Tiffany's Tiny Adventure
Chapter 18 Gas Escape
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Zoc watched as the frog that ate Tiffany hopped away and Hova wail in dismay. The wizard had witnessed Tiffany sacrfice herself to save Hova and realized he had completely misjudged Tiffany and had made a terrible mistake. Zoc needed to fix this and save Tiffany. He first considered tricking the frog into eating the bottle that held the growth potion, the potion would make it's way to the frog's stomach where Tiffany was and she could drink it it to grow to burst out of the frog's body and be free, but that plan sounded to messy and there was a chance that the potion would end up spilling inside the frog making it grow big instead causing a lot of problems. Zoc then looked at his surroundings to see if there were any useful plants he could use and his eyes landed on some roots sticking out of the ground he recognized as Alka Roots and he got a crazy idea. He went over to the roots and started to dig.
Inside the belly of the frog three insects were just seating around in the stomach juices. One was the beetle that had been eaten before Tiffany, who looked cheery and seemed to be oblivious of the danger he was in, one was an angry looking fly, and the last one was a depressed looking glow worm, whose light lite up the stomach allowing everyone to see.
"Wow, we came right down that guy's throat, didn't we?" Said the beetle
"Hey, smiley, you're on my wing." Said the beetle.
"Oh, oh, I'm sorry. I am so sorry." Said the beetle.
The fly just grumbled.
"So, what do you guys do?" Asked the beetle.
"I'm a glow worm. I glow." Said the glow worm indicating his glowing tail.
"That's great!" Said the beetle.
"You're really starting to irritate me. Can you...?" Began the fly before being cutoff by a gulp and a scream.
Tiffany came falling in from above and landed in the stomach juices with a splash. She sputtered to the surface with the juices at her waist as he took in her surroundings with disgust and horror.
"Oh, gross." Said Tiffany.
"Ugh! Will you quit eating, fatso? It's cramped in here. There's no more room!" Complained the fly as he pushed against one of the stomach walls.
"Don't worry. I'm afraid we will be moving along in due course." Said the glow worm looking at the stomach juices.
"Always with the negative with you. Why can't you be more... Hey, Lenny!" Said the fly as the head of a smiling grasshopper floated towards him.
Everyone stared at the grasshopper.
"This is what I'm talking about. Lenny always has a smile on his face..." Began the fly as he wrapped an arm around the grasshopper lifting him up only to reveal that Lenny was just a head and that the rest of his body had already been digested away.
Everyone stared at the head in horror as the fly screamed and dropped it.
"Let me out! Let me out! I don't wanna be a toadstool!" Screamed the fly as he banged on the stomach wall.
"A toadstool. That's great." Chuckled the beetle lightening the mood.
"You like that?" Asked the fly calming down a little.
"That's very funny." Said the beetle.
"There's plenty more where that came from, pal." Said the fly
"I like... Hi, what's your name?" Said the beetle looking at Tiffany.
"There he goes again." Groaned the glow worm.
Tiffany just looked at the other insects and then she cast a look at the bobbing head of Lenny and wondered if that was going to be her fate. She had had been eaten by a frog and was waiting to be digested and turned into a toadstool. Tiffany's family would have no clue what have became of her. Tiffany just looked around sadly and wondered how long she had before the frog's stomach went to work and she was nothing more then fat on the frog and a toadstool.
Outside the frog Hova, Fugax, and Kreela were chasing the beast, but it just kept getting further and further away. Hova just sobbed as the frog got further away giving her no hope in saving Tiffany. Then Zoc appeared in front of the frog carrying a large root and began to call out to the frog.
"Croaker, over here. This way! I am delicious, eat me. Yoo-hoo! Hey, froggy!" Called Zoc.
Hova and the others stared at Zoc in shock as the frog hopped over to him.
"No relationship is worth this." Mumbled Zoc as the frog prepared to eat him.
TWANG!
GULP!
And just like that Zoc had been eaten by the frog. Zoc tumbled into the frog's stomach with the root and landed with a splash.
"Oh, sure. Why not? Come on in. Welcome to paradise." Said the fly as Zoc stood up and sputtered.
"Zoc! How'd you get here?" Asked Tiffany with surprise.
"I sure didn't come in through the rear entrance." Grumbled Zoc
"Welcome. Make yourself at home. Hi." Said the beetle.
"Who is this? Your ant?" Asked the fly looking at Tiffany.
"Zoc, you are crazy. You're inside a frog, for Mother's sake. What are you doing? This is impossible! Listen to yourself, Zoc. A wizard knows no such word. So, what are you now?" Said Zoc aloud to himself.
Everyone just stared at Zoc with confusion. Zoc stared back a bit embarrassed with his little rant.
"Weirdo." Said the fly.
Zoc regained his composure and then spoke to Tiffany.
"I just want to say I was wrong about you Tiffany. I kept thinking you were this selfish creatures that lies and destroys, but then I saw you sacrifice yourself to save Hova. A true ant will sacrifice themselves to save their friends, which you did. I misjudged you Tiffany and I'm sorry for that." Said Zoc before he hit the stomach juices with the Alka Root making the plant dissolve in the liquid.
"Um...thank you Zoc." Said Tiffany not used to Zoc being nice to her.
The stomach began to start bubbling. One bubble popped near the glow worm, who got a disgusted look from the fly.
"Not me." Said the glow worm.
"Hey, is that.." Said Tiffany as she realized what was happening.
"Alka root? So it is." Said Zoc.
"This must how the inside of my stomach looked, when I drank an Alka Root." Thought Tiffany as everything bubbled more and more.
"Oh, no." Said the fly as he quickly flew up and grabbed a uvula hanging from above.
"Oh, my." Said the glow worm.
"You might wanna let go of that." Said Zoc.
"Oh, no. So you can grab it? I don't think so." Said the fly glaring at Zoc.
"Hands in the air." Said Tiffany lifting her hand in the air.
"Oh, my." Said glow worm as he lifted his hands in the air.
"Whee!" Yelled beetle as he lifted his hands in the air as the stomach bubbled some more.
It was fixing to be a wild ride.
Outside the frog was just relaxing, when it felt a great pressure rise up in it's body that made it open it's mouth and unleash a great belch.
"UUUUUUUURRRRRRRPPPPPPP!"
Out from the frog's mouth flew Tiffany, Zoc, Beetle, fly, and glow worm. The freed insects flew from the frog and landed on the ground in a heap.
"Wow, that was great! Hey, we sure owe you one! Thanks a lot!" Said beetle to Zoc.
"Whoo-hoo I'm free! I'm free!" Yelled fly as he flew into the air.
"TWANG!"
"GULP!"
Another frog quickly ate fly.
"Oh, crap." Said fly from within the other frog.
Tiffany and Zoc took off running from the scene.
Hova, Kreela, and Fugax ran towards them.
"You're ok!" Said Hova as she hugged Tiffany.
Hova then gave Zoc a quick kiss on the cheek and she didn't seem to mind that both Tiffany and Zoc had stomach juices dripping off of them. She was just glad that they were ok. The group decided to look for a safe place for the night and then head back to the ant hill. It had been a crazy adventure and everyone was ready for some well deserved rest.
To be continued.