Claire and Jack were now walking side-by-side, very close, while poor Mike
Logan walked behind, sulking.
"So, this is your subconscious, huh? How did the Wizard of Oz references get in here?" Jack said.
"Well, I'm not really sure, actually. I must have fallen asleep watching it some time or something," Claire said.
Suddenly, they arrived in a forest. It was awfully frightening. Well, not really, but let's just pretend it was frightening. It helps the mood, you know.
"Should we start saying, 'Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my'?" Jack said, smirking, and also completely ruining the mood the author spent a whole sentence making. Damn.
"No," Claire said, simply and short. She reached up and put her hand on his shoulder. "No Singing."
They wandered around the forest, because they all knew there was someone they needed to find. Although they didn't know who exactly they were looking for, everyone knew the plot - except for, it seems, Serena.
"Look, I'm getting bored. All I get to do until the Emerald City is make it snow. I don't even like snow that much. And this crown keeps falling off. Wait a minute, Jack, what are you doing here?" Serena said, plopping down from the sky. She readjusted her crown, and stood with her hands crossed until she saw Logan. "Why, hello."
"Who's the blond?" Mike said, smiling.
"I really have no idea. Another assistant I don't know about?" Jack said.
"Maybe I should go into law," Mike said, looking thoughtfully into the air.
Claire sighed. "So, the point of your being here is?"
"Well, I mean. There's no point in me being here. But you know, I could be very helpful to you. Abbie is very scary. I'm not scary. Unless, of course, you have a fear of blonds. Then I would be very scary."
"I'm not afraid of blonds," Logan said, smiling.
Claire was just about ready to kill them both and just keep walking around with Jack. But, that really just wouldn't fit the storyline. She also really just wanted to wake up, but as Serena would be quick to say, she would be blinked into oblivion if she should try and tap her heels together. She was guessing that this bizarre place was a lot better than being dead, so if she endured this for a while longer she would be able to get home.
So, they all just kept walking along. Logan had offered Serena a chance to walk along with them, and she had graciously accepted, much to the dismay of Claire.
"Um, we already went through the lions and tigers and bears, so where's the lion?" Jack said. He was not too sure about Serena himself, but she wasn't frightening. Maybe not very intelligent, but certainly not dangerous.
And then, at the precise moment we've all been waiting for, Ben Stone came out.
"Claire, this is preposterous! I'm not cowardly!" Stone said.
"Hey, it's my coma," Claire shrugged.
"Wait a minute, I'm not heartless either!" Jack said. Everyone, especially Claire, stifled laughter.
"And I'm not," Mike started, and then paused. "Ok, I won't say anything."
They walked along, fully expecting impending doom at the hands of little red flowers. Unless, of course, Abbie decided to change her plans.
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"Look, they are fully expecting a field of poppies. We have to catch them by surprise. Any ideas?" Abbie turned to face the man next to her.
"Abbie, you really didn't have to kidnap me," Rey Curtis said.
"Of course I did. Now, tell me what I should do to them."
"Well, you could always just put them to sleep without bothering with the flowers. That would be good. They would be puzzled and it would give them a false sense of security not to see the flower," Rey offered.
"Ah, see now why I had to kidnap you? You have good ideas," Abbie said, looking pleased. Watching them in the crystal ball, she was extremely pleased with herself at her - wait, it was really Rey's - idea. But, since she was the one who thought to kidnap him, she still got to take credit. They soon approached the field where the poppies should be.
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"There're no poppies," Jack said, looking around puzzled.
"It doesn't appear that there are any, does it?" Claire said, also looking around.
"That means we should probably just continue on to the emerald apple," Serena said, swirling around her pink, sparkly staff. Then, suddenly, everyone seemed to be drooping down, and falling slowly to sleep. "Wait! This is not happening! There's only supposed to be sleeping when poppies are involved! Now I can't even make it snow!" Serena fell and put her face in her hands. She suddenly looked up and looked incredulously, as if she had suddenly come up with and absolutely brilliant idea. "WAKE UP!" she yelled. There was still silence. So, she decided on plan B. She tapped her staff on their heads, and then they all woke up.
"Okay, everyone, on to the emerald apple! We need to see the DA of One Hogan Place!" Serena said, poking everyone in the backs with her staff.
To be still continued
Sorry about the shortness of this chapter, but I wanted to separate the emerald apple from the rest! I promise the next chapter will be good, with many more cameos from more characters. Plus, the continuing story of Abbie and Rey.
"So, this is your subconscious, huh? How did the Wizard of Oz references get in here?" Jack said.
"Well, I'm not really sure, actually. I must have fallen asleep watching it some time or something," Claire said.
Suddenly, they arrived in a forest. It was awfully frightening. Well, not really, but let's just pretend it was frightening. It helps the mood, you know.
"Should we start saying, 'Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my'?" Jack said, smirking, and also completely ruining the mood the author spent a whole sentence making. Damn.
"No," Claire said, simply and short. She reached up and put her hand on his shoulder. "No Singing."
They wandered around the forest, because they all knew there was someone they needed to find. Although they didn't know who exactly they were looking for, everyone knew the plot - except for, it seems, Serena.
"Look, I'm getting bored. All I get to do until the Emerald City is make it snow. I don't even like snow that much. And this crown keeps falling off. Wait a minute, Jack, what are you doing here?" Serena said, plopping down from the sky. She readjusted her crown, and stood with her hands crossed until she saw Logan. "Why, hello."
"Who's the blond?" Mike said, smiling.
"I really have no idea. Another assistant I don't know about?" Jack said.
"Maybe I should go into law," Mike said, looking thoughtfully into the air.
Claire sighed. "So, the point of your being here is?"
"Well, I mean. There's no point in me being here. But you know, I could be very helpful to you. Abbie is very scary. I'm not scary. Unless, of course, you have a fear of blonds. Then I would be very scary."
"I'm not afraid of blonds," Logan said, smiling.
Claire was just about ready to kill them both and just keep walking around with Jack. But, that really just wouldn't fit the storyline. She also really just wanted to wake up, but as Serena would be quick to say, she would be blinked into oblivion if she should try and tap her heels together. She was guessing that this bizarre place was a lot better than being dead, so if she endured this for a while longer she would be able to get home.
So, they all just kept walking along. Logan had offered Serena a chance to walk along with them, and she had graciously accepted, much to the dismay of Claire.
"Um, we already went through the lions and tigers and bears, so where's the lion?" Jack said. He was not too sure about Serena himself, but she wasn't frightening. Maybe not very intelligent, but certainly not dangerous.
And then, at the precise moment we've all been waiting for, Ben Stone came out.
"Claire, this is preposterous! I'm not cowardly!" Stone said.
"Hey, it's my coma," Claire shrugged.
"Wait a minute, I'm not heartless either!" Jack said. Everyone, especially Claire, stifled laughter.
"And I'm not," Mike started, and then paused. "Ok, I won't say anything."
They walked along, fully expecting impending doom at the hands of little red flowers. Unless, of course, Abbie decided to change her plans.
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"Look, they are fully expecting a field of poppies. We have to catch them by surprise. Any ideas?" Abbie turned to face the man next to her.
"Abbie, you really didn't have to kidnap me," Rey Curtis said.
"Of course I did. Now, tell me what I should do to them."
"Well, you could always just put them to sleep without bothering with the flowers. That would be good. They would be puzzled and it would give them a false sense of security not to see the flower," Rey offered.
"Ah, see now why I had to kidnap you? You have good ideas," Abbie said, looking pleased. Watching them in the crystal ball, she was extremely pleased with herself at her - wait, it was really Rey's - idea. But, since she was the one who thought to kidnap him, she still got to take credit. They soon approached the field where the poppies should be.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"There're no poppies," Jack said, looking around puzzled.
"It doesn't appear that there are any, does it?" Claire said, also looking around.
"That means we should probably just continue on to the emerald apple," Serena said, swirling around her pink, sparkly staff. Then, suddenly, everyone seemed to be drooping down, and falling slowly to sleep. "Wait! This is not happening! There's only supposed to be sleeping when poppies are involved! Now I can't even make it snow!" Serena fell and put her face in her hands. She suddenly looked up and looked incredulously, as if she had suddenly come up with and absolutely brilliant idea. "WAKE UP!" she yelled. There was still silence. So, she decided on plan B. She tapped her staff on their heads, and then they all woke up.
"Okay, everyone, on to the emerald apple! We need to see the DA of One Hogan Place!" Serena said, poking everyone in the backs with her staff.
To be still continued
Sorry about the shortness of this chapter, but I wanted to separate the emerald apple from the rest! I promise the next chapter will be good, with many more cameos from more characters. Plus, the continuing story of Abbie and Rey.