Every Carnival is Better Than the Neggst: Part Four

by Pyphracket

Creeping out from behind the boxes, Sanando crept out the door and headed through the greenhouse. Careful to make sure the Negg Faerie had definitely gone, he slipped through the cramped office, most likely a cover for if any strangers happened to walk in, and back into the noise of Lupes barking, Chias shouting gleefully and NeoPets just having fun. Sanando, however, was definitely not having fun. A chill ran down his back as he thought about the poor pets in the cages. He had to find a security guard to tell. Seeing a Chia Security Guard by a booth, Sanando ran over and breathlessly told him about the striped Neggs and how they mutated the NeoPets The Guard looked serious for a moment then broke out in a grin, which quickly turned into an outright laugh.

"Whoo boy. If that isn't the craziest story I've ever heard! Mutating Neggs? Ha ha! That's a good one kid!"

This was horrible. The guard didn't believe him. Sanando's hopes dropped like a stone. How were people going to be warned if they didn't believe him? Sythin. Sythin would believe him - he was his best friend after all. Now where would Sythin have gone? Sythin most likely headed for a dark ride or one that was about Korbats. Korbats like the dark and if they had a 'Spinning Techo' they were bound to have a ride focused on Korbats. Sanando headed for the nearest information booth and found piles of pamphlets bearing maps to the amusement park. Looking at one he saw one that had to be where Sythin would be. 'The Korbat Flight Ferris Wheel'!

Following the main strip, Sanando's feet pounded the earthy ground as he sped toward the ferris wheel. Unfortunately, events seemed to go on a downward spiral right about then. As the green Techo turned the corner, time seemed to slow down as he caught sight of the Ferris wheel break off its support beams and start to roll along the ground. Sythin was just coming up the back so he was safe for a few seconds, but panic gripped everyone as the wheel started rolling into the lined up crowd! If the wheel got around to Sythin, Sythin would be crushed! The other Korbats on there were flying off, but Sythin seemed to be stuck in his seat at the top of the wheel!

His little fingers pushed on the release button, but it wouldn't budge. Sythin was trapped in the restraining harness and couldn't get out to fly away. Hammering at it, he finally gave it a good jab with his tail and the harness released instantly. The wheel kept rolling and at the same instant that Sythin released the harness, he was launched into the air. Spinning through the air like a green and white fireball, Sythin landed on a tent, collapsing part of it, and had the wind knocked out of him.

A green glow surrounded his vision, then he realised a Faerie was floating in front of him. "Here, take this," her honey-sounding voice offered. Placing a happiness Negg in his lap she flew away. Taking a bite out of it, he was confused at first by the strange hardness of the outside, but the inside was like heaven. Sythin's mind clouded up with happy thoughts and he fell asleep clutching the Negg with a small layer of skin torn off, revealing an ugly yellow and purple layer underneath...

To be continued...