The Housepet Games: Chapter Two
Chapter Two
It was dark.
At first, Peanut thought that something had gone wrong and
he'd been left out of Tarot's spell.
Just as he was about to call out, though, the floor lurched beneath his
feet, and he felt himself slowly begin to rise.
An elevator! He thought to himself with excitement. It's normally not this cool, but here it is
AWESOME!
Slowly, he was raised into the open. The sun shined down brightly from above,
revealing that he was in a forest. Just
as Max had promised, there was a giant cone in front of him. It was shaped like one of those Thanksgiving
things. He looked around, and saw that
his friends had come up out of the ground as well.
Not my friends now, he thought with excitement. My opponents!
A counter appeared on the giant cone, and Tarot's voice rang
out, counting along with it.
"10... 9... 8... 7..."
Peanut quickly scanned the area. The obvious thing to do would be to run
straight to the giant cone and grab whatever he could find. Then again, that's probably what everyone
else was going to do, too. King might
not be too hard to take out, but Fox and Grape would undoubtedly be more of a
challenge. Who even knew what Tarot was
capable of? A more sensible option would
be to run into the forest and create distance.
Nah, that was too boring!
"3... 2... 1... GO!"
Without a moment's hesitation, Peanut took off running
towards the giant cone. From his peripheral
vision, he saw King turn and dash into the forest. Bino did the same in the opposite
direction. He couldn't see the others
from here, but he assumed that they must be...
"OOF!" he grunted as Max tackled him from behind.
"Bad move, Dog Breath!" he cackled as he raised a knife
above his head.
Before Peanut knew what was going on, though, a purple
streak had tackled Max off of him.
"Run, Peanut!" she shouted, holding her boyfriend to the
ground. She had a wickedly sharp sword
strapped to her back.
"Grape, that's not how the game works!" Peanut shouted in
confusion.
"Duh, but I don't want it to end too soon!" Grape shouted
back. "Now run!"
But Peanut didn't want to leave without taking SOMETHING
from the big shiny cone. Getting to his
feet, he scrambled around until he found an enticing looking battle axe lying
only a few feet away from him. Grabbing
it, he finally obeyed Grape and took off into the forest, giggling madly.
"Get off me, babe!" Max shouted. "I don't want to hurt you!"
With a sly grin, Grape let go of her boyfriend and took a
few steps back, "What do you say we form an alliance?" she asked.
Max got back to his feet, coughing softly and rubbing his
neck where Grape had been grabbing him, "What makes you think I need your help?"
he asked.
"The fact that you just got pinned by a girl," Grape
answered. "And that that girl is still
here." She reached back and drew her
sword threateningly.
Max's eyes widened in fear, and he glanced down
at his puny knife. With a grin to hide
his terror, he hid the knife behind his back, "Okay, welcome to the team!"