Chapter Eight: Dark Caves of Green
Fyora jumped up. "My sister has gone too far this time!" "Calm down Fyora." Renee said. Vvw glared at her. "Oh, so now you're telling her to calm down." Renee smiled. "Sorry vvw, but I have honestly say, Telekinesis isn't my favorite super power. It's not even a super power, it's a form of ESP." Fyora took the Kiln from Renee. "I WILL FIGHT MERWIDOW MYSELF!" "No Fyora, Go back to your palace! You'll be safe there. It's disserted. This is a job for us." Fyora sighed. "I guess." She handed the Kiln back to Renee and stretched her wings. "Good Luck Tri-Shoy Gang!" Renee smiled. "Be careful Fyora, oh, and don't call us Tri-Shoy Gang." "But Renee, That's our name." Vvw told her. Renee nodded. "But so far, only you and I have used it." "It's our name Renee. Fyora is free to use it as she pleases. All of Neopia is! Except for the Grarrls, they may refer to us as Master of Time!"
"They've actually beaten Fyora." Dr. Sloth said, Merwidow sobbed. "We have no chance left! Those stinking Shoyrus and their meddling owner- pets!" Sloth nodded. "It might not be safe here." Merwidow looked up at him. "Should I leave?" "You have the final key." Merwidow jumped up. "OH NO! THE KEY! IT'S IN MY HIDEOUT!" "WHAT!?" Merwidow flapped her wings once and opened a window. "GAH! CLOSE THAT!" Merwidow took a gulp of air and jumped out, falling straight down towards Neopia. The small Kacheek closed the window.
"I need a hundred bucks, for my release, because I had a shoot out, with the police." "Master, will you please stop singing that song!" "It's called Bail! Do you like it?" he continued to sing. Vvw smiled. "We're so lucky the final battle is so close! It's only a short walk." "And a long climb." Renee added. "Cat, Master, you two have never visited Merwidow's hideout. It's on a tall cliff in the Haunted Woods." Cat nodded. "Caiphox has told me about it." "Yeah, and Link has kept me there hostage on four different occasions!" Master said, stopping his singing for only a brief moment.
"There it is." On the top of a small cliff stood an old classic castle. "It's nice." vvw said. "Beautiful work of architecture." "Yeah, That's Hubrid Nox's home." Vvw looked around. "What about Merwidow's? Where is that?" "Close by."
They soon came to an unbelievably high cliff. It appeared nothing was atop it. "Here? But Renee, there's nothing here!" Cat complained. Renee shook her head. "A small cave at the top. It's a giant base. Mostly underground." Caiphox flapped her wings twice and jumped into the air. She hovered in the air a while before she realized she was alone. "Hey." They were all still on the ground. "Caiphox, we have to walk. Vvw, Cat, and Master can't fly, and my wings are shredded! I can't move them! As for Link. He just can't fly very well." Caiphox sighed and grumbled angrily.
The climb up the cliff was long and very difficult. Caiphox was grumbling the whole time and no one enjoyed it. Except Link, He seemed very happy. Of course, he was climbing with his teeth.
Renee placed her paw on the smooth sandy surface of the top of the cliff. She pulled herself up and helped the others. "We're here, great." Caiphox said sarcastically. "Renee! Where is this place!?" Cat asked looking around. "Yes, right there." "THAT TINY CAVE!?" Renee nodded. "Let's go, be quiet." Link ran ahead of them and threw open the door. "MERWIDOW! WE'RE HOME!" Renee sighed. "So much for quiet."
Merwidow gasped and ducked behind a corner. She looked over her shoulder as the six pets ventured into the caverns. "I'm too late." She ran off down a stairwell, deep into the cave.
"Hey, look." Renee walked up to the stairwell Merwidow had just disappeared into and picked up a small slip of paper. "What kind of plan do you think it is?" vvw asked in amazement, but the words 'WORLD DOMINATION' were clearly printed at the top.
"Well, we already know the world domination plans! They have the ray gun!" Caiphox said. Renee nodded. "Yes, and its just a torn shard. it has some run on words and some cut off. R. Sloth, all of, I will own. well, this will be no help!" vvw shook her head and grabbed the paper. She popped it into her mouth and swallowed. "VVW!" "Yum, paper." Renee sighed. "There are reasons why we worry about you!"
Link sniffed the air. "Something smells like. blood and-" he sniffed again. "Peaches! Merwidow's perfume!" "Blood and peaches?" Cat stuck her tongue out. "Yucky!" "Merwidow went this way!" Link ran down the stair well followed closely by the rest of the gang.
"I'm doomed! They'll find me and gut me like the others! There has to be a way out of here." She fingered a silver dagger. "If not, I must be prepared." "MOMMY!" Link jumped onto Merwidow and clung to her side. "Mommy!" He nudged her. Merwidow smiled and picked up the short Shoyru. "Link, did you lead your friends here?" He nodded dumbly. "Oh no. Now you'll have to kill them!" Link cheered. The others froze in their tracks, knowing that Link, their idiot brother would actually do it.
"LINK!" Renee yelled boldly. "MERWIDOW HAS COOKIES!" Link stopped short. "Umm, that's right, she's been holding out on you." Link looked over his shoulder at Merwidow. He sniffed the air. "No, she's got nothing." "Well. LINK TIME TO PLAY ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS!" Link cheered and head butted Merwidow into a wall.
"ROCK" Link raised his hands over his head. "PAPER" He moved his hand down and turned slightly, putting his hands on one side of himself, cupping them into a ball. "SCISSORS!" He thrusted his hands forward and shot a strong blue beam at her. Merwidow screamed and rose to her feet. "Linky, baby, stop it right now or your grounded!" "SORRY MOMMY! TIME TO PLAY TAG!" He jumped into the air and balled his fists. He slammed down on Merwidow's head, knocking her to the ground. "Link! STOP THAT NOW!" "Yes mother."
Rene gulped. If Link could hear Merwidow, he would obey her. "LINK! FREEZE TIME!" "Why?" Renee had to think quickly. "I'LL LET YOU PLAY WITH THE LIQUID NITROGLYCERIN IF YOU FREEZE TIME AND BEAT UP MERWIDOW!" Link's eyes began to tear. "Nitroglycerin? YAHOO!" He held his hands out in front of himself. A small pop and everything was frozen. Renee, vvw, Cat, Caiphox, Master, even Merwidow appeared to be frozen. Link smiled. "I'm going for an Ixi Taco. No body move."
Link came back an hour later. He carried a taco in one hand, and a skateboard in another. He had a backwards baseball cap on. He walked into the room. Merwidow was gone. Link dropped his taco on floor. "Uh oh." He dropped the skateboard and ran out of the room. "If I don't find Merwidow, I can't play with Nitroglycerin!" He sat up and sniffed the air. "This way."
Merwidow hadn't gotten very far. She was still in the Haunted Woods. "MOMMY WAIT!" She turned around as the green Shoyru tackled her. She lay on her back; Link sat on her chest, and licked her face. "Hewo mommy!" She sighed. "Mo-ma, how are you immune to the time freezing?"
"Very simple Link, YOU GAVE MY THE ANTIDOTE TO THE POWER!" Link scratched his head and stared blankly at the sky.
Merwidow grabbed Link by the back of his neck. "Link, it all comes down to you and me." He giggled. "Okie dokie pokie smokie lokie. monkey." She placed Link on the ground. "Get ready to fight Link, and remember, don't hold back." She charged at him and kicked him in the stomach. Link coughed and stood up. "BLAZING TURKEY OF GLORY!" He began to glow. Merwidow took a step back and quivered. Link began to grow. He became eight feet tall and became fatter. He became lined with brown and colorful feathers. His snout became a beak. Merwidow laughed. Link had become a giant turkey.
Link gobbled and walked in circles around Merwidow. "GOBBLE, GOBBLE, GOBBLE!" He threw his head down and nearly hit her. "WHOA! LINK! WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO!? KILL ME!?" He gobbled again. She gulped and ran as fast as she could, but the giant turkey was too fast.
Merwidow stopped short. "Wait, why am I running?" She wiggled her fingers. "Heavens door, great sky of blue, waters poor down, I call a flood from you!" Thunder rumbled. The giant turkey looked upward as the rain poured down from above. Merwidow smirked. The turkey began to shrink and take the form of the green Shoyru.
Link stared up at the sky, mouth open. "Link, that's enough. LINK!" He spit out the water and returned his gaze at Merwidow. "Ready to fight?" She asked. He nodded.
"STINKING HUNK OF GRAPE APE!" Link took a deep breath and filled his mouth with water. He blew up like a balloon and paused. He suddenly opened his mouth and gave way to the dam of purple water. It created a title wave and covered Merwidow; even the rain was now purple. She slowly sat up. "Icky! What is this!?" "Grape Juice. Your clothes are now stained." Merwidow sat up and shook herself off. "My clothes were purple in the first place."
"HAPPY CHIMP OF MISCHIEF!" Link began to dance and sing. He pounced onto Merwidow's head and made a face at her. She frowned. "Link, that's not an attack, you're just dancing." He nodded. "But I yelled the attack name before I did it! Now if you'll excuse me, the chimp is searching for cookies." He crawled down and reached into her pocket. There was a long chain he took it in his mouth and ran. Out of her pocket came a Purple Key.
Fyora jumped up. "My sister has gone too far this time!" "Calm down Fyora." Renee said. Vvw glared at her. "Oh, so now you're telling her to calm down." Renee smiled. "Sorry vvw, but I have honestly say, Telekinesis isn't my favorite super power. It's not even a super power, it's a form of ESP." Fyora took the Kiln from Renee. "I WILL FIGHT MERWIDOW MYSELF!" "No Fyora, Go back to your palace! You'll be safe there. It's disserted. This is a job for us." Fyora sighed. "I guess." She handed the Kiln back to Renee and stretched her wings. "Good Luck Tri-Shoy Gang!" Renee smiled. "Be careful Fyora, oh, and don't call us Tri-Shoy Gang." "But Renee, That's our name." Vvw told her. Renee nodded. "But so far, only you and I have used it." "It's our name Renee. Fyora is free to use it as she pleases. All of Neopia is! Except for the Grarrls, they may refer to us as Master of Time!"
"They've actually beaten Fyora." Dr. Sloth said, Merwidow sobbed. "We have no chance left! Those stinking Shoyrus and their meddling owner- pets!" Sloth nodded. "It might not be safe here." Merwidow looked up at him. "Should I leave?" "You have the final key." Merwidow jumped up. "OH NO! THE KEY! IT'S IN MY HIDEOUT!" "WHAT!?" Merwidow flapped her wings once and opened a window. "GAH! CLOSE THAT!" Merwidow took a gulp of air and jumped out, falling straight down towards Neopia. The small Kacheek closed the window.
"I need a hundred bucks, for my release, because I had a shoot out, with the police." "Master, will you please stop singing that song!" "It's called Bail! Do you like it?" he continued to sing. Vvw smiled. "We're so lucky the final battle is so close! It's only a short walk." "And a long climb." Renee added. "Cat, Master, you two have never visited Merwidow's hideout. It's on a tall cliff in the Haunted Woods." Cat nodded. "Caiphox has told me about it." "Yeah, and Link has kept me there hostage on four different occasions!" Master said, stopping his singing for only a brief moment.
"There it is." On the top of a small cliff stood an old classic castle. "It's nice." vvw said. "Beautiful work of architecture." "Yeah, That's Hubrid Nox's home." Vvw looked around. "What about Merwidow's? Where is that?" "Close by."
They soon came to an unbelievably high cliff. It appeared nothing was atop it. "Here? But Renee, there's nothing here!" Cat complained. Renee shook her head. "A small cave at the top. It's a giant base. Mostly underground." Caiphox flapped her wings twice and jumped into the air. She hovered in the air a while before she realized she was alone. "Hey." They were all still on the ground. "Caiphox, we have to walk. Vvw, Cat, and Master can't fly, and my wings are shredded! I can't move them! As for Link. He just can't fly very well." Caiphox sighed and grumbled angrily.
The climb up the cliff was long and very difficult. Caiphox was grumbling the whole time and no one enjoyed it. Except Link, He seemed very happy. Of course, he was climbing with his teeth.
Renee placed her paw on the smooth sandy surface of the top of the cliff. She pulled herself up and helped the others. "We're here, great." Caiphox said sarcastically. "Renee! Where is this place!?" Cat asked looking around. "Yes, right there." "THAT TINY CAVE!?" Renee nodded. "Let's go, be quiet." Link ran ahead of them and threw open the door. "MERWIDOW! WE'RE HOME!" Renee sighed. "So much for quiet."
Merwidow gasped and ducked behind a corner. She looked over her shoulder as the six pets ventured into the caverns. "I'm too late." She ran off down a stairwell, deep into the cave.
"Hey, look." Renee walked up to the stairwell Merwidow had just disappeared into and picked up a small slip of paper. "What kind of plan do you think it is?" vvw asked in amazement, but the words 'WORLD DOMINATION' were clearly printed at the top.
"Well, we already know the world domination plans! They have the ray gun!" Caiphox said. Renee nodded. "Yes, and its just a torn shard. it has some run on words and some cut off. R. Sloth, all of, I will own. well, this will be no help!" vvw shook her head and grabbed the paper. She popped it into her mouth and swallowed. "VVW!" "Yum, paper." Renee sighed. "There are reasons why we worry about you!"
Link sniffed the air. "Something smells like. blood and-" he sniffed again. "Peaches! Merwidow's perfume!" "Blood and peaches?" Cat stuck her tongue out. "Yucky!" "Merwidow went this way!" Link ran down the stair well followed closely by the rest of the gang.
"I'm doomed! They'll find me and gut me like the others! There has to be a way out of here." She fingered a silver dagger. "If not, I must be prepared." "MOMMY!" Link jumped onto Merwidow and clung to her side. "Mommy!" He nudged her. Merwidow smiled and picked up the short Shoyru. "Link, did you lead your friends here?" He nodded dumbly. "Oh no. Now you'll have to kill them!" Link cheered. The others froze in their tracks, knowing that Link, their idiot brother would actually do it.
"LINK!" Renee yelled boldly. "MERWIDOW HAS COOKIES!" Link stopped short. "Umm, that's right, she's been holding out on you." Link looked over his shoulder at Merwidow. He sniffed the air. "No, she's got nothing." "Well. LINK TIME TO PLAY ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS!" Link cheered and head butted Merwidow into a wall.
"ROCK" Link raised his hands over his head. "PAPER" He moved his hand down and turned slightly, putting his hands on one side of himself, cupping them into a ball. "SCISSORS!" He thrusted his hands forward and shot a strong blue beam at her. Merwidow screamed and rose to her feet. "Linky, baby, stop it right now or your grounded!" "SORRY MOMMY! TIME TO PLAY TAG!" He jumped into the air and balled his fists. He slammed down on Merwidow's head, knocking her to the ground. "Link! STOP THAT NOW!" "Yes mother."
Rene gulped. If Link could hear Merwidow, he would obey her. "LINK! FREEZE TIME!" "Why?" Renee had to think quickly. "I'LL LET YOU PLAY WITH THE LIQUID NITROGLYCERIN IF YOU FREEZE TIME AND BEAT UP MERWIDOW!" Link's eyes began to tear. "Nitroglycerin? YAHOO!" He held his hands out in front of himself. A small pop and everything was frozen. Renee, vvw, Cat, Caiphox, Master, even Merwidow appeared to be frozen. Link smiled. "I'm going for an Ixi Taco. No body move."
Link came back an hour later. He carried a taco in one hand, and a skateboard in another. He had a backwards baseball cap on. He walked into the room. Merwidow was gone. Link dropped his taco on floor. "Uh oh." He dropped the skateboard and ran out of the room. "If I don't find Merwidow, I can't play with Nitroglycerin!" He sat up and sniffed the air. "This way."
Merwidow hadn't gotten very far. She was still in the Haunted Woods. "MOMMY WAIT!" She turned around as the green Shoyru tackled her. She lay on her back; Link sat on her chest, and licked her face. "Hewo mommy!" She sighed. "Mo-ma, how are you immune to the time freezing?"
"Very simple Link, YOU GAVE MY THE ANTIDOTE TO THE POWER!" Link scratched his head and stared blankly at the sky.
Merwidow grabbed Link by the back of his neck. "Link, it all comes down to you and me." He giggled. "Okie dokie pokie smokie lokie. monkey." She placed Link on the ground. "Get ready to fight Link, and remember, don't hold back." She charged at him and kicked him in the stomach. Link coughed and stood up. "BLAZING TURKEY OF GLORY!" He began to glow. Merwidow took a step back and quivered. Link began to grow. He became eight feet tall and became fatter. He became lined with brown and colorful feathers. His snout became a beak. Merwidow laughed. Link had become a giant turkey.
Link gobbled and walked in circles around Merwidow. "GOBBLE, GOBBLE, GOBBLE!" He threw his head down and nearly hit her. "WHOA! LINK! WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO!? KILL ME!?" He gobbled again. She gulped and ran as fast as she could, but the giant turkey was too fast.
Merwidow stopped short. "Wait, why am I running?" She wiggled her fingers. "Heavens door, great sky of blue, waters poor down, I call a flood from you!" Thunder rumbled. The giant turkey looked upward as the rain poured down from above. Merwidow smirked. The turkey began to shrink and take the form of the green Shoyru.
Link stared up at the sky, mouth open. "Link, that's enough. LINK!" He spit out the water and returned his gaze at Merwidow. "Ready to fight?" She asked. He nodded.
"STINKING HUNK OF GRAPE APE!" Link took a deep breath and filled his mouth with water. He blew up like a balloon and paused. He suddenly opened his mouth and gave way to the dam of purple water. It created a title wave and covered Merwidow; even the rain was now purple. She slowly sat up. "Icky! What is this!?" "Grape Juice. Your clothes are now stained." Merwidow sat up and shook herself off. "My clothes were purple in the first place."
"HAPPY CHIMP OF MISCHIEF!" Link began to dance and sing. He pounced onto Merwidow's head and made a face at her. She frowned. "Link, that's not an attack, you're just dancing." He nodded. "But I yelled the attack name before I did it! Now if you'll excuse me, the chimp is searching for cookies." He crawled down and reached into her pocket. There was a long chain he took it in his mouth and ran. Out of her pocket came a Purple Key.