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<blockquote data-quote="orchid blossom" data-source="post: 2063168" data-attributes="member: 12815"><p>Round 2 orchid blossom vs. FireLance</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Child's Play</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>"You two had better be in bed by the time I count ten! One...two...three...four.."</p><p></p><p>"But Mom!"</p><p></p><p>The voice from the living room came louder. "Five...six...seven..."</p><p></p><p>Bobby and Derek both dived for their beds as their mother's shadow crept up the hall. </p><p></p><p>"Eight...Nine...Ten. And tomorrow you're going to tell me where you got that figurine and return it."</p><p></p><p>"Mom, we already told you," Bobby said for the fourth time.</p><p></p><p>She put her hands on her hips and stared. "You told me a story. Tomorrow we try the truth." The door shut with a quiet click leaving the brothers in the dark.</p><p></p><p>"We saved her," Derek said as he snapped on the bedside lamp. He looked at the small lady hanging from the diving board. "It's not our fault she doesn't know how to change back."</p><p></p><p>.......................................................</p><p></p><p>Earlier that day....</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=18901" target="_blank">Derek and Bobby stood against the gray canvas wall off the tent.</a> Two sets of eyes scanned the fairgrounds, looking for anyone suspicious. "This mask is itchy," Derek said, reaching underneath it to scratch his neck. </p><p></p><p>"We're superheroes, we have to protect our secret identities. Too bad if it's itchy." Bobby turned back toward the tent opening and peeked inside. There were sounds of shouting, and Bobby saw the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=18899" target="_blank">ring where two roosters were fighting.</a> "I told you we were perfect for this job. We can sneak right past those people and into the back where they're keeping The Morph. C'mon."</p><p></p><p>Bobby walked confidently into the tent, Derek a step behind him. "It only works at night, I thought. With the full moon."</p><p></p><p>"Don't be stupid, that's wolves."</p><p></p><p>The brothers pushed their way through the adult bodies to a large canvas curtain the separated the arena from the private areas. The roosters began to raise a cacophony when the boys entered the pens. They dashed across the room between the crates of roosters to an actual wooden wall in the middle of the tent.</p><p></p><p>"I'll bet he's in here. Why else would they have a real building inside a tent?" Bobby tried the doorknob, but it was locked.</p><p></p><p>"Mr. Morph would turn into a key and open it."</p><p></p><p>"Yeah, well, he's in there, so that's not much help."</p><p></p><p>From inside the wooden walls they heard two voices.</p><p></p><p>"Better put on our good disguises," Bobby smiled. He looked at his brother as they both began to shimmer, their forms shifting and blurring. They shrank, feathers sprouting from their bodies, as their feet became claws and their noses stretched and hardened into beaks.</p><p></p><p>"No one here but us chickens," Derek thought to his brother, who immediately pecked him hard in the wing. "What was that for?"</p><p></p><p>"Bad jokes. Come on, this way."</p><p></p><p>"If we pecked them, would they be werehumans?" Derek wondered to Bobby.</p><p></p><p>"I don't know. That's a weird question."</p><p></p><p>The voices were getting closer, and while Bobby waited by the door Derek went over to the nearest crate and pecked the rooster inside hard. "Geez Derek, come on!"</p><p></p><p>The wooden door opened and two men walked out. It was hard to tell how big they were from their spot on the ground, but they didn't seem to notice as two roosters slipped past them into the building just before the door shut. They shimmered and changed again after they heard the voices fade away.</p><p></p><p>"I think they'd like to be werehumans," Derek said defensively.</p><p></p><p>"You would. Come on, help me find him. He'll be in his real form, so he shouldn't be very big."</p><p></p><p>Bobby and Derek began a thorough search of the room, finding any number of odd or interesting things. A lot of the things were really old, and there were lots of musty old books too. On the higher shelves were some figures that Derek guessed were toys. Lots of them were of superheroes and villains, but there was one of a group of Roman soldiers, and up high one of a lady hanging onto a diving board.</p><p></p><p>Bobby opened the doors to a wardrobe and pushed back a red cloth. <a href="http://www.enworld.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=18898" target="_blank">Underneath was a large jar, and floating inside was Mr. Morph.</a> Bobby held back a victory whoop and tapped on the glass. The single eye snapped open and Bobby jumped back. "Smash the glass," a voice told him inside his head.</p><p></p><p>He reached inside but couldn't move the heavy jar by himself. "Hey Derek, there a bat or something over there?"</p><p></p><p>"Is that him?"</p><p></p><p>"Yeah, but we have to break the glass to get him out."</p><p></p><p>Derek took a quick look around and spotted a set of golf clubs in the corner. He grabbed one for him and one for Bobby, and on the count of three they both swung at the glass. Liquid came pouring out and Mr. Morph wove the wave to the ground. He immediately changed his form into a small dog. "No one will suspect two boys and their dog," his thought came to both boys. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=18902" target="_blank">"Now, one of you get up there and grab that statue of the lady on the diving board. She used to be a superhero too, until they caught her."</a></p><p></p><p>As Derek climbed up her asked, "You mean the statue used to be her? Why do they keep her like that?"</p><p></p><p>"Because that's how they caught her. She had water powers, so they like the idea of her dangling from a diving board, never able to get to the water. I might be able to change her back, but not right now. Let's go."</p><p></p><p>The two boys and Mr. Morph slipped back out the door, through the rooster pens and into the arena. As they pushed through the crowd Mr. Morph said, "I see the men who were in the room with me. They're on their way back to the pens, we'd better hurry."</p><p></p><p>It only took a minute or two to work their way through the crowd and back out into the fresh air. Over the shouting from the men watching the rooster fights they could hear louder, angrier screams and the breaking of glass. Bobby and Derek looked wide-eyed at one another and ran.</p><p></p><p>Mr. Morph kept up, and they left the fairgrounds behind them in short order. They were running through the parking when they heard the timed march of feet coming toward them. Over the hill they saw a group of soldiers dressed in shining armor come down the road and block it. <a href="http://www.enworld.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=18900" target="_blank">They each had a big, rectangular shield, and all together they moved them until they looked like they were inside a little house.</a></p><p></p><p>Bobby and Derek looked at each other for a moment. "Those men had a toy that looked like that, and Mr. Morph said maybe the lady could be brought back. Those men must have sent the soldiers."</p><p></p><p>Mr. Morph began to change, the furry little dog disappearing into the enormous boulder that began to grow, looking almost as if it came up from the ground. "Run after me boys, I'll clear the road." Mr. Morph then began to roll forward like a bowling ball, and the soldiers flew out of the way like pins. The boys ran laughing through the wreckage as each soldier turned back to a toy. They kept laughing as they made their way home.</p><p></p><p>.........................................</p><p></p><p>The next morning....</p><p></p><p>Mom pulled the covers back over her head as she heard roosters crow. "I thought we moved to the city to get away from roosters!" she muttered. The noise kept up, and she finally gave up on getting back to sleep. She pulled on her robe and wandered over to the window that looked out over the backyard.</p><p></p><p>She rubbed her eyes and looked again. There were two roosters strutting around her backyard. And why was there a woman in a bathing suit? She closed her eyes and looked again. A little brown dog was jumping around behind her as she waved to the roosters, then the woman and the dog disappeared through the hedge to the triumphant crows of the roosters.</p><p></p><p>She walked down the hallway to her boys' bedroom and looked inside. The beds were still mussed and warm, but that figurine of the woman in the bathing suit was gone. Mom shut the door, walked back to her room, lowered her window blinds and climbed back into bed, pulling the pillow over her head.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orchid blossom, post: 2063168, member: 12815"] Round 2 orchid blossom vs. FireLance [SIZE=4]Child's Play[/SIZE] "You two had better be in bed by the time I count ten! One...two...three...four.." "But Mom!" The voice from the living room came louder. "Five...six...seven..." Bobby and Derek both dived for their beds as their mother's shadow crept up the hall. "Eight...Nine...Ten. And tomorrow you're going to tell me where you got that figurine and return it." "Mom, we already told you," Bobby said for the fourth time. She put her hands on her hips and stared. "You told me a story. Tomorrow we try the truth." The door shut with a quiet click leaving the brothers in the dark. "We saved her," Derek said as he snapped on the bedside lamp. He looked at the small lady hanging from the diving board. "It's not our fault she doesn't know how to change back." ....................................................... Earlier that day.... [url=http://www.enworld.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=18901]Derek and Bobby stood against the gray canvas wall off the tent.[/url] Two sets of eyes scanned the fairgrounds, looking for anyone suspicious. "This mask is itchy," Derek said, reaching underneath it to scratch his neck. "We're superheroes, we have to protect our secret identities. Too bad if it's itchy." Bobby turned back toward the tent opening and peeked inside. There were sounds of shouting, and Bobby saw the [url=http://www.enworld.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=18899]ring where two roosters were fighting.[/url] "I told you we were perfect for this job. We can sneak right past those people and into the back where they're keeping The Morph. C'mon." Bobby walked confidently into the tent, Derek a step behind him. "It only works at night, I thought. With the full moon." "Don't be stupid, that's wolves." The brothers pushed their way through the adult bodies to a large canvas curtain the separated the arena from the private areas. The roosters began to raise a cacophony when the boys entered the pens. They dashed across the room between the crates of roosters to an actual wooden wall in the middle of the tent. "I'll bet he's in here. Why else would they have a real building inside a tent?" Bobby tried the doorknob, but it was locked. "Mr. Morph would turn into a key and open it." "Yeah, well, he's in there, so that's not much help." From inside the wooden walls they heard two voices. "Better put on our good disguises," Bobby smiled. He looked at his brother as they both began to shimmer, their forms shifting and blurring. They shrank, feathers sprouting from their bodies, as their feet became claws and their noses stretched and hardened into beaks. "No one here but us chickens," Derek thought to his brother, who immediately pecked him hard in the wing. "What was that for?" "Bad jokes. Come on, this way." "If we pecked them, would they be werehumans?" Derek wondered to Bobby. "I don't know. That's a weird question." The voices were getting closer, and while Bobby waited by the door Derek went over to the nearest crate and pecked the rooster inside hard. "Geez Derek, come on!" The wooden door opened and two men walked out. It was hard to tell how big they were from their spot on the ground, but they didn't seem to notice as two roosters slipped past them into the building just before the door shut. They shimmered and changed again after they heard the voices fade away. "I think they'd like to be werehumans," Derek said defensively. "You would. Come on, help me find him. He'll be in his real form, so he shouldn't be very big." Bobby and Derek began a thorough search of the room, finding any number of odd or interesting things. A lot of the things were really old, and there were lots of musty old books too. On the higher shelves were some figures that Derek guessed were toys. Lots of them were of superheroes and villains, but there was one of a group of Roman soldiers, and up high one of a lady hanging onto a diving board. Bobby opened the doors to a wardrobe and pushed back a red cloth. [url=http://www.enworld.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=18898]Underneath was a large jar, and floating inside was Mr. Morph.[/url] Bobby held back a victory whoop and tapped on the glass. The single eye snapped open and Bobby jumped back. "Smash the glass," a voice told him inside his head. He reached inside but couldn't move the heavy jar by himself. "Hey Derek, there a bat or something over there?" "Is that him?" "Yeah, but we have to break the glass to get him out." Derek took a quick look around and spotted a set of golf clubs in the corner. He grabbed one for him and one for Bobby, and on the count of three they both swung at the glass. Liquid came pouring out and Mr. Morph wove the wave to the ground. He immediately changed his form into a small dog. "No one will suspect two boys and their dog," his thought came to both boys. [url=http://www.enworld.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=18902]"Now, one of you get up there and grab that statue of the lady on the diving board. She used to be a superhero too, until they caught her."[/url] As Derek climbed up her asked, "You mean the statue used to be her? Why do they keep her like that?" "Because that's how they caught her. She had water powers, so they like the idea of her dangling from a diving board, never able to get to the water. I might be able to change her back, but not right now. Let's go." The two boys and Mr. Morph slipped back out the door, through the rooster pens and into the arena. As they pushed through the crowd Mr. Morph said, "I see the men who were in the room with me. They're on their way back to the pens, we'd better hurry." It only took a minute or two to work their way through the crowd and back out into the fresh air. Over the shouting from the men watching the rooster fights they could hear louder, angrier screams and the breaking of glass. Bobby and Derek looked wide-eyed at one another and ran. Mr. Morph kept up, and they left the fairgrounds behind them in short order. They were running through the parking when they heard the timed march of feet coming toward them. Over the hill they saw a group of soldiers dressed in shining armor come down the road and block it. [url=http://www.enworld.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=18900]They each had a big, rectangular shield, and all together they moved them until they looked like they were inside a little house.[/url] Bobby and Derek looked at each other for a moment. "Those men had a toy that looked like that, and Mr. Morph said maybe the lady could be brought back. Those men must have sent the soldiers." Mr. Morph began to change, the furry little dog disappearing into the enormous boulder that began to grow, looking almost as if it came up from the ground. "Run after me boys, I'll clear the road." Mr. Morph then began to roll forward like a bowling ball, and the soldiers flew out of the way like pins. The boys ran laughing through the wreckage as each soldier turned back to a toy. They kept laughing as they made their way home. ......................................... The next morning.... Mom pulled the covers back over her head as she heard roosters crow. "I thought we moved to the city to get away from roosters!" she muttered. The noise kept up, and she finally gave up on getting back to sleep. She pulled on her robe and wandered over to the window that looked out over the backyard. She rubbed her eyes and looked again. There were two roosters strutting around her backyard. And why was there a woman in a bathing suit? She closed her eyes and looked again. A little brown dog was jumping around behind her as she waved to the roosters, then the woman and the dog disappeared through the hedge to the triumphant crows of the roosters. She walked down the hallway to her boys' bedroom and looked inside. The beds were still mussed and warm, but that figurine of the woman in the bathing suit was gone. Mom shut the door, walked back to her room, lowered her window blinds and climbed back into bed, pulling the pillow over her head. [/QUOTE]
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