Puppet Soldiers
Chapter 3
After Allen escaped the hotel without being seen, he turned to the direction where he can see the Bodega Bay Inn on top of the hill. Luckily he wasn't too far from the Inn, around a few miles, so he could easily get there by foot. The only bad thing was that the sky was getting dark quickly and it looked like a storm was coming. "OK, I don't want you or any of the others to make a sound until I say otherwise. Got that?" Allen told Archer and the other Gorgonites. Archer nodded while there where faint agreements coming from his backpack. As Allen started to walk away towards the Inn, one of the Commandos named Link Static reported to Chip Hazard about where the boy was heading towards. "OK men," Chip announced to the other Commandos, "it looks like the Gorgonite scum as well as their ally are heading towards that building on the hill. I want us to move out but not to show ourselves to the enemy until they get settled in that building and they won't be expecting us. Did I make myself clear?" The Commandos responded with "Sir! Yes! Sir!" and they all left to follow and take to Allen and the Gorgonites.
When Allen got to the bottom of the hill, it was raining hard and there was thunder and lightning. Allen shivered from both the cold and the creepiness of this place. I sure did look like it needed some repairs. Allen got to the door and before heading inside, he decided to knock in case someone was living here, but nobody knew. He began banging on the door and waited. Least to say, when he heard footsteps running to the door and the door opening to reveal a boy around age 18, he was startled. "Hi," Allen began, "My name is Allen and…do you mind if I stay here for a while?" There was a moment of silence and Allen feared that he will be turned away. "Y-yeah, sure come on in." the boy said, getting out of Allen's way so he can come in. Allen noticed a strange puppet on the boy's shoulder. "My name is Jake. Jake Toulon." The boy, Jake, told Allen. "What's with the backpack?" Jake asked as Allen set the backpack on a nearby chair. "Well, it's kind of a long story." Allen explained. "Don't worry, I have all night." Jake said back. So Allen explained about the Gorgonites and the Commandos to Jake as he listened intently. To be truthful, Allen thought that Jake would not believe him. "And if you don't believe me, here are the Gorgonites." Allen then pulled 6 action figures out of his backpack and set them next to the other action figure already out. "OK, you guys can move and talk now." Allen told the 7 toys. "Finally!" One of the hyper Gorgonites exclaimed, "I thought that we would have to act like boring toys all day!" as it said this, it began to spin around really fast. "Greetings! I am Archer, emissary of the Gorgonites. What is your name?" The Gorgonite, Archer, that Allen had been holding earlier asked. "I'm Jake" Jake said calmly. Allen gave him a strange look. Why wasn't he freaking out about living toys? "Greetings Jake, friend of Allen." Archer responded, not really understanding that Jake should be freaking out about living toys. "What are the others names?" Jake asked Archer. "That's Insaniac" Archer pointed to the blue blur as Insaniac continued to spin like, well, an insaniac. "That's Slamfist" Archer pointed to another Gorgonite. This one was the exact opposite of Insaniac. He was one of the biggest Gorgonites. He also moved and spoke slowly unlike the fast moving Insaniac. As his name suggested, he had a rock-like arm and fist. "That's Punch-It." This Gorgonite was also one of the biggest Gorgonites. One would say that this Gorgonite reminded him of a rhino by the shape. The only difference was that his "horn" split at the end to make it look like "a fork in the road". Another thing that stood out was the whites of his eyes were glowing, as if there was a flashlight shining through his eyes. "That's Ocula." This Gorgonite looked like an alien someone would see in any cheap sci-fi film. It had 4 sharp, long legs and had a longish neck that ended with an eyeball. Unlike the others, it couldn't speak. "That's Scratch-It." This Gorgonite looked almost exactly like an orange frog. The only difference was that it only had to arms and that's it. Archer then pointed out that Scratch-It was the only female Gorgonite in their tribe. Also, it seemed like she couldn't speak just like Ocula couldn't speak. "And finally, that's Troglokhan, AKA Freakenstein." This Gorgonite seemed like he was taken apart and put back together again, but not very well. His back looked like something from inside an old radio and how it was shaped on his back made him look like a hunchback. One of the wires from the radio went into his eye socket while his other eye was a red color. All in all, he looked like Frankenstein monster crossed over with the mad scientist, Dr. Frankenstein. "Nice to meet you all." Jake said to all the Gorgonites and they responded with various hellos and such. "That's it!" Allen yelled, "Why aren't you freaking out over living toys!?" "That's because I have a few of my own." Jake said to Allen and the Gorgonites. "WHAT!" Allen and the Gorgonites yelled in unison.