A stone bust of Tucker stood in the dark undergrounds of the palace when suddenly…
SMASH!
The bust was broken to pieces by an ecto-blast. The source of the blast was Spectra and man! She was not happy! Dash stood there, his arms full of stone busts of Tucker for Spectra to destroy. She was so angry at being fired, that this was her way of getting her anger out.
"He can't rid of me that easily!" She ranted as she paced back and forth. "Who does that ungrateful little worm think he is?"
Dash placed another bust in place on the rock as she came back. She looked at the bust and instructed her assistant, "A little to the left."
Dash moved the bust into place and then stood back as she blasted the next one. She then once again began pacing back and forth, getting angrier with each passing second.
"Does he have any idea who he's dealing with?! How could he do this to me? I mean, I practically raised that little ingrate!" She continued.
Dash placed another bust down and she destroyed that one with another blast.
"Yeah, you'd think he would've turn out better." Dash said. "But, it's a good thing you're taking your anger out on these busts instead of the real Tucker."
Spectra stopped pacing as she what Dash said. Her eyes widened and she suddenly smiled as a dreadful idea came to her. She suddenly gave Dash a hug, making him drop the busts as she said with a dark laugh, "That's it Dash! I'll get rid of Tucker."
"The real Tucker?" Dash asked.
She frowned at his stupid question and answered with annoyance, "Of course the real Tucker!"
She then smiled wickedly again and further explained, "It's brilliant. With him out of the way and no heir to the throne, I'll take over and rule the empire."
"So how does that work with you being fired and all?" Dash asked, a little confused.
"The only ones who know about that are the three of us." She answered, showing three fingers. She put two down as she finished, "Soon to be the two of us."
Dash smiled as he slowly got the idea and asked, "And I'm one of those two right?"
She continued to smile and nodded before ordering, "To the secret lab!"
They dashed over to a stone bull's head at a wall and Dash stood next to one of its horns. Spectra then ordered, "Pull the lever Dash."
Dash did what he was told and pulled the lever. Suddenly she fell through a trap door that opened where she was standing.
"WRONG LEVEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRR!" She screamed as she fell and a splash was heard.
Spectra came back soaking wet and an alligator was latching onto the back of her dress. She asked in annoyance as she phased the alligator off her, "Why do we even have that lever?"
She walked over and pulled the other lever. Dash and Spectra were suddenly flung into the other side of the wall and landed in what looked like a roller coaster cart. Dash grinned in excitement as the safety bar came down, while Spectra just held on and didn't smile.
"Please remain seated and keep your hands and arms inside at all times." A voice announced.
The cart suddenly went down a long track, Dash cheered and laughed the entire ride, "FASTER! FASTER! Spectra, put your hands in the air! YAHOOOOO!"
The cart went down a spiral before coming to a sudden stop, flinging Dash and Spectra out of the cart where they landed perfectly on their feet and this time, in lab coats, gloves and safety goggles. They gave each other a high-five before walking over to the beakers and lab equipment, filled with all different kinds of chemicals and potions Spectra was always making.
She tapped her fingers and smiled as she began to think of a way to get rid of Tucker, "How shall I do it?"
She then laughed as a plan came to her mind, "AHA! I know….I'll turn him into a flea. A harmless little flea. I'll then put that flea in a box, and then put that box inside of another box and then mail that box to myself and when it arrives…..(LAUGHS)….SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER!"
"It's brilliant! Brilliant I tell you! Genius I say!" Spectra shouted with glee, while accidentally knocking over a beaker filled with chemicals.
The liquid fell onto a plant and in five seconds…..POOF!...The plant was destroyed and all that was left was ashes.
Spectra then picked up another beaker and said, "Or to save money on postage, I'll just poison him with this."
She gave it to Dash and said, "Take it Dash. Oh! Feel the power!"
Dash held the beaker in his hands and said with his own smile, "Oh. I feel it."
"Our moment of triumph approaches!" Spectra shouted and once again laughed with glee. "IT'S DINNER TIME!"
That evening, Dash wearing an apron and oven gloves lit the candles at the dinner table set for two. Spectra invited Tucker to a small dinner, pretending it was a goodbye dinner for all her years of service.
She entered the room wearing an elegant dress and asked Dash, "So, is everything ready for tonight?"
Dash smiled and answered as he showed her the salad he made, "Oh yeah. I thought we start with a soup and a light salad, and then see how we feel after that."
Spectra put the salad down and then asked in a whisper, "Not the dinner! The…you know…?"
Dash then caught on and said, "Oh right! The poison for Tucker. The poison specially chosen to kill Tucker. Tucker's poison."
He cringed and asked nervously, "That poison?"
"Yes! That poison." Spectra answered, a little annoyed.
Dash smiled and pulled out the small vile from his apron pocket and showed it to her, causing her to smile.
"A few drops in his drink, then I'll propose a toast and he'll be dead before dessert." Spectra said.
"Which is a shame really, because it's going to be delicious." Dash said, putting the vial away.
Tucker kicked open the door and said as he sat down, "Boom! Bam baby! Let's get to the grub, I hope there's a lot of meat because I am the hungriest king in the world."
He smiled and asked Spectra, "So….no hard feeling about being let go?"
Spectra smiled and answered with gritted teeth, "None whatsoever."
She then turned to Dash and requested, "Dash, get the Emperor a drink if you please."
Dash winked and said, "Right."
He walked over to the cups and poured the drinks into the cup and then discreetly, placed the poison into the one of the cups, causing a small puff of smoke and noise, but Tucker didn't seem to notice.
Dash walked back over and offered him the cup as he said, "You're highness?"
Before Tucker was about to grab the cup, he smelled some smoke and asked, "Is something burning?"
Dash gasped, "My spinach puffs!"
He immediately placed the tray down in the middle of the table and dashed to kitchen. There was an awkward silence between Tucker and Spectra.
Tucker played with his fork for a moment and then spoke, "So Dash, he seems nice."
Spectra nodded and said, "Uh…he is."
"He's what? Late twenties?" He then asked.
She laughed nervously and then answered, "I'm not sure."
Dash entered back into the room, a plate full of his famous spinach puffs as he said with a smile, "Saved them!"
"That's great! / well done Dash." Spectra and Tucker both said at the same time.
He placed the plate down and warned them, "Just be careful. They're still hot."
"Now that's taken care of, I believe the Emperor still doesn't have his drink." Spectra reminded Dash.
Dash smiled and was about to pick up the cup, only to realise, he didn't remember which one had the poison. He smiled nervously and took them back over to the drink table.
"Hey Dash, everything okay back there?" Tucker asked.
Dash pulled out the vial only to see that there was no more of the poison left. He then poured all the drinks together in a jug and shook them around and answered as he poured them into the cups, "The drinks are a bit on the warm side, but I made fresh ones!"
A small puff of smoke came from them as he poured, but no-one noticed. He bought the tray back over and handed Tucker a drink.
Spectra and Dash picked up their cups and then Spectra toasted, "A toast to the Emperor. Long live Tucker."
Tucker immediately began to drink his drink. Just as Spectra was about to, Dash warned her quietly, "Don't drink it….it's poison!"
Spectra threw her drink onto a plant without Tucker noticing, while Dash just pretended to drink his but it really fell to the floor.
Tucker sighed with content as he finished, "Tasty."
And then suddenly, his head just fell as he dropped dead right in front of them. Their plan had worked! Emperor Tucker was dead!
"Finally! Good work Dash, now we get rid of the body." Spectra said, smiling wickedly.
Her smile suddenly dropped when Tucker just woke up and asked, "Okay! What were we saying?"
Confused, she just began to lie, "We were just making a toast to your long and…"
Suddenly, two long ears grew on the sides of Tucker's head causing her eyes to widen in shock. Pretending like nothing was going on, she finished nervously, "H-healthy rule."
Dash looked at Spectra and just shrugged, he was just as confused as she was at what was happening.
As Tucker began to talk, his neck grew longer and he now had fur on his neck, "So what are you going to do? I mean, you've been around for a very long time…."
As he continued to talk, Spectra picked up two pieces of broccoli and made a gesture to Dash to look as she began to hit the two pieces of vegetable together. Dash looked at her confused and in the meantime, Tucker now had two-toed feet and the head of a llama, but none of these changes seemed to be noticed by the young Emperor as he just continued to talk.
Spectra continued to hit the vegetable together and said quietly, "Hit him on the head."
Dash asked in confusion as he held the bowl of broccoli, "More broccoli?"
Spectra growled in annoyance and this time, made the gesture with her hands that she wanted him to knock Tucker out, Dash finally got the message and with the plate, he slammed it right on Tucker's head and knocked him out, causing him to fall unconscious.
Spectra looked at Tucker really confused, "What?! A llama? HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD!"
"Yeah, that's weird." Dash commented.
Her eyes then widened and she turned to Dash asking with gritted teeth, "Let me see that vial?"
He handed her the vial and she looked at the label and though it looked like it said poison, the paper was just folded down and she flipped it back up to show a picture of a llama.
"This isn't poison….this is extract of llama!" She shouted, really angry. "You idiot! You grabbed the wrong potion!"
"In my defence, your poisons all look alike and you might want to think about re-labelling some of them." Dash advised.
Angry and annoyed, she ordered, "Take him out of town and finish the job now!"
Dash then asked, "What about dinner?"
Spectra sighed and said, "Dash, this is kind of important."
Dash looked down and asked, "How about dessert?"
Spectra thought about it and agreed, "Well….I suppose there is time for dessert."
Dash smiled and added, "And coffee?"
She shrugged and agreed calmly, "Alright. A quick cup of coffee."
She then shouted, her face turning red, "THEN TAKE HIM OUT OF TOWN AND FINISH THE JOB!"
