Anakina and Vienna ascended the stairs to the Mezzanine just in time to see Feta Cheese loading Hanna into the cargo hold of her desk. they watched, one in horror, one with apathy, as Feta's desk zoomed off.
"Who was that?" Anakina asked, staring wide-eyed after the desk. "What is she doing with Hanna? Where are all the others?"
Vienna thumbed through a script and replied, "Um... I think they're gonna cast Hanna in bronze and some giant slug thing is gonna put Gretchen on a leash..."
"What?!"
"Hold on... none of this sci-fi crap makes any sense to me... Ooo, I think I get to serve drinks in the next one..."
"Next what?"
Vienna flipped a few more pages before looking up and sarcastically muttered, "My spidey senses say Gretchen and Chii are over there."
Anakina looked up, and there, standing before her, were Chii-3PO and Princess Gretchen. Standing further behind them was a dejected looking Sandra Rodrizzian, who was still bound by duct tape. Chewkindy jumped on Vienna and bit her affectionately.
Vienna yelped in pain and pushed Chewkindy off her. She then flipped a few more pages. "We're all supposed to leave and you," she pointed to Anakina, "are supposed to fight Miss—" she sighed, completely exasperated with the situation, "I mean 'Darth' Prucnel."
Princess Gretchen clapped her hands together. "Sounds good to me! Let's go."
The five started to walk away leaving Anakina quite baffled. But she wasn't quite alone, for Darth Prucnel swept through the fire exit at the end of the storage hallway straight ahead of Anakina. The junior glanced behind herself to her friends, but they were already getting-the-hell-out-of-there.
"Thanks a lot, guys!" she souted after them, then turned back to face the Dean of Students. "I guess this is the appropriate moment to say, 'Bring it!'"
The Dean moved towards Anakina quickly in long strides and stopped several paces away from her. Dramatic western music could be heard from the auditorium as the band practiced for an upcoming performance.
"I've waited a long time for this," Prucnel said, eyeing Anakina.
"Waited for what? What are you talking about!" exclaimed Anakina. In a desaperate attempt, Anakina threw her body into a nearby storage closet door, causing it to open and all the books to fall out. Anakina grabbed one and chucked it at Prucnel.
Prucnel picked one up and threw it back. It caught the edge of Anakina's glasses and her glasses flew off her face and over the edge of the Mezzanine.
"No!" screamed Anakina as though she were in pain. "I'm blind!"
"Anakina," started Prucnel in an over-dramatically deep voice, "you are an important asset to this school. Leave the rebels and join us!"
"No!" Anakina still sounded pained. "I'll never join you!" She climbed clumsily onto the ledge of the Mezzanine.
Prucnel then held her hand out as if she were Hamlet holding Yorik's skull.
"Anakina," she said slowly and deliberately, "I am your father... I mean... wait... I got caught up in the moment..."
Anakina had heard quite enough and jumped off the edge of the Mezzanine. She landed with a thud, and she heard several screams around her. She looked up to see that she was on top of the Millennium Penguin. The screams had come from four out of the five girls.
Vienna merely shrugged. "I told you to drive this way. I read the script. I told you guys she was going to fall. You act surprised!"
"Are you hurt?" asked Gretchen, ignoring Vienna's comments.
"I'm fine, I just lost my glasses."
"Well, then it's a good thing I picked these ones up as we left," said Chii-3PO, producing Anakina's glasses from her pocket and handing them to Anakina.
Anakina put on her glasses. "Let's go find Hanna," she said stoically as the Star Wars Theme song poured out of the auditorium.
Gree-agh-a-way... (TO BE CONTINUED...)
"Who was that?" Anakina asked, staring wide-eyed after the desk. "What is she doing with Hanna? Where are all the others?"
Vienna thumbed through a script and replied, "Um... I think they're gonna cast Hanna in bronze and some giant slug thing is gonna put Gretchen on a leash..."
"What?!"
"Hold on... none of this sci-fi crap makes any sense to me... Ooo, I think I get to serve drinks in the next one..."
"Next what?"
Vienna flipped a few more pages before looking up and sarcastically muttered, "My spidey senses say Gretchen and Chii are over there."
Anakina looked up, and there, standing before her, were Chii-3PO and Princess Gretchen. Standing further behind them was a dejected looking Sandra Rodrizzian, who was still bound by duct tape. Chewkindy jumped on Vienna and bit her affectionately.
Vienna yelped in pain and pushed Chewkindy off her. She then flipped a few more pages. "We're all supposed to leave and you," she pointed to Anakina, "are supposed to fight Miss—" she sighed, completely exasperated with the situation, "I mean 'Darth' Prucnel."
Princess Gretchen clapped her hands together. "Sounds good to me! Let's go."
The five started to walk away leaving Anakina quite baffled. But she wasn't quite alone, for Darth Prucnel swept through the fire exit at the end of the storage hallway straight ahead of Anakina. The junior glanced behind herself to her friends, but they were already getting-the-hell-out-of-there.
"Thanks a lot, guys!" she souted after them, then turned back to face the Dean of Students. "I guess this is the appropriate moment to say, 'Bring it!'"
The Dean moved towards Anakina quickly in long strides and stopped several paces away from her. Dramatic western music could be heard from the auditorium as the band practiced for an upcoming performance.
"I've waited a long time for this," Prucnel said, eyeing Anakina.
"Waited for what? What are you talking about!" exclaimed Anakina. In a desaperate attempt, Anakina threw her body into a nearby storage closet door, causing it to open and all the books to fall out. Anakina grabbed one and chucked it at Prucnel.
Prucnel picked one up and threw it back. It caught the edge of Anakina's glasses and her glasses flew off her face and over the edge of the Mezzanine.
"No!" screamed Anakina as though she were in pain. "I'm blind!"
"Anakina," started Prucnel in an over-dramatically deep voice, "you are an important asset to this school. Leave the rebels and join us!"
"No!" Anakina still sounded pained. "I'll never join you!" She climbed clumsily onto the ledge of the Mezzanine.
Prucnel then held her hand out as if she were Hamlet holding Yorik's skull.
"Anakina," she said slowly and deliberately, "I am your father... I mean... wait... I got caught up in the moment..."
Anakina had heard quite enough and jumped off the edge of the Mezzanine. She landed with a thud, and she heard several screams around her. She looked up to see that she was on top of the Millennium Penguin. The screams had come from four out of the five girls.
Vienna merely shrugged. "I told you to drive this way. I read the script. I told you guys she was going to fall. You act surprised!"
"Are you hurt?" asked Gretchen, ignoring Vienna's comments.
"I'm fine, I just lost my glasses."
"Well, then it's a good thing I picked these ones up as we left," said Chii-3PO, producing Anakina's glasses from her pocket and handing them to Anakina.
Anakina put on her glasses. "Let's go find Hanna," she said stoically as the Star Wars Theme song poured out of the auditorium.
Gree-agh-a-way... (TO BE CONTINUED...)