The Witcher

Claire and Present Danger

Jim, Blinky, Aaarrrgghh, Raelle, and Toby were all in Toby's room. Aaarrrgghh was focusing on playing his sushi game on Toby's T.V., while the others were talking about rescuing the real Enrique, and the Fetch was on Toby's dresser. The Fetch is a circular object made of twisted metal, having spiky poison green crystals on it. Toby, Aaarrrgghh, and Blinky found it when they were going through Strickler's office while he was at Jim and Raelle's house.

"What good is this amulet if it can't help me with this? Claire's brother is trapped somewhere in the Darklands, and there's nothing I can do about it?"

"Unfortunately, there is nothing any one of us can do," Blinky stated.

"What about the furgolator machine?" Jim asked, "If I can shrink down, maybe-"

"I mean, sure, we can go in all fun-size," Toby interrupted his friend, "But when it wears off, and we become full-size, we'll be stuck in there, too."

"Not to mention, we have no idea what is in the Darklands," Raelle told Jim, "There could be giant Venus Flytraps or anything that would want to eat us."

"And the Darklands is a black labyrinth, Master Jim," Blinky added, "Simply finding Baby Enrique would be a high impossible task of its own."

"Gunmar," Aaarrrgghh pitched in.

"Aaarrrgghh is right. If any of us were foolish enough to cross over, under no circumstances could you be saved, at risk of freeing Gunmar," Blinky informed the Trollhunter.

"But, what if-?" Jim began before Aaarrrgghh stood up furiously and cornered him.

"Under no circumstances!" Aaarrrgghh growled while Jim was trying his best to back away from Aaarrrgghh.

"Dude, don't be reckless! You almost just lost a golden tuna roll! Sit down! Relax," Toby told his wingman. Aaarrrgghh relaxes before he sits down and continues playing the game.

"What happened to the Trollhunter answering every call?" Jim questioned.

"You have a strong heart, Master Jim, a quality rarely seen in Trolls. I believe, one day, you will answer that child's call, but that day cannot be today," Blinky told him.

Inside the dollhouse, Chompsky watched the trolls and humans discuss before turning to his doll companion, who had her arms crossed. Soon, the gnome started arguing with himself before he left his home and walked out. Chompsky's small finger pointed to the Fetch, and Toby dropped to his level.

"Chompsky, no! It's too much to ask," Toby told the gnome.

Chompsky assertively chatters before he salutes. Blinky and Jim look at each other before looking at the Fetch behind them.

A rope was quickly found and tied around Chompsky's waist. Everyone stood in front of the Fetch that was now on the floor.

"Be careful. It's dangerous in the Darklands," Jim had gently put his large hand onto Chompsky's back.

"When you find Claire's brother, tug on the rope, and we'll get you back, got it?" Raelle said.

The gnome gave Raelle a thumbs-up as Blinky leaned down to his level.

"I have sorely misjudged you. You are no vermin. You are a ver-man," Blinky said.

Toby's arms began to fidget before he called out, "Wait! She has something to say."

Toby grabbed the plastic doll, gnome Chompsky's lovely girlfriend, and stretched out her arms in a hug-like a manner. The little gnome grabbed his plastic girlfriend and hummed as he hugged her gently and he whimpered.