by B. Chris
"All units, its show time! Put on your Thunder wear! Let's lock and load. It’s bee squashing time!"
The four were rolling down the highway giving each other high fives celebrating the big escape.
"Man, I can't believe it was that easy!" Terry shouted.
"Yeah, that's how it is when Buzzy's around,” said Snax, "a lot of stuff gets done." The laughter was over once Honey saw trouble,
"Hey guys, we got company. And when I say company, I mean the HHPD kind of company." she stressed. They turned around and saw a fleet of squad cars behind them.
"This is the HHPD!" Barsco said over the intercom, "Pull your car over and surrender while you still can! You're under arrest for having powers without a permit under the reign of MC Crispy!"
"That's a bogus charge! We'll never surrender to the likes of you!" Snax shouted. He was recording the action while he yelled. Barsco was irritated with the dumb remark. He weaved past the other squad cars and made it to the front of the fleet. He was behind the jeep. He leaned out of the window with his tranquilizer gun. He shot Snax in the neck. Snax instantly dropped in the seat and into dreamland.
"Oh no! He got Snax" Terry cried. Barsco laughed out loud.
"Nighty night, Meathead! There’s nowhere to hide!” he yelled. Barsco roll on the side of them. He aimed his tranquilizer gun out of the passenger window of his truck to the drivers’ seat where Honey sat.
"No no no, don't don't!" Honey cried. Barsco pulled the trigger. With a quick reaction, Buzzy leaned over and caught the tranquilizer with two fingers. He flipped over Honey into mid air and into the window of Barscos truck. Buzzy knocked the gun out of his hand and out of the window. Buzzy then started throwing punches. Barsco was blocking his punches. They were going at it so intensely, Barsco had let go of the wheel. The truck drifted to the opposite side of the road while another car was coming. Buzzy and Barsco both grabbed the wheel and swerved into safety. Then Barsco elbowed Buzzy in the head then kicked him out of his truck and back into Honeys jeep. Buzzy fell into the back seat on top of Snax. He told Honey to drive faster.
"This isn't a sports car Buzzy!" Honey complained. She floored the gas pedal. She started getting some distance between them and Barsco. The engine was getting hot. Buzzy told her to keep driving as he hopped out of the jeep.
"Buzzy! What are you doing?" she yelled. Buzzy stood in the middle of the highway with the squad cars coming toward him. Barscos truck accelerated faster. His plan was to knock him off of the road. Buzzy stood up straight with his arms extended straight out. He yelled out,
"AMPLIFY!!!" A power raised a force field from the feet up. Barsco truck crashed into Buzzy as if he was an anchor. He was an unmovable force. Some of the other squad cars crashed into it also making a big car pile up. Barsco flew through the windshield and up high in the air. In the nick of time, Barsco caught on to a HHPD helicopter flying nearby. Honey hit the breaks on her jeep. She and Terry looked back to see what happened only to see Buzzy emerged out of the pile up. He sprinted for the jeep and hopped back into the passenger seat.
"We're not out of the woods yet. Go Go Go!” hesaid. Honey floored it and peeled off in the jeep. Terry was trying to wake Snax out of his deep sleep. He shook him, slapped him and yelled in his ear. It still wasn't good enough. Snax was knocked out cold. They were about to cross a bridge that was the border out of Louisville. Unfortunately Barsco was waiting with the squad on the other side. As they were debating on what they we're going to do, some spikes suddenly came from the ground and busted holes in the tires. They swerved left and right. They screamed as they swerved off the bridge. It was a long drop to the river. Barsco presumed them as dead. He called MC Crispy and told them that they were dead as a doornail. However, Crispy wasn't content. He wanted the bodies. Barsco sent the scuba team after them. They couldn't find the bodies anywhere. Crispy was furious with the results. Barsco he was in for it. But he didn't flinch in fear. He knew that he was going to see them again.
Later, Buzzy and the crew drifted upstream. Buzzy woke up on a shore. He then woke everybody else up as well nudging them one by one. They wondered where they were. Buzzy read on random sign that read,
“Welcome to Vixen Island.”
Moral: Look before you leap!!
Chapter Four
Escape From Vixen Island
Chronicler
Our heroes were wondering in the mysterious jungles of Vixen Island. The island was dark and misty like yet full of sunrays shining through the trees as if the forest just got done raining. There were roses and thorns, tiny fairies and plant traps. It was almost as if this place loved and hated them at the same time. It was full of mixed emotions. Snax was irritated and confused about everything that went down.
“Ok first off, how did we make it to the fourth chapter?” Snax complained, “Last time I checked we were getting chased by the HHPD, then the next thing I know, I’m here having bushes smack me in the face! What the heck is going on!?”
"Let's not worry about the past and worry about the future here.” said Terry.
"I can tell that you are going to be one of those free spirited, fresh out of jail type of guys huh?" Snax asked in irritation.
“As a kid, I was raised inside the cages of the arena. Reading books was the only thing that got me out. It’s great to finally be out here experiencing the world.” Terry replied. Snax looked at his camera and the battery was low on power. He knew he had to get a recharge.
"Ah phooey!” he cried. Little did they know, they were being watched. Pretty Face Patricia, Goddess of the Vixens, viewed them wondering through the forest with her crystal ball in her secret chambers. She controlled an entire race of beautiful citizens and their mischief. She was having a phone conversation with Crispy while she gazed at the lost friends.
"I have them in my sights,” she said, “don't worry. They will never leave my palace." She hung up her bedazzled cell phone. She then yelled for her daughter, "Foxy!" There was no reply. "Not again." The vixen mother thought. She rose out of her chair and left her secret chamber. She had to walk all the way across her palace to get to her daughters room. The closer she got to Foxys room, the more she heard the sound of a funky bass guitar. She kicked in the door. Foxy was sitting on the stereo where her guitar was plugged in just shredding away. She didn't notice her mothers’ presence... That is until she yelled out her full name,
"FOXY PATRICIA DREAM!! What in the world are you doing? How many times do I have to take these instruments away from you?"
"OMG, Mom. Can't you see I'm rocking out?" Foxy stressed. "Rock stardom is calling me. It’s telling me that I have to funk or forever hold my piece, Mama."
"No,” said Patricia, "I will not let my only daughter ruin the legacy that I've built. You are Princess of the Vixens. And you, Foxy, will soon be Queen. Time is being wasted with this whole wanna be rockstar, soul power nonsense!"
"I don't want your legacy Mom!" Foxy argued, "I don't want your life."
"You don't have a choice." Patricia replied. She took Foxys guitar away from her.
"Hey!" Foxy shouted. The mother broke the guitar in half.
"This is for your own good, young lady,” said Pretty Face Patricia, "You are going to be Queen of the Vixens whether you like it or not." Foxy folded her arms,
"Whatever Mom. You can't stop the Funk." she replied. Suddenly, a guard came in.
"My lady,” he said, “We have intruders on the island."
"Splendid! Right on time." she replied as she viewed her watch, "I'll handle them." She turned to Foxy and said, "We'll discuss this matter later. She walked out of the room then disappeared into thin air with a poof of her magic."
Meanwhile, Buzzy and his friends made it through some bushes to come out to the front of the Vixen Palace. The palace itself looked like something that came out of an Arabian Night story. But it was surrounded by some kind of glowing technology. They were stunned with the beauty no less.
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p; "Wow!" They said. Suddenly, Pretty Face Patricia appeared in front of their very eyes. The crew clapped in amazement.
“That’s a heck of a trick!” said Buzzy.
"Welcome to my palace. I am Pretty Face Patricia, Goddess of the Vixens. But please, call me Patty, its shorter."
"Well Patty,” said the bee, "I'm Buzzy and..." Patty cut off his sentence,
"Ah DJ B-Quick, the Spinner Supreme. I know who you are."
"Touché," Buzzy replied, "anyway we were kind of in the middle of saving the world here from MC Crispy. Have you heard of him?"
"I know of him." Patty answered.
"Yeah well that's the bad guy and we have to stop him. So we need help getting off of this island so we can be on our way." Buzzy replied.
"Well I would love to help you on your journey," she lied, "but you four look a mess. Let's clean you up. Follow me inside." The four did so. When they went through the door they were dressed in all white. They looked around and appeared to be in a party. Everyone was wearing white. It was an all white party.
"Wow! This place is amazing,” said Terry, "and I'm looking fresh right now. Look at my fresh clothes." Patty served them a platter of cup cakes.
"Have one of my fancy cup cakes. I made them myself." They all took one.
"These are delicious!” said Honey.
"Yeah, these cup cakes, these pretty girls, this whole scene is amazing.” said Snax.
"We should kick it here for awhile." Terry replied to Buzzy.
"Yeah the world can wait,” said Buzzy, "lets have some fun. It's party time!" They commenced to partying and having a good time. Buzzy dj'ed the party for a while, Terry rapped for the ladies, Honey was finding peace and serenity by getting massages, and Snax was recording it all. The palace had swimming pools, arcades, cute girls, hot guys and all the food they could eat, especially the cup cakes. They just couldn't get enough of those cup cakes. Anytime a waitress or a fellow partier came by with some, they had to take one.
Meanwhile, bored of this same old scene in her home, Foxy looked down on the crowd from the balcony. She shook her head at what her future held as she fiddled with a key on her necklace. Patty appeared by her daughter.
"Beautiful isn't it?" the mother asked.
"What? This?" Foxy replied, "How do you manage to stay like this forever. I mean.... look at all these prisoners here. I haven't seen an empty house since Christmas when I was nine."
"What can I say child? Business is booming! Especially now that DJ B-Quick is a prisoner here." Patty replied.
"Wait! B-Quick is here?" Foxy asked, "I listen to him on the radio all the time. I have to meet him."
"No! Don't talk to him!" The mother demanded, "If you wake him up from my spell, you'll be grounded for seven seasons!"
"Aw but Mom, I'm his biggest fan!" Foxy wined, “And I'm always grounded. I've never been outside of these walls.”
"No buts young lady!” said Patty, "That's final!" She disappeared with a poof . Foxy groaned as she pouted on the balcony. She turned and looked down at the “party”. She saw Buzzy having a good time unaware of the danger he was in. She couldn't let his journey end in this palace. She refused to let one of her idols dwell into nothingness. So, going against her mothers wishes, she looked for him. Buzzy was sitting in a lawn chair by the swimming pool. He was about to take a bite into another cup cake.
"NO!" yelled Foxy as she smacked the cup cake out of his hand. Buzzy didn't like that.
"Hey lady,” said Buzzy, "What's the deal? Why are you acting all extra with my cup cake?” Foxy smacked him,
"Wake up!" Foxy demanded.
"What are you talking about?" Buzzy asked, "Can't you see I'm chill-axing right now? You are pretty though. What's your name?" She slapped him again
"Look around you hun,” said Foxy, "Can’t you see that you are a prisoner here?"
"What do you mean? We've only been here an hour." Buzzy replied. Foxy looked up his profile through her cell phone. She found some terrible results.
"Buzzy, you've been here for a month." She said.
"A month?" replied Buzzy in confusion, "I'm very confused. I need another cup cake to figure this out." She smacked him again. Buzzy looked around and noticed the illusion was wearing off. No one was wearing white clothes anymore, not even him.
"I'm sorry sugar but these love taps are for your own good." Foxy snapped, "Don't eat the cup cakes. It’s the source of the spell. My mom made those to make everyone not care about the fact that they are in prison."
"You're Patty’s daughter?" asked Buzzy.
"Yeah,” said Foxy, "My mom has been working this act for decades. I've been trying to get out of this hole since.... well, forever."
"What are you trying to do?" asked Buzzy.
"I need to be rocking out all across the nation." she replied as she snapped her fingers, "But we need to get your friends." And that's what they did. They found Terry, then Honey, then eventually Snax. After everyone was found, they all gathered in a circle.
"A month? Really?" Terry was startled.
"This is too much to take in.” said Snax, "I need another cup cake to figure this out." Buzzy stopped him in his tracks smacking it out of his hands.
"That's the same thing I said." Buzzy stated. "Those things are the reason why we've been here this long. Ok now we need to escape this island. Oh! And Foxy's coming with us."
"What?" The crew yelled. They started yelling over each other debating about how she's the problem and how Patty is just putting her here to mess with their heads. However, Snax didn't seem to mind.
"I don't mind,” he said, “she's smoking hot anyway."
"Thank you Snax for agreeing with me." Buzzy stressed. "Now just hear me out. We all know she's the daughter of the enemy. But look, she's real good with instruments."
"Prove it!” said Honey. Foxy broke out a quick guitar solo. She then replied,
"You've just been foxed." Terry and Snax clapped for her. Honey acted like she wasn't amazed and simply said,
"Ok fine she's in. Ok Little Patty, so how do we get out of here?"
"There's a subway under the island. If we make it there, we can blow this pop sickle stand." We just need to get the key to the train."
"And where's that?" asked Buzzy. Foxy made a funny face hesitating to say,
"It's in my moms’ secret chamber. I was never allowed to go in there. But hey, funky times calls for funky measures. Follow me."
“Why do you talk like you live in the sixties?” asked Honey annoyed.
“Well, the times don’t really change here, sugar.” Foxy answered. “Ok follow me.”
They followed Foxy dream to the hallway. There was a lantern that they had to pull down to get inside.
"Alright guys, I need ya'll to line up along side of this wall before I pull this lever." They all did as she requested. She pulled the lantern down. The wall suddenly flipped them to the other side of it leading them all down a slide to her lower chambers. It was a long way down.
"Woo! That was fun!" Snax yelled in excitement. Foxy shushed him placing her finger over his mouth. Her beauty suddenly fancied Snax yet again. He grabbed the hand she shushed him with.
"I will do anything for you my sweet.” he said.
"Start with letting go of my hand," Foxy demanded as she snatched her hand away, "and keep your voice down, short stuff." They searched around the room for the key. While they were looking, they noticed through a doorway the train and tracks leading off the island. Terry saw the key dangling from a string over Pattys crystal ball.
"I found it.” he said. Terry pulled off the string and held it up in the air in celebration, "Ladies and gentlemen, I have our way out!" Suddenly, a ninja star smacked the key out of his hand. Patty came from the shadows.
"You disobeyed me talking to the bug, Foxy.” said Patty, "But it didn't take long to figure out what you guys were up to. You're going down B-Quick."
"We'
ll see about that." Buzzy replied.
"Be careful sugar,” said Foxy, "my mom is very strategic! Go for her tail!"
Patty threw some smoke bombs in front of Buzzy. Buzzy saw it as an opportunity to strike. He dashed around the explosion to go for the tail. But that was what Patty expected. She extended her foxy leg behind her only for Buzzy to run into her foot. Buzzy felt like he ran into a heavy log as he fell to the ground gasping for air.
“Your powers means nothing without the brains to back it.” Patty stated. Terry tried to help. He tried to pounce on the tail. He missed as Patty swooped the bushy tail up higher than where he dove. As Terry was laid out on the floor, Patty sprinkled the cooties on him. Terry panicked as he scratched all over himself trying to get rid of the cootie bugs. Honey went next. She tried to power up to unleash a great power. Her third eye opened up on her forehead. The force of her growing power shook the whole room. Patty simply poked her in that third eye. Honey wined about her eye and rubbed it. Patty walked up to Snax. He put up his dukes. Patty simply kissed him on the cheek. Snax fainted from love stroke. He struggled to breathe. Patty walked back to Buzzy. He held his chest with his right hand as he tried to stand gasping for air. Patty stood over him then twirled her finger ready to cast another spell on him. Foxy struck suddenly grabbing a whole of Patty’s tail. Patty fell to her knees in pain.
"Aaahhh! What are you doing? Let go of my tail, girl!" Patty cried.
"No Mom!" yelled Foxy, "Not until you listen to me! You have to let them go , and me with them. This is what I want to do. I want to rock out with them."
"What about me, child?” said Patty, "Are you really going to turn on your own mother for them?"
