Tiffany's Tiny Adventure
Chapter 20 Trouble Coming
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
In the city Stan was loading up his extermination equipment into his van. Stan tested the nozzle on one of his tanks spraying a bit of insecticide in the air and sniffed it.
"I love the smell of insecticide in the morning." Said Stan with a twisted grin before he finished loading up the van.
Stan got behind the wheel and drove to the Nickle's residence determined to clean the yard of every last bug.
Back in the yard the sun was rising and Tiffany and the others were getting up to prepare to head back to the ant hill, when Fugax looked off into the distance by the rising sun and saw something that filled him with joy and amazement.
"I can't believe it! It's the Mother! The Mother has returned!" Shouted Fugax with excitement.
The others looked to see what Fugax was talking about and saw what appeared to be a enormous angelic ant flying through the air.
"I can't believe it!" Said Zoc.
"This must be a sign." Said Kreela.
"Looks like you might be our good luck charm." Said Hova looking at Tiffany.
"Seems that way." Said Tiffany.
The group watched as the giant ant traveled through the air with the bottom part of it being hidden by the grass. As the ant traveled past the sky obscuring the bottom the group realized that it wasn't the Mother, but actually the decoration for the top of a van, but it wasn't just any van, but Stan's extermination van! Tiffany's eyes went wide in horror at the sight of the van and Stan's advertisement on the side.
The van stopped at the curb and Stan got out with a big grin on his face as he lite a cigar and began smoking it.
"Cloudbreather!" Said Zoc with shock and horror.
"Why is he here?! Grandma cancelled the order, he shouldn't be here!" Said Tiffany with alarm.
"The end is near!" Yelled Fugax.
"I thought you prevented the Cloudbreather of coming." Said Zoc looking at Tiffany.
"I did. People like the Cloudbreather kill bugs for payment and normally if there was no payment they wouldn't show up, but the Cloudbreather isn't interested in just getting a payment, he...likes killing bugs for the sake of killing!" Said Tiffany.
"We need to alert the colony." Said Hova.
"Maybe you should drink the potion and try to put a stop to the Cloudbreather." Said Zoc indicating the potion on his staff.
Tiffany considered this. The potion could restore her to her normal size and she could go alert her Grandma and get her to stop Stan, but she would be naked and the whole thing about a girl just growing in the yard would attract unwanted attention to the ants.
"Let's go alert the colony first, before we decide on anything." Said Tiffany.
"Alright." Said Zoc.
The little group headed towards the ant hill, where they saw the ant Council gathered outside with most of the ants. The ants had seen the big decorative ant on the van and believed it to be the Mother, but they haven't seen the van or Stan, so they were unaware of the approaching danger. The ants were excitedly talking about the Mother. Zoc used his magic to make his staff to flash getting everyone's attention.
"That isn't the Mother. It's the Cloudbreather!" Said Zoc.
The ants began to panic and scream.
"Cloudbreather?!"
"Cloudbreather!"
"We're going to die!"
"The end is here!"
Some of the ants looked at Tiffany and began to yell and accuse her.
"She deceived us!"
"You're responsible for this!"
"You brought this upon us!"
Zoc quickly came to Tiffany's defense.
"Hey! Tiffany did not cause this and she didn't deceive us either! If she really was trying to cause our destruction why would she be here with us instead of faraway from us! Tiffany is in as much danger as the rest of us! She tried to stop the Cloudbreather, but he still came here! Right now we need to focus on surviving. Now let's think of some ideas."
"Can we shrink the Cloudbreather?" Asked Kreela.
"Possible." Said Zoc.
"That might get unwanted attention from the rest of the neighborhood and do you really want to deal with a shrunken Cloudbreather?" Said Tiffany.
"You got a point." Said Zoc.
The thought of a naked Stan made Tiffany shudder a little.
"What other potions do you have that we could use?" Asked Tiffany.
"Well I have a fear potion that could scare the Cloudbreather, but we would need to get it inside of him in someway and thanks to what he's wearing and his size that would be impossible. We would need wings to get up to his head." Said Zoc.
"Wings?" Thought Tiffany as she began to come up with a crazy plan.
"We're going to need the wasps' help." Said Tiffany.
"What?!" Asked Zoc.
"It's the only way. We need fast flyers to deal with the Cloudbreather." Said Tiffany.
Zoc tried to think of a counter argument, but couldn't.
"I...guess you have a point. I'll go see the wasps and hope I can reason with them." Said Zoc.
"I'm coming with you." Said Tiffany.
"Be careful you two." Said Hova.
Zoc and Tiffany headed to the wasps' territory with a makeshift flag of peace made of a stick and a leaf. The wasps' home was a dry area of the yard with dead plants and cactuses. Zoc and Tiffany called out to the wasps and several appeared and surrounded the two.
"Looks like breakfast is here." Said one wasp who appeared to be the leader.
"We're not here to fight!" Said Tiffany.
"There is a great danger know as the Cloudbreather coming this way and he threatens to kill us all, unless we work together to stop it." Said Zoc.
"Do you take us for fools? Cloudbreather? Sounds made up." Said the wasp leader.
"Let's kill and eat them." Said one wasp.
The wasps closed in on Tiffany and Zoc, but before anything could happen another wasp flew in and crashed into the ground a short distance away. The wasp leader flew over to the crashed wasp.
"What happened to you?" Asked the wasp leader.
"The East Nest was wiped out by a giant who breathes clouds of death! The death cloud...is coming...this way!" Gasped Wasp before it shuddered and died.
The wasp leader looked at his dead comrade and then turned his attention to Tiffany and Zoc.
"Looks like you were telling the truth. Alright will help y'all. What do you have in mind?"
Tiffany and Zoc exchanged looks and smiles. They now had a chance to beat Stan.
To be continued.