Me: Ohs noes!
Finn: -cries-
Me: We're going on a cruise this week… on Saturday and be gone for a WHOLE WEEK!
Finn: No internet= no Fanfiction!
Me: Hopefully the Teen Club place has Wifi. They also have a library.
Finn: If you've been on the Carnival Dream, tell us if there's Wifi. Or no fanfictions next week and you will all die of boredom.
Chapter 12
Kat POV
Finn was holding his face in his hands and rubbing at the sore spot.
"Why did you do that?" he exclaimed. I shrugged.
"It seemed right. At the time."
"Well, it was wrong!" he yelled, his voice echoing around the sewer.
"Glad you found me, finally, where are we?" I asked.
"Under Broadway. Your friends from the Warriors series helped me." I paused for a moment.
"The cats?"
"No, rats."
"Oh! Okay! I'll send them a gift basket later," I said cheerfully. "Do you want me to heal that or something?"
"Yes! Wait, will it hurt?" he asked, letting me approach it. I thought for a second.
"Probably not," I touched it and prepared to do the spell.
"Probably?" he said, bewildered.
"Hocus Pocus, Abrakadabra, Alakazam… Hand Sanitizer!" I noticed the swelling and his face color going back to normal. "Told you it wouldn't hurt," I said, looking behind us.
"No, you said it would probably…"
"How do we get out?" I interrupted him.
"That way," he pointed behind him and we started sloshing through the dirty water. I heard a loud splash behind me, but figured it was us. It was relatively silent on our trip out which made things awkward. Finn sneezed and we both said at the same time, "Bless you." He stopped abruptly.
"I didn't sneeze."
"Neither did I," I admitted. I glanced behind us and saw a huge figure looming a few meters away. I tapped Finn's shoulder urgently.
"What?"
"There's something over there," I said, pointing to the object moving closer. Some lights began to hit the thing and I saw its scaly skin.
"It's the Tick Tock Crocodile from Peter Pan," I said. "Graduating class of… 2003, I think." The crocodile made a growling noise.
"It's me, Kat!" I said. It blinked and didn't say anything. "The principal?" He nodded and stood up on his hind legs.
"Hello Kat," he said in a raspy voice. Finn remained silent behind me.
"How are you doing?" I asked him.
"Quite good. I've made many friends down here. I'd like to make more."
"That's… nice…" I said, kind of scared of his strange tone.
"Why don't you come back to my place for a cup of bl… ack tea?" I had the feeling that black tea wasn't what he was planning on saying.
"Mrg!" I heard behind me. Was Finn trying to communicate with me?
"Not now," I said vaguely.
"MRG!" he exclaimed, louder this time. There was splashing and grumbles behind me. Okay, time to see what he was doing behind me. I turned and saw… nothing. Nobody was there.
"Finn?" I called, sloshing a bit forward. I turned back to Tick Tock Croc, as we called him, and saw that he was gone as well. Oh no. Tick Tock Croc took Finn! I looked up, the way we came, and then some. Where did they go?
Finn POV
If you've ever tried to get Kat's attention, you know how hard it is. You have to juggle knives for her to acknowledge you. That's why my only form of communication was 'Mrg!' because of someone speaks a random word, she listens. Unfortunately, that did not work.
"Not now," she said. What was happening at the moment? you might ask. Well, as I watched Kat chat with her buddy, the EVIL crocodile from Peter Pan, some of his friends wrapped me in duct tape and began to drag me underwater.
"MRG!" I exclaimed, louder, trying to get her attention but I was too late. They pulled me under. They weren't drowning me, though, they opened up a hatch and shoved me in. It was like a garbage chute, minus the garbage, thank goodness, and I landed in a pool of water. I struggled to the surface, still tied up with duct tape. Someone pulled me out and I saw Second from the Missing Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix standing there.
"Hello Finn! Sorry for the mishaps of getting you here, Kat would never agree to let you go on your own, so here you are! Evil Witch, please untie Mr. Whitman." The Evil Witch from Snow White began to unwrap the duct tape obediently.
"Want an apple?" she asked innocently.
"No soliciting dearie," Second said. The old lady frowned and backed away. A bunch of Disney villains and other book series villains stepped out, including the Queen of Hearts and her card soldiers. I was surrounded.
"Die!" someone shouted from the back. Second motioned for him to shut up.
"I have to go to the back room to… get things in order. Do whatever you like with him." With that, Second left.
"Wait! They could kill…" I said, but trailed off when I realized Second couldn't hear me. What do I do now? I remember just reading the most recent Missing book, Torn, and hearing that Second predicted all decisions before they were made. The villains yelled and shook their weapons and charged at me, standing in the middle of the concrete room underneath a sewer, with Kat nowhere to be found.
Me: Will Finn go into DHI mode?
Finn: Will Kat ever find her missing green pen?
Me: I know it's here somewhere… -looks under papers-
Finn: Stay tuned to Character Academy! Coming next week, or the week after!
Me: You never know.
Finn: Character Academy: What A Musical Day? Is that what we're planning for the next chapter?
Me: Here's a sneak peak…
"I once dreamed of becoming a star! And traveling near and far! But sadly, I'm stuck in. This. Pit. Of DEATH!" The Muses appeared and
Finn: That's all you get.
Me: Be left with a cliffhanger…
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