Cookies for all!
Well, it is once again time to thank my reviewers!
Thank you: Blue Mage Quartet, sonic candy, and SergeantKlump.
Disclaimer: I don't own Nack, Bark, or Bean. Neither do I own KFC. I also don't own the joke that Bean tells Eliah in this chapter.
Well, as I like to say...ONWARD TO CHAPTER 7!
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"What the hell?" Nack asked as he suspiciously prodded the mound of syrup soaked glop with his fork. It jiggled. "What is this crap?" He asked Bark.
The polar bear shifted the mush on his own plate and shrugged. "I think they're waffles...or pancakes...or French toast..."
Nack stared at Bark's plate. "What did you get, oatmeal?" He asked.
Bark shook his head. "No, I think I got a muffin."
Revolted, Nack dug his fork into the sticky mass on his plate, piled a small bite onto the utensil, and raised it up to his mouth. He gingerly took a small bite...and immediately spat it back out.
His plate piled with food, Bean joined Bark and Nack at the small table. Nack gaped at the duck as he started shoving food into his mouth. Bits of mush were sprayed everything as Bean devoured everything on his plate. Nack turned a shade of green similar to that of celery as he watched Bean eat. "How can you eat that slop?" He moaned.
Bean swallowed his mouthful of food and daintily wiped his mouth on a napkin. "It's delicious, Nack!" He exclaimed, gobbling down the last of his food. "I'm getting seconds!" He called. The duck picked up his plate, but before he could leave, Bark grabbed him by the bandanna.
"Don't get anymore of that stuff." Bark said. He too was looking a little green.
"Well then what do we eat?" Bean asked.
"Let's see if we can get Eliah to drive us to a restaurant."
"What about lunch and dinner?"
"We'll stop at KFC and get some chicken wings for dinner and lunch." Bark said as he pushed his chair in. Nack stood up and followed suit. "Let's go." The polar bear said.
"Okay hold on. I'll be right there." Bean said.
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Eliah raised an eyebrow. "You want me to drive you to a restaurant?" She questioned. Bark nodded. "Why?"
"Because the food here sucks." Nack muttered.
"You don't like my cooking?" Eliah growled.
"No! And here I thought that you women were supposed to be good at cooking..." Nack snapped.
Eliah's eye began to twitch. Just then, Bean, who had been left in the kitchen, walked into the lobby, laughing about something. "What's so funny?" Bark asked.
With one last laugh, Bean took a deep breath. "Snyder was in the kitchen and he just told me the funniest joke. Want to hear it?"
"Sure."
Bean wiped away tears of mirth. "Okay, why did the female cross the road?" Bark desperately tried to shut Bean up as Eliah's nostrils flared. But the idiotic duck continued. "Who cares. She should be in the kitchen! Isn't that funny?" Bean said, once again breaking into uncontrollable laughter. (A/N: I'm not sexist! Don't hurt me...)
Bark nervously glanced over at Eliah. The purple coyote was shaking with rage. Bark quickly spoke up, trying to minimized what ever damage he was sure would come. "Just ignored him, Eliah. He's not right in the head..." Eliah's eye began to twitch more frantically, and Bark could see a couple veins popping.
But before Eliah could beat Bean into a pulp, Natalie walked into the lobby. "Hey Eliah." She said. "What's the matter? You like a dog with a thermometer stuck up his butt."
Eliah pointed at Bean and Nack. "It's those two sexist jerks, that's what's wrong!" Eliah growled. "You won't believe the joke that they just told!"
Natalie gasped. "I love jokes!"
"Okay," Eliah began, "this is the joke that they told me: Why did the female cross the road? Who cares she should be the kitchen!"
Without warning, Natalie burst into uncontrollable laughter. "Haha! That's a good one! Got anymore?"
Baffled, Eliah just stared at Natalie, her mouth hanging open. The black cat wiped away the tears. "Whew, that was a good one. Oh, hey Eliah. I almost forgot: Have you seen Bobbie anywhere? I haven't seen her since last night."
Eliah looked away. "No...I haven't seen her either..."
"Oh okay. Well I'll see you around." Natalie waved goodbye to the four of them and walked up the stairs. Mumbling something incoherent, Eliah grabbed the keys to the limo and walked out the door, closely followed by Bark, Bean, and Nack. She clicked the unlock button on the keys, opened up her door, and sat down on the black leather seat.
Nack motioned to his door. "Ain't you going to open up our door? After all you are the chauffeur..." He added with a smirk.
Eliah put on a pair of sunglasses. With the black shades on and her slick black suit, she looked like something from Men In Black. The coyote started the car. "There ain't nothing wrong with you. You can open the door for yourself, weasel." She said.
Before Nack could object, Bark opened up the door and climbed into the luxurious limo. When all three of them were in the car, Eliah locked the doors and drove out of the parking lot. Fascinated by all the buttons and switches in the limo, Bean could not resist flipping the switch closest to him. His window rolled down, sending a blast of fresh air into the car. The green duck rolled it back up.
Then back down.
Then back up.
Then back down.
Then back up.
Then back down.
Then back up.
Then back...
"Bean!" Nack yelled. "No matter how many times you roll down the window, it'll come back up the same way!" Bean quickly rolled the window all the way up.
"You're so mean Nack." Eliah stated as she drove down the streets of Station Square.
"Shut up and drive." Nack muttered. "Hey, you know what," he said to the purple coyote, "Roll up that little sound proof divider thingy!"
"Fine." Eliah flipped a switch and a black Plexiglas screen blocked off her view of Nack, Bark, and Bean. She would get back at that snobby weasel; the first chance she got, she was going to get him. Actually, she did not have to wait very long for her chance. Just ahead of her, the light changed from yellow to red. Smirking, she slammed on the brakes.
Bark, Bean, and Nack had been conversing about finding a house, when suddenly Eliah slammed on the brakes. Bark and Bean had their seat belts on and therefore were unharmed. Nack however, was not buckled up. When the brakes were slammed, he went flying out of his seat and smacking into the Plexiglas divider. Bark and Bean winced. "My spleen..." Nack moaned as he slowly slid off of the glass, leaving behind a trail of drool. "Damn you, Eliah." He muttered as he pulled himself off the floor.
"Hey look at this!" Bark said, picking up a blue scarf that was wadded up on the floor.
"What is it?" Bean asked.
"It looks like Bobbie's scarf..." Bark said, examining the scrap of fabric. He noticed something else...something very ominous. It was...a shovel. A dirty shovel.
Eliah rolled down the divider. "Alright where do you want me to stop?" She asked.
Sweating nervously, Bark thought for a moment. After all, they might be in the car with a killer... "Uh...just take us to KFC so we can get food for later today."
"Got it." Eliah said as she rolled the divider back up. She drove past several more fast food joints before she pulled into the drive in of Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Thankfully, there was no one else in line. "Welcome to KFC, how may I help you?" The young voice on the other end of the intercom asked. Nack, who happened to be closest to the window, placed their order.
"We'll take a bucket of chicken legs, some of those biscuits, some honey barbecue strips, some chicken strips with honey mustard sauce, a large popcorn chicken, and three large Pepsi's." The sleazy weasel ordered.
"Um... Will that be all?" The voice asked.
"Yeah, that'll be it."
"Okay. Your total comes fifty-two dollars and twenty-five cents at the window." The voice said.
"Nack how are we going to pay for all of this?" Bark asked as Eliah pulled up to the window. Nack knocked on the divider, and the purple coyote rolled it down.
"What?" She snapped.
"Can you put this on the hotel tab?"
"Yeah, whatever." The coyote grumbled as she rolled back up the divider.
The fast food window opened up to reveal a young pink hedgehog. "Amy?" Bean asked. "I didn't know you worked at KFC!"
"Hey Bean," Amy said. "It's just to earn a little money. Anyways, you need to pay me now."
"Put it on Chateau Royal's tab." Nack ordered. Amy sighed and typed something into the computer.
"Okay. You're food will be ready in just a second." She studied the limo. "Wow, why are you guys staying at the Chateau?"
"We were staying with Nack, but Bean saw a cockroach and blew up the house." Bark explained.
"Again?"
"Yeah."
"Well, you're food's ready." Amy said handing them several brown paper bags. "Nice seeing you guys."
"You too." Bean said as Eliah pulled out of the drive in and back onto the road.
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Laden down with so much food, Bark, Bean, and Nack decided to take a shortcut through the courtyard, which was surprisingly empty. They were halfway across the lawn, when Bark stopped. "Did you hear that?" He asked.
"No..."
"There it is again; don't you hear it?" Bean and Nack strained to hear it, but heard nothing. "It's coming from over there." Bark said, motioning to the shrub that Bean had been investigating earlier that morning. That's when Bean heard it too. It was sort of a crying noise.
"Is there someone over there?" Nack asked. Bean ignored the weasel and ran over to the bush. As Bark and Nack followed after him, they could hear the sound getting louder, but it remained muted as if it was coming from under something. A chill came over Bark as he realized that whatever was making the sound was buried beneath the earth. The crying changed to a plaintive moaning.
"Shade Hunter and Heather are coming! We better leave before they steal our food." Bean warned. Bark nodded in agreement and grabbed several of the Kentucky Fried Chicken Bags. Nack and Bean grabbed the rest and quickly hurried into the hotel.
"We got to go back tonight and investigate that sound." Bark said as he, Bean, and Nack walked into their hotel room. "And we're bringing a shovel..."
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Things are finally starting to heat up! Next chapter is one of my favorites so the sooner you review, the sooner I'll write it!