Sesame Beginnings: Killing Together

(Hey, before reading this I suggest you go read Supernanny: Mr. Naughty. This is a sequel to that.)
== Prologue ==
So, here we are again. If you don’t know me. My name is Jackson Roberts. I’m seventeen and I live in Cleveland, Ohio. You may know me as a guy who loves Reality TV Shows, Video Games, YouTube, and other things. But there’s something else I’ve recently gotten interested in. Obscure pieces of media. Wether they be forgotten children’s shows or movies, there’s one that I know that definitely stands out. Sesame Beginnings
Sesame Beginnings is a group of four obscure DVD’s, based off the books by the same name, and was made as a spin-off to Sesame Street. The show stars baby versions of Elmo, Big Bird, Prarie Dawn and Cookie Monster and their caretakers, as they explore different topics in each episode. These include how the four characters first met, them becoming interested in different types of music, their senses and different types of movement. The show was hosted by a different celebrity each episode, and had the Sesame Street tradition of a musical number, in this case one for every segment. Additionally, these song segments would also feature real people taking part in the activities, one of which being Noel McNeal, the actor for Bear from Bear In The Big Blue House, who was accommponied by his son Mattie. The series had initially been lost for some time, but was found in 2017, when all four episodes were uploaded to YouTube. 
Recently, however, I found, another episode of it. One made, by a name you may remember; William Ricker. And, I’m going to tell you guys how it happened
== The Story ==
As usual, my day started like any other. Have breakfast, play Smash, you know the deal. But now, I’ve started doing a new thing. You see, ever since Rodney managed to inform the police about William Ricker, I’ve been checking the news every day, to see if he was finally found. This has been going on for quite a while now, but, unfortunately, there hasn’t been nothing.
In addition to this, bodies from William’s carnage were beginning to be identified, and their relations to appearing on Supernanny were being brought up. Because of this, ABC became dead silent about the situation, following major speculation that William was a disgruntled employee of the channel, who had been driven to insanity, and subsequently mass murder. As a result, I believe they may be starting to de-associate themselves with Supernanny, fearing extreme backlash from beliefs that Ricker had worked there, and as such causing him to go insane. Lifetime however hasn’t, and continues to air Season 8 of Supernanny. UpTV, the current broadcaster of Supernanny’s original seven seasons has also not strayed away from the show.
On one of these days, I just happened to be watching a Supernanny episode, to reminisce of the times before I begun straying away from the show, after… you know what. That’s when I heard a knock on the door, where I was greeted by, Rodney. He told me that he decided to start selling all his old things he didn’t want anymore, since he felt like they were starting to clump up his house with everything else he’s collected. He asked if I wanted to help, to which I accepted, and after deciding what to and to not throw out, we opened the yard sale.
The yard sale went much better than we had initially thought. A few people there happened to be collectors as well, and Rodney was able to make a decent profit from everything he sold. Once the yard sale was finished, we packed up everything that hadn’t been sold, and decided to store them back where they once were, in case we felt like doing another one. One of these unsold things however, caught my attention. That being, a DVD of Sesame Beginnings. Surprised Rodney had this, I decided to ask if I could have it, to which he agreed. The DVD happened to be that of “Exploring Together”, and was actually the last DVD I needed to complete the Sesame Beginnings DVD collection. The reason I had been collecting them anyway, was just for the fun of it. I mean, I wasn’t going to watch them myself or anything, I’d prefer to watch it with, probably a kid of my own if I ever had one. But, since this was a special occasion, I decided to make an exception this one time and watch the episode… or, what I thought was going to be the episode. 
== The Episode ==
When I opened the DVD, I was greeted by the disk for the episode and I put it into my DVD player. The menu and intro were pretty much what you’d expect, and I honestly have to hand it to Sesame Workshop, the theme song isn’t all that bad, it’s pretty good actually. But, when the episode itself started… I mean, do I have to explain? It’s obvious what’s gonna happen.
The episode started like all Sesame Beginnings episodes do: there would be a room, and the celebrity guest star accomponied by their child (fun fact, all celebrities featured had daughters) would be playing before going onto read the book of the episode. But, instead the room was pitch black, although everything was still visible. Lying on the couch, was the Sesame Beginnings book, which magically opened by itself. During which, a mysterious voice said “The Sesame Babies are killing today! They’ll be murdering their parents, in their own special ways”. At first I would’ve thought this was some kinda joke, and, that the rest of the episode would play normally, but. What caught me off guard, was the fact that this voice, was almost identical to Mr. Naughty’s. 
Upon realising this, I attempted to turn the DVD off, knowing what was gonna happen. But, whilst the DVD player opened up, the episode continued playing. So, I just unplugged the TV instead. Thankfully, that’s when the TV turned off. I tried unplugging, and plugging the DVD player back in a few times, hoping that would fix the issue. But, from what I tried, it still wasn’t working properly. After I plugged the TV back-in, I had no choice then to watch the episode. I first thought “Hey, what’s the worst that could happen? Maybe this’ll be, a bit more tamer than Mr. Naughty was”… boy was I eventually proven wrong. 
After getting through everything again, the episode started fully. It began with the usual beginning segment, with what would typically be a musical number, sung by all the parents. Like all of them, they begun with Elmo, and his dad Louie. 
It was breakfast time, and Louie was attempting to get Elmo to eat his food. However, he was refusing. So, Louie did the typical “Here comes the Airplane!” trick, to get him go eat it. It worked, but Elmo immediately spat it out, which would’ve made for a bit of comedy, if this was a usual episode. But instead, it got in Louie’s eyes, resulting in him being unable to see. This resulted in him tripping into a glass table, and him falling into it, killing him upon impact. Stuffing flew out of Louie's chest, as shards of glass impaled him. Elmo, being a baby, started crying, when he saw his father die.
It then cut to Big Bird and Nani Bird. The two were playing a typical toddlers game, but during it, Nani fell out of the house, when Big Bird was near the outside area. This, like Louie, killed her upon impact, and Big Bird began crying.
Then, Grandma Cookie Monster was shown sitting on her chair, relaxing. That’s when Cookie Monster showed up, and scared her, which, gave her a heart attack. Being a baby, Cookie Monster didn’t know what to do. Leaving Grandma to, just lay there and die…
Finally, was Prairie Dawn and her mother. They were playing hide and seek, but whilst Prairie was hiding, she found a gun, that had been hidden in the house. Curious, she asked her mother what it is. But not realising, she pulled the trigger, shooting her mother, right in the face. Like, Louie, stuffing flew out, as Prarie’s mother fell, and laid lifeless on the ground. Prairie then started crying.
This is followed up by a montage, of several kids… all of whom were playing with deadly weapons, using them to kill their parents. The parents, strangely, weren’t trying to do anything to stop it. They were just… sitting there, watching their kids, and doing absolutely nothing.
Then, instead of a usual segment, starring one of the babies. It cut to the end segment, where all the babies and parents would usually get together for one big activity. Instead, Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster and Prairie were all there, playing. But, they weren’t alone. With them, however, were baby versions of characters that weren’t even on the show. Ernie and Bert were there, Oscar, Count, Snuffy, Grover, just to name a few. Then, suddenly, all the babies began celebrating, despite the fact they were very visibly horrified at their parents deaths. Almost like this is now a Children of The Corn type universe. After a few seconds of them celebrating, the scene ended.
We cut back to the room, where it now housed the bodies of, what I can assume, is every adult whose appeared on the show, minus the celebrities. Then a door, never seen in the room before opened, revealing who I believe to be the kids of the multiple adults. They two, were all dead. Then, a figure who looked identical to that of Mr. Naughty entered the room. The man noticed the bodies everywhere, and now grinning said, “This is gonna be fun…”, before laughing maniacally. He then walked over to the bodies, and begun doing something, that… genuinely scared me.
One by one, the man started mutilating the bodies, like he did with those on Supernanny. Once he finished, he pulled out a knife from his pocket, and started cutting open their stomachs, before eating their flesh. Over this, the credits rolled. The Sesame Beginnings credits theme played normally as the figure continued his cannibalisation. Then, once he was done. He blankly stared at the camera, and started laughing once more. He then lunged at it, ending the episode. Of course, like Mr. Naughty, it ended with text saying "Created by William Ricker."
== Afterwards ==
Of course, like last time, I was genuinely freaked out, at what just happened. Probably even more than Mr. Naughty. I mean, sure, the deaths of everyone on Supernanny were gruesome, but the fact these people, were not only mutilated, but cannibalised on-screen as well, is just horrific as well!
I didn’t bother contacting Sesame Workshop about the DVD, considering how wanted of a criminal William had become, so they’d likely already be aware of him. Instead, I went to the police station, and handed the DVD in, telling them it was more evidence of William’s doings. I explained that the DVD showed more of his victims, and how at the end he cannibalised them. Of course, knowing what happened last time with Rodney, the police didn’t think this was some joke, and so, said they’ll make sure they look into this.
About a few days later, I had been scrolling through the news again, HOPING that there would be something about William. Then, I saw this
== MAN ARRESTED ON MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS OF MURDER ==
”Earlier today, 32 year old, William Ricker was arrested, on multiple charges of murder. Allegedly, he is the one responsible for an earlier crime that took place this year, where hundreds of bodies were found in a trailer home in Desert Hills, California. All bodies have been identified as people who appeared on the first seven seasons of the former ABC reality show, ‘Supernanny’, now owned by Lifetime. However, host Jo Frost was not apart of the carnage, as well as celebrity guests Dwayne Wade and Wendy Wilson. It is also alleged there may be multiple more murders he committed. However, the bodies of those murders have yet to be found. According to Ricker, he had cannibalised multiple of his victims, however it is unknown how he located all of them.”
Upon seeing this, I jumped for joy! Finally knowing William would be punished for his actions. Knowing this, I called Rodney, and told him about the good news, telling him the man on the Supernanny tape was finally arrested. Of course, he two was pretty excited about it, and asked how they caught him. I told him, however, that, the newspaper never actually stated how he was caught, it just said he was arrested. He didn’t believe me at first, until I showed him an image of the article, which made him believe me. I told him that I’d update him if something big ever happens with him later on. Which, happened soon enough
About a month after the news report, William’s trial begun, which he pleaded not guilty to. I told Rodney about it, and we decided to both update each other, on what happens. A day later, Rodney told me, they actually presented Mr. Naughty, in the courtroom, as evidence of Ricker’s crimes. He told me the entire court was visibly shaken about what they saw, minus Ricker, who just smiled as he re-watched the murders he committed. Strangely, they didn’t present Killing Together, until the last day of the trial, which, boggled my mind, since it would’ve been easier if both were shown on the same day. Before hearing his sentencing, William had publicly explained his motivations, for the Supernanny murders, and why he did them. He stated the following:
”I was tired. Not tired of the show itself, just... tired. Tired of all these parents physically harming their kids on TV, and getting no consequences for it. All that stupid bitch (Jo) did was just try and fix their behaviour, but even then, those attempts would backfire later on. ABC was receiving no repercussions for the actions shown, and child abusers were getting away scott free with their actions, rather than being thrown in jail like they should’ve! I had to do something. I wanted those parents to be punished for their actions, rather than letting some child expert try and make them all lovey dovey happy individuals. That’s why I did what I did……I left Jo out of the picture though……no point in killing somebody who tried and failed to help people, am I right?”
William, never exactly explained how he found the families unfortunately, leaving as to how he did it unknown. But, after everything William was found… guilty of everything, and given the death penalty. Me and Rodney both celebrated, knowing William finally got justice for his actions. It was alleged he tried killing himself an hour before his execution was scheduled, but this was never proven, since, nobody was present when he supposedly attempted to do it. Then, that exact hour later, William was executed. A day later, yet also conveniently, the bodies of those from Sesame Beginnings he killed were found. They had been buried in a field outside of New York. The bodies included all those, who participated in the show, and those who appeared in Mr. Naughty’s Sesame Beginnings episode.
Finally knowing that William wouldn’t do anything like that again. Me and Rodney breathed a sigh of relief, and were just glad that Ricker was brought to justice....and that this was all over with. A memorial for all those he had killed was held a few days after the execution had happened. Thanks to this, I’ve managed to feel good enough that, I’ve begun watching Supernanny more often again. As for ABC, they fortunately didn’t receive any major backlash, despite peoples assumptions of their “association” with William. Lifetime and UpTV as explained ages back, continue to air Supernanny on both channels. As for me, I’ve just been living my life the most I can. I recently brought an actual copy of Exploring Together, to officially complete the Sesame Beginnings series.
This, is where I can safely say my story ends. Thank you for listening.
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