Chapter 7, up and ready!
Oh, school was good today. (My science teacher is crazy but awesome. :D)
I got no homework so far, but I will more than likely have some next week. :P
Thanks everyone for agreeing how last chapter Sparx was sweet and not that much OOC. It means a lot to me! :'3
Oh, and thanks for voting! And who voted for Antauri? I did not think anyone would vote for him when Gibson was in the lead! Thanks for being honest!
Anyways, let's see who the Tin Man is!
R&R!
DISCLAIMER! I DO NOT OWN SRMTHFG! OR THE WIZARD OF OZ!


SRMTHFG! in: The Wizard of Oz!

Chapter 7

The next morning Taeta, Sparx, and I got up early. We decided to keep walking down the yellow bricked road until we saw another acre full of fruit trees. In the meanwhile, Taeta began talking about guess what?

"...And she made me tuna delight, tuna sandwich- cat friendly of course! Um... tuna salad, tuna casserole, tuna-"

"Blah blah blah. Does furball ever talk about something else besides food?" Sparx asked to me, his hands over his head.

I chuckled at this. "Hey Sparx,"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks... about... you know..."

He used his left hand to give me a thumbs up. "No prob, girly." he winked.

I giggled and came to a stop. Sparx and Taeta looked at me curiously, also coming to a stop.

"Mari?" Taeta asked.

"Girly, what's wrong?" Sparx asked.

"Do you guys hear that?" I asked.

All of remained silent for a while...

Beep... beep...

"What is that?" Taeta asked.

"I don't know, but it's coming from over there..." I replied

We looked towards the left side of us, seeing a shed in the distance. I began walking towards the noise followed by my companions. I pushed the rusty metal door open, only to see faint blue lights from computers. Webs decorated the walls of the room, the computers, the corners of the roof, you name it. A couple of computers were broken from the sides but were surprisingly still running. As we stepped in, the silked and grime wood creaked within our footsteps. In front of the computers was another metallic simian almost like Sparx. This one was blue and had cracks, rust stains, and openings on some parts of it's body. Instead of having fur on it's face, torso, legs, and tail like Sparx, it was out of tin. There were wires from the back of it's head that conected to the computers. Taeta stared deep into it's black lifeless eyes and pounced on it. Her tail swayed in curiousity.

"Is it dead?" she asked.

"I don't know. Let's see;" the scarecrow grabbed a rock and threw it at the simian's head.

CLANG!

The rock made the "corpse" fall to the ground which caused my pet to shriek and jump on the keyboard.

BEEEEEP! ... BEEEEEP!

"Uh oh..." Taeta said, realizing she pushed a button with her paw.

The machine began to whir, shake, tumble, and make so many noises I haven't even heard of. Smoke appeared from the machine and finally, it ended.

DING!

The body on the floor powered up, coming to senses. Slowly, it got to it's knees.

"Oh..." he moaned, holding it's head. "Where am I...?"

He looked at us, immediately jumping up.

"AH! How many times must I tell you two to stop touching my machine!" it exclaimed.

"Huh?" the scarecrow and I asked.

"Oh... my apologies. I thought you were just children who aways sneaked their way into my workshop." he calmed down.

"Um... who are you...?" I asked.

"Ah. My apologies for not introducing myself." he cleared his throat before continuing. "I am Mr. Hal Gibson. (No 'Mr'. or 'Hal'. Just Gibson) My occupation is to help find new substances and technology, in the name of science and Cybernetic City."

"You're not in Cybernetic City though." my feline interrupted him.

"What...? ...Ah... Now I remember;" Gibson rubbed his head at this. "The Wicked Witch of the West, or Valina, couldn't stand my so called 'annoying and boring lectures', she had her minions destroy my Discovery Quarters and turned me into THIS!" with that, he motioned to his tin fur.

"So? Isn't that the whole point of living in Cybernetic City? You're supposed to be out of tin?" the Bengal cat asked.

"No, you don't need to be made out of tin or metal in order to live there!" he snapped. "The city is name so, due to the fact that Cybernetic City is the science capital! And get your paws off my work!"

Taeta glared at him before she leaped off.

"Geez, cranky much?" she murmured under her breath.

"Thank you. Now as I was saying, the witch not only took my regular appearance, but my heart as well. And now..." he looked down disapointedly. "I no longer to feel love for my passion..."

"Aww... he was in love with a girl... Poor Gibson..." I thought.

"Aw... tough luck. Who's the lucky gal?" Sparx asked.

"What? Oh, no! I have no intention to be in a relationship with a woman. My heart belongs to science!"

If this were an anime, I would've sweatdropped and do an anime fall... But it's not, so I didn't do any of those things. Although, I did felt like strangling him...

"Right..." Sparx drawled, also sounding disappointed.

"Ooh, ooh, ooh! I know, know!" Taeta cheered raising her paw. "We're going to see the Wizard of Oz right now! Maybe he can get you a heart!"

"Why don't be ridiculous! The wizard couldn't possibly- Well, hm... You know...that could work!" Gibson replied.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's... GO!" the red simian said.

"Absolutely!." Gibson tried to walk but the wires held him back. "Ah, right. Please wait a moment,"

With that, Gibson unplugged the wires from his head and turned off the machine. He turned to us.

"Alright. Let's get going now, shall we?"

We nodded our heads and walked out of the shed.

"Oh! My name is Mari, by the way." I said to the blue simian.

"Why, hello!" he gestured to me back.

"The Bengal cat is my pet, Taeta," I continued.

"Yes... I remember her..." he muttered to himself.

"And the scarecrow here is Sparx." I motioned to him. "He was also from Cybernetic City."

"Hm... you don't say...?" Gibson said to Sparx, scratching his chin. "Tell me Sparx, what was your occupation?"

"I was the best pilot in the city. But then..."

"Valina?"

"Yeah."

"Well, do continue."

And so I smiled to this fast conversation between the two.


Boy, that took me like and hour and a half. I really wish I was good at speed. TT^TT
Well, there's your answer! Gibson is the Tin Man! Yah! *confetti*
Lol, well, next chapter we'll see who's the lion!
(Yipee!) X3
Too bad you won't know who it is 'til next week.
(Boo! X( )
Thanks for reading this far! I thought no one would want to read this story. You guys are awesome!
Oh, and to all Antauri fans; DONT WORRY! He WILL appear, I promise! :)
Stay tuned for chapter 8! See ya then! :)