Marooned

By Dixxy

Prologue

The night of the marooning. . .

After getting Glenn to play a "running game" with them (which consisted of Starky swiping the Star Fragment again and then playing keep away with it), the occupants of the island soon found Glenn stopping infrequently to catch his breath, or, in some cases, yawn. Seeing that he really WAS tired, the little ones carried an unconscious Glenn into the tree house, dumped him on the hanging bench bed thing in the back of the house, and then left.

They then began to plot.

Poshul dug a hole close to where they had found Turnip and pulled out a box. Starky went over to the box and opened it, revealing several pieces of paper. All of the island's occupants gathered around. One of them was a poorly crayoned map of the island, another crayon masterpiece depicting a plan. The last piece of paper had several names on it, some crossed out:

Nikki & Miki

Orcha

Orlha

Korcha

Greco

Skelly

Sneff

Grobyc

Glenn

Leena

Irenes

Funguy. . .

. . . and the list went on. NeoFio crossed off Glenn's name from the baby-sitting schedule that Starky had snatched from Kid on her last visit from the island (that was a theft the alien had been quite proud of). The creatures had been using the list to prepare for who their next baby-sitter was, and, eventually, who they would leave on the island so they could get off the rock and go somewhere fun- maybe Fargo's cruise ship. Yes, Hermit's Hideaway was nice, but they needed a change.

"Who's next?" asked Pip.

"Leena," said Poshul. "Thould we reave Leena and Glenn here by themthelveth?"

"Leah want off-um island!" Leah protested.

"I think it would be a good idea," said NeoFio. All eyes turned to NeoFio. "Once, when Serge, Leena, and Kid came to the island, I saw Leena distancing herself from the other two and she looked really, really sad. I think Serge and Kid like each other and Leena was feeling left out."

The pink dog reflected on this. "In Home World, Leena and Sergeipoo were clothe. VERY CLOTHE," said Poshul. "You thould thee thith rock that Sergeipoo carved thomething into- it thaid 'Serge and Leena Forever'. Leena ith heartbroken becauthe Sergeipoo ith in rove with Kid."

NeoFio nodded. "And Glenn said he never had a love life, right?"

Pip blinked. "Awe you saying that we should leave Glenn and Leena hewe alone?"

NeoFio nodded enthusiastically. "Yes! Yes, yes, yes! They will fall in love and be happy, and we'll all get off the island! We just need to make sure no one from the party catches onto what we did for a few days so they can get to know each other better and then by the time Serge comes to rescue them they'll be practically engaged!"

"What if they don't like each otherrr?" asked Draggy.

"They will, they will!" said NeoFio. "They're gonna HAVE to like each other!"

After a brief conference over the pros and cons, the little traitors decided that the risk of Glenn and Leena killing each other was well worth a few days off the island. After shaking hands, paws, and leaves, they huddled closer together and began to prepare for Leena's arrival on the island. . .