Chapter 20
The time gets closer
Mulch was heavy with his business. Yes, that business. Chewing through clay and excreting it out, worse than the sickest human in the world. After a few minutes, he reached the metallic lining of the Koboi building. He slowly peeled through the thin lining of concrete metal first, then he started gnawing in the harder one that came after it. But it came as a good sign. Mulch was getting nearer. Nearer to the target.
Mulch rotated his… ahem… rear a little, and sucked in as much air as possible. Then he… let it all out in one big… burst, and he went flying past the metal and straight into the freezing floor of Koboi labs. "Made it!" he had a quiet one minute celebration, and then suddenly heard Artemis's voice in his hearing communicator.
"This is no time for dancing, dwarf. If anything happens to the girl, I am going to have guilt locked in my soul for the rest of my life. "Mulch stared at Koboi labs, them muttered, "This place has changed. There are definitely more cameras, and the tiles are colder. And this place is absolutely huge. More cells, apparently. " Then Foaly's voice came in the earpiece. "Oh, Opal is going to get screwed by the LEP for this. " Mulch chuckled.
Then, Holly's strict voice came through the mike. "This is no time for jokes. Diggums, get in there! " she shouted, and Mulch did not waste a second to stumble into Koboi labs.
Diana was fed up beyond words. She was tired, hungry, and most of all, irritated. David was trying to come up with a plan, but was failing badly. And both of them needed the toilet urgently. "Do you have a plan? You're the smarter one, " David told her. "I don't. I need to stand and walk. Sitting is not going to help me. " Diana stood up, and tried to walk. And that's where things got all topsy-turvy. She fell… hard.
Of course, David would have done everything he could to have avoided her fall. But thank heaven he didn't, because at the same moment she fell, the lasers actually disappeared for that same split second! "Oh my goodness, Diana, did you see that?! " David gasped. Diana turned at him and said, "No, I didn't see anything. Was there something here? "
"No, but I think I have a plan to get us out of here." And David got one huge air ball from his hand and smashed it against the cold, metal floor.
"The air element's gone crazy, he has. He's using up a lot of his power. Now! " Mulch said into the mike he was wearing. "What does he think he's doing? And here's the worst part. He's attacking the floor. How crazy is that? " Then, Mulch heard Artemis's voice in his mike. "Ingenious. They must have realised that the floor is where the lasers of the cell are so called 'produced' from. If he makes the floor a little too unstable, the lasers will crash, and they can escape! Finally, they thought of it. "
"So, I am here for nothing?" asked Mulch hopefully. "No, you have to help the girl. She has no power; the boy can escape on his own." It was Foaly, and he seemed serious. "Okay, okay, I shall find them. " 'I better have a good reward for this. 'Mulch groaned internally, as the locater started to beep really fast.