A/N: I'm proud of myself for picking Bugs Life :D! I mean, who doesn't love that movie? It's awesome, funny, and a bit suspenseful! Which is why it will be perfect for this story. So, please enjoy these fun filled chapters!
BANG, BANG, BANG! Echoed through the room as Atta banged a piece of wood on a rock, calling court into session. "Well, what do you three have to say for yourselves? You two; Why did you think fighting back would help?"
Before the court stood Flik, Axel, and Hope. "Your Highness, with all due respect, it seemed like it would work." Hope said, frowning slightly.
"You think that you could've taken on the grasshoppers by yourself?" Dr. Flora asked.
Hope shrugged. "I've taken on bigger things before, so why should I try and let one bug stop me?"
"You're insane! They outnumber you a hundred to one!" Mr. Soil exclaimed.
"YOU outnumber them a hundred to one! Why don't you guys just fight back!" Axel asked.
"ORDER!" Atta shouted, banging the gavel against the rock again. "Unless you two both have a death wish, then you would be smart and learn not to retaliate! Flik, what do you have to say?"
"I-I'm sorry, for the way I am. I didn't mean for things to go so wrong." Flik sighed.
Atta smiled a small smile. "Well, at least one ant realizes what he did wrong. For that, your punishment will be diminished to a week. As for you two, you'll both spend a month digging in the tunnels. Flik will join you this week."
Hope's jaw dropped, before she turned to look at Axel, grabbing him and shaking him angrily. "GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON WHY I SHOULDN'T BEAT YOU INTO A PULP!"
Thorny interjected quickly. "Uh, excuse me you highness, need I remind of you Flik's tunnel-within a-tunnel project?"
"GAH!" Axel yelled, looking over to Flik. "Flik, you gotta help get us out of this mess! AHH! I don't think I can survive a month of Hope's angry wrath! OWWW! AHHHH!" Axel ran, Hope running after him.
As soon as the word help was mentioned, Flik's brain got an idea. "Help? Hey, guys! I think I have a plan!" Hope and Axel stopped, running back over to him. "We could leave and go get help by crossing the riverbed while it's still dry and find bigger bugs to help us! IT'S PERFECT!" Flik exclaimed, everyone's attention going to him.
"Perfect? What's so perfect?" The queen asked.
"Your Highness, don't you see? We could send someone to get help!" Flik exclaimed, running up to the queen, everyone in the council and the princess all gasping.
"Leave the island?" Atta asked.
"Now, why didn't I think of that? Oh, because it's suicide!" The queen exclaimed.
"She's right!" Thorny exclaimed. "We never leave the island! There's snakes, birds, and bigger bugs out there!"
"Exactly! Bigger bugs! We can find bigger bugs to come here and fight, and forever rid of us of Hopper and his gang!" Flik explained.
"Ludicrous!" Mr. Soil cried.
"Who would do a crazy thing like that?" Dr. Flora asked.
Hope raised her hand, grabbing Axel's and raising it up to, while Flik followed. "I would, too!"
The queen laughed. "You kid's have got a lot of spunk, but no ones gonna help a bunch of ants."
"We could at least try." Hope stated.
Flik seemed to think of where to go, before coming up with something. "Uh…the-the city! We could search in the city!"
"If you went, you'd be on that silly search for weeks!" Atta exclaimed.
Thorny and the others seemed to smile as a sudden idea came on. "Royal Huddle!" They huddled and began to talk amongst themselves. "Great idea, Princess! It's perfect!"
"Wait a minute! What did we just decide here?"
"To let Flik leave with the two newcomers!" Mr. Soil replied, "With them gone, we'll keep harvesting to meet Hopper's demands!"
"See? And with them gone-" Dr. Flora chirped.
"-they can't mess anything up!" Atta exclaimed, now understanding the genius of this plan. They all turned around and face the three. "Well, after much deliberation, we've decided to grant your request."
The threes expressions turned into ones of excitement. "Really?"
"Uh, really." Atta stammered.
Flik ran up to her and grabbed her hand, shaking it vigorously. "Oh, thank you, Princess! Thank you so much for this chance! We won't let you down!"
"Oh, it's nothing!" Atta exclaimed.
"We should probably help repair some of the damage before we leave." Flik stated.
The council, including Axel and Hope all raised their hands. "NO! JUST GO!"
Flik walked out of the anthill, sporting a little cap made out of a lead, along with a backpack on his back, also made from a leaf. Hope and Axel were right behind him as they made their way towards the grass forest. They stopped to turn around and stare at the crowd watching them as they were leaving. Flik raised his arms up. "Don't worry! The colony is in good hands!" He turned around and began walking again, Axel doing the same, while Hope stayed for second and waved.
"Bye now!" She exclaimed, before running back to catch up with Axel and Flik. Once they had gotten far away enough, they stopped as a massive cheering from the colony reached their ears, earning a grin from Flik.
"Finally, people understand my idea!"
Axel leaned over and whispered in Hope's ear. "Or they could just be glad we're gone." That earned him an elbow to his side. "OOF!"
"Well, when we come back with bigger bugs to help, they'll realize that Flik's idea was actually a brilliant one. If it weren't for this idea of his, we wouldn't be going with him, would we? No, instead, we'd be stuck down underground and digging tunnels for a month because of something we didn't do!" Hope said, looking up and smiling as she saw two ant children sitting up in the grass. "Hey, guys!"
The two ant children leaped down from the grass and began to walk beside them. "My dad says he gives you guys an hour before you come back to the island crying." The tallest one said.
"Does he now?" Flik asked, laughing slightly.
"My dad doesn't think that." The other one interjected.
"Well, nice to know that someone believes in us." Axel stated.
"Actually, he's betting you guys are gonna die."
Hope and Flik paled. "Oh my…" Hope mumbled.
"Yeah, he says if the heat doesn't get ya, then birds will."
"Well, I think they're gonna make it!" Hope turned around and smiled to find that it was Dot who had stated her faith in them.
"Nobody asked you, your Royal Shortness." One of them said.
"Yeah, Dot, what do you know?" The other one sneered.
"Hey, ease up, guys! She's entitled to her opinion, too." Flik said, before they stopped, Flik gasping as he saw the sight below.
Hope and Axel stared at it, and then at the other side, and back down at the dry riverbed, Axel gulping slightly. "Well, looks like we'll just have to give up for now and try again later. Let's go-" Hope grabbed him before he could manage to get anywhere.
"We're not going home, we're going to the city."
"So go already!" One of the ant kids exclaimed, gesturing out to the other side. Flik turned around and headed towards a dandelion, earning a surprise yelp out of the kid. "Hey! The city's that way!"
"I know."
"You're supposed to be looking for bugs, not dandelions!"
"You leave them alone! Flik knows what he's doing!" Dot said.
"That's right." Flik said in agreement. Hope and Axel did as he did and climbed up to sit on the dandelion, both grabbing a seed like Flik, and watching as he held it up. "Here we go! For the colony, and for oppressed ants everywhere!" With that being said, he jumped off, and floated off to the other side of the riverbed. Hope and Axel followed in suit, Hope smiling down and waving at the kids as the floated off.
"Bye, guys!" Dot waved, watching the three as they continued to float.
Hope and Axel blew around both of them facing the kids as they waved once again, before turning back around to watch what was in front of them.
"Woah!" Flik exclaimed, blowing around to face the island, where he could see Dot continuing to wave.
"GOOD LUCK, GUYS!"
Flik waved back excitedly. "Bye!" He shouted, turning back around, only to slam face first into a rock.
"Flik!" Dot exclaimed.
"I'm….okay!" Flik assured, giving a thumbs up, his voice muffled.
"Maybe my dad was wrong. Maybe they do have a chance at helping us." One of the kids said, looking back to see Hope and Axel collide together in mid air, Axel nearly falling off, Hope grabbing him and yelling at Axel about 'This is a dandelion seed, not a hot air balloon!' He turned to the other ant. "Your dad was right, they're gonna die."
"You just watch! They're gonna get the bestest, roughest bugs you've ever seen!" Dot exclaimed.
A/N: Well, I like how this chapter turned out. Next chapter, we enter the city and stuff! Hope you guys enjoyed! LATER TATERS!