Smurfocalypse
Chapter 15: The Heart of Gold Returns
Hefty tried as hard as he could to keep Handy conscious. As for Miner, he was unconscious since before he arrived and there was little Hefty could do as his knowledge was very limited on the situation. Hefty continued to check Miner to make sure he was still breathing as tried to keep Handy conscious until Doctor arrived. Meanwhile Tuffy ran as fast as he could through the distorted foliage and through the fields back to the forest where doctor was. He frantically barged into the medical tent and told Doctor of the situation at hand. Doctor entered serious mode and immediately gathered his bag and a stretcher and rushed out of the tent, Tuffy followed close behind with a second stretcher.
The two of them rushed towards the scene of the explosion.
"I told him he was going to Smurf in those mines! I told him!" Doctor says.
"What about Clumsy? Will he be ok without your attention?" Tuffy asks.
"Honest to Smurfness I have no idea! But Handy and Miner seem to be in worse condition!" Doctor says.
MEANWHILE AT THE TENT
"I'm not so sure this will Smurf my cold.." Sickly says.
"Well if Doctor says it will.. I mean who really knows with Doctor?" Gutsy says.
"Ah Smurf why not? I'll try it.. I know I'm gonna regret it though.." Sickly says.
"Be a Smurf Sickly" Gutsy says.
"Alright, here goes nothing." Sickly says as he hangs himself upside down off the side of the wall of the tent.
Sickly sticks an orange wedge up his nose and it squirts juice down his nose and he starts hacking and sneezes really loud, the orange wedge flies across the tent and smacks Lazy upside the head which scared him half to death and he rolled off his hammock and landed on his face. Gutsy just about died of laughter.
"You call that a prescription!?" Sickly says after almost hacking his brains out.
Lazy gets up and says his classic line at times like this: "Whats a Smurf gotta do to get some sleep around here?" then he yawns, grabs his pillow and goes outside, the orange wedge was still stuck to the side of his face.
BACK TO THE EXPLOSION SIGHT
"Hold on Handy, Doctor should be here soon." Hefty says.
"Uh, Hefty? What do you wan us to do?" Farmer asked.
"Just Smurf an eye out for Doctor and Tuffy." Hefty says.
Timber and Farmer keep their eyes on the woods while Hefty continues to attempt to wake Miner from his unconscious state. It was not very long after Timber and Farmer turned their back to the crater that they heard rustling in the woods on the other side of the crater.
"Demons?" Farmer asks.
Timber keeps his eye on the foliage surrounding the source of the rustling, as it got closer he readied his axe in a position to throw it. Out of the bushes jumped Clockwork Smurf, he had blood spatter on his chest and his hands were coated in it.
"Clockwork!" Farmer cries out.
"What is Clockwork doing out here by himself?" Timber asks.
"I think he was looking for Handy.." Hefty says.
"Cl-Clockwork…?" Handy says.
Hearing Handy's voice made Clockwork jump in response, he drew his attention to the pit of the crater where he saw Handy in critical condition. The sight of Handy in that condition made Clockwork screech out, he jumped from the top of the crater and landed on his feet in the pit, making Hefty's attempt at getting down there seem ridiculous. The wooden Smurf knelt down beside Handy and made sounds of sorrow.
"Clockwork…" Handy says, looking up to his creation.
The wooden Smurf gazed into Handy's eyes, a single tear ran down his cheek.
"Hey… None of that… I'm… Going to be fine.." Handy says.
Clockwork gives a look of doubt, but then remembered not far from here was their campsite. As far as Clockwork knew they were still camped at Gargamel's. He Picked Handy up and slung him over his shoulder.
"Clockwork, you should know Doctor Smurf is on his way. If you run into him you should really let him take care of Handy.." Hefty says.
Clockwork looks back and nods before jumping out of the pit with Handy on his shoulder and running off into the woods past Timber and Farmer.
"Come on Miner! Snap out of it!" Hefty says, drawing his full attention to Miner.
"Clockwork… You're the best son a father could ever ask for…" Handy says.
Clockwork does not respond, he is to focused on searching for Doctor. Clockwork carried Handy threw the woods quickly and navigated the strange and distorted foliage as though it were an everyday thing for him. Eventually, Clockwork did make it out of the woods and into the fields surrounding Gargamel's house which was now rubble. Clockwork saw the ruins and got the idea that something terrible had happened. It was moments later he ran into Doctor, who was surprised to see him and almost had a heart attack when he saw how bad a shape Handy was in. Clockwork willingly surrendered custody of Handy to Doctor's care. Clockwork was just about to turn around and go back for Miner when Doctor stopped him.
"Don't worry, we will take care of the rest. I need you to take Handy back to the tent over in the woods over there and lay him in the stretcher. He is in pretty bad shape.. I don't even think he will make it." Doctor says.
Handy lets out a "Feh" in response to that, and Clockwork looks pissed. However, Clockwork does as Doctor says. Handy gives a cry out in pain as he is laid into the stretcher, Clockwork should not have moved him it just seemed to worsen his condition.
Clockwork lifts the entire stretcher into the air and runs off towards camp. Doctor and Tuffy continue their pursuit towards the sight where injured Smurfs were reportedly seen.
The journey there was simple as the demon horde was wiped out by Hefty and his knights prior to Doctor's arrival. When Doctor and Tuffy made it to the explosion sight Hefty was hysterical. Miner had stopped breathing.
"Breath Miner, breath! Come on! Put your Smurf into it!" Hefty yells.
For the first time in his life, Hefty's strength could not serve well in the protection of his fellow Smurf. And the assistance of magic was out of the question. The clock ticks for Miner as Doctor carefully navigates the chasm and makes it to the bottom of the crater. Tuffy stays up on top and ties a network of ropes together carefully before tying the extended rope to one of the pointy, jagged rocks unearthed in the most violent of way and pointing up towards the heavens accusingly. Tuffy then fastens a rope around the stretcher and slowly lowers it down to the center of the pit where Doctor is currently performing first aid.
"He Smurfed a lot of blood… He's also unresponsive… If either of these two Smurf this alive it will be a miracle". Doctor says while performing CPR.
"I don't understand Doctor.. You never use to know this much before." Hefty says.
"Well, back when King Gerard would have Clockwork Smurf us supplies from the human village, he would bring human medicine and equipment, as well as books on Doctoring". Doctor says.
"To think I doubted you.. It seems like it was years ago Dabbler.. I Smurf you an apology". Hefty says.
"Yes well, that's Smurfy and all but we really need to Smurf Miner back to the hospital tent". Doctor says.
"Right.." Hefty replies.
The two of them managed to safely move Miner onto the stretcher and Tuffy lifted him out of the crater and onto the stable forest floor. Doctor navigated his way back up and made note of how he did it so as to make travel back and forth easier and somewhat more safe. Doctor and Tuffy rush Miner back to the hospital tent at god speed while Hefty orders Farmer and Timber to aid him in investigation of the exposed mineshaft, to search for anymore survivors. Hefty closed Sporty's eyes and rolled him over on his back, Timber and Farmer moved his body into the open part where the earth was exposed to light as a result of the explosion and then the two continued deeper into the shaft, which was an open chasm in the earth's surface due to the explosion and upset in the earth's delicate structure.
Hefty notices the many tunnels and passageways concealed from light and feels uneasy, he decides to order a full scale retreat after thoroughly searching and finding nothing that suggests any Smurf survived. The possibility of a demon ambush was to great in the surrounding area exposed to sunlight. If the explosion was in fact demon related activity, the whole force should investigate as one. This possibility is impossible as Smurfs are in constant danger and therefore strongly benefit morally and mentally under the comfort of either Papa Smurf, Hefty and his knights, or preferably both. The Smurf knights returned to camp. Further investigation of the chasm was closed, and Sporty, Hunter, Sloppy, and Scaredy were pronounced dead. Later that night, Hefty took Sporty's body to the ruins of Smurf village, and buried Sporty under the remains of his house, his journey was uninterrupted by demonic activity.
