Plushies Galore: Part Three

by Coco5000M

"Don't stand there gaping, LET'S GO!" Spotty replied.

Our combined force of 172 men (errr.... plushies) started down the northern corridor, where we had last seen RainZ. We met a fork in the road.

"You take the left, I'll go right," Spotty ordered.

"OK, captain," I said.

I hurried along frantically with weird thoughts flying through my head. What had happened? Was RainZ OK? Amidst all my worrying I almost didn't notice a green light shining through the floor.

I halted my men (I mean plushies, I gotta get used to that!) and I started digging towards the light. A green shimmering Earth Faerie, nearly out of breath, was found. After being zapped by an Electric Eyrie Plushie, she came to.

"Thank you so much for saving me!" said the Faerie, who was close to our plushie size, "I heard about the Dark Faerie's evil plots, came here, and tried to stop it. But I got caught! When I tried to run away, I fell and blacked out. Thank you so much for saving me! Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Yes!" I replied "Our friend RainZ is in danger. We heard him scream and we came running. My other friend Spotty is also looking for him. Can you help us?"

"Sure. I'll call my sisters, the Uber Light Faerie and the Uber Air Faerie to assist us," she said. In about three seconds, the faeries appeared, towering over us.

The Light Faerie said "I see we come a bit late. The Dark Faeries have gotten away with some of their work. How many are there of you?"

"Two hundred fifty-eight plushies to be exact, your Faerieness," I replied. "This is only one third of our troop." I explained to her our arrangement of searching the corridors and our escape plan, including The Light Box. Just then Spotty caught up with us.

"Did you find RainZ? The other corridor is a dead end," he said.

"No, we didn't, but I got three Uber Faeries to help us. Let's continue this way," I replied, pointing down the passage.

"OK."

No sooner than five minutes after we had started up again, we made a startling discovery! We saw RainZ's troop up ahead of us, but no RainZ. RainZ's plushies weren't moving at all, they seemed lifeless. The Uber Air Faerie gasped in horror.

"Oh no! Sisters, LOOK!" exclaimed the Uber Air Faerie

"Oh dear, more tricks" said the Light Faerie in despair, "The dark ones have taken your comrade, and zapped the rest of his army. See the drag marks on the ground?"

Sure enough, we could see some tuffs of RainZ's rainbow fur tracked down the corridor, leading to complete darkness.

"What do you do, your Faerieness? Surely we are in danger ourselves now!"

"Don't worry dear, as long as us Uber Faeries are here, we are safe. Meanwhile, let every two plushies carry one of their zapped colleagues. Then we can make our way down the pathway."

After getting everyone ready (we had some trouble with a HUGE Shadowed Elephante Toy that had been zapped) we set out yet AGAIN with our troop, with the Faeries leading the way. And yet AGAIN, we collided with trouble.

To be continued...