VT: Veggies Around the World VII

by Ek01

(“Agent Junior”) In the final part of the “Around the World” series, the veggie kids get taken along for the ride on an action-packed spy mission across Europe with a super deadly...yet super funny female secret agent. Meanwhile, Bob and the other veggies stay with the French Peas’ eccentric parents in their mansion—on Big Idea’s “Preachin’ Across Europe” tour.

11. Däs Güt

After trying some of that haggis in Ireland with Shiv and Sméar, the kids and Shirley continued on to Germany. Thousands of people in both modern and traditional garb walked the large streets, selling items and playing oompah music.

"Welcome to Munich, Germany, children." Shirley smiled. "This is where we shall find the next item."

"Smells like sausage." Percy gave a content sigh, then turned up his nose. "...and beer." He stuck out his tongue for a second.

"Well, those are two of the many things Germany is famous for." Annie stated.

"How would you know?" Percy suspiciously asked Annie. "Have you ever TRIED beer??!"

"N-no..." Annie replied.

"Hey!" Percy said, noticing a very familiar gourd. "Isn't that Doctor Flurry?"

The gourd placed some safety goggles on, then placed some sausages on a very large grill. He pulled out a car battery, placed the positive and negative battery cables on the enormous grill, and watched as it lit up with an electrifying (*KA-THOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!*).

"It IS!" Junior and Laura hollered.

All four of the kids rushed over to the gourd, giggling.

"Hi Dr. Flurry!" They all yelled together.

"OH! JUNIOR! ANNIE! LAURA! PERCY! Wilkommen children, to Summ-toberfest!" Dr. Flurry hugged the kids, then exclaimed, holding his non-existent hands up in the air. "Munich's second-largest festival dat's all about two zings—beer, und SAUSAGE!!"

"Isn't that basically Oktoberfest?" Annie asked.

"Ja, but ve have it in ze summertime!" Flurry happily replied. "Dere's ein difference, little mädchen. Here, have ein bratwurst! Flurry-smoked. I call it mein Radioaktiv Pfeffer Würstchen!"

Flurry handed Annie a very large smoked sausage. Annie took a bite out of it, then coughed.

"Vell? Vhat you sink? Seir güt?" Flurry asked. "Ich das VUNDERBART?!"

The poor little onion girl's eyes started to water a little from the spice.

"—DAS SPICY!" Annie hollered.

"NOW YOU'RE SPRECHEN MEIN LANGUAGE!" Flurry happily exclaimed. "Let's DANCE!"

Flurry grabbed the children and dragged them over to where a tall corn with an accordion was starting a rendition of "Let's Get It Started" by the Black Eyed Peas. All was going well, the kids, Flurry, and Shirley were dancing together—until a huge, tuxedo-clad eggplant and hundreds of assorted vegetable cronies showed up, revealing his huge, sharp teeth...made of METAL?!

"GUTEN TAG!" The eggplant said, his words coming out in a stiff manner, thanks to the jaws he wore. "I AM MAWS! PREPARE TO DIE!"

"Children?" Shirley smiled at the kids. "You ready?"

"We're ready to kick some butt!" Junior smiled.

"YEAH!" Laura replied, unsheathing her sword.

"Hast du etwas

Zeit für mich?

Dann singe ich ein

Lied für dich

Von neunundneunzig

Luftballons

Auf ihrem

Weg zum Horizont

Denkst du vielleicht

grad an mich?"

MAWS gazed over at Dr. Flurry, growling so much it appeared he had rabies. The fat gourd awkwardly chuckled and tried to move out of the way, sweating buckets from his salt-and-pepper hair.

"I AM NOT AFFILIATED WIZ ZEM!" Flurry hollered, running away from the abomination eggplant.

Before MAWS could get to Dr. Flurry, Laura quickly stopped him, clenching her samurai laser sword. MAWS yanked out a laser gun and shot it at the carrot girl, who held up her sword and blocked it.

"Dann singe ich

ein Lied für dich

Von neunundneunzig

Luftballons

Und dass

sowas von sowas kommt"

"That's not gonna VORK—" MAWS exclaimed before the beam hit him square in the jaw.

"AH, GO EAT A BRATWURST!!" Percy shouted as MAWS was reduced to a pile of living goop.

"You're the brat-best." Shirley smiled at Percy, making the little pea heat up.

"Neunundneunzig Luftballons

Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont

Hielt man für Ufos aus dem All

Darum schickte ein General

'ne Fliegerstaffel hinterher"

A carrot was about to launch a missile at Laura, but Laura flipped through the air with her sword. Once she landed, she sliced the missle perfectly in half, the carrot shocked at the fact she did it.

"Heh! This ain't half bad!" Laura said, looking at her sword again. "Wonder if this'll work on a can of Spaghetti-o's!"

"Alarm zu geben,

wenn's so wär

Dabei war'n dort

am Horizont

Nur neunundneunzig

Luftballons"

A large gourd was charging at Junior, but he noticed a beer stein large enough to hold the mook.

"A.R.M.S, STEIN TO GO!" Junior yelled.

The arms gripped the stein and captured the gourd within with a loud *KLANG!*

"No more for me, thanks.." the discombobulated gourd said. "I'm drivin'..."

"Neunundneunzig

Düsenflieger

Jeder war ein

großer Krieger

Hielten sich für Captain Kirk

Das gab ein

großes Feuerwerk

Die Nachbarn

haben nichts gerafft"

A cucumber minion had poor Laura all cornered, even with her laser sword, she still couldn't escape. Shirley instantly popped up, making him gasp a little.

(Saxophone instrumental)

"Hey there, foxface..." Shirley smiled at the cucumber, moving in a little closer. "Mmh...you're so strong...if you like Al Jerreau, we could be in this love together..."

The cucumber began to get a little flustered. Sweat poured down his forehead like a waterfall—he could barely even respond to Shirley.

"—Uh...I...uh..."

(Record scratch)

Shirley briskly socked the daylights out of the cucumber, making him fall flat on his back.

"The heck was that?" Laura asked.

"You'll understand when you're older." Shirley replied.

"Und fühlten

sich gleich angemacht

Dabei schoss man

am Horizont

Auf neunundneunzig

Luftballons"

Meanwhile, the pile of goo that was once MAWS stood up.

"A re-liquifyer?!" Shirley exclaimed upon viewing the gun in his hand. "IT CAN'T BE!"

"Neunundneunzig

Kriegsminister

Streichholz und

Benzinkanister

Hielten sich für

schlaue Leute

Witterten schon

fette Beute

Riefen: "Krieg!"

und wollten Macht"

Laura's sword suddenly began to crackle with electricity. MAWS quickly noticed this and chuckled, slowly approaching the young carrot girl.

"Vell..." MAWS said, his steel trap of a mouth opening up very wide. "Vhat do ve have hE—"

BZZKT!*

The sword electrocuted MAWS, making him loudly fall to the ground.

"Mann, wer hätte

das gedacht

Dass es einmal so weit

kommt

Wegen neunundneunzig

Luftballons

Wegen neunundneunzig

Luftballons

Neunundneunzig Luftballons"

Once MAWS and his cronies had all been taken out, Shirley was able to find the next component for the device...a small, metal, circular disk with a blue center.

Of all places, it happened to be within a beer stein.

"It's not really that surprising." Shirley replied. "Well, thank you for the power core, Flurry!"

"You're velcome, guys.." Dr. Flurry replied. "Though I'm retired from C.R.I.S.P, I'll never refuze helpink a fellow agent."

"And that's sayin' somethin', cause he used to play the bad guy in this one movie we did together." Annie replied.

"What?" Shirley asked. "Really..."