Dinkleflop was running back down the hallway to the room the others were staying at. He was still in shock from what had just happened.
"No way the most wanted person in reality just saved me." Dinkleflop said to himself. When he made it back to the room, he stopped to see Floran sitting outside the front door of the room. "What are you doing?" he asked.
Floran looked up with exhausted eyes. "Opened the door and see for yourself." Dinkleflop walked up to the door and opened it slightly to see the rest throwing a massive party.
Octopus Man turned to Kookakoo who was blindfolded and said, "Okay Kookakoo. Time to play pin the tail on the Catalina." Catalina yelped in fear, as she was taped to a wall. "Okey dokey!" Kookakoo exclaimed.
Brazilian Bug Boy was playing poker against Cutecumber. "Ha! I won. Now give me your life savings." he said. Cutecumber sighed and replied, "Oh fine, as long as you forgive me." Brazilian Bug Boy nodded vigorously. "Yeah yeah, whatever, just give me the money." he said loudly.
Lusha was just laughing at the antics of everyone. She turned to Emberlyn and said, "Come on, have some fun." Emberlyn was looking down sadly. She was sitting a burnt pile of rubble, which used to me her bed. "I don't feel like it. I can't even be comfortable due to my flames." she responded.
Lusha just shrugged. "Well at least you're not a boring grouch like Floran." she remarked.
Floran narrowed her eyes in anger upon hearing this. Dinkleflop closed the door and sighed. "I thought they were going to get sleep." he said. "They did, for like 5 minutes. They then blasted that insanely loud music and I couldn't handle it so I left." Floran responded.
"I'm surprised there haven't been any noise complaints." Dinkleflop mumbled. Floran laughed a bit before responding, "Oh there have been. And every person who complained was taken into the room and tortured until they ran out crying."
Dinkleflop's eyes widened in shock. "Anyway. Did you find the criminal you were looking for?" Floran asked halfheartedly. Dinkeflop looked up to the ceiling and replied, "Maybe. All I know is that I was almost killed by some gang in an alleyway and someone faster than I could see saved me. I think that person might have been the criminal but I'm not sure."
Floran looked confused. "Wait, you were almost killed? Where is this alleyway?" she asked. "Ah, well follow me. I'll show you." Dinkleflop responded. Floran nodded and stood up, following him outside of the building.
Dinkleflop was pretty nervous to go back to the alleyway, but he knew Floran could casually take down a field of dragons, so she must be insanely powerful. As they exited the building, he took her over the alleyway, which was no longer there. There just buildings there now. "WHAT! I KNOW IT WAS HERE!" he shouted. He started looking around the nearby buildings to see if he was wrong about the location, but he couldn't find it anywhere.
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Floran looked at him suspiciously and replied, "You sure you didn't just pass out and have a fever dream or something?"
Just as Floran said that a random passerby remarked, "Hey wasn't there an alleyway here?" Floran put her hands on her hips and sighed before saying, "Ok. Well, I guess maybe your story was true. How did they try to kill you anyway?"
Dinkleflop's eyes were really wide, and he exclaimed, "They were going to pour grape juice down my throat and drown me with it."
Floran tilted her head. "You idiot. You're wearing a mask that is covering your mouth, and it's permanent." she said straightforwardly.
Dinkleflop touched the mask that covered his mouth and said, "Oh yeah." Floran rolled eyes and turned around. "Well whatever. You didn't die, so there's no point worrying anymore." she stated.
"But the person who saved me used a knife pattern that is very familiar to me." Dinkleflop said. Floran just turned to him with an uninterested look in her eyes. "Frankly, I don't care. We are focusing on saving all of reality remember? Why would I care about a criminal I've never even heard of?" she asked rudely.
Dinkleflop returned an angry glare and said, "To be honest, it looks like you're the only one who cares about defeating this group of gods you mentioned."
Floran just sighed and walked back to the hotel waving him off.
Dinkleflop was left alone in the middle of the street and turned back around to face the spot where the alleyway used to be. "I know it was here." he mumbled to himself.
"Indeed it was!" a voice called out behind him. Dinkleflop turned around to see the familiar crazy eyes of Scratchy. "Not you again!" Dinkleflop shouted.
Scratchy laughed to himself. "You know, you're an idiot for coming back here." he remarked. The magical girls, Jinjin and Mimi then walked in, as well as Can of Grape Juice.
Dinkleflop took some steps backwards until he hit a wall behind him. The four enemies walked up closer to him. Dinkleflop was nervous, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw another person behind them. It was a boy covered in a blanket, sleeping on the ground.
"W...who is that?" Dinkleflop asked nervously. Scratchy laughed and turned around. "We don't know his name cause he's always sleeping. We just call him Sleeping Dude." he explained with an evil grin.
"Is he also part of your little gang?" Dinkleflop asked, still shaking in fear.
Scratchy nodded. "Yup. You know he's pretty powerful. His dreams become reality. Just an hour ago he dreamed of an alleyway." he stated with a smirk.
Dinkleflop felt as if his heart stopped beating. He quickly ran away from them. "Not so fast little boy." Mimi said, raising her magical wand.
Dinkleflop felt as if his lungs were infested with maggots. Mimi giggled and shouted, "Do you like my lung killer attack?"
Struggling to breath, Dinkleflop harnessed his remaining power and broke free from the magical grasp. As he ran off into the distance Scratchy started scratching his back with the backscratcher. "The boss isn't gonna like this one." he said casually.
"Sir, I believe the boss may rip him limb from limb. Do you wish to allow that to happen?" Can of Grape Juice asked. "Hell yeah I do. Call the boss in right now!" Scratchy commanded.
"Yes sir." Can of Grape Juice replied.
As Floran made her way back to the hotel room, she opened the door and looked frustrated. "Ok guys. Enough partying." she said, but to her surprise, everyone was sleeping peacefully.
Kookakoo got up and rubbed her eyes tiredly. "You're such a meany. You woke me up from an incredible dream." Floran looked unamused, but she just walked in the room anyway, accidentally stepping on a police siren. The siren went off and the blaring sound woke everyone up.
Floran covered her ears and gritted her teeth. "WHO PUT THIS HERE!" she yelled before shooting it with an energy beam. When the sound finally stopped Lusha shook her head and said, "Tsk tsk tsk. Floran, you are so rambunctious."
Floran looked emotionless. "I'm going to rip your pancreas out of your body." she said coldly.