The younger clone of Betelgeuse that was sent back into the Netherworld came riding in like a cowboy on the back of Sandy, Betelgeuse's pet and the only sandworm who appreciates him. "Yee haw!" he yelled in a southern accent as Sandy lurched upwards like a horse rearing on its hind legs. "Somebody call pest control?" he asked and commanded "Get her girl" and Sandy went to attack both Alison and Juno, just before Sandy won the battle, Alison's jaws locked around Betelgeuse but she was thrown off by the younger sandworm and retreated back to the Neitherworld. They could see Alison fall back, the demon's body in her mouth. Betelgeuse stumbled back, the warm and deep red blood flowing down his face and seeping through his clothes, hair slowly going black and blue.

"Are you alright Beej? It got you surprisingly good there?" Lydia asked and placed a hand on the demon's shoulders.

"I'm okay." he lied and turned to walk back into the attic. He turned to look at his family "Hey guys? Love you guys?" he said weakly and stumbled into the attic, hair completely black. "Love you too Love Bug!" Barbra whispered and watched him struggle. Adam, Barbara and Lydia all walked back into the attic and began sobbing at the sight of Betelgeuse's lifeless body. Adam knelt over him and hugged him tightly.

"No!" he weeped. "I love you Beej!" he whispered to the demon who was not going to pick it up.

"Dum de dum dum dum dum" younger Betelgeuse hummed as he jumped from the roof into the attic and saw the lifeless older version of him and Adam and Barbara weeping heavily. "Alright, let's skip the tears!" he said "Yeah, he is double dead but are you forgetting I am the most powerful demon in the Neitherworld? Yes, even as a child my powers were so strong that I could destroy the world with the snap of my fingers." he finished and placed his hand on the demon's forehead. Suddenly, his eyes open and his hair slowly reverted to its neutral green colourisation.

"Beej, you're okay!" Lydia squealed and embraced the demon so much, she accidentally choked him.

"It is just me who remembers something about me marrying Lydia?" Betekgeuse mumbled and suddenly he, and the family remembered all of the events that happened this time in the past. "Oh god, I got hitched to Lydia before I returned and showed you guys my past and then mom went back in time to adopt me!" Betelgeuse shot bolt upright, a look of shock on his face.

"Well damn!" Adam spoke "And you made some questionable advances with me and Barbara!" Adam remembered and chuckled with Barbara.

"Well, I have changed! And I told you the reason was because I was touch starved" Betelgeuse reminded, pleased with himself for not becoming who he was supposed to turn out to be.

"What's the matter, sugar lumps?" Lydia asked in a strange way "Do you regret marrying me?" she teased and watched the look of horror on her brother figure's face.

"Well, that was an eventful sham wedding!" younger Betelgesue laughed.

"I was evil, I was cruel, I did things that on reflection were not cool!" he began "I was mean, I was sadistic. But I saved your life, now ain't that inconsistent?" he asked, looking at everyone before grown up Betelgeuse sat up and pulled his younger self into a bear hug and placed his hand over his mouth.

"Manipulated, and I lied, took advantage of a girl who's mom had died." he said gesturing towards Lydia with his head. "Wrecked your career, Chuck, " now looking at Charles "Destroyed your home." he said now focusing on Adam and Barbara

"But with one move I'm the hero of this show." young Betelgeuse called back after pushing his older self's hand away from his mouth.

"Oh ain't it strange?, When a moron saves the day." Everyone excluding the two Betelgeuse called.

"I gave you all a golden shower and then at the final hour I did something noble! Boy have I got range?" young Betelgeuse asked.

"Oh ain't it wild" Everyone repeated.

"I mean, come on guys I got hitched to a child" older Betelgeuse yelled, sounding traumatised by the experience.

"I was such a bottom dweller But with just one act of valor I made every gal and fella shout "hurray" Ain't it strange?. Goes to show that folks can really change." 13-year-old Betelgeuse called, enjoying getting all the attention rather than the grown up version of himself.

"Oh. ain't it strange? wWhen a moron saves the day?" everyone asked.

"moron!" Lydia yelled.

"Wow, but you were sleazy" Adam insulted.

"Okay" Both Betelgeuse's listened to what he had to say.

"You were rude." Adam continued.

"Alright." young Betelgeuse accepted.

"You barged in on me one time when I was nude" Barbara spoke, pointing at older Betelgeuse.

"Yes I did." he admitted and smirked, he looked like he was preparing to flirt but was distracted.

"You're a bully." the Maitland-Shoggoths, excluding Betelgeuse lectured.

"Woah!" the two Betelgeuses said in unison, sounding shocked with the insult.

"Use disgusting words." Delia finished.

"Reduced this house's value by two-thirds." Charles joined in, pointing between the two. "But I was selfish"

"Yes" Young Betelgese confirmed.

"I was a slight bore." Charles continued.

"Slight?" older Betelgeuse asked, looking at his younger self.

"I guess you gave us something all to fight for"

"Right?" Both the young and grown Betelgeuse asked, paying deep attention to what was being said.

"It Doesn't fit with the established narrative." Charles began

"But you're the reason we all get to live." Everyone finished off the sentence.

"It's a surprise." They all called.
"Surprise!" The youthful adaptation of Betelgeuse called.

"When you owe your life to someone you despise." the Beetle-Maitland-Deetz household, excluding the pair of Betelgeuses called.

"To someone you despise." Youthful Betelgeuse echoed.

"He's a sociopathic threat and he's the worstest guy we've met, and yet right at the end I guess this guy is nice." The entire group but Betelgeuse, old and young.

"How to react" everyone continued

"When a leopard changes spots and gets your back?" The family, excluding the demons asked.

"I got your back, I got your back!" Young Betelgeuse yelled, pouncing into Adam's back and grabbing Barbara's shoulder.

"He was totally the worst, and then you think you know a person, then they're cursed and reverse their evil ways." The Maitland-Shoggoth-Deetzes, except the demons they were referring to spoke.

"ain't it strange?" Everybody asked.

"I mean come on guys, i'm totally insane" young Betelgeuse yelled, having just shut up his older self.

"Oh yes it's strange, when a moron saves the day" they all yelled.

"Moron!" Lydia shouted and pointed to the demon's.

"This is great. We are sharing, and we are caring. And we are learning, and that's a good thing! Now, anybody else want to get something off their chest?" The juvenile demon asked, holding a microphone. "Okay then Charles you're next." He rapidly tossed the microphone to Charles and began running from the eldest demon who was now chasing him around the house.

"Okay okay i need to say when my wife passed away I behaved in a way that wasn't great, and threw myself into real estate." Charles confessed and looked in confusion with the rest of the family who saw Betelgeuse on his younger self's back and whacking his shoulder whilst trying to avoid being thrown off.

"I thought that by ignoring pain, it would simply go away, I am here to say, I was a moron." Charles closed.

"You were a moron!" Everyone confirmed and looked at the scared expression on the youthful demon's face.

"Great, okay. Anyone else wanna have their say?" he asked and signaled for Charles to pass the microphone to his mum, Delia and start again, escaping the demon. "I am not a life coach, clearly. I signed up because i was dearly Madly, deeply and completely In love with Charles Deetz." She admitted, hoping Charles would forgive her.

"No(!)" Everyone said sarcastically and hoped that the two demons would tire out soon before hitting each other with brooms will end in tears.

"I've never been able to find my chi. Jesus, what is wrong with me? I was blind but now I see that i was a moron." Delia finished.

"You were a moron." the entire family, again insulted. Delia passed the microphone to Adam and Barbara who took it gladly, trying to distract everyone from the fact both Betelgeuses were now fist fighting.

"We would always hesitate, procrastinate, We used to wait. We were afraid to be pushed away. Do we have to say it?" they asked and looked around at the rest. "You were morons!" Everyone confessed. It was now Lydia's turn with the microphone.

"I was angry, shut you out. Anyone nice I closed them down. I pushed everyone away. I was a-" she began but was cut off by young Betelgeuse running up to her and talking the microphone away from her.

"No, you were a teenager!" Everyone yelled at her and a fight broke out. Everyone was pointing at each other and yelling things like "I was a moron. You were a moron. I was a moron. You were a moron They were a moron. No, I'm a moron." And began shouting over the top of each other.

"SHUT UP!" Charles yelled, startling everyone and Charles ensured the two demons remained at a far distance. To keep them in place, Lydia came up behind young Betelgeuse and held a spray bottle to his head and Adam did the same to the grown up Betelgeuse. They were suddenly really well behaved with them being scared of yelling and water.

"Oh ain't it strange?" The two demons spoke in unison,

"Ain't it strange, ain't it strange?" everyone echoed.

"We're all morons in some way." half of them spoke before it was repeated by the other half. "You can wander around forever thinking you're so god damn clever. If you never see the truth you'll never change." Everyone spoke in unison.
"I guess this means." the Maitland-Shoggoths began.

"I guess this means." the Deetzes echoed before everyone continued.

"That no matter how hard you suck you can be redeemed."

"When a person you revile Comes to save you with a smile, it's hard to know just where to file it in your brain." everyone who was alive spoke together, indicating to the Betelgeuses.

"Ain't it strange?" everyone asked.

"Oh when you can Not blame the one you'd like to hate." Charles complained.

"Guess it makes a change." all breathers chuckled.

"Ain't it strange?" Everyone continued "When a moron saves the day."

"When an M-O-R-O-N turns out to be better than you thought they'd be It's strange." they all spoke in unison. Lydia decided to whack little Betelgeuse on the head with the bat between every letter they spelled out, possessing his hair to flash fiery red. "

"But in the darkest moments, hope survives 'cause an A grade idiot saved our lives. No matter what they say-" all living people were cut off by young Betelgeuse crawling underneath Lydia's legs and yelling "An moron can save the day." which caused everyone to chuckle, except for the adult Betelgeuse, who was clearly not impressed that his Betelgeuse 2.0 was getting all the attention, rather than Betelgeuse 3.0.

"No matter what they tell ya, you can save the day!" they all chuckled, coming to hug the young demon.

"(I saved the day!" the eldest demon yelled, reverting the attention onto himself.

"Right at the final moment A moron paved the way.'' Everyone chuckled and now both demons were getting embraced. "That's the truth, they're the living proof! Beetlejuice!"

"Yes!" both Betelgeuses called excitedly.

"Beetlejuice!"

"Yes! Oh come on, god damn it one more time"

"BEETLEJUICE!"

"Yes!" The two demons cheered and high fived each other.

"Oh, nowe you can be friends?" everyone, excluding the demon asked in unison and achieved a not in response. The two boys hugged and silently plotted lots of pranks to do.

"What are we going to do?" Charles asked "One Betelgeuse is enough, never mind an adult and a child!"

"Rude!" young Betelgeuse complained and fake cried. "How could y-you d-do s-su-such a thing t-to me? The audacity!" he sniffled and turned to the door to the Neitherworld that had been drawn by Juno to get onto the roof.

"Betelgeuse, you're stupid!" Charles chuckled and caressed the demon who beamed at the touch.

"Come on, fancy a cuddle session?" Barbara asked and the demon latched onto her like a leech. She laughed slightly and they embraced each other. Older Betelguse was clearly jealous so Adam embraced him tightly. The two demons had never been so quiet in their lives or afterlives and it was adorable when the two softly purred and leaned into the touch.