Chapter Nine
Gizmo and Otto
Gizmo and Otto walked into her hut. Gizmo's hut was full of pieces of metal and wood and things that looked like tools. Otto walked around looking at all the pieces put together and pieces just laying there on a table. There were candles on the walls that Gizmo were lighting with her tail. She didn't speak. At all.
"Wow! This is amazing!"
Gizmo didn't answer. Otto looked over his shoulder toward her. She was putting something together. He turned around back at the metal and wood projects on her desk. Then he turned to his side and saw a lever.
"Hey! What's this?" He asked, pointing to the handle.
Gizmo turned around and stared.
"That's…um…a lever for the…um…skylight." Gizmo answered nervously (not making any eye contact) and pointing up toward the ceiling.
Otto looked up at the ceiling and back at Gizmo. He didn't speak for a while.
"Neat! Can I open it?" Otto asked happily.
"Um…sure." Gizmo answered shocked.
Otto pulled on the handle but it wouldn't budge.
"I think it's stuck." Otto said.
Gizmo walked over and pulled it as hard as she could but it still wouldn't budge. She bent down and looked at the gears. She walked over to her desk and pulled out something like pliers and walked back over to the handle. Gizmo bent back down and pulled something out. She tried pulling it again but it still wouldn't budge.
"Let's both try to pull it, at the same time." Gizmo suggested.
Otto just nodded his head and took a hold the handle. Gizmo grabbed hold the handle too. Her hands were on top of his. She felt something. Something she's never felt before. Gizmo stared at Otto for some time before shaking her head.
"Okay, on the count of three. 1...2...3...PULL!" Gizmo demanded.
They both pulled on the lever and it budged. The skylight was opened now. They looked at the star lit up sky above them and then at each other. Their hands still on the lever. She pulled away, blushing.
"Oops…sorry." Gizmo said not looking at Otto.
Otto was confused and let go of the lever.
Otto was going to say something when: "AAHH!"
"Carbon!" Gizmo yelled.
She ran over to the door with Otto following. Gizmo opened the door and…