The Housepet Games: Chapter Five
Chapter Five
Peanut came to a stop after running for nearly five whole
minutes. He leaned against a nearby tree
to catch his breath, but he couldn't stop grinning. This was so AWESOME!
BOOM!
The cannon went off in the distance, and Peanut looked up to
see his girlfriend's face hovering in the sky.
He creased his eyebrows in concern.
She'd already been beaten? He had
been expecting her to win, what with her super-future-vision, and whatnot. But then his grin returned. Of course, it would have been impossible for
her to win, because HE was going to win!
She probably just let herself lose to be fair, anyway.
"Did you happen to grab any food?" someone asked in the distance. "I'm getting kinda hungry."
Peanut froze. Somebody
was there! What did he do now? A full frontal assault? An ambush?
"No, I didn't manage to get anything out of the cornucopia,"
another voice answered. "I just ran away
as fast as I could."
"Bummer," the first one said as he crested a nearby hill.
It was Fox, Peanut realized!
And King was there with him, too.
That was weird, weren't they supposed to be killing each other? Oh well, it didn't matter, the pup decided as
he raised his battle axe over his head and charged at the pair with a screaming
war cry.
"What the?" Fox exclaimed as Peanut came running at
him. Peanut swung his axe down, but the
gray dog raised his spear and blocked the attack at the last moment. He thrust out, pushing Peanut away from him.
"It's Peanut!" King shouted, holding his knife out in fear.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of him!" Fox promised, an
excited gleam coming into his eyes.
"AAAAAAAAAAH!" Peanut screamed again, and swung his axe a
second time, which Fox nimbly dodged.
"Is that supposed to be scary?" Fox asked. "You sound like Grape when the vet gives her
a shot!"
Peanut paused, his eyes growing wide with disbelief, "You
take that back!" he shouted at last, taking another wild swing at his opponent. Fox blocked the attack with his spear once
again. Twirling the weapon skillfully,
he pulled Peanut's axe right out of his hands.
"Hey, no fair!" Peanut shouted. "Give that back!"
"Doesn't matter either way," Fox replied. "You obviously have no idea how to use that
thing."
With that, he struck out, using the butt of the spear to
knock Peanut's feet out from under him.
Peanut hit the ground hard with an "oof!" Above him, Fox raised the spear to end the
fight.
"It's nothing personal, Peanut," he said, though his
expression betrayed how little remorse he felt for this. "I just really want to win!"
Peanut's hands scrambled madly in the dirt, searching for
something to use against his opponent.
His fist closed around a rock. It
was the size of his hand, and moderately heavy.
"Yeah?" Peanut asked.
"Well, me too!"
Before Fox could react, Peanut threw the rock at him as hard
as he could. His aim was true, and the
stone struck Fox directly in the noggin with a cartoonish "BONK!" Fox dropped the spear and staggered
backwards, a dazed expression on his face.
"Yes, Granny, I would LOVE another rainbow bubble sandwich!"
he babbled to himself before collapsing to the ground and vanishing in a puff
of smoke. BOOM, went the cannon, and Fox's
face appeared in the sky.
Giggling with excitement, Peanut picked himself up from the
ground and dusted himself off before remembering that King was still
there. The little corgi was staring at the
bigger dog in horror, his knife held loosely at his side. A sly grin crept across Peanut's face.
"Boo!" he yelled, taking a dramatic step towards him.
With a yelp of fright, King turned and retreated
into the forest.