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The Smurflings managed to get something to eat since they were ravenously hungry. They slept half the day in the smurfvee, it was the best sleep they ever had. On occasion, a green smurfette will walk by and ogle at them, saying how cute the are or just gaze at them in awe. By the time the sun was just about to set, an alarm clock went off and the Smurflings woke up one by one. "Is everysmurf ready?" asked Snappy.
"I am." said Slouchy.
"I think so." said Nat.
"Yes." said Sassette.
Snappy turned on the internal lights of the smurfvee before turning on the head and roof lights, "I can't believe they were able to survive this long," said Sassette, "Brainy managed to make it through the initial attack but wasn't able to make it through-"
"Can we please not mention Brainy at all?" asked Snappy.
"Um... okay." said Sassette.
Snappy started the engine and drove the smurfvee into the woods as the sun was creeping below the horizon, the sky gets dimmer and dimmer until eventually it became night. "This is insane," said Snappy once the sun had fully set, "Driving through the forest with only a manuscript page somesmurf had written to guide us, it's just crazy."
"Why did you say that Snappy?" asked Sassette.
"Because we don't exactly know where or when the manuscript page takes place," noted Snappy, "This is crazy, we might as well drive off a cliff if the manuscript page said so."
"And we survive after falling 500 ft." added Slouchy, "Only to drown in the rapids of a rushing river."
"That's lazy writing," said Nat," There's gotta be more than simply drowning in the river, you know. You can't just end the story there, just like that."
How could you end a story?" asked Sassette.
"I'll end it with an epilogue," said Nat, "Explaining the aftermath once the events of the story had taken place, giving it a proper ending."
"I just have to ask," said Slouchy, "Was Chernov's typewriter on his desk when we were at his house?"
"There was only a pack of batteries and a manuscript page," said Snappy, "There was no typewriter at all."
"Had somesmurf taken it?" asked Sassette.
"Maybe Chernov," said Slouchy, "That was only a suggestion, I am not sure he did took it with him to wherever he was going."
"That seems improbable, said Snappy, "One of the manuscript pages said he actually died."
"It said he fought to the bitter end," contradicted Sassette, "The bitter end of what exactly?"
"His life." answered Snappy.
"If he's not the protagonist," said Sassette, "Then who?"
Snappy turned his head and looked at Sassette in the eyes, "We are."
"Look out!" cried Slouchy.
Snappy shot his attention back to the front and saw they were heading towards a boulder at full speed, he swerved around the rock in a state of panic an lost control of the smurfvee. "Hang on!" he cried.
The Smurflings plowed through thick bushes at full speed, when they got to the other side of the vegetation they were greeted with a shower of yellow fireworks that lit up the forrest like New Years day. Snappy stomped on the breaks and the smurfvee came to a screeching halt. It took a moment for Sassette to stop screaming from all the chaos.
Slouchy just look at her awhile picking his ear with his pinkie, Sassette's cheeks blushed from embarrassment. "Why!" he asked.
"I panicked." whimpered Sassette.
"Well at least there's drama." chuckled Nat.
When the dust eventually cleared, the Smurflings found themselves in a small clearing. In the center of the clearing was a small treehouse, standing no more than half a meter tall. It had a balcony that surroundedthe tree house, equipped with safety rails so anysmurf on there won't fall off. The most striking feature was that the treehouse was pop-marked with many LED lights like a Christmas tree.
There were many flashlights rooted into the treehouse, each pointing in a random direction around the clearing. Worklights powered by smurfmobile batteries littered the area around the tree house, one of which was toppled over by something. All of the lights were on to their maximum level, shining brightly as possible.
The Smurflings looked out the window and saw Cherskey and Nelly up in the tree house, the looks on their faces show disbelief. "The manuscript page says you call out to them Sassette." noted Snappy.
"Oh, okay." said Sassette.
She climbed into out of the back seats of the smurfvee where she opened the passenger side door, "Come on!" she yelled out, "Get inside, quick!"
"Park the smurfvee underneath the light." called out Cherskey.
He turned on a switch and an overhead lamp sticking out underneath the platform came on, focusing all of its light into a single area. Sassette closed the door as Snappy parked the smurfvee underneath the safe haven of light, as he does so the flight flickered and burned out. "Get out," said Snappy as he shuts off the engine, "Turn on your flashlights and get out, now!"
The Smurflings turned on their flashlights and got out out of the smurfvee as Snappy left the head and roof lights on, "You pick one hell of a time to find us!" snarled Cherskey as the shadows and wind began to shift again, "We'll talk later, just defend this position. Use the worklights and flares to your advantage!"
"Here!" said Nelly as she dropped a box of flares to the ground.
When it landed on the ground, the Smurflings grabbed a few flares, "Can one of you smurfs set that downed worklight back up?" asked Nelly.
"Sure!" called out Sassette.
Sassette ran to the downed worklight and repositions it right side up again, she looked into the darkness beyond and saw a couple of shadowy humanoid figures walking towards her, "Going by the river smurf today!" one of them said in a monstrous voice.
"Taken!" cried Sassette as she aimed the worklights at the Taken, the lights held back the Taken as it burns away its cocoon of shadows.
"There's more of them over here!" announced Snappy.
"You gotta work as a team if you're going to live to see the sun again!" advised Cherskey, "We'll do our best to help you guys, just fight them as long as they keep coming!"
Within seconds, the clearing was filled with Taken from the Smurf Village, some blurted out garbled gibberish that the Smurflings could not understand. Regardless, they went straight into battle. Since Snappy and Sassette were the only smurflings with guns, they have to take the brunt of the fight. Cherskey and Nelly were safe in their tree house, four overhead lamps bathe the entire balcony. They were in the safe haven of light, the Taken cannot touch them. They'll provide some cover from the high ground with SIRs, but with a limited range since the protective light hindered their vision.
The flashlights that randomly pointed out into the clearing helped nibble away at the Taken's dark shroud when they come walking by it, so they provide some help to the Smurflings. Snappy and Sassette does his best to keep paste on gunning down the Taken who had their darkness burned away, as Nat and Slouchy tried to stun the Taken with their flashlights. The twins above helped take pot-shots at the unprotected Taken when they get close enough, the teamwork they showed was phenomenal.
"Like that!" cursed Cherskey at the Taken, "I bet that hurts, don't it!"
"There's more of them coming from the south!" cried Nelly.
Indeed, more Taken came walking out of the woods. They all tried to outflank the Smurflings as they struggle to hold them back, it was easy since they back off once a focused beam of light was shined on them, but that was all about to change. "I go for a jog... AROUND THE SMURF VILLAGE... every morning," said a maniac and distorted voice, "It helps get my... blood pumping before I START THE DAY!"
A Taken came walking out of the forrest carrying a double-bladed ax, it had more shadows covering its body than the other Taken. Looking closely, Slouchy could see a faint heart-with-arrow tattoo on the smurf's upper right arm. "It's Hefty!" he announced.
"I get jeaaalouss... when anysmurf is INTERESTED in SmurfETTE!" he blurted as he marched towards the Smurflings with the ax up high, "I won't let ANYSMURF touch her!"
Snappy shined his flashlight into Hefty's face, he shields the light from his eyes with his arm. Unlike the other smurf Taken, Hefty continues walking, unhindered by the light of the flashlight. Snappy tried shooting Hefty with his gun, the bullets bounced off of him without harm. It did, however, enraged Hefty as he let out a loud roar from the top of his lungs before come charging head on towards Snappy in full speed, ready to clobber him like the punching bags he used to beat up.
With sharp reflexes, Snappy jumped out of the way as Hefty swung the ax at him like a golf club. Instead of hitting the smurfling, he created a huge gouge in the dirt with immense strength. "Let me at 'em!" he gibbered, "LET ME AT 'EM!"
"Even as a Taken, Hefty is still tough." comment Sassette.
"Use the flares you dumbasses!" cursed Cherskey.
Snappy pulled out a flare and twisted it, he held it over his head like a torch as it gave off a bright green sparkle of light. The light was so immense that it repelled Hefty awhile stripping away his darkness faster than the flashlight can. "Try Nordic WALKING!" blabbered Hefty, "Proven... health benefits!"
Sassette came to Snappy's aid as she attacked the other Taken who was trying to attack him, Nat and Slouchy kept a trained light on Hefty as Snappy's flare died out. "Gimmie something TO BEND!" he roared as he came charging at the Smurflings again.
They also managed to dodge it a second time and Hefty wound up lodging the ax into the trunk of the treehouse when he tried to swing it at Nat, Hefty took a moment to attempt to remove the ax from the tree. Eventually, he managed to get it removed by the time his dark shroud was finally burned away. Snappy and Sassette proceed to gun him down, it took more rounds to bring Hefty down than the other Taken. A shot to the head finally caused Hefty to disintegrate into light before vanishing from the face of the earth.
"Look out Slouchy!" cried Nat.
A Taken came up from behind with a hatchet and sickle, Slouchy turned awhile the Taken nicked him in the tail with the curved blade. He didn't noticed, the heat of the moment kept him focused on the Taken. Slouchy stunned the Taken with his flashlight as its dark shroud flashed and disassembled itself, as the Taken gripped its eyes Snappy shot it until it died.
"Thanks." said Slouchy.
A couple more Taken was now all that's left, one of them threw a hatchet at the Smurflings which embedded itself in the trunk of the treehouse. The other one also threw a hatchet which nearly hits Snappy in the head, it flew past and landed in the mud behind him. Before the Smurflings were able to attack them, a small metal cylinder-shape object appeared and landed at the feet of the Taken and explodes. It gave off a loud bang and a flash of white light, so bright that everything went white.
It took a few seconds for the Smurflings vision to restore and the ringing in their ear to subside, by the time they came too they saw that the Taken were now gone.
"You guys just stood there like derps!" laughed Nelly, "I'm not going to forget that moment, ever!"
All the smurflings waited for a minute or two for more Taken to arrive, the forest nonetheless remained quite and no more of the poor soulless beasts showed up. "I think its safe now." said Snappy.
At that moment, the overhead lamp above the smurfvee flickered back on as Cherskey tossed down a rope latter from the balcony, "Get up here," barked Cherskey, "I'm not going to bury you if you decide to catch an ax with your forehead!"
TO BE CONTINUED...
The Dark Presence had control of most of the inhabitants of the Smurf Village, but its job was not yet complete. It needed the Smurflings in order to call it a win, however it used up a lot of its energy possessing all the smurfs in the village and cannot possess the Smurflings like it did to the adults. Rather than coming after the Smurflings directly, why not have someone else do the job for you?
It had made the smurfs its puppets, the Taken, so sending them after the Smurflings' lives is the best economical choice it can perform at the moment. By the time the Smurflings reached the Green Smurf Colony, it had renewed strength to possess more creatures. It couldn't get its army of blue smurf Taken over there at once, nor did it want to. The green smurfs though might be a better alternative to use as minions, they're far stronger and more aggressive than their pure counterparts, and there's more of them as well. Once the window of opportunity opens, even if its just a crack, it will seize the moment to acquire more soldiers.
Unlike the sky blue smurfs who were bred for peace, the grass green smurfs were bred for war.