SUSAN'S POINT OF VIEW!

Struggles

Chapter 4: The Plan

This is killing me. I'm lying on Insectosaurus' head, holding carefully onto one of his antennae. I'm still clinging to the radio, hoping Dr. Cockroach would find a way to contact us through it. If anyone can, it's him, right? I try to assure myself of this. I'm still angry that we actually left. We could've stayed, tried to fight, but Insectosaurus had made a very good point. Monger has captured every one of us before, and that was upon first discovering us. Now he knows our strengths and weaknesses.

It's not exactly looking bright for us.

Still, we need to find a place to rest Insectosaurus has been going all night. We wanted to make sure to get as far away as we could and make it harder to find us.

"Ginormica."

I turn my attention as Link speaks. "Yeah?"

Link looks a little uncomfortable. "The Doctor'll be alright."

I bite my lip, turning my eyes ahead again. "Yeah..." Dr. Cockroach is smart. He'll be alright... And it wasn't as if Monger would actually try to hurt him, right? I try to assure my self of this, looking down at the radio again. "So, um... I guess we need a plan."

There's a long silence before Link speaks up, "Dr. C's sort of the plan guy. I'm more of the, get in there and kick butt kind of guy."

I wonder, for a moment, if this is what the others had felt like when I left. Like the team just wasn't complete. I shake myself out of those thoughts. Focus, Susan. You can do this.

"So why don't we break him out?" BOB speaks up, catching our attention.

"Well... General Monger would expect us to do that," I point out. "He'll have everything ready to capture us... well..." I pause, remembering that I'm not even really a monster anymore. "You guys."

Suddenly, Link grins.

"What?" I ask carefully.

"You're not a monster," he points out. "They won't be looking for you."

I pause, furrowing my brows. "And...?"

"Here's the plan..."

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"Do you know the way from here?"

I nod, taking a deep breath and turning my eyes in the direction of Area... you know. "Yeah..." Turning my eyes back to the others, I bite my lip. "Be careful you guys, okay?"

"Hey, no need to worry," Link smirks, moving to climb back onto Insectosaurus. "Those guys can't touch The Missing Link!"

"But didn't they already-" BOB starts, but Link punches him to shut him up.

"Hey, they just got lucky when they caught me last time. I'm ready this time."

I smile, stepping away from Insectosaurus as he takes off from the ground with the others on his back. It'll be a bit of long walk, but I'm ready, flexing my hands inside the quantonium gloves. It's a simple enough plan. The monsters will cause a big commotion -- careful not to actually hurt anyone, of course -- and Monger will have to send as many forces as he can toward them. He won't think about me. From what Dr. Cockroach told me, he doesn't know about the gloves.

So, while they're busy, I'll try and sneak in and get Dr. Cockroach. Hopefully, we can figure it out from there.

I start in the direction of the facility, shifting my backpack on my back. It has some things I need, water and good for the walk, but it also has a few things I'm hoping the Doctor can use. Just random things I grabbed, not knowing what he can make out of what, but confident in his abilities anyways.

And maybe we can pick up the rest of the quantonium while we're there. It'd be amazing if I could have all the strength without the size. I shake my head. I need to focus on the break-out plan first.