Wonka's Wars (Book 2 of Oompa Loompa Takeover)

Chapter 18

"On top of spaghetti, all covered in cheeeese. I lost my poor meatball, when some fool sneeeezed..." Sadessa sang in a whisper as she and Wonka made their way through a dark, cramped room with tulle covered walls that smelled of fish.

"It rolled off the tablllle, and onto the flooor...then just like the fuck I gaaave, it went out the doooor."

"Lollypop!" Wonka growled as he shot her a look before grabbing a small lever from one of the long conveyors in the room. He snapped it off and turned it over in his hands.

Sadessa held her shotgun close to her chest as she surveyed the darkened room. The material draping over and covering the walls made her feel like a demon was hiding behind them and waiting to pounce. The whole place was giving her the creeps. "It rolled over some shiiit, went under a buuuush, when I found my poor meatball, it was next to a bag of cuuuush."

"Will you can it?" Wonka demanded as he added the lever onto his gadget, which was steadily growing in size.

"No one can hear me over the siren." She countered stubbornly. "Besides, it's how I relieve stress."

"Well I can hear it, and it's giving me stress." He whispered harshly.

"Well excuse me for ha—"

Wonka stopped her mid-sentence by putting a finger to her lips. Just then they heard the tromp of boots going by outside. For one long moment, the pair stood frozen in the dim room. Then the sound started to fade. When it disappeared altogether, Wonka released the breath he'd been holding and tucked his gadget under his arm. "I'm just praying that they think that we're all trying to get out, not get to Gloobenstomper. Because if they're expecting us, we're through." He went to the door in the back of the room and grasped the handle. After a moment he opened the door a crack, letting the hallway's light come in as he chanced a look out.

When he gave a quick "move out" motion, they scampered out into the empty hallway and headed for the place where the passageway split. Wonka poked his head out into it and looked down both corridors. "Clear." He said, before he strode out and began heading quickly down the left corridor. He suddenly dodged to the right and went into another room. "This way!"

"Wonka!" Sadessa yell/whispered at him as she ran in after him. "Where the hell are you going now?!"

He was standing still as he looked around the new room. "We're so close, but there's one more thing I need..."

Sadessa shut the door. She watched as he ran deeper into the room and opened up a metal cupboard to pull out a white bottle. "Are you going to tell me what the hell it is that you're trying to make?" She asked.

"Essentially...it's a bomb." He answered as he opened the bottle, sniffed it, then changed his mind and grabbed a different bottle that was black.

Sadessa squinted at the thing under Wonka's arm with new appreciation. She had previously decided that it looked like a large metal meatball, which was probably what had inspired her to start singing her song. "A bomb? Are you going to blow Gloobenstomper up?"

Wonka's eyes flicked to her before he decided that the black bottle was what he wanted and pocketed it. "No. This is what's going to get us past those big golden doors and the pile of troops that are no doubt going to be camped out there."

"Ohhhh." Sadessa said, nodding her head and feeling useless. She was starting to think that Wonka had been right about not needing anyone to come with him. He knew the factory like the back of his hand, and he had so far been genius about avoiding the Oompa Loompas. Sadessa figured this skill was from the year he had been down here living in hiding inside the Factory.