Chapter VIV: A Decision is Made
"Well this is apleasent surprise!" Ash said, struggling against the ropes that bound him. "So, anymore genius plans to save us?" he asked Arthur.
"Nope." Arthur said staring at the skeleton guards that that watched them with their blank eye sockets. He looked at the other Ash and Arthur sitting on the ground next to them, and the two Sheilas.
"Hey, Ash!" Ashsaid to his younger self. "The pit still fun?"
"Yep. How's Dearborn?" Younger Ash asked.
"Dead. How's----" Ash started.
"Will both of you stop talking!" Both the Sheilas yelled at the same time.
"How did we get out of this mess before?" Younger Ash asked.
"Just a thought, but this is a first for us too." Ash said. He thought back to this kind of situation, and remembered a way to escape. He rammed his elbow, which was loose into the back of Arthur's neck, causing him to slump over. "Yo! Bonehead!"
"What fleshy?" It yelled back.
"I think he's dead, come get 'em." Ash nodded toward Arthur. Sheila flashed him a dirty look, but he tried to give her a thumbs up, showing that he knew what he was doing. The skeleton walked up to arthur, kicked him and then bent down to pick him up. Ash slammed his legs into the area where it's crotch should be and slammed it's head into the wall. The skeleton broke into many pieces and it's sword fell into Ash's lap.
"See, who called it! Score two!" He picked up the sword and sliced into the ropes around his arms. First he went to Sheila, then Younger Ash and Younger Sheila. They both thanked him, and then they both embraced. "Ahh, youth!" Ash mumbled, smiling. He tossed the sword to Younger Ash so he could untie the Arthurs, and then he took Sheila by the arm. He led her around the corner.
"I don't want to lose you again after this. I've already gone through hell once to save you."
"I want to stay with you." Sheila replied.
"Now I have to get married!" Ash gasped. They laughed and hugged for a long time. "So that means we're going to the future right?" When she turned around to walk away, his mouth dropped open. "Hey, I love you, but I need a microwave and TV sometimes!"
"Yes, we'll go to your time. On one condition. After we wed, we meet your parents."
"I'm not sure how that will go baby. 'Hi guys! I just killed twelve million zombies over the past few years and then married a chick from the 1300's! And oh yeah, I can't play the piano anymore mom! I chopped my own hand off with a chainsaw because it was Evil and trying to kill me.' Not the best introduction."
Retreving the book wasn't hard. The skeleton guards were also tricked by the "Dead Arthur" trick. Ash opened it up to the page where the wormhole spell was written.
"Let's go home!" Ash yelled through the blue swirling mass. "Oh! Ash! Don't talk to a girl named Sara!"