I call this my commemorative chapter because I answered 4 reviews. —bricked— I FEEL LOVED! - Oh, and I also hit 100 Word Processing Pages. WHOOOO.
Astera Snape: Poor little Hiro indeed…and I loved doing the pocket thing; quite fun. And hiding under the seat? Aww, poor you X3 And if you still have the fear, why have the doll?
BeyMistress05: The sink idea was a good idea, Bey. —nods— And I'm glad you see the evil in the freaks, too!
KiraraCutie: Kai a mischievous little devil, ain't he:D
BloOdY-JoKeR: Nice lie; I like you already. —smirk—
Chapter 15: Not Gonna Get Us!
Ray and Mystel smirked.
"Wet's do it, dude!" Mystel said as he started running. Ray followed, laughing and giggling loudly, trying to catch the adults' attention. "Not gonna catch me!" Mystel squealed.
Ray "attempted" to tag him, but the chibi Egyptian connected with a rock and he tumbled forward. After he stopped tumbling, Ray gaped. Mystel held his head tightly, his eyes tightly closed. He opened one eye and winked before starting to cry.
Ray raced over to him, screaming "MYSTEL FELL!" as he did.
That caught the adults' attention.
"Mystel?" Garland turned to the chibi. "Mystel!" The teens and adults ran over to the chibi as Kai and the other chibi's raced off quietly, vanishing into the bushes. Mystel and Ray will fend for themselves until they met up. The chibi's were meeting deeper in the park, in the tree house than none of the adults knew about. They had found it in the park when they were playing tag—Kai and Ray had gone exploring without permission but the adults hadn't found out, so it was all good.
While Judy tended to Mystel, Ray was counting quietly to himself. Badly, yes…
"7…22…53…11…a bijillion… a kazillion and 6…"
See what I mean?
But he was counting…and that's all that matters. Sad thing is, he needs to count to 5. And he passed that by about a bajillion numbers.
"…78…" Ray paused. "5…"
Oh, wait, he did get to 5. Never mi—wait, 78! ...Sheesh, someone get this kid a calculator!
"5…" Ray repeated.
Mystel couldn't hear him over the fuss.
'5!" Ray shouted loudly, causing everyone to stop what they were doing and look at the glaring and fuming neko-jin. Ray had his hands on his hips (something he saw Hilary and Mariah do a lot) and was more pouting than glaring. "FUH-UH-IVE." Ray emphasized, sounding out each syllable. Mystel sweatdropped before jumping out of Judy's reach.
"Do I weally need to say it?" Ray asked as Mystel jumped over him.
"WUN!" Mystel screamed as he took off, Ray hot on his heels.
"Mystel! Ray!" Tyson stood up as the Mystel started jumping backwards, sticking his tongue out at them as he turned forward and vanished behind the bushes into the tree. Ray was pulled up with him.
——XX
"Nothing…" Tala said as he collapsed on Tyson's lap. "Bry and I can't find any of them…"
"Moses, Ming Ming and I had no luck, either," Garland said, leaning against the building.
"Bruce and I couldn't find a trace," Judy admitted. "Oh, I hope Max is all right…"
"We could…always call the military or the air force if we can't find them…" Michael brought up, smiling hopefully.
Miguel smacked him behind the head.
——XX
"Hey, do you…know whewe we awe?" Max asked nervously, practically cutting off Brooklyn's circulation in his arm from gripping the prodigy toddler so hard.
"Not a cwue," Brooklyn replied helplessly.
Hiro was gripping Kai's arm, who didn't seem to mind as the chibi's walked around in the park. It was night, around 8:30 p.m, and the chibi's were wandering around, trying to find the tree house.
"Kai…" Julia whined, "I'm tiwed!" Raul nodded,
"Yeah, me two!" Raul agreed.
"The twee house should be awound hewe somewhewe though!" Kai argued.
"Kai, we need to stop," Brooklyn said, sighing. "I can't feel my awm," Brooklyn complained as Max let go and decided with gripping to Raul's arm…he quickly shook the chibi off his arm, so Max settled with gripping Kai's other arm. Mystel shook wildly, so Ray reached for the chibi's hand, trying to calm him down. The contact made the Egyptian feel better, so he stopped shaking and just looked around nervously.
"We nevew shoulda left ta othews…" Hiro whimpered as Kai smirked,
"No worwies," Kai said, smiling at the bluenette. "I got us into tis mess and I'll get us outta it!"
——XX
"Guys!" Gemini exclaimed happily, "The switcher's working!"
Tala glanced up with a blank face, "So?"
"Who's going first?" Gemini asked. No one moved, but returned to what they were doing. "Aww, you don't trust me?"
"No, not really," Tyson said as Gemini whimpered.
"Please?" Gemini asked, using big, chibi eyes.
"Fine, use it on me," Tala replied, jumping forward. "I wanna be normal so I can take command of my teammates again."
"Tala!" Bryan glared at him for, not his remark, but the fact that he was trusting the teen. Pleased that someone accepted his (her?) offer, Gemini aimed the switcher.
"Ready," Tala said as Gemini shot the beam. The light engulfed Tala's kitten form and the blinding light blinded the blinded teens. (A/N: Yes, that was supposed to sound awkward)
"I hate you, Gemini," Michael said as the light faded.
"…I liked him better as a cat," Bryan said, staring at the chibi.
"Why's it always turning them into a CHIBI?" Gemini said exasperatedly.
"He's a cute chibi, though," Hilary said giggling.
"Gemini, what colour was that marble?" Miguel asked as Gemini opened it.
"…Turquoise. Awww, dammit…" Gemini groaned. "I could've sworn it was blue."
"Well, one chibi down…9 to go," Rick said, trying to lighten the mood.
"Aww, shut up," Ming Ming growled, laying down.
"What are we gonna do if we can't find them?" Kevin asked, sighing.
Everyone looked at Bruce and Judy, who sweatdropped.
"And…you think we know?" Judy asked carefully.
"Well…does anyone know the military?" Michael asked again. "We could use air force."
"Hmm, might work, Michael," Bruce mused.
"…" Everyone sighed heavily and sweatdropped, Tyson sweatdropping the largest.
Tyson sighed, "I swear Hiro I were adopted…"
——XX
They finally found the tree house. But it was about an hour later.
"I'm gwad were finalwy here," Mystel said, just walking around the tree house, poking random things such as the couch and cupboard.
"How did ya fits all tis in hewe, Kai?" Raul asked as he and Julia jumped up and down on the couch, while watching Hiro and Kai, who were sitting in a rocking chair that kept going back and forth.
"It was alweady in hewe," Kai replied, rocking the chair still. Hiro gripped the two-toned chibi's arm, not liking the chair movement.
"How you know nobody stilw wive here?" Brooklyn asked, carefully. He didn't want to take someone else's tree house if it was still in use.
"It wasn't vewy nice," Kai replied. "Ray-Ray and me had ta fix it up. Wots a howes in ta couch." (A/N: 100 Word Processing Document pages as of now! WHOO! —throws confetti up—)iroHH
"Ew," Raul said simply as he noticed all the patches that littered the couch. Julia just kept jumping, not really caring about the holes.
"Ray-Ray sewed dem?" Johnny asked, who was sitting on the oval rug that rested in the center of the tree house. He was just enjoying the view he got from looking out the window.
"Yup," Ray replied, smiling.
"Ya know what?" Enrique asked, sitting on the cupboard's second shelf and leaning back. He looked deep in thought.
"What?" The chibi's chorused.
"I hate ta be da wet bwanket," Enrique started. The others knew what he was going to say, and sadly they agreed, "I tink we bettah go back to teh othah's," Enrique said sadly.
"Yeah, me agrees," Ray said reluctantly.
"Me twee," Mystel said, nodding and agreeing with his friend.
Eventually, all the chibi's agreed and Kai was forced to agree with them.
"Fine, but we go in mowning," Kai stated, "Unwess you want dem bad guys ta get cha!" Kai reasoned.
"Okays, we go in da mowning, but…" Max whimpered. "I'm hungwy! I want somefin to eat…"
"I…I'm hungwy, too," Hiro said meekly.
"Yeah, dittos!" Raul and Julia said in unison.
"Me too," Enrique said, frowning.
"I agwee," Johnny said.
All the chibi's agreed, but Kai wouldn't hear it, "No!" He shouted, making Hiro flinch since he was right next to him. "We gots nufin to eat, and we can'ts go back to da adulwts! And I dun want ta hear any com…com…compwaing!" Kai yelled.
The chibi's didn't argue with their "leader"; they just found a place to sleep for the night. Johnny was in the bottom shelf of the cupboard and had the first door closed and the other one almost closed. Enrique was above him on the second shelf, but he didn't close any of the doors, and was just sprawled out. Julia and Raul had one end of the couch the side of the couch with the pillow was in Ray and Mystel's control. Kai and Hiro fell asleep in the rocking chair, leaning on the other, while Brooklyn was curled up under the rocking chair.
——XX Morning.
Tyson sighed. They had been looking for the chibi's all over town since 5:00 A.M. Tyson actually got up because he was worried about his "little" brother.
It was now 9:45 A.M, with still no sign of his little brother or any of the others chibi's.
"What are we gonna do! WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO!"
WHACK!
That was the sound of Hilary getting smacked by Mariah.
"Calm down, goddammit!" Mariah snapped. Hilary took a deep breath, calming down slowly.
"Soo…are we gonna call the air force now?" Michael asked, earning another smack in the back of the head from Miguel.
"Michael, will you shut up with that already!" Miguel yelled, glaring.
——XX
"Awe we…awmost dere?" Max asked tiredly. Kai glared and the small blonde ceased any further questioning.
"Kai…" Hiro squeaked from beside Brooklyn, "You suwe you know where we going?" Hiro asked carefully.
"Ya," Kai answered simply.
"And if he don't," Brooklyn started, "I do."
Mystel smiled, "I'm gonna check da trees," Mystel said as he jumped up to a low branch. He continued jumping until he reached the top and was peeking out through it. "Hey, I tink I see somefin!" Mystel shouted after a minute.
"What do ya see, Mysty?" Ray asked, looking up at the small Egyptian.
"I not too suwe," Mystel responded, shouting. "I can't see dem too well!" The Egyptian started waving, hoping to catch the figures' attentions. "I tink it's da adulwts and da othahs!" Mystel mused. "HEY! HEY!" Mystel yelled.
Unfortunately, those figures weren't the ones they were hoping for…
——XX
Jubilee glanced up, "We've found them…" She said, smirking evilly.
"He's leading us right to them," A black haired boy said, standing up straight and getting off the tree he was leaning on. He wore red sunglasses that covered half his eyes and black baggy cargo pants with a black hoodie on. He had dark red gloves that had the fingertips cut off and he had two sets of thin, black triangles on his cheeks, looking like tiger stripes on his face. He had gray eyes and long, jet black hair that reached the middle of his back with the bangs neatly going around his right eye, his left eye being covered by his bangs.
"Now, all we have to do…" A girl mused, "is find the others…" She wore a black belly tube top with a black, sleeve-less jacket that was only halfway buttoned up from the bottom. She wore black arm socks that reached her elbows and she wore dark pink pants with a black skirt over top of them. She had pink hair that was braided and reached all the way down to her ankles, her hair not being braided until the middle of her back. She had golden eyes and pointed ears.
"And if we can't?" The boy asked, turning towards Jubilee.
"No worries, Jet," Jubilee replied, smirking. "I know someone who…is easy to track."
"…You have Gemini on tracking, don't you?" The girl asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes, Kimara, I do," Jubilee replied, smirking.
"…Figures," Jet said, sighing and crossing his arms. "Figures you'd track the traitor…"
"Traitor? Gemini? Hardly," Jubilee said, smirking. "He's just leading us right to them…and weakening their defense…"
"Go get the chibi's and take them to the boss, Kimara. Jet," Jubilee ordered, "get the others to follow our trail. I want them back to base…" Jubilee narrowed her eyes, "NOW."
——XX
"I'm worried," Tyson said randomly as he pulled back a bush, scanning it for any of the chibi's.
"Tyson, stop worrying. They're chibi-fied famous bladers; do you honestly think they'll be that hard to find?" Robert asked, raising an eyebrow as he looked up a tree.
"Have we found them yet?" Tyson asked, turning to the purple-haired German.
"Well…no," Robert admitted, himself turning to the blunette.
"THEN YES!" Tyson yelled, glaring.
Everyone: —sweatdrop—
"He actually made a point," Rick mused as she walked up to them. She was scanning the town with Michael and Judy, but the three of them found or heard no sign of the chibi's.
"Aww, shut up!" Tyson snapped. Mathilda sighed as she and Hilary ran (Hilary flew) towards the teens.
"I think we saw them!" Hilary exclaimed.
"What!" Everyone yelled in surprise.
"Where!" Tyson asked hurriedly.
"In the forest! I saw them in a tree, but then ran off before we could catch them…" Mathilda said sadly.
"Say what!" Michael yelled. "You have four legs, Math', and Hil' has two wings! AND CAN FLY! HOW can you NOT catch up to them!"
"Okay, first off, don't ever call me 'Math'," Mathilda growled, "And second, the forest is dense! Hilary can't fly and I have trouble running on four legs!" Mathilda snapped. "HAVE YOU EVER TRIED RUNNING ON FOUR LEGS! WELL!"
Everyone: …—inch away—
"…"
"Guys, calm down," Gemini ordered, standing above the gang on a tall rock. "You need to remain steady and fast for a quick attack. I think I might know what happened…"
"Well?" Bryan asked. "What is it, Mr. Hot-Shot?"
"Jubilee and her lackeys Jet and Kimara. I have a feeling their the ones behind all this. Think about it—the chibi's are there one minute, and then the next they aren't? Something's up. And I have a feeling it's that low-down bitch herself!" Gemini shouted. "We need to spilt up! Jubilee's base is about a quarter mile from here! If we start walking now, we'll reach the base by morning."
"WHAT? A quarter mile!" Tyson shouted.
"Hey, it's only about 1455 feet! If we jog or run, we'll reach there before sunrise," Gemini commanded. "We need to take action…And what if Boris is in on this, too? Or Voltaire? Or Gideon! Or Zaggrat! Or…or…or…I'm out of bad guys…" Gemini blinked. "BUT either way! We need to save the chibi's!" Gemini slammed his fist into his hand.
"So," Gemini yelled, "Are you in…or out?"
No one argued. They all just turned towards the southeast and let their allied enemy…lead the way towards the base.
And hopefully…toward the chibi's.
Whee. I'm tired. So…
R&R. Builds strong bones.
T-LW-T
