Chapter 11: Party Of Drama And Panic
At the island where the Paradise Planning took place, Vicki, Claire, and Sonia were starting to work on their first day. When their work shifts were over, they received pokies as their payment by Lottie. Instead of bells, they had to buy something inside of their workplace like furniture and chocolates with pokies. After they were done shopping, they headed outside and met up with the boys.
"Hey there!" Vicki called, waving at Robert.
"My, took you long enough if I do say so myself," said Robert jokingly, while Vicki was giggling.
"Um, yeah...But anyways, my childhood friend, Sonia and I are planning to throw a party tonight at our island!" Claire announced. "So, if anyone's interested to come, just go to the island called Soma. That's where we live!"
"Ah, Soma Island, huh?" Sammy stated. "We've got this, Claire! Jimmy and I will be there for sure!"
"Yeah, we're going to be there first!" said Jimmy happily.
"We'd appreciate your approval from both of you," said Sonia calmly, before she turned to Vicki and Robert. "What about you, Vicki...and Robert, is it? Are you two going to come, too?"
"Yes, we will love to!" Vicki and Robert replied in unison.
"Then, it's settled!" Claire exclaimed. "We'll see you all tonight at Soma Island! Later!"
While Claire and Sonia hopped on to the plane, Vicki, Robert, and the Slapjack brothers were getting on to another plane. As soon as their plane started to takeoff, Sammy and Jimmy sighed happily and started to daydream about their first crushes, Claire and Sonia. Vicki and Robert glanced at them very strangely as if either of them had any idea of what's going on in their minds.
"This is getting bizarre..." Robert murmured. "Is it just me or are their expressions becoming more...serious?"
"Hmm, their expressions are so very strange alright," Vicki answered flatly.
"I said 'serious', not 'strange', Vicki."
"Huh? Are you sure you really said that, Robert?" Vicki tilted her head in confusion.
Robert sighed in disbelief. "You know what? Just forget it..."
Later in the evening, Vicki, Robert, Sammy, and Jimmy had arrived at the island of Soma where Claire and Sonia lived. Vicki and Robert were wearing their party outfits while Sammy and Jimmy wore their nice clothes they could find. When they met up with Claire and Sonia, the Slapjack twins rushed to the two lovely girls. Sammy held Claire's hand and Jimmy held Sonia's. And that left down to Vicki and Robert who were walking right behind them.
Everyone had arrived in front of Claire and Sonia's houses, where they were right next to each other. The girls told the male twins to sit on the bench and stay put while they grabbed Vicki and Robert to Claire's house for just a moment. The duo had no idea of why they were needed, so Claire and Sonia owed them an explanation.
"Vicki, Robert, we really need your help," Claire pleaded. "We need you two to serve the party guests some drinks, appetizers, and other stuff!"
"That's right, if you both are up for it, can you lend us a hand?" Sonia asked.
"Why, of course, I'll do it!" Vicki answered confidently. "So, that's why you needed us. What about you, Robert? Aren't you going to help them, too?"
"Huh? Oh yeah, I'll do everything as I possibly can!" Robert replied.
"Great! Since now that's taken care of, let me grab you some server outfits along with the animals' ears and tails!" said Claire excitedly.
When Robert heard the last part, he blinked his eyes rapidly and was dumbfounded. He tried to say something to Claire, but he couldn't find the right words. Vicki, on the other hand, was squealing for joy and dying to see of what the outfits looked like.
Hold on, what was the last part Claire said? Robert thought, still being dumbfounded.
She mentioned about the server outfits along with the animals' ears and tails... Vicki thought, secretly communicating Robert within their minds that nobody could read or listen due to their hero's new abilities learned in one year ago.
Robert's jaws were dropped and was now terrified after he received the response from Vicki through telepathy. Because she was still overjoyed, she couldn't tell whether he was shocked or embarrassed; but for him, it's both.
Several minutes later, Robert and the girls got changed into animal cosplay servers. Vicki was wearing the pink dress, white-laced apron, white stockings, black sandals, white-laced headband with the white cat's ears, and the white cat's tail. Claire was wearing the yellow dress, white apron, brown stockings, dark brown shoes, yellow elephant's ears, and yellow elephant's tail. Sonia was wearing the strawberry-printed dress, white-laced apron, white stockings, white shoes, white dog's ears, and white dog's tail.
"You know, us girls sure know our fashion!" said Claire in triumph.
"I know, right?" said Sonia excitedly, as she turned to Vicki. "You know, Vicki, out of us, three girls, you sure are the cutest while you're wearing that one."
"Oh, heh heh, thanks, Sonia," said Vicki, being bashful. "But you two are amazing, I'm telling you!"
"Aw, thanks for the modesty, girl," said Claire.
Sonia turned around and noticed that there's someone missing. "Um, Vicki, where's Robert?" she asked. "He hasn't come out at all, has he?"
"That's strange, he hasn't taken that long ever since we're done changing..." Vicki muttered.
"Don't mind if I call him?" Claire asked, before she's calling out to Robert. "Hey Robert, are you done changing? We're all waiting for you to show up with your outfit!"
"A-Ah...I-I'd rather not..." Robert stammered, while he was whimpering.
"Oh, come on, Robert, just open the door and let us see how you look," Vicki demanded.
Robert immediately opened her door as he instructed, and the girls awed him in surprise. Although, he wasn't very pleased of what he's wearing. He wore a white long-sleeved shirt with black vest and the black bow tie, black pants, black socks, black shoes, white squirrel's ears, and white squirrel's tail. His face was flushed in embarrassment and seemed to be very uncomfortable while wearing them.
"This turns out to be humiliating!" Robert whined. "And I'm afraid that someone will laugh at me!"
"I don't believe they'll laugh at you, Robert," said Vicki confidently. "Besides, you're very adorable in my opinion."
"Your girlfriend's right, dude," Claire agreed. "You need to show off your flashy style in front of everyone in the party!"
"Fine, I'll do everything as I can..." Robert sighed in defeat. "Unless, if I see someone laughing at me, then guess whose fault for forcing me to dress up like that!"
"Just save your complaints to yourself, will you?" said Sonia calmly.
"Yeah, she's right, let's get this party started, shall we?" said Claire excitedly, as she raised her fist high in the air.
The party began at the island of Soma, and everyone was having great time, including Sammy and Jimmy. Claire and Sonia were approaching to the twin brothers and offered them some refreshments. They thanked them for that and gave them the flower wreaths as presents in return. They told them that it wasn't really their birthday, but they just accepted them.
While Vicki and Robert were serving the refreshments to the party guests, they glanced at the twin brothers and the girls getting along very smoothly. As soon as the four of them went back to the party, Claire and Sonia quickly hung their flower wreaths on their doors. Sammy and Jimmy sighed and grinned at the lovely girls. Then, they glanced at Vicki and smirked before she smirked back at them. But when they looked at Robert from head to toe, they started to burst with laughter and pointed at him directly.
"See? What did I tell you?" Robert asked quietly, as he was getting irritated. "I wanted to remove this getup right now!"
"Hold on just a second, you can't take it off until the party is over, dude," Claire warned him.
"Ugh, you can't be serious, can you?"
"Of course, I am! Now, how about we put up a little show for the party guests?"
"Uh, what kind of show?" Vicki asked.
"I'm glad that you asked," Sonia replied. "Vicki, you and Robert are engaged, correct? I'm going to hold a pair of cherries, and you two are going to bite them. No hands necessary, it's simple."
"Uh, it's more like a game to me than the show..." Robert pointed out, as he waved his hand pathetically.
"Then, we'll do it, Sonia!" said Vicki confidently, as her eyes were beaming with excitement.
"Vicki, you can't be serious, can you?"
"Oh, come on, Robert! Claire and Sonia want us to entertain the party guests, and we can't simply afford to turn them down now, can we?"
"She's right, Robert, do this for the party guests!" said Claire.
"After Sammy and Jimmy laughed at me, not a chance!" Robert countered, crossing his arms.
"Do this for us then..." Sonia suggested.
"Not in my life since you girls wanted me to dress like that in the first place!"
"But...can you do this for me instead, Robert?" Vicki pleaded, as her eyes were locked on his.
Robert blushed slightly as his cheeks were turned red and then made a defeated sigh. "Ah, fine! I'll do it! Just count me in this time!"
Claire and Sonia gathered up the party guests, including Sammy and Jimmy, in a circle. Claire started to make an announcement that she and her childhood friend would be putting up the brief show for everyone. They had Vicki and Robert as their special guests for the performance. So, Sonia held a pair of cherries with the string attached to the stem. The main couple tried to grab one cherry each side without using their hands or fingers. Once the cherries were into their mouths, they almost looked like they were kissing each other. The party guests cheered and gave the couple a round of applause while they took out their smartphones to take a picture of them, including Claire and Sonia.
After the brief show was over, the crowd continued giving Vicki and Robert a big cheer and a round of applause than before. Sammy and Jimmy grimaced at the couple that they didn't seem to care at all. Suddenly, they smelled something very lovely, and it came from the girl with blue eyes and dark blue hair. The twins approached to her and started to grin as they each held her hand. Claire and Sonia praised Vicki and Robert for putting up a good show. When they caught the Slapjack brothers hanging out with the blue-haired girl, they gasped and were very devastated. The two girls were walking up to them fiercely while one of them was grabbing a cup of water from the table. As soon as the girl ran off and started to giggle, two boys and two girls were gazing at each other face to face. Sonia immediately threw the water at Jimmy in anger, and Claire slapped Sammy on the face very hard in rage.
"G-Girls, this isn't what you think!" said Sammy anxiously.
"Y-Yeah, j-just hear us out already, will you?" Jimmy pleaded.
"W-We don't want to hear your explanation; we saw the whole thing!" Claire argued.
"Just leave us alone, alright?" said Sonia sternly, as she and Claire broke down in tears.
After two girls left the Slapjacks' sides, Claire made a disappointed announcement to everyone. "Everyone, I apologized for the inconvenience, but the party is officially over!"
Everyone made a shocking expression after they heard Claire's announcement. Even Vicki and Robert were shocked as well, Robert quickly removed the squirrel's ears and tail since the party was over on the short notice. Suddenly, the duo heard the screaming and shouting from the party guests, especially Claire and Sonia. They turned around and saw what really happened. The blue-haired girl used her dark powers to steal the dream life forces from the five animals before they were turned into nightmare monsters. Finally, she revealed her true identity, Viridian! Everyone began to panic while they were screaming and running away from the monsters. Vicki and Robert immediately rushed to the hidden area to transform.
Claire and Sonia screamed and ran away from the nightmare monsters as they could. Once they reached the end of the line, they were surrounded and had nowhere else to run. One of the nightmare monsters took out the giant size of the piping bag full of hot fudge. She aimed at the two girls and began squeezing the bag. Before the hot fudge splattered them, Sammy and Jimmy grabbed the girls by the arm and saved them just in time. They asked them if they were alright, and the girls nodded in response. Few seconds later, two nightmare monsters launched the fiery treats attack at the four normal humans. One monster threw the cupcake bombs, and another threw the inferno strawberry shortcakes at them. Sammy, Jimmy, Claire, and Sonia started to scream nonstop and embrace themselves. Suddenly, the monsters' attacks ceased and were frozen in solid by the ice magic attack. They all looked around to see of who stopped them, including Viridian and the nightmare monsters.
"Viridian, just who invited you to come to this party?" Phantom Angel asked sharply.
"The reason we asked is because nobody wants a party crasher like yourself, you hideous vampire!" Masked Swordmaster stated abruptly.
"E-Excuse me?!" Viridian shouted angrily. "Hideous?! How dare you?! How very rude of you to say such a thing to me!"
"But we all know that it's true, just get used to it already," Phantom Angel shrugged, while Masked Swordmaster nodded in agreement.
"Oh, that's it! Monsters, attack the Duo of Justice now!"
Before the dynamic duo fought the monsters, Phantom Angel quickly told the four humans to run. Claire and Sonia wanted to ask of who they were, but they'd rather not and chose to run along with Sammy and Jimmy. As soon as they were out of sight, Phantom Angel and Masked Swordmaster were fighting off against five nightmare monsters. Each monster launched his or her attack in their different styles based on their sweet food. The first monster threw the cupcake bombs, the second monster squirted off with hot fudge, the third monster launched the inferno strawberry shortcakes, the fourth monster tossed out the pancake shuriken, and the fifth monster sent out the binding donut toss. Masked Swordmaster countered their attacks with his cannon and Phantom Angel used her staff to hallucinate the monsters before she turned them back to normal animals, who were identified as Marshal the squirrel, Poppy the squirrel, Daisy the dog, Eloise the elephant, and Ellie the elephant. With that out of the way, Viridian suddenly disappeared along with the five dream life forces.
Sammy, Jimmy, Claire, and Sonia were safe at last. They took their deep breaths before one of them could say a word.
"Claire, are you alright?" Sammy asked, breathing heavily.
"Yeah, I'm fine..." Claire replied, without looking him in the eye.
"Hey Sonia, are you hurt?" Jimmy asked, as he was being worried.
"No, I'm not..." Sonia answered, as she was avoiding his gaze.
Sammy was about to hold Claire's hand, but she wouldn't allow him to do it. Jimmy wanted to hug Sonia behind, but she moved one step away from him. Both girls were still upset at the twins after what they had done before the party was over.
"Sammy, just go home..." said Claire quietly. "I don't want to see you again. Goodbye..."
"The same goes for you, too, Jimmy..." said Sonia in despair. "This is goodbye for now..."
After Claire and Sonia said their sad farewells to the Slapjack brothers, they walked back to their homes. Sammy and Jimmy were speechless and left heartbroken. Vicki wanted to help the two pairs make up to each other, but Robert quickly stopped her from interfering and shook his head since they were hiding behind the bushes, watching the whole scene. Sammy and Jimmy bent down to their knees and started to cry. They wailed out loud and ended up echoing throughout the island endlessly.
