In Search of Cactus: Part 9

"I CAN feel strangers approaching." Cactus warned.

Ro took out his crystal apple and stares into it.

"Eeeeekkss!!! What was that I saw??!!!" Ro screams. He had just spotted a person with two faces staring back at him. Needless to say, we know who that had been. Still, Ro wasn't prepared for the shock. After all, he had peered into his crystal apple long enough to know he wasn't imagining things. Strange thing is that he had never once seen that horrible face(s) before today.

"Who who?"

"Err..never you mind. So, what danger did you sense?" Ro didn't want Cactus to be prying into his life. The truth is that he didn't want Cactus to laugh at him for being such a coward.

"Strangers, strangers and more strangers...." Cactus was humming to herself.

Ro wasn't worried at all. He was confident that his Bee Bee would be able to handle them, just as he had in the past.

"Let go of me you horrible, wicked, evil, despicable man!! You..you.." screamed StoLeN ChiLd.

Ro turned his attention to the struggling child at the corner of the Castle of Darkfire. He didn't know what to do with him. When he brought the child home with him, he thought children were easy to deal with. The screeching boy before him looks far from simple. At first, he thought he could bring a child back to play with his Bee Bee, who is longing for a companion. At his first sight of the hideous two-headed monster, StoLeN ChiLd had struck him. Ro had so stunned that he didn't know how to react. No one had dared raised a hand to his Bee Bee. Not even the bravest of the knights who attacked Darkfire before.

However angry he might be with the child, he could not hit the child, being the child-lover that he was. He decided that he was going to blame the child's mother instead. It made things simpler, because he hadn't seen her before. StoLeN ChiLd was alone in mOSsy meaDoWs when Ro found him. Deciding that he would make a perfect companion for Bee Bee, Ro brought him home. Little did he know StoLeN ChiLd would be such a hard nut to crack. Ro sighed.

Meanwhile, our rescue team arrived at the doorstep of Darkfire. The first thing they saw wasn't the door. It was the two-headed monster Gummi B had warned them about. BearBear gave Bee Bee the mushroom soup and soon had him purring with satisfaction in no time at all. The rest of the team sneaked into the castle and tried to ambush Ro.

"This is ridiculous. What kind of decent people go barging into other people's residence without even a polite knock on the door?" Brer Rabbit declared.

"Well said, bunny." Ro approved. "It's been a long time since I've had visitors. What brings all of you here? A well mix of animals, I can see."

BuGs BuNNy munches on his carrot again and said, "Weeeellll....you see'er Doc, the King of Arkham Two-Face is stricken with a strange disease. Brer Rabbit and I are here along with his loyal subjects to bring him the precious Cactus, whom we've heard cures all ailings."

"Surrender the Cactus now, or you shall learn the power of my axe!" Excalibur announced, flashing his axe again.

Ro laughed. Honestly, he find the whole scenario extremely hilarious. Nobody threatens the powerful magician Ro and gets away scot-free. Though he had no idea what the bunny was talking about, he decides to entertain his guests all the same.

"Here, I think we need to talk. What's this about Cactus being able to cure all illnesses? I'm the magician here, not my plant. Who is this Two-Face anyway? Who can be greater than Ro the great magician?"

Excalibur decided that he had enough of this arrogant man, magician or not. He crept up behind Ro and with one swing of his mighty axe......

He never got the satisfaction of seeing Ro's head ro-ll, because he was too busy getting the cactus thorns away from his hands. He yelped and dropped the axe. It landed just an inch away from Ro's feet. Ro jumped and stepped on StoLeN ChiLd's hands, who had just slipped free to see what the commotion was about.

The child howled and ran away. Brer Rabbit saw him running towards him and jumped aside to avoid being stepped on. Unfortunately his action caused him to land on Dogbert, who couldn't resist the opportunity to give chase to the poor rabbit. BuGs BuNNy tried to help his brother out and threw his carrot on Dogbert.

Darkfire is now in utter chaos. We have a furious bunny chasing an over-enthusiastic dog which is chasing a scared rabbit. Dilbert appeared to be chasing rabbits too, because he is still holding on to Dogbert's reins. As if the chase wasn't enough, StoleN ChiLd continued screaming. Excalibur is still trying to get rid of the cactus on his hands and Phoenix Hawk is helping him. But his beak is hurting Excalibur more than relieving him. piLLow opens his pillowcase and decided to hide in there until everyone is settled down once more. Only Phantom Stalker and Cha Cha are standing still.

"This is ridiculous. Let's just grab the Cactus and get out of here."

However, it's easier said than done. Cactus is still stubbornly attaching itself to Excalibur's hands. Even Phoenix Hawk's beak is injured. At this point, BearBear came in. She is having difficulty walking backwards because she was trying to ward off Bee Bee, who, after finishing the mushroom soup, heard the noise inside Darkfire and wanted to see what was going on.

What he sees is this: Ro, Excalibur, Cactus, Phoenix Hawk, Phantom Stalker and Cha Cha are now having a fight over who gets the Cactus. The Hound, Dilbert and the two bunnies are still playing hide-and-seek, piLLow is hiding in his pillowcase, and BearBear is crossing her pawz in front of him.

What a mess...will the craziness ever end?

 

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