Lets boogie! Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka… What the-Oh! Sorry. I saw that stupid trailer again and now the stupid song won't come out of my head! Well, anyway, I'm sorry for not uploading faster, and I'm also sorry for the length of this chapter. It's pretty small, I know, but I've had a lot of homework, and I still do, so I don't know how fast I'll upload next chapter, since I write 'em right before putting 'em here. And thank to my reviewers (Legnalos reviewed again! XD), but, Dark Knightress, I don't understand… you liked my story or it bored you? And I tried to read your story, but for some reason Chapter 1 is missing. Anyways, enjoy:
CHAPTER 5: Old Moddy's proposition.
Bum. Bum. Bum.
Starfire was walking hurriedly, and quite noisily, across one of the halls of the Palace. She had been looking for Brother Blood for quite a while now… She never thought she would actually be desperately looking for him someday. The truth was, she hated him, she just couldn't stand him, but she seemed to be the only one that thought like that; and now, there she was, trying to find him. Where could he be hiding?
Meanwhile, not far from there, a secret door hidden in a wall opened slowly, revealing the ruthless High Priest coming out of it. Unaware of someone watching him from the other side of the hall, he started to close the door slowly, while Wintergreen started to come out of it as well.
"Blood!"
At the sound of the princess' voice, Blood closed quickly the passage, crushing Wintergreen with the door.
"Whaddafugggg…!" Said the breathless bird.
"Oh, my princess, how may I serve you?" Asked Brother Blood, as bowing, covering the passage with his robes.
"The troopers took a boy from the city as a prisoner after your orders."
"Can't… bweathe…"
"Well, of course, your father gave me the duty of keeping the piece in Tamaran. The boy was a criminal, my lady."
"And what did he do? What was his crime?" She said, trying not to wonder about the drowned squeaky voice coming from behind Brother Blood.
"Ooooopen…"
"Why, kidnapping the princess, of course."
"C'mon, Bloody, you jutht-"
Then, Blood kicked the vulture, trying to keep him quiet.
"Oooooowwww! Wight in the mommy n' daddy'th button!"
"But he did not kidnap me! I went away by myself!" Said Starfire, starting to loose her patience.
"Oh, really, now? Oh, for X'ahl, how upsetting! If I had known…"
"Please, what are your meanings?"
"I'm afraid, my Princess, that the boy's sentence has already been carried out."
"What sentence?"
"His eyes had been took out."
Starfire gasped.
"Then, he was flogged."
Starfire gasped again.
"Then, he was took to the dentist."
She gasped once more.
"Then, he was made to wait in the longest line of the supermarket."
Is it that hard to figure out what she did?
"Then, he was stuffed with sawdust."
OK, this is getting stupid.
"Then, he was left in the 'It's a small world' ride for three hours."
Seriously, how many times can that girl gasp?
"Then, he was left in the Bronx wearing nothing but a cardboard sign that read:'I hate black people.'"
I have a dog called Poopy.
"Then, he was took to the Coliseum."
I'm sorry, I meant Puppy.
"But he survived."
Wait. If that's a good thing, then why is she gasping?
"Then, the executioner chopped his head off."
There she goes again.
"Then, his remains were chopped in tiny little pieces."
Man, is this stupid!
"Then, the pieces were given to the portkins as food."
Well, this is getting…sad.
"Then the portkin's poop was burned."
Run away!
"Finally, the ashes were thrown into deep space."
Then, she gave the loudest gasp of history, which wasn't really loud, because gasp aren't loud, really. But even like that, it's now in the Guinness Book of Records of Tamaran. She then started walking to nowhere really, with a hand on her mouth and her eyes lost in space.
"I'm terribly sorry, my Princess, I really am." Blood said, unable to contain an evil smirk.
"How… could you?" She said, turning to him, with her face full with anger. Blood was afraid that the princess would attack him, but then she turned around and started to fly away. Blood was left alone, the smirk coming back to his face.
"Tho, Mr. Nutcwackew, how did she take it?" Said Wintergreen, finally coming out of the passage.
"Oh, I think she took it… rather well…"
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We're now inside a dark and murky hall, with torches hanging from the walls and iron doors with huge locks at both sides, they're cells, and this is the Dungeon's Hall. Suddenly, Speedy and Aqualad appear, dragging Dr. Light out of one of the cells.
"No, I'm only joking!" Was saying the villain, clearly reluctant to leave his cell. "I'm not really innocent! I'm guilty! Guilty, I tell you! I was only-it was a joke! I'm pulling your leg! It's a joke! I have to be executed! I'm just having you on! Put me back! BLOODY TROOPERS! CAN'T TAKE A JOKE!"
The camera now goes inside the cell next to the one of Light, and inside, are no other than Robin and Cyborg, with their wrists chained to the wall, and sitting on the stone floor. Suddenly, the merchant-yes, the one supposed to be telling this story-pops out of nowhere, and begins singing:
"What a room, what a stink,
This is doom, don't you think?
As the hours of the night crawl past.
You've got rats in your cell (A rat passes by)
But you'll live with the smellTill the dawn, when you'll breath your last.
Every tick of the clock (He pulls out a big, noisily ticking, golden clock)
Says get set for the block
And the chock of your awful plight.
You should sleep, but you won't
'Cuz you know that you won'tSee another Tamarean Night!"
When he finishes his song, he disappears again, leaving Robin and Cyborg all alone. After a while, Cyborg spoke:
"Way to go, man!"
"What! You're blaming me for this!" Said Robin.
"Well, of course I am! It is your fault! Why, you and your idea of letting people know where we live! Sure enough one of them told the troopers where we were!"
"Look, those kids couldn't have told the troopers, no one understood a word of what they said!"
"It's not the midgets the ones I'm talking about, man!"
"Wait! If you're saying that Starfire told them-"
"Of course I'm saying that, man! She's the princess! It probably was a trap all along! And you fell, cuz you're an idiot!"
"No! She wouldn't do that!"
"Why not! She wasn't our friend! For her, we were just street rats!"
"That's it!" Yelled Robin. If they had been free to use their hands, they probably would have start fighting. But as they didn't, they did the only thing they were able to: they started to kick each other.
"Now, that's not going to help you, my duckies."
Both boys stopped and turned around, to discover something they had failed to see before: there, hiding in the shadows, was an old little man, a little bit hunched, with the up of his head completely bald, with small squared glasses, and holding an old wooden cane. It was Mad Mod, but it was the old Mad Mod. Old Moddy, that was.
"Who are you?" Asked Robin.
"No one, my duckies. Just a prisoner, like you. But perhaps, together, we can be more!"
"What do you mean, old man?" Said Cyborg.
"I know about the existence of a cave, the Cave of Wonder bras! It's full with treasures able to find only in your wildest dreams. This treasure, my duckie, would help you impress your little princess, it would show her that you're something more than just a street rat." With that, the old man caught Robin's attention. "No one else knows about it, except old Moddy, and I'm willing to share the treasure with you."
"Oh, yeah? And why would you share it?"
"I'm not as young as I used to be when I was younger, my duckies. I need someone strong to carry the treasure for me."
"And how do we know you wouldn't go and keep all the treasure to yourself?"
"No, my duckies. I wouldn't lie to you, not old Moddy, never. Look..." Then, he touched their chains on their wrists with his cane, and they were released from the wall instantly.
"Whoa, thanks, old man." Said Robin, rubbing his wrist. "But I'm afraid there's a problem. The cave's out there, and we're locked in this cell."
"No, that's no problem at all, my duckies…" Old Moddy then touched one of the walls with his cane, and the wall moved revealing a secret passage. He then extended his hand towards the boys.
"It's a deal, then?"
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We're now again in the desert outside the city, it's still night, and there's a sand storm. In the horizon, three little figures are seen walking through the dessert. Suddenly, the merchant appears again, and just like before, he starts singing:
"A contemptible skunk
was this old Moddy, the funk,
but our friends he led, alas,
on a journey insane
through forbidden terrain
to a desolate forgotten pass.
And the trip that they had
Was so bad for our lads
That they gradually got uptight.
And at the end they said (He pulls out a sock puppet)
Puppet: Oh, no! Here he comes again!
Merchant: What a hell of a Tamarean Night!
"Can you stop with the Tamarean Nights already?" Said the sock puppet. "You're driving me insane!"
"You think you're insane? I'm the one talking to a sock!" After saying that, the merchant disappeared.
Robin, Cyborg and the old Moddy were standing in the middle of the desert, the sand storm rocking them back and fort. Suddenly, the entrance to the Cave of Wonder bras appeared once more in front of them.
"Wooooooow…!" Said Robin and Cyborg in unison.
"Remember, duckies! Bring me the lamp, and then I'll give you your reward!"
Robin and Cyborg started walking towards the entrance, and when they were about to step inside, it began moving, and talked: "Well, this is the second time someone wakes me up in the week! Who's there? Better it's important!"
"Um… it is I, Robin…" The boy said, nervously.
"Robin!" Said the cave, its eyes going wide. After a brief silence, it talked again: "Proceed. Touch nothing but the lamp."
Robin then put a foot inside the cave, while a part of his brain was telling them that this was a bad idea, the cave would close his moth and eat him… but nothing happened. Gaining some more confidence, he started to walk down the stairs made of sand, followed by Cyborg.
Yep, that's all for now, folks! Shorty chappie, but, what else could I have added? I didn't want to cut the cave scene in two, but I can tell you next chapter's gonna be a wild one… And BB is yet to appear! What role do you think I gave him? You can tell me in a REVIEW!
Willy Wonka here he is!
