Chapter Ten: Taking A Trip To Puffoon
I felt the ground thump hard and low and I turned my head to see a monster coming to us. Everyone else turned around and saw the monster as well.
"Pico, I'll let you take care of the loser's pet!" Sorbet said and Pico looked at her.
"Just take care of yourself!" Pico said and he looked at all of us.
"Ready Hiro, Hikari?" Pico asked us and we nodded.
The monster blasted water at me and I brought a foot up. The water hit my foot and I glared at the monster.
He is so dead when I get my hands on him! I thought and Light shot out from next to me and hit the monster.
I grinned and ran at the monster while it was distracted by Hiro's Light. I jumped and I got on the monster's head. I bent down to its ear hole and knew it heard me breathing.
No one, and I mean no one and nothing, will kill me with weak attacks like that. I directed those words into the ear and only the monster heard me since it was a telepathic creature.
I pushed off the monster and Darkness consumed it, making it twist and shout. I landed in front of Hiro and the others as the Darkness crushed and destroyed the monster. I looked at them all and gave them the look that showed the monster was dead. We turned back to Persimmon as Sorbet blew all the pirates away from her with water. Persimmon glared and stepped back one more time.
"Such persistence." He mumbled and then he went behind the girl he had been hiding.
"Get on now!" He said and he shoved Farina to the boat.
"Stop!" Sorbet said to Persimmon and Farina looked at her.
"Don't worry about me, it doesn't matter what happens to me, just as long as everyone is safe." Farina said and Persimmon shoved her onto the flying boat.
"Off we blast to the pits of Razen!" Persimmon said and then he laughed while turning to us.
"Little chance you churlish, cherry-cheeked kids can pursue us in that relic of a rocket." Persimmon said and he laughed, jumping onto the boat as well.
"Oh no you're not!" Sorbet said and she walked over to the boat.
"Wait! Sorbet!" Pico said to her as she jumped onto the boat and it took off flying away.
"Why'd you have to go and do that?!" Pico asked and I smirked.
"Let's go back to the village, no point in staying here anymore." Lassi said and we nodded.
Without talking we got Pico to Tropica Village and we rested for the night. When I fell asleep I woke up a few hours later, hearing Pico talking to Hiro.
"I'm sleepin, Pico…" Lassi muttered as I sighed silently.
"How can you and Hikari be sleeping at a time like this? I gotta do… at least something! I don't even know what I should do though." Pico said and I turned around on my side, telling him to shut up and go to sleep. Though he didn't listen to me because he kept talking to the rabbit.
"Can't we talk about this after we get on the rocket tomorrow? Sleep is so… comfy." Lassi said and I knew Pico was looking at her with a confused face.
"Rocket?" Pico asked and Lassi said nothing. I smiled and closed my eyes falling back asleep, until Pico sighed.
"Lassi! Wake up! What's this about a rocket?! You gotta take me to it, pronto!" Pico said and I groaned silently and put my feet down on the ground.
I stood up and my blankets that were around me fell off and onto the ground. Hiro sighed and got up as well.
"Come on, since you woke Hikari and me up again." Hiro said as he got up as well.
I dragged myself over to Lassi with a yawn and picked her up as Hiro dragged Mokka as well. We led Pico to the rocket as I set both Lassi and Mokka down near the rocket, who immediately fell asleep again.
"That's awesome man! This is your ride?! Where did ya get it? How do you get in?" Pico asked as I sat next to Lassi and Mokka.
I began leaning my head against the rock hard robot and, with a sigh, fell asleep again. I woke up when I felt myself being set down inside the rocket. Pico was yelling things from down the rocket and I heard him walk up the ladders.
I opened my eyes and sighed, watching him and Hiro. I eventually tuned the noise out so it looked like I was listening but I was actually sleeping with my eyes open.
"What are we going to do now guys? We know that Miss Madeleine and Sorbet have been taken to Razen, and we know our ship can't handle the heat because it will melt before it got there." Lassi said as I opened my eyes, taking note of where I was.
How did I get back here in the inn? That's weird. I thought while getting to my feet. I then walked over to everyone who was near Pico's bed, who was asleep. Lassi saw me and turned.
"Hikari! You and Hiro decide! What do you want to do?" Lassi asked us and then I looked at Pico.
We should wake him up first. I thought and I kicked the bed as Mokka tackled himself onto the bed. Pico rolled off the bed with a thump and he got up, shaking his head and coming over to us.
"We're finally leaving? Oh and don't forget, I use Fire Magic that is so hot it makes bean pops burst!" Pico said and I rolled my eyes.
He forgot to mention his temper. I thought as we walked to the rocket.
"We're going to go to Puffoon, the wind planet guys." Hiro said and everyone nodded. As we flew, I got out my journal and began writing.
Dear Journal: This time we decided to go to Puffoon, I wonder what is there…
I wrote and that was all I had to say at the moment. We got to Puffoon quickly and Lassi went down first, looking around and then back up at us.
"Those are the Space Police troopers!" Lassi cried and we all got off the rocket and Pico looked impressed.
"Incredible." Pico said and Mokka sighed happily.
"Now this ridiculous odyssey can end. The Space Police will send out a search party for our teacher, and we'll get back at the academy in time to get mystical omelets and magical OJ in the cafeteria." Mokka said and I grinned as he looked around.
"Odd. That rocket looks familiar." Mokka said and we looked at the rocket to see it was one from the academy.
"That's one of the rockets from the school!" Lassi said and we all knew who it was.
"That's a chill salamander for ya! He ditched out on class and blasted off in one of the rockets, I can't believe it!" Pico said as I grinned while walking away.
Everyone followed me until we saw a big comet on top of a crushed car with someone inside. I knew what we had to do and I looked at Mokka and he looked at me. He sighed once and walked in front of the rock and car. He chanted and then the ground shook hard, making the rock fall off the car and falling down and not stopping. Mokka looked at the beat up car and sighed.
"You poor, poor automobile. You must be in such pain." He said and we turned to him with looks that told him that he was acting nuts.
"I don't know what's weirder… That you're worried about a car or that you can tell when a machine is in pain." Lassi said and Mokka seemed to laugh.
"Have you not noticed that I am also machine?" Mokka asked and the person inside the car cheered loudly. We turned back to the person and they looked at us from inside the car.
"You guys are the best! I'm finally free!" He said and he drove off, and then crashed into something else. We flinched and stared at the car and the man.
"That looked… unpleasant." Mokka said and I nodded.
We walked around the town until we found Space Police HQ, and we walked inside and went to the main desk.
"I'm going to have to ask you to fill out a short questionnaire. Provide your name, date of birth, home world, blood type, hobbies, favorite movie star, credit card number, names of any and all interstellar space treaties to which you may be a signatory, known contagious diseases, pager number, father's maiden name, pet's middle name, eye color, hair color, dyed hair color, preferred salsa hotness, number of toes, and- for the gorgeous females, whether you prefer candlelight dinners or long walks on the beach." The trooper said to us and I was shocked.
Is all of this seriously legal?! I asked as Hiro and I wrote down every single thing the trooper told us to and I gave it to Hiro to turn in.
"You… you actually finished?! Most people give up when the hand cramps set in! Take this packet to the counter all the way to the left. That's the Bureau of Astro-Pirate Affairs." He said to us and we walked over to the counter to the far left. Hiro gave him the packet and he read it.
"Pirates you say? That's our specialty. Huh? Why does it says here on page twenty-seven of your questionnaire that you both are from Kovomaka. Kovomaka? Is that even a planet? Well, you both are foreigners. That's a big red flag in our system. You'll both have to show some ID at the Immigration Counter. Oh, and think of lots of paperwork." He said and I looked shocked mixed in anger.
This is getting annoying. I thought and we walked over to the counter next to the Affairs.
"This is the Intergalactic Immigration Counter. Are you seeking permanent-resident status? Wait, you are not?" The trooper asked us.