Return to the Evil Forest
Chapter III: Stranded
Tantalus stood outside of the newly petrified second entrance to the Evil Forest. Baku began pacing again. Blank poked at the stone back of the buggy. Cinna and Marcus resumed their card game. Benero and Zenero were busy playing paticake and the musicians were playing their 'Triumph over the Forest' tune.
"What now, Boss?" asked Cinna.
"I win. I call Oglop." announced Marcus.
"Again?!"
"Hehe…" Marcus snickered as he swiped the Oglop card off of the ground. Cinna sulked.
Baku stopped pacing again. He had a grin on his face from ear to ear…and since his ears were on top of his head, that was one hell of a grin. Baku reached into his pocket and whipped out a phone.
"Yes! Glad I brought this!" Baku said proudly.
"Wassat?" Blank asked from behind the buggy, now playing with his paddleball again.
"It's a PHS. Can't remember where I got it…" Baku scratched his head, the shrugged it off. He dialed a few numbers and the call was put through. A young male voice answered.
"Hello? Cloud speaking…" the voice said.
"Oops, wrong number…"
"The hel--? *click*" The voice was cut off. A sheepish grin took up residence on Baku's face. The rest of the group, minus Blank who was still preoccupied with his precious paddleball, stared at him with sweatdrops on their heads. "*Ahem* Let's just try that again, shall we?" Baku dialed a few more numbers.
Zidane's phone rang right in the middle of one of his lovey-dovey moments with Dagger. Zidane cursed to himself as he reluctantly picked up the PHS.
"The Hell do you want?!" he snapped. Baku's voice crackled over the phone.
"Take a chill pill Zidane. We need a ride, 'spose you could pick us up?"
Zidane sighed. "Alright. Where are you at?"
"Evil forest, we won't be easy to miss."
"Wait a second, weren't you suppose to be shipping that buggy over here?"
Baku paused. "Well…you see, the Hilda Guarde 2 crashed. We have the buggy, but it's half statue."
Silence overtook the line, then Zidane spoke up again. "Alright, we'll be right over."
((Author's Notes: Whee! I'm on a roll! Next, Return to Lindbulm and lots more mayham!))