Chapter 13 Trapped in a Caravan!
While Marietta and Pinocchio were trapped and held prisoner in Stromboli's caravan, a familiar cricket was watching the caravan leave and sighed to himself after believing the kids wouldn't need him anymore due to becoming famous.
"Well, there they go," Jiminy said while sitting on a lightpost and watching the caravan pass by. "Sitting in a life of luxury, the world at their feet. Oh, well. I can always say I knew them well."
Jiminy jumped off the light post and onto the wet ground. "I'll just go out of their lives quietly." he said as he walked away in the pouring rain with sadness.
However, as he was trying to walk away, he began to hear a singing voice that sounded like Marietta's and turned back around.
"I would like to wish them some luck though" Jiminy said as he watched the caravan start to leave town and smiled. "Sure, why not?" He closed his umbrella and started to run after the caravan.
Jiminy Cricket then leaped onto the steps of the wagon when he made it and crept under the door to look for Pinocchio and Marietta. "Pinocchio? Marietta?" he softly called. "It's me, your old friend Jiminy, remember?"
Marietta noticed the cricket and her expression changed from sadness to happiness. "Oh, Mr Cricket! Thank goodness you're here!" Marietta cried.
Pinocchio noticed the cricket as well. "Jiminy! Gee am I glad to see you!" he said from the birdcage.
"Pinocchio! Marietta! What happened?!" Jiminy asked as he noticed his friends in distress, as Pinocchio was locked in a birdcage while Marietta's arm was cuffed to the wall. "What did he do to you?!" He jumped onto the bars of Pinocchio's birdcage.
"Oh, he was mad!" Pinocchio answered. "He told me he was gonna push mine and Marietta's face in everybody's eyes!"
"Yeah, turns out we made lots of money for him," Marietta said from below.
"And just cause I'm a goldbrick, he's gonna chop me into firewood!" Pinocchio said.
"And he told me I need to accept my career as a singer and be a proper young lady!" Marietta said with disgust and fear.
"Oh, and is that so?" Jiminy asked with a raised eyebrow and the two kids nodded their heads. "Now, don't you worry now kids, I'll have you out of here in no time!"
Jiminy came close to the padlock and Marietta gave him a look. "Oh, and don't worry Marietta, we'll free you too right after I help Pinocchio" he said as Marietta smiled at him.
Jiminy then went inside the padlock of the birdcage and stated, "Why, this is just as easy as rolling off…" before being cut off and falling into the lock.
Pinocchio leaned his head a bit to see what Jiminy was going through inside the lock and Marietta just looked at it in awe.
"Kinda rusty" Jiminy said as he took off his hat and jacket and placed them on the end of the lock while going back in. He then started to maneuver and work a few things while trying to get the lock open.
"Needs more oli!" he yelled as an echo was made inside the lock. "That's what I said." he said with confusion.
He then tried using his umbrella to move some of the levers of the padlock. But it was no use, and Jiminy came flying out of the lock while landing on one of the birdcage bars.
"Oh, Jiminy. Are you okay?" Marietta asked from down below.
"Uh, must be one of the old models," Jiminy said with a nervous chuckle, making Pinocchio and Marietta sad.
"You mean you can't open it?" Pinocchio asked as Jiminy sighed.
"Yeah, looks pretty hopeless" he said as he moved along the birdcage while Pinocchio helped put his jacket and hat back on.
"But what about my lock? Do you think you could set me free?" Marietta asked as Jiminy moved over to the edge of the birdcage to look at Marietta's lock. But unfortunately, it was the same lock as Pinocchio's and he wouldn't be able to get it open ethier.
"Sorry, Marietta, but it's the same thing. I won't be able to open your lock ethier, and for now, the two of you are trapped in here." Jiminy said, making both Marietta and Pinocchio hopeless. "It'll take us a miracle to get out of here."
Jiminy hopped onto Pinocchio's shoulder while being trapped in the cage.
"Gee," Pinocchio said while Marietta gave a heavy sigh from below.
Pinocchio and Marietta were in trouble big time and this time, nobody would be there to help them, unless a miracle happens.
Sorry if this chapter's kinda short, but like I said on some of my other fics, I'm not doing too well after I got into a bad accident earlier today, so please review or give me feedback, it would mean a lot to me.