The rain led up and Dylan opened her eyes and it was dark! It looks a few minutes turned into a few hours. "How long was I out"? Dylan asked shocked that it was dark already. "Okay no more goofing around I need to get home". Dylan said pulling herself to together. She was still very wet and she was cold. "*ACHOO* oh great because of this stupid rain I might get sick". She said frustrated yet tired. Dylan just wants to get home, lie down, get in dry warm clothes and watch TV for hours and eat candy. She took out her flashlight and turned it on. The rain was appearing to be visible through the light, meaning she can see the falling rain.
"Th-th-th-th-th-there sh-sh-should be some kind of town or neighbor near b-by. I'm s-s-s-so cold". She shivered. "Please let there some kind of shelter that's warm and that has food". Dylan shivered. Then the flash light turned off! The batteries are dead! "What? No, no, no, no not now you can't die now". Dylan said in panicked. "Ah"! She yelled in frustration. "Great now what"! Dylan said stomping her foot in anger. That's it she was done for, funny Dylan felt like Alice right now. She felt Alice being frustrated when anything in Wonderland didn't make any sense.
Dylan kept walking in the pinch blackness, even though she couldn't see a thing she kept going as if she could see. "Okay here I am in the dark woods with no flash light and I'm very wet and hungry. And there's so many creepy noises and there's probably killer cannibals looking at me for dinner". She said to herself. "Dylan stop scaring yourself"! Dylan said to herself to trying not to think about it. "HOOOT"! An owl went. "It's just an owl it can't hurt me". Dylan said trying to ignore it. "AWWWWOOOOO"! A wolf howled. "*gulps nervously* that wolf could be miles from here I'm okay-I'm okay I'm oka". Dylan said but was cut off from an eerie scratching sound that came from the bark of a tree.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEE"! The noise went. "Aaaahh"! She screamed as she began to run. Dylan kept running and running, the poor thing was scared to death and couldn't take being out in these creepy wood's anymore. "AAAAAA! AAAAA! AAAAAAAA"! Dylan screamed then hit face first into a tree. Dylan fell to the ground and just lied there for a couple of seconds. "Ow". Dylan whined as her head began to hurt real badly. Dylan got back up and now was covered in mud. "Ouch, ouch, ow". Dylan said having some tears run down her hairless feline cheeks.
Then she tasted a strong metallic liquid, it was blood! It was Dylan's blood! Dylan touched her forehead and felt smeared blood and a bump with a cut! "Oh no". She said in self-pity. First a cut open hand, a snake bite on her tail and now this. "Stupid creepy forest". Dylan said dizzy. "I'd give anything to get of here". Dylan said. Then all of a sudden a familiar voice appeared, the voice sounded like a certain curious cat from a certain story. It was the Cheshire Cat! But is he real or a part of Dylan's head injury imagination? "Perhaps I can help". The Cheshire Cat said. "Huh"? Dylan asked confessed.
"Turn around". He said. Dylan turned around confessed and then saw him. He didn't look like the classic curious cat from the animated movie he looked skinny with tattoos and looked really creepy and disturbing. He's basically his American Mcgee's Alice self. "Ah"! Dylan screamed in shocked. "Don't be alarmed child". The Cheshire Cat said. "Aren't you the…the"? Dylan asked speechless. "Cheshire Cat at your service". He grinned his devious grin. "Are you even real"? Dylan asked. "Who knows I could be a figment of your childish head injured imagination or I simply am real. Your frustrated and quite tempered with trying to find your way". He said. "How did you know"? She asked. "I know things you don't little one". Cheshire said. "Well can you at least help me"? Dylan asked. "The only way I could help you is to help yourself". Cheshire Cat said. "What"? Dylan asked confessed. "Try to clear your mind and close your eyes and tell me what you see". He said. Dylan did as she was told she couldn't believe was taking orders from a story book character. "What do you see"? Cheshire Cat asked. "Nothing". She said. "You're not clearing your head hard enough try again". He said.
"Now tell me what you see". He said. "How is this suppose to help me"? Dylan asked. "It shows a path on your journey it could be good or bad or just curious enough for you to get in some kind of trouble". Cheshire Cat said. "Okay". Dylan said. "Now tell me what you see". He said. "I see a light and it's purple with gold sparkles and it's leading me toward somewhere where there's….fishes"? Dylan said confessed. "Open your eyes". He said. Dylan opened her eyes and saw an aquarium she couldn't believe it actually worked. "Wow thanks Ches". She said but he was gone! "I think I hit my head harder than I thought". Dylan said.
Dylan saw the bright sea green and light blue lights of the aquarium and walked towards them. It read Sea Life Adventure. She hasn't been here in years, when she and Numbuh 1 were 5 they would come here almost every time there families got together, it was before he joined the KND. Dylan walked in the back door and was thankful that the air was warm it made her smile. She looked and saw other people with their families looking at the amazing fish in the tanks.
Dylan walked to the fish tank with jellyfish that floated up and down and changed colors. It reminded her of lava lamps. It was one of her favorite exhibits. "Hello lava lamp jellies". She smiled. It was the nick name she gave the jelly fish when she was younger. Dylan decided to relive some memories of this place and walked around for a bit. Dylan approached a Lusitania exhibit she looked at the pictures of the ship underwater and saw the fine China of it all rusty and old in a glass case. She even listened to a video of its history and when it went down.
"Glad I wasn't them". Dylan said. One woman passed by Dylan with a disgusted look on her face. "Why do parents let their children run off on their own? And let them play in mud like flirty little piggy's". The woman said in a snobby tone. Dylan heard her and said. "At least I'm young and not a stupid grown up". She glared. "Attention everyone the aquarium is now closed please make your way to the exit". An announcer said. Dylan didn't wanna leave this was the only shelter she found for the night. She decided to hide out in the janitor closet until everyone left.
40 minutes later everything was quiet Dylan came out and no one was here but her. "Okay now what"? She asked herself. "First let's see if I can a shower of any sort". She said. Dylan found a staff shower and striped off her damp muddy clothes, the mud felt like slightly wet dirt now. She took out her ponytail and stepped in the shower luckily no one was here to see her nakedness. Dylan washed the mud/dirt and rain water off her and felt 10 times better.
After her shower she grabbed a towel and wrapped it around herself. She took her clothes and washed them in the sink and dried them with a hand dryer. "What am I gonna wear"? Dylan asked being the fact that she was still naked. "I can't stay naked forever it'd be embarrassing". She said then spotted a white bath robe. "Bingo". She said. Dylan put the white fluffy robe on her, it was warm and comfy. Now where was she gonna sleep? "I know". Dylan said getting an idea for a bed. Dylan gathered an aquarium pillow and a matching blanket from the gift shop and made her way down to the jelly fish exhibit. "Guess I'm sleeping with the fishes tonight". She said. Dylan made her bed on the bench that was in front of jelly fish tank, she smiled as looked at the jelly fish floating and changing colors. As she laid there Dylan knew she was getting close to home and she won't stop until her journey's complete.
"Goodnight mom, dad and Numbuh 1 don't worry about me I'm strong and I have the instincts of a fox and I know my way around. I know I'm just a kid but I can do this I love you all and when I come home I sure have a lot to tell you. But you probably wouldn't believe me". She laughed. Dylan dozed off to sleep by far this was the coziest place to sleep on her adventure. It wasn't over yet but pretty soon she'll be home safe and sound.
End of this chapter, Dylan's almost there but she won't give up she'll fight no matter what. See you in the next part.