24 & Psych

12am-1am, events occur in real time.

“Here we go again” Said Gus, as he pondered to himself why Shawn brought him on yet another investigation, off book, at 12 in the morning. “It’s nearly midnight and Conan’s almost over, you better have a decent to mildly amusing excuse for this” “It’s simple, replied Shawn” My buddy down in the department gave me a lead, ergo, we follow it, ergo, in style, down the slippidy dippidy trail known as solving crime, on a Friday night, in our swim trunks, or in your case, puppy dog faced pajamas”

“You don’t have a buddy cop, I would know, you mumble everything in your sleep”

“I do not!” Shawn replied, “You know very well that I snooze like a baby antelope in the calm of winter, there’s no way I could mumble anything other than ‘awesome’, thank goodness I’m not the one looking like Paris Hiltons dog”

“You bought me these, Shawn. Last Christmas, from that online Christmas store you know was a complete scam. In case you didn’t notice, my booty pops like Shakira in these things, my butt itches in seven different places which I will NOT mention. It’s embarrassing”

Shawn, with a smirk replies,” I believe in your case, the correct word is ‘crackin’”

Gus felt awkward walking around like some teen crazed pop star, his self esteem had already taken a blow ever since he revealed to Shawn…well more like Shawn discovered by accident, his my little pony collection stuffed under his desk. If anything, tonight was a night he was not looking forward to experiencing, little did he know what was in store later on that night.

“Where are we going? You know I don’t like being left out of the loop. Especially since you started hanging out with Juliet more than usual…what’s the deal between you two? I mean one second, your telling her it’s good be ‘just friends’, and the next your lip locked with her like it’s the turn of the century or somethin”

“That… was a completely unrelated incident. We were in deep cover and I improvised, it’s not like I have feelings for her or something nonsensical like that…anyways, I was going to tell you where we’re going, but now you’ll just have to wait until we get there for the surprise.” Shawn said.

“Oh there’s a surprise now? Since when did you do surprises? If I strictly remember, you didn’t even bother to throw a surprise party last year for my uncle’s birthday; you didn’t even get him a gift. Let alone a post card” Gus said,

“Oh geez, a woman in a Tarzan outfit’s not good enough for him is it?”

Gus, frustrated, replies “You know he’s allergic to animal fur, ever since the war in Vietnam when he was trampled on by monkeys.”

Shawn, surprised, asks “Your uncle was trampled on by monkeys?” Gus goes, “Gorillas, to be exact”

Camera stops, zooms in on Shawn’s face.

“We’re here”

“Wait wait hold up”. Gus stared in awe; he didn’t know why they stopped at a jewelry shop this late. “What are we doing here?” Asked Gus, when something in his mind started to click, “Shawn, are you proposing to me!? You better not be proposing to me Shawn, you know how I get when people think we’re gay!”

“Gus, buddy, If I wanted to marry you I would’ve taken you to see Duran Duran like you wanted for your birthday last year, (Shawn starts singing, “ohh it feels like the first timeeeeeee, It feels like the very first time oh yeahhh) Anywho, this, is a different kind of surprise, follow me.”

“I don’t like where this is going” Said Gus.

“Just relax and follow my lead, and here have a tic tac” …

*Spy music plays in the background)

Shawn walks quickly on his tippy toes and jumps dramatically around the corner, “Into the van” Shawn said.

“What?! I’m not going in there” Then 4 hands out of nowhere grab Gus and pick him up, throwing him into the van, and Gus passes out.

“Gussss, oh Gussy, Gus a ma rooo, wake uppp, wake uuuppp”

Gus becomes conscious.

“Huh, what’s going on? Shawn, where are we?”

Gus, confused, vision blurry, is starting to see Shawn smiling in his face like the joker in the Dark Knight, and it’s freaking him out.

“Shawn, Cut it out! Where have you taken me?”

“Gus, old friend, you didn’t get the memo?”

Shawn pulls mask over his head.

“It’s time to rob a jewelry store.”

Then Gus looks down at his hands, he’s wearing gloves, in fact, he’s wearing a mask too! And worst of all, he’s holding a Gun?

*Dramatic intense music plays in background.*

Theme song