Dawn of the Nugget

Chapter 7

"I'm H-A-P-P-Y! I'm H-A-P-P-Y! I know I am! I'm sure I am! I'm H-A-P-P-Y! Come on!" Ginger had been singing while Molly and Kali struggled to get her through the hallway. 

"Shush, Mum" Molly warned. "We have to be quiet"

"But I want to sing!" Ginger said before Kali clamped the hen's beak shut. 

"Now's not a good time, Ginger" The adventure girl glared slightly to her feathered friend. 

"Just follow us" Molly grabbed her mom's wing, dragging her along. 

"Oh, goody. Are we going on holiday?" Ginger smiled, sounding like Babs. 

"No!" Molly said. "We have to find Frizzle, and Dad and Uncle Nobby and get out of here!"

"But why?" Ginger whined, acting like a little kid as she fell to the floor, refusing to get up. 

"Because I say so!" Molly glared in annoyance to her brainwashed mother, as she was the one acting like the parent now. 

Ginger blew a raspberry. "Well, you're not the boss of me" The British hen started laughing. 

"Listen to you, you're delirious!" Kali frowned to her friend. 

"Kali, can you get that collar off?" Molly asked, showing worry on her face. 

The adventure girl tried her best, attempting to get the collar off of Ginger but it wouldn't budge. 

"Damn thing!" The tomboy cursed, then frowned. "I'm sorry Molly, I can't get it off"

"I can see my feet" Ginger continued laughing. 

Just then, Kali and Molly both gasped as they could hear the guards' voices nearby. Kali picked up Ginger and ran with Molly down the hallway until they suddenly bumped into someone. 

"Ow!" Cynthia groaned. "That's the second time in an hour" 

"Kali, you're okay!" Teeders, David, Brock and Ann all beamed, hugging her. 

Kali smiled to her friends and siblings as the adventure kids had been reunited. 

"Ginger. Oh, thank heavens you escaped" Bunty smiled to the chickens' leader before glaring. "I can't believe we're back up against that horrible woman"

"What? Mrs. Tweedy's the best!" Ginger said. "I love her"

"What's wrong with her?" Ann asked as the Akids were confused to why Ginger was acting funny. 

"Bunty! Mac! Guys!" Molly said, coming out of the crowd. "It's this collar"

"Molly!" The chickens and Akids all beamed, happy to see the young hen. 

Ricky and Etta pulled their little sister in for a hug. "Oh, we're so glad you're safe" They said. 

"What are you all doing here?" Molly smiled to her friends and family. 

"We've come to rescue you" Brock said before shouting at the top of his lungs. "FREEDOM!!!"

Cynthia suddenly clamped the adventure boy's mouth shut, glaring. "Not so loud, idiot! You trying to get us all caught?!" 

The fashionista then removed her hand from Brock's mouth as he said more quietly this time. "Freedom..."

"Hold up" Teeders spoke. "You're saying that collar is somehow controlling Ginger?"

"Yes," Molly frowned. "It's making Mum act all weird" 

"So basically, she's like David now?" Ann smirked.