I Would Walk Five Hundred Miles

Hey! Another chapter! Yeah! Lilly's battle holler was pieced together from a website I found, "100 Most Essential Words in Amine". It roughly translates to "Life Energy Magic".... or "Life Energy Magic Spell". I don't know. I accidentally clicked out of the site, so I can't see it now. Also, Annabelle's mother's name is "Sue". "Sue" translates into "Lily". What a coincidence..... Hehehe!

"What do you mean, 'There's more to him than meets the eye'?" 2-T asked.

"You know, Lilly, that sounds ridiculously hokey, right?" Angela teenager- talked.

"Quiet, Angela," Lilly snapped. She closed her eyes, seeming to go into a trance. "Miles was renegade Higher Being from before I was born...."

**

Zazi and Annabelle laughed as they played with their respective dolls; Annabelle's doll was a Barbie, and Zazi's was a Godzilla figure with Super Stompin' Action! They were having a lock-in; a sleepover inside the theatere, along with Shira and Annabelle's mother, Sue. They both wore their favorite nightwear. Zazi had on a big, oversized T-shirt (Zazi's old favorite, "LONG LIVE MONTREAL") her mother had given her. Annabelle wore a silk nightgown, pink with white lace collars and trims. The theatre where they stayed was gratefully empty and quiet. Well, maybe not empty.

A long, skinny figure cast a shadow over them. Annabelle gasped with joy, and Zazi laughed a greeting.

It smiled at them with long, pointed teeth.

**

"A renegade Higher Being?" Mike asked.

"Uh huh," Lilly answered verbally. She didn't move her lips, however.

"What'd he do?" Do-Wah wondered, shrugging her shoulders.

"His old lower being was a super-criminal on the planet Vulcan," Lilly responded.

"I thought you were from Saturn," B-Bop pointed out.

"I was born on Saturn. Doesn't mean all Higher Beings are born on Saturn. Doesn't mean all Higher Beings look the same, either. But that's beside the point. Miles' lower being made him do things like stealing and murdering."

"Oh no," Cedric gulped.

"And the worst part is, Miles went along with it He was sentenced to 15,000 years work in the Bathhouse- that's our prison system. He must've escaped."

**

Zazi chucked the ball to Annabelle, who had no clue it was coming her way. She held her arms before her face, bracing herself for impact.

One lone, clawed hand shot down and snatched the ball out of the air.

"Thank you," Annabelle cooed.

It laughed.

**

"'He must've', Lilly?" B-Bop asked. "You don't know for certain?"

"Higher Beings only know the affairs of lower beings. Other Higher Beings are completely out of our reach." Lilly finally opened her eyes, and drifted casually to a window. "I wonder what's he's got planned..."

"That doesn't sound good...." Do-Wah whimpered.

"Miles is a hardened criminal," Lilly coldly spoke to no one. "Who knows what kind of demon he's going to sacrifice those girls to."

**

"Ready to go, darlings?" it asked.

"Uh huh!" Annabelle spoke with uncharacteristic vigor.

"We're going to a castle in the sky!" Zazi sang. "Where we can walk on the clouds, up where it's really high!"

"Very good, Zazi," the voice pulled itself out of the darkness. It was long and skinny, with a red upper body, a yellow underbelly, and a large metal helmet. "Grab anything you want to bring along. It's going to be a long trip."

**

Lilly suddenly stiffened, the hairs on her tail standing up. "They're leaving."

"What?" 2-T mumbled.

"THEY'RE LEAVING!" Lilly rushed out the window. "They are leaving the atmosphere! We have to stop them! Martians, come with me!"

2-T and Do-Wah followed hurriedly (2-T had to share Do-Wah OMAB after Taa- Morez crushed it), but B-Bop stayed behind.

"Kids, you stay here. This sounds dangerous," B-Bop called before he hurried off again.

Mike cast Angela a glance, who looked at Cedric. Cedric shrugged his shoulders, completely lost.

**

Miles, the previously stuffed dragon, soared majestically through the air. His long body stretched over a hundred feet behind him, his thousands of legs tucked Zazi held tightly onto his horns, which had a slight bend in them so that the little girl could hang on. Annabelle clutched Zazi's stomach, fearing for her life, but also having more fun than she had ever had since her 5th birhtday. It was a beautiful night, with scattered clouds and a full moon. The Pacific Ocean churned beneath him, dolphins swimming cherrily under the surface.

"It's kinda like riding horses!" Annabelle yelled.

"Horses!?" Zazi yelped. The poor dear was afraid of horses, for whatever reason.

"Don't worry," Miles spoke to them calmingly. "I won't let you fall off."

"'Course not. You're our dragon, Miles!" Zazi chirped.

"I love you!" Annabelle laughed.

Miles smiled as his eyes turned back to the sky ahead of him.

BSHOOM!

"ZAOR!" Miles shrieked, cringing as a powerful energy blast crashed into his back. Zazi and Annabelle screamed and held on tighter.

"What's happening?" Miles turned to look behind him.

**

"There he is!" Lilly pointed to Miles.

"How do we stop 'im?" 2-T called from behind Do-Wah.

"I'll help!" Lilly brought her hands together, a yellow energy ball forming between her palms. "CHIKARA-KI MASOU!"

"Miles, what's happening?!" Zazi screamed.

Miles telepathed to the two children.

The energy blast hit Miles square in the back! He reared back, turned to look at Lilly, flew towards her, and turned back around again! However, the rest of his body trailed behind him like a whip, and his tail (with was a big puff out green fur with two long whiskers jutting out from the sides), smashed against Lilly's body, sending her plummeting towards the ocean!

"AAAA!"

"Lilly!" B-bop reached to grab her arm, but she was falling to fast. She stopped herself in air just before she hit the water.

"He's gotten stronger," she mumbled to herself. "GIVE 'IM EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT!"

"With pleasure!" B-Bop evilly laughed. He, Do-Wah, and 2-T all took turns blasting Miles with photon beams. Miles would try the whip-move he did with Lilly over and over again, but most of the time, the Martians dodged it.

Without warning, one well-aimed shot turned the battle to a different stratedgy. 2-T, by some twist of fate, had hit Miles just below his helmet. As he thrashed around, Annabelle lost her grip.

"AAAAA!!"

"What the-?" B-Bop gasped as Annabelle's tiny form swept past him.

"ANNABELLE!" Zazi hollered.

"Oh no!" 2-T moaned.

And then something happened that no one expected. Miles dove after her!

"He's trying to catch her?" Lilly screamed.

"Should we let him?" Do-Wah called out to Lilly.

"NO, YOU NINCOMPOOP! We've gotta catch her first!" Lilly flew after Annabelle, diving down feet-first.

Miles eyes stung as the wind whipped around him (stupid material body!), but he kept his long body steady, his two front feet outstretched to catch the falling angel. Lilly followed closely, reaching out not with her hands, but with her tail.

BUT MILES CAUGHT HER FIRST!

He caught himself and turned back upward at the last second, pushing the water out of his way with his sheer force of movement.

#He caught her?# Lilly thought to herself. #But... he's a criminal. He shouldn't have cared. He couldn't have changed... could he?#

"Miles, I'm scared!" Annabelle screamed.

"Miles, I'm scared too!" Zazi countered.

"I'm trying to shake them off!" Miles roared. "Just hang on tighter!"

"My hands hurt!" Zazi argued.

Miles took another laser to the sid- Wait, Martian's don't use lasers!

"Stop in the name of the Earth, evil Dragon alien!"

"Not Muldoon!" B-Bop's spirits sunk drastically.

"Shouldn't we go into BKM?" Do-Wah suggested.

"We can't do BKM if we don't have a surface to do it on!" 2-T rubbed his forehead. "I've gotta work on that. Now, let's go get the alien before Muldoon does!"

"Let go of those little innocents, alien worm beast!" Muldoon rode in his Hovervan, controlling it well for his condition (he was still a bit dizzy after the... incident). Laser blasted left and right, and only three hit Miles. But three shots were enough.

This time, Annabelle AND Zazi got knocked off. Miles tried to fall after them, got Muldoon blocked his way.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Lilly screamed as she dove after the girls once again. "They're gonna-"

And she stopped.

And Miles stopped.

And Muldoon stopped.

And the Martians stopped.

Annabelle and Zazi were caught.

By Mike and Angela.

"Hi guys!" Angela waved to the ones flying above her, holding Zazi in her other arm. Mike cuddled Annabelle, who had broken into a crying frenzy. Cedric hovered behind them, holding Dog, who was radiating special energy to the Hoverboards to let them fly above water.

"Well, they caught them, eh, evil alien snake with feet?" Muldoon spoke to Miles, giving him a pat on the head.

Miles reacted harshily to the pat, screeching bloody murder and trying to attack Muldoon. The Martians tried to pull him out (and suceeded), but Miles turned tail and went after the kids.

"GIVE THEM BACK!"

"RUN!" Mike sounded the alarm, telling Angela and Cedric to scatter. Mike went left, Angela went right, and Cedric went up. Miles went after Mike and Annabelle.

"GIVE HER BACK, YOU WORTHLESS FROG!" Miles roared.

"HELP!" Mike's voice was getting hoarse.

"I'm coming, Mikey!" Lilly flew after Miles, the Martians and Muldoon following.

Cedric was having trouble keeping his Hoverboard from stalling.

"Come on!" he mumbled as he kicked it. "Work, stupid! Work! Dog, help!"

Dog just barked. It tried to amplify the strength of the Hoverboard.

However, Cedric's cheap Hoverboard promptly snapped in half, causing him to plummet down to Earth.

Although Cedric was screaming "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!", his head was going "Why is all the bad stuff happening to me lately? It's usually Mike or Angela! Why me?"

Cedric felt something hit his back, and he grabbed it to keep from falling.

Turns out, it was Miles' tail.

Miles roared and screeched, writhed and thrashed, trying to get Cedric off of his tail. She seemed to be shrinking, growing smaller and loosing legs by the second. Before long, Miles had actually reverted back to his stuffed animal body. Cedric fell a few feet before landed on top of Muldoon's Hovervan. Angela and Mike flocked to the scene. Annabelle and Zazi fought to get back to Miles' side, but the teenagers held on tighter. Angela was having more trouble; Zazi was bigger and stronger than Annabelle.

"That was weird!" Mike laughed.

"What happened?" Cedric asked.

"I dunno," Angela shrugged.

"Um, kids? I've gotta move the van soon! It's running out of gas!" Muldoon voiced.

"We'll move, Mr. Muldoon!" Lilly called. She glared at the kids. "What are you doing here?"

"Um..." Mike tightened his grip on Annabelle to the point where it hurt her.

"We were trying to help!" Cedric argued. "You guys always need our help!"

The Martians came onto the scene, snarling angrily. The kid's spirits fell.

"Uh oh...."

"Um... aliens? I've got to move soon!"

Lilly picked Cedric up by the armpits, making sure he held onto Miles very tightly. "Go ahead Mister Muldoon. We've gotta decide what to do with Miles now."

DONE!