Chapter 8: Payback
"Hey, looks like Toughette is coming too." Ballette announced. She tenderly stroked Toughette's head, which happens to be resting on her lap.
Toughette blinked her eyes a few times. She groaned over the nasty headache given to her by the bump on the back of her head. "What happened?" The strong smurfette muttered.
"We've been captured by trolls. Now we are sitting in their prison, awaiting to meet the troll king no doubt." Ballette explained.
"Oh yeah. Now I remember." Toughette grumbled as she slowly sat up, rubbing the back of her head.
"Oh, boo-hoo-hoo, what are they going to do with us?" Cried Smurfette.
"Most likely to make us slaves for the troll king." Valvette sighed.
"Boo-hoo, I don't want to be any trolls' slave." Smurfette whined some more.
Toughette sneered at the whimpering smurfette. "Are you done?" She growled. "Because if you are, the rest of us would like to keep our smurfette dignity."
"Toughette's right, and besides you are smearing the wonderful make up job I did on your face." Valvette calmly said as she took her handkerchief and started to wipe Smurfette's face. "There that's better." She smiled.
"You're all right. The smurfs will come and rescue us soon, I bet." Smurfette said more confidently.
"Geez, if we smurfettes waited for a Smurf to come rescue us we would not be where we are today." Toughette rolled her eyes. The other two smurfettes nodded.
"That's right." Ballette added. "We actually been in tougher situations than this long before we knew Hefty."
"Really?" Smurfette asked in awe.
"Well. I don't know about all of you, but I'm about ready to get out of here." Toughette announced as she stood up.
"Are you sure your up for it? The troll did knock you pretty good on the head." Ballette showed her concern.
"I'll be fine. In fact, I am in the mood for a little payback." Grinned Toughette.
"Naw-uh, not in that dress your not." Valvette shook her finger at the strongest smurfette.
"Would you rather be a slave to the troll king?" Toughette raised her eyebrow to her beautiful sister.
Valvette paused for a brief moment to digest what Toughette said. "Ok, fine. But please be careful. That dress is one of a kind."
Toughette let out a sigh and rolled her eyes skyward. "I'll do my best." She said, shaking her head.
Toughette thought on what her strategy should be. She looked down at the pretty dress she was wearing, and smiled thinking she might as well get some use out of the way she is presented. With a dainty walk, Toughette made her way to the bars that kept her and her sisters imprisoned.
"Hey! Tall, dark, and ugly." Toughette called out in a semi sexy, and a hint of sarcasm, in her voice.
The troll guard turned with a puzzled expression. He began to do a visually scan up and down the dungeon, but saw no one else. Again, he looked back to the smurfette that called out to him, and points to himself with a confused 'who me' expression.
"That's right. I'm talking to you. You don't see any other ugly trolls around here, do you?" Toughette said, batting her eyes at the troll in a flirtatious manner. "Come here. I want to tell you something. That's it, come closer…closer…closer…" without warning Toughette grabs the troll guard's caller and yanks him towards the iron bars, knocking him out cold.
"Wow! I never seen anyone smurf that before." Smurfette sounded very impressed.
"Nuff, they don't call me...arg, Toughette for nothing." She said as she struggled to reach for the keys dangling from the guard's belt. "Ah, Gottcha." The strong smurfette cheered as soon as she was able to grab them. Toughette yanked the keys off the belt, and held them up high so the other smurfettes could see. "Now, I say this again. Who wants to get out of here?"
"Oh, me!" Valvette squealed, holding hand up high. The other smurfettes also held up their hands to say that they too wish to leave the cell.
Taking the keys Toughette quickly found the right one that opened the door to their cell. She politely allowed the other smurfettes go out ahead of her. The four captured smurfettes made their way through the damp dark tunnel until they found an open area of the cave. It didn't take the smurfettes long to realize that they have stumbled into the throne room. The first thing they noticed were two large statues of warrior troll soldiers that also resemble much like the troll king. In between the two statues sat a mighty troll throne made of rock. In each corner of the room there were torches lit up to brighten the area.
Toughette smiled convincingly for she noticed that the room was completely empty of trolls. "It looks all clear. Let's go." She whispered to the other smurfettes.
The four smurfettes tiptoed across the room in order to make it to another tunnel at the other end. They only made it half way when to their surprise five troll guards came out from all corners and surrounded them.
"Well, it looks like I'll be having a workout anyway tonight." Toughette mentioned in cocky manner.
"Oh no." Valvette sighed. She could just see the baby blue dress all ruined before this night is over.
"Ooo, Toughette be careful." Warned Smurfette when she noticed two of the guards moving towards the tough smurfette.
Toughette looked over her shoulder to Smurfette and raises her eyebrow. "What? There are only five of them." She smirked and brought her attention back to the trolls.
"What can we say, she smurfs for a challenge." Ballette shrugged.
"Well, what do we have here?" Ngourt hisses at the pretty dressed smurfette. "You are certainly a brave little thing aren't you?"
"Maybe she wants to dance with you, Ngourt?" Chuckled Snargle.
"Dance?" Toughette snickered. "Oh no. I'm here to kick your smurf." She finished glaring up at the two trolls.
To no surprise, all five troll start laughing out loud. Toughette smugly smiled and shook her head. Ballette and Valvette calmly look around at the foolish trolls. Smurfette is the only one that seem concerned with what is happening at this moment.
Ngourt suddenly reached for Toughette and pulled her closer to him. "Now listen here. You and the other little blue beauties are to wait and meet the troll king. He will look forward in having you all as his servants, especially you."
"A servant?" Toughette echoed. "Who me? I don't think so."
The golden haired smurfette took her free arm and swung her fist as hard as she could, smacking the troll across the nose.
"Ow!" Scowled the troll. "Why you little…!" Ngourt roughly pushes Toughette hard towards the grounds.
"Toughette! Are you alright?" Smurfette cried, running to help the strong smurfette up. Ballette and Valvette also assist their golden haired sister.
"I'm fine Smurfette. Just give me a moment to gain my balance." Toughette explained, as she still felt cobwebs in her head from the when the troll knocked her out cold from her capture.
Valvette let out a loud gasp as she picked up the end of the baby blue dress. "Toughette the dress has a rip in it!" She cried out. Toughette looked at Valvette and snatched the dress from her hand, giving her a snarl look.
"Aww, what's the matter, little smurfette? Did I go and accidentally rip your precious dress?" Ngourt laughed. The other four trolls join their leader in a good hearty chuckle.
"Look, she might start crying." Snargle joked.
Toughette looked up at them and narrowed her vision to their leader. "Hardly." She muttered.
"I know I'm about to cry. This is on of my favorite dresses." Valvette blubbered.
Toughette bent down, grabbed the ripped end and tugged at it, which caused it to tear all the way up her leg. Satisfied with the extra legroom, Toughette reached over to the other side of the dress. Again, she grabbed hold of the dress's seam and ripped the seam up her other leg. She then stripping a strand of fabric from the dress, Toughette used it to tie her hair back into a ponytail.
"Arg! What are you doing? Stop it!" Squealed Valvette.
"That's better," Toughette murmured to herself.
Valvette stomped her foot with a loud growl. "That's IT! I'm never lending you any of my dress ever again!"
"You can't imagine how that disappoints me." Toughette rolled her eyes sarcastically.
Again Toughette stepped up to the same troll. She posed in a fighting stance, and prepared to defend herself against him.
"Back for more, are you?" Ngourt grinned.
"What can I say, I don't give up easily." Toughette smirked.
Ngourt decided to put this smurfette in her place as quickly as possible before the troll king showed up. He raised his warrior staff up high and swung it down at Toughette's head. To his surprise, she blocked the hit, pushing it in a way that caused the troll to rotate in his stance. She took this opportunity to kick him behind the knee that made Ngourt to buckle in pain.
Snargle didn't like the idea of a female over powering his leader, and stepped forward. He swung his warrior staff down, sweeping Toughette off her feet. That move made her land hard onto the ground once more.
"Oh no. These trolls aren't fighting fair, are they?" Whined Smurfette.
"No they're not." Ballette nods in agreement. "What Toughette needs is something to even the odds."
Ballette scans around, and notice that all the trolls, including the one behind her, carried the same staff. She raised her long leg up and kicked the troll guard behind her hard in the abdomen. He bent over in agony, while Ballette easily grabbed his staff out of his hand.
"Hey, Toughette! Heads up!" Ballette cried out, reading herself to throw the staff in the air.
Toughette kicked herself back into a standing position before taking a backwards leap, and a flip, a tuck, and roll over another trolls head. Ballette takes this moment to throw the staff as hard as she could in the direction where Toughette would land. Toughette caught the staff with no trouble. She eyed all the trolls carefully from her new open area as she twirls the staff like a baton before assuming the battle-ready pose once more.
"Ok. You boys really want to dance? Then lets dance." She growled. The golden haired smurfette raises her hand up and motions for the trolls to come forward and attack.