I was currently resting on Ralph's back as we all coasted through the stained glass portal. Galacta was able to stop me from tumbling all the way through, and set me on the wrecker's back. I sighed in relief as Gladius glided on over to check on me, and I smiled, telling him I was okay. After that, we all grouped up and flew through the portal at a stable pace. I smiled over at Star and Marco, who were both riding on Cloudy, and Galacta, who was gliding next to Steve and Majima. I felt so free, so happy. So much so I let out a loud, happy sigh and fell backwards, lying on my back on my large friend.
Ralph chuckled a bit. "Feeling better, kid?"
"You know it", I said happily. I sat back up. "I'm so ready to be heading on our way. It was nice to stay at Marco's place, but I just want to get home. Hopefully we don't have much farther to go…"
"You never know, Caleb", Jenny said, "You've been through so many worlds already, and you met all of us."
"She's got a point", Steve added. "Heck, we could have another Galacta situation for all we know." He suddenly flinched. "Uh, no offence, Galacta."
"None taken", the knight said bitterly. "If this is what my mistakes created, I'll take them to my grave."
Vanellope, who was riding on Jenny's back with Hilda, Twig and Alfur, scoffed. "Just be happy we didn't leave you behind, Chicken Wing."
"C'mon, guys, can't we just get along?" Star whined, soaring over in the middle of all of us. "We're all exploring the endless multiverse! The actual one", she corrected, "So we should try and work together."
"Star's right", Marco said, "So let's try and not rip each other to shreds."
Galacta grunted and fell silent, and Vanellope crossed her arms and pouted. Hilda giggled, and Majima let out a laugh. I rolled my eyes at my friends all bickering amongst each other, but I chose not to add anything. Gladius then sheathed himself down the back of my shirt. I looked over my shoulder and shot him a questioning look.
"I'm just resting my wings", he said casually, "I can't fly forever."
I shrugged and nodded, looking back to what was in front of us. The portal continued far into the distance, no sign of the exit, so I let out a sigh and began to look around at my friends. Nothing that interesting was happening, so I cleared my throat to spark a conversation.
"So, where do you guys hope we'll end up?" I asked everyone.
"Home", Gladius said. I shot him an unamused look.
"I know what you want", I spat, "I was asking the others."
Jenny hummed in thought. "Probably a place with an inventor who can fix me up. I'm kinda frustrated I'm forced to be a walking pile of scrap."
"I'm with Jenny", Steve added, "Because then it could be a world where we can get an actual break. I'm getting tired of the constant danger."
"You're fucking right, block man", Majima said gruffly with a nod.
"Yep", Vanellope and Hilda said simultaneously. Twig barked in agreement with them.
"As much as I love documenting all that we've seen", Alfur admitted, "It would be nice to encounter a world with… less hostile environments." The elf shivered. "I still can't believe Ralph and I survived that long…" Hilda looked up at her tiny friend sadly.
"Meh, I'm cool with whatever", Star said with a shrug. "As long as I get to beat up bad guys, I'm happy." She posed heroically, pointing her wand upward."
"As nice as that would be", Marco suddenly said, bringing Star's arm down, "It would be nice to use this as a way to get in a little vacation." Star 'hmph'ed' and pouted, but didn't counter back.
"Well, an important sign is if we have a good landing or not", Gladius brought up. "So far, they haven't been the best…"
"What do you mean?" Marco asked.
"Well, crashing into the ground from fifty feet up", Ralph listed off, "Crashing into a tree that wrecked Jenny's pigtail", the robot let out a quiet whine, "Getting through the exit one time only to slam into a wall immediately and then fall into a dumpster, falling into a forest and hitting every branch in our way, and then Galacta's crystal ramming into Caleb."
Star and Marco shared a cringe. "That seems rough…" Star said sympathetically.
"That's not even considering the fact that me and Gladius nearly got electrocuted when our first portal spit us out in Game Central Station…" I said, shivering at the memory.
Majima hissed, Ralph let out a quiet "What?", Jenny and Steve gave me sad looks, and the others all gave me their own messages of sympathy. Galacta, meanwhile, glided over to my side and pat my shoulder. I smiled up at him in silent thanks, but then my attention was drawn back ahead of us, where there was a quickly approaching white light.
"Buckle up, gang!" I shouted, "We're coming up on our next destination!"
Everyone braced as we approached the light, and we squinted as it swallowed us.
~X~
As we all exited the portal, one by one we slid on the ground and then posed triumphantly. Except Majima, who was released by Steve and slid on the ground, face in the dirt. We all looked at him silently, and he lifted himself up.
"Why was I the only one to eat shit?" He cursed. We all slowly looked to Steve, who sheepishly darted his eyes about. Goro glared harshly at him and tackled him to the ground. As the two of them fought, and the others either became an audience or tried to break up the brawl, I decided to take in my surroundings. We were in a crater, but judging by the blue sky and green grass, we were on Earth.
"Do you have any idea where we are, kid?" Ralph asked me as he came up to my side, putting his hands on his hips. Vanellope had hopped up onto his shoulder, and looked up at the sky.
"Hey, is it just me, or is some of the sky purple?" She said in a confused tone. Me and Ralph looked at her, then to the sky, and sure enough, just barely visible over the edge of the crater, was a misty, purple sky. It and the blue sky merged with each other, with swirly clouds scattered about.
"No, you're right", Hilda said as she joined us, "The sky is definitely purple."
I hummed in suspicion, and Gladius wiggled a bit. "Do you want me to check it out, Caleb?"
"No, it's cool", I said, shaking my head. "We'll check it out when those two quit their little tussle." I jabbed a thumb at the still brawling Steve and Majima, and it seemed neither party would let up. I sighed as Ralph went to get involved, easily picking them both up and holding them apart. They clawed towards each other fruitlessly, then both growled and stopped.
"Are you two done?" Ralph asked. They both glared at each other, but silently nodded. "Good, because we need to figure out where we are-" The wrecker was cut off by an explosion that sounded to be just over the craters edge. We all froze, snapped our heads at each other with shocked looks, then all scrambled to the edge. We all poked our heads out, and I could hear the shattering glass as our eyes all bugged out at the sight.
We had somehow ended up in the middle of a full scale war. Only the two armies were… strange. One side seemed to be a bunch of mutated, child sized plants firing needles, corn cobs and oversized peas, while the other side was zombies dressed as soldiers, football players, and pirates firing back with equal force.
"How did this happen?!" Marco yelled fearfully. I was about to shout back an "I don't know", but something stopped me.
"DUCK!" I screamed. Everyone, sans Galacta, yelped as we ducked under a missile that soared over the crater. We watched as it suddenly began to snake around in the sky, then crashed, creating another explosion that sent some of the mutated plants and zombies airborne.
"We need to get out of here", Jenny barked as yellow paintballs and fireballs flew overhead, "On the count of thee, we book it. Got it?" She looked at all of us, and we all nodded in return. She spun on her heel, ready to break into a sprint.
"One..." We all joined her, readying up for the dash through the active battlefield.
"Two…" Jenny stretched her neck up so she could make sure we wouldn't instantly eat a rocket.
"Three-" We all froze once again when we all became bathed in a purple light as a loud explosion came from behind us. We all slowly and fearfully turned around to see a massive mushroom cloud with the word DOOM at its peak. I could feel the approaching shockwave reaching us fast, so I elbowed Jenny.
"THREE, GO GO GO!" She screamed. We all then broke into a mad dash, all of us (except the silent Galacta) screaming and yelling in terror as both armies began to fall back. I thrashed my arms around wildly over my head, Gladius attempting to help give me a speed boost. Vanellope, Hilda, Twig and Alfur were all on Ralph's shoulders as his feet left tiny craters with how much pressure he was putting into his strides. Jenny, Steve, Majima, Star and Marco all ran ahead of us, all of them showing their panic differently. Finally, Galacta was coasting by my side, his wings stretched out as he dashed next to me. We kept running till we dove behind a typical suburban home, escaping the blast. Jenny and Galacta watched around the corner while the rest of us all began to breath heavily, still shaken up from the whole ordeal.
"I'm gonna say it", Steve started, "I may have jinxed us."
"YOU THINK?!" We all shouted back, glaring at the block man. He shrunk back a bit in shame, and I let out a sigh.
"But seriously, what just happened?" Star asked, throwing her arms up. At this, everyone looked at me, and I darted my eyes across them all. I groaned and hung my head.
"Yes, I know where we are…" I said in annoyance. I then quietly mumbled "I'm just a glorified tour guide now", then cleared my throat. "We are in the Plants Vs Zombies franchise. Kinda self-explanatory."
Everyone stared at me vacantly. "That's it?" Vanellope said. "It's that simple. Sure, we didn't duck under a rocket and run from a massive explosion."
I shot her an annoyed look. "One side is the Plants, led by Crazy Dave to protect their city of Neighbourville, the other side is the Zombies, led by , bent of eating all the brains in Neighbourville." I sighed. "The franchise had shooter spin-offs, which is what happened."
Vanellope leaned back against the side of Ralph's head. "Better." Ralph gave her a weird look.
"Well, that's great", Majima snarled. "We end up right in the middle of open warfare. For fucks sake."
"I suggest we find a safe haven away from the battle", Galacta suggested. "Preferably on the side of the plants."
"My thoughts exactly", Gladius said, choosing to unsheathe himself and hover next to me. He flew up high above all of us, and after a bit came back down. "There's a large white mansion over in that direction, and it has a lot of plants around it."
"Well,it's worth to check it out." Hilda said with a shrug. We all agreed with her, and thus began the long trek through the streets. As we walked, it became very apparent how empty the whole place was.
"This place is… spooky…" Star said.
"Yeah, where is everyone?" Alfur asked. "Was this war so severe they were all evacuated?"
"Nope", a fearful voice suddenly said, making all of us jump. Galacta and Majima defensively whirled around to the source of the noise, weapons drawn, and we all followed suit. But all we were greeted with was nothing, aside from a pair of eyes poking through an open mail slot.
"Uhh…" We all said, sharing looks.
"Everyone just locked themselves inside", the man continued to explain fearfully, "You should too. Be sure to knock four times."
"Why?" Jenny asked in a confused tone.
"The zombies can only count to three", the man finished, closing the mail slot. We all lowered our weapons/defensive stances, and blinked in shock, not saying anything.
"This place is weird…", Steve said in a quiet tone.
"Let's just get out of here", I said, not taking my eyes off the door.
"Agreed", Everyone said at the same time. We all returned to walking down the street silently, occasionally taking in the sights around us. On a tall hill in the distance, a building resembling a sports arena with the sign called the FUNDERDOME, a radio tower on the opposite end, a large tyrannosaurus skeleton on top of what looked to be a museum, and far off in the distance, under where the purple sky was, looked to be a thriving metropolis.
I hummed to myself as we walked, my mind wandering to other places as Hilda to her right. "Uhhhhh… guys?" She said in a worried tone, pulling on my sleeve. I shook my head and looked down at her, and she pointed to our right. I followed her hand, and I saw something that made me smile.
It was an Ice Pea, its blue head and crown of ice crystals just as I remembered.
"It's cool, Hilda", I said to her, "That's an Ice Pea. One of the many, many plants."
"Oh", she said simply. The young adventurer slowly walked up to the plant, holding her hand out. Ralph and Jenny made a move to stop her, but I held up an arm to stop them. Hilda placed her hand on the Ice Pea's head, and it let out a happy kazoo like noise, leaning into her touch. The girl let out a happy giggle, and Twig, filled with curiosity, walked up and began to start smelling the plant before he let out a happy bark.
"I'll admit", Majima said, "The little bastard is cute." Steve nodded.
Me and Vanellope walked up to Hilda, and while she joined in giving attention to the plant, I knelt down.
"Hi there, little guy", I said in a sweet tone, "What's with you being all here alone."
The Ice Pea pointed one of the peapods that were attached to its stem at me.
"You were looking for me?" I put a hand on my chest.
The Ice Pea shook its head, making a kazoo noise as it pointed to all of us.
"Oh, so you came to get us? Where were you going to take us?"
The Ice Pea pointed over in the distance, and when I followed, I could see a massive white mansion on a hill.
"We got to go there?"
The ice Pea nodded with a happy kazoo noise.
I stood up and looked back at the rest of the gang. "Looks like we got our ticket away from the war."
"Yes", Vanellope said, hanging on the 's'. She glitched onto Ralph's shoulder, and Hilda and Twig ran up to my side. The small Ice Pea smiled, and spun around, leading us forward down the road. As the plant began to break into a happy march, Hilda, Twig and Vanellope joined in. Soon Star, Marco and Majima did too, and the six of them all marched behind the Ice Pea with massive smiles. The rest of us all laughed at the scene, so we all happily joined in. Even Galacta joined in, his eyes flashing with a subtle happy glint. We all marched down the street with powerful strides until we came up to a barn-like structure surrounded by a wooden wall. Our new Ice Pea friend let out a triumphant call, and a sunflower with an army cadet hat and an eyepatch came skipping up.
"Nice job, you pulled in the stragglers", she playfully pet the Ice Pea's head. She then looked at us with a massive smile. "My name is Major Sweetie! You're lucky I spotted you all during that last battle. Didn't want you to get trampled by the Zombies."
"Uhhhh… thanks", I said in an unsure tone. I then shook my head. "We just got a bit… lost, so this little guy really helped us." I nodded at the Ice Pea, who let out a happy noise.
"This is Private Frosty", Major Sweetie said, "He's a new recruit, and I thought helping get you back to Dave Manor was a perfect mission for him!" She gestured for us to follow, and as we did she continued talking. "I never thought tourists would ever be brave enough to tackle our little ol' city. Neighbourville's name is known the world over, so people tend to avoid it at all costs."
"We… were just stopping by", Jenny said slowly.
Sweetie seemed to have bought it. "Which is why you're here. Dave Manor is the safest place around, so you can hang out there till you can get going." She then cupped her mouth. "HEY PENNY!"
We all jumped at her volume, but then watched as a camper RV with wings and jet engines hovered down and landed in front of us.
"Yes, Major Sweetie?" The RV asked in a robotic voice.
"Get these civilians to Dave Manor", the sunflower said, "I got a feeling the Zombies will fire another attack."
"Of course", Penny responded. Her door swung open, and we all slowly began to file in. But I stopped when I felt a weight on my shoulder, and looked to see Private Frosty looking up at me cutely.
"He can head up with you", Major Sweetie said, "He's not combat ready just yet, so I'll be happier if he's out of harm's way."
I smiled back and nodded at her, then looked at the Ice Pea as his eyes sparkled. "Looks like you're coming with us, little guy." Frosty let out a triumphant kazoo noise and I boarded Penny with the others. The RV fired up her engines, and before we knew it she took off. Me and Frosty waved back to Major Sweetie through Penny's back window, and she waved back as we headed to Dave Manor.
~X~
Penny landed with a bump on her landing pad, nearly jolting us all off either off our feet or out of our seats. We all shared confused looks, and Penny's door opened.
"We have arrived at our destination", Penny's robotic voice sounded off, "I advise you to watch your step. Potato Mines and Spikeweeds tend to be scattered about."
"Right. Thanks, Penny", I said, being the first to step out of the living RV. Frosty was still on my shoulder, and Gladius was by my side. I squinted at the sunlight that blinded my vision, but my eyes quickly adjusted to it, and I looked over the absolute chaos in front of me. Peashooters were jumping around, a group of Chompers were gathered off to the side, a Rose and a Citron talking in front of a massive capsule machine, and many more plants all running around.
Majima whistled at the sight as he and all the others came up next to me. "These are the plants that protect Neighbourville?" Hilda asked.
"Yep", I said, "This whole place just had a very… strange… sense of humour." This was immediately answered when a Sunflower and a Snapdragon walked by arguing about cheese and which was best. We all watched them go by, and the others all shared weirded-out looks after the two plants were out of an earshot.
"Ah, you must be the civilians Major Sweetie told me were coming", a gruff voice said. We all looked, and standing in front of us was none other Kernel Corn, one of the main players in the plant army.
"Sweetie said to keep ya' here until things cleared up enough for you to head on your way", Corn continued, "But I think I'd be fine to let you guys explore. So, since you're all tourists, you get access to almost all of the manor and the surrounding area. That includes Giddy Park."
This made Vanellope, Hilda and Star perked up at this, while Ralph cocked an eyebrow. "Giddy Park?"
"An amusement park that you can get to just that-a-way", Kernel said, pointing his corn cob hands to an arch. "You can have some fun there, there's the town right around this hill's base with stores, and we have a park. But whatever you do, stay away from Weirding Woods, Mount Steep, and especially around the graveyard. Those areas are active battle zones, and the graveyard is right on the border of Zombie territory. So Stay away from there."
"You said we could explore almost the manor…" Jenny inquired, but Corn instantly cut her off.
"War stuff. Not for the eyes of civilians", he said, crossing his arms. We all nodded, and he smiled. "Well, welcome to Neighbourville. If you have any questions, there's plants around that can help. Now, I'm needed elsewhere." Kernel Corn marched off, heading into a door that went downwards into the ground. We all looked around, taking in the busy front yard of the manor.
"Well, I say we split up", Steve suggested, "That way we can keep track of each other better."
"I'm with Hilda!" "I'm with Vanellope!" Both Vanellope and Hilda called, respectively. Both girls looked at each other, then burst into a fit of giggles.
"That's a good idea, Steve", Ralph said. He nodded at the two giggling girls. "They obviously want to head to Giddy Park, so I think it's cool."
"I'll head with them", I offered, "You guys check around the manor to see where we can get sleep."
"Good call", Ralph responded. At that, we all split up. Majima, Jenny and Galacta went into the manor, Ralph, Steve and Alfur stayed in the manor's front yard to ask around, while me, Vanellope, Hilda, Twig, Star and Marco all headed to the amusement park. But when we headed under the arch, we were actually met with a stone balcony that overlooked the whole park. I cocked my head at the four odd fan machines.
"What the heck?" Marco said, walking up and looking the machines over from a distance. "How do we get down to the park?"
Frosty made a noise, and we watched him hop off my shoulder and walk up onto the device. The wind that was blasting out from it launched Frosty into the sky, and we all gasped. We watched as he fell down and landed on the brick ground, then made a happy kazoo noise. He jumped up and down, waving up at us.
"That looked so fun!" Vanellope cheered, bolting to the launch pad.
"Vanellope, wait-" I began, but I couldn't finish before she jumped on the pad and had the wind blast her into the air and right next to Frosty. She jumped and let out a loud "Woohoo!".
"Heck yeah!" Star cheered. She grabbed Marco's hand and dragged him to the launch pad. The princess cried in excitement while her friend screamed in fear, both of them flying through the air and landing in a nearby shrub. I cringed, and Hilda hesitated with the launch pad, so I knelt down and gave her a sweet smile.
"Do you two want to head down with me and Gladius?" I offered to the young adventurer and her deerfox. Both of them nodded, and I looked at Gladius and gave him a nod. I grabbed onto Gladius' handle, Hilda wrapped her arms around my neck and hugged me tightly, and twig jumped up and planted himself firmly on the top of my head. Very carefully, Gladius lifted us up and hovered down to the park next to the others. Vanellope and Frosty were helping Star and Marco out of the shrub, and the princess was happily giggling as Marco brushed her hair to get rid of all the leaves and twigs that got stuck in it, and when that was done he ruffled his own hair to do the same. He looked at me and Gladius, then passed a light glare to Star.
"Next time there's a launch pad like that", he said in an exacerbated tone, "You can go by yourself. I'd rather take the Gladius express to fly around, thank you."
Star scoffed and lightly punched his shoulder. "Pffft, you had fun. Don't deny it."
Gladius came right up into the boy's face. "Besides, I'm not a taxi. Only Caleb is allowed to fly around with me. Hilda and Twig were his passengers, so I allowed it." He crossed his wings and turned around.
"Like how you and Jenny tag-teamed Armagedroid?" I said cheekily. My smirk grew as Gladius sputtered, trying to refute my claim. This got everyone else laughing wildly, and Gladius slumped in defeat. Vanellope was the first one to stop laughing, looking around to take in the sights of the park.
"This place is awesome…" She said, glitching next to Hilda and grabbing her arm. "I saw this place has a Merry-Go-Round! C'mon!" She ran off, Hilda and Twig in tow. Star dragged Marco to the ferris wheel, and I smiled as I watched all my friends run off, then turned to Frosty and Gladius.
"Where do you two want to check out?" I asked them. Gladius hummed in thought, looking around at what was available, while Frosty climbed onto my shoulder once again. He made a happy kazoo noise and pointed at a tall tower at the other end of the park, which was one of those lift rides that shot down after raising.
"You sure?" I asked apprehensively. Deep down, I was terrified. I never was a fan of fast rides, but for the sake of my new ice-filled friend, when he nodded, I took a deep breath and began to walk to the ride, Gladius hovering next to me.
~X~
The ride was awful, at least for me. After nearly losing my lunch, I spent the rest of our time in the park feeling ill. I barely wanted to move at all, so when Vanellope said that she wanted to check out the town at the base of the hill, I eagerly agreed, as did the others. So we went and started to explore the town, and it was completely different to the street where we met Frosty. People were actually walking around happily, with powerful plants like Winter Melons and Apple Mortars stationed at little kiosks styled after garden sheds. Elsewhere, people walked their dogs, relaxed on their porches, or even attended to their own gardens, all smiling and waving at their neighbours. I weakly smiled at all that was happening around me, slowly recovering from the tossing and turning I had experienced before. As we walked, I noticed one of our friends down the street, hovering above a fire hydrant.
"Hey, Galacta!" I called, waving as I ran up to him. The knight, who was staring in the direction of the distant metropolis with his arms crossed, looked behind himself.
"Hello, everyone", he said, "How was the park?"
"It was… fine…" I said in growing embarrassment.
"This guy nearly lost his lunch", Vanellope said smugly as she nudged my leg with her elbow. I blushed even more in response. The racer then turned her attention to the knight. "What's with you, though? Where're the others?"
"The others are elsewhere", he said, "Ralph is actually in that store there." He pointed at the store across the street. Vanellope quickly darted in. "And as for me, I haven't been able to stop looking at that." He pointed at the distant city.
"So you noticed that too?" I said with a flat look. The knight nodded, and the two of us hummed.
"What's so special about that place?" Hilda asked.
"That's Zombopolis", the citizen of the house we were in front of told us. We all snapped our heads at her. " rules over the whole city, and a lot of the buildings there were actually taken from Neighbourville's suburbs when the Zombies controlled half of the whole city."
"That happened?" Marco said.
The citizen nodded. "Yep. Luckily Crazy Dave and his niece evacuated that part of town, but since then the whole city's been on edge."
"We know", Star said, "Some guy was really scared. Said something about knocking"
The citizen nodded. "The zombies can't count to four, so people closer to the more battle frequent places have it so you need to knock that many times to visit anywhere."
Hilda pet Twig, who let out a quiet growl. "Excuse me, miss?" Hilda asked, earning the citizen's attention. "Have the Zombies ever done anything here?"
She shook her head. "Nope. This place is basically the centre of the Plant activity, so it's 100% Zombie free. Although we do occasionally see drones and parrots overhead sometimes, it's nothing to worry about."
Hilda silently nodded and knelt down, petting her deerfox in an attempt to reassure him. I then decided to talk to the woman.
"So, has anything crazy happened since the plants pushed the zombies back?" I asked, "We're tourists with some others, and we're new to the whole thing. Only heard stuff about this in passing."
The woman let out a loud laugh. "I'm not surprised, Neighbourville is seen as a city that should just be left abandoned. But to answer your question, no. The most the zombies have done is try to set up a flag and launch a satellite. And the plants stopped them both times, so we're good."
"Right, thanks", I said with a nod. I then turned to see Ralph leaving the store with not only Vanellope, but a bag in his hand. I shot him a smirk.
"What?" He said sheepishly. "We've been around so much that I kinda want to snag something as a souvenir." He ruffled through the bag and pulled out a bag of, surprisingly, Fume Shroom seeds. "Since we don't get any sunlight in Niceland, the shop owner told me a mushroom would be best. So I got this stuff! Even got a flower pot, some fertilizer, and even my own watering can!" He looked at me with a smile. "Let's get back to the manor. I want to show the others all this stuff."
I nodded and took the lead of the group as we all walked back to Dave Manor. It was a long walk, but it was nice to get some peace with the gang. Because I feel like Galacta was feeling what I was feeling: That the Zombies will strike again. But I didn't let it bother me, and soon we were back at the manor. Jenny, Majima and Steve joined us shortly after we showed up, and it turns out everyone took this as a chance to relax after our constant battling with Galacta. I went and relaxed on a b nearby bench as the others all chatted about their day, and I looked up at the setting sun. I let out a long, relaxed breath as I leaned back, taking in the nice breeze. I was so relaxed that I snapped awake when Gladius poked me with a wing.
"You ended up falling asleep for an hour, Caleb", Gladius said with a laugh. I blinked, and noticed that the rest of my friends were gone.
"Where are the others?" I asked.
"They set up some tents in the park", he explained. The sword then gestured for me to get up. "C'mon, I don't want you falling asleep here on this. Star got some comfy beds set up."
I quietly nodded, let out a big yawn, and stood up. Gladius led me back down to the town, and we soon found ourselves in the park. Ralph, Majima, Jenny, Star and Marco were all sitting around a campfire that was set up. Steve crawled out of one of the four tents with some snacks and handed them out to the others. I just trudged past them all, waving at them when they waved at me, and slipped into one of the tents. No one was inside, so I slipped off my shoes and curled up under the blankets, sleep instantly taking me over.
~X~
So the next world is PopCap's own Plants Vs Zombies series. Specifically, a combo of the worlds set up in Garden Warfare 2 and Battle for Neighbourville, as I like aspects from both games with the locations. I feel it works best for what I have planned.
The story will be taking a bit of a hiatus, as I've fallen behind with writing future chapters. I will get to posting the next parts soon, I just need to catch up
Up next: The maniacal leader of the zombies launches an offensive, only for something terrible to happen…
~Caleb~
