Chapter Two: The Quest
"Flynn! Flynn! Wake up!" shouted Nitro.
"Flunn! Flunn! Week arp!" shouted Nurnur.
Flynn opened his eyes and was back in his home. Nitro and Nurnur were standing over him shaking him.
"What was it? What did you see?" asked Nitro.
"Nothing. It was just a nightmare," replied Flynn.
They got up and packed up their gear. They stuffed their backpacks full and headed towards the town hall.
"I sure am going to miss this place," commented Flynn.
"You sound like we aren't going to come back to this place. Of course we are. Aren't we?" asked Nitro nervously.
"We will, but not for a long time. Don't you remember, the elders said that we would fight a war, but it would be in a long time. We're going there to start the war now," said Flynn.
Nitro was shocked. It had never occurred to him that way. But there was no time to ponder. They were already at the town hall.
"Here is your equipment, and you are on your way. Remember, go deep into the Southern Jungle, and you will stop at a clearing," said Derik, handing them the fur tent and armor.
The tent was made fur-side-in also. All that they needed to do was put five rods into little sleeves sewn onto the fur. They trekked out to the Southern Jungle. They had no idea where they were going. Going out to the ruins was one thing, but this was a totally different thing. They didn't even know where in the Southern Jungle they had to go. All they knew was that they would stop at a clearing. So, they wandered aimlessly towards the Southern Jungle. When they saw the edge of the Southern Jungle they whooped and hollered. They had made it to the Southern Jungle.
Whizz. Whick. Whick. They heard strange sounds.
"Everybody get down! Some dog is slinging stones at us! One missed completely, and the other two hit the trees behind us," hollered Flynn as everybody dropped down into the tall grass.
"I didn't see anything. I just heard strange noises," said Nitro. "but now that you mention it, it does sound like sling stones."
They crept through the long yellow grass, Flynn and Nitro blended in well with their yellow coats, but Nurnur stuck out like a sore thumb with his black coat.
"Ooa. Dart hort," cried Nurnur, as a sling stone struck him on his long tail.
"Everybody get down! Some dog is slinging stones at us! One missed completely, and the other two hit the trees behind us," hollered Flynn as everybody dropped down into the tall grass.
"I didn't see anything. I just heard strange noises," said Nitro. "but now that you mention it, it does sound like sling stones."
They crept through the long yellow grass, Flynn and Nitro blended in well with their yellow coats, but Nurnur stuck out like a sore thumb with his black coat.
"Ooa. Dart hort," cried Nurnur, as a sling stone struck him on his long tail.
"Get down closer to the ground!" screamed Nitro.
"I'm troying ta!" yelled Nurnur.
Nurnur got down as close as he could to the ground with the other two dogs. The assassins apparently couldn't see them.
"I think I've spotted them," whispered Flynn.
"Where?" asked Nitro.
"Over in that tree. Obviously amateurs. Real assassins would be down in the tall grass where we couldn't spot them," explained Flynn
"Or they think we aren't a threat," Nitro suggested.
"Let's show them we mean business," said Flynn.
They poked their heads up out of the grass just high enough to take aim at their attackers. Nurnur started swinging his chain. He released it and it flew through the air. It wrapped around the tree and trapped the attackers. One of the assassins was readying his sling. Nitro whipped out his bow, took careful aim, and fired. It sailed through the air and struck the assassin through the head, spilling his brains. They ran up to the tree and Flynn finished off the other two assassins.
"Now that's what I call teamwork," exclaimed Nitro, searching the bodies for anything he could find.
"I'll say!" bursted Flynn.
Nurnur simply held his hand up and his chain came back.
"Hey look you dogs! I found a little I.D. card thingie," cried Nitro.
"Well what does it say, what does it say?" pestered Flynn.
"You're really bugging me you know that. I'm sick and tired of your relying on me for every little bit of information!" screamed Nitro.
"What'd I say? I'm sorry," apologized Flynn, confused, "why are you acting like that?"
Nurnur looked at the I.D. card. It showed a picture of the card with swirls coming out of it into the eyes of a dog.
"I thank dart I fount dee proibleem," said Nurnur.
"Shut up you stupid mutt!" screamed Nitro.
"Et's dee I.D. cord," said Nurnur.
Nurnur knocked the I.D. card out of Nitro's hand.
"Huh? What just happened?"
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