Chapter 8: The battle in the goblin city

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I have a chicken on my head! Get it offfffffff!" Yumiko cried whilst running around in circles and flapping her arms up and down frantically. Rip Van was busy shoving some fruit into a goblins face, whilst Ludo was surrounded by rock friends, all of whom where bowling towards goblins. Didymus was gallantly fighting off some of the army's defences, whilst trying to get Ambrosias out from under a turned over basket.

Suddenly gunfire was heard and everyone turned to see a very calm but fired up Heinkel standing there, pistols in the air so not to actually shot anyone; except a chicken or two.

"ALRIGHT, EVERY FUCKER STOP!" Heinkel yelled after firing her pistols. Some Goblins didn't stop at first, but soon small shrill voices arose from the crowd.

"It's her! That girl!"

"She's alive! I thought she's been thrown into the bog?"

"Don't get in her way, she'll kick you up the ass as soon as look at you!"

And soon the sea of goblins parted and let the six misfits walk through easily, Heinkel walking confidently at the front, waving and winking over her glasses at the pub owners, who waved and smiled nervously. Yumiko was arguing with herself and Yumie again for control and managed to subdue her alter ego with a swift punch to the face, whilst Rip was straightening out her tie and polishing Pokie. The three creatures at the back merely bowed, huffed and grunted in sequence towards the army, as if they had all been through this before. They walked through the hallways and twisty and turny corridors, stopping now an again because Heinkel had forgotten the way and asked random goblins the way to the throne room. Some cowered at the sight of her whilst others pointed the way and shared a private joke before scuttling off, leaving Heinkel to giggle at the memory of something, making Yumiko almost blush in jealousy. As they reached a corner, Heinkel turned around and faced the three companions that had followed them.

"Ok you guys, this is where it's safe. You can all go back now." She casually played with the cigarette between her lips and watched the mixture of shock, confusion and slight anger at being so casually dismissed. Yumiko stepped forward, whispering something into Heinkel's ear and stooped low to look at the shortest and most gentleman of the bunch.

"Didymus," she stated softly, "I have an important job for you." She noticed the knight's ears prick up as a smile tugged at the corner of his fox lips.

"Why, of course. Anything my ladies desire." The fox knight bowed to her.

"Well then," Rip Van interrupted, and stroked Ludo's fur gently, "We would like it if you go outside and have yourselves a celebratory drink. We have some unfinished business to attend to with Herr Goblin king." She winked at Yumiko with the implications of her words and the nun giggled like a schoolgirl and blushed as she heard Hoggle clear his throat.

"Well, that's all well and good, but what's ya going to do? There ain't no baby so Whatcha gonna do?" He enquired at the two girls, who seemed to blush even more and couldn't fathom a sentence, so Heinkel thought it best to argue for the both of them.

"We wish you would just piss off!" She stated coolly and straight away, they vanished into a poof of glitter. Rip Van and Yumiko shoot her daggers, but she merely shrugged it off and lit another cigarette.

"I had to get rid of them somehow. Don't want them bothering you when we get to ze king now do ve?" She glanced behind to see them both now standing up and straightening out each other's garments, even applying a bit of make-up. She turned forward and mumbled 'idiots', before walking the rest of the way down the hall, followed by the hyper fan girls.

As they came into view of a large room, Yumiko gasped first and drew the attention of the two girls.

"Look there he is on the throne!" Yumiko pointed excitedly towards the occupied chair, where the king was holding a crystal between his fingers and gazing into it mysteriously.

Rip Van looked at him squeaked happily and then whispered into her friends' ears, "Well, I'm thankful, this means we don't have to go turning this castle upside down looking for him!" She smirked and saw Yumiko stifle a giggle and Heinkel chuckle lightly, puffing happily on her cigarette.