"Hey! I see you hiding! Come back here!" Mr. Electric laughed keeping the boy on his screen from lying down a getting a peaceful nap.
"I WAS AWAKENED" barked the holographic face that appeared behind Mr. Electric.
"Sorry" Mr. Electric said nervously
"Did all the children from Mt. Never-rest escape?" the voice demanded
"It was Sharkboy and Lavagirl but I took care of it see?" Mr. Electric replied carefully
"Someone was with them?" the voice all but shouted at the plug-man
Just another child afraid of his own shadow no threat to us, I banished them to the dream graveyard" Mr. Electric said, pleased with himself.
"WHERE OLD DREAMS LIE, HE COULD FIND AN ALLY AND WHERE IS THAT GIRL I HAD YOU CAPTURE EARLIER?" the voice yelled "I TOLD YOU EVERY DREAM MUST BE SMASHED AND EVERY CHILD CAPTURED!"
"If you want him back I'll just track him when he falls asleep, and as for her I-I-I don't think it'll be hard to catch her again" Mr. Electric smirked.
"Fool! He's the day-dreamer the moment he realizes his powers will be the moment of our doom." the voice roared.
"Well what do you want me to do?" Mr. Electric said slightly crestfallen
"Find the boy and bring him to me before he tears my new kingdom apart!" the voice said before it disappeared.
"Plugs redirects the darkness….and bring me the plug hounds" Mr. Electric called grinning.
Lavagirl led Max over to a rock "Sit down Max"
"What for?" he said confused
"Close your eyes and dream" she said gently
"If Max can't remember his dreams maybe he can redream them" Lavagirl said explaining her plan to Sharkboy who looked at her skeptically.
"Dream Max" she said smiling at the boy.
Shadow watched them not exactly having the same hope her traveling companion had 'For some reason I just don't think it'll be that easy' she pondered getting lost in her thoughts
She refocused her attention on Max when she heard him cough and saw bits of lava rock fly out of his mouth.
"What is that?" Max gasped, his voice hoarse
"Lavarocks" Lavagirl said simply
"Here have some real food, fresh sushi it'll knock you right out" Sharkboy said whipping out a piece of fish that looked like it had been in his pocket for god knows how long.
Max turned his head at the stench and Shadow found that she had to place a hand over her own nose and she wasn't even near it.
"That's not fresh, I'm not even sure that's sushi anymore" Max coughed, Shadow couldn't help but giggle a little and Sharkboy sent a slight glare in her direction.
"There's nothing wrong with my fish, it's only a few weeks old" Sharkboy said defensively.
"I'll cook it for you" Lavagirl said grabbing the filet.
Max jumped a little; it had gone from really bad to no-way-in-hell-anybody-would-eat-that bad.
Sharkboy looked at his, now burned beyond recognition, piece of fish incredulously and then back at Lavagirl who just smiled apologetically
"Sorry"
Max sat back down "It's ok I'm not that hungry anymore let me just rest a moment", maybe I can sleep" he said closing his eyes.
Shadow automatically put her hand on the hilt of her sword and glared at the looming form in the distance "It's getting closer…" she muttered quietly to Sharkboy who had ventured over next to her.
Before he could respond there was this light sound, almost like singing, Shadow smiled a little, she had no idea why La-La's loved hanging around darkness but she thought the little things were adorable.
"La-La-Laaaaa La-La-La-Laaaaaa Laaaaa La-La-La L-La-La-La.." they sang floating by Sharkboy's and her face. Shadow reached out to touch one and Sharkboy hit them away
"Get out of here" he said annoyed.
Shadow giggled as he almost fell over swatting at one "What's so funny?" he grumbled "Those things are annoying" he huffed.
Shadow smiled "aw t-t-they're not so bad, once you get used to them that is" she commented ,inwardly upset she couldn't seem to manage a simple sentence without stuttering, watching a La-La bounce on her hand and float away.
Shadow heard a low growling sound and looked at Sharkboy who was looking back at Lavagirl who was talking to Max who was SUPPOSED to be dreaming a way out of here. Shadow looked at Sharkboy in surprise as he dashed over to Max and Lavagirl faster than she'd seen anyone run.
Shadow turned back to the La-La's who were floating off into the distance she watched until the rest of the creatures had left before she turned back to the group. She saw Lavagirl holding back Sharkboy who was going after Max, who was backing away from Sharkboy 'What in the world?' Shadow thought heading after them. They all came to a halt
"I know what this is, It's It's It's a hand!" they all looked up "huh?"
"It is a hand" Max said surprised.
"Another hand!" Max shouted "It's Tobor!"
"Who?" Lavagirl asked as they all walked up
"Tobor! I dreamt him up when I was a kid, a robot that could help me with my homework, I tried to build him once, everyone kept telling me he wouldn't work" Max said as the approached the seemingly sleeping robot.
"And here he is a forgotten dream in the dream graveyard" Sharkboy said.
"He' supposed to be very smart" Max said "TOBOR AWAKE!"
The robot slowly opened his eyes, "Yeeees?" he said.
"He works, we can ask him anything now" Max said excitedly
"Oo, Oo let me let me" said Lavagirl jumping up front "Tell me about me I'm clueless" she asked
"Actually you are very very bright" the robot explained, then Sharkboy pushed himself to the front
"Am I King of the ocean or what?" Sharkboy demanded
"No Sorry" the robot said
"How do I save planet drool?" Max asked
"The answer is in your dreams" the robot said
"You mean if I put him to sleep , he can dream us out of this mess" Sharkboy said holding up a heavy metal bar
Shadow just looked at him and Lavagirl glared at him
"No" Tobor said hurriedly "At least not here, darkness is falling any dream of his would become a nightmare and we don't want those becoming a reality"
Shadow gasped and looked down at the ground, she hated her life sometimes 'It's not fair!' she thought holding back tears, what Tobor had said of course was true, and that's why it hurt, in actuality she probably shouldn't exist either.
"Can you take us there?" Shadow heard Max ask, pulling her out of her thoughts once again.
"I have no body I can't move" Tobor replied
"You can move your eyes and your mouth" Sharkboy suggested.