Chapter 8
Back in Tibbys…
An hour later we had come up with a plan, we HAD to find Evil One's hiding place, it was the only way.
"Ok we have to stick together." Jack said "If we work together then he can't break us up."
Spot rolled his eyes "give it up jackey boy"
"How bout this for an idea, both of you shut up, and lets go." I said.
Spot held his cane up in a violent fashion.
"Oh please Spot." Filly said taking it and snapping it easily in two dropping it on the floor, it's a PROP."
Spot sunk down to his knees "You killed goldy" he whispered picking up the two pieces of the cane and holding them lovingly to his chest.
"Filly! What have we told you about that?" Amber asked.
Filly shrugged.
"Ok Spot get up, here's some tape stick it back together" I said pulling the roll of duct tape I ALWAYS carry around with me in my back pocket out and handing it to him.
"Will it work?" he asked unsure if he should get his hopes back up.
"Life lesson number one: Nothing is too strong for duct tape." I said taking the two parts from his hands and taping them back together.
"There you go, good as new." I said hoping he wouldn't notice the fact that it was crooked, and bent at a weird angle in the middle.
He seemed satisfied and stood up wiping away a tear on his face.
"Was that a tear spot?" Jack asked.
"NO, it was an eyelash, made my eye water, what the hell are we waiting around here for, let's do this." He pushed open the door and stepped out, a figure running by narrowly missing him. He stepped back crashing into the rest of us.
"Wow that had potential to be disasterous" Jewel said laughing.
Spot grunted and went to move into the street again.
"Ew what's that smell?" Jack asked sniffing the air.
"I think the sewer backed up during the night." He added.
"NO the only thing that smells that badly is…"
"EVIL ONE!!" we all shouted at once, taking off in the direction of the increasingly bad smell.
As we approached the cave where our friends were being held captive, the smell was so thick it was hard to believe, but since I don't feel like telling you anymore about it. (But for details e-mail spotconlon@hotmail.com I'll be more than happy to tell you) we'll just say that it was a smell that eventually faded once you got used to it. Off in the distance came a lingering melody
"I said it was an accident breaking goldy!" Filly screeched for the umpteenth time. "Guys shhh…do you hear that?" I asked.
"Hear what, July you're off your rocker, and you did SO do it on purpose!" Spot said.
"No shhh" I said again.
"Rubber ducky, you're the one, you make bath time lots of fun…"
"hey that sounds like race!" Jack said pressing an ear against the wall of the building they were next to.
"I miss you Donald" he heard whimpered through the brick.
"Race is in there I know it!" he yelled kicking the wall.
"Ow my foot!" Jewel rolled her eyes at him
"good one genius, why don't we try the door instead?"
"ha, like it's not locked." Jack said trying to save whatever dignity he still had. "Only one way to find out…" I said turning the knob.
************THE Rescue**********
The door opened easily, the door creaking a little on its hinges. We clutched the back packs filled with our weapons closely to ourselves and we took tentative steps into the dark room.
"eek" Amber yelled as she tripped over a clown statue and fell to the ground shattering it.
The lights flipped on to reveal her sitting in the rubble, red faced.
"Oops."
"no look you destroyed evil, and it made the lights go on." Jewel said "It's a good thing."
"oh..right, well you know, anything for our friends…." Amber said smiling proudly now.
We continued on our way, reaching a stair case we climbed it and attempted to push the door open.
"Back off buddy this is my area!" someone yelled from inside "and you won't make me move!"
"Flame is that you??" Filly whispered/called through the door.
"Filly? What the hell are you doing down there?"
"No time to explain, is Evil One in there with you?" she asked.
"No he went out to get some more oranges for his breakfast tomorrow."
The remaining six of us breathed in relief.
"We're busting you out of this joint, stand back" I said.
"There isn't any room to stand back!"
We considered this "well then DUCK" Jack yelled as he and Spot did Kung Fu moves through the door crashing into the group of people eagerly awaiting their rescue.
"Smooth like sandpaper." I said picking my way across the room giving random people hugs till I reached Patch who was busy getting Blink out of the cage, he was put into upon his arrival.
"Lizzi!" she said giving me a hug forgetting about blink a minute.
"I didn't know if you'd make it or not, Evil one is completely insane, he brainwashed Pokey on all those WalMart trips, and oh it's terrible!"
"Um hello??" Blink called.
"I always knew that boy was nothing but trouble, from the very first time you mentioned him, not to mention the fact that he picks flowers all the time like a girl." I said shaking my head disgustedly.
"Hello? Remember me?" Blink said waving his arms around and knocking on the metal bars with his tin cup.
"Oh right!" Patch let him go as we started filing down the steps into the back alley. "I didn't think I'd ever see the light of day again!" Patch said holding her face up to the light.
"Let's get out of here." I said turning to walk away.
"NOT SO FAST!" Evil One roared from behind us. We whirled around to see him, surrounded by the oranges he had dropped.
"CHEEZ IT!!" Jack screamed grabbing Crutchy under his arm hauling him down the alley.
"I thought I told you I don't want anyone carrying me EVER, I thought you heard me!" He cried pathetically.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Jack yelled as they reached the end of the alley, they saw that Evil One had blocked it off with a collage of Pulitzer and Weasel painted on a brick wall.
The group turned and saw that the other end was now blocked by another wall carefully guarded by Oompa Loompas.
I gulped heavily "uh oh."
Back in Tibbys…
An hour later we had come up with a plan, we HAD to find Evil One's hiding place, it was the only way.
"Ok we have to stick together." Jack said "If we work together then he can't break us up."
Spot rolled his eyes "give it up jackey boy"
"How bout this for an idea, both of you shut up, and lets go." I said.
Spot held his cane up in a violent fashion.
"Oh please Spot." Filly said taking it and snapping it easily in two dropping it on the floor, it's a PROP."
Spot sunk down to his knees "You killed goldy" he whispered picking up the two pieces of the cane and holding them lovingly to his chest.
"Filly! What have we told you about that?" Amber asked.
Filly shrugged.
"Ok Spot get up, here's some tape stick it back together" I said pulling the roll of duct tape I ALWAYS carry around with me in my back pocket out and handing it to him.
"Will it work?" he asked unsure if he should get his hopes back up.
"Life lesson number one: Nothing is too strong for duct tape." I said taking the two parts from his hands and taping them back together.
"There you go, good as new." I said hoping he wouldn't notice the fact that it was crooked, and bent at a weird angle in the middle.
He seemed satisfied and stood up wiping away a tear on his face.
"Was that a tear spot?" Jack asked.
"NO, it was an eyelash, made my eye water, what the hell are we waiting around here for, let's do this." He pushed open the door and stepped out, a figure running by narrowly missing him. He stepped back crashing into the rest of us.
"Wow that had potential to be disasterous" Jewel said laughing.
Spot grunted and went to move into the street again.
"Ew what's that smell?" Jack asked sniffing the air.
"I think the sewer backed up during the night." He added.
"NO the only thing that smells that badly is…"
"EVIL ONE!!" we all shouted at once, taking off in the direction of the increasingly bad smell.
As we approached the cave where our friends were being held captive, the smell was so thick it was hard to believe, but since I don't feel like telling you anymore about it. (But for details e-mail spotconlon@hotmail.com I'll be more than happy to tell you) we'll just say that it was a smell that eventually faded once you got used to it. Off in the distance came a lingering melody
"I said it was an accident breaking goldy!" Filly screeched for the umpteenth time. "Guys shhh…do you hear that?" I asked.
"Hear what, July you're off your rocker, and you did SO do it on purpose!" Spot said.
"No shhh" I said again.
"Rubber ducky, you're the one, you make bath time lots of fun…"
"hey that sounds like race!" Jack said pressing an ear against the wall of the building they were next to.
"I miss you Donald" he heard whimpered through the brick.
"Race is in there I know it!" he yelled kicking the wall.
"Ow my foot!" Jewel rolled her eyes at him
"good one genius, why don't we try the door instead?"
"ha, like it's not locked." Jack said trying to save whatever dignity he still had. "Only one way to find out…" I said turning the knob.
************THE Rescue**********
The door opened easily, the door creaking a little on its hinges. We clutched the back packs filled with our weapons closely to ourselves and we took tentative steps into the dark room.
"eek" Amber yelled as she tripped over a clown statue and fell to the ground shattering it.
The lights flipped on to reveal her sitting in the rubble, red faced.
"Oops."
"no look you destroyed evil, and it made the lights go on." Jewel said "It's a good thing."
"oh..right, well you know, anything for our friends…." Amber said smiling proudly now.
We continued on our way, reaching a stair case we climbed it and attempted to push the door open.
"Back off buddy this is my area!" someone yelled from inside "and you won't make me move!"
"Flame is that you??" Filly whispered/called through the door.
"Filly? What the hell are you doing down there?"
"No time to explain, is Evil One in there with you?" she asked.
"No he went out to get some more oranges for his breakfast tomorrow."
The remaining six of us breathed in relief.
"We're busting you out of this joint, stand back" I said.
"There isn't any room to stand back!"
We considered this "well then DUCK" Jack yelled as he and Spot did Kung Fu moves through the door crashing into the group of people eagerly awaiting their rescue.
"Smooth like sandpaper." I said picking my way across the room giving random people hugs till I reached Patch who was busy getting Blink out of the cage, he was put into upon his arrival.
"Lizzi!" she said giving me a hug forgetting about blink a minute.
"I didn't know if you'd make it or not, Evil one is completely insane, he brainwashed Pokey on all those WalMart trips, and oh it's terrible!"
"Um hello??" Blink called.
"I always knew that boy was nothing but trouble, from the very first time you mentioned him, not to mention the fact that he picks flowers all the time like a girl." I said shaking my head disgustedly.
"Hello? Remember me?" Blink said waving his arms around and knocking on the metal bars with his tin cup.
"Oh right!" Patch let him go as we started filing down the steps into the back alley. "I didn't think I'd ever see the light of day again!" Patch said holding her face up to the light.
"Let's get out of here." I said turning to walk away.
"NOT SO FAST!" Evil One roared from behind us. We whirled around to see him, surrounded by the oranges he had dropped.
"CHEEZ IT!!" Jack screamed grabbing Crutchy under his arm hauling him down the alley.
"I thought I told you I don't want anyone carrying me EVER, I thought you heard me!" He cried pathetically.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Jack yelled as they reached the end of the alley, they saw that Evil One had blocked it off with a collage of Pulitzer and Weasel painted on a brick wall.
The group turned and saw that the other end was now blocked by another wall carefully guarded by Oompa Loompas.
I gulped heavily "uh oh."
