This chapter is brought to you by @rebeccaadelson and Lennison! (why is it not providing a link for Rebecca? What's up with you, Wattpad?)

Daydream_Believer68: Mike. Are you telling me you actually brought home a Texas Prairie Chicken?

Wool_Hat: ...maybe.

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: Mike! You know we can't keep it here! Mr. Babbit will kill us!

Wool_Hat: I'd rather him kill me than someone kill it!

Long-Haired_Hippie: Where'd you even get one?

Wool_Hat: From the local prairie chicken dealer across the street. 

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: Ah, silly me, of course.

Heeeeere'sJohnny has joined the chat.

Starr_in_the_sky, Sitar-Hero and Maccaroon have joined the chat. 

Daydream_Believer68: Listen, you're just going to have to release it somewhere. 

Wool_Hat: I don't want to!

Long-Haired_Hippie: It's cute! Can we keep it?

Wool_Hat: Pleeeeeeeease?

Maccaroon: Well! I'm so flattered -- that's the sweetest thing -- 

Sitar-Hero: They weren't talking about you, Paul.

Long-Haired_Hippie: The chicken's name is Paul?!

Maccaroon: What? No, I'm not a chicken!

Heeeeere'sJohnny: ...I beg to differ with you there, my friend.

Wool_Hat: No matter what you are, who are you, exactly?

Sitar-Hero: We're Beatles. 

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: Well, darn it.

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: No matter how many times you call pest control, bugs just keep infesting everything, don't they?

Starr_in_the_sky: ...hey, where's all that laughter coming from?

Daydream_Believer68: Ah, that's just the audience. You'll get used to it eventually.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: You calling me a bug, punk?

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: Maybe I am, punk. 

Starr_in_the_sky: What audience?

Daydream_Believer68: All the Wattpad readers. Look there, right past the screen -- you see 'em?

Starr_in_the_sky: I see someone typing, and a really excited one...

Daydream_Believer68: Nah, that's just Anya and Rebecca. You'll see what I mean soon enough. 

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Is that a challenge?

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: Maybe it is.

Sitar-Hero: Whoa, calm down. Don't get hostile. 

Wool_Hat: I wouldn't worry about it too much. What could they possibly --

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: o==|=======>

Wool_Hat: Oh, dear lord. 

Heeeeere'sJohnny:  <=======|==o  So be it. 

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: ⚔️💥⚔️💥⚔️💥⚔️💥

Heeeeere'sJohnny: ⚔️💥⚔️💥⚔️💥⚔️💥⚔️💥⚔️💥⚔️💥⚔️💥⚔️💥 

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: Oxxxxx|(|=========================>

The chat has detected a virus.

Maccaroon: JOHN! UNDO THAT THIS INSTANT!

Heeeeere'sJohnny: ...fine.

The virus has been disabled. 

Daydream_Believer68: Now, shouldn't you be ashamed of yourself, trying to crash our chat room like that?

Starr_in_the_sky: Yeah, John, we were only popping in to say hello. 

Long-Haired_Hippie: I think the least you can do is introduce yourselves.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: ...I'm John.

Sitar-Hero: George. 

Starr_in_the_sky: Ringo!

Maccaroon: Paul.

Sitar-Hero: Sorry we hurt your chat room, mister. 

Daydream_Believer68: Ah, no harm done. I believe a friend of ours has an apology to make as well.

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: ...sorry for challenging you to a duel. Even if my keyboard art was better.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: That's debatable.

Daydream_Believer68: Anyway, I'm Davy.

Long-Haired_Hippie: Peter.

Wool_Hat: Mike. 

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: MICKY!

Wool_Hat: Well, it's nice to meet you. I'm not so sure about John, but the rest of you seem pretty groovy.

Maccaroon: John's all right. He just likes to get into trouble.

Long-Haired_Hippie: Reminds me of someone else I know. 

Randy-Scouse-Monkee has left the chat. 

Long-Haired_Hippie: He'll be back sooner or later.

Daydream_Believer68: I can hear him typing in the next room over. Probably advertising a free Texas Prairie Chicken, or something. 

Wool_Hat: NO!

Randy-Scouse-Monkee has joined the chat.

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: I'm back, I'm back.

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: Anyway, where are you intruders from?

Starr_in_the_sky: Liverpool, UK. 

Daydream_Believer68: Ah! Kinsmen!

Wool_Hat: We're across the ocean in Los Angeles, but Davy came over from Manchester. 

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Only about an hour away! 

Heeeeere'sJohnny: If you're ever visiting home, you know where to find us, then...

Maccaroon: Not so fast, John, you've barely met him. We have no idea what he even looks like. 

Daydream_Believer68: I can fix that!

Daydream_Believer68: Just a moment.

Daydream_Believer68: There I am!

Maccaroon is typing...

Maccaroon is typing...

Maccaroon is typing...

Sitar-Hero: Whoa, there, Paul. You okay?

Maccaroon is typing...

Maccaroon: On second thought...

Maccaroon: Come over any time.

Maccaroon: Hell, come over right now.

Heeeeere'sJohnny is typing...

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Paul, I think we may need to talk.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Right now.

Heeeeere'sJohnny has left the chat.

Maccaroon has left the chat.

Daydream_Believer68: ???

Sitar-Hero: ...they'll come back soon.

Sitar-Hero: Don't pay them any mind. 

Long-Haired_Hippie: Okay --

Long-Haired_Hippie: Darn it, Mike! Your chicken is trying to pluck the strings off of my guitar!

Heeeeere'sJohnny has joined the chat.

Maccaroon has joined the chat. 

Heeeeere'sJohnny: You have a guitar??

Long-Haired_Hippie: Yeah!

Long-Haired_Hippie: The four of us are a band.

Starr_in_the_sky: Hey! So are we!

Long-Haired_Hippie: Groovy!

Long-Haired_Hippie: Mike and I are on guitar, Micky's on drums and Davy does bass and percussion.

Maccaroon: That's fab.

Maccaroon: I'm on bass, John and George are on guitar and Ringo's on drums. 

Maccaroon: Hey! Davy and I both play bass!

Maccaroon: That's fab...

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Paul.

Maccaroon: ...sorry. 

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: Bass is overrated.

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: Now, the drums! The drums are where it's at.

Starr_in_the_sky: I second that!

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: The drummers are always the handsomest.

Maccaroon: Now that is a complete lie.

Maccaroon: I happen to possess the natural good looks that my bandmates lack.

Sitar-Hero: Excuse me?!

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: Prove it. 

Maccaroon: Gladly. 

Daydream_Believer68 is typing...

Daydream_Believer68 is typing...

Daydream_Believer68: Why don't I pay England a visit sometime?

Daydream_Believer68: How about right now?

Wool_Hat: Davy--

Long-Haired_Hippie: MR. BABBIT'S AT THE DOOR

Long-Haired_Hippie: WE NEED TO HIDE THE CHICKEN. NOW.

Wool_Hat: AAH! NO!

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: Well, I hate to cut this meeting short, but we're in a bit of a predicament.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Understood.

Starr_in_the_sky: ...but do you want to keep this chat up? Maybe still talk to each other? You guys seem pretty fab. I'd like to stay friends.

Long-Haired_Hippie: Sure!

Wool_Hat: We'd like that, too. You guys are pretty cool, for a bunch of hackers.

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: Guys... the chicken...

Wool_Hat: Right, right.

Daydream_Believer68: Wait!

Daydream_Believer68: Let's send a picture of ourselves. Just so we know what each other look like!

Wool_Hat: Davy, we don't have time --

Daydream_Believer68: QUICKLY!

Maccaroon: 

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: Cool!

Wool_Hat: T H E  C H I C K E N

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: Right.

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: We're going to have to leave for now.

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: But it was great meeting you guys, even if it was because John hacked into here.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: We can say the same!

Heeeeere'sJohnny: Good luck with the, um, chicken.

Wool_Hat: Thanks!

Wool_Hat has left the chat.

Daydream_Believer68: Talk to you all later!

Daydream_Believer68 has left the chat.

Randy-Scouse-Monkee: My keyboard art is still better.

Randy-Scouse-Monkee has left the chat.

Long-Haired_Hippie: Bye!!

Long-Haired_Hippie has left the chat.

Sitar-Hero: Well, John, I never thought I'd say this, but... good hacking.

Maccaroon: Yeah, I agree.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: I told you this would be a good idea.

Heeeeere'sJohnny: I'm off to find some good copy-paste keyboard art of a middle finger so I can flip Micky off the right way.

Heeeeere'sJohnny has left the chat.

Sitar-Hero: ...All this talk of chicken is making me hungry.

Sitar-Hero has left the chat.

Maccaroon: Well, I'm off to use the printer to print some... pictures... of... somebody...

Maccaroon has left the chat.

Starr_in_the_sky is typing...

Starr_in_the_sky: Oh, now  I see the Wattpad readers Davy was talking about.

Starr_in_the_sky has left the chat.

--O--

It's finally done! I hope it's written well enough 😄

Huge thanks to Rebecca for helping out with this chapter and turning me into a Monkees fan! The two bands will definitely cross paths again later in the book!