Disclaimer: I do not own W.I.T.C.H. This is a work of fan fiction.
Author's Note: Apologies for the extremely long for me delay in getting this last chapter up. The workload for my last couple of classes has been brutal.
"Blunk and Napoleon's Excellent Adventure" Chapter Six
While Napoleon and Blunk stayed behind at the bakery to set the main part of the cat's plan into effect, Miranda tracked the hoodlums further down the alleyway. She finally caught up with them about two blocks away and watched as they slipped into an abandoned warehouse building. "Perfect…" she thought as she dialed Elyon's cell phone.
"Have you got them?" Elyon asked when she answered, "Because we're ready here." The Queen looked down at Blunk, who was now coated head to toe in flour Napoleon had gotten from a pallet on the bakery loading dock. The Passling looked like a ghost which was, of course, the whole idea.
"These two are chickens," Napoleon had said earlier as he explained his plan, "And now they're freaked-out running scared chickens who think they killed the 'goblin' that was chasing them. So what we'll do is this: Miranda, I need you to follow and find out where they are. Meanwhile, I'll tear open one of these sacks of flour and coat the little guy so he looks like a ghost. Then when you find them, let us know and the Queen here can teleport us in front of them."
"I get it." Elyon had answered, "They'll think the ghost of Blunk has come back to haunt them. But how will that make them give up any easier than what they've already seen?"
"You'll see." Napoleon replied. He leaned over and whispered in Blunk's ear. As he talked the Passling had started grinning…
And so now, Miranda said to Elyon "They just went into a building. I think it's empty. I'm sending you the location now."
Elyon teleported herself, Blunk, and Napoleon into the abandoned warehouse. Luckily, they arrived in a perfect location, within sight of Johnny and Frankie but hidden behind a partition. "You're on Blunk." The Queen said, "I'll try to provide some light effects to make it more convincing."
As Johnny and Frankie slowly walked through the building, having no idea what to do next, they heard a low moaning sound coming from behind a nearby partition. An eerie light began to glow from behind it, followed by a moaning sound. Then, from behind the partition appeared…
"It's him!" Frankie screamed. "But… But we's killed him!"
"Lookit him Frankie, all white! He's a g g g ghost!" Johnny exclaimed.
Blunk slowly approached the terrified men, who were rooted in place in fear. Then he said what Napoleon had told him to say: "Me Blunk! Me scary goblin ghost! But, me not want to hurt you…"
The two men looked at each other, then back to Blunk. "You don't?" Johnny asked.
"No, alive or dead Blunk nice guy. Blunk just want you stop being crooks. And now that Blunk dead, Blunk have new friends to help."
"New friends?"
"Yes. You will be visited by three spirits…." Blunk began to say. Before he could finish the line, he was interrupted.
"Aw no, dis is no goods Johnny!" Frankie said. "It's like dat Christmas story, but I bet's deese'll be like, da ghosts of crimes past, present, and future or something! And Johnny, we boths know da ghost of crimes future'll shows us our own graves!"
Johnny looked at Blunk. "I don't want's ta sees my own grave!" he exclaimed. "Isn't dere any ways youse can lets us outta dis?"
Blunk pretended to look thoughtful for a moment, then answered "Well… Blunk suppose if you go back to jail Blunk could call it even…"
"Youse gots a deal!" Johnny shouted. Both men held out their hands as if to be handcuffed.
"Little problem." Blunk said, "Ghost not solid. How Blunk tie you up?"
Johnny and Frankie looked at each other. "I guesses da cat-thing could do it, if's hes'll promise not's ta eats us…"
"That not a worry." Blunk answered. "He only eats cat chows."
"And besides," Miranda said, appearing from behind the wall, "I'll do it."
Still shaking in fear, the two hoodlums allowed themselves to be tied up. "Now what's happens?" Frankie asked.
"Now you two wait right here." Miranda answered. "I'll call the police to come get you. But don't try anything funny. Blunk'll be watching from the afterlife and he'll bring those other three spirits if you so much as twitch."
"We won't move a muscle, wills we Frankie?"
"No Johnny, anyting ta not's be haunted…"
"Alright. The cops'll be here soon." Miranda walked away, while Blunk made his exit to "the afterlife" look convincing by leaving through a fold…
Tom Lair was sitting at his desk when the phone rang. He answered to hear Elyon on the other end. "You've got what? Really? Okay, gimme the address." He wrote down the information as Elyon gave it, then said "You're pulling my leg on part of this right? Surely even those two weren't dumb enough to fall for a 'Christmas Carol' spiel."
"No joke." Elyon answered. "They were falling over themselves afraid of the 'Ghost of Crimes Yet To Come' showing them their own graves."
Laughing, Tom said "You girls have got to start video taping this stuff. I wanna see it. Anyway, I better go before they get more bored than scared and run anyway." Hanging up, Tom called his patrol partner over. "Anonymous tip on where we can find the losers that tried to kill Judge Cook."
"Excellent. I'll gather up some back-up."
Soon, the police arrived at the abandoned factory, where they were surprised to not only find their quarry, but find them already tied up and terrified. "What in the world happened here?" one of the officers asked.
"Oh, jus da usuals fors us these days." Johnny answered. "Goblins an ghosts an big scary were-cat things… Look, why don'ts youse jus gets us ta jail before they come back agains?"
The police exchanged wary glances at each other. "And I thought they were nuts when they claimed fairies told them to kill the judge." Tom's partner said.
"Nah, youse gots it all wrong see? We's tried ta kills da judge ta gets rid 'O da fairies." Frankie corrected.
"Oh well that changes everything." A female officer said rolling her eyes. "Come on you two, let's go." Johnny and Frankie were pulled to their feet and walked towards the exit.
As they walked towards the waiting patrol cars, Frankie said "Hey Johnny? Whats'll we do if da Goblin lied and shows up at da jail after alls?"
"Good point Frankie." Johnny answered. He turned to Tom. "Hey cop, Is dere any chance wes could gets a priest to, like, exorcise our cell? You know, ifs da goblin does show up? Or maybes bless it so da goblin can't shows up in da first place?"
Tom simply laughed and opened the back door of his car.
Elsewhere, Napoleon, Blunk, and the girls were walking back in the direction of Cassidy's apartment. "Well, I'm glad that loose end is taken care of." Elyon said. "The city's safer with those two out of circulation."
"They're safer themselves too." Napoleon agreed. "Let's face it, they're both WAY too dumb to be on their own."
"Blunk just wish he could have gotten more payback." The Passling said. "Goblin big insult to Passlings."
Napoleon answered "You could always sneak into the prison through the air ducts and visit them nightly 'til they're driven mad." Feeling stares on his back, the cat turned to face an unamused Elyon and Miranda glaring at him. "What? I didn't say he should, just that he could."
"That okay." The Passling said. "Blunk have better plan anyway. You think Mr. Lair could get Blunk copies of mugshots?"
Miranda asked "Why would you want… …You're gonna put their faces on dummies and throw darts at them aren't you?"
"Why not?" Blunk asked, "Less mean than cat's idea but just as satisfying."
Laughing, Elyon said "I'll talk to Irma, see what we can do for you."
"Good. Now that that settled, can big cat maybe help Blunk move new house things? Kind of heavy to drag across town…" Napoleon just shook his head, realizing he was probably going to be the passling's go-to guy for help from now on…
Fin~
Author's note: My next story is the Miranda-centered 'Redemption's Flame.' It's started, but I'll probably wait until it's finished to start posting so that I can avoid the kind of extended delays I had here.