Chapter 7: The Mighty Powers of Ultralord
The natives tied the four kids to stakes and began building a huge stack of sticks beneath them. Unable to help them, Goddard lay tied up at the edge of the ring of natives.
Suddenly, one of the natives stepped before the rest and shouted something in their language, causing the rest to yell and celebrate. They began to dance and chant around the kids as one of the natives came forward with a blazing torch!
Sheen studied the scene with interest. "Hmm, what strange, fascinating ritual are they performing?"
"They're celebratin' 'cause they're about to eat us!" Libby exclaimed.
"I knew that," Sheen answered.
"Ah!" Carl broke out in horror. "We're going to die slow, agonizing deaths!"
"Can't you keep quiet?!" Cindy snapped. "I can't think while you're screaming!"
At that moment the native who had just spoken halted the celebration to talk to the tribe again. The cannibal holding the torch stopped too. Suddenly, they all disappeared into the jungle, presumably to get more wood to build up the pile of sticks. The kids nervously watched them leave, knowing that as soon as they returned they would light the sticks on fire.
Sheen squirmed around excitedly and ignored Cindy's comment about being quiet. "This is just like the Ultralord episode 285 when Ultralord uses his hypnotic brain waves to control a tribe of cannibals like mindless zombies!"
"Great," Cindy responded sarcastically. "Why don't you use your brain wave powers then and get us out of here?!"
"Ha! How dare you mock the mighty powers of—"
With a snap and a thud, Sheen dropped to the ground below. In his hyper state, he had squirmed until he had broken the ropes wrapping him to the stake!
"Wow, for once your sugar addiction paid off!" Libby remarked. "Now get us outta here!"
Sheen ran over to Goddard and untied his ropes. Immediately the robotic dog sprinted toward the three other kids and shots a laser beam at each of their ropes, freeing them with an abrupt snap and THUD! as each fell to the ground.
"Hurry!" Cindy told her comrades quietly, and led them off into the darkness.