Kingdom of the Cursed Mask

chapter 2

In the Delightful Mansion from down the lane, Dick was going down the hallways. Once he came into a throne room, he bowed in front of him as he carried the paper. "I've got the map." he told his boss, or rather, bosses.

There were five children dressed in school uniforms, sailor dresses for the two girls and suits and ties for the three boys, known as the Delightful Children from Down the Lane, arch enemies to the Kids Next Door. "At last, after all all this time, the Secret of the Freemasons is in our hand," the children spoke in creepy monotone as usual. "Good job, Mr. Dastardly. Your ancestors chose well when they joined the Illuminati."

"We only have to decode it." Dick informed eagerly.

"No need to worry," the Delightful Children assured. "Our best scientists will work on it. Please give the paper to Major Doctor Ghastly."

Dick turned to the red-haired woman who worked for pure evil. "Very well..."

The doctor took the paper and took a look at it. "This must be an anagram..." she hummed, deeply in thought. "Do you know the key word or sentence?"

"Okay, the sun rises at West." Dick informed her.

"That isn't so hard," Ghastly sounded serious now. "My team will start to decode it right away."

"Hey, where are you taking my map!?" Dick demanded. "Give it back to me!"

"Please Mr. Dastardly," the Delightful Children tried to calm him as their guards were ready to strike him if he rebelled against them. "Don't do anything incautious... We'll contact you when the decoding is finished, now, please leave."

"Okay, I'll go..." Dick went off, then mumbled under his breath. "You spoiled little brats..."

"We don't trust him... He's hiding something..." the Delightful Children narrowed their eyes slightly. "We must keep an eye on him..."

Outside...

"Do you have the real map, Muttley?" Dick asked his dog.

Muttley took out the paper as instructed.

"Good..." Dick grinned, and then they went to leave the Delightful Mansion. "I haven't spent all my money for those Delightful Children..."

Meanwhile in Megaville Harbor...

"This is a joke, right?" Blossom asked once she was standing next to Captain K'Nuckles.

"No, that's my ship," K'Nuckles smirked, looking rather smug. "The 'Roggy Joller'."

"You know, we can fly..." Blossom suggested an easier way to travel.

"Maybe, but that's not how real adventurers do," K'Nuckles replied, then went to take the helm. "Anchors Aweigh!" he then called.

Bubbles giggled as she got the anchor set for their adventure.

"Set sail!" K'Nuckles then called.

Buttercup and Bubbles took the ends of the sail and tied it down.

"Full speed ahead!" K'Nuckles ordered.

Buttercup took a deep breath and blew the sail to make them venture into the water.

"How long until we get there, Captain?" Blossom asked.

"Not much." K'Nuckles replied as he drove the boat.

A few hours later, Bubbles and Buttercup decided to make the time go by, pretending to be pirates and hitting each other with wooden swords.

Blossom looked very bored as she watched them play. "How long until we get there?" she asked, sluggishly.