Target: Horrorworld
Chapter Four
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A/N: Every ride and event mentioned in this story is actually at Disneyworld.
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"We are not kicked out of this park, you fat glob of goo!"
"Yes, you are!" the ride maintainer argued heatedly.
"You can't do that!" Mokuba shot back.
"I said we'll pay for it!" Anzu added.
"And I said you can't afford it!" the man repeated, crossing his arms over his stout torso.
Anzu stood her ground, fists planted on her hips. "Listen here, bucko. I am a queen! Not only can I pay for this ride, but I can buy the whole damn park and your fat ass! Now name your bloody price before I beat you to a pulp!"
The man's jaw dropped at the insults streaming from the brunette's mouth. Careen placed a gentle hand on the younger woman's forearm.
Mokuba's shoulders were slumped over as he stood off to the side awkwardly. "I'm really sorry."
"No, Mokuba, it's okay. But, what isn't okay is this slob's attitude!" Anzu finished angrily.
Careen stepped forward. "What if we offered to repair the ride?"
This really got the man laughing. "You!" he gasped out between guffaws.
"Yes, us!" Careen repeated, starting to get angry, as well.
The ride maintainer smirked at the group of four, crossing his arms over his chest. "I bet you can't even tell me what kind of electrical motor this ride uses."
"That would be because it uses a mechanical motor," Taena corrected, facial expression flat. "Moron." She rolled her eyes to further express her exasperation.
"Moron?" the man echoed in a high-pitched shriek.
Taena nodded boredly. "Yes. Someone who only requires a single brain cell to function on a daily basis. Someone who was, unfortunately, born without half of their brain." She paused. "Moron."
The man looked as if he was ready to get violent, but Careen stepped in front of Taena, waving her hands and laughing sheepishly.
"Let's not get vicious," the blonde said. "She really can fix the ride though!"
Taena shoved her hands into her pockets and began walking toward the back of the ride where Mokuba's blast had struck near the ceiling.
"Hmm, it's not serious at all." Taena inspected the damaged area from her elevated place where Mokuba was levitating her. The ride maintainer was rendered speechless from this miraculous act, so he did not comment on Taena's statement.
The young princess made quick work of repairing the damaged wires which were burnt by Mokuba's electric attack. The ride sprang to life, all of the lights going dim again and the ghosts beginning to fly overhead once more. Mokuba levitated her back down to the ground, and she turned to face the ride maintainer. She motioned up above her.
"Can we stay now, moron?" Taena asked impatiently.
The man nodded dumbly, still unable to speak at the combined shocks of a man with magical powers and an eight-year-old repairing a ride in ten short minutes.
"Let's go watch the parade," Anzu suggested as the group of four got back in the car to finish the ride.
"Parade?" Careen echoed.
The queen nodded enthusiastically. "Yep! Every day, they have a parade here at Magic Kingdom with all the Disney characters in it.
"As long as I don't blow up the people," Mokuba mumbled, angry at himself.
Anzu smiled at the young man, ruffling his hair. "If you kept yourself from destroying Ryoko's fanclub, I'm sure you can stop short of electrocuting the Disney characters." She looked up, tapping her chin thoughtfully. "I wonder if Bakura has killed any of them yet..."
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"Ryoko!" Bakura yelled, shielding his eyes from that bothersome sun and glancing around the park. "Where the hell are you!"
"Watch your language around children!" a woman screamed at him. He whirled around, fangs bared.
"Shut up, old bat," he growled out, shaking a fist at her. A glint of bronzed, bare skin caught his eye, and he ran off in that direction.
"Tarzan!" he bellowed, chasing after the nearly-nude Disney character. The man turned around expectantly and started to wave. He made a choked sound when he was yanked up by the collar and shaken. Bakura demanded, "Where is my daughter?"
Tarzan merely let out a series of grunts and ape noises, as he was paid to do.
"Look, punk, I'm going to open up an entire case of whoop-ass on you!" the Bakurian king threatened. Tarzan made more ape noises and banged on his chest. Bakura dropped him, making a disgusted noise.
"Stupid Earthlings. Just like animals."
After Tarzan stood up and darted off, Bakura glanced around again. He noticed a door in the distance where several Disney characters were entering into. He arched a brow.
"Many of these Satanic Disney characters are going in there..." he trailed off, wandering over to the area. Perhaps, his daughter had followed one of the characters into the building.
After he entered, he was immediately pulled aside by a young woman with enormous glasses. She exclaimed, "King Triton!"
Bakura stared at her oddly. "Actually, it's King Bak--"
"Good, you already have your wig on. We've got to get you in costume!" She started dragging him off towards a changing room before he could wonder what she was talking about.
"Woman, what are you babbling about?" he demanded.
She waved a hand at him. "Now, remember, I have some dye for your chesthair if you haven't already dyed it white."
"My chesthair is white!" he replied, apalled that a complete stranger would be talking to him about such a thing.
"Oh, perfect!" she squealed, holding tight onto his hand which he was desperately trying to yank out of her grip. "You're so prepared!"
The woman shoved him into a room, closing the door behind her, and began to yank off his pants. The only sound which could be heard in the small room was the panicked screaming of the Bakurian king.
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Malik and Baku were hiding from the park security behind one of the enormous, animated bear statues in the Country Bears Jamboree in 'Frontierland.' It was dancing wildly and singing horribly, so the pair had to dance behind it to keep from being seen.
"What the bloody hell is this thing!" Malik yelled over the loud sound of the music, turning to the side and shaking his butt when the bear did.
"Like I know! You're the one who picked this hiding place!" Baku retorted, leaning to the side and ducking down when the bear bent forward, doing some sort of 'hoola' motion.
"Boo!"
"Ahhhh!" Baku and Malik screeched simultaneously, whirling around. Ryoko was smiling and waving from behind them.
"Ryoko!" Baku exclaimed. "What are you doing here? Where's dad?" He continued dancing behind the bear, starting to pant now.
The princess took mercy on her uncle and brother and pulled them behind the curtain with her.
"I lost daddy. Why are you guys dancing behind a hairy statue?" she wondered curiously.
"We're wanted men," Malik said solemnly. She did not look surprised.
"Mom's going to kill you both," she told them. They nodded their agreement tiredly. She continued brightly, "Well, there's going to be a parade down the main street. Let's go watch!"
Baku looked uneasy. "Hopefully, we won't get caught by security."
Ryoko waved them off. "You can find mom and the others!" She tapped her chin in thought. "Daddy's probably really mad that he can't find me. Maybe I should go look for him." She turned back to her two family members. "You guys go to the parade and I'll meet up with you after I find daddy, kay?"
They merely nodded, too worn out to argue with her. The trio exited the Country Bears Jamboree building and started walking back towards the entrance of Disneyworld to watch the parade.
Along the way, Ryoko's fanclub ran up to her. Baku sighed, exasperated.
"Get out of here!" he snapped at them. They were unfazed as they held out random objects and body parts for Ryoko to sign, screaming like wild banshees.
When Ryoko was prepared to sign a boy's bare butt, Malik stepped forward angrily. "Listen here, you tasty morsels. I haven't had raw human since breakfast, and I'm feeling rather famished. And, don't think I won't eat you just because I don't have any steak sauce; your warm blood will do just fine. So, unless you want to become dinner, get out of here!"
The fanclub members squeaked fearfully and ran off. Malik smirked, satisfied. Ryoko tilted her head.
"Daddy was trying all day to get them to leave us alone."
Malik waved her off pridefully. "Your dad says he's the 'fucking man,' but I'm really the 'fucking man.' Rule number 457: frighten young children."
The trio continued their walk towards where the parade would be. After a little while, Ryoko veered off towards 'Fantasyland' to locate her estranged father who had probably murdered half of the Disney characters by now.
She opened every door she passed by, calling out her father's name, but could not seem to find him anywhere. Finally, with the the last door she opened, she found the large warehouse to have hundreds of occupants. She wandered inside hesitantly, looking around.
All around her, several Disney characters were running to and fro with make-up artists touching them up. Realization dawned in Ryoko's eyes. "This is the preparation building for the parade!" All thoughts of finding her father vanished.
"It's awful! We must find a replacement for her immediately!" a woman cried anxiously into her tele-comm as she rushed past Ryoko. The Bakurian princess smiled mischievously and followed after the woman. She caught up to her, tapping her on the shoulder.
"Pardon me, but my agency sent me as the replacement," Ryoko told the woman. The older lady looked surprised, but her expression soon turned to one of extreme relief as she took Ryoko by the arm and rushed her into a dressing room.
"Your eye color is not right, but it will have to do! Your costume and wig are on that dresser. You have ten minutes!" the lady told her gratefully before shutting the door. Ryoko's wide, brown eyes stared at the door for a few moments before she turned away towards the dresser next to the door. On it rested a long-haired, red wig, a purple seashell bra, and a strange looking fish skirt.
Ryoko grinned giddily. "I get to be in a parade!" she whispered happily, shedding her clothes quickly. She slipped on the seashell bra; it was a bit too big, so she stuffed toilet paper under it. Then, she pulled on the the fish tail skirt; it was a perfect fit. She laughed hysterically when she looked in the mirror, but pulled on the wig anyway.
After examining herself for a minute, she knocked on the door. The lady from before opened it immediately and pulled Ryoko out. The princess stumbled in her fish skirt, but the lady had an airkart, so Ryoko sat down and was driven out of the building to a float around the back. She was lifted up onto one side of the float and seated on a fake rock. On the other side of her float, she could see an older man's back, and there was also a handsome young man at the front of the float.
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"There you guys are!" Careen exclaimed as Malik and Baku approached the group of four.
"Did you have a good time?" Anzu asked, smiling down at her son. He just laughed nervously, nodding.
"What about you guys?" Malik returned the question. Mokuba looked uncomfortable, scratching the back of his neck.
"Well, I almost destroyed one of the rides..."
"But, I fixed it," Taena finished. She was smirking slightly.
"Hey, where's Ryoko and Bakura?" Anzu wondered, glancing around at the crowd of people.
"They'll meet up with us in just a minute," Baku replied. The queen frowned.
"They'll miss the parade if they don't hurry!"
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Ryoko laughed excitedly as the float started to move. She waved to everyone enthusiastically as the float, which was decorated with fake water and a ship, moved down the street.
The handsome, black-haired young man acting as Prince Eric walked over to her, waving to everyone, as well. He sat down on the rock next to Ryoko, taking her hand. As part of the script, he leaned toward Ryoko and kissed her softly on the lips. The princess's eyes widened, but she played along.
"Hey, that looks like Princess Ryoko!" a young girl on the street said. She whipped out her fanclub badge, screaming, "I love you!"
From his place on the other side of the Little Mermaid float, Bakura whirled around on his throne, staring at the red-headed girl who was currently kissing the other male actor on the float. Bakura was already pissed enough at having to ride on this damned float, half-naked; if that was his daughter, he was going to be spitting bullets.
"Ryoko?" he yelled to her. He saw the girl freeze and slowly turn around.
"Daddy?"
"Ryoko!" Bakura bellowed, standing up in his own fish skirt. "Where the hell have you been!"
"Well, I--"
"You!" Bakura cut her off, pointing at Prince Eric. The male actor motioned to himself, surprised. "Yeah, you, ya' pissant! You kissed my daughter! Prepare to meet your sticky demise!"
"Buddy," the actor hissed, "that's not in the script!"
"Script this, bitch!" Bakura howled and started to hop toward Prince Eric with his pitchfork (trident) in hand.
"Daddy, no!" Ryoko hollered, also standing up from her rock. She shrieked as her father chased Prince Eric around the float, hopping surprisingly fast. He swiped with his pitchfork continuously, hoping to strike the actor eventually.
Ryoko started to whimper as she hopped after her father who was hopping after Prince Eric. "Stop it, daddy!"
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"Oh... my... God..." Anzu moaned, staring in bewilderment at the Little Mermaid float.
"Is that..." Careen trailed off, speechless.
"Daddy...?" Taena wondered.
"Trying to kill that actor...?" Baku added.
"With Ryoko..." Mokuba gasped.
"Chasing after him...?" Malik finished.
The six stared at each other in shock before returning their attention to the float.
Prince Eric tripped over one of the fake water displays and fell face-first into the float. The royal family on the street watched in suspended horror as Bakura moved in for the kill. He rained down on the handsome actor with his pitchfork, laughing maniacally.
"Daddyyyyy!" Ryoko screamed, trying to pull her father away from Prince Eric. She, however, tripped on her fish skirt and fell over backwards. All of the toilet paper fell out of her seashell bra.
"Found you!"
Malik and Baku spun around at the voice, their eyes widening.
"Aw, shit!" Malik groaned. He and the young prince took off at a run with two security guards chasing after them.
Anzu, Careen, Taena, and Mokuba stared after Malik and Baku before redirecting their attention to the Little Mermaid float where Ryoko was wailing on the floor and Bakura was victoriously standing over his 'kill,' pitchfork raised high in the air as he made high-pitched war cries.
"And we thought we were having problems..." Careen trailed off. The other three just nodded, still speechless.
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Thirty minutes later, the royal family members were on their way back to the hotel, having narrowly escaped security guards on Malik and Baku's part.
Ryoko refused to talk to her father and was still sobbing on occasion over her ruined premier as an actress. Bakura was glaring out the window, ignoring everyone in his angry display. Malik and Baku were enduring severe scoldings from Careen and Anzu. Taena and Mokuba sighed in an irritated manner, glancing at each other.
When they reached the hotel, everyone nearly fell all over each other in their haste to get out of the limo and into the hotel.
Three doors being slammed could be heard all the way downstairs as the royal family entered their rooms.
In Malik and Careen's room, the pair was standing across from each other in a glaring match.
"You are a terrible influence on that boy!" Careen accused.
"Quit berating me, mom!" Malik turned away from her, stubbornly crossing his arms.
"If I'm your mom, then you're not getting any sex!"
Malik face-faulted, and he half-turned to gawk at her. "B-But...!"
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In Bakura and Anzu's room, the king was mumbling to himself about gutsy Earthlings, and Anzu was trying to soothe him.
"It was just part of the act, dear," she assured him.
"That disgusting Earthling kissed her!"
She whacked him across the head. "Quit being racist!"
He ignored her statement, still mumbling. "What is it with Earthlings kissing people who don't belong to them?"
Anzu realized it would be pointless to try to get through to him once he started ranting about Yuugi. She sighed, turning away to pour herself a glass of water.
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In the children's bedroom, Ryoko was still pouting on the bed. Taena was flipping through the channels on the television boredly.
Mokuba walked over to the door, looking back as he opened it. "I'm going downstairs to get a drink. Anyone want anything?"
The three siblings looked up at him, each with different expressions on his face.
"Why should I stimulate my body with liquid when my life is over anyway?"
"Nah, I've gotta piss as it is."
"Get me something that won't destroy my brain cells."
Mokuba arched a brow and left the room, shaking his head.
"Good-bye, cruel world," Ryoko said dramatically as she laid back on the bed.
"Yep, good-bye."
Ryoko glared at her sister before yanking all of the covers onto herself and turning onto her side.
"Hey, keep it down, so I can call Kaze," Baku told Taena as he emerged from the restroom. He pulled out his tele-comm, dialing up his best friend. A few minutes later, she answered, looking preoccupied.
"Hey, Kaze, what are you doing?" Baku asked by way of greeting.
"One of your guards."
The prince paused for a minute. "...What?"
"Just give me ten more minutes," she said.
"Kazeeeeeeee!" he shrieked as she hung up.
For the next ten minutes, he paced across the room, mumbling to himself, and being yelled at every now and then for stepping in front of the television Taena was watching. Mokuba did not even want to ask when he re-entered the room. Instead, he just handed Taena her soda and sat down on his and Baku's shared bed silently.
When his tele-comm rang, he slammed his finger down on the receive button and held it up to his face. "You're doing one of my guards?" he demanded incredulously.
Kaze smirked, pulling her long, ivory locks behind her shoulders. "Is there something you wanted?"
"Kaze!" Baku whined. The sixteen-year-old girl sighed. She decided not to tell him she was merely finishing up a shower. "That's it; I'm not bringing you back any souvenirs!" he vowed.
Kaze lifted a sculpted brow. "Uh, okay?" She laughed slightly.
"Well, I'll let you get back to my guard," Baku pouted before severing the connection.
"Where are we going tomorrow?" Taena wondered aloud.
"I want to go to Animal Kingdom," Ryoko spoke up. Apparently, she had not been asleep after all. "I just wish Chisara was here with us!"
"Yeah, we could show all of those wimpy Animal Kingdom trainers up," Baku boasted, grinning.
"Well, let's go to sleep, so we can get an early start," Mokuba suggested. The other three nodded. They turned off the television and lights and climbed into bed to rest themselves for the next day's adventures.
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Next chapter: The first half of the group's day at Animal Kingdom. Let me know what you think so far!