Let's just say that I'm sorry about the mistakes I made. Don't worry about the CD. I finished. If anyone wants to know the songs just e-mail me and let me know! If you want a copy . . . well, you'll just have to figure that out for yourself.
CHAPTER three
Five minutes later, Zaphod was still running and screaming, but much slower because he was getting tired. Arthur and Ford were sitting on the bench in the room watching him trying to see how long he could go on for.
The alien was reading a book, trying to ignore Zaphod as he every few seconds ran past her desk. Finally, the alien couldn't take it anymore.
"Could you please make him stop!" the alien ordered rather than asked.
The next time Zaphod ran past Ford, Ford stuck his foot out and tripped him. Zaphod fell face first on the floor with a loud thud.
"Thank you." The alien went back to reading.
"No problem." Ford smiled. Zaphod sat up.
"OW! Hey, that hurt." He rubbed his nose.
Suddenly, from behind the door, there was a loud scream. The three men looked at each other and immediately got up and made there way to the desk.
"What was that?" Ford asked. The alien politely looked up.
"Oh, probably a patient of Dr. Silverman's. He doesn't use anesthetic."
"The alien said that there were no other patients . . ." Arthur quivered.
"TRILLIAN!" the men yelled together and made there way to the door.
"Come on Marvin!" Zaphod called back to Marvin, who sighed and pulled himself up and made his way to the group.
"Hey! Where are you going! You can't go there! Don't make me call security!"
But they didn't listen and pushed their way through the big white door and were met with a hallway, walls painted blindingly white like the door, at least a mile long. Hundreds of doors were on either side of the walls and the ceiling was a long mirror giving the hallway a big and scary feel.
"We'll have to spilt up if we want to find her quickly." Zaphod suggested.
"Great. You stick with Marvin." And Arthur and Ford went running down the hall to the first door.
"Hey! Guys! Come back! WAIT!" Zaphod yelled at them, but they ignored him. Zaphod turned and looked drearily at Marvin. "Well, lets just go, okay?"
"Alright, I suppose. You don't have to talk to me. I know you don't want to." Marvin moaned so terribly it was bad enough to kill something already dead. Zaphod heaved a gigantic sigh and walked to the first door opposite the one Ford and Arthur were trying to heave open.
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"Why won't it open?" Ford tugged at the knob. Arthur just watched, he had given up trying. He hoped Zaphod was having more luck. "THERE!" Yelled Ford, startling Arthur, and the door swung open.
"Thank god . . ." Arthur took a step and felt nothing. No floor. He suddenly began to fall . . . and fast. Ford yelped and grabbed Arthur's wrist and held on tight. "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL! WHO DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS!" Arthur screamed as he clung on to Ford and tried not to look down.
"Zaphod!" Ford yelled and luckily, Zaphod was in ear shot and came running. He looked down.
"Holy crap!" and he immediately grabbed hold of Arthur's wrist as well and helped Ford pull Arthur up. As soon as he was safe, Ford slammed the door shut.
"Well, she's not in there." Ford innocently smiled and Zaphod rolled his eyes and went to go back and join Marvin. "On to door number two."
"Maybe you should go first this time." Mumbled Arthur.
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Zaphod had more luck in opening the first door, but not more luck with what was inside. In the middle of the room was a small bathtub filled with water.
"Well that's . . . interesting." Was the only word Zaphod could find for his discovery. Marvin stayed quiet. Zaphod approached the tub and began to lower his hand into the water.
"I wouldn't do that you know. Something's going to happen. It always does." Marvin sighed.
"Oh, shut up." Zaphod retorted and put his hand in the water. It was warm and comforting. "Ahh, that feels good." Zaphod closed his eyes. Suddenly he felt something tug at his arm and when he opened his eyes, he saw a large blue tentacle wrapped around his arm, pulling him in the tub.
Zaphod tried to pull away, but the other thing was stronger. He tried using his other two arms to push the tentacle off, but two other tentacles appeared from the drain and snagged the other two arms. Zaphod screamed for the third time that day as his head neared the water.
Marvin sighed and turned, spotting Arthur walking out of their door number two covered in splotches of mud.
"Excuse me." Marvin called out.
"Yes, what?" Ford wiped mud off his cheek. "Where's Zaphod."
"He's being pulled down a bathtub drain by a monster, just thought you ought to know. I'm fine, if you ever cared to ask." Marvin added at the end.
"Your kidding." Arthur spit mud on the floor. A water choked scream came from the room Marvin was standing in front of. Ford and Arthur pushed past Marvin and ran into the room.
Zaphod felt someone grab his waist and begin to pull, but he wasn't aware of much as it felt like there was water sloshing in his ears and brain(s).
Ford had grabbed Zaphod and left Arthur to beat at the tentacles. Giving up, Arthur pinched a tentacle and it slid down the drain again. He pinched the other two and Ford pulled Zaphod out of the tub.
"You okay?" Ford patted his semi-cousins back as Zaphod hacked up water.
"Just great." Zaphod managed between coughs. "What'd you find in number two?"
"Mud. Lots of mud." Arthur flicked mud off his sleeve.
"Well, your fine. We'll head off. Luck with your number two door, huh?" Ford sauntered out the door, Arthur squishing behind.
Zaphod coughed a little more than stood up and squeezed his dripping hair out. He squelched out the room, Marvin following, and the door closed shut by itself.
"I'm feeling very depressed. Thought you might care for once. You don't have to pretend though." Marvin stumbled to the next door.
Zaphod dripped.
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Trillian looked around her dentist, whose name was Dr. Jones. It was a startlingly normal name for such a funny looking guy. But he was kind, and for that she was grateful.
"Did you hear that scream? I think it came from the other room." Trillian attempted to talk with a mouthful of cotton balls.
"Oh, I guess Dr. Silverman had a patient today after all." Dr. Jones shrugged.
"He sounds rough." Trillian choked on a ball.
"What?"
"He sow-n-eds ruff!" she said slowly.
"Hmph. Idiot never uses painkillers. I honestly do not know why he still has his license." Dr. Jones grumbled and took the cotton balls out of Trillian's mouth and tossed them down a hole in the floor.
"Is it okay? The tooth?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah. Just wait here and I'll go get something you can put on it. It'll feel better in no time!" he smiled cheerily and left. Trillian leaned back and yawned.
"I hope the guys aren't doing anything stupid."
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Zaphod came running out of the fifth door on his side and Arthur and Ford crawled out of the eighth door on their side.
"How's it going?" gasped Zaphod.
"Just great! You?" panted Ford.
"Making real progress!" Zaphod rolled his thirsty tongue around his dry mouth.
"You're lying." Ford smiled.
"So are you."
"ARRGG! We'll NEVER find her!" Arthur stamped his foot and made a face that was supposed to be of anger but looked rather humorous instead.
There was another scream from down the hall and a loud bang. Arthur jumped, then moaned.
"Let's carry on then, I guess." Ford rubbed his eyes.
"Sure, sure. I'd be going at your rate if this stupid robot wasn't so slow." Zaphod rolled his eyes as Marvin shuffled out the door and closed it just as a very hungry lion was about to snag him.
Ford and Arthur made there way to the ninth door on there side and Zaphod and Marvin plodded along to the sixth one. Zaphod tiredly pulled the door open and walked inside.
His face immediately brightened at what was inside.
"MOO!" said the cow whose nap was disturbed. But that wasn't what Zaphod was excited about. He was excited about what was in the middle of the room.
For there, placed neatly in the exact middle, was an entire tank of laughing gas.
"Oh, no. Here we go again." Whined Marvin as the door slammed shut.
