Chapter 41: Two More Faces
Author's note: Chapter 41 is now here! Wow! Two chapters in one day again?! I do hope that you all will enjoy this one! :D
Matt and MysteriousMaker1185, you'll find out the conclusion to chapter 40's cliff-hanger in this chapter. :)
cheese bean, that's a very funny suggestion. XD I'll consider that for a future chapter. :D
Icedteacinnabons, The Witches is indeed a very awesome book! Perfect for celebrating a Roald Dahl Halloween, huh? :)
Guest, I'll see what I can do. :)
Now, on with the story! :D
(Credits: Antonio Ricci and Tyler Smith belong to Matt [mattTheWriter072]. I claim no ownership of them whatsoever.)
Miss Trunchbull was coming closer and closer to the group. Even Mr. Wonka was shaking with fear.
"Ahahaha!" the Trunchbull cackled. "The apple never rots far from the tree, Matilda and Alexis!"
"Help!" exclaimed Alexis.
Suddenly, the Trunchbull lunged forward and grabbed Alexis by her neck. She then proceeded to cover her mouth tightly so that she couldn't yell any longer.
"Alexis!" exclaimed Mr. Wonka.
Miss Trunchbull stared at Mr. Wonka with menacing eyes, which prompted him to be quiet.
"You're going in the Chokey, young lady!" the Trunchbull yelled.
"The Chokey?!" cried Alexis through Miss Trunchbull's hands.
"I managed to carve my own personal Chokey out of the rock-candy when no one was by me!" the Trunchbull yelled. "Just for disgusting warts like you!"
"Mmmmph!" said a muffled Alexis, trying to wiggle free from Miss Trunchbull's grip.
"You think that you and your family could make a fool out of me and get away with it?!" Miss Trunchbull barked.
"As a matter of fact, yes!" exclaimed a voice, as an object that looked like a stink bomb flew through the air.
"Huh?!" cried Miss Trunchbull, shocked.
The stink bomb landed by Miss Trunchbull, and a blue gas came out of it. Miss Trunchbull started to cough, and she couldn't see a thing! While panicking, she dropped Alexis. Alexis immediately went back the way that she thought Miss Trunchbull had taken her, and by pure luck, she managed to reunite with everyone. Abruptly, a frightened scream made everyone flinch, except for Miss Trunchbull.
"Help!" the voice cried. "Help! Help!"
It was the same voice that was heard right before the stink bomb was thrown.
"I know who you are, you dirty little cheat!" Miss Trunchbull yelled. "Tyler Smith! You go to...Mrs. Trout's school!"
"Y-yes!" cried Tyler, about to cry.
"Now, you're going in the Chokey, young man! Throwing a stink bomb! Hmph! There is no worse crime against a Headmistress than that!"
Suddenly, Matilda noticed a rather...interesting animal crawling by her feet. It was orange-colored, and upon closer inspection, after picking it up, she realized what it was. It was a newt! Matilda smirked, and without hesitation, she threw it at Miss Trunchbull. It landed on her back.
"Aahhh!" screamed Miss Trunchbull, wiggling her bottom, trying to get rid of the newt that she felt on her back.
It was no use. The newt then climbed onto her head, then her face.
"AHHHH!" Miss Trunchbull screamed even louder, as she dropped Tyler Smith.
She continued to wiggle around, but the newt still stayed on her body. Finally, she was able to fling the newt off, and it landed on the mine's ceiling, then fell right on to Matilda's cupped hands.
Miss Trunchbull turned towards them, but they were gone, even Tyler Smith!
"Nnnnnyyyyyaaahhhh!" screamed Miss Trunchbull, following a bunch of footprints and picking up a bunch of hammer throw and javelin equipment along the way. "Yyyyyyaaahhhh!"
Everyone was panting, out of breath, but they had no choice but to run. No one wanted Miss Trunchbull to catch them. The group was running down the corridor, then the passage suddenly turned right.
"Hurry!" cried Mr. Wonka, ushering everyone.
Then, they came to a flight of stairs.
"Oh, my!" cried Charlie Bucket.
The Trunchbull threw a javelin stick at him, and it missed by about an inch. Charlie gulped.
"Hurry!" exclaimed Charlie Bucket. "She's getting closer and closer!"
The panicking group continued to hustle up the flight of stairs.
"I can't-!" gasped Miss Honey. "Believe-! That this-! Is actually-! Happening!"
"Me-! Neither-!" Matilda gasped in response.
The flight of stairs went up higher and higher, turning and turning round and round. And, all throughout this frightful affair, they could hear the whooshing of Miss Trunchbull swinging one of her hammer throws balls around in circles, or possibly even a javelin stick- that was thrown at them!
"W-woah!" cried Matilda, catching her balance.
It was a dead end! Down below, everyone could see water rapids, with the water creating steam.
"Why is there water here and not chocolate?!" screamed Adam over the noise.
"For effect!" responded Mr. Wonka. "But I wouldn't be worried about that if I were you!"
Everyone could see Miss Trunchbull's cotton smock and green breeches, and they could hear the whooshing of her hammer throw balls getting louder and louder.
"Oh, no!" cried Tyler Smith. "Even I don't have a prank item for this situation!"
Suddenly, Adam pointed to an object, and shouted, "Hey, look! A bridge! A rope bridge!"
Indeed, there was!
Everyone hurried over to the rope bridge. The rope was made out of a candy called Nerds Rope, but the wood was real. Miss Trunchbull noticed them, and ran over to the bridge. She threw a javelin stick to one of the ropes on the bridge, causing it to snap, and she swung a hammer throw ball to break the other side.
"Yaaaaahhhhhh!" exclaimed everyone as they fell. Abruptly, everyone heard another whooshing noise! This one was not the sound of a hammer throw ball swinging, but of a boy riding on a hang-glider!
"Grab on, everyone!" the boy cried, reaching out a hand as everyone grabbed it.
"Tally-ho!" cried the Trunchbull, jumping forward, hoping to grab on to the hang-glider- which she did!
"Ah-ha!" said the Trunchbull triumphantly. "I've got you dirty little lowlifes now! I'll finally get revenge on you, Alexis!"
"For what?" yelled Alexis.
"For your father!" she yelled. "Your stupid father!"
"He was not stupid!" cried Matilda Williams.
"Oh, yes he was!" exclaimed the Trunchbull. "He was a liar and a cheat! One of the most corrupt lowlifes in the history of civilization! Am I wrong? I'm never wrong! In this room, in this factory, I AM-!"
"Help!" cried the boy suddenly, interrupting Miss Trunchbull. "The hang-glider! There's too much weight on it! We're falling!"
Suddenly, Miss Trunchbull's hand slipped, and she fell down into the deep, dark waters below, screaming for mercy.
"We're safe!" exclaimed Mr. Wonka happily. "What's your name, little boy?"
"Antonio Ricci!" the boy screamed over the noise of the fast-falling hang-glider. "We're not safe yet, though! We're still falling! It looks like we may have to skydive down!"
"Skydive?!" sputtered Grandpa Joe. "But, what about parachutes?"
"We don't have time!" Antonio cried.
"What about the Trunchbull?" cried Adam. "What if we meet up with her down there?"
"That's another chance that we'll have to take now!" Antonio Ricci shouted back. "Now, on the count of three, everybody jump! Three! Two! One! Go!"
As soon as Antonio Ricci shouted, "Go!", everybody let go of the hang-glider, including Antonio himself, and the group, including Tyler Smith, as well as Antonio Ricci, began to plunge faster and faster towards the running water below them.
Author's note: I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter! :) Matt, do you think that I captured Antonio and Tyler correctly? What do you think will happen next, everyone? Stay glued to your seats, Wonka-fans, because the WORST is yet to come! *Swirling 'W' appears on the screen and starts spinning around, followed by theme music* (Yeah, that was a 1966 Batman reference. I love that show! Anyways, as I said, stay tuned for the next chapter! :D)
Until then,
Gabe S. :)
