| Chapter 17 continued "Anyway, let's get to climbing..." Roses pointed in the direction of a staircase labeled 'to top of tower'. "Hey, when did that get here?" Jaina noticed. "It's a fiction story--just play along." Crayak whispered. "Oh, okay." Jaina smiled. And so the group went to climbing the stairs. Which gradually grew steeper. Until they were really, really, steep. "Hey these stairs are really really steep." Rosey called out. No body answered. "HEY! These stairs are REALLY steep." Still, no one answered. "Can you guys hear me? HELLO?" "Rosey, shut up!" various voices yelled. "Fine. I wish Bunny was here." Tears began to fill Rosey's eyes. But suddenly, out of nowhere, a blue figure appeared before him...and it whispered to him. "Use the force, Roseidous, the force." "What? The quarts? But I don't want a quart." "The Force!" "The farts? That's just disgusting." "You Idiot!" the blueish figure, shaped like a bunny, pulled out a notebook and wrote "FORCE" in big letters and shoved it in Rosey's face. "Oh, the force" Rosey thought for a minute "What the heck is that supposed to mean?" "Just climb the darn tower." And the blue figure faded away. "Okay. I love you bunny." "Love? My butt." The bunny laughed as he completely disappeared. "Hey, you know, it's not right that you just can't understand my feelings for you!" "Rosey, who are you talking to? Ty asked. "Bunny." "Bunny's dead, you numbskull." "I know---it was his ghost." Ty sighed and continued climbing. Finally they reached the top. "Hey, we made it!" Jaina cried. "Yep...now what?" Ty wondered, looking to Crayak and Roses. "Um...we...uh..." Crayak stuttered. "Let me talk, flying nun boy." Roses pushed Crayak behind her. "We use Holli's laptop and send a message to TAS so he can rescue us and then all will be good." "Oh." the group replied. Holli pulled the laptop from her purse, which just recently appeared, and turned it on. Meanwhile, Roses tied strands of Rosey's hair into braids which Ty and Crayak connected to the wires of the tower as Jaina and Pen/cil held them in place. It was a group effort. Soon the laptop was up and running. The group went to the MZ MSG board and posted a message entitled: "TAS! HELP US! We are in Clyattville. Rescue quickly! NT" "So now what do we do?" Holli asked. "We wait." Roses sighed. And so they did wait...and wait...and wait.... << Chapter 16 Back to Home Chapter 18 >> |