Chapter Seventy-Three: The Devil's Eye
The next day Snoops is guiding Penny again to the black hole as Jason peeked out for Penny pocket to see the hole was indeed small enough for Penny to fit but had to be lead down by an old bucket.
"All right, you little brat, you are going to go down that hole and you're gonna dig till you find me the diamond your understand and no sashing me" Snoops said.
"Uh-uh-uh Snoops, that is no way to speak to our little Miss Penny" Medusa said.
"Hmph witch" Max said.
"Oh, okay boss, okay" Snoops said getting the bucket ready.
"Now, my dear, you are going to find me that big shinny diamond for your Aunty Medusa aren't you?"
"Teddy doesn't like it down there he's afraid, aren't' you Teddy?" Penny said.
"Ahh, tsk-tsk. Poor Teddy" Medusa said snatching the bear, "I'll just keep him up here with me where he'll be safe."
"Give me back my teddy bear! He's mine! He's mine!" Penny said as Medusa pushed her close to the hole as Bernard jumped and hid back in the pocket.
"You get down there and find the big diamond or you will never see Teddy again!"
"All right, all right. I'll go" Penny said climbing into the bucket.
"Boss, you really got a way with kids" Snoops said as he began to slowly send Penny down the hole.
"Don't worry Teddy I won't be gone long I'll find her ole diamond" Penny said.
"It's dark" Jason said only being able to see what the lantern showed as they reached the bottom of the black hole.
"Oh, what a dreadful, frightening place!" Bianca said.
"Yeah, it used to be a pirate s cave" Penny said holding up the lantern.
"How do you know that, Penny?" Bianca asked.
"Him!" Penny said pointing to the pirate skeleton on the floor with a sword through it's chest.
"Ah! Oh dear!" Bianca said.
"Come on girls let's look for that diamond so we can get out of here" Bernard said using a spoon to start digging by some jewels and rubies.
"Oh I looked there already. Medusa doesn't want those little ones" Penny said as the cave began to shake
"Wha-wha-what's that?" Bernard asked.
"That's where the water comes in" Penny said pointing to a hole in the floor of the cave, "Oooh! I'm afraid to go over there."
"Well if I was a pirate, that's just where I'd hid the Devil's Eye, I'll go over there and check it out" Bernard said as he approached the hole as he looked what was inside and backed away, "come to think of it if I was a pirate I wouldn't hide anything back there."
"Bernard, look! I can see something" Bianca said pointing to a sparkle in the darkness in the cave across the hole, "come on let's see what it is."
"No Bianca, you stay here. I'll see if I can find a safe way over" Bernard said climbing on the side of the hole as they heard a rumbling and water shot out.
"Aah!" Bianca yelled as they saw Bernard on the side slipping into the hole.
"Help!"
"Hang on!" Bianca yelled.
"Were coming!" Jason said.
"HELP!"
"I'm coming!" Bianca said as she Jason and Max ran on the edge and pulled him up.
"What are you doing down there?" Medusa called.
"I'm looking!" Penny said.
"Well, look faster!"
"OH! I would love to whack her with my keyblades!" Jason growled as they made it around the hole and reached the other side as they found a pirates skull as Penny held up her lantern and a bright light came out of the skull eye.
"Wow!" Bernard said shielding his eyes as they saw sparkles of rainbow lights all around the cave before it vanished.
"What's in that skull?" Jason said approaching it and trying to see into the darkness of the skull.
"Penny, hold your lantern up again" Bernard said as she did and the light came again but Jason and Bernard saw a massive diamond inside the skull.
"Holy mackerel! That's it!" Bernard said as Bianca and Max looked.
"The Devil Eye! Penny we found it! We found it!" Medusa said.
"Medusa, I found it!" Penny called.
"Let me look. Let me look, Medusa" Snoops said.
"Back!" Medusa said shoving Snoops away, "Ah, good girl! Good girl! Let's get it up here!"
"Together!" Jason said as he Max and Bernard pushed on the diamond as it got caught in the eye socket of the skull as water shot up from the hole again and flood into the skull as Jason, Max and Bernard coughed.
"Move you thing!" Jason growled as they pushed again as water flowed out of the teeth of the skull.
"Look, it won't go through! We can't get it out!" Bernard said.
"What's taking so long!" Medusa said.
"It's stuck tight!" Penny said.
"Stuck tight? You get that diamond or you'll never see daylight again!" Medusa said as Penny began to try and make her way to them
No, no back, back Penny! " Bernard said.
"Oh Penny, you'll fall!" Bianca said as the cave shook again and Penny slipped.
"Aahhh!" Penny cried as water shot up and made her reach the other side as the water filled up the skull as the four mice swam around than to the top to get air as Penny looked into the skull.
"Forget the diamond. Let's get out of here before we drown!" Bernard said.
"The water rising!" Jason said as Penny grabbed the skull and tried to pull it out as water shot up again and nearly pulled Penny into the hole.
"The water coming in! Please pull me up!" Penny called.
"Not until you get the diamond!" Medusa yelled.
"Penny, the pirate sword! Use the sword!" Bernard said as she picked it up and shoved it into the skull mouth and began to pry it open as the mice pushed the diamond out to the mouth.
One good pushed the broke the teeth and the diamond fell out and the mice fell into the water on the floor as Penny picked up the diamond as more water shot up hitting them in a wave of water as the lantern was put out.
"Penny! Penny help!" Bianca called as the mice were caught in a whirlpool.
"Penny hurry!" Max called as Penny swam to them and grabbed the mice and was caught in the whirlpool as they were pulled under then shot out but another shot of water as Penny put the mice in the bucket and put the diamond in.
"I got it! I've got it! Hurry! Pull me up!" Penny yelled getting in as they began to get pulled up.
"Faster! Faster!" Medusa said.
"I'm going as fast as I can!" Snoop said.
"Aah-ha-ha-ha!" Medusa laughed snatching the diamond from Penny hand who held it up, "At last! The Devil Eye!"
"It's worth millions!" Snoops said.
"Just look at it! Filled with power for it's owner!"
"Let me, let me look at it" Snoops said as Medusa gave him a glance, "I got-hey, that wasn't a very good look" he said letting go of the rope and nearly dropped Penny back into the black hole as she hung on the side.
"You idiot! Cut up a perfect gem! And it mine! It's all mine!" Medusa said.
"All yours! Half of it is mine, you double-crossing crook!" Snoops yelled as Brutus held Penny by her pants.
"Put me down Brutus!" Penny yelled as Brutus carried her away.
"It's mine! All mine!"
"Double-crosser!"
"Cheap-pickpocket!"
"Chiseller!"
"Cheap crook!"
"Where is Evinrude with our backup?" Max said.
"We need to be patient Max if we have to we'll have to do something" Jason said.
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