Chapter Fourteen

Hoagie's POV

I stared after Fanny as she ran down left path. With the tip of my fingers, I touched where she kissed me on my cheek gently and I could feel myself blush.

The loud steps of the bug's feet woke me and set me back to reality. "Okay," I said. "OI, UGLY!"

The bug ran head on towards me. I turned fast on my heel and sprinted down the right corridor. I think this is the eleventy-buhmillionth time I had to run today. I kept running, not looking back.

I could hear the bug buzzing close behind me. I started to sweat and my legs started to feel heavy. I searched my pockets around for some sort of weapon, but all there was was my screwdriver. I left my spanner behind, where I threw it at the tiger.

I stopped as I clutched my screwdriver firmly. "I hope this works." I whisper to myself and I turned around glaring at the bug right in the eyes. I waited for it to come a little bit closer. I aimed towards the eye and with all my might I threw the screwdriver. The tip hit it's eye dead-on and it shrieked in pain. It turned and walked away.

I sighed with relief.

Now all I had to do was to find Fanny, but where could she be? Then I suddenly remembered the communicator on my wrist. I unstrapped it and held it close to my mouth. "Numbuh 86, come in Numbuh 86!" No reply, just static. "Oh playing hard to get I see. But I know you want me baaad." Still no reply. I thought for sure that would've gotten her angry enough to reply with a 'OH shut up Gilligan!' of some sort, but still only static.

I started to worry now. "Fanny? Please answer. Fanny? Hello?" My voice started to tremble. As soon as I heard the static again, my insides screamed and I bolted. If anything happened to her I don't know what I'd do. I wasn't exactly sure where she was but I had to find her. I had to.

Unfortunately all I found was a door. Hoping Fanny might be inside I gripped the knob hard and turned, thrusting the door wide open. "Fanny?" I called. But no one answered. The room was pitch black and I couldn't see a thing. I stepped inside, my arms in front of me helping me to feel through the darkness.

Then all of a sudden the lights flashed on and I found my self in the middle of an empty room. I looked around for Fanny but found something else instead. Two teens, a girl and boy, standing there in a Japanese uniform, the boy with hair that splits in the middle of his forehead and the girl with two high pigtails.

The Interesting Twins From Beneath The Mountain.

"My, Tsumi." I said to the girl. "It's been a while. I must say you've grown quite pretty and you look adorable in that uniform."

She just kept a stern face. "Flattery…" She started to say.

"Will not get you anywhere." Her brother, Aku, finished. They had such strong Japanese accents I'm starting to wonder if Kuki was Japanese.

I gulped. "Where's Fanny." I asked them.

"Oh you do not have to worry about her." Said Tsumi.

"She'll be fine. She's just... sleeping." Aku said.

"Sleeping?" I yelled in fear.

"Do not worry. She'll wake soon."

"But I'd be more concerned about what's going to happen to you."

I stiffen as they walked backwards and out of nowhere came some sort of ray gun. Beside it were… I couldn't believe it… mummified zombie people.

Before I knew it the ray gun had charged up and the last thing I saw was a flash of light…