Here's the sixth Chapter.
Episode Six - Holding Back
The Oracle hovered in the centre of his room. Deep in meditation. He was trying to determine the identity of the person the Guardians now faced. Weeks of trying to find this person had been fruitless.
The Oracle lowered himself to ground level. Will, Matt and Elyon stood behind him. "Oracle. Have you determined the identity of the enemy yet?" WIll asked him.
The Oracle sighed. "I cannot find the individual responsible. There is a mental barrier, blocking me from his mind."
"So whoever we are dealing with is really powerful?" Matt said.
"No. Whoever it may be is cunning enough to make himself unrecognizable." The Oracle stated. The news was indeed grim.
"We'll stop him." Will said.
"We won't let a few snags get in the way." Matt stated. "It's in our job description."
The Oracle smiled. "Thank you all. And to the rest of your friends. You have all done so much more than is fair."
"Well you chose us." Will smiled.
"Well, I was born to be queen." Elyon said.
"And I'm basically, Donkey Kong." Matt reminded them. Everyone looked at him unsure of what he meant. "Nevermind."
The Oracle laughed. After a moment the others burst out laughing as well. It had been a while since any of them had a good reason to laugh. The Oracle became silent after a moment. "I know you will not fail. You never have. Even at the worst of times you always pull through."
"We do what we can." Will said. "Sorry to rush you but, we really better get back to class. I left an Astral Drop in Gym class, and lets just say last time I did, it didn't turn out so well."
"I understand." Will tore open a fold that would lead them back to Sheffield. Before they walked through The Oracle called them back. "Just one last thing. Give my regards to Halinoor. It has been so different with her gone."
"I'll tell her when I see her...If I see her." Will said. "No-one's really seen her since she returned to Earth."
"I see. I'm certain you will see her again soon." The Oracle said. "Now, I believe you all have classes.
"Yeah, Double algebra." Elyon said. "I almost miss the Sewer Planning."
They made their way back through the fold.
They trio arrived in a storage closet in Sheffield. "Well, we better sneak back to class."
"Twenty points to whoever does it first." Matt laughed. He reached for the handle which began to turn before his hand reached their. "Uh-Oh."
The group paniced. Wally the Janitor pushed the door open, Just in time to see a flash of green light. "Darn, light must be broken again." He trailed his cleaning trolley in after him. He sniffed deeply. "That smell is back too. I'll get it. No matter what it takes. I'll get it."
A rattling sound came behind him. He looked in the general direction in which it came from. "Now rats." This is gonna take one heck of a cleanin'."
Unknown to Wally, the smell and the noise were both coming directly from the ventilation system. Deep within it, Blunk was scouring for valuable items.
Will, Elyon and Matt appeared in the centre of the corridor. Luckily it was empty. "Well we better move." Will said. They all parted heading back to class.
Stephen was leaning against his locker. He had managed to get out of class a few minutes early by complaining of a sore throat. Worked like a charm. He looked at his watch. "And, Three, two, one..." The bell rang. "Right on cue. Now to play the waiting game."
Students flooded out of the classrooms. Each one of them more eager than the last to get out of the building. Irma was trying to push through the crowd eagerly. 'Come on, I'm a rush.' She thought. She was half tempted to start trampling students. She felt her hand being grabbed, she was dragged out of the crowd. "Hey what's the big..."
"You know Irma, you're really highly strung. You really need to relax." Stepehn laughed.
"Stephen. I was just looking for you." Irma stated.
"Well, here I am." He said presenting himself as though he were a prize on a gameshow. "Listen. What're you doing Sunday night?"
"Uhh...Is this a trick question that anything I say other than 'Going on a date with you' is wrong?"
"Sort of." Stephen laughed. "My parents asked me to invite you over for dinner."
"What, why? Did I do something? Do they think I'm a bad influence? Am..." Irma was speaking so fast. Stephen would have been worried if he didn't find it so funny.
"Slow down Irma. And I thought you were highly strung before."
"I'm sorry." Irma said haning her head a little.
"My parents just want to meet you. We've beendating a while so..."
"This isn't gonna be one of those movie moments where everything goes wrong, I make a total fool of myself but they still think that I'm okay?" Irma asked. She seemed genuinely concerned that this would happen.
"Would it make you feel better if I said 'No?'" Stephen joked.
"Well, I'm not doing anything on Sunday. I'll think about it." Irma said teasingly.
"Well, if you do decide to come, you don't have to dress fancy or anything. Just relax, I'm sure they'll really like you. "
"Great." Irma said. She planted a swift kiss on his cheek before the two made their way out of the building.
Sylla looked around the corner. He had been eavesdropping on Irma and Stephen's conversation. He took out his cell phone and hit the call button. The phone rang once before being answered. "Mr R. The Eagle has landed. The plan is moving forward."
"Good." Robinson said from the other side of the phone. "Now we have one asset. Time to focus our efforts on the others."
"Well one target is within range right now." Sylla said looking towards a classroom.
"There is a strike team waiting near your location." Robinson said.
"I don't think that's necessary sir. I'll handle it. It's a little more...discreet if i handle it alone."
"Fine. I'll take car of the banker and the judge. Get them to the location in forty minutes."
"Understood." Sylla hung up and sauntered down the corridor. The door that he had been keeping an eye on opened. Dean walked through the door. "Ah, Dean. Heading home?"
Dean grimaced. "Unfortunately, yes. I have forty essays to grade by tommorrow."
"That's too bad." Sylla said, sounding genuinely sypathetic.
"Oh, well. I'll get a night off one of these days." The two men walked into the carpark. They passed Sylla's car. "Well I'll see you tommorrow." Sylla said.
"Yeah, I'll see you lat..."Dean's scentence went unfinished. He fell backwards as a deep sleep overcame him.
Sylla grabbed him as he fell. He pushed him into the back seat and closed the door. He looked at the traquilizer gun he had just fired at the other man. "Mr R was right. This stuff sure has a kick."
Sylla got into his car and drove off. His windows were tinted, so there was no risk of any exposure.
Thersa Cook sat in a chair in an office of the bank. She was clutching an envelope in her hands.
The door opened and Harold Hale walked into the room. "Terribly sorry to have kept you waiting."
"That's okay. I'm in no rush." Thersa smiled.
Harold took his seat behind his desk. "So, what can I do for you?" Theresa slid the envelope across the desk. Harold picked it up. He took a letter opener and split the seal of the envelope. He pulled out a iece of folded paper and a cheque. He unfolded the piece of paper and read the text. "'Please find enclosed the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars as they final payment to the Cook Mortage.' Really Theresa, you didn't need to go through all this trouble. You could have just called." Harold laughed.
"I know how much you love the formalities." Theresa smiled.
"Very well. I'll just get the paperwork to finish the deal." He got up from chair and walked over to a filing cabinet. He laid the papers on the desk. "I have most of this filled in already. I just need your signature in a few key points."
Theresa lifted the pen and marked several places that were marked with yellow arrows. about a minute later she was done. "Well there you go."
"You can now consider yourself Mortage-free." Harold smiled.
"It feels good, I must say."
A phone on Harold's desk began to ring. He lifted the reciever. "Hello?"
"Mr Hale. I have a gentlemen here who is requesting to see you. He doen't have an appointment but he claims it's urgent."
"Very well, my four o'clock was cancelled so I can see him now. Send him in." He put down the phone and addressed Theresea again. "I'm sorry to rush you out, but I have a gentlemen waiting."
"I understand." Theresa said. She picked up her handbag. "We should meet up for coffee one of these days."
"I could organise brunch for everyone. It's been a while since we all got together." He suggested.
"Sounds great."
The door knocked. Harold looked towards it. "Please, come in." The door swung open and Robinson stood in the doorway. He walked into the room. "Please, take a seat."
"Oh, thank you. But I think I'll stand. I plan on making this quick." Robinson stated closing the door behind him.
Theresa made her stood up and made her way over to the door. "Excuse me. My business is done. I'll just go."
"Oh no Mrs Cook. You're not going anywhere yet. Remain where you are." Robinson said.
Theresa found herself freezing in place. "What...What have you done. And how do you know who I am."
"I merely planted an Idea in your head. And I know everything about you. Just as I know about Mr Hale, such as the fact that his father abandoned him and his mother when he was just a child."
Harold gasped. "How...?" Harold made a move to get out of his seat but found himself unable to do so.
"Like I said. I know everything about you. And you're not going anywhere either. I'm here to discuss business with you both. About your Daughters. Taranee and Cornelia."
Harold and Theresa began to panic. "Leave our daughters alone." Theresa almost screamed.
"Oh, I'm afraid I can't do that. And don't bother screaming. No-one can hear you." Robinson grinned. "And you're going to help me get to them."
"There's no way we're going to help you get to anyone." Harold yelled.
"I'll have you brought up on charges for this." Theresa warned him.
"I'm afraid you won't." Robinson stated. "Right now all you are going to do is submit to unconsciessness." Harold and Theresea heard the sound of his voice in their heads. He was no longer speaking but they could still hear him. After a few moments, they both collapsed. Robinson took out his phone. He pressed a single digit and the phone was answered at the other end. "Send in the ambulance. We have two bodies for transport." He ended the call and returned his phone to his pocket. "I love doing this stuff myself."
Taranee, Cornelia and Hay Lin were lying out in the park. near the small pond that occupied the centre. "We should've gone to the beach today. It's perfect." Taranee said.
"Yeah, we could play volley ball, built sand castles." Hay Lin said excitedly.
"Catch some rays, check out the boys." Cornelia added.
"Cornelia, just yesterday you were worried that Caleb was cheating on you." Taranee said sounded almost sarcastic.
"Hey, it's not cheating. Just window shopping." Cornelia said.
"Charming." Taranee replied.
"HEY YOU GUYS." Irma's voice came across, the park. They all sat up. Irma was spirinting across the park as fast as she could. She skidded to a halt in front of them. "Okay. I need help."
"Why, what's wrong?" Hay Lin asked.
"Stephen's parents want to meet me. They invited me over for dinner."Irma said.
"How is that a problem." Taranee said.
"You know how it is. The first time you meet your boyfriend's parents is when they make thir first impression on you. The first time you have dinner with them is when the make their final judgement."
"That's not true." Taranee said.
"Yeah. I mean Nerissa made her first impression and final judgement on me, and we never had dinner." Cornelia joked.
"I'm glad you find this funny." Irma barked at them.
"Look, Irma. Just relax. If Nigel can win my mom's trust, You can win over Stephen's parents." Taranee told her.
"Just be yourself Hay Lin grinned cheerfully.
"Just less yourself than usual." Cornelia added "You don't want to give them a heart attack."
"Gee thanks Cornelia." Irma said "You really know how to hurt a gal."
Robinson entered a room. Takeda quickly on his heels. "This had better be quick Robinson. I have much work to do."
"Oh this will take but a moment." Robinson said. He flicked on a light switch.
Dean, Harold and Theresa stood in the room. "Robinson who are these people."
"These Takeda, are our...leverage, as well as spies." Robinson smirked.
"Are they employees?" Takeda asked. "I recognize this man." He paused in front of Harold. "This man, is our banker. Why is he here?"
"Ah, you see, Mr Hale is the Parent of one of the Guardians. As is Mrs Cook."
Takeda looked at her for a moment. "Robinson, this woman is the highest legal official in Heatherfield."
"Perhaps a bonus. You see as long as she is under our authority. We have a certain amount of legal leeway."
"And what of this man?" Takeda said pointing at Dean.
"He teaches the Guardians. Thankfully Sylla was able to get him here without too much fuss."
"I don't like this Robinson. If we are caught with this kind of scandal on our hands we'll never accomplish the higher goal."
"Don't worry. Nothing can go wrong."
Blunk crawled out of the air duct. "Blunk find lots of treaseure. Blunk make big profit." He whipped out his tonga tooth. He whipped it across the air opening a small fold. He was about to make his way through. When something caught his eye.
A large piece of cheese was lying in the middle of the floor. Seemigly abandoned. Blunk grinned at the sight of it. He dropped his bag of loot and ran oer to the cheese.
He got close enought to get a good strong whiff, his eyes lit up and he began to salivate. He closed his eyes, opened his mouth wide and made a move for the cheese. He never made it.
A loud snap and a sense of pain that seemed heavily delayed, caused blunk to open his eyes. On the end of his tongue was a giant mouse trap. Blunk squealed in pain. He grabbed the device on the end of his tongue and tried to pry it off.
The sound of footsteps came from down the hall. Blunk panicked. He grabbed his bag and ran through the fold dissappearing, with the fold doing the same a moment later.
The door opened, Wally entered the room. He looked around. The cheese in the trap had gone, with the trap along with it. "Darn it." He grumbled. He inhaled. "And that darn smell is back again." Wally set off to get his mop. "Better get some bigger traps."
Will was sitting with Matt in her living room. Will snuggled closely to his chest. There was a movie on TV but neither of them was paying any attention.
"Hey Will." Matt said suddenly.
"Don't talk. Ruining the moment." Will said, her voice muffled by Matt's shirt.
"It's Important. Was just thinking..."
Will looked up from her position. She leaned forward and kissed Matt on the lips. Matt returned it, after a moment. Forgetting what it was he was going to say. They broke apart."Is that enough for us to go back to just being quiet?"
"No." Matt grinned. He pulled her back for another kiss. Will postioned herself more comfortably, so she was now lying on top of Matt, who wrapped his arms around her back to pull her closely in.
The sound of the door opening broke them apart. They looked towards the door, They attempted to untangle themselves. Which resulted in them rolling off the couch and falling to the floor.
The door opened and Susan walked in who stood in shock for a moment. Matt and Will stared back at her. Both struggling to give the explantion. Susan cleared her throat. "I'm gonna...Close the door and give you guys a second to...Pull yourselves togher..." She backed out of the room and closed the door. Will and Matt wasted no time in getting up from the floor. And sitting on the couch again. The door reopened. Susan re-entered the apartment. Dean followed closely behind. "That's a little better."
Matt and Will looked towards eachother. They were exoecting a little more anger from her. Dean's appearance was also strange. "Mr Collins?" Matt said. "Didn't you say you were grading papers tonight?"
"Well, I got them done a little quicker than I had anticipated." Dean replied.
"Matt are you joining us for dinner or, do I only need to set three plates." Susan called over.
Will gave him a look as though to say; 'Please stay.'
Matt didn't want to leave her with them because he had a bad feeling about what was going on. "Sure, Mrs Vandom. I'm starving."
"If it makes you feel any better her cooking has improved since last time." Will whispered to him.
"I heard that Will." Susan yelled.
Taranee was lying on her bed. A book spread open in front of her. She was writing furiously to get her homework done.
"In a hurry, Taranee?" Theresa's voice came from the doorway. That was odd. Her mother usually knocked before she opened the door.
Taranee said. Taranee raised her eyebrows. Something wasn't right. Her mother usually encouraged her eagerness to do homework. "Mom. I...Yeah. I'm going out with Nigel tonight." Taranee lied.
"Well. I hope you enjoy yourself." She said. She walked away.
Taranee was now very suspicious. Her mother always gave her usual "Don't stay out too late speech."
Napoleon was curled up on the couch. It had been fairly quiet lately. Besides all the dress up Lilian wanted to play. He found much more time for just lying around and sleeping.
The front door opened. Napoleon perked up his head. Harold entered the room. However something seemed differrent about him. Napoleon made his way over to him. Harold looked down at him. "Good kitty." he bent down and picked the cat up. Rousing Napoleons suspiscions. Harold liked Napoleon, but never picked him up whilst he was wearing one of his suits.
Napoleon squirmed a little. Harold released him and he ran off. He made his way towards Cornelia's room. He scratched at the wood of the door.
"Napoleon? Where are you?" Lilian's voice cam from down the hall. "I have new outfit for you."
Napoleon began scratching the door more frantically. Cornelia opened the door. "What's the...?" Napoleon darted into the room.
"We got a problem doll."
Cornelia closed the door. "This better be real problem. Not just you avoiding dress up again, cause if is..."
"I think something's wrong with your father toots." Napoleon stated.
"How do you mean."
"Animals know their masters, kid. And I know for a fact your father doesn't come anywhere near me when he's wearing a suit."
Cornelia thought for a moment. "You have a point. So you think he was spelled? Or something?"
"I don't know. If I didn't know better I'd say he was a glmoured enemy. But I checked."
"So what know?"
"We gotta find out if any of the others got the same problem. Get on the phone and see if anything is...unusual."
Cornelia lifted her phone and called Will.
Will was sitting in the living room. They had just eaten dinner. Her phone rang. She pulled it out of her pocket. The disply told her that Cornelia was calling. "Hello?"
"Will, we have a problem." Cornelia syelled over the phone.
"What now. More lurdens? Folds? Phobos?" Will sighed.
"Nothing so simple. Has your Mom been acting weird lately?" Cornelia asked.
"You mean normal weird or weird weird?"
"Weird Weird. Napoleon thinks somethings wrong with my Dad."
"Wrong how?"
"Look the cat thinks that something maybe up with your parents too. Call, Hay Lin and Irma, I'll call Taranee and Elyon."
"Okay. We'll meet in half an hour."
"Where?"
Will thought for a moment. "The school.
"What? Why?"
"Just trust me." Will told her.
"Alright." Cornelia hung up.
The girls, Matt and Napoleon stood outside the school gates. "Okay. So Why are we here again." Irma said.
"Long story short. Somethin's worng with your parents kids." Napoleon piped up.
"Okay, back up."
"Alright fine. Cornelia's dad was acting out of character. The kind of thing you notice easily. I think something happened to him. So I figure if something got to him. It may have got to your folks too."
"So, Our parents are aliens." Hay Lin said. "Uh...No offense Elyon."
"None taken." Elyon replied.
"Look all I know is that my mom didn't give me the 'Don't stay out too late speech.' She never forgets that."
"And my mom didn't freak out when...Nevermind, All I know is she didn't freak out when she didn't."
"Okay, but why are we at school." Irma asked.
"Odds are it happened to your teacher as well, due to his relationship with Will's mother."
"So we should look for some clue here." Will stated.
"We'll split into teams of two." Taranee said.
"Guy, I don't think that's necessary." Elyon said.
"Why not?" Will asked her.
"'Cause Mr Collins' car is there in the carpark."
Everyone turned to see she was right. "Well we need to get over the fence. Will if you please." Cornelia said.
Will pulled the heart of Kandrkar out of her pocket. "Guardians Unite."
The girls transformed into their guardian forms. Matt turned into his regent form of Shagon. They all began to flew over the gate. Elyon picked up Napoleon and floated over.
They made their way over to the carpark. "Okay, maybe he decided to walk home." Hay Lin suggested. "It was very hot today."
"I don't think so." Napoleon said making his way under the car. A moment later he returned to, a set of keys hanging out of his mouth.
Will took them from him. There was a small key chain photo of Dean and Susan. "We need to find out what heppened."
"Maybe the school has security cameras." Hay Lin said.
"Nah." Irma stated. "Knickerbocker had'em removed after continue malfunctions. Will."
"Hey, we needed the cover." Will said defensively.
"Look, maybe we'll find something in Mr Collin's classroom." Elyon said. Lets go.
"The only way we're getting in is through the gym windows. They're always open." Taranee said.
They all took off in the direction of the school gym.
They pushed the windows open and made their way inside. "Okay so how are we going to look? And more importantly where?" Cornelia asked.
'Oh don't worry about that. No investigating needs to be done.' a voice came through the room.
"Who's there?" Will called out.
'Miss Vandom I'm suprised you don't remember me.' The voice replied.
"Riddle."
"I'm touched." Riddle replied. "I'm glad you followed my little trail.
"What did you do to our Parents." Taranee yelled out.
'Not all of your parents. Miss cook. Just a few.'
"Which few?" Irma yelled. "My dads a cop you know."
'I'm well aware of that Miss Lair. Just as I know you're boyfriends parents are scientist and you are a Radio host.'
"You lousy jerk." Irma shouted.
'Well I must say. I'm suprised. You fell into this much too easily. 'Oh well.'
"Fell into what?" Elyon asked looking around.
The main doors to the gym opened. Several Lurdens stood in the doorway.
"You brought Lurdens here?" Matt said. "What're you thinking?"
'Well I'm thinking it will make you surrender. If you'll all redirect you attention to Lurdens. You'll see another little thing I sent.'
They all looked at the Lurdens. Two at the front moved aside. Everyone gasped. Harold, Dean and Theresa stood in the centre of them.
"So something was done to them." Cornelia said. "You are a jerk."
'Please Miss Lair. You really should focus on the more pressing matter. I offer you all a deal.'
"What deal?" Will said.
'I won't harm your parnets if you simply surrender.'
"Interesting, and here's my counter offer." Cornelia said. She shot a jet of water at Lurdens. She hit two of them, but one of them had pushed Dean in front of them. Sending him flying back against the wall.
"Dean." Will yelled.
"Will, I'm sorry...I..."
"It's okay. At least nothing worse happened." Will turned to see Dean getting back up standing infront of the Lurdens.
'Now here's the interesting part. Their minds are mine. I'll keep using them as human shields. Back down.' Riddle said to them calmly.
"Ok new plan." Will said.
'That would be pointless. I can read your minds. And those Lurdens and your relatives are all under my control. And I know you won't hurt them. You'll hold back as long as their my puppets.'
"Well,we'll take out the threat first. Hay Lin them to safety." Will said.
"What'll that do."
"Just do it!" Will Yelled. "Cornelia, Vine the Lurdens."
Doing as she was told, Cornelia made vines tear through the floor to secure the Lurdens.
Hay Lin began to inhale deeply. The Lurdens hung onto the climbing frames however, the others were pulled to the other end of the room.
"Matt hold them."
Matt flew to the centre of the room. He grabbed the three adults. He wrapped his wings around them to keep th wind away."
Will flew to the Lurdens. she opened a fold, in the floor. The Lurdens fell through, back to Meridian.
'I applaude you Guardians. You did well. 'However. there is no way you can break the hold I have over your parents. and to show you I'm not bluffing.' Theresa suddenly swung for Taranee, the parents began viciously attacking the girls. 'Like I said. You hold back.'
The sound of the door opening caught their attention. Halinoor stood in the door way. "Halinoor? What are you doing here?" Will asked.
"I'm the new librarian. You would know that if you came to the library a little more often."
Will blushed a little. "I mean what are you doing here."
"A little birdie told me. Or rather, a litlle Passling, and A little Kitty. " Halinoor said.
Blunk and Napoleon appeared from behind her long skirt.
"Blunk calll for Back-Up." Blunk puffed his chest out proudly.
"Enough Chit-Chat. You dolls gotta finish this." Napoleon said.
"Girls, have to reach your parents."
"How do we do that?" Irma asked.
"I think I know." Will said. She pulled the Heart of Kandrkar from her chest and powered the girls down.
"Will What're you doing?" Elyon said panicking.
"Relax. I think I know what I'm doing." She approached Dean. "Mr Collins...Dean. I know you're in there."
Dean stopped.
'What are you doing?' Riddle yelled.
"Look, I know you don't to do this. I know what my mom means to you. I know what you mean to her...and to me. So if you can hear me...please..."
Dean doubled over. He grasped his head and tried to fight it off. "Will its working."
"Good. Now you guys do it." Will said. "You see Riddle. Against our families, we hold back. For them, we fight harder."
'Don't bother. I can admit defeat. You can have your parnets back' Riddle said. His voice ten dissappeared.
Dean, Harold and Theresa, collapsed to the floor.
Halinoor smiled. "Well done girls. That was a very good plan."
"Well, I'm just glad it worked. We should get them out here before they wake up. Irma make sure they forget this."
"Already done." Irma grinned.
"Well we should go." Will said. She teletransported the whole group out of the gym.
The door opened again. Wally opened the door. He flicked on the lights and looked around. "Darn it. Look what they did this time." Wally grumbled.
"Looks like you lost your leverage." Takeda said to Robinson.
"I still have a few tricks." Robinson said. "Some of them they won't expect a second time." he watched Carlin walk past. "Sunday Dinner is approaching after all."
Susan's red hatchback pulled up outside the school gates. "All right Will. You're out." Susan smiled. "And it you see Dean...Mr Collins today ask him why he left in such a hurry last night." She looked towards her daughter. "Honey are you alright?"
Will was silent for a moment. "Mom...I just wan to know why you didn't freak last night." Will was still convinced that her mother had been gotten to by Riddle as well.
"What do you mean?" She asked sounding suprised.
"You know. Me and Matt..." Will didn't finish her scentence.
"Oh...that. Will it may suprise you but I was young once. I've did similar things when I was you're age." Susan said.
"But, why the backing out of the room."
"Because I know how embarrassing that situation can be. Rolling of the couch after...making out. Look Will, you get on my nerves smetimes...but I do trust you. And I trust Matt. You've both proven yourselves to be very mature about your relationship."
Will smiled. "Thanks mom."
"You're welcome honey. No get going."
Will exited the car, she made her way to the side courtyard. One of the hedges began to rustle. She looked closely. Blunk was hiding there. "Blunk What're you doing here."
"Blunk watching show." He pointed to Wally who was sweeping the path.
Wally reaced his hand into a small box on his cart. He suddenly wthdrew his hand, shouting in pain. A mousetrap clamped around several of his fingers. He ran off howling.
Blunk Collapsed into the bushing roaring with laughter.
Will cringed. She felt sorry for Wally, but also couldn't help thinking, it was a little funny.
More next week. And to anyone who was hoping for the Sunday dinner scenario this week. Well Let's just say there's good stuff coming.