Chapter 5: … RUN!!
Professor Macable, Steven, Sir Kay, and The Professor bolted through the labyrinth, not paying any mind to where they were going, just so long as they got away from the giant Minotaur, which, at this very moment, was attempting to catch them and squash their heads.
"LEFT!" Shouted The Professor.
The foursome took a left.
"…RIGHT!" Shouted The Professor.
The foursome took a right, the Minotaur still hot on their heels.
"LEFT AGAIN!" Shouted The Professor.
Steven yanked a revolver from his belt. "Eat this!" He yelled, firing at the Minotaur.
The Minotaur batted the bullets away like flies, then resumed its chase.
"No good!" Yelled Sir Kay. He stopped and faced the Minotaur. "If you're gonna shoot a Minotaur, you need a bigger caliber!"
The Timelord's hand blurred towards his belt, gracefully yanking his Sonic Gun from its holster. The weapon blurred up into position, aiming right between the eyes of the Minotaur.
The Professor batted the Sonic Gun down. "…Don't!" He yelled.
"… What're you doing?!" It's gonna kill us!" Yelled Sir Kay.
"We can't kill it!" Shouted The Professor. "For all we know, it may be the last Minotaur in existence!"
At that exact moment, the possibly last Minotaur in existence shoved its giant fist into Sir Kay's stomach, sending him flying ten feet, right into Macable and Steven.
The Professor swung his briefcase at the Minotaur, with a velocity that would have broken bones. yet, the metal case merely bounced off the Minotaur's skull, making a resounding dinging noise.
The Professor paused. "… Skulls don't ding." He thought.
Seconds later, he found himself flying through the air, crashing into a wall, then crashing into the ground.
The Minotaur charged, aiming its horns at the group. One way or another, whether by impalement, or by being crushed, it was going to take this group of trespassers out with one fell swoop.
Or so it thought.
The Professor dove for his briefcase. In one fluid motion, he picked it up, aimed it at the Minotaur, and pressed a button concealed on the handle.
The sound of a thousand mosquitoes could be heard as a blue light shone from the front of the briefcase.
The Minotaur stopped its charge. No, it didn't stop, it froze. It remained frozen in place, head down, mouth open, balanced on one foot as the buzzing from the briefcase got louder and louder.
Then, all at once, the Minotaur fell apart.
Literally, it went to pieces. The arms fell off, the head fell off, etc, etc.
It collapsed to reveal, instead of innards, gears, flashing lights, motherboards and the like. The pieces of machinery crashed to the ground where they remained.
The Minotaur was defeated.
"…The Minotaur was a ROBOT?!" Said Steven, incredulously.
"…Why, exactly, didn't you let me shoot a robot?" Asked Sir Kay.
"I didn't realize it was a robot until I smacked it with the Sonic Briefcase." Said The Professor. "I don't care if the creature's real, legendary, or imaginary. Skulls don't ding."
"… Well, I'm glad you realized that." Said Macable. "Otherwise we would be dead men."
Sir Kay approached the pile of machinery. "This is pretty cool." He said. "This technology is way advanced. Whoever made this Minotaur wasn't from the Dark Ages, that's for sure."
"What are you saying?" Asked Steven. "A time traveler?"
"Not necessarily, but possible." Replied Sir Kay.
"Ahem! None of this is important right now!" Said Macable. "We need to figure out how to solve the problem at hand! Where is the exit to this labyrinth? We need to get to the book!"
"…You're a real shut-in, aren't you?" Said Sir Kay.
Suddenly, the ground began to shake. Slowly but surely the walls of the labyrinth sunk, revealing both the entrance, from whence they came, and the exit, far in the distance.
"… Does that answer your question?" Asked The Professor.
