Revenge of the Mutant

by Light Seeker 001

Based off of the game and the book by R.L. Stine. Skipper thought he was done with comics for good especially after being pulled into a comic and forced to fight a super villain, the Masked Mutant. But now the Mutant's back and ready to rule the world. But there's a new villain, and one that even the Mutant fears. And he's hiding something far more evil.

5. Chapter 5

I placed a hand on the side of my temple and shook my head. Getting up from where I landed on my back, I gasped as a giant Venus fly trap lunged at me. I rolled out of the way just in time. I can already tell I was in Root Rot's greenhouse, just as Frightmare promised. That Venus fly trap was only the beginning of the plant nightmares in this place. Evil looking ferns hissed and snapped at me like snakes, and roses with teeth snarled as I passed by them. "The sooner I get out of here, the better," I said. Problem was, there was no door to get out. At least, not one I can get out through. The closest one had a broken lock, and the other one was blocked off by one of those mean-looking plants. Let's see, I could break down the door with the broken lock. No. Too long. The walls and doors are made of plexiglass, not regular plastic. It would take forever to break down. Ooh, boy. My only option was to somehow get past those plants. I just have to time it right. "Ah, ah, ah!"

I turned around, and that's when I saw him! A human-shaped mess of plants with teeth! Root Rot! "Boy, am I glad I found you first before the others," he said, snarling with a grin. "Just think of the rewards I will get for bringing a twerp like you to Mutant!" I'm sunk! How can I beat this guy? I spied a rake next to a harmless-looking cactus. Two things wrong with that. One: how do I know that cactus is really harmless? Second: what am I going to do? Rake him to death?

Ah, heck with it! I am not going down without a fight! I grabbed the rake (and almost got shot by projectile cactus spines in the process), and slashed Root Rot with the rake, but he just laughed. "That doesn't hurt!" Oh, boy. "This is too easy!" What else could I do? I took off running, avoiding whatever plants were trying to attack me. At one point, I used them to my advantage, and got them to attack him instead. Twice he got cactus spines in his butt, once he got bitten by a cross between a cat and a cattail and three times did he nearly get eaten by those mutant Venus fly traps. But by now I had reached the end of the greenhouse and Root Rot was still behind me. And boy was he mad!

"That's it!" he shouted, his face covered in biting ferns. "I'm going to turn you into fertilizer!" I backed into the door. A loud buzzing sound grabbed my attention. We both looked up. A wasp nest, now active thanks to me bumping into the door, was hanging just above Root Rot's head. A wicked smile spread across my face as I prepared to take a whack out at it. Root Rot's eyes bugged out. "No, no, no!" "Yes, yes, yes," I giggled. Then I hit the nest. I didn't knock it down, but I sure made the wasps angry!

Well, I didn't want to get caught in the middle of that! I bolted out the door and slammed it quickly. I looked through the see-through walls and started laughing at the sight of poor Root Rot swatting a swarm of very angry wasps. I collected myself when I turned around. Oh, great. Out of the frying pan and into the oven. A hedge maze. Great. How do I get out of this? Wait. Is that Ale? "Hey you!" She looked up at me, then ran off into the maze. "Come back!" I took off running after her, not caring if either one of us gets lost. She's got some explaining to do!