Mid-chapter Conversation
Part Two
The scene opened in mike2000's studio, which thankfully has been repaired. The hole in the wall looked the same as it had once before and the hole in the roof caused by Izzy and Shadow's little erm…disagreement has been patched up. Izzy and I were sitting at the desk while Iggy was standing in the middle of the stage with one of the Glorft.
"So you can't harm us in any way?" The hedgehog asked innocently. The alien in red armor glared at him, causing Iggy to shrink back.
"Yes, that's correct." He answered. "We cannot lay a hand on you or anybody for that matter." He groaned.
Iggy gave an uncharacteristically evil smirk as he pulled out his mallet.
"Well, in that case…"
And he gave a war cry as he jumped into the air with his weapon drawn. His intended target: the alien's head.
°SQUEAK! SQUEAK! SQUEAK!.!.!°
Iggy's left arm was a blur as he repeatedly swung his mallet. The light purple hedgehog brought his hammer crashing down on the Glorft's head multiple times before jumping back. He flipped in the air before planting his feet on the ground. The crowd cheered and applauded the act of agility.
The alien, however, wasn't pleased. A massive lump grew out of the area of his head where Iggy bashed him. He growled as he advanced on the younger Yaoi Brother. The hedgehog sweatdropped as he backed up slowly. The Glorft's massive feet caused small craters to form as he stopped ever closer to Iggy.
"WHY YOU!.!.!" He roared as he pounced on the furry. Iggy ducked and covered his head as the lumbering extraterrestrial held out his fist to whomp him.
°ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!.!.!°
The alien screamed in pain as his body glowed yellow from the electrical discharge caused by his restraint collar. The audience roared with laughter as the Glorft landed on the floor and twitched uncontrollably. Iggy looked up and joined in the laughter too, pointing at the alien.
When the charbroiled alien stopped getting shocked and the laughter died down, the camera focused on Izzy and I, who looked at the scene with shock.
"Woah…" Izzy blinked as we turned to each other. "Who knew that Iggy was capable of being evil?"
"Well I must confess, when I created him, I sorta used your basic design for his personality." I admitted, rubbing the back of my head. My partner gasped at that.
"Does that mean he hates Sam like I do!.?" He asked, his eyes brightening.
"Nope. He actually has no problem with anybody. The only things he hates that're associated with the show are the Rodriguez Brother/Reggie pairings." I answered, causing him to fall over in response.
"I shoulda known…" He groaned, sitting on the couch again. "After all, I'm cursed to hate those pairings too…"
"Yep!" I said, happily sticking my tongue out at him. I turned to the camera. "Anyway, welcome to Part One-Two of the chapter! Before we get to business, we got to do the reviewer responses!"
"Yay. I can hardly contain myself…"
"Sarcasm will get you nowhere." I remarked, reaching into the desk. Izzy growled at me as I pulled out a piece of paper. "First, to Warior, woah! The rest of your Glorft and several other species in your fleet turned on ya!.?"
"Woah… Heavy…" Izzy said with wide eyes.
"Excellent!"
Everybody snapped their heads at Zallamee, who had delivered that remark. He was standing in the middle of the stage, along with the rest of his crew. The Glorft in the gold armor crossed his arms as the rest of the red ones tended to the one Iggy pranked. The hedgehog in question ran back to Izzy and me.
"Care to explain yourself?" I asked, glowering at him.
"Gladly, you pathetic Earther! Once our brothers are done with our 'leader'—" He made air quotes. "—they'll come for us and then you three will be—"
°BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZTPT!.!.!°
"It's about time those collars took effect." Izzy said, crossing his arms as the entire crew was shocked.
"Yeah, he was getting annoying." I agreed with a nod as they fell on the ground, twitching just like the red Glorft from before was.
"That was s-s-s-s-s-scary…" Iggy added, trembling as he clung to my right arm. "D-d-d-d-d-do you think those mean aliens will really come here?"
"Nah, I doubt it." I answered, snatching my arm away. "Warior will undoubtedly regain control and most likely throw all of those guys in the Pit."
Everybody else shuddered at the mention of that horrid place.
I blinked. "Anyway…" I looked at the sheet again. "Finally, to Mythica…" I sweatdropped. "Heh, heh… Anthros Next Door, huh? Nice, I like that! And I guess Shadow broke an important rule, huh?"
"Hmph! He deserved to get bashed like that if ya ask me!" Izzy shouted. Iggy and I sighed and rolled our eyes at him.
"Whatever." We both said.
"Anyway, only two reviews again!.? I must be losing my touch." I commented, scratching my head. "Well, here's hoping I get lucky with this week's update. For the second part of this chapter, Team Sherlock will begin their cross country trek through the forest!"
"Hey wait!" Izzy interrupted. He gave a confused look. "'Cross country?'"
"Yeah." I nodded. "In case you haven't noticed, almost every locale for the 'zones' has been a place in the U.S. The beach area was outside Ocean Shores, the city was just south of Los Angeles, the casino was obviously in Las Vegas, and of course we all know where the Grand Canyon is. In order to reach the location of the next three stages, all four of the teams have to travel across the country by use of the Frog Forest stage."
"And once again, the author makes zero sense." The dark purple hedgehog said with an exasperated shrug.
°SQUEAK!°
"Ow!" Izzy yelped, rubbing his forehead. He glared at Iggy, who returned the stare as he brandished his mallet.
"Thanks, Iggy." I said, smiling at him. The hedgehog grinned back at me as I turned to the camera. "Anyway, will the detectives get through the stage without being seen by the frogs? Read on!"
The crowd cheered as Iggy and I waved at the camera.
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Rocket Heroes
Chapter Eleven
Frogs, Frogs, and more Frogs!
Part One-Two
The trio jumped on the vines. They were as skinny as rails, so the group didn't have a problem standing on them. Using their shoes, they grinded down the vines towards the beginning of the forest. Trent was on the middle vine, Little Scottie, who flapped his wings to stay balanced, was on the left vine, and Eddie was on the last one. The ebony one seemed to be in deep thought as the vines dipped.
"Hmmmm… The client…"
"Pardon?" Trent said, turning to the smaller lizard. Eddie switched his stance so that he could face the 'dile. The ninja pulled up his mask.
"I was just thinking." He started in his normal voice. "The initials the client told me to use for expenses sound kinda familiar, don't you think?"
"Hmmmm…" Trent held his snout as he looked up. "M.J.S…" He looked at Eddie and nodded. "Yeah… Now that ya mention it, those initials do sound familiar…"
"And everybody was scared when you said those letters too." Scottie joined in the conversation. Eddie nodded at him.
"This may help with unmasking our client."
"But who do we know that has those initials?" Trent asked. "Who can make everybody shake like that?"
"I have no clue," Eddie started, lowering his mask. "But I MUST meet him and learn his dark secrets! I'll be the most horrible person in all of Ocean Shores! Muahahahahahaha!.!.!"
Trent and Little Scottie sweatdropped.
"He's s-s-s-scary…" The little bee shuddered.
"No kidding." Trent agreed, rolling his eyes. He then looked ahead. "Ok, the vines are about to end. Eddie, take the lead."
"Right!" Eddie nodded as they jumped off.
When the trio landed, they switched to speed formation. In front of them were two small stalks. Hanging off of each of them was a huge fruit. It was a yellowish orange. The fruit also looked quite rubbery. There was also a small bluff in front of them.
"Alright, let's move!" The chameleon said, jumping towards the fruit. The others followed suit.
When they hit the strange piece of fruit, they bounced off it as balls. They were sent a moderate distance into the air until they were over the bluff, where they saw a turtle robot, which was guarding the beginning of a loop. When the trio landed, the bot brought out its cannon and began charging energy into it.
"Uh-oh!" Scottie yelped.
"I'll take care of this!" Trent shouted. He leapt towards the robot with his fist held out. With a battle cry, he punched out the turtle's head, causing sparks to shoot out of it. The trio jumped back as the bot exploded, clearing the path.
"Whew… That was close." The bee sighed.
"Come on!" Eddie ordered, taking the lead again. He skated up the loop, followed by the others.
As they cleared the loop-de-loop, the trio went down a steep ninety degree angle. When they reached the bottom, the path smoothed out into a horizontal level. They continued to skate/fly through the path, going through three more loops at nearly the speed of light. When they reached the third loop, they discovered a gap in the top of it. They pressed onward, however.
"Yay! Awesome!" Little Scottie cheered as they all did a barrel roll in the air before reaching the other end of the loop.
When they cleared it, they hit a jump pad, which sent them over the forest below to another cliff. This new area consisted of a tiny puddle and two small platforms, which grew out of the ground, thanks to their roots. The platforms were next to each other in a sort of stair-like position. They were next to a plateau, which had a huge stalk growing near a cliff. Four yellow platforms grew out of it, giving access to a large vine that looked to be as thick as the ones the trio used prior to beginning the stage.
"Woah…" Scottie said, floating forward.
"Look out!" Trent hissed, pulling the bee back. "There's a frog here!"
Sitting on the plateau in front of the group was a frog. The odd part about it was that it was twice Trent's size! Like most frogs, it was green. It also had yellow markings on it. Its low croaking filled the air. The trio turned to each other with questioning looks on their faces.
"So what do we do?" The leader whispered.
"We have to sneak past it somehow." Eddie replied. "We have to be as stealthy and silent as possible. Luckily, I'm fully capable of remaining out of sight." He smirked at the others. "You two, on the other hand…"
"Hmph!" The croc crossed his arms in response.
"Hey! I know what we could do!" Scottie shouted. "We could—MMPH!.?.!"
The two reptiles had covered his mouth.
"Sssssshhhhhh…!" They both hissed, looking at the frog nervously. It didn't even turn to them. The trio sighed with relief.
"Whaddya trying to do, mate?.! Get us caught!.?" Trent hissed as he and Eddie released the insect's mouth.
"We have to remain quiet!" The ninja added.
"Oops! Sorry…" Scottie whispered. "But I have an idea!"
"What is it?" The leader asked.
"If Mr. Ninja can make me and you invisible too, we can get past that froggy with no problem!"
"Hmmmmm…" Trent held his snout as he considered the boy's plan. He soon nodded. "That doesn't too bad." Scottie did a back-flip in celebration as the bigger reptile turned to the smaller one. "So, can ya do it?"
"Hmmmm…" Eddie held his own chin in thought. "Perhaps… I've never tried making someone else invisible along with myself before…"
"Well, now's ample time to try it out, mate!"
"Ok…" The chameleon nodded. "We'll try it. Hopefully, that frog won't see us." He crossed his arms in front of his chest. "Each of you, hold a shoulder."
The insect and the older reptile looked at each other and nodded. They then grabbed onto each of the ninja's shoulders.
"Here goes!" Eddie shouted as he shut his eyes and concentrated.
A swirl of wind enveloped the trio as well as dead, dried up leaves. The chameleon grunted as he kept up his technique. Soon, the wind died down and he was panting. Trent and Scottie looked around themselves as the leaves fell all around them. Things still looked the same. The world wasn't an entirely different color or anything. Plus, they can still see each other. Were they truly invisible? Eddie looked back at his teammates.
"We have to hurry!" He warned. The others nodded and started moving while still hanging on to each other.
They moved towards the plateau, making sure they were quiet. They soon reached the platform. Counting silently to three, the trio (or at least Eddie and Trent) jumped onto the platform at the same time. They counted again before leaping onto the second platform and then a third time before reaching the plateau. They slowly tiptoed past the frog, which still didn't notice them.
'Whew! I guess it did work then.' Trent thought, breathing a sigh of relief he didn't know he was holding.
Making sure they were still touching each other, the group switched to fly formation and made their way up the stalk. When they reached the highest platform, Scottie flew onto the vine. Since he was at the bottom, Trent set his feet in a sideways position, allowing his air skates to lock-on to the organic rail. They slowly slid down the vine. When they were a considerable distance from the frog, Eddie ended their invisibility as he and Scottie jumped on the ivy.
"Yay! We got past the froggy!" The bee cheered, waving his arms wildly.
"Oh man…" Eddie breathed as he slumped forward. "That was…so draining…"
"You ok, mate?" Trent asked. The chameleon, who was in the front, turned and nodded.
"I'm fine, but it was so tiring just to move…"
"Hmmmm… So you can make us invisible too, but you lose so much energy, you can sustain it for a short time, right?" The croc hypothesized.
"Right…" Eddie nodded, catching his breath. "I can still get us through this forest of amphibians, but we have to move quickly." He stood straight up.
"Alright. We better make sure we remember that." Trent acknowledged. "Let's move on."
"Right!" The other two furries agreed.
They started dancing as the vine curved to the left.
"Hey, are you guys sure we're going the right way?" Scottie asked after a few moments.
"This is the only vine that went away from that ridge!" Eddie answered impatiently as he pulled up his mask. "Of course this is the right way!"
"Oh…" The bee's antenna drooped at the rather rude answer. "Ok then…"
The trio continued to dance as the vine went around a moss-covered stone column. On top of it was what looked like a giant beehive. Despite the strange shape of the structure, there weren't any giant bees around.
"Good thing too. We got enough trouble with one normal-sized bee." Eddie remarked.
"Hey!" Scottie protested.
"Enough, you two! We're almost at the end!" Trent barked.
As the detectives reached the bottom of the column, the vine straightened out. They gasped when they noticed that it was also about to end! They tried to think of some way out of this predicament when the leader snapped his fingers.
"Scottie! Take the lead, mate!" He ordered.
"Okey dokey!" The bee replied.
As the vine ended, the group fell towards the forest below! As the two reptiles screamed, Little Scottie flapped his tiny wings and took flight. He dove and grabbed Eddie's hands. The bee grunted as he ascended little by little. The chameleon breathed a sigh of relief. At least until Trent fell towards him and grabbed his legs.
"Yikes!" Scottie yelped as he was dragged down by the older kids' weight.
"Come on!" Trent roared. "Lift faster!"
"Ugh! I'm…trying!" The bug grunted as he again began to ascend. His wings were two tiny blurs as he moved faster.
"We're almost there!" Eddie said, looking up past Scottie. They were nearing a cliff.
The flying member of the group struggled against the weight of his teammates for a few seconds more before finally reaching the cliff. Breathing heavily, he dropped Eddie and Trent before slumping on the ground. He had a dazed look on him as he tried to catch his breath.
"Ow!" Trent shouted, rubbing his sore butt. It seemed that Scottie had dropped them on their tender spots.
"Ooooohhhh…" Eddie hissed, turning towards the panting bee with his mask down and a shuriken out. "Maker of honey… I'm gonna—!"
°WHAM!°
"Ouch!" The ninja yelled, rubbing his head. He glared at Trent, who had just put his fist down. "What'd ya do that for!.?"
"Sssshhhhh… There's a frog here." The leader whispered. Eddie immediately forgot his pain as he looked around.
"Where?"
"Over there." The croc said, pointing ahead of them.
On a ridge ahead of the trio was another of those giant frogs. It was sitting at the base of a tall column, which was covered in moss and fungi. Luckily, the reptile didn't notice them. Under the ridge was a turtle bot. By the trio was a big mushroom. Directly above it was a vine that was shaped like a swing. There were two more swings ahead of it.
"Hmmmmm…" The chameleon hummed, looking over the area a couple of times. His eyes brightened as he crossed his arms. "I have come up with a plan, my army of darkness." He said in his creepy voice.
"Ok! There you go again with this whole 'you're the leader' thing!" Trent shouted. "I'm the leader, mate!"
"Yeah! He's the leader!" Scottie repeated as he resumed flying. Eddie sighed exasperatedly.
"Alright, alright! I get it!" He yelled in his normal voice as he threw his hands up. "But I still have a plan for getting past that frog."
"So what is it then?" The crocodile asked, crossing his arms. The ninja lifted up his mask with a scary smirk.
"Follow me." He told them in his otherworldly voice before skating towards the mushroom. Trent and Scottie looked at each other and shrugged before following him.
As soon as Eddie was within range, he jumped towards the mushroom. The others, still having no clue what he was planning, followed suit. The chameleon bounced off the mushroom and flew towards the first swing. He grabbed onto it and started swinging back and forth. He grinned.
"Heh, I knew this would work!"
His celebration was cut short when he felt the weight of Scottie and Trent pulling him down! Eddie grunted as he tried to hang on while still swinging. Because of his size, swinging with Scottie was no problem. Trent, on the other hand…
"Ugh! Let go already! You're too—" The ninja felt his grip slipping. "—HEAVY!.!.!"
"Be quiet! We can't let the frog know we're here!" The leader shouted.
"Well, I'm sure he would've seen us by now!" The younger reptile retorted as they started arguing.
"Hmmmm…?" Scottie looked towards the ridge and gave a wide grin. "Awwww! The froggy's sleeping!"
"Huh?" The two older boys gave the bee a curious look before looking ahead.
Indeed, the frog that was sitting at the base of the stone column was fast asleep. A bubble, which was expanding and contracting with every breath, was coming out of its nose.
Eddie and Trent sweatdropped and gave each other an irritated look.
"Well, that was pointless." Eddie was the first to speak.
"No kidding." Trent rolled his eyes before remembering the situation. "Hey! Let's go already! My arms are killing me!"
"Yeah! I'm being pulled like a rubber band!" The bee complained.
"Your arms!.?" The ninja glared at the crocodile. "What about mine?.! I'm the one on top!"
"You'd rather be on the bottom!.?" Trent snapped.
The chameleon blushed and sweatdropped before clearing his throat.
"Never mind! Hang on!"
The trio then moved their bodies back and forth. The swing, which was stationary during that little spat, was moving again. As they swung, they went further and further whenever they went forward.
"Let go when it reaches the highest point of the swing, alright mates?" Trent advised. "We can get to the next vine easily!"
"Ugh! Got it!" Eddie grunted as they went backwards again.
"Ok!" Scottie added as they went forwards.
As soon as they reached the highest point of their swing, they all let go. To avoid dragging Eddie down, Scottie and Trent let go of him. As soon as the chameleon grabbed the next swing which was slightly higher, the bee and croc grabbed his legs. The ebony one groaned under the weight of his teammates, but hung on as they started swinging again. They reached the highest point of the swing fast and let go.
As they flew towards the last swing, the turtle bot noticed them and fired an energy ring at them. Eddie and Trent performed an Ollie to dodge the projectile while Scottie flew around it. The trio barely made it to the last swing, which was above the sleeping frog.
"Ok, here goes!" Eddie shouted as they all leaned backwards. He let out a mighty cry as the team all pushed themselves forward. The vine-like swing went up towards the column.
"Now, Eddie!" Trent ordered as his legs went up.
"Wow!" Scottie said in awe as the swing reached its highest point.
"Right!" The chameleon nodded as he let go, causing the team to go flying towards the top of the column.
Down below, the snoozing frog's bubble popped as it looked up and surveyed its territory. When it didn't see anybody, it gave a shrug and went back to sleep.
Meanwhile, the detectives landed on top of the ledge, which contained a puddle of water. Ahead, over a gap, was an air ring, which provided access to another ledge. Before the cliff though was a checkpoint, which Trent quickly grabbed.
"Alright Scottie, fly us over there." He said as he glowed a faint orange.
"Got it!" The bee replied.
The trio switched to fly formation and hovered over the gap. Little Scottie grunted slightly as he lifted them across to the air ring. They passed through the ring and were propelled to a platform.
"Oh man! We're in trouble!" Scottie yelped as he hid behind Trent who, along with Eddie, had looks that were mixes of slight fright and pondering.
Here's the situation: There were several platforms in front of them. On the platform ahead and to the right was a pair of coconut pawns. They were armed with lances and shields. The trio can easily take care of them. There was just one problem. On the platform to the left was another frog. If the team engages the robots, they would run the risk of letting the frog see them. Ahead of the platform the robots were on was another platform, which had an unarmed pawn on it. Unlike the previously mentioned one, which was on solid ground, this one was floating in the air. Also, it was yellow, as if it were a flower. Beyond it was another cliff, which had what seemed to be a closed up mushroom growing in front of a wall.
"So what do we do?" Eddie asked Trent, who had his arms crossed in thought.
"Hmmmm… Ok, I think I know how we can avoid that frog and take care of those robots." He said. His teammates sighed with relief. "Jump into my mouth."
"Buh!.?.!" Eddie and Scottie exclaimed, stepping away from the crocodile.
"Have you lost your mind!.?" The chameleon shouted in his normal voice.
"Yeah!" The bee added. "We're not your lunch!"
"I know what I'm doing, mates!" The leader reassured, rolling his eyes. "Just trust me on this. I won't eat ya."
Scottie and Eddie sweatdropped and gave each other apprehensive looks. They gulped as they turned to their leader with a shaky nod.
"Alright." The latter said, getting back into his spooky mode. "You better know what you're doing, mighty leader."
"Please don't swallow us!" The former supplied. Trent just looked to the side exasperatedly.
"Just get in." He said as he opened his jaws wide.
Giving one final gulp, his teammates jumped inside as balls. As they spun around, they each held one of Trent's teeth.
'I hope this works!' The croc thought as he reared his head back.
As he took a deep breath, the jewel on his flame ring glowed. He then faced where the coconut pawns were. The reptile then jumped in the air and spat.
"Woah!" Scottie yelped as he was launched out of the leader's mouth.
Due to the flame ring, he was engulfed in fire as he flew towards the robots on the right platform. In almost no time, he crashed into one of the pawns, destroying it. Unfortunately, the other robot activated and chased after the bee. When it got close enough, it repeatedly jabbed at the child. Scottie dodged the bot's repeated strikes.
"Guys! Help!" He screamed as he avoided the robot's attacks.
"Mmmmmmmphhhhh, mmmmmmmmpppphhhh!.!.!" Trent shouted, muffled by Eddie. To the bee, it sounded almost like he said "Hang on."
Scottie flew to the far end of the platform in an attempt to get away from the red robot. Unfortunately, the automaton ran after him! It was almost on top of the bee, getting ready to end it, when Trent finally fired Eddie. The ninja-turned-fireball sailed through the air and rammed into the coconut pawn, knocking it off the platform and down to the forest below.
"Ha! Take that, bringer of doom!" Eddie shouted in his tenebrous voice. He then turned towards the bee, who was huddled over in fear. He held a hand out towards the younger boy. "It's safe now, maker of honey."
"Huh?" Scottie looked up and around. The robot was truly gone. "Yay! You saved me, Mr. Ninja!" He cried happily as he flew up and buzzed around.
As he flew around Eddie, Trent jumped over to the platform and joined his teammates.
"Alright! So far, so good!" He commented.
"Hmph!" The chameleon huffed, crossing his arms. "As long as we never have to do that again."
"Whatever." Trent rolled his eyes. "Let's get moving."
"Hey! What about that robot over there?" Scottie said, pointing ahead at the other platform, where the third coconut pawn was stationed.
"Heh, leave that to me." Eddie answered, taking out a shuriken. With a shrill ninja call, he pitched his weapon. The ninja star zoomed through the air and connected, blowing the metal minion to kingdom come.
"Woah! Good job there!"
"Eh, it was nothing." The ebony one said with a small smirk.
"Let's go, mates. We're wasting time!" Trent ordered.
"Got it!" Both of his teammates agreed.
The trio switched to fly formation and floated over to the yellow platform. Without having to worry about the frog or any enemies, they then went over to the next cliff. Because the mushroom was so close to the edge, the detectives landed on it almost immediately. As soon as Trent's feet came in contact with it, it opened up, shooting the trio twenty or thirty feet up into the air. They overshot the top of the ridge by close to ten feet. At the arch of their jump, all three of them (yes, including Little Scottie) pulled off a lovely Varial. Gravity soon affected them and they managed to land safely.
"Whew…" They all sighed as they got out of formation.
"Hey, that was a pretty sweet move, mate." Trent addressed Little Scottie, who flushed a little.
"Y-you really mean it?" He asked.
"Hmph! I must admit, you'd be a very good skater when you get older, tiny one." Eddie confirmed in his spooky manner as he crossed his arms.
"Yay, yay, yay! I'm gonna be a good skater!" The bee cheered proudly as he again flew around his teammates, who sweatdropped and slapped their foreheads.
"Anyway… We better continue." Trent said, looking ahead.
In front of the trio were a gong and a massive gap. Supposedly, the gong could be used to get across the gap to the road on the other side.
"So now we have to hit this thing…" Eddie pointed at the obstacle.
"Leave it to me, mates!" The leader said.
To be continued…
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Mid-chapter Conversation
Part Three
The scene opened in the studio. Iggy and I were sitting in the desk. Izzy, however, was nowhere to be found.
"And there ya have it folks!" I started. "What will Trent do to cross the gap? Will the trio get through the remainder of the stage? Find out next time in the final section of this part of the chapter!"
The crowd applauded for a few moments before quieting down.
"Hey, Dad." Iggy said, looking around. "Where's Izzy at?"
"Beats me." I replied with a shrug. I too looked around. "I remember he said something about the produce he got from Mythica, but other than that—"
"FRUIT AND VEGGIE SALE!.!.!" Izzy's voice rang out. It sounded like it came from outside. "GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE RIPE!.!.!"
Iggy and I looked at each other confusedly before running out of the studio. When we got out into the lot, we saw a huge line. It stretched from the studio A's exit to near studio Z, which is a pretty far distance. We both sweatdropped at the sight of the immense line. It was made up of some RP cast members, some of the Glorft, audience members, and Cheese.
"THAT'S RIGHT, FOLKS!.!.! I GOT PRODUCE FOR DIRT CHEAP!.!.!" My partner's voice was heard again.
"Uhhhh…" I gaped as I turned to Iggy. "Could ya take me to the front?"
"Sure thing, Daddy!" The hedgehog exclaimed grabbing my hand.
"WOAH!.!.!" I shouted as he zoomed off, pulling me in the process.
Iggy skated all the way to the front of the line and skidded to a stop. The customers, Izzy, and I coughed and sputtered in the dust cloud the little furry produced. When the dust settled, I laid my eyes upon a makeshift booth. It was basically your classic cartoon lemonade stand. Painted on the sign above the stand were the words, "Fruit and veggies: 5 bucks!" Izzy was standing behind it. Placed behind him was each of the twelve boxes of fruits and vegetables Mythica sent him, as well as several bags of money.
"Boss and Iggy, what an unpleasant surprise." The older Yaoi Brother said as he handed a bag full of fruit to Otto. "If you're buying something, get in back of the line." He added as he accepted a five dollar bill from the ruby hedgehog.
"Thanks, dude!" Said hedgehog thanked as he skated off.
"Next!"
Iggy and I blinked as Cheese floated up to the stand.
"Uhhh… No, thanks. What exactly are ya doing here?" I asked.
"Chao, chao, chao." Cheese ordered.
"So that's two apples and a head of lettuce?" Izzy said, ignoring me.
"Chao!" Cheese shook its head. "Chao, chao!"
"Ohhhh… My mistake. Five apples."
"Chao." The creature nodded.
"Anyway," The hedgehog directed to me as he went to get the chao's order. "What does it look like? There's no way I can eat all these fruit and vegetables by myself."
"Blech! I don't blame ya." Iggy spoke up, sticking out his tongue. "I hate vegetables. Yuck!" He shuddered.
Izzy rolled his eyes as he put Cheese's order into a paper bag that looked to be twice as big as the chao.
"So I'm selling this stuff to make a little extra spending cash." He continued as he walked towards the front of the stand. "Here ya go. That'll be five bucks."
"Chao, chao!" Cheese squeaked as it produced a five spot and handed it to Izzy.
As soon as the bag was handed to it, the chao came crashing to the ground. Izzy, Iggy, and I sweatdropped.
"Next!" The taller hedgehog shouted. A random audience member walked up to the stand.
"You know," I started, crossing my arms. "I'm not sure if Mythica will appreciate you selling her gift."
"Chill. At least she'll know that they're going to a good cause."
"Yeah, your wallet."
"Damn straight!" He retorted as he handed the customer a bag and got his payment. "Next!"
Sam walked up, much to the displeasure of the hedgehog.
"YOU!.?.!" He roared.
"Yeah, me." The kitsune said, glowering at Izzy.
"Hmph!" He crossed his arms. "And just what is it you want?"
"I'll have a dozen tomatoes." Sam replied, groaning. "My mom heard about your sale and asked me to pick some up for her. Thanks a lot."
"Heh, happy to oblige." Izzy said, sticking his tongue out. "Anything to cause you misery and woe."
The fox's glare intensified as the hedgehog went to grab his rival's order.
"Hi Sammy-Sam!" Iggy exclaimed, waving at him. "How're you liking the fic!.?"
"You know exactly how I've been liking it." Sam answered, turning to him. "I've never vomited more in all my life."
"Heh." I shrugged. "Sorry, but you know how hard it is to find a stunt double that has the same err…build that you have. Besides, we'd waste way too much time using your double every few seconds."
The fox rolled his eyes as Izzy returned, holding a paper bag with one hand. His other one was behind his back.
"Here ya go." He said, handing it to Sam. "That'll be five bucks, big boy."
Sam, Iggy, and I glared at him as the yellow one grabbed the bag and slapped the money into his rival's hand.
"Hey! Wait a minute!" Izzy said as Sam started to walk off.
"What?" The fox asked, turning towards him. Izzy snickered as he brought his other hand to view. Clutched in it was a tomato.
"Here. An extra one on the house!"
I'm sure you can guess what happened next, but just in case…
°SPLAT!°
"Ugh!" Sam grunted as he wiped the fruit's juices off his face.
"Yes! Got 'im!" Izzy cheered as he pumped a fist. "Next!" He added as Iggy and I shook our heads exasperatedly.
"Ya know what they say about bad karma, right?" I asked as my partner went to fill out his latest order.
"Yeah right!" He scoffed.
"Hey, big bro, I just noticed something." Iggy started. "Why haven't ya sold any pineapples?"
I blinked and looked at Izzy's inventory. All of the different fruits and vegetables he got were in individual piles. While most of his other merchandise was steadily dwindling to nothing, there was a mountain of pineapples nearby.
"How should I know?" Izzy replied as he handed a bag to the customer. "I've had this thing open since the start of this section of this part of the chapter and nobody's bought even one pineapple! I swear, I'm gonna give them all to the next person that walks by!"
"Every last one?" Iggy asked.
"Ya heard me! Every last one!"
I snickered evilly.
"That can be arranged."
The Yaoi Brothers blinked as I snapped my fingers. Nothing had happened, however.
"Huh?" Both siblings asked.
"Give it time." I answered with a devilish smirk.
A few minutes passed before none other than Keoni the Cat skated by the booth. The sound of a screeching car was heard as a dust cloud appeared where Izzy was seconds earlier. Iggy, I, and all of Izzy's customers blinked and turned to our left. The hedgehog in question was standing in front of Keoni.
"Uhhh… Hey Izzy. What can I do for ya, cuz?" The cat asked.
He put on a confused look as Izzy zoomed back to his booth. He sweatdropped as the hedgehog returned, carrying all of the pineapples he received from Mythica.
"Here." Izzy started, dropping the pieces of fruit in front of the feline. "Nobody'll buy these so I'm giving them to ya free of charge."
"Me?" Keoni blinked, pointing at himself.
"Yeah." The hedgehog crossed his arms. "I have no use for 'em, so they're yours. Enjoy."
"I-I-I don't know what to say…" The cat said, blushing slightly. Izzy gave him a weirded out look.
"Uhhh… How about thanks?"
"Well yeah, thanks for the pineapples, but what I really mean to say is yes! I accept!"
"Buh?" Izzy gulped, noticing the strange look in Keoni's eyes. It was almost like he was. Like he was in LOVE!.?.! "Wh-what are y-y-you talking about?" He asked, backing away.
"I mean that yes, I'll marry you!.!.!"
"MARRY!.?.!" Izzy, Iggy, and I exclaimed, looking at each other.
"Well of course!" We turned back to Keoni, who had a seriously lovey-dovey look in his eyes. He ran up to Izzy and grabbed his hands before the hedgehog could even run. "Uncle Tito once told me that it's an ancient Hawaiian tradition that when someone presents a great amount of pineapples, it's a proposal of marriage." He embraced a seriously freaked out Izzy. "And while I wish we were a little older, I happily accept your proposal."
The hedgehog glared at me.
"Don't look at me!" I defended, holding my hands up. "I had no clue that was a Hawaiian tradition when I decided to make him appear!"
"I'll destroy you when I get my hands on you." He hissed, his glare never wavering. "But for now…" He wrestled out of Keoni's grip and skated off. "There's no way I'm marrying you! We agreed The Runaway meant nothing! NOTHING!.!.!"
"Aw come on, brah!" Keoni shouted, skating after him with hearts in his eyes. "We have to plan the wedding!"
"NOT ON YOUR LIFE!.!.!"
Iggy and I sweatdropped as we watched the cat chase the hedgehog out of the complex. When they left our sight, we turned to each other.
"Yay! Izzy's getting married!" Iggy cheered, jumping up and down while clapping. "I can't wait to take pictures! I wonder what the kids will look like!"
I gave him a weirded out look.
"But they're both…" I blinked and held my chin. "Hmmm… Actually, that's not a bad idea…" I shrugged before grinning at the camera. "Oh well. I warned him about his bad karma. See ya next time!"
I waved at the camera as it irised out on Izzy and Keoni, who were skating into the horizon.