Return to the Evil Forest
Chapter V: Welcome Home Party
The rest of Tantalus arrived back at their hideout in the Theater district. Cinna and Marcus went to their card game as Blank raided the refrigerator. Ruby tidied up the room.
"I win." Marcus grinned.
"……." Cinna's head dropped.
"Hehe." Marcus took a good look at the cards he had..then the ones he had won and chose Cinna's 'Lizard Man'.
"Dude, Cinna. Move over. I'll play ya, Bro…" Blank walked over and took a deck of his own cards from his pocket.
Outside of the hideout, the two Lindbulmian guards stood watch. They were fully equipped with sleeping weed and handcuffs. One of the guards pulled out a two-way radio.
"Rabid Ostrich to Head Cheese, come in Head Cheese…" the guard spoke quietly into the radio. Cid's voice crackled over the radio.
"Head Cheese here, what is your *Gwok* position?"
"You can stop talking like an oglop now."
"Sorry, it's a *ribbit* habit."
The guard sighed. "Positioned in front of 'Mad Cow Hideout', awaiting orders."
"Good, proceed with operation 'Double-Cross'…Head Cheese over and out…"
Baku casually walked through the palace and made his way up to the top floor. He came up to the royal chamber and stopped at the guards.
"The Regent has been expecting you. You have permission to pass." The guard announced, then stepped aside for Baku to pass. He scratched his head.
"Expecting me?" Baku thought, but shrugged the thought off. The giant doors opened, and Baku stepped into the royal chamber, in front of the human Regent Cid himself.
"Ah. Welcome Baku. How was your
"Oh, just peachy. First we were tossed around like Mexican Jumping beans, then we crash-land in the Evil Forest…AGAIN. Nearly get turned to stone, scratched and scathed to oblivion and stranded out in the cold for 2 days. Oh, I'd say I was just peachy keen, jelly bean." Baku had a hostile tone in his voice. Cid chuckled.
"Aw, come on buddy, it wasn't really THAT bad was it?"
"But tell me something, Ciddy. Why did you give us your defective ship?" Baku pointed out. Cid went serious.
"Well…you see…" Cid started, his voice almost monotonous. "The truth is, I am trying to destroy you."
Baku's eyes went wide. "W-What?!"
Cid pressed a button on his seat and a horde of guards rushed in and surrounded Baku with their spears drawn. "You see, you and your little band of thieves have cost us and our neighboring nations lots of money. Now, it isn't just you, but I've agreed to eliminate all the thieves from our town. Including you and your band. Now, since you are my friend, I'll let you off easy…" Cid scratched his chin, then continued. "But, your buddies will be executed at noon tomorrow."
((Author's Notes: Told ya they'd get into trouble. Update 2-23: Er...hehe. I keep getting 'Ruby' and 'Rose' confused. I dunno why. ::Changes that::))