For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
It didn’t take long to walk that 2 km to the old house. We are here, close enough to see the back of the house, but still well into the trees where they shouldn’t see us too well. There is an outside door to the cellar, plus a door in the kitchen that also leads to the cellar. There is an old shed to one side. Meow,meow.=There is noise of motor in old shed. Meow.=Yep, me hear it too. Strange, I can’t hear anything. But we move over that way and once we got closer I could hear it too. Someone just came out, I gave the nod to Mr. Cat and…”Thwock!”, direct hit and the man fell to the ground. We go over to the door. I tell Mr. Cat to get ready in case someone else is in there.
I throw the door open but there is no one else in there. This is where they are keeping the generators. I see they have soundproofed the building so they won’t be heard easily. I thought of turning them off but it might actually be better to keep them on, so we can surprise them more easily. I put the man’s body in the shed and close the door, but I don’t lock it, just in case we need to go back in here. The outside cellar door has been replaced and a good lock put on it, so we go into the kitchen. Hmm, a new door here as well. I decide to put the cats new breathing masks on them, Baldwin had these specially made for the cats, a very handy thing. I put mine on as well.
The cats are ready with their new weapons also. They practiced with them at the chateau and they work perfectly. They attach to the side of their backpacks, one side shoots a sleeping dart, the other side shoots a tear gas bomb, small, but efficient. Oh my, I wonder if I really felt like this on cases before. I feel like turning around and running the other way. But then I look at Muffin, these people almost killed her. And we need to stop them before they get their plans beyond the planning stage. I just wish we knew how many to expect down there. And what kind of traps they might have waiting for us. I took some keys off that other man, one must fit this lock. Hey, this is the one.
I look at the cats, they nod their heads, it’s now or never. I unlock the door and we start down the stairs…slowly and quietly. There is a hallway with a door about half way down…and a guard. He turns…”Thwock!”, Muffin got him and down he went. Mr. Cat shoots off some tear gas and it lands right by the door. Now we move fast! The door isn’t locked. I throw it open and both cats shoot more tear gas. There’s coughing but also shooting. I fire back across the room as we run inside. More shots. Thwock! Thwock! I keep firing. I caught the sight of someone leaving through the door and ran after the person. As he ran up the stairs I saw him press a button and there was a large explosion! There was dirt and wood everywhere.
I was half buried and the cats were busy trying hard to dig me out. Meow,meow.=Not worry, all bad people dead, except one get away. It was human John. I’m digging too, but my legs are trapped under some rocks that used to be the cellar wall. There was a couple of large rocks we just couldn’t move. Meow.=We need to leave soon, bad human Pete set timer to destroy room. “Then we need to get out fast,” I said, “you cats leave now, get outside and call for help.” Meow,meow.=No, I not leave you this time, we stay together. I look at her, she has tears in her eyes again. I smile at her and give her a hug. “Right,” I said, “from now on we stay together.” Meow?=Me too? “Yes, Mr. Cat,” I added, “you too. Now, we have to figure out a way to get these rocks off my legs.” I start looking around the room, we’re in a race with time right now, and we don’t know how much time there is…
To Be Continued.
Previous chapters of this story, and other stories, can be found on my home page under “The Investigators, Inc.” and “20/20 Investigations, Inc.”
ยฉSteve McLeod.
๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ oh no!! Do you have back up standing by?? You need to get out of there before it blows!! ๐๐๐๐
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There’s just the 3 of us and in the cellar there’s something blocking us from calling for help! What to do, what to do?????๐ฌ๐๐๐ณ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐งจ๐ฅ๐ฅ
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Dig faster!! Dig faster!! That’s what to do!!๐ณ
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But it’s those big rocks on my legs! Besides, we have no shovel. The cats are doing their best and they are really making that dirt fly! But we need a way to get rid of those rocks, before…๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ
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How do you get yourself into these situations??๐ค๐ค๐ฌ๐ฌ
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Oh it’s easy getting in, the hard part is getting out again.๐
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Well hey.. at least you won’t remember it if you don’t get out in time!๐๐
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Add that to all the other stuff I can’t remember.
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Exactly!! Then you can start fresh with new memories!๐๐
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Horrible thought.๐ฌ
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Yeah… you’re right.. but you could save on your utilities bills!๐ฒ๐
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Why would I want to save them? Will that help my memory?๐ค
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Reference material!? ๐๐๐ค
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Like starting bonfires?
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See?? Your memory is getting better already!! You know what a bonfire is!๐๐๐
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Of course I know what a bonfire is. Why that’s the simplest thing there is.
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Yep! And you know how to start one!๐๐๐๐
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Naturally, anyone can start a bonfire. Let’s see now, where can I get a tank?
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A tank??๐ณ How big is this fire going to be??๐ฒ
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In the old country, “bon” means gigantic, and “fire” means explosion.๐ค๐
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Oh no… no cannons for you!!๐คฏ๐ฒ๐ณ
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But they go boom.๐
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Yes they do!!๐๐ lol
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And they’re great for golf, as they say in the old country, “golfing on a rainy day is like counting leaves on a tree after a forest fire.”
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Dry and crunchy? Sorta like breakfast cereal!๐๐
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But very nutritious.
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Perhaps!! ๐๐
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I sure hope those thunder storms we had here last night calm down tonight!! One thunder clap woke me up!! Scared me!!๐คฏ๐คฏ๐ฒ๐ณ
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We were supposed to have thunderstorms too, but they ended up going south of us. We did get strong wind as the one passed by.๐ณ
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They made it alk the way down here?? Wow! Thats a huge storm!๐ณ
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Did they go that far south? Wow, that’s a huge storm!๐ณ
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Yep
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You need something to shovel out. Time is short!
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Yes, but that is something we don’t have. Must add that to the survival kit. But my backpack is already kind of full. Hmm…๐ณ๐๐
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Now thatโs a switch…tear gas bombs…explosions…legs buried under heavy rocks…what will you do now ? Sigh…surely someone saw you guys enter and maybe not ! At least the cats are with you…this is not a dream, it is a nightmare !…๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ๐ค๐๐พ๐พ๐ฟ๐ฎ
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No one could have seen us, we’re miles from nothing out here. And there’s something in here that is blocking us from calling for help! Can the cats help me? Can we get out in time? Stay tuned for the conclusion tomorrow!๐ฒ๐๐๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
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Well this is another fine mess you’ve gotten into. You’d better get somewhere fast or you will really be nowhere. The fast way.
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Laughter Beats Pneunomia!! I now have proof positive!
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Yep, we’re digging fast as we can! But those rocks are big. But we’ll make it, we have to!
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I know you will If you hadn’t the story would have not been written
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That’s a point that’s hard to argue.
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Come on.. Make it fast…. ๐ฐ๐ฐ .. Nice photoshop ๐โจ๐ค …. Story is moving perfectly at the right speed now….โจ๐ธ๐
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We’re digging fast, really we are, but will we make it in time or will we….?๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ
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Hope you will, I need to find time to read that soon….๐ณ
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Great idea! I’ll give a hint…no wait, can’t do that.๐๐ณ๐๐๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
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I needed some tips for sure ๐ผ๐ณ๐
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I don’t want to spoil it for you.๐๐
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I’m struggling, how about being kind and help me ๐๐๐๐บ๐
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Oh that wouldn’t be right, I know you wouldn’t want me to do that and spoil the end of the story like that.๐๐๐๐
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alright ๐๐Go your way… I’ll find it ๐๐
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That’s the way to do it!๐ I knew you could and wanted to!๐ฅณ๐ฅณ And besides, I forgot what we were talking about so I couldn’t help anyway.๐ค๐ณ๐ I’m always doing that with everyone,๐ losing track of thinking,๐ค which I’m not doing because it gives me a headache๐จ๐ค and the top of my head goes boom, like this.๐คฏ๐คฏ๐คฏ๐คญ๐คญ๐คญ
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Boom ! now I’m heading off to bed… Time for bed.. need for bed.. it’s bed time ๐ Good Night Uncle Steve.. and by the way what were we talking again ๐ค๐
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Oh, oh! You are in a heap of trouble! Let’s hope the cats can figure something out and fast! โ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ
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Yes, we don’t know how much time we have! But we will find out today in the final chapter!๐ฒ๐๐๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ
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