Chapter 9: The Cavalry
TEN MINUTES LATER, OUTSIDE OF THE TROLLS CAVE…"Well this is the place." Hefty announced looking up at the entrance of the cave and back down down at the crystal Mama Smurf gave him.
"Gee, Hefty. You seem really calm about all of this. Aren't you the slightest bit worried about Toughette's safety?" Poet asked.
"It's not Toughette's safety I'm worried about, Poet. I'm more worried on what she could do to the Trolls." The strong smurf said. The words took the rest of the smurfs by surprise.
"Lets just say, Toughette is the type of smurfette the doesn't do distress." Nursette explained to Handy, Farmer, and Poet.
"In fact, she hates that roll with a passion." Tattlerette added.
"I mean, come on. Why have the name 'Toughette' if you can't handle yourself in a tough situation, now?" Cowgirl pointed out.
"Now do you see why Toughette and I are practically made for each other?" Hefty chuckled.
"I see." Farmer Smurf nodded.
"Say, if this is suppose to be a troll kingdom where are the guards?" Handy asked, addressing the unguarded entrance.
"You're right. They probably had to run off in an emergency." Hefty wondered.
"Someone's coming." Tattlerette whispered hoarsely when she saw moving shadows coming from within the cave entrance.
"Quick. Everybody hide behind this rock." Hefty ordered pointing at a big bolder. The rest did as told and ducked along with Hefty.
The sound of familiar giggling smurfettes had the rescue team more relaxed.
"I will never forget the look on that troll's face when you flipped him over your shoulder, Toughette." Smurfette commented with a giggle as the four of them exited the cave.
"It was pretty funny, wasn't it?" Toughette proudly said, reflecting on that moment.
"Hey, good to see you all are safe." Hefty smiled as he came around the rock with the rest of the cavalry behind him.
"Well, it's about time you smurfs showed up." Toughette sarcastically smirked with her hands on her hips.
"Yeah! If you'd come ten minutes ago you might have saved this dress!" Valvette cried as she addressed the torn baby blue dress that Toughette was wearing.
"I hate to say it, but Valvette could be right." Toughette sighed. She shamefully looks up at Hefty. "So much for looking nice for our last night together."
Hefty scanned her from head to toe than smiled. "I don't know, I think you look rather smurfy right now." He said with a wide grin.
"Oh, you are such a smurf!" Toughette hissed while rolling her eyes skyward.
"Well, yeah!" Laughed Hefty.
"Ooo, you smurfs should have seen it though." Cooed Smurfette. "Toughette really kicked the trolls' smurf back there. Even Ballette here also kicked smurf."
Poet, Farmer, and Handy looked over at the dainty smurfette in shock, while Hefty and the other three smurfettes from the rescue team smiled with pride at Ballette.
"Eh, what can I say? They had it coming." Ballette bashfully waved off.
"I thought your specialty is dancing?" Poet couldn't help asking.
"Well Poet, all the years of dancing I do help build strong leg muscles. I'm also good at playing Smurfball." Ballette explained. Poet Smurf smiled at her with more respect.
"Yeah, well. By the time the troll king showed up he got so scared seeing his so-called brave shoulders getting smurfed that he ran himself into a wall trying to escape, knocking himself out cold." Valvette snickered.
"Gee, I'm sorry I missed it." Hefty said, trying to visualize the image of the troll king running into the wall. "Oh well, I guess we should get back to the village now." He sighed.
Hefty again looked at Toughette with a smirk. "Would you do me the honors in at least carrying back to the village?" He asked.
"I don't know." Toughette blushed slightly.
"Come on, Toughette. You promised." Hefty pleaded.
"Well…" Toughette couldn't help to admit that a promise is a promise. "I guess I still have a bit of a headache from when I got hit in the head. And my feet do hurt, sort of, from fighting the trolls back there in these heels…" She thought out loud.
"That's good enough for me." Chuckled Hefty as he picks her up in a 'distressed female' manner. He started to head back to the Smurfette Village with Toughette being held romantically in his arms. The other smurfs and smurfettes follow, except Valvette.
"Well," Valvette begins to huff, "isn't anyone going to carry me? I'm emotionally distressed here!" She whined, throwing her hands up in the air.
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MEANWHILE, ON TOP OF THE VOLCANO…"As you well know, I have the utmost respect from Papa Smurf. Why other would he choose to come on this important assignment then me, Brainy Smurf?" The bespectacled smurf puffed out his chest while proudly pointing at himself. "Only he can tell, out of all the smurfs, that I have the knowledge to assist in discovering the cause to these tremors."
Brainy stopped talking for a moment to see if Brainette was showing the slightest bit of interest, or at least paying attention to what he's saying. She glances up at him briefly before picking up another dirt sample and places it under her microscope.
"Yup. All you need to do is ask me anything and I'll tell you exactly-"
"Shh!" Brainette hissed loudly to Brainy before returning her focus on the dirt sample under her microscope.
"You 'shh'd' me!" Brainy was stunned with disbelief. "How could you?"
Brainette let out an exasperated sigh as she pulled her head up from the microscope. "Don't get me wrong, Brainy," she finally said. "I find you to be a very intelligent smurf."
"You do?"
"Yes, in fact, I don't remember ever having a more stimulating conversation with anyone other then Mama Smurf, of course."
"Well, that's very smurfy of you to say that. It just so happens that I was feeling the same-"
"But," Brainette cut him off, bluntly.
"But?"
"I noticed that your major is mostly in literature, speech, and an amateur in Wizardry. Whereas, I major myself in science, math, and am an amateur in Wiccan. Now could you please pass me my abacus? I need to make a calculation." She ordered without skipping a beat.
Brainy stood speechless. Never before has anyone been able to peg him so perfectly. Although, he did not appreciate being called an amateur in anything, especially when it came to his studies to become a Wizard like Papa Smurf. His face drew cold as he picked up the abacus on top of some books beside him, and handed it to the smart smurfette.
At the other end of the volcano Mama Smurf and Papa Smurf studied some of the rock formations along the edge. The blue heron that flew them up to the top of this volcano was showing a little discomfort with the whole situation.
"Easy Ms. Blue. We won't be much longer." Mama Smurf calmly tapped the bird's foot in order to help sooth her winged friend.
"The surface of this rock is starting to show a great amount of distress right here." Papa Smurf stated as he pointed down in the spot front of him.
"Papa Smurf," Mama Smurf looked up at the bearded smurf elder.
"Yes?" Papa Smurf turned to Mama Smurf. He could see that she had a very nervous expression, and trying so hard not to show it.
"I just want to thank you ahead of time for all the help and kindness you have shown me and my young smurfettes." The red-capped smurfette elder smiled faintly.
"It's nothing Mama Smurf. I'm sure you would do the same if the rolls were reversed." Papa Smurf said confidently.
"That would be correct, I suppose." Mama Smurf chuckled.
"Besides, I think my little smurfs will welcome the idea of having more smurfettes around." Papa Smurf winked. Mama Smurf returned a warm smile back at him.
Brainette made one last adjustment to her calculation on the smurf-size abacus and paused. Her jaw dropped and her eyes widen in shock over her discovery. She immediately jumped up and ran toward the red-capped elders.
"Mama Smurf, Mama Smurf!" Brainette cried out in a panic.
"What is it, Brainette?" Mama Smurf faced the sudden excitable smurfette.
"Mama Smurf! This volcano is going to blow!"
"Yes we know. That is why we aren't stay much longer." Mama Smurf explained.
"No! You don't understand! According to my calculations this volcano is going to blow…any minute now!" Brainette cried as she pointed at her abacus forcefully. Mama Smurf and Papa Smurf both turned to each other then back at Brainette, but neither of them had anything to say.
"Are you sure you calculated correctly?" Brainy asked, more so to see if she isn't just showing off her smarts.
"My calculations are NEVER wrong!" She snapped at him.
As if on cue, another tremor hits.
"See!" Brainette spat, even though she secretly wished she were wrong just this once. "I suggest we smurf out of here!"
"That is a good suggestion! Everyone quick, get on Ms. Blue's back!" Mama Smurf ushered everyone to do as told, except Brainette, who wanted to grab her books and geology equipment.
The blue heron didn't want to waste any time. She took off with the elders and Brainy and headed for Brainette to pick her up. The smart smurfette tossed her books and geology equipment up for the others to catch, but as she started to climb on to Ms. Blue a crack on the rocky surface started to split apart under the smurfette's feet. Brainette starts slipping down the crack. Fortunately both Brainy and Papa Smurf caught her before she fell all the way through. However, one of her most prized possession fell out of her hand, and into the hot lava below.
"My abacus!" Brainette screamed as the bird took flight with the smurfs and smurfettes safely on her back.