“Bwahahahahaha! I knew the young Baird girl would not disappoint. What a large mind for that small body. It’s nice to know that she still has feelings for my beautiful masterpiece.... Izo!” The man shrouded in mystery gazed up at the young boy as he hung by the chains on his wrists on the wall like a picture out on display.
“What makes you say that?” came a raspy voice. “The little girl seemed perfectly willing to kill him.”
“No. Ultimately she only put him to sleep, which was her intention all along. He’s the only thing she has left to connect her to the past. She wont let him go so easily. Fortunately, this same boy is also my beloved puppet. The little genius will soon find herself being killed by the one person she loves and who loves her.”
“My Lord is always so intelligent about such things. Hehehehe!”
“Yes! But first we must capture her, in order to call her father out of hiding. I will make Baird pay for what he’s done to me....”
And yes.... I was indeed hiding inside their secret lair in order to hear all this. Never underestimate the abilities of a writer.
~*F*~
“It’s here. This is the
invisible ice giants foot. Just follow me.”
“Wait, wont it feel us and see
us?”
“It’s asleep. And I don’t
think it’ll wake up just because a couple of bugs are crawling all
over it.”
“I don’t know. I woke up
because a fly ran into my forehead once.”
“What kind of flies do you have
at your place?”
“Dumb, blind ones.”
“Well, we aren’t going to run
into it’s forehead. Instead, we’ll be like the stealthy spiders
that crawl into our mouths while we’re sleeping at night.”
“What a disturbing thought. But
there’s one problem with it. The spiders never come back up, you
know.”
“That’s why we mustn’t go
anywhere without first securing a rope. And if we fall, we panic.”
“What a reassuring plan....”
Ven followed Konrad up the giant’s
front until they got to the mouth. Carumati had given Konrad her
gloggles that could see invisible things among a few other items and
Konrad used these to guide Ven along the giant’s leg, onto his
stomach, over his chest and finally up on it’s chin.
“This is rather disturbing,
climbing in what seems like midair,” Ven commented as Kon attached
a rope to the giant’s lip and threw the rope down.
“Yeah, it’s too bad Carumati
didn’t have another set of these. Honestly, if she’s going to go
through all the trouble of making them, she should just sell them and
make tons of money.”
“Yeah, but Carumati only makes
them for herself. She hates the idea of everyone being at her level
by giving away her specialty.”
“That makes sense, I guess,”
Kon replied. “Okay, well. Grab on tight and here goes nothing.”
Ven grabbed Konrad’s back and Kon leaped down into the ice giant’s
mouth. “Ah, Ven, you’re heavy. I’m used to carrying around Ally
Kat. Though she’s not much lighter, to be honest.”
“I don’t know how Ally stands
you. You’re always insulting her.”
“She doesn’t stand me. She just
hits me. That seems to satisfy her,” Konrad responded.
“Kon- no, never mind. Forget I
said anything.” Ven and Kon fell silent for a while before Ven
spoke again. “I hope the girl’s are okay.”
“I’m sure they’re fine.
They’re just looking for the Ice King. If they find them before we
finish here, they’ll just send us a signal using these
communication devices that Carumati set up,” Kon informed showing a
little pin on his shirt.
“Huh? She did? When? And why is
it shaped like a seahorse?”
“Just before we parted ways. She
gave one to me and one to Ally. She only had two.”
“Oh. But what if Carumati decides
she doesn’t want to wait for us?”
“That’s what we have Ally with
her for. Ally’s situation is probably closer to Carumati’s than
either of us, so it’ll be easier for her to convince her not to do
something stupid.”
“Yeah, but did you ever consider
the fact that Ally, being so much like Carumati, will just encourage
her to fight without us?”
“Ah! You’re right! But don’t
worry, I’m sure we’ll be done long before they find the Ice
King,” Kon laughed nervously. Suddenly, the seahorse pin began to
light up with a subtle blue and green and let out a strange,
high-pitched noise.
“You were saying?”
“Um.... Yeah. We better hurry
this up. Time to drop!”
“What? What! Hey! Don’t let
gooooooooooooo!” Ven clutched Kon as they fell towards the
bottomless pit while Kon laughed in delight. They landed heavily in a
pile in a frozen ice room (though it was really the giant’s
stomach).
“Ugh. I think I’m gonna be
sick,” Ven spoke, clutching his stomach.
“Wait. Don’t tell me... you’re
afraid of heights?” Kon asked.
“Yeah.” Ven didn’t bother to
explain, as he was afraid of opening his mouth too much.
“The great air pilot... is afraid
of heights? Ha! Come on, man, you gotta be joking.”
Ven shook his head.
“Hum. Having an upset stomach
inside someone else’s stomach. Now that’s a weird thought.”
“Now I know why Ally hates you so
much,” Ven said to himself, leaning against the wall.
[To all my readers: I’m sorry if
you just ate lunch.]
“Well, no time for dilly
dallying. Let’s go see if there are any survivors.”
“When we’re done, I think I’ll
ask Ally to beat him up for me,” Ven mumbled.
The two of them walked on until
they came upon a place where a ton of people (about 300) gathered,
huddled together.
“Ah! So you did come in after
all. We were trying to call to you, but it seems you couldn’t hear
us. I guess you’re stuck in this invisible cell now too.” The man
who spoke was large and buff and seemed to be the head of the clan.
“I’m Mayor Pike. It’s nice to meet you, though I wish it could
be under better circumstances.”
“Ah, I’m Kon and this is Ven.
But there’s no need to worry about us. We came here to get you all
out.” Kon and Ven then proceeded to explain everything about the
city and the invisible ice giant. Though they said little about the
Ice King, as they didn’t want to alarm anyone.
“Ah! Well in that case, tell us
what to do,” the mayor spoke.
“It’s simple. We’re gonna
blow up the ice giant,” Kon informed.
“Blow it up?”
“Indeed. I already lit the spark.
All we have to do now is sit here and wait.”
“Wont we be blown up with it?”
the mayor asked.
“We’re only blowing up the
head. Then we have to somehow get the giant to lay down and then we
can just walk out.”
“So how are we going to get the
giant to lay down?”
“Don’t know.”
“What!” the mayor exclaimed.
Ignoring him, Konrad began to count
down. “Five... four... three... two... one!”
Suddenly there was the sound of an
explosion rumbling through the air and vibrating through the
invisible giant as the dynamite blew up. Then, without warning,
everything began to tilt sideways and everyone went rolling.
“Hey! I think the giant fell over
due to the explosion,” Konrad announced as he stood up.
“You are seriously lucky,
Konrad,” Ven grumbled angrily.
“Never. My plans always work
perfectly. It’s nothing to do with luck. Alright! No one hurt?
Good. Forward!”
Everyone followed Kon and Ven out
of the giant through the head, though by now most had lost all
confidence in their sanity. (“Hey! I’m perfectly sane! Don’t
throw me in with Konrad,” Ven protested to the staring people).
“Ah, Kon. How did you set the
fuse from all the way down in the stomach when it blew up the head?”
Ven asked.
“Easy. I lit it right before we
jumped down. The rope we were climbing down was the fuse, so I lit it
right before we jumped.”
“....Konrad, you’re probably
the most insane person I know.”
“Thank you! Now let’s go find
Ally.”
~Meanwhile~
“Is that a tree house?”
“Yep.”
“With ‘The Ice King’s Evil
Lair’ written on a sign across the front?”
“Yep.”
“Is the Ice King stupid?”
“Yep.”
Ally and Carumati turned to one
another and grinned.
“Attack!” they yelled.
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