The Wonderful Land Of Oz

Chapter 34: (Tik-Tok The Machine Man)

(Tik-Tok The Machine Man)

*October 21st, 1905*

*Land of Ev*

A few hours had passed as some of the Wheelers grew bored and began to slowly retreat back into the forest along with their leader; however, two of the Wheelers guarded the area which Dorothy and Billina were currently resting at.

"Gosh, these Wheelers won't let up! We've been waiting here for hours and there's still some of them guarding us!" Dorothy had whispered to Billina in a rather annoyed tone of voice while the red hen nodded their head in agreement.

"I agree! But we also gotta find a way out of here or else those Wheelers find a way to climb up here.." Billina had whispered back to their owner in a rather concerned tone of voice as the pair looked around for any signs of an exit before Dorothy noticed a rather strange door that was located below her which piqued her interest.

"A door? Maybe we can use this to escape those terrible Wheelers but where would this door take us? Somewhere dangerous or maybe directly to Oz?" Dorothy had thought to herself while observing the door with great interest before turning to call on Billina by waving her hand as she began to whisper out to the red hen.

"Billina, I think I've found a door that could take us somewhere else so let's hurry and get inside before those awful Wheelers wake up" Dorothy had whispered to Billina as this prompted the red hen to quickly waddle over to their owner while observing the door.

"Interesting, let's take this door! I've been meaning to get out of here!' Billina had whispered back in a rather excited tone of voice as they had seen Dorothy carefully opening the door to reveal a ladder that could pave the way for our heroes to descend down.

"Okay. I'll climb down while I carry you, okay? It's the only way for us to ever get out of this place" Dorothy had advised Billina as the red hen nodded their heads in understandment.

"Sure, just be careful now! I don't want you to slip and fall cause that will be quite terrible indeed" Billina had spoken back to Dorothy in a tone of concern and understandment as they had felt themselves gently being picked up by Dorothy.

"Okay, let's go.." Dorothy had simply uttered out as she carefully began to climb down the ladder as she had used one foot to land on each platform while using her one arm to carefully hold on to each platform as this proved to be quite challenging due to her holding Billina.

"You got this! Just take your time, okay? It's gonna be while before those Wheelers wake up anyways" Billina had spoken out to their owner in hopes of offering Dorothy encouragement as the young girl continued to carefully make her way down the ladder and eventually, Dorothy was able to successfully climb down the ladder without falling as this left her slightly breathless.

"Gosh! That ladder was pretty tall but I'm glad we've managed to get away from those Wheelers but also, where are we?' Dorothy had spoken out to Billina while looking around at the rather strange room.

The room was very dark yet there was still enough light for Dorothy and Billina to see clearly as there were portraits of many people on each side with one of them depicting a rather beautiful woman while there was also plenty of storage scattered across the room.

"What is this place?! How could a small hill possibly lead to a room like this?! I truly don't get this place.." Dorothy had spoken out in confusion as she and Billina proceeded to explore the strange room while Billina nodded their head in agreement.

"I agree! It's quite strange indeed but hopefully we can find a way out of here and as far away from those Wheelers as possible" Billina had responded back to Dorothy as the pair continued to explore the room until they noticed a rather strange thing standing in the center of the room.