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Authors note: Bet you cant name/spot all the old movie references haha remember there are 9 total, and please R&R
Chapter 2: A nice place to live
Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas approached the town cautiously as the sun set behind them. There was nothing particularly threatening about the place, in fact if the roof tops of the buildings had been covered in snow the place would have looked like a Christmas card. Even still the fellowship couldn't shake off the looming sense of dread that they all felt. At long last they reached the main dirt road and started walking into the main part of town. Located at the start of the dirt road was a sign that read, "Classicalreels: A nice place to live." They soon neared a small house. There were hicks scattered in and around the battered and rundown house. One in the front had a guitar and was absent mindedly strumming notes. As they walked closer the guitar man gave them a small nod and played a chord. The chord was echoed by what sounded like a banjo. The source of the echo was from a young boy standing on the houses porch. The boy was wearing tattered clothes and had extremely small eyes. He echoed the next chord the guitar man played as he sat down on the porch swing. The guitar and banjo continued to play and echo until their music turned into what can only be described as a duel. Legolas watched these events and seemed to be extremely entertained. Gimli and Aragorn however where looking around at the other people present at the house.
"Ok is it me," Gimli said to Aragorn. "Or are these people the scariest looking hillbillies ever?"
"Yeah talk about genetic deficiencies," Aragorn said. "Let's get out of here." With that he grabbed Legolas's arm and they walked off.
As they went further down the street into the main part of the town they passed by what appeared to be a tavern. They stopped and looked in the window in front of the tavern and saw something very odd.
"What the hell...?" Gimli said. This pretty much summed up the sight that met their eyes. The interior of the tavern could only be described as trippy. It was oddly designed, everything in it appeared to be rounded, and it was decorated with bright colors and oddly posed naked women mannequins. Directly in front of them sitting on a couch were 4 young men all dressed in white. One of them was looking directly back at them; he had a piercing steely blue stare. The lashes on his right eye seemed longer then on the other. He continued to stair unblinkingly at them.
"OK," Aragorn said. "I'm ready to get out of here." The other 2 agreed, and they left the tavern quickly.
The sun was almost completely gone now, and they quickened their pace. They had barley gone a few feet when Legolas walked head long into a man. The man was very thin, had dark hair and looked like he hadn't slept in weeks.
"Oh excuse me," Legolas said.
The man lifted his crazy eyes level with Legolas's and said, "You talkin' to me?"
"Ummm yeah," Legolas said confused. "Sorry I ran into you."
The man didn't seem to hear him and continued as if Legolas hadn't spoken "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talking... you talking to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? Oh yeah? OK."
Aragorn reached for his sword; clearly this weirdo was going to be trouble. But before anything else could be said or done the man slouched off, and as he walked away they could hear him mutter, "I got some bad ideas in my head."
"Ok that guy was nuts, and I think we should just get out of here before something bad happens." Legolas said to Aragorn and Gimli, both of whom nodded vigorously, and they continued to make their way out of this place. There was only a sliver of light left in the now deep purple sky. The fellowship walked past a sig street and became aware of some commotion. There was a small crowd on onlookers surrounding 2 figures. One was a man in a suit standing over another man who was standing over another. The man in the suit had his back to them, but they could still hear what he was saying.
"I know what you're thinking, 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"
As one Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli quickened their pace. They had to get out of this oddball place now. They where several yards away from the end of the street and back into the woods when they passed the last side street. Aragorn glanced sideways down it and what he saw made him stop dead in his tracks. He could see a flower shop at the end of the short street. Through the front window he could see a small nerdy looking man pressed against the wall looking terrified. Opposite him, staring him down was a plant; but, it was no ordinary plant. It was as large as several men, it had on giant pod at the end of its vine covered stem. And it just happened to be talking. Its frantic sounding voice rang out through an open door.
"Feed me Seymour!" the plant yelled.
This was the final straw, Legolas Aragorn and Gimli took off running into the woods that lay before them. As they ran they passed a large wooden sign that read, "Thank you for visiting Classicalreels" They ran several yards into the woods before stopping. It was pitch black and an eerie quite had filled the air. They all felt as though they had just awoken from a deep sleep. It was all just too weird; they had to go back for another look. But when they got to the place where the town had stood they found nothing but a clearing. they walked into the center of the clearing and looked around, the land was completely untouched. They looked at each other, shook their heads, and took off in the opposite direction. They didn't know what had happened. All any of them knew was that they wanted to get as far away from this place as possible. As they ran back towards the woods Legolas tripped over something that was sticking out of the ground. Legolas jumped back to his feet and looked down at that he had tripped over. It was a chunk of wood. Legolas pulled it out of the ground and examined it. The edges where sharp and there where faded letters on it. He couldn't make out all of the letters, but the ones he could read formed the words "Classic reels."
"What is it Legolas," Gimli asked.
"It's nothing," Legolas said, "just a piece of wood." He tossed it aside and followed the other 2 back into the woods. He decided not to tell them it was a piece of the sign they had passed.
