Chapter 22: The Search for the Healing Heart
(Hey guys, super sorry I haven't had time to update for awhile, I recently got a new part-time job and along with university doesn't leave me much down time. Apart from that if I can get a couple more reviews It'd make me a lot more confident that people care.
N E way let's start already!)
While I was having a grand ole' time enjoying the birdcage experience, my fellow housemates were attempting to reach out to a disgruntled banshee, and having zero success.
"Misery, please I'm sure it was just a misunderstanding, that's all." Ruby said coaxing Misery, who had locked herself in her room and barricaded the door so she could bawl her eyes out in private.
"Any luck?" asked Skull Boy entering the scene.
"Nope" said Iris. She's dug in like a tick."
Scaredy wasn't taking the pressure extremely well as he was hyperventilating into a paper bag.
Len had been woken up by Frank as soon as they returned to the house and Frank had explained to him the event that transpired while he slept. But even Frank knew that attempting to talk to Misery was pointless due to her being furious at him.
Poe was concerned for Misery as well but one of his knowledge was beneficial for this exact situation.
"All right" said Len, "let me see if i've got this straight; Frank likes Misery and was talking to Zaí to boost his confidence when accidently tripped over a tree root thus making Misery who followed them in secret believe Frank likes Zaí instead of her?"
"Yep" "Uh-huh" "Pretty much" the others replied.
"Whoa. So where's Zaí?"
Meanwhile, Doom had seen me getting bagged and gagged and was rushing back to the house as fast as her little paws could take her.
As soon as she reached the mansion, she remembered she couldn't reach the doorknob...or open it for that matter. One of the perks of being a cat I guess. She meowed in her violin sounds, which Ruby heard from inside.
"Sounds like I better let Doom in" Ruby informed the others.
She came to the door and let Doom in. Doom rushed to the others with Ruby clise behind and began to mime out with violin sounds what she had just witnessed, her only means of communicating with her verbal companions. She made a gesture referring to Zaí then a sneaky crook, then falling over dazed, then throwing a sack over her shoulder.
"Oh, I see" said Len.
"You got poked in the eye by a tree branch, and once you came to you assumed that you were a bank-robbing crook and the master of the universe sent nomads to hypnotize your waterskis into attacking you for your watermelon flavoured gum until you hit your head on another tree and then realized you were really a black cat who forgot everything until just now."
Everyone looked at Len confused and awestruck.
"What? I'm not allowed to guess?" he answered half-upset.
"Let me have a go" said Ruby, "I always understand Doom."
Doom narrowed her eyes at her owner.
"Ok, maybe that one time with the bunny" she admitted sheepishly remembering how disloyal she was to her pet.
"But I thought we agreed never to talk about him ever again?" added Len.
"Well right now I believe that's besides the point." Poe stated, "Doom is trying to inform us of...something...nefarious?" he said questioning himself.
Doom acted out the same way again which Ruby understood and was alarmed.
"Oh no, this is terrible!" she cried out.
"I knew it!" Poe shouted "Nefarious wrongdoings are sure to befall us, Oh the humanity!"
Scaredy fainted.
"What'd Doom say Ruby?" Iris asked.
"She says she saw Zaí get ambushed by a cloaked assailant who shoved her in a bag and ran off." she told.
"Oh man oh man, I really messed things up!" Frank said putting his blue arm around his head.
"Well, what do we do?" Iris asked.
"We're all going to have to put together a search party and rescue her." Ruby answered. "Skull Boy, we could use your adventurer persona for this."
"Really? well I guess I could, if Zaí needs us then I can't say no." Skull Boy answered confidently.
"Who's in?" Ruby asked.
"I've gotta put things right" Frank stated. "I'm in."
"Me too" said Len, "besides it's not like I could stay behind anyway."
"Zaí needs us, I'm in." added Iris.
"As am I." said Poe.
Doom gestured too since she was the only witness.
Scaredy looked skeptical.
"Perhaps I should remain behind and tend to Misery?" Scaredy said looking for an excuse to get out of it.
Everyone looked shocked as they had forgotten about Misery.
"How are we going to get her out? she's never gonna agree to help Zaí or be around Frank right now." Iris stated.
"What can we do?" Frank asked Skull Boy.
"I don't know I don't know if only I had a few minutes to think about it." Skull Boy answered with a quivering voice.
(Once I figured out a plan to coax Misery into going then I'll get to a new chapter, if I get a few more reviews/comments whatever you wanna call 'em I'll work harder to make a new chapter, hopefully more than one.)