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WARNING: The following chapters have descriptions of giant spiders, evil robots, and evil robots being destroyed.
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CHAPTER ELEVEN: DARKNESS FALLS
“Let me out. Let me ouuut!” Wailed Wilbur, slightly muffled inside the tree.
The tree had made a cage of sorts around him, and all he could see was pitch black.
A nearby voice began cackling its head off.
It was very robotic and stiff, and made Wilbur shiver.
Mustering up all his courage, Wilbur yelled,
“Show yourself!”
The branches parted slightly with a creak, and light streamed into Wilbur’s little room.
A horrible, metal skeleton with wires crisscrossing all over it poked its head through one of the cracks and leered at Wilbur.
It twitched and gave sparks randomly, as if it was malfunctioning and completely unstable.
“I didn’t realise that capturing you would be so easy.” It said monotonously without moving its mouth.
Wilbur lurched back and started trying to wriggle through the gaps of the tree-cage.
He succeeded.
The metal skeleton watched Wilbur run away and sighed.
“What a shame. I was hoping more of a challenge. But no, you are just a pathetic, grotty child.”
It made a short, sharp whistle and a terrifying, mechanical creature appeared at its side. It was a metal skeleton with wires sticking out all over the place, like its master, but it was huge, about 2 and a half metres tall, and it had very long, very thick arms that were about twice the length of its body with razor-sharp rusted talons.
It had a human-looking skull, but with gruesome-looking fangs instead of teeth.
The skeleton-man whistled again and pointed at Wilbur, and the skeleton-monster went berserk.
It lashed out with its fearsome claws, swiping at Wilbur, only just managing to lunge out of the way before getting sliced.
Eventually, Wilbur didn’t duck fast enough and was snatched up.
The monster opened its mouth and slowly lowered Wilbur down into the sparking depths of the beast’s metal belly.
“Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha.” Laughed the cyborg master.
If you could call it that.
Margo was still scuttling along the path of flattened grass when he heard roars, screams and monotonous laughing.
As he cleared a rolling hill, he froze.
There was a giant metal cyborg monster about to eat the child who could save the multiverse.
Margo bolted over and bodyslammed the creature, causing it to drop Wilbur and fly into a weird-looking nearby tree.
“Margo!” Said Wilbur, happy to see the giant spider for once.
“Tsk tsk. Idiot. Do. Not. Run. Away. Again.”
“Yeah, yeah…”
Suddenly, the mechanical terror leapt and crash-tackled Margo.
And so a furious battle began.
Margo had eight legs, and had magic on his size, but the mech had those horrible claws and sharp teeth that could rip one of Margo’s legs off.
“Wilbur. Take. Out. Grinder. He. Is. Controlling. This. Thing—urgh!”
Grinder, for that was its name, recoiled at this and looked at Wilbur in alarm.
Wilbur stared at the metal skeleton and tried to look intimidating.
It was skinny and gangly, and Wilbur was big and strong.
It didn’t look so tough.
Suddenly, the monster kicked, stunning Margo. It leapt up and slammed the ground with all its might.
A gaping crack appeared in the ground between Wilbur and grinder. It looked like it went down for miles.
“Jump. Wilbur.” Yelled Margo desperately as he was pummelled by the mechanical monstrosity.
“I can’t!” He called back. The rift was getting wider and wider. The more Wilbur hesitated, the bigger it seemed to get.
“GO!” Bellowed the spider.
Wilbur gritted his teeth and jumped.
He cleared the rift by a good half a metre and landed smack bang on Grinder.
Quick as a flash, Wilbur grabbed a handful of wires and ripped them off.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh…” Screamed the skeleton flatly as it fizzed, sparked and died.
The mechanical beast Margo was battling flipped onto its back and began throwing sparks and waving its limbs and claws in the air like a dying insect.
Margo threw a swift punch to its head, which then caved in and the beast stopped wriggling.
“Tsk tsk tsk tsk. You. Did. It. Wilbur.” Said the spider.
“No. We did it.”
And for the first time ever, Wilbur saw another person in his life as a friend.
Viewer description is advised.
CHAPTER ELEVEN: DARKNESS FALLS
“Let me out. Let me ouuut!” Wailed Wilbur, slightly muffled inside the tree.
The tree had made a cage of sorts around him, and all he could see was pitch black.
A nearby voice began cackling its head off.
It was very robotic and stiff, and made Wilbur shiver.
Mustering up all his courage, Wilbur yelled,
“Show yourself!”
The branches parted slightly with a creak, and light streamed into Wilbur’s little room.
A horrible, metal skeleton with wires crisscrossing all over it poked its head through one of the cracks and leered at Wilbur.
It twitched and gave sparks randomly, as if it was malfunctioning and completely unstable.
“I didn’t realise that capturing you would be so easy.” It said monotonously without moving its mouth.
Wilbur lurched back and started trying to wriggle through the gaps of the tree-cage.
He succeeded.
The metal skeleton watched Wilbur run away and sighed.
“What a shame. I was hoping more of a challenge. But no, you are just a pathetic, grotty child.”
It made a short, sharp whistle and a terrifying, mechanical creature appeared at its side. It was a metal skeleton with wires sticking out all over the place, like its master, but it was huge, about 2 and a half metres tall, and it had very long, very thick arms that were about twice the length of its body with razor-sharp rusted talons.
It had a human-looking skull, but with gruesome-looking fangs instead of teeth.
The skeleton-man whistled again and pointed at Wilbur, and the skeleton-monster went berserk.
It lashed out with its fearsome claws, swiping at Wilbur, only just managing to lunge out of the way before getting sliced.
Eventually, Wilbur didn’t duck fast enough and was snatched up.
The monster opened its mouth and slowly lowered Wilbur down into the sparking depths of the beast’s metal belly.
“Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha.” Laughed the cyborg master.
If you could call it that.
Margo was still scuttling along the path of flattened grass when he heard roars, screams and monotonous laughing.
As he cleared a rolling hill, he froze.
There was a giant metal cyborg monster about to eat the child who could save the multiverse.
Margo bolted over and bodyslammed the creature, causing it to drop Wilbur and fly into a weird-looking nearby tree.
“Margo!” Said Wilbur, happy to see the giant spider for once.
“Tsk tsk. Idiot. Do. Not. Run. Away. Again.”
“Yeah, yeah…”
Suddenly, the mechanical terror leapt and crash-tackled Margo.
And so a furious battle began.
Margo had eight legs, and had magic on his size, but the mech had those horrible claws and sharp teeth that could rip one of Margo’s legs off.
“Wilbur. Take. Out. Grinder. He. Is. Controlling. This. Thing—urgh!”
Grinder, for that was its name, recoiled at this and looked at Wilbur in alarm.
Wilbur stared at the metal skeleton and tried to look intimidating.
It was skinny and gangly, and Wilbur was big and strong.
It didn’t look so tough.
Suddenly, the monster kicked, stunning Margo. It leapt up and slammed the ground with all its might.
A gaping crack appeared in the ground between Wilbur and grinder. It looked like it went down for miles.
“Jump. Wilbur.” Yelled Margo desperately as he was pummelled by the mechanical monstrosity.
“I can’t!” He called back. The rift was getting wider and wider. The more Wilbur hesitated, the bigger it seemed to get.
“GO!” Bellowed the spider.
Wilbur gritted his teeth and jumped.
He cleared the rift by a good half a metre and landed smack bang on Grinder.
Quick as a flash, Wilbur grabbed a handful of wires and ripped them off.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh…” Screamed the skeleton flatly as it fizzed, sparked and died.
The mechanical beast Margo was battling flipped onto its back and began throwing sparks and waving its limbs and claws in the air like a dying insect.
Margo threw a swift punch to its head, which then caved in and the beast stopped wriggling.
“Tsk tsk tsk tsk. You. Did. It. Wilbur.” Said the spider.
“No. We did it.”
And for the first time ever, Wilbur saw another person in his life as a friend.