Hi guys! It didn't take long for me to update this time! This chapter is a follow up of the last chapter where we left Matthew and Erk running away from the "Ringwraith mummies." This chapter is based on Lord of the Rings when Frodo, Sam, Pippin, and Merry were running away from the Ringwraiths in the first movie.

Chapter 6: Run, Matthew! Run!

Erk sighed. "Come on Matthew, let's go."

"But we don't even know where Paul's house is!" replied Matthew.

"Then we'll ask someone directions…"

Rustle Rustle Rustle.

Erk looked around. "What was that?"

"I dunno," Matthew pointed at a bush, "I just heard a "Rustle Rustle Rustle" in those bushes…"

Joshua and Lucius run out of the bushes with bags.

"AAAAAH!" yelled Erk and Matthew.

"Whoa, sorry there guys," Joshua said as he scratched his head.

"Yeah," said Lucius, "We were just at the casino nearby."

Joshua hit Lucius in the back of the head, "Shh! Don't tell them!"

Erk raised his eyebrow. "What did you guys do?"

"Well," said Joshua, "We were at a casino, losing our money…"

Flashback.

"DAMNIT!" Joshua slammed his fist on the slot machine. "You ate my money! You're supposed to gimme more!" Joshua looked over at Lucius and asked, "Hey Lucius, how are you holding out?"

"I'm not! I just lost the last of my money now!" said Lucius in dismay, "Why must I suffer so?" Lucius started sobbing.

Joshua looked at all the other people in the casino.

"Hey… Lucius…"

"Yeah?.." said Lucius crying over the machine.

"Have you noticed that no one is actually… winning?"

Lucius looked around at all the innocent bystanders crying over their machines. "Hey yeah… What's up with that?"

Joshua went behind the slot machine and opened the back, and looked at the slots. He realized that the game was rigged because each slot didn't even have matching fruits/symbols.

"It's fixed! Those cheap bastards!" Joshua looked around to see if the guards were looking. "Hehehe… I'll show those bastards to take my money…" Joshua pulled a burlap sack out of nowhere and looked over at Lucius.

"Lucius! We're taking the money from the slot machines!"

"You want to ROB the casino?" Lucius tilted his head to the side, "How's taking the casino's money that they took from us going to make us feel better?"

Joshua held out his hand and started lifting his fingers as he said, "Because one, it's active. Two, it's aggressive. And three, it's destructive, but not too destructive."

A grin formed on Lucius's face as he pulled a burlap sack out of nowhere. "Let's do it!"

The two began cranking open the slot machines, Lucius having some difficulty due to his weakness, and taking coins from them. The sacks soon filled to the top as a guard spotted them. "Hey! What are you two doing! Put those down!"

"Uh oh! RUN LIKE A LITTLE SCREAMING BABY!" yelled Lucius.

"EEEEEEEEEEEAAAH!" yelled Joshua like a little screaming baby as they ran out of the casino with the burlap sacks of money.

Back to where we were…

"And that's how we ended up here!" said Joshua, ending the flashback.

"So you STOLE the money?" Erk asked.

"I wouldn't call it that…" Lucius said quietly.

A guard was heard yelling from a distance saying, "Get back here you crazy kids! I'm gonna give you an ass whuppin!"

"Running like a screaming little baby time," Lucius stated.

Lucius, Matthew, and Joshua faced a direction.

"Wait," said Erk, "Not that way! That's a-"

The four start rolling down a large cliff.

"AAAAAAAAH!" They all screamed.

THUD!

"Ouch…" said Matthew, rubbing his back as he got up, and surveyed the area. They had ended up on a road. "Hey! A road! We can follow it to Paul's house!" stated Matthew.

"Uh," interrupted Erk, "Didn't Rebecca suggest to stay OFF the road?"

Matthew sighed and said, "Jeez, it's always "Rebecca this" and "Rebecca that." When will you shut up and start being serious?" Erk replied by sighing and shaking his head

"Come on! Let's follow the "yellow brick road!" said Matthew as he began skipping down the road that was actually black.

Lucius looked around at the other three and himself who had shrunken to three feet tall for the purpose of this chapter and said, "Why are we suddenly only three feet tall…"

Joshua looked down at himself, "Hey! We're midgets! What gives?"

Erk looked down and also realized his shortness, "It's like being half a person."

Matthew tried reaching for an apple that was hanging in a tree. "I can't reach it!… Wait… If I do this… You're a GENIUS Matthew!" Matthew started whipping rocks at the apples, causing the apple to drop. Suddenly, out of nowhere a beehive dropped after being hit by a rock and bees started swarming out of nowhere from the hive and started stinging Matthew.

"AAAAH! BEEEES!" Matthew screamed as he tried swatting them.

Then after bumping into that same apple tree, came a horde of chipmunks, pissed off at whoever awakened them from their nap. Deadly venomous chipmunks to be exact. They started jumping onto Matthew and started to scratch and bite him violently.

"AAAAAH! DEADLY VENOMOUS CHIPMUNKS!" Matthew started running in circles.

Lucius started to imitate Matthew and said in an imitated voice, "Look at ME! I'm Matthew and I don't like being poisoned!"

Two hours later during the night…

"Oh my god," exasperated the exausted Joshua, "We've been following this road for hours-"

"Two hours to be exact," Lucius stated as he lifted two fingers. The monk was so tired, that he looked like he was bowing.

"…Are you sure this is the way to Paul's house?" finished Joshua.

"Uhhh…" answered Matthew dumbly.

"Oh my god," Erk said slapping his forehead.

Lucius squinted his eyes and spotted someone. "Hey look! A scary mummy in a black cloak is on the road!"

Down the road Moo-mee was on a black horse wearing a black cloak she was riding down the road towards the four.

"We should ask her for directions!" Lucius said excitedly.

"I think we should get off the road and hide…" Matthew suggested quivering in fear.

"I agree…" Erk agreed with the same chill in his spine.

"What's your problem with asking directions?" Joshua asked.

Matthew and Erk yanked Joshua and Lucius out of the road into the bushes.

Moo-mee road in on her horse to the spot they were just at and glanced around. "Hmmz… I could've swornedz I saw MattHEW… Oh wellz…" The horrifying mummy started riding away.

The four got out onto the road when she was at a distance away.

"WOO!" Lucius started waving in front of his nose, "Whoever that was, she seriously needs to take a bath…"

"Anyways that was close…" sighed Erk.

"HEY! BLACK CLOAKED LADY!" Joshua yelled while waving frantically, "DO YA KNOW THE WAY TO PAUL'S HOUSE!"

"YOU IDIOT!" Matthew said bonking Joshua on the head.

Moo-mee turned around, rode back, and started closing in on her evil black horse.

"…Any ideas?" Joshua questioned.

"How about we run away like little screaming babies?" suggested Lucius.

"Yeah, good idea." Nodded Matthew.

"AAAAAAAAAAH!" The four yelled as they ran away.

Joshua looked over at the other three and suggested, "We can lose em' at the river! I made a raft there in case of a getaway!"

Lucius looked over at his shoulder and saw 8 other black-cloaked mummies join up with Moo-mee. "Look! There's MORE OF THEM!"

"RUN!" yelled Erk.

Erk, Lucius, and Joshua started out running Matthew as they approached the river, where a raft was tied with a rope to a post.

"Huff…huff…" panted Matthew. The poor thief then tripped over a rock, "AAAH!"

"Damnit! Hurry up Matthew!" Erk said yelling over his shoulder.

Matthew got up, "I'm coming guys!" Matthew started running again, but ran into a branch overhead. "Ow! MY HEAD!"

Erk, Joshua, and Lucius jumped onto the wooden raft and started untying the rope tied to the post.

"Come on Matthew!" Joshua yelled.

Matthew got up again and continued running. "Hang on guys! I'm coming!" Matthew then tripped over a log and started rolling down a hill. "Ow!"

Erk pointed at Matthew. "Oh my GOD! Matthew is rolling down a hill!"

Lucius pointed and said cheerfully, "Don't worry guys! Those sharp, jagged rocks should slow his fall!"

SNAP! CRACK! POW! (And any other generic bone breaking noises)

"Oh man…," Joshua said, "He's not moving…"

"Get up Matthew!" Erk yelled loudly.

Lucius pointed at the black cloaked Moo-mee on her horse and her other black cloaked, horse riding companions. "Don't worry! Those black cloaked mummies are going to help him up!"

Joshua whacked Lucius in the back of his head. "Those are the bad guys, idiot!"

"Oh yeah…" Lucius said rubbing his head.

Matthew slowly got up. "Owww… bones… breaking… organs… exploding… brain……… unaccounted for…"

"Matthew!" yelled Erk, "RUN!"

Joshua started rowing the raft, "Jump Matthew!"

"Oh… right…" remembered Matthew. Matthew ran towards the dock and jumped towards the raft.

SPLASH!

Sadly, Matthew missed and fell into the water.

"HELP!" Matthew started splashing in the water, "I'm DROWNING!"

"But the river is only four feet deep!" exasperated Lucius.

Joshua whacked Lucius in the back of the head again. "WE'RE ONLY THREE FEET TALL IDIOT!"

"Oh right…" Lucius said rubbing his head.

The three pulled Matthew out of the water and into the raft.

The mummies stopped before hitting the river.

"WHOA!" scramed Moo-mee

"Whatz WRONG?" asked one of the other black-cloaked mummies.

"I'm not goingz in THERE. Who KNOWZ how deep that river iz…"

The mummy looked at the river. "I dunnoz… maybe four feetz deep or somethingz…"

"Or four-HUNDRED! I don't wannaz get these new BOOTZ wet! Let's go find a bridge or somethingz…"

The black cloaked mummies road away screeching.

"That was close…" Erk said wiping his forehead.

"Damnit!" cursed Joshua, "I forgot to ask her for directions!"

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