Ka-ching!
By Robina

Nosedive grinned as he slipped into the guest room. He’d been waiting weeks for a chance to pull this trick. Well, ever since he’d purchased the CD, at least. Phil’s car had broken down, forcing their manager to spend the night in the Pond. Normally, Dive would have seen this as a bad thing. But now….now he had something to do.

He slipped the headphones over Phil’s head. He wasn’t sure how well this would work, since he’d only read about it, but it was too good to pass up. He set the track to number 12 and watched.

We live in a greedy little world-
That teaches every little boy and girl
To earn as much as they can possibly-
Then turn around and
Spend it foolishly

Phil smiled in his sleep. “Money is good…” he muttered, rolling over. Dive snickered.

We’ve created us a credit card mess
We spend the money that we don’t possess
Our religion is to go and blow it all
So it’s shoppin’ every Sunday at the mall

All we ever want is more
A lot more than we had before
So take me to the nearest store

Can you hear it ring
It makes you want to sing
It’s such a beautiful thing- Ka-ching!

“Ka-ching. Moola. Gotta get some moola….”

Lots of diamond ring!
The happiness it brings
You’ll live like a king
With lots of money and things

When your broke go and get a loan
Take out another mortgage on your home
Consolidate so you can afford
To go and spend some more when
You get bored

“Ducks taken all my money. Gotta earn more. More money. Shopping at the mall.” Phil was tossing now, as if trying to grab imaginary money. Dive covered his mouth to keep from laughing aloud.

All we ever want is more
A lot more than we had before
So take me to the nearest store

“Go to store. Spend lots of moola. Get moola from everyone. Phil…. King of cash.” A smile spread across Phil’s face as the song continued. In his dream, females threw money to him. Wildwing handed over all the ducks paychecks.

“Any publicity shots today Phil?” Wing asked, looking hopeful. Phil nodded and Wing’s eyes lit up. “Thank you Phil. We’ll bring in as much money as we can, honest.”

“Very good Wildwing.” Phil replied. Nosedive was about to die laughing, just from trying to figure out what Phil was dreaming about.

Can you hear it ring
It makes you want to sing
It’s such a beautiful thing- Ka-ching!

Lots of diamond rings
The happiness it brings
You’ll live like a king
With lots of money and things

Let’s swing
Dig deeper in your pocket
Oh, yeah, ha-
Come on I know you’ve got it
Dig deeper in your pocket
Oh

In his dream, Phil was decked out like a king. It was raining money.

All we ever want is more
A lot more than we had before
So take me to the nearest store

Can you hear it ring
It makes you want to sing
It’s such a beautiful thing- Ka-ching!

“Ring ring…..money ring…..money phone…..” Phil seemed more content than Dive had ever seen him.

Lots of diamond rings
The happiness it brings
You’ll live like a king
With lots of money and things

“Diamonds? For me? Thank you Queen. Lots of money for Phil.”

Can you hear it ring
It makes you want to sing
You’ll live like a king
With lots of money and things
Ka-ching

Dive watched the counter until it switched to the next song and pressed stop. He removed the earphones. ‘Wonder how Mal would react to one?’