"Where did everyone go? I thought there was supposed to be a meeting today with all the ment gathered here in this room. Maybe I'm in the wrong room or something. I'll just go check.``
"Boo!!"
"Ahhhh!! Who's there? I got a sword and I know how to use it."
"Girl, chill out already. Rex was just trying to scare you, that's all. Here, let me turn on the lights while you rebranish your sword. So what brings you to our all important meeting? Didn't you read the sign posted on the front door that everyone should remain outside unless otherwise invited personally in?"
"Ohh, the sign. Right! You know my doctor keeps telling me I should wear glasses because I can't see clearly all the time but the walls in this temple are so paper thin that you could literally stand still for one second and hear the noise and voices from people ten rooms down. So I don't even see why you have that sign out front but treat your own and all of that I guess."
"Guys, this is our moment. Mhmm mhmm mhmm. Mylady, how may we assist you today?"
"Rex, you can start by wiping that smudge off your face and looking more serious. Why do you think God created women to be helpers to men instead of the other way around?"
"Ummm I don't know. Maybe because women's minds are more intricate and detailed that men would get lonely and fall alot so He made women to help pick the men back up?"
"I think that's the one smart thing you said all day."
"Or maybe Rex, women weren't called to help pick men back up but help them out in other ways if you know what I mean. It never speficially says in the Bible what He wanted women to help men in so basically that last part is in our own discression of what we want women to help us in."
"Shut up Mike, no one asked you."
"Nobody ever asks me if they want to hear my opinion so everytime I let my voice be heard; someonebody always silenced me out. Now I'm getting that same thing from you and...what's your name?"
"Sixth Star!"
"Sixth Star!"
"Mike, if you don't quit talking right now then I will gladly strangle your neck and cut out your voice box for you. You always have wanted a music box of your own but never once thought that your own voice could be used as the box itself. Or maybe I'll let Sixth do it first."
"Guys, guys, no one is taking out anybody's voice boxes and even if they were I would be the first to stab because of your ignorance. Thankfully my mom taught me to ignore such people and just ask God to deal with them How He sees fit, but there is someone who's going to rip out all of your music boxes if you don't move, move, move."
"Ohh, and who is this infamous voice box ripper?"
"His name is Rat and I would say you only have less than five minutes before he reaches this temple so step on it."
"Wait, are you trying to use us as bait in your bigger evil plans? What are they and why do we have to be the bait?"
"Well if I told you I would have to kill you myself."
"Ohh, this girls got spice. I like that. What if we don't move?"
"You don't want to find out. Now I said MOVE!!!!"
"Ohh, we're going, we're going. You don't have to tell us twice."
"Thank you. It's like I'm now the shepherd herding sheep away from the big bad wolf hot on our tails but you all are too arrogant to move."
"Now listen here missy. A lot of us here are older than you so if you think that...I SAID MOVE!!!"
"I'm going, I'm going."
"Uggh. If I knew it would be this hard I think I would've choses Lori's job and had a confrontation with Sophie. I did my job so hopefully she's doing hers."
"Okay, Sophie, hang in there. I'm about to do a cross stitch over the place she cut you so if you feel any pain please let me know so I can slow down when need be."
"Just hurry up please and do it fast. You know how I get when I see blood, especially my own."
"Okay, I'm going to count to three and this will all be over. One...Two…..WHERE is she!!!"
"Ouch, too tight, too tight."
"Lori, what are you doing here? You just made me mess up my stitch causing Sophie's wound to open back up. Haven't you ever heard of knocking first?"
"I did knock. You're supposed to knock and the door will be opened for you but after you didn't open the door I decided to just….let myself in."
"Girl, just be lucky that I've known you since childhood or else I'd stick this needle into you instead of her. And I wont't be doing it to close up a wound but to open one right up."
"Don't you just love it when people say that! If you were anybody else on this planet I would exert my anger on you but since it's you I'll grant you mercy. Anyways, we should get going like right now. There is not much time."
"What do you mean? We can't just pick up Sophie and leave. What is this threat anyways?"
"Remember when you said that we need to enlist the aid of Rat but that you aren't certain if he will come back as good Rat or as bad Rat."
"Those weren't my exact words but they're coming back to me. What about them?
"Well, you see that..uhhh...ummm.. The Rat that came back to this world is not the friendly rat we know. He came back as the angry bad Rat and is outside right now terrorizing everything so we should be off."
"You still didn't answer me how we can fit Sophie for travel."
"Ohh, that's easy. Just use my fur. It has healing power and should do the trick."
"Umm, what fur? As long as I knew you, your hair is not magical unless I missed something."
"Not my hair silly but my fur. Watch!"
"You never told me you could transform into a…..huuu!! You're a number like me. That makes sense now why I swore I always saw another wolf in camp whenever we went. A group of kids blessed with miracle powers but were all assigned a number and only able to use their power if they were in close pxomity to at least one other number. How did Shadow….it's a long story. Hop on and I'll tell you everything."
"Wait, we can't just leave Shadow not after all he has done for us."
"Umm for all that he has done for us? Haven't you forgotten that it was he who stole our magical suit called the dragon and when we found out about this; we burned the whole house down with him inside of it. Then once you and Abby saw him walking away in the tall fields you two brought him in and showed him his true powers. Almost forgot that part; but then once you ...I mean you and Abby made him what he is today he turned on us and instead of us protecting him he is not protecting us."
"Okay, fine!! We'll leave him behind but only because dragons can eat rats in one swallow."
"That's the spirit. Hop on and we'll pick up Sixth on the way."
"Sixth!! I miss seeing her already. Why didn't she come and rescue us?"
"I sent her on her own mission to lure Rat away while I could rescue you. Also Sixth just stabbed Sophie so I don't think she was ready to make ammends and hope you were too."
"Girl, if it is any comfort I don't envy what Sixth did to me at all. In fact if I were in her situation; gotten beat up and captured by people I thought were on my side then made a break for it first moment I got; then I twoo wouldnt have hesitated to stab a knife in my capturer's heart so that I could flee if the roles were reversed."
"Ummm...Sophie!"
"Yes?"
"If that's your way of making ammends with Sixth than you need to come up with a lot more than that."
"But it was her who struck first so shouldn't she have to say sorry to me and gain my trust back?"
"Sophie, if you want trust and forgiveness then you have to first be able to give it as well."
"What? But she..she...she needs to forgive me. I did nothing wrong."
"It may not seem like you did anything wrong but you were the one who captured her; invoking her to now want to break free from your clutches which she has done effortlessly I may add."
"Hey, I put up a fight to the very end."
"Obviously not. I heard from Shadow that she took down an evil lion so if she can do that then you are just a small stumbling block in her eyes."
"What a strange world we live in nowadays. The Bible says the lion is the good guy and the dragon is the bad guy but right now the lion is in fact the bad guy and the dragon the good guy."
"Plus it's our responsibility to help people see how and why God is a dragon and Satan the lion. All I can say is that it's an amazing messed up world right now. What a wonderful day to be alive."
" I see Sixth just up ahead. Steer to your left. Sixth, we're over here. Take a leap of faith!! We'll catch you. Just don't look down."
"Why shouldn't I...woo..woo.woo. What kind of world is this? All it is is a floating palace surrounded by air and nothingness."
"Sixth, it's now or never."
"Umm, Genie!! Look!"
"Oh shoot. Sixth, jump now!!"
"Wings of an Eagle take me!"
"Roarrrrr!!! *pow*"
"Agggh. Where are we going?"
"We're going down. Everybody grab onto each other and hold tight."
"I don't like this."
"Sophie, just look at me. Everything will be fine."
"Sixth, I'm sorry that I captured you and held you against your will. Will you forgive me?"
"I forgive you and I'm sorry for stabbing you deep with my knife. It was only meant to be a fleshwound and nothing deeper I swear. Will you forgive me?"
"I forgive you."
"Girls, I'm glad that you rekindled with each other but we are about to crash in five…...four…...three…...two…..