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The Smurflings made a run for it through the minefield as the Taken follows suit, every few seconds they heard a Taken detonate a mine each time they stepped on one, the sound was so loud that it nearly blew out the Smurflings' ear drums.
As terrifying as it was, they found more terror when they reached the green smurf outpost. The Taken were crawling all over the area, and they sensed the Smurflings' arrival. Admits the decaying buildings and ruined parking lot was a large well-built stage, it would have taken a crazy to build such a thing in the middle of nowhere. The sight amazed the Smurflings, in fact it provided the high ground. When they heard a chainsaw roar, they rushed towards the stage and climbed onto it.
"Wow," said Nelly, "Look at the surround-sound!"
"What's more important are the lights," said Cherskey, "Hold them off as I get the stage lights on!"
Cherskey rushed to the back past the thick velvet curtains and found the circuit breaker connected to a generator, both were in poor condition yet appears to still be able to run. He sat down his gun and began to crank the generator, Nelly came by to protect him as the Taken attacked the front of the stage. "How long is this going to take Cherskey?" asked Nelly.
"Its going to be difficult to get this generator to cooperate," said Cherskey, "Piece of sh#t had been exposed to the elements for months."
"Don't take too long!" called out Snappy, "Its getting unsmurfy out here!"
The Smurflings kept the Taken at bay as they try to get on top of the stage, they were running low on ammo and the batteries in their flashlights were running low on power. "It is nice knowing you guys." said Sassette as she saw more Taken approach from the back.
"Look out!" cried Snappy.
Sassette managed to dodge an ax as it came down on top of her, it plunged into the stage without harming her. She looked to see who done it and noticed it was Painter Smurf, she could tell by the coat he wears all the time. "Stop moving!" he snarled as he pulled the ax out of the hole he made, "Or the PICTURE will be... RUINED!"
Surprised from Painter, Sassette tripped and fell backwards. She dropped her flashlight and it rolled towards the curtains as Painter was upon her, Sassette tried shooting Painter with her pistol, no effect.
"Help!" she cried, "I need help!"
The other Smurflings couldn't do anything as many Taken were coming onto the stage at once, "Fear the green smurf war machine!" roared one of the green smurf Taken.
"I don't... go near FLOWERS!" cried Greedy as he came out of the forest beyond, "I'm alllergiiic to their POLLEN!"
Painter raised his ax up high as Sassette stared into the darkness of his eyes, she felt her own heart stopped completely. Just before Painter was able to give her the killing blow, the stage lights went on and bathed the stage in bright lights as fireworks go off near the front of the stage. The Taken caught near it all were annihilated by the bright lights, Sassette watched as Painter burst into light fragments and vanished completely.
"Whoa!" cheered Snappy, "That's amazing!"
What was more amazing was the song the speakers were booming out, by the time the twins regrouped with the Smurflings from the backstage the first verse began to play:
Warriors, torchbearers, come redeem our dreams
Shine a light upon this night of otherworldly fiends
Grandpa's might be your guide, divorce you from the sane
The smurfs way will have their say, rise up in their name
"I know that voice," said Cherskey, "Its dad's!
Oh, Memory and Thought
Jet black and clawed
The stage lights went out, but there were some lights flashing across the field in front of the stage as more Taken was about to attack. "Hold them off!" cried Snappy.
Children of the Elder Smurfs!
Ohhhhh!
Scourge of light upon the dark!
The flashing lights from the stage and the fireworks going off at the field either help kill various Taken or removed their dark shrouds, Greedy tried to get onto the stage but Slouchy gunned him down before he does so. An obese green smurf Taken was coming after the Smurflings with a chainsaw, but some fireworks removed its dark shroud and Nat was able to kill it awhile the Taken was stunned, it burst into a static light before disappearing:
Scratching hag, you can rake your claws and gnash your crooked teeth
You've taken slaves like ocean waves, now feel the ocean seethe
Papa Smurf, bless this war, between the dark and light
In their songs let their wrongs bring dissolution's night
"I like this song!" cheered Nelly.
Oh, Memory and Thought
Jet black and clawed
Children of the Elder Smurfs!
Ohhhhh!
Scourge of light upon the dark!
"Hey guys," said Nelly, "This may be the best moment of our entire lives!"
"They're trying to kill us!" cried Cherskey, "That's the highest point of my life?"
"Yeah, seriously." said Snappy.
"Children of the Elder Smurfs!" commanded Nelly like an all powerful queen, "Enjoy it, goddammit!"
Wave upon wave of Taken came after the Smurflings, they held them off with a new boost of confidence. On occasion, they tossed a flare or a flash-bang grenade out into the field just in case their were more Taken than they could handle. Nelly ran back to the stage without notifying the smurfs, but it wasn't long before the Smurflings took notice.
"Hey?" asked Cherskey, "Where's Nelly."
"I don't know," said Snappy as he held up a flashlight, its light glow in a weak beam, "My flashlight almost dead, its no good."
"Mine too," said Sassette, "How about yours Nat?"
"Batteries are completely dead." said Nat as he held up an unlit flashlight.
"So are mine." said Slouchy.
"I still have some kick in this flashlight," said Cherskey, "Maybe if-"
"Hey guys!" interrupted Nelly, "Look!"
The Smurflings saw as Nelly pushed what appears to be a searchlight from the back stage and out into the open, it was hooked up to the generator that was powering everything and it was glowing a powerful beam of light. "Check this out!" she cried.
Nelly aimed the massive searchlight out into the fields and targeted many Taken, the Smurflings watched as their dark shrouds were ripped to shreds within seconds before the Taken themselves were destroyed. The searchlight proved powerful as it held off the Taken with ease, it helped even the odds.
"You're crazy Nelly!" contemplated Cherskey, "But that's fine!"
"Hey, I found this in the back," said Nelly, "What were you doing, hmm?"
"Can we argue about this la-"
Suddenly, numerous fireworks went off all over the field of the abandoned outpost. Once the light disappointed, the field that was once swarming with Taken was empty. The generator in the back called it quits and everything that it was powering shuts down, the show was now over.
"That. Was. Awesome!" cheered Nelly as she punched both fists into the air, then she tripped and fell off the searchlight's platform, "Whoa!"
Cherskey caught Nelly in time and sat her down, "Thanks, bro." said Nelly.
"Your welcome." said Cherskey, "Oh Nelly?"
"Yeah?" asked Nelly.
Cherskey wrapped his arm around Nelly's neck and gave her a choke-hold, then proceed to give her a noogie.
"No, no!" she laughed as Cherskey ground his fist on the top of Nelly's head, "Not the noogie!"
Nelly flipped Cherskey over her shoulder and the two wrestles on the ground, giggling and laughing. "Guys!" said Snappy, causing the twins to stop to look at him, "Don't we have something to do?"
"What do you want to do?" asked Cherskey.
"I want somewhere to sleep tonight," said Snappy, "I'm tired of running all over the place."
"Okay," said Cherskey, "Where do you guys wanna sleep at?"
"Maybe in one of those ruined buildings," said Slouchy, "They seemed to be sturdy enough to take shelter in."
"Well," said Cherskey as he and Nelly got back onto their feet, "What are you waiting for? Let's go."
The Smurflings got off the stage and head over to the entrance of a ruined barracks, Snappy looked at his flashlight as it struggled to produce a beam of light, it flickered and blinked as it coughed out its last remaining power, "I wonder if there's any batteries around here," said Snappy as he banged the head of his flashlight, trying to keep it going, "I feel like I'm running naked in the dark without them."
"There could be some batteries around here but I doubt it," said Cherskey, "Chances are, the batteries would probably be dead since they are left behind by other smurfs."
"Wait a sec," said Snappy, "Did we have some batteries stockpiled in our backpacks?"
"I think we do." said Sassette.
Snappy took off his backpack and fumble around inside it, "Oh," he said as he pulled out a couple of blue batteries, "I still have some lithium batteries from Chernov's house."
"Oh, so that's where I left those," said Nelly, "We were in a rush, we didn't get everything though."
"We didn't, Ms. Forgetful." grumbled Cherskey, "I placed you in charge of the batteries, remember?"
"No." said Nelly, cracking a guilty smile.
Snappy opened up his flashlight and dumped its dead batteries onto the floor, he inseted the fresher batteries in its place and screwed the flashlight's head back on. When he turned the flashlight on, its powerful beam was restored.
"That's better." said Snappy, satisfied by the light the flashlight was giving off.
He pulled out some more batteries and handed his friends two batteries each. When they switched the dead batteries with the new ones, their flashlight glowed bright once again. "With our flashlight problem taken care of," said Nat, "Now lets find a bed."
The Smurflings searched around the barracks, debris from the rotting ceiling littered the floor, bunk beds turned over as their frames rusts, footlockers picked clean from every possible item they once contained. There must be something the Smurflings can use.
Cherskey walked over to a nearby circuit box and opened its panel, the fuses and switches appear to be in good condition. He noticed the main breaker was off, so he flipped the switch to the on position. Ironically, all the lights came on and brightened up the place. It nearly blinded the Smurflings, at least they don't have to use up their precious batteries.
"The outpost must be still connected to the colony," said Cherskey, "Which mean, the colony must be close by."
"Why?" asked Snappy.
"I don't know," said Cherskey, "Usually green smurf outposts run on their own energy, if they're close to the Motherland then they might make a connection to here."
Some of the LED lightbulbs flicker awhile others fail to come on completely, the Smurflings wonder if it was indeed a safe place to be in. "Barricade the doors and windows," said Snappy, "Use anything that could provide an obstacle."
"Those lice-infested beds might do," said Cherskey, "If I had no hair, I would sleep on them."
"Lice?" asked Nat.
"Parasites that live on the hairy parts of humans," said Cherskey, "They're a nuisance in green smurf society, why do you think many green smurfettes keep their hair trimmed to their ears?"
"That is something good to know," said Sassette as she placed her hands on her head, "I don't wanna deal with lice in a situation like this."
"So what are we going to sleep on then?" asked Slouchy.
"I'll worry about that once we get this place secured," said Cherskey, "Help me moving this bed to the door, will you?"
It took several minutes to move most of the bunk beds and footlockers to the outside doors, barricading them until there was no possible way to get in without making noise. When the Smurflings were done, they head somewhere around the small offices where they could at least barricade themselves in. Luckily they found a small room with a brick fireplace, a couch, a bookshelf filled with tattered books, a pile of dried branches, and an electric lantern sitting on its side up against the corner.
The place was lit with a light with a dim switch, Cherskey dimmed the place just to a level where the light couldn't bother them when they sleep, yet bright enough to still be protect them from the Dark Presence. "We can stay here for the night," said Snappy, "Its safe, secure, no windows, this is it."
"I'll see if I could get a fire running in that fireplace," said Cherskey, "With the place nice and warm, we'll sleep easily tonight."
"Snappy," said Nelly, "You get the couch."
"Thanks." said Snappy.
There happened to be a couple of logs sitting in the fireplace, partially burned. Cherskey took out his lighter and lit a flame to it, with the log lit he gave it a moment to burn before adding small stick into the fireplace from the pile of kindling. "That should do it," said Cherskey, "Now we sit back and relax for the night.
The Smurflings sat on the ground and watched the fire dance as it burns through its fuel, it wasn't long before they were able to feel the heat coming off of the flames. "Does Chernov or Rachael tell you stories before bed?" asked Sassette.
"Rachael doesn't," said Cherskey, "She's not that imaginative, Chernov however does."
"I remember being in his arms as he rock us to sleep," said Nelly, "He told us stories from the past, from our ancestors."
"Dad said that our family were once knights who served Russian tzars," continued Cherskey, "Once the monarchy was 'abolished' we were freelance for awhile. He told me that his grandfather and his grandfather's father fought wars, both had many near-death experiences. Grandpa was tired of wars, my dad feels his pain well."
"What we're experiencing is similar to what they had experienced?" asked Snappy.
"They didn't fight supernatural wars," said Cherskey, "They fought conventional wars."
"Oh." said Snappy.
Snappy climbed onto the couch and sat his backpack on the floor, "Goodnight guys," he said as he laid back on it, "Don't let the bedbugs bite."
"They like to live in clothing," said Nelly, "They had been since-"
Cherskey nudged his elbow into Nelly's side, stopping her mid-sentence, "Oh," she said, "Sorry. Night guys."
"Goodnight." said Nat.
"Night." said Sassette.
"Goodnight." said Slouchy.
"Sleep well," said Cherskey, "If we're under attack, you know what to do."
The Smurflings tried their best to get comfortable, even though the concrete floor was cold the heat from the fireplace kept them warm. Nelly grabbed the nearby electric lantern and flipped its switch, it glowed with a bright light. She sat it aside before snuggling with Cherskey, all the Smurflings except Snappy huddled together and tried to get some sleep.
Even though the couch was soft, Snappy wasn't used to sleeping without a pillow. He thought about getting one of the pillows from the main room, he had no hair, the lice wouldn't bother them. Thoughts about small bugs crawling into his ears and nose however made him changed his mind, he glanced over to the bookshelf and noticed some tattered pages crammed above the books.
Quietly, he got up and grabbed the pages, under the dim glow of the ceiling light he could see realized these were manuscript pages. It was a couple dozen pages, Snappy took the time to look through them. It wasn't much, but Snappy figured that he could read them all tomorrow. He opened his backpack and pulled out the folder of collected manuscript pages and placed the pages he found with the rest.
He tucked the pages back into the backpack and laid back to stare at the ceiling, slowly but surely Snappy soon fell asleep.
TO BE CONTINUED...
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