Disclamer: I don't own Neopets in any way.
"I can't believe I let you guys talk me into this!" Caitlin yelled.
They were standing in front of the ski lodge. Carolyn, Katie, Tommy, and Caitlin all stood looking at the large building. Their Neopets stood around them.
"Oh come on Caitlin!" Tommy said elbowing her in the ribs and smiling, "It'll be an adventure!" Caitlin scoffed.
"After our last encounter with Sloth I've had about enough adventure to last a lifetime thank you very much!"
"We're just going to check it out." Carolyn sighed, "If anything seems weird then we'll get out."
They walked into the lobby. To their great surprise there was a Grundo sitting at the front desk.
"Hi! You must be the contest winners. You're rooms are upstairs."
As they headed up the stairs Carolyn noticed something odd.
"Hey, if they reopened this place then why aren't they're any other guests?"
"Freaky." Tommy shuddered.
They reached the top floor. Each of them had their own rooms equipped with separate beds for the Neopets and their owners and cable TV!
"Maybe this won't be so bad after all." Caitlin said smiling. "Come on! Let's go check out the pool!"
"Forget it!" Everyone said at once. They plopped down on the couch to watch TV. Caitlin went to explore the lodge. Everyone else stayed and flipped through the channels.
8 hours later...
"THERE'S NOTHING ON TV!" Carolyn shrieked. She was lying upside-down on the couch with her feet up in the air.
"Glad you finally realized that," Katie hissed, "AFTER 8 HOURS!!!"
"Tommy, go look for Caitlin." Carolyn instructed.
"Yes your majesty." Tommy said sarcastically.
He stepped out into the now dark hallway. The floorboards creaked under his feet. He walked towards the pool.
"Caitlin?" He called out. He had reached the indoor pool. Caitlin's towel was draped across one of the pool chairs but there was no sign of her. There was no trace of water on the pool edge so Caitlin hadn't even gotten in the water. Her swimsuit was still packed in a tote bag.
"Is anyone here?" He called looking around. Suddenly something pushed him into the water from behind. He gasped and struggled to stay afloat, but something pushed his head underwater and held it there. He blacked out.
"Where is that little cretin?!" Carolyn yelled.
"How the hell should I know?" Katie yelled, "What am I, his keeper?"
The two friends left their Neopets in their rooms and went to investigate. They reached the pool area. A scream escaped their lips.
A single note lay on the ground. The letters were written in acid green ink. Trembling, Carolyn picked it up.
"Two down, two to go."
-F.S.
"Who is this F.S. guy?" Katie asked.
"Who knows?" Carolyn grumbled, "But if he got Tommy and Caitlin...then that means..."
The both looked at each other. A look of terror spread across their face.
"THE PETS!" They both screamed at once. They bolted back to their rooms.
Carolyn frantically looked around. Everything was messed in the room. Worst of all, the Neopets were gone!
Carolyn ran back out into the hallway and froze. A ghostly figure of a woman was floating in front of her. Carolyn screamed and tore off in the opposite direction.
WHAM!
She collided with Katie who'd been running down the hall screaming too.
"Katie!" Carolyn cried, "Did you also see the specter of that ghostly woman that just nearly killed me??"
"No," Katie said smiling dumbly, "I just like to run around and scream real loud!"
Carolyn moaned in frustration. "My Neopets are gone!"
"Mine too!" Katie cried.
"Why does this keep happening to me?" Carolyn wailed. Suddenly a trapdoor opened under Katie. She went tumbling down screaming before vanishing from view.
"Apparently it's STILL happening to me." Carolyn sighed. She jumped down the tunnel after her friend. As she fell she banged her head, knees, arms, and the rest of her body on the steel chute.
"Owe!" She cried in pain. Suddenly she dropped out of the chute and into a small stone square room. Katie was hanging by her wrists from chains on the wall across from Carolyn. She looked unconscious.
"Uh...Katie?" Carolyn asked standing up and rubbing her sore head.
"I wondered when I'd be meeting you again Carolyn." A familiar voice snarled.
Carolyn spun around. Dr. Sloth was leaning against the only door out of the room with his arms folded. He was twirling the keys to Katie's chains on his index finger.
"Thanks." Carolyn said reaching for them. Sloth said nothing. He just continued to twirl the keys and glare at her. Carolyn sighed.
"Look Sloth! There's a murderer somewhere in this building! He already got Caitlin and my little brother! We have to get out of here NOW!"
"You're looking at the 'murderer'." Sloth chuckled. His red eyes seemed to glow with triumph. It made Carolyn realize why everyone in Neopia feared Sloth so much. The look he gave her showed no mercy, sympathy, pity, or kindness, it only showed hatred, anger, cruelty, malice, and the will to dominate the world.
"You..." Carolyn snarled, "YOU DID THIS! YOU'RE NOT EVEN HUMAN!"
"I didn't kill you're pitiful friend and your annoying brother. They're alive. But YOU won't be!"
"You bastard!" Carolyn shrieked. Carolyn lunged at him. She swung her fist at him but Sloth easily jumped to the side and dodged the blow.
"You little wench," He chuckled, "Your power haven't even BEGUN to develop. WORTHLESS HUMAN GIRL!"
He whipped out a ray gun and fired at her. She dodged the blast and punched Sloth in the stomach.
"All that just for your pathetic friends? If I'd known that's what it took to make you fight I'd have kidnapped them a lot sooner." Sloth sneered.
"Shut the hell up you freak!" Carolyn screamed. She dove at him again. Sloth fired the ray gun at her. This one hit her in the shoulder.
It was at that moment that Carolyn learned a valuable lesson about ray guns. THEY HURT LIKE CRAP MAN!
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Carolyn screamed. Sloth had blown a hole clean through her left shoulder.
Sloth stepped towards her. He pointed the gun at her forehead.
"Now, are you willing to come over to my side Chosen One? Or do I have to give you a hole in the head to match the one on your shoulder?"
Carolyn glared at him. Blood oozed from her shoulder. She clutched it in a feeble attempt to stop the bleeding.
"Look, I don't know who this 'Chosen One' is or what you want with her. But I can tell you this, I'M NOT HER!"
"I can't believe I let you guys talk me into this!" Caitlin yelled.
They were standing in front of the ski lodge. Carolyn, Katie, Tommy, and Caitlin all stood looking at the large building. Their Neopets stood around them.
"Oh come on Caitlin!" Tommy said elbowing her in the ribs and smiling, "It'll be an adventure!" Caitlin scoffed.
"After our last encounter with Sloth I've had about enough adventure to last a lifetime thank you very much!"
"We're just going to check it out." Carolyn sighed, "If anything seems weird then we'll get out."
They walked into the lobby. To their great surprise there was a Grundo sitting at the front desk.
"Hi! You must be the contest winners. You're rooms are upstairs."
As they headed up the stairs Carolyn noticed something odd.
"Hey, if they reopened this place then why aren't they're any other guests?"
"Freaky." Tommy shuddered.
They reached the top floor. Each of them had their own rooms equipped with separate beds for the Neopets and their owners and cable TV!
"Maybe this won't be so bad after all." Caitlin said smiling. "Come on! Let's go check out the pool!"
"Forget it!" Everyone said at once. They plopped down on the couch to watch TV. Caitlin went to explore the lodge. Everyone else stayed and flipped through the channels.
8 hours later...
"THERE'S NOTHING ON TV!" Carolyn shrieked. She was lying upside-down on the couch with her feet up in the air.
"Glad you finally realized that," Katie hissed, "AFTER 8 HOURS!!!"
"Tommy, go look for Caitlin." Carolyn instructed.
"Yes your majesty." Tommy said sarcastically.
He stepped out into the now dark hallway. The floorboards creaked under his feet. He walked towards the pool.
"Caitlin?" He called out. He had reached the indoor pool. Caitlin's towel was draped across one of the pool chairs but there was no sign of her. There was no trace of water on the pool edge so Caitlin hadn't even gotten in the water. Her swimsuit was still packed in a tote bag.
"Is anyone here?" He called looking around. Suddenly something pushed him into the water from behind. He gasped and struggled to stay afloat, but something pushed his head underwater and held it there. He blacked out.
"Where is that little cretin?!" Carolyn yelled.
"How the hell should I know?" Katie yelled, "What am I, his keeper?"
The two friends left their Neopets in their rooms and went to investigate. They reached the pool area. A scream escaped their lips.
A single note lay on the ground. The letters were written in acid green ink. Trembling, Carolyn picked it up.
"Two down, two to go."
-F.S.
"Who is this F.S. guy?" Katie asked.
"Who knows?" Carolyn grumbled, "But if he got Tommy and Caitlin...then that means..."
The both looked at each other. A look of terror spread across their face.
"THE PETS!" They both screamed at once. They bolted back to their rooms.
Carolyn frantically looked around. Everything was messed in the room. Worst of all, the Neopets were gone!
Carolyn ran back out into the hallway and froze. A ghostly figure of a woman was floating in front of her. Carolyn screamed and tore off in the opposite direction.
WHAM!
She collided with Katie who'd been running down the hall screaming too.
"Katie!" Carolyn cried, "Did you also see the specter of that ghostly woman that just nearly killed me??"
"No," Katie said smiling dumbly, "I just like to run around and scream real loud!"
Carolyn moaned in frustration. "My Neopets are gone!"
"Mine too!" Katie cried.
"Why does this keep happening to me?" Carolyn wailed. Suddenly a trapdoor opened under Katie. She went tumbling down screaming before vanishing from view.
"Apparently it's STILL happening to me." Carolyn sighed. She jumped down the tunnel after her friend. As she fell she banged her head, knees, arms, and the rest of her body on the steel chute.
"Owe!" She cried in pain. Suddenly she dropped out of the chute and into a small stone square room. Katie was hanging by her wrists from chains on the wall across from Carolyn. She looked unconscious.
"Uh...Katie?" Carolyn asked standing up and rubbing her sore head.
"I wondered when I'd be meeting you again Carolyn." A familiar voice snarled.
Carolyn spun around. Dr. Sloth was leaning against the only door out of the room with his arms folded. He was twirling the keys to Katie's chains on his index finger.
"Thanks." Carolyn said reaching for them. Sloth said nothing. He just continued to twirl the keys and glare at her. Carolyn sighed.
"Look Sloth! There's a murderer somewhere in this building! He already got Caitlin and my little brother! We have to get out of here NOW!"
"You're looking at the 'murderer'." Sloth chuckled. His red eyes seemed to glow with triumph. It made Carolyn realize why everyone in Neopia feared Sloth so much. The look he gave her showed no mercy, sympathy, pity, or kindness, it only showed hatred, anger, cruelty, malice, and the will to dominate the world.
"You..." Carolyn snarled, "YOU DID THIS! YOU'RE NOT EVEN HUMAN!"
"I didn't kill you're pitiful friend and your annoying brother. They're alive. But YOU won't be!"
"You bastard!" Carolyn shrieked. Carolyn lunged at him. She swung her fist at him but Sloth easily jumped to the side and dodged the blow.
"You little wench," He chuckled, "Your power haven't even BEGUN to develop. WORTHLESS HUMAN GIRL!"
He whipped out a ray gun and fired at her. She dodged the blast and punched Sloth in the stomach.
"All that just for your pathetic friends? If I'd known that's what it took to make you fight I'd have kidnapped them a lot sooner." Sloth sneered.
"Shut the hell up you freak!" Carolyn screamed. She dove at him again. Sloth fired the ray gun at her. This one hit her in the shoulder.
It was at that moment that Carolyn learned a valuable lesson about ray guns. THEY HURT LIKE CRAP MAN!
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Carolyn screamed. Sloth had blown a hole clean through her left shoulder.
Sloth stepped towards her. He pointed the gun at her forehead.
"Now, are you willing to come over to my side Chosen One? Or do I have to give you a hole in the head to match the one on your shoulder?"
Carolyn glared at him. Blood oozed from her shoulder. She clutched it in a feeble attempt to stop the bleeding.
"Look, I don't know who this 'Chosen One' is or what you want with her. But I can tell you this, I'M NOT HER!"
