The giant vine wrapped itself around the Markazian's ankle and hoisted her into the air faster than she or Clank could react. In surprise her gun fell with a clatter to the ground as she dangled in the air.
"Damn it," She yelled grabbing at her foot. "I completely forgot to watch out for these laqueum plants. Clank, can you try to get me down?"
The robot nodded and transformed his arm into a blade and attempted to hack at the liana. After many unsuccessful tries Talwyn let out a frustrated sigh.
"I'm sorry Talwyn it's too strong." Clank apologized.
"It's not your fault. Can you go find Cronk and Zephyr? They might be able to get me down." She said throwing down her communicator. Clank grabbed it from the ground where it landed and attempted to contact the other robots. He informed them of their situation while the bird that had got them in this mess continued to drone in the distance.
"I think we're close by, we'll be there in a minute." Zephyr answered on the other end.
They sat in silence waiting for the two to show as the same bird sounded off closer. Clank looked up at the uncomfortable Marakzian with an apologetic look as she tried to get herself right side up. A cracking of branches was heard and expecting it was Cronk and Zephyr he followed the sound.
"Hang on Miss Apogee; I will be back in a minute." Clank said looking back at the upside down woman.
She nodded in recognition and continued to try and free herself. Clank walked into the forest quietly and called out the robot's names. They didn't answer but the sounds came closer. Clank stopped and started to get a bad feeling.
"Cronk? Zephyr? Are you here?" He called out again. Suddenly the footsteps stopped and a small chuckle was heard directly behind him. Before Clank could turn around and react he was stunned by an electromagnetic wave and hauled off by an old acquaintance.
Talwyn had become even more fidgety waiting for her friends to return. After twenty minutes the robotic duo appeared from the opposite place Clank had gone looking for them.
"Seems like you got yourself into a real pickle Miss Apogee." Cronk chuckled getting out his blaster. Talwyn had a confused look on her face as he shot the vine disintegrating a portion of it. Zephyr quickly caught the girl and eased her to the ground.
"Did you guys see Clank? He went looking for you before because we heard footsteps." Talwyn asked
"We didn't see him. When did he come for us?" Zephyr asked.
"Almost half an hour ago!" Talwyn said realizing the situation. "Oh my God, what if something bad happened to him?"
"Now, now relax we'll find him." Cronk said cooingly. They started a search party and went in the direction the little robot was last seen.
Laqueum actually mean trap in latin, just letting you know that little fact. We're getting oh so close to the climax! yay!