Hey Guys! I just had to take a break from writing this story and focus on some other stories. But, I'm back. Anyway, to:
T-FighterX9: Sorry, but I just had to focus on some other stories. Like I said before, thank you.
Ice wolf: Glad you like this story!
Myra the Sark: Well, here is the next chapter.
This chapter… well… let's say I watch a lot of movie. If you guys can think of the references, you are amazing!
With Mystique Sonia, Shen-Song, Kow-Loon, Shoo-Wu, and the Zebra Brothers…
Everyone walked in silence for about 2 hours. Well Sonia, Kow-Loon, and Shen-Song did. The Zebra Brothers were talking to Shoo.
"How long have we been walking?" Shen-Song asked
"I don't know. I lost track when Shoo started to use those skulls as puppets." Sonia said
"That guy is practically the definition of freak." Kow-Loon said
"You three are awfully quit. What's eating at you?" Shoo asked playing with his skull puppets.
"What's eating us? My pet unicorn." Sonia remarked sarcastically.
"That's nice!" Shoo said happily. Sonia deadpanned.
"Do you even know where we're going?" Kow-Loon asked
"Yep. We're heading to my old home!" Shoo said
"Old home?" Sparky White asked
"Yep. I live here. In the Cave of Despair." Shoo said with just a bit of creepiness in his voice.
"Ok… so if you live in the Cave of Despair now… then what was your old home?" Shen-Song asked
"The Court of Wonders. That's where your friends are heading." Shoo said
"I hope they're ok." Sonia said
With Wu-Shoo and his men…
The group sat silently in the cage. But, with Alpha Girl's spiked bat, Mighty Ray and she were able to cut the gags off.
"Hey Wu-Shoo, you made a big mistake." Mighty Ray shouted but was kicked by Alpha Girl.
"He means to say: Where the heck are you taking us?" Alpha Girl asked
"The Court of Wonders." Wu-Shoo answered.
"Ok. So earlier you said are friends would be dead by nightfall. Why is that?" Alpha Girl questioned
"Because, they weren't smart." Wu-Shoo answered
"What are you getting at, old man?" Mighty Ray asked as Alpha Girl shook her head at him.
"You people and animals fell into the Cave of Miracles and the Cave of Life. The safest caves here. Well, not for you." Mighty Ray and Alpha Girl deadpanned at this. "And your friends fell into the Cave of Despair. If they make it out alive, they're immortal." Wu-Shoo said walking ahead of them.
Then, two men in dark blue rags put gags on the two.
With Mystique Sonia, Shen-Song, Kow-Loon, Shoo-Wu, and the Zebra Brothers…
"They'll never make it out alive!" Shoo said in a squeaky voice, making it look like one of his skull puppets talked.
"Oh yeah! They're pretty much mincing meat. Especially since they're being led by that wacko, Shoo." Shoo said in a throaty voice, making it look another one his skull puppets.
"Hey!" Shoo shouted to his puppet.
"Yeah, that Shoo is a complete nut-job." A third skull puppet said in a deep voice. Unlike the other to, which were on top of sticks, this one was on Shoo's foot.
"That does it!" Shoo threw the other two puppets aside as he began to strangle the puppets neck. AKA: Shoo's own foot.
The Zebra Brothers watched on in amusement. While Shen-Song, Sonia, and Kow-Loon just looked on at this with confused expressions.
"It gets hard to watch." Sonia whispered
"He does realize that he is strangling his own foot, right?" Kow-Loon whispered to the others.
"Hey Shoo, don't mean to interrupt or anything, but… is there anything to eat?" Shen-Song asked
"Of course there's food!" The puppet said
"It's down one of these tunnels, which one, I'm not certain. We'll split up and go down each tunnel. Kow-Loon will go down one, Sparky Black and Sparky White down another, Mystique Sonia down another, and Shen-Song and me down the last one." Shoo said
"Maybe Yaksha should go with you two…" Sonia said.
Yaksha then nodded and sat on Shen-Song's head.
"But how will we see?" Kow-Loon asked
Shoo handed them torches and flints.
"Now, let's go find some food!" Shoo said happily.
"Good, I'm starving!" The puppet said
"You don't need the calories!" Shoo said punching the puppet.
"I'm gonna go now." Sonia said as she light her torch and walked down a tunnel. The others followed her lead, and walked down the other tunnels.
Unknown to all of them, Fang had seen everything, and decided that it was now or never.
With Mystique Sonia…
"Ok… food. If I was Shoo, where would I put food? Wonder if there's any skull heads around here?" Sonia asked as she came to the end of the tunnel.
She spotted an unusually big rock on the ground. She lifted it to find some bread wrapped in paper.
"Bread!" She grabbed the bread and frowned slightly. "Kind of stale. But, I'm in no mood to be picky rig-"Fang seized this opportunity. He pinned one of Sonia's arms behind her back and the other one he held onto tightly.
"You and your friends are clever indeed. How did you know I have no power here?" Fang whispered into Sonia ear. She tried to move her head as far away from him as she could. "Very well. I'm a patient man. I can wait for my pray." How he said that, made Sonia very uncomfortable. "But a shame for you. Girls like you don't do well behind Stone Walls…" Fang said. With that, he leaned into Mystique Sonia, and sniffed her hair.
"What are you doing?" Sonia asked
"I was just imagining a rope around that beautiful neck." Fang smirked as he ran his hand over Mystique Sonia's neck.
"Funny. I was just imagining snapping yours!" Sonia sneered.
"If you step one foot out of here, you and your friends, will regret it." Fang whispered,.
With that, he used his little black box to escape.
Sonia had trouble breathing. She still felt his cold breathe on her neck, his head pressed against hers, and she still felt him sniffing her hair. She didn't like it. She grabbed the bread and torch and ran back to meet the others.
Back at the base of the tunnels…
"I found some dumplings. Stale." Kow-Loon said
"We found some berries." Sparky White said
"We didn't find anything." Shen-Song said
"Guys! We have to get going!" Sonia said rejoining the group.
"Why? What happened?" Shoo asked
"Fang showed up and threatened my life and everyone else's life. Plus… he just freaked me out beyond possible." Sonia shuttered.
"Why? What did he do?" Kow-Loon asked
"He… sniffed my hair and said he was imagining a rope around my neck." Sonia shuttered as Yaksha hugged her.
"Ok…. We better get going. We'll eat on the way to the square." Shoo said as he ran ahead of the others.
The Court of Wonders, square…
The group was still bound and gagged, but they were suspended in a cage above a pit of lava.
"Any last words?" Wu-Shoo asked almost teasingly.
"SHEN-SONG!"The group in the cage screamed. Not that anyone could understand.
"That's what they all say." Wu-Shoo said. He was about to the lever to drop them in the lava, when:
"STOP!"A group of voices rang out.
To be continued…