Great news; The girl who had the seizure is OKAY! :D
And... I got a wasp sting yesterday...
Did it hurt? No, not really. It just felt like a burning pinch. But it does hurt when I flex my finger!
Anyways, enough about me!
We resume after Mandarin had an idea of how he'll know Mari and her friend's weaknesses.
How will he discover them? Read to find out!
DISCLAIMER! I DO NOT OWN SRMTHFG! OR THE WIZARD OF OZ!
SRMTHFG! in: The Wizard of Oz!
Chapter 10
It was about dusk, and Sparx, Gibson, Otto, Taeta, and I were walking down the yellow bricked-road. The sky was starting to turn purple causing some stars to appear. Otto kept on making low whines from the dark dead trees that surrounded us. When the wind howled, it sounded like the trees were moaning at him. The remains, or the leaves, of the trees laid on the dead grass and dirt. When the leaves crunched, Otto would flinch or jump. I would have to comfort him and tell him it was just a mouse or a small animal.
"Will it eat me?" he would ask.
"No." I would reply.
The lion looked in the forest as he walked, very timid of what would happen to him. He spotted something.
"AAAHH!" he exclaimed and hid behind me for the fourth time.
"What? What is it?" I asked him.
He pointed towards the woods, shaking with intimidation.
"Th-There's someone watching us..." he said.
The four of us looked to see two small bright yellow lights in the woods. Gibson took a good looked at it, and recognized it.
"Oh Otto, it's just two beetles from the Lampyridae family." he said.
"What?" Sparx asked.
"...Fireflies..." Gibson simplifyed his explanation.
"Oh. ...Wait, FIREFLIES?"
Sparx hid behind my other leg.
"I hate fire! I can easily burn from a flame!" he exclaimed.
Gibson glared at him.
"Oh Sparx, they do not really burn you. They are called that because- "
"WAAAAAIIITT!" Taeta exclaimed all of the sudden.
Everyone immediately froze.
"...Oh, okay, I just thought it was a spider. Nevermind." she said afterwards.
"S-S-Spider? Where!"
The tin monkey jumped on my arm, shaking with fright.
I sighed in disbelief.
"What am I? A coat rack for monkies?" I thought.
"Guys, get off me please." I said.
One by one they did and we continued our walk.
"Sorry sis." Sparx apologized, embarrassed a little.
"Terribly sorry. Excuse my inappropriate behavior." the tin monkey said.
"You guys were just scared, that's all." I said.
Taeta stopped in her tracks, looking down on something. It didn't take a genius to see she looked amazed.
"Holy mother of tuna..." she whispered.
Everyone looked at her quizically.
"Furball, what's right?"
"What's wrong." Gibson corrected the scarecrow.
"Whatever!"
"Th-Th-Th-Th-Th- " that was all you could hear from Taeta's mouth.
She gulped and inhaled a breath.
"THERE'S A CLIFF!" she exclaimed, almost shouting.
We looked around her, spotting a huge gap between us and the other side of the road. The deepness of the gap; Mmm, probably... deep enough for us to die if we fall. The only thing that we could use to get across was a fallen tree.
"Yeah, so what?" Sparx asked her.
"Oh nothing. I just wanted to make a dramatic quote!" she smiled.
The scientist face-palmed himself.
"I'm scared of heights!" Otto squeaked out.
I just stared at it for a while and then finally took off my shoes.
"Mari, what are you doing?" Taeta asked.
I looked back at them.
"Well, do you guys got a better idea of crossing it?" I asked.
"..." There was no reply.
I carried each shoe in my hand and began to balance on the log. Each step I took, the log creaked, making everyone's heart thump. Ignoring it, I just continue look forward. After what seemed to be an hour, I got to the other side. I turned towards my friends.
"Alright, who's next?"
"I'll go!" the Bengal announced. She walked happily across the log in about five seconds. "That was easy for me." she said and looked back.
"C'mon Sparx!" I said to him.
Sparx nodded his head, stretched out his arms as he walked, and made it to the other side.
"Piece of pie!" he bluffed.
"Wasn't it tuna?" Taeta asked.
"Really? ...Well then, Piece of Tuna!"
I giggled and looked at the blue tin monkey.
"Your turn, Gibson."
"Yes, of course."
The scientist side-stepped across, hands out, and made it to the other side. Otto looked at the log, biting his nails, er, claws and had his tail between his legs.
"I-I don't know guys." he began.
"You can do it Otto!" I said to him. "Just don't look down!"
The lion hesistated but began walking.
"Don't look down," he said to himself with his eyes shut. "Don't look down, don't look down, don't look down, don't look- AHHHH!"
He looked down, freezing in his tracks. He only made it halfway.
"I-I can't do it guys! I'm too scared!" he exclaimed.
"Someone has to get him over here..." Taeta said.
"I'll do it." the scarecrow said and began to walk towards the cross-breed.
The scarecrow offered a hand.
"Just take my hand, and walk with me."
Our scared companion shook his head no.
"Trust me, you won't fall." my 'brother' insisted.
Otto looked at his hand for a while and finally grasped it. The red mechanical monkey nodded his head.
"Good. Now just follow me."
The two cautiously walked towards us, taking baby steps. When they needed to walk a quarter more of the log, Otto slipped.
"Otto!" we exclaimed.
"AAAAAAAAAhhh!" he exclaimed.
He expected to feel the wind past him as he fell to his doom, but he didn't. Curious to know why, he opened his eyes. He saw Sparx using both of his hands to hold Otto's arm.
"S-See?" Sparx said, between groans of might. "I...I told ya you wouldn't fall..."
With that, the ex-pilot pulled Otto up and they began walking again.
"Close your eyes if you have to. I'll guide ya."
The green/golden-brown creature did so, feeling his guide coax him to walk with him. When they came to a stop, he looked to see us staring at him.
"I... I-I did it?" he said at first softly. "Hey, I did it! Did you guys see me? I made it!"
We smiled except for Gibson who half-smiled.
"You were great, Otto." I said.
The crossbreed looked at the scarecrow.
"Thanks Sparx! You really helped me!"
He hugged the scarecrow which caused an uncertain look to appear on my "brother's" face.
"Eh-heh, yeah, great." Sparx tried to get out of the creature's grasp. "Now lemme go!"
Otto did, still smiling.
"Well no use of standing around here. Let us continue out walk until we've reached shelter." the blue tin monkey stated.
We all nodded our heads and continued our walk. But hidden behind a dead tree, there was a sinister smile across a certain orange monkey's face.
DUN-DUN-DUN-DUUUUUUUN!
Oh shoot, Mandarin knows Sparx, Gibson, and Otto's fears!
But what about Mari and Taeta? How will he find out their weaknesses?
Stay tuned for his next plan, next chapter!
Next chapter, the team will stumble into a place known as "Poppy's Hotel"
Does that ring a bell? *wink wink*
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