Chapter 21:
Kids Vs Slim
Back at Sweet Griffon Apple Acres, the auction has just came to an end as Skybeak banged his gravel and announced, "Sold!".
"All property and resident formerly known as Sweet Griffon Apple Acres is hereby sold to, Mr. Yancy O'del," Skybeak announced as the crowd turned to Slim in his disguise.
"Pleasure doin' business with you. Heh-heh-heh, O'del's the name, foreclosure's my game," Slim said as he tossed the bag of money to Skybeak.
"Well, just set yourself over yonder. Sign this deed, and the property is yours," Skybeak said, bringing out the contract as Slim took it and looked at it word for word while the residents looked on with sadness and at each took no pleasure in what was happening. But he was powerless to anything because of issues of landowners problems.
"Much obliged, Sheriff. Ha-ha-ha!" Slim said with a laugh. He was happy that his plan had worked to perfection. He owned every bit of land. It was a grand feeling knowing he stuck to the landowners who had made fun of him.
Pearl sadly begins to walk off to the gates. But as she begins to head out, Pearl wished she knew what had happened to Gallus, Smolder, and Ocellus before she left.
Luckily for Pearl, the three kids are speeding down the tracks back home. Meanwhile, the Young 3 in the train raced across the track as they see Sweet Griffons Apple Acres up ahead of them on the horizon.
"There it is guys," Ocellus said, becoming happy to see their home again.
"Home and Hearth," Smolder agreed with a smile.
"And a holy Hallelujah of a curve!" Gallus said with worry, noticing a curve ahead of them that is too sharp for the train to handle at its speed.
"Quick, the brakes!" Smolder said as she was about to grab the lever to stop the train.
"No time for that, Smolder!" Gallus said, stopping her.
"But Gallus, won't we jump off the tracks?" Ocellus asked worriedly.
"It's time for us to make our own tracks!" Gallus said with a nod of his head.
"Oh, this is going to be messy," Smolder said, covering her eyes.
The train continues racing down the tracks nearing the curve, and then the track broke as the train flew off the track and the Young 3 screamed as the train hits the ground and starts heading to the shelter.
"Hee-hee-hee! The whole territory belongs to me," Slim greedily chuckled, thinking he won as he was about to sign the deed when suddenly the ground shook and a drop of ink dropped from the pen.
"Huh?" Slim asked in confusion before looking up.
"5 cents for these chicks. Come on, now, do I hear 2 cents," Skybeak said, continuing the auction while being unaware of the ground shaking and the train skidding across the ground behind him.
The crowd then saw the train as it was coming right at them and started yelling, "Behind You! Behind You!".
"Whoa! Whoa! Hold your britches! Come on, now!" Skybeak said, still not noticing the train as the tender came loose.
Pearl soon saw the train rushing in and quickly hurries over to save her brother and the chicks as the crowd suddenly ran off.
"Whoa! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" Skybeak yelled as he turned and finally saw the train.
Pearl quickly grabbed the chicks and Skybeak and flees.
Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and the others then screamed as the train crashed through the fence and onto the property as the locomotive slows to a stop as steam spews heavily, surprising everybody as they backed away.
"What's the idea of crashing your train on my property?" Slim angrily demanded, marching up.
But then his eyes widened and became surprised and he said, "What? Uh...It can't be!".
"That's right Mr. O'del! We're here," Gallus said as he got out of the locomotive while Smolder and Ocellus joined him and they were in a stand-off with the disguised Outlaw.
Everyone else watched as it became a stare down between three kid Griffons and the disguised Slim. From the side, Pearl was both relieved and confused to see the kids staring the auctioneer down.
Slim flexed his fingers, waiting for them to make their move, and narrows his eyes while growling at them. He knows that these three kids could ruin his plans.
"You may have taken Gallus's home…," Smolder said, getting herself ready to charge.
"...But you're not takin'...," Ocellus said, cracking her neck a little.
"...Theirs!" Gallus said with a wink at Slim and a bell rings.
Then the Young 3 charged towards Slim.
"Hold it right there!" Slim said as he shows out his talons and points them at the Young 3.
"Kiddies, it's time to open up a can of Whoop-hide!" Grampa Gruff said to Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, knowing the Young 3 are going to need some help. And secretly the fillies were excited that the old griffon wanted to do something with them.
Slim was about to strike when a ball shot out of nowhere and break his talons.
"Huh? Who the-," Slim asked with a glare before he turned to see Grampa Gruff throwing stuff at him as Scootaloo tossed them to him.
Grampa Gruff began moving a barrel while Apple Bloom kept kicking some stuff at Slim.
"Oh! Get away from there! Aah!" Slim said, stumbling back as Grampa Gruff pass by rolling a barrel.
The Chicks rushed up to Slim's legs as he started laughing, and then Sweetie Belle was flung into his head as he soon laughed some more. Then one chick popped out from his coat and loudly crows.
"Ow! Oh, come on! Ow! Oof!" Slim said as Grampa Gruff rushed towards him with the barrel and Slim was caught on it while being carried back and falls into some mud landing on his back.
"You want to go nuts? Let's go nuts!" Rarity said with a glare.
Rarity and the other Hippogriffs joined as they got on Slim and then started pecking at him like mad. Ember and Thorax leaped on the barrel and then jumped on the board Slim was on, and Slim was catapulted into the air screaming.
Gallus and Ocellus were in position as they then bucked the Outlaw high in the air again.
"Ohhhh, Oof!" Slim yelled as he landed in the locomotive's funnel feet first.
"Time for everyone to see who Mr. 'Odel really is," Smolder said, quickly getting into the driving cabin and then pulling on the whistle rope as steam flew out from the funnel.
"Whoa-Oh-Oh-Oh!" Slim yelled as the steam erupted from the surrounding funnel. But it soon stopped as Slim's hat and spectacles were blown off revealing himself as everyone gasped and saw that Mr. Yancy 'Odel really is...
"It's Alameda Slim!" Skybeak said in shock.
"You kids think you've won? It ain't over till the fat Griffon sings," Slim announced for he has one trick up his feathers, glancing at the Young 3 while trying to squirm himself free.
Gallus gasped for he knows that meant Slim is going to start yodeling. As Slim started yodeling, Gallus grabs a bell and quickly spun it, but he was soon hypnotized, and the bell was flung into the air. Ocellus saw that and then quickly leaped into the air as the bell falls back down. Then Ocellus karate kicks the bell as it flew towards Slim and it flew right into his mouth as Slim muttered from having the bell wedged in his mouth.
Gallus and Smolder were soon brought out of the trance and shook off the hypnosis.
"Alameda Slim! You're under arrest!" Skybeak declared as he lassoed Slim and gave the rope a strong tight tug while Slim continued muttering.
"Nobody messes Pearl's Kids!" Ocellus declared, looking at her friends with a smile.
"That's right. Kids rule, Outlaw's drool," Smolder said, smiling at seeing that they have won.
"Hey, guys. Got Food?" Silverstream said from their right as the Young 3 looked to see that she and Lucky Jack have finally caught up to them.
"Silverstream!" The Young 3 exclaimed in unison, happy to see they were alright.
"Just Kidding," Silverstream said with a light laugh.