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Chapter 27: Monkeys
Ryan reached down to pick up the knife, but the monkey screeched at him. Ryan froze as he looked up and saw the monkey grow a pair of wings and a set of fangs. Then, the other glowing red eyes disappeared as more flying monkeys swarmed into the kitchen.
Ryan realized a knife wasn't the safest weapon against a swarm of vampiric flying monkeys. "Run, Shar!" Ryan told his sister. Sharpay was frozen with fear. "Shar!" Ryan screamed, "Run!" She didn't move. The monkeys were heading towards her.
Ryan, switching to defensive mode, jumped in front of his twin sister and thrust his arms out in front of him. Almost immediately, a blue wave of power shot from the palm of each of his hands and the monkeys were thrust backwards.
The one that were hit with the blast disappeared into nothing. The others that were left in the room flew back into the family room and out of the open window. Ryan dropped his hands and looked at his palms in shock. He'd only acted upon instinct.
"What was that?" Sharpay stammered as she began to shake, "How did you do that?" Ryan looked over his shoulder at her frightened face. "That is another good question." He told her, "I'm not sure." They walked into the dark family room and Ryan closed the window, checking to make sure it was locked. After locking every possible entrance into the house, he returned to the kitchen.
Sharpay, who had been following him around and double-checking everything, began to ease up. "Ryan," she finally said, joining him at the table, "What do you think is going to happen next? Are they going to come back?" Ryan turned to his frightened sister. She had rarely ever asked his opinion about anything. He thought about her questions before he said, "I think…it's time to talk to Zac."
Ryan and Sharpay burst into Rachael's guest room. Rachael was sleeping and Zac was evidently back inside his lamp. Sharpay switched on the light. "Rachael." Ryan said rather loudly. She didn't budge. "Rachael!" he repeated rather impatiently. She still didn't move.
Ryan looked at Sharpay, who got the message. Everyone needed to get up and that included Cloe. Ryan held his breath and Sharpay took a deep one. Then, she let out the loudest scream she could manage. "What happened?" Rachael screamed, sitting up in bed, and suddenly awake. Cloe ran into the room in a panic only to see Sharpay standing there with her arms crossed.
"You're finally awake." Ryan stated, "Now, we can get to the point." "Get Zac here, not!" Sharpay demanded. "But…why?" Rachael yawned. "Just do it!" Sharpay barked. Rachael gave her a grumpy look, then picked up the lamp, and rubbed it. In a second, Zac was out of the lamp.
"Just because I'm a genie doesn't mean I don't sleep." Zac said grumpily. "Well, you might have had more sleep if you weren't so busy with Rachael." Sharpay stated rather accusingly. "Glad to see we're all up. Let's talk." Ryan demanded.
After explaining what had happened downstairs, Zac was almost pale compared to his normal tanned skin color. "Food appearing out of nowhere, everything your heart desires at you fingertips, sudden storms, and flying monkeys." Rachael cooed, "That sounds like something out of The Wizard of OZ."
Zac turned to her and gave her a look that told her she was only half right. "You mean the Wizard of OZ is real?" Rachael asked. Cloe let out a soft grunt. Everyone in the room turned to look at her from where she was sitting in a corner with her face in her hands.
She looked up at them and attempted a smile when she said, "Don't tell me those creatures came from Magicath." "I'm afraid so." Zac stated as he watched Cloe's face fall into a frown. "You're telling us that those monkeys from the movie actually did that to Dorothy and Toto?" Ryan questioned.
"Not quite to a girl and a dog, but…" Zac began. "…they did kidnap your grandfather." Cloe corrected, "And, now they've kidnapped your mothers." "Right." Zac confirmed, remembering he had been teaching Cloe how to use her abilities to their best advantage.
"Okay, so we understand about all of that, but what about the other stuff?" Sharpay demanded, "What about the other things appearing on their own? What about what Ryan did to the monkeys?" Everyone's attention turned to Zac, who smiled sleepily and said, "It's all perfectly normal. Since you've all gone through the first two stages of gaining full power, this is the last phase."
"What does this one do?" Ryan asked. "You saw it yourself. This one contains short, uncontrollable, bursts of power." Zac responded with a yawn. "One more question." Rachael stated, "How do we get to Magicath?" Zac's smile had slightly faded as he said, "That only you can do." Then, he slipped back into the lamp; leaving them all speechless.
(A/N) Hey, guys and girls…wow, I forgot all about finishing this chapter until just recently. So, I apologize, though I'm pretty sure I've been reasonable with the updating. Haven't I? Well, can any of you guess how to get to Magicath? Can you guess if they do make it to Magicath? What do you think they might find there, if they make it? Anyone who can answer these questions will get a virtual cake! Yeah, that's right, a cake! Has anyone else offered a cake before? I don't think so…I'd advise you take this as an advantage and R&R! Quickly before you're too late! If you are too late, no cake for you. Okay, R&R!