Chapter 5

Meanwhile back in the evil Cave:

"What the heck just happened?" Patch asked

Just then a loud thump sounded behind her. She whirled around

"Race! What are you doing here?!, and where'd your hat go?"

Race jumped up "My hat!!!" his hands flew to his head, "ohhh no" he moaned.

Patch laughed, having seen everything.

"It's not that bad" she commented, then stopped "wait your hat" she said again

"Yeah I know I know, but it was the best I could do, and filly picked it out…" he said

"NO, it brought you here, it must have," she said

Race stopped to think about it "where is here by the way?"

"The evil cave, welcome to evil one's pride lands" Patch said.

Race frowned, "well I found you at least" he said weakly.

Patch grinned "thanks for trying" she said, and turned her attention back to the ball, which showed Clink, Filly and Jake walking away slowly. "Now all we can do it sit back and wait"

"Whats that thing-a-mijig?" Race asked

"I can see you all through it, look" she said pointing at the ball which was just starting to fuzz over again.

Just then Evil One breezed into the room, walking over he flicked off the crystal ball.

"OOOH what's this a new arrival" he crooned

Patch glared at him.

"Hey let us go, you have the wrong people" Race said

"Anthony Higgins, Italian, mother Anita father Antonio, born in New York, raised in an orphanage, now sells papers under the alias of Racetrack, an obsessive gambler" Evil spit out like a computer.

Race's mouth dropped.

"He isn't called Evil One for nothing you know" Patch said

Evil One laughed "Ironic isn't it? You called me stupid, you laughed when I got dumped, and now…I have complete control over you"

Patch frowned as pokey came out to greet her "master"

"Patch what's he talking about?" Race asked confused "and whose that?" he asked pointing at Pokey who was standing at full attention.

"I'll explain later" she mumbled.

"Yes do that, keep your selves entertained till the others get here." Evil One said laughing.

He flicked the ball back on revealing Candy, Jewel, Bumlets and Amber.

"Have fun" he said in a sing song voice, and left the room again.



Race looked at Patch and then at the ball trying to see his reflection in it.

"You look fine" Patch said and watched as the four walked through the park.



In the park, the sun is shining brightly and everyone is happy


"Nice day" Bumlets said to the three girls walking with him. They nodded in agreement.

"Nice except for the fact that Patch is gone" Jewel said.

Amber and Candy frowned "Yeah we hafta find her, I'm so worried" Amber said.

Candy looked at a giant maple tree.

"maybe.." she said walking around the large trunk "His headquarters are in here, like In Peter Pan"

she knocked on the rough bark lightly "patch??" she called

Amber, Jewel and Bumlets gave her a weird look "and if he is in the what do you expect him to do invite us in for tea?" Amber asked.

"Hey you never know, and it's worth a try" Candy said defending herself.

Jewel sighed "she's right, the least we can do is try"

She said dragging Bumlets with her over to the tree. They joined Candy pounding on the tree looking for a hidden enterence.

Amber smiled sheepishly at the people casting them looks and waved. "ah what the heck" she said shrugging and joining the other three.



Back in the evil cave



Patch had no choice but to laugh at the site of her friends beating on the tree, they just looked so funny.



"Race track higgins get out here!" she yelled.

"NO!" race yelled, his voice muffled by the locked bathroom door.



"Don't make me get Ace in here…" she yelled "I can easily give her directions to the nearest Jenny Craig" she said mencingly.

Race came barraling into the room a shower cap with bright yellow ducks on it on his head. "nooooooooo! I won't run anymore I wont!" he yelled.

Patch burst into uncontrollable laughter.

"That's better" she said "oh and uhh nice cap" she said snickering loudly.

"STOP!!" Race yelled pitifully, burying his head in his hands.

"I'm…I'm sorry" Patch said gasping for breath.

"I'm better now…really, here lemme help you out" she said reaching out to take the shower cap off

"No way! Nuh uh you'll laugh again" he said.

"No I won't, I promise" she said.

"Fine" he said pouting. Slowly he removed the shower cap.

Patch bit her lip to keep from laughing but kept her promise all the same and studied Race's head.

"Lets start with this cat…it looks like it's dying" she said and trying to undo the clasp, but to no avail

"Hmmm the clasp is stuck" she said "Well we can just slide it out" she said pulling on it softly and when it sill wouldn't move a little harder.

"Hmmm that's weird with your hair being so oi…never mind" she said and pulled on the barrette even harder.

"EIAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Race yelled as he stumbled from his spot.

"Oops sorry I lost my grip" Patch said meekly. Race looked at her from his crumpled position against the wall. "Now what Einstein?" he asked.

Patch held out the shower cap and motioned to the bathroom door.

Race nodded and took off grabbing the duck cap.

Once gone Patch collapsed on the couch laughing, trying to muffle the sound with a pillow.

"I hear that Patch!!" Race yelled sinking into the bath tub dejectedly.



Patch looked down at the pillow she was holding, Evil ones face was printed on it "ICKKKKKKKKK" she yelled throwing it across the room. It landed with a dull thump on Pokey who picked it up and caressed it lovingly.

Patch made a gagging face and turned back to the ball.

Back in the park

"OW!" Candy yelled suddenly

"What?" Jewel asked turning around, a worried expression on her face.

"Something just hit me!" she said rubbing the back of her neck.

"What?" Amber asked

"I dunno it felt gross though" she said

"Maybe it was your imagination" Bumlets said

"I think I can tell the difference between reality and my dreams" Candy said

Bumlets went to reply but was stopped when a crap load of bio equipment fell on him. Raining down like a tropical hurricane the four were helpless against the books, notes, beakers, and other lab stuff. Trying to run they found they couldn't due to the mud that had accumulated around their feet from the iodyne solution that was falling in buckets.

"What's going on?" Amber yelled through the so-called storm that was only occurring around the tree.

Bumlets looked up

"What the heck??" he yelled

The girls followed his gaze to see over 20 biology teachers sitting in the branches tossing stuff at them.

"Hey stop it!!" Candy yelled.

"Real effective Candy" Jewel snapped pushing her damp hair out of her face.

"This can't be real" Amber said "I have to see Erik one more time.

The skies opened, the teachers dissipated into thin air, and from the clouds fell a guy.

"Heya Amber" Joe said.

"Not the terminal error, I said Erik!" Amber yelled as the others tried to pick themselves out of the mud.

Trapper's face appeared in the clouds "Sorry lemme try again" she yelled zapping Joe back up.

A second later Erik appeared "Thanks trapper!!" Amber yelled

"Anytime" Trapper said with a wave.


"Amber…why are you blue?" Erik asked.

Amber looked at the others "Holy shnikes were all blue" she said

"Hello!" Candy said we've been trying to tell you that for the past 2 minutes.

Amber looked at her blue friends and burst out laughing

Bumlets looked confused "how'd that happen anyway?"

"The solution.." Jewel said "It dyes the skin blue"

"For how long?" he asked

Jewel shrugged "Who knows"

Candy sighed blue was NOT her color.


"Well lets get going, blue or not it's almost 6, and the tree obviously wasn't the answer" Jewel said

Bumlets nodded examining his blue hands.

They started back towards Tibbys.

"Amber, Erik can't leave the park, sorry" Trapper said her face reappearing in the clouds. "It's not in his contract"

Erik shrugged "Sorry" he said "I'll see you when you get home" he kissed her quickly and was beamed up.

Amber waved and slowly drifted out of the park.

Evil cave……………………….

"Yeesh blue..they look like smurfs" Patch said.

Well that only leaves Sweet face, Copper, jack, and Davey" she said.

"Our final hope" she thought begging them to find her.

Jack and Dave were after all strike leaders and Sweet Face and Copper were both smart.

"Yes they'll find us, they have to" she said looking over at Pokey who was compiling a list of 101 ways to love your evil. She was getting worse as time went on.


In Medda's…………..

"Medda!" Jack yelled.

The nauseating red head turned around "Hello Jack!" she said happily

Jack hugged her, Davey drooled. Copper and Sweetface glared.

"This is Sweetface and Copper, girls this Is Medda." Jack said.

"Charmed" Copper said dryly, why the heck wouldn't davey close his mouth?

"The pleasure is all mine" Medda gushed. Sweetface rolled her eyes, at Copper who smirked and went back to glaring at Medda.

"So can we'se look around?" Jack asked after explaining.

"Of course, just ask Toby if you need anything"


Jack led them all downstairs, they spread out each taking a different corner of the room.

Copper pushed a box aside filled with feathery things "Osterages R Us" was printed on the side "so that's where she gets them" she muttered.

Sweetface meanwhile was trying to make progress of her own and pushed a box full of dresses intitled "color blind inc, we can dress like the best" She pulled out a puke green gown "the best what?" she asked then quickly shoved the box away. "Never mind I don't wanna know."

Jack and Dave were trying to move a heavy book case out of the way, when two figures darted up yelling "ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

((ack I am adding this against my better judgment, not ALL sisters are like this I repeat, not all little sisters are like this..thank you))

Copper and Clink's little sister went running from their hiding places. Copper looked over and jumped in surprise

"What are you doing here?" she yelled.

Her sister ignored her and started throwing lumpy oatmeal at Jack, Clink's sister Anita laughed evilly and joined in lobbing globs of gooey gross oatmeal at them. The room was turned into a complete war zone, everyone was covered in the mess…everyone but Copper that is, who was standing in a golden glow of light, completely un-touched by the ooze.

Cori ran over to copper and threw oatmeal right at her face, it was stopped a foot away from coppers body and instead hit a piece of plexi glass that was surrounding her. Little automatic windshield wipers came out and cleaned up the oatmeal, Copper's grin was triumphant, as she heard Cori's outraged scream.

Classical music began to play and Cori was no more, Clink's sister glared at copper, her lip trembled "I'm telling my mom!!" she yelled

"Oh go spill something" Copper said from inside her little bubble house "You're good at that" and she too disappeared.

Sweetface, Jack, and Dave tentitivly approached copper, covered in head to toe with grayish oatmeal.



Sweetface knocked "Can I come in?" she asked.

"Not unless you wipe your feet" Copper said jokingly.

Dave smirked

Jack looked around "We gotta get clean, I can feel this stuff squishing in my toes and it ain't pleasant"

The three looked at each other "TOBY!!!!" they yelled running upstairs.

Half an hour later they came back down. Copper was sitting in her home away from home (away from home) listening to the newsies CD and eating pizza.

She looked up at the sound of voices and immediately her bubble disappeared, along with the CD and Pizza

"Should have known that was too good to last" she muttered.

Sweetface laughed "Come on we hafta get to Tibby's"


Mwahahahaha un cave de evil

Patch sighed in frustration.

"We gotta get out of here" she thought