My Heart Turned Red

Chapter 3: Stealth Mode

Author's note:

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This chapter is the successful payback from Gnomeo and Benny on Tybalt that will lead to Hello Hello. I know, everyone's waiting for it, and I'm nervous about writing it! The longest chapter so far! I hope that it pays off!

I'm not really happy with this chapter, sorry.

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Disclaimer: I own Gnomeo and Juliet on DVD proudly! I wish that owned more than that but... oh, well.


Benny and I spent most of the afternoon trying to figure out exactly what to do to get revenge, and honestly it made me so angry what Tybalt had done not only to me but to my best friend, and therefore he had to pay no questions asked. And honestly no one seemed to protest against me getting revenge against the Red Garden and Tybalt, truthfully, whether they deserved it or not, they really didn't care if we did something to insult the Red Garden, and that's how the feud worked, and how it would always work. But never had there been a raid on either the Red Garden before, and that's why Benny and I are going to be the first ones to do it. Revenge is a dish best served cold and it's always done first before anyone else. We came up with the perfect plan, and honestly I wondered why I hadn't even thought of doing this before the race today. Why was I so stupid? This was the most brilliant plan we had ever come up with. Benny and I, our minds are in sync. We could fix a Lawnmower if you gave us an hour, which we were planning on doing after the attack on the Red Garden was finished. Fixing Lawnmower or getting revenge: What's more important? Simple, it's a rhetorical question, there is nothing more important than taking revenge against the Fat Cheat and his Blood shedding garden!

We planned the attack to be at night, because we knew that they would be off their guard, and not to mention Tybalt had this really childish habit of going to sleep at 7:15 every single night, and would be sound asleep for the rest of the night. And we wouldn't want to wake fatso from his sleep now would we? We're just doing a very nice thing for Tybalt, we're only going . I'm only going to destroy his Lawnmower and... well we can't give too much away now can we?

So I planned to get ready on my own, because I trusted Benny to be invisible going into this mission.

I walked into the garage where only this morning my trusted companion was actually whole and wasn't destroyed by Tybalt, and I had won races with that friend for so long and now it was completely broken, the chances of it really getting fixed were really low. And that's why the fat cheat's Lawnmower is going to end up the exact same way. He didn't hesitate completely destroying my Lawnmower, so why should I hold back completely destroying his? Like I said this afternoon, payback was going to be fun.

I found some duck tape in the back of the garage, and if it's one thing I've learned over the years, that if you want to do something completely secret, you have to make sure you're completely invisible. So I placed the duck tape all over my Blue Jacket so it wouldn't be seen at all, and another important rule about doing something secret, is if something goes wrong and you have to get out of there as fast as you can, you need to have weapons that can slow your enemy down so you can get away. So I armed himself with acorns, flower sticks, seeds and a safety pin, just in case. Before I came in here, I had gathered up some mud to completely cover me so I would blend in with the darkness, I smeared my hat completely in mud and leaves for an extra touch, and I painted black streaks across my arms and my face like they do in the army. I then adjusted the garden hose nozzle, and I put it over my shoulder and I completely satisfied that I was ready to go. Why didn't I do this more often? It's so much fun!

Why is it so surprising that I know all this? I am the son of the Leader of the Blue Garden after all, I need to know these things. Maybe they'd let me join the army.

"Shroom," I said, smiling slyly. "Let's go kick some grass!"

I was too busy wrapped up in my dreams of the Red Garden's Lawnmower (and maybe, if we're lucky, the whole garden altogether), that I didn't notice Shroom fold his arms and shake his head hopelessly. Truthfully, he warned me earlier that this was a bad idea, but I really didn't pay attention and more importantly, I didn't care. Tybalt deserved this, and I couldn't wait until he woke up the next morning and screamed in anger and frustration, and I'll be there smiling and know that I did my job correctly.

I walked over to the mirror and examined myself. I looked bloody amazing. If only Dad could see me now.

"This mission into red garden territory is gonna require maximum…" I stopped, and swang the nozzle off my shoulder and this time into my hands. "Stealth."

"Well you won't get much stealthier than this," said a very familiar voice.

Well, it's about time. I was about to go looking for him to see if he was ready too.

I turned around to look at what exactly he came up with for going into the Red Garden.

"HELLO!" he shouted, and my mind cringed in frustration at what I saw.

He was wearing a hula skirt made of leaves, and not just any leaves, brightly colored leaves, and his face was surrounded by flower petals and his hat his covered in mud and leaves exactly like my hat was. Sure, the Red Garden isn't smarter than...well... anyone, but I think they are going to notice something bright colored if they see it!

Benny turned to the side, showing me the paint can attached to his back.

He giggled, and in my mind, I wanted to smash my head against the wall. He shook the can a few times before skipping off clearly not even ready for the payback I so longed for, the paint can jingling with every single step he took. Shroom and I looked at each other, more apprehensive on getting revenge more than ever, because my second in command for the trip wasn't even thinking about how exactly we could get in and out without even getting caught.

And now, I realized that I was going to have to be more careful.


Don't get me wrong, Benny's my cousin and also my best friend, and I love him dearly. But honestly we think so differently, it gets us into a lot of trouble, which, in case I was extra careful, was going to happen tonight. Benny had two problems, first: That he talked way too much and often out loud, especially when we were doing something important, and the second: was that he never really took anything really seriously. So why did I bring him in on my ideas to get back at Tybalt or anything the Red Garden did to us? It's because he hated the Red Garden maybe almost as much as I did, because my father was to him his father as Benny's own father died in a fight between the Red and Blue Garden a little while before Dad was murdered. Benny was so young, he didn't even remember his own father now, he could only remember the only father he had, just like me. Dad's memory and who he was to me was all I had, and when the Red Garden took that away from us, all we had were each other. We became more than cousins, we were brothers, and that's why Benny hated the Red Garden as much as he did, why he'd do anything to make sure that it would go up in flames just as I did. What I wanted more than anything.

This mission needed to be planned out very carefully, and that's just what I did. I needed to find the perfect time to go sneaking into the garden, and not to mention it was very easy, but just in case anything went wrong, I of course had a backup plan. I knew, that every night around 8 o'clock, that idiot Fawn and the Little Red Gnomes played a pointless game of cards. The reason it was pointless was because not only did the game start or end, but they ended up playing a new game all together. How do I know this? You could hear it honestly if you were in a different part of town: Fawn yelling because he wasn't smart and the Little Red Gnomes saying the most annoying things, sometimes voices carry at the wrongest of all times. Anyway, because of this, Fawn and the Little Red Gnomes were distracted and honestly it would be easier getting into the Red Garden now. And another very great thing about the raid tonight, was that Tybalt would be asleep, and could sleep through a tornado if there was one. So getting in and out and getting revenge on the Red Garden would be a piece of cake. That is of course, if Benny listened to me.

We started to finally put our plan into effect.

Fawn and the Little Red Gnomes were playing their game, and they were completely unaware of us making our entrance. But even though they were distracted, I still had to be very careful. After all, anything could happen and the plan could go horribly wrong, or Benny would do something not according to the plan. I had to focus on what I had to do to make sure that that Lawnmower was destroyed and covered with as much destruction as Tybalt did to mine. Tybalt was going to wake up tomorrow and scream my name angrily and challenge me to a fight, and nothing makes me happier than a good fight in the morning after a successful mission making the Red Gnomes beg for mercy.

Back to reality.

I very slowly climbed the Red fence with the nozzle I had earlier in the garage in my hand. I threw the hose over the fence so we could climb down and get into the garden easier and escape the same way. I laughed very quietly so no one would hear me but also to give myself the readiness to act. I had to look around to see what exactly Benny and I were dealing with, and as I expected, Tybalt was sleeping on his well, snoring loudly. I think after this, I'll record his snoring while he's awake and play it over the fence. Great, Fawn and the Red Gnomes occupied elsewhere, and Tybalt asleep, this was getting easier than I expected it would be. What am I saying? Come on Gnomeo, they are Reds after all. I saw that there were lasers visible crossing the garden above the ground and the lighthouse was lit brightly and was scanning the entire garden. Oh, so I was right again. But then again, the trick is to stay on the ground. I didn't notice but the light was coming my way and I quickly ducked as the light swept over me. That was close, but it only caught me off guard and that wouldn't happen again. My eyes then saw the reason I had come here, and it was like it was calling my name to come over and destroy the contents inside the Red's Shed. I stared at it, thinking of all the horrid things I could do and maybe even trash a few plants while I'm here. Then Benny came right up beside me and with the can still shaking noisily, not only did he startle me but also he brought me out of my thoughts.

"This is great!" Benny said happily. "I love going commando!"

I made a face of great annoyance, because he wasn't being quiet like I told him to be or else I would leave him behind and do the mission myself.

"Shh! Now just keep quiet!" I said in annoyance, because this meant a lot to me, and I wasn't going to let him ruin it.

I pulled Benny over the fence to see if that would give him the motivation to please be quiet for two minutes. Maybe bringing him on this mission wasn't a good idea after all. I honestly thought that he would've been able to handle being quiet, and we haven't entered the Red Garden yet and he won't keep his mouth shut. I know I'm being mean, but when my rival deserved payback more than anything, I will not make any excuses for anyone, not even my best friend. Now it's time to get back to the mission, and once we got over the fence and I gave the signal to Shroom and the Bunnies to get us into the garden. Unlike the Little Red Gnomes, the Bunnies aren't zombies and not to mention they're really reliable. Shroom of course was my other best friend and unlike Fawn he's the best sidekick you could ever ask for.

Benny and I crept to the edge of the flower bed and looked around just to make sure that no one was wandering around in the middle of the night. Thankfully there was no one, which meant the mission could be done faster and not to mention I didn't have to see any Red's dirty face or their hat for that matter. We began to crawl through the flower bed towards the shed, but as we were moving in the flower bed to try to get closer and closer to the shed, I felt the anger and annoyance flow through my blood as Benny's paint can rattles every single bloody moment we move. I stop really frustrated and was trying so hard to keep my anger in and shushed Benny again in another attempt to get him to be quiet. Benny nodded, and hopefully this time in understanding. I then quickly got my way out of the flower bed and signaled to Benny for him to follow suit. We were so close, we couldn't stop now. Benny tumbled very noisily if I may add, out of the flower bed, overshooting me by several feet. I was trying so hard to contain my anger, as Benny was not taking this seriously and at any rate we were going to get caught, so I decided to ignore him. That way, maybe he'll copy me and actually be quiet. As I started to creep forward, I tried not to take notice of my cousin's foolishness in hope that he would listen to me. And I appeared not to notice but a true Blue Gnome hears, sees, and smells everything, and also never trail away from your target ever. So I was doing all of these things while smiling mischievously as I headed towards my prize.

We then easily managed to get past security aka Fawn and the Little Red Gnomes. Pathetic if you ask me, and they're still playing that stupid game from when we came into the Red Garden.

"OK I have another one!" Fawn said triumphantly as if he had done something right. "Two words: The first word is Spider man!"

"Spider man 2?"the Little Red Gnomes said as one.

"OK, who's cheating?" Fawn said angrily.

Oh, Fawn, you're just like Tybalt aren't you? You just won't accept the way things are.

And finally we reached the shed, and it was about time too. I thought I was going to explode. I had never looked forward to payback such as now. I opened the door in major anticipation, and as I opened the door, I saw the thing I had come in this bloody place to destroy, the red garden's lawnmower in all in its beauty. I laughed as the beauty of it made me want to destroy it more and I rubbed my hands together ready to finally do the thing I had wanted since this morning.

"Benny, give me the paint!" I said, holding out my hand, but I realized that Benny wasn't there, and now I was worried. "Benny?"

Where'd he go? This wasn't good.

I then wanted to smash my head against the door when I heard a spraying sound behind him, I turned around to find Benny decorating Tybalt's well with the Blue Paint that was supposed to be for the Lawnmower after I took a hammer and smashed it to pieces, under the still sleeping Tybalt.

"No!" I wanted to scream in frustration.

HE NEVER LISTENS TO ME! NOW I HAVE TO TRY AND FIX IT!

Benny fixed a few of his lines, glancing up at Tybalt gleefully. I would've been totally happy for him but this was not part of the plan and not to mention he didn't listen to me, and now we're going to get caught if he doesn't put that paint can down and we make a run for it. This is not good. Tybalt snored loudly again and rolled over on his side, sucking on his thumb like a two year old. It would've been funny to me, but not now. We were going to fail the reason why we were actually here. Benny shook the paint can again very loudly. I had to stop him before things got even more out of hand. In a few seconds I was sure that we were going to get caught. I had to try to stop it. I started running towards him.

"Benny! Benny!" I whispered loudly to see if he would stop when I told him to.

And the worst thing I could imagine happened on this mission.

The can slipped out of Benny's hands and went high into the air, and to make matters worse, it was heading for what I had feared the most, a laser overhead. I threw myself forward to catch it and managed to grab it before it crashes to the ground but it was too late. It hit the laser it was heading for and it set off all the lights in the garden, and it caused the fat cheat Tybalt to wake up as the garden flooded with light. And now everyone knew that we were here, and they weren't going to let us leave so easily. And if they know me well, they know I won't go down without a fight.

"Tybalt!" Lord Redbrick yelled.

Once he finally noticed us, he screamed:

"GET THEM YOU IDIOTS!"

The Little Red Gnomes and Fawn start running forward towards us, yelling at each other.

Benny had gotten us into this mess, and I wasn't going to let him try to get us out of it. The mission may have failed, but the important thing now was getting out as soon as we possibly could.

"Run for it, now!" I said to Benny.

Benny dashed behind the flowers and to the fence, I placed the can on the ground and kicked the can forward, and with luck it crashed into the Little Red Gnomes, knocking the over almost like bowling pins. A perfect strike, and then as Fawn ran forward, I had a special surprise for him. I then threw the acorns on my uniform that I had saved in case something like this happened, at him. Fawn fell to the ground with a cry as he slips on them. Way too easy, Fawn. You're just like Tybalt. I then took my chance and ran out of the light and jumped into the bushes next to Benny. We were both perfectly still, but we couldn't stay this way forever. We had to find some way to trick them long enough so we could get out of here.

"Where'd he go?" Tybalt screamed.

"He's in the begonias!" one of the Little Red Gnomes cried.

"Well do I look like a begonia?" he screamed again, this time more livid.

"No," another Little Red Gnome said stupidly. "More like a pansy!"

"FIND HIM!"

I knew that Fawn and the Little Red Gnomes were starting to look for us, and I had to think of something or else, we'd never get out of here.

"Not here!" said the second Little Red Gnome.

"Not here either!" Fawn said, but his voice was close.

It was getting closer, and then my mind went to Benny's outfit, it was our only chance. It was a small chance but a chance. I picked him up and went right behind him. He looked confused.

"Gnomeo," he said. "What are you doing..."

"Just don't move and please keep quiet," I said.

And for once, he did as he was told, and just in time as one of the Little Red Gnomes pulled back the daisies, revealing Benny standing still for once and me attempting not to be seen behind him. Not one of my better plans but at least it was something, I'm just hoping that it would get past this time.

"Nothing but daisies here!" he said.

I was relieved, and maybe it would give us enough time to be able to get the bloody hell out of here. God, it was like being in a junkyard and I had had enough of being there. So what if we didn't complete the mission, at least we had a little bit of fun and not to mention we trashed Tybalt's wishing well. Oh, I can't wait to see what it looks like in the sun. I would worry about that later, my main priority was getting us out of here before anything else happened.

"Come on!" I said as I pulled the hose down, to let Shroom and the Bunnies that it was time to go. I let Benny jump above me, it was more important to get him out than me. The hose began to pull them back up, and we were barely halfway up the wall when the Little Red Bastards grabbed my ankles and attempted to hold me down, which they were not going to do if it was just a few of them. Seriously, how much do they think they weigh? And then, being the annoying dear he is, Fawn grabbed a hold of my ankles as well, threatening to bring us down, which I wasn't going to let happen. I'm not the son of the Blue Garden for nothing! There was only one thing I could think of.

"Hold on!" And I opened the hose nozzle as it released a huge amount of water, a plan which backfired on me as it didn't get them away from us, but it only just got everyone flying on the hose. Only one of us, could make it over the fence now, and let me tell you, it wasn't going to be me. I had some unfinished business I had to attend to. And besides, Benny had done enough work tonight and honestly this was between me and Tybalt, so I wanted to take him on alone. So adios amigo. This is my fight.

"Benny, see you on the other side!" I said to him coolly.

And I let go and I was sent flying back into the garden I hated the most and it sent the Little Red Gnomes and Fawn flying as well.

"Gnomeo, no!" Benny screamed. I saw the hose take him back up the fence but he gets stuck on the top. At least he wasn't going to interrupt my long awaited fight with my rival. Tybalt was my rival, not Benny's, and this was between me and him. Sorry brother, you'll have to wait to get your revenge.

I had to grab something before I smashed into something hard, like a wall or the fence. So I grabbed the first thing I saw, some sort of a bamboo decoration but it was too light for me and it immediately fell and snapped under my weight, but luckily it broke my falling so I ended up in a dirt bed, which in my opinion was better than a wall. I then climbed out of it and tried to find out where I was by looking around. I was under the lighthouse, face to face with the fat cheat Tybalt who was holding a shovel, clearly ready to face me as I was him.

And he did his trademark evil laugh and attempted to attack me. I thought fast, because I didn't have a way of defending myself so I grabbed a broken piece of the bamboo that broke my fall and managed to shove him off me, causing Tybalt to slide backward, and he looked pretty startled. I gripped my new weapon in my hand and gave him that smirk that's my trademark. Yes, Tybalt, I'm stronger than I look.

And then as one, we both let out a battle yell, raised our weapons over our heads and jump forward with the intent to kill. I learned that you can never win if you're not willing to kill your opponent. And just as I was getting close enough to get a direct strike and slash his head, a light comes on the second floor of the house. And then in panic I saw the shadow of Mr. Capulet who owned the Red Garden coming to open the window.

NO! NOT NOW!

In midair, we had to freeze or else risk our exposure to the outside world, no matter how much we hated each other, that was the rule, and we had to keep the secret. So we acted really quickly and froze, Tybalt held my feet and I pretended to be his wheelbarrow and the lights would be turned off so the old man wouldn't know the difference. Mr. Capulet pulled open the curtains and shuts off the lights. He examined the garden for only seconds then finally shut the curtains again and went back to bed. Which gave me a great open opportunity to get away from this stupid pig that was attempting to kill me and was failing miserably. I resisted the urge to laugh as Tybalt fell flat on his face as he noticed that I disappeared. He finally got back on his feet and growled, frantically looking around for me and failing once again miserably. He can't even look out for his enemies, and I could. I could honestly hear my enemy from a mile away. Finally he looked up and saw me on top of the lighthouse, and I saluted him for a nice try and fail at killing me, and then made a jump for the clothesline. This was fun, but it was time to go home. I think I ruined Tybalt's night far enough.

I grabbed the first thing I saw on the clothesline which were the British boxers and made myself turn around to face Tybalt, Fawn and the Little Red Gnomes who all glared at me angrily and it only made me smile inside and out even more. I knew my job was done, maybe this mission wasn't so much of a failure after all.

"I wish I could stay but…" I pulled the boxers down and winks at my enemies, and said: "…gotta fly!"

The clothesline snapped back, and it launched me into mid air as Tybalt yelled in complete and utter humiliation and shakes his fist at me, which I smiled. We would continue it tomorrow, but it's time to go home.

I was actually very surprised at how high I'd gotten but I got a little nervous when the boxers were going down further towards the Blue Garden than I actually wanted rather quickly towards the ground, but when the boxers fill like a parachute, slowing down my descent by a large amount, I began to calm down. I floated down for a little while and I saw the finish line in sight and was almost there until a sudden gust of wind came out of nowhere and knocked me not only off balance but also off course. The Blue Garden seemed far now, so I let go of the boxers and I started to fall into the old Lawrence place around the corner from the Red and Blue Gardens.

"Whoa!" I said, I knew that this was not going to end well.

I crashed through the branches of a tree, and was trying desperately to grab a branch to break my fall, and I finally managed to catch myself on a dead one a little ways up. As I hung there, I let out a huge sigh of relief, and then again, twice in a row, when I need it the most, the thing breaks on me and sends me falling into Mother Nature.

But I didn't know it yet, but I would be walking into what would make me see the world in a completely different way than the way I see it now. The person that will...


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