Free Sealing Death by Basil E. Bacorn Page A

this junk." Betty offered. The lady turned around. She smiled and nodded her head. "I have a motto." she explained, "Everyone leaves with a smile." The older lady plucked the necklace from Betty's hand. "Thank you for shopping at Queen's Fishing Palace." she thanked, "Have a nice day!"
     
          Betty waved her hand and shoved Mr. Braddock out the door. "That was the best deal ever!" Betty whispered to the knight, "That necklace wasn't even real!"
     
     
          Stella watched Charlie. "How about now?" she asked, "Can you walk now?"
     
          Charlie looked at her. "You just asked me two minutes ago!" he yelped. Stella stood up and dusted herself off. She was so clean. Everywhere she went, she always looked nice. It was probably because she was always prepping herself. Charlie rolled around using his one arm he could now move to push himself over. His legs were still completely immobilized. What could Saxton have done?
     
     
          Cassie and Will stood up and looked around. Cassie was just going to fly them up, but there were too many branches in the way, and she wasn't talented enough to dodge them all.
          After thinking about it, Cassie turned to Will. "Would it be too bad if I burned this whole place down?" she wondered. Will looked at her and said, "Apparently, only you can prevent jungle fires. Of course it would be bad! How many animals would you be killing?!"
     
          Cassie sighed, "How are we going to find our way out then?" Will looked around and blurted, "By using good old fashioned brain power!" Cassie dropped her head. They were doomed.
     
     
          The Realm of The Lost floated around unprotected. It drifted by the Scarrcedenhogg, catching its attention. The monster smashed its claws on the exterior, and ripped it off. Creatures panicked as the Scarrcedenhogg used just ten heads to do the job. Faster than lightning, they smashed on the ground, growls thundering throughout the realm. When the heads retracted, the beast clawed away at the remains, throwing broken pieces all over Reality.
          A chunk of realm flew through nothing, and smashed into the Realm of the Retold hard enough to send another crack rippling through existence. It immediately split two ways. The crack smashed past realms, one end stopping just before the Musical Realm, and the other jarring the precious Time Realm. Due to the jar, time was thrown for a loop, and Reality skipped ahead two minutes.
     
     
          Arthur Braddock and Betty found themselves in another store. "How did we get here?" Betty questioned. "The Time Realm!" Braddock yelped, "We are now, literally, running out of time to stop the Scarrcedenhogg. We need to find the others!"
          Betty walked outside and looked around. One way was water, and the other was a long road. "That way!" she demanded, pointing down the road.
     
     
          Cassie pulled away from Will. When did they start kissing? Whatever happened, it couldn't have been good. "We need to hurry!" Cassie shouted at Will, scaring him.
     
          Will knew something made them jump ahead in time, he just didn't know what. "I agree." he acknowledged, "Listen for water. If we find water, we can find a way out."
     
     
          Stella found herself inches from Charlie's face. "What just happened?" she inquired. Charlie shrugged, "It looks like you were going to try and carry me." Was she really that desperate that she had to try to carry Charlie across an endless prairie? Stella heard a menacing growl behind her. She turned around and knew why she was so desperate.
     
          Standing five or so yards away was a huge lion, eyeing them as his next meal. The creature broke into a run, and Stella threw Charlie over her shoulder and ran as fast as she could. The lion had to be at least ten feet tall on all fours, and was quickly catching up to them. She briefly considered dropping Charlie to slow the cat down, but quickly realized that was a