Mythlands: THE HEIST

Part Two: The End of the World as You know it.

Written for the STORY CUBES WRITING CHALLENGE - JULY 30th 2018

ROLL - 1. Tent 2. Wizard 3. Jester's Cap

CAUSAL LOOP

At last Bambi understood - it was all coming together and playing out before his eyes.

He had spoken with the black cat and got the rest of the story. And he knew that he had to do something different - something that mattered.

So he gave up his amulet of protection and with it all the powers he had possessed these past five years, ever since the Hare had turned up and told him where to find it.

'Well at least this time I won't need to camp out in that drafty tent,' he muttered to himself.

He had given the amulet to Miss Jessica and with it, detailed notes that he had written with a pen in his mouth. Before that he had placed a hoof on the golden amulet and lifted the chain so it touched his forehead - and he had done something that may or may not work ... just in case this didn't work.

Then after that he had followed the future version of Hare, feeling vulnerable without his protection. But after all it didn't matter. Nothing mattered apart from the plan and stopping the Mouse bringing Cthulhu and the old ones through.

And so Bambi bore witness.

He saw the combined forces of the Mouse, react to the attack, though most were blown off their feet as Ariel the fey released her energy at the portal.

He saw a villain in an Octopus headpiece cry out in anguish as one of the minions, obviously a friend, dis-incorporated - he vaguely recognized the man in the Jester's costume and thought he might have been a ghost - his connection with reality being undone by Ariel's supernova like burst of pure energy disrupted the function of the portal to different realities.

The Octopus had screamed. 'Claypole!' and sunk to his knees, clutching all that remained - the jester's hat.

It wasn't the last anguished cry that Bambi heard.

He saw the death of Icarus and the rage of the Hellz Rabbitz and Pegasus. Strangely the angriest of them all, was nowhere to be heard.

Bambi looked around for Ariel and saw her limp, broken form on the ground - barely alive after she had given her all, the Elizabethan fey had fallen. She didn't get up.

The Rabbitz fought with a ferocity that momentarily gave them the advantage, as most of the Mouse's mercenaries had been killed, wounded or knocked over by the force of Ariel's energy release.

Some were still in the fight - the scarred doppler of Goldie Lochs was ordering survivors to cluster around the Mouse. A confused looking young girl with a bob haircut, held a box in front of her and looked wildly around.

From within his cordon, the Mouse lifted the wand of his dead friend, the wizard Bad Merlin, and began to chant.

Bambi gasped as he saw someone he had thought dead, run into the frey - Fierce Bad Rabbit ... their friend, but now obviously under the control of the enemy and ... WTF!!! Fierce was growing taller and more muscular - he was transforming into the hulking rabbit man known as Frank.

Frank, if that was who it was, batted Cottontail right into the maw of the portal, where she clung on for dear life to a metal standing pole that was part of it's construction.

Another cry of anguish - this time from her boyfriend, the future Hare, who foolishly rushed towards her - now the portal was trying to suck them both in.

The remaining Rabbitz were thrown off by this turn of events. Velveteen Rabbit was reaching out with his umbrella outstretched while the honourary member Wiley held onto his arm.

The last of their number, Oswald suddenly charged at Frank and ducked under the big Rabbit's huge arms - what was he trying to achieve.

'FRANK SMASH!!!'

The huge monstrosity chased after Oswald who was heading straight towards Wiley and Velveteen - Frank barreled into them, sweeping up both rabbit men and Wiley in his outstretched grasp - their momentum took them towards Future Hare and Cottontail.

And then, just like that all six vanished through the portal. It immediately shut down.

Then, one last scream of anguish followed.

Pegasus flew at the group clustering around the Mouse, his long white legs kicking out, crushing heads like cantaloupes. 

Evil Goldie, Colonel Kurtz, The Bride and others fired their weapons and the body of the noble steed was riddled with red spurts of blood.

With a last cry of 'STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON!' the winged stallion continued by sheer momentum and determination, crashing into the group and finding his target.

The Mouse screamed as Pegasus' teeth tore out his throat.

Bambi bore witness to the dying horse's last words.

'My black ass'll see yours in hell, rodent ass bitch!'

And the world started to go white. Bambi's last sight was the girl with the bob looking around her in terror. The whiteness was creeping up on them both.

The girl opened her box.

End.

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