Don't Touch that Remote! Part 3
By Lolitafreak88
In reality, the atmosphere was quickly growing more and more dangerous but Handy, Nutty, and Lumpy had no clue that Fliqpy was on the loose. Handy was reading the flying magazine he got from the rack on a fairly comfortable bench, his purchase still in its bag right next to him on the left side. Nutty, tired for once, was snoozing and laid his head on Handy's shoulder and leaned against him. Handy was not bothered and found it a bit sweet though maybe that was just the smell of the candy apple on Nutty's head which was somewhat fresh. The stack of goodies (which was approximately 12 boxes of goodies and sweets) was next to Nutty on the right side. Handy sighed, he couldn't wait to tell Petunia all the wild things that happened today. Giggles and Cuddles surprising rudeness, Lumpy actually being decent at a job, and Nutty and him becoming fast friends like Cuddles and Toothy. Plus he couldn't wait to see the movie he had come so far to see. But that's when Handy suddenly shivered as though there was a cold draft. He felt something uncomfortable. Handy looked up raising an eyebrow and saw Flippy all the way down the aisle that Handy and Nutty were in front of.
Of course, Handy usually wouldn't mind but when you see eyes as yellow as gold, an expression found usually on a homicidal maniac, and a knife in hand, he knew it was time to panic. Fliqpy had been unleashed, in the video store, at the worst possible time. Handy gasped and dropped the magazine and quickly put his arm through the handle of his bag and got out of the bench. Nutty, who was leaning too much against Handy, fell over on the bench which woke the candy-loving squirrel up. He saw the danger and quickly sat up and cried out in horror. Fliqpy was not even bothering to run over, no one had ever escaped Fliqpy. In fact, the only people who had evaded Fliqpy (or at least were not there when he flipped out) were Handy (at the carnival), Flaky (also at the carnival), and Lumpy (who somehow magically avoided death despite being deaf at the time though some sympathy helped him out too). No one else evaded Fliqpy's murderous hands and desire to kill. Handy was about to run when Nutty hugged Handy in total fear, crying.
Handy was absolutely stunned, of course one part of him said, RUN. LIKE. HELL. Yet, since he got to know Nutty as a friend better he realized Nutty was actually worried that Handy, his new friend, would get killed. Nutty had an addictive personality (Lifty and Shifty proved this) so maybe Nutty was now addicted to Handy or maybe Nutty had realized that he had actually made a real friend after his only real friend was candy and didn't want to lose his real friend. Handy did not know but he knew that if either one was the case, he didn't want to lose his life so he headed towards the door (he would've pulled Nutty along but of course he lacked arms) and said,
"Let's go!" Handy expected Nutty to be hampered by the amount of goodies he was carrying but he was still on Handy's tail. Fliqpy quickly went after them. Lumpy had been playing with the bell and noticed Handy and Nutty zooming by and was wondering what was wrong. He looked up, only to see the ceiling. He looked to the right, only to see Handy and Nutty. He looked below, to see his feet. He then finally looked to the left and saw Fliqpy and quickly gasped and hid while Fliqpy ran past. Lumpy popped out like a Whack-A-Mole and tried to find something he could use to help stop Fliqpy. Meanwhile, Handy and Nutty were almost at the exit when, with a leap worthy of a gold medal, Fliqpy leapt right in front of them, blocking the exit. Handy and Nutty wailed in horror.
Handy gulped, he was dead-meat, he and Nutty. He should've known it was hopeless to evade someone who had trained in the army. Nutty bravely ran to the left, hoping to distract Fliqpy or maybe try to run away. Fliqpy however pulled out a disk from his jacket pocket and hurled it at Nutty. Surprisingly, Nutty dodged it with a leap of faith. He landed on his tummy and skidded but he was all right and his stack remained in balance. Fliqpy would've gone for a second time at the bat but why do that when an even easier, more vulnerable prey was standing right in front of him. Handy felt ready to cry, he had been assaulted, humiliated, and just made a new friend only for Fliqpy to spirit all that away from him. Handy would've fought back but two factors held him back.
One, he had learned that most people who tried to fight for survival still died. Flaky had stood up to Flippy (though at the wrong time) and made good use of glass but ended up dying anyway. Mime had fought to avoid getting drilled by an out-of-control machine but Pop's stupidity, and a surprisingly sharp anchor, had ended that. Even Handy himself and the Mole tried to flee for freedom but got slashed and splattered. That death still haunted Handy as it was extremely painful. Also, he had no hands, he never had hands when he needed it. Handy was the kind of guy who'd try to survive but even something as simple as reaching out to grab someone's hand was impossible for him. It always made Handy feel so useless and weak and it always left a crack in his heart. Sure he could try kicking or a headbutt but Fliqpy was too quick. Handy stepped back once, Fliqpy stepped forward two. Handy whimpered, he knew whatever Fliqpy would do to him would be painful.
Nutty had by now gotten up and saw the scenario. He panicked; Handy would be turned into swish-kabob or be sliced like a cake. Handy looked around desperately for something he could use offensively but all he spotted was a gumball machine. In fact, Nutty completely forgot about Handy upon seeing the gumball machine. He had a certain love for gumballs (he even had a romantic daydream about it) and decided to get some. But he remembered the last time he got gumballs it didn't take his quarter so he decided to try to open the lid. Nutty set down his goodies and rushed to the gumball machine and leapt on it, trying to open it desperately. But of course this wasn't working. By now the machine was tilting to the right dangerously and… began to fall. Nutty leapt off in the nick of time as the gumball machine crashed to the ground and glass broke off and the gumballs rolled across the floor.
Fliqpy raised his knife, remembering that Handy's head would be severed as part of his art piece: Murder De La Fliqpy. Handy screamed in horror and cowered in fear but he did not have to. The gumballs that were rolling across the floor rolled in front of Fliqpy. Fliqpy took a step forward to increase the power of the knife blow but he stumbled on the gumballs and was carried with them as they rolled across the floor. In a very hilarious cartoon fashion Fliqpy mumbled and struggled to keep his balance and the gumballs took a turn left, heading for Lumpy's counter. Handy knew it was terrible timing but he laughed at the whole scenario. Nutty, who had now repositioned his stack into two stacks of 6 goodies (one held by each arm) called out,
"Hurry!" Nutty ran out the open close door as they had been opened since Fliqpy had been close to the sensor of the door and Handy leapt over the gumballs and followed him. The two Tree Friends ran as quickly as they could and fled into the distance with their treasures. Fliqpy was led over to the counter where he finally bumped into it after the gumball's path was stopped by hitting the counter. Fliqpy slumped to the ground but regained footing and was about to chase after the fleeing animals but then the open close doors closed quite suddenly and a locking sound was heard. Fliqpy turned around to see Lumpy in his counter, his face right in front of Fliqpy's and with a haughty expression. No doubt Lumpy had activated the automatic open close doors lock and trapped Fliqpy and him inside the store. For Handy and Nutty, Lumpy thought.
"You will not get out." The blue moose declared. Lumpy's stupidity still remained or maybe it was overconfidence as Fliqpy could easily find the button to reopen the door, or torture Lumpy until he opened it manually. But neither of these suited Fliqpy's style, especially when he knew a way to open any door. But first, Lumpy had to pay for his stupid and irritating attempt at stopping Fliqpy. Fliqpy, knife in his right hand grasped it and took a big step back and then ran towards Lumpy to gain momentum. He held the knife crooked, it was firmly grasped in his palm with the blade coming out from the middle finger and ring finger like a concealed blade. He also made a fist so it looked like a fist with a blade coming out from it. Lumpy was confused but then realized he was in a bad position. Fliqpy roared and as soon as he was close enough he aimed his fist at Lumpy's right eye.
The blade part connected first and plunged into the eye blinding it and causing intense pain to surge through Lumpy. It was already in his eye quite deep but thankfully hadn't hit his brain. But a stab in the eye is still a stab in the eye.
"Ahh…" But Lumpy was cut off when Fliqpy's fist connected with Lumpy's skin slightly plunging the knife deeper and also having the blow of a punch to the eye. So now Lumpy had a black and bleeding right eye. Lumpy let out a painful scream and fell against the counter crying and rolling around in horrible pain. Fliqpy's two hits in one had done it's part and Lumpy was bleeding quite badly. Fliqpy would've finished him off, but two idiots had escaped him and he did not want to leave survivors. Plus they had stood right in front of him, it'd be a sin not to kill them after already missing such a great opportunity. Plus maybe Lumpy would die of agony or blood loss on his own. Fliqpy grabbed the knife that was imbedded in Lumpy's right eye and pulled it out, revealing the eyeball was stuck through the blade of the knife and the eye socket connecting it was tugged on causing even greater pain to Lumpy. Lumpy started to cry tears out of the sheer pain. Fliqpy pulled out a disk from his jacket and cut off half of the eye socket, severing the part that was stuck to the eyeball so Lumpy had lost an eye and half of his eye socket.
Lumpy moaned in pain and looked like a sobbing mess and Fliqpy used the disk to clean the knife of the stuck eyeball and socket which fell to the floor and was crushed by Fliqpy's foot. He was so sadistic that the slimy feel didn't bother him one bit. Fliqpy then pulled out a grenade from another pocket in his jacket and activated it and threw it at the closed open close doors. The bomb blew the doors to bits opening the way for Fliqpy to go out of the video store and pursue his runaways. Thunder rumbled and dark clouds were overhead but Fliqpy didn't care. He quickly ran after where Handy and Nutty went, determined to finish them once and for all.
To be continued...
Will Fliqpy catch up to Handy and Nutty? Can the duo find a way to escape death? Will Handy's movie ever be watched? Find out next time ^_^. Any advice or reviews would be greatly appreciated and I don't claim any copyright, the rights belong to Mondo Media and Happy Tree Friends.