Okies, big, big, BIG apology for not finishing this story sooner. It's a bad habit of mine, I leave tons of unfinished projects lying around the house, but I'm working out a system so I don't do that anymore. But, anyways, all me falt, on with story.

Swishy Fantasies presents: Chapter 4: The Veggie Moon Ritual

Jamie started off, flying at high speed. The speedometer clocked way over the sound barrier. He would get there in no time at all. However, Jamie had forgotten a minor detail. This minor detail called the Wild Eagle. When his alter ego switched on, he had a whole new tactic. Why go for help? He could handle it all himself. It was just a bunch of stupid vegetables. How hard could it be? After all, they couldn't fly. He turned the Raynos around and headed for Tauros Farm.

Noooo!! cried out Jamie mentally. But the point of no return had been crossed. The Wild Eagle dove down at the vegetables and started shooting. BOOM! The veggies exploded. Over-cooked vegetable was everywhere. Hey, thought Jamie They might actually make it out of this alive. He shouldn't have spoken (er, thought) so soon. The vegetable gunk clogged up the Raynos's engine. It quit working. Uh-oh. thought the Wild Eagle and Jamie simultaneously. The Raynos tipped and started into a dive. "AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!! screamed Jamie, an encore of his performance earlier this morning. In a panic, he accidentally hit the eject button and was flung from the cockpit. Fortunately, a tree broke his fall. Unfortunately, it only broke his fall for two seconds. So, he got to go through the whole screaming process again. "AAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!" And this time, he also got to hear the sounds of human skin scraping against bark and twigs, which dotted his ensemble with "OW!" and "OOOH!" "EEKK!" He hit the ground, just in time to see his Raynos alight on the ground unharmed. Why did it land so softly? (Plot convenience, that's what.) He also landed just in time for the vegetables to surround him.

Meanwhile, inside, the other veggies were all ready. The vat of juice, now full, had been placed into the moonlight. The meeting over who the first victim would be was over. The insane vegetables placed Brad squarely on the platform, all ready to push him in. The victim in question was not very pleased, to put it mildly, about taking a soak in vegetable juice. He knew vegetable juice was suppose to be healthy for you, but this juice might just prove fatal. For, you see, the veggie's had them all tied up. That meant that Brad had no way to keep himself from drowning. The ritual began. As the head veggie stepped up to the podium beside the platform, the remaining veggies began chanting incomprehensible words. The head lettuce began his speech, mostly about what they would do to the "human beans", in very graphic detail. After Bit had gone a very sickly shade of green and Leena began to think about dumping her lunch, the vegetables began to do their psychotically hypnotic dance which were accompanied by their zombie-like moans. You could also hear very faintly the sound of Harry griping about the tomato vine's reaction with his skin. Brad looked out over the sea of greenish juice. It had begun to glow an eerie glow. Brad tensioned and froze. At first, he though that this "veggie moon ritual" had been a joke solely a product of the vegetables lack of brains. But now, having been shown further evidence, he was beginning to worry over whether they would actually carry through with their mad scheme. Plus, well the other day he would have said their was no such thing as a "veggie moon ritual". But then again, he would have never said that there could be monster vegetables. This whole ordeal could easily turn messy.

The Lyger 00 happily stood in the hanger, waiting for Bit to return. It couldn't wait to show the cheerful blond what it had discovered that morning. All of a sudden, the vegetable brigade broke into the hanger. The vile vegetables began to swarm all over the zoids, including the Lyger 00. At first, the Lyger was shocked. What were the strange things? But then there was the smell. And then, the memory...

"Here you go Lyger, that's the last of my vegetables." chirped Bit cheerfully. *Growl.* the Lyger had responded. Then, it had eaten up all of those vegetables. It made Bit happy when Lyger disposed of his vegetables.

So, the Lyger 00 concluded, if it ate all those giant vegetable, it would make Bit four times as happy. And when Bit was happy, he... well, was happy. Besides, it liked vegetables. So, it started eating. And it ate. And ate. Until there were no more veggies in the hanger. So, it locked on to the source of the smell and just peeled the wall away and kept eating. And eating. Swarms of vegetable warriors attempted to attack the Lyger, but it just kept eating. And so, through its constant efforts of eating, it kept the evil vegetables at bay.

Not so fortunately for our pilots out in the living room. The vegetables had positioned Brad over a pit. Brad's mind raced for a plan. Then, all of the sudden, the thought occurred to him. Why didn't he just kick the vegetables? But before he could execute this revolutionary maneuver, the vegetables shoved him in. SPLASH! Brad began to writhe in pain. He could feel his lungs sealing like tombs, he felt as little leaves began to sprout all over him, and--

He was awake in bed! At first, Brad was shaking all over. That had to be one of the most.... But then again, as he looked back on the dream, it was actually a rather stupid one. Why in the world had he been worked up over a bunch of vegetables. He laid back down and closed his eyes and muttered "That had to be one of the weirdest dreams I ever had..."

"Just be glad it wasn't talking alarm clocks, dear." murmured his alarm clock.

(finally) THE END