Brian the Cat: The adventure begins. by John Fritz.

Part 16: Who's got the basket?

Over at the abandoned palace. Shanti was clashing swords with Dessa. Polly poking the heck out of Sinbad's head like an angry woodpecker. Got ya. He said triumphantly. But then Polly bit him on the nose. Ow! Why you little. Hey, where did you go?

Then he noticed that something was crawling up his shirt and Polly then burst his head out of the chest area like some kind of alien and proceeded to attack him. While I was clashing blade with steel. I was taking on Arun's Captain of the Guards.

Or what was left of them anyway. Now, I've got you. Said as he had me pinned against a wall and kicked my monkey wrench away. Any last words? Do you see stars? What? Well of course not. He told me. The sun is still up. There are no stars out so I cannot see them.

Bam! While he was talking I grabbed my wrench and clubbed him over the head with it and asked him. How about now? I then ran at him with lightning speed, jumped into the air, and kicked him right through a wall. In the words of the great "Keanu Reeves." I know Kung Fu. Huh. He growled. Then let us see how good it is.

The Captain had put his sword away and decided to do this with fists. He swung at me with a right and a left. I jump, dodge, leap, claw and punch. Meow. I said sounding cool. Meanwhile, both Shanti and Dessa's swords clashed so hard that you could almost see sparks.

I must say. You are quite good with a blade for a princess. I thought all you ladies did was to wait for your prince to come. Get with the times sisters. While there are some princesses like that not all of us need a man to save of us. A princess can be a warrior too. And bad news for you. Shanti had taken a mighty swipe knocking Dessa's sword out of her hand and into an old painting of a man right between the eyes.

I happen to be one of them. But while Shanti's back was turned. Sinbad had finally managed to grab Polly and stuff him into a vase plugging it.up with a plant. That outta hold you. Ratchet bird. And while Shanti was did not see him. Sinbad had grabbed a large basket.

Do you yield? Shanti asked Dessa while she was down. No. But tell me what is one of the important things to know when you are in a fight? Always watch your back. Shanti answered. That and, Dessa had backflipped onto her feet at the end of the rug that they were both standing on. Always mind your surroundings. And with a Jult.

She knock Shanti right into the basket and Sinbad had shut it. Got her. She said to her brother as they both high-fived each other. Let's grab the Captain and get out. And Speaking of which as the Captain tried to hit me, I was moving to fast for him to even lay a hit on me.

I was an orange and it was causing the Captain to get frustrated as he could not manage to hit me. How, are you this quick? He ask while he was breathing heavy. Out of breath. And I told him. I might not be as fast as a certain blue video game Hedgehog. But it does pay off when one of you ancestors was a cheetah.

So, how about you tell me why you not only brought us here, but what do you three want with Shanti. Hmm. I thought you were clever. We were being the princess here because it was a trap. But when you and your friends show up. We had to change things a bit. As for what we want with the princess.

My, lord wants a queen and he wants her. But it doesn't matter? How come? Well, mainly for one. BONK! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo! I was suddenly hit in the back of the head. We got what we came for. Tata, Brian. Sinbad said and all three of them had ran off. I rubbed my head and groan with only one thing to say in a deep voice. Ow.

But there was no time to waste. I had seen that the bad guys were getting away and picking her head out of the top I saw that they had as she cried out my name. Brian! Shanti. I was just about to chase after them when I heard some strange sounds coming from a large vase that was plugged up with a large lid and when I had open it came.