KND: Play
Kirikou
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It's getting there slowly...hope poor Numbah 1 doesn't loose his mind over those crazy voices!!!
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"No way out." The children chanted, taking a step towards their captive, who stood, taking a step backwards. Their blank eyes flashed in their suceesfull capture as he backed away farther, the look of fear steadily growing on his face. One of the children spoke up, ahead of the rest, taking a step farther. than the rest as well.
"We don't appreciate what you did to Father. So now, we're going to have some fun with you." He showed no expression on his face, but, the kids watched in horror as the children all grinned at the same time, all the same evil grin.
"You'll...never get me." Numbah 1 stammered, his bravery failing him as he continued backwards, picking up batteries as he went. Maybe he could throw them... The other kids where glued to their spots, affraid to even move. Lenai watched as Numbah 1 hit the wall, silently begging himself to just dissapear. The children's grins never wavered, only became pearly smiles. He had nowhere else to go. The father grinned as well. He'd had his fun, and now it was time...
"What...ah!!" Numbah 1 gasped, squeeking as he fell through the wall, turning up on the other side. A secret passage?
"Drat. We forgot about the door." The children said together. They turned to the rest of the kids. "Oh well, we still have all of you." They began backing up as well, now well aware that the children had them in their sights now. Numbah 5 was the one who noticed.
"Where's dad?" The kids looked about. He'd vanished.
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Numbah 1 looked around, unable to see in the suddenly night room. It was a passage all right, as he made his assumption. He'd lost them for now, but about light. He grinned, reaching into his pants pocket and yanking out a small light and throwing the batteries he'd dropped into it, facing the wall, possibly to find a lever to move it back again. A noise was heard, but he ignored it, a rumble. He suddenly felt a small breeze on his neck, turning slowly with the now lit light, screaming at the sight of Father, only inches away, a devilish grin apon his face. Numbah 1 scrambled as the man reached to snatch him up, laughing as he did so, the firey light gleaming around him.
"Come on come on..." Numbah 1 begged the door, trying to find the spot the open it again as the man tried to pick him up. He kicked at him as he succeded, scratching and biting and doing what kids did best to get away. He finnaly found the lever, taking the batteries out of his flashlight and throwing them at the man. He dropped something..a key. Numbah 1 snached it up, shrinking back from the heat. The man fell back, startled, as the fluid inside of them met with flame...
The door blew open, throwing Numbah 1 across the room from the strength of the blast, and the wretched scream from the father and the batteries combusted. He landed on the opposite side of the room, bruised and slightly burned, trying to get himself on his feet again as the children gasped.
"Father!" They said together, turning to Numbah 1 angrilly. "What did you do??!" They started towards him, as the other kids watched. Oso helped Numbah 1 to his feet, steadying him, since the ground seemed to be spinning and falling out from under him. He backed away as Numbah 1 popped out the knife again, seeing his advantage. He swiped, and the one who'd already been hit shrank back into the group, knocking to of them over as she did so. The rest of the kids followed, knocking the chidren over as they ran after him. After they all left, Numbah 1 quickly locked the door, falling apon it with a heave. They where safe...for now. The sound of pounding on the other side startled him, but he yanked out the map again, finding his bearings.
"We're gonna make a run for it. They're dad shouldn't be comming after us for a while. We've got to split up.."
"They could catch us again!" Lenai argued. Numbah 1 looked up, completely furious and up to his neck in other problems.
"Would you rather we all go down at once or some of us have a chance of getting out??!!" His last words where stiffled from the sound of a deafening roar, the sound of the alarm. It resounded through the entire premesis. A sound was heard from the other side.
"Don't let them get out of here!" The father, numbah 1 concluded, rolling the map back up and glancing at his teammates, wondering just how many of them he would see in a few minutes...
"Alright! Split up. Take the same way out as you did coming in if you can!!" He said, running off in another direciton. They went in pairs, Lenai comming with him. The other kids sent off, running in the other direction.
Numbah 4 and Oso ran down the hall, skittering around corners and ducking through vents until they accidentally fell into a dark room from the vent with stiffled screams. They landed on hard ground, trying to get up from the ache in their backs. Oso was the first to see just what was in the room. His eyes widened in a fear he'd never felt before. Devices, throughout the entire room...Torture devices.
"What are these people??!!" Numbah 4 stiffled back an urge to scream, leaning against a wall and finding the vent again, throwing a rope from the room into it, hooking onto the edge and climbing up.
"Freaks. That's what they are..." He said, hauling himself up, Oso right behind. They continued down the vent, hopping out on the other side to the open air, making a dash for the gate. They saw Numbah 2 and Grey hop out of their own, and Numbah 3, Mimi, 5 and JC on the wall as well. But two where missing, and the guards where arriving...
"Numbah 1!! I've gotta go after him!! He should have been here already!!" Numbah 4 yelled, about to go after, but the rest of the kids held him back. Lenai was gone as well. But there was no way they'd let anymore comrades dissapear. They all sat still, praying that they wheren't caught...
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"Where are we??" Lenai asked Numbah 1, who was staring at the map, trying to drown out the sound of the alarms enough to think. He turned, nodding his head. He'd never seen this place before...and it wasn't on the map.
"I went back this way!! What happened!!??" He cursed himself out for forgetting the way out, but quickly disregarded the thought and stood to his feet again. His head was still spinning from the blow against the wall. Lenai was psyched out, and there was no telling where they where, it all just settled on him.
"You don't know?!" She yelled, backing against the wall as footsteps where heard. Numbah 1 gasped. Reeinforcements had arrived...
"We need to get outa here. Hey," He looked around, seeing the grate above his head, just reachable. "Up here!!" He jumped in, karate kicking the grate out. He sighed as the lights began to dim. They where playing with him alright. He was just like a mouse in a maze, and they probably knew where he was. They continued, when they heard an explosion behind them, Lenai looking back with a scream. They had bombed the place they had just been in, and where trying to get in after them. But these where adults, and some other strange kids with no mind. The children went in first, following them with their voices.
"We found you. You won't get away now." Numbah 1 only continued on, the thought of do or die the only thing on his mind. Another rumble, and a gasp as the ground beneath their feet began to give. The father's voice resounded over a speaker.
"You're not getting away from us, not a chance. You're gonna get it for those..." Numbah 1 almost grinned. The batteries. Wait!! He still had two! He continued down the vent, but the ground continued to give, untill they suddenly fell into a weak spot, landing on the ground below hard. Numbah 1 was just about out, untill Lenai pinched him as hard as she could. He shouted, swiping her hand away. That was when they got a look around. They where only feet from the door! They scrambled out, yelling to the other kids as they rejoiced.
"Get out!! We're leaving!! Back to headquarters!!!" Numbah 1 shouted, waving his hands as his team dispersed, the other kids, unaware of what he was talking about, following suit. They had made it half way back when they noticed that the children where following them...and gaining. They reached the base, jumping in numerous holes and hiding places. Numbah 1 grinned. This would be easier. He headed towards the main room, picking up something as he went.
"You're dead this time." The children said, to his astonishment, he could hear them clearly, be it in his head, or them talking loudly, he didn't know anymore. A rumbling sound resounded through the base, knocking some kids off their feet, and others to wonder...when the children crashed through a wall in their little flying device. They where intent on destroying them all...
"Hello." They said, pointing a lazer gun at Numbah 1's head. "Goodbye." They shot, but barely missed him, a small shread clipping his shoulder as he ducked under it and ran off in another direction. The other kids where in a frenzy, not knowing where to go anymore. The machine smashed through walls, throwing the place apart, sending it on it's last hinges. The kids where forced to leave, watching in horror as the machine ripped their hard work to shreds. Numbah 1 screamed up at the creature, when he heard another...
"Help!!" He looked over...it was Lenai! She was on a plank, jarring loose from the foundation, high off the ground...Numbah 1 growled, heading after her, ignoring the protests from the rest of the kids and the laughter of the children. He finnaly managed to clambor up the wood and foundations when one of them gave beneath his feet, jarring him down onto another level. He grunted, getting back to his feet and heading after yet again, climbing up another wall. She was on the end...she screamed, as the board wiggled, sending her plumeting...
Numbah 1 leaped to the edge, forcing hismelf to hold on as he snatched her by the wrist. He only then realized that he might not be able to get her back up...He clamped a hand onto the board, trying desperately to haul her up. It felt as though his arm would be ripped out of the socket. It was then obvious to him that she was older, and bigger than him. He gritted his teeth, pulling harder, trying not to let go himself. Oso was on the ground, yelling up at them, but he neather heard nor saw him from the distance and smoke. Lenai tried her best to hold on, but her hand was slowly slipping, and she knew she must be too heavy...
"Just let go!!" Numbah 1 looked down in shock as she looked up at him.
"No way!!!"
"I'll be fine!! You can't get me up!!" He growled, gripping into her wrist with his nails, trying again, though his arm was slowly giving way on from the board he was attached to...
"One rule!! Never leave anyone behind!!!!" He gritted his teeth a final time, using all of the effort he could muster, finnaly pulling her over. She landed with a thud beside him, as he got to his feet and ran off, dragging her behind as she was finnaly able to get to her feet again. The rest of the kids cheered as they came down, Numbah 2 grinning. Numbah 1 saw what he had...
"Let it rip!" Yelled over, as the boy shot the lazer at the machine. Numbah 1 took the batteries he had, whipping them up into the air as the lazer went up. They both hit the thing at the same time, making a huge explosion. The children's screams echoed through the sky as they where catapulted away, somehwere that nobody knew about. The kids yelled and screamed, the enemy finnaly demolished. Numbah 1 fell on the ground, to weak to stand.
"Mission accomplished." He sighed, falling back on the grass and fainting.
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Next chapter: rebuilding
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Whoa!!!! That was something. Alright...only one more to go...*wipes her head*
Kirikou
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It's getting there slowly...hope poor Numbah 1 doesn't loose his mind over those crazy voices!!!
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"No way out." The children chanted, taking a step towards their captive, who stood, taking a step backwards. Their blank eyes flashed in their suceesfull capture as he backed away farther, the look of fear steadily growing on his face. One of the children spoke up, ahead of the rest, taking a step farther. than the rest as well.
"We don't appreciate what you did to Father. So now, we're going to have some fun with you." He showed no expression on his face, but, the kids watched in horror as the children all grinned at the same time, all the same evil grin.
"You'll...never get me." Numbah 1 stammered, his bravery failing him as he continued backwards, picking up batteries as he went. Maybe he could throw them... The other kids where glued to their spots, affraid to even move. Lenai watched as Numbah 1 hit the wall, silently begging himself to just dissapear. The children's grins never wavered, only became pearly smiles. He had nowhere else to go. The father grinned as well. He'd had his fun, and now it was time...
"What...ah!!" Numbah 1 gasped, squeeking as he fell through the wall, turning up on the other side. A secret passage?
"Drat. We forgot about the door." The children said together. They turned to the rest of the kids. "Oh well, we still have all of you." They began backing up as well, now well aware that the children had them in their sights now. Numbah 5 was the one who noticed.
"Where's dad?" The kids looked about. He'd vanished.
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Numbah 1 looked around, unable to see in the suddenly night room. It was a passage all right, as he made his assumption. He'd lost them for now, but about light. He grinned, reaching into his pants pocket and yanking out a small light and throwing the batteries he'd dropped into it, facing the wall, possibly to find a lever to move it back again. A noise was heard, but he ignored it, a rumble. He suddenly felt a small breeze on his neck, turning slowly with the now lit light, screaming at the sight of Father, only inches away, a devilish grin apon his face. Numbah 1 scrambled as the man reached to snatch him up, laughing as he did so, the firey light gleaming around him.
"Come on come on..." Numbah 1 begged the door, trying to find the spot the open it again as the man tried to pick him up. He kicked at him as he succeded, scratching and biting and doing what kids did best to get away. He finnaly found the lever, taking the batteries out of his flashlight and throwing them at the man. He dropped something..a key. Numbah 1 snached it up, shrinking back from the heat. The man fell back, startled, as the fluid inside of them met with flame...
The door blew open, throwing Numbah 1 across the room from the strength of the blast, and the wretched scream from the father and the batteries combusted. He landed on the opposite side of the room, bruised and slightly burned, trying to get himself on his feet again as the children gasped.
"Father!" They said together, turning to Numbah 1 angrilly. "What did you do??!" They started towards him, as the other kids watched. Oso helped Numbah 1 to his feet, steadying him, since the ground seemed to be spinning and falling out from under him. He backed away as Numbah 1 popped out the knife again, seeing his advantage. He swiped, and the one who'd already been hit shrank back into the group, knocking to of them over as she did so. The rest of the kids followed, knocking the chidren over as they ran after him. After they all left, Numbah 1 quickly locked the door, falling apon it with a heave. They where safe...for now. The sound of pounding on the other side startled him, but he yanked out the map again, finding his bearings.
"We're gonna make a run for it. They're dad shouldn't be comming after us for a while. We've got to split up.."
"They could catch us again!" Lenai argued. Numbah 1 looked up, completely furious and up to his neck in other problems.
"Would you rather we all go down at once or some of us have a chance of getting out??!!" His last words where stiffled from the sound of a deafening roar, the sound of the alarm. It resounded through the entire premesis. A sound was heard from the other side.
"Don't let them get out of here!" The father, numbah 1 concluded, rolling the map back up and glancing at his teammates, wondering just how many of them he would see in a few minutes...
"Alright! Split up. Take the same way out as you did coming in if you can!!" He said, running off in another direciton. They went in pairs, Lenai comming with him. The other kids sent off, running in the other direction.
Numbah 4 and Oso ran down the hall, skittering around corners and ducking through vents until they accidentally fell into a dark room from the vent with stiffled screams. They landed on hard ground, trying to get up from the ache in their backs. Oso was the first to see just what was in the room. His eyes widened in a fear he'd never felt before. Devices, throughout the entire room...Torture devices.
"What are these people??!!" Numbah 4 stiffled back an urge to scream, leaning against a wall and finding the vent again, throwing a rope from the room into it, hooking onto the edge and climbing up.
"Freaks. That's what they are..." He said, hauling himself up, Oso right behind. They continued down the vent, hopping out on the other side to the open air, making a dash for the gate. They saw Numbah 2 and Grey hop out of their own, and Numbah 3, Mimi, 5 and JC on the wall as well. But two where missing, and the guards where arriving...
"Numbah 1!! I've gotta go after him!! He should have been here already!!" Numbah 4 yelled, about to go after, but the rest of the kids held him back. Lenai was gone as well. But there was no way they'd let anymore comrades dissapear. They all sat still, praying that they wheren't caught...
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"Where are we??" Lenai asked Numbah 1, who was staring at the map, trying to drown out the sound of the alarms enough to think. He turned, nodding his head. He'd never seen this place before...and it wasn't on the map.
"I went back this way!! What happened!!??" He cursed himself out for forgetting the way out, but quickly disregarded the thought and stood to his feet again. His head was still spinning from the blow against the wall. Lenai was psyched out, and there was no telling where they where, it all just settled on him.
"You don't know?!" She yelled, backing against the wall as footsteps where heard. Numbah 1 gasped. Reeinforcements had arrived...
"We need to get outa here. Hey," He looked around, seeing the grate above his head, just reachable. "Up here!!" He jumped in, karate kicking the grate out. He sighed as the lights began to dim. They where playing with him alright. He was just like a mouse in a maze, and they probably knew where he was. They continued, when they heard an explosion behind them, Lenai looking back with a scream. They had bombed the place they had just been in, and where trying to get in after them. But these where adults, and some other strange kids with no mind. The children went in first, following them with their voices.
"We found you. You won't get away now." Numbah 1 only continued on, the thought of do or die the only thing on his mind. Another rumble, and a gasp as the ground beneath their feet began to give. The father's voice resounded over a speaker.
"You're not getting away from us, not a chance. You're gonna get it for those..." Numbah 1 almost grinned. The batteries. Wait!! He still had two! He continued down the vent, but the ground continued to give, untill they suddenly fell into a weak spot, landing on the ground below hard. Numbah 1 was just about out, untill Lenai pinched him as hard as she could. He shouted, swiping her hand away. That was when they got a look around. They where only feet from the door! They scrambled out, yelling to the other kids as they rejoiced.
"Get out!! We're leaving!! Back to headquarters!!!" Numbah 1 shouted, waving his hands as his team dispersed, the other kids, unaware of what he was talking about, following suit. They had made it half way back when they noticed that the children where following them...and gaining. They reached the base, jumping in numerous holes and hiding places. Numbah 1 grinned. This would be easier. He headed towards the main room, picking up something as he went.
"You're dead this time." The children said, to his astonishment, he could hear them clearly, be it in his head, or them talking loudly, he didn't know anymore. A rumbling sound resounded through the base, knocking some kids off their feet, and others to wonder...when the children crashed through a wall in their little flying device. They where intent on destroying them all...
"Hello." They said, pointing a lazer gun at Numbah 1's head. "Goodbye." They shot, but barely missed him, a small shread clipping his shoulder as he ducked under it and ran off in another direction. The other kids where in a frenzy, not knowing where to go anymore. The machine smashed through walls, throwing the place apart, sending it on it's last hinges. The kids where forced to leave, watching in horror as the machine ripped their hard work to shreds. Numbah 1 screamed up at the creature, when he heard another...
"Help!!" He looked over...it was Lenai! She was on a plank, jarring loose from the foundation, high off the ground...Numbah 1 growled, heading after her, ignoring the protests from the rest of the kids and the laughter of the children. He finnaly managed to clambor up the wood and foundations when one of them gave beneath his feet, jarring him down onto another level. He grunted, getting back to his feet and heading after yet again, climbing up another wall. She was on the end...she screamed, as the board wiggled, sending her plumeting...
Numbah 1 leaped to the edge, forcing hismelf to hold on as he snatched her by the wrist. He only then realized that he might not be able to get her back up...He clamped a hand onto the board, trying desperately to haul her up. It felt as though his arm would be ripped out of the socket. It was then obvious to him that she was older, and bigger than him. He gritted his teeth, pulling harder, trying not to let go himself. Oso was on the ground, yelling up at them, but he neather heard nor saw him from the distance and smoke. Lenai tried her best to hold on, but her hand was slowly slipping, and she knew she must be too heavy...
"Just let go!!" Numbah 1 looked down in shock as she looked up at him.
"No way!!!"
"I'll be fine!! You can't get me up!!" He growled, gripping into her wrist with his nails, trying again, though his arm was slowly giving way on from the board he was attached to...
"One rule!! Never leave anyone behind!!!!" He gritted his teeth a final time, using all of the effort he could muster, finnaly pulling her over. She landed with a thud beside him, as he got to his feet and ran off, dragging her behind as she was finnaly able to get to her feet again. The rest of the kids cheered as they came down, Numbah 2 grinning. Numbah 1 saw what he had...
"Let it rip!" Yelled over, as the boy shot the lazer at the machine. Numbah 1 took the batteries he had, whipping them up into the air as the lazer went up. They both hit the thing at the same time, making a huge explosion. The children's screams echoed through the sky as they where catapulted away, somehwere that nobody knew about. The kids yelled and screamed, the enemy finnaly demolished. Numbah 1 fell on the ground, to weak to stand.
"Mission accomplished." He sighed, falling back on the grass and fainting.
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Next chapter: rebuilding
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Whoa!!!! That was something. Alright...only one more to go...*wipes her head*
