Chapter Seventy-One: To Devil's Bayou

At an airport the Airport P.A. System was heard as the four mice ran.

"All passengers, please report for flight 614."

"Hurry Miss Bianca. Medusa could be at the Devil Bayou by now!" Bernard said

"I'm sorry but a lady dose have to pack a few things you know!" Bianca said as Jason took her bag and they ran onto one of the escalator steps and moved to the top.

"Will, Mr. Jenkins report to the ticket counter, please."

"All passengers, please report for flight 614 now departing."

Bernard, Jason, Max and Bianca than cross the flight field to arrive their own flight.

"Fly Albatross Air Service" Jason read looking at the sign on the top of a shack on a nest as he and Max flinched.

"Birds why it have to be birds?" Jason shivered.

"It's okay Jason were not bugs again" Max whispered as they ran up the ramp and into the office.

"Flight leaves 6:45" Bernard said setting their bags on the weight scale and read the chalkboard then looked to the clock "oh no! we missed the flight! Miss Bianca, if you hadn't-"

"You worry too much. You know that flights are always late" Bianca said.

"Albatross flight 13 to tower. Albatross 13" they heard someone say on the intercom.

"Now what did I tell you? We are lucky Mr. Bernard" Bianca said.

"Yeah Flight 13 still here" Jason said.

"Luck? Flight 13? Maybe we better take the train" Bernard said.

"Wake up! Dad-dratit! Somebody answer down there. Get off the dime! Hello! Hello! Is anybody down there?" they heard the radio said as Bernard climbed up to the mike.

"Uh hello?" Bernard said.

"Where you been you lazy knucklehead?"

"We just got here, sir. See, my co-agents insisted on packing her, uh-"

"Look, bud, am I clear to land? Traffic up here is thicker-" he began as a loud place roar was heard "OH WOW! Darn blast you-!" he said as Jason shut off the radio.

"Someone needs to wash their mouth out with soap" Jason said.

"What is he saying, Mr. Bernard?" Bianca said.

"I wouldn't dare repeat it" Bernard said

"Then give him the permission to land" Bianca said.

"Uh Captain, you have our permission to land" Bernard said.

"Well it's about time bud!"

"Look! Look there he is!" Bianca said as they ran to the window and saw a bird in the sky flying down, "Doesn't he fly beautifully? And you wanted to take the train you fraidy-cat."

"Fraidy-cat? You know it's just I like trains" Bernard said.

"Uh huh and it has nothing to do with the number 13 right?" Jason said as they saw the bird going below the ramp.

"PULL UP!" Bernard yelled as they saw the bird fly down and crash as he skidded across the pavement as they ran out.

"Are you hurt sir?" Bernard asked.

"Yeah that looked like it hurt" Jason said as Orville began to brush himself off and hummed.

"Nope, one of my better landings, bud" he said.

"…that was your best landing?" Max said.

"Is it too late to take that train?" Jason asked.

"Oh great! Come on were gonna take the train it's more safe" Bernard said.

"Train? Safe? Listen here, buster, I'm as fit as a fettle!" Orville said.

"And you look simply wonderful, Captain" Bianca said.

"Oh, shucks, just call me Orville, little lady."

"All right, all right. It's most important we get to Devils Bayou" Bernard said.

"You just keep your shirt on Flight 13 hits the wild blue yonder in 5 minutes" Orville said heading into the office.

Later that day some small stairs was put up next to Orville with their seat on his backs as Bernard counted the steps as he climbed.

"Seven-eight-nine-ten-eleven-twelve…oh dear" he said looking at the thirteenth step.

"What the hold up?" Jason asked.

"There are thirteen steps on this ramp" Bernard said.

"Well, why don't you jump the last one" Bianca said as Bernard did just that.

"Superstitious nonsense I never believed in it" Jason said.

"This is your captain speaking. Welcome aboard, folks. Fasten your seat belts. No smoking. Just sit back and leave the driving to me" Orville said as Jason and Max saw they were sitting in a large Sardine can made into four seats as they took the back and Bernard and Bianca the front as the put on their belts.

"Miss Bianca, be sure it it's fastened good and tight" Bernard said.

"I can't it will wrinkle my dress" Bianca said.

"Say, bud, read the checklist to me" Bernard said as Bernard pulled out the small checklist.

"Uh oh, yeah. Goggles down."

"Check" Orville said putting down his goggles over his eyes.

"Wing flaps down."

"Check" Orville said moving his wings.

"Tail feathers."

"Double check" Orville said shaking his tail feathers.

"If at first you don't succeed try and try again" Bernard read.

"And here we go!" Orville yelled as he began to run and flap his wings.

"Sure wish we would have taken the train!" Bernard said as Orville jumped down the ramp as they saw all the building and the street far below.

"Oh, I just love takeoffs!" Bianca said as Orville pulled up and he began to fly over all the cars below.

"Captain you fly beautifully it's like being on a roller coaster" Bianca said.

"I'm going to be sick!" Max said gripping onto his seat.

"He just went through a red light" Bernard said looking back at the red light they went through.

"Oh I do that all the time, darling. Now, come on, stop worrying" Bianca said as they began to fly from New York and into the clouds above till it began to get dark.

"Listen to this. It says here Devil Bayou is uncharted and hazardous" Bernard said.

"Hmm. Interesting" Bianca said sleepily as she rest her head on his shoulder.

"Must be..."

"Goodnight, dear" she said.

"Plan with care..." he said as Jason and Max saw him wrap his arms around Bianca, "goodnight Bianca."

Meanwhile at Devil's Bayou in a large abandon fairy Penny snuck out and ran into the swamp as light began to come on in the fairy.

"Penny! Penny? Penny, answer me! Penny!" Medusa yelled as she walked out the doors with leashes on two massive alligators, "Snoops! Get down here!"

"What's happening Medusa? What's going on?" Snoops asked from the floor above looking over the rail.

"That little brat has escaped again! Nero, Brutus, bring her back, boys!" she said to the two alligators and let them free as they went down the ramp and into the swamp water as Medusa ran to an old Swampmobile as she tried to start it up "Oh, why won't start! SNOOPS! What's wrong!"

"What-I don't know it was working good yesterday" Snoops said as Medusa got it started up.

"Oh, shut up! Send up flares! Light up the swamp so I can find her!" She growled as she took off into the swamp as Snoops sent up a firework that went into the air.

Meanwhile, our little friends are arriving to their destination.

"Well folks we'll be landing in Devil's Bayou in just a minute your crew thanks you for flying Albatross AIR!" he yelled seeing a firework coming at him.

"WHOA!" Jason yelled as fireworks began to shoot up and explode all around them.

"What in the SUFFERING SASAFRASS! My rutter on fire!" he yelled as they saw Orville tail feathers was on fire.

"Put it out!" Max yelled as Bernard and Jason began to use jackets to put it out.

"BAIL OUT! BAIL OUT!" Orville yelled ending up flipping around.

"AHH!" Jason yelled trying to hold onto the chairs with Max as Bernard held onto Bianca by her coat.

"Help!" Bianca yelled slipping out of her jacket and fell down below.

"Bianca!" Jason yelled as he and Max flew down with Bernard as Bernard grabbed onto Bianca and held onto an umbrella.

"Mayday! Mayday!" Orville yelled flying down upside down next to them as Bernard opened up the umbrella as Jason and Max grabbed on.

"Please don't break! Please don't break!" Max said.

Meanwhile down below in a small hut in the swamp a small mouse in an apron saw all the fireworks

"Bufferin catfish! What on earth!" Ellie Mae said as she saw Orville crashing down with black smoke coming from his tail, "Luke! Luke! Wake up!" she yelled waking a sleeping mouse in a hammock as he got tangled up and hit the ground and caught a jug, "Luke! Get down here! It's Orville!"

"Oh, that Orville" Luke said.

"No, Luke, no! He's in trouble! You get down here right now!" Ellie Mae said.

"I'm a comin" Luke said coming down the step drinking from his mug as Orville crashed into him and Orville landed in water and Luke rolled a few feet away, "oh ho ho wowie! This new batch really packs a wallop!"

"Aahhhhh" Orville said sitting in the water with steam coming off his tail.

"Look out below!" Bernard yelled as they began to float down but the umbrella broke and the four fell and landed in the water Orville was in.

"I am never flying on a bird ever again!" Jason growled crawling out from under the umbrella.

"Oh, tsk, tsk, what a shame. Here, honey let me help you" Ellie Mae helping Bianca up as Luke picked up Bernard and Max up.

"Say cousin you three look like you could use a swig of this it's good for what ales ya" Luke said putting the moonshine bottle in Bernard, Max then Jason mouths making them drink the liquid.

"ACK!" Jason coughed smoke like the other two as they coughed.

"What is that?" Max said.

"There, where you folks from anyway?" Luke asked.

"Were from New York" Bernard said.

"Now stand back, folks I ain't going to hang around this creepy place for long, clear the runway!" Orville said as he began to run and fell off the dock and into the water as he tried to fly up and saw Medusa coming his way.

"Great balls of fire!" Orville yelled as he began to run back in the water with her close on his tail.

"OH! AHH!" Orville screamed as he got sucked into her swampmobile then came out the other end all burnt up.

"HOLY SMOKE!" he coughed, "why don't you watch where you going?!"

"Poor Orville" Jason said.

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