Gooey Travels

Viper's P.O.V.

After we split up with the turtles, we went to Goo lagoon to find the right half of the key to the Lost City. We kind of, however, went into a dark cave and got lost.

Laptrap: "Oh my circuits, it's pitch black in here."

Me: "Laptrap, stop complaining so... whoa"

Then i fell in some gross stuff. Boy, was it disgusting as ever.

"Yuck, oh what is this sticky stuff?"

Crane: "It's goo, Viper goo. Be careful where you-"

Laptrap: "GOO? I just washed my shell, and now you've got me wandering in a terrarium of goo. I'll never get these stains out"

Me: "Goo is nothing to worry- WHOA, WHOOOOAAA"

Crane: "WHOA"

Laptrap: "Oh boy"

Then we slide down to the exit of the cave and rolled in more goo. Then we got up, pulled ourselves together and met four plants on a little leaf. By the looks of it, 3 out of the 4 were guys (i think) and 1 was definitely a lady.

Blue: "Look lads, 1 big bug"

Yellow: "And 2 little bugs" Then he licked me and Laptrap

Me: "Eww, and i'm not a bug"

Laptrap: "Neither am i"

Purple: "Welcome to Little Puddle, bugs. We own the goo around here"

Yellow: "Ah goo, i miss me fresh goo"

Blue: "You're a dreamer mate, hasn't been any fresh goo since that fiendish Mathra showed up, poisoning the goo he is"

Crane: "Mathra kidnapped our friends, and he's the one we're out to stop"

"He's in the ancient numerian city, you'll need 2 keys to get in"

Me: "Where can we find a key?"

Purple: "There's one on the other side of the lagoon, isn't there?"

Blue: "Right, on top of Goo Falls"

Crane: "Goo Falls?"

"You know whatcha need to get to the top of the falls don't ya?"

All the plants: "BEETLES"

Red: "Yeah, bags of goo beetles"

Purple: "You better collect some on your way over, take either path"

Blue: "And be careful bugs, it's a jungle out there"

Me: "We're not bugs"

Crane: "But we're gonna get some, let's go get some of those beetle bags Viper"

So then we went to collect some beetle bags, and we saw a big yellow wooly sloth and there was a centipede with him. But he was troubled.

"Bugs, can you help my friend out here?"

Me: "What's bugging him?"

"Moths and fleas live on his back and one of them is pinching him. My yellow friend here can't talk, but look at the description written on the tree bark. Find the bug and give it to me. If you help my yellow friend here, i'll give you a golden beetle bag for your travels."

So that's exactly what we did. The description said that a moth with star wings and shoes and an umbrella was pinching him and we gave it to the centipede and he ate it. Then, we got a golden beetle bag in return. Then, the current bugs got off his back and left. Then, a bunch of new ones came and stayed on his back. But once again, one bug started pinching him again. Then, he wrote a new description on the tree bark of the bug that was troubling him. So we helped out again and got another beetle bag in return. There wasn't going to be anymore bugs bothering him so we took the time to leave. We double backed and went down the other path. Then all of a sudden, 2 big spiders came down in front of us.

"Yum, good bugs"

"Mmm, look good"

"Are good"

Me: "Ahem"

"Oh hello dearies, look at the 2 bugs on my sister's tree stump. Her bugs go together in a special way. Place a bug on my tree stump so that i'll have 2 bugs that go together in a similar way. Place the correct bug on my tree stump"

"Help my sister, and you'll get a beetle bag for your travels"

"Less of course, you want to be my dinner"

No thank you. So we helped her with her dinner and then they ate the bugs (really fast i might add) and then we got a purple beetle bag in return. Then more bugs came and got stuck in their web. So we helped out again and got another beetle bag. Then we left and saw a big tree shaking its branch like crazy.

"Hello, would you be so kind as to get this off me?"

Me: "Get what off you? all i see are some fancy looking leaves"

"Yes well, only 4 of these are my beautiful leaves. The 5th is a camouflaged attacknid, it's different from the other 4 leaves in just one very small way. AND IT KEEPS BITING ME. Kindly put the attacknid into my mouth, and i'll eat it. In return i'll donate a bag of goo beetles for your noble cause."

He was right, it was hard to tell which leaf was the attacknid. But crane found it and put in his mouth. Yuck.

"Ah yes, mnf what a relief. And here is your beetle bag." Then a red beetle bag came out of the goo. We put it in the bag and kept moving. Then we came across a black forest. There was also a flower and she was hurt.

Me: "What happened here?"

(sobs) Crane helped her up and tied off her injured arm. "Thank you, i'm a good girl i am. Oh dear me. That Mathra, the no good bloke knocking down trees, dropping black shiny stuff in our precious goo."

Crane: "Hey, what's that right there?" Crane pointed at a little badge in the black part of the goo and went to pick it up.

"Dropped that doo, he did?"

'Fletcher's Furriers, Maddison Avenue'

Me: "Isn't a furrier someone who takes animal fur or skin and turn it into clothing and furniture for people?"

Crane: "Yeah, do you suppose someone is trapping animals for their fur?"

"I'd sure like to find out, let's go"

Then we collected blue and green beetles bags from other lagoon natives. For the green bags, we helped a taxi service. She had directions on a wooden board, but the worms had trouble making sense of the directions. So we helped make sure that they got in their proper seats. As for blue beetle bags, we had to help a giant plant lock a crabblelock in a stump chest. The words on the front of the chest were in pairs, except for the bottom one. It's missing word was written on 1 of 5 keys. We had to put the correct key in the lock to lock up the chest.

Then we came across Goo Falls.

Crane: "Wow, that must be Goo Falls that the plants told us about"

Me: "Do you think the turtles managed to get as close to their half of the key as we are?"

"Let's hope so, come on there's no turning back now"

Things were about to get intense and once we get the 2 halves of the golden key, we could save our friends and stop Mathra for good.