Disclaimer: (man, I need a hobby!) I don't own anybody and anything except Nathan, Roxanne, Silvana, Loki, CF, Mel (myself), Tyson, Stormy, Xixa, the Hel Hound, the Quicasoid, the Gilminex, the people on my hit-list, and the whole idea. The royalties are mine! Forever! Bwahahahaha...
I've been mixing up the nos. of each chapter lately. I always forget to change 'em, so sorry if you get confused.
I'm having a hard time dividing the lines equally between the OC's and Zoids characters, so please excuse me if you think it's getting "one-sided".
We will catch the muses in this chapter and have a peek at my (fictional) daily planner. It's not a diary, but it'll do.
Chapt. 10 (?): Capturing the Muses and Thomas
*continue from where we last left off again*
Silvana: You mean you can't do anything?
Maelgwyn, Mel, Ice Seighart: To what...?
Silvana: Restrain the muses. They've caused enough trouble with the potion already!
Seighart: Tala gets hyped up whenever there's something big happening.
Mel: Sheesh. Crikey, Loki's worse than hurricane Mitch. His hair is pure evidence of that.
Ice: Kali is as hyper as a piece of rubber putty bouncing off the walls of a padded cell.
Maelgwyn: I need chocolate.
Silvana: OK, we'll take the muses down one by one, I guess.
*that afternoon*
CW: *lying in the shade*
*a fly lands on his nose*
CW: Geroff me! *spits fire at the fly*
Fly: x_X falls down all blackened and crispy*
CW: GOTCHA!!! I RULE THE WORLD!!! XD *dances on top of the fly*
Sound FX: *squish, squirt, sploosh*
*in the bushes...*
Maelgwyn: Toldja he was insane...*shudder*
Seighart: Will he fall for it...?
Mel: Err...Let's all cross our fingers and hope...
*everybody crosses their fingers and prays as hard as they can*
*back with CW...*
CW: It's good to be the king! (A/n: Duke Nukem's motto. My bro likes that game.)
*he spots a piece of chocolate (which, unknown to him, is attached to a fishpole)*
Chocolate: *all sparkly and shiny*
CW: O.O *drools* Chocolate...*lunges*
*chocolate gets dragged away*
CW: @.@ *spiral eyes* Come back here, babycakes! *lunges again and falls flat on his face*
*chocolate is dragged farther away...*
CW: @.@ My precioussssss...don't desssssssert meeeee...
*chocolate stops underneath a coconut tree*
CW: @o@ FREEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!! *makes a jump for it*
*a strip of sticky tape falls from the tree and sticks to CW's tail*
CW: *dangling from the sticky tape by his tail and making wild grabs for the chocolate* I...have been...defeated...
*meanwhile...*
Loki: I am so bored...
Karl: You're gonna look in someone's diary again...?
Loki: Nah, that's too old. But...still...*spots a red book with a gold dragon on the cover and gets all swirly-eyed like CW* I..cannot...resist...
Everybody else: Oh nooooooo...
Loki: YEEEEEEEESSSS!!! ^O^ *pounces on top of the book*
Bit: *all hyper and crazy like Loki* Whose is it?
Loki: Aww...It's just Mel's daily planner...
EE: Whew...
Loki: *perks up* Mel's daily planner?!
EE: *chokes*
Bit: Read it! READ IT!
Loki: Here's an exam schedule...boring...Here's a hit-list!
Van: Whoo! Lemme read! *grabs the book and reads*
HIT LIST and crimes: (no particular order) (a/n: names marked with an asterisk are actual people. Their names have been changed. I own everybody else. Pronunciation has been included. Italicized letters are read with a long sound.)
Gen. Rigel Callistux-he tried to take over the world! (pron. for name: Ree-ghel Kahl-lis-too)
Xiras Kronox-he's a psycho. (pron.: Zee-ras Kro-nox)
Nataliano del Depierra-he's #1 Most Wanted now that he's escaped...
Kohler Sarsas-he's crazy. (Pron. of first name: Koh-ler)
Mikaelus Jacquosis-he's nuts. (pron.: Mee-ka-yel-loos Jak-ko-sis)
Aquiela Eiros-he's insane. (pron.: A-kee-la Ae-ros)
*Paul Goshie-he's an idiot.
Cyron Norris-he likes to play pranks on me. (pron. for first name: Sye-ron)
*Shirly Ceja-she likes to pinch my cheek. (pron. for last name: Se-ha)
*Lewis Ceja-he's a brat.
*Joe Ceja-he's a taekwondo-holic.
Hereshi M'lou-she's the queen of Jerkworld. (pron. for last name: Muh-loo)
Racharli Mirre-he's annoying. (pron.: Ra-kar-lee Mir-ray)
Rhodette Orlendde-she broke my leg and kidnapped Nathan. (pron.: Rod-det Or-lend)
Aeoloki Eiros-HE IS JUST PLAIN AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!! (pron.: A-yo-lo-kee Ae-ros)
*stops* Who are these people...?
Loki: *very quiet*
Van: Loki, do you know who these people are...?
*door opens*
Mel: *imitating Brady Barr on NGC* Yeah, we got 'im! That is one big lizard!
CW: *struggling madly* I'm not a lizard!
Maelgwyn: You're a freak!
O'Connell: What are you doing with that...that...What is it...?
Kali: That's Kero's evil twin.
Pierce: What's a Kero?
Seighart: Kero is a character from Card Captor Sakura.
Pierce & O'Connell: And that would be...?
Seighart: Never mind.
CW: Argh! Put me down!
Thomas: *stoops down to observe CW* Are you an organoid? I've always been intrigued by organoids. *pokes CW* Nope, not metallic like an Organoid.
Maelgwyn: You shouldn't do that...
CW: CUT THAT OUT!!! *spits fire at Thomas*
Thomas: *hair all black and crispy* My...h-haa-aaaaii-iiirrr...
Kali: Oh, poor Thomas! Here, I'll kiss you and make it all better! *kisses Thomas on the cheek*
Female Thomas fans: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!! o
Other girls: Oooooooooh...^o^
Guys: Eeeeeeeeeeewwww...._.
Thomas: Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...*looks...disturbed*
Kali: You're welcome! ^-^
*a little way off...*
IceDragon: I know how we can get Kali!
Silvana: What a relief. Flying to a satellite can be pretty hard.
Ice: Kali likes Thomas. Maybe we can use him as bait...Here's how we can catch her...
*later*
*everyone is outside, so Thomas is all alone in the cabin*
Thomas: *in the bathroom, scrubbing his cheek as hard as he can* Gag me...I've been kissed by a mummified person!
*soft whoosh behind Thomas*
Thomas: Huh...? *turns around, toothbrush at the ready, but no one's there, so he starts getting nervous b'coz he knows no one else is in the cabin with him* H-he-hello...?
*another whoosh, still behind him*
Thomas: *turns around again, freaking out madly* Who-who's th-there...? L-Lok-k-ki...? K-K-Kali...?
*rustle from the hallway*
Thomas: I-I'm w-war-n-ni-ning y-you...I'm a-an o-of-f-f-fi-c-cer of th-the I-Imper-Imperial A-ar-m-my an-and the-the G-Guar-di-dian F-Force! *backs into the shower curtain*
Maelgwyn, Ice, Mel, Seighart: GOTCHA!!! *leap out from behind the curtain and jam a sack onto Thomas' head*
Silvana: Hold him down! *leaps in from the hallway and ties Thomas up*
Thomas: MMPH! Whmph-fm-fmph! (HEY! Let me go!)
Maelgwyn: *pats the sack* Sorry, bud, but we can't let Kali see you.
Thomas: Hmph! (Hmph!) *sits up and tries to sulk, but can't because his hands are tied up*
Ice: Sulking is bad for your health.
Thomas: Mph-fmph-fm-mph-fm-fmph! (I'll tell Karl what you've done!)
Silvana: Maybe later. Tell you what, if you behave, we'll do something nice for you.
Thomas: Fmph-fmf...? (Like what...?)
Mel: We'll let you e-mail Fiona!
Thomas: Fmf-fm-mmf! (It's a deal!)
Silvana: Good! Now, get ready, and try not to make too much noise. It's gonna be a bumpy ride!
Thomas: Fm-mf...? (What's that...?)
Maelgwyn, Ice, Mel, Seighart, Silvana: Heave...HO!!! *heave Thomas into a dune buggy*
Thomas: MMPF! (OW!) .
Seighart: You OK?
Thomas: Fmf-fm-mmph... (My butt hurts...) _
*still later*
Kali: *in the cabin* Thomas! Where are you? .*peeks into the bathroom* Nope. No Thomas here.
SFX: *(tape-recorded) clicking of keyboard keys*
Kali: Thomas...? *enters the room from where the sound is coming from and sees "Thomas" sitting in front of the computer* There you are! ^_^*runs and glomps "Thomas"*
Thomas dummy: SPROING!!! *head flies off and explodes, releasing knockout gas*
Kali: Aaaaiiiiieeeeehhh...*totters around, then faints*
Silvana: *wearing a gas mask* Yep, we got 'er!
Mel: *(same as Silvana)* Great job, Ice!
Ice: *wearing a GM* No prob. Now, let's stow her away and clean up before anybody notices!
Maelgwyn: Our next problem is with Tala. How do we catch him, Seighart?
Seighart: I already have a plan, but we'll need a bit of help...from the weather...*snaps fingers, and it starts raining*...and from a few people...
*nighttime & it's raining. Everyone is gathered in the sub-lobby in front of the fireplace*
Robert: Why don't we tell ghost stories again?
Ryou: That's a good idea, but we've done that before, right...?
Robert: Yeah, but I have a new one!
Bit: But it won't be as exciting as before, since the lights are on.
Leena: Then let's turn the lights off. *turns the lights off*
Everybody: ARG!!! WE CAN'T SEE!!
Leena: Oh, sorry. *turns the lights back on*
Jamie: *wide-eyed* That was pretty cool!
Sharra: But then we won't be able to see anything.
Lamoo: Let's light some candles, then! *gets a candle from the mantle and lights it with a match*
Loki: Ooh, let me help! *goes around picking up candles and giving them to Lamoo*
Lamoo: Wow, you're a real pal, Loki! Appreciate it! ^-^
Loki: No prob!
Leena: Ready! *turns the lights off again*
Robert: Thanks, you guys. Now, let me tell you this story I got from Mel's books.
*everybody quiets down*
Robert: This story takes place in an old apartment building. The only occupants of this building were a mother and her two sons. The mother slept in one room, her sons in another.
Jamie: How 'bout the dad...?
Robert: I don't know, but he wasn't in the story.
Jamie: OK. Please carry on.
Robert: Everything was OK for a few days. Then the older of the two sons started mentioning something about "things" in his room at night. The mother got worried, of course.
Bit: Didn't the younger one see anything?
Robert: Oh, I forgot to mention that the younger son was just a baby. Named Nick.
Nikita: Cool. That's what some people call me for short.
Robert: As I was saying, the mom got worried. She thought the things might be harmful animals like rats or raccoons, so she decided to stay in her sons' room for a few evenings to see what the problem was.
Blackie: Did she see anything...?
Robert: Nothing at first. But one night...
Blackie: She saw something, right?
Robert: No, her sons did. Or rather, the older one did.
Tanner: What did he see...?
Robert: That was what got the mom all freaked out. Her son told her that he had seen a hand floating around the room toward little Nick's direction.
Karl: The baby...Was he harmed...?
Robert: *shakes head* The hand vanished before it touched the baby.
O'Connell: That's good to hear. But did the mother do something about it...?
Robert: Well, she asked the landlord about the history of the apartment.
Everybody else: Aaaaaand...? *lean forward*
Robert: The landlord said she knew of no deaths that had taken place in the apartment, but that the previous renters had reported seeing strange things.
Vega: Like the hand, right...?
Robert: Probably. So, let's continue shall we...?
People who have been interrupting: *look around sheepishly*
Robert: Thank you. *clears his throat* So the mother stayed in her sons' room again. That night, she felt it getting cold...She opened her eyes, and saw...
Everybody else: WHAT?! WHAT?!?!
Robert: She saw a specter...without a hand...standing in front of her.
EE: *gasp and look around nervously*
Robert: She stared in horror at the ghost, then it reached for her and...
Thunder: CRACKA---BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!
*candles get blown out*
Everybody: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
Ryou: It's OK! IT'S OK!!!
Sharra: I've got the lights!
*lights come back on*
Mary & Harry: *out cold*
Leena, Jamie, Bit, Vega: *shaking madly in their seats*
Girls & some of the boys: *frozen and breathing hard*
O'Connell: Is everyone OK?
Karl: Who's not dead?
*everybody looks around, then gasps*
Everybody: TALA AND LOKI ARE GONE!!!
TBC...
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A/n: Short, I know. But hopefully, you'll be nice and give me some more ideas.
IceDragon: Yeah, thanx lots for the leis! Lol, rest in pieces, love potion...*Loki & CF can be seen in the BG carting off the potion bottle fragments to a trash can* Argh...I know how tiring travelling by air can be...Jet lag really hurts your back...Lol, glad you like Hawaii. To tell you the truth, I'm kinda jealous. We have to wait until December for dad to come home, then he'll take us to Metro Manila for a family trip thing. Man, I'm taking up space too! Better end this now, cya.
Wolfpup7: I know the feeling. *shudder* Crab guts...ew...There are worse things...Once my mom and I went to a market, and there was this guy selling fried grasshoppers...*sick face* I've never seen a crazier appetizer in my entire life of twelve years...And I'll try picking locks sometime, don't you worry! ^-^
Lamoo: Glad you think so! ^_^ The pound cake...I remember asking mom why they were called pound cakes, and she said "Maybe it's because they're heavy". I figured they were probably heavy enough to conk a person away to dreamland. And yes, I will cook up more crazy stuff...if I can think of any...
Xgirl141: Lol, many thanx! Writer's block is real bad...You type aimlessly and when you come to your senses, you look at your work and say "Who in blue blazes tampered with my work?!", then you say "Oh, heck...I can't believe I wrote this!" Really annoying, huh? Enjoy the ride, it's a pretty insane one. ^_-
Blackie: Crikey, you're a bit mixed up there! Stoller is the lifeguard, not Sanders! But that's an AWESOME idea! Just what I need! Be patient, I'll save it for a very later chapter...it's taking shape in my head already...And those things (^_~)...I like 'em too, but there are few situations where they seem suitable to use, but I'll see to that! ^^;
Many thank yous people. Sorry for the cliffie, but that will all be revealed in the next chapter. Leave me a review, will ya? ^o^