Welcome to chapter 7. As usual, *'s means notes at the bottom, (P) means a perspective change from one character or scene to another, and italicized words means I'm quoting a character. Let's read.
CHAPTER 7 – The Show Floor
"Do you have a plan, Marlene? Any plan is better than no plan," I said. "Well, you said we're at a computer expo, right? Maybe there's something on the show floor that can help us," Marlene suggested. "That's a good idea. I know a few years ago they had Taser cases for phones, so those might help," I said. *
"What do you mean by a Taser case?" Marlene asked. "You know the shocking stick X used against the Penguins? It's like that, but it's more portable and snaps onto the back of the phone. We could probably stun Blowhole for awhile with that," I explained. "Well, how are we going to get downstairs? I remember when we were going up the escalator there was lots of light shining through the bag from a window," Marlene said.
"This time, I think we could take the elevator. You'll still need to hide in it again until we get into the floor, though," I said apologetically. "If it means stopping Blowhole, I'm all for it," Marlene said determinedly. I knelt to the floor and put the bag over my shoulder and held it open and Marlene jumped inside.
"You really don't mind doing this every time?" I asked Marlene questioningly. "It's really ok. It's actually nice not having to walk around," Marlene said. "Tell that to my back," I said jokingly. With that, we both burst out laughing and went on our way to the door.
We stopped laughing when we reached the door, in order to be extra quiet as to not freak out the other people who were hiding in other rooms. We made it to the elevator without a hitch. Unfortunately, the expo floor was locked.
"Do you think use could pick the lock with a claw, Marlene?" I asked. "I can try," Marlene answered. She reached out a paw and put a single claw in the lock and it worked. She quickly retracted the claw. "Good job, Marlene," I complimented. "Thanks. That trick also worked to get me away from Blowhole in the first place, except I completely shattered the lock," she replied.
"I wish I had claws so I could do that," I said. I opened the door and no one was there again. I shut the door. "It's alright, Marlene, there's no one here again. She jumped out from the bag onto a table. "So where are those booths with the Tasers?" she asked. "Last time, they were on the left in the accessories department," I explained.
We headed in that direction, trying not to make too much noise to not disturb anyone upstairs. We searched around and found one charging on the wall. "Is this it?" Marlene asked. "Yep. Um, you might want to hold on the other side, though. The side you're holding is the shocking side," I explained. She quickly turned it around and handed it to me, not wanting to get shocked. "Here you go," Marlene said.
"Thank you," I said, putting the case on my phone. Suddenly, I spotted something else we could use. "Hey, I almost forgot about that," I said aloud. "Forgot about what?" Marlene asked. "The app-controlled dart shooter. It's a nerf gun so it won't do much, but it could distract him nonetheless," I explained. "I'll take that one," Marlene said, clearly wanting it.
"So how do I use this?" she asked. Well, we need to download the app, which I'll get right now," I said. I installed the app onto our phones and launched it on Marlene's phone. "Oh, I see. Cool there's a camera on the gun itself. It's got an angle adjuster, a target selector, and a shock function. Wait, a shock function?" she asked.
"That's new. I'd hate to see this in the hands of little kids. They'd wreak havoc with it," I said. We both laughed again, albeit softly. "Luckily, these darts have a special non-shocking container to go in," I explained. We quickly packed the darts in the container, not wanting to shock ourselves by accident.
"Is there anything that could help us?" Marlene asked. "Unless you want to throw an iPad at him, I don't think so," I explained. "Knowing him, he'd figure out a way to use it against us with his Segway," Marlene said.
"Yeah. At least we've got the electric darts and phone Taser to help us. The hard part will be actually taking him down. But when we shock him, let's Mind Jack him. It's the red button on his Segway," I explained. "That way he is so confused he doesn't know what do to. Also, let's send him back to Seaville," I finished. ** I saw him press the blue button on his Segway when he tried to kidnap me which activated the portal," Marlene said.
"That sounds like a good plan. Skipper would be proud of us," I said. "He sure would. I'd love to see the look on his face if we took down Blowhole all by ourselves," Marlene said. "Me too," I agreed. We walked towards the hall door, ready to face Blowhole once we got outside Moscone.
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* Those actually exist. Seriously, look up videos on YouTube if you don't believe me.
** Reference to "The Penguin Who Loved Me," where Blowhole was still Mind Jacked until Parker got involved.