
off?" Cartman asked as his hands reached for the hood strings, Cartman's
hands launched and grabbed them.
"NO! You can't! I don't wanna ruin my reputation!" Kenny cried.
"Tough! I'm going take off my new hood out in public!" Cartman then ran
out the door and shut it close behind him.
"GOD DAMN IT CARTMAN!!" Kenny screamed. He ran off after Cartman.
At Kyle's house, Stan was just leaving to meet Kyle at Happy Burger.
"Come on Ike." Stan said.
"Hidyho!" Ike declared as he hopped after Stan. Stan was halfway down
the road when Kenny's body ran past him, followed by Cartman's body.
"KENNY! What's up?" Stan asked.
"CARTMAN'S GONNA TAKE MY HOOD OFF!" Kenny replied. He turn and ran off
after Cartman again.
"Oh, fat boy run fast." Ike said.
"Yeah. Come on." Stan led Ike down the road and he ran into Kyle.
"Kyle! Dude, I don't look so good." Stan said.
"Your sister's been beating you up again." Kyle replied.
"Oh." Stan said. "I brought Ike." Stan said.
"KYLE!" Ike hugged Kyle.
"Ike oh man have I missed you man!" Kyle said as he hugged Ike.
"I knew it!" Ike cried happily. Then Stan looked out the window and he
saw Kenny's body being chased by Cartman's body.
"Uh-oh, let's go see what those guys are up to now." Stan said. He left
with Ike and Kyle following. They ran after the gang outside.
"KENNY!" Kyle cried out. Cartman's body stoped running and looked at
them.
"What's happening'?" Kyle asked.
"Cartman's gonna show my face!" Kenny said.
"Dude! Bummer." Stan said.
"I gotta catch him, but his fat ass body is too fat to make it!" Kenny
said in a huff.
"Well we'll catch him for ya." Kyle said. He speeded off after Cartman.
Stan shrugged and ran off after.
Cartman continued to run, he'd never been able to run so fast and far
before, he was enjoying it! Even though this damn little hood was
suffocating him slowly. He came to a stop around a corner and ducked
into a store. He sighed and sat on the floor. He heard Kyle and Stan run
past, he laughed to himself happily. He then noticed where he was, the
mirror shop.
"Thank God!" he cried. He stood up and walked over to a mirror, he stood
there looking at the orange figure staring back at him.
"Well Kenny, now to see what you look like." he said. He placed Kenny’s
hands onto the strings and pulled them off. He looked at his new face.
Blonde tattered hair on his head and normal face. He admired himself.
“Damn man, I look pretty good!” he declared. He left the hood down and
went back out.
“Any luck?” Kyle asked.
“No.” Stan said.
“Hey, what if Cartman’s taken off the hood and keeping it off?” Kyle
asked.
“What do you mean?” Stan asked,
“Well we don’t know what Kenny looks like, so how can we find him?” Kyle
asked. Stan thought this through.
“Damn it you’re right.” Stan muttered.
“I knew it!” Kyle said. They walked down the street until they came
across the bus stop again, they stood in their usual places.
“This is where it happened, didn’t it?” Stan asked.
“Yeah. A few days ago we were our normal every day selves. Now, we’re
freaks!” Kyle said.
“Living in each other’s bodies. What an experience.” Stan said.
“Hey! What if we got the guys together again and then see if we’re hit
by lightning again?” Kyle asked.
“Don’t be stupid Kyle. You know that lightning doesn’t strike the same
place twice.” Stan said.
“Well we know how freaky South Park is, it might work!” Kyle said.
“Maybe.” Stan said.
Later, Stan and Kyle got Kenny and Cartman together, Cartman now had the
hood back on again making Kenny happy. They stood in their usual places
and waited.
“Are you sure this is gonna work?” Cartman asked.
“Kind of.” Kyle said.
“Aw weak!” Cartman declared.
“Just be patient, someone up there must like us.” Stan said. He was
hoping he was right. Then clouds started to form above their heads.
Thunder roared, rain started to pelt down on the four of them. They
waited patiently. Then, a huge bolt of lightning came crashing out of
the grey sky and hit Cartman, it then split into three and hit Kyle,
Stan and Kenny. They fell back from the shock and layed there. A few
moments later, Cartman sat up. He looked at his hands, they were yellow!
His gloves were yellow! His shirt was red, his pants brown and his hat
blue! He has himself again! He stood up and shock Kyle.
“Kyle! Kyle! Wake up dude!” he cried. Kyle stirred and sat up. He looked
at his hands, he smiled.
“DUDE!” he screamed happily. He has himself too! He woke up Stan while
Cartman woke up Kenny.
“Stan! Stan! You’re you again!” he declared. Stan’s eyes opened.
“Hey…you’re you!” he said. He sat up and looked at himself.
“AND I’M ME!” he sang. But Cartman couldn’t get Kenny awake. He shook
him, slapped him and so forth. But no response from Kenny there came. He
checked his friend’s pulse, it was gone.
“Dudes…” Cartman said. Kyle and Stan caught on.
“Oh my God! They killed Kenny!” Stan declared.
“You bastards!!” Kyle cried. They paused.
“We’re in our bodies!” they all cheered at the same time.
The End