CHAPTER 4: UNFAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS
The forest... Evil-Lyn was getting tired of Beast-Man lagging. Tri-Clops and Clawful had stayed behind to go through some of her Mystic books to see if an answer to Skeletor's question was available in them. Suddenly Beast-Man stopped. "What is it now you stupid.."Evil-Lyn snapped angrily at him. She looked at her cohort who had his face raised into the air, sniffing. "I smell something," he growled. "Probably food," Evil-Lyn mumbled. "The only thing that smells around here is you." Beast-Man growled at her baring his teeth. "Quiet witch!" he snarled. "I smell something..unfamiliar." The great red monster took off in a gorilla-like sprint, past his confounded colleague, into the woods. "Whatever," Evil-Lyn sighed as she followed him.
Erin was awakened again, this time to her furry friend licking her face. She thought she had been dreaming and expected to wake up in her bed. No such luck as she realized as she realized she wasn't at home. When she sat up, Jerry sat down. "It's about time you woke up," the dog quipped. "I was getting a little worried.and hungry." Erin just stared at her dog. She didn't move, blink, or breathe. It wasn't a dream. The dog finally spoke. "You're freaking me out a little here, Boss." Erin smiled. "You're freaked out? My dog is talking to me, I'm surrounded by strange things, and you're freaked out? Where are we? What's happened?" She stood up and brushed herself off. As she looked around, she noticed it was very bright in this place. "Toto I don't think we in Kansas anymore," she said slowly. The dog cocked his head and looked at her. "Really, what gave you that impression?" he smarted back. "And you are supposed to be higher up on the food chain." "Watch it furball," she slighted back at him. She had heard of some of the older guys having weird acid flashbacks and seeing strange things, but she had never touched a drug in her life. Not even aspirin. She also realized that she was very warm so she took her big, down coat off, unbuttoned her work shirt revealing a plain white work tank top with the forestry service's logo over her left breast, and tied he other shirt around her waist. She knelt down and grabbed her backpack, unzipped it and started rummaging through it. "Got a milkbone or something in there?" Jerry whined. Still startled by the canine's ability to talk, Erin looked up at him "No," she replied. "I left them in the jeep, which you can see is not here." The dog growled but stopped when Erin found what she was looking for. She slowly pulled a small tranquilizer hand gun out of her backpack in one hand and in the other, a handful of darts. Jerry jumped back. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to growl." Erin smiled again and looked at her friend. "They're not for you," she said. "We are going to find out where we are, but we can't do it by sitting here. These." she flashed the darts, "Are for a little just in case.." "Oh," the dog snorted. "Well, then what are we sitting around here for."
Also in the woods.. "Do you have any idea about what she was talking about," Adam asked his teacher. "What or who are we supposed to be looking for? Are they good are they bad? What's the deal?" Man-At-Arms ignored the young prince. Something else had his attention. He grabbed his binoculars and focused in hundreds of feet away. Then he saw them, Beast-Man and Evil-Lyn, in the forest, looking for something very intensely. "We may have some trouble ahead of us," he turned to the young prince. "You may want to change now while there is time." The prince nodded and pulled a large, gleaming sword from it's sheath on his back. Man-At-Arms stepped back as Adam held up the sword and exclaimed "BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL!" The light was blinding and Man-At-Arms had to look away just as a huge, muscular, god-like man appeared where the lanky prince once stood. "I HAVE THE POWER!" he yelled fiercely. The light subsided and Man-At-Arm's walked over to his friend. "I don't think I'll ever get used to that.." he chuckled. "He-Man." He-man looked at his friend. "Jeez Duncan, how many years has it been, get over it." The teacher nodded. "Come on, let's see what Beast-Man and Evil-Lyn are up to."
Erin and Jerry kept walking, but were going very slowly. Erin wanted to look at everything closely and Jerry wanted to chase everything in sight that moved. "In all of my studies I have never seen anything like this stuff," Erin mused. "It's like we're on another world." "Perhaps you are." A woman's voice came from behind. Erin turned and came face-to face with Evil-Lyn. "Eternia to be exact. Where, pray tell, are you from?" Erin stepped back from the woman. Something didn't feel right. The way the woman was dressed in her strange clothing, her skin had a purple tint to it, almost as if she were glowing slightly, something about her voice. It all sent shivers up Erin's spine. "Okay, I'll play a long," she thought then said aloud. "Greetings, I am from Earth, take me to your leader." With that she held her hand up and made a "V" with middle and ring finger. "Smartass," Jerry retorted behind her. Erin smiled, but that quickly faded when she saw the expression on Evil-Lyn's face grow dark and mean. "Earth, huh?" the witch purred. "Okay, I'll take you to my leader, Skeletor! Beast-Man, take her!" The big red monster appeared out of nowhere. "What the.?"Erin said. "Werewolf!" Jerry barked. Beast-Man started to charge at her when Erin pulled her tranquilizer gun at shot a dart right into the beast's right shoulder. He dropped in a second. "Nice shot boss," Jerry growled. Evil-Lyn was not impressed. "I won't go down so easily," she sneered and sent a bolt of magic right at Erin and it knocked her on her ass. "Jerry, get out of here," she yelled to the dog. "Who do I look like, Lassie?" the dog growled as he took a protective stance in front of his master. Erin grabbed a handful of dirt on the ground and tossed it into the witch's face. "Argh!" Evil-Lyn screamed as she was temporarily blinded. "Let's get out of here!" Erin yelled to her pet as they ran off into the woods. Evil-Lyn wiped the remainder of the dust from her eyes. "You'll not get away so quickly, my dear." She looked down at the sleeping Beast-Man and kicked him, hard. "Get up you oaf, we have work to do.."
The forest... Evil-Lyn was getting tired of Beast-Man lagging. Tri-Clops and Clawful had stayed behind to go through some of her Mystic books to see if an answer to Skeletor's question was available in them. Suddenly Beast-Man stopped. "What is it now you stupid.."Evil-Lyn snapped angrily at him. She looked at her cohort who had his face raised into the air, sniffing. "I smell something," he growled. "Probably food," Evil-Lyn mumbled. "The only thing that smells around here is you." Beast-Man growled at her baring his teeth. "Quiet witch!" he snarled. "I smell something..unfamiliar." The great red monster took off in a gorilla-like sprint, past his confounded colleague, into the woods. "Whatever," Evil-Lyn sighed as she followed him.
Erin was awakened again, this time to her furry friend licking her face. She thought she had been dreaming and expected to wake up in her bed. No such luck as she realized as she realized she wasn't at home. When she sat up, Jerry sat down. "It's about time you woke up," the dog quipped. "I was getting a little worried.and hungry." Erin just stared at her dog. She didn't move, blink, or breathe. It wasn't a dream. The dog finally spoke. "You're freaking me out a little here, Boss." Erin smiled. "You're freaked out? My dog is talking to me, I'm surrounded by strange things, and you're freaked out? Where are we? What's happened?" She stood up and brushed herself off. As she looked around, she noticed it was very bright in this place. "Toto I don't think we in Kansas anymore," she said slowly. The dog cocked his head and looked at her. "Really, what gave you that impression?" he smarted back. "And you are supposed to be higher up on the food chain." "Watch it furball," she slighted back at him. She had heard of some of the older guys having weird acid flashbacks and seeing strange things, but she had never touched a drug in her life. Not even aspirin. She also realized that she was very warm so she took her big, down coat off, unbuttoned her work shirt revealing a plain white work tank top with the forestry service's logo over her left breast, and tied he other shirt around her waist. She knelt down and grabbed her backpack, unzipped it and started rummaging through it. "Got a milkbone or something in there?" Jerry whined. Still startled by the canine's ability to talk, Erin looked up at him "No," she replied. "I left them in the jeep, which you can see is not here." The dog growled but stopped when Erin found what she was looking for. She slowly pulled a small tranquilizer hand gun out of her backpack in one hand and in the other, a handful of darts. Jerry jumped back. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to growl." Erin smiled again and looked at her friend. "They're not for you," she said. "We are going to find out where we are, but we can't do it by sitting here. These." she flashed the darts, "Are for a little just in case.." "Oh," the dog snorted. "Well, then what are we sitting around here for."
Also in the woods.. "Do you have any idea about what she was talking about," Adam asked his teacher. "What or who are we supposed to be looking for? Are they good are they bad? What's the deal?" Man-At-Arms ignored the young prince. Something else had his attention. He grabbed his binoculars and focused in hundreds of feet away. Then he saw them, Beast-Man and Evil-Lyn, in the forest, looking for something very intensely. "We may have some trouble ahead of us," he turned to the young prince. "You may want to change now while there is time." The prince nodded and pulled a large, gleaming sword from it's sheath on his back. Man-At-Arms stepped back as Adam held up the sword and exclaimed "BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL!" The light was blinding and Man-At-Arms had to look away just as a huge, muscular, god-like man appeared where the lanky prince once stood. "I HAVE THE POWER!" he yelled fiercely. The light subsided and Man-At-Arm's walked over to his friend. "I don't think I'll ever get used to that.." he chuckled. "He-Man." He-man looked at his friend. "Jeez Duncan, how many years has it been, get over it." The teacher nodded. "Come on, let's see what Beast-Man and Evil-Lyn are up to."
Erin and Jerry kept walking, but were going very slowly. Erin wanted to look at everything closely and Jerry wanted to chase everything in sight that moved. "In all of my studies I have never seen anything like this stuff," Erin mused. "It's like we're on another world." "Perhaps you are." A woman's voice came from behind. Erin turned and came face-to face with Evil-Lyn. "Eternia to be exact. Where, pray tell, are you from?" Erin stepped back from the woman. Something didn't feel right. The way the woman was dressed in her strange clothing, her skin had a purple tint to it, almost as if she were glowing slightly, something about her voice. It all sent shivers up Erin's spine. "Okay, I'll play a long," she thought then said aloud. "Greetings, I am from Earth, take me to your leader." With that she held her hand up and made a "V" with middle and ring finger. "Smartass," Jerry retorted behind her. Erin smiled, but that quickly faded when she saw the expression on Evil-Lyn's face grow dark and mean. "Earth, huh?" the witch purred. "Okay, I'll take you to my leader, Skeletor! Beast-Man, take her!" The big red monster appeared out of nowhere. "What the.?"Erin said. "Werewolf!" Jerry barked. Beast-Man started to charge at her when Erin pulled her tranquilizer gun at shot a dart right into the beast's right shoulder. He dropped in a second. "Nice shot boss," Jerry growled. Evil-Lyn was not impressed. "I won't go down so easily," she sneered and sent a bolt of magic right at Erin and it knocked her on her ass. "Jerry, get out of here," she yelled to the dog. "Who do I look like, Lassie?" the dog growled as he took a protective stance in front of his master. Erin grabbed a handful of dirt on the ground and tossed it into the witch's face. "Argh!" Evil-Lyn screamed as she was temporarily blinded. "Let's get out of here!" Erin yelled to her pet as they ran off into the woods. Evil-Lyn wiped the remainder of the dust from her eyes. "You'll not get away so quickly, my dear." She looked down at the sleeping Beast-Man and kicked him, hard. "Get up you oaf, we have work to do.."