TOILET FAIRIES

Chapter 1: ENTER THE TOILET

Holly scrubbed pathetically at an extremely stubborn cluster of microorganisms on the toilet seat. It was a horrible job, cleaning the Mud People's public toilets. A rather pointless one too. The Mud People's council had sent in their own team of cleaners. Nevertheless, Root had insisted on sending in Holly, Grub Kelp, Chix Verbil and a new LEP recruit, Joanna Hill to clean the toilets until the fairy council members could see their reflections on the toilet seats.

These four had fouled up one of the previous missions big time. Time Stop and Mind Wipe for a whole city. It was so bad that Holly didn't even want to think about it.

To actually enter the toilet block, an invitation was unnecessary. Technically, it wasn't a dwelling because no Mud Men lived there. Therefore, the fairies could came and go as they pleased. If a Mud Man walked in, the fairies would just quickly shield. Not tonight though….

Grub was contemplating a rather nasty bruise on his finger from where he closed the door on it when Private Hill came up behind him.
"Chix is pretty annoying, huh?" She said.
Grub nodded.
"How's Trouble?'
"Fine," Was all he could manage.
"What's wrong with you?" Hill saw him clutching desperately at his finger and she shook her head. "A new complaint?"
Grub nodded again.
Hill sighed and casually pushed Grub's head into the toilet.
Joanna Hill gave an evil smile and pushed poor Grub in further.
"Hey, Corporal Kelp? Could you give me a hand?" Holly asked from another cubicle.
No answer.
"Corporal? This is a direct order from you captain. Get your magical little backside over here. Now."
Still no answer. Then… "CAPTAIN SHORT! GRUB IS IN THE TOILET!"
Private Hill sounded agitated. This didn't occur to Holly until she had spoken. "Of course he's in the toilet. What did you think we were cleaning? A pizza parlour?"
"His head is stuck in there, Captain!"
Holly raced from one cubicle to the next to wake up Chix and then to the next to help Joanna. Secretly Joanna was almost bursting with glee, but she didn't show it. People had always said she was a good actress.
"How'd he get in there?" Asked Chix.
"Grub just fell in."
Typical, Holly thought. Hopefully Trouble will understand. Grub only then seemed to realise the situation and so began his howling. In the toilet water it sounded like someone gurgling, then it echoed through the entire toilet block. The noise was actually similar to the noise of a magma flare. How Grub managed, no one knew, but one thing was obvious. They needed to get Grub out before he attracted the attention of some Mud Men.
The two elves and the sprite tried to merely pull him out. As they suspected, it only sucked him in further.
"This is one evil toilet," Chix muttered.
Had the two elfin women not been too busy to hear the sprite, they would have agreed.
"Get mo oot!" Screamed Grub. Or at least that was what it sounded like.
"What did you do, Hill?" Holly snapped.
"Me? What makes you think I did anything?"
"The fact that you were the only other person with Corporal Kelp when it happened."
"Did it occur to you that he might have fallen in by himself?" Asked Chix.
Holly gave him a cold glare. "Do you want to join Grub, Chix?"
Chix shook his head.
"I didn't think so. Shut up and pull."
Chix nodded. An atrocious sucking noise came from precisely where Grub's head should have been. Except the head wasn't. It was further in. Mud Man toilets weren't built for human heads, and certainly not fairy heads, let alone Grub's head which was curiously small, even for a fairy.
"Hold on Grub… You'll be out soon." Muttered Holly. She tried not to think of what had been in the toilet before Grub.
Grub's wails had abated. Now all that could be heard was occasional groaning and grunting from Chix, Holly and Joanna and Grub moaning something about "mummy".

TO BE CONTINUED... Hopefully.