Number twelve, where things happen…

Chapter Twelve

The dogs sat obediently as little Sunny lay soundly. However, when Sunny woke up, the dogs had all disappeared.

Where had they gone? Sunny didn't know. Nor did the dogs. For during the night an evil scientist had hbrought out his supersonic shrinker and shrunk all the dogs before putting them into a bag and running off.

Poor sunny began cry. "Erzatc!" she wailed, which meant something along the lines of "I want all my slaves back."

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"Eeeeeehehehehehe!" screeched Olaf.

Klaus looked helplessly from Olaf's laughing face to the many knives that had pinned him to the door. Klaus tried to kick at the door, but there were so many knives holding his legs too.

A carving fork flew at him, locking down his collar. Klaus swallowed. Olaf was a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very dangerous man. And he, Klaus, was going to die.

Unfortunately for Olaf, he seemed to have miscalculated his numbers in sharp kitchen utensils and was now disarmed. Hope mounted for Klaus. Maybe he'd have a chance after all. If he could just wiggle off the door…

Suddenly Olaf produced a large meat tenderiser. "And now," proclaimed Olaf royally, "Your life will end!" He laughed hysterically.

Klaus watched in horror as Olaf aimed the giant hammer at his head. He needed to distract Olaf, fast. "Y-you don't really think you can kill me with that, d-do you?"

Olaf swung the hammer a few times, taking aim. "Maybe not kill," he remarked, "But injure terribly, I'm sure."

Klaus tried fruitlessly to free himself. "Olaf," he stammered, "Can't we settle this with a discussion?"

Olaf narrowed his eyes with concentration.

"What about a drink then, Olaf?"

Olaf raised the hammer above his head.

"C'mon husband…master…"

Olaf lowered the hammer. "Did you just call me master? Well, well, well, looks like these lessons have really worked. Perhaps if I were to hit you with this metal object, you would oblige to be my dog…"

Klaus shuddered.

Olaf raised the tenderiser once more and flung it at Klaus. Klaus shut his eyes tightly and felt himself spin before stopping very suddenly and bouncing back slightly. The knives had prevented him from making contact with the object.

He opened his eyes to see grey.

"Oh my goodness," said Olaf, feigning sweetness, "I am so sorry!"

"Olaf!" screeched an unfamiliar female voice, "What is the meaning of this?"

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Hmm…what has happened? Let us find out next time…