Chapter 4: The set up.
Over by the docks, Lily and Chandler were still discussing their little plan on saving Lily's siblings. Chandler still wasn't really sure about doing this, but Lily wouldn't stop nagging him.
Chandler: "Kid, I seriously don't know why this mission is so important to you that I had to come along!"
Lily: "These people are my family, nobody in a family gets left behind!"
Chandler: "Come on, you're 1 of those famous Ace savvy hero kids! You should be able to handle this on your own, please let me go!"
Lily pondered this for a moment.
Lily: "Let me think about this…..NO!"
The exact moment she said "no," she swatted her hand upwards across his nose.
Lily: "I saved your life back there, you owe me."
Chandler stared sternly down at Lily, she was one tough cookie. Seeing that he was completely unable to beat her, he had no choice but to stick with her on the mission.
Chandler: "Okay kid, you win. If this is how I'm getting out of here alive, here's a word of advice."
With that, they stepped inside the nearest building by the docks. Next, he pointed towards an old lady sitting at a bar counter amongst a few others.
Chandler: "See that lady, she has everything you need to know."
Lily: "Uhh really, that slip never said anything about-
Chandler: "Kid, trust me. This woman will do whatever she can to help you figure out where your siblings are, now you go show her who's the Top dog."
Lily: "Hard as nails, gotcha."
Lily marched over to where the lady was sitting, then she tried using her own heroic Ace savvy voice on her.
Lily: "Alright ma'am, I'm Top dog here and you're gonna answer my question."
But when Lily turned the woman around on her chair, it was a vibrating elderly dog woman who looked like she was about 300 years old.
Lily: "Huh?"
Just then, a large brown muscular Dog-man stood up from his chair beside them and stared down at Lily. He wore a red bandanna with yellow polka dots over his head, and he had a pair of dark brown pants with a gold belt. Last but not least, he wore a large pale blue T-shirt with the bolded words "TOP DOG" on the front of it.
Top-dog: "You hassling my gram-gram?"
Gram-Gram: "She says she's Top dog."
Suddenly the dog person slammed his fist into his palm so hard, it sent a slight air wave throughout the whole area by the desk.
Top-dog: "I'm Top dog!"
Lily: "Uhh (nervous chuckle) Sir, I can explai-
But before Lily could finish her sentence, Top-dog soccer punched her sending her flying into the back wall of the bar and causing an explosion of dust along the way. But after the dust cleared, Chandler was seen running out of the building.
Lily:(groans) "Chandler, I didn't do so go-YOU'RE NOT DITCHING ME HERE!"
Meanwhile, Chandler ran around a corner and ran down the docks as far as he could. Once he got to the far edge, he tried catching his breath while leaning his hands on his knees. When he looked back, he saw that Lily was nowhere in sight.
Chandler: "Ha, lost her."
Suddenly, a steaming rolled up diaper was thrown through a rather wide crack in the wall he was standing next to. When Chandler saw it plop right in front of him, he was taken back in disgust.
Chandler: "Eww, diapers!?(picks it up) Gotta find a trash can and-
But when he took a closer look at the diaper, he saw that it had a lit bomb fuse on it. Realizing it was a diaper bomb, his eyes grew as big as saucers.
Chandler: "Oh crud."
Before he knew it, he was devoured by a large stink explosion causing him to fall unconscious.
When Chandler finally regained consciousness, he was laying his back against a wall. Once he opened his eyes, he saw Lily with her hands on her hips looking down right cranky.
Chandler: "Mommy, is it cookie time?"
Lily suddenly slapped Chandler across the face which got him to snap out of his daze.
Chandler: "W-what, what happened?"
Lily: "You set me up!"
At that moment, Chandler angrily stood back up and glared down at Lily.
Chandler: "Yes I did, this is not supposed to be my mission!"
Lily: "Yes it is, you're supposed to be helping me get my siblings back!"
Chandler: "Forget it, you and every last one of your siblings are nothing but spoiled brats! Especially your brother Lincoln, he embarrassed me at a haunted house!"
Lily: "I don't recall him mentioning anything about that, but you're still helping me!"
Chandler: "No I'm not, goodbye diaper doofus!"
With that, Chandler started walking away leaving Lily completely flabbergasted.
Lily: "First of all, it's Duence. Second, you have no idea how much I need the rest of my team. I need my brainy guy (Lisa), I need my muscle guy (Lynn), I need my musical guy (Luna), and my peanut butter within his fingers guy (Lincoln), I'm nothing without them."
Even after that little speech, Chandler was still walking away.
Lily:(sniffles) "Forget it, you wouldn't understand…...your heart is probably too solid to know what it's like anyway."
As Lily started walking off in the other direction, Chandler had stopped to listen to what she said. For some strange reason, he now felt bad for his actions. Letting out a sigh, he made a risky choice.
Chandler: "Kid, wait!"
Lily turned around in confusion.
Chandler: "I know what it's like to lose someone…..I will help you."
To be continued.