The Smurfocalypse Chapter 47: The Foreign Smurfs
Papa Smurf had showed his plans to Hefty first thing the next morning as he was trying to work out with two broken fingers which is the opposite of what Doctor told him to do, and just as Papa Smurf had thought Hefty was unable to decipher the detailed drawn out plans. So Hefty goes next door to Brainy's hut and knocks on his door. The intelligent Smurf barely awake and without glasses answers the door to see a sweat soaked Hefty visibly cold despite his scarf, and papa Smurf with a book under his arm and a piece of paper in his hand. Brainy fetches his glasses, and allows the two Smurfs to enter his hut.
"Yesterday I was thinking of a way to solve the mine issue." Papa Smurf said.
"We're not even entirely sure we have a mine close by.
"We might have to create one, and I propose to use Jokey's invention as a mining tool." Papa Smurf said.
There were many ways Hefty planned to use the Jokey Box as a weapon. He wasn't exactly satisfied with the idea of it being used for something else for he didn't understand at the time that he could use the plans to create variations of the Jokey Box. That would be explained to him later by Handy.
"Blasting random holes in the earth sounds like it would attract unwanted attention Papa Smurf." Brainy said.
"I'll cast a sound proof barrier around the area when we set it off." Papa Smurf said.
"But then all the noise would be trapped inside. Wouldn't that hurt our ears?" Hefty asked.
"If I can just find a way to prevent the sound from escaping our area…" Papa Smurf said.
"I'd prefer not to have to use magic to solve all our problems. No offense of course Papa Smurf." Hefty said.
"So what do you propose?" Papa Smurf asked.
"I'll tell the rest of the council about the conversation and we'll brain storm. We still have plenty of metal in town to build. Give me some time to try to figure this out myself." Hefty said.
Papa Smurf was proud of Hefty. He was using the resources at his disposal to solve important village issues in his own special way. It is rather unfortunate that powerful magic was not one of those resources.
"Alright then Hefty. I'll give you some time to find an alternative solution, but if we can't find one I'm using my magic." Papa Smurf said.
"Sounds fair." Hefty replied.
"My shift starts soon at the construction site. I don't mean to be rude, but I have to get ready for work." Brainy said.
"We'll see you later today at the council meeting." Hefty said.
Hefty and Papa Smurf leave Brainy's hut and return to Hefty's hut where Hefty picked up a weight with his good hand and began to pump iron. Papa Smurf didn't stay long before he left and went back to his hut to work. When he did he found a note on his welcome mat, and much to his horror it was from Balthazar. The note explained that Balthazar had found them, and was planning an attack to finish them off. Papa Smurf scowled and grit his teeth as he bent curled the letter into a ball. Papa Smurf's day just got a lot more complicated. For the first time in many years he was truly enraged. Balthazar was pushing his buttons.
While the knights were out slaying the dragon the Smurfs had made themselves a way to get onto the walls surrounding the port town so Archer could patrol the walls for outside threats. Archer was enjoying his promotion for his incredible and fearless fighting during the dragon hunt. He was now the villages sentinel and was in charge of protecting the port from possible outside threats. Smurfguns are still a thing, and most every Smurf has at least the smallest variation of it, but not much training has been done so as sentinel Archer is planning to rally volunteers to get personal target practice lessons and a spot on the walls basically being another pair of eyes. Hefty has basically made him the first officer in his militia allowing him to take on other Smurfs under his watch. Preferring his bow and stubbornly sticking to it, Archer focused on working on improving his range and came to the conclusion that a longer bow meant longer range, and made himself one. His theory was proven correct. He made himself a longbow which humans wouldn't figure out how to make for another five hundred years. He bladed the bow so if his opponent got to close he could slice them up. An original idea he had since before he became a knight, and it was a tactic he used in the tournament as well.
While patrolling the walls with his eagle eyes aided with binoculars he spotted two figures in the distance going through the snow, and one of them looked wounded and was being carried by the other. They were getting closer to the port so Archer readied an arrow and aimed for their feet and fired a warning shot.
In the distance a Smurfette was helping a Smurf walk towards an abandoned barn. They were both very well dressed, and were around their 150's- 200's in age. The male Smurf had a very modern looking three piece suit and a briefcase in one hand. His companion was dressed in a black knee length dress and had black heels, her hair was long and brown and was up in a ponytail with a generic white Smurf cap. They of course were both wearing their winter scarves and they were green.
"Hang in there Psychiatrist. There's a barn up ahead. We'll go inside and I'll light a fire." She said.
"Secretary... Just leave me behind and go back home." Psychiatrist said
"My place is with you. I would never leave your side." Secretary said.
"Secretary…" Psychiatrist said.
Just then an arrow flew from the nearby walls of the port town and hit the ground just next to their feet causing Secretary to jump and nearly drop Psychiatrist.
"Ahh! The humans found us!" Secretary screams in horror.
"They'll kill us for sure, and turn our bodies into gold. Quickly Secretary. You have to escape. Run to the barn." Psychiatrist says.
"I will not leave you!" Secretary screams tears forming in her eyes.
Luckily for them Hefty was on his jog and heard the commotion and found the two Smurfs clinging to life in the fields. Simultaneously Archer fired another arrow thinking he was providing cover fire for Hefty. The arrow just barely missed Secretary's head and she screamed again when he heard Hefty scream for him to cease fire. He looked down in confusion to see Hefty helping the Smurf clearly unable to walk on his own and comforting the other Smurf figure.
"Ceasefire Archer!" Hefty commanded again.
Archer raised an eyebrow and returned the arrow to his quiver and lowered his bow. Just what the hell was happening down there?
"I thought you were humans." Secretary said.
"No humans around here. Port Saint Smurf is my village. Sorry about Archer. He's been trained and ordered to shoot demons, and unfortunately they like to look like us sometimes." Hefty said.
"So then you get attacked by them too it's not just us?" Psychiatrist says.
"Hey why don't we talk inside around the fireplace? I'll get Doctor to look at that leg." Hefty said.
"Bless you." Secretary says with a large smile.
"It's the Smurfy thing to do. My name is Hefty by the way." Hefty said.
"I am Psychiatrist, and this is Secretary. I just got some frost bite it's nothing serious." Psychiatrist says.
"I didn't think you were contagious" Hefty says jokingly.
Hefty helps Psychiatrist and Secretary to the gate and orders it opened. The gates opened revealing the towering human structures, the completed Smurf structures, and of course the docks, and the construction site. First shift was working on building more huts in the distance and Brainy was working hard as ever making every Smurf around him mad by criticizing their every move while simultaneously recommending a book he wrote. Hefty went to the construction site to get Doctor, and explain to Carpenter and Coconut that Doctor would be needed to perform his actual job. This was the only way to get out of construction duty besides being badly injured, sick, or dead. With Mango out of the infirmary and back to work Doctor found himself using building tools more than medical tools until today.
"I found a couple of Smurfs during my jog I'm going to introduce to the village during the meeting. One of them has frost bite on his foot. I told them I'd have you take a look at it. Do it and you're excused from construction duty until he can walk again." Hefty said.
Doctor graciously accepted the chance to get away from the rough work in the cold construction site and followed Hefty to his hut where he had a fire in the fireplace and Secretary and Psychiatrist were sitting around it.
"I got Doctor." Hefty said.
"Alright let's take a look at that foot." Doctor said as he slipped off Psychiatrist's expensive looking dress shoe.
Doctor examines the foot and there was only mild frostbite, but he could understand why it may be awkward or painful to walk on that foot.
"Let's soak it in some warm water to increase the temperature of your skin." Doctor says.
"Alright sure." Psychiatrist replies.
Doctor leaves for the well to fetch some water while Hefty sits down cool off after his workout.
"You know I'm a doctor too, but I specialize in mental health." Psychiatrist says.
"Mental health?" Hefty asks.
"It's a medical field I discovered in my home city where you maintain a healthy mind just like how you would your body." Psychiatrist says.
"So your patients come to you when like their head hurts?" Hefty asks.
"No no no not headaches. Its sort of like when your feeling down you come to me and we figure out why." Psychiatrist says.
"He used to be able to prescribe certain medicine for his patients back home, and would monitor how they were feeling. It's so he can spread happiness across the land. Isn't Psychiatrist wonderful?" Secretary says.
Psychiatrist blushes.
"Before I discovered the mental health field I was a doctor, but the demon attacks and all the death and violence was having a negative effect on us. I had to do something to help." Psychiatrist explains.
"So where are you two from exactly?" Hefty asked.
"We're from the Smurf City of Leafland. We've been traveling for months to get away." Secretary said.
"When Great Grandpa Smurf passed on his successor took over, and started making weird laws about Smurfs and Smurfettes." Psychiatrist said.
"Even though we are married he would not let us live together, or share the same bed. There were a lot of labor laws too. He won't allow Smurfettes to work certain jobs… A lot of my friends back home were out of work and just standing around all day gossiping, and sleeping until noon." Secretary said.
"So we left home with a lot of other couples who were less than impressed with the new law, but when winter hit we began getting sick and dying… Secretary and I are the only ones left." Psychiatrist says.
"How many are in your city?" Hefty asked.
"There were at one point over 1000 Smurfs living in Leafland from all walks of life. Several generations of Smurf and Smurfette live there ranging from Smurfs in their 900s-1000s to babies." Psychiatrist says.
"We're not in charge of, or have access to city records. So the exact population is lost on us." Secretary said.
"That's fine. So you say in Leafland you were a doctor, and know a thing or two about medicine?" Hefty asked.
"That's true, yes." Psychiatrist said.
"What did you do?" Hefty asks Secretary.
"I am Psychiatrist's secretary. I manage his appointments, and all of his meetings. Before you can see Psychiatrist you have to contact me for an appointment." Secretary said.
"So you're good at keeping records?" Hefty asked.
"I'm skilled with keeping records yes. Before I became a secretary I was a librarian. I had my name change after I married Psychiatrist." Secretary said.
"How skilled are you in construction?" Hefty asked.
"Construction is our weak point I'm afraid." Psychiatrist said.
"That's fine we can train the both of you. How would you two like your very own hut where you both can live together, and a job?" Hefty asked.
"We… We would like that very much." Psychiatrist answered.
"You'd let us live here in your village?" Secretary asked.
"I can't just send you back out there." Hefty said.
"You've shown us nothing but kindness since the moment we've met… Can I do anything to repay you?" Psychiatrist asked.
Hefty smiles and looks to Secretary.
"Pencil me in for the first appointment." Hefty said.
"You got it Hefty!" Secretary said
"Is there anything I can get you two? A bowl of stew maybe?" Hefty asked.
"We haven't eaten in days…" Psychiatrist said.
"Yes please." Secretary said.
Hefty left to get his new friends some food meaning he'd be stopping by Chef's kitchen, and asking for food. The entire village is unaware of what Papa Smurf discovered. In a few hours it would be time for the village meeting.
